It was late autumn, and the fragrance of golden osmanthus was floating in the Governor's Mansion of Zhaoqing and chrysanthemums were everywhere.

It just rained yesterday, and the weather was rarely not that hot. The luxurious living room of the back house of the Governor's Mansion was even more windy. However, Lin Hongzhong kept wiping his forehead with a veil and stretched his neck from time to time to look behind the screen.

He arrived early this morning. He could have taken a boat from Macau along the river and came to Zhaoqing comfortably. But in order to ride a horse that had been rushing for a night, his body was about to fall apart.

Because the owner of the Lin Pavilion was almost dead. There have been bad news all the time. First, Lin Daogan sent a message saying that the Jiangnan Group's fleet had already moved south and ordered his subordinates to fight. Unfortunately, his skills were not as good as others and he was defeated. At present, the opponent is stationed on Nan'ao Island and may attack Xiaxia at any time.

This shocked Lin Hongzhong and the Portuguese in Macau. They originally thought that after Zhao Hao had to spend a year or two before he could go south after eating Ryukyu. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhao not only had strong digestive ability but also had a very good appetite, but he went south to Fujian and Guangdong without stopping.

Fortunately, since learning that Zhao Hao captured Ryukyu, the Portuguese began to actively prepare for war. After losing Japan's trading port, Naha Port has become extremely important. They must take the initiative to fight at will to defend their freedom of navigation and trade in the East Asian waters.

Next was the Governor's Office. Lin Zhongcheng, considering that the gathering of pirates outside the Pearl River Estuary might cause chaos, decided to quickly transfer Lin Daogan, who had made a big splash some time ago, to move to Tuen Mun to prevent pirates from entering the Pearl River Estuary and invading the surroundings of the provincial capital.

Lin Hongzhong learned the bad news immediately through his suspicion in the Governor's Office. For the Wuyangtong Trading Hall, which has been actively seeking Tuen Mun Island, this is like a bolt from the blue.

Originally, Lin Hongzhong planned to change the current situation dominated by Portuguese in Macau to Tuen Mun after he went to Tuen Mun to be dominated by the Wuyangtong Trading Hall. This would be of great benefit to him in terms of public opinion pressure, business environment, and the distribution of interests with the Portuguese.

After all, in this extremely proud Ming Dynasty, when a Japanese man's big hat was always shorter than others when he was buckled.

Who knew that after spending so much money to plan something, Lin Dao actually picked peaches!

After Lin Hongzhong heard the news, he immediately realized that when he went to the bottom of the night last month, Lin Daogan had an ambiguous attitude because he had already taken the line of the Guangdong Governor!

Although Lin Hongzhong wanted to win over Lin Daogan and join forces to deal with Jiangnan Group, Tuen Mun is the most important thing. If Lin Daogan occupied the place and looked across the estuary of the Pearl River from Macau, not only would his own plans be ruined, but the existing transactions with the Florians would be greatly affected.

So he couldn't sit still after hearing the news and rushed to Zhaoqing overnight to ask for a meeting with Yinbutang, hoping that this big backer who had taken the kids could prevent these things from happening.

However, the long wait for the shadow of the Governor General made his bad premonition even stronger.

I don't know how long he had been waiting, but he finally heard the sound of footsteps and quickly stood up to greet him. Just as he was about to knock on the ground, he saw that it was not Yin Zhengmao, but his aide, Master Jin.

"Ah, it's Brother Yukun." Lin Hongzhong quickly covered up his disappointment, and smiled all over his face and said, "I haven't seen you some days, so why don't you be fine?"

"The owner of the Lin Pavilion has been missing for a long time." Master Jin was wearing a pair of tortoiseshell glasses, his eyes hidden behind the thick lenses, and also hid the message in his eyes.

After he and Lin Hongzhong sat down, they said directly: "The owner of the Lin Pavilion is here to ask for a visit to the Ministry of the Temple today? Unfortunately, the Ministry of the Temple has been on a trip with the distinguished guests."

"Oh?" Lin Hongzhong said in a slight surprise: "Who can you ask who you are? Can you have such great face?"

"Haha..." Master Jin smiled and did not answer.

"Look at my memory." Lin Hongzhong slapped his forehead and took out a gift list from his sleeve and said, "It's time to criticize foreign things again. He has picked up a few exquisite and fun things and sent them to Brother Yukun's house."

Master Jin took it, opened the gift list and looked at it. In addition to the Western self-ringing bells, glass mirrors and various South American gem spices, there were also Myanmar bells, which he had been looking for for a long time.

"I heard that the Tai Chi Pills sold in China are mostly fake, so I don't know how to distinguish them?" Master Jin asked only this.

The Burmese bell is called "Tai Chi Wan" in decent people. It has always been a gift for officials, and even openly seen in the notes. It is precisely because the literati and officials have a high demand, so fake goods are flooding the market.

Master Jin seemed to have been fooled, and he seemed to know the truth: "I heard that Burmese men embedded it in power to assist the heroic spirit. Only by killing Burmese and taking it alive can they be faithful..."

"Brother Yukun, don't worry, it's absolutely fidelity." Lin Hongzhong patted his chest and said, "It was the one who took the words of the Folang Ji people to cut off the Burmese words!"

"How do they really do this?" Master Jin said in surprise.

"A barbarians, of course, how can they make money? They are also hunting slaves and peddling slaves. What's the point of cutting a penis?" Lin Hongzhong gestured indifferently about a monkey stealing peaches and said, "Now when they see the natives of Nanyang, they will first dig their crotch and search for treasure..."

Master Jin felt a chill under his crotch and started to laugh with him.

After laughing, he whispered to Lin Hongzhong: "He is a fellow villager and senior from the Ministry of Revenue, Zhao Liben, who was once the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing."

"Oh?" Lin Hongzhong immediately became alert and said, "Is it the father of Zhao Sima in Chaozhou?"

"That's right." Master Jin nodded and said, "The Ministry Hall is from She County, Huizhou Prefecture, and Mr. Zhao is from Xiuning, and the two counties are neighboring counties. The Master Zhao is in the first round of the Ministry Hall, and he has old friends with the Ministry Hall. He treats the Ministry Hall as elders and accompanys him to visit Qixingyan."

"But the Ministry is not from Gaoge's old man, are you not going to deal with Mr. Zhao?" Lin Hongzhong's mouth was bitter.

"What you don't deal with is Gaoge, not a tribe." Master Jin said lightly: "At the tribe level, aren't there such freedom?"

"That's it..." Lin Hongzhong nodded heavily. He always thought that the Zhao family was on the governor's route. According to his knowledge, of course, he could only hold one thigh. Especially when the two thighs were not dealt with, there was only a dead end to get along with each other.

But the Zhao family was able to hold two thighs at the same time? This was beyond his perception.

"Why don't you come again tomorrow?" Master Jin repayed the other party and stood up and wanted to leave. "I'll make an appointment for you when the ministry comes back."

"I'm waiting for the ministry to come back here..." Lin Hongzhong shook his head slowly, showing a ruthless look. He has been in the world for many years and believes in taking money and eliminating disasters for others. He has already respected Governor Yin so much that he must do this for himself!

"Then you wait." Master Jin looked unhappy and said in a tone: "The students still have official duties, so I won't be with you."

"Brother Yukun, please give me a gift." Lin Hongzhong hurriedly got up and said to himself, "You have nothing to do with official business, aren't you just in a hurry to go back and try Mianziling?"

Qixing Rock is located in the north of Zhaoqing City. On the lake with blue waves like a mirror, seven rugged rock peaks are arranged like the Big Dipper. The peak forests and lakes are integrated, which are breathtakingly beautiful. It is known as the most amazing sight in Lingnan and has always been a tourist.

However, today's rare and wonderful weather is quiet on the huge lake, and all the pleasure boats that were scattered in the past were gone.

This is because the Governor wanted to entertain distinguished guests here, so he ordered the Zhaoqing prefect to clear the venue in advance.

Therefore, on the lake, except for the clutch ships responsible for the alert, there is only a luxurious double-decker pleasure boat, where you can enjoy the mountains and rivers.

At this time, the silk and bamboo in the pleasure boat were leisurely, and the musical prostitutes raised by Governor Yin were playing to cheer them up.

Governor Yin, wearing brocade robe, and his wife Zhuang were on the platform outside the second floor to invite Zhao Liben and Ye from afar.

After traveling around for more than a year, the old man not only did not show any fatigue, but he was getting younger and younger...

This is not surprising. You will be tired when traveling because you are a poor trip. Mr. Zhao is a rich trip, and he is a very rich guy.

He and Ye's servants accompanied him had more than 400 guards, which was the simplification of the number of people. The two of them would give gifts to local officials and gentry in various places, buy livestock supplies from merchants, and hire a large number of local people as guides and porters... In the past year, the tourism-related expenses alone exceeded 200,000 taels.

So he climbed the Guangming Peak of Huangshan, Tiandu Peak, Zhurong Peak of Hengshan, Huiyan Peak... he was all sitting on a slider and was lifted up by someone. You wouldn't be tired if you weren't.

Of course, the old man was carried on the full tour, and he also walked a lot of roads. For example, the scenery is good and the road is good, so he always has to walk on his own to make it taste good. Therefore, it is considered to be a training session... In addition, he hasn't started a carnival party this year, so his health is of course very good.

Ye is the same. With the nourishment of love, he looks a few years younger. He is really a bit old and charming. Zhuang, who looks about the same age as her, is envious and insists on asking her for a secret recipe for beauty care.

Zhuang is also from She County and has some distant relatives with Ye. In this distant southern country, this little affection is infinitely magnified, and the two are so kind that they are like their own aunts.

At this time, the banquet was over, and the servant changed into a tea and fruit plate. Zhuang ordered a table of refreshments indoors, pulled Ye in, and talked about some private topics about women...

Zhao Liben and Yin Zhengmao can also talk about some private topics about men...

"This Zhaoqing is really a treasure land, and the beauty of the mountains and rivers is no less than that of Guilin." Zhao Liben was wearing big sunglasses and was lying on a bamboo chair, smoking a cigar comfortably.

Because of Lin Hongzhong's filial piety, Yin Zhengmao also became interested in smoking, but he smoked a hookah. After a few puffs, Ba Shi was very good.

"Since ancient times, there has been a cloud, 'If you don't take a boat to travel to the lake, you won't know the beauty of the lake, and the star rock will come in vain." Yin Zhengmao also lay comfortably on the bamboo chair, sniffing for a few slaps: "But compared to the infinite beautiful scenery you see when you travel to the rivers and lakes, you must be far behind."

"My land of China and its beautiful mountains and rivers are indeed worth a visit." Zhao Liben smiled and said, "But you have a prosperous career and you have not had this freedom for ten or twenty years."

"Hey, I don't know if I will be dismissed and investigated." Yin Zhengmao said half-truely: "Uncle Shi has not been in the officialdom for a long time, so he may not know that the bullet stamps that impeach me may be higher than mine. They even gave me a nickname, "Leave half"!"

"Is that true?" Zhao Liben said indignantly: "A group of evil dogs who only know how clamoring are, and they don't know how difficult it is to be the master of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing that can be done in a proper manner!"
Chapter completed!