Chapter 120: Rootless Silver

The county government has been in the city for a few days, and the squires and celebrities in the county have come to congratulate them after getting the news.

Sun Juyang presided over the ceremony of receiving gifts, and the requirements for coming to give gifts were extremely strict: no gift orders of less than 100 taels were accepted, and all kinds of special gifts were not accepted, only cash money was accepted.

This rule has never been seen before, although everyone thinks it is quite novel, but fortunately, this new magistrate is not a hard stone, as long as they are willing to collect money, it is a good thing for them.

There was a long queue outside the county yamen, blatantly giving gifts to the magistrate, which caused the people in the city to be resentful, and secretly insulted the new magistrate for being a corrupt official.

As for the evaluation of the people, Ye Yu turned a deaf ear, and was led by Du Shuangyu, the head catcher of the county government, to investigate the canal built that year.

Looking at the canal project that was abandoned halfway, so that the ruins of the wall were broken, Ye Yu couldn't help but sigh, if this canal was successfully built back then, why would the 10,000 acres of fertile land in the county be so desolate.

After a few days of understanding, Ye Yu learned that there was no harvest in the local drought last year, so that the people of Anfeng County left their homes to beg. However, the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court did not fall into the hands of the people. Instead, it was stripped layer by layer, and finally embezzled!

Ye Yu knew in his heart that there seemed to be a lot of problems in Anfeng County.

After inspecting the canal embankment, several people went to a tea shed to rest. When he was drinking tea and chatting, there was a sound of crying and quarreling not far away, and when Ye Yu followed the prestige, he saw several men who looked like domestic slaves, dragging a young woman here.

They were followed by a young farmer who was chasing after him with a weeping doll in his arms, and it seemed that they were a couple.

"Du Zhutou, bring those people here!" Ye Yu glanced at Du Shuangyu, his face was already full of displeasure.

Du Shuangyu also felt very embarrassed at this time, the new magistrate had just taken office, and he saw such things, which directly explained the reason for his poor management of the head catcher.

So with a few servants, the few people who were tearing each other and crying were led to the tea shed, Ye Yu glanced at the house slaves led by him, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you waiting for, who dare to rob the people's daughters in broad daylight!" Is there still a royal law? ”

"My lord! The villain is the family of Zhuo Mansion, and here's how it happened......"

The house slave headed by him was very arrogant, pointed at the crying young woman, and said coldly: "This is the nurse hired by the government for money, and it is also human nature that the mother and son are difficult to part!" Sir, do you say? ”

"Oh, yes, but this official has never heard that the Zhuo family has added a new ding!"

The house slave sneered: "My lord, whether Zhuo Mansion adds Ding or not is a family matter, and a small county seems to be too wide!" Besides, we paid for it, and we didn't seem to be breaking the law! ”

"You! You dare to speak like this to the young master, I ......"

Ah Kuan was about to step forward to teach this house slave a lesson, but was stopped by Ye Yu with his hand, but his eyes fell on Du Shuangyu's body: "Du catches the head, palms the mouth!" ”

"Adult ......"

Looking at Du Shuangyu with a hesitant expression, Ye Yu said in a deep voice: "What, do you want this official to say it a second time?" ”

"My lord, Zhuo ......"

"Zhuo what, in this Anfeng County, this official is both the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, in this county, the official has the final say! Palm! ”

"Yes!"

Du Shuangyu felt Ye Yu's fierce gaze, and immediately struck a spirit, and then ordered the two servants to hold the arms of the house slave, picked up his right hand and slapped him a few times.

After smoking, Ye Yu sneered at the strained house slave: "The little magistrate can at least manage you!" Get lost! ”

Several house slaves left the tea shed in a hurry, and the husband and wife hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked Ye Yu for his kindness.

Ye Yu looked at the doll in the farmer's arms, and asked, "How old is this child?" ”

"Master Hui, my son has just reached the full moon!"

"What, just a full moon! Then you still let your wife be a nurse? Ye Yu was stunned when he heard this, how could a child who had just reached the full moon be weaned casually.

The young woman took the child with tears in her eyes, choked up, and said: "My lord, don't blame my husband for this matter, how to live this year's drought without harvest, if you don't go to be a nurse, the family will also wait for death......

The man lowered his head with a look of shame, and said helplessly: "Besides, the Zhuo family has taken a fancy to it, and we have no choice, we have to go if we don't go!" Who can offend the Zhuo family! ”

Ye Yu listened to the husband and wife's complaints, and his heart was not happy, so he motioned to Ah Kuan to take some money to help the two, and let the two leave freely.

The tea shed was calm again, and Ye Yu raised his eyes and asked Du Shuangyu: "What is going on?" ”

"My lord, in the past few years, Old Man Zhuo is said to have suffered from a strange disease, which is that tea does not think about food and does not smell fragrant, and only by swallowing human milk for three meals a day will he have spirit! Therefore...... Therefore......"

"So gather these women and feed the old thing with human milk?"

"Humph! Strange disease? This is a strange disease that has been pampered! Sure enough, it's extravagant enough, it seems that this official is going to be decided! ”

"Your Excellency, what do you mean......"

"Go back to the county office!"

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After returning to the county office, Sun Juyang handed over all the gift lists to Ye Yu. Ye Yu glanced at the total number of gift lists, and finally understood why everyone liked to be officials.

A congratulatory gift can loot tens of thousands of taels of money, and this is only the magistrate of a poor county......

Ye Yu instructed Sun Juyang to store the silver taels sent by these people in the county government intact. On the second day, he went to Zhuo's Mansion and visited the former superintendent of the imperial history.

And Zhuo Fengkai had a lot of complaints about Ye Yu after listening to the house slave's confession yesterday, and this time Ye Yu came to visit the mansion, he also happened to tease the new magistrate, and also let Ye Yu know who had the final say in this Anfeng County.

In the back garden of Zhuo's mansion, Zhuo Fengkai sat at the stone table, looked at the oncoming Ye Yu but did not get up, but apologized to Ye Yu: "The old man should have visited the palace, but he didn't want the adults to come to the cold house in person, the old man was ashamed!" Ashamed! ”

Seeing Zhuo Fengkai in front of him looking immobile like a mountain, Ye Yu said in his heart Is there a trace of shame here? This is clearly not taking yourself as a magistrate in your eyes!

Although he was very unhappy in his heart, he had a strong smile on his face: "I have heard the name of the imperial history for a long time, which makes the late students admire, and the late students hope to teach a lot when they first enter the officialdom!" ”

Zhuo Fengkai waved his hand and gestured, "Eh, where, please take a seat!" ”

"The future is terrifying, I heard that the culture of Ye Zhi County is unparalleled in the world, and even Zhongsanyuan is even more famous, as for the small Anfeng County, it is easy for Lord Ye to ......"

"Zhuo Gong has won the award! Ye should work hard to live up to the emperor's favor and live up to the people's ......"

"Adults are really extraordinary, if you don't fly, you've soared into the sky, and if you don't sound, you've made a splash......"

At this point, Zhuo Fengkai lightly twisted his beard and smiled meaningfully: "Since Lord Ye has come to the Humble House, the old family has treasures to share with adults!" Come on, offer soup! ”

As soon as Zhuo Fengkai's words fell, the middle-aged maid who was waiting on the side retreated with interest, and then not long after he brought a woman, this woman was plump and full-breasted, and at a glance it was a woman who had just given birth.

Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged maid instructed the woman to untie her clothes and untie her clothes with her back to everyone, while the middle-aged maid held a white porcelain bowl and gently squeezed it on the woman's chest.

A kind of servant who came with Ye Yu turned his face sideways embarrassedly. Ye Yu also lowered his head in embarrassment, and said in his heart that this old thing is really full of tricks.

After the woman sorted out her clothes, the middle-aged maid took a bowl of white liquid and respectfully placed it in front of Ye Yu. Ye Yu looked at the contents of this bowl, and it was obvious that it was the milk squeezed out by the talented woman.

"Zhuo Gong, this ......" Although Ye Yu knew that this bowl was milk, he didn't know what Zhuo Fengkai's move meant.

Zhuo Fengkai smiled meaningfully: "Adults don't need to be surprised, the old man has not eaten tea and dinner in recent years, but he is very obsessed with this rootless silver soup, the old man was riddled with strange diseases back then, and it was also this soup that made the old man glow!" ”

"Huh! Hehe! Yes, that Zhuo Gong is really unique in hobbies! ”

Zhuo Fengkai laughed with playfulness, and asked softly: "Hahaha, you are old, the taste is naturally not as good as you young people, could it be that the adults are not satisfied with this soup?" ”

"Zhuo Gong misunderstood, it's just that this soup is exclusive to you, how dare Ye taste it!"

Although human milk is not uncommon, everyone has drunk it when they are young, but let an adult drink human milk in public, Ye Yu really can't pass this level in his heart.

Even Ye Yu, a person of later generations, can't pass the psychological level, and it is conceivable how immoral and unethical such behavior is in the feudal Song Dynasty. Only a powerful person like Zhuo Fengkai can act so unscrupulously.

It's just that what Ye Yu doesn't know is that Zhuo Fengkai, who is over the age of sixteen in front of him, has to suck milk and drink it himself every day. If Ye Yu knew about this kind of thing, he didn't know how to feel.

Zhuo Fengkai saw that Ye Yu was not drinking for a long time, so he smiled proudly: "The old man does not dare to use it for a special purpose, all the guests come here, they are all enjoyed with the guests, drinking the milk of this person's mother, it is to remind people of the grace of filial piety, the importance of humanity......"

After laughing and talking, the conversation changed sharply and became cold: "However, those who are unwilling, dare, and unwilling to drink this soup are only unfilial people and beasts!" My lord, this is hot soup, just come out, while it's hot, it's delicious, please! ”

Even Du Shuangyu and the other officials really couldn't stand it at the moment, and they wanted to step forward to reprimand but were ordered to retreat by Ye Yu.

Ye Yu gave a salute to Zhuo Fengkai: "Thank you Zhuo Gong for your kindness, this rootless silver soup is the intention of the seniors, how dare the younger generations not use it, but the younger generations also have a rule, the so-called come and not be rude, go out as a guest, if the host is a tea, the younger generation must also return a cup!" ”

"Oh? That old decay is going to see and see! Lord Duwen Ye used to be a businessman, and Mao Feng's tribute tea was also from the hands of adults. ”