Take a step first

Magistrate Cao had long wanted to hold such a big banquet. After arriving in Huang County, he had always been very low-key. He never had more than one person to treat guests to dinner. He just wanted to transfer Liu Peng from Huang County as soon as possible. However, this matter was particularly difficult to deal with. It was delayed from the autumn of the 42nd year of Wanli to the present of the 43rd year of Wanli.

Because the matter was delayed for too long, magistrate Cao was too low-key, so that magistrate Cao had no prestige in Huang County. Many people once had high hopes for magistrate Cao, but in the end, because magistrate Cao had no movement, they ran back to join Liu Peng.

Now taking advantage of this big banquet, Magistrate Cao is preparing to invite all the top figures in the county to sound the horn of counterattack!

Wei Qiyue immediately agreed: "Minister Cao has been in office for almost half a year. He should communicate with the fellow villagers of Huang County. I have invited this banquet!"

Since Wei Qiyue paid the money on behalf of the Heng Palace, the matter could not be done too hasty. It turned out that it only took one day to prepare, but in the end, it took three days to prepare carefully, and notified Zuixianlou in advance to prepare the good dishes, wine and the best lady.

Magistrate Cao was determined to invite all the top figures in the county, but when he set the list, he personally crossed out those people who were extremely close to Longkou and could not be separated. He solemnly saved the list and when he counterattacked in the county in the future, this list could definitely be used.

After just looking at the list carefully, Magistrate Cao couldn't help but lock his eyebrows. He originally invited some of the leading figures from Huang County, but now the people who stayed on this list are almost all second- and third-rate figures in the county, except for the people who are respected like Governor Wang who are simply unaware of the respect and impossible to come to the banquet.

At this moment, Magistrate Cao realized how deeply rooted Liu Peng's business in Huang County was. I am afraid that Liu Peng would not be able to completely eliminate Liu Peng's influence in Huang County. Could it be that people in Huang County say "Huangcheng Liu, Liuhuangcheng", this is true!

However, since Liu Peng is about to be transferred, his influence in Huangcheng can only be getting smaller and smaller, and this banquet can naturally sound the clarion call for a comprehensive counterattack.

But it was not until three days later that Magistrate Cao knew what "Huangcheng Liu, Liuhuangcheng" meant. Now it was already dinner time, but there were only three or five kittens and dogs to attend the banquet at Zuixianlou. This made Magistrate Cao's face suddenly unhappy.

So far, it has just been filled with two tables. It looks empty at first glance, and the scene is so deserted!

But how many people did Magistrate Cao invite over before!

There were more than 80 people. Although some of the top figures in Huang County would not come to the banquet, this was the first time that Magistrate Cao had been in Huang County after he arrived. The political situation in Huang County would definitely change, and some uninvited guests would definitely come uninvited. Therefore, Magistrate Cao specially ordered that Zuixianlou must prepare enough ten tables of tables, and even the boss of Zuixianlou had to prepare one or two more tables of tables for emergency response.

Now it's time to eat, and only two tables of people have been filled. However, whenever Liu Peng had a wedding in Longkou, he would always have hundreds of tables of water banquets. Sometimes he had to hold wine in Longkou and the county town. But now he personally took action and invited two tables of guests.

After a closer look at these guests, a small half of them didn't know them at all. They looked at their conversation and dresses, but after careful investigation, many wealthy families and officials who received the invitation did not come and asked them to come over to show off their faces and have a free meal.

Moreover, the characters who came to show up on their behalf were not important characters. For example, they originally invited the clan leader to come for dinner, but even the butler was unwilling to send out a legitimate son or a manager, but they just sent a concubine or a manager to deal with the scene.

The officials in the yamen also had to come after the invitation, but they did not show up and found a poor relative to come and sent County Magistrate Cao at any time. These poor relatives really thought they could have a free meal, so they picked up their chopsticks and started eating and drinking as soon as they were served, making a fuss.

I used to think that Huang County's first-class people could not be invited, so many first-class and second-class characters could always be invited. But now, I saw that even second-class people had not invited a few officials in the county. None of them were present, whether it was Miao County Magistrate, Dong Zhubo, Liu Dianshi, Yu Zhiyu, Ye Xunzhang, or other powerful figures.

The head of the Six-Royal Jingcheng below is also missing. There is no one in the head of the Three Classes. The famous official in the Six-Royal Jingcheng has never appeared. Now the most prominent figure on the table is actually Jin Jingcheng from Chengfafang. But the problem is that this Jin Jingcheng seems to be the one who Liu Peng pulled it up. After Cao arrived in Huang County, the first person he wanted to change was this Jin Jingcheng.

Chengfa House is equivalent to another office in time and space. It has the most contact with County Magistrate Cao. How can this location allow Liu Peng's people to occupy the pit and not shit? It's just that Jin Jingcheng has the support of Liu Peng, so County Magistrate Cao has not taken down Jin Jingcheng yet. Instead, there are many things to be left to Jin Jingcheng.

Today is good because I have too much contact with Magistrate Cao in daily life, Jin Jingcheng has to come and become the most conspicuous person at the table. As for the others, even if they can barely be considered the number one person in the county and are willing to surrender, Magistrate Cao also feels that these people cannot be compared with the Longkou Gang at all.

Although he looked down on these third-rate people, Magistrate Cao had to come forward and greet them one by one. The only people he could rely on in Huang County now is these two tables of people. Even those who refused to show up and just came over to make up for the numbers, Magistrate Cao could only have a spring breeze on his face.

There was no way. Although they refused to come, they at least found someone to come and show their faces to show their attitude!

If it were other prefectures and counties, the magistrate would have pulled out these ignorant fence-headed widows and killed them all, but now magistrate Cao has to rack his brains to coax these guys and try every means to dig them to his side.

But the meal time has passed for a while, and there are still only two tables full of more than a little more. The boss of Zuixianlou here has looked ugly. He didn't care that the county master was right next to him, so he caught Wei Qiyue and asked, "Master Wei, you are treating tonight. Look at how to calculate the table in the evening!"

Magistrate Cao had asked the boss of Zuixianlou to set up a full ten tables of tables, and asked the boss to prepare one or two more tables for emergency response. As a result, it was only two tables of people were full. How to settle the accounts today really made the boss of Zuixianlou extremely confused. He knew that Magistrate Cao would treat him tonight, so he had to ask clearly before talking.

Wei Qi was asked this and his mood became worse and worse. He didn't expect that Magistrate Cao would be like this after spending half a year in Huang County, so he said angrily: "It's okay, let the chefs and friends be more careful. Of course, they won't lose these ten tables of money. Zheng Guantao, what are you doing? Have those invitations been delivered to others!"

Zheng Guantao said aggrievedly: "Master Wei, I sent the invitations one by one. And to be on the safe side, the magistrate also sent the master to come to the door to invite them in person!"

Now even Magistrate Cao had nothing to say. He had already prepared to not invite anyone in advance, so he not only asked Zheng Guantao to run over to hand over the posts one by one, but also asked his master and the housekeeper to come to invite someone to the banquet in person. As a result, he was so hot that he was pressed against his cold but he still didn't even want to come and show his face.

Now Magistrate Cao was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to speak. Fortunately, the people at the table stood up and shouted: "Boss Tang!"

"Boss Tang, business is booming!"

"Hello, Boss Tang!"

Magistrate Cao couldn't help but feel excited. After waiting for so long, a person who was considered the first-class in Huang County came. He was not someone else, but the boss Tang Shuijian Tang from the old Tang family store.

There are several mule and horse shops in the old Tang family store. From Huangshan Pavilion to Longkou to Huangxian County, all the mule and horse shops are all Tangshuijian. Tangshuijian can come to support him now, and County Magistrate Cao immediately felt a gleam on his face.

Although he knew that the general account of the old Tang family store was located in Longkou, and Tang Shuijian and Liu Peng were also very close, when he saw Boss Tang coming, County Magistrate Cao was so happy that he couldn't find the North. He personally welcomed him: "Boss Tang is so honorable!"

"Thank you, the magistrate of the county, thank you for the bosses!" Tang Shuijian said with a smile: "Everyone is promoted and made a fortune. Lao Jin, I'm looking for you if I have something to do!"

He just greeted County Magistrate Cao, then walked directly to Jin Jingcheng's side of Chengfafang, then pulled Jin Jingcheng's hand and said, "Old Jin, hurry up, let's get things done quickly."

What exactly is Tang Shuijian going to do when he finds Jin Jingcheng?

Magistrate Cao was thinking about this, but found that Tang Shuijian had already taken Jin Jingcheng's hand and walked out with great strides: "Brothers, you eat slowly and drink slowly. Lao Jin and I have a step ahead. Let's go back and invite you to have a good meal!"

Go ahead?

The face of the magistrate Cao suddenly looked ugly. He looked at Tang Shuijian and was like a cold arrow. He didn't expect that Tang Shuijian was not here to attend the banquet. As soon as he came over, he pulled Jin Jingcheng from Chengfa's room away!

If he hadn't known that Tang Shuijian was particularly effective in speaking in front of the Prime Minister Tao, he would have chased him and looked at him in embarrassment, and beat Tang Shuijian up.

What's this called?

Magistrate Cao really wanted to turn over the table, but when he saw the whole scene, he became embarrassed. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but he didn't dare to move his chopsticks. Magistrate Cao could only barely say with a smile: "Everyone eats delicious food and drinks well. Tonight, we will not return without getting drunk!"
Chapter completed!