The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March!

When he went to Beijing last year to make a confession, Han Xiufeng passed through Wuchang by boat, and once looked up at the Yellow Crane Tower located on the top of Snake Mountain at the bow of the ship. Then go down the river to Yangzhou, change ships at the wharf outside Yangzhou City, go north along the Grand Canal, and neither go to the Yellow Crane Tower of the official and commercial travel "Tour must be so" and "Banquet must be so" nor enter Yangzhou City. A few days ago, I went to Jiangning and passed through Yangzhou again, and once again passed by Yangzhou City, which has two points of "three moonlight in the world".

This time I didn't miss it again, and finally saw the prosperity of Yangzhou. It's just that the New Year is coming, and I can't wait for the Yamen seal to go to Hai'an to take office, find the "Rishengchang" Yangzhou branch and send the letter home, and I didn't even go to the world-famous Slender West Lake, so I rushed to Taizhou non-stop.

I thought that Taizhou was just a small city, but I didn't expect Taizhou City to be more prosperous than Ba County, which is the same city as the county government, the government government and the provincial government.

There is a dam outside the city, and the salt from Huainan 20 fields is transported here, and all of it must be approved by the salt officials set up in Taizhou by the Yamen of the Salt Transportation Division, and then the people will carry it to the opposite side of the dam for loading.

In the cold winter of Layue, the dam is as lively as Chaotianmen Wharf, the people are busy, and the sound of trumpets and the hawkers who do the people and the boatmen on both sides of the dam come and go.

Entering the city from the general building, the streets in the city are not only wide and all are paved with stone slabs, Lujia Flour Shop, Caojia Flower Shop, Tongfu Silk Satin Village, Yongtai Cloth Village, Yongyu Silk Zhuang, Zhang Yuanbao Copper Tin Hang, Huizhou Hongsan Tea Village, Ruilin Pharmacy, Tianbao Silver Building...... Both sides of the street are full of shops, and there is no end in sight, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians.

What Han Xiufeng didn't expect even more was that there were many yamen in the city.

There are not only the state government offices, but also the supervision offices of the two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions and the Yangzhou Third Weiqian General Administration of the Caoyun Yamen, and even the trial court of Yangzhou Mansion is in Taizhou. Scholars from the eight prefectures and counties of Jiangdu, Ganquan, Yizhen, Gaoyou, Xinghua, Baoying, Taizhou and Dongtai under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture want to come to Taizhou to take the exam.

Han Xiufeng took Pan Er, Datou and Zhang Shiheng to the front of the state office, and suddenly turned around and said: "Changsheng, you and Shiheng don't have to go in with me, there must be a blacksmith shop in the city, you first find someone to inquire where the blacksmith shop is, and go to the blacksmith to get fifty sets of handcuffs and leg irons." ”

"What do you do with so many handcuffs and leg irons?"

"I can't tell for a while, but it's useful anyway!"

"But that's fifty pairs, not five, and I can't type them for a while." Pan Er said with a bitter face.

Han Xiufeng glanced back at the official hiding in the corner of the state yayi gate basking in the sun, and said lightly: "If you don't go to Hai'an today, when will the fifty pairs of handcuffs and shackles be laid down, and when will we go to Hai'an to take office." ”

"Then we have to find a place to stay first."

"It's natural, you come here and wait for me after the matter is done."

I don't know if it's getting closer and closer to Hai'an, or if it's the Taizhou Prefecture in front of him, Pan Er feels that Han Si seems to be a different person, and he really has official authority in his gestures, so he didn't dare to ask again, and hurriedly said: "Okay, Shi Heng and I will go to the blacksmith shop first." ”

Han Xiufeng smiled slightly, then straightened his clothes and walked to the Yimen with his big head.

"Do what, sue?" The official asked subconsciously.

"This official is here to take office, and I bother you to report it, and I will say that Han Xiufeng, the Haian Inspector, will visit Master Zhang."

"You...... Are you Han Xiufeng Han Master? ”

"Exactly." Han Xiufeng took out the official document covered with the Governor of Liangjiang Guan Fang from his arms, and handed it over with a smile.

The official was illiterate, took the official document, looked at Han Xiufeng's master and servant, who was not only not wearing an official uniform but was even a little shabby, and asked suspiciously: "Are you really Master Han?" ”

"If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, this official is Han Xiufeng, the new inspector of the Hai'an Inspection Division!"

It really can't be fake, even if the fake one eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to come to the yamen to deceive, the official doesn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, don't be surprised by Master Han, please inside Master Han, and the small one will show you the way." ”

"Those who don't know are not to blame." Han Xiufeng asked as he walked, "Is the eldest master here?" ”

"Yes, the eldest lord said in the morning, Master Han, why didn't you come today. The official document of the Yamen of the Taiwan Dynasty arrived early, and the eldest master sent someone to Hai'an to inform Master Fang a few days ago, and asked Master Fang to send someone to Jiangyan to meet you. ”

"There was a delay on the way."

Han Xiufeng said perfunctorily, motioned for the big head to wait in the gatehouse, and then walked into the lobby with his head held high.

While making eye contact with the soap class official on duty, the official said with a smile: "Master Han, you wait in the hall, and the little one will go in to help you report." ”

"Go ahead."

The yamen in the world are almost the same, Han Xiufeng stood in the lobby and waited for a while, a Confucian in his thirties walked in with a smile on his face, and greeted him: "Master Han, I am waiting for you, please move to the second hall, my father is waiting in the second hall." ”

"Master Han, this is the second son of the eldest master."

"It turned out to be the second young master, disrespectful and disrespectful!"

"How dare you." Although Zhang Er is the second son of the eldest lord of Zhizhou, he is neither an official nor famous, but he does not dare to take a stand in front of Han Xiufeng, and while leading the way in front, he said with a little embarrassment: "Master Han, my father encounters a cold by chance, if there is something slow in the future, please forgive me." ”

Han Xiufeng inquired when he was in Yizhen, and the top boss he was about to see was surnamed Zhang, whose name was Zhigao, and he was from Qiantang, Zhejiang. Not only is he only from Shigong, but he is also in his sixties, his old eyes are dizzy, and it is said that he still has some ears. With such a background and such an age, it is a miracle that he can still be a Zhizhou, so no one dares to offend, and the whole son is a good man.

However, in Han Xiufeng's opinion, this is not a bad thing, and he was about to speak, and he had already followed up with the second hall, and when he looked up, his boss was not just a chance cold, but he was not lightly ill, and the whole person was lying in the Taishi chair wrapped in a quilt, his face was full of old age spots, his forehead was full of wrinkles, and his exposed hands were skinny and skinny.

"Xiufeng meets the eldest master." Han Xiufeng was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

Han ...... Brother Han has no ...... No need to be polite, Guangcheng, and ...... Still...... Don't invite Master Han to sit yet, don't hurry up...... Hurry up and ask Master Han to use tea. ”

"Master Han, please."

"Brother Zhang, you and I are the same age, so don't talk about Master Han anymore." Han Xiufeng glanced up at Zhang Er, and then leaned over and said, "Master, your old body is not safe, you can't catch a cold anymore, why don't you go to the inner hall to rest, what is there to let the second son explain to Xiufeng." ”

"This ...... How can this be done, I ...... I still have to pick up the wind for Brother Han...... Catch the wind and wash the dust. ”

"Master, your old hospitable Xiufeng has a heart, your old body is not safe, and it is still important to recuperate."