Zhao Xiong began to speak, and at the beginning of his speech, he strictly followed the "Director Zhao's style" lecture routine when he was in Zhongshan Port.

After five minutes of training, he first gave a big stick and then a red date on how to become a soldier under the Ninth Master, and then directly praised their captain Liu Sheng.

In the minds of the preparatory family, the captain Liu Sheng is a person who is strict with himself.

So ......, so I decided to leave you all behind, but...... There will be a three-month inspection period, and if you don't perform well, you will be sent back to the village, you know! ”

There was a violent commotion in the ranks.

Zhao Xiong gave a total of nearly 10 minutes of lectures, venting the sullenness since the crossing, and he only felt very refreshed and comfortable.

Finally, he waved his hand and shouted: "Okay, disband!" ”

Then Zhao Xiong had a smile on his face, beckoned naturally, and said to Liu Sheng, who hurriedly ran over.

"You take a few people to pack up the boat, I'm going to Hanzhuang in the afternoon!"

Dakang eats two meals a day in the northern region, but Zhao Xiong is used to having to eat three meals.

After lunch, Zhao Xiong packed up his things and took the bean sprouts out of the side gate on the west side of the yard, and more than 100 meters to the south was the Xiyuan Wharf under construction.

After turning a corner, I came to the small pier used by my family.

Now the small wharf that has been abandoned for a long time, under the command of Ma Jinchun, a small official of the Yamen of Hanzhuang Gate, after a few days of cleaning and tidying, it has been renovated and equipped with two new eight-slurry patrol boats.

Of course, it was at the public expense of the Yamen.

Therefore, since ancient times, those who are officials are popular, because they have privileges!

Zhao Cuicui rushed up and out of breath at this time, and came to Zhao Xiong's side, "Brother, give you a copper hand stove."

With that, he handed over a hand warmer wrapped in a thick handkerchief.

Zhao Xiong took the hand warmer, unconsciously touched his sister's hair, and Zhao Cuicui dodged it in an instant, and then said with a smile.

"Brother Jiu, you are also going on a blind date, who told me if you fell in love, I will tell you to talk ......about it.

Mother will give you incense and worship the Buddha, I guess I will be back soon, you just wait! ”

Zhao Xiong ranks ninth in the family, so most of his relatives call him the ninth master or ninth brother, and Zhao Cuicui ranks thirteenth sister.

Hearing this, she nodded noncommittally, and this girl's mind was very simple, so she said with a smile:

"Thirteenth sister, let's go to the dock and take a look, mother should be back soon!"

At this moment, Liu Tongxun and Zuo Liangyu came over, and when they saw the thirteenth sister Liu Tongxun, they were excited, and immediately ran to the side of the thirteenth sister and just wanted to say something.

As a result, Zhao Cuicui glared at Liu Tongxun who was following aside, making Liu Tongxun, who was holding a bunch of tributes in his arms, inexplicable.

Zhao Xiong looked at it, secretly laughed in his heart, patted it, and Liu Tongxun's shoulder walked towards the small pier.

When they arrived at the small pier, suddenly a black canopy boat slowly drove towards the small pier at the bend of the big pier.

When the thirteenth sister saw the canopy boat rowing over, she happily said to Zhao Xiong:

"Brother, my mother and the housekeeper Fu Bo are back!"

After a while, with the long voice of the captain "Take the shore...", the canopy boat docked at the small pier.

As soon as the oilcloth curtain on the canopy of the canopy was lifted, the old butler Fu Bo, who was dressed like a man of fifty years and gray hair, sideburns, walked out.

The family at the small pier tied the cable of the awning boat, and the old butler carried the cakes of worship to the small pier.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid came out of the black tent with a woman in her forties in her arms.

It may be that the space in the canopy boat is cramped, the old lady's hair is a little messy, and the blue satin cotton jacket on her body is a little wrinkled.

Zhao Xiong's mother, Wang Wang Yuzhu, is said to have read books when she was young, and she has a stronger temperament.

They went ashore and walked to Zhao Xiong's side.

"Ninth Master, auspicious," the maid who was holding her mother hurriedly said.

Zhao Xiong felt that the maid was very familiar, he looked at it twice, and suddenly found that this was the second master of Heishui Village that he captured a few days ago!

I really can't see that it is the second master of Xie Er who didn't say a word and cut his throat, he looked at the old lady again, could it be that the old lady has the ability to dissolve and successfully take this fierce girl away.

"Bodhisattva bless, I'm going to be a gate official, let my mother take a look."

"Just now the thirteenth sister sent a hand stove, I'm warm!"

Liu Tongxun and Zuo Liangyu hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Yushan, Qingshan to meet Madame..."

The Wang family has some demeanor, so they don't have to be so polite.

The old lady knew that the two of them were his son's right-hand men, and said with a smile: "You two assist the ninth master, I don't have anything to give you, you take these foods!" ”

After that, he asked Fu Bo to take two packs of food in his hand to Zuo Liangyu, and Zuo Liangyu and Liu Tongxun bowed their waists and hurriedly thanked them.

Zhao Xiong, the official, actually has the reason of the old Zhao Tong, of course, it was donated on the surface, and the Wang family was afraid of delaying Zhao Xiong's evaluation, so he stepped forward and sorted out Zhao Xiong's clothes.

"The ninth master's complexion has obviously improved, I am relieved, the Grand Canal is windy, wear more points during the gate sealing ceremony, pay more attention, and let people stumble on you."

It should be that the Wang family felt that his son was faintly in danger, so he spoke up.

How did she know that someone had assassinated his son a few days ago!

Zhao Xiong sighed at Wang's sense of crisis, and realized that Zhao Xiong had left behind a lot of disasters in the past, and they had to be cleaned up one by one!

"I know, mother, I will definitely pay more attention, I will report to Director Feng first, get the seal letter and go to Hanzhuang!"

Also, at yesterday's banquet, I heard at the banquet that the emperor was going to sort out the donation officials and abolish the donations, and Zhao Xiong may have drunk too much wine and didn't take it seriously.

In recent years, because the imperial court has not paid for expenses, the emperor and the ministers discussed, and there was a household minister He Shen who came up with an idea, that is, "donate officials!" ”

In ancient China, "donate officials!" "It's really too common, but it is generally in the middle or late period of the dynasty that there is such a thing as selling officials.

This He Shen is more greedy than He Shen in the Qing Dynasty, but he will come to things like He Shen, and he is deeply favored by Emperor Wu Jian.

This minister has such a "divine logic"!

It is easy for the poor to be corrupt when they become officials, so it is better to let the rich donate money to become officials.

First, they are not bad for money and will not become corrupt officials, and second, they can also replenish the state treasury and enrich the national treasury.

Based on such absurd logic, it was very common for the Yongping Dynasty to buy and sell officials.

Along the Grand Canal, the official is called "Nano".

The military and civilians accept 250 stones, which is the ninth grade of the dispersed officials, add 50 stones, increase by two grades, and end up to the seventh grade.

All the magistrates of the counties and prefectures who were "born in Nagong" have not done a good thing since they came to office, as long as they strip and abuse the people, they will see the silver "like flies that see blood, and their eyes are red."