Chapter 97: Someone came to take on the imperial examination

The old man really didn't expect that the Zhang and Wang family did not occupy the 6,000 acres of land, but only occupied the 4,000 acres of land. Before coming, someone had already said that many people were watching the matter here. If it were usual, they wouldn't come here. They were uncomfortable these days, so they just came to take a look. I heard that the scenery here is good, and there are so many people in the department who are in charge, and it's the busiest time again.

"Old man, you are not the new county magistrate, are you? That young man advises you to take office quickly and not find fault here. The village here has been in accordance with the rules of the court. Your county magistrate has already been repaired, especially the place where the county magistrate and his family live, the window paper is the best, and the tables and chairs are also the new ones here. There is also a kang in the room, and all the firewood is ready for you."

The servant took it for granted that the old man was a newly arrived county magistrate, just a little older and looked pretty good, so he kindly advised him, and at the same time he gave a wink at a farmhouse next to him. The farmhouseman was also clever and turned around and left.

The old man found it interesting, responded a few times and asked, "What else is there to make?"

"Arrangement? No, there are no arrangements. They are all done by the people. They said that the new county magistrate loves the people as much as their children, so they helped to arrange the program." The servant didn't want to say too much.

"There are no fresh cucumbers? Then it would be great if you plant some cucumbers in the backyard." The old man said with some meaning.

The servant hesitated for a moment, "This... the lord takes the stability of the world as his responsibility, and perhaps he can produce good fortune."

"What should I do if I take office as a county magistrate here?" the old man asked again.

"Of course, we are building water conservancy, protecting the people, paving official roads, promoting agricultural affairs, raising schools, and opening up speeches and asking questions diligently. We must especially listen to what the people want. It is not easy to say it is not easy to be a good official, and it is easy to say it. For example, money, you can... and think of more ways to think of it."

The servant said it smoothly, and almost let it go, and took a step back a little.

The old man looked at the servant and nodded, "Who did you hear this?"

"Of course it's the little one who thinks, sir, you should go and take office quickly and work hard. Within two years, you can save up your political achievements and improve. If you have any trouble, come and find us people."

The servant was a little excited after thinking of the old man as the new county magistrate, and his speech was not as straightforward as before.

Just when he didn't know how to deal with it next, the village house who had just left took Butler Zhang to run over, looking at the direction of Shuiyunjian, no wonder it was coming so fast.

"Butler Zhang, you are here. This old man just asked about the six thousand acres of mountain land." The servant finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Butler Zhang should be more calm. After all, he was often hit by the young master and his wife, and he was almost calm. He waved his hand to his servants, "I understand, take the people to work hard, don't delay the affairs of the master."

As the merchants of Zhang and Wang family left, Ge Yingxi also gave the butler a wink. The butler also ordered the merchants of the Ge family. The surrounding merchants dispersed one after another. When the merchants dispersed, more than twenty people came, with knives hanging around their waists. It felt a little worse than the few people around the old man, but there were more people, and the old man was not just guards.

Butler Zhang glanced at the old man and said to the old man: "This old man, don't know what to do here? If it's a casual chat, it's better to go into the water and clouds."

"Well, go to Shuiyun, lead the way, Zhang Yongcheng and Wang Qiaoer have not arrived?" The old man changed his warm appearance to the servants of the Zhang family, and signaled to Mr. Zhang to lead the way with a calm face, and asked the head and wife of the Zhang family.

Butler Zhang didn't say anything, and really led the way in front of him. He walked out dozens of steps away, and then he slowed down a little. "Did the old man come from Beijing? The master is reviewing at home, and the wife is busy planning trivial matters."

"Review? Humph! Is it so easy to take the imperial examination? Do you know the rules?" the old man asked disdainfully.

Butler Zhang was not angry, still in the peaceful appearance. "The old man doesn't have to bother with this. Zhangjiazhuang naturally has his own plans. Come to Shuiyun first and let him put out the signature dishes."

The old man looked at it, it was indeed late in the afternoon, so he did not refuse and continued to move forward. He seemed to have not heard what the butler said just now.

When the group arrived at the door of Shuiyunjia was about to enter, a slight sound of horse hooves came from afar. The old man's guard responded quickly and immediately became alert. After more than ten days, he saw a pair of horses coming over there. It was a transfer and rushing towards him.

As the distance got closer, it was obvious that the person who came was wearing tight clothes, the rope that tied his hair was gone, his long hair was flying, and he still kept whipping.

When they were close to the front, the person who came pulled the reins hard, sat down and stood up with force, shouting casually. The person immediately pressed his hands on the horse's head, and his legs were forked, and he flew directly from the standing horse's head.

When he landed, he staggered, took out a letter from his arms, pressed the ups and downs of his chest, and shouted loudly, "After the order of my little master, I will send a letter to the young master of the Zhang family."

"Come, call the doctor, prepare warm tea and go on a stretcher." When Butler Zhang heard the person coming, he did not dare to neglect. He told the young master and his wife what they usually ordered. He took a few steps forward and helped the person first, and did not rush to answer the letter.

The person who came was really exhausted. If it weren't for Li Xun's close guard, if it were an ordinary person, he would have been exhausted on the road. When he came, he would have three horses. He was exhausted on the way and gasped hard. When he shouted, he felt salty in his mouth and said with a bear, "Faith."

Butler Zhang then took the letter and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll wait for a while and prepare warm water for the hero to make it, and there is warm tea."

As he was talking, someone had already carried a stretcher out of the restaurant. The doctor who was always in the restaurant worried that the guests would make a mistake in eating, rushed over and put the visitor on the stretcher. The doctor bent over and put his hand on the visitor's wrist.

Before entering the door, he slightly turned his head to Butler Zhang and said, "It's just about taking off the strength, it's okay."

"Okay, the doctor has been very troubled. I ordered people to prepare the Tremella bird's nest soup and wait for the hero to get up and eat it." Butler Zhang was relieved. The young master and the young lady valued the most to such people who reported the news. How dare he be negligent?

All of this was seen by the old man and the people around him. He was surprised by the speed of Zhang's reaction, and even more surprised by the way that Butler Zhang treated him. If the emperor was unwell, he would not be able to find Dr. Yi in the Imperial Hospital. Can doctors come out in the restaurant? Those who reported the news can eat Tremella bird's nest soup. The Zhang family was stunned?

Butler Zhang looked at the envelope, hesitated for a while, and said to the old man: "Old man, please come in."

"Don't you read the letter first? The young master wrote, is that young master Zhang Xiaobao in your village?" The old man glanced at Butler Zhang's calmness and high.

"No hurry, sending the message quickly is the best for soldiers. It's time to see if the letter is not bad for this moment." Butler Zhang said relaxedly, and seemed to casually handing the letter to a person from the Miao Protecting Team who had just arrived next to him.

The man reached out to receive the letter, and someone next to him lit a thing in his arms with a scythe. He heard two consecutive sounds of "bang rumbling" and a large flame appeared in the sky.

The old man looked at it in confusion, and said nothing. He followed Butler Zhang upstairs. He had just entered a room on the second floor. The sound of horse hooves sounded again. Looking down through the half-open window, he saw the horse sitting at the bottom of the restaurant.

"The young master's letter is sent to the master's wife quickly." The people from the Miaogu team had already run over, and they didn't need anyone to dismount. They handed the letter, shouted, and let go.

The visitor directly plucked the horse and returned to the main courtyard of Zhangjiazhuangzi.

The old man has seen all this and smiled, "No rush? How fast is the four-star express? How many stars are the fastest?"

"Five Stars." Butler Zhang was a little embarrassed and said two words in a low voice.

"Five stars are urgently reported to be 800 miles, right? Four stars look at the situation of changing horses, at least 600 miles. It seems that your young master has nothing to do, otherwise it will not be four stars. There is no hurry. If you have nothing to do, you won't be afraid of anything based on the family business of Zhang and Wang families."

The old man also breathed a sigh of relief at this time and muttered softly there, but the few people around him heard it.

As the guy brought the dishes one by one, butler Zhang didn't need the guy to talk about the dishes. He personally introduced the old man to the old man's expression and what he said just now, and he felt that it was not supposed to be someone who wanted to plot against the Zhang family.

The old man did not continue to ask about the Zhang family, and told the butler about some of the building repairs here, so he could tell his own opinions. He didn't eat too much food on the table, but he tasted a few bites of each one.

After eating the cold dishes, he just nodded, "It's okay, it's a little worse than some of the larger restaurants in Beijing."

He said with satisfaction when eating hot dishes: "I heard that you have a special seasoning here. Some dishes should be put in the dishes. Let's take them together to see."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the guy brought a plate to him. When he put it on the table, the old man was finally moved. The things placed on the plate could be seen at will, but at this time, he could only go south, with a few straight cucumbers with thorns on top and two green round eggplants.

It looked like it was not washed at all, so it should have been picked and sent here.

"Where is the sauce?" The old man really likes these two dishes, even if the eggplant is not very comfortable to eat raw.

"My uncle wants to eat sauce? The taste will change after using the sauce. Come on, and I'll send three kinds of sauces." Butler Zhang said, giving the old man a demonstration, picked up a cucumber, rubbed the thorns on it with his hands, put them in his mouth and bit them, and started crunching.

The old man understood this time. Indeed, it would not be embarrassing to eat cucumbers like this in this season. When others saw it, they could only envy them. He also picked up one and was about to rub it and eat it. The guard next to him came over and said:

"Sir, the young man wants to taste it too. Seeing the adult and Butler Zhang eat, the young man is already greedy."

"Well, then take one by myself, and you don't have to steal the one in my hand. Zhangjiazhuang's ability is disdainful to use such despicable means." The old man paused for a few breaths and finally made up his mind to say.

"grown ups……."

‘Crilled’ “It’s delicious. I’ll come to eat when it’s cold. By then, it’s not a water cloud, but a snow cloud. Does Butler Zhang agree?”

The old man took a bite without waiting for the guard to stop him, and said to Butler Zhang with a smile.

But Mr. Zhang shook his head and replied: "No matter when the old man comes, it is all over the water and clouds. Even if there is a drought elsewhere, there will be no shortage of water here. The mountains are in the middle of the water. If it is cold in winter, people will burn charcoal, snow and ice here."

"Oh? Then is the price of food also high?" the old man asked.

"Same, unless you only eat vegetables, small... I heard that the sign is more important." The housekeeper almost said the word "Little Young Master".

At this moment, the guy hurried in from outside, holding a scroll in his hand. Before the butler asked, he said first: "Butler Zhang, the poem written by the master, starting from today, every restaurant and pavilion on the mountain between Shuiyun and Xiao Luoshui must be hung on it.

When he came, the wife said that if you ask Mr. Zhang to contact the shop in the capital, it is not ours. You have to hang the master’s poems on it even if you spend money. Before the New Year, you will find someone in the capital and send a message to you."

"I know, I'm sorry, are there anyone who knows me in the capital? The two families of Zhang and Wang will never neglect the old man." Butler Zhang understood as soon as he heard that the young master and the young lady were fighting. There was an old man in front of him who looked pretty good. If he didn't need to use it, wouldn't he give a table of dishes for nothing?

The old man's eyes, which had not been completely open, finally lifted his upper eyelid to the highest place, and said in surprise: "So that's it. So Li Xun was busy with it? If you have the ability, don't tell me that this matter has been arranged since the drought and locusts started. I will give it to me. I will help you find someone who doesn't want to help but has to help."
Chapter completed!