Lord Duan held a feast, and Han Xiufeng was so busy that he flew up.

Mr. Xu, Duan's friend of the scene, has a good reputation, and even plans to participate in the next year's entrance examination, so it is inconvenient to come forward. Lord Duan's family member Wang Gui didn't know much of the characters, and in Lord Duan's words, he didn't know much about the rules and didn't know how to speak, so Han Xiufeng, who had just helped deliver the souvenirs and charcoal, had to go door to door with Lord Duan's name card to send the invitation that Mr. Xu wrote for Lord Duan.

Sending an invitation cannot be regarded as "please", it can only be called "appointment".

On the morning of the banquet, I had to run again, reconfirm the time and place of the banquet with the family of the official who was going to be invited, and after I came back, I had to greet the officials and lords who came one after another at the door of the hall, and we had to welcome the officials and lords who came one after another into the courtyard and arrange the seats.

After the banquet was opened, they had to serve on the side, and the drama and the wine banquet lasted until the third watch.

Finally waited until the banquet was over, and sent the guests to the carriage with Lord Duan, and said goodbye in turn, Han Xiufeng still couldn't rest, and had to take Lord Duan's name card to the guests' homes overnight to say goodbye and thank them for coming.

Lord Duan originally planned to only invite two banquets, but the plan was not as good as changing, and many Beijing officials who had not moved around before knew that he had been promoted to Gansu Bu Political Envoy came to the guild hall to congratulate, and they couldn't just invite one and not this, so they actually feasted for four nights in a row, making it look like a flowing water banquet. Fortunately, Pan Er is capable, and he doesn't have to worry about the wine and food and the drama troupe, otherwise he doesn't know what he will be tired of.

The banquet was all over, the guests were very happy, Lord Duan was very satisfied, Han Xiufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to ask Director Zhang about filling the vacancy, Director Zhang actually rushed to the hall with a master Liu who he had never seen before.

There was a lot of wine and food left over last night, and Han Xiufeng hurriedly asked Pan Er to get a table.

Director Zhang took the tea from Xiao Shandong, looked at him with a smile and said, "Zhixing, what is the relationship between you and me, Master Liu is not an outsider, don't Zhang Luo, sit down and get down to business." ”

"Okay, you say. Master Liu, please use tea. Thinking that there was finally news about filling the vacancy, Han Xiufeng was really excited.

"Wait for the anxiety, in fact, there was a letter the day before yesterday. Thinking that you have been busy these days, I didn't come over, anyway, Lord Duan will have to wait a few days before going to Gansu to take office, and it will not delay you a day sooner or later. ”

As long as he talks about business, Curator Zhang will sell Guanzi, Han Xiufeng has long been accustomed to it, and he smiled and watched him listen.

Curator Zhang looked at the backyard and said with a bit of pride: "I have been waiting for a whole year to make up for this shortage, and it is a bit long, but as the saying goes, good things are grinding, if you don't have some patience, how can you wait for this fat shortage now?" ”

"Lack of fat?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"If you are a fake fat shortage, if you change it to someone else, you don't have to think about it!"

"Really!"

"What did I lie to you about," Director Zhang took a sip of tea, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March, Yangzhou is a good place, a real rich place." Go to Yangzhou Mansion to be an official for one term, and go to other places for ten years! ”

Han Xiufeng was happy: "Director Zhang, are you saying that I can go to Yangzhou for inspection?" ”

"It's not Yangzhou City, it's Yangzhou Mansion."

"Go to Yangzhou in that state and county?"

"Taizhou."

"Which side of Yangzhou is Taizhou?"

"East." Director Zhang put down the teacup, took out a map of Yangzhou Mansion that he asked Master Liu to draw before coming from his sleeve, and said like a treasure: "This is Yangzhou, this is Taizhou, but you are not in Yangzhou City, and you are not in Taizhou City, but here!" ”

"Haian?" Han Xiufeng looked at the map and muttered.

"That's right, it's Hai'an."

"...... of the Maritime Security Inspection Division"

"Zhixing, although Hai'an is only a town under the jurisdiction of Taizhou, but the Hai'an Inspection Department is a real fat shortage, Master Liu has been an ambassador of the Salt Division in the Tongzhou Branch of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, has been to Hai'an, and has dealt with the previous Hai'an Inspection, this lack is not fat, Master Liu knows best."

"Director Zhang, it's not that I don't believe you, but ...... It's ......"

"I know that with Lord Duan's support, as long as you can distribute it to Gansu, you can also make up for the fat shortage, but in my opinion, it is really better to go to Yangzhou than to Gansu."

Gansu is a bitter cold place, Han Xiufeng definitely didn't want to go before, but now it's not the past, Lord Duan made up for the political envoy of Gansu, and there is Lord Duan as a backer, so it's really a good shade under a big tree.

Master Liu didn't think so, put down the teacup and cleared his throat, pointed to the map and said with a smile: "Brother Han, although the Hai'an Inspection Department is subordinate to Taizhou, it is not the same as the inspection department of ordinary states and counties. You see, to the south is Rugao County in Tongzhou, to the north is Dongtai County in Yangzhou, and Hai'an is located at the junction of the three prefectures and counties of Taizhou, Rugao and Dongtai. ”

What is so rare about this, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said: "Master Liu, my hometown is located at the junction of three counties, and it is known as having one foot in three counties. ”

"Do you have a salt pan in your hometown?" Master Liu asked rhetorically, then pointed to the map and said with a smile: "The two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions have three divisions: Tongzhou, Taizhou and Haizhou, the Tongzhou Division is located in Shigang, the Taizhou Division is located in Dongtai, the Haizhou Division was originally in Huai'an, and Qianlong changed to Banpu in the 24th year. Among them, there are nine salt farms under the jurisdiction of the Tongzhou Branch, and there are nine field officials, that is, the salt division; The Taizhou branch has 11 salt farms and 11 field officials. ”

"Master Liu, these are salt officials, what do they have to do with the Hai'an Inspection Division?" Han Xiufeng asked puzzled.

"It's a big deal!" Master Liu made a gesture on the map, looked up and said: "To the south, east, and north of Hai'an are all the salt farms of the Tongzhou Branch and the Taizhou Branch, and the salt produced by the Tongzhou Branch and the Taizhou Branch must be transferred to Taizhou along the waterway through Hai'an, and then from Taizhou to Yangzhou.

Brother Han, do you see, this river runs through the north and south, connecting the eleven fields in Taizhou into one, so it is called the Kushichang River. This north-south river is called Tongyang River, and the two rivers meet in Hai'an and lead to Taizhou in the west, so this section to the west is also called Yunyan River. Hai'an is not only located at the junction of Taizhou, Dongtai and Rugao, but also the waterway for salt transportation! ”

Han Xiufeng understood as if he had been empowered, stared at the map and asked, "Master Liu, so although the Hai'an inspection is subordinate to Taizhou, it is actually similar to the salt official?" ”

"Exactly." Master Liu smiled and nodded, and continued: "Taizhou has an inspection department in Hai'an, and the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division originally had an inspection department in Hai'an. In view of the fact that the Hai'an Inspection Department also has the responsibility of strictly suppressing smugglers, and the salt road inspection only has the responsibility of strictly arresting smugglers but cannot control the locality, the Lianghuai Salt Administration later abolished the salt road inspection in Hai'an. ”

Director Zhang couldn't help but smile and said: "Zhixing, I don't know how many people are staring at those shortcomings of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, even if I can make up for it, it won't be long before I can make up for it." The Hai'an Inspection Division is different, although it is not a salt official, it can be as strict as the salt road inspection to arrest private criminals, so many of Lord Duan's in the same year must be an official in Jiangsu, there is Lord Duan's care, you don't say to be one term, I think it is possible to be two or three! ”