Xu Tongzhi rebelled after a trip, Xu Tianfu didn't wait for him to come back, but was just glanced at by Shi Zang, and he was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he was about to pee.

When he shouted loudly just now, Shi Zang came in and dropped his arm, pulled out a thin needle more than a finger long from the wristband, and pressed his head to pierce the needle directly into the corner of his eye.

There was only a slight pain, and his eyes were not blind, but the creepy feeling scared Xu Tianfu is scream.

"It's called a ** needle, stick it in your eyes and into your brain, stir it a few times, and you'll become a fool. For those who are disobedient, just use this to abolish him, and the fool will naturally say whatever he says. Shi Zang said coldly, no one in the lobby even dared to come out, and everyone stared at him, as if they saw a ghost crawling out of the underworld.

In order to save his life from suffering, Xu Tianfu endured the pain and agreed to make up the silver, of course he would not pay the money himself, and would make an excuse that it was to protect the clansmen, so he agreed to hand over 1,000 taels. Therefore, this money has to be collected by everyone.

After Shi Zang received the needle, he called more than a dozen officials to personally escort the Xu family back, and took back the silver by the way. In the evening, the adults are going to have a banquet, and the silver must be obtained immediately, and the master even separated when he passed by the restaurant he fancied, and asked Shi Zang to collect the cash, and he went directly to the restaurant to charter the venue.

Zhuang Rou followed Chu Xia around the state capital for a long time, this place is indeed very big, Zhizhou lives in the inner government, and he is afraid that there will be many wives and concubines and subordinates, and he also got a three-entry courtyard. Ma Dezheng is doing a good job of making sycophants, and the yard is well maintained.

Chu Xia was very satisfied with this, unlike the entire county government of Douhu County, which was pitifully small, and everyone didn't live in it. However, Hongzhou Mansion is a serious yamen, all the officials live in it, and the territory is also terrifying.

In addition to the courtyard separated by the high wall for officials and staff masters, the officials and officials are also here, but in the courtyard between the party office and the internal office.

The inner government has been renovated by Ma Dezheng, but the courtyard of the officials and officials is still the same, everyone lives very poorly, each room has three or four people, ten days and half a month to return home.

As the newly appointed Zhizhou, when Chu Xia walked here, he looked at the dilapidated and crowded officials' house, and felt that there were still a lot of empty spaces, why were they all crowded together. The kind of marriage can't even go back home, this child is born without knowing who to raise for, there are elders and can't fulfill filial piety, it's really not like it.

So, with a wave of his hand, he demanded that the clerks be given more houses, and that the large courtyard should be filled with more rooms, so that the lone scribe could live in it and share the same courtyard. And the others who have families to drag the old with their children will have a small yard for each family.

The requirements are not high, except for two wings with a small kitchen, and more yards that can walk two steps to dry clothes.

The officials followed in large groups, originally they had no hope for the dilapidated house they had lived in for many years, but now when they heard that the newly appointed Lord Zhizhou still cared about their residence, and that there was a small courtyard to bring the whole family over, they were suddenly excited.

Not only can you reunite as a family, but you can also save a lot of money for renting, and you are simply a good person sent by God!

For Chu Xia, who doesn't care about making money by throwing his hands, his hobby is spending money, how can they live badly, otherwise it will be a shame for him. These dilapidated houses are not worthy of a person as noble as him, and it is absolutely good to rebuild and overhaul them all!

Chu Xia only walked around the government office for a while, and then he won over the people of the whole office, no matter how he was an official, as long as he was willing to benefit everyone, he would be a good boss.

Even if you hate him, you can't hate the new house, who likes three or four stinky men crammed into a small leaky house, hiding a private house or reading a book at night.

Looking around at the territory, it was like a dog grabbing the territory and urinating all the way, Chu Xia took nearly two hours to finish, and then he lay on the Eight Immortals couch in the study room of the inner courtyard of his government office and couldn't get up.

"The girl over there, pinch my legs, I'm going to die." He lay on the bed and shouted, he knew that he should get a chair sedan chair for people to carry away, why was he stupid like this, and thought that a broken state mansion was not much big.

Thinking that he used to wander around Dali Temple and only walked a little place, he didn't expect that with the addition of officials and officials, a state capital would be so big.

And there are too few Tongzhi and Tongju in Hongzhou Mansion, and there is a Zhuangdian history in Tongju for the time being, as long as there is another Tongzhi in the state, he thinks it is better to go directly to Beijing.

"Why haven't you pinched the king's leg yet, is there no one?" Chu Xia had been lying on his stomach for a long time, and he felt that his legs were swollen and painful but no one came to press it, so he turned his head angrily, obviously the maid ring from the capital was still there when he came in just now.

This time, a dark red and black clothes appeared in front of him, Zhuang Rou stood on the edge of the couch and looked at him condescendingly, the expression on his face was very ugly, and he was about to drip. And the door was closed, and everyone was kicked out by her at some point, which was to whisper.

Chu Xia propped up his body and turned over, leaned back on the couch and said, "Look at your face, it seems that someone owes you millions of taels of silver and hasn't paid it back." Don't be like this in the little girl's family, but she will become an old aunt, if you want to say something to me, help me pinch my legs and say it. ”

Zhuang Rou looked at his legs and said slowly: "My lord, I think you will still sit in a soft sedan chair in and out of Hongzhou Mansion in the future, and the four miscellaneous servants will carry it." ”

Unexpectedly, it was rare for her to have the same idea as herself, so Chu Xia said happily: "That's what I mean, so don't stand there in a daze, help me pinch it." The masseur I often invited in the capital refused to come to Hongzhou with me, and I had to find a good technique here, but I was not used to others. ”

"Adult's legs seem to be useless, don't just break it like this, whether you go out like that or carry it, no one will gossip even if you hug it. You can lie down at any time regardless of etiquette, and you can be extremely chic and comfortable. Zhuang Rou reached out and pinched his calf meat, and said sincerely.

Chu Xia only felt that her calf was sore by her, and she retracted her leg with a scream, hugged her knee and scolded angrily: "Just ask you to pinch it, you want to break my leg, but I have promoted you to become a pawn history, and if you don't repay the favor, it will be unjust!" ”

Zhuang Rou snorted, "What is the history of the classics, you are stupid to me, there is no such position in the state capital, in the final analysis, it is just your follower." And let me find you silver, and look at the one that you have opened, and rebuild it here and the silver there. As soon as you open your mouth, you throw out a thousand taels of silver, and you think the silver is washed by the river? ”

"I'm also trying to win them over, except for giving money to buy people's hearts, I won't do anything else." Chu Xia said confidently, "I was transferred to this place, and you caused trouble, so the money will be handed over to you." ”

It's your own fault?

Zhuang Rou rolled her eyes and responded: "Then the tax will be raised, and the husband and wife will have to pay the maintenance tax for a woman who is married before the age of eighteen, so that a large sum of money should be collected for emergency." As long as you are under the age of eighteen when you get married, even if you are now eighty years old, you still have to pay back taxes. ”

Chu Xia looked at her inexplicably, "You can't get married, and you came up with a revenge method after being talked about all day long, right?" Be kind, and want to ask the eighty-year-old man to pay the marriage tax, it's really a shame that you can figure it out. ”

He chattered there for a long time, but no one answered, and when he looked up again, he saw Zhuang Rou with a disdainful expression on his face all the time, purely to find trouble.

"Okay, I'll get down to business." Chu Xia coughed, and said confidently, "Letting you go to find the silver is to give you power, and everyone points to you for dinner, so that when someone is dissatisfied with you, there will be other people waiting for money to protect you." In this way, it will be more convenient for you to act and be overbearing in this Hongzhou Mansion. ”

Zhuang Rou asked puzzledly, "Why should others be dissatisfied with me?" ”

"......" Chu Xia was silent for a while before speaking faintly, "I think in a few days, the news that you are a disaster star will come to me, and everyone will avoid you at that time." ”

"Now if you are asked to find silver, you are controlling the entire Hongzhou Mansion, whoever wants to do something has to rely on you to earn silver, who dares to offend you. I'm all for your good, don't bite Lu Dongbin and don't know the good heart. ”

Although he made a lot of sense, if the silver was so easy to earn, anyone could earn it. Zhuang Rou slapped him on the thigh with a slap, which instantly made Chu Xia feel that his entire leg was numb, and he was also frightened by her sudden beating.

"I'm your lord, I dare to do it to me, and I hit me so hard!" Chu Xia rubbed his numb leg with his hand and said very aggrievedly.

Zhuang Rou stared at him very seriously, and asked one by one, "My lord, how can I earn the money you want?" The staff master is the one who came up with this idea, and what will happen if you are transferred to a poorer place when the time comes? ”

"Stupid." Chu Xia poked her forehead with a fan and scolded with a smile, "Didn't I already say that the crime will be punished with silver, you just go and catch some criminals and come back." ”

"This is what you said yourself, don't come to trouble me again, I'll go out and earn you money tomorrow." Stretching out his hand to block the fan, Zhuang Rou stood up and glanced at him, and then walked out of the door.

Chu Xia shrugged helplessly, "Alas, there are no people who want to be smart, I have given her a lot of power, but I haven't said a word of kindness." ”

After complaining, he shouted, "Is there anyone who came to pinch my legs!" Are they all sold out, and don't have to serve me? ”

As soon as the words fell, the subordinate who had been waiting outside the door for a long time rushed in, and rushed to stretch out his hand to him, only hoping that Chu Xia could see people with a discerning eye and could take a fancy to them and directly become a personal follower, that was the blessing that he had cultivated in his previous life!

Too much enthusiasm scared him, and everyone's desire to get ahead was stronger than in any other place. Jingguan Chu Xia only thinks that the ordinary yamen is too terrible, everyone is like a hungry wolf, and they don't let go when they see the official!