Chapter Eighty-Nine

Song Nan smiled and said nothing, just looked at Zhang Lun and didn't speak.

Zhang Lun raised his eyebrows and said, "What?" Do you think I can't touch you? ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Of course not, I'm just a hundred households, the little grandfather is a nobleman, in charge of the regimental camp, and leads the soldiers and horses of the five cities, whether in terms of status or power, if you want to be unfavorable to me, it is a matter of effort; However, I don't think the little grandfather came to look for me this time, and it seems that he didn't come to Xingshi to ask for guilt. ”

Zhang Lun was slightly surprised and said, "Oh? Tell me, how do you know that I'm not here to ask about my sin? ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "If the little grandfather wants to be unfavorable to me, in fact, there is no need to come in person, with the face of the little grandfather, just say hello, and the Jinyi Guard Yamen will punish me, so why deign to come to Zhengnanfang to reason with me?" Wouldn't he have fallen into the identity of the little grandfather? ”

Zhang Lun smiled slightly: "It seems to make some sense, but maybe I'm just willing to come to vent for my sister in person, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it." ”

Song Nan said: "If the little grandfather says this, I naturally can't argue, then I can only blame myself for being unlucky, I shouldn't offend the county lord, if I lose my official position because of this, Song Nan has nothing to say." ”

Zhang Lun walked to a big locust tree on the side of the road, looked up at the dense canopy, and said lightly: "Song Nan, a native of Ulzhou, Xiucai joined the army, and the army is the general flag, and then he won a complete victory with a hundred soldiers to intercept the Tartars and seven hundred cavalry, so he was transferred to the Jinyi Guard Yamen in the south of the capital to serve as a hundred households. ”

Song Nan said: "Little grandfather Miao Zan, it's just luck. ”

Zhang Lun turned his head to Song Nan's ear and said, "Some people say that you were originally a spy placed in the city by Jinyiwei in Ulzhou, do you think I believe it or not?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "It's inconvenient to say more, little grandfather, you probably didn't come to investigate the details of the bottom today." The little grandfather is a clear-eyed person, and there are some things that don't need to be talked about, and the little grandfather will only understand. ”

Zhang Lun Ha said with a smile: "Okay, I don't go around in circles with you, I came to you this time, it's really not for the festival between my sister and you, my sister is good at everything, but she has been spoiled by us since she was a child, and she likes to hang out in the market." The gangsters on the street did what they liked, regarded her as the boss, and did a lot of out-of-the-ordinary things in her name, and I also had a headache; But who called me this one girl? As an older brother, I naturally want to make her as happy as possible. Originally, I ordered someone to call the guys in the market and asked them not to take the opportunity to do something hurtful to heaven and reason, but I didn't expect that Qiu Wu's dog thing secretly did some murder and arson. ”

Song Nan said: "The county lord is also deceived, and I just think it's fun to see the county lord, and I don't mean to condone Qiu Wu to do evil." ”

Zhang Lun patted Song Nan on the shoulder and said, "It's good that you understand, I also know a little bit about Qiu Wu's case, you didn't involve your sister, and you can be regarded as taking care of the prestige of our government." In fact, my sister is quite pitiful, her father and mother died early, and she didn't have the love of her parents when she urinated, and my brother was also busy with official business, and my grandfather was in an important position, so it was understandable that she was a little eccentric and irritable. I saw that she liked to wander around the neighborhood to find some fun, and I couldn't bear to spoil her fun, so I didn't interfere too much, I wanted to do the opposite, and deliberately arranged less manpower under the jurisdiction of Zhengnanfang, so as not to cause more conflicts, you say, am I too doting on her as a brother? ”

Song Nan said in his heart: "You are not just doting, for the sake of your sister's happiness, you deliberately arranged a little less manpower, so that she can be powerful in Zhengnanfang, it is simply not a matter of taking the people seriously." ”

"The eldest brother is like a father, and it is understandable for the little grandfather to do this, but he was just taken advantage of by Qiu Wu and others." Song Nan smiled.

Zhang Lun smiled slightly: "You are very knowledgeable, and you have some guts, in the past few years, there has been such a dare that you dare to do it against your sister, do you know the way?" The sister is angry in the house, but the pain is runny, even I have been affected by the pond fish, and this half of the shoulder still hurts. ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said, "I'm really sorry for causing the little grandfather." ”

Zhang Lun waved his hand, pointed to a tea shop on the side of the road and said, "I don't blame you for this, I have something serious to tell you, let's go to the tea shop and chat while drinking tea." ”

The two walked into the tea shop, found a secluded place to sit down, Zhang Lun took out a small bag from his arms and handed it to the man: "Take this tea to make two cups, ask for eight parts of water, and we will pay for the tea." ”

The guy hurried to Zhang Luo, Zhang Lun looked at Song Nan and said with a smile: "I'm used to drinking purple bamboo shoots, I'm not playing music, and other teas are tasteless." ”

Song Nan smiled and said in his heart: This is not called a score, but a score.

On the tea brew, a row of small purple shoots with the tips pointed upwards stand densely in the tea cup, like small bamboo shoots struggling to break the soil, a fragrance into the spleen and lungs, smell it and feel that most of the heat has disappeared.

Zhang Lunmei took a sip, shook his head and sighed: "The taste is far from good, the water is not good, the tea cup is not good, and the celadon cup mountain spring water can brew a good taste." ”

Song Nan smiled silently, waiting for Zhang Lun to get to the point.

Zhang Lun took two more sips of tea, and then said: "Song Baihu, I came to look for you today because of the cleaning of the Zhengdongfang Market. He thought that I had ordered the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to do those things, so he played the matter; The emperor ordered someone to come and check it out, specifically mentioned the matter in the early court, and said a few words of praise. Of course, these credits are credited to my head, and I can be regarded as useless, but here I want to thank you for giving me a credit for giving me a credit. ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Congratulations to the little grandfather, I didn't rectify the Zhengdongfang neighborhood to praise, the little grandfather doesn't have to mind." ”

Zhang Lun waved his hand and said: "This is all a trivial matter, the problem is that since the emperor has praised it, there will be more things to follow, and the elders of the pavilion should promote the model of Zhengdongfang, and make the streets and alleys of the major square districts in the capital like Zhengdongfang, which is a problem for me; Originally, I was the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and I was busy with things in the regiment and camp on weekdays, so how could I have time to do these things, so after I learned that it was your handiwork, I planned to visit you and ask for your help. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Little grandfather, this matter is not easy to handle. ”

Zhang Lun said: "What? Is there any difficulty? ”

Song Nan said: "There are too many difficulties, I won't tell you, Zhengdongfang has just been governed, so it has such a neat appearance now, and in another month, you will come and see, the management and insurance are full of garbage back to the old way, and the people are trying to litter and litter, and we can't stare at them all day long, right?" ”

Zhang Lun scratched his head and said: "It's true, I also ordered someone to clean it a few times before, but it was only a few days after it was clean, and after that, everything was the same, and it was very troublesome." ”

Song Nan said: "Yes, the consciousness of the people is not so high for a while, and it is useless to be anxious." ”

Zhang Lun smacked his lips and said: "This is terrible, I thought it was very easy to do, and by extension, I praised Haikou in front of Scholar Xie, and Scholar Xie also said that when the market was renewed in a month, he would invite the emperor to go out of the palace to inspect the city, and this cowhide was blown up." ”

Zhang Lun smacked his lips and scratched his head, depressed.

Song Nan thought for a while and said, "Little grandfather, if this is the case, this matter must be completed, otherwise the little grandfather will lose face." ”

Zhang Lun looked at the table and said: "Isn't it, troublesome, Scholar Xie doesn't know if he told the emperor, if he does, the emperor will respond again, but it's a big joke." ”

Song Nan said: "Don't worry, little grandfather, it's not unthinkable. ”

Zhang Lun grabbed Song Nan's arm and said, "How to do it?" Let's hear it. ”

Song Nan said: "There are two conditions that must be met, one of which is the problem of manpower, the cleaning of the shop can naturally hire people to clean up within a few days, the difficulty is how to maintain, otherwise it will be revived in a few days, and it will be in vain; You don't have a lot of people in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and it is impossible for the Jinyi Guard to keep the streets clean every day, so you have to have special people to maintain it. ”

Zhang Lun said: "What you are talking about, where is the manpower?" ”

Song Nan said: "I'm also thinking about this problem, and there is a way, but whether it is in line with the rules is unknown." ”

Zhang Lun said: "You talk about it, listen to it if it's in line with the rules." ”

Song Nan said: "I think so, since the rectification of the market, we must grasp the public security and cleanliness together, and the dirty and messy three must be eradicated, the ruffians in the market are the source of chaos, and this group of people must be eliminated in order to consider the problem of rectification of dirty and poor, just like Zhengdongfang, if I don't do Qiu San's gang, the rest of the things will not be done, with them, how to tidy up the market will not be peaceful; But these people have a deterrent effect on the streets, and the people are afraid of them, as long as they are restrained, they are a group of excellent and usable people. ”

Zhang Lun was stunned and said, "You mean, hire these ruffians and gangsters on the streets?" Can this be done? ”

Song Nan said: "It's done if it's restricted, these people are idle and making trouble everywhere, of course we can arrest them, but most of them are guilty of some minor crimes, and it will be a scourge to be released to the market soon after; It's better to pull their little tails, organize them, give them compensation, set rules, and form a team to assist in patrolling the streets every day, first, these people are under our control, and they can be arrested and punished at any time if they make mistakes, and secondly, these people can be regarded as having a livelihood, and their identities are very different, so naturally there is a lot less trouble, why not kill two birds with one stone? ”

Zhang Lun clapped his hands and said: "It's a good one to kill two birds with one stone, to treat the symptoms and the root cause, a good way." ”

Song Nan said: "What I'm worried about is whether it is in line with the rules, hiring these guys will always attract criticism, and besides, the remuneration of these people is not a small amount, where does this monthly salary come from is the second question; I estimated that each square must have 10 to 20 people, 20 square meters in the inner city of the capital and 28 square meters in the outer city, about 500 people need to be completed, and the monthly salary must always be about 125 to 2 taels to teach them peace of mind, so it is calculated that there will be an expenditure of nearly 1,000 taels of silver per month, where does this money come from, it is a problem. ”

Zhang Lun frowned and said: "One thousand taels of silver is not much, but every month, more than ten thousand taels a year, no one can afford it; In this way, I will first probe the tone of the upper side to see if it is in line with the rules, if the above should be answered, then this silver must be allocated by the imperial court. ”

Song Nan said: "I can only come forward with the little grandfather, and I can't help at all in this regard." ”