C70 (2/2)
At this moment, the owner of the restaurant called over by Ye Baimei walked up to her and asked with a respectful and humble expression, ”Miss, are you not used to eating the dishes in the restaurant?”
Although it was very busy, the shopkeeper didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction. Right now, Hezhou was very different from before. There were people with status everywhere, so he didn't dare to offend them.
”No, I'm not being picky. I just want to ask about a few things.”
The shopkeeper couldn't help retracting his smile, but he still didn't lose etiquette. ”Oh, I wonder what this lady wants to know?”
Zhao Qixuan looked outside again and softly said, ”I would like to know, is this boat really very popular in Hezhou? Or is it because no one dares to mess with him? ”
The shopkeeper could tell that Zhao Qixuan's identity was definitely not ordinary. Her smile had already disappeared, but she still respectfully said, ”This young lady, I really don't understand what you mean!”
”What is it? Not daring to say? I was just curious. I heard that Zhang Zhou had forced a lot of people to leave Hezhou! ”
The shopkeeper was also a bit stubborn. After hearing this, he was somewhat unconvinced as he argued, ”There's nothing that I can't say. Although sire has only been in Hezhou for a short time, his actions are obvious to all! At the beginning, even I couldn't understand why the Lord would spend so much money to do this! But I understand now! What was Hezhou like before? What is it now? The commoners would naturally speak the truth! I don't know which villain provoked the little miss, but I hope the little miss doesn't take my words to heart! ”
”What you said is not wrong. The changes in Hezhou on the surface are huge! ”I just wonder what those poor commoners are like.”
Hearing her words, the shopkeeper seemed to gain more confidence and confidently said, ”Of course it's much better than before! I'm afraid the girl doesn't know! We already have three 'nursing homes' in Hezhou. All the elderly above the age of fifty are allowed to stay there for free. There is no shortage of clothes, three meals a day are excellent, and if someone is sick, there is a monthly allowance of two taels of silver. Of course, only Hezhou has such treatment! I heard that the surrounding counties will also start implementing it this year. ”Also, only Hezhou can allow all children in the world to study for free!”
Zhao Qixuan seemed to be unwilling.
”Just because you look on the surface doesn't mean that you have to do it behind the scenes. Some rich people do quite a few times behind their backs!”
The shopkeeper's expression was already slightly unsightly.
”Young lady, this humble one does not know your identity. Don't take offense to my words if they are serious!” This little one's friendship with my lord was simply equivalent to saying a few words! But this one can use my brain to guarantee that Lord isn't that kind of person? ”
”How do you know?”
”I … I just know that I trust the lord's character!”
Zhao Qixuan chuckled and said, ”Shopkeeper, this won't convince me!”
The manager was also stubborn and actually straightened his back as he argued with reason.
”This little one doesn't know why you have such prejudice against us adults, but this little one really wants to refute a few words for our lord. Have you ever seen an official jump into a muddy, stinking water to drain away the dirt with the labourers? Which official squats down with the laborers to eat? Have you ever seen an official build a house for the old lady in the rain? Have you ever seen you go to the rich for the sake of a servant's child? Have you ever met an official who would pay for his own money to build a residential care home? Have you ever seen a waiter apologize after beating a bowl? Have you ever seen an official who dared to offend a court official for the sake of a singing girl? Have you ever seen an official who can't even swim yet save someone? ”
Back then when they were repairing the canal in the city, someone fell into the water. Zhang Zhou shouted for help, but he lost his balance and was hung up by Erniu who was preparing to go into the water. In the end, he fell into the water.
The shopkeeper seemed to be in a state of meditation as he explained endlessly. Zhao Qixuan did not seem impatient at all as she listened attentively. Only when someone came to call the shopkeeper did the shopkeeper stop and say something.
”Miss, if you don't believe me, you can walk around the streets and ask around. In my eyes, an adult is the strongest and best official in the world! ”
Ye Baimei smiled, ”This Zhang Zhou's method of buying people's hearts is indeed not bad.”
Zhao Qixuan shook her head and said, ”It's impossible for him to buy them off one by one. He would truly be rich throughout the world. I'm becoming more and more interested in this person. Aunty, let's go to some more places to take a look.”
”...”
In the late April of the fifteenth year of the Great Wu Dynasty, Princess Ziyu of the Tang Dynasty was married to the Western Tribes. In order to show her majesty and importance, the Emperor appointed the Ping Wang as the wedding envoy and assigned two armies of two thousand riders (two thousand men for the infantry and one thousand for the cavalry), led by Huo Xiaoyun, as well as the Black Tiger Battalion, to Hezhou, where Zhang Zhou took up his post directly. The palace had a hundred maids, a hundred eunuchs, and two hundred servants.
The route would take him from the dock in the capital, along the river, to the prefecture, through the Cloud Prefecture, Lu Su Prefecture, and Meng Prefecture. Finally, he would pass through the Southflat Prefecture, exit the Wild Goose Pass, and enter the Western Tribes!
After Zhang Zhou received the order, he knew that it was definitely Ping Wang who dragged him into this, and he shouted in his heart about how careless he was in making friends.
On the night of their wedding, Guan Yu-niang and Tang Yu'er displayed a spirit of modesty that seemed to come to a tacit understanding. They came to this house and received a reply: Go to my sister! Go to that room and answer: Go to your sister!
No one wanted to eat Zhang Zhou in the first bite. In the end, Zhang Zhou was helpless and exhausted. He fell asleep in the living room!
The next morning, while Zhang Zhou was gloomily eating breakfast, Leaves came in and handed him a letter. She said that she had met a woman on her way out of the house in the morning and begged her help to pass it to Zhang Zhou. Zhang Zhou picked up the letter and looked at it, it was not anything special, it simply said, ”Zhang Zhou, please open it.” Zhang Zhou picked up the letter and read it, it was nothing special, it simply said, Zhang Zhou, please open it, there was no sign of it. Initially, Zhang Zhou was a little curious about this kind of unknown letter. However, this morning, he was in a bad mood, so he wasn't in the mood to pay attention to this. At the same time, he heard the sound of Guan Yu-niang leaving the room.
The two newlyweds felt their hearts ache, and they felt guilty at the same time. Zhang Zhou felt that his stratagem had succeeded, but at night, the two wives were very polite again. Results...
On the third day, the panda eyed Zhang Zhou directly dismissed everyone. He drank wine alone and wailed his heart out, tricking his two wives out of it. Zhang Zhou also did it too, neither fighting nor snatching, neither saying nor arguing, let's drink together! In the end, Tang Yu'er was the first one to get drunk. She let Zhang Zhou carry her into the house. In the middle of the night, Zhang Zhou once again cheated her into opening the door …