At a year-end banquet, Zhang Xi got to know many colleagues.
He has his own immediate boss, the doctor Mi Zhu Mi Zizhong who is in charge of all the logistics affairs of Liu Bei's army, the hero of Yuan Cong who has been following Liu Bei, Jian Yong Jian Xianhe who is in charge of diplomacy, and the person in front of him... Kou Feng? !
Kou Feng, or...Liu Feng? !
Liu Feng's original surname was Kou, with the courtesy name Gongzhong. He was adopted by Liu Bei as his adopted son, so he changed his name to Liu Feng.
This Liu Feng's matter was thanks to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Many people hated him because he indirectly killed Guan Erye, and he was eventually ordered to commit suicide by Liu Bei.
But now...his name is Kou Feng.
What makes Zhang Xi find it strange is that Kou Feng should be a military commander. Regardless of romance or history, he was a military commander.
Why is he now classified as a civil servant? !
I don’t quite understand, but... this is indeed Kou Feng. After some conversation, Zhang Xi learned that Kou Feng did have an uncle named Liu Bi, who was the magistrate of Xinye County, and his mother’s surname was Liu, who was indeed Han House clan relatives.
And Kou Feng is only fifteen years old this year.
Yes, after some conversation, it turned out that Kou Feng was actually only fifteen years old, the same age as Xiao Qibao.
But compared to Xiao Qibao, this fifteen-year-old boy is already taller and stronger, and is not inferior to the twenty-year-old Zhang Xi.
More importantly, Kou Feng is quite handsome and has the temperament of a scribe on his face... This is probably the reason why he sits on the civil official's seat.
A fifteen-year-old man took refuge in Liu Shijun. Liu Shijun probably had no idea whether he was a civil servant or a military general, so he could only judge by his appearance.
Although the words and deeds of the fifteen-year-old Kou Feng seem to be stable, he still has the air of a half-grown child, and Zhang Xi has some experience in dealing with such half-grown children.
After all, I have been with Xiao Qibao for a long time.
The two were chatting so happily that something happened at the banquet that neither of them noticed.
A sergeant accidentally dropped a piece of lamb on the ground while serving tonight's big dish of roasted lamb...
Well, this is a small thing and a big thing, but neither Zhang Xi nor Kou Feng realize it now.
We chatted with each other for a long time and both felt that the other person was a nice person.
Kou Feng felt that Zhang Xi's way of speaking suited him very well, and whatever he said would be well received by the other party, which satisfied Kou Feng, who liked to show off.
Zhang Xi felt that although Kou Feng liked to be conceited and show off, he was not an arrogant person in nature. He still had the temperament of a young man and would feel embarrassed if he was praised even a few words.
The two of them chatted until the banquet was about to end, and they made an appointment to visit each other another day, and then they gave up on each other.
By this time, the banquet was almost over.
At this time, Liu Bei sent someone to call Zhang Xi to the backyard alone on the pretext of changing his clothes.
"My third brother disturbed you today, please forgive me!" Liu Bei and Zhang Fei apologized to Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi really didn't expect such a trick, so he was so frightened that he quickly returned the favor and said he didn't dare.
This is really not a big deal. Zhang Xi really didn't move. Why did Liu Bei specifically tell him this.
But in Liu Bei's view, this matter is indeed not a small matter.
Zhang Fei went to see Zhang Xi this time. Although Liu Bei did not instruct him, Liu Bei was indeed happy to see what happened.
The reason is simple, to test Zhang Xi's character.
Although they met once at the recruitment hall and chatted for a few words, Liu Bei also recognized that Zhang Xi was at least a knowledgeable person.
But Liu Bei didn't know what his actual work ability was like or what his character was like.
After nearly three months of investigation, Liu Bei found that Zhang Xi was at least not the kind of person who was obsessed with studying and didn't know how to adapt. There were no big troubles when food and other matters were left in Zhang Xi's hands, which was a preliminary recognition of Zhang Xi's ability.
Only his character is unclear to Liu Bei for the time being.
Liu Bei also knew that Zhang Fei got a jar of wine from Zhang Xi, but Liu Bei had no intention of blaming Zhang Xi for this matter. After all, Liu Bei himself couldn't control Zhang Fei's drinking problem. How could he expect Zhang Xi, a newcomer who had just joined, to be able to control it?
So Zhang Xi gave Zhang Fei a jar of wine out of desperation, also under the banner of annual reward, and Liu Bei couldn't say anything.
But Liu Bei knew that Zhang Fei couldn't control him, so he would definitely find an opportunity to ask Zhang Xi for a drink again. If Zhang Xi returned the gift this time, it would be unreasonable. Liu Bei could not change his position for Zhang Xi, at least he couldn't let Zhang Xi do it again. Xi stayed in the logistics management position.
This is why Liu Bei ignored Zhang Fei's behavior at the banquet and quickly called Zhang Fei back after Zhang Xi passed the blame to him.
It's enough to have seen Zhang Xi's statement. We can't really let Zhang Fei make a fuss over this matter.
After this incident, Liu Bei still had to take Zhang Fei to apologize to Zhang Xi, so that the wise man could not be upset because of this incident... Although Zhang Xi actually did not realize that Liu Bei had so many little thoughts.
In short, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei reluctantly apologized to Zhang Xi, and Zhang Xi quickly expressed his acceptance. After being happy, Zhang Xi also received an additional year-end bonus-30 yuan.
The usual money is one thousand coins, thirty coins... Well, fortunately Liu Bei arranged for two soldiers to accompany Zhang Xi to help Zhang Xi send it back, otherwise Zhang Xi really wouldn't be able to take away so much money.
Deadly.
With these 30 guan, plus the 20 guan "settlement allowance" given by Liu Bei three months ago, Zhang Xi now has a total of 50 guan.
Faced with such a large amount of money, both the master and the servant were a little worried.
Xinye County is not a big county, and the inn here is naturally not a big inn either. There are people of all kinds from all walks of life here.
Fifty pounds of money was placed in the room, with only a small servant guarding it...it felt dangerous just thinking about it.
"Master, why don't we... buy land?!" Little Qibao suggested.
This is the inherent concept of people these days. If you have money, of course you should buy land.
Only when you have permanent property can you have perseverance, and the permanent property these days is land.
Another thing, in Xiao Qibao's view, the master encountered misfortune when he came out to separate the family, and all his money was robbed or divided. If he could not complete the task of dividing the family, it would be impossible for the master to return to Yingchuan.
But now that I have some money, I have to buy land first and then accumulate it bit by bit... Maybe I have accumulated thousands of acres of land that day and started a family in Xinye County? !
But Zhang Xi doesn’t think so.
If you want to buy land or start a family, you have to wait until the disaster of Changbanpo is over.
Otherwise, even if you spend money to buy land now, when Cao Bing comes and you run away, wouldn't these lands be ownerless again?
Money wasted.
"Let's rent a house first!" Zhang Xi said.
I definitely can't stay in the inn any longer.
After all, he is considered an official now, and officials always have to be greeted and sent off... What's the point of being greeted and seen off in an inn? !
So you must have your own house.
However, Zhang Xi did not consider buying a house... Again, Xinye is not a place to settle down. If you want to settle down, you have to wait until after the battle of Changbanpo before considering where to settle down. question.
Therefore, even if you buy a house, it is more cost-effective to rent a house.
And there’s no shame in renting.
Except for Liu Bei's General Zuo's Mansion, which was a gift from the Huang family of Xiangyang's wealthy family, Liu Bei's other civil servants and military generals all lived in rented houses, and there was no shame in renting a house by themselves.
Therefore, in the past few days near the end of the year, Zhang Xi was still "going to work" as usual, while Xiao Qibao took the time to ask around where there was a house for rent.
In just a few days, Little Qibao found a suitable place.
It's not in Xinye City, but in Dengjia Village, five miles outside the city. There is an old house for rent in the village elder's house.
Xiao Qibao went to see it and came back and said that the place has two entrances, the front hall is the living room and the back hall is the bedroom. The place is not big, but it is quiet and it belongs to the family.
And this Dengjiacun actually has a long history.
They are a branch of the Deng family, a large family in Nanyang.
The ancestor of the Deng family was Deng Yu, the Marquis of Gaomi who was the founding hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the leader of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai.
Deng Yu was originally from Xinye, so the foundation of the Deng family can be said to be in Xinye.
However, with the development of the times, the Deng family has experienced several ups and downs. Xinye County is small and it is difficult to develop the scale of the family. Therefore, all members of the Deng family have moved to Wancheng to develop, leaving only a small branch in Xinye County. Stay behind.
Nowadays, the Dengjia Village seems to have no influence on the world. The main family in Wancheng thinks that they are just a separate property and does not care about their life or death. However, the people in Dengjia Village in Xinye County still think that they are the root. Look. Not going to Wancheng's family... Dengjia Village just survived on its own. As the relationship between the two parties became worse and worse, they were eventually reduced to relying on renting a house to make a living.
Zhang Xi doesn't care much about this. After all, for him, having a place to live is enough.
And although this Dengjia Village is outside the city, it is only five or six miles away from the promised distance. The distance to work every day is about the same as now. Xiao Qibao also said that although the place is not big, all kinds of furniture are already available, so there is no need to add any extra Adding one can save a lot of trouble.
Zhang Xi decided to take the time to visit Dengjia Village, and under the witness of the clan elders, the two parties signed the lease.
Then we moved quickly so that we could spend the first day of the New Year in our new home.
