Chapter 10 I want to be an urban management officer when I grow up
Time would not slow down because of Liu Hu's prayers. A night passed in a flash, and Luo Fanchen had already driven the carriage for about eighty miles.
This is because Luo Fanchen has superb skills and excellent horses. The carriage is a Tangya prisoner carriage specially modified by Tangya. If it were any other carriage, it would be good if it could travel fifty miles a day.
Early in the morning, Luo Fanchen yawned and said, "Old..."
Thinking of Liu Hu's instructions before he left, the eldest brother didn't say that sentence after all, but changed his words and said: "Damn it, this road is not smooth at all."
"Sir, we have been walking all night. Do you think we can take a rest nearby?"
At this time, Zhiruo had also woken up. She stretched her waist with full energy. Children have a short memory and have completely forgotten what happened last night. She opened the curtain of the carriage and pointed at the street vendor outside and said, "Uncle, look."
As soon as Liu Hu raised his eyes, he saw the direction that Zhiruo was pointing. A vendor selling candied haws was shouting his wares with all his might, and there was a large crowd of people surrounding him.
At this time, Liu Hu remembered that when he first met Zhiruo, she was next to the candied haws stall.
Liu Hu took Zhiruo and got off the carriage. After holding her for such a long time, Liu Hu was a little tired. He held Zhiruo's little hand. Lan Xin followed quietly behind without saying a word.
"How much is this candied haws?" Liu Hu looked at the candied haws sold by the vendor, which were quite plump.
The vendor could tell that Liu Hu had an extraordinary temperament, so he did not dare to neglect him and quickly replied, "One penny a string."
"Okay, give me ten skewers." Knowing that his daughter liked it, how could he be stingy? If he was not afraid of exposing his identity, he would have wanted to catch the candied haws vendor home and make them for his daughter every day.
The vendor didn't expect the man in front of him would buy so much, so he smiled and said, "I'll pack it up for you right away."
"Get out of here! Buying and selling in a busy city is strictly prohibited. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!"
Following this voice, all the vendors' faces changed drastically. The vendor selling candied haws sighed, as the duck in his mouth flew away.
After much difficulty, I found a big customer, but the deal was ruined by the market supervision.
"Oh, isn't this Hulu Zhang? My daughter really likes the candied haws you make." The mayor ignored the other vendors and came here directly, obviously well prepared.
Hulu Zhang understood the meaning of Jianshi's words, and quickly handed all the candied haws in his hand to the man, nodding and saying, "It's my honor that your daughter likes to eat candied haws. Here are some, you can take them all back."
"How embarrassing." The mayor said he was embarrassed, but his hands were not vague at all. He took it and showed off to the people behind him.
"I'm not an unreasonable person. I'll give you money." After saying that, he took out a penny and threw it to the vendor, then left with the candied haws .
Liu Hu didn't say a word from beginning to end. He thought that it would be better for the county magistrate to take charge. These people didn't know their identities at all and might even beat him up.
Besides, he didn't want to reveal his status as Grand Tutor in front of Lan Xin, so he was not in a hurry to deal with the matter.
After the market inspectors left, Liu Hu winked at Luo Fanchen, who immediately understood and patted the vendor on the shoulder, saying, "Brother, it's not easy."
The vendor smiled bitterly, shook his head, pushed the cart and left.
"Uncle, what did you just throw into your clothes?" He thought he had done it perfectly, but unexpectedly, Zhiruo still saw it.
Luo Fanchen could only smile and said, "Nothing, he just dropped his money and I put it back for him."
"Uncle, you are such a good man."
Looking at Zhiruo's big eyes looking at him, which were full of purity, Luo Fanchen felt a little embarrassed.
I felt sad and wondered how the eldest brother could have such a beautiful daughter. It seems that finding a good wife is very important.
Originally, this was just a small episode. On the way to the inn, Zhiruo looked up and said to herself, "I want to be a market supervisor when I grow up, so that I can eat candied haws for free."
After listening to this, Liu Hu patted Zhiruo on the head and said, "What a promising person! He sold himself out just for a candied haws."
In a trance, Liu Hu recalled that when he was a child, he looked at the urban management officers in the distance and made the same bold statement: "I want to be an urban management officer when I grow up. I can rob anyone I want and see who dares to ask me for money."
Lan Xin naturally heard her daughter's words, and said in a somewhat stern tone: "Officials should be honest and upright, not robbing and plundering. If they do this, what is the difference between them and bandits?"
"Oh." Zhiruo's little head drooped immediately when she was scolded by her mother.
Although Liu Hu knew that Lan Xin was right, he couldn't bear to see Zhiruo unhappy: "We can sell candied haws, so we can eat them every day."
Zhiruo shook her head like a rattle and said hurriedly, "Mother won't let me take the imperial examination, nor will she let me do business."
Daqian was different from previous dynasties in that women could also take imperial examinations and engage in business. There was even a female general serving under the patron saint of the dynasty.
Liu Hu held military power, and for a time people said that he had a secret affair with the general, which was why he was able to gain power in such a short time. Liu Hu was too lazy to pay attention to these rumors, so he just acquiesced to the matter.
Unexpectedly, Lan Xin not only required herself not to have any contact with people in the imperial officialdom, but even forbade her daughter to take imperial examinations or do business. Liu Hu was puzzled. After all, in his impression, Lan Xin was not a harsh person.
I don’t know what Lan Xin has experienced over the years?
When the group of four arrived at Tinglanxuan, Liu Hu put Zhiruo on a chair and took a look at the decoration of the store and was quite satisfied.
This inn is also a business under Liu Hu. Because his identity cannot be made public, the world only knows that Ting Lan Xuan has someone supporting him behind the scenes, but no one knows who it is?
At the beginning, Liu Hu was fighting at the same time as he was secretly planning his plans in Daqian. If he failed to gain a firm foothold in the court, he would still have room to retreat.
Furthermore , places like inns are the easiest places to collect intelligence, and all kinds of gossip will spread here. How could Liu Hu miss such an important place?
"Sir, would you like to stop by for a meal or stay overnight?" The waiter didn't know Liu Hu. Liu Hu was happy and relaxed. He didn't need to hide his identity and it would be best if he just treated them as ordinary guests.
"Take a bite."
After he finished speaking, Liu Hu turned around, leaned forward a little and said, "Since we agreed that I will pay for all the expenses along the way, don't be polite. Eat whatever you want. I have something else to do. I'll come back and settle the bill later."
Seeing how rampant the city inspectors were just now, Liu Hu had already made up his mind. If he met them this time, he would definitely not let them go easily.
This place is not far from Shangjing. I have always heard that the county magistrate here is upright and incorruptible. Now it seems that his subordinates are so arrogant and unreasonable, so the county magistrate is naturally not much better.
"Uncle, you won't run away, will you?" Zhiruo stared with big eyes and said harmlessly.
Although she had never been to Tinglanxuan, Zhiruo knew that the food here was relatively expensive. If the uncle in front of her ran away, she and her mother would be sold.
