At night, Xiao Liu, Lao Xing, and the ten newcomers Lao Xing had just recruited today, under Lao Xing's greeting, came to Tongfu Inn together, planning to have a good meal.
After all, he was about to confront the bandits, so he had to comfort everyone.
Of course, this dinner was not only to welcome these newcomers, but also to celebrate Xiaoliu's promotion.
Lao Xing did not expect that Xiaoliu would be promoted so quickly. You must know that he had endured for many years, and finally picked up Ji Wuming by chance, and then became the head catcher.
But Xiaoliu, who had only been working as a catcher for half a month, was immediately promoted to the rank of deputy catcher.
This is really irritating!
He could only lament that Xiaoliu's life was really good. Not only were martial arts secrets given to him by masters, but his career prospects were also bright.
However, Lao Xing was not jealous either. He knew that the reason why Xiao Liu was promoted to deputy chief this time was because of the emergence of these bandits, which resulted in the county's urgent need for available manpower.
There were so many newly recruited people that he alone could not manage them. The county government officials were all useless, so Xiao Liu was brave and careful, and he had good martial arts skills.
It can be said that Xiaoliu was given the task in times of crisis.
And when this group of bandits is eliminated, everyone's salary will be reduced again, and most of these newly recruited people will leave again.
By that time, Xiao Liu, the so-called deputy head catcher, would just have a name.
Lou Zhixian, Lao Xing, and Xiao Liu all knew this very well, so in order to compensate Xiao Liu, Lou Zhi County specially petitioned the superiors to promote Xiao Liu to deputy patrol inspector.
There is a difference between deputy inspector and deputy catcher. A catcher is just a name for an official, but an inspector is a serious official who is responsible for maintaining public order in a place.
The deputy inspector, with an official rank of ninth grade, has the same treatment as Lao Xing, the chief inspector.
Judging from Lou Zhixian's attitude, it was obvious that he had already planned to let Xiao Liu take over his job after Lao Xing retired.
However, although Lao Xing had noticed that Xiao Liu was designated by Lou Zhi County as the next head catcher of Qixia Town, he did not care at all.
Because in his opinion, that must be after he retires.
After all, with all his hard work over the years, there is no credit but hard work. As long as he doesn't make any mistakes, no matter how great his achievements are, Xiao Liu cannot directly replace him.
At most, the superiors will first promote one of them to the six-door headquarters.
No matter which one it is, as a master, I will not suffer.
"Liu, Lou Zhixian values you so much, you must do a good job." Lao Xing patted Xiao Liu on the shoulder and encouraged him.
It would definitely be a good thing if his apprentice could really succeed him as the head catcher after he retired.
"It's master, I will definitely not embarrass you." Xiao Liu responded happily, but then he looked behind him with some worry.
"But master, is it really okay for us to do this?"
Xiaoliu looked at the dozen or so people following him. Not only were there newly recruited police officers, but there were also some government officials who were not on duty. There was a bandit attack at the moment. They just came out to have a dinner together, so they were not afraid of making Lou Zhixian angry. ?
Seeing Xiao Liu's worried eyes, Lao Xing smiled.
"Don't worry. I have already asked the Lou Zhixian for permission before I came out. I am not stupid. If you dare to come out to eat and drink like this without Lou Zhixian's permission at this time, do you still need the official hat on your head?"
After hearing Lao Xing's explanation, Xiao Liu nodded clearly.
'Indeed, my master is not someone who would be confused at such a critical moment. '
Seeing Xiaoliu nodding with understanding, Lao Xing smiled, then he cleared his throat, turned around and said loudly to the people behind him.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
"Everyone, Magistrate Lou said that all the brothers are heroes who are about to fight against the bandits and protect the people of our Seven Heroes Town. So let Xiaoliu and I entertain everyone tonight. You can order whatever you want to eat tonight. , don’t let down Magistrate Lou’s kindness.”
"Thank you, Magistrate Lou, and thank you, Capt. Xing and Deputy Capt. Yan!" A few people who knew how to deal with things naturally knew what Lao Xing meant by these words, and they quickly thanked him.
The rest of the people also thanked him one after another.
The passing people, seeing the high-spirited fighting spirit of such a group of people, and listening to what they said, suddenly became more confident in the Yamen of Qixia Town.
Xiao Liu looked at this scene and couldn't help but secretly said, "How wonderful!"
Sometimes something is done, but if it is not shown, it is no different from not doing it.
But now that Lao Xing is speaking out like this, he is not only showing what the government is doing to the people, but also calming the hearts of the people.
At the same time, it also boosted their reputation so that no matter what the future outcome would be, the superiors would punish Lou Magistrate and the others for their behavior today.
But in the eyes of the people, the Qixia Town County Office, the Lou Magistrate, and Xing Baotou are all people who are doing practical things.
In addition, this also strengthened the hearts of these newcomers.
Maybe they were attracted by the high salary before and didn't have a very clear understanding of their responsibilities, but now it's clear to them that they are here to fight bandits and maintain local security.
With so many people watching and everyone being acquaintances, with such propaganda, they would not be able to back down from the battle no matter what.
After all, you eat and you take, so you have to do something.
Seeing Lao Xing's words, Xiao Liu was a little curious whether it was his master's own idea, or whether it was taught by the Lou Magistrate or his master.
Seeing everyone's excitement, Lao Xing was also very happy. However, he did not forget to whisper to Xiao Liu's ear.
"Six, although the Lou magistrate agreed to let us have a dinner together, the Yamen will not reimburse us for the dinner, so..."
Lao Xing didn't finish what he said, but Xiao Liu knew what he was going to say, and Xiao Liu quickly replied in a low voice.
"Don't worry, master. I happened to be promoted today, so I'm going to treat everyone to a big meal."
Thanks to the appearance of bandits, Xiao Liu and Lao Xing's monthly salary was temporarily raised to five yuan a month.
Of course, I haven't received the five dollars yet, and Xiao Liu hasn't even received a month's salary. After all, he has only been a policeman for half a month.
However, Xiaoliu still had some savings, so there was no problem in agreeing.
"Hush, Master, how can I let you go out? What Master means is that each of us will pay half of the money. Magistrate Lou said that this dinner party is for the Yamen, but the Yamen cannot reimburse the money for the dinner, so we have to pay it in advance. .As for the amount paid in advance, it will be added to our monthly salary when the next salary is paid."
Lao Xing quickly explained that although he loved to take advantage, taking advantage of his own apprentice was unjustifiable. After all, he had never received a single salary.
"Really!" Xiao Liu was also a little overjoyed, it was so good.
"Of course, you haven't received your monthly salary yet, so the master will help you with this money first. But you have to return the salary to me next month. I hope you can drink some good wine." Lao Xing hurriedly said said.
"That's for sure, master." Xiao Liu replied quickly, but followed him with a suggestion in a low voice.
"But Master, if you want to drink, it's better not to drink at Shopkeeper Tong's place. It's a bit dark here."
Lao Xing laughed when he heard this. "You are stupid to be a master. Who doesn't know about shopkeeper Tong adding water to the wine? In the past, there was nothing we could do if we didn't have money, but now we have money. Hahaha!"
Seeing the evil smile on Lao Xing's face, Xiao Liu immediately understood.
"When Yihonglou opens later, I will personally take you to try the authentic Fenjiu from Xinghua Village. I heard that this time, shopkeeper Sai personally went to Xinghua Village in Shanxi and transported a large amount of Fenjiu back."
Lao Xing said excitedly to Xiao Liu. As a wine lover, he had long been salivating over this authentic apricot flower wine.
Before Xiao Liu could answer the call, everyone had already arrived at Tongfu Inn.
