In the chaos of war, even if there is someone in the family, the Qian brothers lock the door with a door lock, and when they open the door, they shout: "Mother, we are back." ”

One of the two brothers hurriedly closed the door, and the other carried the food in his hand, and hurriedly entered the house, in a small courtyard, there were a lot of things, in the cage in the corner, a few chickens cooed, and in the corner of the wall was a large water tank, covered with a lid, a pile of firewood, which constituted the simple life of this family.

In the door inside, an old lady came out, hunchbacked, walking slowly, and said, "Son, come back, drink hot water quickly." ”

The brothers of the Qian family all responded, and while taking off the official uniform of the brocade guard, Qian Jiale raised the lotus leaf bag in his hand and said: "Mother, you see, we have bought so much, there are pig's head meat, glutinous rice and jujubes, you can wrap zongzi and eat it tonight." ”

The old lady was naturally the old lady of the Qian family, and when she heard this, she seemed to be anxious: "You kid, why are you spending money indiscriminately, the world is not good these days, you should save a little." ”

Qian Jiale suddenly said proudly: "Mother, we don't have to go hungry anymore, my eldest brother and I have followed the new court, you see, this is a reward from the court." ”

Qian Xiaohao held dozens of taels of silver in his hand, the silver was naturally the travel fee given by Wu Ming, and after handing it over to Qian's mother, he ran into the house, put the glutinous rice and jujubes, and put the pig's head meat into a plate. ”

Qian Xiaohao is slightly older than his younger brother, who has only just reached adulthood, and after some things, he is more steady, and immediately said: "Those who occupy the Forbidden City, they ordered us to go to Shandong to deliver a letter, go and return quickly, but there are many places that need to be visited, and it will take at least two months to come back." ”

Mother Qian sighed and said, "Go, go, isn't it just running around, your father also followed Shangguan all over the world back then, I think it's the same," she paused for a moment and said, "Ming Dynasty, just die?" ”

When Qian Xiaohao heard this kind of topic, he cautiously glanced in another direction, and the door of his house was already closed, so he was relieved, and said: "The funeral of the first emperor Chongzhen is waiting for the right day, but unfortunately I can't stand for the last time for the first emperor...... The prince is now said to be in the palace, and they invited a four-year-old Chongzhen from Jiangnan, called Wu Meicun, to be the prince's teacher. ”

Qian Mu said: "Who should ascend the throne, this new court does not have a name, forget it, don't talk about it, you and your brother have to go out together, then you have to be careful in everything, son." ”

Qian Xiaohao smiled reluctantly: "Mother, don't say anything else, this new dynasty is more generous, you look at the money they gave, this time, my brother and I got 60 taels of silver, I took the money, I went to settle the silver of the rice shop and the pawnshop first, and finally settled the old debts, there are still 40 taels left, my brother and I went out, it is enough to use 20 taels of silver, you keep these flowers." ”

At this time, Qian Jiale had already put away the glutinous rice and jujubes, put the pig's head meat on a thick plate, and said: "Mother, our family hasn't eaten meat for half a year, come and taste this meat." ”

Mother Qian also said happily: "You eat, you eat, my mother is old, how much can I eat." ”

Qian Jiale said: "Mother, we are all rich, and we are still heralds, everywhere we are treated by Qincha, those officials in Shandong, they are not good at wine and meat to entertain us, this trip is not finished." ”

Mother Qian sighed with emotion: "Don't be gullible, those officials and adults, there are not many consciences, if you can't keep it, you will be harmed one day, what's the matter, Hao'er, you have to watch your brother, don't let him suffer, our family is also a generation of officials, although it is with the new dynasty, but it must also have a backbone." ”

Jinyiwei is such an organization, the general members are passed down from generation to generation, intermarry with each other, Qian's mother and ancestors are also Jinyiwei's heirlooms, compared to ordinary people, but also understand the problems of this world, the sinister officialdom, so they are very careful, the two sons are naturally obedient to their mother, they serve their mother and eat meat, suddenly Qian's mother asked: "The day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, do you have to go." ”

Qian Jiale sighed and said: "It seems that we have to go, this time the Lord Wu of the new dynasty is so benevolent and righteous, and he gave so much silver at once, he has to work hard once, fortunately, he just sent a letter, and no one dared to embarrass us." ”

Mother Qian said: "Don't take it lightly, it's difficult to travel for a thousand miles, Le'er, since you have silver, follow the prescription left by your father, go and grab a few medicines on the way to spare, the Dragon Boat Festival is poisonous, don't get heat stroke." ”

"Okay mother." Qian Jiale took the order and left, and Qian's mother also instructed Qian Xiaohao and said: "Hao'er, you go to the neighbor's Aunt Wu'er's house to borrow three taels of oil and a green onion, her family still has some, I will pay her back after a few days, you will go out tomorrow, and my mother will make you flatbread." ”

The Qian family of three, dependent on each other, life is also comfortable, Qian mother saw that the two brothers also had an errand, the reward was rich, although it was hot, in the end it was the generation of Jinyi Wei family, did not dare to delay, made two bags of scallion pancakes, wrapped it, before resting, and waited until dawn, the two brothers got up early, but found that the mother of Qian had already gotten up, made millet porridge for the two, after the two of them finished drinking, look at the sky, Qian Jiale suddenly said: "Mother, my son is out." After speaking, he took his younger brother and kowtowed goodbye.

They came to the palace of the pro-military governor's mansion, although there are only a few eunuchs left here, fortunately, the place is still Jinyiwei, all kinds of classics and books are protected, in any case, this is the future Palace Museum, the elders, whether it is the industrial party or the colonial party, have tightened the string of cultural relics protection, and naturally deal with it carefully.

Here they received a copy of Wu Ming's printed text, that is, the words they had said before that they would deal with outsiders, and after putting it away, they rode the horses that had been prepared for them and hurriedly went out of the city to the south.

It should be said that the task given by Wu Ming to the two brothers is relatively simple and somewhat complicated, the reason is, of course, that the others, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei, have all been conquered by the army once, only Shandong, Li Zicheng has not sent people over, that is to say, it is a state of maintaining a false "rule", but those gentry in Shandong did not dare to make the first move, so the two sides were so deadlocked.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shandong Province was divided into six prefectures: Jinan, Dongchang, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou.