Zhu Houzhao and the two sat at the stone table in the courtyard and chatted, and it was already about 10 o'clock at this time. Zhu Houwei was in charge of popularizing geographical knowledge, while Zhu Houzhao listened with interest and asked a few questions from time to time. Zhu Houwei is not far away, mainly some countries that Zheng He has visited in the West, and he has read about the information of the West in some books in the imperial study of the imperial palace, and then adds some information obtained by later generations.

The stone table was facing the door that connected the two courtyards, and the door was open. The two of them didn't light candles, and the moon was round and bright tonight, and they could see their surroundings clearly without lighting torches. At about half past ten, there was some movement in the yard next door. It turned out that Zhang Shilang, who went to pick up the wind banquet, came back. The reception banquet is a good way to socialize with people, and it is generally this way to receive visiting officials or literati friends.

The Zhu Houzhao brothers can not go, but Zhang Shilang cannot, this is the unwritten rule of officialdom. During the banquet, singing and dancing, the host and guests drank fine wine, ate delicious food, and a glass of wine was in the stomach, which was a poem or a wine order, not talking about official business, only talking about the wind and snow, how fast.

Zhang Shilang walked to the courtyard and was about to walk to the room to rest, but he saw the two brothers sitting in the courtyard. Anyway, he is also a prince, and he can't be regarded as not seeing it when he sees it, so he passed through the door and went to the courtyard of Zhu Houzhao's brothers. Seeing Zhang Shilang coming over, the two stopped chatting, stood up and greeted him.

When Zhang Shilang saw it, he felt in his heart that the prince was still a corporal of courtesy, and his evaluation in his heart was much higher. When he arrived in front of him, Zhang Shilang smiled and said, "It's getting late, and the two highnesses haven't slept yet?" Zhu Houzhao and the two returned the salute, and Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "Today's moonlight is sultry, and the two of us have no sleep, so we are chatting here." ”

Zhu Houwei looked at Zhang Shilang, although there was a slight smell of alcohol on his body, his eyes were clear, and his impression of him was much better, at least the old man was not confused. Zhang Shilang asked, "I don't know what the two highnesses are talking about, and the old minister is also a little curious." ”

Zhu Houzhao replied, "Tell me about some customs, there are those from my Ming Dynasty and those from overseas countries." When Zhang Shilang heard the word "overseas", he couldn't help frowning, but immediately said calmly, "Oh, I don't know what the prince sees about the customs of the Ming Dynasty, can you tell me how it is different from what the old minister saw." ”

Zhu Houzhao paused for a moment, then stretched out one hand to the stone table and said, "Master Zhang, let's go there and sit down." The three of them sat down, and Liu Jin brought a cup of tea to Zhang Shilang. Brother Zhu Houzhao didn't want anyone to disturb him, so only Liu Jin was around to serve.

After Zhang Shilang took a sip of tea, Zhu Houzhao began to talk about the scene he saw all the way on the horse, Zhang Shilang nodded slightly, obviously listening very seriously. Zhu Houwei belonged to the accompaniment and basically did not interject.

An old man and a young man began to talk, and after a while, Zhu Houzhao began to ask how to check this mission. Zhang Shilang thought that Zhu Houzhao should want to learn the investigation techniques and increase some officialdom knowledge, so he nodded and began to talk.

Zhang Shilang took a sip of tea and said, "This investigation is mainly to check whether anyone in Huairen County has any contact with the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, but even if there is evidence, it is estimated that it has been hidden, if it cannot be searched thoroughly, it is estimated that it will not be found, but if you want to search the official office, or the official's home, you can't do it without a name, so you can only start from the other side." ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "But is there any corruption and perversion of the law?" Zhang Shilang smiled and nodded, and continued, "You can check the money and food in the treasury, whether the armor is missing, if there is something wrong, then the teacher is famous." The two brothers nodded their heads. Zhu Houwei asked, "Lord Zhang's method is indeed very good, but the Huairen officials may also think about it, what countermeasures will they have?" Zhang Shilang's face changed when he heard this, and he seemed to think of something.

At this time, it was about 11 o'clock, that is, the hour, and there were no pedestrians on the street, and there was silence in Huairen County. Suddenly, a sharp cry sounded, "Go water, go water, come on." The faces of the three of them suddenly darkened, they didn't expect the people of Huairen County to be so bold, and the first day of Qin's mission was to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

Zhang Shilang and Zhu Houzhao's courtyard was not far from the treasury, only 1,200 meters, when the three of them hurriedly stood up and walked quickly to the gate. The guards, who had already rested, also began to run out of the house in disheveled clothes, and some of them did not even have weapons, and ran anxiously and hurriedly towards the gate. If Lord Zhang or the two highnesses had anything to do, they would be unlucky. None of the people in the land and water battalion immediately left the house, and it took an hour before they appeared at the gate, but everyone was already armed, and there was no shortage of clothes and weapons.

When Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Shilang arrived at the gate, they looked at the location of the fire, which should be the treasury, and saw that there were already clusters of fires in the east and west, but they were not too big, and there were already many people there to put out the fire.

The Ming Dynasty firefighting had exclusive equipment, and the government began to set up fireproof shops, and was equipped with buckets, ladders, fire hooks and other fire-fighting equipment, among which the earliest fire-fighting equipment was the rattan bucket water gun. Now the firefighters are also using several water hoses to spray water to put out the fire. There is a metal sprinkler at one end and a fire hose connected to the water source at the other end. Generally, several long canvas water pipes are connected.

Zhang Shilang turned his head to look at the guards and said, "What do you look like, go and get dressed." The guards immediately ran into the courtyard. Zhang Shilang turned his head and asked Zhu Houzhao, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know which army the sergeant behind you belongs to." Zhu Hou took care of the soldiers of the land and water battalion with a neat appearance, and replied with a smile, "It is a newly established army, a sea and water battalion." Zhang Shilang nodded thoughtfully. Zhu Houzhao did not let the soldiers of the land and water battalion come forward to put out the fire, because now the firefighters are commanding and coordinating the firefighting, and if these untrained soldiers are suddenly arranged to join suddenly, it may disrupt the steps and help them more and more. And the fire has quickly become smaller and will soon be extinguished.

A man came from near the fire, looking at his flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife, it should be Jinyiwei. In between, he walked quickly to Zhu Houzhao and the two brothers, bowed his hand and said, "See His Royal Highness the Prince, Second Highness." They were all taken alive. Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said, "Find out the identities of these people immediately, remember, you must watch them well, and don't let them commit suicide." Jin Yiwei replied, "Yes, his subordinates retired." After saying that, he bowed and left.

Since the Jinyiwei had it, it has not dealt with the civil official group, because the duty of the Jinyiwei is to deal with, and those who monitor these officials, although when Mu Bin was in power, he also expressed goodwill to the civilian official group, but the people under his hands still have some disdain to the officials. It seems that he didn't talk to Zhang Shilang from beginning to end. However, Zhang Shilang didn't care, but looked at Zhu Houzhao in some surprise, and asked, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already knows?" Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "This is a trick, I thought I wouldn't use it." Then his face turned cold, and he said in a cold tone, "I just didn't expect that I would use it on the first day, okay, it's good." Coming down to the last few words, I still heard the anger emotion.

Zhu Houwei said to Zhang Shilang, "Lord Zhang, what should we do now?" Zhang Shilang said calmly, "Send people to protect all colleagues and their families in Huairen County, in case thieves and accomplices are not good for them." As soon as the words fell, the two brothers Zhu Houzhao admired Zhang Shilang very much, what is it to open his eyes and say nonsense, this is, he said nonsense without changing his face, and he said this nonsense so highly, it made people speechless, it can really be said that Jiang is still old and spicy