The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 19 Jiangzhou City

Zhao Tun laughed and said, "Cai Jiu and Cai Dezhang? That's it, let's go now!"

On his trip to the south, besides going to Longhu Mountain to verify some things, he just wanted to go to Jiangzhou.

There is Pipa Pavilion and Xunyang Tower in Jiangzhou, and there is another person who must be seen.

The scenery along the road is beautiful, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and I don’t know when I arrived at Jiangzhou Prefecture. It is said that this place is close to Jinghu Lake, with a lot of fish and rice, a lot of money and food, and a lot of people. It is an excellent place. Otherwise, as the ninth son of Cai Jing , Cai Dezhang will not be released here.

Although Jiangzhou is not as powerful as Hongzhou, it is richer than other prefectures on Jiangnan West Road. In addition, it has smooth waterways, so you can go east to west, sailing, but it is so lively that it overwhelms Hongfu.

At this time, Cai Dezhang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, was chatting with his staff in the mansion. There were not many outsiders among them, only a free judge from Wuwei Military City opposite the Xunyang River, called Huang Wenbing.

The Wuwei Army is a small town in the countryside, but it has been assigned such a deputy as a rule. Although it has a lot of rank and salary, it only lacks power. At the moment, it is idle at home, so since Cai Dezhang became the magistrate, Huang Wenbing's mind was active and he wanted to leave. As soon as I walked the Cai family's route, I would take a boat across the river to pay respects with gifts, big or small, whenever I had nothing to do.

Right now Cai Jiuzhifu finished eating a piece of fruit, wiped the juice from his beard with a silk scarf, and said slowly: "I don't know if King Qi drove down Longhu Mountain. This king didn't go to Jiangzhou when he came. I don’t know which way to go.”

The staff below looked at each other in blank dismay, and one person called Sun Shu said, "Master, please forgive me for being presumptuous, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is not here for business, why should you care?"

Another staff member nodded and said: "My subordinates have heard that this second great king has a different relationship with her husband in the court, so why should he care about his husband?"

Cai Dezhang shook his head, smiled and said nothing, just picked up a fruit from the plate on the table, put it outside the plate, then picked up another fruit, but this time slipped it into his sleeve.

All the staff were contemplating, but Huang Wenbing said: "Master En is really good at thinking, put all the fruits on the plate, what if the plate is hit? If the fruit is placed on the table, so what if the table is overturned? It is better to cast three points, It's the safest way!"

Cai Dezhang looked at Huang Wenbing and nodded slightly: "Wen Bing continues to talk and listen."

Huang Wenbing showed panic, and said in words: "I think that although the second king is not the prince, but now he is in the court and has the military power, but he is also a towering tree. What will happen in the future, the subordinates dare not speculate on their own. They just make friends with each other. It can’t be wrong.”

Cai Dezhang said: "Wen Bing, what you said is still superficial. The three-point truth is indeed good, but there are some things that you hide in your heart and dare not say."

Huang Wenbing said: "Let Enxiang laugh."

Cai Dezhang said: "Since it's in my own mansion, it's okay to talk about it, but you don't dare to speak, and I don't want to talk about it, otherwise you should be terrified when you hear it."

Everyone said yes, and started to eat the fruit, all of them praised it for its deliciousness and sweetness. At this moment, someone outside reported that they saw King Qi driving outside the city.

Prefect Cai Jiu laughed loudly: "Come on, come on, just follow me out of the city to meet you."

In the big city of Jiangzhou, the officials do not know how many people there are. More than a hundred people greeted them outside. When they enter the city at the south gate, there is a big banquet.

Zhao Tong didn't know Cai Dezhang before. After all, Cai Jing's eight sons, the ninth son, did not exist in his impression. Now that there are more such people, it is natural to get to know him better.

He originally wanted to beat the ninth son of the Cai family. After all, he and the Cai family were not on the same side, whether in the imperial court or in the imperial city. The Cai family supported the third prince, Zhao Kai. The opponent is average.

But this Cai Jiu prefect took his attitude extremely low, he didn't mention the Cai family in his words, he just said some things about Wenzhiwugong. Some scene words, and then some literary and romantic deeds.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Tang suddenly said, "Prefect Cai hasn't been back to Tokyo for a long time?"

Cai Dezhang said: "It has been more than a year since the prince cared about him."

Zhao Tong said: "Jiangzhou raises people. I am happy here, and I don't miss Beijing."

Cai Dezhang said with a smile: "My lord is joking, but what is the duty, how dare you look forward to Shu, Zhang can be enough to be a magistrate, that's enough."

Zhao Tong sighed with a smile: "I was not familiar with Cai Zhifu in the past, and it was difficult to recognize Dezhang's talent and courage. When I saw him today, it was a pearl that has been dusted for a long time."

When Cai Dezhang heard the words, even though he knew that His Royal Highness King Qi's words had some malicious intentions, his heart still moved.

That's right, there are eight elder brothers in the family, except for the second elder brother who passed away in the early years, which one is not higher than his official position?And they are all in the bustling place of Tokyo, high in the temple, how can he be as far away as him?Comparing the two, it's really like heaven and earth. This little Jiangzhou magistrate...has really failed him!

Seeing that he was silent, Zhao Tong said again: "Recently there have been rumors in the capital that the eldest son Cai You is talented as a chancellor. At that time, one family and two chancellors will surely be passed on as a good story."

Prefect Cai Jiu pursed his lips, and said: "There is such a thing, I am afraid that my brother offended someone somewhere, and was praised and killed by someone's bad words."

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Brother Ling, I have known him for a long time, and I do have this talent, but I know Dezhang later than you, and you are also talented!"

Prefect Cai Jiu only smiled apologetically, but his heart was full of turmoil. He knew that Zhao Tun's words were not groundless. Master, the real power prince of Shang Shuling.

He will never make false statements, that is to say, there are indeed such rumors in Tokyo. Thinking of this, Prefect Cai Jiu couldn't help but feel sour.

He is a concubine, or the worst kind of concubine, and his mother is just a contracted concubine. Thinking about the experience of that hidden figure Liang Shicheng, one knows how unpopular this status is.

But he's okay, Cai Jing is quite "independent" and doesn't like to be with others, that's why he was born in Cai's mansion. Although there is no difference between studying imperial examinations and other brothers, it will be very different once he is released from office.

The other elder brothers are all Beijing officials, at least they have the title of a university scholar. He, the magistrate of Jiangzhou, is a bald magistrate. From the fourth rank, the only one who knows Hongzhou in the entire Jiangnan West Road is the fourth rank, because Hongzhou is the capital, but this kind of The position is often held concurrently by the appeasement envoy or economic envoy along the way, and it is far from his turn.

Jiangzhou is indeed a good place, a land of fish and rice, fat and oily, but aren't the officials in Beijing better?Cai Dezhang felt that as long as he was in the capital and had the title of Cai Jing's son, he would definitely not get less money than this Niaojiang Prefecture.

He also wrote a letter to Cai Jing, expressing vaguely that he wanted to change his position, but the old man didn't even reply, and thinking about it, he felt a little depressed.

"My lord praised me absurdly, Dezhang is ashamed and dare not take it." Prefect Cai Jiu raised his glass to punish himself.

Zhao Tang glanced at him, seeing what was on his mind, he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled secretly, and also drank a glass of wine.

At this time, someone came over to fill up the wine, Zhao Tang saw that it was a middle-aged man with a beard, and couldn't help saying: "De Zhang, how come there are servants of such age at this banquet?"

Seeing that it was Huang Wenbing, the prefect of Cai Jiu couldn't help but said in a daze: "My lord, this is not a servant at home, this is...Wen Bing, you are so brave to offend my lord!"

(End of this chapter)