Qingzhou Mansion Station, Hu Erjia was a little drunk, and he was blown by the wind outside the door. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because the Tang people transmitted the telegram into the Qing State, the Qing State gradually began to use encrypted telegrams to transmit news, and there was no longer a need for things such as eight hundred miles of urgency, and the role of the post station began to decline sharply, but at this time, the Qing State Post Station began to gradually absorb the hotel model of the Tang Dynasty, and transformed into a place to serve the official government to travel and eat and drink. Even the post stations in some relatively large cities were directly designed by the designers of the Tang Dynasty in accordance with the style and model of the star hotels of the Tang Dynasty.

The post station in Qingzhou Mansion was rebuilt on the basis of the original post station, and the style still has strong traditional Chinese characteristics, but the interior is designed with new pipes and wires, and the functionality is stronger.

Hu Erjia wiped his face, returned to the post station to find the maid and asked for a bowl of sobering soup, his attendant Zhang Shun rushed over, took the decanting soup from the maid's hand, and personally served it to Hu Erjia.

"Your Excellency, please use it."

Hu Erjia snorted, took a few sips, and then looked around for a while, saw that there was no one, his face became more serious, and said to Zhang Shun: "You can see that these people in Qingzhou Mansion are trying to stumble us." ”

Zhang Shun arched his hand and said: "The villain is dull and doesn't understand what adults mean." ”

Hu Erjia had a cold face, but his voice was very small, and he said: "It's the fourth day that we have come to Qingzhou Mansion, although this Qingzhou Mansion is a good wine and good food to entertain us, and the petty officials everywhere are feasting like water, but when it comes to business, it is all prevarication." We want to go to the countryside to see the situation and recruit soldiers, and the man named Liang Chunxing has repeatedly used reasons to hinder us, which is obviously not wanting us to go to the township. ”

Hu Erjia and others need to go to the countryside for business, so they naturally need the cooperation of the local government, at least they need to be driven immediately, and someone must guide and introduce the situation.

Zhang Shun said: "My lord is discerning. Speaking of which, although the people in Qingzhou Mansion are enthusiastic, they are suspected of prevaricating affairs, and there must be something strange in this. ”

Hu Erjia said: "In officialdom, if there is something you don't want to see, then there must be something wrong." This Qingzhou Mansion doesn't want us to go to the countryside. There must be something in the countryside that they don't want us to see. ”

"But my lord, if the people from Qingzhou Mansion don't take us to the countryside, if we go by ourselves, there will always be inconvenience."

Hu Erjia's eyes sank with a little drunkenness, and said, "Only by going to see for yourself can you know what is going on." If we can really reveal any cases, it will be a wonderful thing for us. ”

Naturally, there are Hu Erjia's own considerations, and the conscription is done well, which is the credit of his uncle. It's his business, and it has no effect on his career. But if in this process, he can play a role in exposing a case, it is likely to attract the attention of the court and the emperor, and it will be easier to promote later.

Hu Erjia said: "Early tomorrow, let's ride out of the city directly, don't alarm Liang Chunxing and his group, if they know." It will push three and four again. We don't have to go too far to see what is going on around Qingzhou Mansion first. Then make a specific plan. ”

The plan was decided, Hu Erjia and Zhang Shun pretended that nothing had happened, and went back to the guest room of the post station to rest. Early the next morning, Hu Erjia woke up all his subordinates, didn't even eat breakfast, and rode away from the post station directly. Went straight out of town. After the Jiaqing New Deal, the city gate control in various cities is not so strict, and even the city gate in some places is kept open 24 hours a day, and there is no charge and inventory for entering and leaving the city, which is naturally for the convenience of business travel.

Hu Erjia and the others rushed out of the city all the way. I finally went to a village around Qingzhou Mansion.

Zhang Shun immediately said: "My lord, we haven't had breakfast, so it's better to ask for some food at the villagers' house in this village." ”

Hu Erjia nodded and said, "Okay, I happen to be a little hungry, remember to give money." ”

If Hu Erjia had always been an uncle, he wouldn't have given some money to the villagers. However, times are different after all, and after the New Deal, some of the behaviors of officials are more strictly monitored. In the past, there was a Manchurian officer, when he was leading troops in a drill, he passed by a village and forcibly seized the rations of local villagers, causing trouble. Afterwards, he was not only scolded by the newspaper, but also reported by the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and went directly to the court. Jiaqing felt disgraced and furious, not only dismissed the person from his post and investigated, but also ordered someone to take the prisoner to that village and whip him in front of the villagers. Afterwards, public opinion was well received, and they all praised Jiaqing as a wise man, loving the people like a son, jealous and hateful, and Jiaqing was very useful when he heard it, and he strictly restrained the bureaucracy. Hu Erjia didn't dare to leave any tricks at this juncture.

Zhang Shun dismounted and went to the first house at the entrance of the village, but only a few steps later, he saw that the gate was locked.

"My lord, this family doesn't seem to be at home."

Hu Erjia didn't care: "Go to another family." ”

Zhang Shun went to the village again, but the second house he came to, there was still an iron chain hanging outside the gate, and the door was dusty, obviously there was no one living in it for a long time.

"My lord, there is no one in this family."

Hu Erjia felt that something was wrong, and he said, "Why is there no one?" It's already noon, and it stands to reason that there are a lot of people in the village, how can this village look like a deserted village, and it's a little weirdly secluded. ”

Zhang Shun said: "Let's find another villain." ”

He came to the third house, this time there was no lock or chain on the door, Zhang Shun knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time, Zhang Shun simply knocked on the door louder.

"Don't knock, don't knock, no one knocks, are you looking for Lao Zhao's family? Lao Zhao's family left at the beginning of this year. It was an old man with a hoe and an unlit dry cigarette in his mouth.

Hu Erjia got off the horse and took out a box of cigarettes from his arms, which were printed with the words "Daqianmen" in bold font, which were not bad cigarettes imported from Datang.

"This old man, you can smoke me." Hu Erjia and his entourage did not wear official uniforms, they were all in civilian clothes, Hu Erjia has also learned a little better in recent years, and he is not so arrogant, and he will be polite to ordinary people.

The old man was knowledgeable, took the cigarette, took out the match, lit it, and took a beautiful puff.

Hu Erjia asked: "This old man, dare to ask where the old Zhao family went?" ”

The old man pointed to the houses at the entrance of the village and said, "Where else can I go?" The families in the village are all the same, and they haven't heard that people are saying that life is good on the Tang side, so they all sold their fields and went overseas. Although the field was sold, the house was not easy to sell, so it was left here and no one cared for it. ”

Hu Erjia's heart thumped, and he held back a trace of uneasiness and excitement, and asked, "How many families in your village have gone abroad?" ”

The old man patted his thigh and sighed: "Our Xiaozhao Village is not big, forty-seven households, twenty of them have gone out, haven't you seen our village so deserted?" ”

(To be continued.) )