Before coming to the capital, Qin'er only knew that Yongxiang had been promoted, but did not know how big Yongxiang's official had done, until he and his sister took the baby to Yongxiang's house in the inner city under the brave escort of several patrol battalion soldiers, and saw Yongxiang's mother-in-law and Yongxiang's younger siblings, and came out after eating wine in the palatial courtyard, only to really realize that Yongxiang is not what it used to be.

What made her even more unexpected was that as soon as she returned to the inn at the entrance of the alley of the guild hall, the pillars and iron locks happily rushed over to help move, saying that the inn was mixed, too noisy and noisy, and Master Yongxiang was worried that he would not be comfortable living, so he had already helped find a quiet courtyard.

My sister thinks that the guest house is very good, and she doesn't want to spend more money, but when she asks about the money, the pillar actually says that Master Yongxiang has arranged it properly, and they don't need to spend a penny more!

As the saying goes, the guest is as he pleases, and seeing that Yongxiang's family also came, and hired two sedan chairs, Qin'er could only ask her sister to pack her luggage and call Fei Erye, who had just returned from the hall, to move together.

Second Master Fei suddenly smiled as he walked with the sedan chair man, and the pillar asked curiously, "Second Master, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I'm familiar with this one."

"You've been here before?" Iron Lock asked subconsciously.

Second Master Fei pointed to the small alley diagonally opposite, and said proudly: "You have been in the capital for several days, Zhuo Zhongtang should have heard of it, Zhuo Zhongtang's house is in the alley, and Master Huang's house is not far from here." ”

"Which Zhuo Zhongtang, I really don't know."

"It is the official worship of Wu Yingdian University Scholar, Zhuo Bingtian Zhuo Zhongtang, who has served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, the secretary of the household department, and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. He is a fellow villager with us, and he is the biggest official in Sichuan in the past 100 years! Thinking that Zhuo Zhongtang was old and no longer asked about the affairs of the court, Fei Erye's words changed: "This area is the most official, I don't know how many examiners have been, so the rent in this area is also the most expensive." ”

"yes, I really don't know." The pillar was taken aback.

"Being an errand in Beijing is no better than being in Ba County, so you have to pay attention to it in the future and inquire more."

"Second Master Xie mentions, we will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

Talking and laughing, I heard Yongxiang's family shouting in front of me to get off the sedan chair. Fei Erye waited for Qin'er to take the dog out, and walked into this door with everyone, whose face was inconspicuous, but after entering the door, he bypassed the door and suddenly became enlightened. Inside and outside three entrances, the main hall, the matching room, the study add up to dozens of rooms, the second and third courtyards are not only planted with flowers and trees, but also pavilions, rockeries.

In the past two days, the dogs who have been locked up in the inn have been scared, and as soon as their feet hit the ground, they will be all over the yard.

My sister was afraid that he would stumble and fall, so she hurriedly chased after him.

Qin'er couldn't take care of the two of them, and asked with a bitter face with the package on her back: "Pillar, how much does it cost Master Yongxiang to rent such a big house?" ”

"Don't spend money, sister-in-law, you can live with your sister, this is also a piece of Master Yongxiang's heart."

"Why don't you spend money renting such a big house?"

"It doesn't cost anything!" Zhuzi grinned: "This mansion is a general property in our Nanying, which was originally rented to a director of the household department, who was just released last month, and it seems that he went to Shanxi." The one who always thought that Master Yongxiang was in charge of Nanying, it was not very convenient to go home every day, and it was not a matter of living in the yamen every day, so he lent this house to Master Yongxiang. ”

"Can you afford such a big mansion?" Jean will be skeptical.

"That one is always full, and this house seems to have been built by his ancestors. Sister-in-law, the capital is different from Gu'an, and the patrol camp is not quite the same as the river camp. ”

"What's the boss?"

"Sister-in-law, Tie Suo and I are on duty today, go first, and I'll talk to you again when I get back."

Second Master Fei realized that in front of Yongxiang's family, there were some things that were difficult to say, so he simply made a haha, asked Qin'er and his sister to settle down quickly, and then asked Yongxiang's family to sit in first.

After sitting in the main hall for a while, he said words of thanks for a while, and just sent the people away, Qin'er also packed up, and asked eagerly as soon as he came out: "Second master, Yongxiang is really flying Huang Tengda?" ”

"This can still be fake."

"But he ...... when he was in Gu'an"

How could Second Master Fei not know what she wanted to ask, and explained with a smile: "Qin'er, this battalion officer is different from the battalion officer, like the left, center, and right of the town mark of our hometown, and the river camp that Zhixing commanded before can't be compared. Although the patrol camp is called a camp, it is not comparable to the river camp. ”

"Why can't it be compared?" My sister came over with the dog egg and asked.

"The river camp under your brother's command now has only more than 200 soldiers, and at most it is more than 1,600. The patrol camp is different, there are more than 10,000 horses, battles, and guards in the patrol camp! Second Master Fei stroked the dog's head, and then said: "Yongxiang is now a guerrilla in the patrol camp, and he is in charge of the southern camp of the patrol camp. And Nanying not only has jurisdiction over Dongzhu City, Xizhu City, East Riverside, West Riverside, Flower Market, and Vegetable Market Mouth, but also has jurisdiction over more than 300 piles and more than 28 fences! ”

"I know the soldiers, there don't seem to be many soldiers in Yixun." Jean muttered.

"That's the flood in other places, there are a lot of flood soldiers in the flood land of the capital, if I remember correctly, there are more than 500 soldiers in each flood, and Yongxiang has jurisdiction over six floods, which means that he is now commanding more than 3,000 soldiers."

"He has so many men?" The younger sister asked in surprise.

"What is Nanying doing, Nanying not only has to defend Nancheng, but also has to maintain law and order, Yongxiang is the guerrilla commander of Nanying, don't you have so many soldiers?"

As soon as Second Master Fei's voice fell, Qin'er asked curiously: "Second Master, what are the piles and fences you just said?" ”

"Heaping is ...... It is like the corner tower and arrow tower at the four corners of the city wall, which is the place where the soldiers are on duty. A fence is a fence with a brave handle, which is generally located at a crowded street intersection. If there is a robbery, a fire, or any other act of adultery in the streets, the people can go to the nearest pile or fence to report to the officials. ”

Qin'er reacted and asked in surprise: "Second master, you always say that the entire southern city is under the control of Yongxiang?" ”

"All the things on the street are under his control, but the case is not decided by him, the Han people are handed over to the Shuntian Mansion, the Manchu people are handed over to the Eight Banners to the Yamen, the people of the Internal Affairs Office are handed over to the Internal Affairs Office, and the clans are handed over to the Zongren Mansion, if the case involves both the Han and the Manchu people, then several yamen will have to be judged together." Second Master Fei thought for a while, and then said: "And there is someone who is in charge of him, the imperial history of the Five Cities Procuratorate is walking around the city every day, and if the people have grievances, they can also go to the Five Cities Procuratorates to hand over the complaint." ”

Is there anyone in charge of Yongxiang, Qin'er is not interested, but knows that Yongxiang is really flying now, thinking that the pillar and the iron lock are also the general, I can't help asking: "Second master, what about the pillar and the iron lock, what about their errands?" ”

"It stands to reason that they are a fat shortage, but the feet of the Son of Heaven are different from other places, they have just arrived, they are not familiar with the place, and their subordinates will disobey the yang and the yin nine times out of ten, and the people on the streets who are in charge of them will probably not take them seriously."

It's about whether the pillar can make money, and my sister subconsciously asked: "What should I do?" ”

"Take your time, there will always be a day when they come out." Looking at the anxious appearance of the younger sister, Second Master Fei smiled again: "Don't worry about them, they are eating yamen rice, and it may not be possible to go into battle to fight, but it can be said that this errand can be said to be handy." ”

……

Just when they were inquiring about the recent situation of Yongxiang and the pillars, iron locks and others, they were so poor that they had no money to go to the door, so they could only beg for help with empty hands and cheekiness, and now Yongxiang, who had money in his hand and decided to repay him, was sitting in the flower hall of Rong Lu's house eating tea, and Rong Lu also happily accepted an envelope containing a silver ticket he had just offered.

"I'm not afraid of Brother Zhonghua's jokes, although I said that I worked hard to find an errand that could support my family, but in my heart, I was not as practical as I was when I was the capital secretary in Heying."

"Walking on thin ice?" Rong Lu asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, it's a bit of walking on thin ice." Yongxiang said with a bitter face.

"It's better to walk on thin ice than to get carried away," Rong Lu felt that the eight-pole man in front of him could make friends, and looked at him with a smile and said meaningfully: "You can have today because you have made meritorious contributions in training troops in the Heying Division, but in terms of merit, there are more civil and military officials who have worked hard and meritorious. ”

"Brother Zhonghua is right, but I think that I, the capital division, have been engaged in the patrol camp guerrilla, but Master Han is still staying in Gu'an, and there are not even a few soldiers under him, so I feel embarrassed."

"Feel ashamed of Han Zhixing?"

"Sort of."

"This is not necessary, after all, the soldiers of the river camp are not what you want to transfer, and the corners of the river camp are not something you can dig if you want to, you just follow orders." Rong Lu smiled, and continued: "Besides, he Han Zhixing, who is about the same age as me, has already become a Zhengwupin Tongzhi, and he is still a donor, what else does he want?" ”

"That being said, there's always something wrong with me in my heart."

"Emphasis on love and righteousness, it is really a person with a personality!" Rong Lu arched his hand, smiled and explained: "He really doesn't need you to worry, he thinks so wronged." If he guessed correctly, what he lacks now is not soldiers, nor money, but qualifications! ”

"Qualifications? What do you mean by that? ”

"You and I are touched by the light of our ancestors, as long as we take the right path, even if this career is not smooth, it will be smoother than that of Han officials, especially Han officials like Han Zhixing. Don't look at him now, he is already a five-grade acquaintance, but it is more difficult to go further than to ascend to the sky. Let's put it this way, from the fifth grade to the fourth grade, I don't know how many civil officials have not been able to cross it throughout the ages. ”

"It's harder than climbing to the sky?" Yongxiang felt that it was an exaggeration.

Rong Lu's face was straight: "Have you ever thought about why the Han people all want to become officials, in the final analysis, it is not to seal their wives and sons, and glorify their ancestors!" It's easy to seal a wife, and it's not difficult to glorify your ancestors, it's a big deal to spend some money to donate a grace, but it's not so simple to want a shadow. According to the example, this official can only achieve four grades in order to be in the shadow of a son and be in the absence of eight grades. ”