Fang Zian sat on the chair, picked up the tea and prepared to drink it, but found that the tea cup was dirty, the tea leaves inside were all broken, there was a layer of yellow foam floating on it, and there was no trace of tea aroma. How dare you drink it?

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Looking around, there was nothing noteworthy in the lobby. After sitting for a while, I just felt bored. Then I stood up, walked under the nave, and raised my head to look at the statue of the Dragon King painted on the nave. This is the entire lobby.

It's the only interesting place worth seeing.

I don’t know how much time passed, but I suddenly heard movement in the yard. There was a burst of noise mixed with harsh laughter. Amidst the clutter of footsteps, it seemed that a large group of people came in. Fang Zian guessed that they were people from the Fangyu Army Yamen.

He had already started to come to the Yamen to do business, so he straightened his clothes and turned around and walked towards the lobby door.

"Old Wang, where did the horse come from?" A rough voice came from the yard.

"Master Xia is here, oh, this is the horse of the new Master Fang." came the veteran's voice.

"The new Mr. Fang? Which Mr. Fang?" shouted the rough voice.

"Have you forgotten, Mr. Xia? Didn't an official document come from above yesterday? We are going to have a new boss..."

"Oh, I remembered it. Where are the others?"

"We're in the lobby. We're here early." The veteran said with a smile.

Fang Zian had already arrived at the entrance of the lobby, and saw seven or eight uniformed soldiers walking towards the door surrounded by a burly man. When those people saw Fang Zian standing on the steps, their eyes showed curiosity.

color.

"Hey, are you the new boss?" the burly man asked loudly.

Fang Zian smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I, Zian, have been ordered to take up the post. May I ask if this person is Mr. Xia, the chief officer of the Lin'an Fangyu Army?"

The burly man spat thick phlegm on the ground next to him and said in a deep voice: "It's me. My name is Xia Liangdong. Damn it, why did the imperial court send you a white-faced scholar here? What I need here is the manpower to put out the fire. What do you want?

Master Bo? It’s useless.”

Fang Zian frowned. This man was foul-mouthed, called himself Lao Tzu, and his words and actions were extremely vulgar. But Fang Zian didn't want to cause any unpleasantness when they met, so he suppressed the annoyance in his heart and didn't mind. Maybe it was just the other person's.

Just a catchphrase.

"This is my appointment document. Please take a look at it, Mr. Xia." Fang Zian took out the official document from his arms and handed it over.

The officer Fang Yu grabbed him, frowned and looked at it for a long time, and cursed: "Damn it, aren't you making things difficult for me? I don't know a few Chinese characters, and you asked me to read the document? What the hell? No need to read it, come here.

What kind of appointment documents do you need? Don’t block the road. I’ve walked for a long time and I’m exhausted. Old Wang, bring me a pot of tea.”

Xia Liangdong threw the document into Fang Zian's arms and strode past Fang Zian into the lobby. The old soldiers hurriedly followed him to make tea. A group of soldiers also passed by Fang Zian laughing and joking. Some even looked at him with sideways eyebrows.

They looked at Fang Zian, and some of them even murmured in a low voice: "What kind of bullshit do you think you are? You dress like a human being, and you really think of yourself as a person. Bah!"

Fang Zian was the only one standing there on the steps. He seemed a little embarrassed and lonely, but there was actually a smile on his lips.

"Hey! Who is that... Fang Zian, right? I think I should be called

Your Lord Fang, right? Hahaha. Come here." Fang Yuguan Lord Xia was half sitting and half lying on the chair behind the desk. He put a pair of dusty boots on the desk and shook them. He pointed at Fang Zian and shouted

road.

"Hahaha, Mr. Fang. Our Mr. Xia is calling you. Are you deaf?" All the soldiers around laughed, and someone shouted.

With a smile on his face, Fang Zian turned around and walked into the lobby and said, "Master Xia, what advice do you have?"

"I don't dare to give you advice. You are new here. I'm afraid you don't understand the rules in our Fangyu Army. I have to explain it clearly to you, lest you blame me for not explaining it clearly to you in the future." Xia Liangdong said, shaking his feet.

"Sir, please speak." Fang Zian said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'm welcome. The first rule is that except for me, there are no other adults in our Fangyu Army. I am the chief officer, and everything must be approved by me. I know you are

The imperial court appointed me to be my deputy, but I don’t need it. From now on, you only need to pour me tea and beat my legs. You don’t need to worry about anything else. If you really think of yourself as an official and show off your official airs, then

I won't agree." Xia Liangdong said solemnly.

Fang Zian nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "What else?"

"Second, our brothers in the Fangyu Army work very hard, and the treatment is poor, and the risks are very high. Not only can you not show off in front of me, but you can't do it in front of my brothers. I also want to show some kindness.

, but if you offend my brothers, then you won’t be able to walk away in vain. Don’t think that because you are an official appointed by the court, they will not dare to touch you. If you offend them, I can’t protect you. So,

You'd better curry favor with them more."

Fang Zian nodded silently, and the muscles on his face began to twist.

"Third, what our Fangyu Army does is to put out fires. As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, and if you don't do it, you may die. This job is not something ordinary people can do. We have no problem with you coming to make a living. But brother

You don’t have to fight hard, but you have to show something. You are a court official, and your monthly salary is generous, which is much more than the salary of our brothers. Therefore, you should give part of it to the brothers.

Give me some benefits. It seems like you don’t understand the rules. I’m afraid you didn’t come here empty-handed when you took office today. How can you survive like this? So, be smarter and smarter, do you understand?”

Fang Zian smiled and said, "Master Xia, is there anything else?"

Xia Liangdong said: "That's all for now. I'll tell you later when I think about it."

Fang Zian nodded and said: "Okay, I'll ask Mr. Xia for some advice later. Mr. Xia taught you a lesson just now. It's because I don't understand the rules. I really came here empty-handed today. I want to make up for my mistakes, is it possible?"

Xia Liangdong looked sideways at Fang Zian and said, "How do you plan to make up for it?"

Fang Zian thought for a while and said: "Well, I just took office today, and the brothers in our Fangyu Army probably don't know me either. I would like to ask Mr.

Invite all the brothers, I will be the host at noon, and we will set up a dozen tables of banquets here. Firstly, it is a meeting with everyone, and secondly, it is also a token of appreciation for the brothers."

Xia Liangdong sat up and asked, "What does it mean?"

Fang Zian said: "Give me a red envelope or something, give it to every brother present.

How about a few taels of silver as a meeting gift? What do you think, Mr. Xia?"

Xia Liangdong opened his mouth slightly, seeming a little surprised. He said in disbelief: "We have a total of more than 60 submersible fire teams in the Anti-Japanese Army. There are more than 100 main and deputy teams. Including some key personnel, it will take more than 200 people.

A few taels of silver per person, that’s a lot of money. Plus twenty banquets, that’s at least a hundred taels of silver. Are you so generous?”

Fang Zian laughed and said, "Isn't it just money? I don't have anything else, but I'm not short of money. Although I didn't bring any gifts today, I did bring a lot of banknotes."

As he spoke, Fang Zian reached into his arms, pulled out a large stack of thick banknotes with a huff, twisted it into a fan in his hand and fanned it a few times.

"Did you see that they are all banknotes from Datong Bank? They can be redeemed at any time, which is convenient and fast. Are these enough?" Fang Zian asked with a smile.

Xia Liangdong and the others all stared at the stack of banknotes in Fang Zian's hand. Their eyes moved as the banknotes flapped, like a group of hungry dogs seeing meat and bones. They did not expect this new owner to be Bo.

He turned out to be a rich man. Everyone was salivating.

"Hahaha, good, good, very good. Since you are serious, I can't help but let you show your sincerity. Then it's up to you. Niu Lao Er, you go notify the leaders of each team and ask them to come here at noon.

When you have a drink, just say it's good for you. If you don't come, don't blame me for not notifying him." Xia Liangdong laughed and patted the table.

A soldier hurriedly agreed, got up and ran out the door.

Fang Zian took out two silver notes, raised them and said, "Brother, please do me a favor and book a few tables of good banquets. This is one hundred taels of silver, which is enough to book thirty tables of good banquets. Like this

, book thirty tables first, and buy wine for the rest. If you can’t finish it today, you can drink it as tea later.”

Xia Liangdong nodded and smiled: "That's thoughtful. Oh, I didn't expect that you, a kid, can do things like this. It's amazing, amazing. Well, did you give me a particularly big red envelope? If you only have a few like other brothers,

If you pay two cents, you are looking down on me."

Fang Zian smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xia, the red envelope given to you will definitely be a big surprise. It will definitely satisfy you. Don't worry, I will give it to you after the banquet, together with the brothers, okay?"

Xia Liangdong laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay. I listen to you, I listen to you."

With such a good thing, these people were highly motivated and worked diligently and quickly. Xia Liangdong directed seven or eight soldiers and veteran Wang Jin to work together to move the tables, chairs and benches in the lobby of each house to the yard to piece together a table for the banquet.

Although the courtyard is not small, there is no room for thirty tables. Twenty tables are set up in the courtyard, four tables are set up in the lobby, and five or six tables are set up in the other rooms. We can barely accommodate them all. There are not enough tables and chairs.

The soldiers used their talents and took off the door panels to use as tables, and moved stones to use as stools, and they were able to put them together.

After a lot of busy work, it was already noon, and several large carts from the restaurant arrived one after another, bringing in a large amount of wine and food. I bought forty or fifty jars of wine alone. After the wine and food were placed on the table, the whole Fangyujun Yamen inside and outside was filled with excitement.

The aroma is tangy and mouth-watering.
Chapter completed!