The Son of Heaven inquires!

With the example of eating deflated in Linqing Banknote Pass in the past, Du Jin certainly would not doubt whether Xu Xun was selling dog meat with a sheep's head and using the emperor as a guise, and his face immediately showed a genuine shock. Before he returned to Beijing, he had heard that his ancestor Li Rong and Xiao Jing, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, had some disagreements, and he also had a little trouble with Xu Xun, so when he saw someone coming to the door today, he was a little worried, for fear that people would let him ventilate the news, but he didn't expect it to be such a good thing. But although pie in the sky is good, he has to scare the other party to blackmail him into betraying Li Rong, and his reputation will be ruined.

"Lord Xu, if the emperor wants to inquire, whether it is Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites or Gonggong Li, isn't it more detailed?"

"Who is Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites? The dignified champion, the person who pays the most attention to etiquette, if one of them is not good and brings the emperor back, wouldn't it be boring? As for Gonggong Li, he grew up watching the emperor since he was a child, and he was always a little embarrassed. Moreover, the people pay attention to the words of a parent's order and concubine, although the emperor is the son of heaven, these things should not be asked. Seeing Du Jin's remorseful appearance, Xu Xun said in his heart, "As for other channels, it's not that I can't inquire, but since you are here, why should I bother with that effort?" ”

"Yes, yes, thank you Lord Xu for reminding me."

"By the way, Grandpa Du remembers to bring a good message to Grandpa Li for me."

"Ah...... I will bring it, I will bring it. ”

Seeing that although Du Jin agreed repeatedly, Xu Xun knew that it was impossible for him to really say hello to Li Rong on his behalf no matter what, Xu Xun didn't say anything more, and only smiled and mentioned a few words about what kind of news should be paid attention to in the Ministry of Rites at that time. After Du Jin got out of the car, he didn't stop any longer, and directly ordered to turn around and go home. The car was on the road, and he was in a good mood when he saw that Ah Bao seemed to have something on his mind, so he casually asked: "Ah Bao, what are you thinking, could it be that you are interested in someone?" ”

The question of a young man who is just starting to love a woman is always the only magic weapon that makes people confused, and now Ah Bao was directly stupid by Xu Xun's sudden words. He almost didn't think about it, so he hurriedly shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no, I don't have anyone in mind!" I'm thinking about grandpa...... A few days ago, when the lord asked me to go back to Tongzhou to see my grandfather, my grandfather had only been sick once, and now his muscles and bones are not as good as before...... The waterway from Tianjin Wei to Tongzhou is difficult to walk, and my grandfather almost folded in the water several times back then, and I am really worried about his old man's ......."

Xu Xun then remembered Bao's grandfather, that is, the old man Chen who received the number on the Cao River. Thinking of the dozens of people under him, he asked thoughtfully, "How long has your grandfather been working on the Cao River?" ”

"Grandpa went into the water when he was eight years old, and he has been in the water for more than 50 years." Ah Bao proudly raised his head, snapped his fingers and calculated, and said with a smile, "When I went back that time, my grandfather told me that there is hardly anyone who is older than him among the people who run boats and pull fibers on the Cao River now...... Ah, he also taught me to follow the young master well and be obedient......"

"Needless to say, I take you with me everywhere now, which proves that you are obedient enough." Xu Xun smiled slightly, and suddenly had a thought in his heart, and immediately hooked his finger at Ah Bao with a smile, and when he got closer, he asked again, "What kind of people are there in the group of people under your grandfather?" ”

"I have two uncles, three cousins, two cousins, and a few miscellaneous relatives, in short, they are all family." Ah Bao picked up his fingers again, and then came to his senses, and hurriedly put down his hand, "Grandpa said, this line of work looks like as long as you have strength, but there is an off-season and a peak season on the Cao River, and there are not enough people to eat in the off-season, so there have always been only a few people." We are a fixed livelihood, there are still many people who come to help in the peak season on the Caohe River, and at other times they go around doing odd jobs to earn money, and they are more miserable than us. ”

Ah Bao now has a fixed monthly money every month in Xing'an Bo Mansion, two clothes in spring and autumn in a year, two clothes in summer and two in winter, a total of five sets of clothes, this is a dream of not daring to dream, so when he thinks of facing the envious eyes of those relatives when he goes back, he feels a little uncomfortable, and at this time he can only distract himself by thinking about those who are worse. However, what he never expected was that Xu Xun suddenly asked something that was completely unexpected to him.

"Then you want to bring your grandfather and them to the capital?"

"Huh?" Ah Bao opened his mouth wide and looked at Xu Xun blankly for a while, and suddenly knelt down with a plop, but the carriage was small, and he directly hit the edge and corner of the small square table. But he didn't care so much, and said repeatedly, "Young master, I think, I dream of it!" If the young master can accept the grandfather and them as an errand ......"

"Get up!" Xu Xun saw that Ah Bao's head was bruised, and he couldn't help but be angry and funny, and when he saw that people didn't move, he scolded with a straight face, "What, I just praised you for being obedient, and now you're disobedient?" ”

"No, no, no, of course I listen to the young master's ......"

Seeing Ah Bao get up inexplicably confused, Xu Xun said with a straight face: "You are mistaken, the Xing'an Bo Mansion is only a big place, and now there are only a lot more people, and there is no need to buy additional people." Seeing a hint of disappointment on Ah Bao's face, he said slowly, "However, there is no shortage of manpower in Xing'anbo Mansion, which does not mean that there is no shortage of manpower in other places. I'm going to do a big thing, and I need some honest and hard-working people. Although it is also hard, it is generally less safe than making a living on the canal. I'll give you two days off, and if you want to go back, you might as well go home and tell your grandfather, and if he wants to, let him go to Beijing to see me. ”

This time, Ah Bao was finally overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down again and slammed his head several times, even saying that he couldn't thank him. When the carriage entered the Xing'an Bo Mansion and stopped at the second gate, Xu Xun instructed him to go to the tent to get some money and take the car back to Tongzhou, and when the little guy ran away, he saw that Jin Liu was a little envious, so he smiled and said: "What, envy Bao?" ”

"The young master said that he laughed, how could the little one envy him." Jin Liu hurriedly lowered his head and said flatteringly, "The little one knows that the young master can trust me, so he uses me to drive every day." ”

"If you know, it's good." Xu Xun knew what Jin Liu's surname was, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Zhu Ying mentioned it before, your mother-in-law is careful in the kitchen, and there is no discrepancy in the accounts every month, saying that she should mention her monthly money, you have followed me for so long, and it is not without hard work, and you have also mentioned the surname Suo, starting from this month." In addition, your husband and wife are not young, but they don't have a son and a half daughter under their knees, what are your plans? ”

Hearing that his mother-in-law had raised his monthly money with him, Jin Liu suddenly felt happy in his heart, and when he heard Xu Xun mention his heir, his face couldn't help but droop. He is not the fuel-efficient lamp, when he was in Jinling, he saw that his mother-in-law's stomach had not moved, so he tried too hard outside, and as a result, he sowed a lot of seeds but did not harvest, and finally found a few doctors to see that it was his problem, and he could only beat his chest. However, at that time, Luo Tuo couldn't think about this, and now that he has a little bit of talent, his mind is also active.

"Back to the young master, the younger one has an older brother near Nanjing, and there are several sons under him, and the younger one plans to succeed the younger one."

"In that case, let's send someone to pick it up." Xu Xun nodded and agreed, and when he turned around and entered the second gate, he suddenly stopped again, "When I go to Nanjing, I will find out how Tao Hong is, you can come back together, and you can have a companion." If he is of the right age, after he comes, let him and Tao Hong serve in the study together and learn to read and write. You originally signed a living deed, so the little guy doesn't have to sign it anymore, pay a few hundred dollars for pocket money, and send it to the school when it's older. ”

Jin Liu's own literacy is limited, and he wants to succeed a young one, just to teach him well, and he may be able to become a great weapon in the future. Now that Xu Xun has proposed such generous conditions, the unjust thoughts he had just given birth to immediately disappeared, replaced by an unconcealable ecstasy, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed like Bao.

Today, the matter of Ah Bao and Jin Liu was solved in a package, Xu Xun had to think about it a little, and when he entered the second gate, he went straight to his father Xu Liang, and said that he planned to do so, which immediately attracted a burst of laughter from his father.

"If you want to win people's hearts, there is no second person who can compare to you, and it all depends on you." Xu Liang never rejected his son's idea, and this time it was naturally no exception, so after thinking about it, he said again, "However, we can't be too favoritistic, the original subordinates of this Xing'an Bo Mansion should also be rewarded for their diligence, so as not to give birth to resentment." I'm going to go back and find someone to make arrangements...... But then again, when the first emperor is officially buried in the mausoleum, shouldn't you do this happy event? There is no hostess in the house, and we two big men have been asking about family affairs all day long! ”

"I would like to, but now this matter depends on the emperor's face." Xu Xun listlessly relayed Zhu Houzhao's words, and when he saw that his father was dumbfounded, he said helplessly, "There are blessings and hardships, and the matter of choosing the queen has no result, and I still have a lot of delays in this matter." ”

Depressed is depressed, but when Ah Bao rushed back with the dusty Father Chen that evening, Xu Xun naturally wouldn't put on that happy look. Seeing that Daddy Chen immediately knelt down and kowtowed as soon as he entered the Xiaohua Hall, he hurriedly asked Rayson to help people up, and then asked Ah Bao to get a small pestle and invite Daddy Chen to sit down. Father Chen, who entered such a big family for the first time, was so cramped that he didn't even know where to put his hand, and it wasn't until Xu Xun said two words of greeting and getting down to business that he suddenly had a spirit.

"Lord Shizi, after I heard what you asked Ah Bao to say, I was really happy. It's just that we have all been running boats on the canal for decades, and although some people know a little about this mason carpentry and other work, they can't talk about it, for fear of delaying your affairs, and we should die at that time. ”

Hearing that Father Chen did not happily agree, Xu Xun was indescribably satisfied in his heart, and after glancing at Ah Bao, he said, "It's good that you can have such sincerity." Masons and carpenters are naturally needed, but in the early stage, it is necessary to level the land, lay the foundation, and carry all kinds of materials, and many tasks that rely on strength need to be done. Since you are willing, although you are old, you can still be a foreman who oversees the work, and you will bring your relatives to find a group of reliable ones to level the abandoned garden west of Tongjiaqiao first. I'll be in a hurry in three to five days. ”

Seeing that Father Chen was stunned and immediately agreed, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile slightly. Next, there is work to be tossed in the outer city, although Father Chen is inexperienced, but compared with hiring those who have unknown roots, it is always much more reliable to train a contractor to get a professional construction team. After all, he is no better than the old oilmen of the British Gongbaoguo, if he dares to do the thing that the avant-garde and young soldiers of the government army help him build a house, he will definitely be impeached by the imperial history.

(To be continued)