Old lady Sima was dressed in a gorgeous dress and was walking slowly surrounded by a group of daughters-in-law, granddaughter-in-law and maids.

She had silver hair and a kind face. She held a middle-aged woman in her hand and said, "Hui, we have never seen each other since you joined the Marquis' Mansion? Is it ten years?"

The middle-aged woman smiled and pulled the old lady and said, "Old lady, you remembered it wrongly. Five years ago, we met your ninth girl. I'm here. Did you forget?"

The old lady was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "I remember it, I remember it, hey, I'm so confused..."

The middle-aged woman looked at the old lady and the prosperous scene of the Sima family. She pulled the old lady and smiled more and said, "Old lady, I came this time just for the wedding of the boy in our family. You can't refute my face, otherwise I won't have a good life when I go back..."

The old lady pulled her forward and said, "Remember, remember, go, listen to the song..."

When the middle-aged woman saw that the old lady refused to let go, she did not chase her. The crowd talked and laughed, and walked towards the front yard.

The middle-aged woman came from the Marquis’ Mansion. In addition to Sima Xiangde’s “sovereignty”, she also valued the background of the Sima family.

The Sima family is a complete scholarly family, a descendant of Sima Guang, a "three sages", who refuses to marry the Sima family?

Sima Xiangde looked at the old lady coming, hurried over to greet her, and took a group of people to sit down.

The performance of beating drums and drums began immediately.

There are dozens of people in the front yard who are qualified to sit, and each of them has several servants around them. In addition, the busy servants are busy. In the front yard alone, there are more than two hundred people visible to the naked eye!

The middle-aged woman observed quietly and nodded secretly.

The Sima family is indeed prosperous, not false.

When the Sima family held a large banquet, Wang Chengming and Wang Jichang were busy, and the big net targeting the Sima family was quietly and quickly outlining it.

at the same time.

Li Ke took his daughter to visit relatives and friends in Suzhou Prefecture.

His visit was naturally not simple. In just two days, he received a lot of information and several books of account books.

A teahouse.

Li Qingbai was bored, holding his chin with both hands and looking at his father opposite him.

Li Ke frowned, looked at the account book in his hand, and said to himself: "The money and grain from the court have been divided into more than 8 million since the beginning of Yuanyou, and less than 800,000 were used in practice. Less than 70% of the money and grain paid every year, and 30% were divided into various names. In Suzhou Prefecture, there are also various taxes that are privately levied... If you calculate carefully, Suzhou Prefecture has privately divided up at least 3 million kettles of money and grain every year... three million kettles..."

Even if Li Ke estimated this number, he was shocked.

Three million is a huge number, and more importantly, this is very likely just the tip of the iceberg!

Li Qing said: "Dad, what are you doing when you look up these things?"

Li Ke shook his head and said, "I can't help it..." He did not continue, his mentality is a bit complicated now.

In the past, Sima Xiang had outstanding moral character and high reputation, and all scholars praised him.

But after careful investigation, it was found that Sima Xiangde not only had no moral character, but also sinister, dirty, despicable and corrupt!

Li Qing was not sure, so he didn't like visiting relatives and friends. He looked around bored and muttered: "I don't know if there are new words in the official family..."

Li Ke naturally didn't care about these things, but was awakened and then pondered.

‘It is obvious that the government has a purpose to come to Suzhou Prefecture. One of the purposes should be to solve Sima Xiangde. Now, is the government in trouble?’

Li Ke immediately shook his head again, what else can I do? Can that official?

"Let's go." Li Ke stood up and said. Even though he knew that Sima Xiangde could not help Zhao Xu, Li Ke still had to do something.

On the third day, the Zhuangyuan Building.

Guo Cheng appeared in front of Zhao Xu, and the two sat opposite each other, having wine and playing chess.

Zhao Xu looked at the chessboard that was not very good and drank wine, saying, "I like drinking this kind of wine recently, which refreshes my mind and is not easy to be sinful. Drink more at night, so those who are slightly drunk can sleep better..."

Guo Cheng is a meticulous person who acts and speaks very carefully.

He kept bent and didn't say anything when he heard this.

Zhao Xu put down the small wine pot, picked up the chess piece, and landed it casually, saying, "You have been in the navy for a month. What are your thoughts?"

Guo Cheng looked at Zhao Xu's move and knew that he had given up. He listened to the words and looked a little serious and said, "There are three main aspects of the government. First, the officials believe that the court does not have enough understanding of the importance of the navy. At present, it is a kind of ignorance and the government is promoting it alone."

Zhao Xu's expression remained unmoved, Guo Cheng was right.

Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others were not concerned about the navy. The focus and focus of Zhang Feng and General Xu were on the "military reform". Zhao Xu was promoting the series of developments of the navy.

"second,"

Guo Chengdao: "It is the current navy. There is no complete training method and it needs to be explored."

Zhao Xu nodded. The navy had already been inland waters, but was equipped with firearms at the sea. It was not only the training methods, but also the combat methods, goals, etc., which were all empty.

Seeing Zhao Xu nodded, Guo Cheng hesitated and said, "Third, it is about money, food and equipment, which is very insufficient."

Zhao Xu picked up the wine pot and took a sip, and said, "Play chess."

Guo Cheng didn't say much and made a move. On the chessboard, Zhao Xu was one-sided, not to mention that he had no advantage. If someone else had to invest before the fifth move, he would have been defeated.

After making a few more moves, Zhao Xu said: "The first two are not considered problems. The third one is money and grain. I will solve the problem. Equipment, ships, armor, artillery, bows and arrows, etc. I have already let the Military and Weapon Bureau do it and strive to be in place next year. You don't need to worry about these. I only have one requirement. The navy must be able to fight, on water, on sea, on roads, and on the road!"

Guo Cheng stood up, knelt on one knee, and said in a deep voice: "I will receive the order!"

Zhao Xu nodded, looked outside, and said, "Sit down. Calculate the time, it's almost done."

Guo Cheng knew what Zhao Xu was talking about, Sima Xiangde was a major concern of the court, and the government and the government knew it all.

Just as Zhao Xu finished speaking, Wang Jichang found Wang Chengming.

Wang Chengming was very surprised by the young man who was able to find him. He looked at the books he handed over and his expression was constantly solemn.

These books involve officials of all sizes and sizes in the Suzhou government office. Although Sima Xiangde seems to be not in it, there are also many connections.

"Your Wang family and Sima family are in-laws. Your business can only reach today with Sima Xiangde's care. Why do you do this?" Wang Chengming stared at Wang Jichang with a cold look on his face.

He is now cautious and takes every step forward, trying to hit the target with one blow, and not giving Sima Xiangde any chance.

Therefore, Wang Jichang, who suddenly came to the door, made him feel alert.

Wang Jichang was very calm and said, "What I gave to the censor is real and there is no falsehood. The villain only asks for one thing and apologizes for my Wang family."
Chapter completed!