Queen's Development

Chapter 27
Lin Jia's face was a little hot, and he stammered, "I'm only... only sixteen..."

He didn't want Yuzhi to sleep with that at all!
Yuzhi looked at Lin Jia with bright eyes: "..."

My son, this has nothing to do with your age, right?
Lin Jia blushed even more, and he said annoyedly: "I mean, you sleep on the brocade couch in front of the window, and I need tea and water at night, it's convenient to have you here!"

Yuzhi was still reluctant, so she forced a smile and said tentatively: "My lord, it's actually inconvenient for me to be here at night..."

She turned her brains around and looked at the thermos on the bedside table, which was wrapped in a blue cloth cotton cover. With an idea, she picked it up and showed it to Lin Jia: "Look, son, the thermos is on your bedside, and the teacup is also on the tray." Well, it’s convenient for you to drink water at night!”

Lin Jia lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, "Got it."

Yuzhi hurriedly said: "Then you rest, the slaves are back!"

She left in a flash.

When she got to the corridor, Yuzhi realized that she was sweating on her back, and now that she was blown by the cold wind, she was really chilled.

As she thought, she walked along the corridor towards the west wing.

When she got to the door of the west wing, Yuzhi gave a soft laugh, feeling that she had too much imagination—Young Master is only 16 years old, he looks like a child at first glance, and his body is so rough, what does he know? !

But after thinking about it, Yuzhi thought that she was 14 years old, but the Yuexin hadn't arrived yet, so she couldn't help but feel a little worried, and thought about when to find a female doctor.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuzhi and Qingcha woke up just after Yinshi arrived.

The two first boiled water to wash up, and after washing, Yuzhi went to wait for Lin Jia to wake up, while the tea was ready for breakfast.

Lin Jia was still a little embarrassed when she saw Yuzhi, but she gradually calmed down seeing Yuzhi's generosity.

Yuzhi took the newly made white silk jacket and asked Lin Jia to put it on, and then helped Lin Jia put on the white silk socks and black leather shoes, and then helped Lin Jia put on the official robe and black gauze headband.

When everything was ready, she took a few steps back, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "My lord, everything is in order—it's just that you are too thin, it would be better if you were stronger!"

In fact, at this time, Lin Jia, although tall, was too thin, wearing an official uniform, which looked a little too weak, which made people feel distressed.

Lin Jia was a little shy, said "Oh", and walked out.

According to the regulations, as the county magistrate, Lin Jia needs to go to the main hall of the county government office at Maoshi to attend the court proceedings and handle official affairs before starting the day's work.

The pattering rain outside had already turned into sleet. After breakfast, Lin Jia put on a sapphire satin cloak, and took Ah Qing and Ah Cheng who were waiting outside to the main hall of the county government.

As a county magistrate, Lin Jia didn't have to go around the boulevard east of the county government office when going from the inner house to the main hall of the county government office. Instead, he could directly exit the inner house, enter the corner gate of the inner hall opposite the gate of the inner house, and then enter the main hall from the inner hall around the big screen.

Everyone was already waiting in the main hall of the county government office. Seeing the young Mr. Lin bypassing the screen and coming from the inner hall, they all stepped forward to exchange greetings and salute.

Seeing that the servant next to Lin Jia had opened the roster, He Lianshan stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Hu Xiancheng is ill and is resting at home!"

Lin Jia said lightly: "Since you are not feeling well, let's rest!"

Everyone looked at the newly appointed magistrate of Lin County, and found that he was actually a weak and beautiful boy. They couldn't help but feel a little relaxed. They exchanged pleasantries with each other, and the whole hall was noisy.

At this moment, Ye Chunshan, who was wearing the uniform of a fourth-rank military officer, walked in steadily with eight palace guards wearing brocade clothes. These eight guards all stood quietly behind Ye Chunshan and saluted Lin Jia: " I have seen adults under the mark!"

Everyone in the main hall froze, and immediately fell silent, and immediately changed from noisy to extremely quiet, as if the sound of a needle falling could be heard.

Lin Jia nodded slightly.

Ye Chunshan waved his hand and made a gesture, and the six guards quickly divided into two groups, with four standing on the west side holding the handle of the knife, and the other four standing on the east side holding the handle of the knife.

Lin Jia glanced at these officials and servants indifferently, then looked at Ah Qing who was holding the roster, and said, "Ah Qing, start tapping!"

Ah Qing respectfully answered "Yes", looked at the roster, and began to roll the roll.

After the roll call, Ah Qing went forward to report: "My lord, except for Mr. Hu Yingzhi, the county magistrate, who asked for leave due to illness, Mr. Helian, there are three people who did not ask for leave and did not come."

He slowly read the names of the three people.

Lin Jia scanned the people standing in the main hall, and said in a clear voice: "Take note of the names of these three people for the time being. Lin is new here, and there is a saying called 'Xiao Gui Cao Sui', according to the former county magistrate Ding Daren. There are rules and regulations, rewards and punishments, so Lin must continue to use them for the time being. Ah Qing, read through the rules and regulations, rewards and punishments formulated by Mr. Ding, as well as everyone's responsibilities, and then deal with them fairly."

Ah Qing answered "yes" and began to read the county government's rules, rewards and punishments, and everyone's responsibilities.

Everyone didn't expect that the young magistrate had such a strong background, and he took the post with a fourth-rank guard with a knife, so they all listened with bated breath, not daring to act rashly.

After Ah Qing finished reading, Lin Jia glanced around, and said slowly: "The rules are the rules, and they must be followed after they are set. From now on, if anyone in our county government dares to violate these rules, they must follow the rules." Come to accept punishment; if anyone does something well, he will naturally be rewarded."

Everyone was a little scared, and couldn't help secretly worrying about the three early birds who didn't show up.

Lin Jia always didn't like complicated things, so she didn't make a long speech. She reiterated the rules concisely, and looked at Ah Qing: "The three people who didn't show up today for no reason, how should we deal with them according to the rules?"

Ah Qing said in a loud voice: "My lord, according to the county government's regulations, if you are late once without reason, you will be fined one month's salary and ten strokes with a cane."

Lin Jia looked at Ye Chunshan indifferently: "Master Ye, I leave this matter to you!"

Ye Chunshan answered "yes", ordered two brocade chair guards, and retreated.

Lin Jia said again: "The county lieutenant, master book, Dian Shi and the pawns of each house stay, and the rest of them all step down!"

Because of the teachings of those three, who dares to be the leader?He held his breath and quietly retreated, performing his duties and getting busy.

He Lianshan did not expect that although Lin Jia was young, her methods were sophisticated, and she didn't say much, and stayed by herself, waiting to report back to the county magistrate.

As a county lieutenant, his status in the county government is second only to the county magistrate, and his functions are mainly judicial arrest, trial of cases and judgment documents.

Lin Jia glanced at Ah Cheng and said, "Let's take out this year's tax account first!"

Ah Qing immediately took out two stacks of accounts, put them on the desk, and explained one by one: "My lord, there is no problem with this stack, and there is a problem with this stack."

Lin Jia glanced up at the subordinate staff standing in the main hall, and said coldly, "Who is the supervisor of the household?"

According to the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the household supervisors under the county magistrate collected tax and silver from the whole county, and paid grain and tax.

Cai Zheng, the head of household, gave a soft knee and fell to his knees on the ground.

Lin Jiaxiu narrowed her long eyes, stared at Cai Zheng who was kneeling on the ground, and began to deal with the six houses of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers one by one.

After Lin Jia left with Ah Qing and Ah Cheng in the morning, Yu Zhi and Qing finished their breakfast and tidied up again. When the rain stopped, they went out to buy vegetables with their baskets.

The two of them were going to buy face balm and lip balm first, so they inquired all the way to a rouge and gouache shop not far from Yuchuan Bookstore.

The proprietress of the rouge gouache shop is a young woman in her twenties. Seeing that Yuzhi and Qingcha are still young, she does not sell face powder, but sells various rouge, balm and balm.

Qingcha chose a box of face-wiping balm and spent a penny.

Yuzhi asked the proprietress how many balms she wanted, and she looked at them one by one.

The proprietress looked at Yuzhi, and saw that she was born beautiful, with bright red lips, so she took out a box of rose balm and said, "This is the latest rose balm, which is made of roses and balsam. , used to moisten lips, it looks good and moisturizes, girl, give it a try!"

Yu Zhi took the exquisite white porcelain painted flower box, saw that it was painted with a delicate rose, couldn't help liking it very much, looked at it carefully, and then unscrewed the lid.

The balm in the box was translucent rose red, delicate and moist, with a fragrant smell. Yuzhi liked it very much, but asked the proprietress calmly: "How do you sell this box of rose balm?"

The proprietress looked at the clothes of Yuzhi and Qingcha, and then looked at the vegetable baskets they put aside. Knowing that these two girls were maidservants from a wealthy family in the county, although there were some pieces of silver in their hands, they might not have much, so she smiled. Said: "Seeing that the girl is a real person, I won't say much, this box of ointment is five silver coins!"

After hearing this, Yu Zhi felt quite pained, and thought it was a little expensive, but she really liked it so much, she smiled and said, "It's really expensive to buy this small box of balm for five cents! Ma'am, it's cheaper Bar!"

Qingcha put down the face-smearing balm she was looking at, squeezed to Yuzhi's side, looked at it, and begged with a smile: "Miss Boss, where do we have so much money, let's make it cheaper!"

At this moment, a very nice man's voice came from behind them: "Give it to them at the original price!"

This voice is like the vague singing on a tall building in the distance under the moonlight, like the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus wafting in the courtyard at dark night, it is really pleasant to hear.

Yuzhi and Qingcha turned their heads to look over, and saw a young man wearing a black forged cloak walking behind him.

The young man is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a thin, beautiful and pale face, and a pair of very beautiful eyes, like spots of paint, flowing in waves, and naturally passionate.

Yuzhi was caught by his gaze, her heart skipped a beat, she hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted, then turned to look at the proprietress.

The proprietress hurriedly said: "Young master, you are here!"

She flexibly bowed her knees and saluted, and returned the box of rose balm to Yuzhi with a smile: "Girl, since our master has said so, let's count it as two taels of silver!"

Yuzhi also laughed, and said: "Two renminbi, you don't make money anymore, how about it, one renminbi cheaper, four renminbi, okay?"

The proprietress looked at Hu Yingzhi behind Yuzhi.

Hu Yingzhi nodded nonchalantly.

Yuzhi bought the box of rose balm for four renminbi, blessed the sick and weak young man, and then left.

Hu Yingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Yuzhi and Qingcha walking away while talking.

(End of this chapter)