This way came to eat and sleep, because when he left the capital, Lord Shangshu only approved a hundred taels of funds, which is a round-trip fee, so many people can only save it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Then the adults don't have the money, why should we still repair this embankment?" Li Yang asked cautiously. When he got on the boat today, he glanced at the embankments on both sides of the ferry, which were already a little broken.

"Of course, it must be repaired, and part of the annual income of Mengxian and Yucheng counties will be used as the cost of repairing the embankment, and then a few thousand people will be recruited to repair the place that needs to be filled in with a straw broom, and it will not take much silver." Liu Shilang said helplessly.

Although I don't know what a straw broom is, but the Dakang Dynasty can't open an official salary, and you can imagine how many years of income these two small counties can have. With a fraction of this amount of silver, the embankment of the river can be repaired for three hundred miles, and this straw broom is certainly not a good thing.

The journey was smooth, and it didn't take long for the ferry to dock at the ferry port in Mengxian County. There was no pennant display, but it was a noisy gong and drum, and the magistrate of Mengxian County waited at the ferry early in the morning with a group of officials of all sizes from the yamen.

As soon as the ferry appeared in sight, Huang Dongliang, the county magistrate who had been watching, waved his fat palm and shouted: "Quick, beat the gong and drum." Then, the fat on his body trembled and ran forward, and the officials behind him hurriedly followed.

"Xiaguanmeng County, the magistrate of Huang Dongli, see Lord Liu!" Watching Liu Shilang take the lead out of the cabin, Huang Zhixian knelt on the ground with his clothes on his sleeve.

"Hehe, Lord Huang, my lords, hurry up and excuse me." Liu Shilang's modest smiling face reappeared, and he walked a few briskly to Huang Zhixian to help him up.

"My lord has come from afar, and it's been hard." Huang Zhixian said as he took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. After running a few steps just now, Huang Zhixian was already sweating profusely, and such a good weather was hell for a big fat man like him.

"Lord Huang is polite." As he spoke, Liu Shilang's brows couldn't help frowning. The fat man put on his patched official uniform again, and it seems that he is going to cry poor again.

Li Yang was also dumbfounded at this time, there were no less than twenty officials and officials who came to greet him, most of them were ruddy and fat, but everyone's clothes were patched, if they smeared a little dust on their faces, they would definitely be the members of the beggar gang!

"My lord, the lower officials have prepared a banquet in the city, and they are waiting for you to come." Huang Zhixian didn't feel that this beggar pretending to be a beggar had attracted the attention of several poor people, so he didn't feel it and laughed.

"There's Lord Lao Huang, please." Liu Shilang said, and walked forward to take care of himself, he didn't mean to invite at all, this yellow fat man, this trick is really hateful every year.

Compared with the small town of Qingfengya, Mengxian County, as the county capital, is much more prosperous, and there are inns and restaurants on both sides of the street. The reason why the two places are like this is because there are two ferries near the Yellow River, and there are really many merchants coming and going from the south to the north.

However, compared to the Su inspection in Qingfengya, this Huangzhi County is not a thing, and the restaurants on the street do not go, and they take everyone to the county office. And the so-called wine banquet, but also shabby, in addition to the braised Yellow River carp in the center, the rest of the four dishes on the table are all vegetables, vinegared cabbage, cold gherkins, vegetable oil and wheat, shallots and tofu.

I just put up with it, except for the three big steamed buns in front of everyone in front of everyone, there was not even a wine glass on the table, it was really too bad to treat Liu Shilang as dry food!

"Adults, please take a seat." Huang Zhixian didn't feel sorry for a few people at all, and asked a few people to sit with a smile on his face, and kept explaining: "Little Mengxian doesn't need a big place like the capital, if there is any inconsiderate hospitality, please forgive me." ”

After all, he was out of Beijing on business, and the imperial court also repeatedly ordered and strictly prohibited officials from being extravagant and wasteful, and Liu Shilang couldn't say anything in the face of such shabby hospitality, he could only sigh that he was kind and was bullied, if he was a servant of the ministry, he would not dare to treat him like this.

"A few adults, eating more vegetarian dishes is good for the body, this is what the emperor said in the internal scriptures." As the yellow fat man spoke, he picked up the fish head with chopsticks and sucked it up, which was boring to listen to.

Although Liu Shilang and the others were not happy, they had not yet fallen to the point where they couldn't afford to eat meat dishes, and they didn't speak, and after a few bites, they said that they were tired and wanted to rest.

Huang Zhixian, who was almost holding a plate and eating braised big carp, was stunned, and hurriedly wiped his mouth and stood up, "Lord Liu, the lower official of the residence has already been photographed for you, and it is at the Yuelai Inn diagonally across the yamen, and the lower official has all the courtyards of other people's houses." ”

Lord Huang was busy showing his work, as if he didn't notice Lord Liu's darkening face, he lived in the Yuelai Inn opposite three times, that set of courtyards is no different from the small courtyard of the farmhouse, although it is clean, but the low guest rooms lack lighting, and the house is damp.

That's it, the problem is that once he lives there, this fat man won't come back again, so he has to take care of his own meals, and I don't know if the less than eighty taels of funds is enough, and whether it can support him to return to the capital.

"There's Lord Lao Huang!" Lord Liu said with a strong anger, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that when he went to serve in another yamen, he must take care of this yellow fat man who likes to make things difficult!

"My lord, you also know that my Meng County is an inferior county, you look at the official uniform of the lower official, which has been worn since the lower official took office, and he has not been able to buy a new one for nearly ten years now. And if you hadn't come today, Xia Guan would only be able to eat some pickles every day, which is really pitiful. The fat man complained while leading the way.

Lord Liu lazily listened to him, and asked directly: "Does Lord Huang want to say that Meng County has no money to repair the Yellow River embankment?" ”

"Your Excellency is wise, although the lower officials are eager to donate their family wealth for the benefit of the people under their rule, but they really can't come up with the silver, please be considerate." The fat man paused and said pitifully.

"I understand." Liu Shilang stopped and didn't stop, and directly gave an answer that was not the answer, Huang Fatzi couldn't help but be stunned, what's going on, Lord Liu didn't have such a big temper in previous years.

I couldn't figure it out, and the fat man didn't have time to think about it, so he could only clean up his mood and follow up again.

Yuelai Inn is close to the Yamen, and it can be regarded as a prosperous location, although the scale is smaller than the Yingbafang who lived in Qingfengya last night, but the decoration inside is not bad. It's just that Li Yang was dumbfounded when he arrived in the backyard, no wonder Lord Liu's face was so long, although this yard is not small, but because the front is a two-story building, and the house is low, the lighting is seriously insufficient, and the house in the daytime also looks very dim.

This can be tolerated, but the musty smell indicates that this place is not suitable for human habitation, and the yellow fat man just stood at the door and said a few words, turned around and slipped away.