The four-carried sedan car ran quickly to the north, and it was bumped up and down, up and down, so that Hai Rui's bones fell apart. The four sedan chair drivers were tired, and the other four immediately changed them, still trotting all the way and bumping.

"Stop the car!" Although Hai Rui had never made a sedan chair, he also knew that he had been tricked, and he couldn't help but be angry.

"Back to the master, there are still dozens of miles away from the city," the sedan chair man outside said in a strange manner: "We have to hurry up, otherwise the city gate will be closed." ”

"This official orders you to stop the sedan car!" Hai Rui saw that not only did they not listen, but also sang those tunes in a strange tone, and he was even more angry, so he actually removed the seat and beat it out, knocking a sedan chair driver to the ground, and the sedan chair stopped.

Hai Rui held on to the car door, trembling down, his face was sallow and sallow, and after a while he returned to normal. Straightened up and looked at these ill-intentioned palanquin men with a gloomy face.

Although his eyes are not big, they are as sharp as a razor, and whoever he has scraped has to lower his head, and no one dares to look at him.

Shen Mo looked at it from a distance, and couldn't help but nod secretly...... To be an official, you must have an aura, and you have an aura to suppress people, but most people have been in a high position for a long time, and they have been in power for life and death, and they have been nurtured for many years, but this Hai Rui is from a mere teaching background, and he is not wearing his official uniform at the moment, but he can use his momentum to subdue everyone, and it seems that he does have his superiority.

After everyone was subdued, Hai Rui looked around and saw that there was a pile of adobe left over from the building on the left side of the road, so he pointed to the adobe and said, "Move this pile of adobe to the sedan chair for this official." ”

Everyone turned into stupid geese, and the leader said, "You are old, what do you want to do with this thing?" ”

"Carry it to the house and set up a bed for the master!" Hai Rui said expressionlessly.

The head of the sedan chair hurriedly bowed and said, "Master Qiqihai, there is a good brown trampoline in the house, and there is no need to lay bricks......

"No way," Hai Rui said, spreading his hands, "I can't get used to sleeping with that thing!" As he spoke, he put his face on the board and said, "Hugh wants to be wordy, four pieces for one person, and move me to the sedan chair!" ”

The palanquin drivers had to obediently move the adobe into the sedan chair, but after moving, Hai Rui sat in it again.

Sitting cross-legged in the car that had been stomped on adobe, Hai Rui lowered his eyelids and said, "Let's go, aren't you afraid of delaying your entry into the city?" Hurry up! ”

A piece of adobe is more than five catties, and sixteen people and sixty-four pieces are three hundred and dozens of catties, plus Hai Rui's more than 100 catties, it is nearly five hundred catties. The sedan chair drivers were crushed one by one, sweating, changing wave after wave, and finally they were all crushed to the ground, and their waists were about to break.

Seeing that they had met a master, the sedan chair drivers put down the sedan chair and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

Hai Rui stared at them and said, "You are not palanquins. "These people's physical fitness is so poor that they can't eat this bowl of rice at all.

"Your old eyes are like torches," the palanquin drivers didn't dare to hide it anymore, and poured beans into the bamboo tube and said: "We are just some gangsters in Suzhou City, and we were hired to give you an ugly one." ”

"Who?" Hai Rui asked in a deep voice.

"The little ones don't dare to say this," the thugs shook their heads, "we can't afford to mess with them." ”

"If you can't mess with them, can you afford to mess with me?" Hai Rui sneered and said: "If you don't say it, I also know who those people are, let me ask you - if this official wants to ask you, can they protect you?" ”

Everyone shook their heads and said, 'No.'"

"On the contrary, if the officials want to protect you, will they dare to touch you?" Hai Jui followed the path of good and seductive.

"Don't dare." The crowd of splashes had been completely encircled by him.

"So," Hai Rui said word by word, "you say for yourselves, which side should you go, right?" ”

"We say, we say," the pimples were about to confess, and the leader asked uneasily, "Can you really protect us?" ”

"I, Haigangfeng, will do what I say, don't doubt it." Hai Rui replied in a deep voice.

Those splashes took Changzhou County, the history and a few old officials, and they didn't know where they learned that the unkind Haibi Jia was going to come to Changzhou to serve as the county commander, and they were afraid of cutting off their financial routes, so they planned to give him a dismissal.

Hai Rui listened to the thought for a long time, and this time he didn't get on the sedan chair, so he ordered them to carry the sedan chair straight to the county seat, and he strode behind, urging them to go quickly like sheep.

Shen Mo was interested, and followed closely behind.

Hurry up and hurry up and finally advance to Suzhou City at the closed gate, and go straight to Changzhou County.

At this time, the county government gate was decorated with lights, draped in red and green, and the county's officials had already received the news and were waiting at the door. A bunch of petty officials were waiting there with firecrackers in their hands, when these people really wanted to welcome him? Of course not! They estimated that Na Haigang Peak came all the way up, and he should have vomited so much that he couldn't stand still, so they did this welcome ceremony, and they wanted to see his jokes.

I only listened to the shy and big-bellied Gou Xiancheng, and said triumphantly to the people who watched the excitement: "The new county order, but a teacher, is the first time in his life to sit in a sedan chair, and I don't know if I am used to it!" Hearing this, the common people looked at the street one after another, wanting to see what was going on.

After a while, the small sedan chair came to the county office, and the sedan chair drivers put down the sedan chair and sat on the ground one after another, and only Hai Rui stood there.

He stood out from the crowd and was conspicuous, and Gou Xiancheng and his gang had already known the appearance of the future county order, and asked tentatively: "Are you the old man of the sea?" ”

"It's the official." Hai Rui looked at him coldly and said.

"Why didn't you sit in a sedan chair?" Gou Xiancheng wondered, and said that this sedan chair is quite heavy? What's inside?

Hai Rui smiled faintly: "Gou Xiancheng, right?" ”

"Xiaguan Changzhou County is virtuous, and I have seen Lord Tangzun." Gou Xiancheng had no choice but to salute him, and the main bookkeeper and the historian behind him also followed suit.

Hai Rui didn't tell them to get up, pointed to the sedan chair and said: "This official wants to thank you for your special care, but my lord and I sit in your sedan chair, and my bones are falling apart, and I need to support the kang to rest, so you can do good things to the end, help me support a kang." ”

Gou Xiancheng and the others were dumbfounded all of a sudden, but in front of everyone's eyes, how could they disobey the order of the county honor? had to follow Hai Rui's request to move the adobe in the sedan chair into the county government one by one.

Looking at the Gou County Cheng and the cadres who were proud of their martial arts, taking off their official uniforms and carrying adobe in embarrassment, the people laughed loudly, feeling very angry, and naturally they also had a good impression of this newcomer Haida.

Taking advantage of the efforts of those people to move bricks, Hai Rui had already washed his face, changed into his seven-grade official uniform, and after wearing a black veil, the original shabby appearance of ordinary people was gone. In his place, there was a dignified appearance.

This dynasty takes scholars, follows the old rules of the previous dynasty, and examines not only the article, but also the appearance, the so-called 'herdsmen must have an official appearance, and there is no official prestige if there is no official appearance'. Therefore, when taking a scholar, there is an additional condition, which is actually an inevitable condition, that is, to look good and have complete six palaces. For example, the first class is the face of the word 'Guo', the face of the word 'A', and the face of the word 'Shen', and the face of the word 'Tian' and the face of the word 'You' in the second class. As soon as the official hat is worn, there is an official appearance. If the parents are unkind and give birth to a face with the word 'yes', no matter how splendid the article is, it will inevitably fall off the list.

For example, Shen Mo, a handsome little character face, is considered a second-class face shape for officials, but his eyes are big and bright, his sword eyebrows are straight into the temples, his lips are thin and the bridge of his nose is straight, but he is more appreciated by the examiner than those simple Chinese faces, so when he meets him, he still gets a first-class face.

But Hai Rui is a lifter, although he has passed the Jinshi examination and the article is also sophisticated, but because of his straightforward statement of state affairs and the bitter presentation of the disadvantages of the times, the examiner naturally did not like it, and he fell off the list on the ink roll, so he never went to the 'face' level at all.

And whether there is an official appearance or not, it can only be revealed by wearing an official uniform. Shen Mo had seen him twice along the way, and he was wearing cloth clothes and cotton shoes, so he couldn't see the clue at all. Now when I arrived in Suzhou City, I put on the hat and uniform of the county magistrate for the first time, only to see that his eyebrows were towering, his nose was concave, and he was not angry and arrogant under the bright firelight, and he was righteous and awe-inspiring, which made people feel broken.

When the common people saw that the adults had a straight face, they were not those fat-bodied officials, and they felt that such an adult might be greedy and light, and their good impression of him increased by three points.

Hai Rui stood in front of the yamen and did not enter the door until the officials finished moving the bricks and stood in front of him with trepidation. I only heard Lord Hai instruct again: "Dig ten big holes in the outer wall of the county government!" ”

The county said: 'This person's heart is too small, I really dare not offend.' He smiled and said, "My lord, what a pity it is to dig holes in the good walls?" ”

Hai Rui sneered: "I heard that some officials in Changzhou County used to extort and extort the people, making people miserable, and the official wanted to release all the pickled turbidity in the yamen, so I had to dig some holes to breathe!" With a wave of his hand, he said, "Chisel!" ”

There's no way, the official level crushes people to death, just chisel it, it just so happens that everyone hasn't washed their hands yet, just do it.

On a cold day, the officials of Changzhou County sweated like rain, picked up sledgehammers, and dug ten big holes in the county yamen, so that they could see the inside from the outside.

After the hole was dug up, Hai Rui asked people to hang two blank vertical banners in front of the county yamen, and wrote a couplet with his own handwriting, the upper one is 'black lacquer yamen eight characters open', and the lower one is 'If you have money, don't ignore it'. Finally, he wrote a horizontal criticism: 'This official will accept the petition at night. ’

Only then did everyone know what he meant by letting people dig holes, it turned out to be for the convenience of everyone to sue and shout grievances, so that they would not have no way out because they were blocked by the officials. As a result, there was an endless stream of people shouting grievances and complaining, and on the first day of his tenure, Haida was busy until dawn.

Shen Mo stood opposite the yamen, looking at this never-before-seen scene, with Tie Zhu and Sanchi standing behind. Sanchi shook his head and said: "Although the new official took office with three fires, this fire is also too hot, he offended his subordinates as soon as he came, and offended the rich and big families in the blink of an eye, how will he mix it in the future?" "He is a veteran of Yanjing, and it is commonplace that the upper and lower sides are in collusion and embarrassed, but I have never seen anything like this.

As far as the meeting is concerned, the iron pillar is much simpler, and he retorted emotionally: "Is it right to kill people and set fire to the gold belt, build bridges and pave roads without corpses?" If there is no Qing official like Hai Daren in charge, can the people of the Ming Dynasty still see some hope? "He was born in the lower classes, and he was not less angry with the government, so he has a natural good impression of an official like Hai Rui who makes a big show for the people.

"How do you know he's not pretending?" Sanchi sneered: "Look at it, it's a hot pot and fart, it stinks for a while!" I can't wait for a month, or my nephew will play the lantern, as usual! ”

"There are still a lot of witty words," Shen Mo scolded with a smile: "Don't fight, let's find a shop to live in, I'll starve to death." ”

But the two of them asked reluctantly, "My lord, what do you think?" ”

"As his direct superior," Shen Mo said, looking back and seriously, "I feel a lot of pressure. With that, he walked away.

The two looked at each other, and said in their hearts, what does this mean?

That night, the three of them rested in an inn called 'Dongsheng' in the city.

I didn't say anything all night, and when I got up the next day, I had morning tea in the inn...... Most of the inns in Suzhou are the front building and the back yard, the building is a tea house, and the courtyard is an inn, reading each other and complementing each other.

The three of them walked into the teahouse from the backyard, but they saw that it was different from the teahouse in Hangzhou. Most of the tea shops in Hangzhou are open halls, and they treat everyone equally, whether it is Mr. Jin or the peddler's pawn, they are all customers, and they are mixed together to eat and drink tea.

However, the tea shops in Suzhou are divided into hierarchies, each is not confused, the rich and the status are inside, upstairs, and the ordinary people are downstairs and outside. Silence was to watch the wind, and the two of them only sat down in the outermost hall.

Xiao Er came over to greet him, and silently asked him to just take care of the early sign of the sign. After a while, dried honey tofu, pine nut candy, rose melon seeds, shrimp soy sauce, jujube paste sesame cake, crystal soup ball, etc., were set up on a full table, although it was full of small dishes and small bowls, but it could not stand a wide variety, the color and flavor were complete, and it was indeed much stronger than Hangzhou and Shaoxing.

Shen Mo's favorite food is the crystal gnocchi as big as walnuts, which is slightly smaller than the general gnocchi, the filling is lard and white sugar, the skin is water-milled glutinous rice flour, the skin is thin and the filling is large, and it is as transparent as crystal. When the dumplings were served, Xiao'er also specially instructed: "The guest officer first takes a small bite and eats the soup inside." Otherwise, if you take a big bite, the hot juice in the filling will splash out, and it will not be good to burn your mouth! ”

This was a kind of torture for the iron pillar and the anxious people of the three feet, so they all stayed away from this delicacy and turned to attack those who could feast on it.

But this kind of crystal gnocchi is just in line with the surname of Shen Mo, he scooped the crystal clear gnocchi unhurriedly, while blowing softly, while enjoying the warm morning light, listening to the soft words of Wu Nong on the side, he couldn't help shaking his head and secretly praised: "This is life!" ’

Those people seemed to be discussing what the weather was like this year, what the harvest would be, and Shen Mo was naturally not too interested, but it was a little strange, people in the city generally didn't care about this, why did Suzhou people become an exception? They don't grow food.

After eating a bowl of gnocchi, Shen Mo felt a little full, so he listened to the conversation of the diners next to him, which didn't matter, the content of the conversation shocked him!

Only the audience said to a brightly dressed middle-aged man with a fair face: "Fourth Master Wei, you have the final say in the Changyuan number, can you reveal what you think of your ticket number?" ”

The fourth master of Wei looked puzzled: "This ...... Not good. Everyone brought him tea and water, and served him the best breakfast, and flattered: "You should just chat, give me a thorough understanding." ”

"Okay," Fourth Master Wei seemed to have made great determination to say, "But don't spread it, I won't be able to explain it if it gets out." ”

A room full of people shook their heads and said, "Don't worry, we're keeping our mouths tight." They all looked at him eagerly, as if waiting for the golden rule.

Shen Mo looked at it, and said in his heart: 'Is this Fourth Master Wei stupid, or are these people stupid?' 'In such a big place, there are so many people, how can it be kept secret?' But everyone was at ease, and none of them felt that it was wrong.

I only listened to that Wei Sidao: "According to our host's personal visit to Changshu, we found that there was too much rain and high temperature last year, and this year it is very likely that there will be more insect pests and the weather is cold, and it is estimated that the yield may be reduced." After speaking, he hurriedly added: "But there are unforeseen circumstances, no one can say for sure, I will say it in vain, you can just listen to it."

The silence felt ridiculous, because this man was very much like one of the three most unreliable mouths of his life, the stock critic.

No one cared about his 'exculpatory words', and they all nervously asked: "Then how much do you think the harvest should fail, and what is the price of rice?" ”

"Well, it's hard to say." Fourth Master Wei took Qiao Dao again.

Immediately, a good Longjing was offered, and he lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the owner said that the harvest is thirty percent, and the price of new rice in Changshu will rise to about three or three stones." ”

"Isn't that the price of all kinds of grain coupons going to rise......" everyone exclaimed in unison.

But what made Shen Mo puzzled was that the eyes of these people were not angry, but excited! It's like a hungry wolf seeing meat!

(To be continued)