The next day, have breakfast.
Everyone got on the carriage and went to see the gardens in Suzhou first.
Canglang Pavilion, Lion Grove and Humble Administrator's Garden, these three gardens are very large.
This time, we mainly focused on sightseeing. We stayed for a while when we saw good scenery. In addition, these people were not very physically fit. We spent one day visiting each garden, which lasted three full days. It won't make them too tired.
Then, they took a boat trip on Taihu Lake for a day, which allowed them to rest and regain their strength.
Then we went to Tongli Ancient Town, and after a day of sightseeing, this place can be called a real Jiangnan water town.
Tongli town is surrounded by water. There are fifteen small rivers in the town, which divide the whole town into seven small islands. There are forty-nine ancient bridges that connect them together.
The residents in the town all build their houses along the river. Every house is close to the water and every household has access to boats. These small rivers are equivalent to the main roads in the north.
Jia Cong's big ship cannot enter the town.
We also rented a medium-sized passenger boat in the town. This boat was built separately to travel in the small river in the town. The hull is narrower than a normal boat.
The houses on both sides of the river look like houses built on the water.
Everyone sat on the boat and drove between the small rivers, feeling like walking through the streets and alleys.
Da Yu'er was even more amazed: "Sir, the people here feel like they live on the water. This is the real water town. There is no shortage of small bridges, flowing water, and people. Such a scene has never been imagined before. Not even."
Da Yu'er has lived in the grassland and desert since she was a child. She has never seen such scenery.
Not to mention her, it was the same for everyone else. It was even the first time for me to see this real Jiangnan water town.
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Nature is full of magic, and those craftsmen have incredible creativity. The combination of the two creates such a grand occasion. Therefore, the ancients could read thousands of books. It’s better to talk about traveling thousands of miles.”
Da Yuer said with a look of admiration: "Master, you know so much."
Jia Cong laughed and said: "Of course, Master, I know astronomy from above and geography from below. I knew it for five hundred years before and five hundred years after. I know everything."
Shi Xiangyun wrinkled his nose and said, "Huh, third brother is bragging."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "Brother Cong, are you known as Jia Banxian?"
Jia Cong said with a surprised look on his face: "Hey, Sister Lin, how did you know? You really know me, Sister Lin."
Lin Daiyu chuckled and said: "A fake half-immortal is naturally not a real half-immortal. What Sister Yun said is absolutely right. You are just a braggart."
"cut!"
After taking the boat for a long time, we abandoned the boat and landed again, looking around the town.
Standing on the small bridge and watching the boats coming and going in the river is quite interesting.
Everyone spent a day playing here, and they felt that they still had something to say.
On the way back, we were still talking with gusto.
The next day, I rested at home all morning and had lunch before going to Hanshan Temple again.
I visited Hanshan Temple and looked around until the evening. I listened to the evening drum and bells of Hanshan Temple and looked at the Jiangfeng fishing fire on the shore.
I didn't see the moon setting, but I did see the setting sun. I didn't see the crow either. They probably went elsewhere.
After playing for several days, everyone was somewhat tired. After returning to the residence, we chatted with everyone for a few words, determined the itinerary for tomorrow, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Although we live in the south of the Yangtze River and the climate is warmer, it is already winter and the nights are still a bit cold.
When Jia Cong returned to the room, Qingwen had already laid down and was warming her bed again.
Yuanyang and Xiren helped him take off his clothes, helped him lie down on the bed, and then climbed onto the bed.
Qingwen got into Jia Cong's arms and said with a smile: "Master, are you warm?"
Feeling the body temperature of Qingwen, it was very warm and comfortable.
"Well, of course it will be warm holding you. It's warmer here than in the capital. It's probably already very cold in the capital now."
I felt warmth on my back, and a body pressed against me.
"Master, isn't this warmer?" A striking voice sounded from behind.
Jia Cong smiled slightly and said, "Well, it's not cold at all now. Are you tired after playing these days?"
Xiren said: "I'm really a little tired. I couldn't walk that much at home before, but I haven't stopped in the past few days. Especially when I go to the garden, I almost always walk all the way."
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Qingwen said: "What's this little journey? I'm not tired at all. Master, are you tired too? Could it be that you can't do it now?"
Jia Cong laughed and scolded: "Go, go, go, what do you mean, I can't do it anymore? I'm so fierce. Believe it or not, I'll kill you in a while, howling like a ghost, crying for father and mother?"
Qingwen said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. There are three of us now. Three against one, I may not be able to beat us."
Yuanyang covered his mouth and smiled: "Don't count me out, I'm tired, I want to have a good rest, you can make trouble on your own."
Xiren also smiled and said: "I'm tired too, and I also want to take a good rest. You two should fight alone."
Qingwen said sarcastically: "Then forget it. I can't beat you in a one-on-one fight."
Jia Cong said: "Then let's have a truce tonight, have a good rest, and pack up and prepare to set off tomorrow."
Yuanyang said: "Sir, are you going back to Yangzhou tomorrow?"
Jia Cong said: "Those two little guys insist on seeing Leifeng Pagoda. Tomorrow we will leave for Hangzhou, visit the West Lake, see Leifeng Pagoda, and then return to Yangzhou. If nothing happens there, we will go back home. , return to the capital city to celebrate the New Year.”
Xiren said: "I've really made a profit following you this time. I've visited so many places. If I hadn't followed you, I probably wouldn't have seen such beautiful scenery in my life."
Yuanyang nodded and said: "This time I came out with you, it really opened my eyes. If I go back and talk about it, I will probably be envious to death, and Ping'er and the others will probably regret it to death."
Jia Cong said: "Next time I have a chance, just bring them out. We are still young and have plenty of opportunities."
At this time, Xiangling walked in from outside.
"Master, I'm here."
"Hey, Xiangling, didn't you talk to your mother?"
Xiang Ling said: "My mother is a little tired and has already rested. I will sleep with you."
Jia Cong said: "Okay, come up then. It seems that the bed at home will be changed to a bigger one after we return home."
Yuanyang let out a "poof" and said: "I actually want to do good things. It's just a joke outside. You can't do this again when you get home. This is too unseemly. Besides, my body can't bear it." "
Jia Cong was speechless. It seems that you were afraid that I would go to the Qinhuai River, so you agreed to come together to pester me.
However, if this happens every day, it will be a real burden for me. After all, I am not incorrigible. I have really indulged a little recently. I have to return to normal and continue to work hard when I go back.
"Stop talking and go to sleep."
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Jia Cong stood on the bow of the boat, feeling the biting cold wind, and couldn't help but wrap up his mink coat.
Now, it is already the middle of winter, and the further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.
In one day, we can arrive in the capital and return to our home.
After leaving Suzhou, Jia Cong took everyone south to Hangzhou and spent a few days in Hangzhou.
I swam around the West Lake, looked at Leifeng Pagoda, saw the sunset on Leifeng Peak, and looked at the Broken Bridge. Unfortunately, it didn’t snow, so I didn’t see what the remaining snow on the Broken Bridge looked like.
I looked at Su Causeway and saw the moon reflected in the Three Ponds. Due to time constraints, I did not see the tide of Qiantang.
Shi Xiangyun and Xichun were satisfied after seeing Leifeng Pagoda.
The two people studied near Leifeng Pagoda for a long time, but they were not sure whether there was White Snake under Leifeng Pagoda.
Thinking of the sentence in the story, "The water in the West Lake dried up and the Leifeng Pagoda fell."
The two little guys looked at the West Lake for a long time and cooed for a long time.
The two of them actually thought of making a hole in the West Lake and draining the water to see if Leifeng Pagoda would fall down and if there was really White Snake underneath.
However, seeing how big the West Lake was, there was nothing the two of them could do, and they had no choice but to give up.
Jia Cong was next to them and almost laughed out loud when he heard the two whispering.
These two little guys really dare to think.
With everyone satisfied, they returned by boat and returned to Yangzhou.
Let everyone stay on the boat, but took Lin Daiyu to Xunyan Yamen to meet Lin Ruhai.
When I met Lin Ruhai, I realized that after he left, His Majesty issued another imperial edict to wipe out the officialdom of Yangzhou, and sent new officials to Yangzhou to take over Yangzhou.
He also agreed to Lin Ruhai's return to Beijing to recuperate, and sent a new salt patrol censor.
He also arranged a task for Jia Cong, asking him to escort the confiscated money back to the capital.
Everything has been prepared here, the money has been loaded on the ship, Lin Ruhai has completed the handover, and is waiting for Jia Cong to come back.
After understanding the situation here, I asked Lin Ruhai for her opinion.
Since His Majesty has allowed him to return to Beijing to recuperate, Lin Ruhai has already had his luggage prepared and is waiting for Jia Cong and Lin Daiyu to come back and set off back to Beijing together.
What I didn't expect was that it took them so long to come back.
The two discussed it and decided to set off back to the capital the next day.
Jia Cong asked Li Biao to find Jia Lian and inform him to return to the capital tomorrow.
After Jia Lian saw Jia Cong, he pulled him and said, "Brother Cong, you don't know yet, right? Zhen Yingli, the second brother of the Zhen family, is gone."
Jia Cong asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Second brother, what's going on? Second brother Zhen lost something?"
Jia Lian said: "What's missing? Zhen Yingli is dead."
Jia Cong said in surprise: "Ah, how is this possible? When I left Jinling, he and Brother Zhen went to see me off. How could he be dead?"
Jia Lian said: "It's true. The two of us went to the Qinhuai River together and stayed there at night. We slept until midnight and were bitten to death by a poisonous snake. It was right next door to me. I was so scared that I ran to Yangzhou."
Jia Cong said: "Second brother, how come there are poisonous snakes in this brothel? Is there a mistake?"
Jia Lian said: "It's true. Brother Zhen didn't believe it. After a long search, no clues were found. Finally, he believed that he was bitten by a poisonous snake, maybe a water snake that ran out of the river."
Jia Cong sighed: "It's so unexpected. How could such a thing happen? This is really a disaster from heaven. Second brother, get ready. We are going back to the capital tomorrow. It will be almost the end of the year when we get back. It's just in time to prepare for the New Year." .”
"I understand, Brother Cong, I'll go pack my things these days."
After Jia Lian left, Lin Daiyu came to Jia Cong, took his hand and said, "Brother Cong, thank you."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "Did you hear what Brother Lian said?"
Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "Well, I heard a little bit, they won't be suspicious, right?"
Jia Cong said: "Don't worry, he was definitely bitten to death by a poisonous snake. Just forget about it and don't mention it again in the future."
"Well, I know Brother Cong."
Lin Ruhai knew about this a long time ago and didn't say anything more. It was enough to know this kind of thing in his heart. He still understood the truth that talking too much would lead to mistakes.
Lin Ruhai moved his family to Beijing and had a lot of property over the years. In addition to the female subordinate, he arranged an official ship alone.
In addition to the official ship escorting the silver and Jia Cong's building ship, there were three ships in total.
The next morning, the three ships left Yangzhou Pier and sailed along the canal towards the capital.
This time I left Beijing and went south to Yangzhou, and then went to Jinling, Suzhou, and Hangzhou for some sightseeing. It took almost three months, and now I'm finally back.
The harvest from this trip was still very great. He saved Lin Ruhai and saved sister Lin from the pain of losing her father. She had a strong support in her heart.
He wiped out four salt merchants, avenged his aunt and Lin Rubei, wiped out the Salt Gang, and the Huazi Gang, looted a group of local tycoons, and earned millions of taels of silver by the way.
If you don't take this money, you won't take it for nothing. Not many people know about it anyway. Especially the money copied in Jinling was basically done by your own people. You can keep more of it.
This time I got more than 20 million taels of silver for the emperor, as well as a large amount of materials and real estate title deeds, which is equivalent to the country's tax revenue for a year. There is nothing wrong with keeping more for myself.
With the name of Beauty Ruyan, she has profound attainments in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing and music, and can be said to be versatile.
The relationship with Sister Lin has also become closer. She is now completely accustomed to her identity as her fiancée, and the two of them get along more naturally and harmoniously.
"Brother Cong, I see you have been standing outside for a long time, and you are not afraid of getting cold. What are you thinking about?"
Lin Daiyu, wearing a snow-white fox fur coat, came to Jia Cong's side and looked sideways at Jia Cong.
Jia Cong smiled and said: "We will be arriving in the capital soon. When we get back, we must first go to His Majesty to report on business. Think about the gains from this trip and see if there is anything that has not been dealt with from beginning to end.
After thinking about it, I thought of you, and then you came over. It seems that the two of us really have a good connection. "
After nearly three months of getting along day and night.
The two looked like a young couple in love, and Lin Daiyu fully entered the role.
Hearing Jia Cong's words, I felt very sweet in my heart, and said with a smile: "Well, when I saw brother Cong standing here, I wanted to come over and accompany you. What do you think? What have you gained this time? "
Jia Cong gently held her hand and said with a smile: "The biggest gain from this trip is that my relationship with Sister Lin is getting better and better, which makes me overjoyed, and I also made a little money."
When Lin Daiyu heard this, she felt happy and leaned gently on Jia Cong's body.
Sweetly said: "Brother Cong is really getting better and better at coaxing people, but my sister likes to hear it, so how much money do you earn from it?"
Jia Cong put his arms around her shoulders and whispered something into her ear.
Lin Daiyu said in surprise: "Ah, so much? Brother Cong, is this also called small money? Will it be okay to do this?"
Jia Cong patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Don't worry, nothing will happen. Most of these were intercepted by Jinling and were done by my own soldiers. Others don't know how many.
Besides, I have obtained more than 20 million taels of silver for Your Majesty this time. Even if I don’t take even one tael of silver, others won’t believe it. Instead of being suspected no matter what, it’s better to take whatever you need and as much as you can. Take it and let others guess. "
Lin Daiyu said: "Brother Cong, since you have thought about it, my sister will not say more, but you must deal with it from beginning to end. After all, this is not a trivial matter."
Jia Cong said: "Actually, my brother is not short of money. He can't even spend the money he earns. But in an officialdom, you have to abide by the rules of the officialdom. Don't worry, everything will be fine with my brother here."
"Well, brother Cong, it's cold outside, let's go back."
