Dealing with people separately and interrogating them separately is actually a very test of the wisdom of the interrogator, and it is necessary to start from the root, which is a very perfect "game theory", for every villager who is alone, "telling the truth" can avoid the sentence of the old man, and if you lie, you have to think about it, if others betray themselves, how the big master will do to themselves.

The foreman just started the roller and showed them what happened to those who didn't tell the truth, and soon he had gained all the knowledge in the middle of his mouth.

Of course, during this period, no one cared about the issue of his use of lynching, and for the grassroots people, it was naturally very normal for the grassroots people to kowtow to the big people and sell them in exchange for benefits.

"Grassroots."

The foreman could only mutter, he knew that the best choice for this kind of thing was to ignore it, otherwise it would be broken if it was glued.

However, as if thinking of something, he looked at Huo Manchu suspiciously, and said, "Wait a minute, you beat so many people alone?" Martial arts master. ”

Huo Manchu had barely heard the story of his father helping people dart in the past, and knew that these big people thought differently from their people, and if they didn't answer correctly, they would get into trouble, even if it was a "small" "little official" who was responsible for building roads, not a county lord sitting in the court, it was not so easy to deal with.

He thought about it cautiously and said, "If you go back to the master, the small one is a country style, and you can practice it casually." ”

The foreman smiled, looked at those miserable people, and didn't dwell on this issue anymore, and suddenly thought of Li Xiangqian and others, who had been desperately cultivating power, and his heart was naturally moved, and said: "Are you willing to go outside, my side, but there are no shortcomings in people to do things, and I don't let you work hard, just reluctantly be a guard." ”

Huo Manchu didn't expect that there could be such benefits, but he knew that the blessings and misfortunes in this were unknown, and he was groaning, but he heard the adult say: "What other family children? You can also move to the imperial capital to live together, and there is still a school to attend, which is not a good thing. ”

The Chinese are most concerned about this child's affairs, and when he boarded, Huo Manchu readily agreed, and the foreman also struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Find him a military uniform to change into, well, what is your name?" ”

"Back to the master, my name is Huo Manchu."

The foreman just wanted to say, this name is too earthy, you are from Tianjin, surnamed Huo, it is better to change your name to Huo Yuanjia, but suddenly braked, looked at him with a very strange look, and said: "Well, good intentions, but you will be a soldier in the future to eat food, where do you need to hoard it." ”

Names often bear the hopes and meanings of the elders for their children, and the names and characters are completely different, such as a person named Cao, the word Mengde.

The so-called the more lacking something, the more emphasis is on something, a person's name is full of hoarding, which naturally means that it is difficult for his family to hoard food, so he seeks this omen.

Such an ordinary farmer-style family, that is, a person with a foreign surname in a small village, was suddenly favored by the eyes of the law, and followed the nobleman to ascend to heaven, and the news naturally spread from the whole village to Shili and eight villages at once, and even attacked him before, making a boring small village next door, and also licked his face to curry favor.

It turned out that there was no him, the contractor foreman had a smooth project this time, there was no trouble or a need to occupy an area, and the surplus budget was a lot, anyway, it was impossible to get a "saving glory" reward, and when he was about to win the hearts of the people, he directly threw out a hundred taels of silver to do Huo Manhoard's settling-in allowance.

At this time, the largest landlord in the village could not take out a hundred taels, which was a thousand silver dollars, which could be bought......

In short, ordinary people have never seen so much money, anyway, it is an astronomical amount.

So, naturally, some people began to ask for money, of course, this is also learned, is borrowed, and the reasons for use are also strange, that Huo Manchu a man with a tender face, looking at Brother Manho, the voice of Brother Manho, but also soft-hearted, but this money is the elder, yes, in the future, it will be the lord who called the elder said, let him live in the capital The capital of living in peace, to go to the "lottery" to buy a house, can not spend all day and wine.

Fortunately, at this time, there was finally a savior, it was night at this time, only to hear the sound of whirring outside, after a while, a few people approached the courtyard of Huo Manho's house, at this time there were a lot of people around, separated from everyone, it was the errand of several county yamen, after coming in, shouted: "Who is Huo Manho." ”

Everyone didn't dare to speak anymore, and Huo Manchu was wearing a camouflage military uniform at this time, although he was not used to it, he also knew that this was a good thing with good material, so he straightened his waist and said, "I am." ”

The servants looked at his "new clothes", frowned, and said, "Come with us, the county lord is invited." ”

At this time, there is no such title as Tianjin, only Tianjin Wei, the whole of Tianjin, still belongs to the management of Hebei Beizhili, and the county seat of Jinghai County, in fact, is not far from the village, if you want to go, you can really talk, but before Huo Manchu said anything, his mother-in-law said worriedly: "This lord, the county lord asked my family to go to Manho, what is the matter." ”

When the officer heard this panicked voice, he was a little arrogant, raised his head, and said: "The county lord is doing things, naturally he has his meaning, we are the ones who pass the word, hmph, do you dare not listen." ”

He was still angry, a few brothers broke into a business, drank and ordered it to set up wine, so that they could check and check, but unexpectedly, they were drinking happily, someone ordered them to hurry to this village, find someone, bring it back, although impatient, but the lord's order naturally disobeyed, recently the lord has ruthlessly fired a few fools who are not long-eyed.

When he arrived here, he didn't expect so many people, looking at Huo Manchu's strange new clothes, he knew a little that this new-style clothes from the imperial capital couldn't be worn at leisure, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant, so he turned his head and took Huo Manchu with him, and he was about to hurry.

If it is usual, the county official actually does not want these people to go to the countryside, and it is always inevitable to eat big households, drink a lot of wine, and don't talk about causing trouble, the county official can't eat anything, but the account is on him, but fortunately, Huo Manchu's house is almost such an adobe house, and there is really no oil and water at first glance, and the bag of money is also in his mother-in-law's arms.

Seeing Huo Man hoarding away, his mother-in-law is indeed not easy to mess with, knowing that these people borrowed money, not to mention the debt, but it is always difficult to ask for it, and this money has to be kept to go to the imperial capital to spend, who knows how much it will cost.

She immediately said: "It's all scattered, it's scattered, haven't you seen our family, are there people from the county government?" ”

Everyone was itchy and bored, but one person suddenly said: "Old sister-in-law, you just let Brother Man Ho go?" ”

She said: "What's wrong, he is also a member of the official family now, what are you afraid of." ”

"What kind of official," the man said badly: "This county government is famous for eating people and not spitting bones, haven't you heard from others, it is a government servant with nine bad, and one has to be reincarnated, a thief is an official, an official is a thief, a thief is an official, an official is a thief, and a small official in the county government office wants to be a small official, and he has to pay tribute to the county lord, but Brother Manchu does not give money, and the county lord is definitely not satisfied." ”

She was a little frightened, and said stiffly: "I'm talking nonsense about you, that elder, but you are an adult from the imperial capital." ”

"Haven't you heard that the county officials are not as good as the current management, not to mention the people in the imperial capital, it is far away, the county lord wants to pluck the goose, who can stop it, I think, Brother Man Hoard is miserable."

"Yes, it's miserable," the people who suddenly reached the Huo family were all gossiping: "The prison of the county government is dark, I heard that with a few big sons, those officials can kill people, and it is the most black-hearted." ”

"Has Brother Manchu eaten tonight, I don't know if I can hold it."

These people were dissatisfied, and they left after speaking, but the daughter-in-law of the Huo family was anxious, walked around, and slowly cried, and the money in her arms became a bane, in the eyes of a small common people, the county official is the biggest official, the so-called broken county order, unless the family is a big family, whoever dies will die, and almost cried out under the expectation.

"Mother, what are you crying about?"

"Son, your father went to the county office, I'm afraid that something wrong with him."

"Why don't you go and beg the elder, I think the elder is a good man."

After thinking about it, the daughter-in-law of the Huo family can only do this, she and Huo Manchu have no relatives in this village, and they can settle here, purely relying on Huo Manchu to do things honestly, her father entrusted her to him, and the family hurried to the north, at this time there was no one to speak, and wanted to go to the elder for help, but looking at the bag of silver dollars, it was a burden, children, silver dollars, which one was reluctant to keep, for fear that the gangsters would snatch it away, she thought about it, and simply took it all away, not too hot, put on a winter cotton jacket, Putting more than ten pounds of silver coins on his body, like a pregnant woman, she found a sickle that had been newly sharpened and was originally intended for spring plowing and summer harvesting, held it in her hand, took the child, and went out.

At this time, the barbed wire fence has been installed, and the drainage ditch has been repaired, just waiting for the final acceptance, the contractor and a few friends who pass through, got a table of wine and meat, of course, they are all sent from the imperial capital, everyone does not eat much, purely to eat a fresh, chatting about the glorious power of the future, is eating and drinking, but listening to the noise in the distance, frowning, said: "I definitely didn't look at the yellow calendar today, what's going on." ”

Asked someone to ask, and after waiting for a while, someone replied, "It's the daughter-in-law of the Huo family who you took in as a guard before and asked him to go home to arrange for his family." ”

"It's so late, what are you doing here?"

The foreman was puzzled, and an elder next to him said: "You gave someone a hundred taels in one go, so generous, that Huo Manchu looked like although his appearance was not good, but his body was definitely strong enough, who knows if he had money, so he went to the old man to be happy." ”

"Then what are you looking for me, I'm not the president of the Women's Federation."

"You are the leader, don't you know the ability of these women to cry, make trouble and hang themselves, hehe, they must be here to cry."

"You just talk about it, no matter how bad your character is, you can't hold back it for a few days, you can go to the imperial capital to sleep with a Korean girl, okay, let her in, I want to hear it."

"Anyway, if you don't go back, those North Korean girls will be carved up."

In the construction site, they lived in a temporary board house, in this early spring, it was also suitable, the daughter-in-law of the Huo family came tremblingly, and when she saw a few people eating and drinking, she immediately knelt down.

Even if the elders don't care anymore, they are also from the 21st century, where can they stand the look of kowtowing when they meet, if they are like this every day for a few decades, and they will be in the top position for a long time, they may have to get used to it, but now, after a short time, they immediately stood up and said, "What's the matter, get up and speak." ”

"Master, you have to be the master of my family, my family is full of hoards, and I was arrested by the people of the county government."

"Arrested?" The first thought of the contractor was that Huo Manchu could be some kind of legendary gangster, but in fact, he was a killer, and it happened that the county government had solved the case? But after thinking about it, he also felt that it was wrong, and said: "Why did the county government arrest people." ”

"What is the reason for the people in the county government to do things." She cried and cried, originally "please" and "take" away, but what she said was more serious, which also made everyone feel more serious.

Can drink with the contractor, are together in Tianjin to maintain the railway, at this time is close to the final completion, drink a meal, one is the relationship of Lala, fortunately in the future to support each other, the other is also each other can have a plan to make the next step to unite them, everyone can see, the following Celestial Empire, railway construction must be the top priority, then, a Minister of Railways position division, naturally is indispensable.

They naturally imagined a group of wolf-like officials, entered this family, fought hard, and arrested the guards who were originally favored by the contractor, although they felt a bit absurd, but they also felt strange, who was this county official, how could they dare to provoke them like this?

Although the foreman didn't know anything about it, he also laughed at himself and said: "Hey, the powerless soy sauce elder is being bullied, and he can't even use himself." ”

"Lao Bao, don't talk about it, let's go and have a look."

"By the way, this kid and this lady, don't run away, it's a big night, it's not good to go out at will, eat some here, we didn't move much on the table, it's all drinking, it's boring anyway, just digest and digest things, I want to know, what is this Jinghai County magistrate thinking."

The three of them said they would go, without stopping, and when everything was collected, others would naturally intervene, bring drinking water to the daughter-in-law and son of the Huo family, rest slowly, calm their emotions, and then turn their heads to see what the county official was doing.

In fact, at this time, Huo Man's hoarding was still good, in the room of the county government's posterior, a table of more sumptuous meals than the banquet eaten by the contractor, and the county official or the master on the table helped the idle in the past, but was so amiable, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, filling Huo Manhoarding with wine, drinking wine, and talking.

"Come, Brother Manho, I wish you a smooth journey in the imperial capital and a promotion to official wealth."

"That's right, Manchu is considered to have entered the Janissaries, seeing the third level of the official, I will wait to enter the imperial capital in the future, don't deny me to wait."

"Look at what you say, is Brother Manho this kind of person, hehe, right, Brother Manho."

Huo Manchu was like a dream, just after entering the county office, he was different from the face of the officer, the county commander and the county Cheng and others, which can be called friendly and friendly.

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