"Aniang Aniang" On the evening of the first day of February, in a low adobe courtyard in the north of Changle County, a young man of 17 or 18 years old was carrying a dusty linen bag and ran left and right in the alley.
Entered a small yellow mud courtyard.
"I just left not long ago, why are you back again?"
His mother-in-law was washing dishes in the house, and she hurriedly came out after hearing his voice.
"I just got my wages, and I met the rice shop boy and the government who brought corn.
I and others asked that Qiao Dalang to get some from him."
The young man said, and put the bag of corn on the corridor.
On an old shabby stool.
“Why did you buy so much at once?”
The old woman came forward and touched the bulging bag of corn.
When she was young, she had done too much needlework, and her eyesight had long been blurred, and she had to look very close to see things.
"Last month's wages were paid.
According to three hundred cash per month, I worked with them for thirteen days last month and earned one hundred and thirty cash."
The young man said with a grin.
"How much did these corns cost?"
The woman was very happy after hearing this.
Although Naluo County Magistrate had said early in the morning that he would be given three hundred coins a month, it still made her happy to actually get this money in her hands. very.
"Ninety coins, there are still forty coins left here."
The young man touched the old linen belt on his body that had lost its color for a long time.
Although he was a little reluctant to part with it, he finally took out a bunch of copper coins from there and handed it over.
Into the hands of his mother-in-law.
"You should keep some for yourself."
His mother said, bringing the bunch of copper coins in front of her eyes and rummaging through the knots.
"No need.
I work as an errand in the government, and I don't have to spend money to eat in the government canteen.
You ask me, Aye, to go out and buy some meat and salt tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and ask my brothers and sisters to eat something good.
Don't be reluctant to spend the money." , I will be paid again on the first day of next month.”
The young man said and walked out of the yard: "I have to go back to the palace.
It's getting late.
Why hasn't Aye come back yet?"
"Perhaps there are many people fetching water, so we are delayed."
The woman escorted him outside the hospital: "Be careful over there, and don't worry about home."
"Hey."
The young man responded and quickly walked away.
The woman stood outside the courtyard, holding a bunch of copper coins in her hand, covering it with her sleeves, clasping it tightly with both hands, tilting her head slightly, squinting her eyes until her son could no longer be seen, then she covered the courtyard.
He opened the door, walked slowly to the eaves, took the bag of corn, and the copper coins in his hand back into the house.
The two younger ones below should really eat something good.
The old man's body and bones are getting worse day by day.
Originally, in front of these three children, they had two sons, but they did not raise them.
The older one had grown to seven years old, had suffered hardships, and enjoyed blessings.
When the younger one left, he was still there.
As a baby, he didn't even understand.
It was because of his bad fate that he was born in such a chaotic and barren era.
The third child at the back is still the thickest, just like the weeds on the grassland, growing when the wind blows.
When he was a child, he was still thin and yellow, but in the past two years, he has become stronger and seems to be the mainstay of the family.
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It's not easy for him either.
He has an elderly mother-in-law, and younger brothers and sisters to support him.
He is already eighteen years old this year, and his marriage has not been settled yet.
If it weren't for the passage of time and the twists of fate, her family's Sanlang might now be a young man who knows no sorrow.
I remember how prosperous the Lu family was when she first got married.
According to legend, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty held a banquet at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain to entertain the heads of various countries in the Western Regions, establish friendship, and demonstrate the country's prestige.
Businessmen from the Western Regions came in droves.
It was at that time that the Lu family began to engage in business.
From a small and unknown family, it became a well-known businessman.
Her eldest son was born in the prosperity and wealth of this sect.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. , the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and the change of dynasties.
The hardships and hardships involved cannot be described in words.
When Weng Po was still alive, she often told the younger members of the family that the ancestors of the Lu family were Han soldiers stationed in the fields, and they were among the first batch to come when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions.
That was all a long time ago.
There were so many soldiers stationed there, who can tell where their descendants are now scattered, whether they are prosperous or in ruins, or many families have long since ceased to live.
As for her natal family, she heard the elders talk about it when she was a child.
Yan moved from the Central Plains and followed a local wealthy family.
There were more than 30 people in the family, old and young, who came here.
By the time, half of it was not left.
At that time, there was war in the Central Plains, and corpses were everywhere.
I vaguely heard an old man at home say: "In Qinchuan, there is no blood, but there is only Yizhu Temple in Liangzhou."
Liangzhou at that time was probably the current Longyou Road.
The old woman picked up a handful of corn from the linen bag and looked closely at it.
The grains were plump and the rice had a strong fragrance.
It was rare and good rice.
No wonder the third son bought ninety cents in one go.
If they had gone there by themselves.
If you buy it from a rice shop, it won’t be at such a price.
At this time, the courtyard door outside creaked, and then she heard her family's Shiro shouting "Aniang, Aniang".
There was a sense of joy in the voice, and it was obvious that he had heard the news.
"Auntie, those people outside are saying that Magistrate Luo paid the salary to the government servants today."
Sure enough, the boy shouted and quickly entered the house.
"Your brother has just come back," the woman said.
"Brother, why are you back?
He's not on duty these days."
The boy yelled again.
"I must have taken some time to come back while I was eating."
Behind him, the youngest girl in the family followed him into the house.
"I just want you to come back early," the woman said.
"Mom, there are a lot of people on the street outside today, and they are all talking about brother and the others' salary."
The little girl said and snuggled close to her mother.
"Aye couldn't bear to leave after hearing this."
The young man complained.
"That's the problem with you guys."
The old man in her family loves to be lively and listens to other people's conversations.
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Today, when the street outside became lively, he was the first one to be unable to walk, let alone the two younger ones below.
"Mom, brother just came back with the money," Lu Silang asked.
"All I know is money."
His mother said.
While talking, Old Man Lu also poured the water, closed the courtyard door, and entered the house.
"Saburo came back just now and brought back this bag of corn and dozens of pennies."
The woman said when she saw him coming in.
"Oh."
Old Man Lu responded, knowing that she was speaking to him.
"I want you to go out and buy some salt and meat tomorrow and come back with these two young generals."
"Got it."
“Eat meat tomorrow” "Aye, please take me with you tomorrow."
"Don't make any noise, just wash your hands and go to bed."
"Let me look at this corn."
"I've just seen the best corn, and it's said that it came with Qiao Dalang from the palace."
"Now the government actually wants to buy rice."
"Tsk, with those few here, the mountain will be hollowed out by them.
Now if Magistrate Luo and others don't buy their own rice, what else will they have to eat."
"Hey" Old Man Lu sighed.
The county government's expenditures depend on the household tax in Changle County.
At present, in addition to paying rent, the common people of the Tang Dynasty mainly pay land tax and household tax.
The land tax pays for grain, which is transported to nearby charity warehouses.
The household tax is mainly used to maintain the operation of the government.
There is no specific amount of this household tax.
If you meet an honest official, it won't be much.
If you meet a corrupt official, there will be many names.
Although they in Changle County do not levy excessive taxes on the people, in the past few years, their counties have paid household taxes.
Most of the taxes paid by the people are grain, cloth, and silk.
How much grain, cloth, and silk were handed in last autumn?
It was only the beginning of February, and the new county magistrate actually had to pay for food himself.
There were so many mouths in the government, and if he had been replaced by someone with a weak foundation, he would have been eaten alive.
"You said they would stop now" "I'm afraid there may be something else happening later."
"Why" "I don't want to do too much, so I'm going to sleep."
Two days ago, Magistrate Luo took people to the post station.
As expected, his official documents were not recorded.
Sun Yi Changyan of the post station was lost, so Magistrate Luo ordered people to report the matter to Guazhou Bingcao.
The post was managed by Bingcao. jurisdiction.
Early this morning, Fu Bingcao led dozens of powerful soldiers and surrounded the post station in their county.
All the post commander and post soldiers in the post station were captured.
After all, they are also close to a military fortress.
This inn actually dares to lose even the official documents of the county magistrate.
So what else do they dare not lose?
Do they dare to lose the battle report?
As soon as this incident came out, the county magistrate, chief registrar and others all ran away, and even some of the servants ran away.
What was left to the new county magistrate was an empty palace and a pile of unorganized case files.
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Many people in the county were puzzled as to why the new magistrate was so powerful.
Even before he did anything, all the moths in the county were gone.
After all, they had all heard about Magistrate Luo's life experience.
He was not an extraordinary person.
To put it bluntly, he was just a grassroots person.
There was no strong family power behind him.
But these people don't know that in addition to family background, there is something called influence in this world.
Even if Luo Yong is demoted now, his influence is still there.
This time he came to Changle County to serve as the county magistrate.
Many pairs of eyes are staring at this place.
If something like this happens at this juncture, the officials in the state will naturally also You have to brace yourself to deal with it.
The county magistrates, county lieutenants and others had all been immersed in the officialdom.
This time when they saw the soldier Cao acting so decisively and quickly, they knew that the wind was in the wrong direction, and they did not have the courage to bear it.
Even if they ran away, some of them took their families with them.
They ran with their families, and some of them ran out alone to avoid the limelight.
Their families were still in Changle County.
At this moment, at the county government office, blazing torches illuminated the entire courtyard brightly, and from time to time there were night guards patrolling around.
Luo Yong was also afraid that the boat would capsize in the gutter.
Hearing that the county captain and others were not simple, he was afraid that they would kill another carbine and rob the county government office.
So Luo Yong recently ordered people to step up night patrols, and torches were burning in the county government compound all night long.
In an open space not far from the county government office, there were still some craftsmen working on the project.
There is no way, there is nothing in this county.
The household tax collected last year has been taken by those people.
I don’t know where those people have gone.
This year’s household tax will have to wait at least until after the summer harvest.
As a big government official, they have to eat.
Drinking, you can't have no income.
After thinking about it, I decided to make tofu first.
It can not only make some money, but also create jobs, and it doesn't cost much.
When it comes to the tofu business, Magistrate Luo is very familiar with it.
Within a few days, Jinchang, Dunhuang and other places ushered in the first wave of porters selling tofu along the streets.
While these people were selling tofu, they also did not forget to sell it to others: "The new magistrate of Luo County has taught us many tofu dishes.
If you have some free time, please go to Changle County and try our tofu dishes."
"One penny can buy three big bowls of the salted bean curd here."
"There are also Mapo tofu, crystal tofu, homemade tofu, Yongdoufu and Liudoufu.
We can make them at the wine shop and guest house there."
"The government's tofu workshop also produces a batch of braised dried tofu every day.
The taste is something you can't get anywhere else." "" On this day, in a restaurant in Dunhuang, several gentlemen were sitting by the second-floor window, listening to a tofu seller on the street downstairs telling people how good their tofu dishes in Changle County were.
I felt a bit surprised: "This hawker from Changle County is quite eloquent."
"Tsk, these are the words that come and go.
I asked them about it and they said it was taught by their Luo County Magistrate."
At this time, the son of the owner of the wine shop also came over, looked out the window, and curled his lips.
"There's something else."
When those people heard this, they immediately became interested.
"Yes."
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The little boss said, "What kind of training course is it?
Go and listen to it, and you can get two pieces of tofu for free."
"Where are you, Aye?"
"I went to Changle County to attend classes."
"I'll take the chef with me."
"Bring two."
The author has something to say: So what, I was disconnected again recently, and I finally got back online yesterday.
I'm fine.
Don't worry, everyone.
It's just that after a year and a half, I need to disappear from the world.
You can just treat me as my return.
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