Chang Qian has been smart since he was a child, and when Xia Lin said this, he felt that it made sense.

However, no two people are exactly the same, and everyone will always have their own personality and opinions to a greater or lesser extent.

Although Chang Qian felt that what Xia Lin said made some sense, if his subordinates asked him for money and asked him to use these reasons to deal with it, he was embarrassed to say it.

He's the most good-looking!

At the same time, he also felt that if his subordinates couldn't even eat and drink wine and meat, then he, the master, would also be embarrassed.

So listen to it, he won't do it according to Xia Lin's words.

Xia Lin also saw it, and finally gave Chang Qian a silver ticket of 2,000 taels.

This is already half of the silver in Xia Lin's hand.

Although Chang Qian felt that it was a little little, he still took it and left.

If it is an ordinary family, a family of ten will not be able to spend 2,000 taels of silver in a lifetime.

But Chang Qian's subordinates are completely different.

In the inn, there is wine and meat for every meal, and the meat is not enough, and the meat in this place in northern Xinjiang is relatively cheap.

However, the price of wine is high and low.

These followers were very arrogant, and they didn't dare to order the most expensive one, and the altar cost dozens of taels of silver.

But we also order medium and fine wines.

This altar will come down for a few taels of silver.

There were a total of one hundred and eighty-five people, and in addition to the twenty-five maids-in-law, there were one hundred and eighty people.

Ten people gathered around a table, a total of eighteen tables.

Because Chang Qian has been staying in the passenger line and has not gone out, these entourages are also idle in the inn.

It's better to have something to do, but when you're idle, you're going to die of a drunken dream.

At noon and in the evening, a jar of wine should be ordered at each table.

One table has two jars of wine a day, and eighteen tables are thirty-six jars.

Each jar of wine is three taels of silver, and at the end of the day, the cost of wine alone will cost one hundred and eighty taels.

Coupled with the money for meals, the entourage would spend at least one hundred and twenty taels a day.

This is an entourage, and Chang Qian himself has to eat and drink.

When he was idle and had nothing to do, Chang Qian sent a few of his subordinates to ask if there was anything to drink and eat here.

Then buy the ingredients and let the chef make them.

He would not easily eat the food sold on the street.

First, he disliked that he was not clean, and secondly, he was afraid that someone would poison him in secret.

Even with these retinue guards, he wouldn't fully trust them.

Because there is also intrigue within the Chang family.

Chang Qing's extreme love for him made many Chang family children jealous, especially the eldest brother of the lineage, for fear that in the future, Chang Qing would ignore the tradition and let Chang Qian, who was born out of the family, succeed him as the head of the family, and he would have already had the intention to get rid of Chang Qian.

When Chang Qian was a child, he was assassinated several times.

If it weren't for good luck, I would have died many times since I could turn evil into good fortune.

For this reason, Chang Qing exercised when he was a child, and did not let him eat the food given by others at will.

The method is simple.

His favorite pastries were placed on the table, and he was asked to look at them, but he was not allowed to eat them.

If you cry, Chang Qing will reprimand him with a straight face.

But if you dare to reach out and take it, you will inevitably be beaten on the back of your hand with a bamboo board by Evergreen.

This is also the only time that Chang Qing has been strict with him since he was a child, and beat him.

Therefore, Chang Qian usually buys ingredients and then asks the chef who has believed in him to cook and eat.

And the maid who delivers the meal has to be the closest to him.

If someone else passes it halfway, Chang Qian will not enjoy it again.

Just throw it away and let the chef redo it.

Chang Qian's daily expenses are around twenty taels of silver.

In this way, the whole team will cost one hundred and forty taels of silver a day, and this is not counting the fact that the silver of the Bao Inn has been handed over.

The charter inn is all the rooms under the charter.

Eating and drinking are naturally counted separately.

Chang Qian borrowed 2,000 taels of silver, plus he had about 1,000 taels left on hand before.

Three thousand taels of silver can last for about twenty days.

But Chang Qian will stay here for two or three years.

A few days passed, and the silver in Chang Qian's hand was spent like flowing water.

At first, Chang Qian was also a little worried and distressed, but then he thought that as soon as his grandfather made a move, he drove Jiang Long away from Lingtong County, and Lingtong County was not up to him at that time?

At this time, Lingtong County was unusually prosperous on the surface.

Therefore, Chang Qian believes that there must be a lot of silver in the county office.

When he takes control of Lingtong County, he can naturally squander it at will.

Thinking like this, the idea of writing a letter back home and asking Changqing to ask for silver was also extinguished.

Time passes, and the main river channel on the periphery is getting closer and closer to the period of completion and water diversion.

Jiang Long has to go to see it every day, and it is estimated that in three days at most, he can dig the river bank to divert water.

The temperature has dropped completely, and the Hunhe River is wide enough and the waves are turbulent, so it is not frozen in ice.

Some small streams have long been frozen on the surface.

It is windy in the north, and if it cools down again, then work will have to be stopped.

Therefore, Jianglong rarely urged the people to rush the construction period.

The officials in charge of supervising the work all felt that the pressure was quite high, and these days they were roaring angrily, some of them were hoarse, and some of their lips were blistering.

I hope that in these three days, it will not cool down again!

Jiang Long looked up at the sky to the west, the blue sky was endless, there was no half of a cloud, and there was no sign of snow.

It's sunny, but it's windy almost every day.

Noon was better, but the morning and evening wind was like a knife.

It hurts to scrape on the face.

These days, children are not allowed to go out in the morning and evening.

Otherwise, the cold wind can easily numb the child's face.

During this time, Xia Lin sometimes went to the county government to sit, or took advantage of noon to come to the construction site to have a look.

Talk to Jiang Long and ask about something.

And Chang Qian's body was already weak, and he had a very unpleasant quarrel with Jiang Long, so he kept hiding in the inn.

Jiang Long felt that this was also very good, otherwise if Chang Qian jumped out and pointed fingers, it would make people angry and annoying.

I thought that the days would be peaceful, and I could wait for the day when the water would be diverted into the river.

But at noon that day, some people beat the big drum in front of the yamen.

Cheng Ze first made a general inquiry, and then asked people to find Jiang Long back from the construction site.

The official who went to look for Jianglong said that there was a murder in the county.

So Jiang Long rushed back non-stop, and his face was almost numb from the cold wind along the way.

Lives matter!

This is no small matter.

Maybe the death of a few people in Chang Qian's eyes is nothing, but for most officials, a life lawsuit is by no means a trivial matter.

Stepping into the back hall, Jiang Long hurriedly took the hot tea handed over by a servant and poured a few sips.

Then I gathered in front of the red-hot charcoal basin and baked it for a while, but it didn't feel so cold.

Here remember, if it is frozen for a long time, it cannot be baked immediately, and the body must be slowly warmed up, otherwise it will be very painful to bake anywhere.

During this period, Cheng Ze introduced the case to Jiang Long.

Then, Jiang Long called the people who had complained about their grievances and asked them carefully.

That's clear.

He still underestimated Chang Qian's ability to cause trouble with the Chang family's entourage.

It turned out that although the Chang family entourage was drunk and dreamed of death, eating and drinking with good wine and meat every day, there was still one aspect of dissatisfaction.

That's the absence of women!

When they were in the capital, some of them got married, and naturally they were accompanied by their daughters-in-law.

Some people don't have a family, so they can spend money to go to the green house.

But under Jianglong's strict management, there are no Qinglou brothels in Lingtong County at all.

Of course, it is just said that no brothel in Qinglou dares to be in the open.

There are so many floating populations in Lingtong County today, and secret prostitutes are indispensable.

These entourages asked around and found a place to vent, but most of the secret prostitutes were ordinary-looking, and it can be said that none of them were beautiful.

So these followers were very dissatisfied.

Coupled with the strictness of the county government, it is very dangerous to engage in secret prostitution, and if you are caught, you will not only be fined money, but also go to prison.

So the asking price was high, and finally one day, these entourage guards had a temper outburst.

After playing, more than a dozen followers did not give money.

Where are the secret prostitutes?

first pulled, then fought, and finally more than a dozen followers were too heavy, causing death.

The secret prostitutes are surrounded by thugs.

The woman's physical strength is already at a disadvantage, what if she doesn't find a few thugs, and the guests don't give money?

These thugs didn't dare to fight with the officers, but even if these entourages were full of Beijing accent and had an advantage in numbers, they still couldn't frighten those thugs.

If you want to play for nothing, no way!

These attendants drank alcohol, and their attacks were not serious, and there were three thugs in all, and two were killed.

When someone died, these entourages were a little sober.

However, thinking that there was Chang Qian behind them, they were not too afraid.

Just returned to the inn and quietly hid.

Jiang Long asked about the case and immediately brought the official to the inn to arrest people.

Chang Qian was originally resting on the bed, and when he heard that Jiang Long had come to the door to make trouble again, he couldn't help but be furious.

It's so cold in this ghost weather in northern Xinjiang!

Idle and crazy.

Chang Qian was in a very bad mood.

Besides, the letter has already been sent to the capital, but there is still no letter.

So Chang Qian was already holding back a fire.

Covered in thick fur, Chang Qian was stunned and rushed to the hall on the first floor of the inn.

At this time, Jiang Long, with Tudu, Guntibak, as well as Qin Yu and the officials, was confronting the Chang family's entourage.

Although the number of people on Jianglong's side is small, the momentum is not bad at all.

"Jing Jianglong, what are you going to do?" After seeing Jiang Long's figure, Chang Qian roared angrily.

Jiang Long just glanced at Chang Qian lightly, "Don't you still know the Dao?" ”

"What should this official know?"

In two sentences, Chang Qian had already rushed in front of Jiang Long.

"More than a dozen of your followers went to prostitution, didn't give money, and killed two people."

When Chang Qian heard this, he was stunned.

Don't pay for prostitution?

How is this possible?

There are two kinds of money that cannot be relied upon, one is prostitution and the other is gambling.

"It can't be!" Chang Qian blushed and shouted, "It's not that they don't have money in hand, it's impossible!" You came to the door on purpose to find the ballast, right? ”

"Bring the people who have been wronged." Jiang Long commanded softly.

"Yes!"

He Dao responded, and after a while, he approached with a man and eight women.

Jiang Long opened his mouth to ask, these people, you say a word, I will tell you what happened.

"Chang Qian, for the sake of the fact that you are also an official of the imperial court and do not know it, this official will give you face, explain the case first, and then arrest people." Jiang Long opened his mouth again, and said in a resolute voice: "So please cooperate, but if you want to protect your subordinates, then the official will come hard!" ”

Chang Qian's face turned blue and white at the moment.

He never expected that his subordinates would prostitute without paying!

In fact, it is here, in the past, in the capital, these entourages also relied on accounts from time to time.

It's just that those people don't dare to go to the Changfu to ask for an explanation.

These followers are not stupid, they will only bully those who have no background power.

After listening to the dictates of those people, Chang Qian knew that the matter should be true.

But let him cooperate and admit that his followers killed someone, but he can't!

More than a dozen entourages in the mansion prostitute and do not give money, and if this kind of thing is reported, it will lose the face of Changfu.

In Chang Qian's eyes, the Chang family and his own face are the most important.

The second is that prostitutes are not paid.

As for killing people, they are in the last place.

"Lord Jing, maybe these lowly things want to slander and blackmail?"

Chang Qian spoke, quietly squeezing his eyes at Jiang Long.

At this time, no matter how much he didn't deal with Jiang Long, he had to lower his identity.

I plan to go to a remote place and discuss with Jiang Long in private.