The style of the Ningbo government is naturally not comparable to the county government.
Xue Tingxiang arrived at the place, and after being notified, he was led in.
All the way through the second hall of the lobby, came to the third hall, this is the place where Futai adults entertain guests.
Sun Futai was wearing a dark blue uniform, his hair was gray, his face was thin, and he had a long beard. Just looking at his face, it doesn't look like a government office in charge of the people's livelihood, but rather like a teacher from somewhere.
When Xue Tingyan arrived, he was standing in front of the desk and writing something. Xue Tingyan didn't speak, and just stood down below.
Sun Futai was very devoted to writing, and after a while, he put down his pen, stroking his beard and looking at the words on the case with satisfaction.
Only then did he see Xue Tingxiang and said, "Xue Zhixian is here?" At the same time, he called for the servants to serve tea.
But he himself had no intention of sitting, and was still standing there. In this case, Xue Tingxiang could not sit.
"I have heard about Xue Zhixian's name for a long time, but I never imagined that he is so young."
Although the two of them said that one is a top and the other is a subordinate, according to the rules of the imperial court, local officials are appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. , so although Xue Tingxiang has been in office for two years, the two have never met.
"Master Futai has praised him. In ancient times, Gan Luo worshipped the prime minister at the age of nine, and his subordinate officer was over twenty years old. He was only a seventh-rank county official.
"Xue Zhixian is humble, you need to know that there are often three yuan, but six songs are rare. Since the opening of the division, there have only been two six yuan and the first two. Xue Zhixian is considered a young talent, and his future is immeasurable. ."
"The lower official is ashamed."
After he cupped his hands and said this, Xue Tingxiang stopped talking, but Sun Futai looked at him with a smile, as if he admired him very much. He suddenly remembered something, and beckoned to Xue Tingxiang: "Xue Zhixian, come here and see how the word old man is written."
Xue Tingxiang also went respectfully, and when he got closer, he saw that Sun Futai's handwriting was really good. The strokes of the dragon and the phoenix dance in one stroke, and the gestures revolve in one go.
"Nice words, my lord!" he praised.
Sun Futai Fushou laughed and said, "It seems that Xue Zhixian has also studied one of the books, how about helping the old man to read this pair of words?"
Xue Tingxiang said word by word: "Ao can't grow, desire can't follow, ambition can't be satisfied, and joy can't be extreme."
"Xue Zhixian, but what does it mean to know?"
This sentence is from the Book of Rites. Xue Tingxiang was born in the two ranks. If you don't know the meaning, most people will doubt how he got the six yuan and the first.
But Sun Futai not only asked him to read it, but also asked him to explain its meaning. The meaning of this act is somewhat intriguing.
Xue Tingyan's eyes rolled for a while, and then he explained: "This paragraph is from the Quli chapter of "Book of Rites". The righteousness is to teach a person to understand the way of the mean. It can't be inferior or excessive. Excessiveness becomes arrogance. Desire. You can get proper satisfaction, and if you go too far, you will lead to indulgence. At any time, in any matter, you must follow the principle of overdoing it and not going too far. You cannot go to extremes. environment, stand your ground and make a difference.”
"Xue Zhixian is worthy of being a champion, and the six yuan and the first one are well-deserved. The solution is good, the solution is good!"
Xue Tingyan smiled and said nothing.
"Since Xue Zhixian understands the meaning of this remark, the old man can rest assured. You are still young, young people are full of enthusiasm, and those of us who are old can understand it, but always remember that Mu Xiu Yu Lin Feng will urge you After all, you must know how to weigh the pros and cons of everything." Sun Futai said with a sigh, and patted Xue Tingxiang on the shoulder.
Where is it like meeting for the first time, just like an elder teaching the younger generation in the family.
If Xue Tingxiang didn't know what tricks this old man was playing, he would have lived for so many years in vain.
To put it bluntly, this person must have sent Xie San a message last time, telling them to stop, but instead of stopping, they did it. Xue Tingxiang didn't need to think about it, he knew that there were not many people on Guo Ju's side who scolded him, maybe he was thinking about how to deal with him, so there was today's scene.
However, it was obvious that all this was done by the blind man. If Xue Tingxiang could listen to it, this would not be the case today.
"I can see that you like this pair of characters very much, so the old man gave him to Xue Zhixian."
Can he say he doesn't like it at all? Depressed in his heart, Xue Tingxiang still took the word from Sun Futai.
"Since Xue Zhixian is busy with affairs, this old man won't leave you any more. Next time, I will wait for the old man to write a satisfactory word, and I will order someone to invite Xue Zhixian to come and reward you."
"The next official will be glad to come."
Xue Tingxiang left the prefectural yamen soon, and after getting on the carriage, he threw the words that he had been holding in his hand on the carriage.
"These people don't know whether they are tired or not. It takes so much effort to explain things that can be explained in one sentence."
Hearing this, Hu San couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are you okay?"
"What can I do, come back."
Having said that, Xue Tingxiang did one thing after he went back.
He asked Hu San to personally escort Hong'er out of Dinghai County.
Mao Badou was assigned to a small county town under the Songjiang mansion. After Xue Tingxiang took office, the two also exchanged several letters. He asked Hu San to send Hong'er, together with the husband he asked to give to his son.
"grown ups!"
"Go, I'm just in case, Zhao'er is gone, and I'll send Hong'er away together. I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, I have to prevent them from jumping over the wall."
"But if..."
"There's nothing wrong with it. Don't you trust your family? It's just in case."
Hu San has been with Xue Tingxiang for so long, and he knows what his temperament is.
Don't look at his usual smile, but once he makes a decision, only his wife can persuade him in the whole world, but now his wife is not at home. Hu San even wondered if the adults had made every effort to let his wife go to Nanjing, whether he had already anticipated this day.
"Sir, you are still young, you don't need to be so extreme, you can take it easy." Hu San rarely interjected.
Xue Tingyan looked at him with a smile: "Hu San, did anyone tell you that you are really long-winded, like an old woman. I said it just in case, and besides, you forgot who is behind your family? Okay, It's said to be just in case, Hong'er is my weakness, who knows if they will come up with any tricks, I've removed my worries and can fight them well."
"As for what you said about Xu Xutuzhi, it's impossible. If you leave the capital, this one is a success if you don't succeed."
Abandoning these words, Xue Tingxiang left the house, leaving Hu San looking at his back and sighing heavily.
Xue Tingxiang returned to the back house, and Xiaolu had already packed up Honger's things.
"father."
"Your mother is not at home, and father is busy with official business in the county, so he has no time to take care of you. It just so happened that your uncle Mao kept saying that he wanted to pick you up to play. He has a little sister, didn't you always want a sister? Go and talk to him. My sister will play for a while, and Dad will send someone to pick you up in a few days." Xue Tingxiang squatted in front of Hong'er and said to him.
"Dad, did something happen?"
Seeing his son's frown, Xue Tingxiang rubbed his head with a smile: "What can I do, Dad just thinks that you and your husband are studying hard, now you haven't gone to university, and you are not nervous about your studies, just fine. Go out and play. After reading the Four Books and Five Classics, your studies will be tight, and you may not be able to go out for several years."
"When are you going to pick me up, Dad?"
"Two months. Dad will send someone to pick you up in two months."
As dusk fell, a carriage drove out of the Dinghai County Office.
After sending off his son, Xue Tingxiang asked the people below to prepare wine and food, and he poured himself and drank for a long time, until the pot of wine was finished, he squeezed the wine glass in his hand and smiled.
When night falls, it is the busiest and busiest moment on the banks of the Qinhuai River.
The lanterns reflect the water, the powder is fragrant, and countless flower boats and boats float on the Qinhuai River. Songs, water, silk and bamboo, as well as those dazzling lights, make up this ten-mile Qinhuai River.
"Master, are you alright?"
In an attic, Zhao'er walked out of it unsteadily.
Gao Sheng followed her.
Gao Sheng looked at her worriedly, wanting to help but not daring to reach out to help.
At this time, Zhao'er still looks like a woman's house. She is slender and wears a sky-blue straight jacket, which makes her temperament extraordinarily clear. A head of black hair was gathered on the top of his head, tied into a bun with a two-finger-wide headband inlaid with sapphire, revealing a full forehead.
The eyebrows are thickly drawn. Although Zhao'er's eyebrows are black, they are much tougher than ordinary women, and they are not as good as men. The bridge of her nose is high, her lips are slightly pursed, and her cheeks are slightly flushed, indicating that she is in an abnormal situation at this time.
In front of the door of the attic stood a few women in various colored gauze clothes, with crisp shoulders and peach cheeks. Seeing Zhao'er's body full of style, and seeing her coming out of it, she immediately leaned forward and said softly. : "Master, where is this going? At this point, I won't stay tonight."
The women in Jiangnan are exceptionally different from other women. Wu Yuruanong has a delicate body and a soft body. Fortunately, Zhaoer is not a man, otherwise he would definitely not be able to move. Even so, she was forced into a hug.
Seeing that she was not avoiding or dodging, she wrapped her arms around the waists of the two women, and said drunkenly: "Okay, I'm a little drunk today, so I won't stay any more."
"Don't be afraid that there is a tigress waiting at home, so the father gave up our sisters."
"naughty."
Under the light, Zhao'er smiled, and his eyes were extraordinarily bright, as if there were stars hidden inside. The woman who was hugged by her immediately blushed, and the fingers holding Zhao'er were even more obsessed.
Young, rich, and handsome, if this grandfather can take a fancy to him and redeem himself, then he will wake up from a dream with laughter.
"It's alright, alright, you are all obedient, and I will come to see you tomorrow."
Zhao'er patted one of the women's buttocks, and then walked out, leaving a few beautiful people standing there, stomping their feet and scolding, not to mention the grievances.
Gao Sheng was sweating on his forehead. Don't look at him going in and out of this land of flowers and willows more than Zhao'er, but he was not as familiar as her. He couldn't help but wonder what Xue Tingxiang would think if he saw this scene.
Zhuzi had already gone to lead the carriage, Zhaoer got into the carriage, and just sat there with his eyes closed. Gao Sheng came up later, poured her a cup of hot tea, and then poured her a cup of tea, which made her feel more comfortable.
"Then Meng Suoguan has promised to give us 30,000 pieces of silk. You will take someone to the weaving bureau tomorrow to transport the things out, and then have them escorted back to Dinghai."
Hearing this, Gao Sheng said in surprise: "Yes? I thought this person wanted to drag him."
Zhao'er rubbed his eyebrows: "How else can he delay? Besides, I promised to give him an extra penny for each piece of silk. If no one else can give him this price, he will naturally sell it to us."
Although this Jiangning Weaving Bureau specializes in all kinds of textiles for imperial and official use, this is only on the table, and there are many profits from this in private. Meng Suoguan is the head of the Southern Bureau specializing in weaving and dyeing. There are thousands of craftsmen under this person.
And this person is the most lustful and lustful, and Zhao'er invited him to drink flower wine for half a month. Drinking wine and holding beautiful women, naturally called brothers. Especially the day before yesterday, Zhao'er smashed money to wrap a fan head for him, and if the fan head spoke from it, the business was naturally negotiated.
In fact, at the same time when I said that I wanted to meet, the deal had almost been negotiated, and it was Meng Suoguan who took this opportunity to take Qiao and wanted to get more money for himself, so this deal happened.
"With this batch of goods, and the batch of raw silk we got earlier, I think it should be able to temporarily relieve one or two things from coming to Dinghai."
"I'm going to do this tomorrow, and I'll ship the things out first. These people are naturally slick, and they walk around everywhere. I'm afraid that he will drink a few cups of cat urine, and then it will be bad if he promises others."
Although barbarian merchants are fond of silk, it does not mean that they do not know the goods.
The silk brought back from Nanzhili was praised by all the barbarian merchants, and the looting was over. He also made an agreement with Dinghai, how much is needed.
Dinghai's side agreed, and Yishang returned with a full load of goods, naturally forgetting that he originally planned to go to Zhoushan Island.
Zhoushan Island was empty. This barbarian businessman named Han Dewei has always been a big customer on their side. Seeing that he can't wait until the second, he has been monitoring the people from Shuangyu Island to report back, saying that he saw Han Dewei. The merchant ship went to Shuangyu Island, what Commander He did not understand.
"This son is so ignorant!"
By this time, Commander He laughed in anger.
"My lord, what do you think about this matter? Is it because Sun Gangyang is perfunctory and takes advantage of the other party all the year round, so he perfunctory us?"
"He dares!"
"But..." Chen Baihu sighed and said in a low voice, "There have already been a few changes in the following business houses. On the surface, they are following our enemies, but in fact, they all sent people to contact Dinghai."
Commander He was not surprised by this. To put it bluntly, these people are mothers if they have milk. Businessmen have always been the most shameless and greedy.
But as a commercial firm itself, it will be a vassal of Guo Ju because there is a passage to the sea here, and they don’t pay less money here every year. Guo Ju has no way out here, and it is not too much to find another way out.
But as the person in charge of Guo Ju, he was unwilling to face such a situation.
"My lord, if this matter is not resolved, in the long run we can..."
"You still need to say, when I don't know!"
There was a fierce light in the eyes of Commander He: "Since this kid doesn't know interest, then I will teach him to be interesting. A boy who hasn't even grown his hair even dares to come here and go wild. I don't know how to write the word king!"
"What do you mean, sir?"
Commander He waved his hand, and Chen Baihu walked over.