At the Piaoxiang Tea House, Liu Changfeng kept raising his body and looking towards the entrance of the stairs.
He had poured the tea three times, but Butler Zhou hadn't come over yet, which made him very anxious.
"As the chief steward of Jiading Bo Mansion, Steward Zhou has to manage the affairs of the entire manor.
The father-in-law's family has a huge business.
There are hundreds of maids and servants in Guang Mansion, and there are countless properties inside and outside the capital.
Naturally, daily affairs are complicated.
Very.
Mr.
Liu, please be patient and wait patiently for a while."
Ma Gan comforted him with a smile.
Liu Changfeng nodded, smiled reluctantly, and finally settled down, sat down, and started chatting with Ma Gan.
After a while, Ma Gan's eyes lit up and he whispered: "Butler Zhou is here."
After that, he stood up quickly.
Liu Changfeng also quickly stood up, turned around and saw a short, fat man in fine clothes walking up the stairs to the second floor.
Wearing a square-sided outer hat and a dark green brocade robe, a wide belt with a gold edge is tied around the fat belly, brocade bags and jade pendants are hanging all over the waist, and the green thumb ring on the thumb further highlights the nouveau riche.
The essence of the world is coming slowly with bastard steps from all directions.
The person who came was naturally Wu Liang, who was pretending to be the housekeeper of the Jiading House.
His clothes were completely imitated by the real housekeeper Zhou.
Even his figure was very similar to housekeeper Zhou.
Facing Liu Changfeng's salute, Wu Liang casually cupped his hands and sat down.
"Our time is precious, let's get straight to the point."
Wu Liang sat down and said without saying anything.
"Ma Gan also told me about your situation.
It's not a big problem to find another official position.
It's not impossible to even be promoted to a higher level and become a county magistrate."
Wu Liang's words made Liu Changfeng ecstatic.
He was originally just With the idea of lateral transfer and becoming a county magistrate somewhere else, I never thought I would have the opportunity to become a county magistrate.
"If Butler Zhou can help the subordinate realize his wish, you will be my reborn parent," Liu Changfeng said with tears in his eyes.
"Don't, don't, don't, I can't afford it.
I'm just a servant running errands."
Wu Liang waved his hand and continued: "Besides, we don't help you for free, we need money."
"Please give me some advice from the housekeeper."
Liu Changfeng calmed down.
"You also know that even though they are both county magistrates, there are good and bad aspects.
The county magistrates in Nanzhili are different from those in Guangdong, and the magistrates in Henan and Shaanxi are different.
The difficulty of operation is different, and the prices are naturally different."
Wu Liang What he said was very professional, and it seemed that such things were done frequently.
Liu Changfeng felt at ease after hearing this.
"To put it simply, if you want to be a county magistrate in Henan and Shaanxi, you only need one thousand taels of silver.
If you are willing to pay two thousand, I can help you work in Yunnan and Guizhou.
If you can pay three thousand taels, you can go to Jiangxi If you can afford four thousand taels, you can go to Jiangnan, the richest place.
If you add another five thousand taels, your place will remain the same and your official position will be promoted to county magistrate."
Data came out of Wu Liang's mouth one by one, as calmly as the waiter quoted the price of vegetables when eating in a restaurant.
Liu Zhengfeng lowered his head and frowned in deep thought, his heart full of struggle and hesitation.
At this time, he no longer doubted the energy of Butler Zhou opposite him, but was hesitating and struggling with so many choices.
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Of course it is not possible to be an official in Henan and Shaanxi, where thieves have long been the rule.
Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places are too far away from home.
Jiangnan is the best, but the price is too high.
It's really hard to choose.
As for being promoted to a county magistrate, he has given up on his fantasy because he simply can't afford that much money.
After more than 20 years of service, he accumulated a large amount of property.
However, apart from the house and fields that were trapped in the thieves' area and could not be liquidated, he only had more than 3,000 taels of silver in his hands, which was not enough to operate in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Let's go to Huguang.
It just so happens that Liuyang is short of a county magistrate.
Huguang is not too far away, and it is a land of plenty.
It only takes one year to be an official there and you can get back the money you spent."
It seemed as if he had seen through Liu Changfeng's thoughts.
Thoughts, Wu Liang said casually.
"Okay, let's go to Huguang."
After thinking for a moment, Liu Zhengfeng made up his mind.
Although Huguang is not as wealthy as the Jiangnan area, it is still a land of plenty.
With his money-making methods, he will be able to get back the three thousand taels of silver in less than a year.
"According to the rules, you pay half of the deposit first, and then pay the other half after the event is completed."
Wu Liang said calmly.
"This" Liu Zhengfeng hesitated again.
"I don't have to spend money to help you with this matter.
Do you still need me to advance money for you?"
Wu Liang said angrily when he saw this, got up and left.
"No goodbye," Ma Gan hurriedly stopped in front of Wu Liang, bowing with a smile on his face, "Butler Zhou, don't be angry.
He is a foreigner who has never seen the world and doesn't understand the rules of our capital.
Don't talk to him. gas."
As soon as Wu Liang got up, Liu Zhengfeng panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize.
Only then did Wu Liang sit down again.
"Steward Zhou, to tell you the truth, I don't have so much money with me.
Do you think I will send someone to deliver it to the house later?"
Liu Zhengfeng asked tentatively.
"Do you want to make this matter known to everyone?"
Wu Liang scolded, "Give the money to Ma Gan, and he will naturally transfer it to me.
I really don't know what to say."
He stood up and walked away regardless of the two people's efforts to persuade him. go.
"Master Liu, you are not doing this properly.
Since you are here to discuss business, how can you not bring money?
Do you know how busy Butler Zhou is?
Now he may be a little angry."
"What should we do?"
Liu Zhengfeng asked with a grimace.
After all, he still doubted Wu Liang's true identity, but he was also afraid that he would really offend Wu Liang and not get the job he wanted.
"What else can you do?
Hurry up and get the money.
You think the position of county magistrate is waiting for you alone.
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There are so many people in the world who want to be officials.
There are long queues outside the gate of the Ministry of Civil Affairs every day.
If it weren't for me and Butler Zhou Familiar, how could such a good thing come to you?"
Ma Gan also became angry.
"Brother Ma, please don't be angry.
It's my fault."
Afraid that Ma Gan would also leave, Liu Zhengfeng accompanied him humbly, "I will send someone back to the inn to get the money right away.
Brother, I will not forget your benefits. " After finishing speaking, Liu Zhengfeng walked aside, called his servant, gave a few instructions in a low voice, and then the servant left the teahouse.
Looking at the servant's back, Ma Gan sneered.
After Liu Zhengfeng's servant left the teahouse, he did not rush back to the inn where Liu Zhengfeng was staying.
Instead, he pulled a pedestrian on the roadside to ask something, and then quickly chased him on Qipan Street.
After a while, a small sedan appeared in front of him, so the servant slowed down and followed slowly behind the sedan.
After walking for more than half a mile, the sedan stopped in front of a large house.
The servant took a closer look and saw that on the black plaque above the magnificent gate, there were four golden characters written "Jiading Bo Mansion". " Then he saw the housekeeper Zhou getting down from the sedan chair and walking towards the door of the mansion.
Just at this moment, the door of the mansion opened, and a noble young master in brocade clothes walked out.
When Butler Zhou saw the young master, he rushed up to greet him, nodding and bowing in greeting.
I don't know what the two of them said, but I saw the noble young master getting into a luxurious sedan chair that had been parked outside the mansion for a long time.
Butler Zhou also got into the sedan chair again and followed behind.
"Who are those two people?"
the servant asked a candy vendor on the street.
"You don't even know them."
The hawker showed a look of contempt, "That young master is the young master of the father-in-law of the country and the brother-in-law of our Emperor Chongzhen.
As for that short fat man, he is the chief steward of the Zhou Mansion."
"You are dressed like a dog, even I almost believed you were the son of the Guozhangfu."
The two sedans walked along Qipan Street for a while and then turned into an alley.
Seeing that the servant did not follow him, Wu Liang shouted He stopped the sedan and smiled and cursed at Chen Yue, who was still sitting in the sedan.
In response to his scolding, Chen Yue just laughed, just like the fool Chen Yue before.
"Stop laughing, come down quickly.
It's time to return the rented sedan."
Wu Liang pulled Chen Yue off, took out some scattered silver from his arms and handed it to the leading sedan bearer, and sent away the hired sedan. .
"Quick, take off your clothes, be careful.
You'll have to pay for them if they get dirty."
The clothes they wore were rented from a pawn shop.
The rent alone costs one tael of silver.
If you return them one day late, you will have to pay an extra day's rent.
Wu Liang opened the package he was carrying and handed Chen Yue's tattered clothes to change into.
The splendid clothes and jade belt turned into rags again, and the dashing and handsome young master returned to his identity as a fool.
"Let's go, return your clothes first, and then I'll take you to eat steamed buns."
After changing clothes, Wu Liang took Chen Yue and walked along the alley toward Xuanwumen Street.
Walking in a secluded alley and looking at the blooming rose flowers in the corner, Chen Yue couldn't help but recall the surprising glimpse he had in Jiading Bo's Mansion.
Chen Yue followed Ma Gan's instructions and waited in a teahouse not far from Guozhang's Mansion until a candy vendor came to report the news.
So Chen Yue left the teahouse and went to the abbot's house, asking to see the abbot Zhou Kui.
How can the abbot of the state be seen by everyone?
If Chen Yuechuan hadn't looked like a dog and claimed to be a scholar, the concierge of the abbot's mansion would have kicked him out.
After weighing the heavy money in his hand, the concierge reluctantly agreed to inform Chen Yue, so Chen Yue sat in the side room by the gate with peace of mind, waiting for the secret signal from the candy seller.
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However, after waiting in the wing room for a while, the middle door of the Guozhan's Mansion was opened wide, and a blue sedan, escorted by more than a dozen men in brocade robes, entered the Guozhan's Mansion from the outside.
With his flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife, he looks like the famous Jinyiwei.
Who has so much energy and more than a dozen guards in royal robes to actually open the central door of the royal residence to greet Chen Yue.
He curiously looked out from the side room.
It happened that a gust of wind blew by, and the curtain of the sedan chair lifted a corner, and Chen Yue looked at it.
A familiar pretty face arrived.
"Why are they so similar?
It's like they were carved from the same mold."
In Aunt Zhang's bun shop, Chen Yue ignored Wu Liang's mocking words, didn't see Zhang Xiuer's contemptuous eyes, and just sat absentmindedly
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