Song Jinggong thought of something that he hadn't paid attention to before. After all, he was busy with too many things. The old man guarding the fire didn't say much. He naturally knew Song Jinggong.
Nodded, walked to the two people, and shouted at them. The two of them were already frozen and stunned, so they were warmer when they slept together, and there was a fire, and they were awakened at this time and looked suspiciously. Look at the old man, thinking that the old man wants to drive them away.
The two sighed at the same time. They came along and encountered too many such things. They stood up and were about to leave. They didn’t know that the old man had stopped them again, and said to the two of them, "Song son Invite us to eat, get active, and we will be able to eat in a while."
"Eating?" The two people were taken aback at the same time. They really didn't expect to encounter such a thing. They thought they were dreaming and looked at the old man blankly, not knowing what to say for a while.
Song Jinggong sighed, and walked over to the two people and said, "Did you want to find something to do here?"
When two people saw a person wearing a satin dress talking to them, they nodded together, but they didn't know how to answer. They just encountered such a thing when they were awake when they were called, and they couldn't react at all. .
"What do you do? Forget it, let's not talk about this first, eat first, and it will not be too late to talk slowly after the meal." Song Jinggong wanted to arrange something for two people to do, and he was not in a position to take care of things. It's okay to arrange it directly and do some hard work or something. It would be even better if two people have a good skill.
The two people were so bewildered to do it on a table temporarily set up next to them. The two people on the table have never seen anything on the table. It should be a large basin with a lid on it and a lid in the middle. The holes are connected together underneath. Charcoal fire is put inside, and the water in the burning basin keeps tumbling.
The old man who was staying at this place had eaten something like this. The magistrate of the county asked them to eat with them last year. Knowing it was called hot pot, he said to two silly people:
"Hurry up and sit down and eat. You have met a noble person. Otherwise, you can only spend the night next to the fire. I can't help you. This thing is called hot pot, it's delicious, but Normally, people can’t eat it, but Sanshui County is better.”
"Thank you, old man. In fact, you have taken care of us very much. You gave us two tea eggs. I have never eaten such delicious tea eggs in my life. There is hot water, otherwise my brother and I would have starved to death. , Along the way, I haven't eaten anything for three days.
There were also people in the pavilion we encountered earlier, but my brother and I were afraid to go there, afraid that those individuals would be driven away. We didn’t expect that when we arrived at the old man’s place, the old man gave us so many things. Old man, my brother and I wrote down this kindness. I will repay my old man if I have a chance in the future. "
One of the two people spoke at this time, and what he meant was that he brought his younger brother out to find something to do.
The old man laughed and didn't care at all. He said to the two people: "You are here from Huayuan County, right? In fact, since you are coming from there, you should go to the pavilions. All the pavilions are Someone will help you. This is the rule here. You can't watch people freeze to death and starve to death."
Only then did the two people know that this place is different from other places. It is exactly what the old man said. They knew that the pavilion passing by before could help them, so why bother to be hungry for three days in a row. Venus
"Thank you for your advice. If you encounter such a thing in the future, my brother and I will be able to survive. Old man, dare you to ask who this person is?" The elder brother doesn’t expect his brother to speak. Come to inquire.
When he asked, he was thinking about it. Today, he really met a good person. Not only was there a fire in the pavilion, there were tea eggs and hot water, and even anyone who appeared would ask them to eat this hot pot. s things.
The old man was shocked when he saw the boy pointing directly at Song Jinggong with his hand. He quickly knocked the boy's hand off and said, "You can't point to Song Jingong to speak like this. This is a noble man who is in charge of how many people live. He, the people here have a hard time."
Song Jinggong didn't care at all, and said to the two people: "It's okay. Come over and eat. After eating, let someone find you clothes to wear. Don't worry, you haven't froze to death and starved to death in Sanshui County and Huayuan County. Human affairs have appeared before, and I don’t know where you came from. You have suffered a lot of sins along the way? It’s fine when you get here, and there is something for you to do."
Song Jinggong didn’t mention things along the way. It’s better. When it comes to this, the circles of the two people’s eyes are immediately red. When the younger brother still didn’t say anything, the older brother said, "This noble man, just like you said. In that way, my brother and I came all the way and wanted to find something to do. As a result, the autumn harvest here was over long ago, and there were so many people who were idle, and my brother and I were not available for those places.
My brother and I walked here all the way along the river that came from the capital. I didn’t know that those small pavilions were built to help others. If I knew it, I wouldn’t be hungry for three days. Feeling hungry will die at any time.
I don’t know if this distinguished person can tell me and my brother, why are there no such pavilions in other places, only in Huayuan County and Sanshui County? "
When the older brother was really puzzled, he never thought that this place would be so magical. He even built a pavilion to help others. The younger brother was also very curious. He looked at Song Jinggong and hoped that he could tell him why.
Without waiting for Song Jinggong to speak, Ma Dashan of the three people who had already sat there said, "You don't know this? Huayuan County and Sanshui County are rich, and they are still in the Zhang family. People are allowed to starve to death or freeze to death in their places, even if they fall into the water and want to drown.
Just for this, they used some of the money they earned from trading to build these kiosks. When you get here, you don't have to worry about anything anymore. Isn't it just looking for a job? There is a lot of work waiting for people to do. If you two can order some crafts, that would be even better. The salary is much more than the hard work. "
The two of them were very surprised when they heard this. They really didn't know who the Zhang family was or why the Zhang family was able to do this. They were truly great people.
When the elder brother continued: "Then I don’t know where the Zhang family members are. I would like to thank my brother personally. After all, because they built the pavilion, my brother and I didn’t starve to death. This is a great grace. Report everything you say."
Hu Liang said at this time: "The people of the Zhang family have gone to Lingnan, and heard that this is the case. The people there are blessed now. Wherever the people of the Zhang family go, they will have a good life, remember. Yes, in these two places, even in other counties in Yaozhou, don't speak ill of the Sanshui Zhang family. That is a very dangerous thing.
If the people in these places hear you say bad things about the Sanshui Zhang family, they can kill you all by one person. Don't believe it. If you don't believe it, you should shout out now and see what the consequences will be? "
Hu Liang's words shocked the two people again. They immediately understood the truth. It seemed that the Zhang family was very popular here, otherwise there would not be such a saying.
The two people are now stable. Since the local people and the people in Yaozhou can protect the Zhang family in this way, it means that this place is really good, at least the Zhang family is good to the people.
Song Jinggong saw that the two people kept asking questions, and did not sit down to eat, so he pressed them down and said to the two of them: "Eat first, and someone will bring the cotton-padded clothes over in a while. Don't worry about being frozen to death, you want to know what to say while eating.
I am the person in charge of the Zhang family here. It is very easy to arrange things for you. Don't worry about the future, come and taste this sauerkraut. "
Song Jinggong put some dishes for the two of them, and saw that they had eaten them, so she started to eat them.
Other people are not welcome, especially the old man guarding the pavilion. He doesn’t care about Song Jinggong’s status at all. He only knows that the Zhang family’s people are good. Even if the master of the Zhang family sees him, he will invite him to join him. Have something to eat, I met and talked about it before.
The two brothers are really hungry. Even if they have eaten two tea eggs and drank so much water just now, the two of them don’t feel full now, and they even save the time to rinse, especially That tofu, pick up a large piece and stuff it into your mouth.
Song Jinggong was thinking about eating slowly, and chatting with a few people at the same time. Seeing that the two people became hungry like this, he asked him personally not to burn, and kept serving the dishes in the pot. Basically, he himself I didn't eat any more. The two brothers ate some of the dishes after they went in.
In the end, there was no other way. Even Ma Dashan stopped and put vegetables in the pot for two people. The two people lowered their heads and ate and thanked them. Not to mention that they are hungry now, even if they are not hungry. , For the first time to eat such a delicious hot pot, I can eat a lot.
It was not until Song Jinggong saw that the two of them were showing signs of holding up, and stopped the two of them. Then the two of them breathed out, touching their stomachs and feeling the happiness of having a full meal.
"Okay, now let’s talk about where did you two come from? Why did you two walk so far, and what do you both do?" Seeing the two of them stopped, Song Jinggong cooked some lamb to eat. , And then asked the two of them.
The younger brother is still silent. When the older brother is easy to talk, he answers questions and said to Song Jinggong: "My younger brother and I are from the north, not the people from the north. Later, someone from the family came from there. I was born, there was a severe drought this year, the harvest of highland barley was too small, and the food at home was not enough to eat. My brother and I usually ate too much and felt that we could not stay at home.
Otherwise, not only my brother and I will starve to death, but the rest of the family will also starve to death. We discussed with my brother and walked a long way from there, and then took a boat to the capital. After arriving in the capital, where Things are too expensive, and the little money that my brother carries with him can't buy anything at all.
I wanted to find something to do. As a result, the general recruitment places there must have a household registration, otherwise they dare not accept it. Where did my brother and I go to get some household registration, we walked all the way to this side, looking for a few on the road. In this place, no one wants us. "
When the elder brother finished this, he didn't seem to feel too sad. It seemed that they should have experienced a lot of such things along the way.
Song Jinggong ate while listening. He was just picking up something for others and was hungry. He didn't care about being polite and impolite. Hearing the words of being a brother, he nodded and motioned him to continue.
When the elder brother immediately went on to say: "My brother and I have the strength to work hard. As long as we give us food and let us survive this winter, then my brother and I can pay nothing, my brother and I. It takes a lot of money to eat a lot."
"Do you have any craftsmanship?" Song Jinggong put a piece of duck blood into her mouth and asked in a daze.
"Craftsmanship? No, my brother and I don’t know how to do carpentry work, nor can I be a stonemason. I don’t know if raising eagles and dogs are considered craftsmanship? I can raise eagles, and my younger brother can raise dogs, especially my younger brother’s dogs. , But be obedient, do whatever you want, but unfortunately the dog was starving to death when he came out, and I also let the eagle fly, and let it find something to eat."
When my brother heard that it was craftsmanship, he felt embarrassed, so he had to tell two things he didn't consider to be craftsmanship.
Song Jinggong was picking up tofu there. Hearing this brother's words, the tofu on the chopsticks suddenly fell off and asked in disbelief, "You said you can raise eagles? That's the kind of big eagle that can soar in the sky. , So big."
Song Jinggong talked and measured it with her hands, just to open her arms and expand them as much as possible.
"I know how to raise eagles, but there is no such big eagle. Unless you spread the wings, it is bigger than this. After closing the wings, it is smaller than a sheep and not as heavy as a sheep. If you can meet you, say An eagle that is so big, if I really feed it, how can I not find anything to eat? I think that an eagle that is so big can be caught even as a cow. You don’t have to be afraid if you encounter a bear."
When the elder brother saw Song Jinggong’s size, he shook his head vigorously. He had raised eagles and knew the size of eagles. Regardless of how eagles can catch a goat very easily, it is not that it is bigger than a goat, but stronger than a goat. , If there is an eagle that Song Jinggong can measure, then he will be amazing.
Seeing Song Jinggong's comparison, he asked in a low voice, "Have you ever seen such a big eagle?"
Song Jinggong blushed. He hadn't seen how big the eagle was. He just counted the wings. After listening to the explanation, he realized that the eagle was not so big when the wings were closed. He smiled and said, "No, I haven't seen it before, ask if you have seen it, that you really know how to raise an eagle. What can an eagle do?"
When the elder brother nodded, Song Jinggong asked the younger brother again, "The dog you really raised lets it listen to everything."
The younger brother still didn't speak, but nodded like his brother.
"Great, okay, you two stay here and find a way to get the eagles and dogs you can raise. In the future, you can do things for the Zhang family. Sign a contract at that time, and your monthly schedule will be at least one month in the future. How about having five ounces of money?"
Of course Song Jinggong knows how much the abilities of these two people will be to the Zhang family, especially this ability can be learned. He believes that there will be absolutely no problems for the little son and the little lady to learn this, especially the little lady, who always used to He said he wanted to raise a dog, but I don’t know if I have found a dog that I can raise.
If I really get these two brothers to work elsewhere, the little son and the little lady will know it, then it will be great, um, stay, and stay what you say.
Two people naturally know how much money is in Wuguan. If there is money in Wuguan, the two of them don't have to look for things. It is enough for their family to spend this winter well, and there is still a lot left.
And this is just one month's wages for one of them, which makes the two of them feel dreaming again. Otherwise, how could there be such a good thing? Two people earn ten pennies a month.
The elder brother and younger brother glanced at each other. At this moment, the younger brother finally spoke, but instead of talking to Song Jinggong and others, he whispered a few words to his brother's ear. When the brother nodded, he said to Song Jinggong:
"My dear, the five quintessence money is really given to me and my brother? Let's talk about it first. I can only raise two eagles, and my brother can only raise six dogs. Otherwise, the five quintessence money will not be enough."
The brother said so, and the younger brother nodded there. It seems that the two people have calculated the appetite of two eagles and six dogs.
Song Jinggong did laugh and said, "It seems that the dogs you raise also need to eat meat. Good, meat-eating dogs are good. Such dogs can help a lot of things. Naturally, eagles don’t need to say. If you want to eat raw meat, don't worry, this money is not considered to be money for eagles and dogs. Five points of money is your wages. Eagle and dog meat. We take care of it. Can we raise more?"
Song Jinggong heard people say that the average eagle raiser rarely raises more, usually just one. I don’t know if it is because of the loyalty of the eagle or the skill of the eagle. Anyway, the elder brother can raise more. Eagle, let him raise more. The best way is to raise hundreds of eagles. When something happens, these eagles will rush over together. Who is not afraid
The two brothers were stunned again at this time. The things encountered today always seem to be incomprehensible. Not only was the two of them stunned, even the three of Ma Dashan were also very surprised. One person is Wuguan. Ah, for a month, this is too much. How many people can't save five pennies in a year.
It seems that the talents are different. One can raise eagles and the other can raise dogs. Two people can save ten thousand dollars in a month. Yes, just save. They don’t care about the meat that eagles and dogs eat. How could the Zhang family miss the food for the two of them? The Zhang family has always been comfortable doing things, and even the people who work can eat meaty dishes, let alone the two people who are admired. Up.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Song Jinggong asked again, "Can you raise more eagles and dogs?"
"Yes." Now the younger brother and the older brother are talking at the same time.
The elder brother glanced at his younger brother and said, "As long as the noble person arranges some individuals for us, we can get more eagles and dogs. The eagle is not so easy to catch if it can be injured."
"Okay, don't worry about the person who arranged it. I will write to the prince in a while and ask the prince to send out a hundred guards of the palace, and then listen to the instructions of the two of you, but the prince may be able to order one or two. Only the eagle will go, but there is no other way. Who will let the guards at home be away."
When Song Jinggong heard of looking for someone, the first thing he thought of was the guard of the palace. He hadn't dealt with the palace any less these days, especially the dock and boat line, which made him have to run to the palace again and again.
The two brothers were shocked again, and the elder brother asked with a trembling voice: "Nobleman, you know someone from the Royal Palace? Wouldn't you be able to arrange an official? Also, you belong to the Zhang family, that Zhang family should have Are you an official? Then will we be members of the official family? Great, let’s see who dares to bully us, noble man, does your chief’s official have this magistrate?"
"Hahahaha..." The old man watching the pavilion laughed loudly, and the other people around who heard it also continued to laugh. The two brothers who laughed were inexplicable.
After a while, the old man stopped the laughter and said to the two of them: "What is the magistrate? The master of the Zhang family is a Fourth-Rank Great Yuan. He wears a red official uniform. He is the governor of a state. He is in charge of him. Many county magistrates, and they are also No. 1 scholars. They are less than 30 years old this year. Waiting for the people over there to live a good life, then they will continue to rise, how about? Are you scared anymore?"
"Ah? The governor? The high officials who are in charge of several county magistrates? He is less than thirty years old, and he was born as a champion. Oh my goodness, how could he be so powerful? But when the high officials go to other places, they can still manage them. The county magistrate? I raise eagles here, which will make many people wonder."
When the elder brother really knew a lot of things, he immediately understood how powerful the people he was going to follow in the future. Such a young man would be such a big official. In a few years it would be fine, but he was worried about this. Magistrate.
Hearing what he said, the people around laughed again. The old man smiled and said to the two people: "To tell you the truth, whoever is the county magistrate here has to nod the head of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family does not nod. Don't even think about it."