Chapter 81: The Great Change (I)

The entrance of a yamen courtyard

A man of about thirty years old sat down at a table with a smile on his lips, and the table was full of copper coins, some of which were broken silver, and below him were soldiers lining up.

"Those who have received the silver are scattered, come here early tomorrow, don't miss the hour because of greed. ”

"How can it be, please rest assured, the little ones have their own measure. When this money is in hand, I have to go back and hand it over to my mother-in-law, how can I have extra money to squander. ”

"Haha, Third Master Qian, don't worry about him, this kid just got married last month, and when Shui Ling's wife was hot on the kang, he wouldn't be willing to let go. ”

"You kid dare to make fun of me...... "The soldiers who are paid today and receive the salary are all happy to return home."

In the end, only Zhang Fanzhi of the fifth team remained.

"Team Zhang, come here, these are your monthly salaries, count them and see if they are enough. Qian Sanye smiled and said to Zhang Fan in the corner.

Seeing this, Zhang Fanzhi walked over and arched his hand at the other party: "I'm tired." ”

As he spoke, he didn't look at the number of broken silver and copper coins on the table, lifted the silver bag, turned around and left.

"Zhang Teamzheng, you are very relieved of me, aren't you afraid that I will give less quantity?"

"What kind of person is Qian Sanye, how could he make such a joke with Zhang. Zhang Fanzhi only paused, said lightly, and walked out without looking back.

At this time, a person came out of the back room, but it was Yingzheng.

Looking at Zhang Fanzhi's back, Ying Zheng sneered and said with some playfulness: "Qian San, you thought too highly of him before, do you see it, this person is now a wasted person, and he will not shake the status of this official at all." ”

"Of course, you can say that he is pretending, but the thing in the world is that when he is false, he is so drunk every day, he often ignores team affairs, and within a few years, his reputation and body will be gone, and then he wants to cheer up, and he will suddenly find that he can't cheer up if he wants to--- this is true and false when he is false."

"This power and fame are really powerful, such a powerful brave general, now he is just a person who has lost his position, and it will not take me any air to kill him in another year. ”

"The new Metropolitan Governor is quite jealous of these old generals, and the re-use of them is just an empty wind, and it cannot be taken seriously. ”

"What the young master said is that Qian San has benefited a lot. After saying this, Qian San still felt that it was not enough, and said again: "However, this person has been a deputy guard general, and he has been quite suppressed during the time he has been in the team. ”

"If you gain power again one day, you will definitely be dissatisfied with the young master and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, such a thing, you have to guard against it"

"You guy, you want to be the leader of these five teams, have you thought about it for a long time, don't worry, your young master can bring you from the mansion to the barracks, he can promote you to be the head of this team, you must know that my Qian clan is a noble clan in Fanyang County, how can it be compared to a small * commoner? Stay for a while, in a few days it will be the August ceremony of the Metropolitan Governor, at this time it is not easy to do anything, after this period of time, find a reason, kill this person to make way for the position - anyway, now this guy is drunk every day, ignoring the military, a crime of slow army dereliction of duty to kill him is worthy of the name, no one can speak. "This battalion is surnamed Qian, although it is not a lineage of the Qian clan in Fanyang County, it is also a powerful side branch, and the family background is also rich, and he is full of confidence when he speaks, and a ** face appeared in his heart, and he secretly thought: "This reckless man, his wife is not bad"

Listening to his promise, Qian San didn't know what the young master was thinking, he smiled, he had already calculated in his heart, and after he went back, he showed off to his third aunt and wife.

On the street outside, Zhang Fanzhi, who stepped out of the yamen, looked down at the silver bag in his hand, stood in place and thought about it, then took out a little money from the bag, held it in his hand, and put the rest in the bag and carefully put it in his arms.

A few days ago, I just picked up my wife from my mother's house, and after some coaxing, Fang no longer treated him coldly, and I paid today, so I bought some wine and meat, and went back to let my mother-in-law and her own boy get involved in meat

These days, the mother and son have not lived a good life, and they feel guilty when they think about it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan walked straight to a pork stall, asked for half a catty of meat, and drank two taels in the wine shop, and walked to his home.

His family lived in the north of Fanyang Prefecture, and it took more than half an hour to walk back from the Yamen, and when he walked home, he was already sweating.

As soon as "Dad" entered the house, the five-year-old son was already rushing over and screaming sweetly.

"Come, tell my father, did you listen to my mother at home today?" picked up his son, Zhang Fan asked with a smile.

"The boy is obedient. The child said earnestly.

"That's good, go, go to the side and play first, Dad has something to say to your mother." Patting the young son's buttocks, Zhang Fan put the child down and said.

The child ran away and went to play in the mud.

"Madam, this is this month's salary, you can take it. Taking out the silver bag from his arms, Zhang Fan handed it straight to the woman in front of him.

The young woman, with a beautiful face and a tired face, took the silver bag, opened it and counted it, and said softly, "Husband, this month's salary of one or two halves is barely enough to support the family." But after a while, the child should also go to school, and when the time comes, it will be difficult for the concubine to take on some embroidery work. I had to save another province on this food and clothing. ”

"Madam, it's all for the husband's bad time, and you and your son have suffered. ”

"Where did the husband say, the concubine blamed me before, it was you who were reckless and repeatedly offended the officials, I was worried about being afraid, afraid of a big disaster, as long as the husband was not so reckless, I was not afraid of being tired. ”

Listening to his wife's words, Zhang Fanzhi felt more and more uncomfortable, and put aside a little wine and meat in his hand.

"Some time ago, you just had an illness, and my son was also growing up, during this time, the food at home is still a little fishy, and this meat will be marinated in a while. As for the matter of the silver two, I will find a way for the husband. It will never delay my son's future. ”

Nodding, not saying anything more, lifting the wine and meat, and entering the stove.

Sitting on the chair and looking at the home with four walls, Zhang Fan let out a long sigh.

Since the eldest governor died of illness and was degraded, the situation at home has been worse day by day. Even if the belt is tightened, it is difficult to maintain the family.

Looking out from the open door, the child was smiling and playing with mud in the courtyard, Zhang Fan remembered what Shicai's wife mentioned, and his heart was even more sullen.

At this moment, someone outside the courtyard gate asked loudly: "Zhang Fanzhi, does Master Zhang live here?"

"Daddy, Daddy, someone is looking for you. When the boy heard this, he immediately put down the mud in his hand and ran in.

"Daddy knows, wash your hands and go to your mother on the stove. Stroking his son's little head, Zhang Fan said straightly, and when the young son ran in, he stood up and stepped out of the house.

The courtyard gate is nailed with wood, and you can see a little outside through the cracks.

As soon as he approached, Zhang Fanzhi could see clearly that it was a young man with a horse who was calling the door outside.

Look at the clothes, not ordinary people.

"A certain family is Zhang Fanzhi, what are you looking for me?" opened the door, and Zhang Fanzhi asked directly.

"It turns out that you are Lord Zhang, and you are entrusted by someone to deliver a letter to Lord Zhang," the young man said with a smile as he took out a letter from his arms.

"Please come in first. The other party was so polite, Zhang Fan was not good at talking at the door, so he let him in, and his eyes immediately fell on the horse led by the visitor, and his eyes sank.

"Please read the letter first, and after reading it, I will talk about it later. Tethering the horse to the courtyard, the young man followed Zhang Fan straight into the house, and said with a smile, but he didn't want to stay in this dilapidated house for long.

Zhang Fanzhi didn't know what the other party meant, so he had to open the letter first, and it seemed that he was taken aback by this look.

When he raised his head again, his face was incredulous, and he was speechless for a while: "This letter is really written by the prince of Dingyuan, the general? Do you think Zhang would believe such an absurd thing?"

Although I didn't believe it, my heart still couldn't help but beat wildly.

The content of this letter roughly said that Zhang Fanzhi had already heard that he was talented in naval exercises, and now that the Wenyang County Naval Division had just been built, he was willing to ask Zhang Fanzhi to rush to Wenyang County to serve as the acting guard general, and the treatment was 25 taels of silver in January, and the settling-in allowance was given separately, and the residential courtyard had been settled, just waiting for him to bring his family to move in.

The letter was signed in the name of Wang Hongyi.

Mo said that now Zhang Fanzhi is just a deputy guard general of the naval division in the old Jingfanyang County, which is not a good ambition, even when he is in power that day, he does not often see the metropolitan governor.

Wang Hongyi set up his own general Dingyuan, and the matter of owning two counties, it was faintly rumored that this handsome man would send him a handwritten letter inviting him to come out, this is not an absurd thing, is it?

"Lord Zhang didn't know that when the eldest governor was alive, he had some worldly friends with the prince's family, and he had some private contacts with the prince. Your name, the prince has long known, now Wenyang Changding two counties, the first construction of the water division, it is the time to employ people, I heard that Lord Zhang is in Fanyang County, talent is not allowed to display, so after my Song family caravan passed by here, I brought this letter to Lord Zhang. If Lord Zhang is willing, you can rush to Wenyang Mansion at any time, the prince attaches great importance to you, if you go to Wenyang Mansion, you will be able to show your talents. The young man explained.

stared at each other for a moment, and then thought of the high-grade horse he had seen, how could such a person coax him with nonsense?

When he got to the other party, he took out a package: "This is fifty taels of silver for the journey." ”

Seeing the silver of the white flowers, Zhang Fanzhi finally believed it, and he was overjoyed in his heart, if he had hesitated before, now this "Metropolitan Governor Carving Talents" made him angry, and he agreed immediately.

The young man did not stay long, and after a while he took his leave.

After the young man left, he talked to his wife, although Zhang's wife had some concerns, but she never objected.

"I'm going alone, it's too much, so I'll call some of my brothers together, and we'll all have a drink, and if they want to, they'll go together. It's better than being suppressed in this place. Zhang Fanzhi said happily in his heart.

Stepping out of the house, he called a few old brothers to come over, and he got some wine and meat, and everyone sat down and drank together.

And he told them about it.

Now these former sailors and old generals are all unwilling, and when they heard that Zhang Fanzhi was invited by the prince, these people were very envious.

When Zhang Fanzhi proposed that everyone rush to Wenyang Mansion together, these people only hesitated a little, and shouted angrily: "I don't want to stay in this place, go, let's go together as a family."

Only when there is no way out for talents, the "carving and carving" and "reuse after grinding the temperament" of the superior can work, and if it is at this time, it will often only make people centrifuge.

Zhang Fan laughed straight and said: "Okay, this matter is decided, if you want to leave, we will go together tomorrow"