"Wait, wait!"

There was a shout at the tail of the group, and then it was chased by seven or eight people.

Seeing that this group of people was tied up with one and pressed one by one, the steward who was the leader of the caravan and the dart head of the Xie family dart bureau hurried over.

……

"These are the two people you came over to add last night?"

The steward narrowed his eyes, looked up and down, and smiled with satisfaction: "What a sturdy 'livestock'." ”

"With this physique, I can last a year and a half when I go to the forest farm. ”

"Why didn't both of them send it?" the steward was quite regretful: "You must know that there are many businesses in Beiping City this year, and they have all booked ash with our firm for more than 50 years.

The work in this forest farm is too hard, and there are many people who have died, and now is the time for a shortage of people. ”

When he said this, the steward's eyes were like a weasel who had seen a chicken, so that the punishment was relatively light...... I shuddered in fright, and shrunk into a ball like a quail.

"Tsk...... This little daring ......"

The steward shook his head, beckoned to the two boys of the Wang family, and after pointing to the worst-looking group of people in the caravan, he stopped paying attention to the two people who cut into the queue.

He only needs to send someone from his side to register, and then report the accounts of these two heads to the top of the general ledger, and there will be nothing to do.

Counted, this is also his performance, but this performance is a little small, and I can't see it in his eyes.

After getting the letter, the two intern dart masters of the Wang family pulled Zhang Dengguan to the group of spirited and mourning coolies, and when they stood still, they lined up from the line and walked over a foreman-like person.

helped the Wang family dart master untie the thick hemp rope tied to Zhang Dengguan's legs, and replaced it with a chain lock that was customary in the old yamen.

The chains are not thick, but the distance between the legs is just right.

So that the prisoner can walk normally, but cannot run in great strides.

After this shackle was put on, the other party didn't care about what was blocked in Zhang Dengguan's hands or mouth.

Under this heavy guard, few members of the coolie team were able to escape successfully.

What's more, there are many workers who sell themselves because they can't survive and are paid the high wages given by their first family.

They are the foreman's natural eyeliner, and there is a stir in the team...... and all of them were able to report to his ears.

The handover here is over. The firm, which was fully prepared, led the team of more than 100 workers and laborers to move slowly in the sound of the dart line.

"Chengqi! The first family of the firm made a big trip, 800 by land and 400 by water. ”

"Meet friends on all sides, peace in all directions!"

"He~~~~I!"

The one in front was long and floating, and the one in the back suddenly rose three degrees.

After shouting, the names of the two dart bureaus were not reported.

Those who know how to do it will understand that because this land transport and water transport are mixed, and it is a long-term trip across three provinces and two big cities, this trip is a benevolent and righteous dart that puts safety first.

What is mixed is the cards of the two dart games, as well as the help of friends on the road.

As for the unreasonable and daring to touch the green forest, then they are not vegetarians.

When the team walked out of the city gate, the two dart companies shouted out the dart horn, starting with the prosperous dart board on the horse, and the four people rode the jujube red high-headed horse, and took the lead in stepping on the flat official road, which was also the first section of their land transportation...... This is more than 100 miles from Jicheng to Liaocheng.

As for the mule-horse cart shop in the back, it was slower, and the peasants and laborers on foot stopped and stopped.

When all the people had gone out of the city gate, the little clerk who had been instructed by the chief steward spoke to the shopkeeper stationed in the trading house, put on a dogskin hat with his ears covered, and ran to the place where the first family compound was.

After entering the outer courtyard, he clarified the official family who was in charge of business affairs, and led them to the account room, so that these two people were added to the head of the business trip.

Because the New Year's Festival is approaching in the courtyard, there is only this big pile in the huge account house, and the urgent and inch business has not been settled clearly.

Therefore, a few idle stewards asked a few questions about this matter.

As a result, I heard such a thing from Qiu Village, not far from the courtyard of the first family...... Business.

This person, no matter how big a deal he makes.

There is an inexplicable gossip about men and women.

What's more, this is a bright and bright affair, although it was covered up by the people involved, but these spirits, who don't have a few relatives in the nearby village.

Even if the village chief of Qiu Village gave a death order, there would always be those ears or two that would come out.

"Officer Zhang Deng?"

The key person in this matter is Zhang Dengguan, a familiar name...... It caught the attention of a steward.

This steward is one of the stewards who led Shao Manhoard over to settle the accounts yesterday. He had been reminded by the chief steward to take care of Shao Manchu, and felt that it was necessary to report this matter to the chief steward.

Although this is an insignificant matter, it can also take this opportunity to get closer...... His relationship with the Grand Butler is not.

So, the person in charge carefully went through the origin of this matter, went out of the door, found a home in Qiu Village, asked a few words in a vague manner, turned his head, pursed his mouth, and entered the inner courtyard.

There are two doors ahead, and there is the council chamber where the stewards always live.

According to the practice of the first family, every noon is the time when the stewards from all walks of life come to report to the master of the first family.

It's just that on the eve of the New Year's Festival, the stewards all have a holiday, leaving only the chief steward to stay behind and bump into the old man and young master at home.

Therefore, the chief steward was a little strange when he saw that there were still people coming, and he beckoned to the junior and asked him what he was doing.

The person who came to report to the steward was a well-spoken man, and in two or three sentences, he recounted this little matter clearly, causing the big butler to groan for a moment, and waved his hand to let him stand down for the time being.

The hall was empty again.

The old steward glanced at the floor-to-ceiling wall clock in the side corner, and slapped his face a few times in the direction of the outside of the hall.

A few maids who had been waiting behind the small door on the side for a long time walked into the hall with a large yellow teapot.

I walked to the main table in the center of the hall, opened the bowl during the period, and brewed the jujube tea that had been prepared long ago.

When the water is seven points full, then stop.

The maid retreated to the square table on the left side, and lifted the lid of another tea bowl.

At the same time, the little maid who followed her, with only a cotton scarf in her hand, followed.

The few small water droplets splashed out of the main table were cleanly smoothed.