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Chapter 706 This Admiral is going to work

Outside the Admiral's Mansion, there were traffic.

In addition to officials who really couldn't leave, almost all the officials from Shaozhou and Nanxiong were here, and those who couldn't come also sent people to send gifts. Some well-known gentry and wealthy families in Shaozhou City also had to invite them, and they all excitedly took the invitation in their arms like a family heirloom, and happily came to celebrate the birthday of the pillars of the Qing Dynasty and the Guangdong Admiral Tang Sanshui.

Jia Da, a personal soldier of Tang Sanshui when he was the Qianzong General of Deqing, is now also a general of Shaozhou. He is in charge of the Admiral's personal camp and is highly trusted by the Admiral. Therefore, while preparing birthday gifts for the Admiral, officials from Shaozhou also did not forget to give General Jia a wholehearted wish.

After receiving the "will" of the Nanxiong prefect Zhou Wenming, General Jia, Prefect Zhou, brought him to the Admiral. Before the Admiral could speak, Prefect Zhou took out a piece of red gold-plated paper from his sleeve and presented it respectfully.

"Hey, what is this doing?"

Tang Sanshui frowned first, flipped the paper, glanced at the gift on it, and immediately raised his smile on his face, raised his hand slightly, and said to Zhou Wenming: "Why spend money on Nanxiong Mansion? But with this admiral here, you can put your heart in your stomach. Well, the Japanese admiral sent General Jia Shen to lead troops to defend Nanxiong, and never let the thieves in Chaozhou succeed."

"Thank you, Admiral!"

Zhou Wenming's heart fell on the spot. In front of the Taiping gangs in Shaozhou, Nanxiong was not much better. These days, the bandits in Chaozhou rushed to Nanxiong at any time. The territory was really in a panic, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. The county complained, and the palace complained. He asked the admiral several times to invite soldiers to the admiral and sank the sea. This time, he took this opportunity to celebrate his birthday, but Zhou Wenming gritted his teeth and made great blood. He prepared a gift. If the admiral refused to send troops to defend Nanxiong again, he would not know how to explain to the gentry who was "persuaded to pay" by him when he went back.

"Protecting the country and safeguarding the people is the responsibility of this admiral, and there is no need to thank Nanxiong Mansion."

Tang Sanshui, who received the great gift, was in a good mood. The more he looked at Zhou Wenming, the more he liked him. As he spoke, a group of officials and gentry came to pay homage. Everyone prepared ceremonies. Listening to the steward's sing and the compliments of the officials and gentry, Tang Sanshui was really as sweet as drinking honey sweat. It was rare to put down his airs. Whether it was officials or gentry, they greeted him a few words. Some people even called out their names kindly, which only made the officials and gentry feel like they were bathed in the spring breeze, and everyone was defeated by the admiral's favor.

When Jia Da led a group of officials to sit down, Shaozhou magistrate Qin Dacheng hurried over, and Tang Sanshui asked him: "Shaozhou Prefecture, has the opera troupe been found?"

"I've found it, I've found it. Fortunately, I went to the office in time, otherwise this team would have returned to Nanchang!"

Qin Dacheng nodded and bowed, while making a move to wipe away the sweat that had not been there before before and only after entering the mansion. After erasing the sweat, he looked at it. His face was full of glory for the admiral.

The opera troupe invited by Qin Dacheng was a famous team in Nanchang Prefecture. I heard that Jiangxi Governor Xia Yihe wanted to buy this team as a family troupe. Six days ago, the Song family, a big family in the city, held a wedding ceremony and spent a lot of money to invite the team over. They sang the drama for three days in a row, which was very lively. Today, the team was going back to Nanchang, and everything was packed. If Qin Dacheng went one step late, he might have left.

"well!"

Tang Sanshui laughed and did not treat Qin Dacheng as an outsider at all. He casually told him: "Then Shaozhou Prefecture asks them to choose the best show to perform. If the singing is really good, this admiral will be rewarded!"

"Don't worry, Admiral, this team is speechless." Qin Dacheng smiled flatteringly, "The officials made their own decisions and asked them to sing a fold of "Flying Bird Notes" for the adults to listen to."

"I have never heard of "Flying Bird Notes"" as I walked.

Qin Dacheng laughed behind and said, "The Admiral guessed it well. The play is a new play, but the lyrics are new works from Jiangnan, which sounds good."

"Shaozhou Prefecture said it was OK, it must be good." Tang Sanshui stopped, glanced at Qin Dacheng, and smiled faintly: "Go and let them start, the guests are all here."

"Hey! The servant will go and tell them to start the bill!"

As the fourth-rank prefect, Qin Dacheng was wearing a flower feather with a lapis lazuli, but he was ordered by Tang Sanshui like a slave. However, he was not ashamed at all, but rather proud, and went there happily.

Looking at Qin Dacheng's happy appearance, Jia Da who came over smiled, but Tang Sanshui glared at him and turned his eyes over. Jia Da immediately understood.

In the Admiral's Mansion, there were already colorful lights hanging high, as bright as daytime, servants and actors were busy, and a theater was built out of thin air beside the pool of the garden, with a hall in the middle of which was a hall. There were several pillars in the middle, and couplets were hung on the four front pillars.

After the opera troupe started, the officials and gentry naturally sounded the opera. Those who were familiar with each other sat together and laughed, while those who were not familiar with each other were also polite. Everyone knew in their hearts that the people who could be invited by the admiral were either officials or well-known figures, so they usually had no friendship, so they had to take this opportunity to talk a few times at this time, and they could not make any connections and take care of each other in the future. Officialdom, the officialdom is the place where officials are officials.

The most talked about is of course the Taiping Bandits that made everyone annoyed recently and the Qing Emperor who excited everyone in the army, so the two kinds of people were very valued, one was the military officers in the army, and the other was the people with wide sources of information. When talking about the Taiping Bandits, everyone naturally gritted their teeth and wanted to cut the thief scholar into pieces; when talking about the Qing Emperor, of course, they respected and admired each one, and became a martial ethic.

These days, it is about the superiority and inferiority of the superiors and subordinates. As the master and the highest official positions present, the Guangdong Admiral Tang Sanshui is naturally the chairman. He doesn’t dare to sit down if he doesn’t act like others. Those who are accompanied by Nanxiong Prefect Zhou Wenming, Shaozhou Prefect Qin Dacheng and others. The other officials and gentry sit down according to their respective ranks. Those who don’t know where to sit will have their own arrangements.

The stage was singing, and I have to say that the opera troupe was indeed singing well. The crowd below the stage cheered from time to time. Tang Sanshui also heard it well, so he praised Qin Dacheng for doing a good job, which almost made Qin Dacheng's tears come out. Zhou Wenming, who was sitting opposite, was very envious of Qin Dacheng when he saw Qin Dacheng like this, and only regretted that he was the prefect of Nanxiong, not the prefect of Shaozhou, or the moon would be the first to get close to the water tower. How could this be the turn of a scum like Qin Dacheng to do this good thing? Furthermore, although Shaozhou was the Taiping Bingfeng, there were famous generals like the Admiral who were personally in charge. The insurance coefficient was not as good as his father and mother, and the Nanxiong Mansion was much stronger, and even more soldiers were more than Nanxiong. If there was any problem, Shaozhou would definitely be guarded longer than Nanxiong.

After singing the opera for a while, Tang Sanshui ordered the banquet to start. He raised his glass and said a few words to the officials and gentry. Although it was a symbolic polite word, it still made everyone tug. At the banquet, the civil servants and gentry showed their natural rules, and even toasting were also a literary way, but the military officers did not pay so much attention to it. After three rounds of wine, the scene suddenly became lively.

"Five horses, six and six smooth!"

"Brother, I wish you a drink!"

"Come on, full!"

"This is not going to happen yet, Mr. Zhao Qian can't do it? Come on, let's continue drinking!"

“…”

Perhaps the military officers were too calm and did not look timid or nervous about the Taiping Guardians' advance. The civil servants were gradually infected by the atmosphere. With three glasses of wine, they were less restrained and the atmosphere became hot. The actors on the stage were still singing, but they had already changed into new operas, with gongs and drums beating, which was very lively.

It was lively for about half an hour and everyone was blushing. Tang Sanshui stood up and looked around, and asked with a smile: "You are not well served, can you eat and drink well?"

The officials and gentry said that eating and drinking were good. The Admiral treated him to a bowl of water, and that was all the fine wines in the sky.

Tang Sanshui laughed, but after the laughter, he said, "Since everyone has good food and drink, the Admiral will order people to do their jobs."

"work?"

The officials and gentry were stunned. What should we do? (To be continued.)
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