.Silently, he did not take the official boat or wear the official uniform. He only brought a few guards and quietly hired a family's boat to Songjiang a hundred miles away.

After leaving Suzhou City that killed that day, I felt refreshed in silence and my sorrows were gone. It was a joyful and comfortable life that I had not seen for a long time. Even the sorrows that had been crushing people were all left behind.

Standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the cypresses and Xinhe on both sides, the farmers and village women, the clothes they were sunny, and the blue sky, white clouds and red forests, all reflected on the clear water. With every paddle of the boatman, he swam with the duckweed and algae in the water, rippling in the bright sunlight, dissipating and shaking, expanding and reuniting, and returning to its original state; as soon as he recovered, it dissipated, accompanied by the boat passing through the water, it continued, and the silent mouth was always filled with a innocent smile.

Sanchi asked strangely: "Sir, why are you so happy?"

Silently laughed, holding the boat tent, and said in a clear voice in the water village, "Don't you see chickens falling down, and you can call and cry? The rice and mills have already had fat, and their feathers are falling off and filling the kitchen. There are no cranes in the cage, and they are hanging their wings and hanging their heads. Once the cage opens into the clouds, they fly thousands of miles away from Liao Kuo."

As he said that, he put his hands behind him, took a deep breath of the fresh and intoxicating air, and said happily: "You must be serious about the mountains and rivers of life, and you must be surrounded by profit and wealth? The high carriage and four horses are all shackles, and the Yuntai and Lin Pavilion are covered with dust. The roars are filled with regrets floating in the river, how is it like a boat escaping the seashore?!"

It’s a pity that it’s hard to find a soulmate, and no one is allowed to break the string. Listen, the iron pillar and the big eyes waiting for the roundness of Sanchi were just not responding at all.

But it is hard to find, but it is not impossible to find one. In the end, he can find one - his clear and elegant voice, his handsome figure, and the charming smile on the corner of his mouth, all of which made the small boatwoman with green bamboo cloth apron tied with black and long braids in the back cabin dazzlingly, his oval face was even excited and red in white, and his big watery eyes were full of worship.

When the silence was over, she applauded desperately and cheered excitedly.

The crisp sound of the oriole bird snatched the silence. The silence was suddenly snatched, and the other three feet looked over.

The little boat girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old, born on the boat, growing on the boat, coming and going. When the passengers often saw her, she did not have the shyness of ordinary women, but instead looked back at them with big eyes.

Her mother was washing vegetables and cursed when she saw this, "The crazy little girl fish has disturbed the customer's Ya. She is not going to pay the customer a compensation."

The little boat girl muttered in a low voice: "That's good, the poem made by the young master, is that good."

At this time, he was silent and laughed and said, "This is not a poem I made, this is a masterpiece of Yangming Gong."

"Young Master is better at reading it." The boatwoman shook his head and said, "Actually, if you don't understand, you think it sounds nice."

Silent laughed, waved his hand, and said to the boatwoman: "Come here."

The boatwoman quickly glanced at me, meaning that this was not because I was lazy, but because the guest asked me to go. Then he agreed and said, "Here's here!" He jumped over like a little rabbit.

Silently smiled, took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and said, "Come on, I'll be my soulmate to you, my soulmate, five taels of silver."

The boat girl's white and tender little hands, holding the white silver, said happily: "Thank you, young master!"

"Leave it to your mother!" said silently.

The little boat girl was born with a mother's womb. Have you ever seen so much money? She just saw her thanking her and thanking her. She stood up and swayed her long braids, jumped to the tip of the boat like a rabbit, and then she was talking and laughing like a silver bell. She thought she was telling her mother about this proud pleasure.

The old boat girl there hurriedly brought her daughter to thank her for her. After a while, she arranged a table of wine and dishes that were sincere and said with apologies: "Rice, noodles, vegetables and meat are too expensive now, and the boat can't afford it, so I can only get some fish and shrimp to make up the number."

He smiled silently and said, "There are steamed silver carp, the blackheaded fish soup, and so much wine to clean the mouth. If you are sailing on the river, what else can you ask for?"

The boat lady asked her daughter to serve next to her. The little girl was smart and bold. She was on the river all year round and had many stories in her belly. Wu Nong said soft words to a few silent people, and she felt very interesting and had great food and drink.

Until the sun was about to set and the three of them were full of food and food, the boatwoman packed up the table and soaked incense slices, and then he had to go to dinner with his parents.

Chen Si gave her a silver reward, but this time she didn't want it anymore. She smiled sweetly, "Mom said you can't be too greedy." Then she jumped back.

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Seeing that the adult was in a good mood and had no outsiders, Tiezhu asked in a low voice: "Sir, we can't call us everywhere, how do you know that there will be Songjiang?"

"It's like I didn't make poetry," said Chen Silently, "I didn't find any food in Songjiang." As he said that, he took out a letter from his arms, shook it in front of the two of them, "It was my wife who told me." After that, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Of course, this doesn't mean that I'm not as good as her, but this..."

Sanchi quickly continued, "The bystander is clear."

"That's what it means!" Chen Si gave him a look of praise and said, "I am a mystery to the authorities." He said, "Actually, I am dark under the lamp. I only think of Huguang and Zhejiang, but I didn't expect that Songjiang, which is so close, must have food here!"

"Why can Songjiang buy rice?" the two of them scratched their heads and said.

"Because Songjiang produces rice." Silence slowly stretched out two fingers and said, "Although they must have been intimidated by those people, at least two big investors will not buy their accounts."

"Which two?" the two asked in a low voice.

After silent, he dipped some tea in the cup and wrote the words "Xu" and "Cao" on the table.

Seeing that the two muscular men were still confused, silent and had to break them down: "Xu is the Xu family in Huating. Their family is the largest landlord in Nanzhili, and even the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is a real fertile land of thousands of hectares. Almost the entire Huating County is their tenants. In such a big landlord's family, even if he can't buy a grain of grain on the market, his family must have a 100,000 stone of grain stored in his family." He said with a smile and sighed: "More importantly, relying on the face of Xu Ge Lao, they don't have to care too much about the Lu family. This is our hope." Of course, he also knew that this hope was very unreliable. Although there was no Xu family among the eight major families mentioned by Lu Ji, it is difficult to guarantee whether there is any collusion between these mixed families.

"What about 'Cao'?" Sanchi asked, "Is this surname among the Baijia surname?"

"Silly," even Tiezhu despised him: "Cao is Cao Gang!"

"Yes," said silently, "It's the Cao Gang."

When it comes to the canal gang, we have to mention canal transport. The so-called canal transport means transporting materials from the south of the Yangtze River through the Grand Canal to the capital to ensure the supply of materials from Beijing and borders. The transportation volume is extremely terrifying. Every year, six or seven million stones of grain are concentrated from southern Zhili, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places, and transported to the north through canal. The manpower needed to serve them can be imagined.

Of course, the degree of fertility of the oil and water can be imagined.

In terms of official positions, the Governor of the Grain Transport and the Governor of the Grain Transport were the same as the Governor of the Grain Transport. He led a total of 127,600 people in the twelve guards and was dedicated to transporting grain, called the Transport Army. There were also the Governors and Transporters who were responsible for collecting and reconciling grain, with a total of about 100,000 people.

These 200,000 people are distributed in the Grand Canal, and they are burdened with heavy labor service. They are abandoned during famine and are in great difficulty. They are also drifted by wind and waves. The officials will be extorted and will be liable for debts and even their families will be destroyed. Even the lower classes of the general army will suffer the same suffering and be deducted by their superiors and be bullied.

Moreover, officials, evil gentry, and local snakes along the way all regard them as fat. If they do not satisfy their greed, they will make things difficult for many parties and delay time... Because unfortunately, the deadline is missed, the grain ships are responsible for themselves, so they are not afraid of not submitting.

Therefore, the Cao Gang was born with the goal of protecting the military and civilians of the canal transport. After more than a hundred years of development, it has been closely related to the lower-level officers and soldiers and servants, and has halls in all important Cao Gang cities! Their organization is quite strict, and when negotiating with the outside world, they will all be left to the gangs, and they only need to strictly obey the command.

The "Cao Gang" has developed to this day. Even if the governor of the Cao Transportation Army is unable to ignore its existence, the general can simply entrust all the responsibilities of expropriation and transfer, and only supervised by local governments and censors. However, the specific affairs are handled by the Cao Gang.

Ruohan told Shen Mo in the letter that Songjiang produces rice and is the junction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the waterways are very convenient, so Songjiang's Cao Gang is a big gang, and it should be a rich gang. But only when it is big and rich, it has become a fat sheep in the eyes of all officials. The Songjiang Cao Gang, which has been exploited for a long time and looks bright, has a huge deficit in public funds and has become a "tired gang" and needs to be reversed, otherwise it will be a problem for tens of thousands of people to eat.

Ruohan finally said that the Cao Gang people are very loyal. If they can help them, they will definitely be rewarded with a drop of water.

After reading Ruohan’s reply, although she did not mention how the Cao Gang could help, Shen Mo knew that she was fighting Cao Gang!

As soon as he received the letter, Shen Mo checked the relevant copy and learned that the grain of grain in the five prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou were all under the responsibility of the Songjiang Caogang. In order to normalize the grain transport and not be affected by drought and flood, the Caogang would store grain in the warehouse. Although it would not be too much, there would always be more than 100,000 stones.

"If we can get all the rice in these two places and add the ten ships of rice that Hubutang raised for us, it will be enough." Tiezhu and Sanchi said happily.

"Don't be too happy too early." Shen Mo said unhappy: "I don't really understand the Xu family or the Cao Gang. If they have any connections with those people, we will be a joke."

"But since Madam said that, there must be a way." Tiezhu said confidently.

"Oh," Shen Mo smiled and said, "Is your confidence in her more than me?"

"Who in Shaoxing doesn't know that when his wife was not married, she was a business genius!" Tie Zhu said with a look of admiration.

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The next morning, the boat arrived at Songjiang Wharf. Shen Mo saw the familiar oil-walled car at a glance and couldn't help but shouted excitedly: "Ruohan!"

The curtain of the car suddenly tilted, revealing Rou Niang's surprise little face. After a while, the car door opened and Ruohan, dressed in a bride, appeared in front of Shen Mo.

"I'll pay homage to you." In front of so many people, Ruohan obviously suppressed her feelings, but Tingting bowed in front of Shen Mo, but the pretty face of Yixi Yichen clearly stated the deep thoughts and the joy of reunion!

As soon as he saw the person he had been thinking about day and night, he suddenly became impulsive. Without waiting for the boat to stop, he jumped to the shore and landed in front of Ruohan, holding her in his arms without any scruples.

Ruohan didn't expect him to be so bold and whispered nervously: "Everyone is watching."

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Si hugged her hard and said, "No one knows us except for her own people!" As he said, he lowered his voice and leaned into her ear and said, "Baby, do you miss me?" He lowered his head and saw Ruohan's appearance fading. Chen Si couldn't help but feel pain in his heart.

Ruohan nodded vigorously and said like a mosquito, "I thought about it..." His fair face was flushed, obviously not used to this kind of public intimacy.

Chen Si did not bear to see her embarrassed, so he hugged her hard, then let go of her hand and said, "How do you know how I am?"

Ruohan smiled but said nothing, but Rou Niang beside her smiled and said, "Mrs.com is here every morning to wait for the master. I didn't expect that I would be waiting for the master today."

The deep affectionateness was indescribable and there was no need to express it. He looked at Ruohan with a silent gratitude and said, "Let's go back and talk." As he said that, he turned around and waved to the family of three on the boat to say goodbye.

Ruohan nodded and got on the car with Chen Si, while Rou Niang tactfully got on the next car. As for the two iron pillars... the guards who accompanied the mistress were their subordinates, so they had already led the horse over.

The three on the boat looked at the convoy away, and the old boatman said, "The lady is like a fairy walking down on the painting."

The old boatwoman also sighed: "I was thinking on the way, what kind of beautiful man you have to be worthy of a handsome man like Mr. Chen. Now, I look at it, I really look like a golden boy and girl beside the Bodhisattva, and she is very close to her."

"Look, let me tell you." The old boatman nodded and said, "My eyes won't be distorted."

When the old boatwoman saw that her husband had not yet withdrawn his eyes, he was so angry that he glanced at him, grabbed his ear and said, "I knew I was looking at the fairy, but I never looked at me, a yellow-faced woman!"

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!" The old boatman had to be led into the cabin by his wife and went to clean.

The couple laughed for a while, but they didn't see their second female lead - the fisherman girl with big black braids. Two strings of teardrops were quietly hanging on her pretty face, crystal clear, beautiful and faint sadness.

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On the carriage, Ruohan finally gave up her reserve and hugged her husband tightly, her body and mind were completely open to him, and she responded enthusiastically to every move of her lover. Every kiss... It is said that a small separation is better than a newlywed, let alone a few months after the newlyweds?

"Honey, please hug me tightly! I'm really afraid that this is a dream!" After being excited, Ruohan remembered that the car was in the downtown area. Although she stopped shyly, she reluctantly let her husband go, twisting in his arms like a coquettish look. Her cute little look made Chen Si love her.

Seeing her little daughter's appearance, she came up again with a silence and smiled and said, "Maybe it's just a dream."

Ruohan pouted her delicate and charming little mouth, suddenly stretched out her small hand like a green onion tube, pinched her silent arm, and asked him, "Does it hurt?"

"I'm not wood," said silently, "of course it hurts."

"That's not a dream..." Ruohan patted her chest lightly and said with relief.

"Okay, little fairy, how dare you tease her husband!" Chen Si reached out to scratch her itch.

Ruohan was most afraid of this hand. While giggling and twisting her delicate body, she kept begging for mercy. In order to make him stop, "Good brother, husband" shouted out.

After all, Chen Si pretended to be a good person, so he was very cautious. He stopped after making trouble, held her in his arms and said, "How many days have you been here?"

"Let me think about it," Ruohan leaned into his arms, and said with his little hands on his pink cheeks: "It's the fifth day today."

"I'm sorry," Chen Si said with an apology: "Let you accompany me to worry about those things."

Ruohan gently covered his mouth and said softly: "The husband and wife are one, of course they have to be together." As he said that, he sat up, clenched his pink fists and staggered in front of Shen Mo: "And I have gained a lot in the past few days. I have basically figured out the details of the two families and made an appointment with you. We can go there today."

For the current silence, time is not enough to describe it. It should be said that time is life! He was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "With this wife, what else can the husband ask for?"

"It's good if you don't get angry." Ruohan patted his chest and said, "I'm afraid you don't like women to make their own decisions."

"How can it be?" Chen Shu waved his hand: "We are a couple who work together and we can cut off gold!"

"I don't want to do too much of this kind of thing," Ruohan covered her mouth and chuckled, "No matter how you say that she is a fifth-ranked person, she must be stylish." She is a woman who knows how to advance and retreat, and knows when to say what to say.

He smiled silently and said, "It's okay, our family won't play that way." He said, "Where are we going first?"

"Cao Gang." Ruohan said softly: "No one thought we could attack Cao Gang. This is a good opportunity for us to do it..." As he said, he looked silent and said: "The Cao Gang's life is very sad. Do you think how to help them?"

"Oh, my wife, don't keep it aside," Chen Jing smiled bitterly, "Tell me what you mean?"

"Aren't you the master?" Ruohan said with a glamorous look: "If the master doesn't speak, how dare the little girl talk nonsense."

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