In front of him was a man in his fifties, although he was dark and thin, he didn't look so old, but his temples were already gray, and when he turned his head to look, Yan Yan's cousin was only twenty-seven or eighteen years old...... Folding her hands, sitting with a handkerchief, an emerald green skirt with a vertical collar and a small undergarment, she looks like a rich family, but she doesn't call the shots in everything, as soon as Yan'er tells her, she says to her man, feeling very submissive. The uncle always looked unquestionable, and always smiled and said, "If you want to open it, you can drive it, what is really the matter, isn't there your brother?" If you want the people in the county to find trouble, report my name, and I will dredge it. Picking? Who has made a shop and processed a tool in ten miles and eight townships? There is a tax to be paid. Listen to me, you should open it when you go back, if you are still worried in your heart, give a little money every month, and stick to a few shifts. ”

Yan Yan hurriedly looked at Li Hu.

Just now she was afraid that Li Hu would eat too much at other people's houses, but now she was worried that Li Hu would be impolite to reply, so she hurriedly said, "Uncle wants you to save trouble." ”

Li Hu replied lightly: "There are some things that can't be saved. ”

He said: "If there is no way to find me, there is no way, and if there is no way, anyone who wants to check me can check me." I've thought about this for a long time. Stone utensils are not waiting for people to come to buy them, they have to be delivered to others, walk thirty or fifty miles, deduct them, check them once, and then you will have to trouble your uncle? When the time comes, the stone is not an expensive thing, and the goods are not worth such an expense. ”

The uncle was surprised, and hurriedly said, "Ahhh You kid thinks a lot, I am familiar with the people who are on the road in this county, isn't it in vain? Do you know how much it costs to do a job? With the hands of Master Wang, Master Wang doesn't want to work hard? This pattern has to be changed regularly, every time he has a hand, have you counted this? Don't talk about this expense, first ask the chief of your township Wang Pavilion to give you a guarantee, and people will give you a guarantee? ”

Li Hu looked incredulous and asked, "Master Wang wants money?" He said, "According to the law, the issuance of the certificate should be the duty of the warden, why should it pass the hand of the county commander?" The county issued a certificate to increase the county's fiscal revenue, so why should they give them money? ”

Yan Yan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Li Hu." Who did you listen to, why didn't you listen to your uncle? ”

The uncle was not happy...... I don't have a good face.

Yan Yan and his aunt put her hand on his arm, and Nong said softly, "Master." Don't be angry with the children, tell them what you have to say. ”

The uncle held back and said loudly: "Your brother also helped me back then, and the family didn't speak two words, so I taught you and told you directly, what did the county commander ask the master to do?" It's the master who is in charge of the county. I don't understand what you said, anyway, the master is in charge, what did he say, what did the county order do, and the county order didn't understand, right? Prefectural Workshop ...... The few errands in it will be assigned to the masters. ”

Li Hu was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "Master, do you care?" ”

The uncle-in-law said: "Who holds power, who can get the money, the county order doesn't understand, the master and the warden are fighting, and the county order still doesn't listen to his master?" Master was invited by him. ”

Li Hu said "oh".

The uncle said, "Why do you want to ask for money, right, just one thing can stump you, before the petition, you have to write a petition for filing, will you write?" He also said: "After writing the petition, Lijia has a guarantee, that is, your uncle in your village, and then Wang Tingchang has a guarantee, and then takes it up, and the warden submits it, fill it in according to the book, what is this to fill in, your type of work, what do you do, how many people do you, how much money you pay, how much tax you should pay, and hand it to the signing room, and who approves it, this kind of public, the county order master reads it there, and it is at the master's place, if he does it himself, he will draw it in front of the county order, not him, he can say that there is a problem with what you wrote, and send it back one by one...... You have to rewrite it again, and then go to your uncle, find someone Wang Tingchang, before you looked for someone, you don't know what, meaning? Now that you're looking for it again, you can't mean it anymore, you can't mean it? Pressed you a few times, you can't do it, you just mean it no matter what, Wang Tingchang is also annoyed, he also knows that the boss doesn't want to approve you, and he still gives you a guarantee? Do you want to get through Master Wang first? ”

Li Hu asked: "What if the petition I wrote and the public I filled in are fine, he said that there is a problem, he always has a problem." ”

The uncle said, "How can there be no problem? Even if you find a reader, will you use it? Do you know why the county magistrate didn't watch it for himself? The officials are all yamen jargon, and he can't understand them. He said, "How much money can I invest in opening my own shop at home?" It's not that I don't know the situation of your family, is it necessary to get a dozen taels of roads? If you are about to open, you will give a few taels to your uncle, and your uncle will give you some points from the people below. ”

As soon as he said this, Li Hu's consultation with him was terminated.

What do you mean?

Give him the money, and he will be fine.

Li Hu sneered in his heart, and said slowly: "When my father was there, he told me that if there is a right path, don't go diagonally, why?" Because things are above board, and if they go astray, then they are conspiracing. Obviously, a mining situation is to send money to the county, which can solve the livelihood of some people, but in the end, I have to use money to buy and access roads, and I don't plan to spend any money. I just want to handle it, I, Li Hu, can write the petition myself, and I can understand your official ...... It doesn't matter if the official is the jargon of your government or not. ”

Yang Yanyan shouted: "Li Hu." Why are you talking to our uncle? You're the strong. You're a donkey. Dog chestnuts have said, you said in Baojun to give people money, said to buy books, buy books, now a few taels of silver to buy smoothly, why do you save it. ”

The uncle said, "Yanyan, ignore him. I don't have the same knowledge as him, so I have to look at your brother's face. Strong, let him go. I can hear it, he is a capable man, and he is proud in his heart...... If you don't break his head and let him learn a lesson, you won't be blessed with him in the future. ”

Yanyan and me?

Li Hu wanted to refute these words, but he knew that this was not the point of the words at all, the point was that you don't spend a penny, and you don't want to get things done.

His uncle's house is not far from the yamen in order to go to the yamen.

Li Hu said to Yan Yan: "You stay at your uncle's house, I will go to handle the collection, and I, Li Hu, will have to change the rules for your yamen." ”

He got up and walked away.

Yan Yan was stunned.

Her cousin was also dumbfounded.

Yanyan and her cousin-in-law turned around and asked Yanyan: "Why did your mother pick up a second goods?" He won't let me take him there, is he going to break into the yamen? He said with a smile: "I will take him with me, maybe for the sake of my face, people want to let me do things in the future, and maybe open up a way for us, so that I can spend no money or less money." ”

Her cousin asked: "You hurry up, Yanyan said that he knows martial arts, and he is good at martial arts, and he will fight again in the county government?" You follow. ”

Her uncle couldn't help it, so he got up and walked outside.

When her cousin saw that her husband was gone, she was relieved and comforted Yanyan and said: "According to your uncle's age, it is said that the yamen will not want him, and now the yamen will not let him go, and he has been working for more than ten years, and he is indispensable in the county...... He goes, you can rest assured. ”

Yan Yan let out an "oh".

Her lips were sharp, and she whispered, "Auntie." Do you think Li Huqiang can be majestic when he is strong? In addition to my brother, our old Yang family has another strong head. ”

Her cousin said, "Your brother is not strong, and he doesn't have to go far away from Cangjun." She said faintly: "He took the lead in going to the county to make trouble to return food, and he was almost not sentenced to death, and your father not only spent the money, but was also angry to death." If there is another strong head in your family, you won't be angry with your mother. ”

Yan Yan stared at the small vase in front of her, her face stiffened and she didn't say a word.

Her cousin sighed and said, "My sister is miserable." Your dad is tough. To what extent? At that time, when you were young, Yang Linggong said that the ancestors surnamed Yang were fraudulently using the names of other people's ancestors, and your father was unwilling, so he had to apologize. People were generous and apologized, but as a result, the people in the county felt that your father had offended Yang Linggong, so they scolded Yang Linggong and eliminated his recommendation. Wait until your brother is here, people seek to survive for themselves to avoid famine, but he goes to the townships to call people, and takes them to the county to make food...... When the yamen finally provided disaster relief, he was also arrested. Your second sister is the same, how many people say matchmaking, people say get married, she has to say that she wants to find someone who can catch the sky and take the land, but she went to Cangjun and met a sea head who can catch the sky and the land, and she is already the wife of the seventh aunt, and robbed your sister to be the eighth ......"

Yang Yanyan's tears fell down.

Her cousin didn't care at all, and said, "It's my cousin's hard work to take care of your business...... Now there's another tough guy in the house, and you're quite proud. ”

Yang Yanyan said: "Then why don't you say that everyone knows my brother from all over the country?" Where to go, as soon as I heard that it was his sister-in-law, I was polite first. ”

Her cousin looked fierce and said, "That's his stupidity." also married someone like your sister-in-law who has not laid eggs so far, just because he had an accident, your mother fainted halfway, and your sister-in-law sent your mother home. ”

Yang Yanyan said with tears in her eyes: "When my brother has an accident, they all say that they will be judged to rebel, many people are afraid of being implicated, so they hide and avoid, my sister-in-law is not afraid, she runs to cook for my father, and my brother misses her well." My family misses him well. ”

Her cousin said, "That's because she has a plan, she knows that she can trap your brother that way." ”

Yang Yanyan cried: "My sister-in-law is good, and they all say that my sister-in-law is good." Why do you hate my sister-in-law so much, every time you come to your house, you scold my sister-in-law. ”

Her cousin, seeing that she was crying so much, handed her handkerchief over and whispered, "Wipe it quickly." I scolded her, she should be scolded, it's all an adult's business, you don't care. ”

The two talked for a long time, and about half an hour passed, and suddenly felt worried, Yanyan said that she wanted to go and see, her cousin was also a little panicked, and her cousin-in-law came back. Seeing him come back, Yan Yan asked, "Where is Li Hu?" Her cousin-in-law sat down and didn't speak, only exhaled vigorously, and waited for her cousin to pour a cup of hot tea to warm up, hold it in her hand, and drink it, then she said: "After Li Hu finished looking for the county master, go back to the furniture to protect it." ”

He sneered and said, "There is another Yang Linggang in your family." ”

He said: "When he went over, he went directly to find the county master...... A few people in the county master's family can't stop me, I'm worried about death, keep up, do you know what people say? The first sentence of the people is, the county commander, my name is Li Hu, a native of Yangjia Village, Baihe, and I went to the county to collect the stone tools. ”

Her cousin said, "The county lord didn't let people take him away, beat him up and killed him?" Her cousin-in-law said, "The county master was scared at the time." The house was broken into, and I was scared for a while. He is a martial artist, and the people around him dare not approach him. The county magistrate is still shouting at this time, aren't you afraid that he will go up and punch himself in the face? At that time, he spoke to him in a gentle voice and took him to the signing room. The two didn't know what they were saying in the signing room, and after a while, the county magistrate came out with a piece of paper with ink that hadn't dried, and Li Hu followed him, and I felt that it was a petition written on the spot. The county lord called the master and the workshop warden, I think the matter has to be done, get closer, the county lord asked the warden Ma for a blank paper on the spot, and gave it to Li Hu to take away. At that time, I was thinking, I'm afraid it's a bad thing, it's not Li Hu who forced him to do it, as soon as Li Hu goes out, the county lord will mobilize military guards to arrest him, but I didn't expect that as soon as Li Hu left, the county lord smiled and told people, let him do his best to help Li Hu open a stone quarry, if he is short of people, go to the townships to find people for him. ”

Her cousin asked, "Is Old Lady Wu crazy?" ”

Her cousin-in-law shook his head.

After a while, he said: "I didn't come back immediately, I just wanted to know what was going on, and asked the master, the master said, Li Hu went up and said that he would open a big stone field, at least able to feed thousands of people, and sell the stone tools to the county, the state, and said that he sold a stone tiger for eighty taels of silver, so calculated, if the stone field is opened, how much tax can it contribute to the county...... Then asked the county lord if he could ask the county lord to help him. ”

Yan Yan burst into tears and laughed, explaining, "He is a stone tiger that sold for eighty taels of silver." ”

Her cousin asked, "Did the county lord agree?" ”

Her cousin-in-law said, "Yes." And he wants the whole county to cooperate with him to do it, saying that if this thing is done, it will not only benefit the township, but also make Yi County's upper plan the first in the county, the key is that Li Hu wants thirteen taxes and one, and the county still has extra money to make up for the lack of money for the officials. ”

He glared and said: "This Li Hu is arrogant and dares to say big things, and he can also write chapters, and the petition is also beautifully written, and the county order was bluffed by him." The county order also said that half a month later, go to Yangjia Village to see if that's the case. ”