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He Shishou sent someone to inform Li Zhi, and Li Zhi went to the governor's yamen to receive the waist card and official uniform.

He Shishou was very happy to see Li Zhilai, and said loudly: "The Baihu official is now promoted to the deputy Qianhu as the defender of Fanjiazhuang, hurry up and change into an official uniform to show me." ”

He Shishou's servant had already prepared and handed over all Li Zhi's things. Li Zhi smiled and took the things, and changed into his official uniform in the wing room of the governor's yamen.

Deputy Qianhu is a military attache from the fifth grade, the official robe is cyan, the patch on the chest is embroidered with auspicious clouds and waves, and a bear is embroidered in the middle, with a belt of silver flowers, which looks more magnificent than the official uniform of Baihu.

Li Zhi looked at the waist card again, and saw that it was a gold-plated silver card, which was different from the Baihu waist card that was only tattooed with Su Yun, and it was tattooed with Yunlong and Fuhu, which was more imposing. The reverse side of the waist card is still the precept of Ming Taizu, and the front is engraved with a row of words "Tian 0 Jin Zuo Wei Jing 0 Hai Qianhu Deputy Thousand Households Li Zhi", which is Li Zhi's current official body.

After being promoted, Li Zhi was in a good mood and whistled in the wing.

Li Zhi changed his clothes and put on a black gauze hat, came out and walked back to Santang, and heard He Shishou's laughter: "What a mighty Ming military attaché!" ”

Li Zhi walked up a few steps and said with a smile: "Thanks to the help of the governor." ”

After saying this, Li Zhi took out a silver ticket of one thousand taels from his arms and sent it to He Shishou.

Li Zhi's current relationship depends on He Shishou, and he is naturally generous to He Shishou. He Shishou gave him an official position of deputy thousand households, and Li Zhi sent two thousand taels of silver to He Shishou before and after, which can be described as a back and forth. The so-called human affection is that you come and go with an echo. He Shishou has good personal morality, and after getting so many benefits from Li Zhi, he will naturally take more care of Li Zhi in the future.

With the care of the governor in Tian0jin, no one dares to be unfavorable to Li Zhi.

He Shishou looked at the silver ticket, pondered for a while, laughed and said, "Deputy Qianhu is an interesting person!" I heard that you are building a city wall and a new city in Fanjiazhuang? ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan wants to concentrate all his industries in Fanjiazhuang and manage them in a unified manner!" Therefore, the city wall of Fanjiazhuang was expanded, and now the circumference of the new city wall is six miles. ”

"Tsk! Deputy Qianhu is so bold. But it's also a good thing that young people are self-motivated! After a pause, He Shishou said again: "You build cities and walls, all of which are good things for the country and the people." If Shangguan has something to trouble you, just come to me! ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "With the governor taking care of it, the lower officials will have no fear!" ”

Li Zhi chatted with He Shishou for a few more words, then got up and retired, leaving the governor's yamen.

Li Zhi returned to Fanjiazhuang in his new official uniform, and before he entered the official hall, a servant came up and reported: "Master, You Huachao, the defense officer in Yunfang is visiting!" ”

Li Zhi is now promoted to the defensive officer of Fanjiazhuang, You Huachao is no longer his superior, and the two are now considered equal. Li Zhi didn't have a good impression of this You Huachao, knowing that he was a typical official ruffian and was not ready to have a deep friendship with him, he secretly said what he was doing?

Li Zhi jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the servant, and was about to walk towards the official hall, but saw You Huachao already walking out with the attendant. Seeing that Li Zhi had changed into an official uniform, You Hua said loudly: "Congratulations to Brother Li Xian for being promoted to deputy defense officer of a thousand households, today is really a gratifying day!" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Lord Qianhu is so well-informed. ”

You Huachao said with a smile: "A few days ago, you went to suppress bandits and won a big victory, and I knew that you were going to be promoted." Later, I heard that you were going to be promoted to the defensive officer of Fanjiazhuang, the same level as me. Today I happened to hear that you went to the governor's yamen, so I know that your promotion has come down, so I am here to congratulate you. After a pause, You Huachao said again: "Yesterday the virtuous brother was still a subordinate of the foolish brother, and today the virtuous brother is already my level, and the promotion speed of the virtuous brother is unprecedented!" ”

You Huachao took a box from the hand of the attendant and said with a smile: "This is a little bit of the foolish brother's heart, and it can be regarded as a congratulatory gift to the virtuous brother!" ”

Li Zhi knew that this was his promotion, which made You Huachao more optimistic about himself and came to make friends with him. Li Zhi secretly said that you didn't take care of me when I was your subordinate before, and now that you are at the same level, it is too late for you to come to the knot.

However, the so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, someone came to congratulate him, and Li Zhi couldn't drive him away. opened the gift box and looked at it, Li Zhi saw that there was a Liaodong old ginseng in the gift box, which was about worth twenty or thirty taels, so he smiled and said, "Let the thousands of adults break the bank!" ”

"What are these words, Brother Xian? Foolish brother just has a little heart! ”

Li Zhi saw that You Huachao was so enthusiastic, and it was not good to drive him away after accepting his gift, so he entered the official hall with You Huachao and sat down in the second hall.

You Huachao asked: "Brother Xian has now been promoted to defense officer, and his boss is the commander of the TJ left guard in the Acropolis, the garrison lord Luo Li Zong, does the virtuous brother know the preferences of the garrison lord?" ”

Li Zhi didn't know much about this, and replied honestly: "I don't know about this!" ”

You Huachao clapped his hands and said proudly: "Brother Xian, this point will be taught to you by Brother Fool!" The garrison loved calligraphy and was keen to collect calligraphy from famous artists. If you find a good post and send it, he will treat you differently. ”

Li Zhi was stunned, and secretly said Where can I find a famous calligraphy, and he was a little anxious for a while. But Li Zhi thought that he had a relationship with the governor, so he didn't need to be too concerned with the garrison, just send some ordinary gifts.

After making up his mind, Li Zhi was not very enthusiastic about You Huachao, and after saying a few more words, Li Zhi sent You Huachao away.

The next day, Li Zhi prepared an ordinary gift of one hundred taels and went to the Tian0jin Acropolis to meet his boss Luo Lizong.

The garrison hall of the Acropolis is in the south of the Acropolis, and it is inconspicuous in the command of the TJ Left Guard. However, the acropolis garrison was the military attache who commanded all the soldiers of the TJ Left Guard, and he had a lot of power.

Li Zhi sent a name card at the door, and after a while, a sergeant came over and took Li Zhi to the second hall of the official hall. In the second hall, the garrison Luo Lizong, who was wearing the uniform of the commander of the third guard, was already waiting for Li Zhi.

Li Zhi glanced up and saw that Na Luo Li Zong was forty or fifty years old, with a long beard on his pointed face, and a slender figure, not like a military attaché, but like a literati.

When Li Zhi saw the chief, he hurriedly went up and saluted: "The lower official Li Zhi pays a visit to the garrison." ”

Li Zhi is just a small defense from the fifth grade, and he is a shrimp officer in front of the garrison of the third grade. However, Luo Lizong seemed to know Li Zhi's background, and did not hold it up in front of Li Zhi, stood up with a smile and helped Li Zhi up, and said: "Deputy Qianhu, please get up, why do you need such a big gift?" ”

Li Zhi stood up and handed the gift list to Luo Lizong, and said, "This is a little bit of heart!" ”

Luo Lizong looked at the gift list, accepted it, and said with a smile: "The deputy thousand households are broken!" Sit! ”

Li Zhi gave the order and sat down in the chair.

Luo Lizong also sat down, thought about it and said, "I heard that the deputy thousand households are building a new city in Fanjiazhuang, and there is quite a lot of movement. How long is the wall that the deputy Qianhu built? What are the results so far? ”

Li Zhi replied honestly: "What is being repaired below is a city wall with a circumference of six miles, and now the earthen wall is almost completed, and it is being covered with bricks. ”

Luo Li Zong stroked his beard and said: "It is really an unprecedented thing for the deputy thousand households to repair the public wall with private wealth, and even the official admires it. ”

Li Zhi replied: "My lord Miao Zan, the lower officials are ashamed!" The industries in the lower are now moved to Fanjiazhuang New Town, and the construction of the city wall is also to protect the private property of the lower officials. ”

Luo Lizong said: "No matter what, it is also a city and a land, which is worthy of praise!" After a pause, Luo Lizong said again: "I heard in the governor's yamen ten days ago that the deputy thousand households' performance documents were reported, but I didn't expect it to come down so soon, it can be seen that the governor attaches great importance to the deputy thousand households!" ”

After saying this, Luo Lizong glanced at Li Zhi with a smile, and his eyes were very kind.

The garrison officer is a big official in front of Li Zhi, but he is not in front of the governor. The governor is in charge of the political envoys, and the procurators and deputy generals of the general army are sentenced to punishment, and it is difficult for even the governor's yamen to enter a garrison. Luo Lizong suddenly said that he had learned the news in the governor's yamen, which was to imply that Li Zhi had a personal relationship with the governor. has a personal relationship with the governor, and Li Zhi is a person on the same line.

Li Zhi was not stupid, of course he heard Luo Lizong's words, nodded and said, "It turns out that the garrison lord also often walks around the governor's yamen!" ”

Luo Lizong laughed, and seemed very proud of his relationship with the governor. After thinking about it, Luo Lizong asked, "I heard that Deputy Qianhu is a relative of the governor?" ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he laughed and did not answer.

Luo Lizong saw that Li Zhi didn't answer, and he couldn't figure out what Li Zhi's path was, but everyone knew that the governor helped Li Zhi everywhere, so he treated Li Zhi as a relative of the governor.

This Luo Lizong likes to be vassal, and after talking with Li Zhi for a while, he turned the topic to poetry, calligraphy and painting. Li Zhi didn't study these things, and he couldn't talk to Luo Lizong, so the conversation between the two was a little empty.

A military attache likes poetry, calligraphy and painting, what resistance do you have when the Tartars come? Li Zhi didn't understand Fengyue, so he was a little slanderous.

Li Zhi saw that the atmosphere was a little empty, so he didn't stay for a long time, and said a few polite words before leaving. Na Luo Li Zong was very enthusiastic, and sent Li Zhi all the way to the door of the official hall.