The clerks wanted to give gifts, open up the joints, and save their lives. After all, Lin Yuan didn't send anyone to raid the houses of these clerks, and they still had some savings in their hands.
Little ghosts are difficult to entangle, no matter whether it is a big family or ordinary people, they do not want to be entangled all the time, most of them are ruined and saved from disaster.
But now, the little officials have been slow to find a way.
Gift-giving is not simple, it is also a matter of knowledge, who you give and what you give should be careful.
To Chen Bosong? That's impossible, the general will lack these small favors? Really sent, that is to send the handle out.
If you want to send it, you must send it to the villain who can know the news, deceive the top and the bottom, but does not have the power.
After searching for a long time, the officials finally found this person.
- Zhou Qiuniang.
She is a steward, not a small steward. What she manages is reporting, and she is counting the number of reports.
In the opinion of the officials, women are easier to deal with than men. What they want is simple, whether it is jewelry or money, and a few sweet words can make them dizzy.
So Qiu Niang was busy with her own affairs these days, and she had to fight verbal lawsuits with these little officials.
"Steward Zhou, someone is asking to see you outside." Xiao Bing stood at the door and lowered his head to report.
Qiu Niang put away the book she had memorized and ordered, "Take someone to the reception room, I will be there later."
The soldier stood up straight, complied with his promise, and left.
Qiu Niang was promoted. She used to be a small manager with few people under her control.
Now she is a big steward, with more than 40 small stewards under her hand, and there are people under the small stewards.
When she went out, the way people looked at her also changed.
Now that she came back to Hanyang, Qiu Niang took the initiative to ask Ying. She had worked in Gaoyou for all these years, and she took care of everything that should be in charge. She knew in her heart that if she didn't come out, she would never come out again.
Qiuniang walked to the reception room. She now lived in the courtyard with three entrances and three exits. Of course, she was not the only one who lived here. The female stewards lived here, and Qiuniang was their head.
Sometimes they also hold meetings in the reception room, report on their work, and exchange problems encountered with each other.
In the past, there was only one female steward, Qiuniang, but later there were more women stewards.
There are too few scholars who are willing to commit trivial matters. Most of them have assets, and they have no shortage of food or clothing. They would rather be a jerk and wait to die than do things that they think are disgraceful.
So many orphans, or widows, who had studied like Qiuniang, took up jobs.
They have no men and no assets, and they can only rely on themselves if they want to survive.
Because Gaoyou has a good atmosphere and women can do things, so except for some women who went to Gaoyou to find someone to marry them, most of the women who had read books still accepted Lin Yuan's recruitment, and soon took office, which became Gaoyou politics. part of the system.
These women also unexpectedly united, they would naturally gather together, and slowly, Qiu Niang became their leader.
After all, everyone knew that Qiu Niang was an "old man", someone she had been with since Nan Bodhisattva was a landlord.
This makes her identity unique.
"It's those people again." Qiu Niang was a little tired, she hadn't slept well for several days, even if she was dreaming, she could dream that she was working.
Yun Niu followed Qiuniang and whispered, "I'm definitely going to give you something again."
Qiu Niang smiled: "I think I have shallow eyelids."
Yun Niu: "That's all good stuff."
Qiu Niang's expression turned cold: "It's all blood-stained dirt."
Yun Niu knew that she had said something wrong, and patted her mouth quickly, indicating that she would not say it anymore.
Qiuniang walked into the living room. This is the main courtyard, with the best orientation and the most light. The door is always open. As soon as she entered, she saw five or six people. These people were the original officials in Hanyang. With a smile, the flattering expression is particularly obvious.
As soon as Qiu Niang stepped in, they began to flatter you every word and every word.
"This is Manager Zhou, right?"
"Steward Zhou really is a woman who doesn't allow men!"
Qiu Niang smiled at them and said, "I don't know if you have anything important to do? These days are busy, so please forgive me if you are not well entertained."
"What did Director Zhou say?" Hu Yu pushed the others behind him and stood in front of Qiuniang with a puckered smile on his face, "We all admire Manager Zhou, and I heard that Manager Zhou has nothing to do with anything. Big and small, love the people like sons, treat people with kindness, we will come here."
"Did you come here for the report?" Qiu Niang sat on the main seat, "Sit down."
A few people didn't want to sit, but Qiu Niang's face didn't show any expression. They were afraid of being kicked out, so they could only take their seats.
Qiuniang: "The report has not yet come to fruition. If you have something to say, it is better to speak freely at this time."
Several people looked at each other, and one of them said: "Zhou Shi, you know that it was originally in Hanyang, and it was not our little officials who had the final say. The adults above were in charge, and the people below did not listen to us. Sometimes doing things is more… rude…”
"You said, it's not easy for us people, but there's nothing we can do. The people don't understand anything, and they're stubborn. Sometimes they must go too far."
"Now that you make this report, and the people report the slightest dissatisfaction with us, aren't we wronged?"
"That's right, we must have a place where we can seek justice and reason, right?"
Qiu Niang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled: "What the people said is not something rude."
"Occupying people's daughters and robbing family wealth, these things are probably trivial things in your opinion, right?"
Qiu Niang's tone became serious, and the expressions of these people changed, but they did not dare to speak ill of Qiu Niang.
Even though they used all kinds of foul language to describe these female stewards in private, they couldn't let out a single fart when they were in front of them.
There were more than one soldier guarding outside the house, and they were also holding real knives. They didn't want to use their heads to try what they could say to Qiuniang.
"Zhou Guanshi, that's not what you said. We are all honest people and have never done the things you said, but some things have been passed on, and some things can't be explained clearly, right?"
Qiu Niang's expression didn't change, but she still had a smile on her face: "Since it's not clear, then let's just not say it. It's cheap and troublesome."
Hu Yu was anxious: "Zhou Shi, you can't do this, we are all honest officials!"
"The people are talking nonsense. What do they know? Apart from eating and sleeping all day, they are no different from pigs."
"If you listened to them, the world would have been in chaos!"
Qiu Niang glanced at Hu Yu, she knew who this person was, she had already greeted her, and at this moment she smiled and said, "It's Mr. Hu, I didn't expect you to be here, is the tea still delicious? Want another pot? What do you want to eat?"
Hu Yu was stunned. He had never seen this steward Zhou before. Before Nan Wang's people came in, he didn't even know that a woman could be an official.
"Mr. Zhou is very polite, I..." Hu Yugang wanted to ask questions.
Qiuniang: "Yun Niu, give Hu Gongzi a pot of tea, and then replace the Longjing you bought earlier."
Hu Yu was flattered. Could it be that Qiuniang was a relative of his own family and had seen him, but he had never seen her
That shouldn't be it... Even distant relatives should be surnamed Hu, not Zhou, and no one in the family is married to the Zhou family.
Going around, Hu Yu made himself dizzy.
Others looked at Hu Yu differently.
Qiu Niang has always been very polite to Hu Yu, inside and out, it means that there must be some relationship between the two.
Hu Yu thought to himself: Isn't the surnamed Zhou a fan of him
Although the surname Zhou is a bit old, he doesn't look bad.
- His wife, who lost a child, looked old and haggard, not as good as the ones outside him.
Hu Yu is born to feel good about himself.
He began to flirt with Qiu Niang.
Even if Qiu Niang couldn't look at him, he felt that Qiu Niang was playing hard to catch.
So that after they were invited out, Hu Yu was still dizzy, not knowing what Qiuniang said.
"It's amazing." Friends surrounded Hu Yu, "Brother Hu, you still have a solution. What relationship do you have with that woman? Seeing how she talks to you, I'm afraid she will do whatever you tell her to do."
Hu Yu smiled proudly.
He had a backer before, so he didn't have to go out to socialize with others, but the little shrimp below attached to her.
He acts as a powerful man, and he dares not provoke those who are bigger than him, but he doesn't flatter him. He hides in his own world and acts as a little bully.
So he is a straight-minded person, and when others praise him, he can't think of anything else.
"Brother Hu, you have something to do with that week's steward, and you can help us talk when the time comes." They surrounded Hu Yu, as if the stars were all over the moon. Hu Yu had been flattered like this before, but it was the first time he was Such sincere flattery.
As if he were their god, he could control everything about them.
Hu Yu had never felt this feeling before, it was the first time in the world, and for a while he forgot who he was.
He does whatever others say, as if there is nothing he can't handle.
"Brother Hu, it's up to you, I'll invite you to a drink tonight, go to the restaurant, the best restaurant!"
"Then you invited me today, and I'll invite him tomorrow. Brother Hu, please don't be polite to us. You will be counting on Brother Hu in the future."
Hu Yu hooked up with them and drank wine all night.
After this night, Hu Yu seemed to have become a heartthrob. Everywhere he went, his former colleagues nodded and bowed to him.
More people approached him.
He used to be a gift giver, but now he has become a gift receiver.
With more and more money, the gifts he received naturally became more and more valuable. There were even things like pearl shirts that money could not buy. Hu Yu seemed to have become a millionaire overnight. with a smile.
From time to time, he would go to Qiuniang to talk to him, but Qiuniang was always the same to him.
I used to rely on my uncle, and my uncle fell.
This time, if he can bring Qiuniang home, he can rely on his wife.
As long as it's a family, anything can be said.