After talking for a long time, no one took a sip from the two bowls of porridge on the table.
There are three people in the family now, but there are only two bowls of porridge, and no one is willing to pick up the bowls.
"Brother, when I came here today, I saw several rice shops open on the street. You said that the people in Gu'an can no longer afford to eat, so who are these rice sold to?" Wei Qizhong asked.
a topic.
"The rice store you are talking about is owned by Shopkeeper Li. I don't know who sells the rice in his store. I only know that he lent me thousands of kilograms of grain seeds, and I haven't repaid them until now.
?" Wei Liang said with a smile.
There is nothing special about Gu'an County, but the rice shop owner on this street is a genuine good person.
As long as I speak, I will never refuse.
I have never come to ask for the grain seeds I borrowed. This kind of businessman is really rare.
"I'm also in business. How can I make money if I can't sell the rice? You and I have to find a way to repay the grain seeds that I borrowed from them." Wei Qi said with a smile.
"Of course. For any village or town that has borrowed seeds, when there is a harvest this year, I will go to get the seeds from Shopkeeper Li as soon as possible. I have been in arrears for so many years, and if I don't pay back at all, I will lose my face.
There’s room to put it.” Wei Liang whispered.
He is an official, and Shopkeeper Li is a citizen. Officials and people borrow seeds, and if they don't return them, it will damage the image of the court.
Although he was just a small county magistrate, he did not want to bring discredit to the court, but this was the official principle that Wei Liang followed in his heart.
"This Gu'an is too barren. My eldest brother has been a county magistrate here for more than ten years. He has tried his best but has made no achievements at all. It's no longer possible. Let's move up there and transfer you out of here.
"Wei Qidao.
No matter how hard you try, no crops will grow in this land, and no one can do anything about it.
Out of sight, out of mind. In another place, my eldest brother might be able to live a better life.
"This Gu'an is getting poorer the more I manage it. How can I hand it over to others if it is a mess now? It's better to do it step by step. I don't believe that the life of the people of Gu'an will not get better." He took a bite out of his hand.
Wei Liang said.
Looking at the stubborn eldest brother's gray hair on the temples, Wei Qi couldn't help but shake his head.
He knew that what the eldest brother said was all official language.
If you want to do activities on it, but you don’t have money, how can you do it? The millet left at home is only enough to make two bowls of porridge, so if you want to spend money on it, it’s just a dream.
Wei Qi reached into his arms with his right hand and fumbled for a while, and took out two banknotes. He took out one of them and pushed it in front of Wei Liang.
"I am also a fifth-grade Qianhu now, and my salary is much higher than yours. In addition to not having a family, I have accumulated two hundred taels of silver over the years. Each of us has one hundred taels, so we two brothers will share it." Wei Qi said with a smile.
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"This won't work." Wei Liang put down the wotou in his hand, picked up the banknotes on the table, and stuffed it into Wei Qi's hand: "Our parents left early, and you are in your early thirties this year.
Family, who will take care of you when you get old? Keep this money and find someone to find a wife for you, then I won’t worry about you anymore."
"I'm a martial artist and I'm ugly. How can anyone want to marry me? Besides, I'm used to living alone, and finding someone to live with will make me feel uncomfortable. Don't worry about this, this banknote
, I made a special trip to deliver it to you." Wei Qi also stood up and put the banknote into Wei Liang's hand again.
"Even if you brought it here specially, I don't want it." Wei Liang put the banknote on the table and said, "When you get married, you can support me again. Now you are still a single man, so you can keep this money for yourself."
Looking at the poor yet stubborn Wei Liang, Wei Qi shook his head and collected the banknotes.
Watching Wei Qi collect the banknote, the expression on Wei Liang's face gradually softened.
"Aren't you a guard of Qianhu in Hangzhou City? Logically speaking, you don't have time to come to Gu'an. What happened?" Wei Liang asked in a low voice.
The guard army Qianhu is the top leader of a city's defense force. Although there is no war now, it is not appropriate to casually drop the affairs in hand and run so far away.
"Haha, brother, I don't know something." Wei Qi simply picked up the porridge on the table and took a few sips like it was cold water. "A few days ago, the purple-clothed captain didn't bring the governor of Hangzhou and more than a hundred of them
All the officials were escorted back to Beijing, and my brother, I, was personally arranged by the purple-robed captain to serve as a guard force for Hangzhou City."
"Recently, the newly appointed officials in the imperial court have basically been put in place. Not only has the governor of Hangzhou been put in place, but the guard army has also reassigned a principal of Qianhu, and I have been assigned to a deputy position." Wei Qi said softly.
"What's wrong with the deputy position? Since the court has arranged it this way, there must be a reason. Whether it is a principal position or a deputy position, just do your best in your position and do your best." Wei Liang said with a slight smile.
He knew that his brother would feel uncomfortable when he was demoted from the rank of a thousand households to a deputy thousand households. But with the salary from the court and being able to live comfortably, there was no need to care too much.
I don’t know much about officialdom, but it’s normal for things to change, ups and downs.
"It is said to be a deputy position, but in fact it means that it has no rights. I don't know if the current prefect of Hangzhou is related to the original prefect. All the people who helped Ziyi Xiaowei when he handled the case in Hangzhou have been taken out of his hands.
power. I was also arranged to 'retirement' at home." Wei Qi said with a wry smile.
"Retirement care? Brother, you are only in your early thirties, and you are arranged to go home for retirement?" Wei Liang looked incredulous.
He knew that if there were factions in the officialdom, people who were not from the same faction would be squeezed out.
But he never thought that his brother would be excluded, and he used the ridiculous excuse of "retirement".
"The salary will still be paid, and you can take care of yourself when you are old. It just so happens that we brothers haven't seen each other for many years, and I want to come and see you." Wei Qi raised his head and said pretending not to care.
"What about me after seeing you? Will you continue to go back to 'retirement', or do you have other plans?" Wei Liang asked.
My brother is very skilled and has taken up a position in the army. Now is the right time. He must be very disappointed to be sent home all of a sudden.
If you can't get out of this lost state, you may not be able to cheer up for anything in the future.
Shopkeeper Li, the owner of this rice shop, has made the business prosperous, and there must be a way behind him. If it doesn't work out, I will go to Shopkeeper Li to ask if I can help.
"I don't feel at ease with receiving a salary from the court but not doing anything for the court. After visiting my eldest brother this time, I plan to go to the capital to find the purple-clothed captain to see if he can make arrangements for me.
Let's do some errands." At this point, Wei Qi laughed.
No matter how you look at it, there is an element of showing off.
"Zi Yi Xiaowei? Brother, do you have a relationship with him? Zi Yi Xiaowei is a famous person in front of the emperor. If he can get a hold of him, it would be fine if thousands of households in the Hangzhou Guards did not do it." Wei Liang also laughed.
He didn't expect that his brother would actually have such a way.
"When Captain Ziyi was handling cases in Hangzhou, I brought the guard troops to help him a lot. However, it was in Hangzhou that Dongchang's troops could not keep up, so he used the guard troops. Now, the capital is Dongchang.
There are many elite soldiers and generals in the base camp of the factory. It’s hard to say whether we can arrange an errand. But it’s okay, just pretend I go to the capital to see him. After all, he is one of the few people I admire in my life.
1." Wei Liang chuckled.
"It's okay. Let's go to the capital to relax. If you really can't find a job, it means that brother, you are born to enjoy a happy life. I would like to stay at home and take my salary, but Gu'an is a mess.
Someone take over." Wei Liang said enlighteningly.
"That's what I thought."
"When do you plan to come to Beijing?" Wei Liang asked.
"I've met my eldest brother today. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll leave for Beijing."
"You are here today, but I didn't even entertain you. Tomorrow, I will go to the street to buy some meat and a jar of soju. We two will have a good drink before you set off again." Wei Liang said generously.
"We don't have any porridge to make porridge at home, so let's forget about drinking." Wei Qi said after taking a look at the plate of pickles on the table.
"Don't worry about it. If you don't have porridge, you can drink cold water, but my brother is here, and you must have this drink."