That night, Pei County Commander entertained the transit boss in the mansion, Heifu was greeted to the main seat, and Pei County Commander, County Cheng, and County Lieutenant sat in the east seat in turn. Later, it was the chief officials of Pei County, all Cao Peng were called by the county order to accompany them, and strive to create a warm atmosphere, they also sat in the east seat, while Chen Ping, Gongao and other guests brought by Heifu were in the west seat, and the two sides looked across the river, silent.

As the night deepened, the officials and maids of Pei County carried the food boxes and fish into the mouth, distributing food for the officials, and the female music also played the piano and played the sheng, singing and dancing lightly.

Heifu is no longer the poor boy of the military household who did not have much knowledge many years ago, he has been in and out of the mansions of countless high-ranking nobles, and has eaten the celebratory banquet of the emperor's toast, and his behavior in the eyes of the county officials also reveals a noble atmosphere that is not deliberately revealed, but always shrouded in the body.

Everyone laughed at every word that Heifu said, whether they heard it or not, whether they were funny or not. Every dish served is warmly introduced by the prefectural order.

"Less to make a taste, this is the most famous food in Pei County...... Dog meat! ”

Heifu looked at the dog meat on the table, which was just cooked, brownish-red, bright in color, fragrant in smell, delicious in taste, tough but not stiff in the mouth, rotten but not greasy, and the taste was okay.

I just don't know, the person who slaughtered the dog is called Fan Xu......

Heifu chewed the dog meat and smiled, as early as last winter, he asked people to come to Pei County to open a brown sugar shop, although the business was bleak, and the complete competition could not compete with the "brown sugar" imitated by the old Chu nobles in Huainan - because he did not fully master the technology and boiled a little burnt, the color was black, so it was called brown sugar.

When Heifu took the time to send his wife and children to Nanjun to accompany his mother last month, Yan had a bitter face and reported the situation of the Peixian branch in detail. But Heifu said that it didn't matter, making money was not his purpose, he was going to put a long line in Pei County and catch big fish......

No, it's a school of fish!

Throughout China's thousands of years of history, there are three most famous regional groups, one is Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaixi Township Party, one is the Fengpei Group in the early Han Dynasty, and the third is the modern Fulan.

It's not that Pei County is so outstanding, all of them are talented people who can be generals, but it can't be said that they have no skills, they all rely on Liu Bang alone, and the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

In Heifu's view, this is the "poor time" he talked about with Chen Ping, and if a person can succeed, in addition to seeing whether he can catch up with the times, he also needs to see whether he can meet the right person.

Zhilan was born in a deep valley, not without people, smelling but not fragrant. There are many valleys in the world with Zhilan, but they may meet non-people, and they will end up together before they get up. However, the Fengpei Group has gone all the way to the end, which is a group victory condensed around the individual, and after achieving fame, it gives people the illusion of the hometown of the Xiangxiang.

Among these people, in fact, there are good and bad, there is no need to be superstitious, Heifu does not have the idea of digging up all of them with a shovel, but the jewels in it, those who are still famous after two thousand years, must have their ability......

Relying on the operation of the branch, and relying on the continuous reports of the Anlu guys for a year, almost all the people Heifu wanted to find were found, and he now knows Pei County well.

So Heifu swallowed the dog meat in his mouth and praised: "It's really good, not to mention anything else, this dog meat, Kanto is indeed better than Guanzhong." ”

Peixian County Cheng on the side has never had time to talk to Heifu, and at this time, he immediately saw the opportunity and got up to toast: "Less Shangcai, dog meat with fine wine, the taste is better!" ”

Heifu waved his hand, asked the county lieutenant to sit down, raised the wine lord, and said to everyone present: "Nanjun is Xichu, Surabaya County is also Xichu, the singing and dancing here make me feel like I am home, thank you to the county commander, Cheng, Wei and all the officials for your hospitality!" ”

The provincial senior officials toasted to the county civil servants, which is amazing, and more than ten people in Dongxi hurriedly got up and said in unison: "It is our honor to visit Pei County!" ”

This remark made the officials of Pei County feel that this Jiaodong County Shou was not a typical Qin official, and they could also hear the Nanjun dialect they spoke, and they were suddenly in awe, a little more close, and the atmosphere was not as serious as just now.

The Qin State is a typical "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps", and the people are strictly forbidden to drink in groups, but when your rank reaches a certain level, drinking is as common as drinking water, and gathering people to drink and feast is not a matter. Especially in the land of Qi Chu Yan Zhao, this ban is more relaxed, and the price of alcohol in Kanto is much cheaper than that in Guanzhong and Nanjun.

And Chen Ping, the mastermind who sat at the head of Heifu, also gracefully walked up to the two officials who were second only to the county lieutenants, toasted them, laughed from time to time, and talked happily......

Chen Ping is still the same, follow Heifu to a place, he likes to get off at the city gate, walk around alone, understand the customs and customs, and the same is true today, before the banquet, Chen Ping also came to tell Heifu that he met two talented local officials today, one is called Xiao He, and the other is called Cao Shen.

Coincidentally, they are all the people that Heifu asked the brown sugar branch to focus on.

Heifu's branch in Pei County is directly responsible to Heifu, Chen Ping doesn't know the inside story, and only thinks that his father-in-law "has a big plan". He has a lot of eyes, he finds interesting talents, and he will talk to Heifu, which is also the duty of the first staff.

"Chen Ping."

Heifu called out to Chen Ping and introduced him to Peixian Ling and Cheng: "This is my disciple, and he is also a hero who has made meritorious contributions in the crusade against the Huns, Chen Mingping, and now his title is Gong Dafu......

"Doctor!"

The three chiefs of Pei County looked at each other, this scholar who was as young as Heifu was actually equivalent to the titles of Wei and Cheng, no wonder he could sit under Heifu.

"It's disrespectful, disrespectful."

Chen Ping toasted to the three officials again, humbly, but Heifu continued to praise seemingly casually: "Not only that, but he is also the future chief of Jiaodong County." ”

"Hey, I've made a long history at such a young age......"

Cao Shen, the bearded man in the fifth place in the east seat, gasped, the county guard's long history, which is equivalent to the clerk around the county guard, is generally served by the most trusted doorman. Although he only received 200 Shi Yulu, he was about the same as them, but the power was great: the affairs of the county guard could also be managed by Changshi, and the local county order went to meet the county guard, and he had to try his best to please Changshi, otherwise it was easy to be treated coldly, and when the county guard went out, Changshi could be in charge of the county's government affairs with the county Cheng.

Cao Shen was only very envious of Heifu in the afternoon, but at the moment, it seemed that even this little white-faced Chen Ping was much inferior.

Xiao He didn't show much shock, he just smiled: "No wonder Chen Jun is so good, it turns out that we still have to call him a 'superior'." ”

Heifu then introduced Gongao and others, and all the guests greeted Pei officials one by one, except for Gongao who was also a doctor, those guests who followed Heifu, none of them were not lower!

This is what makes a person enlightened, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

Seeing that Heifu was not arrogant and introduced his own guests, out of politeness, Pei Xianling naturally began to introduce his subordinates to Heifu, although he didn't expect this big guy to remember the names of this group of small characters.

"This is the main official, Xiao He."

Xiao He got up and saluted, behaving decently, neither humble nor arrogant, but Heifu smiled: "Xiao He? I've heard the name. ”

The county commander was surprised: "The county lieutenant knows Xiao He? ”

The Xiao family is a wealthy township in Fengyi, Pei County, with dozens of clans, which are the old clans from ancient times. Three years ago, Pei County Ling first came to this place, as a Wei people, he was not familiar with the place, it was difficult to show his strength, so he recruited a large number of local heroes as officials, Xiao He, Cao Shen are among them.

Xiao He, as the "Wen harmless" of the county order, is the secretary. He is cautious and lawful, capable of doing things, good at management and administration, inside and outside the township, up and down the relationship affairs, he is 1510, well organized, so he was promoted to the chief official Peng, equivalent to the head of the county party committee organization department in later generations, the presiding officer is in charge of the advance and retreat, performance appraisal, high authority, and the county order also values him.

Xiao He is so capable, and his reputation is widely known in the officialdom of Surabaya County, but it is a miracle that Heifu, an important member of the imperial court, actually knows about him.

Not only the county order, but even Xiao He raised his head and looked at Heifu.

"Of course I do."

Heifu nodded at Xiao He and said: "When I passed the Surabaya County Mansion the day before yesterday, the county guard, the county lieutenant, the county cheng, and the four people who supervised the imperial history held a banquet to receive me. I joked at the table that Jiaodong is far away from Guanzhong, I am not familiar with the situation, it is difficult to govern, what officials are there in Surabaya County, can I take it away as a help? ”

"The Surabaya County Supervisor Yu Shi pointed me to Pei County, he said, Pei County has a chief official named Xiao He, the year before last, the Supervisor Yu Shi inspected the counties, assessed the performance of officials, Xiao He, won the first place in the county!"

The Qin Dynasty had a strict assessment system for government officials, presided over by the supervision of the imperial history equivalent to the "Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection", and the performance was evaluated every year, and the good performance was promoted, and the poor performance was depreciated......

The superintendent said that he admired Xiao He very much, thought that talents were rare, and was ready to recommend Xiao He to serve in the Xianyang Imperial History Mansion, but ...... Xiao He refused, and moreover, he refused three times! ”

This incident is 29 years of old news, and it caused a sensation in Pei County and even the entire Surabaya County officialdom at that time, and everyone knows about it.

Everyone, including the county magistrate, felt sorry for Xiao He, feeling that he had missed a great opportunity to soar and flourish, go to Xianyang to gild for a few years, and then release it, at least he would be a county ......

Speaking of this, Xiao He's face was still flat, but Chen Ping, who was opposite, took a deep look at him and got to know this person again.

Heifu said again: "As the saying goes, water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place, Xiao He, I am also very curious, why don't you want to enter Xianyang and enter the Imperial History Mansion?" ”

Xiao He finally spoke, and he arched his hand and said, "The subordinates have a hard time......

This forty-year-old man actually entered the play in a second, and said in tears: "Subordinates, there is a seventy-year-old mother at home!" My mother is still here, but she is old, and as a son of man, she doesn't dare to travel far! ”

"Xiao Yanpeng is really a filial son."

Heifu admired, but he was heaved in his heart, Xiao He may really have this concern, but filial piety is the best reason to deal with the Qin Dynasty's conquest and transfer - although the Legalists sneered at the three-year mourning, they also strongly supported filial piety when their father was alive.

"In this case, this Xiao Yanpeng should do his filial piety at home, and I don't dare to ask Pei County to cut his love."

Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief, respectfully retreated to his seat, and when he looked up, Chen Ping on the opposite side looked at him with a smile, and Xiao He also smiled back,

turned his face again, and saw his friend Cao Shen full of regret.

If this opportunity came to him Cao Shen, he would definitely not refuse it so much.

The county commander saw that Xiao He was rejected by Xiao He before he could speak, and he was afraid that he would be angry, so he hurriedly said: "Xiao He has his own troubles, if he is less than enough to use other officials in the county, as long as the county allows it, he can use it at will!" ”

"Is that true?" Heifu smiled: "Pei Ling is not afraid that I will hollow out the Pei County Mansion?" ”

Pei Cheng, who had been looking for an opportunity to talk to Heifu, answered: "One or two, what's the matter?" ”

"Refreshing! Then I'll pick it! ”

Heifu slapped his palm, got up and went down the hall, directly skipped Xiao He, stopped at his bottom, and kept succumbing to Xiao He, admiring Xiao He's ability, and regretting the opportunity he gave up.

"Who is this, Cao Prison Peng?"

"The subordinate is Cao Shen! I've seen less of it! ”

Cao Shen was thirty-seven or eighteen years old, but he had never been in contact with such a big official, so he hurriedly got up and gave up his hand, and his heart was pounding!

Heifu said with a smile: "I heard Chen Ping say that Cao Prison Peng is also a capable official, and when the officials in the county are assessed, you are also the first in Prison Peng, and the overall rank is second only to Xiao Yan Peng." Since you took office, the thieves in Pei County have disappeared, and they dare not make mistakes, and everyone feels that the criminal prison cases handled are fair, and no one begs. ”

After praising Cao Shentong, Heifu said: "Do you have parents in your family like Xiao Yipeng?" If not, Jiaodong County just lacks a thief who can catch thieves and enforce the law, Cao Youshi, I think Cao Prison Peng, you can give it a try! ”