Chapter 27: Fortune (3)

Huanghua County is also coastal, but the situation in Huanghua is much better than that in Haixing. Along the coast, walking to Huanghua, you can gradually see the dense mangrove forest slowly decreasing, turning into the kind of sandy coast that Xu Qing originally imagined.

On the sandy ground, farmers grow patches of melons or turnips, lush green. The sea is calm, and there are people fishing on it with a long sea bridge. Xu Qing patted the donkey under his crotch and said to himself: Riding a donkey to see the sea, there is a sense of beauty of mixing and matching. This Huanghua is the place where the harbor is built......

Entering Huanghua County, I listened to the people's discussions:

"Today, the county lord opened the court to see the matter......"

"Another ten days? It's been a quick ......."

"Let's go see the excitement later?"

"Okay, but it's your turn to stay at the stall this time......"

Xu Qing smiled secretly, in ancient times, the people were foolish, and the lawsuits were rarely regarded as a manifestation of the simplicity of the people's customs. In addition, the power of the county ordinance in the local area is extremely great, and some officials simply do not hold a court for a month, so as to "reduce the lawsuits" and appear to be "well-educated." In this way, even if there is no merit, the word "medium" can be evaluated in the booklet of the ministry to protect the position.

Since there are not many times when the county order is held to treat civil affairs, every time the court is opened, there will always be a lot of things that have piled up to be decided. As soon as there are grievances in the lobby and arguing with each other, you come and go, there must be many parents who don't usually hear about it, and the ugly things in the family will be leaked. Watching the liveliness means watching these privacy, and occasionally chatting between neighbors to spice up the taste in a long and boring life.

"Lord Qingtian, villain Wang Wu, sue Zhao Liu for stealing my mule......"

"You...... You are talking nonsense, I have raised that mule for three years, why is it yours? ”

"You said that you raised it for three years, and you asked the mule to see if he agreed?"

"Then you ask him if he agrees?!"

The two of them were about to scold the street when they wanted to see it, and the onlookers looked expectant, but Zhan Zeng slapped a shocked wood on it and said:

"Silence!"

"Big ......"

"Wang Wu, do you have any evidence for suing Zhao Liu for stealing mules?"

"My lord, the villain has a witness, and he is the wife of Wang Wu!" Wang Wu knelt and said.

The onlookers listened and exhaled in a low voice: "Oh? ”

Zhao Liu's wife testified to Wang Wu, which is true...... Don't?

Zhao Liu reprimanded: "Wang Wu, you are so shameless, my wife, how can you testify?!" ”

"Your wife understands, she knows that stealing will eat the board, and she will kill her relatives in righteousness!" Wang Wu didn't give Zhao Liu a chance to speak, and said to Zhan Zeng: "Please take a look at the ...... old man."

"Well, let's ask the witnesses first......" After Zhan Zeng finished speaking, a lady was brought up crying and said: "I, my mule, is indeed ...... It's indeed a stolen ......"

"Slut, what benefits did the surnamed Wang give you!"

"Hmph, you useless guy......" The woman glanced at Zhao Liu, and turned her head away in disgust.

"Oh?" The crowd whispered in unison again.

"Look......" Wang Wu raised his head: "Big lord, the villain works diligently in the fields, saves money, and buys livestock for the first place, and that Zhao Liu, who is lazy and lazy, knows what the township knows......"

Wang Wuxu babbled about his hard work, and the onlookers began to scold Zhao Liu for being lazy and stealing, and wanted to beat him for eighty boards!

Xu Qing squeezed in and shook his head, the farmer had no hair on his legs and dark skin. Looking at these two places, it should be Zhao Liu's hard work, and Wang Wu's laziness.

Zhan Zeng on the stage was about to make Zhao Liu suffer a little, but suddenly saw a straw hat with a circle of light in the crowd of onlookers, why was it dazzling? Because under the straw hat is his top boss, Cangzhou Thorn Shi Xu Qing. Yan said bitterly: What is he doing here? Why do you dress up like this? Don't......

"County master, I know a single hair on that mule, and I know that there is a mole on ...... cheek" Zhao Liu said sincerely, and some people began to believe his words.

Zhan Zeng has no intention of trying the case: "Both sides are reasonable, and it will be tried again in the future......"

"Lord County Commander, I have a plan to determine whether it is true or ......false," Xu Qing said as he took a step forward.

"Bold, who disturbed the court?" The head of the government pointed at Xu Qing and reprimanded.

The onlookers also exclaimed: "Ah......h

They don't recognize the history of Cangzhou's assassination, Yan Ku can be recognized, Zhan Zeng waved his hand, drank the head of the retired government, and said: "Gather the wisdom of the people, good ......"

"Lord County Commander, I have a way to determine the true and false...... Xu Qing said again, but was interrupted again.

"You know what, the hair hasn't grown!" Wang Wu looked at Xu Qing and said disdainfully.

This is a scolding of the assassination, Zhan Zeng resisted the urge to scold and said: "Your Excellency, just say it......"

Xu Qingchang shook his head and said: "I have been talking to mules since I was a child, as long as I bring the donkey over, I will know it as soon as I ask." ”

"Oh? Your Excellency is really strange, and you ...... "Zhan Zeng is a person who can act, and he pretends to have just seen Xu Qing."

"Nonsense, there are those who can talk to mules, and you are not a mule spirit."

"I'm a donkey spirit, hehe......" Xu Qing muttered.

"Little brother, the mule is still at home...... Zhao Liu replied.

"Far from it?"

"It's not far, less than a mile out of town......"

"Can the county magistrate move and take a look?" Xu Qing smiled.

Where would Zhan Zeng say no, and laughed: "Hahaha, this county is just fine, just watch this wonder!" ”

Zhan Zeng sat on a sedan chair for two people, Xu Qing rode a donkey, and was led to several houses for half a pillar of incense time. It's rare for the county lord to come out once, and this time it's even more lively.

Zhao Liu brought a mule, strong and powerful, all the spectators saw it, talked about it, envied, and said: "Good mule, good raising......"

Officials use horses, and the people use donkeys and mules, so that mules and donkeys naturally have some symbols of family background among the people......

"How do you judge this beast?" Zhan Zeng stretched out his hand and asked, in the eyes of the people, it was a great honor for Xu Qing.

"Look at it......" Xu Qing opened his mouth, looked for a stick, pointed to the mule and scolded: "You are an animal, your master raised you so well, you actually brought a lawsuit to your master, saying, who is your master?" ”

The mule didn't speak, couldn't speak, and looked blankly at the people gathered around him. Looking at the people who are gathered together, he points his finger at its mouth opening and closing, making a "hahaha" sound. Another man pointed a stick at it and shouted loudly:

"Don't say? You beast, so shameless, so ungrateful, do you want to kill that man and find your next home?! ”

After everyone heard it, they all understood that this was referring to Sang scolding Huai, and scolding Zhao Liu's wife for harming her husband, even if it was not "righteousness", her actions were uncomfortable. Zhao Liu's wife also understood when she heard this, and rushed back home in a huff.

"If you refuse to recruit again, I will whip you all over your body, so that you will not be able to do it in the next life!"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, the mule continued to be dazed, Zhao Liu's face showed distress, his mouth opened slightly and said: "Don't fight ......" but there was no follow-up, Xu Qing saw this detail, and said in his heart that the probability of Zhao Liu being a Allah person is much greater.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! The three sticks chopped down, the mule was in pain, screamed, and hurriedly walked to Zhao Liu's side, rubbing his nose against Zhao Liu, as if to say: "Master, they bully me a lot, I'm just a child of a few hundred pounds, woo woo woo ......"

Zhao Liu touched the big head of the mule, one person and one mule looked like father and son, and the spectators nodded one after another. And Wang Wu on the other side saw this situation, the secret way was not good, and he ran away, and everyone immediately affirmed that Wang Wu was the fake one, and shouted to catch him. Zhan Zeng's subordinates quickly pounced on him, falsely accusing him of the crime, Zhan Zeng immediately sentenced Wang to fifty or fifty boards, and Zhao Liu and his wife reconciled.

The spectators shouted in unison: "Long live the old man......"

In the Tang Dynasty, the word long live was not a special word for the emperor for the time being, but just a congratulatory speech for the people to express their congratulations.

Afterwards, Zhan Zeng flattered Xu Qing, what is clear, what is the judgment of the ages, three points true and seven points false, Xu Qing smiled and disagreed.

Seeing this, Zhan Zeng chuckled in his heart, could it really be that little greed that was discovered? Alas, I, Zhan Zeng, are going to stink this time! Clever for a lifetime, confused for a while......

"Zhan County Order, has anything strange happened in the county recently?" Xu Qing asked.

Zhan Zeng thought about it, couldn't think of the trap in Xu Qing's words, and honestly returned: "In the history of assassination, there are many trivial civil fights in the county, but there are no ...... that can say strange things."

"No?" Xu Qing was depressed for a moment, and said in his heart that he had been deceived and had been fooled. It was easy to stabilize his mood, Xu Qing asked Huang Hua about various situations as usual, and put forward some small suggestions. As for the shady things that Zhan Zeng was worried about, Xu Qing didn't mention a word, which made Zhan Zeng feel at ease.

Zhan Zeng is not Xu Qing's protégé, how to govern, Xu Qing has nothing to teach him, and finally Xu Qing mentioned the plan to build a dock or port in Huanghua, and then fish and make dry goods, Zhan Zengzai carefully wrote down Xu Qing's words and sentences.

In fact, making dry goods is only one of the small goals, and Xu Qing's goal is to use Cangzhou as a base to establish maritime trade routes in Northeast Asia, and then establish maritime supremacy.

Xu Qing's big goal is to make a lot of money in the island country of the East.

You must know that in ancient China, copper was cheap and silvery, while the Oriental island countries were cheap in silver. If you make copper money in the Central Plains, and then exchange silver with the Japanese people, the difference in price is immeasurable.

Besides, the islands are still fragmented, and only by the time of the empress will there be a unified government. Therefore, if conditions permit, you can also rush over directly to change the world of the island country......

This plan just surfaced a little more in Xu Qing's heart. Xu Qing didn't think that he could complete such a big change alone, at most he could do some things.

Xu Qing and Zhan Zeng had a light meal, and when they were eating Zhan Zeng's own tea, a footstep outside the door came from far to near.

"Master, it's not good, there's a murder!"

"Huang Jia...... The shopkeeper of the Huang family's salt shop, he slept in the room, the doors and windows were tightened, but he didn't expect to die inside......"

Murder in the Secret Room!

Could it be that the so-called problem is only now coming out?