The mist disperses, at the north dock of Yangzhou City.
The traders were instructing the clerks and laborers to move the goods, the officials were checking the commercial taxes, and the trackers were shouting to pull the boats to the shore.
Li Xuan stood on the bow of the boat and looked at everyone on the shore with cautious eyes.
"My lord, is there something wrong?" Yu Ze followed Li Xuan and asked in a low voice.
"Nothing." Li Xuan shook her head lightly and said, "It's just a pity that no one came to greet me."
"Your Majesty, local officials also need to be proud. Although we are coming from the capital of God, we are just passers-by after all. Even if others know our purpose, they will not come to join in the fun." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan with some humor. .
"Your Majesty sent me to Jiangnan. Although I only served in Wuzhou, I was blessed with many gifts. I also hope that I can travel more and see more, and also let others see me more, so that other places will naturally be ignored. ." Li Xuan pondered in her heart and turned to look around the dock.
The current pier is hundreds of meters wide, and ships are constantly coming and going.
Yangzhou is prosperous, and most of the large docks are concentrated outside the north and south city gates.
Officials and merchants traveling from the south and the north stopped at the north and south piers.
Li Xuan came all the way from the capital of God. She didn't deliberately show off, but she didn't deliberately keep a low profile either.
Anyone who really pays attention to him knows where he is.
Their reactions and actions can to some extent reflect their mentality.
"We will stay in the post house first, then have the invitation sent to the Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou, wash up for a while, and then go visit Chief Dou in the afternoon. This Chief Dou knows everything!" Li Xuan's lips curled up. He showed a half-smiling expression.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of Nanchang has nothing to do with the Dou family. I'm afraid they will just deal with it casually, and it will not be easy for us to dispatch our troops and generals." Yu Ze showed a trace of worry on his face. They went there this time. The biggest problem in Wuzhou is the lack of soldiers.
There are not enough soldiers who have actually experienced battles and killings. This is their biggest problem at the moment.
There are no government soldiers in Wuzhou, only the men from the City Defense Inspection School Department under the command of Bing Cao Canjun, and the others are ordinary police officers. If you rely on these people to defend a city, you must put all your efforts and rack your brains, and I am afraid you can only do it reluctantly. It is not enough to go into the mountains and exterminate the rebels.
In addition to training soldiers in Wuzhou, Li Xuan also needed to mobilize soldiers who had experienced battles and killings from other places.
The soldiers from Yangzhou Dudufu and Yuezhou Dudufu are the best targets.
"It doesn't matter, let's meet him first. No matter what, he will always give me three points of favor." Although Dou Xuande is the chief historian of Yangzhou's governor's office and comes from the third rank, but Li Xuan is from the first rank of the current county. Wang, Li Xuan took the initiative to visit, Dou Xuande had to be polite even if he was polite.
What's more, Li Xuan is now the grandson-in-law of left prime minister Liu Rengui. Even if Li Xuan is not under the name of Liu Rengui, Dou Xuande still has to worry about three points.
Besides, even if Li Xuan's true intention of coming to Jiangnan could be hidden from others, it was difficult to hide it from Dou Xuande.
The emperor placed him in the position of governor of Yangzhou Governor's Palace in order to strangle the Tianyin Sect more comprehensively.
It's strange that Dou Xuande would let go of Li Xuan's contribution.
On the pier, the official ship docked.
A large group of Qianniu Guards in brilliant attire immediately rushed ashore and drove the surrounding officials, merchants and people aside. Only then did Li Xuan land.
"Your Majesty, this doesn't look like your style." Qiu Zhenmu glanced around. When Li Xuan was in Luoyang, he could keep a low profile and be as low-key as possible. How could he be as low-key as possible after leaving Luoyang? Instead, he could be as high-profile as possible. Could this be him? His true character?
"It doesn't matter, that's what you want." Li Xuan glanced back slightly. Except for Yu Ze and Qiu Zhenmu who were following him, the others, including Wang Bo, Yin Sizhen, Meng Jiao and others, were all behind. Inconspicuous.
"Brother Qiu, this time you are going through hardships with me again. Thank you for your hard work!" Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu with rare sincerity. He was a left-handed guard and a good guard. Although he had accumulated merits many times, he could never be promoted.
Especially this time Qiu
This was especially true after Shen Ji was demoted.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qiu Shenji was demoted to Shezhou this time because of the Queen's unique method.
As long as he successfully performs meritorious service, Qiu Shenji will be reinstated immediately upon returning to Luoyang.
But once it fails, Qiu Shenji will immediately stay in the Jiangnan area like Yanzhuang.
"I have only been with the prince for one month, and I have already accumulated three promotions as a lower officer. With one more promotion, I can be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of the Zuo Qianniu Guards, starting from the fifth rank." Qiu Zhenmu showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Although Si Junxiaowei, who is from the fifth rank, is not as good as Wuzhou Biejia, who is from the fifth rank of Li Xuan, and is not as good as Shezhou from Qiu Shenji, who is from the fifth rank, but after all, he is very close, Qiu Zhenmu really wanted to rise to another level this time.
Although Qiu Zhenmu and Qiu Shenji are uncle-nephew, not everyone is willing to sacrifice their own interests in this kind of matter, let alone they are just cousins.
While they were talking, Li Xuan, Qiu Zhenmu and their group had arrived at the official post behind the pier.
A fat and short Yi Cheng had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw Li Xuan and Qiu Zhenmu arriving, he quickly saluted: "Honghe has met the Prince of Nanchang."
"My men are talking too much!" Li Xuan glanced around, but none of the Qianniu Guards around looked at him.
Yi Cheng Honghe immediately bowed and said, "It's none of your generals' business. It is the responsibility of a junior official to investigate and verify the identity of officials coming and going."
Although Hong He was the Yi Cheng of a big city like Yangzhou, he was only a minor official of the ninth rank. Li Xuan's lowest official position was Wuzhou Biejia, who was lower than the fifth rank.
"By the way, it's for verification." Li Xuan waved to the back. Li Mo immediately stepped forward and opened the brocade silk package in his hand. There were dozens of official certificates inside. Li Xuan said with a smile: "Yi Cheng, please Check one by one. After checking, please leave three courtyards. Qian Niuwei lives in one courtyard, my king's staff lives in another courtyard, people from the Ministry of Industry, Zongzheng Temple Monk Pharmacy, and a few real masters live in One courtyard...are there still three empty courtyards?"
Yi Cheng Honghe lowered his head in fear: "Yes, yes, no one has lived there for a long time, so it needs to be tidied up."
A county prince is not unusual, there are several princes in Jiangnan, but the county prince is accompanied by a whole team of Qianniu Guards, as well as the Ministry of Works, and people from the Shang Yao Bureau are very rare. How can Yicheng Honghe dare to delay .
After finishing speaking, he immediately said with some panic: "Young official, send someone to clean up immediately."
Seeing Yi Cheng Honghe running towards the inn in a panic, Qiu Zhenmu turned around and looked at Li Xuan in surprise: "In our line of work, there are no people from the Ministry of Industry and the Zongzheng Temple Monk Pharmacy, right?"
"Why not?" Li Xuan looked very indifferent and said as he walked towards the inn: "Those who will serve as supervisors were originally brought in by Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Yin Sizhen's nephew was in the Chongxuan Department of Zongzheng Temple. There is a record of duties, Mr. Meng is the former imperial physician of Shang Yao Bureau, and I was also the former imperial physician of Shang Yao Bureau, so it is not too much to use the name of Shang Yao Bureau again."
"It's not too much, but if this happens, the whole of Yangzhou will be in chaos." Qiu Zhenmu showed a trace of worry on his face.
Li Xuan's current posture is not much worse than deposing the envoy and watching the wind envoy, and coming to Yangzhou.
"That's what I want." Li Xuan said softly, then he turned around suddenly and looked across the long street. It seemed that a figure suddenly flashed in a corner, and a strange color flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and then He strode towards the backyard.
There were hundreds of people in their group, both inside and outside, who began to move into the inn.
This scene was watched by many people, but just when the news reached the master behind them, a figure was already hiding outside the inn and observing quietly. ..
Under the black hat, his face and age could not be clearly seen. He could only vaguely see a pretty outline and a pair of eyes full of hatred.
She was wearing a gray coarse sermon outfit, and looking at her graceful figure, she was clearly a young and beautiful woman.
After staring for a moment, the woman turned around and walked away, instead of taking the main road, she walked down the alley.
In a very short time, she had already walked several streets and alleys, and finally stepped into a stench.
It was smoky, the ground was full of garbage, and it was very messy. The streets were filled with puddles all the way to the deepest part of the streets.
A waist-high wooden door opened, the woman walked in, and the wooden door closed.
The next moment, all the filth in the outside world was strangely blocked out, and the courtyard was filled with fragrance.
A beautiful woman in her thirties wearing a pale white skirt and a green tube top heard the voice and came out of the room and greeted, "Holy girl, you are back."
