He Renlong and Guyuan County Ling pushed aside the crowd, and when they saw that it was really Qin Shuhuai, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Xiaguan Guyuan County ordered Zhang Qi to meet Grandpa Guo! Grandpa Guo came, Xiaguan failed to go out of the city to greet him, and he was sincerely afraid!" Zhang County Commander said very respectfully.

Compared with him, He Renlong, who knew Qin Shuhuai's personality better, grinned and said, "Haha, the last general He Renlong will meet Grandpa Guo!

Qin Shuhuai smiled slightly, and said to He Renlong, "Hehe, I didn't expect to see General He in Guyuan." ”

"Yes, the last general was ordered by Lord Hong to guard Guyuan, and it won't be a few days since then. ”

At this time, there were more and more people around Qin Shuhuai, and the crowd was like a tide, regardless of men, women, old and young, after learning that the famous grandfather of the country was here, they all rushed over.

They are all proud to see the demeanor of the grandfather.

He is the idol of his time.

The students worship him as the talent of the holy lord and the world, and the warriors worship him for his invincibility in the decisive battles, while the ordinary people are even simpler, just because he guards this place, they worship him, respect him, and miss him.

This era does not have as many noisy voices as later generations, good is good, bad is bad, black and white are clear, and the standards for judging good and bad in everyone's hearts are close.

You gave your life for them, and they will remember every scar you suffered.

This is probably the so-called "pure".

Qin Shuhuai has a good face, and he is admired and praised by so many people, and he is still very nervous in his heart - although he has goosebumps when he hears some words.

However, seeing that there were more and more people, and there were many slippery roads on the ground, and there would be a stampede again during the New Year, so he hurriedly asked He Renlong to maintain order, and smiled and gave everyone a New Year's greeting, said some auspicious words, and returned to the county government with He Renlong and Zhang Xianling and others.

On the way from the soup kitchen to the county government, people sent each other off the road, and it was still crowded, but all the people who heard about it came to it, and it can be said that there were thousands of empty alleys.

The attitude of some officials and Qiu Ba, who are very fierce on weekdays, is amazingly good at this time, and no one dares to shout at these people. On the one hand, it is the bad atmosphere of the murderers of the New Year, and on the other hand, they have already heard that the prince of the country is very strict, but he treats the people leniently and kindly, if he sees them showing off their power to the people, they may not be able to eat and walk around.

Qin Shuhuai smiled and followed He Renlong into the county office, speaking of which, on the first day of the new year, there was an old man to spend it with, which was not bad.

Zhang County's order was because of the collapse of the Donglin Party, and the original county order was dismissed after taking office, and he only took office for one month. Speaking of which, if there was no Qin Shuhuai, he, who had been on the bench for five years, would not have been able to come to power at all.

When Qin Shuhuai entered the county office, Zhang County ordered him to immediately ask the master to go to Qingyu Building, the best restaurant in the city, and invite the chef there to cook the dishes.

The master bookkeeper hurriedly went to the restaurant to find the boss, saying that Grandpa Guo was going to eat at the county master's house, and the county master wanted to recruit a chef to help.

The boss jumped up happily when he heard this, not saying that he was the best chef in the restaurant, and then brought two of the most capable chefs to the county government without saying a word, and said that he would cook for the grandfather of the country when he met people along the way, which made the owners of several restaurants next to him look envious, and unwillingly surrounded the main book and said that their chef was the best chef in the city.

When the master bookkeeper heard this, hey, this is good! So he decided that each family could send a chef to make a specialty dish, and let Grandpa Guo taste it.

However, he stated in advance that the budget for this table was limited, and he would not pay if it was exceeded.

As soon as these words came out, he was immediately sneered at by these bosses.

What is this called? We have such a big restaurant and still need the money for one or two dishes from Grandpa Guo? There is no such scolding as you!

For a time, the cooks of various restaurants in the county government gathered, and they all wanted to fight high and low.

So Qin Shuhuai's meal was lively, almost every dish was a big dish and a hard dish, what Buddha jumped over the wall, roasted suckling pig, stewed bird's nest, abalone and sea cucumber one after another.

Zhang Xianling's eyes straightened, how much did this meal cost?

During the Ming Dynasty, the income of officials was extremely low, and there was no such thing as reimbursement for official banquets, all of which had to be paid by officials themselves. If there is no gray income, it is simply not enough to meet daily expenses, so some officials are greedy as a last resort.

Zhang Xianling has only been in office for a month, and this month's money has not yet arrived, and the family is not good, so can you not be in a hurry?

In the end, he couldn't help it, and under the pretext that people were in a hurry, he hurriedly questioned the master bookkeeper. It wasn't until the master bookkeeper told him that the restaurant owners had promised not to take money that he came back with peace of mind.

Qin Shuhuai knew what he was worried about when he saw Zhang Xianling's embarrassment when he went out, and thought that an official who could worry about a meal was not bad.

But then again, it's time to study the salary increase for officials when we go back. A scholar like Zhang Xianling may also take office with the ideal of honesty and justice and asking for the people's life, but in the face of the reality of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, they still have to bow their heads.

Like the current governor of Zhejiang, Li Fu, who was previously in the prefect of Ningbo, although he was a good official with lofty ambitions, he didn't rely on bribery for the sake of his ideals?

What he has seen and heard in the past two years has given him more personal experience of the Ming Dynasty's official governance and financial governance, and his desire for reform has become even stronger.

Full of wine and food, Qin Shuhuai said something serious.

He asked He Renlong to send troops early tomorrow morning to inform Hong Chengchou that the Demon Sect was ready to withdraw its troops. During this period, the soldiers of Shaanxi must not step into Gansu, lest the demon cult repeat.

In addition, he asked He Renlong to inform the martial arts coalition troops stationed in Baoji and Hanzhong, so that the martial arts people of various sects in Sichuan would take a month and a half off, and each person would be given fifty taels of silver, so that they could return to Sichuan to deal with their own affairs - the empress attacked many sects in Sichuan, and the Tang sect was destroyed, and it is said that Emei and other factions were not much better.

He Renlong agreed one by one.

After that, he asked in disbelief, "Grandpa Guo, is the Demon Sect really planning to withdraw from the army?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "It should be, but before retreating, we still need to be vigilant enough." ”

He Renlong knew that Qin Shuhuai said "it should be", then this is almost 100%.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Grandpa Guo was one person and one horse, and he could make the Demon Sect retreat, and this kind of heroism was unparalleled in the world.

I am fortunate to be able to meet Grandpa Guo, and I really have no regrets in this life!

After the banquet, Qin Shuhuai stayed in the county government.

I got up early the next morning and continued on my way.

When I walked out of the county office, I found that a group of people had gathered at the gate of the county office.

There was also a two-horse carriage loaded with several large boxes.

Qin Shuhuai was wondering, and a squire-like man came up.

"Grandpa Guo, this is a little bit of the heart of the people of Guyuan. It's not a valuable thing, it's just some local products, please don't dislike it. ”

Qin Shuhuai thought to himself, you have too many local products, have you loaded a carriage?

I tried to excuse myself, but it didn't work.

Thinking about going out for so long, it would be good to bring some local products back to coax Qing'er and the two nephews, so I accepted it.

These squires also hired a coachman, saying that they were sending Grandpa Guo to the capital, and they would serve Grandpa Guo along the way. It is too much to say that there is not even a person to serve the grandfather of the dignified country.

Qin Shuhuai didn't know how to drive the carriage, and he thought it would be good to have someone to accompany him along the way, so he agreed.

The coachman was as happy as if he were picking up a treasure.

Guyuan is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, and it snows from time to time, so the road is not easy to walk.

Although Qin Shuhuai was homesick and hurried, it took more than ten days to arrive in the capital.

By then, it would be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

It was evening, and it was the Lantern Festival.

On Chang'an Street, it is a lively scene of "flower market lights like day".

People dressed in bright clothes walked shoulder to shoulder on the streets, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere. In the Ming Dynasty, girls who were not out of the pavilion were generally not allowed to come out and walk around casually, but it was an exception on the night of the Lantern Festival, when the girls in the boudoir could come out to play, so the literati and writers often used the Lantern Festival as the background to describe the encounter between the talented man and the beautiful woman.

There are all kinds of snacks and all kinds of strange kat stalls on the street, and those vendors are busy sweating profusely, but they can't keep their mouths together.

There are all kinds of lanterns on the street, not only round and square, but also various lanterns in the shape of animals, which are extremely exquisite. There are more lanterns and more people in the lantern market, and people gather there to guess lantern riddles and run dry boats, which is very lively.

Rao is Qin Shuhuai was eager to go home, and he couldn't help but lead the horse to watch on the street for a while.

When I returned to the Guogong Mansion, it was already five o'clock.

But I found that at the gate of the Guogong Mansion, it was like a city.

At a glance, there were at least a dozen wagons, and thirty or forty people gathered here.

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but wonder, what are these people doing at such a late hour?

He was about to enter the house, but was stopped by a great sweater.

"Hey, I said, why don't you kid know that you come first and come first?

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help laughing, "What's the matter, there are still rules for entering this country's mansion?"

"Heh, new here, right?" the strong man glanced at Qin Shuhuai with disdain, "Tell you, the rules of the Guogong Mansion have become bigger, and you don't want to think about who the Guogong Mansion is, and it's so easy to give him a gift?"

"That's it, get in line. What's the matter, I'm afraid it's not your master who is going to bully people?"

Qin Shuhuai stopped the coachman who was about to speak, and then smiled slightly.

said, "Is this country really willing to accept your gifts?"

I couldn't help but secretly say in my heart: I'll go, Chen Qing'er is too bold, right? How can there be such a blatant acceptance of gifts...... Ahh

But thinking about it again, Chen Qing'er is not that kind of person, right?

What kind of reputation is this loser girl doing?