Jia Zhu, his convoys, and Min Zhuang are gone forever.
For three days, no news came back.
This made Li Wan very anxious. While looking for someone to inquire about the news, he also passed the news to Lian Er.
At this time, Lian Er also encountered trouble.
Tongzhou is the gateway to the capital city and the northern terminus of water transportation.
Generally, grain transported from the south to the capital basically goes ashore via Tongzhou and then transferred to the capital.
For this reason, one can imagine how prosperous Tongzhou is as a transshipment center for goods from the north to the south.
As the starting point for water transportation in the north, goods from the north can be easily transported to the south through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is an out-and-out economic artery of the Daqian Dynasty.
As a wealth distribution center like this, and not far from the capital, it was natural that it had been carved up by nobles early on.
Whether it is fields, warehouses, or the most important docks, etc., the interests are all astonishing, and they were finally determined after bloody battles.
Even so, every year or every once in a while, there are emerging powerful people joining the struggle for interests in Tongzhou. It can be said that this is a gathering place for the powerful.
The intensity of the battle may not be comparable to that in the capital city, but it is still extremely brutal.
Every year, hundreds of people quietly disappear here in Tongzhou, and there are even more bodies without identification and unclaimed.
As the magistrate of Yongzhou, he naturally has a fixed benefit income.
Among the most important share of terminal freight, there is also a very small share, which belongs to Tongzhou Zhizhou, and it is not a problem to earn thousands of taels of silver a year.
Lian Er has been working as a clerk in the Ministry of Revenue for several years, but he knows how powerful it is and is quite satisfied with the benefits he can get as a magistrate of the state.
Unfortunately, there was a bold and greedy person beside him who held him back.
That’s right, it’s Wang Xifeng!
After following Lian Er to Tongzhou, Wang Xifeng took over the power in the backyard of the state government office, which was a great success.
There are no two layers of mother-in-law on your head, and you don't have to wait on me during meals. As long as you take care of Lian Er's daily life, you can do whatever you want.
I am happy here and don’t miss Shu.
It's normal. I personally don't like the life of a daughter-in-law in Rong Mansion, let alone someone with a strong personality like Wang Xifeng.
Previously, I wanted to seize the power in the backyard of Rong Mansion, but it was normal for me to be restricted by Mrs. Wang and the old lady.
Now she is the mistress of the back office of the state capital, the one who speaks the truth.
After a short period of familiarity and adaptation, she quickly got used to the life of a head of household and a grandmother, and became very majestic.
Wang Xifeng enjoyed this kind of life very much, and when she realized the beauty of it, she was even more happy to see it.
As the starting point for water transportation in the north, Tongzhou has prosperous commerce and a developed economy.
There are a large number of businessmen in the prefecture city, and they are all out for profit. Currying with the governor of the prefecture is naturally the most important thing.
Then, they tried a little and soon got on Wang Xifeng's line.
Otherwise, Wang Xifeng is audacious. She dares to accept any amount of money, and will not refuse any printed money gift that comes to her door.
The most exaggerated thing is that she actually wanted to intervene in the affairs of the state government through the maids and servants around her.
Lian Er quickly noticed the clues, but did not burst into thunderous rage, but just had a good talk with Wang Xifeng.
The content of the conversation was very simple. He directly asked Wang Xifeng if he wanted him to lose his title and be dismissed from office, or even go directly to the prison of the Ministry of Justice to enjoy free food and accommodation?
He has just established a foothold in Tongzhou, and he still doesn't know how many forces are watching him secretly?
I don’t say how careful you must be, but at least the rules must be followed so that you can’t break monsters.
There are some things that he, the magistrate, can intervene in private, but there are some things that he cannot interfere indiscriminately.
Wang Xifeng asked why?
Lian Er answered quite readily. Even the Rong Mansion could not afford to offend the forces behind certain businesses.
They have so much power, and they even took the initiative to send money to ask for help. Can you imagine how much it cost him, the governor of the state, to pay?
Wang Xifeng was a little confused and felt that Lian Er's words were very demoralizing.
Is there something that cannot be settled by the four major families in Jinling?
Lian Er smiled bitterly, it turns out that this is where Feng Lazi's confidence lies.
If it weren't for Feng Lazi's health improving significantly after a period of recuperation, and even showing some signs of pregnancy, Lian Er wouldn't be so polite.
He just felt that Feng Lazi was extremely naive, and he asked angrily, what if something happened to him while he was in office, and he offended a powerful force that even the Rong Mansion could not resist.
At the critical moment of life and death, will Rongfu go all out to protect people?
You must know that the head of the Rong Mansion at this time is Mr. Zheng, and the head wife is Mrs. Wang. Due to various reasons, Mr. Pardon, the real father, has to live in the East Courtyard and cannot act rashly.
Under such circumstances, if the attacker of the first house had an accident, would the second house go all out to help?
I'm afraid it will be difficult!
There was no need for Wang Xifeng, whose expression was changing, to speak. Lian Er bluntly stated that if he was finished and Feng Lazi did not get pregnant during this period, the title of Rong Mansion would naturally fall to the legitimate son of the second wife.
When that time comes, even if Wang Xifeng is not implicated, his life will probably be worse than death.
These words made Feng Lazi, who had always been bold and bold, change his color.
As for the four major families, the Wang family's power at this time has almost pushed out of the capital. The situation of the Shi family is not much better. The two princes only have a false name, and the real power at hand is pitifully small.
As for the Xue family, they are just a money bag, what can they do?
The only one who can really make a big effort is Ning Mansion.
Based on his understanding of Brother Rong, the most he can do is to save Lian Er's life, but he can't even think about anything more.
Therefore, there are some things that Feng Lazi really cannot meddle in randomly.
Even if there were no other accidents, the impeachment of Yushitai alone would be enough to give him a good drink and seriously affect his future career.
Wang Xifeng is honest, at least on the surface.
General Lian Er explained the officialdom and the situation so clearly. If she didn't react at all, he would probably take quite extreme measures.
The mother-in-law of the house after Zhou Yamen is a good mother, so she naturally has no reason to find fault for herself, let alone the fact that she may be pregnant, and she also has to accumulate blessings for future children.
It's a pity that one wave has come after another. Here, the ambitious Wang Xifeng has just been appeased. On the other side, someone dares to covet the invisible benefits of being the governor of the state at the dock of the Tongzhou Canal.
Xing'er, the young man in charge of the dock business, went to the state government office that day with a bruised nose and a swollen face and reported a very bad news to Lian Er.
Lifu on the dock refused to deliver goods to the dock warehouse belonging to Lian Er.
He immediately found the leader of Lifu and was beaten...