Chapter 169 The Emperor's Mind
Guo Wei and his daughter were plotting against Guo Hao, but Guo Hao didn't know that they stayed in Chenzhou for a day before they changed their way to Songzhou.
Since you want to be a prince, you cannot be better than Chai Rong. He cannot make Chai Rong feel threatened, otherwise it would be better not to do it.
The imperial edict has not been issued yet, so no one will doubt anything he does. He simply imitated Li Yu, traveling around and chanting poems every day.
I didn't know where to make a piano and play some untuned songs. Azhu frowned and Qiunan simply covered her ears.
It's strange that last time he was in the city of Hezhong, he clearly had a ten-side ambush, but now when he recalls, he can't even play.
Maybe the environment is different, so you don’t need to be calm.
The group continued to move forward and returned to the Bian River again. It was still the same pier. Guo Hao found it very interesting.
"Qiuan, you said we have been spared and we are back. Is the previous experience possible? "
"Dream?"
Qiunan was a little puzzled, but when he saw the sunset in the sky, he suddenly became a little confused, and it seemed that he had never left.
"This feeling..."
Guo Hao lowered his head and laughed. At this time, there was no concept of parallel space, and the explanation of time was not scientific. Such a profound question was really impossible for people in this era to answer.
Zhuang Zhou dreamed of Die when he had similar thoughts. In fact, Guo Hao also thought that his current experience might be a dream, and he might not wake up from a dream at any time.
"So strange..."
Qiu Nan was completely confused and was successfully taken into the ditch by Guo Hao. At the same time, the same place, the same scenery, the same...
"Young Master Guo, what a coincidence, we meet again."
At some point, Kong Mingyue actually arrived at the dock again, breaking the illusion and making Qiunan wake up.
"Uh, Miss Kong, why are you here..."
Guo Hao was really embarrassed. If Qiunan was not here, he might have performed, but Qiunan was right next to him, and he really didn't know how to face Kong Mingyue.
"Haha, my brothers work at this dock, and I will come to see them every evening."
"brother?"
Guo Hao looked to the side and there were indeed several people unloading the ship. One by one, they were packed off the ship and transported to the car on the shore.
"Honest Master Guo is gone, why are he back?"
"Oh, we have nothing to do, just go around."
While answering, Guo Hao observed Qiunan's expression. Kong Mingyue smiled slightly, as if the peonies were blooming, making Guo Hao's eyes lit up.
"Since we're together again, you might as well go to my boat to make it. I happened to get some new tea, so you can taste it."
After Kong Mingyue finished speaking, Guo Hao was about to refuse, but Qiu Nan spoke: "What kind of tea is it? I won't drink it if it's not good!"
Qiunan's words were provocative. She had been in Jiangnan for more than a year and gave tea to Zhongyuan every day. She had drunk all kinds of tea, but she didn't believe that Kong Mingyue could have good tea.
Faced with Qiu Nan's provocation, Kong Mingyue didn't care at all and smiled: "It's not a good tea, I made it casually by myself, and I don't know if it's up to you or not."
As he said that, Kong Mingyue's ship was already leaning against the dock, Qiunan walked up unbelievably. Guo Hao had no choice but to follow, but as soon as he got on the boat, he smelled a faint fragrance.
"This is……"
"Please sit down, I'll make tea now."
After saying that, he scooped some water from the bucket, poured it into a mud pot, and then sat the mud pot on the carbon, took out two exquisite porcelain bowls at the same time, opened a paper bag, and put some tea leaves in each.
Judging from the quality of the tea leaves, it is indeed not a good tea, but the white flowers in the tea leaves make Guo Hao's eyes lit up.
"This is, Jasmine!"
"Young Master is indeed a flower-knowing person!"
This sentence is ambiguous, but Guo Hao doesn't feel anything, but Qiu Nan sounds awkward, as if he is not talking about flowers, but people.
"The dew washes out the whole body white, and becomes a bone-changing fragrance after sinking water. Recently, it is said that the root seedlings are moved to the garden, and the body gradually becomes the southern wasteland.
The jasmine flowers are as white as pearls, and the faint fragrance is rising. It is the most fragrant thing on earth. I have been looking for it, but I didn't expect to meet it here.
If the lady has this jasmine flower, she must be from Shu or Dali, right?”
When Guo Hao saw Jasmine Flower, he guessed Kong Mingyue's life experience. Kong Mingyue did not hide it and nodded, "Young Master is right. The little woman is indeed from Shu."
Guo Hao nodded when he heard this, picked up a jasmine and put it to his mouth and smelled it. Guo Hao’s two favorite flowers in his previous life, one was jasmine and the other was lilac.
"Qiuan, look, this jasmine..."
Guo Hao turned his head and saw Qiu Nan's eyes with murderous aura. He immediately thought to himself that something was wrong, and put down Jasmine Flower and said, "By the way, Miss Kong, I suddenly remembered that I had something to do, so we should go ashore first."
At this time, a pot of water had not boiled, and Guo Hao was about to go ashore. Kong Mingyue saw the reason, but did not say it out loud: "Since that's the case, I'll invite you two to have tea another day."
Guo Hao nodded with a smile and said to Qiunan: "Madam, let's go."
Qiu Nan stood up expressionlessly and walked out of the cabin. At this time, the boat was still a distance from the shore. Qiu Nan suddenly jumped and jumped directly to the dock.
Guo Hao and the boatman were stunned. Guo Hao looked at it and found that it was at least four meters away from the shore just now. Qiu Nan didn't even assist, so he jumped over directly. If he participated in the Olympics, he would definitely break the world record.
Qiunan jumped onto the shore, clapped his hands, let out a long breath, and then left without looking back. Guo Hao saw her leaving and jumped onto the shore when it was more than two meters away. The boatman saw it for a moment and looked back at Kong Mingyue, and he was indeed extremely calm.
"Miss, these two people are just passing by here, why did you ask them to board the boat?"
Kong Mingyue looked at the newborn Mingyue and said slowly: "You have never seen it, so you can't see that although he is not wearing official uniforms, the waist-baring sign on his body is the symbol of the Privy Council.
Mr. Guo is so young that he has the best card of the Privy Council. I guess he is the official of the Privy Council, the famous man around the emperor today, Guo Hao.
Although he was named Guo Jing, I could still guess that I had heard that Guo Yuan was a talented person and was still a member of the Secretariat. Today, I saw it.
And this time he came out, I heard that there were two tasks, one of which was to inspect southern prefectures and counties, and the other seemed to be related to salt!"
"Salt!"
The boatman's pupils shrank when he heard this. If Guo Hao was here, he would definitely doubt why he was so surprised.
There is no airtight wall in the world. Although Guo Hao didn't tell others what he came out to do, the news could not be hidden in the palace.
In their opinion, whether Guo Hao is inspecting or making salt, it has nothing to do with them, and taxes cannot get into their pockets anyway.
After Li Gu went to court, he did not deliberately hide it when he talked to his friends about it. After all, he has not yet had a single horoscope, and even if Guo Hao succeeded, it would be a great thing.
But it is a good thing for the court, but it is not certain for some people.
A woman like Kong Mingyue is surrounded by a group of libas and often comes to the dock, which means that they are transporting things with the help of transporting things, and this thing is salt!
As a specialty for the government, salt and iron naturally have various problems due to corrupt officials' work, and the people's lives cannot be separated from salt, so some people take advantage of the interests in it.
Over time, a group was formed - the Salt Gang!
As the name suggests, the Salt Gang is a smuggler who sells private salt. The Salt Gang is called private salt and the flow of private salt. Compared with the "salt and iron official camp" in China since ancient times, it is also known as the "salt owl".
The Salt Gang has emerged in the Jianghuai River Basin since the Han Dynasty. The general trafficking routes are divided into two lines: north and south and east. The north and south canals are generally north to north and north to north; the east and west are generally along the Yangtze River to the northwest Qinghai-Tibet region.
Since ancient times, the official business of salt and iron was in feudal society. In feudal society, the bureaucratic system was corrupt and degenerate. They often used the privilege of monopolizing salt trade to make personal gains. The salt price was extremely high and the profit was very generous.
Salt merchants in the Jiangnan area are often rampant people, and they are trafficking in private salt together for personal gain. The trafficking gangs of these people are called "Salt Gang".
Because of this, they were doing illegal business, and Guo Hao was an official, and this time he came out and it was related to salt. The boatman subconsciously thought not that Guo Hao wanted to make salt, but to catch them.
Kong Mingyue was not originally named Kong Mingyue. Her original surname was Wu and her name was Meier. Her father, Wuchangping, was the current leader of the Salt Gang and claimed to be a descendant of Wu Zetian.
Chapter completed!