What Dai Qi asked was exactly what Su Hao was thinking. Today's conflict, he thought it was an ordinary ruffian provocation at first, but when he saw Wei Laohu coming, he realized that it was not an accidental provocation, but someone arranged it behind his back. When Xiao An appeared, Su Hao even transferred the suspicion to the county office, and he keenly felt that someone in the county government was making trouble for himself.

Hearing Dai Qi ask like this, Su Hao followed his words and said, "That's right, Lao Dai, I think it's a little strange, can Lao Dai give me some guidance?" ”

Dai Qi said: "Master Su, you just asked me how I came, and you listened to me...... In fact, when the conflict began on your side, several people stopped to go to the county government to report the news. But the strange thing is that if the fast catchers on the fast shift receive a report on weekdays, they rush to deal with it non-stop, but this time they have been dragging their feet and refusing to go out under the pretext that they have other things to do. ”

"I see." Su Hao nodded, it turned out that the passers-by on the street were not all cold-blooded people, and some people still went to the police in time. The reason why the catchers have not arrived for a long time is that someone has made trouble and prevented the catchers from coming to deal with this matter.

Dai Qi said: "I didn't pay attention at first, but when I heard them say your name, I realized that you were on one side of the conflict." I ran to the fast shift to call them to deal with it, and they told me that Xiao An had already brought someone to the scene. I was afraid that they would not be good for you, so I hurried here, but fortunately you and the eldest lady were fine. ”

Su Hao said: "If it weren't for my two border army brothers who arrived in time, I would have been lying on the bed now, and whether I can stand up in this life is two words." I wondered, who had such a great enmity with me that he had to put me to death? ”

Dai Qi said: "As far as I know, the other party said that it would not be enough to put the master to death, it is more likely that he just wanted to knock on the master, but the beating was not successful, and the conflict between the two sides intensified, which has come to this point." ”

Su Hao said: "That's right, they just made things difficult for my sister at the beginning, and wanted us to pay five taels of silver." I couldn't get angry, so I clashed with them. I think that if those two bachelors hadn't been knocked to the ground by us at the beginning, Wei Laohu would not have come forward. ”

"Exactly." Dai Qi responded.

Su Hao asked, "Lao Dai, as far as you know, who is going to beat me?" I have only been in the county government for a month, and I have not fought with anyone for power and profit, and I have not violated anyone's interests, so why would anyone want to beat me? ”

Su Hao knew that Dai Qi must have wanted to tell him these things when he brought him to the restaurant, so he asked bluntly. If Dai Qi didn't want to say the mastermind behind the scenes, then he wouldn't mention it again at the beginning, and Su Hao couldn't help it.

Sure enough, Dai Qi pretended to be silent for a while before he said, "Let's talk about this matter, Master Su, it's still my old Dai who is sorry for you." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Su Hao asked.

Dai Qi said: "In the past, our workshop was the most oil-free place in the county government, and no one cared about us. To tell you the truth, in the past, these servants in our workshop worked hard from the project, and at the end of the year, they couldn't get a hundred taels of silver, and more than ten people had a penny, let alone much. With such a little bit of silver, the people in the other rooms, as well as several officials in the county government, will not take it seriously. ”

"Hmm." Su Hao nodded and did not interrupt Dai Qi's narration.

Dai Qi continued: "Since your Master Su came to the workshop to be the master, the appearance of our workshop has changed greatly. The promotion of Han's stove made Lord Han quite satisfied, and our workshop also lost a lot of money. Today, Master, you gave money to everyone in the workshop, and one person took 7 taels and 5 coins of silver, which is a major event that has caused a sensation in the entire county government. ”

Su Hao sighed: "You people, why can't you hold your breath at all? How can we let other departments know about the matter of dividing money in private? Divide 200 taels of silver at once, and such a thing will attract jealousy wherever it is placed. ”

Dai Qi said: "Alas, I also know this, but what can I do? There are so many servants in our workshop, who doesn't have a few relatives and friends, how can these things be covered? Besides, in the past, the workshop servants made little money, and they were a laughing stock in the eyes of others. Now that there is an opportunity to make money, who doesn't want to find someone to brag and show off? ”

Su Hao said: "This is also true. Lao Dai, you just said that you are sorry for me, what should you say? ”

Dai Qi said: "Master, you are new to the city, and you don't know the rules of the county government, which is not surprising. But I Lao Dai has been working in the county government for more than 20 years, and I have sent away the magistrates, county officials, master books, and canonical histories of seven or eight stubbles, saying that I don't understand the rules, that is, scolding me Lao Dai for being a stupid person. But in this matter, I really made a mistake. ”

"How?" Su Hao asked.

Dai Qi said: "It stands to reason that if our workshop pays money like this, several officials in the county government should have some profits." But I just honored Han Zhixian, and I ignored the other officials. Originally, I thought that I would wait for you to come back and discuss how to honor and honor them, but I was so busy with work that I forgot about it. ”

Su Hao understood a little, and he said, "You mean...... Just because of this incident, how many of them in the county are deliberately trying to beat me? ”

"This matter has to start with a few officials of our county government...... Dai Qi simply threw away the pretended caution and began to popularize the political common sense of the county government to Su Hao.

In the county government of the Ming Dynasty, there were four officials appointed by the imperial court, namely the magistrate of the seventh grade, the county of the eighth grade, the main book of the ninth grade and the history of the unentered stream. Among these officials, of course, the county magistrate has the largest official position and the most power. However, because everyone is appointed by the imperial court, these people are not very afraid of the county, but on the contrary, they often have some meaning of fighting against the county.

As higher-level organs, the government offices, political envoys, and governors' procuratorates often adopt an attitude of overt and deprecating and covert praise of the political conflicts between several officials in the county government. On the surface, they will ask the county officials to unite and work together, but in private, they will encourage the county officials and others to supervise the words and deeds of the county magistrate and encroach on the power of the county. Because in this way, the magistrate will not be able to coerce the local forces to confront the superiors, which is conducive to the management of the local authorities by the superiors.

The magistrate of Fengcheng County is in Korean, and the other three officials are all surnamed Wang, the county is called Wang Qi, the main book is called Wang Fengshao, and the classic history is called Wang Yixue. Although these three people are all surnamed Wang, they have no family affection, and they have some indescribable and unclear disagreements with each other. The officials in the county government know that the officials of the county government are harmonious on the surface, but they are all guarding against each other in private. The servants were on errands under them, so it was inevitable that they would have to choose sides, which was very troublesome.

In the past, because the workshop was a project of some projects, although there was a lot of money and food involved, but because the projects were budgeted, there was not much room to really get their hands on it, so the officials in the county government were not interested in the workshop. In terms of functional division, the workshop is managed by Wang Yixue, but Wang Yixue rarely intervenes in the workshop, but Han Wen himself cares more about the workshop.

Previously, when Han Wen appointed Su Hao as the master of the workshop, Fang Mengjin once told him that the workshop was a place for oil and water, but in fact, this was just talk. Other departments, such as household houses, punishment rooms, fast shifts, etc., have many opportunities to collect bribes from parties because they involve things such as taxes and criminal names, but they are more abundant.

The workshop is in such a state where the father is not close and the mother is not loved, but it is quite quiet. As a scrivener in the workshop, Dai Qi has the image of a good man in the county office, and he doesn't have a close relationship with any official, which is equivalent to nodding his head when he sees everyone, and then no one has any thoughts about him.

But after Su Hao came to the workshop, the situation was different. The work of the well was praised by Fan Lai, the prefect of Nanchang. The promotion of Han's stove can be described as fame and fortune, earning a lot of silver, and also getting a reputation of being close to the people and pragmatism. As a result, everyone began to pay attention to the existence of the workshop.

This morning, Su Hao announced ten key tasks in the future, as long as you make a rough calculation, you will know that these ten jobs are quite profitable, and I am afraid that it is possible to earn 10,000 taels of silver a year. Such a big cake, Su Hao didn't greet several other officials except for reporting to Han Wen, how could this not make others feel annoyed, so someone planned to knock Su Hao.

Su Hao's sister Lu Xiuer sold tea eggs in the county, and some officials knew about it, so someone with a heart decided to start from here. Because it is too revealing to let people warn Su Hao directly, who knows how this little master who is ignorant of the world will deal with it? In case he makes a fuss, it's hard to clean up after all. And making things difficult for Lu Xiu'er seems to be more normal, and if Han Wen wants to be investigated, it is just an ordinary ruffian, and there is nothing to say.

After bullying Lu Xiu'er, someone will naturally remind Su Hao and let him know that this matter is related to his own publicity. If Su Hao is smart, he will understand what to do next. If he's not smart enough...... Let's find a way to make him smarter.

The original plan was probably to let those two ruffians make things difficult for Lu Xiu'er and cause disputes, and it was best to attract Su Hao to appear. The people brought by Wei Laohu were used as reserves, and there would be passers-by who did not know each other to help. On the county government's side, someone had already greeted the fast class, asking them to delay going out, and wait until Lu Xiuer or Su Hao was beaten, and then go to clean up the mess.

The whole plan is very perfect, the only thing that has not been calculated is that Su Hao actually knows a little effort, and Lu Xiuer is a country girl again, and she actually picked up two ruffians. When Wei Laohu brought people out to save the scene, the two plug-ins Deng Kui and Hao Tong appeared again.

And so the situation becomes quite comic.