Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 178 A Chicken in the Left Hand
Hao Er said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the reception along the way must be perfect, and Guixian County is an important stop. How well you receive it depends on the other six counties.

Therefore, I dare not be negligent, and come out to make a stand in person, and leave the matter here to Mr. Hu. "

Hu Qian said: "It's my job to receive Mr. Futai, and I will do my best. If you have anything you want me to do, just say it."

Seeing Hu Qian going on the road like this, Hao Er said with a smile: "With Mr. Hu's words, I feel relieved.

By the way, where are Master Futai and his wife staying? "

"I have ordered someone to clean the guest house."

"What about the food and drink for Mr. Futai and his entourage?"

"I summoned the best chefs in the county to wait for them."

"The road Master Futai passed by?"

Hu Qian held back his temper, "I will immediately send people to build roads and fill the soil."

"What about the law and order in this county?"

"This way you can rest assured that there will be guards waiting along the way, so nothing will go wrong."

Hao Erdao: "Okay! Master Hu is straightforward and considerate in his work. No wonder Master Futai mentioned him many times."

Hu Qian said, "Where is it?"

Hao Erdao: "However, there are also a group of brothers from us who came out with Lord Futai. I won't talk about it. They are working very hard. You have to take care of them."

Hu Qian thought to himself, you bastard, after going around in circles for a long time, you finally got to the point.

So he asked: "How many brothers are there following Master Futai?"

"Not many, just over 100 people."

Hu Qian frowned and said, "So many people?"

Hao Er waved his hand and said, "Why not 100 people!
Let me do the math for you, just for the three sedan chairs, the two groups of sedan chair bearers will need to be replaced by 24 people, those who clear the way in front, those who follow behind, those who serve by the elder's side, all kinds of people are available.

These 100 people are still relatively small. "

Hu Qian smiled and said, "Well, it's rare for a hundred of you brothers to come to this county, so I'll make sure everyone eats and sleeps well.

In addition, although my silver salary is limited, it is still possible to distribute a gift to each of a hundred brothers. "

When Hao Er heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "My lord has a clear mind, I'm here to thank you first for all the brothers.

I don't know, what kind of gift is it? "

Hu Qian said loudly: "Before you leave, I will give you a souvenir."

Hao Er's face immediately pulled down, "Your Excellency, you want each of us to carry a pack of vermicelli and an old hen, right?"

Hu Qian said: "If you think the hen is not easy to handle, you can also send eggs. Local eggs have high nutritional value."

Hao Er showed displeasure, and then smiled again: "Master Hu, please help me with a small matter."

Hu Qian said, "What's the little thing?"

"My lord, please back away from the left and right sides."

"Hu Jiu is a personal person, so there's nothing wrong with it."

"Please, my lord, turn away from the left and right sides."

Hu Qian waved his hand and let Hu Jiu go out.

Hao Er immediately took out a note and handed it to Hu Qian, "I just ask you to write a note like this, for your convenience."

Hu Qian took a closer look and saw that it said:
In order to reward the second master and deacon who are on duty next to Mr. Futai, each of them will offer five taels of hard-working silver, a total of 500 taels, which is welcome.

Guo Bei, Hu Qian.

Hao Er said with a smile: "You don't need to prepare special products for the brothers, what is more important these days is affordable, and money is more convenient.

I ask for five taels of silver for each of my brothers, which is considered a good deed for them.

As for you, my lord, you don't care if it's a scale from a unicorn or a hair from a tiger's tail.

Besides, as an official now, besides the imperial salary, he will definitely have other income.

As the saying goes, shrimps have shrimp paths, and crabs have crab paths. Don’t adults understand? "

Hu Qian was already a little impatient, and waved his hands and said: "I don't have any silver, but I do have a unicorn suit, which was bestowed by the emperor. Why don't you pawn it and see if you can get 500 taels."

Hao Er accompanied him with a smile and said: "It was rewarded by the emperor, how dare I touch it.

Otherwise, just ask your lord to copy this note for me, and I will leave now. "

Hu Qian snorted coldly, "If it is written to you, you can get it from several other counties, and the magistrates of other counties saw that I gave it to you, how can you not give it to me.

Even if you don't give it to me, if the time comes to refer to me with this handwriting, wouldn't it be that I'm going to finish playing right away. "

Hao Erdao: "What's the matter..."

Hu Qian picked up the teacup and shouted, "Hu Jiu, see off the guests!"

Hu Jiu walked in immediately, bowed to look at Hao Er and said, "Second Lord, please."

Hao Er saw Hu Qian's softness and toughness, and immediately turned his face and said: "Okay, my lord is worthy of being upright and honest, I admire it. My lord Futai will leave in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. Please make arrangements early."

After all, get up and go.

After a while, Qin Jia and other officials came over after getting the news. Hearing that Hao Er had left in a huff, they couldn't help saying something was wrong.

Qin Jia said: "My lord, as the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to deal with, and the little devil is hard to deal with. It's really not easy to offend that Hao Er."

Hu Qian said: "Based on Mr. Qin's meaning, it seems that he knows this brat?"

"I can't talk about knowing each other, but most of the local officials have heard of Hao Er.

This person is a distant relative of Lord Futai's wife, he is very good at flattering, and he is familiar with the temper of Lord Futai and his wife, so he is favored.

Everywhere Master Futai goes, he must be sent to the front station.

And he will use this opportunity to intimidate and blackmail. Most officials don't dare to offend him.

Before that, three magistrates were either demoted or dismissed because of this.

After that, no one dared to offend him.

If he had known that he was coming, the lower officials would have pooled the money and handed over the favor, so why did this happen.

If you offend him now, there will be no hope of rewards and promotions. If you don’t want to be punished, just burn incense and worship Buddha. "

Hu Qian said: "What's the matter, I will take care of it."

Qin Jia and others had always known Hu Qian's methods, so they didn't dare to complain any more, and left in a hurry.

After everyone left, Hu Jiu and Xu Fengnian came in and stood aside.

Hu Qian said: "How many roads are there from neighboring counties to here?"

Hu Jiudao: "This..."

Xu Fengnian said: "There is a waterway, go down the river, and it will take half a day.

There are two land roads, one is the official road, the ground is flat, and one day is enough.

The other is a small road, which is uneven and has many potholes. It may not be possible to reach it in a day and a half. "

Hu Qian laughed, and asked again: "Hao Er said that Master Futai will leave in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, when should we pick him up?"

Hu Jiudao: "The waterway is so convenient, Master Futai must use the waterway, we can go to the pier to pick it up then."

Xu Fengnian shook his head, "The master has hated Hao Er, although he said he would leave in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, he might be lying, so as to catch you off guard.

Maybe Master Futai will arrive in the afternoon the day after tomorrow.

As for which way to go...

If you go by water, set off early in the morning the day after tomorrow and arrive in the afternoon the day after tomorrow.

If you take the official route, you can leave in the afternoon tomorrow and arrive in the afternoon the day after tomorrow.

If you take the path, you have to start tomorrow morning. "

Hu Qian said: "Then where do you think we should pick up?"

Xu Fengnian said: "I think that since Hao Er wants to harm the master, maybe he will really let Mr. Futai come from the small road."

Hu Qian laughed, "In that case, Mr. Futai's bones will still be broken.

Forget it, let him come by water. "

Xu Fengnian said: "Master can let him walk by water?"

"Then there's nothing you can't do."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the wing and shouted, "Where is Dou Ziping?"

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(End of this chapter)