The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 60 Zhu Yuanzhang is not active in ransacking his home, Master Ye is brutally interrogated by his subordinates!

"My lord, the hot water is ready!"

In the front yard,
Ye Qing just finished drinking a pot of tea when his servant girl came over and bowed to salute.

Soon, Ye Qing came to his private bathroom, his bathroom can be said to be luxurious and dreamy.

His bathroom, which is larger than ordinary people's houses, is divided into two by a four-fold screen. The left side has the functions of shower and barrel bath, and the right side is a special relaxation area.

Although there is no electricity here, rain showers can also be realized.

As far as the current industrial level is concerned, although making a shower head is not as convenient as in modern cities, it is not impossible, as long as you have money, you can do it.

As for the tap water shower, it is also simple, a simple valve controls the water volume and switches the water, and a large water tank is fixed on the wall outside the bathroom.

And the water pipe used to connect the shower and the water tank is even simpler. Even the gun barrel can be made, but can't the water pipe be made?

High-pressure water pipes can't be made now, and ordinary water pipes are still fine!
Only maintaining the water temperature is a little more troublesome. You can add heated cobblestones to maintain the water temperature, or you can not fill up the water tank all at once, and use time-sharing heating to maintain the water temperature.

But for a big man like Ye Qing to take a shower, it's just such a three-time-five-dividing-two thing, he doesn't need to maintain the water temperature at all, even if he takes two showers, the water won't be completely cold!
Of course, if you want to take a shower in the coldest winter, you still need to use this method of artificially maintaining the water temperature.

This northern borderland is really cold when it is cold. No matter how strong a drunk is, as long as he sleeps outside, he will definitely turn into a popsicle the next day.

It's just that at that time, he usually takes a wooden barrel bath.

If the water temperature is not enough, just pour out the original pot of water and add another pot of hot water. Even if you fall asleep in the barrel, the water temperature will be about the same when you wake up.

At this very moment,
The maid lit all the candles in the bathroom, and the huge bathroom immediately became dreamy.

Under the two-way candlelight, the four ancient beauties on the four-fold screen are directly projected on the two walls of the bathing area and the relaxation area.

Diaochan worshiping the moon, Zhaojun who is out of the fortress, a drunken concubine, and Xi Shi who is washing her gauze are just like static living creatures on the wall!
The reason for such a projection effect is not only the wall material and the absolutely light-proof curtains, but also the expensive lampshade.

You must know that ordinary candlelight cannot achieve such an effect at all!

In this era without spotlights, only special silk lampshades covered with candles can have such lighting effects.

Yes, Ye Qing's lanterns are all expensive silk lampshades.

The production of silk lampshades is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the silkworm labor is mainly consumed.

To make a silk lampshade, it is necessary to raise the silkworms one month in advance. All of them must be grown into big fat white stripes, and then let them spin freely on the lampshade.

After dozens of silkworms have spun silk, a lampshade is basically completed, and only a layer of tung oil is needed at the end.

Under the effect of the silk lampshade, the transparent, bright and soft light can achieve such a projection effect!

"My lord, take off your clothes!"

In the wooden barrel that has already been added to the health-preserving bath medicine, there is steaming heat and a faint grassy fragrance.

Ye Qing just closed his eyes, then slowly raised his arms, at this moment he just felt extremely relaxed.

The two maids who were dedicated to bathing and relaxing Ye Qing raised their slender hands immediately.

If you know how much money Ye Qing spent on these two hands, that's too much!
They were all raised as young ladies in the mansion, so they really didn't do any other rough work!
Just when Ye Qing had this extravagant condition, it can be said that the whole city audition-style recruitment, the conditions are not harsh, just a few basic conditions.

Fair skin, beautiful long legs, and a pair of superb slender hands are enough.

Since the recruitment was in place, the money spent on maintaining their hands alone was not acceptable to the salary given by the imperial court.

But Ye Qing is willing to spend this money!
I was planning to serve as an official for three years, so I took advantage of the opportunity of self-evaluation, self-reporting and begging for death, why don't I take the opportunity to enjoy a few days of extravagance before I die?

Although it is still not as good as the conditions of modern cities, you can also spend money to reduce the gap as much as possible, right?
As the saying goes, those who spend money will make money!
Besides, he, Ye Qing, is someone who wants to go back to the modern city anyway, and the money here can't be taken with him even a copper coin.

Just keep all the money and give it to Zhu Yuanzhang?
It's okay to give it to him, just reward him for labeling Da Yuan as Bei Yuan, so that the Chinese people will not be bullied!
But there must be a prerequisite, that is, you must accept the award with the imperial decree or oral order of death, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang will not even want to take a copper coin from him!

Ye Qing frowned when he thought of this death decree.

"what happened?"

"It's said that you are not active in eating and have problems with your thinking. I think you are not active in raiding your house and have a problem with your brain!"

"It's said that I'm greedy for millions of dirty silver, why don't you come to search the house?"

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Thinking of this, Ye Qing just sighed helplessly, and was about to enter the barrel.

dong dong!

At this moment, there was a hasty knock on the door from outside.

"My lord, have you finished washing?"

"The lower official has an urgent report!"

Wu used that urging tone to make the two maids who were in charge of this matter look at the knocked door at the same time, their eyes can be said to be very unhappy.

Just this little look, just like a man whose good deed has been ruined!
But after all, Wu Yong is the second in command of the entire Yanmen County, and they are the deputy magistrate in the eyes of Mrs. Ye, so they still dare not say more.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would start scolding directly.

Ye Qing naturally knew what Wu Yong was here for, he must have overheard some valuable news.

Judging from the fact that he didn't hesitate to bother and urge himself to take a bath, the value of this news is still very great.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing put on the clothes himself and said, "It's finished, right away."

Soon, the two came to the front yard.

Wu Yong hugged the teapot on the stone table and started pouring. He didn't drink a sip of water all the way.

After putting down the teapot, Wu Yong asked directly, "My lord, according to the court regulations, your term of office this year will be considered to be up."

"His Majesty has ordered that the local officials who have expired in the country should be personally assessed."

"Remember, you played your self-assessment memorial in February. What did you write?"

Wu Yong remembered very clearly that Ye Qing locked himself in his study and wrote the self-assessment memorial, and personally sealed it with wax and handed it over to the post, without his hands from the beginning to the end.

Because of this, he didn't know how Ye Qing wrote the self-evaluation memorial.

And after Ye Qing heard such a question, he just felt baffled.

Why did this guy come back to 'interrogate' him after hearing the spies' collusion?
(End of this chapter)