"This is the headquarters where Mr. Lian was chasing me years ago? It's really a beautiful scene. You can see all of Yi County at a glance. Tsk, magistrate Liu was also there at that time, right?" Xiao Letian stood in front of the window and looked at the people in the city. Scenery of the city, he said with great emotion.
At this time, Liu Sanbian, Magistrate Liu had already been waiting in the room. He politely held his subordinate's courtesy, stood next to Xiao Letian and said with a smile, "Years ago, Second Master Lian said he would take me to catch the robbers. He Who knew that I was catching you, the raptor? As the saying goes, it’s not that a raptor cannot cross a river, hahaha..."
The seventh-grade county magistrate is the lowest level of the official hierarchy. Below him are the low-ranking officials. These cornerstones of the officialdom have already perfected their skills in flattering and can make Xiao Letian laugh with just a few sentences.
"Sit down, sit down, if outsiders see Magistrate Liu eating with me, a Japanese devil, you are not allowed to have people take part in the book? Hahaha..." Xiao Letian sat on the front seat with a smile.
Magistrate Liu did not speak, and the head catcher Wang Hu next to him smiled and said, "Let's see who dares! In Yi County, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to Mr. Xiao and the magistrate, I, Wang Hu, will tell them to live or die..." "
"Okay, okay, knowing how good you are, let's all sit down together and let them serve..." Xiao Letian spoke, and only then did the people around him dare to serve, including Fan Yan, Magistrate Liu, Wang Hu and the county government. Some of the officials sat beside me with smiles on their faces, waiting for the food and wine to be served.
At this time, the boss of the building came upstairs and personally brought a large porcelain plate, on which a pair of pure white white bear paws were steaming. They were actually a pair of northern white bear paws imported from the Rakshasa Kingdom. Please come to more and faster chapters.
The boss put the plate in the middle of the table, and before even saying the name of the dish, he lay down on the floor and banged his head three times, "My benefactor, I'm here, I want to bow to you..." Good guy, these three heads knocked on the floor. It was so loud that the ceiling on the second floor was probably dusty.
County Magistrate Liu found that Xiao Letian was puzzled and quickly whispered, "The boss of Lou has been bullied by Lian Er all the year round. Every year he pays no less than a thousand taels for his filial piety, and one of his concubines was also insulted by Lian Er, so I call you." It’s what you should be a benefactor to, it’s what you should be..."
It was then that Xiao Le suddenly realized what he was doing. At that moment, he suddenly felt that he was so tall and he really felt like a hero. He trampled Lian Er to death and gained a lot of reputation points by the way. This business was really a good deal. .
Xiao Letian raised his hand to signal the boss to stand up, and then said to the officials at the table, "Look, the people always repay their kindness. As long as you do a little bit good to them, they will remember you forever. That old man Lian Er How are you, the common people, now? All their wealth is gone and they can’t afford a stroke. They look so pitiful..."
"But who is to blame? A villain becomes arrogant when he is proud, and even takes pleasure in bullying the weak. How can there be no retribution for such a person? Sirs, please remember this!" Xiao Letian actually taught these officials a sincere lesson. What's even more strange is that these officials stretched their necks one by one as if they were listening to the superior's lectures, with expressions of sincerity on their faces.
Wang Hu was the first to express his position by patting his chest, "What Mr. Xiao said is reasonable. I am also from a common people, so I naturally know the suffering of the people. I used to have a low salary and had no choice but to accept some bribes, but now I receive money from Mr. Xiao every month." I have three times my salary, I have already spent enough, if I am greedy for money, I will really not be a human being..."
Following Wang Hu were many officials who expressed their opinions. In their eyes, since Xiao Letian's salary was more than that of the imperial court, the number one person in their hearts was naturally Xiao Letian. Please come to more and faster chapters. Loyalty has a price these days, and whoever pays more is the boss.
Under the command of the boss, a table of Bazhen noodles was served, consisting of sixteen dishes of Shan Bazhen and Shui Bazhen. The quantity seemed small, but the quality was truly unmatched by future generations.
Bear paws, deer antlers, elephant bald, camel humps, civet cats, leopard fetuses, deer sinews, and monkey brains are the eight delicacies of the mountain.
Bird's nest, shark's fin, black ginseng, fish maw, scallops, abalone, mussels, and salamander are the eight delicacies of the water. Please come to more and faster chapters.
Xiao Letian was dazzled by the sixteen delicacies from the landscape. It doesn’t matter if it’s not chaotic, there are many dishes that I have only heard of by name but have never seen the real thing. Originally, at Prince Gong's Mansion, the flowing banquet prepared by Yi?
It's a good day, I'm going to break my fast now.
In fact, the dishes of Bazhen Noodles handed down from ancient times vary according to the region and season. Generally, if you want to eat a real Bazhen Noodles, in addition to the big hotels in the capital, a restaurant like Xianglou requires at least Prepare more than a month in advance.
In order to repay Xiao Letian's kindness, Boss Lou spent two months preparing the goods, especially the pair of pure white bear paws, which were purchased from the Russian caravan outside the country. Just that pair It cost a full one hundred taels of cash. Update as soon as possible
Fan Lian, who was sitting next to Xiao Letian, was a well-travelled person. He could estimate the approximate price of this table with just a glance. He would definitely not be able to do it without five hundred taels. It's really nice to repay this kindness. It seems that if something good happens in the future, I really can't forget this caring boss.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, just as Xiao Letian was explaining some interesting European history to these officials, the sound of crying and people's quarrels suddenly came faintly from the window. Xiao Letian looked out the window in confusion and found that at a corner not far away, people were flashing in the alley, as if there were many people arguing. Please come to more and faster chapters.
"What's going on?" Xiao Letian asked puzzledly. When the head catcher Wang Hu saw that someone dared to disturb Mr. Xiao's enjoyment of eating, he got up and walked out. "Sir, please eat slowly. I'll go take a look. Who is so bold?"
When Wang Hu walked out of the private room, Xiao Letian winked at the guards waiting beside him, and then the two guards hurriedly caught up.
After a while, the noise outside became louder and louder. It sounded like a woman was crying and screaming about her grievances. There are also strange sounds that are neither yin nor yang.
"Why don't you open your eyes? You are forcing our family to die. You can even go back on the things you promised. Are you still human? I will die for you to see..." Before he finished speaking, the crowd was shocked. call.
Xiao Letian couldn't sit still at this time. He stood up and looked over again, and found that the alley at the corner was suddenly surrounded by a group of people, and many people were rushing there.
Just when Xiao Letian wanted to go downstairs to see what was going on, one of the apprentices of the head catcher Wang Hu suddenly ran up, knelt on the ground and said, "This is Xiaowangzhuang in the east of the city, the wife of a consumptive man. She just hit the wall and sought death..."
"Why is this?" Magistrate Liu asked quickly. He didn't want to lose face in front of Xiao Letian.
"Sir, we have no control over this matter, and we can't control it!" the policeman said with an embarrassed look, "Today's matter is related to the palace. Something happened to Xiao Daoliu..."
Upon hearing the three words "Xiao Dao Liu", everyone present looked embarrassed, and they all roughly guessed the reason. Updated as soon as possible At this time, Xiao Letian's guards also ran back.
"Mr. Qi Zhen, these bastards are so inhuman, they are simply beasts..." In the angry words of the guard, Xiao Letian finally understood the cause and effect. It turns out that today's matter is related to the eunuch in the palace.
Since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, although the number of eunuchs has been greatly reduced compared with the Ming Dynasty, it has not been abolished. Every year, the palace's respect room sends many eunuchs out of the palace to select young eunuchs in various places to supplement the palace.
Generally speaking, most of the eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were from the Baoding, Cangzhou, Daming, and Langfang generations. On the one hand, it is densely populated and there are enough school-age children to choose from. On the other hand, because the accent and living habits are very close to those in Beijing, it is not that much trouble to use.
Therefore, there are branches of the Jingshifang in the counties around the capital. Some families who cannot afford to raise their sons will ruthlessly let their children enter the palace as eunuchs, so that they can at least make a living. Update as soon as possible
Xiao Dao Liu was connected with the Jingshi Room in the palace. The eunuchs selected by Yi County had to sign up from him first, and they also had to be stabbed. In fact, according to the rules, the eunuchs should be sent to the capital to have the execution arranged by the Jingshifang. However, since there was a certain mortality rate, the Jingshifang simply tried to save trouble and let the people below do it.
After the knife was cut, if you survived ten days and survived, then you would be qualified to enter the palace as a eunuch. If you are not lucky enough to survive, you can only blame yourself.
The wife of Xiaowangzhuang, who was suffering from tuberculosis, made a living by growing and selling vegetables all year round. Since the family was really poor and could no longer survive, in order to let her son have food, she cruelly took her son Ermao to Xiaodaoliu.
It was said that Xiao Dao Liu was a pretty good person. When he saw that Er Mao had a handsome face, regular features and no disability, he assured him that he would definitely be able to enter the palace, as long as he could survive the ten days of life and death after being purified. It was with this guarantee that her mother was so cruel that she allowed her son to get stabbed like that.
"But I didn't expect that the eunuch sent to the honorary room this year was so hateful. He actually asked for bribes from these parents, saying that he had to give him five taels for each quota, otherwise he would not be able to enter the palace. Ermao's mother couldn't be more angry. I went to argue with them, but Eunuch Zheng beat the person out without saying a word. Ermao's mother was so angry that she hit the wall..."
"Is something okay?" Xiao Letian's good mood today was completely gone.
"I've already called the doctor. I just saw that the person is still alive..."
There was deathly silence in the private room. Fan Qian kept giving Xiao Le an angelic wink, which meant to tell him to calm down. But Xiao Letian felt as if grass had grown in his heart. He tore the buttons on his robe and paced back and forth in front of the window.
At this time, County Magistrate Liu also spoke, "Mr. Xiao is naturally compassionate, but there are too many things like this. How many can you take care of? Well, I'll let this woman do some handy work in the county government later." Work can be regarded as helping their family!"
After Magistrate Liu finished speaking, everyone sitting here sighed and shook their heads. Even though they were all officials, there were too many people in the Qing Dynasty that they could not control. The eunuchs in the palace were one of them.
Xiao Letian stared at the crowd outside the window with cold eyes, "Go and ask the best doctor. I'll go take a look..."
When Fan Qian heard this, he sighed in his heart, "My young master, are you meddling in other people's business again?"
