", even characters such as Zhang Miaoshou, Yingshanhong, Mountain Destroyer, Cupola Pillar, and Oil Slip have been knighted, this god is really blind." Luo Rucai, who was listening to his subordinates reading the newspaper for himself, suddenly slapped the table and stood up, knocking over all the tea cups on the table.

Although the spilled tea spilled over his palm from the table and then flowed along the edges, soaking the dry loess on the ground as if he had drawn a map.

But Luo Rucai didn't seem to feel anything, just kept walking back and forth under the bamboo and wood shed, looking very bad. The place where he now stands is a ferry port on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which belongs to Wuhu County.

As Wang Jiayin's subordinate, when Luo Rucai was recruited by the imperial court with the Shaanxi Righteous Army, he was only a small leader in the Righteous Army. It was precisely because his status in the rebel army was too low that he was not given special care by the imperial court after Zhao'an, so he was transferred to the Wuhu Huajin Inspection Department and became a team leader.

In this era, Wuhu is a good place, not only has the reputation of "Jiangdong Famous Town" and "Wuchu Famous District". It is also located near the Yangtze River, the transportation industry is developed, and it is also a well-known pulp and dyeing industry center and ironware production center in the south. From a small leader of the peasant army who rebelled with his head, to a small official of the inspection department in a more economically developed area in one fell swoop, Luo Rucai was satisfied with his life.

The Inspection Division is to check passers-by; Local grassroots social control agencies are tasked with inspecting people who have no way out, arresting spies, intercepting deserted soldiers and prisoners, cracking down on smuggling, and maintaining normal business and travel exchanges. It can be said that although the grade is not high, the power is quite large.

In particular, the inspection department set up at the ferry port in such an economically developed area has far exceeded the main hall of a county in a remote area in the northwest. And Luo Rucai, the small leader of the peasant rebel army, because he was recruited by the imperial court too quickly, has not yet had much blood on his hands, so he has not yet developed the habit of lawlessness. When they live a life that they could not imagine in the past, their resentment towards the court slowly fades.

And Luo Rucai is different from other leaders of the rebel army, although he has not read books systematically, his brain is still extremely flexible, and he is good at drilling. Therefore, when Wang Jiayin was secretly accused of having grievances against the imperial court, and Wang Jiayin and a group of his close subordinates were relocated overseas by the imperial court, Luo Rucai not only escaped this catastrophe, but also took advantage of the change of the inspection department to the patrol police station, and got a position as a sub-bureau chief for himself.

As a foreigner and with a background in the peasant rebel army, Luo Rucai knows himself very well, and he will go up one level at most in his career, even if he comes to the end. Originally, Luo Rucai was still very satisfied with such a life, after all, as a rural farmer who had not read much, he was able to become a petty official now, and he was already an ancestral manifestation.

However, everything is afraid of comparison, sitting at the ferry every day and leisurely messing around, and being able to collect fixed benefits from passing merchants, buying a family house in the county, and having a wife and concubine to take care of himself when he goes home, for Luo Rucai in the past, this is already a fairy-like day.

However, today's Daming Times shattered Luo Rucai's seemingly happy life, making him feel that there was a fire of ignorance rampant in his body, and he couldn't vent it. What made Luo Rucai angry was the notice in the Times about the commendation of meritorious soldiers for quelling the civil strife in Burma, which caused the imperial court to award more than 100 viscounts and barons, which was actually the largest batch of knighthoods in recent years.

Luo Rucai naturally would not have thought that the purpose of the imperial court to award knighthoods so aggressively was to divert the attention of the domestic people and resolve their dissatisfaction caused by natural disasters for many years; The second is to encourage domestic people to migrate overseas, so that they know that there is money, land, and honor waiting for them to pick up abroad.

He just heard that the small leaders of the rebel army, who were about the same status as him at the beginning, actually appeared on the knighthood list. Since Chongzhen restored the viscount and baronial titles, although these two titles cannot be hereditary, and there is no fixed allowance, it is difficult to compare with the status of the three dukes and counts.

However, for the people of the Ming Dynasty, these two titles are enough to make them red-eyed. Because this marks that a family has separated from the civilian class and officially become a member of the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, they can compete with the local gentry for the right to speak on local affairs.

Although because they are not hereditary titles, these nouveau riche with low-ranking titles cannot compete with the local gentry who have been in business for generations. But, at least they always have a place to reason now, and they no longer have to worry about the gentry and local officials joining forces to directly take advantage of the wealth they have.

Moreover, with the continuous development of the Ming economy, some businessmen who got rich through industry and commerce also hoped to improve their social status, rather than being discriminated against at the end of the four industries. In the past, these merchants either trained their children to study, or desperately tried to marry scholars and nobles.

But in fact, it is very difficult for ordinary businessmen to get such opportunities except for the real super-wealthy. However, with the emergence of new nobles, this demand market suddenly began to explode, as long as you can get a knighthood, it is easy to find a rich merchant as a family.

Don't look at Luo Rucai's small life, he is quite comfortable, but he, the director of the patrol police sub-bureau, is not even considered to be from Jiupin. According to the past, he belongs to the head of the official line, and although he can show off his power in front of the common people, he has to nod his head in front of ordinary officials and local bigwigs.

Therefore, those brainless peasant army colleagues he looked down on in the past have now become big people he needs to look up to, which really makes Luo Rucai feel jealous and hateful, his heart seems to be scratched by a hundred cat's paws, and it is difficult to breathe in distress.

So on this day in June of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, several subordinates who had followed Luo Ru for almost ten years found that this boss, who had always been known for his diligence, had retired early for the first time. Although the sun has been a little poisonous these days, Luo Rucai, who has always been healthy, said that he was sick in the name of heat stroke, which is still too exaggerated.

Of course, the patrol officers who are familiar with the temper of their bosses will still not touch this moldy head. But it seems that everyone's extra money can be a little richer these days, and everyone can't help but think about it.

Riding a horse back to the county seat ten miles away, Luo Rucai returned to his home near the west gate of the county seat, just after noon. He threw the reins of his horse to his servants, and as soon as he stepped through the gate, his wife and concubine met him, and asked him long and short questions, which made him even more impatient.

"I'm going to take a shower, which of you will go and give me a bowl of noodles, and the others won't be blocked in front of me, it's boring." After Luo Rucai threw down a sentence, he walked towards the well on the side. His wife and concubines and other servants looked at his impatience and did not dare to speak to him any more.

took off his clothes and washed the cold well water in the yard like this, Luo Rucai felt that the heat in his heart had finally disappeared. After eating the bowl of noodles brought by the concubine, Luo Rucai hid in his study. said that it was a study, but Luo Rucai himself rarely read here, and only sometimes when he needed to think quietly about something, he would come here to be alone behind closed doors.

His wife and concubine also knew his strange temper, and thought that he was in trouble again, so they did not dare to come and disturb him, and even brought him supper alone.

Luo Rucai closed the door and reached the middle of the moon, and his wife and concubine couldn't help but listen with some worry outside his study, wondering what he was doing inside. However, they listened in the corner for a long time, and they heard Luo Rucai in the study suddenly shouting loudly: "How can the eldest husband be a lamb raised in captivity waiting to be slaughtered, I don't believe that I will not be as good as those clay heads, and I will not be able to get back a knighthood." ”

After this loud drink, the door of the study was quickly opened, and the wife and concubine who were standing in the corner eavesdropping were trying to escape from the scene, but they were bumped into by Luo Rucai, who was glimpsed at a glance. He grabbed one with one hand and said viciously to the two girls: "What are you running, let's serve the master tonight..."

Hu Tianhu spent most of the night, and Luo Rucai, who had asked his wife and concubine to beg him for mercy before he stopped, was still in good spirits when he got up early in the morning, and it seemed that after making a decision last night, his body had become younger.

After Luo Rucai left home, he did not return to the ferry, but ran to see his boss and brother-in-law, Huang Jialing, the county magistrate of Wuhu County. This county man is naturally not a scholar, but a junior official. Of course, even if he is from a family of officials, this family business is also Luo Rucai's high climbing, but this Huang Xiancheng's sister is a widow, and the family affairs of the two families can be regarded as comparable.

After listening to Luo Rucai's thoughts, this Huang Xiancheng immediately rolled his eyelids, and said with a sneer at him: "Are you having a bad brain, but you have to go overseas to try your luck."

How do you know if Wang Jiayin still remembers you, if you lose your current position and go to Myanmar and don't accept you, how will you end up?

Also, don't look at the fact that there are so many knights in this Burma war, but the court has not told you that at least thirty percent of the troops participating in the Burma war this time have suffered from cold and fever, and more soldiers have died from the disease than on the battlefield.

If you go to Burma and get sick, are you going to make my sister a widow again? ”

Although he was scolded by his brother-in-law for a bloody meeting, Luo Rucai, who had already risen in utilitarianism, refused to back down, and seeing that the other party was fascinated by the title, Huang Xiancheng was really speechless.

Afraid that this brother-in-law would sneak away, he had to reassure: "In this way, the climate in Myanmar is not good, there is a lot of miasma, and the war has just ended, so I don't think there will be any chance to fight for a while." If you really want to try your luck overseas, I have an idea.

The North American Governor's Office needs some police officers with experience in public security management, and those who have taken the initiative to sign up from the country can basically be promoted to a higher level, and the term of office is only five years. At the end of the five-year term of office, and there is no major fault, you can be promoted to another level and then transferred to the country.

It is said that the current governor of North America is from Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei has a lot of power in the police department. Therefore, the governor will not break his promise, and I will report your name on your behalf. If you're lucky, you'll be able to fight in the North American Governorate; If you are lucky, you can at least mix up the two levels of official ranks, so that you can break through the identity of an official and become a regular official of the imperial court. ”

Luo Rucai thought for a long time, and finally nodded to his brother-in-law and said, "Okay, just do what you want..."

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