Troubled Times Survival Raiders

From the southern capital to Guangzhou, official roads have been built. Although they have not always been smooth and smooth, they are mostly on the main roads.The carriage that Shen Yu was riding in was specially repaired by Mrs. Song, and the inside was covered with thick cushions, so she didn't feel much bumps along the way.

In fact, it is possible to take the post by water, but Daqi's boat is really bad, and the water is not as safe as the land. Wu Junyi was worried that he would get seasick, so he flatly vetoed it.

The Song family wanted to bring him all the food, food and play at home. Shen Yu packed two cars with his luggage alone, and the guards assigned to him by the court sent him to the post all the way. In this way, there were more than 20 people.

Shen Yu wanted to be easy and simple, but even if he persuaded his family, Wu Junyi would definitely not allow it.The Yao people are indispensable in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. If the Yao people are in trouble, and they don't even have a guard for self-defense, how can he feel at ease?

Wu Junyi was deeply stimulated by the draft, and he personally arranged for Shen Yu to take office.

Those who escorted Shen Yu were not ordinary guards, they were allocated from the Royal Forest Army.These people have received strict training, and they must execute the emperor's orders meticulously.Even Shen Yu wanted to visit the villagers along the way and check the disaster situation, these

Shen Yu didn't want to embarrass them, so she could only look through the car window and arrived at Lingnan Road safely.

Because Shen Yu's rank, holy family and birthplace of the No. [-] scholar were kept there, all the officials from Guangzhou came to welcome him.According to the rules, Shen Yu was escorted by the guards to fast for one night in the temple outside the city, and entered the state capital the next day.

Guangzhou is indeed hot and humid.Fortunately, Shen Yu had already made preparations, and ordered someone to cut some crisp gauze clothes, and fumigated the house with the prepared medicinal materials to drive out insects, which made it impossible for the officials who were going to please him to do anything.

"Master Shen is really far-sighted. He knew so much about our climate in Guangzhou when he took office. When I first came here, I was in a hurry for a long time."

Shen Yu smiled lightly, "There are colleagues from Guangzhou in Beijing, so I just mentioned a thing or two."

The visitor's attitude was affectionate and flattering, and the words contained the meaning of giving him an insult. Shen Yu could naturally hear this meaning, and he just tried to resolve it one by one.

They chatted about Shen Yu's experiences all the way, and Shen Yu quietly avoided asking about his hobbies, and finally asked: "I'm new here, what do we do in Guangzhou on weekdays?"

Before Shen Yu came here, she also read the state annals. Guangzhou is rich and prosperous. The ten counties below can collect enough taxes every year. Business is flourishing and sea transportation is developed. Except for Han and Yao people living together and frequent fights, there is nothing wrong with it. .

"Yamen, isn't it just about governing the people, promoting virtuous persons, and deciding lawsuits, except that it's just welcoming and sending. If it's different from other places, it's Yao people. Hey, you know, they speak half of Chinese. It doesn’t make sense, and the customs are very different from ours, and there will always be troubles from time to time, and it doesn’t make sense, if a couple is dissatisfied with the ruling, they will rush to the Yamen with a knife!”

What the subordinate officials said was half-truth and half-false, and with the experience just now, Shen Yu just laughed off these words that were obviously meant to scare him.

Shen Yu prepared gifts such as rhinoceros belts, silk, and incense cakes as ordered by his colleagues in Beijing, and sent a copy to officials from all over Guangzhou according to their grades, which was a gesture of favor.

Of course he didn't understand these things just because he was studying, but before he left Beijing, his colleagues, teacher, and Wu Junyi had all instructed him one by one, and even the things were prepared for him, and he was familiar with it.

Shen Yu obeyed his father's instructions, first went to do the paperwork, then offered sacrifices to the temple, and accepted the worship of the officials of the state government. people.

Shen Mu's only daughter, Shen Jia, is married to Lu Ning, and she hasn't contacted her for many years, so I don't know if she can be found.

But the subordinate officer grinned, "Isn't this going to hold a reception banquet for you? You can see shopkeeper Lu at night."

This is normal.At the reception banquet, in addition to the officials of the state government and the county magistrates of the counties below Guangzhou, there were also Juren, village sages and big business gentry from all counties, and it was normal for Lu Ning to be among them.

In the evening, it was the reception banquet, but Shen Yu refused to delay for a moment. First, he rode a horse to inspect the farm in the nearby Qingyuan County.

He watched the breeding of fine seeds with his own eyes in Beijing, but when he came to Guangzhou, he didn't know what it was like, so he had to see it with his own eyes to be at ease.

When he first arrived, he just brought a servant from home and ran over.The peasants didn't know his identity, they only saw his clothes and wealth, and they dared not drive him away.

"Is it possible to raise fish in rice fields?" Shen Yu was surprised when he saw it.There are clearly traces of fish swimming in the field.

He was talking to himself, but the farmer standing in front of him quickly replied: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Raising fish in the rice fields can feed on insects and maintain the rice fields. When the rice is harvested, those fish can also eat rice." It is also an extra harvest to fish out and sell.

Shen Yu saw this method for the first time, thought it over for a while, but found it extremely subtle, and he was amazed by the wisdom of the people.This is much more practical than the method that a group of literati came up with behind closed doors.

"This method is very good." He praised.When he goes back, he has to talk to Wu Junyi.

As expected, the reception banquet was very lively, because there were many scholars in Guangzhou, the gentry sitting at the table with Shen Yu were all older people, and the young ones were led by Li Tongpan's son to open another table.

Since it was a banquet, it was impossible to just sit and eat wine. Not long after everyone was seated, a few charming and enchanting prostitutes, dressed in red and green, came in with pipas in their arms, and saluted Shen Yu gracefully.

Shen Yu's face darkened.Officials are not allowed to recruit prostitutes.Even if everyone regards these regulations as decorations, Shen Yu can't tolerate them being presumptuous in front of her.

Li Tongpan, who was sitting next to him, quickly explained: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the officials will never dare to do things that violate the court's rules and regulations. These are men."

man?Shen Yu looked in surprise at those outfits that looked gentle and pleasant, with heavy makeup.The leader said: "My slave's name is Ziyu, what song would you like to hear?"

Although it was deliberately played softly, it could be heard that it was indeed a man's voice.

Shen Yu had also heard that it was a custom to have younger brothers in central Fujian, but he did not expect that this custom would also spread among officials for entertainment.

This is something that Shen Yu doesn't understand. In fact, because officials are prohibited from recruiting prostitutes, it is a common practice in various places to ask for a costume and sing a song.It's just because he only gathers with the Imperial Academy or his contemporaries most of the time in Beijing. This group of people is self-proclaimed, and at most they play chess together, and they rarely even listen to operas, let alone make such a thing happen.

"Choose what you are good at and sing." Shen Yu didn't think about rectifying the atmosphere on the first day of taking office, so she said absent-mindedly, and then looked at the other people on the table.

Li Tong introduced him one by one in a sensible manner.Shen Yu turned around and finally heard Lu Ning's name.

It turned out that the Lu family was a well-known business family. After Lu Ning failed in the examination, he simply took over the family business, and now he has become a well-known big businessman in southern Fujian.

Lu Ning had a rich and kind face, and looked at Shen Yu respectfully, as if he didn't recognize him at all.Shen Yu also suppressed her thoughts and listened to Li Tongpan's introduction.

Shen Yu secretly memorized the names of the county magistrates and wealthy gentry. Except for the most remote Yanshui County and Yining County, the other eight county magistrates were all present.As for the Juren of the counties, their attitude towards Shen Yu was even more admirable.After all, Shen Yu is the No. [-] scholar who was born in the third list, and the supreme existence in the hearts of all scholars.

Even if he is older than him, he should respectfully salute him here and call him a student.

The banquet went on happily, and Shen Yu exchanged glasses with them with a smile, chatting about the customs of Beijing and Guangzhou.After three rounds of drinking, Shen Yu saw that the time was about the same, and said to Li Tong: "It's almost time, everyone should go back and rest?"

Li Tongpan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that he stopped the music, said a few words on the occasion, and ended the banquet gracefully.

Because there were so many people, Shen Yu didn't care about what to say to Lu Ning, she just winked, said goodbye to everyone, and went back to the backyard of the government office.

Not long after he came back, someone sent a message: "My lord, Shopkeeper Lu is here to visit."

"Please come in." Shen Yu said.

But it wasn't just Lu Ning who came, there was also a woman wearing a veil.

"Auntie!" Shen Yu hurriedly stepped forward to bow down.

"Yu Lang, it really is Yu Lang!" It was an excited female voice.Shen Jia took off her veil, revealing a face similar to Shen Yu's.Compared to her age, she described it as not aging, and the faint sadness between her brows added to her a unique aura of time.

Shen Jia squeezed Shen Yu's hand, "After all these years, I never thought that I could still hear news from my family. Yu Lang has grown up and passed the examination for the number one scholar to be an official. I'm so happy."

Lu Ning also said: "Exactly, when I first received the notice of the master's transfer, I went back and told Jia Niang that she thought it was just the same name. I saw him at the banquet today and heard him mention his hometown. Dare to confirm."

"Both of you are elders, so why bother to be polite, sit down quickly." Shen Yu asked them to sit down, and asked the servants to watch tea.

Shen Jia couldn't wait to ask about the situation at home, and Shen Yu told them one by one.Six or seven years after hearing that his father had passed away, the Shen family's eyes turned red, and tears dripped down intermittently. "I'm really unfilial. Not only did I fail to go back to see my father, but I even missed it because of my filial piety."

Lu Ning put his arms around her and patted her on the back lightly, "Now that we know, we can go back and visit Yue Zhang."

Shen Yu also talked about Yue Niang marrying into the palace and giving birth to a son, Shen Jia was also very happy, but then, Shen Yu mentioned Shen Tai's crime again.

Because it involved government affairs, Shen Yu didn't go into details, but just mentioned it in a few words.But Shen Jia was also smart since she was a child, why couldn't she feel it, the tears all dispersed at that moment, she said: "How did Sanlang become like this?"

Shen Tai was also her younger brother, Shen Yu didn't want to be rude, so she only asked about Lu Ning's reception.

"Master Shen, please forgive me, I'm afraid that in the near future, someone will come to the door and recommend himself as a pillow." Lu Ning said with a wry smile.