Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Road to Progress Is a Pitfall

"I wish you, blessed longevity and Tianqi, and celebrate your happy birthday, every year today..."

If it weren't for stepping on the land of Sichuan and Shu, Jia Liu thought that he had just been carried down from the Great Wall by a group of beggars.

The scene in front of him made him a little suspicious of life.

The Governor's Palace, where the Nine Great Domains are located, still has this business?!

Somehow, Jia Liu was stunned because he felt that these people who reached out to please were the ancestors who specialized in giving people licenses from the DMV in later generations.

That's a good thing to say.

There are no duplicate ones.

Give it, what else can you do?

Master Jia is really happy today, and he doesn't care about small money.

It is better to be happy alone than to be happy in all.

Besides, he didn't dare not give it.

Can he do this business in the Governor's Palace, can he be a nine-rank blue feather chief who can afford to provoke?

Maybe it was contracted by the brother-in-law of the Governor's brother-in-law.

Just like that, a few more taels were scattered.

Entering the Governor's Mansion, the silver that was distributed in less than an hour could make his father go to Qianmen Hutong a few times, and Jia Liuzhi really felt that this Governor's Mansion was too fucking to swallow money.

Understandable, though.

Who let the bottomless gold-swallowing beast of Jinchuan and the big and small Jinchuan be next door.

The right is to share the worries of the Qing Dynasty.

After picking up the folded official uniform, Jia Liu thought about it but didn't rush back, but borrowed a place from the fat steward to change it directly.

It's not about showing anything, it's mainly about wanting to improve too much.

There is skin, there is no skin, and it is related to the enthusiasm of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Excellency, feel free!"

The fat steward casually pointed to an empty room next to him and motioned for Lord Jia to invite himself. Seeing that someone came out of the alley again, he hurriedly waved his hand: "My lord, this way, this way!" ”

Jia Liu glanced at it, it was Cao Dahua, the donor.

didn't bother to say hello to Lord Cao, took the clothes and Jia Liu went to the empty house to change clothes.

After entering the house, I didn't forget to close the door, and then opened the official uniform by the light of the window paper, and compared the size.

Coincidentally, just right.

Lan Ling is an officer of the Eight Banners, and his official uniform is the same as that of the foreign commissioner of the Green Battalion and the Nine Pins, which is a python robe with five pythons and four claws, embroidered with seahorse complements, blue.

The official hat is better than the foreign commissioner's overall appearance, it is worn on a gold top with folded edges, and the hat weft made of red silk is used in the middle, which looks like a red tassel spear head. In addition, a blue feather is inserted on it, that is, pheasant feathers dyed blue.

It stands to reason that there should be a crown bead on the hat, because there is no grade without a top.

If there is a product, there is a top, and if there is a top, there is a pearl.

But Jia Liu turned over and over again and didn't find where the top bead was, and couldn't help but wonder where the top bead went.

Is it dropped or is it not at all?

No matter how much it was, Jia Liu immediately took off his clothes, then changed into official clothes, put on a hat, and put on official boots, all in one go.

It's a pity that there is no mirror, otherwise you would have to appreciate his handsome and mighty figure.

Let's see if there is a prototype of Nakado-sama.

When the old clothes that were changed together and knotted together, Jia Liu always felt that something was wrong, half a ring, and it was impossible to issue an official uniform when he woke up.

Quickly pushed the door and asked.

It turned out to be two sets, but if you want another set, you have to add money.

"How much?"

Jia Liu's anger is so angry, he can't have a seizure.

"Ten taels."

The fat butler who had just finished singing to Cao Dahua stretched out a finger.

"Ten taels!"

It was not Jia Liu who was surprised, but Cao Dahua, who had just listened to the tune.

Lao Cao was poor in his family, and the clothes he wore were all worn by his brothers. After growing up and becoming a soldier, he was also a copper boy who couldn't wait to break it into two flowers, and the clothes he wore were torn and damaged by himself, and he used needles and threads to sew them up.

Later, he relied on his military merits to get a foreign commissioner, so he saved some money, and as a result, he paid filial piety to the court in order to become the president.

After entering the Governor's Palace, like Jia Liu, he scattered three rounds of silver in a row, and he was already distressed, and he would have to pay another ten taels for another official uniform, you said that Lao Cao was not in a hurry.

Yes, just ten taels.

Don't be too expensive, my lord.

If you really don't want to buy it, and the fat steward doesn't force you, buy and sell, it's voluntary, right?

You are cold, don't buy it, become it!

People earn money, but they are not shabby.

This is the last knife, and another knife will stab you to death first!

Jia Liu, who didn't want to wear a piece of clothing for a year, had to grit his teeth and pay the money, and after paying the cost price of ten taels, he got another official uniform that should have belonged to him.

Cao Dahua hesitated, and had no choice but to take out the money bag and pour a few pieces of broken silver on the table, and then weigh the small scale on the corner of the table, ten taels or four dollars.

What to do with the extra four dollars?

Of course, I cut it out with scissors.

This operation made Jia Liu look straight in the eyes, and the fat steward and the gang were also speechless.

Being an official also has to live, and if you can save your life, you will not be ashamed.

With the clothes and the waist card, Jia Liu was about to go back, but just turned around, the fat steward behind the table asked again: "This adult, do you want beads?" ”

Nani?!

Jia Liu, who turned around, watched in surprise as the fat man lifted a basket from under the table, which was full of all kinds of top beads.

"This?"

Cao Dahua was also dumbfounded, and then he found that there was no bead on his official hat.

I was so angry in my heart, what was going on with the people in the Governor's Palace, how could they sell the top beads that should have belonged to them as commodities!

Niangxi... Admire, admire.

Jia Liu admired it so much, these people are more shameless than him!

However, it also seems to be business-minded.

On the basis of Qianlong's century-old career of selling officials, unlimited business possibilities have been derived, and all the potential of this industry has been fully tapped.

It's a fucking talent.

"How much?"

"It's not expensive, twenty taels."

“......”

Similar to the top pearls of eight or nine officials, it is not unsold in Beijing, cheap, two or two.

What can Jia Liu do?

He can choose not to, because the lack of top beads does not affect his official prestige, but he has always paid attention to grooming, and he still wants to make his first time perfect.

Dig out the money and make a deal.

"I..."

Cao Dahua took out the money bag from his arms again in pain, and counted it on the table, even counting the copper coins.

"I don't know if I want to buy beads, so let's go back first and buy them tomorrow."

"Don't worry, when the adults have money, they will buy it again. In the whole territory of Sichuan, it is sold by me, when will the adults come, and when will this bead belong to you! ”

The fat steward was enthusiastic and undiminished.

Yes, this is a designated franchise.

Jia Liu shook his head secretly, counted three taels and threw them on the table, and said, "Take one for Lord Cao." ”

"Hey, good!"

The fat butler hurriedly took out a bead from the basket and enthusiastically put a hat on Cao.

"That's embarrassing..."

Cao Dahua was really embarrassed, and he chatted with Master Jia when he was queuing, so he was embarrassed to ask someone to help him pad.

All called this ghost governor's yamen knocked nearly fifty taels, Jia Liu still cares about three, two, three?

said with a smile that Cao Dahua would return it to him when he had money in the future, and just like that, the two went out of the Governor's Mansion together.

"Brother Jia, I'm Cao Dahua from Yangping Guanying, Xinghan Town, I can remember!"

Before leaving, Cao Dahua specially asked Jia Liu where he worked, otherwise he wouldn't know how to return the money.

Jia Liu said that he would go to Meinuo Guanzhai tomorrow.

"Where is Lord Liu in Meinuo Guanzhai? It's a good place, I went there at the beginning of the month, and it's safe. ”

I already felt that it was the safest place to supervise the transportation of soldiers and rice, and Liu Shilang, who was in charge of the baggage, was the safest place, but after hearing Cao Dahua say this, Jia Liu was even more at ease.

After bidding farewell to this official friend who came to "chat", Jia Liu's hands were put behind his back, and he walked slowly to Er Yang, who was squatting in the opposite corner.

Er Yang's reaction made Jia Liu very satisfied, and then took two followers out of the city and returned to the camp.

In the camp, Shu Wenqing and the others have been discussing Jia Liu's going to the governor's yamen.

After Chang Bingzhong and Zu Yingyuan went back, they would definitely not tell Shu Wenqing that Jia Liu had swallowed their money, but they really told this gang that Jia Liu had entered the governor's yamen.

As for why they didn't follow up, the reason was that they weren't allowed to enter.

So, a gambling game about whether Jia Liu could get the money back for everyone began, and then under Shu Wenqing's layer by layer, the gambling game began to become whether Jia Liu would be rewarded with a board, or locked up in prison for a few days.

The highest odds are that Jia Liu will get everyone's money back, and everyone is fine, one loses three.

The next thing is that Jia Liu didn't get the money, but he didn't get beaten, and he paid two for one.

"The Governor's Yamen is something that our people can enter?"

"After the devil six kid became the foreman, you look at his thief appearance, he is full of vigor and surrounds the team leader every day, and he is a treasure when the team leader farts..."

"This foreman has been in office for a long time, which onion does he really think he is? also wrote a complaint, and went to the governor's palace to complain, I think he will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die this time! ”

"Why, don't you believe me?"

"If you don't believe it, bet!"

“......”

Wang Fu thought about it and bet all his belongings on one hundred and twenty taels.

Zu Yingyuan also bet the eighty taels given to him by his family.

Chang Bingzhong stared at Shu Wenqing, who was a banker, and looked at it again and again, and studed his ninety taels.

"Wait for me!"

Liu Heyi hurriedly went out, and when he came back, he slapped the two hundred and forty-two heads he had borrowed from other Qi friends in front of Shu Wenqing.

This village is a bit big.

Shu Wenqing's family has money, so he has two silver tickets worth 1,000 taels hidden on his body, which his father gave him to use for his activities in Jinchuan and to return to Beijing early.

However, these four guys are a few hundred taels at once, and Jia Liu, who is betting on one to two, has nothing to do, which makes him a little panicked.

Seeing that this kid had the intention of retreating, Wang Fu lost no time in commanding him: "Why, you don't dare to take the bet?" ”

"If you don't dare to take it, forget it, and if you do, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it."

Zu Yingyuan reached out to take the silver bag back.

Where could Shu Wenqing lose his share in front of so many people, thinking that most of these four guys supported him because they were close to Devil Six.

And the devil six went to the governor's yamen to ask for a salary, it is simply a meat bun beating a dog, for no other reason, it is impossible for the governor to be greedy for everyone's salary, but can the people below not be greedy?

No matter how greedy he was, it was destined that Jia Liu would not be able to get the money back.

So, a big gamble of the Han army to worship Tang's children under the blue flag began.

Anxiously waiting, Jia Liu returned.

Unlike what Shu Ergongzi thought, Jia Liu was not carried out of the carriage, nor was he carried back by the house slaves, but walked into the camp with his hands behind his back and his legs.

"Everyone is here, that, I'm sorry everyone, I went in the Governor's Palace, but the money didn't come back for everyone, alas."

Jia Liu doesn't like to pretend to be forced, because this kind of kid's trick is too unqualified, and he loses his share.

Turned around and called out the bolt pillar.

Yang Zhi hurriedly bowed: "What do you command?" ”

"It's fine."

Jia Liu waved his hand and said casually to the people who were looking at him: "It's not early, let's go back to the house and rest." ”