Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 1
It's already autumn now, but the weather doesn't seem to be cool at all.Several heavy rains in succession have been spinning down and stopping.When it is sunny, the sun is still blazing for a round of daylight, and the ground is curled up by the sun.The floating soil on the big post road is like freshly fried noodles in a hot pot. When you step on it, white smoke rises. It is scorching hot and makes people feel tight.The Dezhou government office is located on the bank of the canal in the north of the city. The wharf is just a stone’s throw away from the government office. Very few pedestrians.In the old shop of Shen’s family on the east side of the pier, the shop owner and three or four guys sat in front of the shop topless, drinking tea and playing fans:

"Hey, have you heard?" A clerk waved a fan with one hand, rubbed his bony chest with the other, pinched strips of black and greasy sweat ash in his hand, and said in his mouth: "The old Dexiang shop serves soup. , the three brothers had a fight yesterday. The second and the third joined hands and beat up Ma Boss, hee hee... When I went to see it, the excitement was already over. The three brothers were naked and covered in blood like gourds. The three brothers The mother-in-law and the mother-in-law scolded each other with their own hands, and a pot of old soup was poured into the courtyard. Oh, you didn't see, the pair of big white tits of the second wife's wife, and the trousers of the third wife's wife were pulled up to the thighs..." Said, He swallowed a mouthful of saliva like a glutton.

Boss Shen, who had been half lying on the bamboo chair with his eyes closed and shaking his fan, chuckled and said, "Xiao Luzi, you should go up and play, so just put your nose to your thigh and smell the fragrance..." Xiao Luzi Jokingly said: "Come on, I don't dare to mess with you. I'm so skinny that the price of chicken essence can hold her tossing around? It's Boss Shen who presses on, and the meat is piled on top of the meat, and the taste is squeezed out! Or else it's our second brother Hao, She is full of slender flesh and full of strength, and she is sure to send those three women to smile and feel comfortable!"

Brother Hao, who was sitting at the door to cool off, patted Xiao Luzi on the forehead with a fan and smiled, "Your mother came to see you last time, and I think she looks good. How about it, recognize a father?" Everyone roared with laughter.Boss Shen laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and he sat up after a while, stroked his thick belly with his hands, and sighed: "That is a pot of Zhengde old soup, which has been passed down for more than 100 years. The children and grandchildren are not up to date. We cleaned it up. Our Dezhou grilled chicken, the old Dexiang Ma’s is one of the best authentic - the house caught fire and fled with the old soup, which is the old rule of the grilled chicken shop. You smashed the old soup pot for the division, you are really a prodigal. See Well, they still have to go to court, so there's still something to watch!"

Several people were silent after hearing this.Dezhou Braised Chicken is famous all over the world. Not only in Shandong, but also in Baoding and Henan, dignitaries and dignitaries entertain guests and have banquets.Delicious chicken depends on a pot of soup. The stewed soup pot has been handed down for more than a dozen generations, and the water for chicken never stops.If you are a chicken family, you don't value floating money, but the pot of stewed soup.Now the old Dexiang's family smashed the soup pot because of the uneven distribution of soup, and even the owner of the hotel, Shen, couldn't help but frown regretfully.He took a heavy breath and said: "The soup pot has been overturned, and there is still a fart lawsuit! In terms of their old Ma's family, they are prosperous enough, and they only rely on the money earned by their ancestors, and they will not be able to eat in this life." —— Be smart and kindly divide the floating property and real estate, and each of them will set up the soup pot again in Ansheng. After a few years, it will still be alive. What kind of good official is our Liu Taizun? I wish that there would be lawsuits all over the house, and the Dezhou roast would be fished out in one go The chicken is still not reconciled!" Then he ordered Xiaoluzi, "Take a watermelon that is frozen in the well in the backyard, it is so hot today, and there are no guests coming to stay at this time, just eat watermelon to relieve the heat." Xiaoluzi I was so happy that I jumped up and went away.

A few people chewed the melon, licked their mouths and smacked their tongues, dripping melon water and pasting melon seeds with their mouths full.Just as he was complacent, the side door of the backyard creaked, and a middle-aged man in his 30s came out, with a square face, small eyes, and fair skin.A big braid was thick and long, neatly combed, casually draped over the shoulders.On a hot day, he was still wearing an indigo kudzu gown with a black belt around his waist, which made him look sharp and neat without being messy.There is a black mole the size of a copper coin on the left cheek with a tuft of long hair like a bristle, which makes people feel uncomfortable no matter how they look at it.Seeing him coming out, Boss Shen got up with a smile, hiccupped, and said, "It's Master Rui! It's so cool in the room when the dog sticks out its tongue! Are you going out dressed so neatly? Come, come... eat Eat melons...the well water is frozen, cool, sandy and sweet, eat a piece before going!"

"No need." Second Master Rui said with a gloomy smile, "We, Mr. He, are going to pay a visit to the Futai Yamen in a moment. Is there a barn room near here? I'll go find a sedan chair." Just as he was talking, there was a person at the side door Leaning forward, he shouted: "Rui Er! Mr. He is done using ink, you can buy two ingots by the way." Rui Er turned around and said loudly: "It's worth it! It's from Cao Rui's house, tell the master that there are cold melons in this store, and the master wants to use them. Tell them to send one in!"

Boss Shen and the shop assistants couldn't help but look at each other: the Futai Yamen is just a step away, so there's no need to find a sedan chair?This customer surnamed He has lived in the store for more than a month with two long-term followers, Rui Er and Cao Rui, and he always goes out alone.Said it was "doing business" but did not socialize with businessmen.I live in a small courtyard in the east, with a rent of two renminbi a day, and I eat vegetables and tofu every day, and Ruier cooks the food. To put it bluntly, it is not as good as the group of poor, filial and honest people who went to Beijing to take the exam. Suddenly, he became a "lord", and he wanted to go to the Futai Yamen to "visit guests" in a grand sedan chair!Seeing everyone staring at him, Rui Er smiled subtly and said, "To tell you the truth, our master is from Jinan Grain Storage Road, and was ordered by Yue Futai Constitution to come to Dezhou to check the deficit. I will go back to the province in the next day. If you serve well, you will naturally be rewarded."

"Ouch!" Boss Shen jumped up from the reclining chair in shock. He was slightly taken aback, his eyes narrowed like a Maitreya Buddha with a smile, "I'm so sorry! Big gentleman, no wonder I dreamed that my father scolded me for being blind the other night, and my eyes actually grew to my buttocks. There is a sedan chair, and there is a bar room two or three houses away when I go out. In such a hot day, your second master doesn’t have to move around—— Hao Er, why are you so dazed, why don’t you hurry up and find a sedan chair for Mr. He?” He brushed the seat with his own hands and asked Rui Er to sit down, while putting on his coat, he yelled at Xiao Luzi: “Hurry up and get two more melons. , cut another one here, and send one in for Mr. He!"

The crowd was in a hurry, some were looking for sedan chairs, some were fetching melons, and two young men were picking up the rinds of the melons they had just eaten, chasing away flies, wiping the table and sweeping the floor, Boss Shen was chatting with Rui Er without saying anything.In less than a bag of cigarettes, a bamboo sedan chair carried by four people has already landed at the door of the shop.Rui Er nodded in satisfaction, and was about to go in to report to He Daotai, when the door on the east side rang, Cao Rui was in front, and behind him he saw He Daotai in official uniform, a robe with eight pythons and five claws, a snow goose suit, and blue Nirvana The glass roof shone brightly in the sunlight, and came out slowly with four square steps.Everyone's eyes lit up, and they knelt on the ground long ago. Boss Shen murmured: "Master Daotai, forgive me, I have lived in my small shop for so many days, and I don't have a good life to serve your old man. I can't even be safe. I didn't go to invite you. Your boss has a big belly..."

"It's nothing, let's all get up." He Daotai said gently, "I didn't say, you don't know, what is there to 'crime'? I just don't want to say it because I'm afraid of being disturbed. Okay? Remember, Cao Rui, I will reward them with 20 taels of silver tomorrow." He spoke in a low voice, appearing very steady and serene, but his breath was a little lacking, and he was slightly panting with phlegm, and his thin melon-seeded face was tired.While talking, he casually walked out of the store and sat in the sedan chair, coughed lightly and said: "Lift up the sedan chair, go to the government office. Rui Er will report to Liu Kang first, saying that I will pay a visit to him."

"That's called nobility!" Boss Shen looked at the winding sedan chair and said leisurely with his banana fan: "Look at this measure! Listen to what he said! Think about his style! Back then When I entered the store, I saw that he didn't look like a businessman, and now he really is!" Xiao Luzi curled his lips and smiled from the side, "Sixth Uncle Shen, didn't you say that he is like an old scholar in Sanjia Village who is not good at teaching and comes out to beat the government? Are you rich?" Boss Shen was picked on by him, and he slapped Xiaolu on his ass, "Stop fucking your mother, when did I say such a bastard? Stop grinding your teeth around here. Hao Second, take these little monkeys to the east courtyard, and clean the inside and outside of the house for Mr. He; Xiao Luzi goes out to buy some fish, meat and vegetables, and then goes to Zhang's old shop to order two braised chickens—you have to watch them cook now. Mr. He came back, let's be a host, and the scenery is decent! It's not that I said that a Tongzhi master lived in the Longxing store on Qianjie the year before last, and they were so happy. Now we live here now. Master!" As he said, he waved his fan triumphantly and went back to his account room with his stomach full.

But Boss Shen and the others spent a long time talking for nothing.He Daotai didn't come back to the store until late at night, at the time of Tianjiaozi.Accompanied by the magistrate Liu Kang, he brought a large group of masters and yamen servants, and came here on foot.When he arrived at the door of the store, all the yamen servants stayed and waited, only Liu Kang personally escorted him into the east courtyard.Boss Shen prepared two jars of Sanhe old mash and a table of sumptuous noodles, which were cheaper than waiting for Liu Kang's business trip.

Xiaoluzi ate a full stomach of watermelon at noon, and took two buckets of well water to take a shower after dinner. At that time, he felt very happy. , It still didn't work, so I had to run to the East toilet again and again.When He Daotai came back, he gritted his teeth and struggled to send two buckets of hot water to the east courtyard. Seeing that Taizun was talking with Daotai in the upper room, Li Ruixiang, a government official, was guarding the gate of the courtyard. Firstly, I didn’t dare, and secondly, I was really embarrassed to go into the east toilet again, so I had to lie down on the lower part of myself. I endured it for half an hour, my face turned blue, and I didn’t see Liu Kang leaving. Staggering on his stomach, he ran to the backyard, and squatted in the turnip patch next to the well.Xiaoluzi felt his stomach loosen a bit, lifted his pants and looked up at the sky, the sky was pitch black, it turned out that it had been cloudy since when.

(End of this chapter)