How can it be an ordinary person who can pay the wine debt to the government on credit, Huo County Lieutenant immediately regretted it in his heart.

"In addition to this Xinghua Building, there is also the Deyue Building in the north of the city!" Yan Zhubo tried his best to lower his voice: "These two restaurants are the property of the same person, the owner's surname is Huang Mingda, and his brother is Huang Bing, who was sentenced by Caizhou!" ”

Subsequently, Master Yan briefly said the matter, this Huang Da on the grounds that the business needs to turnover, before taking office as the magistrate of the county, he took 5,000 guan of wine on credit from the Pingyu official liquor shop for a few months, and then paid for the wine when he bought the wine, not to mention the previous debt on credit, not to mention that the 5,000 yuan is not a small amount, it involves the performance appraisal of officials.

Song Dynasty officials performance appraisal, criminal name and tax are included, 5,000 guan for the monthly salary of only 15 guan plus ten acres of official land income for the county can be described as an astronomical amount, as the saying goes, thousands of miles to be an official is only for money, this deficit can not be paid by the county to pay for its own money.

"Didn't the eldest master send someone to ask for it?" Li Dutou asked.

"The official in charge of wine affairs once sent a small official to urge, but the other party just pretended to be deaf and dumb, and he was in a hurry to ask for it, and was almost beaten out by the Wang family's house slaves!" Master Yan sighed: "If this gap can't be filled, I'm afraid that the future of the county lord will be affected when the imperial court appraisals!" ”

The half-silent Huo County Lieutenant seemed to remember something, and said: "If Huo Mou is not mistaken, this Huang Tongju has been re-elected for two consecutive terms in Caizhou, and according to the customary system of this dynasty, this term of office expires, and the post of Zhizhou belongs to him, and the position of Tongju itself has the ability to supervise the state officials and evaluate his subordinates, and the performance appraisal of the county is also in his control!" ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the county lord was afraid of hurting the harmony, he would have asked for the wine money early!" Master Yan sneered.

The reason for this, Lotte only understood at this time, the Huang family's credit owe money for wine is just a reason, it is nothing more than to extort some benefits from the magistrate. During this period, I understood a layer of truth, the relationship between this Yan Zhushu and the county lord is not ordinary, and the county lord helped Huo County Lieutenant in Yao Si's case, and he also had the intention of wooing.

Master Yan's voice fell, and the banquet fell silent, in front of the Wupintong judgment, what did these sesame mung bean officials in the county calculate, but Lord Yan Bo can speak like this, which means that the county lord also has a background.

Debt collection is a headache in all dynasties, and the current wine debt has a layer of background factors that can be described as tricky.

Hearing that between the strings of Master Yan's book, this county lord seems to be a character with a background, so he disdains this Huang Tong judgment, but it is not easy to use force. In the previous life, Lotte was also a person who lived over 30 years old, and he had heard a lot about Wen Diwu's various debt collection methods, and now that he is living in this world, he naturally has to think more about himself. If this wine debt is recovered by himself, he will be appreciated by the county, but he may annoy the Huang Tong judge, and he will begin to weigh the pros and cons in his heart.

"The subordinates may be able to share the worries of the county lord!" After half a round of speculation, Lotte had an idea in his heart and opened his mouth to break the peace.

Master Yan's eyes lit up: "Do you have a way?" ”

Tonight, Master Yan had no intention of mentioning this matter, at first glance, he saw that Lotte's poetry and lyrics were quite famous and gentlemanly, and the performance in Yao Si's case was even more eye-catching, so he mentioned this matter at the banquet with the intention of seeing Lotte's opinion.

Li Dutou's heart trembled when he was frightened by Lotte's words, and he hurriedly reprimanded: "Erlang, you have drunk too much, don't talk nonsense in front of Lord Bo!" ”

"Shut up!" Master Yan scolded Li Dutoudao, and his eyes flashed: "If you can get back the five thousand yuan of wine money, this official asks the county lord for a formal official for you, and you are also a person who has read the book of sages, so as not to do this cheap thing again!" ”

The Ya Ling looks like a beautiful place in the countryside, but in the eyes of the scholars, it is just a lowly job, and the official clerks in the county Ya are served by scholars, although they are far less majestic than the official masters, but the status is far from being comparable to the three classes of Ya Ling, that is, Li Dutou has to be polite when he sees the official officials in the Yali.

A flatbread was placed in front of him, provoking the hearts of Lotte.

Lotte said seriously: "If you want to get the wine money, the villain still needs the cooperation of the master bookkeeper!" ”

"That's nature!" Master Yan nodded, his eyes full of anticipation, hoping that Lotte would continue.

Smiling slightly, Lotte lowered his voice: "This place is Xinghualou, it is inevitable that there will be many people!" ”

Master Yan understood and nodded silently.

The matter has been discussed, Huo County Lieutenant called the female trick back to sit with him, and after eating and chatting for a while, Master Yan had something on his mind, Huo County Lieutenant had just accepted a concubine, and he had no idea of staying with the female trick, and Li Dutou was full of restlessness in his heart after Lotian spoke.

After the banquet, he left the Xinghua Building, bowed down to send the two adults to the sedan chair and left, Li Dutou pulled Lotte to a place where no one was, and opened his mouth to complain: "Erlang, you are too Meng Lang, the things between the old men are like gods fighting, how can you and I be mixed up with these officials!" ”

"Lord Bookkeeper puts my heart to you and me, how can I touch the adult's heart!" Lotte persuaded his sister-in-law to calm his anger, and then said: "What's more, this matter is not difficult to do, after the matter is completed, the younger brother is not only regarded as a confidant by the county, but who in this county is not polite to the sister-in-law, so what is the Lu family!" ”

"I thought you were active and resourceful, but I didn't want you to be blind!" Li Dutou, who was angry, gritted his teeth, and then flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly: "In that case, I might as well resign earlier and take your sister away from Pingyu, so as not to be implicated and humiliated by you in the future!" He turned and walked away.

Looking at the back of his sister-in-law who was leaving in a hurry, Lotte sighed, and secretly laughed at his brother-in-law for being too exalted by himself, he was just a county official who made an idea for the county honor, how could he be known by the master of the general judgment.

"It's cold at night, and Mr. Le is standing here without fear of the wind and cold?" Just as Lotte was about to turn back, a sound of a warbler crying came.

Hearing this, Lotte was first shocked, Pingyu County is where the people who recognize themselves opened their mouths at most to call Le Chaye, how could someone call themselves Mr., so they looked at the sound of the moonflower, only to see a small sedan chair coming, stopped beside him, the sedan curtain opened from the inside, revealing a bright face.

I immediately remembered in my heart that this woman was the maid who sat next to Yan Zhubo at the banquet, but she couldn't remember her name, so she had to say, "It turned out to be a girl!" ”

"The concubine saw that Mr. looked up at the night sky, and the moon was bright and the stars were sparse tonight, could Mr. have a good mouth?" The woman chuckled.

"The girl made fun of her!" Lotte said helplessly: "A few days ago, I just borrowed a few drunk, nonsense and a few ridiculous and generous insolent words, I can't take it seriously!" ”

The female trick covered her mouth and laughed, and teased: "If Mr. Taohua's songs are all arrogant, there will be no masterpieces in this world, and few people can be called celebrities!" ”

"Sin, sin!" Lotte smiled bitterly.

"Girl, it's not early, and it's a little cold at night, let's go back and rest early!" The cold wind blew, and the maid who was guarding the sedan chair shook her body and said.

The female trick nodded, and said to Lotte: "The slave family is brave, if Mr. is not too shabby, please sit down!" ”

One sentence made Lotte think about it infinitely, and then calmed down, thinking that this female trick was just saying some polite words, how could she take it seriously, so she smiled and said: "Girl, please go back first, Le is dizzy after drinking and walks to scatter some alcohol, he will come to visit him tomorrow!" ”

"It's a happy master in front!" Lotte's voice fell, and another coquettish call came into his ears, and he saw a servant girl walking next to a small sedan chair.

"Dare to ask what?" Lotte asked politely.

The maid walked up to Lotte and saluted: "It's still early at night, if Mr. Le is free, my girl Yingying invites Lang Jun to admire the moon in the middle of the night, and strokes the qin to thank Mr. Xie for his friendship!" As he spoke, the sedan curtain was lifted to reveal the face of the girl.

The lady sitting in the sedan chair saw Miss Yingying, and frowned slightly: "Sister Yingying has already got Mr.'s words, what are you doing to pester Mr.?" ”

"Miss Yueru is pestering Le Langjun here, I'm afraid she also wants to ask Langjun to compose lyrics for gifts!" Before the girl could speak, the maidservant sneered.

Hearing the quarrel, Lotte had a big head and a little complacent at the same time, and copied a few lines of poetry randomly, but the Qinglou girl who wanted to provoke was entangled, and his heart was a little fluttering. Seeing these female singers again, the posture is far better than that of the Taoist aunt in the Qingyun Temple, and her heart is even more impatient.

"Le Langjun didn't come back in the middle of the night, it turned out that he was entangled by the two of you foxes!" Under the moonlight, another small sedan chair came slowly, and the sedan curtain fell with the voice and was provoked, and another delicate color fell into view, but it was the female who was sitting next to Huo County Lieutenant before.

"I didn't expect that even Sister Lan was chasing after Mr. Le's words!" The female maid named Yueru on the sedan chair chuckled.

Ignoring the female trickster named Yueru, the maid who was called Sister Lan'er threw a flattering look at Lotte: "If Le Langjun is free these days, you might as well come to the slave house to sit there!" ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Lotte said politely, and then arched his hand and said: "I still have some errands to do tomorrow, so I won't disturb you girls today!" ”

It's not that Lotte doesn't miss this gentle township, it's just that the current situation is not good for offending any girl, so I can only suppress the fluttering thoughts in my mind, so it's better to simply leave.

"Since Mr. has something to do, then the slave family will take the first step and wait for Mr. at home!" Several female actors begged for a life in the wind and dust, naturally they were very clear-minded, and understood Lotte's situation at this time, so they nodded and left in a sedan chair.

In the night, a few small sedan chairs gradually drifted away, and just when Lotte was about to turn away, the voice of a servant girl was faintly heard in the night: "The talented people and rich men in the county are eager for the girl, why bother to lower herself to take care of an errand girl!" ”

Tonight was surrounded by a few female singers, so that Lotte a little vanity, thinking that if they copied a few more songs of the wind and the moon, these female singers were afraid that they would rush to recommend themselves, but the bottom of the heart has not had time to be proud, I don't know which maid's voice fell into the ears, but it made Lotte feel like being poured a basin of cold water on the head.

Lost the opportunity to flirt with the girl, recalled the delicacies of the mountains and seas at a table of several money, everyone had a female playmate during the banquet, but he sat alone, and remembered that he only had a consistent monthly salary, which made Lotte more and more depressed, and sighed: "The shyness in the bag and the unprovoked ridicule of the servant girl, how can the husband be like this, how willing is he like this!"

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