The official office of the Xuzhou Salt Department is in Yibin, and it has jurisdiction over the well fields in Fushun, Changning, Yunlian, Jingxian and Gaoxian counties in Xuzhou, and manages the well fields of Zhenxiong and Luzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info All year round, there is an endless flow of people in front of the yamen, and the poor salt merchant's helper and follower have to make a thin lap after running a few laps.

In the Yamen of the Salt Class, not to mention the officials, even the deputy envoys of the Treasury ambassadors who are not in the stream also make a lot of money. No matter how strong you are in the well field, when you walk to the door of the salt class, you have to listen to the rules and regulations, and you have to prepare tea money and other things, and be polite in front of the errand, so that you can get a good face from these characters who are not on the stage; If you have a self-confident identity, of course the officials can't treat you like this, but if you say a sentence softly in the ear of the old man, so-and-so is very disrespectful, and you can make the stunned young man who doesn't know the personnel drink a pot of it.

However, these rules didn't work today, and the officials saw that Wu Wen, who was very useful in front of the old man on weekdays, came forward in person, and led the way to the two young sons with a smile. There is a guy who doesn't have long eyes who recklessly went up and wanted to work hard for Wu Wen, but he was slapped by this staff copywriter who usually looks at people from the top of his head, and then scolded him with a face: "Things that don't have long eyes!" Didn't I see that this is the son of Fuzun!? ”

The young man who wore royal blue entwined arabesque dark lines and a straight body with dark embroidered square sheng patterns on the outside and a satin cover on the bottom of soot was a leisurely style of a family, and chuckled: "Mr. Wu is too careful, in fact, it is not necessary to be like this." ”

Wu Wenwen nodded and said, "The third prince is really kind-hearted. At the same time, he kicked the unlucky guy again, and shouted angrily: "Go away, get out of here!" ”

The young man in Tsing Yi behind the third prince of the Xuzhou prefect frowned, leaned over and whispered behind the third prince, the third prince turned around and smiled, and said to Wu Wenshu with an indifferent face: "Mr. Wu, it's not too early, let's hurry up, in case Yang Tiju waits for a long time, it's really a big faux pas." ”

This sentence can be regarded as pinching the soft spot of Wu Wen's copywriting. He was shocked and immediately said, "Yes, yes!" Here, please, raise the master in the back hall, and let me go and report it. After saying that, he ordered the little servant to lead the two to the side room for a while, he shook his sleeves, hurriedly turned the aisle, and immediately disappeared.

The little guy served hot tea for the two of them and retreated, the third prince with good manners suddenly seemed to be a different person, the handsome and gentle face was immediately filled with a happy smile, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and secretly muttered "leaf foam" and threw it away, a pair of slippery eyes just looked at the face of the young man in Tsing Yi, and laughed out for a moment, and the official language was clear and crisp: "Okay!" What are you doing with a frown? Yang Tiju has a good relationship with my old man, your affairs are not worth it, where do you show me a bitter face? ”

The young man in Tsing Yi, that is, Li Yongzhong, glared at him, and regretted a hundred and one times why he had such a friend who was not four or six, he rarely showed a helpless look, glanced at this friend who was very good at pretending, took a sip of the tea bowl by himself, and said indifferently: "This time I came to Yibin, and Fuzun must be there to pay a visit." Speaking of which, Qianzhi, you came to the Salt Division today, do you know? ”

He really didn't have a problem with the third son of the mansion, so much so that he actually wanted to scare him with his friend's solemn and dignified gentleman's father.

At that time, the prefect of Xuzhou was surnamed Zhao, the name Longmei, the word Wendu, the number Jichang, the three sons under the knee, the eldest son Shichun and the second son Shijin have already made a name for themselves, at this time they are studying at ease in Changshu's hometown, only the third son Shigong is young, Zhao Longmei loves this late child, and is worried about the doting of his family, so he left the eldest son and two sons who have become a family in Changshu, and only brought his wife and young son to Xuzhou to take office.

Zhao Shigong is the same age as Li Yongzhong, but he is much more lively than him in temperament. It was also an accident that the two of them knew each other, and a few years ago, Li Yongzhong and the horse team rescued a pair of master and servant on the way back from transporting salt to Guizhou, and the master was Zhao Shigong, who was fourteen years old at the time. According to his own words, he heard that there is a waterfall called Baishui River in Anshun is very magnificent, so he took the scholar to secretly go on the road without telling the adults at home, but he actually met an old bear on the road, fortunately the scholar has some martial arts, they are lucky, riding a horse all the way to leave the old bear behind, the result is very happy and sad, the horse lost its front hooves, the two fell down the slope, fortunately the slope is gradually slowing, hanging by the tree by the horse team to find, otherwise it will miss a life.

Xu is only Li Yongzhong is about the same age as him on the road, and in a few days, the bold young master unilaterally and enthusiastically called Li Yongzhong a brother, and mixed in the horse team to touch Li Yongzhong's bottom. He was born with a handsome face, and when he saw people, he first brought a three-point smile, which was really disliked by everyone, and he knew a trick of entanglement, and in the end, even Li Yongzhong was entangled by him, and the two formed a bad relationship.

"You came to the Salt Division with Zhao Fuzun on your back today, and carefully went home to Fuzun to give you a family meal." Li Yongzhong remembered that he really regretted the thin face of his youth back then, and he also knew that his friends had learned the rogue temperament of climbing along the pole from nowhere, so he said mercilessly with a straight face: "I have seen Yang Tiju for a while, you should hurry home, save another meal, and even I have to eat a meal." ”

Zhao Shigong snorted, and quickly changed the topic and said: "You didn't even call me when you came to Yibin!" Thanks to the gifts I give you every year, I never fall behind, and I write to you every month to ask you, I really don't regard me as a friend. ”

Li Yongzhong glanced at him and sneered: "If you are talking about those resentful poems-thank you, my father unfortunately saw one back then, and almost thought that I had a secret relationship with a woman, and my good eldest brother pouted with me, if it wasn't for my master's words, he would ask the family law to beat me to death." ”

Zhao Shigong never knew about this section, but now he was taken aback when he heard the words, so he said: "This is my thoughtlessness, but now you don't have to worry about it anymore," he lowered his voice and said, "It's just that your eldest brother ......"

"Big brother is in good health." Li Yongzhong took a sip of tea and said succinctly: "The family is happy." ”

Zhao Shigong pounded the table with laughter: "You are a narrow ghost!" ”

"I'm not as good as somebody. Let's say it first, you made the great wish you made yourself, you settle the account yourself, don't implicate me. Li Yongzhong snorted and said meaningfully: "I'm afraid that someone won't be able to accept this end, and it will be up to you to see what you do when the time comes." ”

Zhao Shigong's face changed, and he was just about to speak, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside the door gradually, and soon a messenger came to ask: "Master Tiju, please talk to the two of you in front of the hall." ”

This Xuzhou Salt Division is surnamed Yang Mingdexing, and he is a petty official from the seventh grade. In the well field in eastern Sichuan, it is a person who is rich and noble and must not be offended. It's just that it's much inferior to the prefect of the fourth grade, but after all, he is a scientific examination all the way, a third-class jinshi of the right brand, and he also writes a good hand, so he also has some friendship with the prefect.

The two followed the messenger who led the way all the way to the Mandarin Duck Hall, bypassed the courtyard in front of the hall, and saw the Wu copywriter who had seen before waiting outside the door, and saw the two of them coming, and smiled: "Master Yang is inside, two please." He made an inviting gesture sideways, and Zhao Shigong straightened his robe, and then walked in with a face as warm as jade. Although Li Yongzhong has countless slanders in his heart, he seems to be a handsome gentleman and a handsome poster.

Yang Dexing is the fourth year of the Apocalypse to go to the Ministry of officials to make up for this fat difference, he only got a third-class jinshi at the age of forty, he knows that his qualifications are limited, but he also thinks that this petty official from the seventh grade is not very bad, although he also laughs at all kinds of filial piety, but the family business is quite rich, and his temperament is not how to be stingy and mean, in short, the official reputation is good, otherwise Zhao Longmei will not allow his son to approach him.

Seeing that Zhao Shigong came first to bow deeply, he naturally stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile on his face: "I haven't seen Qianzhi for a few days, where is this stubborn?" The day before yesterday, the government held a banquet, but you ate a good fish, but it's a pity that you didn't take it orally. ”

Zhao Shigong said with a smile: "Uncle Yang Shi, I have always been obedient, why am I so stubborn?" My father is testing my schoolwork these days, and I have to regret it. After gossiping, he pulled behind him, let Li Yongzhong out, and said, "Today I want to introduce a friend to Uncle Shi - this person's surname is Li Yongzhong, a native of Fushun County, and he is under Uncle Shi's rule." ”

Li Yongzhong stepped forward and bowed to Yang Dexing and said, "The grass people have seen the lift. If it weren't for Zhao Shigong's fact that he had already said that this person was a salt merchant, and he confessed himself, it would be hard for Yang Dexing to believe that such a polite young man was actually in the same line as the vulgar businessman who wandered outside the Yamen of the Salt Division every day.

Not to mention that this young man was personally introduced by the prince of the mansion.

But even so, he had a good impression of Li Yongzhong, laughed, helped him up with his own hands, and said: "There is no need to make such a big gift, this is not above the lobby, you and I are opposite to the government and the people." Since you are a friend of Qianzhi, let him call me uncle. ”

Li Yongzhong didn't dare to get up first, looked up at Yang Dexing, lowered his head and smiled respectfully: "I don't know, the ancestor Li Yanqi, I went back and forth to Yibin several times, and I saw him in person. ”

These words surprised Yang Dexing. Of course, he knew Li Qi as a person, and he still had a friendship with him, and when he heard that he was seriously ill and died not long ago, he sighed greatly and sent a housekeeper to give a gift, which was also the end of this friendship. He heard that Li Qi had two sons, but he had heard him mention his eldest son before, and rarely mentioned the second son, so Yang Dexing didn't pay attention to it...... Thinking of this, and vaguely remembering the occasional sigh of Li Qi mentioning his eldest son, Yang Dexing was already a little clear.