Chapter 69

The teams went out of the yamen one after another to inspect the streets, and Song Nan also cleaned up, and walked out of the yamen to the market with two small flags and twenty school captains.

Out of the alley, turned a few corners and went on a bluestone street, but saw that the shops on both sides of the street, the number of societies were numerous, and the people in the market were bustling and rubbing shoulders, Song Nan secretly smacked his tongue, Zhengnanfang is only one of the eight squares in the outer city, which is already so prosperous, if it is the inner city, it is not so prosperous that it is jaw-dropping.

A group of people walked slowly along the street, the people on the road saw this group of people wearing brocade clothes and guards all bowed their heads sideways and did not dare to block their way, Song Nan walked all the way to observe the surrounding environment, although the street is bustling and densely crowded, but the street is not clean and beautiful, piles of garbage can be seen on the side of the road every time, and the drainage ditches on both sides are also smelly, and they are full of all kinds of black things.

Song Nan said in his heart: No wonder Jinyiwei wants to assist the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Imperial History of the City Patrol to manage the market, this is still the result of participating in the management, if there is no Jinyiwei's manpower, wouldn't it be even more dirty and smelly.

The accompanying Xiaoqi Huang Hui had just received Song Nan's ten taels of silver, and his impression of Song Nan was just right, seeing Song Nan frowning and looking at the garbage and sewage in the market, he hurriedly said: "Song Baihu, we have too few people to manage these many things, the people naturally promised not to dump sewage and garbage in front of them, but they still littered our buttocks, we only have more than 100 people in total, and we can't manage the fights and brawls on the street, so naturally there is nothing we can do about it." ”

Song Nan asked, "How many people have the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division arranged in our jurisdiction?" ”

Huang Hui said: "About fifty or sixty people, they can't do anything, the inner city is more important to them, we have discussed, before the arrival of the city patrol royal history, we will take unified action to clean up on a large scale, in short, don't let the city patrol imperial history lose face." ”

Song Nan was speechless, ancient and modern times are similar in dealing with this matter, when the inspection comes, they will carry out a surprise attack, and at other times they will let it go; However, listening to what Huang Hui said, it is also a helpless thing, there are not enough people, and the people's consciousness is not high, this matter is really difficult to do.

"There are a lot of fights in the jurisdiction? The people should not be idle about it. Song Nan asked.

Huang Hui said: "The people naturally don't make trouble, mainly a gang of gangsters on the street, we are under the jurisdiction of several large districts under the jurisdiction of the ruffian gang gang, not only to disturb the people, they themselves are often noisy, just a few days ago a gang of Zhengdongfang and a gang of Zhengnanfang fought on Yongdingmen Street, injured more than a dozen people, the scene was chaotic. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "So arrogant? This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there is no one to clean up the ruffians on the street? ”

Huang Hui smiled and said, "Song Baihu, what can we do with this little person?" As soon as we arrived, they disappeared without a trace, and on weekdays, this group of people accumulated a lot of power, and the people did not dare to inform us of the news, so there was nothing to do. ”

Song Nan said: "Then what do you do on the street on weekdays?" Isn't it useless to be able to control the mess on the streets, and to control the ruffians and ruffians fighting? ”

Huang Hui said with a smile: "Song Baihu's mood subordinates understand, isn't it because there are too few people to control it?" We can only see one case and deal with one case. Besides, our patrols in the market are a deterrent to those people, even if they are messing around, there is a limit, and they also know that beyond this limit, we are forced to be ruthless, and they will not have a good life. ”

Song Nan sighed and said, "It seems that our role is limited to this. ”

Huang Hui comforted: "Song Baihu, these things are known above, you can rest assured, as long as things don't get out of hand, absolutely no one blames you, we just need to ensure that there is no big mess in the jurisdiction of the thousand households in Zhengnanfang." The subordinates saw that Song Baihu was good, and he also gave advice from the bottom of his heart, these ruffians on the street have a backstage, don't say that we can't manage it, even if we can manage it, we must also weigh ourselves. ”

Song Nanqi said: "It's strange, who are the people who are backstage for these ruffians?" Official or business? ”

Huang Hui shook his head and said: "In the future, the adults of the hundred households will naturally know the Tao, and it is inconvenient for the subordinates to say it, not because the subordinates are unwilling to say it, but these things are all rumors in private, and there is no evidence, so it is not good to spread the news indiscriminately." ”

Since Huang Hui is reluctant to say it, and Song Nan doesn't want to make it difficult for others, he will have to wander on the street in the future, and these things will be known sooner or later, and he is not in a hurry.

Everyone walked along the cobweb-like streets and alleys around the block of Zhengnanfang, and suddenly there was an open field in front of them, and from a distance, a high platform stood in the distance, and the houses and shops in front of them were gradually decreasing, and the trees on both sides of the road were lush and green, which seemed quite cool.

Song Nan wanted to move forward, but Huang Hui hurriedly said: "Song Baihu, let's go east, we can not go ahead." ”

Song Nanqi said: "Isn't this the jurisdiction of our Zhengnanfang?" ”

Huang Hui said: "Naturally, the high platform and several palaces in front of it are the mountain and river altars, which also belong to the jurisdiction of our Zhengnanfang. ”

Song Nan pointed to the wide avenue leading to the shade of the forest and said, "Just walk along the avenue, and don't go to the mountain and river altar, isn't there another team of our brothers there?" ”

Huang Hui waved his hand and said: "You can't go here, in front of you is the outer city mansion of the British Duke, this road leads to the Guogong Mansion, and the Guogong Mansion has its own guards to patrol, so why should we go to do this more." ”

Song Nan suddenly remembered what Fang Datong said to him on the way to the capital, Fang Datong did mention that there was a national mansion in the jurisdiction of Zhengnanfang, and reminded himself not to offend the people of the British mansion.

Song Nan from the good as the stream, turn to the east, not just then on the Yongdingmen Street, looking at the blue brick paved can be ten horses parallel to the wide street, Song Nan secretly praised the grandeur of the capital, the straight street extends to the north straight to the Zhengyang Gate, Song Nan knows the road, the end of the road is directly to the Imperial City, where the current emperor Hongzhi lives.

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At noon, everyone casually found a restaurant to eat lunch, a large group of brocade guards arrived to scare the diners in the restaurant to run away, the restaurant shopkeeper since the brocade guards showed up and admitted that they were unlucky, today's business was done in vain.

Everyone ordered two large tables of dishes, and in view of Song Nan's presence, he was embarrassed to drink, so he pulled a few bowls of rice one by one, and the dishes were also eaten, and the shopkeeper hid behind the counter and cursed speechlessly.

After eating, someone shouted, "Keep accounts." Then they wiped their mouths and picked off their teeth, and lifted up their feet, and went away. Song Nan frowned and asked, "Leave without giving money after eating?" ”

Huang Hui was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Isn't this talking about bookkeeping?" ”

Song Nantie walked to the edge of the counter with a blushing face and arched his hand: "Shopkeeper, where is the accounting book of our Jinyiwei?" ”

The shopkeeper was frightened in a daze, and said continuously: "There is nothing to do, there is nothing to do, the official came to the shop to eat and drink to save face for ......the shop."

Song Nan spread his hands and said, "I'll take a look at the account book." ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a while before he said: "No accounting, no account book." ”

Song Nan said: "Don't be afraid, I'm their leader, I just want to know Lu Dao, whether they patrol the streets and eat on weekdays are all a sentence of accounting, and whether anyone will settle the account afterwards." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Official, you don't need to keep accounts, the military masters come to eat with their faces, how can we be so stingy." ”

Song Nan lowered his face and said: "You don't want to tell the truth, if that's the case, I will bring my 100th people to you for dinner every day, anyway, you don't care." ”

The shopkeeper wanted to cry without tears, and said again and again: "Then my small shop is not closed yet." ”

Song Nan said: "So you tell me, do they often do this, and how much money they owe you." ”

The shopkeeper was forced to do so, so he had to grit his teeth and say: "I don't come every day, I come once in a while, about twenty times a year, and I don't owe much silver, a total of more than a dozen taels of silver." ”

Song Nan sighed: "Your small business, is a dozen taels of silver less?" Hey, it's really speechless. ”

Song Nan beckoned Li Daniu to come over, took out twenty taels of silver from the package he was carrying, put it on the counter and said: "Shopkeeper, this is the food money they owe, I settled it for them, in the future, if there is a brocade guard who enters the store to eat and does not give money, you must go to the yamen to tell me; I know that you are afraid of offending them, but I tell you, I am their leader, and I cannot afford to provoke them, and if you hide it, I will let your little shop close its doors; Remember my name, I am Song Nan and Song Baihu of Zhengnanfang Jinyi Wei Yamen, can you remember? ”

The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "The villain remembers, and he must do it." ”

Song Nan beckoned to the stunned guys, "Don't you want to apologize?" You are the ones who disturb the people, and it is really embarrassing to say that you are going to teach people, and I will not investigate this matter today, but if this happens again in the future, whoever does it will fuck me out. ”

Huang Hui and the others hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, where did the old shopkeeper receive such treatment, and he was incoherent with excitement, until Song Nan and the others left, looking at the twenty taels of silver on the counter, they believed that they were not dreaming.

"Song Nan? …… There are also reasonable people in the brocade guard? The old man is not fooled by you, and he will never touch the mold, these people can't guarantee that they won't turn back to find trouble, and the twenty taels of silver can't be moved, if they turn back to find trouble, they will all be returned. ”