After repeated calculations, Jiao Shun still set his primary goal on determining tariffs. After all, with the level of procrastination these days, if he didn't get out of the way as soon as possible while the shareholder Shi Nai of Bowling was in trouble, he didn't know how long it would be delayed.

After making the decision, he first explained the whole reason to Xing Xiuyan, saying that although he wanted to see the child born safely, if the matter was not handled properly, he would be dismissed from office.

It was a good thing that Xing Xiuyan was just a concubine and not a wife. Otherwise, if he proposed to leave Beijing for business at this time, he would probably arouse suspicion.

After calming down the reasonable Xing Xiuyan easily, Jiao Shun originally wanted to ask his father to explain things to him, but then he thought again that his biggest problem was that he had difficulty calming down when big things happened.

Rather than letting him worry day and night, it would be better to keep him in the dark - he can't do much to help with this matter.

So he simply skipped his father and rushed directly to the Baolinghou Mansion.

When he met Shi Nai, Jiao Shun did not tell the truth. He only said that after much thought, he was still worried that the preparations in Guangdong and Guangxi were not safe enough. If due to negligence, after going to sea...

Then wouldn't he be afraid that he would feel guilty and regretful for the rest of his life if he raped someone?

So he was ready to take the initiative to ask Ying to go south so that he could help Shi Nai check the situation.

As for the name, it was ready. Didn't the imperial court just send someone to determine the tariff? It happened that someone like him was quite good at this, so the Marquis could have chosen a worthy person without avoiding relatives.

Shi Ding originally failed to borrow money to buy an official position and was betrayed by his relatives. It was all thanks to Jiao Shun's finishing touch that he turned the situation around.

Therefore, he trusted Jiao Shun very much. When he heard that Jiao Shun wanted to accompany him to the south, he happily agreed without much thought.

When Jiao Shun timely revealed his confusion as to whether the court had selected a commissioner, Shi Nai immediately patted his chest and said that since the court wanted him to travel thousands of miles away, he couldn't get stuck on such trivial matters as sesame seeds and mung beans.

, we have already sent a commissioner, and we must force them to change their tune and withdraw!

Jiao Shun only believed half of his words.

Shi Nai was not a strong person to begin with. Although he was now poor and suddenly rich, he was still in a dilemma as to whether he had the courage to stand up for himself.

Therefore, Jiao Shun had no intention of placing all his hopes on Shi Nai.

After turning around and arriving at the Yamen, he ran to complain to his immediate superior, Shilang Su, saying that Baoling Hou had been pampered in the capital since he was a child and had never traveled far, let alone that he had to go overseas all of a sudden.

Because of this, Baoling Hou was worried all day long and could not sleep well, so he repeatedly postponed the day of departure.

And because of his relationship with the Marquis Mansion, Marquis Baoling has often come to me to complain recently - thanks to his efforts to persuade him, otherwise he might even be tempted to fight to the death.

But just because he was so relieved, Baoling Hou got into trouble again in the past two days and insisted on accompanying him south.

Although I tried to make excuses in every possible way, I had no choice but to say that he was an elder after all, and he was someone who would accept death and refuse to listen to advice.

Speaking of this, Jiao Shun said with a bitter face: "You can't miss the important event of the relationship between the two countries because of this, right? So I have the courage to come to ask for mercy. I want to see if there is any dispatch at the right time in the Yamen, or I can have a business or private meeting."

Two poops."

Su Shilang listened and started writing. After Jiao Shun finished speaking, he took off the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, lowered his head slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Jiao Shun for a while, and then spoke slowly

He said: "Since it is for the sake of national policy, it is not considered a private matter. You can find one or several errands to go south and report them to me."

Jiao Shun was a little embarrassed by what he saw. He always felt that this well-known capable official in the Ministry of Industry seemed to have seen through something.

But now, he can only bite the bullet and continue to act: "Thank you for your understanding! It's just that the Bowling Marquis may not be able to wait, and the trouble may have already reached Honglu Temple."

Su Shilang still said without raising his head: "If Honglu Temple can coordinate well, wouldn't it just save you the trouble?"

After a pause, he added: "It's a good thing for young people to know how to advance and retreat, but they can't lose their energy because of it - here, take it."

As he spoke, he passed forward what he had just written.

Jiao Shun originally thought that he was reviewing official documents, but only then did he realize that Su Shilang had written something for himself without saying anything.

He quickly stepped forward and took it with both hands, and subconsciously said: "If you are confident that you will live two hundred years, you will be like water hitting three thousand..."

Hearing Jiao Shun read the last word, he suddenly got stuck. Su Shilang glanced at him doubtfully and explained: "This is what Taizu of this dynasty did when he was a boy. Although it is a fragmentary sentence, it is full of atmosphere."

Jiao Shun: "..."

This Xia Taizu was really able to collect everything, and even refused to let go of the teacher's remaining sentences.

While he was sighing with emotion, Su Shilang couldn't help but sigh: "Taizu was really a great man in his generation. It's a pity that he was too hasty and died young. As the saying goes, a teacher who never forgets the past and the future..."

At this point, he suddenly stopped talking in an alert voice, patted his head and said with a smile: "I'm old, I'm old. When I talk about ancient times, I forget the occasion."

From the unfinished meaning in Su Shilang's words, it was obvious that he was worried that Emperor Longyuan would follow in the footsteps of Taizu Xia.

Of course, this so-called "following the footsteps" refers to "having acted too hastily", but if the whole story is really told, if it is spread by someone who is interested, it will be suspected of cursing the emperor to an early death.

Not to mention this.

Judging from Shilang Su's behavior in giving the words, he indeed already knew something.

The imperial merchants had originally intended to spread the news to the Ministry of Industry. As the first administrative officer of the Ministry of Industry - the minister in charge of the general direction, Zuo Shilang was used to being on the same page - it was normal for him to receive some news in advance.

matter.

However, this also gave Jiao Shun an increasing sense of urgency.

So leaving the courtyard where Su Shilang worked, he turned around and began to order people to spread the news. He deleted and exaggerated the conversation he had just had with Su Shilang and spread it throughout the Ministry of Works.

But everything in the official office of Qianbulang was delayed, except for this gossip, which never happened overnight. By the time the drunken Baolinghou Shanshan arrived in the afternoon, everyone in Honglu Temple had heard about it. Baolinghou wanted to arrest his nephew.

The son-in-law's young man decided to hang himself in Honglu Temple, crying and making trouble, and he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

This is not a big deal in the first place. Who is willing to go to death to offend someone for this?

So Shi Nai didn't waste much time, and the matter was reported to the cabinet with the green light.

Six days later, on the third day of July.

Seeing that there were only two days left before Shi Nai left for the south, Jiao Shun finally looked forward to the transfer order!

Although what is mentioned above is that it is planned that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs will each send a capable person in charge to determine tariffs in Guangdong and Guangxi.

But after all the foreshadowing, who in the Ministry of Industry doesn’t know that this quota was awarded with a hat on?

From then on, Jiao Shun finally put his mind at ease, thinking that the people who should be notified have not been notified, such as Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, You Shi, Second Sister You, Ping'er, Yuanyang.

,embroidered orange...

Who else is coming?

Anyway, I had to go and appease them one by one. After all, I was just going south for a while, and it wasn't like I was going to run out and not come back.

…………

Just when Jiao Shun relaxed, he began to seize the time to tour the harem.

Tan Shark

Zhu Tao's anxiety about promoting Zhu Tao at the Dongbianmen Steel Plant has almost reached the critical point.

Recently, through careful visits and inquiries by officials from the Department of General Affairs, as well as the personal testimony of clerks who were former work-study students, the steel plant has become much more stable, and there are fewer cases of serial requests for work-study quotas.

It stands to reason that with this, Zhu Tao's anxiety should be greatly reduced, rather than the sesame seeds blooming steadily, but unfortunately he has a former classmate who is in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette!

The reason why he told the other party the news in the first place was because of the common hatred among literati. He felt that a group of craftsmen could directly choose officials after studying in a Mongolian school for a few days. This was simply the greatest insult to the scholars in the world - even the Ming Dynasty's Supervisor of Ceremonies, you must first cut off the roots of worries before they creep into the heads of scholars!

That's why Zhu Tao wanted to use the help of this former classmate to cause some trouble for engineering studies. It would be best to completely ban it.

But what he didn't expect was that after hearing the whole story, the classmate named Zhou Long was really filled with righteous indignation, but in the end the burden of eradicating engineering studies actually fell on his shoulders again!

It is said that Zhu Tao was asked to plant a few cronies nearby to encourage the workers to make things worse, and then the Ministry of Rites could join forces with the officials of science and education to demand that the source of the trouble be traced and eradicated.

It is not difficult to say that this matter is difficult. The real problem is that when the investigation is carried out afterwards, I am afraid that before the engineering school is banned, I, an official in charge of the matter, will be held accountable first.

If the tricks I did were discovered by the superiors again...

That would be the grave sin of losing one’s head!

Therefore, despite repeated urging from Zhou Long, he moved out the minister, and the title of minister promised huge profits. For example, even if he was dismissed from office, he would be reinstated in one year, moved in two years, and promoted to the sixth rank in four years. It is not a dream. ——Zhu Tao still couldn't make up his mind.

Although he is five or six years younger than Zhou Long, he is already approaching his fifties, so naturally he will no longer act impulsively like a young boy.

As a result, in the past two days, there were even more threatening words from the Ministry of Rites, each one more harsh than the other, with no regard for the friendship between classmates.

This allowed Zhu Tao to fully appreciate the feeling of being self-inflicted.

He originally chose Zhou Long, firstly because he had the right official position, and secondly because he knew that Zhou Long was an extreme person and would never allow a craftsman to work with him.

But he never expected that Zhou Long's attitude was firm and correct, but his firmness turned on him, Zhu, causing trouble for him and Jiao Shun.

But Jiao Shun can still manage to RUN out. How can he be able to adjust at will with an eighth-level promotion?

Besides, Zhou Long wouldn't just watch him stay out of it.

Trouble, really trouble!

Zhu Tao was so irritable that he couldn't stay at home any longer, so he simply wandered around the factory area like a headless chicken with his hands behind his back.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he came to the vicinity of the picket station.

Hearing the enthusiastic shouting of chants in the yard, he stopped and hesitated for a long time, and finally stepped in.

"Cousin?!"

Sun Mingteng, who was supervising the team members' exercises, saw that his uncle was coming. He hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Why do you always have time to come here? Could it be..."

"I'm not looking for you!"

Zhu Tao raised his hand impatiently, looked past Sun Mingteng towards the playground, and asked in a low voice: "Where is your Captain Chen?"

Sun Mingteng: "I went to the logistics department and they said they had delivered the rubber sticks distributed to us."

Zhu Tao asked again: "I heard that your Captain Chen is the beloved disciple of Master Jiao of the Department of General Affairs?"

Sun Mingteng had reported these things more than once or twice, but when Zhu Tao asked about it, he still quickly replied: "Captain Chen himself has never said this, but Captain Li often mentioned it, saying that he went to Mr. Jiao's house a while ago.

Mr. Jiao also went out of his way to help him place relatives."

"Um……"

Zhu Tao nodded slightly and asked, "In your opinion, what kind of person is Captain Chen?"

There is no need to ask Li Qing, he is a frequent visitor to Lao Zhu's house.

"Is this..."

Sun Mingteng hesitated for a moment, then gave a thumbs up and praised: "Captain Chen is a ruthless person who values ​​friendship. He is strict with us and even more ruthless with himself. Whenever there are those who fall behind and can't keep up, he will accompany them to practice in private. Then

The blood blisters on my feet and hands have never gone away!”

"We started to eliminate people a few days ago. He didn't say anything on the surface. When he got back, he was trying to get Captain Li to find connections to get him a good job. He also specifically told Captain Li not to tell anyone - if I hadn't gotten it from Ambassador Lin.

I’m afraid the news is still hidden to this day.”

After Zhu Tao heard this, his eyes flickered: "So, he is quite popular?"

"That feeling!"

Although Sun Mingteng himself was a sneaky person, he had to bear in mind what Chen Wansan did: "Brothers are all so determined. From the first day of junior high school on inspections, there is no one who is not careless! If uncle doesn't believe it, wait a minute.

If you look through the public accounts at the end of the month, you will know that those who harm the public, enrich private interests, hide privately, and commit petty thefts, I dare not say that they have disappeared, but they are definitely much less than before!"

After a pause, he added: "There are even fewer complaints."

Most of the workers' complaints were directed at the promotion and ambassadors, so he actually wanted to further express his merits by saying this.

However, Zhu Tao became more and more worried after hearing this: "So, he can't hide any troubles in the factory?"

"nature!"

Sun Mingteng blurted out the answer first, but then he saw something was wrong and said doubtfully: "Uncle, what are you..."

"None of your business!"

Zhu Tao waved him away impatiently and wandered back and forth at the gate of the picket for a full quarter of an hour. When Chen Wansan came back from outside carrying two bundles of rubber sticks, he finally gritted his teeth and faced him.

"Captain Chen."

He condescended and took the initiative to smile and said: "It's enough to send the people below to handle these matters. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

When Chen Wansan saw that he was lifting Zhu Tao, he hurriedly put down the rubber stick in his hand and raised his hand to touch his head. However, he quickly stopped his panic and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "I am already very tired from training.

Recently they have started patrolling again, how can I instruct them to do things for me?"

As expected, he is old-fashioned.

But it is people like this who can win over the hearts of those young craftsmen.

The balance in Zhu Tao's heart tilted a little more, so he directly suggested: "Captain Chen Gao Yi, it just so happens that I have a troublesome matter here that I need to borrow from Captain Chen. Why don't we go to your barracks to talk about it?"

"

Although Chen Wansan didn't know why, since it was his intention to go to the peak, he naturally would not refuse, so he handed the rubber sticks to Sun Mingteng for distribution and led Zhu Tao back to the barracks.
Chapter completed!