At the third hour of the third day of the new year, God was still like the bottom of a cauldron, black and black, and the messengers of the Yamen of the Yuyan Prefect marched in a procession with torches to the Huawu area in the upper reaches of the Yuyan River. They commanded the 100 people who stayed on the shore of the flower dock on the first night to stretch up sections of brightly colored high-quality silk with bamboo canopies, and to block the small green plain of the flower dock.

When the sky reveals the white of the fish's belly, and the golden morning sun sprinkles on the river, even the weeping willows on both sides of the flower dock are wrapped with countless tribute silks and satin. There are also pots of precious flowers displayed everywhere in the small flower dock, competing for beauty and fragrant, which completely sits on this place.

In late spring, there is still a cold wind on the riverbank, not to mention the cold of the night at night. The people stayed by the river without a cover, and most of them did not sleep well.

What's even more infuriating is that not to mention the first night's dinner, after a long morning here, the servants didn't mention the word "breakfast". The people are tired and tired for so long, and they have been bullied by wind and frost, they are really cold, hungry, sleepy and tired.

It was easy to force the work to be done, and the servants shouted to drive the people away quickly. But the people dragged their feet, and only set their eyes on the servants again and again. But seeing that the beads are surrounded by green and the splendid little flower dock is about to be left behind, the long-awaited wages have never been seen.

Finally someone couldn't help it. A burly man in his thirties, with a dark complexion and a burly figure, nodded to a servant not far away, and asked cautiously: "This official is tired, and he dares to ask where we can get our wages?" ”

When the officer heard this, he laughed. The big man didn't know why, but he didn't dare to question it, so he could only laugh with him. But after laughing, the officer's face changed instantly, and he couldn't help but say that he used a scabbard to split his head and cover his face, and smashed the big man indiscriminately, and scolded in his mouth: "Get out, get out of your mother's mud legs!" Are you working for the prince of the county, and you still want to be paid? Grandpas have worked hard all night, and they haven't seen the two of them, so you deserve it?! ”

The big man was caught off guard, and his head was broken and bleeding from the heavy scabbard. Blood was running down his head and neck, and in an instant it was everywhere on his ragged shirt.

The big man didn't feel pain, but just stared down at the blood stains that were winding down on the ragged clothes, his eyes slowly turned red, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. The big fist of the bowl was clenched tightly, and the knuckles of his fingers rattled, and his elbows were about to be raised, and he was about to resist the beating of the servants.

Seeing this, the officer laughed twice and stretched out his hand to draw his sword. However, his fish scale treasure knife has not been unsheathed for too many days, and it has never been maintained, and the handle and swallow of the knife are actually rusty. After pulling it out several times, he pulled out the knife with great difficulty, but the blade behind it was stuck in the sheath and could not move.

Fortunately, after a short delay in this short time, the big man was hugged by several fellow villagers, and it took a lot of effort for the old man to drag him away.

A fellow villager of the Han Dynasty bowed and sneered at the errand who was still grinning with the scabbard, and repeatedly accused: "The official is not annoyed!" Erniu is a fool, only his youngest son fell on the mountain, and he had to be raised with a lot of silver, so he fell into the eye of money. The officials must not be concerned with him, the villains do not dare to ask for wages seriously, and the right is to give the officials tea money. The officials are hard, hard. ”

It turned out that Wang Erniu was the one who had the audacity to carry his son behind his back to stop the Zongzheng family from entering the incense procession, although his youngest son was treated by the Zongzheng family doctor and there was no danger of life, but it was impossible to count on the Zongzheng family for medicine and recuperation later. So when he heard that the prefect of Yuyan had sent an errand and might have a salary, he asked someone to do the work.

Unexpectedly, not only did he do it for nothing, but he was also wronged and became a fool, thinking that his youngest son was still lying in bed, Wang Erniu became more and more irritable, struggling in the siege of everyone's hands and feet, attracting more people to hug him.

The officer wanted to say a few words, but he had already noticed that something was wrong with the saber in his hand, so he hurriedly raised his head and glared at the man fiercely, and scolded: "Get out of the way for grandpa!" Waiting for grandpa to hack you alive?! ”

The people heard this, and when they saw other servants, they were not good-looking, and they dared to think about any wages. They rushed away in a panic, carrying grievances full of grievances and returning to their villages empty-handed.

The officer finally pulled his sword out of its sheath, and ignored the group of mud-legged men who did not know what to do, and only looked at his own saber. Suddenly wanting to cry without tears, he turned the treasurer of the armory room over and over again in his heart, and he didn't know how many times he scolded him. It turns out that a good fish scale knife, under that layer of snowy knife surface is actually an even more rotten bronze inside! The dark green patina has corroded to the knife surface!

"Oh my God! It's only been three months since this knife was sent to me! What can I do!? "This errand soldier is no longer arrogant, and he sits on the ground with his butt, patting his thighs and crying and wiping away tears.

The other seven officers gathered around, and when they saw this, they all drew their swords. Only two people wiped their sweat and let out a sigh of relief. The swords of the other five men were the same as those of the servant, with iron covered in wrought copper. There was even a man's knife that was simply broken in its sheath.

The prefect is from the family of the king of Yuyan County, and Yuyan is the fief of the king of the county, this gang of errands is usually rampant and domineering, as long as the prefect banner is played, it is enough to bluff the neighbors, there are not many opportunities to draw the sword, they never expected that the saber issued only three months ago would actually be a good thing!

According to the system, the swords of the officers were issued to each person, and the maintenance and repair, including the replacement of non-war damage, were borne by themselves. This is especially true if you can't use it again after it has not been damaged in battle, so you'll need to buy a brand new saber that looks exactly the same. Such a saber is clearly marked with a price of twenty taels of silver at the treasurer of the armory room!

Excluding gray income, the oldest of these errand servants earns only two taels of silver a month. The officer who first discovered that the saber had a ghost was only one or two dollars a month. If you really want to buy a knife again, it will take about two years of monthly income. Why don't you make them feel distressed?

But the servants also had a way, and a few people gathered and muttered for a while, but they no longer took this matter to heart, and stared at the direction where the group of people ran away and sneered.

"Brothers, let's go." An errand officer greeted, turned his head to look at the satin bamboo circumference that shimmered in the sun, and salivated, "Don't say anything else, just tear off those satin inch by inch, what good knife can't be bought?" There's no need to fight those mud-legged people! ”

"Kill me?!" An elderly servant slapped the back of the man's head and scolded with a smile, "Death to your mother!" You want to kill all over the house, don't drag Lao Tzu down, and you want to jump into the river to death! ”

The beaten officer was not annoyed, laughed with everyone, and walked away quickly towards the rising sun. Here, the actual owner of Yuyan Mansion will be ushered in in a while, and these low-level hard-working people who are not even as good as the ninth-rate officials are still as far away as possible.

At two o'clock in the morning, dozens of horse-drawn trucks full of household goods and green curtains and oily canopy carts carrying the sound of warblers and swallows slowly drove to Xiaohuawu.

The curtain of the oil caravan gradually opened, and nearly 100 beautiful girls walked out of the car one after another. These little ladies are all wearing satin, wearing gold and silver, looking at the style and demeanor, and the real bearing. For those who don't know, I'm afraid they will think that they are where the official ladies are on a trip.

In fact, they are just maidservants of the Yuyan Prefect's Mansion, and they came to make some arrangements on the order of the Lord's family, so that today's prefect's banquet can be held decently and completely.

More than a month ago, news came that the young daughter of Zhu Zhifu, who was waiting to be elected in Beijing, had the blue eyes of today's son, and was included in the harem before the palace election. It is rumored that the Son of Heaven favored this woman very much, and he did not follow the rules of the ancestral palace at all. As soon as Miss Zhu Wu entered the palace, she was registered as a Qing noble, and after serving overnight, she was promoted to one of the twelve concubines again without waiting for pregnancy, and she was already the head of the first palace of Qingyun Palace.

Not only that, five days ago, the angels in Beijing came to Yuyan Mansion and brought the holy decree of the Son of Heaven who loved the house and Wu to canonize Zhu Zhifu as the Viscount of Yuyan, and Mrs. Zhu was also canonized as a lady of the three products, and rewarded the treasures and treasures in two large carriages, and the gold, silver and satin next to it were filled with twenty large boxes. The grace of the concubine is evident from this.

The angel of the inner palace who came to issue the decree also revealed that as long as Concubine Qing is pregnant, regardless of gender, she will definitely be promoted to one of the eight concubines. And Qing Concubine is so favored at such an age, not to mention the position of the fourth concubine of the virtuous and virtuous lady in the future, even the imperial concubine who is under the queen and the deputy queen is probably also qualified to fight.

If it is fortunate to invite heaven, Concubine Qing gave birth to a prince...... Tut-tut, so many things, why didn't the Zhu Governor's family be overjoyed, how could they not celebrate? Therefore, today, Governor Zhu invited colleagues and friends all over Xiaohuawu, firstly, to see off the inner palace angels who returned to Beijing, and secondly, to thank the king of Yuyan County who made great efforts in Miss Zhu's draft.

Since they are relatives of the emperor and the country, this banquet must not lose its dignity. These young ladies from the prefect's mansion threw the flowers they had just picked in the early morning into the river, and poured precious incense dew in large bottles, and placed exquisite incense burners everywhere to light the elegant spices.

The green grass was also covered with a thick carpet of gold and red with delicate embroidery from the south, so that the shoes of the distinguished guests would not be stained with a single trace of dirt. On the carpet, the tables made of various precious woods are neatly displayed. The one-color tableware is made of brilliant pure gold, and it is inlaid with colorful gemstones, which is very luxurious.

Before the busyness was over, there were more than a dozen carts loaded with dried fruits, snacks, ingredients and drinks to be used for the lunch feast. I saw that all kinds of dried fruits of various seasons were packed one by one, and more than a dozen baskets were packed in large bamboo baskets. All over the country have all kinds of exquisite dim sum, all of which are filled with good dim sum boxes, so that the strong mother-in-law can carry them, a total of more than 20 loads. The fragrance that escapes from these burdens can be smelled more than ten miles away.

There are also all kinds of rare ingredients that fly in the sky, run on the ground, swim in the water, and hide in the crevices of the rocks, and the water price is carried down. The big and small cooks who came with the car were bright-eyed and ready to show their skills. And the drinks and drinks, not to mention anything else, just the five urns of imperial wine brought by the angels from Beijing and the ten jars of fruit wine that the ladies are accustomed to drinking, are enough to make people salivate.

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