Be a master through ancient times

It was just dawn, but the big rooster in Zhang's yard had already crowed several times.Father Zhang got up from the bed, put on his coat and went out.

There was already an old man standing at the door, and he looked as if he was about to knock on the door. This was Old Li, who was at the opposite door, and he came to invite Father Zhang to go to the street to inquire about today's grain prices.

Ever since the news of the murder of water bandits in Southern Fujian spread, the price of food here has become more and more expensive every day, and they may not be able to buy it if they go late.Food is the foundation of a family, and it is useless to do anything without food.Those old people who have not lived well for two years, if they continue like this, they should cut off their rations first.While they still have strength, they have to go and see, maybe they can buy some rice back.

Several old men walked forward in silence, and no one spoke. When they walked to the door of Shengfeng Mihang, they found that there were many people gathered at the door of the rice shop, and they didn't know what they were doing.

They stood on tiptoe in the distance to see, and found that several people dressed as government servants were holding onto the shopkeeper Wu of the rice shop and talking about something.

Zhang's father hurried forward, but there were already a lot of people crowded there, and he couldn't get in for a while.

"What's the matter inside?" He asked the man standing in front who stretched his neck and looked in with great interest.

The man turned his head when he heard the voice, and said with a gloating expression: "Hey, you don't know yet, just now the government came to arrest people, saying that it was Wu shopkeeper of the rice shop who spread rumors, driving up the price of rice, with ulterior motives, and wanted to tie him up Go to court!"

Zhang's father was startled, and remembered what Chu Ci said yesterday, and also remembered that he asked Du Hu to deliver the letter. Could it be related to him?

When he was thinking, the yamen officers in front had already taken people to the county yamen, and the common people liked to watch the excitement, so they followed them like a swarm.Father Zhang and Lao Li hurriedly followed behind to see what was going on.

When they arrived at the gate of the county government office, they found that not only shopkeeper Wu from Shengfeng Rice Shop, but also shopkeeper Li from Xingwang Grain Store, shopkeeper Jiang from Wugu Grain Store, and several grain sellers in the county town had all been arrested.

After the opening of the hall, the magistrate with a dark face scolded these people bloody, saying that they spread rumors, what is their intention?He also called them black-hearted profiteers for driving up prices.All in all, it is to pour yesterday's anger on their heads.

After the county magistrate lost his temper, he slapped the gavel and announced the verdict.The county magistrate ordered them to hand over the criminal money they had received during this period, and the government would buy grain and sell it to the local people at a low price.In addition, each of them has to play ten boards to make an example.

The people were naturally very happy to see it. They have suffered from hunger for more than a month.You must know that Taiping County is a port city near the sea, and there are not many fertile fields in the county, and most of them are still in the hands of officials, gentry and landlords.Therefore, the local people generally rely on going out to sea to fish in exchange for money, and then use the money they get to buy food. Therefore, the transportation is convenient, so the people don’t worry about the food being shipped in. In addition, the climate here is humid, so the people buy food on weekdays. They are all bought by catties and catties, for fear that if you buy too much and put them at home, they will be damp.Now the supply is suddenly lost, so the people are panicking.

They heard a little news from the hearsay, and they spread the rumors. The people were all in danger, and fishermen didn't dare to go to sea.The people who live on fish and shrimp on weekdays are also deeply affected by it.

Now that the government has come forward to catch them all, and promised to buy low-priced grain and sell it to them, can the common people be unhappy after hearing this?

However, these profiteers are not so happy.Before they did this, they had already confessed to the county magistrate.It's just that I didn't expect that the magistrate would suddenly turn his face and deny people. Early in the morning, he sent a government officer to guard the door, waiting to arrest them in court.

The county magistrate is actually holding back his anger. Before he came here, he was a county magistrate in a wealthy place. After many years of official career, he is already familiar with the officialdom. Prosperous, so they acquiesced to their behavior.He thought, there are many fish and shrimps in the sea, and there are wild vegetables beside the fields. As long as the people work hard and don't starve to death, what does it matter if they are hungry and thin?

Who knew they would make such a big fuss?Who would have thought that Chu Ci had an old relationship with Mr. Zhizhou Xu, but he had a nosy personality?The letter said that the Taiping County businessman made a big mistake by deceiving his superiors and his subordinates, and the government was deceived. It must be because the county magistrate was busy with official business and had no time to take care of these trivial matters.He thought that there was a vacancy outside the county magistrate in Taiping County, so why not report to Ming Shangfeng and dispatch the county magistrate as soon as possible, and a lot of people would help the county magistrate to share his worries and problems.

When he first saw it, he responded with a sneering attitude, but after the master analyzed it, he realized that this Chu Ci really has such an ability.His letter was clearly a threat to him!However, he cannot be immune to threats, because although Mr. Xu is the magistrate of Yangxin Prefecture, he is deeply trusted by the governor, and he is always sent on patrol on weekdays.I heard that Mr. Xu has an upright personality. Even if the officials are disheveled, he will be accused of being inappropriate.

Now, the county magistrate of Taiping County only hopes that Chu Ci can see that he has made up for his mistakes and not to bring this matter up.

Will Chuci do what he wants?The answer is of course no.

When he sent Zhang Hu to deliver the letter, he gave two letters.A letter was sent to the county magistrate of Taiping County, so that he could refute the rumors in time and restore the peace of the people as soon as possible.The other letter was written to Mr. Xu, reporting the collusion between officials and businessmen in Taiping County in real name, so that the people live in panic, hoping that the government can thoroughly investigate.

As an official, who can withstand a thorough investigation?In this position, unless you really don't have any selfish intentions, you can always check for accuracy.

At this time, I am afraid that Xin has left Wuchang Mansion and is on his way to Yangxin Mansion.

The instigator of all this, Chu Ci, was on a boat heading for Zhangzhou Mansion at this time.

After he stayed in Taiping County for a while yesterday, he heard about the incident.He didn't really believe it, but when he was waiting for the boat at the port, he found that people with Fujian accents kept getting off the boat and leaving with packages on their backs, and there were men, women, and children among these people. Something did happen.

Will it be water bandits?Chu Ci had some doubts in his heart—he had already equated water bandits with Japanese pirates—if they were water bandits, then what was the reason for the Japanese pirates to still be on the premise that they knew that Wei was on guard? Are you going to continue to invade the water environment of the Great Wei?

Chu Ci often sits on the bow of the ship these days and thinks. This ship is a medium-sized passenger ship. According to previous standards, it should be able to accommodate at least four or fifty people.But now, there are only a dozen guests on this boat.

Chu Ci also asked Chuan Boss about this matter, and what Chuan Boss said at the time was similar to what Zhang Hu's father said, even worse.But when Chu Ci asked him if he saw it with his own eyes, the boss of the boat shook his head.

Chu Ci asked him when, where, and when it happened, the boss of the boat also hesitated, and couldn't tell the reason at all.Chu Ci can basically confirm that the boss of the boat is just hearsay.However, the image of the water bandits he described was very similar to that of the Japanese, and even some unique characteristics were described exactly the same.

So Chu Ci fell into doubt again.After thinking about it, he came to a conclusion, that is, maybe someone did see the water bandit, but he exaggerated a little, which made the words change when the people passed them by word of mouth.The most exaggerated statement that Chu Ci heard was that in fact, Nanmin Province has fallen into the hands of water bandits. They wantonly burned, killed and looted in the city, and they will soon attack Xijiang Province.

When Chu Ci heard it, he couldn't laugh or cry.There are tens of thousands of naval troops stationed in Nanfu, how could it be possible that he fell and did not leak any news during his departure for more than a month?

With doubts, Chu Ci finally arrived at the junction of Nanmin and Xijiang provinces. After he asked Zhang Hu to settle the accounts, he took his luggage to the Nanmin navy camp.

Because he had a personal letter from the admiral of the navy, Chu Ci successfully entered the temporary camp and waited for their departure.While waiting, Chu Ci carefully observed the expressions of these soldiers.He found that the state of most people is indeed not as relaxed as before.Most of them were serious and stood around the ship vigilantly.Once a boat docked, they would stare at the people who got off the boat with their eyes.Chu Ci found them several times and got off the boat to search for their baggage.

All these situations showed that it was unusual, and Chu Ci's mood became a lot heavier.

The ship left soon, and Chu Ci was arranged in a cabin of the cruise ship.They treated Chu Ci fairly politely, but there was unavoidable contempt in their expressions.Chu Ci comforted himself that there had always been a chain of contempt among the civil and military officials of the Great Wei Dynasty. They definitely didn't look down on their figure and appearance, but simply didn't like civil officials.

However, their completely different attitudes towards Zhang Hu made it difficult for Chu Ci to deceive himself.These people were very friendly when they faced the strong and powerful Zhang Hu. When they learned that Zhang Hu had also learned boxing from the people in the military camp in the capital, they happily dragged Zhang Hu to learn martial arts.

Zhang Hu loves peace and didn't want to fight with them at first.But their attitude was so enthusiastic that the soft-faced Zhang Hu couldn't refuse at all, so he could only reluctantly agree to have a few matches with them.

At the beginning, Zhang Hu was not very familiar with them. Facing these people who took fighting as a daily routine, he was still a little at a loss when fighting, and suffered a lot of embarrassment.Chu Ci looked a little anxious, for fear that Zhang Hu would be injured.

But after a few rounds, Zhang Hu gradually started to feel his hand. His strength was already great, and after getting familiar with the routine, he basically never lost again.

The friendship between men is so simple, after a few fights, they call Zhang Hu brothers.There are even people who defend Zhang Hu, thinking that a hero like him should be a book boy under the hands of a weak civil servant, which is clearly Qu Cai!They tried in vain to persuade Zhang Hu not to hold the pipa and put it into the arms of the Nanfu Navy, and they would definitely treat Zhang Hu well.At that time, if there is a task, they will take Zhang Hu to complete it together. When the time comes, they will get military merit and property, so why not be happier than being a schoolboy?

Chu Ci was very speechless. Wouldn't these people feel ashamed to dig the wall in front of him?