Although Deputy Ambassador Song said this with a smile and lightheartedness.
But after hearing this, Chen Que felt as if someone had hit him hard on the head, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
When he first entered officialdom, he never thought that the lives of ordinary people would be so unworthy of mention in the eyes of his superiors.
"Someone has to clean up here. Let's go to Guanyu Pavilion first. We have prepared a reception banquet for you all there."
Kong Xigui said something at this time.
Another reception feast?
After Chen Que heard this, he couldn't help but thought: "I have to carry my wife behind my back and have sex outside again?"
The sound of machines coming from the inner courtyard made it impossible for him to calmly follow these people to Guan Yu Pavilion at this moment.
Deputy envoy Song held his waist and waved his hands and said: "Guanyu Pavilion is too vulgar! I'm tired of going there. There are other places here that are more elegant! I heard that Ge Junzhiliuxiangwu is also here place, and she is on the island right now?”
"Yes!"
Kong Xigui smiled awkwardly and glanced at Chen Que quite distressedly.
Because everyone knows that Ge Nen is a famous prostitute, and the gift of money for meeting her is 30,000 yuan in silver coins, and all of this money has to be paid by the county. Now that the county magistrate is Chen Que, Chen Que naturally has to find a way.
"Then go there."
Deputy Ambassador Song said and went out first.
Kong Xigui deliberately stayed here for a while, and then whispered to Chen Que: "As usual, when you go to Liuxiangwu, you will be given 30,000 yuan in cosmetic silver. This is given by the county."
"Ah! But there's no money in the warehouse!"
Chen Que replied in surprise.
"I have thought of this for you. I will borrow it from Pavilion Master Wu first and pay it back when the tax money arrives. I just want to do some accounting. I will ask someone to call Pavilion Master Wu. When the time comes, you only need to introduce Pavilion Master Wu to Deputy Envoy Song. Then Pavilion Master Wu will pay for it out of his own pocket."
Kong Xigui said.
After hearing this, Chen Que clenched his fists and couldn't help but glance at Deputy Ambassador Song's back and thought to himself: "I would rather lend you 30,000 yuan for a prostitute than a pension fund! Those are warriors who fought bloody battles for the Ming Dynasty!" "
However, Chen Que now found that as a new official, although he was a county magistrate, he could not make any decisions and could only follow the crowd.
Therefore, Chen Que followed suit.
When the wealthy businessman Wu Sheng arrived and Chen Que introduced him to Deputy Envoy Song, Deputy Envoy Song understood it and did not expose it. He just nodded coldly.
After seeing the famous prostitute Ge Nen in Liuxiangwu, Chen Que discovered that Deputy Song was a group of high-ranking superiors. They immediately gathered around her with mocking smiles, showed their hospitality to Ge Nen, and kept praising Ge Nen.
The famous courtesan Ge Nen was rather cold.
Only after Deputy Envoy Song took out an orb worth a thousand gold, did Ge Nen smile, and Deputy Envoy Song also laughed: "They say a beautiful smile is worth a thousand gold. This is true!"
"Treat ordinary soldiers and civilians as human beings, and in the face of advocating excellence, they are willing to degenerate to the point of treating themselves as human beings. How can the atmosphere of scholar-bureaucrats be so corrupted!"
Chen Que couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
For a while, it was not until Gennen left because he was feeling unwell that Deputy Ambassador Song got down to business: "Although those retired soldiers are gone, the imperial court will still allocate their pension money. Let's divide it now. I heard that your county magistrate Chen's family is in a difficult situation and you haven't bought any property yet, so you will take 10%, but your county's tax money still has to be taken away by the government, because the government still has to collect 500,000 to give to Li Butang. As the emperor's eldest son fights for the crown prince, we all support the establishment of the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince just like Li Butang, and we have considered the emperor's eldest son to be the master. Therefore, in the future, we must first think about the interests of the emperor's eldest son. Please Chen It is true that you came to Kashima on the recommendation of the eldest son of the emperor. As the eldest son of the emperor, you should not turn your elbows outward. You should know where you should stand. Because you are new here, I only said a few words. Don't understand the rules. , say anything out loud!"
"Deputy Ambassador Song is right. You, Magistrate Chen, don't need to be filial to us. From now on, we are all our own people and should look after each other. There is no need to worry about the problem of shortfalls. There is an official letter from the government for withdrawing money. Even if someone asks in the future , you just give it to the government, and as for the 10% of the money you share, it is the grace of the eldest son of the emperor! Do you understand?"
Gao Qianshi followed.
"I understand!"
Chen Que replied, but he was horrified in his heart.
He didn't expect to be able to do this and use his pension money as empty wages.
The key is that for a small county magistrate like me, I can get more than 3,000 silver coins a year for this, which is already several times my annual salary! After all, she earned more than Xiao Linglong by selling herself, and even more than her good wife who managed the household well!
Moreover, Chen Que had to admit that it was easy for him to earn so much money every year.
At least Xiao Linglong had to earn 500 silver dollars a night and had to sell herself, but he only had to shut up and didn't even have to worry about the consequences. Even if it was investigated later and the government would take the blame for him, he could just rely on the official letter He pushed it to the superiors and said that it was misappropriated by the superiors, just like what Kong Xigui told him at the time.
The most he could do was express his gratitude to the eldest son of the emperor.
There will even be support for future promotions.
Because now, because of his Shangguan's actions, he has become a member of the emperor's eldest son's party.
At this time, the famous prostitute Ge Nen came back and came to Chen Que and asked, "Are you the magistrate of Chen Que?"
"Exactly!"
Chen Que came back to his senses due to the fragrance on his body and replied.
Genen read the poem Chen Que had written before, and then asked, "Is this written by the county magistrate?"
Chen Que nodded: "Yes."
Ge Nen then secretly said: "I didn't expect the county magistrate to be so talented. I wonder if I can let the servants be the ink grinders for you?"
"This Mr. Ge is indeed a person who loves talents, and he lives up to his reputation!"
"Mr. Chen, you are more respectable than us today!"
Deputy Ambassador Song and Gao Qianshi started talking about this, and because Genen seemed to have quite a status, the two of them were not jealous, nor were they even angry because Genen ignored them.
But Chen Que replied: "My wife is still here."
After hearing this, Ge Nen blushed, then hid his face and left, crying, as if he was very pitiful.
"Your Majesty is feeling unwell. Please take your leave first."
Chen Que didn't know why the famous prostitute named Ge made such a gesture because of his words, but he really didn't want to stay here anymore, so he took this opportunity to say goodbye and leave.
"You really don't appreciate it! Our young lady is Li Butang's confidante, and now she's just trying to get along with you, but she doesn't appreciate it. She just wants to stay on this Japanese island for the rest of her life!"
After Chen Que came out, a maid upstairs started scolding him.
Chen Que couldn't help but smile bitterly and thought to himself: "After all, I am also an official of the imperial court. How can a prostitute befriend me at all costs?"
After Chen Que left Liuxiangwu, he changed into casual clothes and wandered around the island.
The scene of the military and civilian riots and sudden massacre in the morning still lingered in his mind.
He wanted to get to know these soldiers and civilians again.
After all, as a scholar-official who has accepted the concept of nationality, he really cannot accept that people of the same ethnic group can be so cruel to their compatriots and directly slaughter them without any reason.
This is contrary to the holy will.
It doesn't fit in with his ideas either.
But Chen Que had lost his face and did not dare to wear official uniforms to see the people anymore, so he changed his clothes.
Chen Que had to admit that Ludao was indeed a prosperous place due to commercial development. There were rows of shops along the pier, and there were also many luxurious villas like Guanyuge Pavilion and Liuxiangwu. However, he seemed to think that because of this, Naturally, I felt a sense of compassion, so I still noticed the shack hidden outside the market.
"What, you are not Japanese?"
Chen Que asked in shock the poor people living in this dirty and smelly shack.
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