Yang He and others entered the city, which was not as good as before when they entered Pizhou City. Min Zhuang, who was guarding the city, saw that Yang He and others were not easy to mess with, did not dare to investigate.

But these soldiers obviously didn't care. He came forward with employment. His "Suqian Chaotian Pot" was already famous in Suqian City. The magistrate said it was good after eating. Many yamen often chose Chaotian Pot for dinner.

Dai Guozhu, the general guarding the local area, is also a regular visitor to Chaotianguo. Many generals and officials know the boss of Chaotianguo and especially appreciate his generous and generous style.

Hu Juye had already changed into regular clothes at Dong Hekou, wearing a signature green robe, and loudly said that he was the new general of the Liberation Officer of Pizhou. He was fortunate to meet him on the road and said that Lord Yang was going to see the governor this time, and that brothers should not be neglected.

The soldiers guarding the gate were even more surprised. Looking at Yang He whispering, it was obvious that they also knew about Yang He's defeat of the bandits several times.

Even the merchants entering and leaving the city were surprised and discussed when they heard this, and pointed at Yang He.

Someone who was eccentric and even watched Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan riding on the horse were amazed.

As everyone was watching, Yang He and others soon entered the city. After Hu Kaiye came forward, the soldiers of the camp did not ask, and they didn't even look at Yang He's tooth cards. The team that only guarded the gate always greeted Hu Kaiye intimately, saying that they would go to his "Chaotianguo" to have fun again the next day.

Yang He shook his head slightly. If he guards the city, no matter who enters the city, he must check it clearly.

Soon everyone entered the city, and there were houses and houses. The Huangyun Wharf was connected to the west gate, which was quite lively. Judging from the accent of the people, it was similar to that of Pizhou and Suining. Basically, Pizhou, one prefecture and two counties belong to the same dialect.

This place is more lively than Suining, but the people are rich and limited. Many people also have good faces and patches on their bodies.

Suqian is also part of the "poor Huai River". The Yellow River seized Huai River and entered the sea. All the originally smooth drainage and irrigation systems were destroyed. The Yi, Shu, Wu, Si and other water systems lost their runners and flew around in Sumu and other places, and flooded often occurred.

The Yellow River water is raging, and droughts are followed by floods. The fields are covered with weeds, and most of them are reborn places for locusts. The people here are as miserable.

Walking on the street, Yanghe found that there seemed to be fewer young and strong people in the city. He heard the residents on the street talking, but there was a "blocking horse river" in the north of Suqian, and many people were recruited to work.

Someone said happily: "Shi Xianggong used work for relief. We had food before the autumn sowing, so we could save a lot of food."

Some people also complained: "Oh, summer grain is just harvested, and wheat is more than two taels per stone, so why don't the people live? It would be great if Master Wanli is here."

Someone continued to sigh, "Yes, it was so comfortable at that time. The rice money was fifty cents, the salt money was more than ten cents, the duck and chicken money was more than twenty cents, and it was easy to spend every day. Small families earned twenty cents a day and could live a day. The big fish and meat cost only two or three cents a day. If you don't pick up the remains of the two capitals and the thirteen provincial roads, you won't close your door at night for forty-eight years. Wanli is really the king of Yao and Shun."

Yang He listened to the people's discussions. The Ming Dynasty's citizens were well-developed, and here he was at the forefront of Xuhuai and Huangyun Wharf. More businessmen and working people all rely on buying rice to eat, which is particularly sensitive to price fluctuations.

In the Year of the Tianqi period, I won’t say that the generation of people born in Chongzhen period was a miserable generation. Most of the people complained on the streets were middle-aged and elderly people, who came from the wealthy and stable Wanli period.

At that time, the order was stable and the prices were low. One tael of silver could buy rice and two stones. A pig head weighing five pounds was less than one ounce of silver. A chicken weighing two pounds was two or three cents of silver. A fat pig weighing hundreds of pounds was more than one ounce of silver. A sheep weighing thirty pounds was only more than four ounces.

Even in the late Wanli period, you can buy rice and one tael of silver. The prices of chickens, ducks and sheep rose slightly, but the people can bear it, not as outrageous as the current prices. Even if the rice is not enough, the price has risen to five or six taels, a chicken and duck egg costs 30 to 40 cents, and a chicken and duck egg costs more than a thousand cents.

At that time, the number of servants and women was only 1,200,200 yuan, and the price of a person was not as good as a chicken. This was understandable to complain.

Yang He felt that if someone did a good job in production and restored prices to the level of the late Wanli period, everyone would praise it. If it could restore to the level of the middle Wanli period, then it would be of immeasurable merit.

Soon everyone arrived at the intersection of the street. The county government was on the central line of the city. There were two north-south parallel streets here. The county government was located on the west to "Xuanren Street" and "Yunlu Street" to the east. After the Qing Dynasty, each of them was renamed "Xingfu Street" and "Fugui Street".

Along the way, Yanghe also found that there were many local temples. He walked from the Huangmen of the town to the intersection of the street and found several, and there were more cities. Perhaps the floods and droughts were frequent, and the local people wanted to beg for the protection of the gods, and the north-south transportation hub was also in the north-south transportation hub, so many temples were built.

No wonder this area has the saying "Shuyang rich man stays in the temple".

Suqian Chaotianguo is also at the intersection of Xuanren Street. Although the south of the city is more lively, it is built here and is close to the county government, which has a greater impact.

The intersection of Xuanren Street is paved with bluestone. The two-story "Chaotian Pot" shop stands in the southeast of the intersection. Everyone enters from the backyard, with shadows swaying in the trees, cool and quiet. When you enter inside, you feel comfortable all over your body and a hot smoke disappears.

Li Ruwan said, "You really know how to enjoy this place, Mr. Hu."

Hu Juye looked around and said to Yang He: "Do you want to take a break? Wait until your subordinates ask you to make a place for your husband to rest and take a shower and change clothes. Then let the chef prepare some famous Shandong dishes and staple foods from Chaotian pot, and treat Yang Xianggong to the evening."

Not long after he arrived in Pizhou, he was called back by Yang He and then came to Suqian, without any preparation.

Yang He was about to answer when he saw a person cheering and shouting, "Mr. Hu is back? So that Master Hu knows that the carriage body has been made, authentic Huai'an King Camp goods. I saw it, it is so grand, beautiful, elegant, sturdy and atmospheric."

Hu Juye coughed a lot, and the man saw everyone in the yard, and he was also stunned.

Li Ruwan said: "Okay, I'm still preparing a carriage, and it's still the body of a carriage produced by the King of Huai'an. It's so expensive. One carriage is twice as expensive as another place. Is it said it's not corrupt?"

Hu Juye peeked at Yang He's face and defended him: "This is a must. As a businessman, these are all decent things that should be."

He even said to Yang Hedao: "So that Yang Xianggong knows that if he goes out to do business and doesn't have a good car or a sedan, it will make people look down on others and many things are difficult to deal with. It is also very expensive to make friends with all kinds of people. However, I am loyal to my husband, and every expense is recorded."

He defended himself, glaring at Li Ruwan, saying that this woman was troublesome.

Yang He seemed to be smiling, but did not mention this matter, and only said to everyone: "Okay, we're in Suqian. We'll go to see Shi Governor. Manager Hu stayed, and the rest of the guns followed me, but my Xin'anzhuang firearm was not good to be seen by outsiders."

Hu Juye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Yang will not stop, will you go tomorrow?"

Yang He said: "No need, go now."

Yang He decided to go to see Shi Kefa now. As a subordinate official, he would pay homage to the governor of a place. Whether Shi Kefa saw him or not, he would have to show his attitude, so how many days can he rest before going?

When he came, he also heard Hu Juye say that when Governor Shi Kefa came to Suqian, he had lived in the Confucian Temple earlier, but now, in order to facilitate the command of the "Blocking Horse River" project, he moved to the Donggong Temple on the south ridge of Busan outside the northeast of the city.

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As the governor of the canal transportation, Shi Kefa attracted attention with every move. Naturally, he had to carefully choose the place where he lived.

The Confucian Temple and the Donggong Temple are official temples, such as the City God Temple, the Wenchang Temple, the Wind, Clouds, Thunderstorms, Mountains, and the Country Altar. They are all official sacrificial buildings of the government. Each place can compile county annals. The "Shen Temple" section is also placed in front of the annals.

These all enjoy the Confucian sacrificial ceremony, and are like God Haotian, belonging to the righteous gods of the Confucianism series.

As for the temples that the Buddhist and Taoist teachings have been cultivated, strictly speaking, they can only be called temples and do not enjoy the imperial sacrifices. In extraordinary times, they are regarded as the elude temples. The "Temple Temples" section of the county annals in various places can only be placed at the end of the annals.

As a local official and an orthodox Confucian child, Shi Kefa pays great attention to this point. Whether living in the Confucian Temple or the Donggong Temple, it is impossible to find any fault.

The Donggong Temple is located next to the official road in the northeast of the city, so it is not difficult to find.

Yang He washed his face casually, leaving his pistol, but he was wearing the double insertion of the saber and the saddle.

So were everyone, and the handgun winged tiger guns were left behind, and Qian Sanniang asked Uncle Wan to stay and take care of the prison.

However, we will soon meet a second-rank senior official and a senior governor in the first place. To be honest, everyone is still a little scared.

Shi Kefa was the Minister of Revenue and the Right Deputy Censor of the Ministry of Revenue. He was in the third rank of official position, but because he was promoted to the first rank of governor and governor, he was promoted to a second rank of senior officials.

Because he was not a Shangshu, outsiders generally called him Shi Tu or Shi Tuchen. However, when he was the Minister of War, the Minister of War, Jiangbei, in history, he was called the Supervisor or the Pavilion Department, which was also the origin of the Shi Tuchen Department.

For the soldiers and civilians of Huai'an Prefecture, Shi Kefa was the largest official in the local area. He still had a sense of being a villain when he came to guard the crowd, and he was subconsciously afraid of seeing the high-ranking officials.

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Soon Yang He and others went out of the backyard, walked to "Xuanren Street", turned east, and soon left "Yangchun Gate" to the east, and turned north.

At this time, the Zhongcanal was not excavated and opened. The east side of Suqian City was desolate. There was only one big lake in Qiuhu (a piece of Shunhe Town in later generations). It was dozens of miles around, but it was silted into Pinglu during the Kangxi period.

Yang He and others walked north along the edge of the city road. There were a lot of wilderness, and there were no houses left. Under the scorching sun, everyone was sweating profusely again and were covered in dust.

Fortunately, I soon saw the Donggong Temple, not far from Tongjing Avenue, from Nanjing to Huai'an, passing through the west gate of Suqian City, and then from the northeast of the city to Tancheng, Shandong.

There is a small hill behind the temple, and the edge of the temple and the mountains are covered with pine and locust trees. A tall flag is flying around the temple. Several iron armored soldiers in the door, each with bright helmets and bright armor, with armor exposed outside, shining in the sun.

I guess these people are the guards of Shi Kefa’s Super Biao Battalion. They are equipped with pretty good equipment. They are all wearing iron armor and are quite majestic. Although they are wearing iron armor in hot weather, it is really uncomfortable to wear them in iron armor.

However, Yang He also realized that Shi Kefa's trip was very simple, with little pomp and lived in a small place. Otherwise, the flag-and-character guards for the governor would be stacked one after another, and there would be hundreds of people following the staff and guards.

Seeing the cavalry coming over, the guards at the temple gate were all on guard, and they all held the sword and spear, their eyes sharp and solemn.

Yang He and others dismounted, Chen Qiuao stepped forward and said that he was under the command of Yang He, the new general of Pizhou, and behind him was Lord Yang. He was ordered to come to pay homage to Shi Governor.

"Yang He?" At this time, a clanging voice sounded, and then a general came out of the temple, and he was covered in iron armor. The armor leaves were clanging sounds while walking.

There are also double-entry, the left and right arrows, and the bow is also the upper force to open the Yuan bow, and the arrows are all wolf-toothed armor-breaking arrows.

Seeing that he was less than thirty years old, he looked a little elegant, but with calmness and murderous aura, his red cloak was covered with mottled blood, and he spoke with a Shanxi Datong accent: "Is it the new Master Yang He, the head of the Pizhou General Manager?"

Yang He stepped forward and said, "It's the official, how dare you ask the general?"

The general replied and said, "The last general Shi Dewei, who is in charge of the order of the governor, is here to wait for Lord Yang."

Yang Hedao: "It turns out to be General Shi."

The two of them said a few words, and it turned out that Shi Kefa was not in Donggong Temple now, but was urging him at the construction site in the north.

Recently, he has always been resting day and night, and sometimes even at night in the shed. If Lord Yang wants to pay homage to the temple, Shi Dewei cannot tell when Shi will come back. If he wants to pay homage to the construction site in the north, Shi Dewei can take him there now.

It can be seen that Shi Dewei was quite curious about Yang He and looked at him from time to time.

He was also curious about Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan, who were quiet behind Yang He. After several great victory, the scholar Yang He was quite well-known in Huai'an Prefecture. Many of his subordinates were cited as legendary figures, especially female figures.

Judging from Shi Dewei's tone, it seemed that Shi Kefa attached great importance to Yang He and specifically ordered a general to wait here to welcome him.

Naturally, Yang He couldn't wait here stupidly. As for officialdom, it would be better to go to the construction site to pay a visit.

At that moment, Yang He and others got on the horse again. Shi Dewei led several cavalry to lead the way. They were all well-equipped, with a solemn and strong evil spirit on their bodies.

Yang He felt that although they were not as good as Liu Qilang and others, they were not far behind. They were considered elites in the Supervising Camp.

However, Yang He knew that there were not many people like Shi Kefa. Just like the entire Super Biao Camp, such a talented cavalry would not exceed a thousand.

Shi Dewei led the way, and he didn't talk much, but Yang He could feel that this person was unusually a general, and he had a taste of both civil and military affairs.

He also knew this person somewhat. He was from the Zuowei of Datong, Shanxi. He was good at riding and shooting since he was a child and knew the art of war. He returned to Shi Kefa's command in the 14th year of Chongzhen. In history, the battle of Yangzhou was considered to be his adopted son. Later, he restrained Shi Kefa's clothes and was buried in Meihualing outside Yangzhou. In the end, he escaped from the world and entertained himself with poetry and wine.

The bow and arrow sacs he used were quite old, with blood light hidden on it, and it was obviously rich in stories.

Shi Dewei rode his horse all the way and looked at Yang He around him from time to time. He knew that this man was a scholar, but the bow and arrow hanging on the saddle were also twelve powerful bows, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

He only saw one such scholar, Yan Yingyuan, who served as the Jiangyin History as a juren. When he took office, the pirate Gu Sanmazi led hundreds of warships to invade. Yan Yingyuan led his troops to resist defending, and fired three arrows in a row. Someone fell down more than a hundred steps away.

The pirates were frightened and dared not to offend again. The people of Jiangyin were virtuous.

Shi Dewei once met Yan Yingyuan, and was extremely admired and attracted to him as a hero.

But now I saw another nerd who greatly changed his views on scholars, and there were also heroes who were both civil and military.
To be continued...