Chapter 505: Household Qi Min

The Shandong noodle restaurant in the north of the capital has become a must-go place for generals to go out to eat; When a foreign military general entered Beijing, the first thing the local military general entertained him was a meal of Shandong noodles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Every day from noon until the evening curfew, the noodle restaurant is full of people, and there is no time to be idle, especially the private room used by Yunxi back then, and if you want to eat in it, you have to book three days in advance.

At this time, it was midnight, and there were only a few people eating noodles in the noodle restaurant, and Tang Bohe was sitting in the front hall with calculations.

A diner who had just ordered a bowl of Shandong lo mein seemed to be an old acquaintance, and smiled at Tang Bohe: "Old Tang, how much did you earn yesterday?" ”

Tang Bohe also said with a smile: "Where you can earn as much as you want, it's just to earn a little money." ”

"Do you still earn a living? When your noodle shop was not available from morning to night, if you weren't willing to expand your noodle shop and keep such a small shop, you would have become one of the richest people in the capital. The diner said.

Tang Bohe smiled and didn't speak. The diner continued: "Besides, I don't think it's necessary for you to continue to run such a noodle restaurant, your eldest son is already a hereditary thousand households, and now he is serving in the army, why do you continue to run such a noodle restaurant!" ”

Tang Bohe pointed to the upper right this time, and said with a smile: "It's not because of the order of the first emperor. ”

Diners don't have to look up to know what's in the upper right: a plaque with four big characters of Zhu Hongwu's 'Shandong Noodle Restaurant'. This is one of the reasons why his small noodle shop is so popular.

While chatting, a middle-aged man accompanied two people in dark blue police uniforms to the door of the noodle restaurant, and then the middle-aged man said something and walked in with two policemen.

Tang Bohe looked up and saw these people, immediately stood up and ran to the door, and smiled at the middle-aged man: "Zhang Lichang, why do you have the leisure to come to me today?" ”

Zhang Lichang also smiled: "I accompanied the police to check the household registration today." These two are the policemen of Jiangning County. ”

Tang Bohe immediately made a gesture and said, "I've seen two poor masters." ”

The two of them seemed to have heard of the Shandong noodle restaurant, and one of them said, "We don't deserve the title of master, just call us the police." ”

After some pushing, the police asked: "How many people in the family, what kind of business are they engaged in?" ”

Tang Bohe said honestly: "There are eight people in total, two of us, three sons, two daughters and the eldest daughter-in-law. But now the eldest son is on an errand in the right guard of the government army, and he has passed away. ”

The two policemen had really heard of the Shandong noodle restaurant, and they didn't ask again when they heard such an unreasonable thing.

After that, he took out the deed and title deed and looked at it, and measured the size.

The young, hands-on policeman probably read and wrote something on a form, and said, "Okay, it's okay, you're busy, we're going to the next one." ”

Tang Bohe immediately took out a string of money and said with a smile: "The two masters have worked hard, and this little money is not a tribute." ”

In fact, with the current situation of their family, the officials did not dare to take the initiative to ask for money; But Tang Bohe has been in business all his life, and he feels that he is not sure if he doesn't give some money, so he takes the initiative to give some every time. Of course, the officials would not refuse, and they all nodded and accepted.

But today is different, the two policemen said: "Tang Dongjia, our policemen are different from the officials in the past, they are all from good families, and they are not cheap servants, so they don't like this." ”

If it is an ordinary family, it is necessary to push it a few times before you can put the money away with trepidation. However, Tang Bohe knew his identity, and only pushed it once before putting away the money. However, he still asked Zhang Li Chang curiously: "Zhang Li Chang, do the two of them not take my money, or what?" ”

Zhang Lichang said: "Brother Tang, you are the sixth family, and the first few households have not taken any money. ”

Tang Bohe was a little confused: "Is there still an errand in this world who doesn't take money?" ”

Just thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of "bang bang bang" at the door of his house outside, and hurriedly went out to look, only to see a policeman nailing a wooden sign to the door of his house and writing it with fire. The top is written Xiangfu Street, and the bottom is the Chinese character 11.

He looked in the direction they had come, and every house had a sign with a different number. He thought to himself that this was not bad, and that it would be much easier to find them if they were numbered.

He came back to pack his things, and his wife Mo Shi came out and asked, "Someone came just now?" ”

"Yes, the lieutenant accompanied two policemen called what kind of policemen came to ask the population, and also measured the size of the store and the title deed." Tang Bohe replied.

"How much money was given? Ordinary people give 500 yuan, so we have to give 300 yuan. ”

"It's strange here, they didn't ask for a penny. And it's not that our family didn't ask for it, but a row of merchants didn't ask for it. ”

"Hey," Mo Shi also wondered: "I heard that they are all military households, because the emperor thought that the original officials were too corrupt, so he transferred retired soldiers to become policemen, and also canceled their cheap status." ”

"If you want to say that they are a little more restrained than the previous officials, it is certain, they are military households, and people can find out that the future of their children is affected; But don't want any money? And such an errand? ”

"Maybe it's because I've just started working on an errand now, and Ying Tianfu has just checked it, so I don't dare to ask for it. It depends on whether they will ask for money in another year and a half! ”

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In the evening, the three general judges in charge of the patrol police and the county lieutenants of Shangyuan and Jiangning counties said to Huang Huai: "Lord Fu Yin, the patrol police have completed the inspection of the whole city, the population census has been re-measured, and the title deeds have been re-measured to prevent unauthorized encroachment on the road. ”

"All the households, merchants, artisan houses and Qinglou Chu Pavilion have been numbered, and the streets and alleys that did not have names before have been renamed."

"For the displaced people in the city who have slipped through the net, we have re-investigated, and a total of more than 100 displaced people have been caught, and they have been sent to the places where beggars and displaced people are temporarily resettled, waiting to be sent to the northwest together."

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Huang Huai listened to their reports one by one, and finally said: "Okay, you have done a good job, and you have re-investigated the whole city in just a few days." This official must mention it in his recital to His Majesty. ”

Several people showed joy. Officials like them have very few opportunities to show their faces in front of His Majesty, and they can't play alone, and it is not easy for Huang Huai to be willing to mention a sum of money.

After saying a few more words, Huang Huai said: "It's not early today, so let's stop here." Come over tomorrow and there will be a new mission from His Majesty. ”

A few people agreed, and then withdrew.

After they retreated, a man dressed in a police uniform walked up to him and said, "Lord Fu Yin, the Jinyi guard monitored the patrol today, and did not find any acceptance of money. ”

Huang Huai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the positive atmosphere is finally corrected." But it's hard to say what will happen in the future. ”