Ji Gang was stunned after hearing Xia Xun's words. [] There was no pop-up window.

Xia Xun smiled and asked, "How?"

Ji Gang hesitated for a moment, then said in a squeaky tone: "Uh... I am planning the details of building the Jinyiwei Yamen after going to Yaojin Guard and recruiting and training school captains. I just thought of a few key points. I am afraid that if I let go, it will happen again."

I will forget it. The Duke will wait for a while until the official... I will talk about it after the official has sorted out these key points."

Xia Xun smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about it later!"

Ji Gang said with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, okay!"

As soon as the curtains on the opposite side were opened, the cute laughter of two women could be heard in the car. Ji Gang suddenly became suspicious again: "Could he be teasing me intentionally?"

But Ji Gang thought about it, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out what was so funny about Xia Xun just calling him and inviting him to play a game of chess. He calculated it suspiciously for a while, and then asked his concubine to help him carefully.

There was no stain on his face, and his hair was neatly tied up. Then he lost his doubts and thought: "I guess he was talking about something funny with the concubine, or flirting with the concubine, and that's why he laughed.

"

Ji Gang waited for more than half an hour before finally going to the appointment and boarding Xia Xun's car to play chess with him.

Xia Xun asked his concubine Qiaoyun and his pretty maid Xian Yaqi to go to Xiaoying's car and did not ask them to wait on her. When they turned away, Tang Saier was chatting with Xiaoying. After hearing about it, he came over to ask her for a thousand dollars.

Dad and I play chess.

Tang Sai'er is now a fourteen-year-old girl. In that era, she was indeed considered a big girl at this age. Naturally, she could no longer sit on Qian's father's knees or rest on his back as coquettishly as before. She

She just sat quietly aside, with her big black and white eyes open, watching her father play chess.

Ji Gang's chess skills are actually better than Xia Xun's. His chess style is wide open and closed, and his killing power is fierce.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't resist it. Unexpectedly, Ji Gang suddenly made a mistake. He suddenly revealed a flaw in his boss, and was killed by Xia Xun's army, who was clearly at a disadvantage. Ji Gang was very surprised.

He clearly remembered that his horse was guarding the old commander, but for some reason, when he wanted to return to the horse to rescue the commander, he found that he had made a mistake. Ji Gang just thought that he had made a mistake and had no regrets. He still had this kind of grace.

He had no choice but to admit defeat. The game was lost inexplicably. Ji Gang was really dissatisfied, so he arranged the pieces and tried again. On the 1st, Ji Gangyi played a tough game and attacked forward wildly. He would rather give up the pieces than seize the opportunity.

Xia Xun got a little accustomed to his chess style, and this time he lasted a little longer than before. However, he was overwhelmed by his fierce offensive. When he was about to lose, Xia Xun suddenly launched a cannon to bombard Shuai.

, Ji Gang laughed, and wanted the old commander to go back to his nest, and then do a double kill with two armies, killing the opponent in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, when he raised his hand to get the piece, he couldn't help but stare as if he had seen a ghost.

It turned out that his taxis had already reached the corner, and the two soldiers connected in a chain, blocking his commander's retreat. In desperation, he had to send his soldiers to deal with it. Xia Xun's army whipped him here and there, and shot both of his soldiers.

They were all drained. Ji Gang screamed: "What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! I remember this game of chess clearly. Even if I mess up the chess pieces, I can rearrange them. I'm a gentleman."

Obviously...why did you run to the corner?"

He glanced at Xia Xun suspiciously and said suddenly: "Ah! My lord, you...didn't you tamper with the chessboard?"

Xia Xun spread his hands and said innocently: "How can I? Your chess moves are bad, so don't rely on me. You and I are sitting opposite you, how can we move our hands and feet? Under your nose, I stretch out my hand

, haven’t you seen me yet?”

Ji Gang thought about the same truth, but he clearly remembered...

Ji Gang scratched the back of his head, almost suspecting that he had amnesia. After worrying for a long time, he looked aside and saw Tang Saier sitting cross-legged and holding his chin with his hands. His pink face looked so charming that it could fit into a picture.

A pair of big eyes with clear black and white, clear eyes and a charming face. The childishness of the little girl has not faded away, and she has a bit of girlish beauty.

Ji Gang didn't know that the pretty girl in front of him was Tang Sai'er, the main object of the White Lotus Religion Case in Putai County. It was even more impossible to say that such an ice and snow girl had done something to her. Ji Gang had to say

: "I think it's because I didn't rest well on the road and my mind was a little dazed. Come again! Come again!"

The result of the second trip was that Ji Gang finally returned to his car as if he had seen a ghost. When he got to the car, he ordered his men: "If you see any temples or Taoist temples on the road ahead, stop for a moment. I want to pay my respects, sir!"

As soon as Xia Xun and Ji Gang left, Tang Saier covered her mouth and started to giggle. Xia Xun glared at her and pretended to be angry: "Smelly girl, I'm just playing chess to pass the time. What are you doing?

?Could he be asking for another beating?"

As soon as she raised her big hand, Tang Saier's face turned red and she looked embarrassed, but her eyes became brighter and brighter, and her heart was filled with anticipation, so much so that her heartbeat skipped two beats.

Xia Xun blushed, and then she remembered that Qian Daughter was getting older and was already a young girl. Even her biological daughter at this age would not be able to use this method of spanking, let alone her, so she touched it conveniently.

He punched his nose and said haha: "Don't do this in the future, don't show off easily."

Tang Sai'er responded in a low voice, "Oh!" She raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at Xia Xun like a bird, Jing'er was slightly disappointed.

Xia Xun then thought of Ji Gang's look of seeing a ghost just now, but couldn't help laughing...

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Along the way, when he got bored, he teased Ji Gang, which turned out to be a bit interesting. Not long after he arrived in Huai'an, Xia Xun decided to rest here for two days and visit the places as mentioned in the preface. Ji Gang was obliged to do so, so of course he agreed.

Come down.

Huai'an was called Qingjiangpu at that time. Qingjiangpu did not decline until modern times, but it was not the case at that time. Because it was difficult to cross the locks and the danger of boating on the Yellow River was added, all travelers traveling from south to north, except for grain transport boats, came from

Qingjiangpu landed by boat and then crossed to Hebei. Therefore, Qingjiangpu was an important route for north-south travel at that time and was relatively prosperous.

As for the scenery, there are not many places of interest here, but there are shops and inns everywhere. Girls’ families like to go shopping, both in ancient and modern times. Xia Xun gave them some pocket money, and the girls themselves also have private savings.

Ying, Qiaoyun, Xianya and Tang Saier went shopping happily. After Ji Gang settled down, he turned around and found out that there was a Dragon King Temple in the local area, so he went to pay homage excitedly.

The Dragon God is used to pray for rain. Ji Gang was ill and went to the doctor indiscriminately. He didn't care about the situation. He just called him to prepare three sacrifices and six rituals. The Dragon King is also a god. Just go and pay homage and his worries will go away. The girl went shopping, Xia

Xun really didn't want to accompany her. This girl's pleasure was an invisible torture to all men, so he only called her Xin Lei. Fei Hewei took a few others and changed into casual clothes to protect them along the way.

Seeing that Ji Gang was going to the Dragon King Temple, Xia Xun changed into casual clothes and went with him to relax.

The Dragon King Temple is on the river embankment outside the town. At this time, the river channel is being excavated outside the Qingjiang River. The laborers are hoeing and carrying soil, like a swarm of worker ants, busy at the construction site. However, the Dragon King Temple does not dare to touch it. With the Dragon King Temple as its heart,

The area around the temple has become a pure land on this construction site.

At this time, the governor of the Ming Dynasty's water transport was Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan was Xu Zengshou's Pao Zehao who had been in charge of the Ming Dynasty navy. He was a general of Xu Da's army. When King Jingnan of Yan came to the Yangtze River with his troops, Chen Xuan had already been deprived of his post by Emperor Jian and was left idle in a hurry.

There was no time available, so he had to reinstate his official position. He was angered by the death of Xu Zengshou, and hated Emperor Jian for being fatuous and incompetent, so he led the navy to surrender to King Yan.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne and was promoted to Peking, he made Chen Xuan the governor of water transportation. At first, he was responsible for river transportation. Later, after sea transportation was launched, he took charge of all sea and river water transportation affairs. Now Emperor Yongle has decided to move the capital, and in the future it will need to be transported to Beijing.

There will be more bad grain, and the current river transportation capacity is far from meeting the requirements, and the burden on Sun Xuan's shoulders will be even heavier.

The Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty followed the river course of the Yuan Dynasty. The section from Guazhou to Huai'an was called the Nanhe River, and the Yellow River canal from Qinghe to Xuzhou was called the River. After the Jiangnan Canal reaches Huai'an, it cannot directly connect to the Huaihe River. It must be transported by land instead, passing through Ren and Yi.

Only after the Five Dams of Li, Zhi and Xin can we enter the Huaihe River and reach the Qinghe River. This section of the road is very labor-intensive.

After visiting the local people, Chen learned that the northwest of Guanjia Lake in the west of Huaicheng City was only twenty miles away from the Yachenkou of the Huaihe River. It was close to the mouth of the Qingjiang River and should be dug into a river to divert the water from the lake to the canal. Chen Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly reported to the Ming Emperor that he wanted to conquer the canal.

Once the corvee collection and construction of the Qingjiangpu river channel are successful, Jiangnan canal ships can go directly to Qingjiangpu, which will not only eliminate the pain of land transportation across the dam, but also reduce many risks.

Moreover, this place was originally only accessible to passengers but not to ships. If ships could also pass through here, the prosperity of the place would be doubled. This is also the case. After half a year, the river channel was built, and it didn’t take long for Qingjiangpu to rise.

It became one of the four most prosperous places alongside Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, and became "the gateway to the capital and the throat of water transportation."

For a time, there were a large number of canoe boats and a dense market, with sails and rafts connected to each other, stretching for several miles. Merchants from the north and south gathered in Qingjiangpu, showing that "the boats from the south gathered together, making it easy for merchants to prosper and sell", and "departments in all directions, trusting in the past"

However, this is a story for another day. At this time, Qingjiangpu was still desolate, with nothing except the construction site and busy laborers.

Xia Xun and Ji Gang were both dressed in casual clothes. They were dressed just like they were when they first met in Putai, Shandong more than ten years ago. They were both dressed in ordinary scholar attire. They worshiped the Dragon God, and after entering, they waited at the foot of the temple.

The two walked around, very leisurely.

Along the way, the two of them sometimes played chess and sometimes chatted. They never mentioned their past grievances, but they seemed like a pair of close friends. The two of them climbed up and looked into the distance, looking at the scenery, and Xia Xun said: "Let's go,

Let's sit under the tree over there. It's noon and the sun is still a bit strong." The second person picked up a stone under the tree and just sat down. Before he could say anything, an "Ouch" scream came from behind the bushes.

Behind the bushes is a slope, and below it is the construction area for digging new canals. At the bottom of the slope, a laborer carrying earth suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground. Another man came in and hurriedly put down his pick to help him.

He fell to the ground and chewed a mouthful of dirt. He then tried to help him, but was thrown away in a very frustrated manner and almost fell down. The laborer then yelled: "Chen Xuan, you thief bastard!

A good life is just a matter of digging a river channel."

As he spat out the dirt from his mouth, Rusu, who was thrown away by him, knew his donkey temper and was not angry. He just said: "Isn't this the emperor who wants to move the capital to Beijing and transfer grain from the south to the north? If so,

This river is much more convenient. If the emperor starts talking, we will lose our legs."

The man got even angrier after hearing this and cursed: "This dog emperor! He can't just stay in his Jinling City and wait for death, but he wants to move to Beijing. He uses us as cattle and horses, and he shouldn't be an envoy. This

A tyrant and a coward will definitely not deserve a good death! Those bullshit ministers who serve as officials only want to flatter the emperor and do not care about the suffering of the people. They will not all die a good death!"

Another person came in and advised: "Don't talk nonsense and let the overseer hear you, or he will whip you to death!"

The man was still cursing at himself, which made Ji Gang feel angry. Before Xia Xun could stop him, he jumped up and walked around the bushes in three or two steps. When Xia Xun got up and rushed over, Ji Gang had already jumped down the slope and pulled the donkey away.

The hot-tempered man was given a good beating, and Ji Gang was given a Shandong beating, which made the man dizzy. Then he slapped him with palms as big as cattail fans, and slapped him with a slap, turning the man into a pig's head, but

From beginning to end, Ji Gang didn't say a word.

Just when the spring breeze was triumphant, Ji Gang was suddenly banished to Beijing by the emperor. Now Ji Gang's evil fire was vented on this body.

I couldn't say a word. The man next to me had a moustache, his eyes were wide open, and he was wearing a scholar's green shirt. He remembered the treacherous words spoken by his partner just now, and he was trembling, but he didn't dare to stop him.

Insulting the emperor will not lead to injustice, and the royal ministers should defend him. Xia Xun could not say anything about him, so he could only stand on the slope and persuade him: "Hey, this is just a rough and ignorant village man from the countryside. Don't pay attention to it."

What happened to him!"

Ji Gang then pushed his penis in, kicked his butt hard, and cursed: "Get the fuck out of here!"

The two of them knew that they had violated a taboo, so they didn't talk too much. They hurried away without even daring to say a fart. Ji Gang clapped his hands in the dust and burst into laughter.

He walked back down the slope, Xia Xun bent down and stretched out his hand. Ji Gang held his hand, jumped up the slope, and said with a smile: "Today's trip to the Dragon King Temple was really fun. Haha, these stupid people don't know shit. They don't understand shit."

, it’s not like I don’t know, have you and I argued with the Duke? It’s just that it’s hard to express such bad temper without giving him a good beating.”

Xia Xun said: "Opening canals and building rivers will benefit the country and the people. One day, they will know that it is good for them."
To be continued...