Leaving the Yamen of the Transshipment Division, Du Zhongxiao was puzzled by Zhang Yao's attitude towards him. As a junior officer who knows the army, Zhang Yaozuo's attitude is too enthusiastic. No matter how Corporal Lixian is, he should not be so humble, not to mention the identity of a relative, and a waiting and transshipment envoy should not be like this.

Pinched a heavy small cloth bag that Zhang Yaozuo gave him at the end, Du Zhongxiao was full of doubts and returned to the post house.

When he returned to his residence and opened the small cloth bag, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but laugh dumbly. In this bag, there is actually a bag full of money, roughly calculated as nearly a hundred, which is more expensive than the gift given by Du Zhongxiao. The money was specially made in the palace as a reward, and it was given to Zhang Yaozuo by Zhang Meiren, and he took it to Du Zhongxiao.

After looking at the money, Du Zhongxiao finally understood Zhang Yaozuo's thoughts. It's not right to pay attention to young officials and reward the backwards, it's because he's too lonely as an official. Du Zhongxiao, who was born as a righteous jinshi, entered the pavilion in his early twenties, and a promising official came to worship him, which made Zhang Yaozuo very happy. Today, Zhang Yaozuo has no other thoughts, but he is very happy. The little gift given by Du Zhongxiao, Zhang Yaozuo didn't look at it at all.

Zhang Yaozuo came from a humble background, studied poetry and books hard and became a scholar, when he was an official in the past, he was diligent and diligent, and he must have been full of longing that he would one day be a high-ranking official and be famous all over the world. In the past few years, he has risen step by step, and his dream of youth has come true, but the result is not what he thought.

With Zhang Yaozuo's qualifications, there is no problem in achieving his current official position. He must have also thought that although he was stained with his niece's light, he had excellent qualifications and would inevitably be recognized by everyone. I am afraid that from the day I was promoted to the pending system, I was subjected to cold violence by the DPRK and Chinese officials. Because he is a relative, most of the officials in the court do not come to live with him, and no one has seen the merits of the officials.

This official is very boring, and because others avoid him, he is also a little lonely. This is the reason why Du Zhongxiao came to visit and he was so polite. The officials who passed by in the past either stammered in every possible way, or ignored him coldly and arrogantly, like Du Zhongxiao, who was purely polite and politely came to visit, and there were not many officials who did not ask for anything.

Thinking about this, Du Zhongxiao was relieved and accepted the bag of money safely.

In fact, Zhang Yaozuo was born in poverty, and after entering high school, he was stronger than the officials, good at judging cases, and was a capable official. It is precisely because he did not have a backstage before that he has always been cautious as an official. Zhang Meiren Guixian, after his rapid promotion, he did not bully other officials, but was always bullied by officials in the DPRK and China, and when he encountered cold violence, he became more and more cautious.

Thirteen Lang came in and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Official, will we go on the road tomorrow?" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "Go on the road tomorrow and return to the capital as soon as possible." - By the way, I have a few dollars to reward you with. ”

After speaking, he took ten coins from Zhang Yaozuo's cloth bag, lined them up on the table, and said to Thirteen Lang: "Here are ten coins, you put them away carefully, and wait until you go home to honor your parents." ”

Shisanlang took a piece of money in his hand, checked it, and looked at it carefully before he said, "Official, this money is gold?" ”

"Pure gold!" Du Zhongxiao nodded. "The money in the palace here is dedicated to rewards, how can it be fake!"

Thirteen Lang curiously took the money in his hand, looked at it over and over, and said, "It's gold, I haven't seen the money of gold yet!" ”

Every New Year's Festival, the palace will make a batch of money and silver, which is the same as ordinary copper coins, but the materials are exchanged for gold and silver for rewards. This kind of gold and silver coins are different from the gold and silver coins in other places, and in real terms, they are similar to the commemorative coins of later generations. There was once a time in the capital where people in the palace used gold and silver coins as ordinary copper coins to make merchants rich. Of course, normal use is calculated according to the same weight of gold and silver.

At that time, when the new iron coins were being made, Du Zhongxiao once thought, why didn't China use the gold and silver coins of European history? Later, when I learned about the existence of this kind of gold and silver money, I understood that there was only one reason, and it was just inappropriate. China is a unified big market, while Europe is full of various small feudal lords, it is difficult to unify the currency, they need to use gold and silver coins.

Gold and silver, precious metals, are suitable for international trade, and the need to unify the large market is not so strong.

After leaving Luzhou, Du Zhongxiao took Xiangzhou, crossed the river from the Amli Army through the Yellow River White Horse Pontoon Bridge, and went to the capital.

As soon as he entered the territory of Xiangzhou, the county lieutenant of Linshu County brought soldiers and horses to greet him, and he saluted like a courtesy.

Du Zhongxiao returned the salute, and was about to leave, when suddenly a person in the crowd shouted: "Official, I'm here!" I am here! ”

Du Zhongxiao looked at it, it turned out to be Tao Seventeen, and hurriedly ordered the county lieutenant Mu to come closer.

Tao 17 arrived in front of Du Zhongxiao's horse and bowed: "I got the news a few days ago that the official is going back to Beijing from here, and I have been waiting here for a few days. It's hard to wait for today, but I hate these birds for not allowing me to come forward! ”

Lieutenant Mu was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "The people below don't know that you know the doctor, so it's no wonder that you are offended." ”

With Du Zhongxiao on the side, Tao Seventeen was full of confidence, and said: "I originally came to Hedong Road with the officials, got a recommendation, and went to Xiangzhou to be an official, which one doesn't know?" This group of birds under your command pretends not to know. ”

The official of Mu County Lieutenant is not much older than Tao Seventeen, and with Du Zhongxiao beside him, he has to apologize.

got on the horse, Tao Seventeen and Thirteen Lang side by side, following behind Du Zhongxiao.

After walking for a while, Thirteen Lang saw Du Zhongxiao talking to Captain Mu in front, quietly took a piece of money from his arms, stuffed it into Tao Thirteen's hand, and whispered: "I haven't seen you for many days, my brother will give you a good thing." ”

Tao Qiqi picked it up and looked at it, and exclaimed: "This is money?" Where did my brother get it? ”

Thirteen Lang made a silent gesture and whispered: "If the official rewards, don't be loud, take it and play." ”

Although Tao Seventeen was a little reluctant, he still returned the money to Thirteen Lang, and said proudly: "Now that I am an official, how can I take your money with Yulu?" When you arrive in Xiangzhou, I will invite you to have a drink! ”

Thirteen Lang said: "I still have a few more, you just have to play with them." As for eating and drinking, there is no escape. ”

The two have been separated for a long time, and at this time they have seen each other very affectionately, talking about what has happened to each other in the past few months.

Tao Seventeen said: "Xiangzhou is full of iron ore, and countless iron is produced. After I arrived here, I built a few artillery pieces, and Li Xianggong, the governor of the prefecture, valued them very much, and lived happily for a few months. It's a pity that Li Xianggong died of illness two months ago, and a new Yang Zhizhou came, and he didn't know his temperament. ”

The predecessor of Zhizhou Li Zongyong is an important minister, he values Tao Seventeen, and no one below dares to underestimate Tao Seventeen. It's a pity that he is old, he died of illness in the office two months ago, and the new Zhizhou Yang Zi is busy with the autumn tax, and he hasn't taken care of Tao Seventeen, and he is a little lazy these days.

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