My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 601 I hope so
Liu Mingzhi stopped to ponder and looked at the source of the sound. An imposing old man stood on the gazebo with his hands behind his back in plain clothes and a long robe, looking at him with a faint smile.

"The younger generation is the willow tree in the south of the Yangtze River. If you dare to ask, it's Governor Gu?"

"It's the official, Mr. Liu, please come up and have a talk, sit down and drink two glasses of thin wine!"

"Thank you, Lord Inspector, for your kindness, the younger generation will not be polite!"

"Please!"

Gu Zhiheng sat at the head and nodded to the servants: "Pour wine for the two gentlemen."

Liu Mingzhi and Qinglian hurriedly picked up the wine glass to pick up the drink, keeping her posture at the lowest level, and she pushed her nose on her face when no one gave her three points of face.

"The two junior brothers respect Mr. Gu for a glass, and thank Mr. Gu for his hospitality."

Gu Zhiheng sighed melancholy: "It's an eventful time in the city, I don't have the heart to drink, but I'm a guest from afar, so I can't be rude, and I will show my heart with tea instead of wine, please!"

"Your Excellency, please."

While drinking, Liu Mingzhi glanced at Gu Zhiheng who was facing him with a normal complexion and did not look like he was drinking. He glanced at the wine glass on the table and Tong and Wu below, and Liu Mingzhi frowned.

What kind of dragon gate array is set up!

With a light smile, he motioned for the wine glass, Liu Mingzhi put down the wine glass and sat stiffly.

Gu Zhiheng put down the teacup: "The old man already knows the purpose of Mr. Liu's visit. Qingzhou still has a lot of tea in stock. It's just that Qingzhou is located in a barren area, and the tea leaves often have a bitter taste. I wonder if Mr. Liu might like it?"

"My lord, don't worry too much. Although Qingzhou tea tastes a bit bitter when you taste it for the first time, after you drink it, you will have an endless aftertaste and leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth. It is a rare good tea, but some people don't understand the taste, my father I really like the tea from Qingzhou, otherwise I wouldn’t let the younger generation travel thousands of miles to Qingzhou to buy tea!”

Gu Zhiheng nodded knowingly: "My father-in-law is a different person. To tell you the truth, Mr. Liu, the tea in Qingzhou is exactly as you said just now. It is true. It's a pity that many tea people don't understand the secrets of it."

"Most people in the world are arty people, Mr. Gu don't have to worry, this junior has prepared a silver of 30 yuan to buy all the tea in Qingzhou. I don't know if there are so many tea?"

"30? Mr. Liu, all the tea leaves in Qingzhou are only worth 8 taels of silver. 30 taels is really not that much!"

Liu Mingzhi pretended to be hesitant and thought for a while: "It doesn't matter, as much as you have, you can't go in vain. Fortunately, the younger generation asked his servants to buy some tea in Dingzhou Mansion. As long as it is not a big mistake, it should be fine. Question. This is the deposit money of the junior! The bank note is 2 taels, and the junior will make up the remaining 6 taels after buying the tea."

Gu Zhiheng played with the teacup without looking at the [-] silver notes on the table, and his eyes drifted to Tong and Wu who were playing in the courtyard from time to time.

"What? Does your lord think that the set money is too low? If it's not enough for the juniors, you can add another 1 taels, but the tea juniors have to ship it out within ten days."

"Ten days? Is it too hasty?"

"There is no way, once the northern border commercial road opens, it will be a thousand miles away in a little less time, and the juniors have to be anxious!"

Gu Zhiheng pondered for a while: "Young Master Liu, I have a presumptuous request. I wonder if Young Master Liu can agree to it?"

"My lord, please tell me, the younger generation should first listen to what your lord has to say!"

I don't know what kind of medicine Gu Zhiheng sells in the gourd, Liu Mingzhi can only round it up skillfully.

"Sigh, I don't know if Mr. Liu can use grain instead of money to pay for the tea. I hope Mr. Liu will understand my difficulties."

"Mr. Gu, Jiangnan is nearly a few hundred miles away from Qingzhou. It takes too much time, material and manpower to pay the bill with grain. Can this junior ask why you need to pay the bill with grain?"

Gu Zhiheng sighed melancholy: "Master Liu must also know that the locust plague in Qingzhou is serious, and the people lack clothing and food. Although bank tickets are convenient, I don't know how much time it will take to buy food. The people can't afford to wait." what."

The wine glass in Liu Mingzhi's hand stopped and his mind became more and more confused. It seemed that everyone in Qingzhou Mansion was concealing the locust plague, but Gu Zhiheng told him so bluntly.

This is too different from what He Qiqiao, Chang Jing and the others said.

"Lord Gu, it's not that the younger generation doesn't want to help. The food that can be consumed from Jiangnan to Qingzhou can cost at most 5 taels of grain. The key point is that the business of the younger generation's family in the Shanhaiguan mutual market is urgent. It's not that the younger generation is unwilling to help. It's really helpless." Ah. Besides, even if there is a plague of locusts, the imperial court has disaster relief officials, and the state government has food treasuries, even though we save food and clothing, it won’t cause too many problems, right?”

After chatting for so long, Liu Mingzhi had to change the topic to the grain depot. The purpose of coming to the governor's mansion today was to find out if there was any news about the grain depot.

"This..." Gu Zhiheng cast a vague glance at Tong Hewu's direction: "Young Master Liu, I'm sorry that I have some embarrassing secrets, and it's inconvenient to tell me. If you can't pay the bill with food, please forgive me for being helpless."

Liu Mingzhi aimed lightly at Tong Hewu's direction, Gu Zhiheng seemed to be very afraid of Tong Hewu.

Although Tong and Wu are Gu Zhiheng's superiors, they have different affairs, and the Governor's Mansion cannot intervene in the internal affairs of the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction without authorization. These are the positions of supervisory magistrates.

It stands to reason that Gu Zhiheng shouldn't be so afraid of Tong Hewu.

The Governor's Mansion's order to obey the Governor's Mansion's order is an order from the Six Departments. Whether it is reasonable or not to listen to private orders depends on the discretion of each state at this time.

"Inspector Gu, I'm tired from playing, I'll arrange a room right away, I'm going to rest with the beauties."

"Yes, yes, the next official will go get someone to prepare it right away, please wait a moment, my lord."

A dozen or so women pretended to be very happy and went to the backyard, leaving Tong and Wu alone to come over wiping their sweat.

Tong and Wu sat down and drank a large jug of wine: "How is the situation with the victims? Didn't any disturbance happen?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the yamen has built a large number of porridge sheds, and they are giving out porridge."

"Well, that's good. We must prevent the victims of the disaster from taking the opportunity to make trouble. A group of hungry people can do anything."

"What your lord said is that the lower officials will be careful, but the recent rice grains are almost used up. Do you think you are moving some food?"

"You can figure it out! The governor has gone to rest!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Before leaving, Tong Hewu took a meaningful look at Liu Mingzhi, then at Gu Zhiheng with his hands behind his back, and followed the servants to the wing.

Liu Mingzhi looked at the backs of Tong and Wu Yuanqu and played with the wine glass in his hand: "Master Gu, this Governor is dedicated to his duty and always pays attention to the disaster situation in Qingzhou Prefecture!"

Gu Zhiheng looked at Liu Mingzhi hesitantly, "Young Master Liu is right, Dudu Tong is indeed the official Qingtian master."

"I hope so!"

(End of this chapter)