Shui Damao focused half his attention on looking at the playground, and suddenly said: "Brother Xiaoshan, they are letting him go!"

The little BMW stood up and looked out the window. Sure enough, the door of the college opened and people started walking out.

The parents of those students were let go. The parents who were the most violent and crying and clamoring to pick up their children at first were guarded by a few people, keeping the old woman, the poisoner, and the one who mixed in with the crowd to set the pace and stir up trouble.

Everyone watched closely.

Shui Damao was worried: "The people from the board of directors haven't come back yet, so we let him go like this. What if there are some bad guys mixed in?"

Xiaobao replied: "It's okay, Xiaoshan and the others know what they are doing, and they have to let them go. After all, they are a group of people who are being used. Even if there are still people among them, they have to be let out to report the news."

Shui Damao: "I can't believe that before we took action against them, they struck first."

Xiaobao nodded: "Ninety-nine percent of it was done by the Meng family. However, even if it was not them this time, they still have to deal with it. Unfortunately, I have been too busy recently. By the way, have all the people who followed the Meng family come back to report it?

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Shui Damao had just returned to the academy with Xiaobao, so he didn't know anything about it, so he said, "You should rest first. I'll call them over later to ask."

Xiaobao originally planned to find out more about the Meng family's movements and "capture" everyone including people and goods. However, he learned that Jia Yanyao was looking for him, so he went to Chongyu Mansion first.

Things must be done one by one.

However, during this period, the "May 5th" people dressed up as beggars, salesmen, and blind fortune tellers, and chased the Meng family in various streets, which was still very rewarding.

Due to the emperor's decree, Jiangnan's officialdom was in turmoil. A group of scapegoats were executed, a group of mid-level officials with little foundation were confiscated, and a group of powerful people were demoted. Therefore, it can be said that the middle and low-level officials in every state capital were

A "major blood change" was carried out.

Correspondingly, the business community in Jiangnan also became busy. Some businessmen "bleeded heavily" to ensure safety; some businessmen were temporarily dormant in order to survive alone; more businessmen whose business had not made much progress in the past took the opportunity to win over new officials in the hope of expanding their power.

The Meng family is the last one.

Meng Chun did not stay in Songjiang Mansion. He went to Fuzhou Mansion to "open up a new world."

Three daughters of the Meng family were married here in Fuzhou Prefecture. In the name of visiting his niece, he asked several sons-in-law of the county magistrate for news about the new magistrate.

The prefect of Fuzhou Prefecture was demoted and replaced by a new prefect. Meng Chun hoped to establish a good relationship with him.

Fuzhou Prefecture is the location of the largest tea garden owned by the Meng family, but this is not important. What is really important is that there is an iron mine here, which can facilitate the Meng family's smuggling.

This time, the original prefect was only found out about reselling official grain and was demoted, but the private reselling of iron ore was not exposed. This made Meng Chun relieved, but also cut off the way to protect him.

But the new magistrate arrived, and Meng Chun wanted to test the new governor's temperament because he didn't want to give up the iron mines.

This iron ore is located in the northern part of Fuzhou Prefecture, at the junction with Songjiang Prefecture. For the Meng family, it is very convenient to smuggle iron ore. It crosses the border and is tightly controlled.

"I've been gone for half a month, and I still don't know when I will come back." Shuitanfu finally said.

All the "May 5th" children who are young do not have names, because they are all picked up from the river, some are carried back from the cemetery, and most of them are abandoned babies.

The older ones, those with names and surnames, don’t want to think of those names anymore. Since they have been abandoned, why are they still keeping those names?

Therefore, Shui Maomao asked them to have the same surname as "Duan", which means Duan for the Dragon Boat Festival. However, the children were not happy and all had the surname Shui. As a result, they became Shui Duan or something like that.

Hou Ze has some exceptions. Although he met Shui Maomao when he was more than ten years old, he refused to be named Hou and insisted on calling him Shui Ze. In the end, Shui Maomao let him keep his name because "people must have roots and know who they are."

how come".

However, Hou Ze insists on always saying that his name is Shui Houze to give Shui Maomao the "naming rights" to his benefactor. On the other hand, calling him Shui Houze is almost the same as Shui Maomao's nickname "Water Monkey", so majestic!

The person who is here to report Meng Chun's movements is called Shui Duanfu.

Shui Duangui said: "Meng Xiansheng was still with the other three 'Yas' during this period, and their relationship was still very good on the surface. However, I heard that the fourth son of the Yao family, who originally intended to marry Meng Xiansheng's cousin,

It seems that he has stopped talking about this matter."

The Yao family is the largest grain merchant in Songjiang Prefecture, and the fourth son is the favorite son of the head of the Yao family. Originally, Meng Xiansheng wanted to marry his cousin under Meng Chun's instruction.

After all, being able to become the largest grain merchant shows his relationship with the government - the Yao family head's cousin-in-law is the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, and the cousins ​​have had a good relationship since they were young.

Especially this time, because of the official grain issue, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture was able to escape unscathed, and the Yao family was not affected in any way, which shows that the foundation is deep.

The government office is made of iron and the prefect is made of flowing water.

The prefect of Songjiang Prefecture was transferred here two years ago, and he is very considerate. The Meng family has never been able to "establish a deep friendship" with the prefect, so it is a good choice to get a close relative through marriage with the Yao family.

It's a pity that people have never mentioned this intention now.

It seems that the title "First of Four Elegant" still has some influence.

Shui Duangui: "The magistrate has managed the government offices without leaks. During this turmoil, only some officials in the government offices were dismissed. Meng Xiansheng has recently been contacting the newly appointed officials and the magistrates of several nearby counties."

There were no major problems in the government offices. It seemed that the problems were resolved at the local level, so the county magistrates were unlucky and had to replace a lot of them.

On the contrary, this year's new batch of Jinshi received benefits and did not have to wait too long. Less than three months after the imperial examination, they were given the opportunity to be "probated as commission members", filling the vacancies of low-level officials in various places.

Although the "mission committee trial" is just a trial, as long as there are no mistakes in principle, it will basically be finalized.

According to the official avoidance system, when appointing officials, in order to prevent favoritism and malpractice, not only cannot they be officials in their hometown, but they cannot be officials in places where they have property.

And the current emperor, with the intention of purging old corrupt ministers, even appointed some Jinshi from poor families as officials.

After more than ten or even twenty years of cold weather, the poor families who have not been "frozen to death" finally ushered in their "spring".

Therefore, Meng Xiansheng wanted to take advantage of these low-level officials from poor families when they took office, corrupt them with material goods, and open the door to facilitate the family business.

This is not only done by the Meng family, almost all businessmen do this.

Xiaobao asked: "Have they not shipped anything recently?"

Shui Duanfu replied: "Not recently, I guess I won't take any action until Meng Chun comes back."

Xiaobao nodded.

Also, the turmoil in the officialdom is not over yet, and policies in various places are expected to be adjusted for a while, so this period is the most difficult, and no one dares to make big moves.

Furthermore, except for the Jiangnan area, drought conditions are very serious in other places. "The real economic basis is grain reserves."

It can be as small as three meals a day, or as big as a change of political power. Once there is a problem with food supply, it will be difficult to do all kinds of business.

Then there is no need to worry, let them live a little longer for the time being.


Chapter completed!