Because of Song Shuyao's case, Li Lu was very troubled, so he recalled the prince Li Dingguo, who was a criminal officer in Baoyang, and then let him supervise the country, and he gave himself the title of a minister of the Qincha, and then went to Tianzhunan to inspect the people's situation.It is said that on this day, Li Lu and his entourage came to Jinlong County by the Ganges River in Tianzhu Province, because Li Lu was under the banner of the minister of Qincha, how to count him as a big man, so after Bao Wensheng, the magistrate of Jinlong County, learned about it, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly welcomed Li Lu to the county government.After a period of greetings, Li Lu said the purpose of this inspection, planning to live in Jinlong first, inspect Jinlong the next day, and go to Quzhou on the third day, and asked Bao Wensheng to arrange a boat for him, saying that he would go to Quzhou without taking a carriage, and wanted to take a boat down the river to see the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Ganges.Bao Wensheng smiled and said, "Please rest assured, the lower officials will do the same." ”At dinner time, Bao Wensheng specially arranged a "fish banquet" for Li Lu."
Fish Feast" is the Golden Dragon special banquet, the flavor is unique, there are braised carp, steamed silver carp, yellow stewed bream, fried shrimp, loach wearing tofu, etc., Li Lu ate and applauded, and praised the fish tender soup fresh, better than the mountain and sea delicacies in the broken leaves of Dijing.The next day, the weather was clear.Bao Wensheng led Li Lu and his entourage to walk on the flood control embankment, with the wide Ganges River to the north, and the sails on the river are dotted, as far as the eye can see.Walking all the way, watching the beautiful scenery along the way, Li Lu was very happy.At this time, a girl's song sounded in the seedling field under the south embankment: "The water in the rice planting field is deep, and it takes half a catty to catch a loach; Lang eats the head and sister eats the waist, and leaves a tail until tomorrow.Woo-ho-ho-" "Haha!
”After Li Lu listened, he said, "Interesting, so interesting......
At this time, a guy also sang: "The moon bait is difficult to satisfy hunger, and my sister is not a wife in my dream; If you want a good harvest in the field, don't be afraid of sweat soaking through your clothes."
Unexpected, unexpected!"
”Li Lu said very happily, "It turns out that the farmer is so funny and happy, listen to this tune, the ancestral home of this young man should be the Henan generation, hehehe, have they ever been used to coming to my Daying?"
”Bao Wensheng smiled: "They are indeed Jiangnan people, and when they come to our British Tianzhu, they can live well, but they are not farmers looking for fun!"
They were so tired that they sang their own songs to relieve their fatigue, just to relieve their fatigue and continue to plant rice, so that the people who planted rice together could relax and relax, just like the boatmen shouted trumpets and built embankments to sing and beat the drum with great energy. ”"Is that so?"
Seeing the unhappiness on Li Lu's face, Bao Wensheng didn't dare to say more.On the third day, Bao Wensheng accompanied Li Lu to the riverside pier and boarded the boat.When he saw that there was no one in the captain's seat, a young man was sitting on the right side of the bow of the boat, and a woman was sitting on the left side of the bottom row, so he asked her in a loud voice, "Second sister-in-law Wang, where is your man?"
”And the woman said, "Old Black will come soon."
But after waiting for a while, Lao Hei still didn't come, Bao Wensheng was annoyed, so he shouted: "Second sister-in-law Wang, what's the matter with your man, it's too late, why don't you give face to this official?"
”Then he said to Li Lu with a smile: "Please rest for a while, and the next official will go and call the old man." ”With that, he turned and left.Sure enough, after a while, Li Lu saw a black-faced man wearing a broken straw hat hurriedly running onto the boat, and then walked over from the side of the boat outside and stood in the position of the captain and shouted: "Open the boat!"
”I saw the black-faced man at the helm with one hand and the other rocking the oar, and the boat headed downstream."
Hey!"
Li Lu asked the black-faced man, "What about your Baozhi County?"
”"He was entangled by a few peasants, and he couldn't make it."
The black-faced man said."
Okay, you Bao Wensheng, how can you not take this official in your eyes?
It's not far to go to Quzhou, because of a few peasants, do you let this official sit on the cold bench?
”Li Lu was so angry that his face was purple, according to officialdom etiquette, if it was Shangfeng's return trip, his subordinates would generally send Shangfeng to the station and dock; If you go on patrol, your subordinates should accompany Shangfeng to accompany them, and you really can't pull away, so you must at least send a deputy to accompany you.Now it's a good thing, he Bao Wensheng didn't go with him for a few peasants!
More than 50 miles of waterway from Jinlong to Quzhou, fortunately, the current of the Ganges River is also gentle, and the boat that Li Lu is sitting on is not very big, because it is a boat that runs along the river, there is a captain at the helm, plus a young man and his wife's wife are struggling to rock, the boat is still very fast......
"Oops-" "Hi!
”"Ouch-" "Hey!
”When Li Lu heard the sound, the black-faced man at the helm behind him shouted "Oops", and the young man and woman rocking the oars in front of him responded with a "Hi", and the boat was like this—it moved against the tide in the harmony of the trumpet.Along the way, Li Lu watched the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Ganges River, and slowly the anger in his heart disappeared a lot.When the ship docked at the lower south gate wharf in Quzhou, Xiong Wenchao, the prefect of Quzhou, who had to be inspected by the minister of the Qin Mission two days ago, had been waiting for a long time.As soon as he saw that Qincha's ship had arrived, he immediately greeted him with a smile."
Hey!
Aren't you a bag of five?
”Seeing the young man who jumped ashore to tie the cable and set up the springboard, Xiong Wen was taken aback.secretly thought, how did he become a boatman, didn't he break the rules and was punished by his master Bao to be a boatman?
Because most of the official documents sent from Jinlong County to Quzhou Mansion were sent by Bao Wu'er, where would Xiong Wenchao not know him?
Xiong Wenchao was so strange, and hurriedly asked Bao Wu'er: "Why didn't you see your master?"
”Bao Wu'er didn't know what to say, so he raised his chin and nodded to the captain, and at this time the black-faced man was resting with his back to the river bank and facing the river.Xiong Wenchao understood, so he ordered the black-faced man to come ashore, but the black-faced man hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to disobey.When the black-faced man came to the front, Xiong Wenchao was stunned after taking a closer look: "Bao Wensheng, why are you?"
”"Hey ....."
Bao Wensheng smiled and said, "It is the unshirkable responsibility of the lower officials to take the helm for the Qincha Rocking the Boat!"
”It turned out that the black-faced captain was Bao Wensheng, and Li Lu was also surprised.After a closer look, it was Bao Wensheng.Li Lu couldn't help asking: "Bao Wensheng, what the hell are you messing with!"
What's going on here?
”Seeing that the two peaks had to tell him the reason, Bao Wensheng had to tell the truth.It turned out that the harvest in Jinlong County in the past two years was not good, either due to drought or flooding.He led the people of the county to work hard for two years, and the water conservancy was greatly developed, and this year happened to be a good season for the wind and rain, and now is the busy season for rice planting.In order to rush to plant seedlings, even the elderly and children went to the fields.In order to help those families who lacked labor, Bao Wensheng sent all the officials in the county to help plant rice.Therefore, when Li Lu, the minister of the Imperial Mission, wanted to take a boat, he decided that he and his wife, plus the servant Bao Wu'er, would act as a boatman.In order not to make Li Lu suspicious, he asked his wife to pretend to be "Wang's second sister-in-law" and Bao Wu'er to wait for him on the boat first, and then pretended that his father-in-law "Lao Hei" did not come, and pretended to be angry when he went to urge people to get out.When he returned to the county government, he took off his official pot ash and blackened his face, and rushed to be the captain, and he really blinded Li Lu......
Speaking of this, Bao Wensheng immediately took off his broken straw hat, washed off the ashes on his face with river water, knelt down to apologize to Li Lu and said, "I'm sorry, the lower official is rude, please bear with me!"
”Li Lu suddenly realized, and sighed again and again: "Before I came to Jinlong, I heard that Baozhi County is of the same heart with the people, and it is very popular with the people, but I didn't expect that you still have the ability to drive a boat......
Li Lu didn't know that Bao Wensheng was born in Wuchang, Datang, because of his poor family background, and he lived by the river when he was a child, it was common to fish and touch shrimp, and to drive a boat; Even after becoming an official, he often took the servants to help orphans and widows plant rice and harvest rice, and it was not a matter for him to hold a boat and rock a oar.Because Li Lu traveled in disguise, Xiong Wenchao, the prefect of Quzhou, did not recognize Li Lu's true identity, seeing Li Lu's praise of his subordinates, Xiong Wenchao couldn't help but say, "You don't know, this Bao Wensheng is very famous in the hearts of the people, he is the right-hand man of the lower officials, the economy of Jinlong County has made great progress in recent years, and Bao Wensheng has a lot to do with it......"
Li Lu looked at Bao Wensheng, and then patted Bao Wensheng on the shoulder, "You are doing a good job as an official, I remember you......"
That's right, Li Lu thinks Bao Wensheng is a good official, He wants to be promoted and reused.......