This is Yu Ren's character. In the past, he has never met a woman he likes, so he can be unscrupulous, shameless, eat women's food, and spend women's money. But when he

When he slowly discovered that he began to care about Li Yu, he also began to have self-esteem, especially in front of her. He felt that he was now increasingly unable to accept Li Yu's help to him. This seemed to be with him.

Dad looks a lot like him again.

"No. I know that the young master will not speak to Miss Li. I mean, after we arrive in Hangzhou, we can take a boat along the canal to Songjiang Mansion and go to my uncle's house to pay some expenses for home. My uncle and I have a relationship.

It's nearby, and I like the young master very much. Moreover, my uncle's family is not bad. The two hundred taels of silver you paid for your study tour this time was paid by your uncle. As long as you arrive at my uncle's house, it is like arriving at our own home."

Cao Andao.

Yu Ren didn't expect that Cao An had this idea, and couldn't help but secretly praise him: He is indeed my personal book boy. Although he is the second master, he still understands me like this. It's rare! It's rare!

But Yu Ren immediately thought of another question. "But, what should we do with the boat fare from Hangzhou to Songjiang Prefecture?"

"This is easy. Our uncle is quite famous in Songjiang. We just need to tell him his name and say that money is a little tight right now. When we get to the ground, we can pay for the boat. That will be absolutely no problem. Even if it happens again, it will be easy.

If you give me a few taels on credit, the boatman will definitely not be in trouble."

Yu Ren nodded and couldn't help but reached out and patted Cao An on the shoulder. "That's right. It's rare for you to consider things so carefully at such a young age." Yu Ren said encouragingly.

After hearing Yu Ren's praise, Cao An felt happy, but his face couldn't help but turn red. This was the first time he had been praised by Yu Ren for so long, which made him a little flattered and a little unaccustomed to it.

The two of them walked and chatted all the way. Suddenly they heard someone shouting from the front, "The water is running out! The water is running out!"

Yu Ren didn't react for a moment, "What's wrong?"

"It's just on fire! My young master." Cao An said, turning around and running towards the inn.

"Why go?" Yu Ren was puzzled.

"Go get your luggage! If the fire reaches the inn, our luggage will be destroyed!" Cao An said anxiously.

"Oh! Go ahead! I'll go over and see how the fire is going."

Cao An stopped talking and hurried back to the inn to pack his luggage, not caring about his young master watching the fun.

Yu Ren walked forward along a street following the sound of people. Sure enough, he saw thick smoke rising from the houses in front of him. When he got closer, he saw that the wooden houses were on fire. The house on fire was facing the street.

There are many shops and private houses in this area, and they are all closely connected. If the control is not good, hundreds of families may be implicated.

Although many people started looking for water to put out the fire with buckets and washbasins, the fire was so strong that they couldn't save it for a while.

After Yu Ren watched for a few minutes, he saw some clues. Although the fire was temporarily extinguished by water below, it was still burning at the top, and soon it started burning again below. Therefore, although many people were carrying buckets

Pour on the fire, but you can barely control the fire from burning too fast. You want to put out the fire completely, but you can't. Moreover, the fire above spreads very quickly to the houses on both sides.

The bigger the fire is, the harder it is to control it. Yu Ren understands this truth very well. If you don't take advantage of the fact that the fire has not spread too widely, you can control it first. When the fire becomes bigger, there will be no way to save it.

Yu Ren saw the problem and couldn't help but rushed up. He took the bucket from the other person's hand and said to him, "This won't work. You need to find a ladder. You need to pour water from the roof to control the fire."

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The man obviously had no idea. After hearing what Yu Ren said, he went around looking for a ladder, and after a while, he brought a long ladder. Yu Ren leaned the wooden ladder against the wall, carried the bucket and went up to the roof.

At this time, the roof of the room that Yu Ren was on had also started to catch fire. Yu Ren stood on the eaves and poured the bucket down in his hand. As expected, the effect was much better than pouring water from below. However, he alone, this

It still had little effect. Yu Ren got off the ladder, took another bucket of water, and asked the man to get some more ladders.

Seeing that this method was effective, the man hurried over without waiting for Yu Ren's instructions. After a while, he brought a few more ladders, but no one was willing to follow Yu Ren and climb up the ladders to put out the fire. After all, such a rescue method was inevitable.

Although effective, it is also dangerous.

At this moment, there was a noise in the crowd, and a man in official uniform hurried over. Behind him were dozens of officials. Many of these people also carried buckets in their hands.

The man in official uniform looked to be in his thirties. As soon as he arrived at the fire scene, he only glanced up and down, then without hesitation picked up one of his buckets and rushed up the ladder.

With this man's help, Yu Ren no longer had to run up and down, and the fire-fighting effect was indeed much better. Under the guidance of the official, seven or eight people below immediately took the risk to climb up the ladder, and some even went up directly.

The roof.

While passing the bucket, the official directed his men to move a few more ladders and pour water from the roof on the other side of the fire. In this way, under attack from both sides, the fire was quickly under control.

After everyone's efforts, the fire was finally put out. Yu Ren breathed a sigh of relief, but seven or eight households were still burned down.

Everyone came down from the roof. The surrounding residents came over and thanked the official first, and then thanked Yu Ren.

Only then did Yu Ren realize that this man in official uniform was none other than the county magistrate, Yuan Zhixian.

As the county magistrate of this county, Yu Ren did not expect that he could personally take people to the house to put out the fire.

The county magistrate Yuan didn't seem to expect that a passing scholar like Yu Ren could be so enthusiastic and brave. He wanted to reward Yu Ren well, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not bad. Come to my house later.

Have a meal."

Yu Ren was about to refuse when he looked up and saw Yuan Zhixian's face. Before he could say anything, he couldn't help but laugh. Seeing Yu Ren's appearance, Yuan Zhixian quickly took a bucket of water and took a photo of it. It turned out that he

His face was already covered with black ash and turned into a big painted face.

Yuan Zhixian looked at the dirty face in the bucket and couldn't help but laugh.

Then, he took the bucket and washed it casually a few times, and then told Yu Ren, "Remember to come back soon! I still have official business to deal with, so I'll leave first." After saying that, Yuan Zhixian said again to Yu Ren.

He turned to a policeman next to him and said, "Captain Sun, please take this young man to my house in a moment."

The catcher agreed, and while instructing his men to deal with the cleanup and aftermath of the fire, he came up and briefly greeted Yu Ren.

Seeing that Yu Ren just put out a fire, everyone around him was actually appreciated by the county magistrate and invited him to dinner. They couldn't help but be envious. Yu Ren was fine. What he cared about was that, after a while, this person

Will the magistrate reward me with a few taels of silver?

It is said that officials in the late Ming Dynasty were always very rich, and being an official was the best way to make money. If you don't believe it, just look at Chen Yuanliang, whom you met in Lianjiang a few days ago.

Yu Ren is currently short of money and thinks about money in everything he does.

After catching up with the fire scene, Capt. Sun came forward and exchanged names with Yu Ren, and then took Yu Ren to see Yuan Zhixian.

Yu Ren followed Sun Battou and walked two streets before he saw a dilapidated county government office. This surprised Yu Ren a little. In his impression, he had always thought that this ancient government office must be like the one in later generations.

It is like the Zheng Fu Building, it is magnificently built.

And I heard that some officials in ancient times also lived in government offices, so they should practice their cultivation well. However, everything in front of me seems so abnormal. Is it because I don’t know enough about the world? Or is it just in front of me?

Is this Mr. Yuan a special case? Yu Ren couldn't find the answer for a while.

Yu Ren followed Mr. Sun and entered the yamen gate. He passed through the front yard, walked around the main hall and came to the back yard. The house here was even more dilapidated than what he had seen before.

Under the afternoon sun, Yu Ren saw a middle-aged man wearing half-worn casual clothes, lying on a large piece of paper and reading something.

Yu Ren glanced around. The layout of the yard could not be simpler. Not to mention the rockery, flowers and plants without any decoration, there was not even a serious table and chair. There were only two old stools, one of which was still there.
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