Ma Kun had no worries and said, "That's it!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and took out an official document and said, "Brother, I told you before that you are double happy today, and now I will give you congratulations." This is the hiring document given to you by the county order, you can open it and see what kind of errand the county order gives you! ”

Li Feibai took it and unfolded it, and it turned out to be the clerk who hired him as a friend of the county order. He was immediately speechless, all he was thinking about was how to make money, how could he have time to be a friend of Zhao Xuefei! Besides, what does the curtain friend do, isn't that the master? In the words of a few hundred years later, he should be roughly equivalent to the assistant or secretary of the county magistrate.

Ma Kun smiled: "How is it?" Brother Li is still satisfied with this errand! ”

Li Feibai said: "I'm illiterate, how do I know what kind of errand it is?" I also ask Brother Ma to read it to me. ”

Ma Kun smiled: "Look at my brain, I have forgotten this stubble." Don't hide it from my brother, your brother and I don't know a few big characters, but the county order told me the contents. He said he wanted to hire you as a buddy. ”

Li Feibai pretended to be confused and said, "What is a curtain friend?" ”

Ma Kun said: "I don't know this very well, I heard the county magistrate say that many county magistrates and even political envoys have hired friends. Friends of the curtain are also friends of the county magistrate, and the person who helps the county magistrate to come up with ideas and do things. At present, we don't have a friend in the county order, you are the number one in the sky. ”

Li Feibai said: "Come up with ideas to do things? Isn't that a county leader, a county boy and others? ”

Ma Kun snorted and said: "Those people are not their own people with the county magistrate, don't look at the face of these officials who are in harmony with the county magistrate, they are all making bad things behind their backs, thinking about the law to make profits." For example, money and food, and criminal names, etc., are all intervened. The county magistrate is busy every day, so how can he have time to play with them, or invite some friends who have the same heart as him to deal with them, so that he can do the right thing with peace of mind. ”

Li Feibai smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Ma, you also know my situation. First, I can't read and write, and I can't read the files, so how can I help adults with money, food, and criminal names. Second, my mind is all about doing business, and I don't have time to give advice to the county magistrate. ”

Ma Kun thought that what Li Feibai said was also the truth, and Zhao Xuefei should also know this, so why did he hire Li Feibai as a friend? Since he is Zhao Xuefei's cronies, he can still touch Zhao Xuefei's thoughts, think about it a little, and know the guilt.

Zhao Xuefei knew that Li Feibai was Qian Zijun's sworn brother, so he couldn't help but take more care of Li Feibai. Why didn't Li Feibai arrange an errand with real power, he must have considered the two reasons why Li Feibai was illiterate and wanted to do business. Li Feibai is illiterate, and he really can't arrange other errands except for the real power of the head of the government officials. If Li Feibai wants to do business, he has no time to do powerful errands, especially the errands like the head of the government who are busy from morning to night. The curtain friends are different, just an idea, no need to be literate, only need to see the county order every day, chat casually, and have a lot of time to do business.

Li Feibai waited for a while, but didn't see Ma Kun make a sound, and said, "Please also ask Brother Ma to go back and explain the reason to the county magistrate and help me quit this errand!" ”

Ma Kun smiled: "Brother, it's not that my brother doesn't help you, but you have to accept this errand." ”

Li Feibai said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Ma Kun stretched out five fingers, bent one finger first, and said, "One; Who is the prefectural magistrate? Parents of this county! Within his jurisdiction, he is definitely the Lord of Words. Since the prefectural magistrate has issued you a letter of appointment, he has also stamped the official seal. If nothing else, at least four people know about it. The county magistrate himself, I, the clerk who drafted the ticket, and the messenger who was in charge of the seal. If there is any wind and grass in the yamen, it will soon be known to the whole city. In this matter, the county order does not say it, I don't say it, and the scribes and officials will not say it. The big guy knows that you are going to be a friend of the scene, but you don't do it, where is the face of the county order? ”

Ma Kun bent his finger again and said, "Second; Why did the prefectural magistrate hand over this errand to his brother? This is the county commander's trust in his brother, and he thinks that his brother can do things. You don't accept this errand, so how can my brother reply to the prefectural magistrate? Even if the county magistrate didn't say anything, he would feel that his brother had betrayed his trust and put his brother among the people who couldn't do anything. Isn't that affecting my brother's future? ”

Ma Kun bent down the third finger and said, "Third; Why didn't the county order arrange other errands and arrange a buddy? Isn't it that you often make some strange remarks, saying that you collect tickets for the temple, sell incense, and let the squire accompany the lord of the palace to dinner? These things were told to me privately by the county magistrate, and he said that your ideas are different from ordinary people, although it is incredible, but there is also the possibility of operating, and it is not the same as those wastes in the county. He asked you to be a friend in the hope that you would talk more strange things in his ear, so that he could refresh his eyes and do some things for the benefit of the people. So, don't be presumptuous and feel that you can't come up with ideas and get things done. ”

Ma Kun bent down the fourth finger and said, "Fourth; If a businessman does not have a background in the government, it is difficult to start a business. You have also seen the events of the past two days, why did Deng Bao dare to charge more than your imperial grain, why did Yang Zhen dare to deduct your goods, why did Zhao Jian dare to impose heavy taxes, it is not because you are just a farmer, they think you have no background, and they will bully you, what can you do with them? But if you have a friend, it's different. Friends of the curtain and friends, that is a friend of the county commander, and the county magistrate is the same generation, and he is thinner than the county lord. Do they dare to bully you with this identity? I don't dare to borrow ten of them! ”

Ma Kun bent his last finger and said, "Brother Li, I didn't say you, you are too upright." When you see injustice, you would rather be broken than broken, but now this world is so, you can't turn things around by yourself. But if you have the identity of a friend, you can influence the decree of the county commander, although you can't do anything that affects the entire Ming Dynasty, at least you can do things that affect Jiyuan County. ”

Li Feibai's heart suddenly moved. He was not moved by the first four reasons Ma Kun said, and he was moved by the fifth reason. The Ming in front of him is different from the imaginary Da Ming, and what he sees is all unfair things, but he has no official and no power, and it is more difficult to make changes on his own than to ascend to the sky. If you can influence the person who makes the decision, it will be much easier to make fairness and justice possible. As Ma Kun said, although it is impossible to change the atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty, it is still possible to change the atmosphere of a county.

He smiled and said, "Brother Ma really woke up the dreamer with a word!" ”

Ma Kun said: "So Brother Li has decided to do this curtain friend!" ”

Li Feibai nodded and said, "It's done!" ”

Ma Kun said happily: "Okay! It's not in vain that I've wasted my tongue, today you and I won't be drunk! He shouted outside the door again: "Shopkeeper Yuan, serve the food and wine!" ”