"Master Su is a good official."
Old Suntou sighed: "My lord, you don't know. In the past few years, we in Fengyang County were running away and running away. Only the elderly, widows and young children were left alone. Life was almost unbearable, old man." My old wife got seriously ill the year before last and passed away, leaving the old man alone."
Thinking of his late wife, Lao Suntou's eyes turned red, and he sighed and continued: "Actually, there were a lot of people like the old man in Fengyang at that time.
But after Mr. Dasu learned about this situation after taking office, he immediately organized matchmakers and organized blind dates every month, so that all of us could find a woman to live with and live a good life.
Don't tell me, now that I have a woman who knows both cold and hot, my life is getting more and more exciting, and I am more energetic at work. We are all very grateful to Mr. Su. "
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded silently.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, wars were everywhere in the Central Plains. Due to long-term wars, natural and man-made disasters, the population in various places was lost.
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang also frequently issued political orders, ordering various regions to restore population and production as soon as possible, and listed it as an important performance evaluation for officials. However, the effect has not been very good, especially in some remote and poor places.
But Su Jin's method is very good.
If you want to have more children, then you have to get people married, right? Your daughter-in-law didn’t find anyone to have a baby with?
The government often organizes petty officials or matchmakers to go door-to-door to propose marriages, but the results are never very good.
The good thing about Su Jin's method is that it organizes everyone together, and the efficiency is much faster than visiting door to door.
But Zhu Yunwen on the other side listened, feeling really unhappy.
For some reason, he just didn't have a good impression of this person named Su. Hearing this, he muttered: "This county magistrate is not doing business every day. He is either greedy for food or doing some work of protecting matchmakers and pulling women. After all, he is a court official. Or a cook and a matchmaker?”
When Old Suntou heard this, his expression immediately changed: "You are so ignorant. Since you are still a baby, the old man won't care about you. Please settle the bill and leave immediately!"
Zhu Yunwen blushed and wanted to argue with Lao Suntou, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened: "Zhen'er, don't talk nonsense!"
At the same time, he was also a little dissatisfied with Zhu Yunwen, and secretly muttered: "Yun'er grew up in the palace and has never traveled far away. It is not surprising that he does not know the sufferings of the people, but he has always been influenced by those civil servants, and his thoughts are inevitably biased. It seems that we have to teach him well in the future to avoid going the wrong way."
Zhu Yunxi saw that Zhu Yunwen's face was red, and he stepped forward in a low voice to persuade him: "Second brother, don't be angry. I think since Mr. Su is so popular with the people, maybe... maybe there is something special about him, I think. It’s best not to rush to a conclusion yet.”
"What do you know!"
Zhu Yunwen threw away Zhu Yunxi's hand angrily, and felt that he had lost face in front of his brothers. He snorted coldly and followed Zhu Yuanzhang away, forgetting to settle the account.
"Hey, you haven't paid me yet!"
Zhu Lingxuan was the last one to get up and stood in front of Lao Suntou: "Uncle, I'm really sorry. My brother didn't mean it. I'll pay you now."
"It's better for you, a little girl, to know what's going on." Old Suntou smiled and said, "In our Fengyang County, I have never seen anyone who dares to speak rudely to Mr. Su."
Zhu Lingxuan asked curiously: "So is Mr. Su really that good?"
"How not?"
Old Suntou chuckled: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Su, we are only eighteen years old this year and haven't gotten married yet. He looks like one of the best among men. Who can't say that he is an extremely handsome young man? I see you. It matches Master Su very well!"
Zhu Lingxuan blushed when she heard this: "Uncle, you can't make this joke. How can I, an ordinary woman, be worthy of Mr. Su?"
"It's worth it, it's worth it, hahaha."
"Xuan'er, why aren't you here?"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and didn't see Zhu Lingxuan, so he shouted in this direction. Zhu Lingxuan quickly trotted back and said, "Master, I'm here."
"What have you been doing?"
"Grandpa, you just forgot how to make money."
Zhu Yuanzhang blushed when he heard this, turned around and glared at Zhu Yunwen fiercely, his eyes full of reproach, as if he was saying how could he let his sister pay the bill?
Zhu Yunwen also felt embarrassed: "Master, I just forgot."
"That's all."
Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing more and turned around to get on the carriage. But after he sat down, he became more and more angry as he thought about it. When he was angry, he became more and more curious about Su Jin.
Who is this guy?
After everyone got on the car, Zhou Ji asked in a low voice outside the car: "Sir, do we need to find an inn to stay first?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unwilling: "No, we still have to go and meet Mr. Su today!"
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang directly opened the curtain and jumped out of the car. He was so agile that it was impossible to tell that he was a sixty-year-old man.
"Go, give that guy some money, and tell him that we want to meet their adults."
Zhou Ji understood and knocked on the back door of the county government office again. After a while, the door opened: "Hey, it's you again, have you figured it out?"
Zhou Ji cursed secretly, thinking that when His Majesty seizes your master's house and exterminates your clan in the future, you will be the one to look good.
But he still put on a smile: "We are new to Guiba Land and don't know the rules. Don't be angry. This is just a little thought."
Pulling Menzi's sleeve, he quietly stuffed a small piece of broken silver into it. Menzi weighed it with satisfaction: "This is right."
"Then...can you report it to Mr. Su on your behalf?"
Menzi smiled and glanced sideways at Zhou Ji: "It's unlucky for you to come here today. My master is not in the house."
Zhou Ji's expression changed, and he thought to himself, are you trying to trick me?
But then the doorman whispered in his ear: "My lord went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion early this afternoon. You should be able to see him there."
After speaking, he also specifically warned: "Don't say it was me who said it."
Zhou Ji nodded without saying anything, turned back to the carriage and repeated the words to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately became very gloomy, so dark that he seemed to be dripping with water: "How dare you openly go to a brothel to visit prostitutes when you are at work! Damn it!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen immediately said: "Master, I just say that this person named Su is not a good official at all. He should have been sent to capture him and bring him back to Beijing for a trial."
Zhu Yunxi was full of curiosity and affection for Su Jin along the way, but at this moment he didn't know how to speak for Su Jin, so he followed Zhu Yuanzhang with his head lowered and silently.
The young Zhu Yunxuan didn't know where the brothel was yet, so he asked Zhu Lingxuan with wide eyes: "Sister, where is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion? Is it fun?"
Zhu Lingxuan blushed and could only say vaguely: "Well, I've never been there. I don't know if it's fun or not. I just know that it's a place where men like to go."
"That's great. Fu'er is a man and can go to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to play!"
"Shut up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark when he heard this. After scolding Zhu Yunxi, he immediately ordered Zhou Ji: "Go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion now. We want to see what kind of face this Mr. Su who 'loves the people like his own children' looks like!"
