Su Jin had a lively chat with these people. Although they were in a small border town, the tastes of the officials were no worse than those in big cities. Interesting anecdotes from all over the world were topics they enjoyed talking about, and this new
Although Mr. Zhizhou was young, he seemed to be a member of the same group of people. He was very friendly during the conversation. Although everyone was still wary, they already regarded Mr. Su as one of their own, and the atmosphere in the whole hall was harmonious.
Su Jin also ordered people to give some of the exquisite cakes and eating gadgets brought from Bianliang as gifts to the officials. Su Jin also brought a lot of this year's new tea. One person gave a bag of new tea as a meeting gift, and everyone even offered it.
Thanking them profusely for the treasure, the trade routes were blocked, tea and delicious snacks were more satisfying to these officials than giving them gold, silver and jewelry.
After making a fuss for a while, Su Jin sent the officials away and sat alone in the hall, sneering. Ma Han rolled his eyes and stepped forward and said, "Why are you fighting so fiercely with these guys? Didn't you say you want to check them out? Now
And it’s so hot, this group of people look like they’re the masters who don’t do anything serious.”
Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense. Whether you do business or not is not based on appearance, but evidence. I am here to be the magistrate, and they are all my officials. Naturally, they have to treat each other with courtesy. Besides, they are just gifts."
He gave me a thousand taels of gold and left it in the back hall of the government office."
Ma Han said in astonishment: "Have you been sent to the inner hall so quickly? But did the young master not check it just because of these one thousand taels of gold? We are not short of this little money."
Su Jin smiled and said: "You know my temper. Let's not give up the benefits that are delivered to our door. To be honest, I think they gave me less."
Wang Chao frowned and said: "Master, don't blame me for talking too much. This money is not free. As the saying goes, you must ask for something when you are polite to others. If you take advantage of others, you will be short-tongued. What else can you do if you accept other people's gold?"
Look, the people in the city are starving to death."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't I know this principle? Take it back, take it, check it, and check it. Besides, I didn't ask for their gold in vain. Didn't I give them tea, pastries and delicacies? This is what I risked being robbed all the way.
The things that Danger brought from the capital were treated as if they had spent money to buy them, but they were just a little more expensive, but this was a matter of willingness to fight, and I did not force them to buy."
Everyone was petrified. It turned out that Su Jin gave them tea and cakes not as a gift, but as a commodity. These cakes and tea were too expensive, so something was not worth twenty taels of gold, but it was actually priced at one thousand taels of gold.
, he is worthy of being a businessman and is extremely cunning.
Su Jinwu said to himself: "If anyone accuses me of taking bribes, you have to testify for me. I sold them the things I worked so hard to bring from Bianliang. Things are rare and valuable, and they are actually quite worth it."
, give them money and they won’t have the land to buy it.”
Everyone was speechless. They looked at Su Jin with deep contempt in their eyes. Wang Chao took a breath and asked, "Then how can we find out the truth and obtain evidence? Please make it clear to me, I will go there soon."
act.”
Su Jin waved his hands and said: "You don't need to work too hard. It's not good to scare the snake. This time I want to join in the conspiracy and give them a black tiger to take out their hearts and let them speak out on their own."
Chao Chao and others hurriedly said: "Then what are we going to do? How about I and a few brothers go to relieve the people."
Su Jin hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, you must first get familiar with the soldiers deployed locally. Your identity is the Guards Horse Army. As long as you are willing to make friends with them, they are eager to make friends, but there is one thing.
, never do good deeds, you can just bully others and make them think you are just a bunch of rubbish. If they give you property, they will accept it all. Just remember, every payment must be collected.
I want to give some gadgets in return, learn from me, and treat them as if they have spent money to buy our things, so that we can have a good excuse in the future; we can ask for things from Xiao Sui'er, but fortunately we have brought a lot of private goods.
Come on, if you save some money, you can exchange it for one hundred and eighty thousand yuan."
"Damn!" Everyone rolled their eyes. It didn't matter that they were nothing, but they dragged everyone into the water and asked everyone to pretend to be trash. This was really unbearable.
Su Jin looked at everyone and said solemnly: "What I told you is all the truth, and I am not joking at all. If any of you reveal the secret, it will ruin the big thing for me, but don't be stupid; with these
When you make friends with people, they use a lot of tricks and secretly inquire about some information. If they don't want to tell you, don't ask too many questions, so as not to alert others. Do you understand?"
Everyone had no choice but to agree in unison.
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The inner hall of the government office is also neat and clean. It is a small square courtyard with two entrances. There are some flowers, plants and trees planted in it. There are several ancient locust trees in the west. There is a grape trellis under the ancient locust tree, which provides a large area of shade.
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Su Jin walked into the inner hall with a gloomy face. Xiao Sui'er and Xia Siling had already placed a pot of wine and several plates of seasonal side dishes on the stone table under the grape trellis. Seeing Su Jin come in, they both stood up to greet her.
Su Jin sat down on the stone bench, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, sighing deeply.
"What's going on? Are you in a bad mood?" Xia Siling asked with concern.
Su Jin raised his head and took a look. Xia Siling was wearing a light yellow jacket today, which made her look graceful and sexy. A white gauze tube top on her chest revealed a large area of white breasts. Su Jin felt a strange feeling in her heart.
Xia Siling noticed that Su Jin was looking at her chest, and her face turned slightly red, but she still straightened her chest out, as if she was watching.
Su Jin knew that he should not bring his emotions into the inner house. As a man, no matter how strong the wind and rain outside were, he could not frighten the family members in the backyard. So he adjusted his mood, pointed to the stool next to him and said: "Sit down, you all sit down.
Come have a drink with me, I’ve been busy with handovers these past few days and haven’t had time to eat together.”
Xia Siling glanced at Xiao Sui'er, who unceremoniously sat down next to Su Jin, picked up the jug and filled Su Jin's glass with wine.
Xia Siling sat slowly opposite Su Jin, frowned and asked: "Is the official business not going well? Look at your sad face, take your time, it's the first time you become an official and you have nowhere to start. My dad...my dad was back then.
When I first became the magistrate of Huangzhou, I was like this, but later I became more comfortable."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. I understand. You don't have to worry about me. The place here is barren and there is not much to go to. It's not peaceful outside either. I'm afraid you may have to suffer for a while."
Xiao Sui'er said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xia. Miss Xia and I are very satisfied with this place. Sister Xia promised to teach me how to read, draw, and play the piano."
Su Jin looked at Xiao Sui'er's pretty little face and smiled: "Then our Sui'er is going to become a very talented girl?"
Xiao Sui'er said coyly: "The talented girl didn't think about it. She just listened to the young lady and some sisters talking about poetry and painting. The little maid knows nothing about it and can't get in the conversation. It's really annoying."
Su Jin laughed and said, "Then you should learn from Sister Xia. She is a famous teacher. If you can't become a master disciple, wouldn't you be ruining her reputation?"
Xia Siling spat and said: "What a famous teacher. When it comes to writing poetry, the young master is the expert. Don't forget that you are the number one scholar in the dynasty."
Xiao Sui'er clapped her hands and said, "That's right, little maid, I forgot that the young master taught me how to write poems and lyrics. The disciples taught by the Number One Scholar will definitely be good."
Su Jin was sweating and waved his hand: "I can't teach you. I myself was forced to do nothing. People say that ten years of hard work means that studying is a hard job. I managed to get through it with difficulty, so don't throw me into the fire pit."
Pushed."
Xiao Sui'er and Xia Siling hid their mouths and smiled. It was rare in the world for a top scholar to be so afraid of studying. However, Xiao Sui'er was just teasing Su Jin to ease Su Jin's gloomy mood. This time they saw Su Jin talking and laughing, and their purpose was achieved.
, naturally I won’t get entangled with you anymore.
The three of them drank a few glasses of wine with simple side dishes. Su Jin naturally asked about someone giving a thousand taels of gold. Xiao Sui'er said: "It's not my fault, the man put down the gold and left without a trace.
I can't even catch you, and there's nothing I can do about it. The gold is on the table in the study, so I'm right."
Su Jin smiled and said: "I don't blame you. It was a meeting gift from a group of subordinate officials who showed their filial piety to me. I was afraid that I wouldn't accept it, so I had to cut it first and then play it, put it down and ran away."
Xia Siling frowned and said, "Brother Su, let's take it and return it to others. Why do we need their money? We can't do anything in the future with our hands tied."
Su Jin, tall and tall, pointed out: "She is insightful and worthy of being a general's tiger girl."
Xia Siling gave Su Jin a graceful look.
"But this time we accepted it. From now on, we will accept anyone who gives us money. Am I a fool if I don't accept money from others?"
Xia Siling asked: "Brother Su, is he short of money? The slave family has many private houses. Last time... last time I brought a lot of money out of the old house. If brother Su wants to use it, the slave family will give it all to you. But you can't take it for granted.
Corrupt officials will ruin your reputation."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I have a purpose. As for the purpose, it's official. You will know it later. Besides, your private money is your future dowry. How can I use your dowry?"
money."
Xia Siling blushed furiously. Xiao Sui'er was present. Su Jin actually said such words.
Mostly.
Su Jin looked at Xia Siling's shy expression, and felt happy and refreshing. After drinking a few glasses of wine, she felt quite ecstatic. Looking at Xia Siling's beautiful face and exquisite figure, her thoughts couldn't help but fly back.
In the small pond in the valley, recalling the lingering emotions of that day, I suddenly felt hot all over, so I quickly immersed myself in drinking and eating, for fear that I would not be able to bear the prostitution in broad daylight.