Lingzhou Yuanshan County is located at the junction of Liaozhou and Lingzhou. It is precisely because of this geographical advantage that the business and trade in Yuanshan County is extremely developed, which also makes the lives of the people in the jurisdiction relatively prosperous.
In addition, part of the Liaoyun Plain also falls within Yuanshan County, which adds to the richness of Yuanshan County.
However, although Yuanshan County is said to be rich, although the area of the county is not large, it is definitely not small, so the gap between the rich and poor in various places in the county is still relatively large.
Take Yuanshan City, the county seat of Yuanshan County, for example. This lavish city ranks among the best among all the counties in Dachu.
But what if we look at the small county town called Baoshan under Yuanshan County? Not to mention putting this small county town in the whole world, even if it is placed in the ranking of counties in Liaozhou and Jinzhou as the border, this Baoshan City is also
It deserves the word "poor".
The reason why Baoshan County has the word "Baoshan" is because there are many mountains here. However, these mountains are not Baoshan. Instead, they are mountains of rocks that cannot be moved or dug.
Although there are fertile plains in Wonsan County, they are at the other end of Wonsan County. Baoshan County happens to be at this end of Wonsan County. It is also covered with mountains. Not to mention fertile fields, even if they can be cultivated,
There are not many mountains.
This makes the local people feel that God is partial! Why did Baoshan County leave a piece of Feng Shui treasure land to them?
But the actual situation is that God is partial, and not only is God partial, even the county guard in the county above does not take their Baoshan County to heart. The county guard devotes all his energy to the surrounding areas of the county.
Those counties in the country and those in the plains have gone to gain political achievements, so how can they have any spare time to take care of this bullshit Baoshan County!
In other words, as long as Baoshan County doesn't take the initiative to cause any big trouble, our county governor will never meddle in what happens here, and this also leads to the high mountain in Baoshan County.
, a situation where no one has jurisdiction.
Today is a big day for Baoshan County. The original old county magistrate has had enough of dominating and enjoying himself in Baoshan County, and then went home with money to retire. Today, Baoshan County welcomes him.
a new county magistrate.
Baoshan County is not big, but Baoshan City, which is the county seat, is quite good. There are all kinds of restaurants and restaurants in the city, especially the trip from here to Luochuan City, the state capital of Lingzhou, can save two days compared to other routes.
Because of the effort, some merchants who are in a hurry will still pass by here, and this is the only advantage of Baoshan County.
When a new county magistrate comes to power, he naturally has to show off himself well in front of the people. The so-called "three fires" of a new magistrate when he takes office naturally also has to be properly burned.
However, the new official's three motivations for taking office are not that he wants to achieve any political achievements, but that he wants to draw something from the people to make his own fire burn brighter.
Tonight, the largest restaurant in Baoshan County was taken over by the new county magistrate. Not only the public servants, but also ordinary people and even beggars, as long as they ate in this restaurant today, all of them will be remembered.
to the new county magistrate.
Having just said this, I guess many people will give this county magistrate a thumbs up, because it is very rare for parents and officials to invite beggars to eat here, but if you knew why he did this, you wouldn’t think so.
Already.
In the officialdom of Dachu, anyone who is promoted can hold a tail-burning banquet for themselves, and the two characters "shaowei" in this banquet refer to the burning of carp tails and the fish leaping into the dragon's gate.
Moreover, in order to celebrate the official's promotion, this official does not need to pay for this banquet. As long as there is a receipt issued by the restaurant, the official can submit an account to Dachu's household department.
The banquet was paid for by the imperial court.
Having said this briefly, you may also think that this county magistrate is just using the court's money to buy his own political achievements. This method
Although it is not glorious, it is understandable.
But this is only half of the description of the county magistrate's methods. The next half is where people have to marvel at the county magistrate's clever methods and his bottomless ability to make money.
According to the specifications, this Shaowei Banquet has five tables for upper seats, fifteen tables for middle seats, and countless other small and uncounted tables. In addition, there are singing and dancing performances during the meal, and piano playing to add to the fun.
You can imagine the cost of this meal.
And among the five tables at the banquet, there are not only those that fly in the sky, but also those that run on the ground and swim in the river. There are even precious objects such as ginseng, deer antlers, bear paws and deer tails. If the restaurant did not have these objects,
Then you have to buy them in the city a month in advance or send people to the county to buy them, and always try every means to find these items.
Although the middle table was not as good as the upper table, it was not far behind. Together with the rest of the tables, this tail-burning banquet was really a success.
Let’s talk about why the new county magistrate invites ordinary people and even beggars to eat in this restaurant. In fact, it is because he wants to make more money for himself, because the money he spent in this restaurant tonight is...
No matter the profit or loss, the restaurant owner can only keep 20% as the cost, and the remaining 80% must be respectfully returned to the county magistrate!
To put it bluntly, the newly appointed county magistrate just wants to reimburse the court money through this restaurant. After hosting such a tail-burning banquet, the county magistrate will have a lot of money, and he will get a thousand taels of silver.
Under the words.
"Come on, come on, colleagues, today is a great day for me to be promoted. You can eat and drink, but don't think about saving money for me! Hahaha..."
At this time, the newly appointed county magistrate can be said to be very high-spirited. There are also the county magistrate, the chief registrar, the master and other yamen officials accompanying him.
At this time, the new county magistrate spoke, and all the officials raised their glasses and drank, and then congratulated the county magistrate one after another.
…
"Hmph, officials like this are like leeches crawling on Dachu to suck blood. It is precisely because of their existence that there are so many places in Dachu where people are living in dire straits."
At the door of the kitchen, a young man wearing the clothes of a waiter was leaning on the threshold and whispering, and next to him was the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
When the shopkeeper heard what he saw as the rebellious words of the waiter, he quickly covered his mouth.
"Hey, my little ancestor, please stop talking. I know that you are a scholar and you will still have to get a reputation in the future, but now you can't even eat, why are you saying these unlucky things! If it weren't for the sake of
Since I still have some friendship with your dead father, I won't let you work as a waiter in my store. These days, if you don't want to entertain customers for me, don't get into trouble.
You’ve already driven away several of my customers because of your anger. What else are you going to do?”
The young man broke free from the shopkeeper's arm, then looked at him and spoke calmly.
"Then why don't you let me know if you can do it? If my mother hadn't gotten older and needed money for medical treatment, do you think I would have come to your place to work as a waiter in some kind of shop?"
The more the young man said this, the more anxious the shopkeeper became. Partly he was worried that the county magistrate would listen to what this kid said, and partly he was afraid that his restaurant, which he had spent most of his life working hard to build, would be taken over.
"Okay, okay! I'll call you ancestor, okay? I've put in a lot of money without saying anything. Just stop saying a few words. If your words are really ignored by the person upstairs,
The county magistrate listened to it, I don’t know anything else, but you don’t want to get any honors."
"snort!"
Hearing the shopkeeper talk about fame, the young man finally stopped talking. For this kind of scholar, if you just talk about fame and keep it, it will be more effective than if you talk about his life.
"Pass the food!"
Just then, a voice came from the kitchen,
Then a waiter who was working in the kitchen came out with a plate of dishes.
"Second floor, the table for the county magistrate."
The young man reached out to take the plate, but was stopped by the shopkeeper.
"Can you do it?"
The shopkeeper gave the young man a suspicious look.
"If that doesn't work, I'll ask someone else to deliver it."
The young man took the dishes from the waiter without any explanation, and then said it very easily.
"Why don't you just deliver some food? No problem, I'll do it! You won't have to spend the whole day saying I'm lazy."
Seeing the back of the young man carrying the dishes upstairs, the shopkeeper felt really uneasy, so he watched him go upstairs and ran up after him.
At the main table on the second floor, the county magistrate was still exchanging cups with the county magistrate, the chief registrar and other adults. The young man who came to serve the dishes looked really angry when he saw these people.
His father, like him, was also a scholar. Although he was only a poor scholar after taking exams all his life, he still believed that his father was a real scholar.
And since he was a child, he had inherited his father's will to obtain fame, so he had read the Four Books, Five Classics, and Confucian classics. The principles in those books taught him how to become a good official who serves the people.
At this time, seeing the ugly faces of these county officials, I naturally felt a little uncomfortable.
He walked to the table with undisguised anger on his face, and then he was about to turn around and leave, but when he turned around, he was stopped by the bookkeeper next to the county magistrate.
"stop!"
The young man looked back at him.
"Is something wrong?"
"boom!"
The chief clerk slapped the table and shouted loudly.
"You're so brave, waiter. The county magistrate is right next to you, but you actually dare to talk to me like this."
Even though this county magistrate is secretly bad to the core, he still needs to do some superficial work at this moment, he said, pulling on the sleeve of the chief clerk.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Registrar, we have a lot of people today. It's normal for this little brother to feel a little resentful when he serves so many of us. Please don't get angry with him."
"snort!"
The Master Registrar snorted and was about to sit down, but he was so angry that the young man stood up after what he said next.
"It's good to eat some, but you are so picky. With your moral character, how do you expect me to treat you?"
"you!"
This time, not only the chief registrar, but also all the officials present were a little embarrassed. Even today's protagonist, the newly appointed county magistrate, was a little embarrassed.
At this critical moment, the shopkeeper who hurriedly came upstairs rushed into the middle of the young man and the county magistrate and said:
"My nephew, I'm really sorry. This man is my distant nephew. The store was busy today, so I called him out to help. My nephew has been reading for several years, but I didn't expect that he didn't read as well as the county grandfather."
He made such an achievement, and he was so stupid by reading this..."
The shopkeeper pointed at his brain as he spoke.
"Don't blame the county magistrate. I will drag him down right now. The county magistrate's consumption in our restaurant today is free of charge. I will send the remaining two floors to the county magistrate's house tomorrow."
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, the county magistrate's face turned gloomy and he smiled happily.
"It turns out he is a scholar. No wonder he is a bit arrogant. Whatever, this matter is over. Shopkeeper, please lead him down quickly!"
"Hey...yes yes yes!"
The shopkeeper nodded and bowed in agreement, and was about to pull the young man, but the latter was a little reluctant and stood motionless.