Liu Linzong frowned slightly. He also found that Liu Yu noticed Yang Linzi's action and said with a smile: "Liu Lizheng, this friend of mine is a bit mysophobic. I'm sorry."
Liu Yu curled his lips and said: "It doesn't matter. The difference between scholars and common people, high and low, is a normal thing in the world. I just didn't expect that Mr. Yang, a god-like person, would be like this. Mr. Liu, please excuse me."
Liu Linzong nodded, cupped his fists and saluted, "See you again if we are destined!"
When everyone disappeared into the distance, Xu Xianzhi walked over and said bitterly: "These scholars are really shameful. Can't they touch the things we have touched? Humph, look.
The scholar in white looked like he was eating crabs. I thought he was a living god, but I didn’t expect that he was just a..."
Liu Yu shook his head: "Okay, there are no poor people here, no low-class people, people are like us, in the sky and on the earth. If you are obsessed with these, you will only ask for trouble."
Xu Xianzhi sighed: "Brother Liu, haven't you always wanted to wait for northern scholars? Although these two people are written as merchants on the road sign, they must be from high-ranking families in Jiangdong. Why don't you run up and ask them?
?Or are you afraid of humiliating yourself?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "It's not a matter of humiliating oneself. It's just that these two people are obviously Jiangnan nobles, but they want to be named as merchants. Do you think those who come to Jingkou at this time are really here to enjoy the mountains and rivers?
?" When he said this, a light flashed in his eyes, "There is something famous about this!"
Xu Xianzhi opened his eyes wide and asked curiously: "A famous person? What kind of famous person? I think that Yang Linzi is a bit arrogant. Compared with the unruly young master I saw today, he is better."
Liu Yu frowned: "Young Master Diao? Is he the newly appointed Governor of Diao, the Young Master of the Diao Kui family?"
Xu Xianzhi nodded: "Well, I heard that he is Diao Kui's younger brother. I don't know his name, but he must be right. Because I saw Liu Yi leading the way."
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth curled up: "Liu Yi Liu Xile? Isn't he working as a clerk in the state (an official who works for the governor of a state or county, an errand boy)? A dignified official and a scholar actually worked for the younger brother of a governor.
The horse leads the way, it’s really embarrassing!”
Xu Xianzhi said with a smile: "Zhuge Kongming once settled in Nanyang, and Xie Xianggong also lived in seclusion in Dongshan! Like Liu Yi, he followed the influence and wanted to make friends with scholars, climb up the ranks, lead horses and whips for the officials of the state, and be among the scholars.
My reputation in the world has been ruined. Even if I can become a small official first, my future development will be very limited."
Liu Yu shook his head: "It's a pity, it's a pity that Liu Xile is also a person with real talents and knowledge, and he ended up like this. However, in the future, our Jingkou Town will rarely find peace."
Xu Xianzhi's expression changed: "What does it mean to have no peace? What ability does Diao Kui have to change this Jingkou town? There have been so many high-ranking families coming out of Jingkou town before, isn't that just like that?"
Liu Yu sighed: "It's different. In the past, big aristocratic families such as the Wang family, Xi family, and Huan family came out of Zhenjingkou to recruit exiles here, and to make great achievements in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. In addition, it is so close to Jiankang, these people
We also don’t want to cause trouble here and provoke civil unrest. Here, they can serve as officials for a few years at most and then leave without owning property, so they won’t have too many conflicts with the people of Jingkou.”
"But the Diao family is different. Although their family is not a first-class high-ranking family, they are notoriously greedy. Diao Kui's grandfather, Diao Xie, has a reputation as a loyal minister in the founding of the country. Over the years, although the Diao family has not been able to hold any important positions in the government, it has
He plundered and bought properties wherever he worked, leaving a bad reputation as a coward wherever he went."
"Xianzhi, you also know that those immigrants from the north have no land. After coming here, they can only live and work on the imperial government's public fields."
"Unless you join the army and you can deduct the tax, otherwise, the tax of three dendrobium meters per person per year is not something they can afford when they come here. I'm afraid Diao Kui took a fancy to this and asked for it.
We have an errand out of Zhenjingkou."
Xu Xianzhi suddenly realized: "I see! But having said that, do you think the two people who came just now will be from high-ranking families like the Wang family, Xie family, Yu family, and Xi family?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "It's hard to say, just take it one step at a time. But just now I offended Mr. Diao. Others are afraid of him, but I'm not afraid! Jingkou is not a place where they can do whatever they want. If they are bullied, they have to endure it."
, are you still a Jingkou man?"
Xu Xianzhi shook his head: "They can't bully you now, but it will be difficult for those new northern refugees to fight against them. The three families who left just now will be in trouble."
Liu Yu frowned: "No, since they have come to our Jingkou, they are our Jingkou people. We can't just watch them being bullied! I will go to the governor's office now."
A trace of doubt flashed in Xu Xianzhi's eyes: "What are you doing? Are you meddling in other people's business? Not to mention that you are just a small upright person. Even if you can protect a few people today, can you still protect them every day? Besides,
When these people come to Jingkou, they always have to survive and find something to do. Do you have anything you can do for them?"
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "The imperial court has its own laws and regulations, and the exiles have their own ways of settling them. I can't let them be deceived and become servants of his Diao family! If all the newcomers are treated like this, it won't take two years.
Jingkou really became his surname Diao!"
As he said this, he turned around and strode towards the south.
The sound of the waves is still there, and the ferry, which was bustling with people just now, gradually calms down.
Jingkou is not big, and the county where the governor's office is located is even a small county town. The loess city wall is more than one foot high, and the total circumference is only four or five miles, so there are not many residents in the city. There are only a few ordinary lanes and a few sunset trees.
Grass and trees.
Liu Yujian walked quickly on the small town road paved with bluestones. Shopkeepers and acquaintances greeted him from time to time in the shops on both sides, but he ignored them and walked straight towards the county governor's mansion.
Because, he had vaguely seen that there were many people gathered outside the lobby, craning their necks to look in. Obviously something was happening.
In a wine shop with the "Linjiang Xian" brand that Liu Yu passed by, on a seat with a wide view on the second floor, Yang Linzi and Liu Linzong, who had just left the ferry, were kneeling on two couches facing each other.
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On the small table in front of them, a pot of green plum wine was boiling over a warm fire. The aroma of the wine was overflowing, and mixed with the taste of two plates of fresh fish and meat, it made people's fingers twitch.
Liu Linzong's eyes followed Liu Yu on the road outside the window and moved to the Governor's Mansion dozens of steps away. He smiled slightly: "It seems that something good is about to be staged."
This chapter has been completed!