Nie Zizhi squinted and sneered: "What do you think?"
Guo An suddenly realized, "No wonder I just walked from the county government office and didn't see many butcher shops? And the people on the street seem to be listless?"
After saying that, he quickly bowed gratefully to Nie Zi.
"Thank you Uncle Nie for the tip, otherwise I would have really been in big trouble!"
Nie Zizhen snorted angrily: "Humph, you have caused a big disaster a long time ago. Fortunately, His Royal Highness and His Majesty are magnanimous and did not argue with you over this matter. Otherwise, based on those impeachment memorials, this little boy would have been arrested and charged long ago."
Got it!"
"Uncle Nie, please rest assured, my nephew will correct it soon!"
Guo An said sincerely.
"How to correct it?
"Go find meat for these people!"
Nie Zishi's eyes widened immediately, "You can find cheap meat for the people. Where can you find meat?"
Guo An pondered for a moment and then replied slowly: "My nephew is stupid and only wants to go hunting in the mountains and fish in the sea."
"Go fishing in the sea?"
Nie Zishi's eyes widened again and he warned in a low voice: "You kid wants to commit trouble again, how long has it been since Hu Weiyong's incident?
Moreover, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent and control Japanese invasion, His Majesty has dismissed many municipal shipping departments along the coast and issued many orders strictly prohibiting people from entering the sea to fish and merchants from entering the sea to trade with foreign vassals."
"You kid, please don't have any delusions about this matter, otherwise no matter how kind His Highness the Crown Prince is and no matter how much King Yan favors you, he won't be able to save you!"
"Uncle Nie, what if His Highness Prince Yan comes to do this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo An saw that Nie Zushi's expression changed again, as if he wanted to beat him severely.
"You are getting more and more courageous. Don't seek death. Who is King Yan? He is your majesty's fourth son. He is the vassal king sent by your majesty to guard Beiping. He is also the king of Ming Dynasty.
I ask you, if there is a traitor in front of His Majesty the King of Yan every day, inciting His Majesty the King of Yan to do this or that thing, and all of it goes against His Majesty's will, how do you think His Majesty will deal with that traitor?"
Guo An whispered: "Uncle Nie, my nephew is not a traitor."
Nie Zizhi glared at Guo An and said earnestly: "I also know that sea bans have good and bad qualities, but do you think those officials in Zhejiang and Fujian, as well as local merchants and people, did not write to ask His Majesty to lift the sea ban or relax it?
Let the people of Zhejiang and Fujian go fishing?
However, His Majesty’s maritime ban on coastal areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian has become more stringent year by year. Why do you think this is?”
"Okay, you bastard, you can just run Wanping County with peace of mind and don't interfere in these things. Besides, you also need to know that being an official requires stability.
The more you do, the more mistakes you make, and the more likely it is that your whole family will be implicated.
From the Hu Weiyong case, to the Kongyin case, to this year's Guo Huan case, you have to understand that His Majesty is not a soft-hearted person, so don't be confused.
When the time comes, if you are beheaded, it will harm your family and even the entire Guo Village..."
Guo An: "..."
"Well, don't be so afraid. As long as you don't be corrupt and don't give advice at will, you will be fine as the magistrate of Wanping County."
Feeling that his dissuasion had an effect, Nie Zishi smiled softly and said again: "Go back and think about it carefully. Your father sent you to Beiping Mansion and entrusted me to me. I will never harm you.
But don’t do stupid things.”
"Thank you, Uncle Nie."
Guo An respectfully bowed to Nie Zi again. He also understood that Nie Zi really did good for him. Of course, this was because he saw that he and Zhu Di were getting close, so he was scared and did not want to be implicated by him.
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and Guo An doesn't mind either.
When the first prince of the Ming Dynasty was still alive and well, who would have thought that the Yan King Zhu Laosi, who only wanted to be a general to attack the Beiyuan Tatars all day long, would be able to sit on the throne in Yingtian City in the future.
Where is the throne?
Moreover, now Guo An is just a small county magistrate without any background, so anyone can step on him.
Especially when facing Yan King Zhu Di, he had no ability to resist at all.
Of course, it also has something to do with Guo An's restlessness.
I'm used to the bright lights, fast-paced music, and clean and tidy cities and homes in the future.
Having experienced the benefits of advancement, but facing the backwardness of this era, Guo An has the desire and impulse to change everything he sees.
However, Lao Zhu, who was far away in Yingtian City, was like a god of death, pressing down on Guo An...
After leaving the gate of the Chief Envoy's Office, there was no urgent matter, so Guo An slowed down and prepared to take a closer look at the situation of the people on the street.
In this era, if you want to tell whether people are rich or not, you only need to look at their faces and body shapes.
Most of the people who are emaciated and have no meat on their bodies are poor people. Their families are about to be so poor that they cannot open the pot and cannot eat a single meal of meat all year round.
Most people on the street are in this situation.
As long as you have a round body and a little bit of meat, you can at least have enough food at home.
As for Guo Erniu, who is behind Guo An, and Guo Erniang, the family's fat and round cook, it is because Guo An's family is originally a gentry and landlord's home, and the family is already well-off. For these close servants, they are also in charge of food.
full.
After walking three streets in a row, Guo An's heart sank to the bottom.
In the three squares, I didn't see a butcher shop.
Guo An even felt as if the people in Wanping County as a whole had lost weight.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a loud noise came from the sky.
Guo An woke up with a start, subconsciously looked up and saw that the sky above the entire Beiping Mansion was filled with darkness.
"Master, it's going to rain. Let's find a place to take shelter first."
Guo Erniu said with a straight face.
This month is when there is a lot of rain in Beiping Prefecture.
As for the heavy rain, it started to fall at any time. Before Guo An could reply, heavy raindrops began to fall.
"Let's go to the teahouse in front."
"Yes, Master!"
After entering the teahouse, Guo An found a corner and asked Guo Erniu to order a pot of hot tea and a plate of snacks, and ate slowly.
As the rain outside became heavier and heavier, more and more people came in to take shelter in the teahouse.
In this regard, whether they are rich people or farmers in rags, the teahouse owners all receive them with smiles, and everyone who enters the store is a customer.
Anyone who wants tea will be served hot tea.
Those who don’t drink tea will also be served bowls of hot water.
And those tea guests and water guests didn't dislike each other, so they just took advantage of this little free time to get together and chat for a while, whether it was bragging, showing off, or complaining, anyway, sitting here