Following.

Wang Chen, who was still sleeping in the inn early in the morning, was woken up by a knock on the door.

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen. ”

Wang Chen, who was sleeping in a daze, shouted to the outside world: "Fifth brother, what's the matter?"

Wang Yuncang said: "Someone in the yamen is looking for you. ”

"I'll come out now. ”

After speaking, Wang Chen immediately got up from the bed, put on a T-shirt and jeans, didn't care about brushing his teeth and washing his face, and walked out.

Open the door.

In addition to Wang Yuncang, there are three others, each wearing official uniforms, and the remaining two are in civilian clothes, all of whom are men.

The man in the official uniform was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and the other two were much older, looking to be forty or fifty years old.

Wang Chen asked, "Fifth brother, who are these three?"

Wang Yuncang immediately pointed to the short man in civilian clothes and said, "This is Lord Zhu of the county." Immediately, he pointed to another burly man in plain clothes, "He is the county lieutenant Lord Zhou." As for the rest of the people in official uniforms, he didn't seem to know them, so he looked at them and didn't speak.

The man in the official uniform took the initiative and introduced himself, "I am the priest of the county monk association, surnamed Quan, and I specialize in managing the monks of this county. ”

At first, Wang Chen thought that the man in official uniform had the highest status, but after listening to the identity introduction, he realized that the two men in plainclothes were the bosses.

The county chief is equivalent to the deputy county magistrate in modern society, and the county lieutenant is almost the director of the public security bureau, and as for the Sangha Division, which is like the Religious Affairs Bureau, according to its authority, it is affirmed that the county is the first, the county lieutenant is the second, and the Sangha is the third.

Hearing that it was the three officials, Wang Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Three adults, please come in." ”

Zhu Xiancheng and Zhou Xianwei nodded and walked inside.

Only the Quan Monk Society politely refused: "No, I will send a degree to Wang Gongzi and leave, the affairs of the Monk Association are busy." As he spoke, he pulled out a bright yellow document from his sleeve and handed it over.

Wang Chen took it and thanked him.

The monk will advise, "Just write your name." ”

"Okay, I'm tired. Wang Chen said again, pinching the degree paper and glancing at it, his heart blossomed, there is no need to pay taxes with this thing, great!

The spring monks will take their leave.

Wang Yuncang went to see him off.

……

Go back to the house.

Zhu Xiancheng saw that the bed was messy, and said with concern: "Are I disturbing Wang Gongzi's sleep?"

Zhou County Lieutenant also said: "Ouch, how sorry is that, why don't I come back later?"

Well?

The attitude of the officials in the Song Dynasty was so good?

In Wang Chen's impression, no matter how close to the people as an official, it is impossible to be like these two, but it is definitely a good thing for people to have a good attitude towards them, "No, no, the two adults, please take a seat." ”

Zhu Xiancheng is a good person, "It seems that you haven't freshened up yet, we are not in a hurry, you freshen up first, and then let's talk slowly." ”

It's really not polite to talk to people without brushing your teeth and washing your face, and after sleeping all night, there is more or less taste in your mouth, Wang Chen is not hypocritical, he responded, took out his grooming tools, and began to freshen up.

Freshen up.

Whew, it's a lot fresher.

Wang Chen put the toothbrush cup back in front of the dressing table, came to the table and said, "Please tell me about the two adults." ”

"What did you rinse your mouth with a tooth incense chip just now?" Zhu Xiancheng asked, not getting down to business.

Wang Chen smiled: "Yes." ”

Zhou County Lieutenant said with novelty: "Why is it different from what I am using?"

He was a little close to Wang Chen, and a faint foul smell came from his mouth, which made Wang Chen almost want to cover his nose.

But County Lieutenant Zhou was still spitting at Wang Chen, "The tooth incense chip is made of a combination of spices, medicinal herbs and honey, and it seems that it is not as convenient as Wang Gongzi." ”

Don't spray, stinky, don't ......

I'm grass, and here I am again.

Wang Chen looked at County Lieutenant Zhou speechlessly.

Zhou County Lieutenant happily said: "I don't know if I can try your tooth incense chips, if it's okay to use it, I'll also get one to use." ”

How can the toothbrush be shared with others, Wang Chen didn't care about wiping his face and spitting Xingzi, and hurriedly said: "County Lieutenant Zhou likes it, I'll give you a set." ”

He was afraid that Zhou County Lieutenant would really try his own toothbrush, so he quickly got up and ran to the box next to the bed and took out two toothbrushes and two boxes of toothpaste, and sent them all, he must not ignore Zhu Xiancheng, otherwise it is easy to make people hate.

Zhu Xiancheng cultural people wanted to save face, and pretended to excuse themselves: "I can't do it." ”

Seeing that the county lieutenant Zhou was about to speak to him again, Wang Chen was afraid of him, hurry up Lord D County, it's just a small object, there is nothing to make it, you can use it. ”

Zhou County Wei Wufu, a rough man, not as elegant as Zhu Xiancheng, happily took the toothbrush and toothpaste, looked at the room, ran to the dressing table and picked up Wang Chen's toothbrush cup, "I'll try how it works." ”

Wang Chen: "......"

Forget it, this toothbrush cup is not working.

Lieutenant Zhou scooped up some water and scrubbed one-two-three-go.

Zhu Xiancheng has been staring.

After half a ring, Zhou Xianwei finished brushing his teeth, he smacked his lips and said in surprise: "It seems to be much more comfortable in the mouth." He turned around and walked to Wang Chen's side, and sighed while others were out of luck, "How?"

Wang Chen almost jumped up when he saw him, but in the end he held back, rude, well, fortunately it doesn't stink this time, and the toothpaste is still useful in the end.

"The breath is fresh and natural. Wang Chen reluctantly replied with a smile, thinking in his heart that he must avoid Lieutenant Zhou in the future.

Hearing this, Zhu Xiancheng became interested, touched the toothbrush and toothpaste in his hand and hesitated: "I'll try it too?"

"It's really easy to use, Lord Xiancheng, you go and try it. Zhou County Lieutenant recommended.

Zhu Xiancheng rolled up his sleeves, picked up the toothpaste and toothbrush, and got up like Zhou County Lieutenant just now.

He is different from County Lieutenant Zhou, and he is still savoring the taste when he brushes his teeth.

At the end, Zhu Xiancheng couldn't put it down, holding the toothpaste and toothbrush, and said with a smile: "Good things, good things, nephew Wang Xian, can you tell me where this thing is sold, I will prepare a set for each family." ”

How could Wang Chen not understand this, Zhu Xiancheng said that he couldn't help it before, but now he is stinky and shameless and takes the initiative to ask for it!

However, when people are officials, they are called virtuous nephews, and they ask for things vaguely, and they can't help but give it, and if they don't give it, they will be hated and given in the future, and if they ask for something to go to the door, they will more or less give some face.

Wang Chen still understood this point, and said, "I don't know how many people are in the county adult's family?"

Zhu Xiancheng said: "Not counting the next people, about twenty people." ”

Wang Chen wiped his cold sweat, he went back and forth a few times, and only prepared forty sets of toothbrushes and toothpaste, Zhu Xiancheng wanted him to bleed heavily, he endured the pain and said: "I still have a little leftover, you can take it back to Mrs. and Son-in-law later." ”

Zhu Xiancheng hurriedly waved his hand and said again: "I can't help it." ”

Wang Chen's heart was dripping blood, and twenty sets of toothpaste and toothbrushes cost two or three hundred yuan, but he said in his mouth: "It's not in the way, it's not worth anything." ”

This time, Zhu Xiancheng did not accept it like just now, but said righteously: "Virtuous nephew, I really can't ask for it, otherwise I will be accused of taking bribes, otherwise, I will pay you to buy it, how much is a set?"

After all the bribes were said, Wang Chen naturally couldn't say anything for nothing, and said casually: "One or two pieces of silver." ”

Zhou County Lieutenant exclaimed: "It's so expensive? ”

"It's worth it! A tael of silver is not expensive. Zhu Xiancheng took over the conversation and took out a few pieces of broken gold from his pocket, "There are about two taels of gold here, and you can take twenty sets for me later." ”

Seeing Zhu Xiancheng so bold, Zhou County Lieutenant hesitated, and also took out a small piece of gold, "One or two gold, I want ten sets." ”

The Song Dynasty was a copper-based currency system, and ordinary people used copper coins, but the two of them were different, they were both officials, how could they go out with a lot of copper coins like ordinary people, and they basically had gold and silver, anyway, they had channels to exchange copper coins for gold and silver.

Wang Chen's social experience is insufficient, otherwise he would not have said the price of toothpaste and toothbrushes that he was going to sell in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wang Chen, who was still in pain before, suddenly his eyes lit up when he saw three taels of gold, earned, made a big profit, thirty sets of toothpaste and toothbrushes for nearly 30,000 yuan RMB, he wanted to accept it as soon as possible, but after thinking about it, he still pretended to say: "How embarrassed am I to take the money of the two adults......"

"Gotta take it. Zhu Xiancheng stared at Wang Chen very seriously, and said meaningfully: "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is sweet, I really want to become friends with virtuous nephews." ”

Zhou County Lieutenant looked at Zhu County's horse, nodded his head, and said the same.

Hey?

What does this mean?

To tell the truth, Wang Chen was a little puzzled by Zhu Xiancheng's words, he met for the first time today, why did he become a good friend?

Seeing that he was puzzled, Zhu Xiancheng smiled and said, "Do you know who came to our yamen yesterday?"

Where did Wang Chen know who came and who was going in the yamen, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhu Xiancheng lowered his voice, "Zhizhou and the transfer envoy are two adults." ”

Wait!

In this way, the "poof" laughter I heard in the county order study yesterday was made by one of the governors or the transfer envoys?

Wang Chen finally understood, and at the same time, he also knew why the county order of D came up and pulled himself to chant poems against him, it was clearly to study it!

Naturally, why did Zhu Xiancheng and Zhou County Lieutenant take the initiative to have a relationship with themselves, although yesterday's "Summer Quatrain" was very off-topic, but it was still favored by the governor or the transfer envoy, after all, it is natural to be taken care of by such a thing as a telescope that is very helpful to the military.

"Okay, nephew Wang Xian, I won't say much else, and in the future, I will often find me and County Lieutenant Zhou to drink. After Zhu Xiancheng finished speaking, he took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve, "This is a business document, there is no information such as address and business scope written on it, the seal has been knocked out, wait for your shop to buy it, fill it out yourself, and I and Zhou County Lieutenant will be busy with official business and take the first step." ”

Wang Chen got up and said, "I'll send two adults." ”

Zhu Xiancheng looked over, blinked and said, "Still called an adult?"

Wang Chen sweated, so he had to say, "Uncle Zhu." ”

Zhu Xiancheng laughed and said: "Okay, good, good nephew, I will find an opportunity to set up a banquet in the county when I go back, and tell everyone that I have recognized a good nephew!"

Hearing that there was going to be a banquet for Wang Chen, he sweated, and complained in his heart, fortunately he didn't let himself recognize his godfather, and his uncle could barely accept it.

Spit and complain, he knew in his heart that he had completely climbed the relationship with Zhu County, and he would have a backer in the Northern Song Dynasty in the future!

Prepare toothpaste and toothbrushes for each of you.

Before leaving, Lieutenant Zhou said bluntly, "In the future, I will let people often go around your shop, you don't have to be afraid of any hooligans." ”

Wang Chen was overjoyed and thanked again and again.

Personally sent the two downstairs.

……

Go back to the house.

Just as he was about to catch up on sleep, the door slammed again.

It's still Wang Yuncang, "Brother Chen, Shopkeeper Yan sent someone to send the money from Mrs. Lin Shao's singing and selling objects." ”

Hearing that the money was in place, Wang Chen, who had just fallen on the bed, suddenly jumped up and said energetically: "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Seven or eight people rushed in, carrying a large box in their hands.

After they came in, they immediately closed the door, and then the little guy who had seen the building asked him to open the box, pointed to the white and golden things, and said: "Young Master Wang, in the early morning, Young Madam Lin sent three thousand taels of silver and one hundred and three taels of gold, deducting forty taels of gold from one percent commission, and there are three thousand taels of silver and sixty-three taels of gold left in total, please count." ”

it!

It's all real money!

Where has Wang Chen seen so much silver and gold, his eyes were spent, but his heart was dripping blood, Shopkeeper Yan, you are peeling your skin every week, why don't you take silver and take gold?

Forget it, who made the sale of real estate the property of the government?

Moreover, Wang Chen thought that he had received copper coins at first, but now he has received silver and gold, which is a surprise!

As for why Mrs. Lin would give silver and gold instead of copper coins, it is estimated that 4,000 copper coins is too much, after all, 600 copper coins are more than 4,000 catties, and 4,000 catties are 30,000 catties.

In the Song Dynasty, one catty was equal to sixteen taels, three thousand taels of silver was equivalent to one hundred and eighty-seven catties in modern times, and sixty-three taels of gold were almost four catties or less, and they were piled together to give people a very strong sense of visual impact.

At this moment, Wang Chen has only one thought in his heart, buddy has made a fortune again in the Northern Song Dynasty!