Chapter 012: Undercurrents are surging
Li Wencai seriously suspected that Liu Sicheng, an old thief, was still angry about the money he had extorted from him at the beginning, otherwise how could he spend his time to get himself to such a place.
Time flies very quickly, and it has been more than half a month since Li Wencai took office in Chengyang, and Li Wencai found that his life has never been so leisurely, and he slept until he woke up naturally in the morning, and when he got up, Guan Yue had already prepared a meal, and after eating, he went out for a stroll, fishing, enjoying flowers, and walking birds, and Li Wencai's life was a mess.
It has entered the late autumn season, the weather is slowly getting cooler, after lunch, Li Wencai put on a robe, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and put the bamboo basket on his shoulder to prepare for fishing, since experiencing Yu Qin Liangyu's sad feelings, Li Wencai feels that he needs to be quiet, fishing is the best way to dispel.
Lao Zhang really couldn't stand it anymore, with a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, he gritted his teeth and took a step, stretched out his arms in front of Li Wencai and said: "My lord, it's not okay to go on like this, you are here to be a patrol, not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, that Gao Sheng is clearly snubbing the adult, it has been half a month, and the adult has not been asked about anything, which is really infuriating." ”
Li Wencai looked at Lao Zhang's serious expression, and was stunned and said: "Isn't this good, it is really my blessing to have a boss like Gao County, it is exactly what I want to do every day, are you going to accompany me to fish today?"
Lao Zhang snorted coldly, took the fishing rod in Li Wencai's hand and said: "Even adults are so idle, I have nothing to do, so I have to accompany you to fish." ”
The two went out of the door as they spoke, Li Wencai put his hands behind his back, took a deep breath of enjoyment, and sighed: "This autumn in the south of the Yangtze River is so comfortable, that is, there is no cold in the north and no humid heat in the south. ”
Lao Zhang really didn't understand, what did the adult think in his heart, the Gao County Order and Liu County Cheng made it clear that they were partners to snub the Lord, and now the manpower of the Patrol Division is in the hands of the County Commander, and the Lord now has no real power.
"My lord, it's been half a month since you took office in Chengyang, do you have any plans, it's not a long-term solution for us to be idle." Lao Zhang said with a worried face.
Li Wencai nodded, and said approvingly: "You are so right, although I have been idle every day for half a month, I already have a plan in my heart." ”
When Lao Zhang heard this, his face suddenly looked a lot better, the adult is a capable person, since the county order treats the adult like this, the adult must have been prepared to fight back, as Li Wencai's henchman, Lao Zhang has already sharpened his knife.
"In the past half month, I have carefully observed the market life in Chengyang, Chengyang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the fish and rice are abundant, the people are also well-fed, and there is no war here, and the economic exchanges are also very active, to put it bluntly, the people have money in their hands, and ordinary things are difficult for the people to spend the silver in their hands, so recently I have been thinking about what good projects can make the people of Chengyang come up with silver." Li Wencai said very devotedly, seemed to have forgotten Lao Zhang, and lowered his head to think about it as he walked.
Lao Zhang was already dumbfounded, the adult's plan was originally to think about how to make money, what does this have to do with coming here to be an official.
Coming to the river, throwing the bait into the water, and then lowering the hook, Li Wen began to wait for the fish to take the bait.
"My lord, I recently heard from the old wood that there are bandits in Chengyang now, and they have robbed a lot of money from big families in Chengyang, and the Gao County Order has now mobilized the government soldiers of the whole city to arrest them." Lao Zhang saw that it was really boring to sit like this, so he took out the latest news and talked about it.
"What is the result?" asked Li Wencai calmly, staring at the water.
Someone took care of him, Lao Zhang was very energetic, and then said: "Of course there is no result, those robbers are not ordinary robbers, they are elusive, the robbers are all rich people in Chengyang, the time of the crime is not fixed, sometimes they enter the house in broad daylight, and then quickly evacuate, they have already fled from the city when the government soldiers arrived." ”
"Are the guards at the city gate in Chengyang all eating dry food, how did they get out of the city after robbing so much money?" asked Li Wencai.
"I don't know this, anyway, they robbed the money and disappeared without a trace, and it was in vain for the officers and soldiers to search and arrest them, it's really strange." Lao Zhang said with a frown.
Li Wencai's expression was still as calm as a lake, and then said: "What's so strange about this, Chengyang is adjacent to the Huai River in the west and Yandang Mountain in the east, and the robbers will never go through the city gate when they disappear out of thin air, so there is only one way to go, and that is Yandang Mountain." “
"Yandang Mountain? Yandang Mountain is steep and difficult to walk, how to climb over it, how is this possible? Lao Zhang said in surprise.
"Although Yandang Mountain is steep and difficult to walk, it is only for ordinary people, these robbers come and go freely, there must be unknown dangerous roads, and Yandang Mountain is difficult for ordinary people to climb, if they hide in the mountain, it must be very safe, I think the Gao County Order will not be able to close the case for a while,"
Lao Zhang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What the adult said is too right, if the case can't be closed, the above will definitely treat the crime surnamed Gao, maybe he will directly masturbate his Wusha." ”
Li Wencai shook his head and said: "The officialdom is deep, and those who can gain a foothold in the officialdom have some ability, and the Gao County Order should have a countermeasure a long time ago, and now he may be drinking tea leisurely at home." ”
"What do you say?"
"Chengyang is the gateway to Nanjing, all the movements here can be quickly transmitted to Nanjing Yingtianfu, robbers have committed crimes repeatedly, the rich families in Chengyang will definitely not sit still, this matter will sooner or later let Nanjing Yin know, when the time comes, the Gao County Order will definitely put this big hat on my head, saying that I am derelict in my duty and connived at the crime of robbers, which is to kill people with a knife."
"But the manpower of the patrol division is in the hands of the county commander, how can the adult do it."
"You know the inside story, but others don't know, it seems that I haven't been doing this patrol for a long time."
Listening to Li Wencai's analysis, Lao Zhang suddenly felt a crisis, if it weren't for today's analysis by adults, he wouldn't have been able to see so far at all, it turned out that Gao Xianling that old fox was holding back in his belly.
"I had good luck today and caught a big fish." Li Wencai said, and lifted the fishing rod upwards vigorously, but a fish more than a foot long surfaced, and after a few struggles, it was pulled ashore by Li Wencai.
"Lao Zhang lit a fire on the spot, and let you taste my secret grilled fish today, there is no branch in this one." Li Wencai put the fish into the bamboo basket, the fish in autumn are very fat, and this kind of original and uncontaminated game meat is rare in previous lives, which is really ecstatic for a high-end foodie.
Lao Zhang picked up some dry firewood, and after lighting it, he saw Li Wenci take out a cloth bag from his waist, and when he opened it, he found that it contained all kinds of ingredients, which were carefully selected by Li Wencai in the market.
Putting the fish on the shelf and flipping it complicatedly, Li Wencai squinted his eyes and sniffed the taste while adding ingredients, and then he heard the sound of stinging, the yellow grease fell low on the flame and made a sound, the aroma was overflowing, and Lao Zhang felt that his hara was beginning to boil.
"Taste it and see how it tastes?" Li Wencai tore off a piece of meat and handed it to Lao Zhang, who couldn't wait to take it, then took a bite and chewed it carefully in his mouth, with a wonderful expression on his face.
"Too, it's so delicious, Lao Zhang, I've lived most of my life, I don't know how many fish I've eaten, but I've never eaten like this, this taste is simply not in the world." Lao Zhang said, his mouth was still reluctant to swallow.
Li Wencai nodded with satisfaction, Lao Zhang was right, if he hadn't crossed over by himself, this kind of grilled fish would never have existed in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Wencai was very confident that he was the leader of the times.
"What good things are you eating, it's so delicious."
Just when Li Wencai and Lao Zhang were tasting the secret grilled fish, a voice suddenly appeared in the ears of the two, and the tone was full of salivation, and the two frowned at the same time and turned their heads to look, only to see a middle-aged man standing on the slope by the river, with a scruffy beard that affected appetite.
For outsiders who have the idea of eating fish, the two of them choose to ignore them at the same time, as if nothing had happened just now, and the two of them continue to chew with their heads down.
"Shut up, this, is this fish sold, I can buy it for money." The old man on the slope saw that he was being ignored, and that each one was gone at once, and in a hurry, he jumped to the two of them, and never took his eyes off the little grilled fish left.
Li Wencai sighed helplessly, and handed the rest of the fish tail to the man: "I don't sell the grilled fish I made, but I can give it to you." ”
The middle-aged man was about to cry excitedly, put the poor fishtail in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully, and there was an ah-ah exclamation in his mouth, which made Li Wencai feel uncomfortable.
"Dare to ask this little brother, how to make this grilled fish, can you teach me?"
"I can't."
"I can give you money."
"You can't give money."
Li Wencai replied very simply, and said indifferently.
"I can give you a lot of money." The middle-aged man licked the fishtail and said sincerely.
"A lot of money" Li Wencai's indifference was loosened, money, if you have money, you can buy a big yard in Chengyang to make three entrances, you can buy two little maids, and beat your legs and push your back every day, it's good to have money.
"I can consider this, in fact, I am indifferent to money, but looking at your sincere eyes, I think this matter can still be discussed." Li Wencai still pretended to be calm.
"Really, that's great." The old man was very happy, patted Li Wencai on the shoulder, and then took out a large silver ingot from his arms, which was ten taels, and then handed it to Li Wencai very happily.
It is not easy to take office in Chengyang, food and clothing have to be spent, Li Wencai is living in a very tight situation now, and now he is thinking about how to make money to support his family, and there is a big silver ingot in front of him, who can not be moved.
Lao Zhang seemed to understand Li Wencai's thoughts, so he stepped forward and was about to take the silver, but after taking Li Wencai, he coughed dryly and said: "It's really surprising that this strong man is so generous, I just gave you a fishtail, I really don't dare to laugh at it, this fishtail will be given to the strong man, and the silver will never be accepted." ”
The old man laughed and said: "Although your little brother is young, but his mind is very deep, do you think that these ten taels of silver are for you to teach me to make a secret grilled fish, and you don't accept it if you fake it, in fact, you think I give less money, you can rest assured that these ten taels should be regarded as my deposit for my little brother, what do you think?" ”
"That's very good, I don't know what this strong man is called?" Li Wencai asked.
"My surname is Wu, my name is false, dare to ask what the little brother is called?"
"Haha, my younger brother's surname is Mo, and his name is nothing, it's really a blessing."
"Fortunately, fortunately."
The two agreed very tacitly, and Lao Zhang next to him was confused, the names of these two people are really strange, and the adults are obviously not called Mo Wuyou.
This book is derived from reading the rim