Zhao Guohua knew that the ancients had a word in addition to their names, so he said: "Under Zhao Guohua, the word Mingyuan ......"

"Master Niu, you quickly go to the household to find the household official, and say that it was said by the county, and let him be sure to complete Mr. Zhao's settlement within an hour. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Song Zhixian commanded.

"Yes! ...... "Master Niu walked out quickly

"Master, it's time for lunch." Then a servant woman came out and preached.

"Good! Good! Eat and eat...... Mr. Zhao also stayed for a light meal......" Song Zhixian said enthusiastically.

"Thank you for your kindness, I really don't want to disturb adults anymore......" Zhao Guohua refused.

Song Zhixian smiled and said, "Let's go!" Let's go! , you have done me a great favor, and I should have invited you to a meal. ”。

couldn't shirk it, Zhao Guohua had to follow Song Zhixian.

Walk through the second hall into the courtyard courtyard, there are three rooms in the east and west of the courtyard, this is the public office, it is the place where the relevant officials of the county government handle official business here, so it is called the public office. Behind the office, there is a corridor that communicates with the three halls, where there is a dense cluster of Nantianzhu and a Yuan Dynasty laurel tree that hugs together, covering the sky and the sun, deep and quiet.

From the office to the back, through the corridor and a lattice door barrier, the north house in front of the hall is the third hall. The three halls are five rooms wide, seven purlins, eight or nine meters high, and ten meters deep. The front eaves of the three halls stand four large columns with black lacquer, and the front wall is inlaid with a lattice fan, which makes the cloister appear particularly wide. There is a prefectural locker room in the hall. This is the place where the magistrate receives higher-level officials, discusses political affairs, and handles government affairs. In front of the three halls is a spacious courtyard, there are four rooms in the east and west compartments of the courtyard, and there is an ancient cinnamon tree in the courtyard, which is luxuriant, and the huge canopy covers half of the courtyard.

There is a house on the east and west sides of the three halls, which is the east and west flower hall courtyard, which is the place where the county and his dependents live. Behind the three halls and the east and west flower halls, there is a county government garden, there is a hidden pavilion built in the garden, the flowers and trees compete for glory, and the green bamboo is sparse.

"My lord, this house is chic and quiet, the scenery is beautiful, and when you come here, all the sorrows in the world seem to have disappeared......," Zhao Guohua said as he watched.

"Mingyuan has passed the award, and it's not easy to be an official......" Song Zhixian sighed.

"That's what your lord said, alas...... It's hard to be an official these days, it's even harder to be a good official, and it's even more difficult to be a good official like an adult......" Zhao Guohua praised Song Zhixian without a trace.

"Haha...... Those who know me...... Mingyuan also ......," Song Zhixian said with a happy smile.

At the dinner table, Zhao Guohua told some jokes and brain teasers from time to time, making Miss Song and Mrs. Song laugh again and again, and they no longer had the shyness they had when they first met. The guests and hosts of this meal enjoyed themselves.

When Zhao Guohua finished eating lunch and accompanied Song Zhixian to drink tea and gossip, Master Niu handed him a household registration book of the Ming Dynasty, also known as the yellow book of fish scales, because the paper in the book is yellow, and the outer skin has many patterns like fish scales, so it is also called the yellow book of fish scales.

"My lord, I'm bothering you, I still have something to do now, and I'll come to visit you next time I have time." Zhao Guohua bowed and said goodbye.

"Brother Zhao, you have to come again." Miss Song said coquettishly.

"I will definitely come, Lord Song, Mrs. Song, Miss Song, please take care of your body, and leave next." After speaking, he made a gesture to the three of them, then turned around and strode out.

"Girl, everyone is out, and you still haven't returned to the room?" Mrs. Song said with a smile.

"Oh mother...... People ignore you......" As she spoke, Miss Song stomped her foot, turned around and ran back to the embroidery building with a red face.

"This girl ......" Song Zhixian and his wife glanced at each other, and then went their separate ways.

When he came out of the county office, he happened to meet Wang Zhutou, he took Zhao Guohua's hand with a more affectionate expression, shook it and said; "Brother, what's going on in the county in the future, even if you come to me, my brother still has a little bit of thin noodles in this county."

He already knew that the magistrate invited Zhao Guohua to eat in the back hall, and knew that Zhao Guohua had entered the eyes of Song Zhixian, and he would have a great future in the future.

Zhao Guohua knew Wang Zhutou's thoughts, and said with a smile: "With the words of the eldest brother, I will be better off doing things, and if the younger brother has the opportunity to fly in the future, I will never leave the eldest brother's ......."

"Hahahaha......" Wang Zhutou's laughter became louder.

"Mr. Zhao, I found you......" At this time, an anxious voice shouted.

Zhao Guohua turned his head and saw that it was Sun Xiaohu, the nephew of Sun Laohan in Mingfeng Village, seeing that he was running sweaty, panting, and very anxious, he knew that something had happened, so he arched his hand to Wang Zhutou and said with a smile; "Brother Wang, there is something going on at my brother's house, so I won't accompany you, let's find a place to have two drinks another day......"

"Good, good...... Brother, you go and get busy, another day, big brother will ask you to ......," Wang Zhutou said enthusiastically.

Bidding farewell to Wang Zhutou, Zhao Guohua followed Sun Xiaohu to the place where there were few people, and Sun Xiaohu briefly described what happened in the village to Zhao Guohua.

"Dog things, deceive people too much, see how Lao Tzu cleans him up in the future." After saying this, Zhao Guohua got on his horse and galloped towards Mingfeng Village, followed by Sun Fu and Sun Xiaohu.

When he arrived at the door of the workshop, Zhao Guohua saw that the pot was broken, the stove was knocked down, lime water and other raw materials were thrown on the ground, looking at the ruined workshop, Zhao Guohua had a blue face, clenched his fists, and his teeth were gritting, and he wanted to take someone to take revenge immediately. But thinking of his current weak strength, and then thinking about the Yang family's strength in Yongxin County and Ji'an Mansion, he calmed down, looked at the villagers around him, and ordered: "Everyone clean up the venue, let's start again." After speaking, he went into the house to see the injured Sun Laohan and the others.

"Guohua, the old man is useless...... "Sun Laohan, who was injured and lying on the bed, said painfully.

"Brother Zhao, I'm sorry for you, I didn't keep the workshop......" Ding Shun said with a painful grin

"Brother Zhao, wait until I get better...... I won't be able to spare them......" Sun You said as he struggled to sit up.

Mr. Zhao...... We ......," said a few young men who were lying on their wounds.

Looking at them one by one, Zhao Guohua said: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't worry about other things, this account will be ......calculated with them sooner or later" After speaking, he gently patted the shoulder of each injured person, and told everyone to recuperate with peace of mind, and then went out.

After this incident, Zhao Guohua knew that he couldn't wait any longer, he had to speed up the establishment of his own armed forces, in this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, anything could happen, this incident was a warning sign, without his own team, I am afraid that he would not even be able to save his life, this time it is the Yang family, next time I don't know what is more powerful than the Yang family, the Niu family and the Ma family are waiting for themselves.

But he also knew that although this was the chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but this was the south of the Ming Dynasty, and the control of the Ming Dynasty government was still very strong, and if he wanted to have his own armed forces, he must get the approval of the government......

Soon, Wang Zhutou took more than a dozen catchers and rode a horse to follow Zhao Guohua towards Mingfeng Village.

After some inspection, Wang Zhutou came back to report: "My lord, I took someone to follow Mr. Zhao to Mingfeng Village to see the scene, and I also asked the villagers to investigate and understand, Mr. Zhao's soap workshop was indeed destroyed by the Yang family's housekeeper with a hundred and ten people, and the loss of raw materials was about 1,000 taels of silver, and some of the good soap was also robbed...... Wang Zhutou bowed and said.

"Bold...... Damn ......" Song Zhixian was furious when he heard it.

After a few circles in the public hall, he said to Wang Zhutou: "You take a few people to the Yang Mansion and catch the dog...... This official will not be spared...... Such evil slaves must be dealt with severely. ”

"Obedience!" After Wang Zhutou finished speaking, he went out.

After Steward Yang was arrested, he denied it in every possible way at first, and did not admit that he had taken someone to Mingfeng Village to do that thing, and Yang Fu also tried his best to exonerate him, and later under the testimony of more than a dozen villagers, the short and fat Steward Yang had to admit it, but he quibbled that it was the villagers who made the first move. Due to the power of the Yang family, Song Zhixian could only beat the Yang housekeeper for ten boards, and compensated the villagers for one hundred taels of silver for the cost of the decoction.

"Mingyuan, this official is really sorry for you......" Song Zhixian said with a guilty face.

"I know the difficulties of adults, and adults do this...... Thank you very much......" Zhao Guohua bowed and thanked.

Seeing that he was so sensible and reasonable, Song Zhixian was very satisfied, and he said to Wang Tiehan, "Wang catches the head...... In the future, you will take more people to Mingfeng Village...... After this severe punishment, I think his Yang family will also be more restrained. ”

"Yes! After the humiliation, I will take someone to Mingfeng Village the next day......" Wang Zhutou said.

Zhao Guohua said: "My lord, as the saying goes, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, and besides, Wang Zhutou is an official in the yamen, and it is not good for the official reputation of the adult to work for Zhao's business......."

Song Zhixian heard this, it was also good, thought about it, and asked, "What can Mingyuan do?" ”

Looking at Song Zhixian and then at Wang Zhutou, Zhao Guohua said: "I want to set up a security team to protect the workshop in Mingfeng Village, I don't know if the adults can allow it?" ”

"Security team? What a strange name. Song Zhixian muttered for a moment, and then asked, "How many people do you plan to recruit?" ”

"If there are fewer people, at least 200 people ......," Zhao Guohua said.

"Two hundred? …… So much? ......" Song Zhixian and Wang Zhutou were shocked when they heard this. This is almost the scale of two hundred households, and even the scale of one thousand households.

The Ming Dynasty's army was established under the "guard system". The army is organized at two levels: guard and station. One government has a station, and several governments have a guard. There were 5,600 commanders and commanders. There are 1,100 households (1,120 soldiers) under the guard, and 112 soldiers under the jurisdiction of 100 households. In the late Ming Dynasty, the ******** was serious, and there were many officers who ate empty salaries, and it was good to have fifty or sixty soldiers in a hundred households, and three or four hundred soldiers in a thousand households, excluding the elite family members of the officers, there were more than 200 soldiers

In contrast, the scale of Zhao Guohua's security team is indeed a little larger, so Song Zhixian did not dare to agree easily.

After thinking about it for a while, Song Zhixian said: "Mingyuan, the scale of the security team you said is a little larger, and this official is really difficult to handle, do you think it can be less?" ”