allonlinenovel Chapter 217: Shen Zhiqiu, the “Rich and Unkind”
Chapter 217: Shen Zhiqiu, the “Rich and Unkind”
After explaining the route, Zhou Zhi gave another worried reminder:
"You have a large population, a lot of carts and tools, and you are all dressed like this. If you need any supplies, try to buy them at the post station. Even if it costs more money, don't stay in the town for too long. Do you understand what I mean?"
"clear."
Shen Zhiqiu thought, isn't it just that each of them is like vagrants, and there are so many of them, even if they don't become bandits and thugs, we are afraid that they will become refugees for too long and then develop the habit of stealing and robbing?
I had always emphasized that the superiors were not allowed to stay in towns for too long, and now he understood!
Zhou Zhi knocked on the table and found that he really had nothing to say. The person in front of him was very capable. In fact, he had observed him when he first checked into the inn yesterday.
Although there were many people and few rooms available, everything was arranged quickly.
Today he is even faster and looks completely familiar with the task. Perhaps this is what Lord Duan values so much?
"Okay, remember to try to stay at an inn in the future. Safety is the first priority. With so many kids, not everyone can stay at the inn. But you also have to be careful not to conflict with other people. After all, everyone who lives here is not simple.
When I arrive in Youzhou (Shuntian Prefecture), I will tell the chief officer Shen there that you will be a few days late. By the way, he is the same age as Mr. Duan, and his surname is also Shen. "
Shen Zhiqiu was stunned. Oh, that’s great! Maybe they were a family five hundred years ago!
Before he could express his opinion, Zhou Zhi said with an embarrassed look: "As for which county you guys will be assigned to in the end, my suggestion written here is: Liang County,
It is also close to Kyoto, but because it is close to Kyoto, it is hard to say whether you can be assigned to the village under that county. Moreover, there are many of you. Although Lord Duan has instructed me to tell Lord Shen to try to assign you together,
But after all, this matter is not our responsibility. Even though we are responsible for the escort mission, we don't have the opportunity to go into the capital. We can just hand the person over to the officials from Shuntian Prefecture and be done with it. So what happens in the end still depends on the arrangements made by Master Shen.
But I also want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Although Master Shen and Lord Duan are of the same age, he is a Beijing official. Since ancient times, Beijing officials have been half a level higher. It is hard to say whether he can really do what Lord Duan wants. "
Shen Zhiqiu understood what this meant: Beijing officials had unique and convenient conditions. They could always get first-hand information about the court's decrees and the emperor's intentions.
Moreover, the personal connections they have are incomparable to those of local officials.
"Qilu Deng" once said: "In the officialdom, the hot stuff is all based on the communication of voices. There are clues in the officialdom, which is the rule of being an official."
What this means is that only by establishing a solid trading network of money, power and information with Beijing officials can one's career path become more successful.
Seeing Team Leader Zhou chattering over and over again, even speaking from the bottom of his heart, Shen Zhiqiu understood that this man really felt sorry for abandoning them.
He smiled slightly, stood up and clasped his fists: "Brother Zhou, I call you Brother Zhou. I am grateful for your kindness. I don't know when we will meet again, but when we meet again, it will definitely not be as shabby as it is now. I will treat you with a pot of muddy wine and two dishes of small dishes."
Zhou Zhi was stunned. He obviously didn't expect Shen Zhiqiu to say that. He said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "You still call this a great favor?"
Shen Zhiqiu smiled generously, his eyes full of clarity: "Of course, it's also thanks to you that you came to tell me everything.
I think you have taken away someone else's job of reporting the news. Otherwise, if it were another team leader, we would just need to randomly assign a subordinate to inform them.
And you have taken good care of us along the way. You and Mr. Duan are our benefactors."
Zhou Zhi felt even more guilty after hearing this. He also stood up and clasped his fists: "Brother Shen, I..."
Shen Zhiqiu waved his hand. No need to say more. He understood. He understood everything!
Not to mention that he was truly grateful to the kind-hearted team leader Zhou, he could also understand those people who wanted to abandon them.
It's not that he has a bad temper, it's just that he has seen a lot. Take modern transportation as an example, which is so developed. If a train is delayed or a plane cannot take off, even if it is not a human factor, many passengers are still unwilling to wait.
What's more, at this time, they had really fled from famine and survived through all kinds of hardships. They finally had a place to settle down and live a stable life. Who wouldn't want to arrive quickly and settle down early?
Not to mention that people spent a lot of money to buy livestock that were almost three times more expensive than before, just to be faster.
It's only human nature that one doesn't want to bring along these people who are holding back.
As for the other team leader and other small yamen runners, they didn't benefit from you, did they?
Being a public servant of the people is not important at this time. Take the 5,000 years of history of the flower-growing country in the past. There were selfless people like Bao Qingtian, but weren't there also people who traveled thousands of miles to become officials just for money?
If anyone is to blame, it's that they didn't spend their money properly. They were ordinary people who accidentally ended up in the VIP team.
After watching Zhou Zhi leave, Shen Zhiqiu lowered his head to look at the plate of peanuts and a plate of tofu with green onions on the table, which had not been touched at all.
He shook the wine pot, which still had half a pot of muddy wine, and said, "Come on, let's warm up Grandpa and Dad. I guess they are craving for this."
Here, Shen Zhiqiu turned around and walked towards the room with a pot of wine and two plates of side dishes.
The shopkeeper, who had been busy counting the accounts, looked up at his receding back and sighed.
After he knew that Shen Zhiqiu and his group were a big-name team, he was still muttering to himself about them, "You're already in the big-name team, do you really think we don't know anything just because we're a little far away?"
Those who can join the big red card team are either rich or have connections. But you, are you used to pretending to be poor when you are fleeing from famine? You have to bargain with me for a long time just to sleep in a big bunk bed.
Just before this man paid the room fee, the waiter helped him to settle his luggage, and came back to mutter to him, "Boss, how did these people get into the big red card team? They don't even have a beast."
Did he sneer at that time?
Yes, it was at that time that he sneered and asked the waiter: "Look at the leader, does he look like someone without money?"
The waiter asked him in confusion, "Why don't you buy an animal to drive you? Look at those people who left before, which one of them didn't have a horse or ox cart? Even the group that came with them today, the one who lives opposite us, every family has an animal to drive them."
He sneered again, "What can we do? We've been on the run for so long that we don't trust people anymore. We're on guard against everyone. Tell everyone in our store to move the rooms where these people live away from us, so that they don't cause us trouble if they lose anything."
After saying this, he added another insult to the other person: "Look at this person, he looks like someone with many schemes, not open-minded at all."
"Boss, you think so little of him, why are you still giving him a discount?"
"Who told you that I gave him a bargain? I charged him half of the price for a room. Before the price increase, a large bunk bed only cost 300 coins. He came in and asked me if he could open two large bunk beds and live in the woodshed and the barn for free?
I knew that this guy was not a good person. I guess he was also the kind of rich but unkind person in his hometown. Although he looks like a decent person, he has a black heart!
Just like the one a few days ago who slept in the upper-class room and asked the guards escorting her to sleep in the corridor, saying that it was convenient for protection. Oh, why not just leave two guards on night duty? Must all of them sleep in the corridor?"