Chapter 1122 Zhu Hou (I)

Xin, after dealing with the Yamen Reed errand, there was a two-day rest, Cao relieved his spirits, and wanted to go out of the Governor's Mansion to go around.

As the New Year is approaching, there are several large gatherings in the city, and I heard that it is very lively. Cao Mei told his wife that he wanted to go shopping.

Although there is only a family of three in the Cao family for the New Year, there are also staff scribes, servants and servants, and there are more than 200 people who stay in the mansion for the New Year, and Chu Yu has a lot of things to take care of, and he can't get away. In addition, now that she is in Qingyuan City, there are not many flag people, unless she changes her clothes, otherwise the flag is too conspicuous in front of people.

Coupled with the place of direct subordination, she, the governor's wife, showed her head, which was recognizable, and it was easy to provoke gossip.

Cao Xuan thought about it, she would stay in Zhili for two years, and there would always be a chance to take her on a trip in the future.

Cao Xuan sent people to invite Song Hou and Jiang Jian, and several people went on a trip.

Song Hou only went to understand the local people's livelihood when Cao Mao, and sighed for a long time. Cao Mei was a little embarrassed, in fact, he really didn't worry about the country and the people, he just wanted to go out and relax. Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs. In his two lifetimes combined, he had never been to Qingyuan, so he was naturally a little curious.

Cao Ming's safety arranged several groups of entourage guards to make sure that he left the Governor's Palace.

Cao Xuan wore a half-new blue thick pile cotton coat, blue satin boots on his feet, and a black tweed melon skin hat on his head. This dress is the dress of an ordinary rich man. Jiang Jian and Song Hou also don't like ostentatiousness, and they are very plain in dress. Except for a few horse-leading boys, who followed closely, the other entourage guards were scattered back and forth."

Qingyuan City, provinces, prefectures, and counties are governed by the same city, and the yamen in the city is set by the yamen, and the population who eats imperial grain is very large, which also makes Qingyuan gather the financial resources of a province and is far richer than other prefectures and counties. Even if it is not as prosperous as the capital, it is also a peaceful scene.

The governor's palace is in the north of the city, because there are governors and green battalions stationed nearby, so the people are fewer and more quiet.

The most prosperous place is in the east of the city, where there are Baoding Mansion and Qingyuan County Government, as well as several trading streets. The place where Cao Po and his entourage are going is the east of the city. After crossing the two streets, there were more and more pedestrians on the road, and there were people driving cars and riding horses. Cao Xuan was mixed with passers-by, and they looked no different from others.

On both sides of the road, there are already shopless shops, and there are clever young men standing at the door to greet customers, so it is not lively. Looking at the people on the street who are doing New Year's goods, their faces are mostly festive. After turning another street, I arrived at Lianpo Ancestral Street, which is the most prosperous place in Dongcheng. It was already inconvenient to ride a horse, so Cao Liang and a few people dismounted and walked.

Seeing the crowds surging in front of the Lian Po Temple, Cao Yu smiled and said to Song Hou: "Do you need to accompany Mr. to Shangzhu Xiang?" "In addition to the soldiers praying for safety, there are often old people praying for longevity here.

Song Hou waved his hand and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the owner, it's better to be exempt, the student's body can't help but squeeze his bones, send some silver over another day, just do your best...... Jiang Jian's attention was on finding the rice shop. He only thinks that Cao Mei is concerned about the local people's livelihood, which is naturally the people's food, housing and transportation.

Now, he saw a shop with rice banners, beckoning Cao Liang and Song Hou to move forward.

The door face of the three rooms is rectangular standing buckets on both sides, and various rice and flour grains are placed in it.

At the same time, the door was a counter, and there was an old shopkeeper behind the counter, who was pulling an abacus. Outside the counter, there are two jobs, greeting a few customers who buy rice.

Seeing Cao Wei and his entourage coming in, the shopkeeper raised his head, just wanted to call the guy to say hello, and glanced at everyone, but he came out from behind the counter and said respectfully: "What kind of rice do you want to buy from a few guests?" The small shop is new to Jiangnan Bijing, and the cooking is the sweetest. The prefect's family and the county master's family have all bought rice from small shops. "Bijing is the best in rice, and the Cao family also eats this rice in the capital.

Everyone followed the old shopkeeper to the west side of a standing bucket to look, but there was no word, only lined up to see the standing bucket, rice, millet, millet, sorghum, all kinds of beans are complete, but there is no bud grain.

Cao Xuan didn't speak, it was Jiang Jian who spoke: "Old shopkeeper, what kind of food is the cheapest?" I heard that there are people in Zhili who have planted bud valleys, why don't you see them in this store? "He speaks Shanxi dialect, and he can't do it.

The old shopkeeper listened, but he was trembling, his expression became more and more respectful, and he bowed down and said: "Back to this master's words, the bud valley is a halberd, even if the people outside have a kind of it, it is mostly for June and July to sell green, and after the old stick, it is mostly chewed at home, and it is rarely taken out." Cao Xuan and Song Hou glanced at each other, and they both felt that the shopkeeper's diligence was a little too much.

Jiang Jian also saw this, but he remained silent, and continued: "Which is the cheapest grain in the store?" Those who can't buy grain are rich and noble. ”

Hearing this, the old shopkeeper's body became more and more bent, and his forehead was already oozing sweat, leading everyone to the west, and said in a trembling voice: "The cheapest rice...... The cheapest rice at this end is aged sorghum r1111"

Cao Xuan looked at the past and said that it was aged sorghum, but in fact rice bran accounted for half of it. Next to this, is the whitening millet. Cao grabbed a handful, put it in his nose and sniffed it. He was in the capital and had been to Tongzhou Cang, and he was deeply impressed by Cangmi.

The stored rice is good, and the stored millet is very susceptible to mold. Although this millet does not have the fragrance of rice, it looks like inferior rice, but it does not have the smell of rice warehouse. The two young men saw off the guests, and when they saw that the group was strange, they also followed.

Jiang Jian saw that Cao Mei had seen it almost, straightened his body, and said to the shopkeeper: "Don't disturb the shopkeeper's business, let's go out and have a look." "Don't bother, don't bother!" Shopkeeper Shao secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead and accompanied everyone out of the door carefully.

Far away from the rice shop, Jiang Jian hugged his fists at Cao Mei and said, "The students are noisy, don't blame the owner!" ”

Cao Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "What is this?" I said okay, I shut up and don't say much, otherwise I won't be like a guest in official words. But I forgot one thing, Zhu Zhilian is very popular as an official, and I have heard people mention that the lord of Futai loves to travel in micro-clothes and understands the people's feelings. Well, the shopkeeper had also heard about it, and he thought of Fei Fei as him. "I see, I can't complain about him like N strands of chaff, cold sweat flows, it is estimated that he is lying and bragging casually, so he is so weak and bold." Song Hou said with a smile.

The three of them continued to move forward, but Cao Mei saw a familiar signboard "Daoxiang Village" 0 far away, and smelled the sweet fragrance of dumplings coming from the shop. Not only is the name of the shop the same as the "Daoxiang Village" in the capital, but even the plaque is also the word of the imitation of the Beijing plaque.

The shops with five doors look more magnificent, and the business is no worse than that in the capital, and many people bring out dim sum bags.

Cao Xuan saw it, and secretly paid attention to the "copycat" and was not afraid, but it was just businessman speculation. But we must beware of someone pulling the banner and provoking right and wrong. It is better to ask people to inquire about the details of this shop, and look at the new plaques, which has only opened for a short time. Jiang Jian and Song Hou looked at Cao Liang's daylight, and they were also concentrating.

"Daoxiang Village" is very famous in the capital, and the officialdom knows that it is the property of King Chun's Mansion Da Gege and Mrs. Cao Jiabo. If they hadn't never heard of it, it would have seemed that when they saw this shop, they would have thought it was the shop of the governor's wife. Obviously, no.

The three of them were full of doubts, lost the interest of continuing to shop, and just walked for a while and were tired, so they entered the teahouse opposite the "Daoxiang Village" and asked for a window seat to sit 7. I don't know if it's the promotion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the wealth of Qingyuan City, this teahouse has been replaced with glass windows.

As soon as the three of them took their seats, they heard someone next to them: "The one who teased the Wang family earlier is the owner of the dumpling shop?" ”

"Exactly, it is Mao Renxing, the owner of this shop, who is the cousin of the Governor's Mansion Xie Guerrilla, who has been in Qingyuan for a few years, but he can make money, gambling houses, brothels, and what to open with money. Last month, I didn't know how to rise, and I opened this dumpling shop again. On the day of Laba, Dai Wang's went to the pharmacy next to him to grab medicine for his mother-in-law, and was seen by Mao Renxing and pestered for a few words. Later, the owner of the pharmacy came out to say that Mao Renxing settled down. Unexpectedly, he was mad, chased to Dai's house again, and forced Dai Wang's family to die. It's a pity that a filial martyr's woman is one by one, one by one, one by one, and another humane. Such a lawless person is at large......" The man who questioned him had indignation in his tone. "Master, behind this Mao Renxing is not only Xie Guerrilla, but also the Jingli Palace......" The other person was worried. The one who spoke was the guest at the window at the table behind Cao Mei. But although he didn't see anyone, listening to this collapsed Shanxi dialect, Cao Mei still found out who it was.

He was hesitating to say hello when he heard someone behind him say "huh". Immediately, someone whispered: "Master, it's Mr. Jiang and ......Mr. Song of the Governor's Mansion," and there was silence behind him, and then he heard someone get up.

Not long after Cao Yu arrived in Zhili, the officialdom of Zhili knew that there were two famous scenes around him. Even if Zhu Zhilian is the prefect, he doesn't dare to stand up, so he can only take the initiative to come over to say hello. Before he could speak, Cao Wei had already stood up.

"Governor ......" Zhu Zhilian saw it, and was busy to greet him, but was interrupted by Cao Yu's smile and chanting: "Long time no see, Mr. Cangyan, if it's cheap, can you find a place to talk?" ”

A few days ago, there was a murder case in Qingyuan City, and Cao Mei also saw that it was mentioned in the official document below. But if he remembers it well, he sees that the case has been closed and the perpetrator has been arrested. can listen to Zhu Zhilian's words, but the real murderer is someone else.

Cangyan is Zhu Zhilian's number, Cao Liang directly called his number, not his official position, Zhu Zhilian also changed his name, hugged his fists and said: "If Master Cao doesn't dislike it, please go down to the house for tea!" Cao Xuan nodded, Jiang Jian was pensive, but Song Hou frowned.

Zhu Zhilian knew Cao Mei's identity, and directly asked the prefect to ask for it, which seemed to be an attempt to take advantage of the situation. Song Hou thought about it, and felt that his owner, was a shrewd master who did not suffer losses, but he didn't know why he pushed the boat down the river and wanted to wade into this troubled water......