Lingzhou Yuanshan County is located at the junction of Liaozhou and Lingzhou, and it is precisely because of the existence of this geographical advantage that the business and trade of this Yuanshan County are unusually developed, which also makes the life of the people in the jurisdiction quite rich.

In addition, a part of the Liaoyun Plain also fell in this Yuanshan County, which added a few strokes to the wealth of Yuanshan County.

However, although this original mountain county is rich, although the land of a county is not large, it is definitely not small, so the gap between the rich and the poor in this county is still relatively large.

Take Yuanshan City, the county town of Yuanshan County, for example, this magnanimous city is ranked first even if it is placed in the entire county town of Dachu.

But if we look at the next small county town called Baoshan in this Yuanshan County? Not to mention that if this small county town is put into the whole world, it is put in the ranking of those county towns in Liao and Jinzhou, which are the borders, and this Baoshan City is also worthy of a poor character.

The reason why this Baoshan County has the word Baoshan is because there are many mountains here, but these mountains are not Baoshan, but they are stone mountains that cannot be moved and dug up.

Although there are fertile plains in Yuanshan County, but it is at the other end of Yuanshan County, this Baoshan County just falls on this end of Yuanshan County, and there are mountains everywhere, not to mention fertile fields, even if there are not many mountains that can be cultivated.

This makes the local people feel a little, is this God an eccentric eye? Why do you leave a piece of feng shui treasure land for them in Baoshan County?

But the actual situation is that God is eccentric, and even not only God's eccentric eye, even the county guard in the county town above did not take their Baoshan County to heart, this county guard put all his energy into the counties around the county town and the counties on the plains to make political achievements, how can there be any spare time to care about this bullshit Baoshan County!

Let's put it another way, as long as this Baoshan County does not take the initiative to make any big trouble, our county guard will never meddle in what happens here, and this has caused a situation where the mountain in Baoshan County is far away and no one has jurisdiction over it.

Today, it is a big day for Baoshan County, the original old county magistrate has been in this Baoshan County to enjoy enough and then take the silver home to retire, and today this Baoshan County ushered in a new county magistrate of his.

Baoshan County is not big, but as the county seat of Baoshan City is still very good, the restaurant Chu Hall in the city is readily available, especially from here to Lingzhou Luochuan City, the state city can save two days of effort than other paths, so some merchants who are in a hurry will still pass through here, and this is the only advantage of this Baoshan County.

When the new county magistrate came to power, he naturally wanted to show himself well in front of the people, and the so-called three fires of the new official took office, so naturally he had to burn them well.

However, the three fires of this new official do not mean that he wants to make any political achievements, but that he wants to get something out of the people to make his fire burn more vigorously.

Tonight, the largest restaurant in Baoshan County was rounded down by this new county order, not only people in the public family, even ordinary people and even beggars, as long as they ate in this restaurant today, all of them were recorded on the head of this new county order.

Speaking of which, it is estimated that many people will give this county lord a thumbs up, because there are too few cases where parents and officials invite beggars to eat, but if you knew why he did this, you wouldn't think so.

In the officialdom of Dachu, anyone who is promoted can hold a roasted tail banquet for himself, and the word roasted tail in this roasted tail banquet refers to the meaning of burning the carp tail and the fish jumping into the dragon gate.

And in order to celebrate the promotion of this official, this roasted tail banquet does not need the official to pay for it himself, as long as there is a receipt issued by the restaurant, the official can submit an account to the household department of Dachu, and this roasted tail banquet is paid by the imperial court.

To put it simply, you may also think that this county magistrate is nothing more than using the money of the imperial court to buy his own political achievements, although this method is not glorious, it is understandable.

But this is only half of the way the county magistrate has been taught, and the next half is what makes people marvel at the cleverness of the county magistrate's means and the bottom line of making money.

According to the specifications, there are five tables for the upper table, fifteen tables for the middle table, and even more for the rest of the small and uncounted tables. Coupled with the singing and dancing performances during the meal, playing the piano to help the fun, the cost of this meal can be imagined.

Moreover, among the five tables on the table, not only the flying in the sky, but also the river running on the ground are indispensable, and even the rare objects such as ginseng and deer antler velvet and bear's paw deer tail are not few, if there are no such objects in the restaurant, then they must be purchased in the city in advance or sent someone to buy them in the county town in advance, and they always try their best to find these objects.

Although the middle seat is not as good as the first seat, it is not as good as the first seat, plus the rest of the table seats, this roasted tail banquet is really beautiful.

Let's talk about why this new county magistrate invited ordinary people and even beggars to eat in this restaurant, in fact, it was because he wanted to make more money for himself, because of his expenses in this restaurant tonight, the shopkeeper of the restaurant could only dare to leave 20% as the cost regardless of profit or loss, and the remaining 80% should be respectfully returned to the hands of the county master!

To put it bluntly, the newly appointed county lord just wants to reimburse the court for the money through the hands of this restaurant.

"Come on, colleagues, today is the day of great joy for the promotion of this official, everyone eat and drink, don't think about saving money for this official! hahaha......"

At this time, the newly appointed county lord can be said to be in high spirits, and there are also county officials, chief bookkeepers, masters and other yamen officials by his side.

At this time, the new county order spoke, and those officials all raised their glasses one by one, and then congratulated the county magistrate.

...

"Hmph, such officials are leeches that crawl on Da Chu's body to suck blood, and it is precisely because of their existence that there are so many places where people in my Da Chu are struggling to live. ”

At the door of the kitchen, a young man dressed in the clothes of a shopkeeper was leaning on the threshold and whispering, and beside him was the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

The shopkeeper heard these rebellious words in his eyes, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Hey, my little ancestor, don't talk, I know that you are a scholar and you will still have to take the test to gain fame in the future, but now you can't eat, why are you still talking about these unlucky things! These days, you don't say that you will entertain guests for me, but don't make trouble, you are angry with me for several waves of guests, what are you going to do!"

The young man broke free of the shopkeeper's arm, and then looked at him and said calmly.

"Why don't you let me say that if it weren't for the fact that my mother is old and needs money to see a doctor, what kind of shop do you think I will come to you to be a junior here?"

The more the young man said this, the more anxious the shopkeeper became, half worried that this kid's words would be listened to by the county master, and half was afraid that his restaurant, which had spent most of his life working hard, would be put in.

"Okay, okay, okay! I call you ancestor, okay, I put a lot of money in and didn't say anything, you just say a few words, if your words are really listened to by the county master upstairs, I don't know anything else, anyway, you don't want to get famous." ”

"Humph!"

Hearing the shopkeeper talk about fame, the young man finally stopped talking, this kind of scholar you only need to use the fame to keep things than you to take his life and say things.

"Pass the dishes!"

At this moment, a voice came from the kitchen, and then a little two who were doing chores in the kitchen came out with a plate of dishes.

"On the second floor, the county master's table. ”

The young man reached out to take the plate, but was stopped by the shopkeeper.

"You can't do it!"

The shopkeeper glanced at the young man suspiciously.

"If it doesn't work, I'll let someone else deliver it. ”

The young man couldn't help but take the dishes from the miscellaneous shopkeeper, and then said very easily.

"Why don't you just deliver a dish, what's so difficult, I'll go! ”

Looking at the back of the young man serving food upstairs, the shopkeeper was really a little relieved, so he ran up after seeing him go upstairs.

At the main table on the second floor, the county master was still pushing cups and changing lamps with several adults such as the county lord and the chief bookkeeper, and the young man who came with the food was really a little angry when he looked at these people.

His father, like him, is also a scholar, although he is only a poor and sour talent after a lifetime of exams, he still thinks that his father is a real reader.

And he has inherited his father's will since he was a child, and he wants to gain fame, so he has read those classics, the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the Confucian classics, and the principles in those books are teaching him how to become a good official who asks for his life for the people, so at this time, he is naturally a little uncomfortable when he sees the ugly faces of these county officials.

With anger on his face undisguised, he walked to the table, and then he was about to turn away, but when he turned around, he was stopped by the master bookkeeper beside the county master.

"Stop!"

The young man looked back at him.

"Something?"

"Bang!"

The master bookkeeper slapped the table and shouted.

"You are so bold, the county master is by your side, you dare to talk to the official like this. ”

Although the county master is secretly bad to the bones, he still has to do some superficial work at the moment, he pulled the sleeve of the master bookkeeper and said.

"Okay, okay, Lord Bookkeeper, we have a lot of people today, and it's normal for this little brother to serve us alone, so many people have some resentment in their hearts, so don't be angry with him. ”

"Humph!"

Master Bookkeeper snorted coldly and was about to sit down, but he was so angry with the young man's next words that he stood up.

"Some of them are good to eat, and they are picky, but what do you think I can do to you because of your virtue?"

"You!"

This time, not only the master of the bookkeeper, but all the officials present were a little unable to wipe their faces, and even today's protagonist, the newly appointed county magistrate, had a little dark face.

At this time of crisis, the shopkeeper who hurriedly came upstairs rushed to the middle of the young man and the county lord in a few steps.

"County master, I'm really embarrassed, this person is my distant nephew, I called him out to help when the store was busy today, my nephew has read books for a few years, but I didn't think that he didn't make an achievement in reading this book like the county master, and he was stupid to read here..."

The shopkeeper pointed to his head as he spoke.

"Don't blame the county master, I'll pull him down, the county lord's consumption in our restaurant today is all free, and I will send the remaining two floors to the county lord's mansion tomorrow." ”

Hearing the shopkeeper say this, the county master's face also turned cloudy and sunny, and he smiled happily.

"It turned out to be a scholar, no wonder he was a little arrogant, no matter what, this matter is over, shopkeeper, you can lead him down quickly!"

"Hey... Yes, yes, yes!"

The shopkeeper nodded and agreed, and was about to pull the young man, but the latter was a little reluctant and stood still in place.