.In the carriage, Ruohan explained the plan in detail and silence, and said silently: "What do you mean is to let me hold on later?"

"Of course," Ruohan covered her mouth and smiled: "The male lead is outside, the female lead is inside, and she can just hide behind her and ask for advice, but she doesn't have the ability to charge."

Chen Si knew that she must not be able to do so, but she was unwilling to steal the limelight from her. She smiled and said, "Let's go together."

Ruohan smiled sweetly and said, "Abide by the order."

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When she got off the bus, Ruohan had already changed into a dress like Silent, both wearing square scarves, straight hair, and black boots. However, Silent straight hair was royal blue yarn, and hers was moon white. The two walked side by side, really like the pair of classmates and friends who were traveling together!

Ruohan pretended to bow to Chen Mo and said, "Please, Brother Chen."

"Please, brother." Chen Mo nodded as if he was looking like a little, and let her go, and the two of them walked towards the entrance of the Songjiang Cao Gang together.

Walking on the road, I couldn't help but compare secretly. After comparing, I found that my wife looked good when wearing men's clothes. She really looked like a jade face and a starry-eyed look, but she didn't have the tall figure of "Lu Ji", so she was still slightly inferior in her spirit and demeanor.

While he was thinking about it, Ruohan said softly: ". It's here later. Please be more relaxed. The Cao Gang has too many rules. I don't know which sentence will provoke them."

"It's up to my brother to decide," said silently, "Brother Yu, I'll just watch the fun."

Ruohan gave him a beautiful look and whispered: "In the end, it's time to make the decision."

He was chatting and laughing at the entrance of the Cao Gang. There was a pink wall and a black door, and a green brick paved floor. He didn't see any ostentatiousness, but he felt simple and solemn. There were two strong men in short jackets standing at the door. Seeing that they were very handsome, they didn't dare to neglect them. They clasped their fists and said, "Friends, what's the point?"

Ruohan bowed and said aloud: "You two have invited me, brother, I will go to the appointment of Master Ma Wu."

"Which is Ma Wu?" asked a strong man.

"Three eyes, fly on the water, cover the Qingpu in Huating for a long time!" Ruohan said.

"Dare you ask?" the strong man asked in a state of emotion.

"Inheriting the previous career, the people will grow and the families will be rich." Ruohan said.

The two strong men looked at each other, one turned around and reported, and the other invited two to go into the hall for tea.

Silence in all walks of life and has a "spring spot", which is the slander that Yang Zirong and Zuoshan Diao said, which has the meaning of obscuring people's ears and eyes, and has the purpose of making a secret and distinguishing similar types. However, for him, they are like foreign languages, and they can't understand them, so they have to pretend to be mute.

Ruohan was afraid that he would be frustrated and whispered: "Everyone can do their own incisions. If you don't know how to say anything, the other party will not treat you as your own person, which will be very troublesome."

Silently nodded and smiled, "I know this," he said with some concern, "If I still talk all over my mouth later, wouldn't I be blind?"

"No," Ruohan said with a calm look that he gave him: "Let them tell them that you are an 'outsider' and you will change your vernacular."

Chen Si then felt relieved and looked at the very spacious Cao Gang Hall, as simple as the door. Apart from the incense table and the two chairs under the hall, there were only the portrait on the wall and a couplet.

The portrait shows a fierce monk with his breasts exposed, his beard and breasts are thick, and he is holding a crescent shovel with his back hand. He is silent and said, is this Lu Zhishen? Of course, he is not a handsome boy and will not talk nonsense.

When Ruohan saw him looking at the portrait, he whispered to him: "This is the ancestor of the Bodhidharma and the ancestor worshipped by the brothers of the Cao Gang."

Silence secretly stuck out his tongue and nodded to show that he knew. Then he looked at the simple white couplets on both sides of the scroll, which clearly stated that "Filial piety is the first in everything; generous and righteous are the essence of righteousness." The two lines of words depict a gang of Jianghu that is cohesive with "loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness" as its core and cohesiveness.

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While looking at the couplet, a cheerful laughter came from the back of the hall. The two of them were silent and stood up quickly. Then they saw a middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a green cloth robe, short and quiet, coming out. Those with experience could tell at a glance that this was a difficult person to deal with.

"Ma Wu is late." The man smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Yin has been waiting for a long time."

"The evil guest came to the door," Ruohan replied with a fist, "I'm disturbing the head of the family."

"Rely on parents at home, and on friends when going out," Mr. Ma Wu laughed and said, "Who can't encounter a deep ditch?!" He said, looking silent and said, "This friend is the first meeting, haven't you asked for advice yet?"

"This is my brother's zither." Ruohan said with a smile.

"There is no big or small to introduce it, please tell me the difference." Mr. Ma Wu still stared at the silent.

I was silent and said, how could I answer, so I had to laugh: "Hello, Wu Master, I am an outsider, and I dare not pretend to be helping..."

He introduced himself, and Ruohan continued, "Although my elder brother is a 'loop', he is just a separate line. If there is a Haizi, he still needs his latte." That is to say, the idea was still silent, and the two were divided into the primary and secondary.

"So he is an outfield friend." Master Ma Wu nodded slowly and said, "Sit!" Then he sat on the top with a big sword. When the two of them sat down, he looked at the silence carefully and said, "A friend is studying or an official?" The eyes of the Jianghu people were poisonous, and their true identity could not be hidden.

"At the official." Chen Si smiled faintly.

"Which official position?"

"Suzhou Tongzhi." Silent smiled, his tone not changing at all.

"Oh..." Master Ma Wu couldn't help but be moved and said, "Your surname is Chen?"

"Silent words." Silently nodded, "Suzhou people."

Master Ma Wu looked at Ruohan next to him and suddenly realized, "I'm really confused. I heard that the eldest lady of the Yin family married the top scholar, so she still has to guess?" Of course, he knew Ruohan's gender. The reason why he called "Brother Yin" was just to not say it out loud and take care of both sides' face.

Ruohan blushed slightly and said, "It's my husband."

"I'm not respectful," Master Ma Wu stood up and greeted him again, saying, "Mr. Shen's white dragon fish dress, and he came to the pine tree across the river. What's the matter?"

"I wear a full set of pomp, and it is not convenient to meet friends in the world," Chen Si smiled and said, "But if I don't come in close contact, I can't show my sincerity, so I come to the door rashly and ask the boss to forgive me." Youdao is that a strong dragon does not suppress local snakes, and people in the world are the least willing to interact with people in the world. Chen Si knows that only by not being arrogant at all can the other party be less wary.

But the Wu Master Ma said, "There must be a lesson. It's a pleasure to talk about it in the world, so just say it."

"Okay, I can't hide it from the head of the family." Nodded silently, "I'm here to ask for help, and I'm here to rescue."

"How do you say it?" Master Ma Wu said calmly.

"You should know my current situation." Silently said.

"I heard something." Mr. Ma Wu nodded.

"I also know the current situation of your Cao Gang." Chen said again.

Master Ma Wu smiled and said, "The situation of our Cao Gang is ordinary and incomparable to Lord Shen."

This is a slander, but I don’t care. He smiled faintly and said, “Actually, it’s fifty steps to laugh a hundred steps, there’s no difference.”

Master Ma Wu smiled and said, "Sir, just say yes." He obviously had already understood the other party's purpose and did not want to wade into this muddy water.

Ruohan said at this time: "Fifth Master, I know you are the chief gang of Susong Cao Gang. You have to think about tens of thousands of brothers under your command first, so you don't want to provoke those people." He blocked the other party's excuse first, and then said: "But if you think more deeply, you will find that if you really think about tens of thousands of brothers, you should have a good talk with us."

"Oh, is that?" Master Ma Wu smiled and said, "What did Madam tell me?" He had the idea of ​​rejection in his heart, and even his name changed.

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In the Caobang Hall, Bodhidharma had his eyes raised, and the atmosphere was not harmonious.

Ruohan likes this atmosphere with a gunpowder smell. Only in this environment can she fully utilize her talents without deliberately hiding her shortcomings. After a quick analysis of the changes on the field, she decided to go straight to the scene and said seriously: "As far as I know, the situation of the Songjiang Cao Gang in the past few years has been very difficult. Every year, she has to spend a lot of money to supplement the gang members, borrow from the east and west, and eat the food for the first time. The accumulated deficit is very huge."

Master Ma Wu laughed dryly and said, "My gang is a little cramped, but he is still in a turnaround way..."

Ruohan refused to give in and said, "Ruozhen is as the fifth master said, how could there be so many transport troops, servants, and grain households running away?" He said with a sneer, "As I saw with my own eyes, the brothers of the Cao Gang have already gone to four stops... Even in Shaoxing City, there are many coolies with Songjiang accents!"

Seeing that the other party was prepared, Ma Wuye didn't need to dodge anymore, so he let out a long breath of turbid air, lowered his head and said, "Well... the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan have caused chaos, and many places have exempted money and food. Only our entire canal transportation is in full swing, and we cannot reduce the exemption." As he said that, he looked up and said silently, "I am desperate now, and I am not afraid of you being angry when I talk nonsense..."

Silently smiled and said, "But it's okay to say that, don't treat me as an official today."

After hearing Chen Si's gentle words, Ma Wu couldn't help but feel good about him - this is also the reason why Ruohan is the pioneer. She wants to be a villain herself and leave the good person to Chen Si, which not only takes into account the dignity of her husband, but also makes Ma Wu feel good about him like this.

Only Master Ma Wu said, "The salary of an official is too small, and he lives by spending money and food. Now the court has exempted money and food from many places, so he naturally has nothing to pay for. So they regard the canal transportation as a fat sheep, and make a name for it, gathering and raising money, adding a variety of scattered groups, and it is endless." As he said, he said with anger, "This is equivalent to the burden that everyone carried together was all over our Cao Gang, and the burden was two or three times heavier than before, and in some places it was even four or five times heavier."

Mr. Ma Wu took a long breath and continued with a melancholy expression, "There is no way to survive in this world... We originally had to bear the freight, transportation of military food, and ship repair fees for shipping households. If we encounter Feng Tao, the gang will have to pay the debt. Even if our Cao Gang is covered with iron nails, we can't help at all." As he said that, he closed his eyes in pain and said, "You can't watch them be forced to death, and their families are destroyed, right? So if you want to escape, I can't stop them."

Silently glanced at his wife and gave her a look of praise... Ruohan's eyes were indeed powerful. She immediately found the Cao Gang in the crisis from countless targets and understood the Cao Gang's crisis. Therefore, she was able to hit the target and quickly break the opponent's defense!

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Now that the negotiations have returned to the same line, Chen Si can finally express his point of view: "Fifth Master, are you willing to listen to me?"

"Ah, Lord Shen, what do you mean? I'm following your affection to see the villain, that's a great deal." Mr. Ma Wu calmed down and said to Chen: "You have advice, but I can't ask for it. Why do you ask me if I'm willing to listen to you for a few more words? Could it be that you're angry with the old man?" Obviously, he had no attitude of turning people away at first.

"That's my fault." Silent smiled softly and said: "Let's open the skylight and speak loudly. The Cao Gang's problem involves several provinces, countless yamen, and I, a small psychic, cannot be fundamentally solved."

"Haha..." Master Ma Wu said in his heart: 'If you say you can solve it yourself, I will immediately blow you out.'

I just heard the silent words turn and said in a deep voice: "But I have a way to greatly alleviate the difficulties of your gang--the problem of your gang is that your gang is that your gang's burden is too heavy and you can't make ends meet." Chen Si smiled slightly and said: "The solution is nothing more than reducing expenses and increasing revenue. I don't have the ability to reduce expenses now, but there is still a slight increase."

"Oh?" Ma Wu's appetite was finally suffocated and he said, "I hope to hear it clearly."

"Do you know what official position I have now besides Suzhou Tongzhi?" Silence finally revealed his fox's tail.

"I know, the Maritime Tuiju Sect." Mr. Ma Wu said: "But it seems that your Maritime Tuiju Sect has not been opened yet."

"Haha, yes." Chen smiled and said, "Although a resolution was formed in the court, there was a lot of resistance in the local area." He said, "The current dilemma in Suzhou City is caused by those who do not want to see the opening of a port, causing trouble behind the scenes."

"Oh..." Mr. Ma Wu nodded, his eyes flashed: "So that's it."

Seeing that the old slippery head retracted again, he smiled silently and said, "But they can't fight me!"

"Yes, yes." Ma Wu nodded and echoed: "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and they have violated taboos." Having said that, he actually didn't believe in silence that he could win, because those people could cover the sky and the sun, but deep-rooted below. Even Zhu Wan's banishment with military and political power was eliminated in a blink of an eye. What kind of storm can arise if a mere psychic?

"I am silent and never lie." But I saw Chen Si pointing to the southwest and said, "You may have heard that the new Suzhou general Qi Jiguang led three thousand troops to set off from Ningbo, and it has been stopped in Jiaxing for half a month." As he said that, his eyebrows were frowned, and his face was solemn: "Everyone speculated that there is any conflict between General Qi and I. Now I tell you that I have no problem with him. It is my order that he stopped moving!"

"Oh." Ma Wu nodded and said, "It seems that everyone has misunderstood."

"I don't want the army to get involved unless it is absolutely necessary." Chen Si narrowed his eyes and said, "But if I really force me to the point of desperate situation, I won't mind sending troops to open the granaries of those big grain resident households. Those who don't want to borrow food to hoard money! Then I see who can still use food to make a fuss."

"Isn't this right?" Ma Wu said in surprise: "There is no precedent for the Ming Dynasty to confiscate homes for no reason." It should be said that the dynasty's respect for private property was the highest in all dynasties... Even if the powerful is like Jiajing, although they know that the business in Jiangnan is prosperous and the number of millions of houses is endless, they can only salivate, but they cannot take it for themselves. Even if they want to increase the poor business tax a little bit, they will be shared by the officials without any sect, and they will be criticized for levying heavy taxes like Emperor Yang of Sui... Any tax increase will eventually be passed on to the people, and the people are already suffering enough. Your Majesty, are you embarrassed to put them in a burden?

Jiajing could only stare at me and let the strange phenomenon of "the court is poor and the Jiangnan is rich" continue. He did not think about robbing the rich and confiscating the money of the rich.

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So no one thinks that silence will do such a bad thing, which is part of the reason why those people are fearless.

But Ma Wu didn't think so now, and he only heard a silent murderous intent, "Forcing them is better than forcing the people to rebel! I want to behead the people to rebel, and I will force them to be forced to do so. At most, I will be dismissed from office and go home to farm. I can still weigh the importance of which!"

Mr. Ma Wu felt that he had to get to know this young adult again. It seemed that he was appointed as the prefect at the age of 20. It was indeed a different talent than ordinary people! So he did not dare to underestimate the silence anymore and advised softly: "My adults have a bright future, so you can't fall down in this hurdle."

"This is heartwarming." Chen Si patted the back of Master Ma Wu's hand and laughed at himself: "I will not be able to kill you unless I have to." He said that, looking at Ma Wu with bright eyes and said: "So I'm asking for help... Master Wu Gao Yi, help me. From now on, you will be my brother of honest words. After Suzhou opened a port, the Songjiang Cao Gang will get all the transfer responsibilities of my tutoring department!"

Master Ma Wu was moved. If he could really open a port, the goods in the world would be concentrated in Suzhou City. If he could get a share of the goods in the transfer of the goods, why would the Songjiang Caogang have no way to survive?

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