Author: Science and Technology Innovation Board

Li Mian suddenly stopped.

Still not looking back, he waved his arms and gradually disappeared on the shore of Shichahai Qianhai Lake.

Shichahai is divided into Qianhai, Houhai, and Xihai. Qianhai and Houhai are divided into two at Yinding Bridge. Jinshui River also flows into Shichahai from Yinding Bridge.

Chen Yuanyuan's two-story building is located in Qianhai, and Li Mian's mansion is built in Houhai. Compared with the bustling Qianhai, the scenery is much quieter.

Houhai is mostly made up of mansions with fine flowers and bamboo strips. There are six wall doors with gilt tin nails on the outside. There is also a second ceremonial gate in the big mansion, with brick door decorations and four-character banners, which look quite impressive.

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Most of the buildings facing the street in Qianhai have upper compartments and lower bunk beds, with daily residences on the second floor and shops on the first floor.

The front and back of Yinding Bridge look like two worlds.

When Li Mian returned to the mansion, he did not enter the east wing room, but turned around and went to the study room in the east corner. He casually hung his round collar robe on the lacquered screen and sat in front of the rosewood desk.

The pheasant slave was busy and busy, his calves were dancing non-stop, and he pushed open the wicker window pane, letting in the fresh air of the warm sunny day.

He also brought a pine flower glaze teapot, brewed tribute tea with small clams, and placed it on the mahogany table next to it so that Li Mian could drink hot tea at any time.

The round-neck robe on the lacquered screen was folded and placed in the round-corner cabinet.

When all the work was over, Zhinu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on an embroidered pillar. He put his thin white arms on the red incense table, held his face, and looked at Li Mian who was sitting quietly reading a book.

From time to time, he would take out a candied fruit from his embroidery bag, put it in his mouth, and smile with his eyes closed.

After only half a stick of incense had passed, the pheasant slave couldn't bear his temper and started chirping again: "Liu Jin, a bitch slave, usually makes excuses to evade the government's purchases, but he has suffered in the past few days. Several chief envoys in Jiangnan

Submitted a memorial to the cabinet, calling Liu Jin a bastard."

"The pheasant slave said these troublesome things again, which disturbed my uncle." Hongqiao came over carrying a thin bamboo basket, and according to the princess's instructions, he sent Li Mian chicken arrow fruits from Guangdong and Guangxi.

Eat fresh fruits.

Princess Changping only left one to taste, and the rest were sent to Li Mian.

"Liu Jin was a Cao eunuch and frequently went to Jiangnan to supervise procurement and manufacturing. It was not unusual for him to be impeached by the chief envoy of Jiangnan."

Li Mian closed the "Preface to the Prostitutes of Yandu" in his hand and said something casually in response to Pheasant Nu's words.

Hongqiao stood in the corridor, stopped, listened to Li Mian's next words, and was curious about his uncle's opinion on this matter.

"Going to Jiangnan to purchase goods is an official business of the imperial court. Liu Jin must have done something bad and angered the chief envoy."

The pheasant slave bit the candied fruit hard and was convinced that Liu Jin had done nothing good. It could be seen from his making troubles that he was not a good person.

Li Mian nodded, then shook his head: "It is official business to go to Jiangnan, such as purchasing lamps and candles, porcelain, satin and other daily necessities for the palace. When Liu Jin and his godsons were purchasing, they...

He used his power for personal gain to entrap his personal belongings, and ordered the local government office to purchase additional personal belongings of Liu Jin."

The pheasant slave was so angry that he bit the candied fruit even harder, as if he mistook the candied fruit for Liu Jin and bit him to death with all his strength.

Li Mian casually sketched a map on official blue paper and described the procurement situation of Cao eunuchs and eunuchs in various places. He spoke in detail and in-depth.

"Porcelain was fired by the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi Province, including jade pots, algae trays, porcelain screens, and sacrificial vessels used in Guanglu Temple.

Silk is produced from Jiangning Weaving, Suzhou Weaving in South Zhili, and Hangzhou Weaving of Zhejiang Chief Secretary. It is exclusively for domestic demand and comes in a wide variety of colors.

Just to purchase porcelain and silk, sometimes the local chief secretary would be required to make 250,000 pieces."

"There are so many."

The pheasant slave exclaimed, thinking that he could buy a lot of candied fruits and fill the yard with candied fruits.

Hongqiao was pleasantly surprised. It seemed that my uncle was really well-educated and had a thorough understanding of the water transport situation. His vision was not comparable to that of ordinary scholars. The princess would be very satisfied when she found out. My uncle was a happy husband.

After passing the provincial examination, the candidates who were ranked in front of my uncle were still not convinced by my uncle's appointment to meet Duke Yuan. Well, no one could compare to my uncle in terms of his keen eye for officialdom.

Take Qian Dongjian, who was supposed to be the first Jie Yuan, but became the second due to His Majesty's appointment. Taking advantage of being Gu Xiancheng's disciple, he often gathered a group of scholars outside to hold an elegant gathering to criticize the injustice of the court.

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Taking away the Jieyuan that was supposed to belong to him, huh, he only spends the whole day looking like a prostitute and drinking, he is worthy of competing with his uncle for the provincial exam Jieyuan.

Li Mian picked up the pine-flower glaze teapot, poured it into the pine-flower glaze tureen, and took a sip of tea: "Weaving and firing all eunuch procurement, silk reeling, labor, female workers, etc. need to be provided by the local Chief Secretary, which crowds out the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.

The silver tax also affected the local chief secretaries' management of prefecture and county government affairs, which inevitably caused tension between the civil servants and eunuchs in the court."

The pheasant slave was confused when he heard what happened, but he didn't want to disturb his uncle's conversation, so he thought of it as a storyteller. He took out candied fruits one after another from the embroidery bag with his white and tender hands, and ate them sweetly.

She didn't understand, so she watched her uncle talk like a talented man talking about romance, which was more pleasing to the eyes than the gentleman holding the pipa and playing "The Peony Pavilion" on the boat.

Bah, how can you compare my uncle with the Qinghuan people by the Jinshui River?

But, my uncle is really very generous.

Pheasant Nu's face suddenly turned red. He glanced at Li Mian secretly and saw that he was pouring tea from the pine flower glaze teapot. He patted his chest and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Little did he know, her actions of patting her small breasts caught Li Mian's eyes, and he already knew that she was thinking wildly again.

Li Mian had known for a long time that she had done this, and he was always thinking wildly in his mind without saying anything explicitly, lest she would not do it in the future and lose her sense of elegance.

Hongqiao stood at the corner of the corridor, completely stunned. The thin bamboo basket in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't notice it. Fortunately, it was not a large lacquered gold food box that would easily make a sound when it fell on the ground.

Otherwise, the two masters and servants in the east room will be disturbed, and they will lose the intention to continue talking.

When Hongqiao heard the previous sentence about the procurement of eunuchs, he could also understand that Li Mian was well-read and knowledgeable. During this period, he read a lot of newspapers in the mansion and analyzed the procurement of eunuchs in Cao eunuchs from the lines.

It's like a great Confucian was commenting on the Xinxue and found a suitable sentence to read.

The following remarks about the situation in the court are my own unique insights. He has extremely sharp eyesight. He has not been in the court but his analysis is inseparable.

Hongqiao has the ability to remember things once she hears them. She was once praised by the Empress, who was not yet deposed, as "Luantai Longke", and from then on she was given the nickname "Luantai Longke".

She became serious, carefully wrote down every word Li Mian said, and returned to the embroidery room to repeat it to Princess Changping.
Chapter completed!