Chapter 111: Zhang Lu's Calculations
Diao Chan stared blankly at Qiu Ming, who was surrounded by the villagers, with a lot of thoughts in her heart, Cai Wenji leaned into her ear and whispered: "My father once said that officials should talk less big and do more practical things, like our husband, he should be considered a good official." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Diao Chan pouted and said, "He is your husband, what does it matter to me?" β
Cai Wenji said: "You have visited him in the church, and he is also your husband, why is it none of your business?" β
Diao Chan was speechless for a while, and then wanted to cry again.
Seeing that he was about to arrive in Dengzhou, the county magistrate and Pan and the county lieutenant Cui Jie led the officials and gentry out of the city for ten miles to greet each other, and there was a bit of Chen Liucheng to welcome Huangfu Song. Since He Pan was taught by Guo Jia once, he finally saw clearly who was the real master of Dengzhou, and immediately only hid at home to chant poetry and drink as before, and did not come to the county office. But now there is rice at home, money in hand, flattery from the gentry when he goes out, praise from Shangguan when he enters the capital, and the H county order has gradually tasted the wonderful taste of being an official, and even his body has quickly become rich.
After meeting and talking about the cold temperature, Qiu Ming was about to ask Wang Hu about the operation of the market, when two children came out of the crowd, stepped forward and grabbed him and said: "Brother Qiu, you are back, I heard that your bride is more beautiful than the white lady, let us take a look." β
Qiu Ming looked down and saw that it was Wei Miaomiao and Wei Doudou, who had not been seen for a long time, and suddenly said with great joy: "Why are you here?" Wei Yan on the side replied: "The yellow scarves are raging and have burned all the Wei family, and I am worried that they will not be able to survive the winter after they come down from Tongbai Mountain, so I will take them to Dengzhou." β
Wei Doudou said excitedly: "Yes, our whole village is here, and we live in the empty Pengzhuang." "Qiu Ming was rescued by the Doudou family when he first arrived in the Three Kingdoms, and he was busy with everything in the back and didn't have time to go back to see, and he was often worried about it, and now Wei Yan's arrangement was in line with his own wishes, and he nodded again and again: "So good, I will go to Pengzhuang to visit the villagers in a few ****." β
Doudou shook Qiuming's hand to see the bride, and Qiuming had no choice but to say to the carriage: "Wen Ji, Diao Chan, Dengzhou will be your home in the future, come out and see this land, look at your hometown fathers." β
Diao Chan refused in his heart, but was pulled by Cai Wenji and Rou Yi took her out to salute everyone. As soon as the two of them walked out of the carriage, the onlookers let out a neat exclamation, the two fine gentlemen of Qiuxian Cheng, one is graceful, dignified, noble and generous, and the other is unparalleled in beauty, and the peerless appearance almost dazzles his eyes. Wei Laosan, who was mixed in the crowd, originally saw Qiu Ming as an official, and intended to marry Wei Miaomiao to him, and he himself could follow the prestige, but now he saw that the Qiu family was so beautiful, and his daughter was incomparable, and he suddenly rested his heart.
Zhang Lu, who was also mixed in the crowd, was anxious, since the incident with Qiu Langpu, Cai Wenji has become famous all over the world, tender and touching the world, and has the reputation of her father, it is understandable to be the wife of the Qiu family, but where did this Diao Chan come from? And looking at her beauty, how can her sister compete for favor with her? And Qiuming got such a stunner, and it is unknown whether he is willing to marry Yulan, and when the time comes, how can the Zhang family bear the reputation of being unmarried and pregnant.
When Zhang Lu came back to his senses, Qiu Ming had already begun to walk towards the city, Zhang Lu hurriedly caught up with two steps, stopped Qiu Ming and said, "Brother-in-law." β
As soon as his brother-in-law spoke, Zhang Lu felt two pairs of cold eyes in the carriage, pointing at his face like a sharp blade. Zhang Lu is not only not afraid, but a little complacent, as a brother, he should be anxious about what his sister is anxious about, think about what his sister thinks, and start with me. Not to mention suppressing Cai Wenji, at least I have to help my sister suppress this Diao Chan of unknown origin.
Thinking of this, Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, now that you are marrying a wife and taking a concubine, I'm afraid you won't be able to live in the county office, right?" β
Qiu Ming only then woke up, the back hall of the county office is narrow, and it was okay to only live in himself and Huang Zhong before, if Cai Wenji and Diao Chan both moved in, it would be too inconvenient, although Guo Jia and they rented a yard outside, but after living in a hundred guards, it was too crowded, how could this be good?
Zhang Lu saw Qiuming's expression, a big stone settled in his heart, and said with a smile: "My Zhang family has a mansion in the west of the city, and it is useless to be empty now, so it is better to lend it to my brother-in-law for a while, wouldn't it be good?" β
Qiu Ming was grateful, but Zhang Lu was proud. According to the imperial decree, the princes of the counties and counties must live in the office every day to take charge of government affairs, and they can only go home for the night on two days every ten days. My sister hasn't passed the door yet, she can only be regarded as an outer room, and she can naturally live in the county office together, and when the time comes, a man and a woman will come out, and my sister's status in the Qiu family will not be greatly improved?
He Pan and Cui Jie obviously thought of this layer, but they didn't break it, they only smiled and talked about winter tonics, dog meat is better.
By the time the family had settled down in Zhang's house, most of the onlookers had dispersed, and Qiuming finally found an opportunity to ask Wang Hu carefully. Although Wang Hu moved Tangtou City into Dengzhou City according to Qiuming's order, he did not give up the land from the mound, but set up a mule and horse market there.
Wang Hu explained: "Mules, horses, cattle and sheep belong to the genus of open defecation, strange sounds and smells are not small, if they are put into the city, it will inevitably disturb the people's quiet, and there are many horse dealers and cattle traders who are rampant lawless, it is better to stay outside the city and it is convenient to manage." β
Qiu Ming nodded and said: "Yes, you think very well, we can continue to make this mule and horse market bigger, if we can attract Hu people from the north to come and sell horses, it will be better." β
Huma? What does this county man want to do? Wang Hu glanced at him in surprise, and continued to talk about the situation in Tangtou City. Oh, it's no longer called Tangtou City, because it is passed by the autumn character flag, so it is called the autumn market.
It is true that many properties were developed in the former R Prefecture, but due to the purchasing power of the public, the layout of these houses is on the small side, in Tyumen terms, except for some high-end villas, the others are small. Such a small house caused a lot of trouble to the entanglement market merchants who were accustomed to buying and selling at the same time, so Wang Hu re-planned it, and divided the autumn market into east and west with a straight long street, with the east que as the lu and the west as the city, so that everyone can take what they need, which is both convenient and decent.
Qiu Ming praised Wang Hu for his talent in business, Guan Zhong and Fan Li, and promoted him to be the city Cao in vain, Wang Hu was also a little proud, and took the opportunity to say: "This is all the prestige of Qiu County, these city businessmen can be so obedient, how dare they take credit?" It's still early today, so it's better for the county to go to the city in person, and by the way, mention the mistakes of the lowly position. Tyumen gladly obeyed.