Rebirth of the Taming of the Slaves

There are still a lot of dossiers that have been accumulated for three years. As a person who has always fallen asleep when I read books, I was really embarrassed by these things.Fortunately, there are Baozi and Fanyu, I asked them to sort out these files for me, and sort out some trivial things that don't need to be read, so the speed is much faster, and it takes about six or seven days. Already read them all.

Before I came here, I promised my father to do a good job, so naturally I dare not slack off.Knowing that what I understood in the file was only one-sided, I took Baozi and Fanyu to walk around when I had time, first to understand the people's sentiments, and to relax my mind.

Taiping County is not very big, surrounded by mountains on the southeast and southeast sides, the Huaiyang River runs through the entire county, and there is a ferry in the east of the city for ships to load and unload goods.As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea.Some people started small businesses at the ferry. Although they couldn't make a lot of money, they didn't have to worry about food and clothing.Speaking of which, there are probably hundreds of thousands of households living in the entire county, because I didn't know much about it not long ago, so I didn't go to the surrounding villages.Because relying on the Huaiyang River, I have never encountered a drought, and there have been a few small floods. Fortunately, the previous county magistrates and prefects were still doing practical things, and the embankments built were fairly strong, and no serious damage was caused. What a disaster.

Nothing happened today, after breakfast, I asked Baozi and Fan Yu to come to the ferry with me. It was already past the beginning of autumn, and cargo boats, large and small, were passing by the river, carrying a very lively look.

I was also a little thirsty when I walked here from the county government office. I saw a tea stall next to me and took the two of them to pick a table and sat down.This kind of tea stand costs about two bowls of tea for a penny. Although the tea used is not very good, it is good at quenching thirst. Moreover, there are many tables and stools in the tea shed, which is most suitable for the people who work as coolies on the ferry.

Even though it's already autumn, the autumn tiger is still a bit powerful.As soon as I entered the tea shed, I saw that the shed was full of men in short shirts or shirtless. Everyone was sitting in different postures, talking about something, and burst into hearty laughter from time to time.

The owner of the tea shed has been doing business at the ferry for many years. Seeing my attire, he guessed which family I belonged to. He hurriedly made room for a table on the far side and wiped it with the cloth towel around his neck. It took a few times to ask us to sit down.

I took a sip of the rough tea in front of me, and felt that the discussion in the tea shed was much quieter, so I looked towards them with some doubts.I saw those simple men looking at the door, and when I saw them looking at them, they smiled at me impressively.

At this time, Baozi next to me stretched out his hand and pulled my sleeve, and pointed to the stall selling river fresh food next to him with an excited expression, and stood up excitedly.

"Young master, young master, you see there are some seafood sellers over there, I'll go and buy some, and let's eat river seafood tonight, okay?"

"Okay, can you do it?" I looked at Baozi suspiciously.

Baozi pouted and pointed at Fan Yu next to him and said, "I don't think I still have Big Brother Fan Yu, oh my master, I saw that the old man sells river prawns, I'll go and see first." Regardless of my obstruction, Baozi ran out of the tea shed.

I looked at Fan Yu helplessly, only to see that he was also speechless.

The few big men next to me seemed to have never seen my master who indulged the servants so much, they couldn't help laughing and said: "Young master, can you discipline the servants like this?"

Hearing this, I smiled at them, seeing that it was inconvenient to talk across several tables, so I got up and walked to their table, one of the men stretched out his hand and opened a stool, patted it, and said proudly: "My lord, sit."

I saw that the man was a bold person, so I was not polite to them, and took Fan Yu to sit at their table.

"All of us have just come from other places. My Tonger has been raised by me as a younger brother since he was a child, so I don't have any scruples in speaking. It made the elder brothers laugh."

"Look at what the young master said, how can we laugh at the young master? My nephew is also in the town as a current member of a big family, and every time he comes back, he says that the family's management is very strict."

"No rules, no rules. Every family has its own rules. Stricter rules are for the sake of the peace of the house."

Hearing what I said, the men nodded in agreement.

Seeing that a few people were silent, I continued to ask: "How many years have you guys been working at the ferry? How is your income?"

One of the men was about to answer, but was poked by the man next to him. The man turned his head and glared at him impatiently, and cursed: "Old Wu, why the hell are you poking me? Look With this young master's outfit, is it necessary to compete with us for a job?"

The old Wu next to him was scolded by the man, his face turned red, he picked up the tea bowl, bowed his head to drink tea and stopped talking.

"We came out to earn a little money during the slack season. In recent years, the weather has been smooth and the court has not increased taxes. As long as there is no major accident, the family can live well."

After hearing what the man said, I nodded and didn't ask any more questions.Turning around, I saw that Baozi was already walking towards this side with a basket of Hexian. I asked Fan Yu to pay for the tea, got up, greeted several big men, and left the tea shed.

Seeing me coming out of the tea shed, Baozi happily showed me a basket of river fresh food.I frowned at the fishy smell emanating from the fresh fish, raised my hand and tapped the steamed stuffed bun on the head, telling him to take the stuff away a bit.

At noon, Baozi ate the seafood he had been thinking about so much as he wished. He stroked his round belly with both hands, and rolled round to the hammock in the yard to digest his food.I looked at his contented look with contempt, reached out and grabbed the gray carrier pigeon that had landed on the window sill, untied a bamboo tube from its leg and poured out the note inside.

The letter came from the capital. Apart from a few instructions from the father, there was also a note attached to the letter. When I opened it, there were only two words and a signature on it.Although there were only two simple words in the letter - thank you, I couldn't help but be surprised by the signature, because the person who wrote the letter to me was actually Wei Li who followed the sixth prince to guard the imperial mausoleum.

'Thank you', for a moment I was confused, the scene I saw when I secretly sent the sixth prince away from the capital suddenly flashed through my mind, and I suddenly understood something.Crushing the note in my hand into a ball, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, there is one more infatuated person in this world.

For some reason, I suddenly remembered Liang Chuyi's back when he left the Hou's mansion that day, and I shook my head to get that distraught back from my mind.

It has been two or three months since I came to Taiping County without knowing it. The sun was scorching when I came, but now it is snowing heavily.Seeing that it was the end of the year, the affairs of the yamen also increased.After half a year of training, I gradually got to know the affairs of the yamen. After getting along with me for a period of time, the bookkeepers and clerks are no longer afraid of me, and sometimes they will boldly open some things with me. Harmless joke.

Wearing the cloak my father sent over at the beginning of the month, I couldn't help yawning while holding the stove in my arms.Because today is the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, the Daji in the west of the city will be open from today until the [-]th of the new year.I heard from the police officers of the county government that in previous years, when the fair opened, many hawkers would fight over territory, and those rascals and pickpockets would come out to operate.In order to avoid those situations, early in the morning this year, I asked people to carry white ash to draw lines on both sides of the street at intervals of two to three meters, and then numbered the vacant spaces in turn, and asked the clerk to work hard to record them in the book, so as to avoid competition for positions situation occurs.At the same time, forty yamen servants were allowed to patrol the streets in groups of two.

Because I was afraid of trouble, I got up from the bed early and waited in the hall of the back office for someone to report back.After waiting for a long time, I felt drowsy and didn't see anyone coming back. I rubbed my face with my hands and got up and decided to go and see by myself.

Baozi was also curious about the difference between Daji here and Beijing, so he naturally followed me when he saw me going out.I knew that I would never get rid of this little follower, so I simply left him alone.

It was still gray in winter, so I wrapped up my cloak and ran all the way to the west of the city.At this time, the early hawkers have already set up their stalls quickly, and some are still busy.From a distance, I saw the clerk holding a notebook and recording the numbers one by one. Some unknown people gathered around and discussed, wanting to ask but dare not ask.

I walked up and stretched my head to have a look, and an old man on the side hunched his waist and guessed: "Why do the officials remember the names early in the morning? There has never been such a precedent in previous years? Look at this separated position, it is not for collection. Booth fee?"

The people next to him nodded and thought it was possible.

I saw that everyone misunderstood, so I explained: "No, isn't it because in previous years, when setting up stalls in Daji, people would quarrel and fight over land? This year, the government will divide everyone equally, so that some people will get injured and sick in fights." It's been a bad year."

Hearing my voice, the clerk who was recording and the policeman who was helping him with the lighting stopped their work and nodded to me. I hurriedly told them to get up and let them do what they should do.Everyone around the side was stunned when they heard that I was a new county magistrate, and they all bent over and kowtowed to me. Baozi and I hurriedly reached out to help the elderly people from the ground to comfort them.Looking back, I saw that the clerk's hands had been blown red by the cold wind, and he was trembling while writing. I stuffed the stove in his arms into his arms, and took the booklet in his hand to help him memorize it.

Because there are two shifts, and the total area of ​​this street is only so small, the work of recording is quite fast.By the time we finished, even if the clerk and I changed shifts back and forth, my fingers were sore from the cold. The charcoal fire in the hand stove had already been extinguished, and it was useless to hold the warm one. Riha took a deep breath and rubbed vigorously.At this moment, I saw an old woman staggering towards me with a bowl of steaming bean curd in her hands.

"My lord, let's take a sip to warm you up in the cold weather." I took the bowl of tofu curd with both hands, feeling heavy in my hands and heart for some reason.