It was already dark and transparent, and the dog who said that he had gone out to find the blacksmith during the day had not returned, and Hua Fourteen, Wang Hou and Da Lang and others who were resting in the Longzhou Pavilion were really anxious.

I want to go out and look for it, but Longzhou City is very big, and a few people are not familiar with it, don't find it when the time comes, and it will be troublesome if you get lost again.

So he waited for another hour, and at two o'clock, Dang Lang couldn't sit still.

"Brother Hua, you are an official, you take a few of us to the judge's house to inquire if the dog was left by him for dinner! If not, please ask him to send someone to help find it! ”

Hua Shishi said hello, went back to the house, took off the coarse cloth clothes on his body, changed into official clothes that symbolized the identity of the official, and walked out with Da Da Lang and a few dumb men, only Wang Hou stayed in the post house, waiting for the dog to come back.

A few people said hello to the post man, and then walked to the gate, and just as he stepped out, he saw the doorman of the gate using a long stick in his hand to drive away a young man in shabby clothes.

Huge Lang's eyes were sharp, and when he saw this man holding the book in his hand, his suspicion of being a mountain bandit in the past rose, and he grabbed Hua Fourteen, who was walking in front of his head, pointed at this man and whispered: "Brother Hua, look at this man with a letter paper, isn't it a messenger sent by the kidnappers?" ”

After all, Hua Fourteen was a young man, so he couldn't see anything, so he replied: "Go over and ask!" ”

Panglang nodded, holding the handle of the knife in his hand, and walked towards the young man who was driven to the corner by Menzi.

"Ahem! Brother is here to deliver the letter? ”

Panglang quietly stood on the back road of the man's escape, and then coughed and asked the man.

When the young man heard someone asking him, he quickly turned his head to look, and when he saw that it was a military man, he restrained and said, "Yes, my father asked me to come to the post house to deliver a letter!" ”

"Your father?"

Panglang squinted at this man, and he didn't expect that he was still a nest of thieves.

"Dare to ask who my brother will send the letter to?"

The young man looked at Da Lang and asked softly, "Who are you?" ”

Shouting, quite alert, the big man said in his heart, and pointed to the tooth tag on his waist and said: "A certain family is working in this post house!" ”

When the young man heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and said respectfully: "I have seen the poor master, my father asked me to hand a letter to the people named Zhao Dalang, Zhao Fourteen and Zhao Hou of the post house." ”

Da Lang's eyes lit up, and when he looked at this young man again, he had some meaningful gaze.

"This brother, these three people happen to know each other from a certain family, and they live here, I don't know what letter to send? Someone can help you pass it on! ”

The young man frowned and pointed to the door at the door of the post house, and said, "But that door clearly said that there are no three people in this post house?" ”

Da Lang coughed, stopped the young man's shoulder and said: "He is a small man, where do you know all the nobles who live here, dissatisfied brother said, the house of the family you said happens to live next door to a certain family, if the little brother can trust me, give me the letter, and a certain family will send it to you." ”

When the young man saw the enthusiasm of the big man, he thought about it, wasn't it just a letter, and said happily if it wasn't a big deal: "Okay! Hey, I'm going to give you a letter! ”

Da Da Lang took it and glanced at the envelope, endured the thought of opening it, held it tightly in his hand and said, "What else does your father have to entrust?" ”

The young man frowned and thought for a while: "My father said, don't worry, just come slowly after breakfast!" He also said that everyone is a family, so you don't have to be too polite when you come. ”

Da Lang was stunned for a moment, stared at the man in front of him and said, "No? ”

"Well, it's gone, bother the poor master to go in and deliver the letter, don't let the family wait!"

Dang Lang nodded and said hello, turned around to give Hua Shishi and the others at the door a look, and stepped into the gate.

It didn't take long for Hua Fourteen to follow.

"Brother Hua, how can I see that this letter is not very different from the ordinary kidnapping letter?"

Hua Shishi took the letter in his hand and read in his mouth: "Daddy, the child Zhao Dagou is staying at a friend's house tonight, don't worry about safety, and don't report to the official, you will pick me up tomorrow, the address is: Nanchengfang Panzi Hutong Sixth House, Tie Lao Hammer's house!" Well, come with a red satin! ”

After believing, Hua Shishi and Wang Hou, who hurriedly ran over after getting the news, glanced at each other, and then looked at Da Lang in a daze.

"Brother Pang, it's a dog's letter is good, but this kidnapper dares to ask for a red cloth?"

"Yes, Brother Pang, the kid heard that the kidnappers all ask for gold and silver, why do you want to breathe in the red cloth?"

Da Da Lang couldn't figure it out, so he took the letter and looked at it again and said, "Judging from the letter, the dog is not in any danger." ”

"Then you can't let him stay at someone's house!" Hua Fourteen and Wang Hou said in unison.

Dang Lang nodded, and asked a mute man behind him, "Did the people follow?" ”

These dumb men, maybe out of prison, or really untied by idiots, although they are still wilted, but they will not slack off in their work and work, and they are no longer like they used to always look for death and life.

The mute man who was questioned by the big man nodded, stretched out his finger and gestured to two, and everyone knew that there were two people following.

Da Lang turned his head to Hua Fourteen and said: "Little brother Hua, this iron old hammer must be a powerful person, if only a few of us go over, we can subdue him, but it will not be good if we want to hurt the dog!" ”

Hua Fourteen asked, "What should I do with Brother Pang?" ”

"Why don't you go and ask Su Tong's judgment?"

Hua Fourteen thought about it, and a few people walked towards the Su Mansion.

In the sixth house of Plate Hutong, Tie Lao Hammer sat in the middle of the dining table, but his body was tilted and he was talking to the person on his left.

"Brother Zhao, it's all coarse tea and light rice, you can't eat on the table, you eat as much as you want, in case you are hungry in the middle of the night, you don't have anything to eat!"

"Yes, yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a rough village woman walked in outside the door, this woman held a casserole in her hand, and said in surprise as she walked: "Little official, I don't have anything to do at home, this old hen that lays eggs, I have been stewing for a long time, you try it quickly!" ”

The dog looked at the food on the table, and felt a little "uncomfortable".

"Catch a son-in-law under the list", this kind of funny story the dog has naturally heard of, every time the father and mother make fun of themselves, the dog will smirk and say good.

Because I heard my father say that most of the people who dare to go to the emperor to catch their sons-in-law are rich businessmen, as long as they arrest people and worship the church and become relatives, they can have delicious food that they never get tired of eating every day, and endless silk and satin, so at that time, I dreamed of being caught as a son-in-law.

Today finally fulfilled the dream of being caught by his son-in-law, but the one who caught someone was poorer than himself.

Looking up at the male and female who were courteously entertaining themselves to eat vegetables, the dog's teeth itched angrily, since the other party was not a real kidnapper, then he had nothing to be afraid of.

"Uncle Tie, do you know what the crime of forcibly tying up the imperial court officials is?"

Tie Lao Hammer, who was sitting on the main table, glanced at the dog, and then looked at the frightened Hun family and said: "Look at what the little official said, why did you tie it up, didn't you see that it was unsafe for you to walk at night, and specially invited you to come to the house for a night!" You see that I am still entertaining you with good wine and food, and it is not a crime for anyone to see it! ”

The dog was choked by him and couldn't speak, and he glanced at the iron old hammer who was pretending to be calm and sighed: "If you really think about your girl, don't do this trick!" ”

"If you don't do this, where can my daughter get out of this body!"

"Uncle Tie, the kid is just a low-end petty official, this expulsion really can't help much, besides, the kid happens to have something to ask you for help, if this matter can be done, in front of the general judgment, the kid will definitely say a few good words to you, isn't it much better than taking the name of his own daughter to make a bet?"

Tie Lao Hammer sighed and said helplessly: "Little officials, you don't know the darkness of the official mansion, in their eyes, we naturalized craftsmen are like mules and horses, how can the big officials be willing to let us get out of the country." ”

After saying that, Tie Lao Hammer looked at the dog with burning eyes and said: "Xiao Langjun became an official at a young age, he must have some ability, as long as Xiao Langjun is willing to take my daughter, even if he only gives him the title of a concubine, and then makes some money, my son will be able to get rid of this nationality!" Future generations will not have to do this iron-striking business for the rest of their lives. ”

The dog can't figure it out, why is it bad to be a blacksmith? Although it is not a big deal, at least it is no problem to earn money to support the family!

After all, the dog is young, and he doesn't know the difference between a naturalized craftsman and a freelance craftsman.

The craftsman registration system is a special household registration system compiled by the feudal government for the artists and craftsmen who are engaged in the handicraft industry, in the Song Dynasty, the development of various fields of society such as all walks of life is extremely prosperous, in order to better excavate the craftsmen of all walks of life for the imperial court and serve the society, the Southern Song Dynasty began, the practice of dividing households by occupation prevailed, and developed into the "Zhucai household" in the Yuan Dynasty, that is, "craftsman registration", the imperial court will forcibly recruit some skilled craftsmen in a certain industry to provide different labor or military service to the government.

Naturalized craftsmen, their descendants must be craftsmen from generation to generation, this article is written into the law, just like the iron hammer family, Shaoxing 12 years, he was unfortunately forcibly recruited by the government as a blacksmith, his youngest son was originally studying hard to prepare to participate in the imperial examination, but was returned to the county school, asked him to put down his books to learn to strike iron, the iron hammer went to the government theory, and was arrested to do a few months of labor, had to accept his fate.

The hukou system was carefully designed by the government to keep the population in this state forever.

However, this practice of forcibly dividing household registration with a big stick seriously restricted the progress of the process, and the Song Dynasty made a bad start, resulting in no major technology being invented in later dynasties.

Compared with other household registrations, the miserable status of craftsmen is not a star, first of all, the whole family has to participate in production, and from generation to generation, the social status is low and the income is even lower.

In the end, the sons of the craftsman's family couldn't even marry their daughters-in-law, so they could only exchange relatives with each other.

Tie Lao Hammer has three sons, three years ago the eldest and second were dragged to the military camp to serve in the military and have not returned, the marriage that was originally said to be good is also yellow, seeing that the younger son has also reached the age of marrying a wife, the anxious Tie Lao Hammer had to follow the guidance of his friends and do this trick.

"Uncle Tie, I still say the same thing, the matter of marrying a wife is naturally impossible, but if you can make the things in the drawings I just drew for you, I will pat my chest and tell you today that your craftsman will definitely be removed!"

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

The little official refused to marry his daughter, and Tie Lao Hammer had no choice, so he nodded and agreed to make this thing called briquette chicken for the dog, hoping that he would do what he said and help his family get rid of his nationality, even if it was only for the youngest son.