Chapter 841 South Gate
Although the days are short in the north in winter, it is almost March and spring is about to begin. Today is a rare day before yesterday, and the sky is still bright just before the hour of You.
South city gate.
When Gu Wenxuan learned that Gu Erlang would meet him outside the south of the city at you hour, he passed through the South Gate first and saw Gu Wenhua who was working there.
Gu Wenhua was already wearing a black robe and carrying a big sword, and he went to work in a majestic manner. He seemed to be getting along quite well with the three officers who were checking the city gate.
Although there were many people leaving the city at this hour, the inspection for leaving the city was not as strict as for entering the city, and the speed was still quite fast, so he did not stay here for long.
He got on the carriage and had it parked as far as possible on an open space outside the city gate, some distance away from the city gate. Gu Erlang did not let him wait any longer.
It was even faster than Gu Wenxuan had imagined. From the time he arrived at the South City Gate, his elder brother arrived in less than an incense stick of time.
It was his eldest brother, who was a very considerate person. He came out of the city gate and chatted with Gu Wenhua and others. Then he walked towards him, looking back every step of the way.
The two carriage drivers felt sorry for each other. One of them was in a dilemma as he didn't know whether he should drive the carriage over first, while the other didn't know whether he should drive the carriage over to greet the guests.
Gu Erlang got on the carriage that Gu Wenxuan was sitting in, and saw Gu Wenxuan looking at him with a smile on his face. He couldn't help but smile too, "Is everything done?"
"When you asked Zhiming to give me the message, I was still at Master Cheng's place. I happened to pass by our house and then went to the county government office."
The implication was that the silly younger brother had gone to the county government office before leaving the city. Gu Erlang nodded in understanding, "Did you see Brother Dahu?"
"Yes." Gu Wenxuan extended his hand to signal Gu Erlang, who was sitting firmly, to drink some water first, "You can pass by the inventory when you go from the official residence at the back to the front gate.
It wasn't really a detour, it was just a short walk, then a turn east or west, I didn't go in, I just took a look. "
clever!
You shouldn't have gone in. You knew that Brother Dahu had you as his backer. You wouldn't have stayed in for half a day and still not know what Brother Dahu relies on. There is no need for you to go in.
What a blind brain that is! Why do you need to show up in person to win over those brainless people for Brother Dahu? Don't give any respect to those brainless people.
Besides, you are feeding all this to Brother Dahu. If he can't even deal with these brainless people, he'd better go home early.
Gu Erlang was very happy that his silly brother finally became smart for once and knew when to stop. He took a photo and went back to tell his father-in-law that his brother had gone to check before coming back.
"Also, I have inquired about when Brother Da Hu and his brother-in-law can go home. It's about the same as my uncle and his brother-in-law. When the old man who takes care of them brings them out, they will be able to do what they want. Except for taking a day off, they can stay at home at night as long as it doesn't interfere with their work, just like my uncle and his brother-in-law."
Gu Erlang thought so too, otherwise his father-in-law would not have asked last night to tidy up the yard behind the shop in the city so that his brother-in-law could rest on the rainy day.
"I also met my uncle's brother-in-law. He seemed to know that you were at Tian's house in the afternoon and asked me why I came here alone. It happened that the county magistrate came here at that time.
Before I could reply, County Magistrate Xue stopped me and talked to me for a while. When I turned around, I didn't know where he was. I didn't even see him after I left the county government office."
Gu Erlang listened quietly, and after listening, he nodded slowly, thinking that the other party was quite knowledgeable, "He is not a big deal, as long as he can handle the situation.
This is not your fault. Lord Xue came to talk to you, but you didn't have time to reply. The fact that he was able to talk to you in front of Lord Xue was already a big favor to him."
It's not that he is mean, it's just a different time now. The county magistrate now is his brother's senior brother, and his brother's status is naturally different from when the previous county magistrate took office. The current official is not as good as the current manager. Compared with the previous view of his brother Xiao Sanyuan and promising future, the new county magistrate's junior brother is naturally more popular.
“As for the fact that he approached my uncle the other day about partnering up to buy some land, I can only say that he was overthinking it. Even Mr. Bai Juren didn’t receive an invitation this time.
To put it nicely, he is a police officer, and he is only well-off in the town. Even in our town, there are still many people who despise him because his father is still a slave. "
There’s no way to say that.
It is said that they would release the slaves, even if there was a promising student, and release the slaves to him, most of the masters would not release the whole family of the promising student to slavery.
In the long run, the indentured people always have family members who care about them. As long as these family members are still on hand, it can help to prevent the indentured people from turning against them when they become rich.
What's more, there has never been a talented scholar in my uncle's family, the Fang family. The master of the family released my uncle's mother-in-law because she was grateful for her loyalty in serving their old lady.
This was already very generous. Which master could release the slaves of the entire family except the old couple of the Fang family and help Boss Fang find a job in the government?
Even if the old couple of the Fang family were asked to cancel their slavery, they would be reluctant to do so. At least they have an employer to back them up, and they can still do their old business.
Once the whole family was freed from slavery, even if Old Man Fang could find a job as a shopkeeper, it would depend on how old he was, and it would not be as economical as it is now.
This is only because the master of their Fang family is not a wealthy family, otherwise, all the young ones would be released and what would be the point of keeping the two old slaves!
"Their family is not like your Yue family. Your wife was secretly sold by the old man, Dajiang became a student at a young age, and Xiaohe is a good student..."
Gu Wenxuan was speechless. Why did he bring up his wife? He said, "Go on, let's see if you can come up with something good to say. Who can you compare to the worst?"
Gu Erlang was halfway through his words when he saw Gu Wenxuan looking at him sideways. He couldn't help but laugh, "Still can't you say it? Could it be that you still mind your wife in your heart——"
"Stop!" Gu Wenxuan quickly raised his left hand and patted him, "My wife was born a maid, so what? I will get her a wife named Haoming later!"
"Aren't you going to enter the official career?"
you win!
Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled, "You don't have to provoke me every time you get the chance. Let's talk about the future later. First, let's talk about whether the Zhao family and the Tian family are too particular this time?"
"you guess."
"My hands are itching."
Gu Erlang rolled his eyes at him when he heard this, "A new official has three things to do when he takes office. Your senior brother's thunderous methods are so powerful that everyone is afraid of him, but everyone wants to please him.
It's pretty much what you guessed before. When we sat down to divide the items today, the prices marked on the list on the table were not much different from the market prices.
No one dared to say that the prices were too high, and when the real deal came, the Tian family didn’t dare to step forward, so we had to draw lots and share the cost among the six families, including ours.”
"Equally?"
"The enemy!"
One family gets one-sixth?
Although the days are short in the north in winter, it is almost March and spring is about to begin. Today is a rare day before yesterday, and the sky is still bright just before the hour of You.
South city gate.
When Gu Wenxuan learned that Gu Erlang would meet him outside the south of the city at you hour, he passed through the South Gate first and saw Gu Wenhua who was working there.
Gu Wenhua was already wearing a black robe and carrying a big sword, and he went to work in a majestic manner. He seemed to be getting along quite well with the three officers who were checking the city gate.
Although there were many people leaving the city at this hour, the inspection for leaving the city was not as strict as for entering the city, and the speed was still quite fast, so he did not stay here for long.
He got on the carriage and had it parked as far as possible on an open space outside the city gate, some distance away from the city gate. Gu Erlang did not let him wait any longer.
It was even faster than Gu Wenxuan had imagined. From the time he arrived at the South City Gate, his elder brother arrived in less than an incense stick of time.
It was his eldest brother, who was a very considerate person. He came out of the city gate and chatted with Gu Wenhua and others. Then he walked towards him, looking back every step of the way.
The two carriage drivers felt sorry for each other. One of them was in a dilemma as he didn't know whether he should drive the carriage over first, while the other didn't know whether he should drive the carriage over to greet the guests.
Gu Erlang got on the carriage that Gu Wenxuan was sitting in, and saw Gu Wenxuan looking at him with a smile on his face. He couldn't help but smile too, "Is everything done?"
"When you asked Zhiming to give me the message, I was still at Master Cheng's place. I happened to pass by our house and then went to the county government office."
The implication was that the silly younger brother had gone to the county government office before leaving the city. Gu Erlang nodded in understanding, "Did you see Brother Dahu?"
"Yes." Gu Wenxuan extended his hand to signal Gu Erlang, who was sitting firmly, to drink some water first, "You can pass by the inventory when you go from the official residence at the back to the front gate.
It wasn't really a detour, it was just a short walk, then a turn east or west, I didn't go in, I just took a look. "
clever!
You shouldn't have gone in. You knew that Brother Dahu had you as his backer. You wouldn't have stayed in for half a day and still not know what Brother Dahu relies on. There is no need for you to go in.
What a blind brain that is! Why do you need to show up in person to win over those brainless people for Brother Dahu? Don't give any respect to those brainless people.
Besides, you are feeding all this to Brother Dahu. If he can't even deal with these brainless people, he'd better go home early.
Gu Erlang was very happy that his silly brother finally became smart for once and knew when to stop. He took a photo and went back to tell his father-in-law that his brother had gone to check before coming back.
"Also, I have inquired about when Brother Da Hu and his brother-in-law can go home. It's about the same as my uncle and his brother-in-law. When the old man who takes care of them brings them out, they will be able to do what they want. Except for taking a day off, they can stay at home at night as long as it doesn't interfere with their work, just like my uncle and his brother-in-law."
Gu Erlang thought so too, otherwise his father-in-law would not have asked last night to tidy up the yard behind the shop in the city so that his brother-in-law could rest on the rainy day.
"I also met my uncle's brother-in-law. He seemed to know that you were at Tian's house in the afternoon and asked me why I came here alone. It happened that the county magistrate came here at that time.
Before I could reply, County Magistrate Xue stopped me and talked to me for a while. When I turned around, I didn't know where he was. I didn't even see him after I left the county government office."
Gu Erlang listened quietly, and after listening, he nodded slowly, thinking that the other party was quite knowledgeable, "He is not a big deal, as long as he can handle the situation.
This is not your fault. Lord Xue came to talk to you, but you didn't have time to reply. The fact that he was able to talk to you in front of Lord Xue was already a big favor to him."
It's not that he is mean, it's just a different time now. The county magistrate now is his brother's senior brother, and his brother's status is naturally different from when the previous county magistrate took office. The current official is not as good as the current manager. Compared with the previous view of his brother Xiao Sanyuan and promising future, the new county magistrate's junior brother is naturally more popular.
“As for the fact that he approached my uncle the other day about partnering up to buy some land, I can only say that he was overthinking it. Even Mr. Bai Juren didn’t receive an invitation this time.
To put it nicely, he is a police officer, and he is only well-off in the town. Even in our town, there are still many people who despise him because his father is still a slave. "
There’s no way to say that.
It is said that they would release the slaves, even if there was a promising student, and release the slaves to him, most of the masters would not release the whole family of the promising student to slavery.
In the long run, the indentured people always have family members who care about them. As long as these family members are still on hand, it can help to prevent the indentured people from turning against them when they become rich.
What's more, there has never been a talented scholar in my uncle's family, the Fang family. The master of the family released my uncle's mother-in-law because she was grateful for her loyalty in serving their old lady.
This was already very generous. Which master could release the slaves of the entire family except the old couple of the Fang family and help Boss Fang find a job in the government?
Even if the old couple of the Fang family were asked to cancel their slavery, they would be reluctant to do so. At least they have an employer to back them up, and they can still do their old business.
Once the whole family was freed from slavery, even if Old Man Fang could find a job as a shopkeeper, it would depend on how old he was, and it would not be as economical as it is now.
This is only because the master of their Fang family is not a wealthy family, otherwise, all the young ones would be released and what would be the point of keeping the two old slaves!
"Their family is not like your Yue family. Your wife was secretly sold by the old man, Dajiang became a student at a young age, and Xiaohe is a good student..."
Gu Wenxuan was speechless. Why did he bring up his wife? He said, "Go on, let's see if you can come up with something good to say. Who can you compare to the worst?"
Gu Erlang was halfway through his words when he saw Gu Wenxuan looking at him sideways. He couldn't help but laugh, "Still can't you say it? Could it be that you still mind your wife in your heart——"
"Stop!" Gu Wenxuan quickly raised his left hand and patted him, "My wife was born a maid, so what? I will get her a wife named Haoming later!"
"Aren't you going to enter the official career?"
you win!
Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled, "You don't have to provoke me every time you get the chance. Let's talk about the future later. First, let's talk about whether the Zhao family and the Tian family are too particular this time?"
"you guess."
"My hands are itching."
Gu Erlang rolled his eyes at him when he heard this, "A new official has three things to do when he takes office. Your senior brother's thunderous methods are so powerful that everyone is afraid of him, but everyone wants to please him.
It's pretty much what you guessed before. When we sat down to divide the items today, the prices marked on the list on the table were not much different from the market prices.
No one dared to say that the prices were too high, and when the real deal came, the Tian family didn’t dare to step forward, so we had to draw lots and share the cost among the six families, including ours.”
"Equally?"
"The enemy!"
One family gets one-sixth?
