155. Hiring a high-level expert with a lot of money
Yuancheng, as the name suggests, is named after its abundant water source. The rivers outside the city intersect, and the small bridges and flowing waters in the city have a unique feeling.
Ming Xixi is wearing men's clothing. She looks medium-sized and slender. A white shirt with her angelic face can make passers-by turn around and amazed everywhere she goes. What a pretty little boy!
Ning Zi was not used to seeing Ming Xixi in men's clothing at first, but along the way, he gradually became accustomed to it.
When I saw that Yuancheng sold fans all over the streets, I paid attention to it and found that it was nothing more than traditional patterns such as flowers, birds, insects and fish, classic ladies, wealthy and peonies, surplus every year, plum, orchid, chrysanthemums, etc. When I asked about the price, the production process was better and the sale was not cheap, but it seemed that the local market was full, and most of them were purchased by outsiders.
Walking past a long pavilion in the water corridor, I suddenly heard a long sigh. Ming Xixi turned around and saw that he was an old woman selling big and small fans. She was about the early sixties, wearing patched clothes, gray hair, and a thin face. Looking at other stalls, the stall owners were all listless, and there were almost no customers watching and purchasing the entire pavilion in the corridor.
Ming Xixi walked towards the old woman and asked curiously: "Mother-in-law, why are you sighing?"
The old woman's eyes suddenly lit up, what a young man with a beautiful and beautiful figure!
He raised smiles and greeted the guests, "Young Master, buy a fan. Look at my fans, all of which are finely crafted, high-quality paints, and affordable prices. What kind of thing do you like? Landscape or pictures of ladies? I have a variety of things here, and I have to sell everything. You can choose one."
The old woman said a lot of words in one breath, her expression was very enthusiastic and urgent, and she didn't have a meal for several days. Ming Xixi smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, I passed by Yuancheng and saw that there were fans everywhere here. Can people here use so many fans?"
The old woman sighed and said, "Young Master is from another place. You can't find someone as handsome as you are from the young master. Making fans is a craft left by our Yuancheng. Most of them rely on this for their income. The business was good before, but later there were more fans selling them, so the business was difficult. Yuancheng is not big, so how many people from other places can buy them? Alas!"
Ming Xixi said in confusion: "You can take it to other places to sell it, why are you crowded in Yuancheng?"
The old woman said, "Someone took it to other places to sell it earlier, but the journey is too far, and this fan is not a valuable thing. As the young master said just now, how can we use so many fans? Alas, my ninth uncle has been sitting for seven or eight days and has not sold a fan, so the family is about to lose its roots."
When he said that, his expression was very sad. The quarantine stall was an uncle, and he also interrupted and said, "My mother is still lying on the bed waiting for me to find money to buy medicine to treat the disease. Oh, if this continues, I can only find a job to pick up people."
Another chauvinist joked: "That job is not easy to find. How can you repair the house every day?"
Ming Xixi couldn't help but smile and said, "Will the local government help solve the problem?"
The uncle complained: "The former official was a good official. Now the official is only aware of food, drink and enjoyment. If we have to pay taxes, how can we care about our lives or death?"
Ming Xixi couldn't help but remember that the black jade token given by Emperor Zongzheng was the one with Tenglong engraved seal, and her heart moved. She turned to Ning Zi and said, "Let's go and visit Master Guan?"
Ning Zi followed her for ten years, knowing that her good deeds have improved, she curled her lips and said, "If you want to make trouble, I can only follow it."
Ming Xixi smiled and said to the old woman and the uncle: "What is your official name? I'll visit it."
The old woman hurriedly said kindly: "Young Master, you'd better not go. The people in the yamen are very fierce. I heard that the official is often not in the mansion, and many things are left to the master to deal with."
The uncle also said, "Yes, young master, don't go. It's not an official who is greater than him or a rich man, and you won't be welcomed. This life is like this."
Alas! Just because he didn't fight for it, he tolerated such officials who continued to be corrupt, weak and helpless. Ming Xixi sighed in his heart and decided to meet with the parents of Yuancheng.
As soon as he arrived in front of the yamen gate, Ming Xixi suddenly pulled Ning Zi's sleeve: "Ning Zi, you are the leader, I am the servant."
Ning Zi wondered: "Why?" Ming Xixi said: "You have more aura, but I have less aura."
"..." Ning Zi was speechless and said, "Okay, you will appear at the critical moment."
Ming Xixi reached out to make a victory position and walked forward gentlely. When she saw that the door was hidden, she patted the door and shouted: "Is anyone?"
Ning Zi glanced at the big drum for seeking justice: "Beat the drum and make a complaint."
"No, the big drum makes my ears buzz, which will reduce my hearing." Ming Xixi said, simply pushed open the door and looked inside. There was an empty yard with green grass growing along the edge of the wall, and the end was the interrogation lobby.
"What a quiet yamen." Ming Xixi said in surprise. The first time I walked into the yamen was quite fresh. She looked around and saw Ning Zi turning faster than her, and waved to her from the corridor and signaled her to go over.
Near a wooden door, noisy voices came from the inside, and the doors and windows were closed. I wonder what was going on inside? The two of them listened for a while and vaguely heard from the noise that they were betting on gambling. Ming Xixi couldn't help but be surprised. There was a gambling game in the yamen. No wonder weeds grew in the yard.
"What do you want to do?" Ning Zi asked in a low voice. Ming Xixi changed her mind in an instant. She wanted to win two games, but she didn't know how to gambling. Alas~ She is really a rare good child in the world.
"Can you gamble?" Ming Xixi asked. Ning Zi said, "Ning Gu can do it, I can't."
Ming Xixi rolled her eyes: "I would have brought Ning Gulai if I had known." Ning Zi looked at her speechless. She decided to let Ning Gu stay. How could she know so much?
"Let's go find a master with excellent gambling skills." After saying that, Ming Xixi walked out, and Ning Zi followed behind and said, "I'm not familiar with the place, how do you find it?"
"You are so stupid, please post a recruitment notice."
As a result, dozens of recruitment notices appeared on the streets of Yuancheng: Recruiting a master with a lot of money, requiring him to be a master who can identify the fraudsters and bet on a hundred games can win 99:9 games. Registration is free within one hour.
Ming Xixi placed the table for the admissions quota at the end of the long pavilion of the water corridor. Before the recruitment notice was dry, twenty or thirty people came to sign up. Ning Zi hurriedly recorded whether the name and age of Yuancheng on paper. Ming Xixi was leisurely shaking the fan on the side, looking at the men who came to register one by one, and then looking at his bodyguard Ning Zi, he felt emotion: The man from Lan Lian is more handsome.
"Boss, how do you need to filter this?" Someone asked a question.
Ning Zi said: "Don't be anxious, I'll take you to a place to compete."
"Wait, I'll sign up too." A slightly low and hoarse voice sounded, and a young man in blue shirt walked in. He had a tall figure and a charming face. He was so cool that a fan in his hand was shaking.