East Factory Governor

Chapter 819 Farewell
Chongzhen was in prosperity, and the world was peaceful.

After Qin Shuhuai returned home, he no longer worried about state affairs.

Sun Chengzong has approached him several times, and persuaded him to go to the court from time to time to show his face. After all, he is still a cabinet member now, isn't he?
But Qin Shuhuai always practiced Tai Chi with a smile every time, saying that he would not go to court.

In fact, Chongzhen has personally mentioned this matter to Qin Shuhuai several times, because he recently discovered that Qin Shuhuai was always running around, and when he was looking for him, he couldn't find anyone, which made him a little depressed.

Now is the third year of the new policy, and there are still many problems in the process of implementation. If Qin Shuhuai, the main promoter of the new policy, does not express his opinion on these matters, Chongzhen will feel that he has no idea.

In addition to the New Deal, there are a lot of things Chongzhen also wants to discuss with Qin Shuhuai, but often when the eunuchs go to the Duke's mansion to announce people, the Duke is not there!

Chongzhen felt that his requirements were not high, so it would be okay to let him go to court four times a month, right?

Okay, even if you don't go to court, you will come to my imperial study from time to time to visit the head office as before, right?What else can I do without your snacks and pastries?No, why don't we set up a barbecue table in the Imperial Study Room?

But this bastard comes here at most once a month now, and he's already twenty this month, and he hasn't even seen a shadow ghost, and he doesn't know where he's going crazy every day.

Let's say that when Chongzhen wanted to scold someone in the imperial study, Qin Shuhuai was enjoying himself outside. .

These days, Qin Shuhuai ran around because he wanted to catch up with his old friends in this world and treat it as a farewell.

He went to Shaolin Temple before, and the wall-facer is over, and Zhiren, who is currently in charge of the Bodhidharma Hall, has a good get-together.Of course, it is also necessary to chat with Zhikong, Zhiyun and even Abbot Zhiyuan.

But when these few monks discussed martial arts with him, he had little interest, because it would be useless to improve any martial arts, right?

After staying in Shaolin for five or six days, except that Zhiren was beaten to death and refused to drink, he had no other regrets, and went to Tianjin contentedly.

In Tianjin, he first went to the White Lotus Sect to "inspect" the teaching affairs, and at the same time told Lao Dao and Hua Chen to come back to drink with him more often.

After leaving the White Lotus Sect, he went to the head of the Beggar Gang to find Wang Datong, Lu Youjiao and others, drinking and chatting together.

Then he went to Jizhen again, and visited Zunhua, Santunying, Jizhou City and other places where he had led his brothers to shed their heads and blood. A cup to these fallen brethren.

In Ji Town, he also met some old acquaintances.

Zhao Lediao is now ordered to guard Jizhou. He heard that when Qin Shuhuai arrived in Jizhou, he went out of the city ten miles to meet him in person. After that, he held a big banquet and called all the generals who raided Luowenyu back then. Everyone drank and sang. In the glorious years of the past, many people cried so much that even Qin Shuhuai couldn't help his eyes from tears.

Saying goodbye to Zhao Lijiao, I was going back, but I happened to meet Cao Wenzhao who was going to Zunhua to take up his post. The two met very happily and drank all night.

After returning from Ji Town, the current stop is Huangpi Village.

Speaking of which, Huangpi Village is not far from the capital, but it has been several years since Qin Shuhuai kept saying that he wanted to go, but he didn't make it.

The significance of this village to him is not only to save his life, but also to allow him to see the beauty of this world for the first time, to live in this world with gratitude, and to protect it desperately.

To say she was happy, Chen Qing'er was the happiest. Speaking of which, she hadn't been back to the village for a long time.

Of course, Qi, Chen Shu, Chen Jing, and Chen Li's family accompanied them.

Before coming, Mrs. Qi asked Butler Qiao to prepare gifts for the three carriages, which not only contained food, oil, rice and noodles, but also many rare goods in the city.

According to Qi's words, one cannot forget one's roots.When the Chen family was in trouble, if Huangpi Village hadn't taken them in, where would the Chen family be today?

Regarding this point, Butler Qiao also mentioned it, saying that otherwise, everyone would be happier if they gave each household some money.

But soon she was scolded back by Mrs. Qi, saying that you are vulgar, you are an old bastard, and you are taking money to make fun of others?Although there are not many people in Huangpi Village, but the folk customs have been in the past, and the villagers are all people with strong backbones. Back then, when people from all walks of life came to search for your master, whoever paid a high price, but did anyone sell the master?

Butler Qiao hurriedly apologized with a wry smile, fearing that Grandma Qi would get angry.

In fact, Huangpi Village is not short of money now.

There were only a dozen or so households in Huangpi Village, and almost every household had a man working for the Jianghe Gang.

They don't have martial arts, so naturally they can only do odd jobs. Qin Shuhuai ordered all the halls, as long as they are from Huangpi Village, they will be given priority to work at the main helm, and the wages can be calculated according to the senior gang members.

However, after Qi learned about it, he secretly approached Qiu Dali, who was in charge of the chief rudder, and said that for those in Huangpi Village, there would be an extra three or two taels of monthly wages, and the money would be taken from her wife, but there was one condition, that is, they must not let them know.

Qiu Dali couldn't stand the old lady's entreaties, so he had to ingeniously set up various names every month to add a few or two to the men in Huangpi Village.

In order to make it perfect and not let the people in Huangpi Village see it, he spent a lot of time every month.

As for the people in Huangpi Village, they may not know that their monthly wages include a part of the Qi family. The gang does have rewards other than wages.

Now the men in Huangpi Village can get about ten taels of silver per month.In some families, there are two or three men in the Jianghe gang, and the monthly income is 30 taels, which is more than their previous annual income.

Even better, the Jianghe gang now has four days off in January, and they are paid for all the off days!In this way, everyone can go home every month, and the work in the field will not be missed. This is a good day.

Now, Huangpi Village has bid farewell to the low thatched houses, but every household has built mud tile houses with black tiles and white walls, which is a comfortable place to live.

However, the largest house in the village is still called "Yi'anju".

"Yi Anju" has undergone three expansions in the past two years, and now it has become a real three-entry and three-exit mansion.

As for the old materials that were dismantled from the old house?It's long gone.

Everything is new!
According to the words of the old chief, we used to have no money, so we could only fool the Duke of Xia. Now we have a good life thanks to the blessing of the Duke of the country. If we continue to fool him with old materials, we will lose face ?

Zhang Danquan once asked the head of the village, saying that this "Yi Anju" has been built for many years, will the Duke come to live?Even if you come to live for a day!

At that time, he was scolded by the head of the village, "Grandpa Guo's official wife left our Huangpi Village, why can't he come? Didn't you see that he fought for our Ming Dynasty all these years? Wait for the world to be peaceful." Yes, he will come!"

Under the arrangement of the head of the old village, every household now has to go to Yi'anju to clean it every three days, which has become the rule of Huangpi Village.

Everyone just had one thought: What if the Duke of the Kingdom comes?We peasants who are wallowing in the mud can live in any place, but the Duke of the State is here, can you let him live in a house covered in dust?

Therefore, when Qin Shuhuai appeared at the entrance of the village, Zhang Xiaoliu, who was the first to see him, froze for a moment.

Rubbing his eyes, and taking a closer look, it's the Duke of the Kingdom!

In addition to Grandpa Guo, Mrs. Qi, Chen Qing'er, and the three boys from the Chen family are all back!

Zhang Xiaoliu hurried back and disappeared in a flash.

Chen Qing'er was about to say hello to Zhang Xiaoliu, but unexpectedly he ran away as if fleeing for his life, making her confused.

"What is this guy running for?"

Zhang Xiaoliu ran into the village and yelled, "Everyone, hurry up and come out, the Duke of the country is here! The Duke of the country is here!"

The aunt of the Li family asked, "Xiao Liu, are you kidding me?"

Zhang Xiaoliu was in a hurry, "What is it! Can I talk nonsense about this kind of thing?"

The aunt of the Li family threw the chicken feeding pot in her hand on the ground at that time, and then ran quickly to the courtyard in the middle of the house, and shouted at the door, "The Lord is here! Old Li Chang, the Lord is here!" What are you doing?"

The old village head was drinking tea leisurely in the yard, when he heard that the Duke of Guo was coming, he jumped up and almost fell down.

"Why, why are you here now? Hurry up, call all the households together, let's go to the village together!"

In fact, there was no need to call at all. There were about a dozen families in the village. When Zhang Xiaoliu yelled loudly, everyone heard them.

The old village chief said, "Let's go, let's meet the Duke! Zhang Xiaoliu is such a coward, he doesn't know how to bow to the Duke when he sees him!"

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Qin Shuhuai's arrival made the whole Huangpi Village busy.

Everyone is beaming, more lively than New Year's Eve.

It was also a regular holiday, and most of the men in the village were there, which made it even more lively.

While cooking, the old man was leading several elders in the village to welcome Qin Shuhuai into the big house with three entrances and three exits.

Speaking of which, after six years, this house finally ushered in the formal occupancy of its owner.

What surprised Qin Shuhuai was that this house had been vacant for many years, not only was it not dusty at all, even the bedding on the bed was new!
That night, there was no sleep in Huangpi Village, and the aroma of wine and vegetables intertwined into a cheerful movement.

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(End of this chapter)