"Fourth brother, don't worry, my father said before I came, he will take care of it. It's not far away, it's only three steps and two steps, and your aunt and sister won't have anything to do. ”

"Thank you."

"You and I are world friends, and we have to go to the capital together, which is all as it should be." After flattering him fiercely, Pan Er asked again: "Fourth brother, when will we leave?" ”

Han Xiufeng put down the luggage brought by his aunt and said with a smile: "The ship carrying Yunnan copper has not arrived yet, and I don't know when it will be until now, but my friends from the Sichuan Gang and the Tea Gang will help me keep an eye on the dock, and they will tell me as soon as the boat arrives." ”

Although Pan Er hadn't been to the city much, he knew that the Sichuan Gang Tea Gang was a porter begging for a living at those wharves along the river, so he couldn't help but remind: "Fourth brother, there are so many boats on the river, who knows which one is to transport Yunnan copper." This has to be kept an eye on, in case the boat arrives and leaves the river without docking, how can we go to the capital, even if we can get there, how much it will cost to entangle. ”

"Don't worry about it, not only will the ship carrying copper not stop docking, but as soon as it enters the boundary of our Ba County, it will send someone to the county government to make an announcement."

"And this rule?" Pan Er asked curiously.

Han Xiufeng put down the remaining half-bitten pears and patiently explained: "Brother Pan, the ship is carrying copper, which is to be transported to the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Household and the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to mint money!" Your family is a pawnshop, you are a young shopkeeper in Tongxingdang, hundreds of thousands of pounds of copper, you can calculate how much money you can cast. Let's put it this way, what they shipped was half a year's income of the Qing Dynasty! I don't know where the boat goes, what should I do if it is hijacked? ”

Pan Er was not a fool, and muttered: "Although the taxes and the old man's money and incorruptible silver are converted into silver, all the money used in the market is made of money, and the money is made of copper. Fourth brother, listening to what you said, the old man who transports copper really has to be careful, in case there is a delay in copying the house, it is not enough to compensate. ”

"So don't worry."

"Fourth brother, I'm relieved when you say this, hey, this is not the place to talk, let's find two porters to pick up the luggage and go."

"Let's go? Where to? Han Xiufeng asked quietly.

"I'll go wherever you go, fourth brother, don't joke with me, I'm here to join you, and I will be your long-term follower and your family in the future!" Pan Er looked at Han Xiufeng with a sad face, as if he was pitiful.

Han Xiufeng knew that he would say this, so he said in embarrassment: "Brother Pan, it's okay to go with me, and there are places to live, but I don't know if you are willing to condescend to the noble." ”

"Fourth brother, you're not joking with me, you're laughing at me."

"Brother Pan, where did you say this!"

"Am I wrong?" Pan Er threw away the pear core, pretended to be pitiful and said: "Fourth brother, you are a nine-grade inspection, I am a flat-headed person, no, now I am not even a flat-headed person, it is your long-term follower, it is your family, you don't know how much more noble than me, what do you say I am willing to condescend to, this is not a joke What am I?" ”

Han Xiufeng patted him on the arm, shook his head again and again, and said, "Brother Pan, you are the young shopkeeper of Tongxingdang, I am a poor bastard, or a poor bastard who owes your family a lot of debt!" I'm just talking about things, not joking with you, let alone laughing at you. ”

"No, no, no, fourth brother, we are still one yard to one yard. Your family owes some debts, but that debt is owed by your uncle to my father, and it has nothing to do with us. When you are at home, you don't always say yes, you are the master when you go out, and I am your family. ”

Pan Er said very seriously, and nodded emphatically after speaking.

Han Xiufeng said in his heart that this second ancestor is actually a bit of a Taoist, and he actually doesn't leak a drop in words and deeds, so he simply smiled: "Since Brother Pan has to say so, then let's call the two porters to pick up the luggage and go." ”

"Okay, you look at the luggage, I'll shout."

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Pan Er is thinking about how to fight with Han Xiufeng in the future, he won't spend a penny when he should be stingy, and he doesn't need Han Xiufeng to open his mouth when he should be generous, so he ran to the opposite side of the street and squatted in front of the two porters on the side of the road, happily took out the money bag, thought about it and turned back and asked: "Fourth brother, where are we going, I don't know if the place is not good for money!" ”

"Eighteen ladders."

"How far?"

"It's far away, but they all know it."

"Cheng, I'll ask first."

Ba County said that it was not small, it was not big, and it was just a little luggage to pick, and the porters knew Han Xiufeng and knew that he was from the yamen, so they didn't dare to ask for a price, and the price offered was fair. Seeing Han Xiufeng nodded, Pan Er happily gave the money, stared at the two porters tying the luggage with ropes, and walked in front with them.

He has not been into the city much, every time he comes, he is also in a hurry to come and go in a hurry, looking at the ancient merchants gathered, lively and extraordinary, known as the "white day market" known as the white market street, sighed: "The city is better than the horse, so many shops, so many people." ”

"I think it's good to go on the road."

"Fourth brother, you're tired of staying in the city." Pan Er was like a curious child, look here, look there, look all the way, look at the archway in front of him and suddenly point to the archway in front and ask: "Fourth brother, whose archway is this?" ”

This is a green stone archway, the standing stones on both sides are whole, there are no joints, and the gaps are natural. On the memorial arch book "Heaven Gives Ci Ling" and "Dilong Filial Piety" several big characters, the dragon and phoenix patterns carved on the side are ingenious, not those in the countryside with wooden arches can be compared, no wonder he is so rare.

Han Xiufeng glanced up and said: "This is the archway of Zhou's filial piety, twenty-seven feet high and fifteen feet wide, which was established in the Qianlong Dynasty. ”

"My obedient, from the Qianlong Dynasty, is older than my father."

"Don't say it's older than your father, it's older than your grandfather."

"yes, I'm ...... math"

Pan Er pretended to be stupid, and Han Xiufeng didn't care.

I thought that the eighteen stairs were not far, but I didn't arrive until it was dark, and I walked past a yamen, Pan Er was not afraid that the official was walking a horse, but he didn't dare to make a mistake in the city, so he hid behind Han Xiufeng and asked curiously: "Fourth brother, this is the county ya?" ”

"yes, isn't it written on the plaque?"

"I seem to have passed by two yamen just now, what are those two yamen?"

"I just passed by the General Town Office and the Right Camp Office."

Pan Er really didn't understand the things in the yamen, and asked again: "What kind of yamen is the General Town Bureau?" ”

"Chongqing Town Yamen is the green camp."

"Why are there so many yamen in the city?"

Without saying anything, he would ask endlessly, and Han Xiufeng had to explain again: "Brother Pan, our Ba County is the capital of Chongqing Prefecture, and Chongqing Prefecture is the capital of East Sichuan Province. Under our feet is not only the county seat, but also the government city. If you want to talk about the yamen, there are many yamen in the city, the big yamen has the Sichuan East Provincial Bureau, the Chongqing Government Office, the Chongqing Town Office, and the Ba County Office, and the small yamen has the Left Camp Office, the Middle Camp Office, the Right Camp Office, and the History Department. ”

"There are so many yamen!" Pan Er exclaimed.

"Don't make a fuss, so be it, let the pillar take you around the city tomorrow."

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