Almost all the people in Beijing came back in time for the year, bringing back not only Han Xiufeng's letters, but also the news that Han Xiufeng had been promoted to the post of Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture and the superintendent of the Jiangjiang Customs.

The Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture Haiphong is the same as the Tongzhi of the Jiangbei Department of Chongqing Prefecture, which is nothing to the new Chuandong Dao, but at the same time, it is not the same as the supervision of Jiangjiang Customs, so when the Provincial Department sealed the guests of the banquet a year ago, a table was specially set up for the female dependents, and Mrs. Daotai specially sent someone to invite Qin'er to eat wine.

Up and down, Mrs. Daotai is invited, and Mrs. Futai and the wife of the county lord are naturally invited. Qin'er just changed into a five-grade pleasant official uniform, took her younger sister, and went to the banquet with her dog eggs. And after eating other people's wine, you can't help but invite back, so on the 26th day of the lunar month, I also set up a table of banquets at home, and invited the ladies of Daotai, Futai and the county lord's family.

As the saying goes, once born and twice matured, she has become a good sister who talks about everything with the wife of the Daotai, Futai and the county lord who usually can't see her! In the first month, they are busy greeting the New Year, and they are busy going to banquets and wine, although Han Si is not at home, but this year they are also living a fulfilling life.

Unconsciously, it has entered February, Mrs. Daotai plans to go to Huayan Temple to incense, send her family to ask if you are willing to go together, how can Qin'er not know that it is a very beautiful thing to accompany Mrs. Daotai to incense, not only agreed to come down, but also let the pillar quickly help prepare the incense candles, melons and fruits and other offerings needed for incense.

In fact, the most beautiful thing is not her, but Duan Jiqing, who is not qualified to go to the banquet and can only help run errands. Seeing that her daughter looked more and more like the wife of the Yueguan master, Liu Shanyang, a person from the Jiangbei Hall who came to see how the new house was built, said with a smile: "Shi Zhen, you said that when the third child of my family marries Ling Mei, do you want to invite Mrs. Daotai?" ”

"Naturally, I want to please," Liu Shanyang thought for a while, and said helplessly: "I'm afraid that people won't appreciate it, after all, people will only give Sister Qin'er face, and they won't give you me such a big face." On the contrary, it is the younger sister who is married, and if the younger sister of Qin'er goes to invite, they will definitely come back. ”

"That's right, after all, it's a happy event for the Han family to get married. Zhixing is not at home, so Qin'er can only come forward to help with it, Mrs. Daotai, Mrs. Futai and the wife of the county lord are so good as Qin'er, so they will naturally help Qin'er save face. ”

Second Master Fei put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Shi Zhen, Duan Jingcheng, in the final analysis, people still look at Zhixing's face!" ”

Duan Jiqing thought deeply: "Yes, speaking of which, we are all the light of ambition. ”

Second Master Fei smiled, and then changed his words: "The two of you just said that my sister was getting married, and I suddenly remembered something. Although the younger sister is Zhixing's cousin, she is actually similar to her own sister, and now Zhixing's official fortune is prosperous, and her younger sister is also an official lady. But the pillar is a trick, the door is not right, and it will be laughed at if it is passed out! ”

"Really!" Duan Jiqing realized that this was not a trivial matter, thought about it and said with a sad face: "But you can't regret your marriage because the door is not right, and besides, the pillar baby is not only honest and can endure hardships, but also plays a small game with Zhixing, and is a childhood sweetheart with her sister." ”

"I'd rather demolish ten temples than break a marriage, and naturally I can't regret my marriage, but the pillar must not be a fool anymore, and the marriage between him and his sister is not even suitable for a big deal."

"Duan Jingcheng, the second master is right, his ambition is not what it used to be, and he can't be laughed at because of this." Liu Shanyang looked up and said.

"Qin'er also said in the morning that she would start preparing in a few days, and she wanted to marry her sister, if she didn't handle it well, she would let the pillar and her sister marry so quietly, and Qin'er would definitely not agree."

"Explain to her that it's really not a thing."

Duan Jiqing has been in the yamen for so many years, how can he not know that this is not a thing, but thinking that Qin'er may not be able to make sense, he is having a headache because of this, and the voice of the shopkeeper of Rishengchang Chongqing Branch Xu came from outside.

"Second master, are you at home?"

Second Master Fei walked out of the flower hall quickly, and asked while opening the door: "I am here, it turned out to be the shopkeeper Xu, how did you have time to come here today, is there a letter from the capital?" ”

"Second master auspicious!" As soon as the door opened, the shopkeeper Xu gave up, and saw that Liu Shanyang and Duan Jiqing were also there, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Master Liu, Duan Jingcheng, you two are also here, you two are auspicious!" ”

A few years ago, Xiang Rong and other military attachés from Chongqing and Bingyong sent more than 300 letters and remitted more than 70,000 taels of silver from the Risheng Changtaizhou branch, all of which were sent to people by Duan Jiqing and Fei Erye with the help of Guan Bantou, Yu Youfu and other officials. When they received the letter and the money, they naturally had to reply to their relatives in Jiangsu. Therefore, in the past month or so, more than 200 letters have been received one after another, sent by military attachés and soldiers' families, or entrusted by others.

Thinking of those letters having to be sent out quickly, Duan Jiqing got up and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, you came just in time, if you don't come, I have to visit you in the next two days." ”

"Faith, huh?"

"Exactly."

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Xu couldn't help but smile and said: "Duan Jingcheng, Second Master Fei, I can busy the two of you a year ago, I think you two might as well open a civil letter bureau, and find a few trustworthy people to specialize in family letter delivery and money exchange." ”

Without waiting for Duan Jiqing to speak, Second Master Fei sat down and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Xu, you are in business, Duan Jingcheng and I are different from you, we can't treat things like family letter delivery and money exchange as business." Not to mention that people have already given the money and exchange money for sending letters, even if there is no money, we have to help others get these things done. ”

Of course, silver is important, but favors can't be bought with silver, Duan Jiqing didn't want to lose his friendship because of this little money, so he said very seriously: "Shopkeeper Xu, the second master is not joking with you, because whether it is a letter or a silver, it is not a matter of money or money!" ”

"The second master is high-minded, Duan Jing inherits high-righteousness, and admires it!" How could Shopkeeper Xu not know what Duan Jiqing and Second Master Fei were thinking, sat down and said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, I am here to give you three good news!" ”

Duan Jiqing subconsciously asked, "What's the good news?" ”

"Master Han has been transferred again, counting the days, he should have arrived in the capital by this time."

"Any transfer?"

"The north bank of the Yongding River is the same as the acquaintance, and our Beijing branch shopkeeper said in the letter that Master Han's transfer to the direct subordinate this time is to co-organize the university scholar, the military aircraft department walks, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Peng Yunzhang Peng is guaranteed!"

Second Master Fei had stayed in the capital for so many years and had never seen the Minister of Military Aircraft, so he knew very well what this meant, and couldn't help asking: "The Minister of Military Aircraft is procured?" ”

"Exactly." Shopkeeper Xu smiled, and then said: "Second master, Master Liu, you two have been to the capital, you must know what kind of yamen Yongding River is. Master Han was transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River, although he was an official of Zhili, in fact, it was no different from being an official in Beijing, did you two say that this is a great joy? ”

Duan Jiqing wanted to speak and stopped, Fei Er turned around and explained: "The Yongding River Yamen is similar to the Shuntianfu Yamen, I really didn't expect Zhixing to be transferred to the north bank of the Yongding River!" ”

Duan Jiqing still felt that it was good to be the superintendent of Jiang Customs, so he muttered: "So Zhixing is not a tax officer, but a river officer?" ”

"Duan Jingcheng, do you know that the officials of the Yongding River are not only governing the river, but the states and counties along the Yongding River are also under the control of the Yongding River Yamen. Let's put it this way, Zhixing, the Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River, is equivalent to a small prefect, and can govern several states and counties on the north bank of the Yongding River! ”

"Although he is not a regular seal official, he is similar to a regular seal official."

"Exactly."

"Where is the seat of the Tongzhi Bureau, and is it not in the capital?"

"It seems to be in Gu'an County, which is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, not far from the Provincial Department of Yongding River, and only a hundred miles away from the capital."

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When someone came to the house, Qin'er, who was doing needlework upstairs, naturally wanted to open the window to see who it was, but he never thought that he heard the news that his father was transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River.

Hearing that Gu'an is not far from the capital, thinking that the old men who came to deliver the letter were all from the capital, Qin'er's heart was so excited that she thumped, threw down the needle and thread and ran downstairs, holding the door frame of the side door of the flower hall and said: "Dad, second master, I want to go to the capital, the road to Jiangsu is not smooth, and the way to the capital is easy to walk!" ”

"Qin'er, don't worry, such a big matter has to be considered in the long run."

"Dad, I've been waiting for several years, just I'm just waiting, but Goudan has never seen his dad since he was born, I don't want to wait any longer, I want to take Goudan to find his dad." Qin'er said with tears streaming down her face,

Duan Jiqing looked sad and muttered: "Qin'er, it's okay if you want to take the dog to find his father, but don't be in a hurry for a while, go out so far and walk so far, how can you not make some preparations." ”

"If there's anything to prepare, just bring enough coils to wrap up." Qin'er wiped her tears and said.

Liu Shanyang could understand her mood, got up and said with a smile: "Brother and sister, if this is not the case, please ask Guan Bantou, Yu Youfu and Zhuzi to come over and discuss together, ask Zhuzi if he is willing to go with you, and then ask Yu Youfu if he is willing to go again, if they are all willing, then we will prepare early to see if we can let you two set off in the next few days." ”

"How can the pillar go with me, he is about to marry his younger sister!" Qin'er asked subconsciously.

Thinking of what Second Master Fei had just said, Duan Jiqing suddenly reacted: "Let him go with his sister, wait until he gets to Zhixing, marry again, and then get married, and then get married, not to mention that even the big head of the melon baby is an official, because the pillar wants to help Zhixing take care of his hometown, he is still a fool, the pillar must have an idea in his heart, it is better to take this opportunity to let him go out and break in, and see if he can mix up his personal appearance." ”

Liu Shanyang smiled again: "Brother and sister, even if we don't think about the pillar, we have to think about the younger sister." ”

Who doesn't want to marry the official master, now that he has this opportunity, if he doesn't let the pillar go, it really can't be said, but Qin'er thought about it and said with a bitter face: "After going out so far, I don't know when I will be able to come back, and the pillar and my sister can't help but go back and say goodbye to my aunt." ”

"Then let them hurry back and let them go early and come back early."

To everyone's surprise, Second Master Fei suddenly said, "Qin'er, since you have made up your mind, I will accompany you on a trip." I was homesick when I was in the capital, but I wanted to go back to the capital after staying at home for a long time. ”

"Second master, you are so old, you have walked so far......"

"I'm tough, isn't it just a trip to the capital," Fei Erye smiled, and said thoughtfully: "What's more, I am Xixi hired by your father on behalf of Zhixing, you take Shichang to the capital, why do I stay in Ba County to teach him to read and write?" ”

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