In the middle of the night, the county magistrate Cheng put everyone in place and finally heaved a sigh of relief. Now there is no need to worry about someone making trouble. When the two servants came this time, they said they wanted to check some things, but they were very honest. I didn't say much at all, and didn't ask much.
When the officials were scheduled to rest in the evening, the two servants also said that they don’t need to worry about waiting. After I return to the capital, I will show up and ask for more money here.
With the words of the two servants, Madam Cheng took a hot bath and fell asleep under the massage of the servants. He had to maintain a spirited appearance every day, especially tomorrow morning. He heard what Zhou You said, Zhang Jia Zhuangzi will send someone over to give the fifteen hundred taels of silver.
It's just that these silvers were not given for free, so his county magistrate's face would not look good. A court official actually needed a charity from a Zhuangzi, and speaking out would make people feel distrustful of him as an official.
Therefore, the other side also said that if you want to use this money to buy a piece of land, you will buy the piece next to the Xiaoluoshui River. If you change it to another piece of land, the county magistrate will also consider it to see if Zhangjiazhuang deliberately took advantage of it. At this time, I took a little bit more cheaply, but there was nothing to say about that piece of land, and everyone said it wanted the North Shore.
What's on the North Shore? He, the county magistrate, of course knows that it is just a broken mountain, which occupies a lot of space, but it is impossible to grow anything. There are few trees, and there are so few sparse trees. If the mountain is worth fifteen hundred taels of silver. , Doesn’t other land have to be doubled dozens of times
He has to go busy with this matter himself. One is to publicize Zhangjiazhuang's purchase of mountains to the people in the county, so that the people know that there is a Zhuangzi who is willing to make a loss-making business, and the other is to wait for the Yamen to take it. The money was paid to let the people know that the yamen did not greet their money, nor did they levy taxes from the people casually.
The next morning, the county magistrate Cheng got up. Before he asked him personally, some people said to him: "Master, there are only two officials who can still get up. The others fell ill. I found someone to come and see it, and said that it’s nothing, and it will be cured within a few days. Master, would you like to check it out."
"Really okay? Okay, let them keep it. The remaining two don't care. Even if they don’t get sick, they won’t be able to make trouble for a while. It’s natural to see and prepare some light meals. Oh, get some of that fungus too. These people are ancestors, and each of them has to spend a few hundred taels of silver. It’s worth the taste and drink."
The county magistrate Cheng became happy when he thought of what these people said at the beginning. Now it’s okay. There will be Zhangjiazhuang’s soy sauce and one thousand five hundred taels of silver, plus these officials, even when they leave. , Buy some fungus from Zhangjiazhuang to bring them with them, and they can make a lot of money.
The remaining money is used to suppress the price of goods caused by the drought, especially some merchants with bad intentions, saying that nothing will allow them to raise the price of food, otherwise the people will go hungry.
Waiting to freshen up and eat some breakfast, the county magistrate Cheng asked people to visit the places where the officials were with light meals.
The sick people are allowed to cultivate well, and the rest of the people who are not sick are just strong now. They are sore and aching. They are waited on and washed, and they have no strength to eat. Cheng County Order When the things came over, the two people were getting together and talking about this time, suffering.
A few words to deal with the county magistrate Cheng, when the county magistrate Cheng left, two people sat at the table, someone fed a bite, and they took a bite. The two of them didn’t carry water. They were helping to open up wasteland and picking up a pickaxe. Pull it down with a pickaxe. Now the two arms are thicker than usual. They are drooping and shaking slightly, which will make them take a breath. If they change to some people who exercise regularly, they will tell them that it is cool.
After the county magistrate Cheng arranged these things, he began to wait for Zhangjiazhuangzi to come, and at the same time, people kept writing notices to let the people in the county know about this matter. As for those who didn’t know the words, he didn’t worry about it, naturally. Those who are willing to show their literacy come to tell others.
Before the people from Zhangjiazhuang came over, most of the people in the county knew about this. Some people said Zhangjiazhuang was stupid, while others said Zhangjiazhuang was benevolent. Anyway, no one said Zhangjiazhuang. Buying that mountain can still make money.
At that moment, the two cows of Zhangjiazhuangzi finally drove over. He came lightly by himself, and put one thousand and five hundred taels behind, but it was not all silver, but also copper coins and cloth. Two cars are packed, and if it's just silver, a few boxes are enough.
If the money did not come together, the county magistrate Cheng would of course not take the two cows to the place right away. He arranged for the two cows to rest first. Regardless of whether the two cows were subordinates, the county magistrate Cheng also maintained his due respect.
"Er Niu, I remember that you did a lot of things for Zhangjiazhuangzi?" County Majesty Cheng arranged Er Niu to a place to eat, and prepared to let him eat something. Come here so early, he must have not had breakfast. , While chatting casually.
"If you go back to the adults, the younger ones didn’t do anything. They just listened to the master’s words. The master asked the younger ones to do what the younger ones did. As an adult, you don’t have to be busy preparing to eat. The younger ones bring them. , You see, they are all in the bag."
Erniu is usually smarter. When he sees where he is, he knows how the county magistrate has arranged it. He put the package on his back on the table and opened it quickly, with some bamboo tubes inside.
"Oh? You also brought things? It took a lot of work to prepare these things when you came out of the house?" Cheng County Ling asked curiously, but he was not happy in his heart. How long does it take to prepare these things? time? Didn't you come here long ago if you didn't prepare
"The adult is wrong this time, hehe, the little one brought these things that were not prepared at home, but the master made them. The little one got up early, brought the things and rushed here, he didn't stop at the slightest." Of course, Niu understood the implications of Cheng County's words, and smiled and explained.
While talking, he opened things in the same way. A big bamboo tube filled with tofu brains, he liked to eat this, so it was the same for him. Several small bamboo tubes were filled with leeks and cut into pieces. Slices of white-cut beef, with garlic sauce in the smallest bamboo tube.
An oil paper bag beside him was torn, and there were three white steamed buns, a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and a copper spoon. These things were his breakfast and utensils.
Pour the steaming bite into the tofu brain, stir twice with a spoon, and add some leek flowers, and you are ready to eat.
"The adults and the young ones are indeed hungry. Eat first." Er Niu apologized to the county magistrate Cheng and began to eat.
What the county magistrate Cheng looked at was stunned. There was actually sliced beef and garlic sauce. There were mushrooms, diced meat, fungus, coriander, and frangipani in the stew. If nothing else, this stew is just fine. I can change hundreds of bowls of tofu brains.
Seeing Erniu eating there, County Majesty Cheng also swallowed twice and asked: "The master's family is so good to you? Do you usually eat this?"
"No, I usually eat a little worse, not too much. Isn't this going out to do errands, small... The owner said that it is easy to go out for thousands of days at home, but it is difficult to go out for a while. Where can I find the meticulous work done at home? No, it is brought to the little ones, so that the little ones can eat better outside."
Er Niu scooped a spoon of tofu brain, swallowed it to the Cheng County magistrate in reply, with a simple smile on his face.
The county magistrate Cheng couldn’t laugh at all. A subordinate, the master’s family could be so considerate. Erniu said these words to the subordinates. It was clearly that the children were traveling and the parents in the family entrusted him. If you want to buy off such a subordinate, you don't have to think about it at all, not to mention it is a second cow. If you are in this position, you have to protect the owner's house with all your heart.
"Is it delicious?" The county magistrate Cheng lost his mind as he thought about it. When asked about the aroma of the bittern and the aroma of tofu, he couldn't help asking.
"It's delicious. Adults may not know. The food made by our master's house is delicious. You look at white-sliced beef instead of boiling it in a pot directly. That way, the meat becomes hard. Look here, it's soft and soft. , When cooking, you need to put some other things, that is, the things before the dough.
Well, it’s a secret recipe. Use that stuff to cook together. After cooking, it’s like this. The garlic sauce is also different. The garlic sauce elsewhere is mashed with the garlic, the juice is then put in the soy sauce, here is Cut the garlic into froth, soak it in soy sauce, soak for a few days, and then take it out. It is not so spicy and has a special flavor. If adults don't believe it, try it. "
As Er Niu was talking, he didn't eat a few slices of the white-cut beef in front of him, so he pushed it in front of the county magistrate Cheng, and pushed the garlic sauce over.
Madam Cheng looked at things, struggling in his heart, to eat or not to eat? I was afraid of losing face when I didn't eat it. I was greedy by Erniu if I didn't eat it. Finally, I persuaded myself that it was all from the master's side. It was nothing to eat as an apprentice.
With this in mind, Cheng County Commander finally put down the shelf, directly pinched a piece of beef with his hands, dipped it in the garlic sauce, put it in his mouth, tasted it carefully, and shouted:
"Okay, it's really extraordinary. The master is capable, Erniu, this time you buy the mountain. Can you think about it? Don't you think it will be lost? It's really impossible. I'll change the place."
"Huh? Change? No, my lord, don’t change it. The host said when you came, the place is about to be decided, don’t you want to go back?" When Er Niu heard this, he stopped his chopsticks and replied firmly. Dao, he didn't know why the young man wanted the place, he only knew that if the young man wanted it, that would be a good deal.