In fact, if the government does things with heart, the efficiency is still quite high.

Of course, whether they use their care, or even how much effort they put in, depends entirely on who they are doing things for. There are priorities, people have high and low status, and different people can enjoy different treatment.

Who is Li Qian?

He is a local gentry, a two-list jinshi, a eunuch of Zhishi, a Mr. Xixi hired by Qiantang County, a well-known talent in Hangzhou, and also a notorious No. 1 gentleman in Hangzhou------ in addition, he is also a "weak scholar" with a violent atmosphere, and he often hurts people. The most important thing is that he is still a courtier who is in the heart of the emperor and has been given the treasure of the Son of Heaven!

With so many blessings of identity, it's not easy to tell the people of the yamen to do something? Let them run errands for themselves, and even they don't even have to pay for tea------ well, one bun per person is considered a hard work.

Soon, Xu Jie found out about the little girl's family situation.

Similar to what Li Qian expected, the little girl did sneak out of the house.

The reason is also very common, she comes from a small family in the township under the jurisdiction of Qiantang County, her mother is not the main room, but her father's wife, she died of dystocia when she gave birth to her, so she has never seen her own mother when she was a child.

After her father passed away, her two half-brothers thought she was a burden, forced her to do all kinds of rough work at a young age, and often starved her, and did not give her food for three days------ and occasionally let her eat overnight meals when she was kind.

After listening to Xu Jie's report, Li Qian was silent for a long time before asking: "Have they come out to look for people in the past few days, or reported to the government that people in their families are missing?" ”

"Nope." Xu Jie hugged his fists and said: "Her two wolf-hearted brothers, I'm afraid I wish she died outside, so that the family can save this mouthful of food!" ”

Li Qian glanced at him and said disapprerovingly: "If that's the case, why didn't they sell their sister to the human tooth?" ”

"I'm too young to do much work, not to mention the cheap, and people are usually not willing to accept it." Xu Jie explained: "And according to the subordinates, these two people have a deep grudge with a neighbor's family, and Xu is worried that if he sells his sister, he will be sued by the enemy to the government." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, it was also illegal to buy and sell human beings, and there were clear provisions in the "Ming Law": those who sold their loved ones as slaves and maids were all 100 rods and 3,000 li------ and if they bought the children of a good family and resold them in the name of begging for a house, the same is true. If he seduces his fellow man, and sells his beloved as a slave, he shall have a hundred rods and three years' imprisonment------

Of course, the phenomenon of non-compliance with the law in the Ming Dynasty was also very serious, even in the Hongwu period, and that article was often useless. This situation can be summed up in one sentence -

If the people don't raise it, the officials won't hold it accountable.

Usually, the family of the child seller cannot directly sell the person to the family of the large family, but has to go through an intermediary agency such as the tooth shop, and make a deed that they will never return the children in the future------ in fact, they do not know where the children have been sold.

Therefore, with the existence of dental shops, usually both the buyer and the seller do not have to take any risks.

It's a good deal.

But the current situation is obviously a little different, with such an enemy who wants you to suffer a lawsuit on the sidelines, and the return on this deal is not rich enough, it is normal for people to be unwilling to risk their lives.

Li Qian bowed his head slightly, but heard Xu Jie continue: "By the way, the subordinates have already detained the person, do you want to see it?" ”

"What are you going to do with them?" Li Qian couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart that the law enforcement officers here are really arrogant, and they can let you follow if they find a reason.

"Isn't this ------ subordinate afraid that you will want to see them temporarily, so as not to delay your efforts, you have made a plan in advance!"

"Oh, you've thought it through." Li Qian waved his hand casually and said, "I will be gone, you can help me do something------

"But by the master's orders!"

Xu Jie didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and he was very attentive, with a loyal style of 'being proud of his boss'. For him, this is indeed a small effort, a trivial matter. "You can rest assured that your subordinates will let them make a deed! From now on, they had nothing to do with that girl! ”

"You've told you everything, why don't I send someone to your house again?" Li Qian glared at him dissatisfied.

"Subordinates don't dare to ------"

"But the meaning is similar, but it's not all right." Li Qian said, beckoned a maid not far away, and ordered: "Go, let Zijin bring the stupid girl over." ”

Silly girl is the nickname of a little girl.

The premature mortality rate in this era is too high, and the common people think that it is easy to support by taking a cheap name. So her father died before she could grow up and give her a tuba.

Silly girls are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very smart. This point was faintly noticed by Li Qian from the first time he saw her, and through the quiet observation in the past two days, this speculation was confirmed.

It was a very clever little girl.

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Qian asked, "Xu Bantou, what is the price of buying a maidservant now?" ”

"It depends on how good the color is, how old you are, how temperament you are------ in short, like the maid that the master wants to buy, at most two taels of silver! After all, at this young age, it can be said that three or two years of hard work can be raised, and food is precious! ”

"Two taels?" Li Qian shook his head helplessly, it's just a matter of buying and selling people wantonly, and the girls in this feudal society are really worthless, "I don't plan to let her be a lowly citizen, is five taels enough?" ”

"Not naturalized? Could it be that you want to ------" Xu Jie stopped talking at the right time, and then an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and at the same time he cast a tacit look at Li Qian, with an ugly face of 'I understand, I understand'. "Five taels of silver should be enough, forgive them and don't dare to ask for more!"

Li Qian quickly made his expression disgusted, knowing that he must have thought of something wrong, and hurriedly added: "I mean, I want her to think of her as a righteous sister, that is, my father will recognize her as an adopted daughter, so you understand?" ”

"My subordinates understand!"

said that he understood, but the weird smile on Xu Jie's face did not decrease but increased, so angry that Li Qian flew up and kicked over------ Ya also kicked his nose and face, and dared to open a dye shop if you gave you three colors!

After a while, the Zijin sisters led the stupid girl to Li Qian.

The stupid girl is wearing clothes from a few years ago, although it has been a few years, it still looks very new------ Zijin has always loved to be clean, no matter what she uses, she will take good care of it, which is diametrically opposed to her sister Zipei------

The long-term malnutrition made her face look pale and haggard, and her thin and small appearance was really pitiful, but her eyes were now extraordinarily energetic, and she had no previous cowardice when standing in front of Li Qian.

followed the two of them and bowed, the stupid girl looked at Xu Jie who was standing aside, and her eyes unconsciously revealed a touch of fear------ ordinary people have always had a natural fear of officials, and the officials just showed off their outfits, which was enough to deter many people.

"Silly girl, come here." Li Qian beckoned to her, and when she came closer, he said softly: "Your brother and they have already arrived in the city, I think you should be reluctant to see them, but it is up to you to decide, you can see if you want, I will not stop you." ”

Seeing that she shook her head desperately and subconsciously took two steps back, Li Qian knew that he had guessed correctly, the little girl already had a shadow in her heart, and it was too late to hide from the two brothers, how could she want to see them?

"It seems that you don't want to see them, and you don't want to go home." Li Qian patiently continued to ask, "Then do you like me here?" Are you willing to stay in the Li family in the future? ”

She nodded dryly, and whispered, "Yes." ”

"Well, from now on, you will be my Li Qian's sister, you have to change your name to call me second brother in the future, we still have a father and eldest brother over there in the Li family's old house------"

Li Qian said as he spoke, but he always felt strange in his heart, feeling that he was really like a strange Shu Huang who was abducting an ignorant little girl------ in fact, he didn't need to do anything more, and there was no need to ask these words.

In those days, it was not necessary to ask for the advice of the slaves or the adoption of children. The seller makes a deed, the buyer pays the money, and the money and goods can be cleared.

But Li Qian is a modern person, he has morality, principles and bottom lines, he really can't treat a living person as a commodity to buy and sell wantonly, which is not in line with his code of conduct.

After listening to his narration, the stupid girl nodded as if she didn't understand, but she was puzzled: "But, can't the stupid girl just call you uncle?" ”

"------" Li Qian rolled his eyes, "No, it's messed up!" "The heart said, I don't care what you call me, the key is that the old man at home will be unhappy. If he is not happy, I will have to be beaten------

"Oh, then I'll listen to my uncle."

"------" Li Qian was extremely suspicious, she did it on purpose!

Seeing that Zijin and the two of them looked a little lost and looked sullen, Li Qian suddenly felt puzzled.

"What? Don't you also want to change your identity? It's not a problem, it's just a real hassle. Wait a few days, young master, I'll talk about it when I make money------" Li Qian smiled confidently, and said with a package ticket: "Don't worry, I will definitely get rid of this servant for you then!" ”

The words were extremely light, but Zijin and the others knew how difficult it was to change back to a good family after entering the servant status. Spending a lot of money not to mention dredging, the most important thing is that you have to run to the Jingshi, and if you don't toss back and forth several times, this thing will definitely not be done.

They are just ordinary maidservants, how dare Li Qian worry about working so hard for them?

Moreover, the two of them didn't really care what their identity was, in their minds, as long as they could serve their young master for a lifetime, it would be enough. Getting rid of the identity of this maid will make them at a loss.

Therefore, Zijin immediately refused politely: "The young master is very loving, and the maid sisters are grateful from the bottom of their hearts, but ------ young master really doesn't need to work hard for us." ”

"Yes, yes, we don't care about what identity is not identified, as long as the young master doesn't dislike other people's clumsiness!" Zipei also hurriedly echoed, and the two sisters rarely showed their tacit cooperation.