The words of Li Xia and Han Qiaoer reached Jiang Chun's ears from far away. Jiang Chun raised his eyebrows and felt mixed feelings in his heart.
He, a dignified county magistrate, would not be reluctant to part with a stewed chicken, but "home" is his home, and "stewed chicken" is also his stewed chicken. It is uncomfortable to hear someone say it so frankly.
He should not refute in public, lest he appear to be a petty county magistrate.
Jiang Chun kept silent and walked to the teahouse.
Mou Zhu was coming down with his two children. The female family members got into the sedan first, leaving Jiang Cang standing beside the sedan.
"The child has seen his father."
Jiang Chun was angry and said with a straight face, "Have you finished your homework today?"
"Not finished yet."
"Then you come out and cause mischief!"
Normally, Jiang Cang might have said, "It was the mother who brought the child out," but today, thinking about what County Lieutenant Li was doing, he responded, "The child is playful, please father, please don't blame the mother and sister."
Jiang Chun couldn't blame him, and he didn't know what he was thinking of, so he said earnestly: "You used to like to talk a lot. My father warned you that in life, if you talk too much, you will make mistakes. As the saying goes, 'A gentleman speaks few words so that his words can be fulfilled.' You
Do you understand?"
"My child understands."
"Too many words lead to mistakes." Jiang Chun sighed again, waved his hand, and let his son get on the sedan.
Looking back again, I saw Li Xiaren holding the sleeve of the little book boy and chatting with the staff and guards.
"Indecent..."
There were several more bangs in the county government office, and it was time to go to the government office.
However, because many things were delayed during the day, the scribes continued to process the documents for a long time before sending the signed manuscripts to the acceptance room for inspection and then to the signing room.
As night fell, Jiang Yan checked the government officials who were on duty at night, as well as the warehouses, county jails, patrolmen, lamplighters and others.
Someone could faintly hear someone muttering about "picking dozens of people with one sword" or something like that. Jiang Yan sighed slightly, as if he was lamenting how long he could be responsible for the things he was doing.
Jiang Chun had been busy for a long time after coming back. He saw all this and felt emotional in his heart.
Thinking that Li Xia had moved into the houya, he was worried about his wife and daughter, so he hurriedly signed the official document and got up to go back.
Passing by the principal's office, I saw that the lights inside were still on and Fang Yankai was still busy.
Jiang Chun knew that in the past year, Fang Yankai had been holding the post of a county captain and a county captain. He had a heavy burden and had to work hard on paperwork. It was indeed hard work.
As for the impact that today's events will have on Qingfu County, I haven't had time to think about it. I can only think about it when I have free time in the evening...
In the back office, a table was placed in the courtyard, and Li Xia, Liu Jinsuo and the Han family's grandparents were eating.
"I thought Alang would use a more secure approach today, but I didn't expect..."
"This is the safest method." Li Xia said, "It's what I'm best at."
Han Qian smiled bitterly and said, "I wonder what Alang is not good at?"
"A lot, such as singing, settling accounts, and writing articles." Li Xia asked, "How are the two gentlemen surveying today?"
Han Chengxu glanced around and said softly: "Why don't we wait until we get back to the house?"
"It doesn't matter."
"That's fine." Han Chengxu said: "I asked a few merchants, and two of them were willing to sell the boats. They are suitable in size and sturdy. They were originally built to carry out tea and horse trade with Dali, Tubo and other places, and also to transport tribute tea, bamboo paper, etc.
Go to Jiangnan. Now that the tea-horse trade route is cut off, the other party is willing to sell at a low price.
A thousand guan for a big ship and 600 guan for a small ship. Calculated in this way, even the smallest navy should have two large ships and several small boats to take care of each other. In any case, it would cost more than 6,000 guan. In addition, it also needs to be modified.
Training sailors, oarsmen, and equipment..."
Han Qi'an said: "We need to build another pier and build defenses. We have already looked at several locations. We need to ask Alang to come over and have a look."
"Yes, the cost is not small."
Han Qian said: "There is another problem. Alang is not qualified to establish a navy. But the county captain has the responsibility of dredging water conservancy and protecting roads, so Alang may be able to handle it under this name."
Li Xia pondered and asked: "Two gentlemen said that since there are ships and names, this matter is feasible."
"It's feasible, but extremely difficult." Han Qi'an said, "However, Alang can submit an official letter to Shi Zhizhou, or write a letter back to Beijing to Prime Minister Jia. If approved, the matter will be simple."
Han Chengxu looked around and whispered: "The county captain still doesn't have enough authority and position. If Alang is the county magistrate, or the chief administrator of the county, and with the support of the state office, this matter will be easy to accomplish."
Li Xia said: "Don't worry, if I were asked to manage a county now, I wouldn't be able to do it."
"So it is."
"As for the manpower... today Alang defeated all the squads with one sword, and may be able to take over the archers in the city as soon as possible."
"It's like getting to know them."
Han Qi'an said: "Speaking of this, Alang is not afraid of defeating all the classes, but these men are not convinced?"
Li Xia said: "Between people, if you force him a little bit, he will definitely be dissatisfied. But if you force him a lot, so strong that he can't catch up no matter what, then there will be no dissatisfaction."
Han Qian smiled bitterly.
Han Chengxu stroked his beard and said: "In my opinion, if you want to train as a navy master, you need to recruit another group of people."
"I'm afraid the Changning Army may have different opinions..."
While talking, Jiang Chun came back from the front office and was stunned when he saw the situation in the hospital.
His eyes fell on the chicken bones on the table. Jiang Chun felt melancholy, but still had a smile on his face.
"Haha, Feiyu had a fight today and asked the kitchen to stew chicken for you to replenish. I also wanted to send someone to tell you that you don't have to wait for me. It turns out you have already eaten."
"Yes, Magistrate Jiang is interested and eats well."
Liu Jinsuo said: "We only ate half of one. The roasted pork ribs are also delicious."
Jiang Chun was regretting his official talk with Li Xia. After listening to Liu Jinsuo's words, he subconsciously said: "This is stew for you to eat, why not eat it all?"
"Is it really possible?!" Liu Jinsuo was overjoyed, "Great! I was saying that the ribs were not enough."
Jiang Chun hesitated, nodded with a smile, and ordered others to bring over the remaining stewed chicken and ribs.
But I was cursing secretly in my heart, what kind of master and what kind of servant, how could I not understand human speech, even the Miao people in Baiyan Miao Village were more polite than these people.
"Magistrate Jiang is so polite, I'm flattered."
"Feiyu, there's no need to be polite. Just treat this place as your own home. Don't worry that I'm not used to it."
"yes."
Liu Jinsuo said again: "Don't worry, county magistrate, the young man has given you the money, and there will be more side dishes in the kitchen tomorrow."
"hehe."
Jiang Chun was too lazy to speak anymore and turned back to the room with his hands behind his hands, feeling that he couldn't breathe.
After a hasty meal, the family still ate in silence and slept in silence.
Only Jiang Cang bit his chopsticks and kept looking at the yard, as if he envied others for being able to talk while eating.
Or maybe he was looking at his portion of stewed chicken and pork ribs.
After dinner, Jiang Chun returned to the study, holding a teacup and meditating, when he saw Mou Zhu come in with a somewhat mysterious look in his eyes.
"Official."
"Um?"
"Li County Wei really stayed at home?"
"Don't worry, he won't be long."
"That's not what I'm talking about. Look at him, is he the right age for Di'er?"
"Oh, children can also be county captains." Jiang Chun chuckled and said, "The imperial court only stipulated that border county captains should not be over fifty years old, but they forgot to stipulate that they must be adults before they can serve."
"My lord, please listen carefully to what I have to say!"
Jiang Chun raised his eyes and glanced, quite impatient.
Mou Zhu said: "Di'er, Di'er. Do the officials think Di'er and Li County Lieutenant are compatible?"
Jiang Chun hesitated again, unable to speak for a long time.
He glanced across the study, thinking to himself, there was no normal person living in this house?
"Don't think about this. From now on... let's find a son-in-law."
"It's not like I haven't given birth to a son for the official, so why should I recruit a son-in-law?" Mou Zhu said, "It's just right to give Di'er to Li County Lieutenant."
Jiang Chun turned to look outside the study room and saw the shadow reflected on the paper window, which disappeared in an instant. It must be that a pair of children were squatting down and eavesdropping.
When the words came to his lips, he pondered and said: "Li Feiyu... is definitely not a good match. You don't have to think about it anymore."
"Why? I think it's just right for me. He happens to live at home."
"It's appropriate. How can things in this world be appropriate? Regardless of my political disagreement with him, Fang Zhengshu will be able to drive him out of Qingfu in a few days."
"Guardian, this is what I think."
Mou Zhu came closer, squeezed Jiang Chun's shoulders, and started talking.
"The reason why the officials support the landlord is because they are about to be transferred and they don't want to make mistakes. But no matter how good the landlord is, how much of the credit will really fall on the officials?
Lieutenant Li County is different. He is an official of the imperial court at such a young age. When you are an official like him, you have not yet taken part in the examination. How big is his future?"
"Haha." Jiang Chun laughed twice.
"As an official, you can make no mistakes at most if you help the landlord register. But if you get married to County Lieutenant Li, you will be your son-in-law for life." After saying this, Mou Zhu glanced out the window and said, "It's also Di'er's life.
The perfect husband."
Jiang Chun frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you, a woman, so don't make any more noise."
"Why?"
"I don't like him, I annoy him! Okay?"
After saying this sentence, Jiang Chun felt much relieved and said: "I'm so annoyed with him that I will never recruit him as my son-in-law! Get out!"
Mou Zhu was furious, flicked the veil and walked out.
Outside the door, a pair of children were hiding there and eavesdropping. They quickly followed her and turned back to the side room together.
"Mother, I think my father has made it very clear what should be said and what should not be said." Jiang Cang said: "Father is wise, this matter..."
"Have you finished reading the book? If you haven't gone to study yet, a man has been following us and talking too much all day long."
Jiang Cang was not afraid of his mother either. He chuckled and said, "Isn't it just to stay with my mother to study less?"
Mou Zhu touched his face and liked his son's cleverness.
She turned to Jiang Di again and said, "It doesn't matter, don't I understand your father? Don't listen to what he says, just watch what I do."
Jiang Di asked: "Can Lieutenant Li still be my daughter's husband?"
"Let's see if I convince your father." Mou Zhu glanced in the direction of the study, "Li County Lieutenant is looking for your father's support. As long as your father nods, I think it can happen."
"Okay!" Jiang Di nodded with joy on his face.
Only Jiang Wanwan rolled his eyes and felt helpless...