In the middle of the journey, Xu Ling went out to light the firecrackers that had been prepared early. There was a loud crackling sound, but children gathered around, waiting to pick up the unlit firecrackers and play again.
Xu Ling casually pulled a little boy's pigtails from his head, "Bench, why don't you go in to eat?"
The bench was the little boy who followed Li Dayuan every day. He was about five or six years old. He wiped his cold snot and said, "My father asked my mother to take my sister to eat. I will be allowed to eat next time."
The people in the village are simple and honest. Even if Xu Lingzhen asked the villagers to bring their families to eat, everyone is also very particular. If there are two people in the family, or even just one person, no one has the nerve to spend a few pennies to eat such a good banquet. .
Xu Ling didn't know what to say. These fellow villagers were really good people.
He touched the head of the bench and asked about the other children, most of whom were older children who had been left outside.
Xu Ling said: "You go home and get the bowls. If you don't serve the food, go to the kitchen to find my wife and tell me that I will let you come to eat."
The children cheered and immediately dispersed and went home to get their bowls.
Xu Ling went back to the house with a smile. He bought the largest pig in Li Dayuan's family, which weighed almost two hundred kilograms. He also asked Butcher Sun to buy two sheep specifically for stew. The banquet was only held for this day, although he couldn't eat it. There was no chance of it being wasted, but Xu Ling was thinking that after this meal, the people in the village would have a completely different view of him.
Back at the banquet, master Yang Tao and his apprentice were drinking with their father-in-law Gu Litian. When they saw Xu Ling coming, they asked him to drink as a punishment.
Xu Ling's ears almost grew numb after hearing the auspicious words. The meal lasted for almost an hour. There was not a single bit of food left on each table, and the dishes were all polished by people eating.
Especially the bowls of fat and oily braised pork. In modern times, it is estimated that few people would eat it at a banquet. However, this dish is the most popular.
There is no way, the people at this time are not short of food like in the previous life. Let alone eating meat, it is rare to be able to eat without being hungry.
After drinking and eating, people in the village took turns to chat with Xu Ling. Some people came to look around Xu Ling's new house. They all said that his new house was well built and one of the best in the village.
Xu Ling continued all these kind words and politely asked them to visit his home more often in the future.
During this period, master Yang Tao and his apprentice were a little tipsy after finishing their meal, so they were invited by Gu Litian to rest in the house.
The two of them were not in a hurry to leave, so they must have come to Xu Ling for other matters.
When Xu Ling saw off the guests outside and returned to the house, the fire pit in the hall was lit, the room was very warm, and Yang Tao and Sun Baoyao were chatting without a word.
Seeing Xu Ling come in, Sun Baoyao stood up quickly and asked him to sit down.
"Brother Xu, I really didn't expect that when you said you were moving to a new home, you actually built such a magnificent house. There are few like you in this town!"
Sun Baoyao was full of praise for the structure of Xu Ling's new house.
Xu Ling smiled politely and said, "I also learned this from others. The houses in Quanzhou are really beautiful. The roofs are all made of glazed glass. We can't compare with this."
"Are you doing business in Quanzhou? What kind of business do you do?" Yang Tao asked in due course.
Xu Ling had already guessed that these two people came to the Three Treasures Hall for him to make money.
He didn't hide his secrets at this time, saying that he was doing business between Quanzhou and Lingbao Town.
"I go back and forth once or twice a month, which is just messing around. It's not easy to do. I met Jiang bandits on the way back from Quanzhou last time. Alas, I have to spend money to eliminate the trouble before I can come back."
"I heard someone said that Jiang bandits robbed the prison last month in Lingbao Town and killed the county magistrate. Is this relevant?"
"It's true."
"Well, it's really not easy in today's world. It's hard for you to do business outside, and it's not easy for us public servants either," Yang Tao sighed, looking unhappy.
Xu Ling asked quickly: "Is there anything bothering Uncle Yang?"
"It's not the troubles in the yamen that are causing trouble!" Sun Baoyao and Yang Tao sang in harmony and told Xu Ling about the things inside the yamen.
Yang Tao was born in the martial arts industry and was the chief of the policemen in the yamen. This position was high or not, and there were three people above him, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the county magistrate.
Although the county magistrates are all ninth-grade sesame officials, they are both county magistrates, but they are somewhat different. For example, Erfang Town and Qinghe Town are bordering each other and both rely on water. However, Qinghe Town has many docks and a well-developed water system, so it can live close to the larger Lingbao Town.
As for Erfang Town, it has been a remote and remote place for so many years. The people have only been able to survive by eating fish and there have been no businessmen here.
The common people are too poor to open the pot. Officials are not hungry, but they are not full.
Therefore, all the officials in Erfang Town, who are as big as sesame, want to be transferred outside. Even if they are transferred to Qinghe Town, it is better than here.
A county magistrate died in Lingbao Town, and countless other minor officials died. The positions in the Yong Dynasty were all carrots and pits. Now that the carrots are gone, those idle pits are being taken care of by other carrots.
The county magistrate of Erfang Town paid someone to transfer him to another job. Before leaving, he elected the original bookkeeper as the new county magistrate.
Yang Tao then focused on the vacant position of chief clerk.
He is in his thirties, neither too old nor too young. Although there are no major cases in Erfang Town for him to handle as a fast detective, it is still different from the chief bookkeeper, who has a leisurely position like sitting in the office.
Xu Ling listened for a long time and finally understood what Yang Tao and Sun Baoyao meant.
Originally, Yang Tao could take the position of chief clerk, but now a competitor has emerged. This person is the nephew of the original chief clerk and now the new county magistrate, and he is also a scholar.
But Yang Tao didn't have no chance at all. He had been in the yamen for more than ten years and knew many people. The brothers in the yamen all expected him to be the chief clerk, not the airborne related accountant.
So Yang Tao thought about spending money to find the new county magistrate and going through the back door to see if he could become the chief bookkeeper.
Then why did he go to Xu Ling?
It was because Sun Baoyao bragged to Yang Tao, saying that he knew a businessman who was very good at making money. He made a lot of money in less than two months, and now he has built a new house.
Yang Tao wanted to spend money to go through the back door, but he didn't have that much money to throw around. Hearing this, he followed Sun Baoyao to see the situation. Now that he saw Xu Ling, Yang Tao was half convinced.
He wanted to pay Xu Ling and ask Xu Ling to help him "by the way" when he was doing business to see if there was any business that was sure to make a profit and make money for him.
"Brother Xu, if you can help me handle this matter, I will be the chief bookkeeper in the future and I will not treat you badly!"
Yang Tao may have been drunk, or he felt that Xu Ling had a high possibility of helping him make money. In a moment of excitement, he followed Sun Baoyao and called Xu Ling.
I'm afraid Xu Ling has to agree to this even if he doesn't want to. Where in the world is there any "easy" way to make money without losing money?
What they make is theirs, and what they lose is Xu Ling's.
This job is hot.
But today Yang Tao came wearing official clothes, betting that Xu Ling wouldn't dare to be ignorant!
Xu Ling chuckled in his heart, but did not show it on his face. Instead, he said with great joy: "There is also such a good thing that you can be promoted for money. Since I call you Brother Yang, there is no reason not to agree to this!"
