The prefect Zhou Jue had just seen off a colleague who was going to take office in Nanjing in the evening. He drank a few more drinks and felt slightly dizzy.
As soon as he returned to his mansion, he heard a servant come to report that a guest had been waiting in his mansion for a long time. He scolded the servant a little unhappy.
The person who is still waiting for him in the mansion at this time must be someone with whom he has no friendship. The servant should not keep the other person, let alone let him into the mansion. At this moment, he is very drunk, and he does not want to see any mess at all.
people.
Since he became the prefect, in addition to official entertainment, the relatives of the Zhou family who he thought were dead have appeared one by one like they were out of the cracks in the rocks. He has no good impressions of these relatives.
None, let alone some of them are relatives of his wife's family.
All these people came to him to cause trouble for him, and he was simply annoyed.
While scolding his servant, he walked into the living room. As soon as he saw the waiting guest, he immediately knew that he was afraid that he had wronged his servant.
"Go down, don't disturb us if you have nothing to do!"
He waved his hand and repelled the servants, with a look of surprise on his face: "Mr. Fan, I didn't expect you to come here. If I had known you were going to invade, I should have been waiting at the house today!"
"Prefect Zhou praises me too much!"
Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "I came here rashly. I didn't know that Magistrate Zhou was not here, but I didn't dare to disturb Magistrate Zhou, so I had to bother with a few cups of tea here. By the way, I have finished all the good tea I gave you last time."
Is this tea a bit difficult to drink?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, then sat down respectively.
They are no longer outsiders. The friendship between the two cannot even be described as deep. Not to mention how much effort the other party used to make Zhou Jue the prefect. Even after Zhou Jue became the prefect, without the strong help of the other party, he wanted Yan'an Prefecture.
The stalls left behind are now managed in an orderly manner, which is not an easy task.
The greetings are just polite. Once you are done being polite, you will naturally have something to say.
"Is there something going on?" Zhou Jue asked tentatively, who is Fan Yongdou? Now his Fan Ji is all over Shaanxi and Shanxi. As the head of Fan Ji, he can stay idle for several hours at the home of the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture.
When he comes back, what he has to say will definitely not be a trivial matter.
"It's not a big deal!"
Fan Yongdou smiled and said: "Everything you did in Yan'an Mansion is known to Marshal Jiang. Marshal Jiang admires you very much. He even regrets it. He should have continued to keep you in the staff room in the first place.
Instead of letting you become an official!"
"real?"
Zhou Jue's face lit up: "It's not you who told the Marshal, right? I didn't do anything. I just swept away the things that the Marshal left behind. The rest of the things were planned by the Marshal a long time ago."
Just do it. Our Yan'an Prefecture is not like other places. If I can't do this well, I really should go find a piece of land outside the city to grow sweet potatoes!"
"Haha, interesting!" Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief also praised you for growing sweet potatoes well. I didn't expect you to feel the same way!"
Zhou Jue: "...!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The commander asked me to ask you if you are interested in going to Dongjiang Town. The things you want to do are not much different from what you did in Yan'an Mansion?"
"Go to Dongjiang Town?" Zhou Jue hesitated: "Then I can get the post of magistrate and be transferred to the Ministry of War. Moreover, isn't Dongjiang Town a military town? All food and wages are provided by the court. I don't know anything about marching and fighting. Go
If you go over there, you can't help the commander much?"
"These are not things you have to consider!" Fan Yongdou said carelessly: "I just came to ask you if you are interested!"
"Of course I am interested in following the commander to make great achievements, but..."
Before Zhou Jue finished speaking, Fan Yongdou interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Okay, as long as you are willing, there is no need to say anything else. There are carriages and horses waiting outside the door. We can set off now. You see you still have some
Whatever worries you, let’s take them all with us!”
"ah!"
Zhou Jue was shocked: "No, we shouldn't be in such a hurry!"
"What are you worried about?" Fan Yongdou shook his head: "It's time for Marshal Jiang to employ people now. He values you and you are willing. Then isn't this a matter of course? Why wait for you to be here with your relatives and friends?
Isn't it too late for your subordinates to have a farewell drink before leaving? As for official matters, you don't have to worry about it. I will ask for leave for you first, and then when you get to the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief will naturally make arrangements for you at the court.
You can’t trust the commander-in-chief!”
"Of course I can trust you?"
"Then you can't trust me?"
"Mr. Fan, how is this possible? I have always respected you!"
"Then let's go!"
Fan Wencheng didn't waste any time and stood up: "Those things in your house are so delicate. I will ask someone to pack them all for you and take them all away. You can slowly pick out the useful ones and keep them on the way. Your wife and you are the most important."
The concubine you like should be in the car outside at this moment. You have no heirs, and we don’t care about your messy relatives. As for the expenses along the way, you don’t have to worry about it. I’m Fan.
Not short of money!"
Zhou Jue shook his head. He always felt that this thing was a bit ridiculous. He even suspected that he had had a few too many drinks. The thing in front of him was a dream he had when he was still asleep in the restaurant. Otherwise, how could such an incredible thing happen?
Woolen cloth?
"Where are we going?"
He shook his head, his head felt dizzy, and he became more and more sure that he was dreaming.
"Go to Tianjin first, and then go to sea from Tianjin!" Fan Yongdou said: "Let's go, you are not the only person I want to pick up tonight. Let's not waste time here. You are the one designated by Marshal Jiang."
If this were not the case, would I even come here in person?"
After being led into the carriage in a daze, Zhou Jue found that his wife and concubines were indeed in the carriage. However, both of them were beaming with joy. It seemed that what they heard from Fan Yongdou's mouth was different from what he heard.
.
"Sir, you have been promoted again. Mr. Fan's people came to tell me just now. I still don't believe it!"
"Of course I am very powerful, but why does our master have to leave so quickly when he takes office?"
"What did Mr. Fan's people say to you?" Zhou Jue asked curiously: "How can there be such a thing as taking office in the middle of the night? I am still a little confused about this matter?"
"Of course the master has been promoted again. I can't remember what official position it is. It seems that he is the premier of some kind of yamen, responsible for an entire big yamen!"
"I also heard that this official position is a little lower than that of Marshal Jiang. Marshal Jiang is at least a second-rank official now, and that master is at least a third-rank official!"
Zhou Jue: "As a woman, what good things are you thinking about? It is indeed a dream. I have made up such things myself..."