Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 160
Ma Min'er did not expect Huang Junyao to come to him, "Master Huang, I heard that you are very busy, why come to me when you have time?"

Huang Junyao cupped his hands again and again: "Madam, you are making fun of me."

Without her recommendation to work in the government office, he might not have such an opportunity and luck. In his mind, she is his noble person, and his heart is full of gratitude.

"Miss Shan, pour a cup of hot tea for Master Huang."

"Yes, little master."

Huang Junyao noticed the servant's address, he was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help respecting her even more: "Ma'am, come today..." Suddenly, he didn't know what to say, he said it was chatting, it didn't seem right, he said it was asking for advice, It seems even more inappropriate.

"Master Huang, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Huang Junyao suddenly felt that it was inappropriate to talk about the affairs of the yamen with a female class. Besides, she was the person in charge who posted the notice to recruit people. He should ask the shopkeeper Qiu. He was reckless.

Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows, feeling that this guy was abnormal, "Did you encounter a problem in your official duties?"

"No...no!"

"The more you say there is no, then there is." Ma Min'er smiled.

"Uh..." Huang Junyao was embarrassed by his offending.

"It's okay, I will do my best to help you." Ma Min'er smiled sincerely.

The nobleman talked about this, Huang Junyao cupped his hands and replied: "Seeing that Mr. Madam's shop accountant is different from others, I am a little curious, so I came here to ask."

Ma Min'er understood that in the Great Wei Dynasty, even finding a porter had to rely on introductions from dentists and acquaintances, "You feel new about the public recruitment."

"Yes, ma'am, if there is no introduction from an acquaintance, aren't you worried that the person you recruit will be unsuitable? Or, what if you recruit someone with bad conduct?"

Ma Min'er smiled, "Then who can guarantee that every friend and acquaintance is honest and can introduce people with good conduct?"

"..." Huang Junyao was stopped by the question.

"Furthermore, I recruit people based on their abilities. First, I will see if they are qualified for the job, and then I will try them out for three months. Three months is enough to see whether a person has the ability, how good is his character, can be used, and has good character. Stay, those who need things to do find things to do, need people to do things and find people, everyone benefits, why not do it?"

"After listening to Madam, Jun Yao thinks Madam is absolutely right!" Huang Junyao nodded in agreement, "It would be great if the yamen can recruit people like Madam."

"Of course you can."

"Last night, my father also said yes. Today, I came to see Madam when I got hotheaded. Now that I think about it, Madam hired an accountant, which is different from the officials and subordinates in the yamen."

Ma Min'er smiled without saying a word.

"Ma'am, I offended you." Huang Junyao said, "Your Majesty, take my leave."

"Wait, Master Huang—"

Huang Junyao, who was saluting, raised his eyes, "Ma'am—"

"Master Huang, I heard that when you were repairing the culvert, you were very flexible and repaired the channel in the fastest and most economical way. Why are you so pedantic now?"

"I……"

Ma Miner asked back: "Master Huang, how does the imperial court select talents?"

"Of course it's scientific research."

"You don't have the authority to appoint officials who are too high in rank, but you have the right to appoint officials below the eighth rank, right?"

Huang Junyao replied: "Yes, madam,"

"Then you can also use the exam to select the best personnel like the court."

"take an exam?"

Ma Miner nodded.

Huang Junyao said helplessly: "Try again and again like the court, I don't have time to wait!"

"Master Huang..." Ma Min'er rubbed her temples, wondering how he repaired such a complicated canal: "In the yamen, there are various special officials, such as the tax collectors under the household department. Assessing taxation knowledge, with this assessment, they don’t need to go over and over again, written tests and interviews are enough.”

Hey, Huang Junyao didn't mention tax collectors, how did Ma Min'er hit the mark?Haha, don't forget, Ma Min'er has a lot of shops in Dongbing, and Qiu Baiyan has already told her about Dongqiu's situation, so of course she can hit him right away.

Huang Junyao's confused eyes suddenly lit up, "Oh, I figured it out, I understand." He cupped his hands again and again, "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam!"

"Master Huang is being polite."

Huang Junyao said seriously: "I always thought that recruiting people casually would appear casual, informal, and lacking a sense of seriousness. Now I understand that hiring people through examinations is just as serious and rigorous."

Hey, why did Huang Junyao say this? He himself did not take the imperial examination route. He was reused by chance.

Speaking of it, it is still the limitation of the times. In people's hearts, everyone hopes that God will give them a chance to "counterattack" and complete a gorgeous turn in life. However, the probability of such an opportunity falling into the hearts of the public is as high as heaven. Falling gold is as insignificant, if there are so many chances of "gold" falling from the sky that ordinary people can easily get it, then this "gold" is not called gold anymore, it is just ordinary raindrops, which have a sense of mystery and sacredness in people Disappearing immediately, at first glance, makes people both lost and feel as if ordinary people are not entitled to the right to 'gold'.

Huang Junyao was lingering in this kind of contradiction, and didn't have the idea of ​​breaking through this narrow barrier, but he really wanted to be a magistrate, and he really lacked people. Under Ma Min'er's reminder, he finally got out of the "opportunity is rare" doctrine. ranks, spread opportunities to ordinary people, so that they can easily seek the "sacred" positions in the yamen.

"Just figure it out." Ma Min'er smiled.

Huang Junyao cupped his hands and said, "Ma'am, then I won't bother you, I'm leaving."

After he left, Shan Xiaodan said: "Master Huang didn't want to talk about it at first, but he came again after he didn't want to talk about it. It's really unexpected."

"He's too busy." Ma Min'er smiled.

Shan Xiaodan pouted: "If it wasn't for being confused, I guess he wouldn't even look for you."

"Haha." Ma Miner was overjoyed: "I guess so."

Shan Xiaodan said: "This is the idea of ​​male chauvinism that the little boss talks about, and the idea of ​​belittling us women."

"Haha...Miss Xiao Shan, is Brother Xiao You a macho man?"

"Him?" Shan Xiaodan chuckled lightly, "I don't stay at home all day, just running around outside."

"Brother Xiaoyou didn't run away for nothing. Together with shopkeeper Qiu, he earned a lot of money. He probably married you with the money."

Shan Xiaodan blushed: "Little Boss, I'm going to prepare dinner."

Xia Zhen was in the main account of the military camp, and Wei Ren brought in the news from the outside, "Your Majesty, we have been targeted by people big and small in the capital."

"Who are they?"

"The biggest one is the one—" Wei Ren pointed to the sky.

Xia Zhen's face was cold, her eyelids moved, "What else?"

"Clan, relatives, power circle."

"Hehe, there are quite a few."

"Your Majesty, it is rumored in the capital that you spent 100 million taels of silver in Liangzhou Mansion."

Xia Zhen's eyes widened suddenly: "His mother's, who passed it on, less than 20 taels for the construction of canals, and 10 taels for farming. The total is only 30 taels, and the one million taels came from it."

"People in the capital say so."

Xia Zhen squinted her eyes: "Send a message to our people in the capital, and correct this bad trend for me."

"Correction?" Wei Ren looked at him puzzled.

Xia Zhen sneered, "I need to teach you this kind of thing."

"Yes, the king of the county." Wei Ren was startled by his sharp gaze and quickly replied.

"Yeah." Xia Zhen was very angry.

Wei Ren took a few steps back cautiously, turned around and quickly opened the main account. In fact, he really wanted to remind the county king that the Jianzhou government drew tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the Jianbei County Wangmen had 10,000+ taels. For military expenditures and weapons supplies, 100 million taels is empty when the money is spent, but 60 million taels is available, which is a lot, okay?

Correct the news in the capital?Wei Ren kept reminiscing about this sentence, as shrewd as he was, he couldn't think of anything to stop the rich and powerful from talking nonsense about 100 million taels.It was really a difficult problem. Wei Ren thought about it all night, but he couldn't think of how to get rid of the rumors in the capital.

On the second day, I went to the camp restaurant to eat with panda eyes, and Zhang Nianmei saw me and laughed, "See you, Weizi, what are you doing? Are you going to the flowers around..."

"How could I go to such a weedy place." Wei Ren cast a glance at him.

"Haha, you mean like me, you want to go to a high-end building?"

Wei Ren rolled his eyes again, "General Zhang, I'm different from you. I like to collect antiques and fine wine, but I don't like sleeping with an inexplicable woman next to me."

Zhang Nianmei bared her teeth and patted him on the shoulder: "Brat, how dare you say you haven't found a woman?"

Wei Ren pulled his hand: "I don't want to talk to you."

"Haha..." Zhang Nianmei laughed loudly, "You brat, I'm right."

Wei Ren looked bored and lacked energy, and sat on the stool, and the long follower brought him his breakfast. Now in the camp, the eating style of the guys from Anlong Trading Company is popular. There is a wooden tray with four grids, whether it is porridge or no vegetables. , Steamed buns are all solved, and they are all put together.

Wei Ren picked up chopsticks to eat.

Zhang Nianmei also sat down, moved the wooden tray, and reached for a spoon to eat porridge, "The breakfast you chose today is different from mine, do you eat noodles?"

"Yeah." Wei Ren continued to think about the rumors in Beijing.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Nianmei asked when he saw his serious face.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Wei, you guys are so early!" The thick Gu Dun came over with a plate, and the small tray was filled with all kinds of pastries, flower rolls, egg pancakes...you could drop it if you were not careful.

Zhang Nianmei looked disgusted: "I said Fatty Gu, you can't go get it after eating!"

"I'm too lazy to make two trips."

"I really admire you."

Gu Teng pouted: "Can you blame me? You can't blame the lady. What kind of tray did you use? It used to be good for everyone to eat at a table, but now it's like getting a share for each person and eating your own extra parts. You can't connect with brotherhood." .”

"Tsk tsk..." Zhang Nianmei slammed her mouth: "Fatty Gu, we used to say that you robbed us of the food, but you refused to admit it. Now everyone eats their own food, so you don't have to deny it."

"Hee hee." Gu Dun smirked and sat down to eat.

"Hmph." Zhang Nianmei glanced at him dissatisfied, and said casually, "Let me tell you, only my old sister can come up with this method, and others can't fix it even if they want to."

"Why don't you say that the prince dotes on her?"

"My lord dotes on my old sister, you can control me."

Gu Dun said: "Well, I don't care about it. She has a farming system, so that the brothers have to do farm work after the war, and they don't even have to play with children. Life is so boring."

"Fatty Gu, you love to gamble so much, be careful women don't want you."

Gu Dun retorted: "Zhang Tiaozi, you are married, you can't speak so viciously, I, Fatty Gu, want to put my arms around my daughter-in-law too!"

"Ha ha……"

Gu Dun snorted and said, "You...what are you laughing at? If you have the skills, you can find wives for the idle men in the army. You will farm all day long, and be careful to kill them."

Zhang Nianmei smiled and said: "Find them a daughter-in-law for the New Year, what's so difficult about this kind of thing, let me tell you, after I have breakfast, I will go find my old sister and ask her to wave her hand and give you bachelors , all find their wives."

"Ah...really?"

Zhang Nian said beautifully: "That's natural, who is my old sister, it's like hiding a book in her head, there is no idea that she can't think of."

"Hey..." Gu Dun smirked, "Then...then I can marry a wife for the New Year this year!"

"That's natural."

Gu Dun was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear: "The dinner plate is good, it's really great, the cook doesn't dare to be greedy, everyone doesn't grab it anymore, everyone can have enough to eat."

"Of course, let me tell you, there is another advantage to eating separately..."

"Ah, what's the benefit?" Gu Dun asked strangely.

"I won't eat your saliva."

"Go, what's the benefit of this?"

Zhang Nianmei said: "Why not? Are your chopsticks covered with saliva? It's good if you don't get sick. Once you get sick, do you have to pass it on to everyone?"

"..." In terms of speaking, Gu Dun was no match for him, so he quickly lowered his head to eat.

Wei Ren glanced at Zhang Nianmei, and his brows moved slightly, as if thoughtful.After eating, Zhang Nianmei ate his stomach, got up, and shook his arms.

Wei Ren stared at him, "Are you really going to Madam's?"

"Yeah, I haven't looked for her for several days, I miss her."

Wei Ren twitched his mouth. It would be great if the prince heard these words. He thought this way, but he stood up, "It just so happens that I'm fine, so I'll go shopping with you."

Zhang Nianmei frowned at him, "You were thinking hard just now, to be honest, what did the county king ask you for last night?"

"It's nothing."

"Come on, it's fine if you don't want to say it, I won't ask, let's go and find my old sister."

Ma Min'er was having breakfast with Xia Zhen. During this period of time, he was so busy that he didn't have time to look for his daughter-in-law at night. When he came back in the middle of the night, although he really wanted to see her, on the one hand, the night was too late and too cold, and he couldn't bear to disturb his daughter-in-law. Daughter-in-law, on the other side, it's dry and dry in winter, he is afraid of accidentally being caught by thunder and fire, so he endures...bear it, he will get married next year, so he won't be afraid of thunder and fire.

After drinking a bowl of light red dates and lotus seed porridge, Xia Zhen asked slowly, "I heard that Master Huang came to see you yesterday afternoon!"

"Well, I have been here."

Xia Zhen raised her eyelids, "If he begs you, ignore him."

"But I couldn't help pulling him out." Ma Min'er replied with a smile.

Xia Zhen frowned.

Ma Min'er was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"What kind of idea did you give him? Be careful that he defrauds your husband of your money."

"Ah..." Ma Min'er raised her head in surprise, "That's right, if he recruits a lot of people, you will pay a lot more money."

Now it was Xia Zhen's turn to be surprised, he blinked, "He asked you to ask about recruiting?"

Ma Min'er nodded: "Yes, there are not enough manpower in the yamen. He doesn't know what to do. When he saw my shop posting an announcement to recruit people, he also wanted to learn, but he felt that the officials recruited like this, which seemed disgraceful. It's really entangled." Woolen cloth."

"Then how did you get back?"

"I let him take the same exam as the imperial examination!"

"Oh." Xia Zhen quietly lowered her head to eat without saying a word.

Ma Min'er stared at him, "Could it be that what you said is not the same as what I said?"

Xia Zhen picks up the food and doesn't answer.

"Brother Zhen, why don't you talk?"

"Uh, no...nothing?"

Ma Min'er curled her lips, "It's nothing to blame." She lowered her head and ate angrily.

The little daughter-in-law got angry, which is not good, Xia Zhen grinned, "I thought he came to you to complain and ask for money."

"What money does he want from me... Oh, did you let him be responsible for his own profits?"

"Self-responsibility for profit and loss? What do you mean?"

Ma Min'er said: "It's just that the yamen collects taxes to support themselves. If there is more, there will be money. If there is less, it will be useless."

"That's right, that's what it means." Xia Zhen smiled, the little daughter-in-law's brain is a spirit, and she understood without saying anything.

Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows, "I didn't expect you to be narrow-minded, afraid that people would use your money."

"It's not that I'm narrow-minded. A government office can cost tens of thousands of taels. I can't afford it."

"Don't you have...?"

"That's not given either."

Ma Min'er almost burst out laughing, hey, the way the little brother covers his money and money is so cute, isn't he?

The winter morning in Liangzhou is colder than anywhere else in the Guan. The chilly wind is blowing, and it runs wildly in the wilderness, like a sharp blade, which can pierce the tight robe, let alone the exposed On the outside of his face, he was scratched by it again and again, and the pain was unbearable.On the side of the road, the bare trees could not withstand the attack of the northwest wind and swayed in the cold wind.

Inside and outside Liangzhou City, under the low mudstone eaves, ice skates are like small translucent crystal pillars, hanging on the eaves in rows. Not for a living, who wants to go out.

In the Dongqiu area, commercial shops have gradually become large-scale, and many merchants have come to do business in them. Some people have accommodation and food, and there are many inns in the middle of the shops. Both hardware and service are the best in Dongqiu.

A young woman stood on the second floor of an ordinary medium-sized restaurant opposite Anlong Restaurant. She looked at the opposite side with a fierce look in her eyes. Why, why are you living so well, and you still occupy your cousin and let him surround you? You turn, no, no, no...it's all mine, it's mine...

"lady--"

Hearing a cry from the door of the room, the woman quickly closed the window, blocking the cold wind outside. She sat upright on the edge of the bed and looked at the door of the room that was opened. A dark-looking maid bent over and came in. "Ma'am, I want you to go out for breakfast."

"Well, I got it!" The woman's eyelids were lifted, her fair skin was made extra fresh and beautiful by the servant, she snorted coldly, the women on the grassland are all red and black, few are beautiful, No one can match her.

The servant followed the woman, left the room, and arrived at the private dining room. A man, about 27 or [-] years old, was sitting at the head seat. When he saw the woman, he looked up. His face was mighty, powerful, his gaze was like a torch, and he was full of explosive power.

"Master, Ya'er is here."

"Well, sit down." When the cold man saw her, his expression softened a little, and he stretched out his hand. Even though it was freezing cold, his cuffs were rolled up to the middle of his arms, revealing his wheat-colored skin, as if it was summer .

Ling Ruya trembled subconsciously, thinking of the marks left on her body yesterday... night..., she shrank again unconsciously, "Master..."

People from the Central Plains are weak and well-behaved, but Yelu Haorong is good at this. He likes well-behaved and obedient women, and put his arms around her small shoulders, "I ordered your favorite breakfast."

"Thank you, Ya'er."

Yelu Haorong came close to her ear and kissed the beginning of her pleasant smell, "It smells so good!"

Ling Ruya remained motionless, letting the man do what she wanted.

After a while, Yelu Haorong let her go, and said with a smile: "If you didn't come over from a private server, I would take you to the street to buy high-quality rouge powder."

"Master has such a heart, Ya'er is very content."

Yelu Haorong was very satisfied with the little woman's performance, and let go of her arm, "Today, I can stay here for a day. If you like something, you can take the servant to buy it."

"Yes, Lord, Ya'er knows." Ling Ruya asked softly with a shy look: "Shall we leave here tomorrow?"

"Ok!"

"Why don't you stay a few more days?"

Yelu Haorong said: "Little boy, don't worry, I came from a private server this time, and the surname Xia doesn't know it. When I Dajin has strength, I will take you to stand in front of the king of the Great Wei Dynasty and let them see it." Look at the strength of my big gold man, and see how beautiful the women are around my big gold man."

"Thank you so much, Lord." Although Ling Ruya was very disappointed, she had hope again after hearing the man's promise, and said to herself, just wait, one day, I will return to Dawei with glory.

After breakfast, Xia Zhen and Ma Min'er got tired of it for a while and went to the camp to do business. As soon as they arrived at the camp, they received the news and said in shock, "My lord, Yelu Haorong, the King of Jin, appeared in Dongqiu disguised as a businessman."

Xia Zhen raised her eyelids, "How many soldiers did you bring?"

"Two hundred soldiers, all disguised as merchants."

"Hmph..." Xia Zhen snorted disdainfully, "He wants to come over to test my strength, let him do it."

"Yes, my lord." Jing Mo disappeared into the corner again.

The sun finally jumped out of the horizon, bringing warmth to the indifferent Liangzhou. The whole Dongqiu woke up from its deep sleep. Businessmen from China, Mongolia and other countries all gathered in the business circle as big as three towns, crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, bustling and bustling.

Although Fu Xiaoyou is the future housekeeper of the Ma family, but he is not at home at all now, and follows Qiu Baiyan all day long, not only training himself, but also becoming Qiu Baiyan's right-hand man, to the point where Qiu Baiyan cannot leave To the point of driving him.

Anlong Restaurant is the head shop and general account room of Anlong Commercial Bank in Liangzhou Prefecture. The rooms on the top floor are not open to the public, and are reserved for the owner and the manager.

Did Fu Xiao ever go back to the small wooden courtyard? She lives above. When she went downstairs, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the opposite restaurant. She saw a woman. She seemed to have seen her there before, but she disappeared in a blink of an eye. She shook her head and went downstairs.

Walking to the second floor, I saw Qiu Baiyan looking towards the opposite restaurant, "Master Qiu, have you met someone you know?"

"also?"

"Yeah, I seem to have seen a woman I know just now, but I can't see it clearly, and I can't be sure."

Qiu Baiyan smiled lightly, looked towards the opposite side again, and the person opposite had disappeared, "Let's go, go down."

"Have you had breakfast? Brother Qiu?"

"Waiting for you!"

Fu Xiaoyou flattered her: "Brother Qiu, you are so caring. If that woman marries you, she will definitely enjoy life forever."

"As long as I am like this, who would like it." Qiu Baiyan shook his head and laughed.

"..." Fu Xiaoyou looked at him in surprise, "I don't know anything else, but Mrs. Huang's sister has been here several times, and they are all looking for you."

"Freeze said."

"Really, Brother Qiu."

Qiu Baiyan patted Xiao You on the shoulder, "I'm not suitable for her, if she comes later, let the people below say that I'm not here."

"Why, I think the little lady is very nice. She is from the south of the Yangtze River. She is pretty and lovely, and she is very suitable for you."

Qiu Baiyan shook his head, "You don't understand."

"I... I... really don't understand, if you don't like such a good lady, what do you like?"

Qiu Baiyan didn't answer, and subconsciously looked towards the opposite side again, but unfortunately they had already gone downstairs, so they couldn't see the opposite side at all.

Yes, what kind of woman does he like?He also asked himself, but it is definitely not as pure and beautiful as Miss Huang, is she like that?A figure flashed in his mind, why did he seem to see her just now, didn't she say to find a place where no one knew and start over?Why does it appear here.

On the commercial street of Dongqiu, Rou Yue followed a merchant with her servants, looking at the bustling street, wrapped in a gorgeous fox fur cloak, she still felt the coldness and desolation of Liangzhou City, which was like the warmth of Yizhou City and prosperity.

Thinking about the past, the past is like smoke.The sadness of the past gradually drifted away in the cold wind.The mood is like lilacs in the rain, with a touch of melancholy.It's just that the faint touch of purple still lingers in the dream, making it impossible for her to get out of the past.

Only with a soft sigh, Rou Yue raised her eyes, and unexpectedly met the eyes of her rescuer, "Benefactor——"

It was really her, Qiu Baiyan grinned lightly, "Why are you here?"

Before Rou Yue answered, the businessman in front turned around: "What are you doing?"

"Master, I have met a benefactor."

"Benefactor? What benefactor?" The businessman turned around and walked up to Rou Yue, and his arm wrapped around his waist. The possessive desire was so obvious, meaning my woman, stay away from me.

Qiu Baiyan turned her head to look at the sky, this was her 'so-called' restart, before he could speak to Rou Yue, a pretty little lady ran over, "Brother Qiu, what a coincidence, I met you on the street. it's your turn."

On the crowded street, pedestrians pass by in a hurry, and no one has time to look back at this strange scene. The hostile gaze of the philistine businessman, the warmth of a soft and charming woman, the indifference and indifference of a handsome man, and the innocence and beauty of a charming little lady... .At this moment, it seems that they met by chance, but it has already been caused by fate.

Subtle and unspeakable, but always no match for innocence, Huang Yihan leaned against Qiu Baiyan, "Brother Qiu, is she an old acquaintance of yours?"

(End of this chapter)