Huang Zhongyin was just a friend of the military department to help pay attention to the news of the river camp, and he didn't know that there was any movement in the official department.

Wang Qianli, who had just returned to Gu'an from Fucheng, was awarded the Zhuozhou Prefecture Judgment for his meritorious work in besieging Changmao. He had already been awarded the title of state judge before, and Guan Hezhou was only a second official, so there was no need to go back to Beijing to receive the certificate, just go directly to the provincial office to meet Wu Tingdong.

It is worth mentioning that today's Daotai Yamen is also the Yamen of the Zhili Inspectorate, and Wu Tingdong holds two positions, and two masts have been erected in the courtyard of the Ya Ting Department, and two large flags have been hung. Originally, the subordinate officials and officials who were originally in Baoding came over, and the main halls of the state capitals of Zhili went to meet one after another, plus the civil and military officials who passed by Gu'an to visit, and the provincial office that was slightly deserted before became a crowd.

It is precisely because of the large number of official duties and entertainments that Wu Tingdong has no time to take care of river affairs, and the affairs of governing the river all fall on Shi Zanqing's shoulders, so Wang Qianli was also sent to the North Bank Hall to assist Shi Zanqing in governing the river.

Wang Qianli went to the North Shore Hall, Han Xiufeng was reluctant in his heart, and at the same time he was happy for him in his heart, after all, it is not easy to have a shortage in these years, not to mention that although the judge of Hezhou is a second official, he is also a serious court official, and it is really a glorious thing to be able to judge Shangzhou.

Sending Wang Qianli away, he ushered in the capital division, garrison and co-organized garrison sent by the Ministry of War.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they remembered their names, they found that there were not only few soldiers in the river camp, nothing to do in peacetime, and no oil and water, so they found excuses to take leave and returned to the capital one after another! Before leaving, he also deliberately asked Xi Yibing, the new head of the camp office, about the day of payment, apparently planning to come back when the salary was paid, or simply send his family to help receive the salary.

They were either on errands in the palace before, or they were on errands in the Eight Banners Commanding Yamen, and they all had backers. What's more, regardless of the Eight Banners or the ministries and courtyards in Beijing, there are many civil and military officials like this who only receive money and food and do not go to the yamen, Han Xiufeng simply turned a blind eye.

There were few soldiers in the river camp, and the original treasury became empty, and Han Xiufeng didn't want the yamen and garrison office of the river hall to be so empty. sent away the new capital division, garrison and co-organizer of the garrison, and called the chief who had just returned from Fucheng to move.

Everyone moved into the Yamen of the River Hall, and the camp office moved to the garrison office.

While using a feather duster to dust the cobwebs on the beams of the house, the big head asked curiously: "Fourth brother, isn't the capital department also empty, why don't you and your sister-in-law move to the capital department to live?" It's close to the Provincial Department and close to the county seat, so it's more lively than here! ”

Han Xiufeng put down the book and said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Department has been requisitioned, even if it is not requisitioned, I don't want to join in the fun." ”

"Who requisitioned it, why don't I know?"

"Lord Wu requisitioned, such a thing, is it possible that Lord Wu has to ask you what you mean first, and discuss with you first?"

"I didn't mean that, I'm just a little strange, doesn't he have a government office, why do you want to requisition the government office of our river camp!"

"He has a government office, but now he has two hats, and he has twice as many people under him as before. Those scribes and officials are easy to do, mainly those subordinate officials from Baoding, and they can't do without a yamen. ”

"So you took possession of our capital office?"

"Who made the family official," Han Xiufeng straightened up and asked with a smile: "Big head, do you remember Zhou Xingyuan?" ”

"Remember, what's wrong with the Copper Heavenly King, is there a letter?" Big Head asked subconsciously.

"There is no letter, I mean that when he released Yunnan copper, everywhere he went, those people under him shouted 'Fengdian Constitution and Transport' or something. This constitution refers to the political envoy of Yunnan, and the envoy that Lord Wu is now doing is called the 'Three Constitutions' together with the governor and the political envoy, that is, the three people with the largest official positions in a province. ”

The big head reacted and asked in surprise: "Fourth brother, according to what you say, the official surnamed Wu has become bigger!" ”

"Yes, I'll have to be honored when I see it in the future." Han Xiufeng smiled and continued: "However, Zhili, like us in Sichuan, only has a governor and no governor, so the 'Three Constitutions' of Zhili refers to the system of Taiwan, the domain and the platform of Lord Wu. Also, the Katsuho-sama you met when you were in Fucheng is no longer acting as the governor of Naoli, and the current governor of Naoli is Gui Liang. ”

Thinking that Jiang Liu and the monkey were still serving under Katsubo, Datou asked eagerly, "Lord Katsuho has been deprived?" ”

"It was not a matter of seizing his post, it was an expedient measure for him to be the acting governor of Zhili at that time, and he was a leader of the troops, so he wanted to suppress the thieves and quell the chaos wholeheartedly, so how could he have the heart to manage the local military and political affairs. Now that there is a more suitable candidate, the emperor no longer needs him to act, although he is no longer acting as the governor of Zhili, but he is still the minister of the Qincha. ”

"Is that the minister of the Qincha, or the governor of Zhili?"

"All of them are big, and they are all big officials."

"That's good, otherwise, even if the sixth brother and the monkey don't regret not going to the capital with the pillars, they will regret not going back to Gu'an with me."

Seeing him mention Jiang Liu and the monkey, Han Xiufeng asked quietly: "Big head, Jiang Liu and the monkey will neither go to the capital with the pillar, nor go back to Gu'an with you, what do they think?" ”

"I want to be an official," the big head put down the feather duster and smiled: "Didn't the sixth brother catch a long-haired spy, he handed over the spy and the letter found from the spy to a lieutenant general under the command of Lord Shengbao, who didn't know how much he valued him, so he had to stay in front of the battle to serve." ”

"So he originally wanted to come back, but he couldn't help himself and couldn't come back?"

"That's not true, he and the monkey were still from our Heying at that time, whether to go to the capital, whether to go back to Gu'an with me, or to stay in front of the battle to serve, Master Wang and Yongxiang can call the shots, he wants to stay in front of the battle to serve."

"You didn't persuade him?"

"I persuaded him, but he didn't listen, what can I do? I could only give him the handcuffs, and later gave him six firebird guns, and all the silver on his body. ”

"Six?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

The big head thought that Han Xiufeng was reluctant, and hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, I originally planned to give only two shots, but it was Master Wang who saw that the deputy general really had the heart to promote him and let him be a sentry officer, and there were more than thirty brothers under him." Master Wang asked me to give him a few more shots, and by the way, he gave him two horses before leaving. ”

Wang Qianli hadn't mentioned these things, Han Xiufeng really just heard about it, and was silent for a moment and muttered: "I knew that he wanted to make a contribution, so I should have given him a few more shotguns." ”

"Fourth brother, you scared me to death, I thought ...... I thought you were angry. The big head grinned.

"Just a few shotguns, am I that stingy?" Han Xiufeng glared at him, sat down and said, "Although he risked his life to fight for a half-official position, he wanted to fight for a breath to let those husbands of the Tea Gang take a look, but it has something to do with you and me." If the Wu brothers hadn't joined the army and didn't become officials, he wouldn't have come to this point. ”

I don't know if I've seen the world in the past few years, or if Cuihua "taught" well, the big head is much more shrewd than before, and he actually muttered: "Fourth brother, the boss of the Wu family was beaten to death by me, but this matter can't be all thanks to me, if the sixth brother doesn't shout, I won't go, that fight is not only made by the sixth brother, but he also asked me not to keep my hands and let me fight to the death!" ”

Han Xiufeng nodded: "There is a debtor who is wronged, I really can't complain to you about this matter." As the saying goes, the bell must be tied to the bell, and this grievance with the Wu family will be resolved by Jiang Liu in the future. It's just that the march and battle are dangerous and ruthless, and I don't know if he, Jiang Liu, can live to meet the Wu family brothers. ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry about the sixth brother, I want to see if the Wu brothers can live to meet the sixth brother!"

"Well, it makes sense, this chaos is more useless than anything else, no matter how powerful the official is, no matter how much money he makes, he can survive, and he can live for a long time."

As she was talking, my sister ran in in a hurry, and as soon as she came in, she said eagerly: "Brother, Master Yongxiang sent someone to pick up the family, and the pillar and the iron lock also entrusted the letter to come." ”

"What about faith?"

"Oh, here." My sister hurriedly handed over the letter.

Han Xiufeng took the letter and looked at it, and as soon as he saw half of it, his sister couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what did the pillar say in the letter?" ”

"What's the hurry," Han Xiufeng glanced up at her, and asked as he continued to look, "What about your sister-in-law?" ”

"Sister-in-law and Cuihua went to send Master Yongxiang's family together," my sister looked like she had done something wrong, she drooped her head and whispered: "Mr. Yang Qian's family and Mr. Gu Qian's family also went to send it." ”

"Your sister-in-law and Cuihua went, so I don't have to send it," Han Xiufeng nodded slightly, and then put down the letter and said: "The pillar said in the letter that he and Tiesuo Xiaohu have arrived in the capital safely, and he and Tiesuo are on an errand in the south camp of the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, and Xiaohu is on an errand in the middle camp. The patrol camp is different from our river camp, as long as it is not on duty, he does not need to live in the camp, so he plans to rent a house in the south of the city, and Tie Lock plans to live in the guild hall. ”

Without waiting for the younger sister to speak, the big head asked curiously, "What about the little tigers?" ”

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "The Zhongying is stationed in the Old Summer Palace, which is a little far away from the guild hall, and it is not cheap to rent a house in Beijing, so Xiaohu and they plan to live in the camp." ”

The younger sister muttered: "People either live in the camp or in the club, why does he want to rent a house outside, he thinks he has a lot of money!" ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't guess what she was thinking, and couldn't help laughing: "Yes, renting a house in the capital is so expensive, and it's not a place to live." I wrote back to him, telling him not to rent and to let him live in the camp honestly. ”

The younger sister realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly blushed and said, "Brother, Zhuzi is not a person who likes to spend money indiscriminately, he ...... He plans to rent a house outside, and there must be a reason for him. ”

"What kind of truth can there be, he just spends money indiscriminately!"

"Brother, you know how to bully me......"

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you." Han Xiufeng scolded with a smile, got up and said, "I'll reply to him, let him rent a house, prepare the bride price, and choose an auspicious day to marry you." ”

The big head reacted at this time, and suddenly smiled: "I said that his turtle son thought of renting a house outside, it turned out that he wanted to marry his younger sister!" ”

"You're just a turtle son, ignore you!" The marriage with the pillar finally had a quasi-letter, and the younger sister was so happy that she ran out of the study with a red face and a strange sentence.

"It's really a big woman." Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, turned around and smiled: "Big head, there's nothing to do in the camp anyway, I'll go to your sister-in-law to get a thousand taels of silver tickets later, and go to the capital with Yongxiang's family." ”

"What are you going to do in the capital?" The big head asked stupidly.

"How much money can the pillar have in his hand? Send him some money, help him rent a yard, help him buy all the tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans for living at home, and then hire a sedan chair when everything is ready, and hire some people to beat gongs and drums to Gu'an to marry his younger sister. Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "I just have such a cousin as my sister who has not been out of the cabinet, not only do I have to marry her beautifully, but I can't let her suffer." ”

The big head reacted, thought about it, and grinned: "Fourth brother, can I go with Cuihua?" ”

"What are you going to do with Cuihua?" Han Xiufeng asked knowingly.

"Send her back to her parents' house, she also said yesterday that she planted so many vegetables and melons, and she couldn't eat them, and she was reluctant to give them away, and it was a sin to rot in the ground. said that if anyone went to the capital, it would be good to help bring some to Master Ao to taste. ”

Han Xiufeng thought that you and your mother-in-law would really climb up the pole, and secretly sighed that the relationship between the old Yuan family and the Rongchang Ao family would really develop in the future, and couldn't help laughing: "Since your family Cuihua has this heart, then take her with you, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate to just bring vegetables and fruits." ”

"And what else to bring?"

"Chickens, ducks, fish, meat!"

"Fourth brother, I want to bring it, but I only have two egg-laying chickens at home, so why bring two?"

"You don't have that much in your family, you can go to the village to buy it! It's cheap to buy in the village, and it won't cost you a few bucks. ”

"Fourth brother, I'm not reluctant, I haven't turned this corner. You are busy first, I will hurry up to Cuihua to get money to buy it in the village, isn't it just chicken, duck and fish, I am willing to do it! ”