Chapter 267 The Admiral is benevolence and righteousness
Jia Liu really wanted to partake in the wedding banquet, because all the money had been spent.
It's only ten taels. You have to pay eight taels for yesterday's meal.
After sitting down, I always felt like something was missing.
I couldn't tell, I just felt unwell.
I saw an old man at the next table looking at me curiously, probably wondering who this person was from the Xia family and why I had never seen him before.
"fellow fellow,"
With a smile on his face, Jia Liu said kindly, "How old are you?"
While talking, I habitually touched my pocket to let go of the cigarette, but found that there was no cigarette at all.
The old man's ears still worked well, so he put down the cigarette pipe he was smoking and said, "I'm three-thirds of the seventy-year-old this year!"
"Okay, okay, seventy-three, eighty-four, Yan"
Jia Liusheng swallowed his words and moved the stool in front of the old man, "You don't look like you are seventy-three. I thought you were only fifty when I first looked at you."
"you are?"
The old man didn't know who the admiral in casual clothes was. Although he looked young, his temperament was different, like an official.
Jia Liu laughed and said that he was a colleague in the Guoliang Army and was here for a wedding banquet today.
"Old man, how many people are there at home? Are they living well?"
While the admiral was chatting with fellow villagers, the Xia family came over.
The one who came was Xia Guoliang's younger brother, Xia Guodong, the groom's uncle.
Hearing from his sister-in-law and nephew that the Admiral had come to his house, Xia Guodong was surprised and happy. When he saw the Admiral, he was actually sitting in the corner. He quickly came over to ask the Admiral and Chairman to take a seat.
What the Xia family didn't know was that the admiral valued etiquette the most. He shook his head and said, "Chairman, I won't sit down anymore. The world is big and my uncle is the biggest. No matter how big I am as an admiral, I can't be bigger than my uncle. You guys
I appreciate your kindness, but you can’t break the rules.”
After saying that, I saw several children who were going to eat the "No. 1 Scholar's Banquet" with the groom in the evening gathered at a table and were playing. I couldn't help but laugh and said: "I am such a big man and I can't sit at the same table with children."
, I think this place is very good, you go and do your work and leave me alone."
That being said, how can the Xia family really ignore the Admiral? This is an honored guest that his family cannot even invite!
When news of the incident spread, none of the neighbors would look down upon the Xia family.
He was still there to ask the Admiral to move. Seeing this, Chongqing garrison Ma Daquan directly pulled Xia Guodong to the side and ordered: "Sit wherever the Admiral says you want to sit. You don't need to ask again. You have nothing to do here. Go and do your own business."
That’s it.”
"Okay, okay, sir, if you need anything, just tell me."
Xia Guodong was afraid that he would not be well received, so he quickly asked someone to make tea for the admiral and bring him fruit snacks.
"Having more children in the family is both a good thing and a bad thing. What is a good thing? It is necessary to spread the branches and have more children and grandchildren. In the future, one of the descendants will be successful. What is a bad thing? Not enough to eat and not warm enough to wear. But
No matter how hard it is, we can’t make it difficult for the children. We still have to find ways to let the children study. Only by reading and literacy can they be successful.”
The admiral was busy chatting with the guests who came to congratulate him.
Xia Guoliang is a soldier in the Green Camp. He must have some friends in the camp. He is not at home. Why don't these friends come over to support his family?
This is also a normal human relationship.
Someone heard that Xia Guodong said that the newly appointed admiral of the imperial court was also there, and he came over to see him.
This time, the Admiral's identity was exposed. The old man was so shocked that he didn't take a puff of cigarette and almost choked.
"Sit, sit, everyone should sit."
The Admiral is really popular with everyone. He not only invites people to sit down, but also personally gives them stools to sit on. This behavior and style can make all the soldiers in the camp excited.
First, the parents had a short chat, and naturally the topic came to the implementation of the recently issued reward policy.
Some people were hesitant to speak out before, but with the encouragement of the Admiral, they suddenly started talking non-stop.
Without much effort, the Admiral basically had a thorough understanding of the situation in Chongqing Green Camp.
The lively, cordial and evocative scene was disturbed by the hurried arrival of Chongqing Town Deputy General Cao Guoke.
"Baba!"
Vice Admiral Cao, who was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will pay his respects to the Admiral as a bannerman.
"Get up."
Jia Liu asked Lieutenant General Cao with a smile, "Xia Guoliang is your soldier in Chongqing Town. When someone marries his daughter-in-law, do you, the head of Chongqing Town, have to give you the gift?"
"Gotta get it, gotta get it."
Cao Guoke hurriedly touched his pockets, but he was in a hurry to go out and didn't bring any silver. However, he did have a one-hundred-tael silver note, which someone had just honored him with yesterday afternoon.
In front of the Admiral, I could only grit my teeth and hand over the one hundred taels of silver notes to the groom as part of the money.
How dare the groom's officer charge so much money? He was stunned.
"Master Cao, please accept it."
Jia Liu laughed, took the banknote from Cao Guoke and stuffed it into the groom's hand, and then asked: "When will the banquet start? I'm a little hungry."
"Ah? The banquet is about to begin, the banquet is about to begin!"
The banquet started soon, and Jia Liu asked Cao Guoke to sit at the table with him, and while eating the food, he casually asked some questions about work.
It was a pleasant conversation, which made Cao Guoke feel relieved.
On the way here, I was afraid that the admiral was here to cause trouble for me. Now it seems that the admiral is probably here to fight the autumn wind.
Tomorrow I will pay a thousand taels of filial piety as usual.
When the groom's official came over to toast, Jia Liu realized why he had been so unhappy.
It turns out that it was the habitual consciousness from the previous life that caused the problem.
From a first-grade admiral who has no airs at all to an ordinary big-headed soldier eating a banquet with courtesy, at least seven or eight penmen must follow him, right?
But around my consort, there is nothing wrong with a penholder.
What does this sound like?
I'm wondering if after stabilizing the Green Camp in Sichuan, we should start an "Eight Banners Army Newspaper" or something to publicize the heroic deeds of the Eight Banners soldiers in pacifying Jinchuan, and by the way highlight the importance of Jia Jiashikai in this process.
Qianlong could keep a prostitute, Ji Xiaolan, and Jia Liu would definitely not be breaking the law if he kept a bunch of pen masters.
Seeing that the food was almost done, and the Xia family's relatives and friends couldn't let go because of the presence of the admiral, Jia Liu stood up with a smile and said goodbye to the Xia family.
After coming out, Cao Guoke quickly asked the admiral to rest in his official office.
Jia Liu came to this mountain city for the first time and proposed to take a walk and take a rest while drinking.
Cao Guoke naturally did not dare to respond.
After walking for a while, the Admiral suddenly stopped and turned around to ask Cao Guoke, who was following behind: "Are you from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Cao Guoke hurriedly said: "Let me tell you, my lord, the last general was born as a Manchu leader in the Zhenghuang Banner. His grandfather once accompanied the general Tu Haiping to cross the Wu bandit Sangui to cause chaos!"
There was a hint of pride in this origin in his expression.
Jia Liu said "Oh", waved his hands and said, "I won't talk nonsense to you. How much money have you embezzled over the years?"
Cao Guoke was stunned for a long time, and then quickly defended: "My lord, I have wronged the junior general, and the junior general has always been an upright official."
Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by the Admiral, "I can't listen to such talk. Everyone says that they are honest officials. Why, am I the only corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty?"
After that, I gave Vice General Cao two ways.
"The first way is, you give me all the money you have been greedy for these years, and then I will kill you; the second way is, I kill you, and then take away the money you have been greedy for all these years. You choose
Well, which way?"
The Admiral is benevolent and righteous. He does not say everything is necessary, but gives people choices.