No one paid attention to the extra people on the street, Hong Chengchou stopped as he walked, looking at the pedestrians around him and the shops on both sides of the street.

A lot of people gathered at the door of a firecracker shop, from time to time some people bought a hanging whip, and some people bought some firecrackers.

Hong Chengchou felt curious, so he walked to the firecracker shop on the street, "Shop, I think the rest of the shops are doing good, but they are far inferior to your store." How? What holiday is it? But how did I not know? ”

The shopkeeper was a man with five big and three rough, who seemed to be stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "You don't even know about this?" Tomorrow is the festival of Fugu! ”

"Oh?"

The shopkeeper said in a loud voice, "Isn't it, the Fugu bandits are too unspeakable, and the common people have suffered from the seedlings." Thanks to the county order of Hequ and Li Qianzong, they swept away the banditry. Tomorrow they will burn the heads of the bandits at the city gate, so that they will not be able to harm the people in the next life! You say, is this a good thing, is it a festival in Fugu? ”

"Count, count," Hong Chengchou smiled.

"No, I heard that the yamen of the governor of the three sides is coming, and I don't know if it is Hong Chengchou. I think it is necessary to reward meritorious personnel, but now in the imperial court, there are too few troops with strict military discipline like this. The shopkeeper continued.

The guards behind him saw that the shopkeeper called out Hong Chengchou's name, and was about to get angry, Hong Chengchou shook his head, smiled at the shopkeeper and said, "Even if the officials of the river meander are as good as you say, presumably Hong Chengchou will definitely reward them." ”

Walking out of the firecracker shop, Hong Chengchou said to Zhao Youting with a smile, "It seems that Quan Zhihuan and they are doing a good job." ”

Zhao Youting accepted the money, and he also spoke for the officials of Hequ, "The people want it." ”

Unconsciously, I walked to the city gate, and many people had gathered at the city gate to watch the excitement, and Hong Chengchou and others also looked up at the heads of people hanging in the air. The heads had been sprinkled with quicklime, so they hadn't rotted.

A banner hung under a man's head, which read, "The first bandit is Zhang Ermazi." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at it, and there were indeed a lot of pockmarks on the face of the head.

At this time, an old man said suspiciously, "This Zhang Er Mazi seems to be less pockmarked, not like when he entered Fugu City." ”

A middle-aged man next to him was startled and immediately retorted, "It's the same, it's the same, I was watching it on the street that day." ”

The half-grown man next to the middle-aged man continued, "The appearance has not changed, you see, there is a large black mole on the side of this person's lips, I remember it clearly." ”

The old man scratched his head and said with a smile, "Yes, I didn't dare to look at it at that time, I must have been dizzy." Hong Chengchou looked over and saw that the head hanging on the banner was a little dehydrated, not enough to see the pockmarks on his face, and the black mole on his mouth could also be seen clearly.

Oh, Hong Chengchou secretly said in his heart, he is the leader of the bandits, and he really has some evil looks, looking at the open eyes, it seems that he is dead.

Zhang Er Mazi has done a lot of evil deeds and is innocent, but to say that he is the culprit who killed the official is wronged.

Hong Chengchou returned to his apartment, feeling very happy, these officials in Hequ were still willing to do something, and the people in Fugu were very good.

Hong Chengchou didn't know that many people, including the shop that bought firecrackers, were Li Guo's people. These people are all Sun Dengke's subordinates who are in charge of propaganda, who are they? Those who are singing. These people will be reused in the future and will be sent out. These people are very enjoyable on stage, and when they heard that they were staged on the street, they were all full of spirit and acted realistically, but they deceived Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou said to Zhao Youting, "We went out just now, and I heard all kinds of things, all of which were about the benefits of Hequ officials, and it seems that these people are available." ”

"What your lord says is very true."

"Available?"

"Available! And my lord, Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve sent someone just now. Zhao Youting said the key point.

"What's the matter?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"Something!" Zhao Youting stretched out two slaps.

Hong Chengchou understood in his heart, "Ten thousand taels? This money shouldn't have been collected, and you know me, I don't really care about these things. ”

"My lord, even if they respect you, you will accept it, you must know that you are in charge of the three sides, and the cost is too big, where is the spare money to make up for it."

"Alas, in short, it is caused by the repeated arrears of military salaries by the imperial court, so it is rare to accept it, but it is rare for these two people to agree."

Zhao Youting borrowed the slope, and Hong Chengchou got off the donkey.

But Hong Chengchou's voice changed, "However, do they have to do something extraordinary?" How can there be so much silver? ”

Zhao Youting sneered, "My lord, as the saying goes, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver." Besides, the armies are now in too much arrears, and as long as they don't go too far, it is inevitable that they will be out of line. I really admire people like them, who rarely pay for themselves, but can be self-sufficient! ”

"It's not easy for them, either." Hong Chengchou touched his beard, "So what official do they want to promote?" ”

"Except for staying in Fugu Jiang Chang and Niu Decao's promotion, Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve have nothing else to ask for." Zhao Youting shook his head.

"Are you saying that Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve don't want to be promoted?" Hong Chengchou was a little puzzled.

"My lord, they said that they should guard the Hequfu Valley and other places well, and they will make this place peaceful. They also said that if all my officials in the Ming Dynasty were responsible, there would be no chaos. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are also inseparable from their homeland. Zhao Youtingguan said.

"Well, there aren't many such officials anymore." Hong Chengchou nodded, "I have also thought about this matter, even if this is the case, that Jiang Chang and Niu Decao will ensure that they will be a county commander and a thousand presidents." Li Twelve mentioned him as a general, under the jurisdiction of Hequ and Fugu counties. Quan Zhihuan is unwilling to stay away, so give him a good explanation to facilitate his future promotion. ”

"My lord is very thoughtful, but do you want to hear what Lu Jiuming has to say about this matter?" Zhao Youting said.

"No, we'll see." Hong Chengchou smiled heartily.

How could a sensible person like Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve fall behind Lu Jiuming. This is like worshipping the Three Holy Temples, both Bodhisattvas worship, how can the last incense stick be missed. So Hong Chengchou is waiting.

Hong Chengchou was there by Zhao Youtingguan, and it was Zhao Youbin who went to Lu Jiuming's apartment.

Lu Jiuming patted Zhao Youbin's shoulder affectionately, "Let's talk about it, what official do they want?" ”

"The adults of my family and Mr. Li Qian don't dare to have extravagant hopes, but Jiang Chang and Niu Decao have followed my family for many years, so please raise my father-in-law." Zhao Youbin said respectfully.

"It's just that you guys are too wasteful, let me think about it again, how can I let Quan Zhihuan and Li Twelve not work in vain." Lu Jiuming is a man who does things.

"The little one retired first, and didn't bother his father-in-law to rest."

"Okay, you can go back first." Lu Jiuming waved his hand.

Lu Jiuming thought about it and ordered someone to "serve with pen and ink." ”

The next person brought pen and ink, and Lu Jiuming wrote a codex. The content of the Codex is that the officials of the meanders were very loyal and brave, and they were all available talents, and they acted cheaply as the governor.

Lu Jiuming commanded in a hoarse voice, "Go, send it to Hong Chengchou." ”

So the next day, Hong Chengchou praised the officials headed by Quan Zhihuan and Li 12 in the hall of the county government, and said, "I will go to the court on the same day to reward you, and you don't let down the hearts of me and Gonggong Lu." ”

Everyone bowed down in unison, "Thank you, sir!" "And their promotions will be made in the near future.

So, after presiding over the ceremony of burning the bandits' heads, in the sound of firecrackers, Hong Chengchou and others kicked off.

Hong Chengchou originally wanted to patrol the border, so he went to other places to inspect. It's just that there are no bandits elsewhere, and the filial piety to Hong Chengchou and Lu Jiuming is much inferior, and they are not at all as sensible as the officials of Hequ.

In the eyes of Hong Chengchou and Lu Jiuming, Quan Zhihuan, Li Twelve and others became more and more pleasing to the eye, and their favorability increased.

In this way, Fugu has also become Li Guo's territory.