Bai Erlang ran up from downstairs, "We've seen the back, it's similar to this side, not to mention the bedding, some rooms don't even have tables and chairs, and there are several chairs missing in the main room." With a broken arm and leg, I said how long has your inn been unoccupied?"
Ren Ergou could only smile flatteringly, and Bai Shan pointed to the inn diagonally opposite and asked, "Is the inn opened by your Yi Cheng?"
"Yes," Ren Ergou said naively: "My lord, the inn here has not been occupied for many years. Most of the officials who come here live in the inn opposite."
Bai Shan then asked: "I see there is an inn next door, who opened it?"
Ren Ergou scratched his head and shook his head, "I don't know, but the shopkeeper next door is in charge."
Bai Shan is new here, how do you know who the shopkeeper Zhang is
Man Bao asked directly, "Who is the shopkeeper Zhang?"
Ren Ergou, "The shopkeeper Zhang is the shopkeeper Zhang. He is quite kind. Sometimes he will greet me when he sees me cleaning the door, so I will sweep his house together."
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan was silent for a while and then asked: "Aren't you angry when you clean the front door for him?"
"Don't be angry, I also swept the front of the inn opposite."
Looking at the honest Ren Ergou, Man Bao couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the others also shook their heads and laughed, discussing, "What should I do? I can't really live here, can I?"
They don't lack bedding, they already have it themselves, but what about the soldiers and guards
And there is only one guy in the whole shop, not to mention eating, I am afraid that there is not enough hot water to boil.
Bai Shan thought for a while, and called Li Guanshi, "Go to the next door and ask, what is the relationship between their inn and the general guarding the city gate."
Li Guanshi was taken aback, "Ask directly?"
"Ask directly. We don't know the place well, so if we don't have time to be polite with them, just ask directly."
Li Guanshi agreed, turned around and went out.
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked up at the station again, and asked Ren Ergou curiously, "When did your station stop doing business?"
Ren Ergou shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, and said: "I thought it was very busy before I came in, but when I came in, I realized that I was the only one in the whole store, cleaning and scrubbing things every day, and no one else was there, okay. I'm happy with my boss who never defaults on my wages and also sends me food."
Man Bao saw that the stones on the steps were fairly clean, mainly because no one had left for a long time, and they had been cleaned all the time, so it was no wonder that the stones on the steps were not clean due to the wind and rain. She simply sat down on the ground and beckoned him to sit down and talk together.
Ren Ergou declined and asked them to sit, while he squatted aside and said cheerfully, "We like to squat when chatting."
Man Bao said: "We don't like it, our feet will go numb when squatting."
"That's because you don't know how to squat. Everyone in our village likes to squat."
Seeing that he was so naive and not very old, Bai Shan asked with a smile, "How old are you this year?"
"Nineteen."
Bai Shan: "You're not a few years older than me, and you haven't married a wife?"
He shook his head, and said happily: "My third brother just married a wife, and the family has no money. My mother told me to wait for another two years. At that time, I have saved some money, and if the family gives me some money, I can be called a daughter-in-law." gone."
"Is your home far from here? Will you miss home if you don't go back for a long time?"
"Yes," Ren Ergou said, "my house is far away from here, and it takes me a whole day to walk. Usually, I don't think about it, but when I'm done, I think about it. No one here talks to me. Only when I can go out to sweep the ground outside the door will someone talk to me."
"But the wages here are high, and food and housing are included, and the boss treats me very well, never asking me to work, and saying that it's okay to have these rooms empty, but I can't be idle when I take the money, my mother said , Work hard outside, so that the owner likes it, and I have always been diligent." Ren Ergou vaguely knew that they were officials, so he racked his brains to praise himself, "Go to the room and see, I even The dust in the corners has been wiped clean."
Man Bao nodded, what can be wiped clean is clean, but he forgot to ventilate, so there is a musty smell when he enters.
When Ren Ergou saw that they listened carefully, and could answer him a word or two from time to time, he was very happy. He hadn't talked so much with anyone for a long time, and even his brothers came to see him. It's something like "You are obedient, work hard, don't waste money, save it to marry a wife".
But now these few guests will not tell these things, but are very interested in his daily work, so in such a short time, Bai Shan and the others not only knew that there were four brothers and three sisters in his family, but also that he The errand was obtained because his mother entrusted the second son of his third uncle's sister's family to leave Yicheng.
For this reason, their family also paid two sheep and two feet of good cloth.
The money he earned had to return the family's sheep and cloth before he could save his own money to marry a wife.
Bai Shan and the others also know that his boss, oh, that is, Yicheng, usually does not come here, and they may meet at the door every few days, and then Yicheng will say a few words to him and then enter the opposite door Inn.
Of course, most of the time, Yicheng would not talk to him, but just nodded to him and went in, so the shopkeeper Zhang next door could talk to him, and Ren Ergou was so happy to help him clear the road in front of the door. Scanned.
Bai Erlang endured it, but he didn't hold back, and said to him: "Yi Cheng is not your master, your master is the imperial court, no, it should be the county government office, the governor's mansion, you know?"
Ren Ergou shook his head in a daze, and said to him: "I was invited by Yi Cheng, and the salary was also given by Yi Cheng."
Bai Erlang let out an "Aiya" and exclaimed, "So what, the Yamen hasn't charged him with negligence of duty."
Ren Ergou's heart tightened, and he looked at them anxiously, "You, you want to arrest our boss?"
Although he is not very smart, he also knows that if the post office is gone, then he probably won't be able to work in the post station anymore.
Bai Shan paused and asked, "Do you know the emperor?"
Ren Ergou nodded, "Who doesn't know this?"
"It's good to know," Bai Shan said with a straight face, "This inn belongs to the emperor."
Ren Ergou's eyes widened.
"The emperor is your boss, and the Yicheng is just hired by the emperor to manage the station, just like the shopkeeper Zhang next door, he is just a shopkeeper." Bai Shandao: "So your wages are given by the emperor to Yicheng, and he will act on your behalf. What is given to you, including what you eat, is also given by the emperor."
Ren Ergou's mouth trembled with excitement, "I, my boss is the emperor?"
Man Bao, Bai Erlang and the other five turned their heads to look at Bai Shan, seeing him nodding without changing his face, "Yes, it's the emperor!"