Chapter 2842 gossip

After finishing the books, Man Bao found that there was only one large desk in the room, so he wiped it clean by himself, and Bai Shan and half of them put away her pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Until Jiulan came to invite them and said, "Lord, lady, the hot water is ready, it will be late, it's time to prepare to travel."

Man Bao and Bai Shan then went out to bathe and change.

Daji and the others have already started eating. Sister He cooked some dishes for them, and they tasted especially delicious with the hot steamed buns that they just sent.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man are going to have a big meal.

The officials of Beihai County all welcomed Bai Shan and Zhou Man's arrival. Of course, this is the case on the surface, and the inner words can only be understood by Bai Shan in the future.

Bai Shan exhaled after receiving the wind and washing the dust. Seeing that Man Bao also exhaled, the two of them looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Then go back to sleep holding hands.

The next morning, Zhou Man stayed in bed, and Bai Shan had to get up and go to the front yamen to get used to being the county magistrate.

When Man Bao slept and woke up, the sound of May and others saluting and greetings could be heard in the yard.

Man Bao rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed. Bai Shan pushed open the door and came in. He looked around the screen and couldn't help but be amused, "Why are you still asleep? It's noon now."

Man Bao didn't believe it, "I think the light is still dim..."

Bai Shan stretched out his hand and pushed open the window. The sun shone through the window, and the room was full of clear light. Man Bao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then Bai Shan smiled and closed the window again: "Be careful of catching a cold, get up and get dressed, we have lunch."

Man Bao got up.

Jiulan and Xibing brought hot water in, one of them found out the clothes for Man Bao to wear today, and the other went to make the bed.

Man Bao stretched his waist, and after washing his face, he sat in front of the dressing table and let Jiulan comb her hair and thrush her eyebrows.

"How is the county office today?"

"It's only the first day, but it's just to recognize people. Let's take a look at the backlog of official business in recent days, and also look at some old examples from previous years." Bai Shan said: "I probably won't come back for dinner in the evening. Doctors here, as well as some important gentry and big businessmen in the county."

Only then did Man Bao ponder the taste, "I remember when we were young, Master Bai would go to the county seat and Mianzhou city several times a year to accompany the magistrate or the provincial governor for dinner..."

Bai Shan nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, this is the meal. Today is to get to know each other. When I eat next time, it will be familiar and familiar, or I have something to do."

Man Bao has nothing to say about this.

Bai Shan asked her, "Are you going?"

After thinking about it, Man Bao shook his head directly, "Go ahead, I will go to see them through you when I need to use them, and I don't have to worry about managing this network."

She said: "And I went, they must be uncomfortable."

For example, last night, the atmosphere of the meal was not as comfortable as the meal in Qingzhou, and all night Fang Xiancheng and others were very cautious.

Bai Shan nodded, and seeing that her hair was done, he reached out and took the clothes from the cake and put them on her, and asked, "What are you going to do this afternoon?"

"I'll go shopping in the afternoon," Man Bao said, "Look at the customs of your Beihai County, and come back with some shopping."

She motioned Bai Shan to look inside the house, "There's still a lot of things missing in the house, I'll go buy some utensils."

Let's visit the pharmacies and medical stores in Beihai County, and walk around the streets...

Bai Shan then said, "Then you can bring Daji with me, and I'll just pick another guard to follow."

"No, I have a cake."

Bai Shan insisted, "You can take it, we have brought a lot of people here this time, Liu Gui has to use people, I plan to keep three for him, the rest are not counted, and only one is left at home for orders. , and the rest are all compiled into the yamen."

Man Bao was surprised, "How about six places, the shortage of Beihai County's county government is so serious?"

"There are only two missing, but I don't account for the six of them. The remaining two are still available from the county." Bai Shan smiled and said, "The six of them do not receive wages from the county government."

Man Bao frowned, "Can the magistrate do this? Isn't this raising private soldiers?"

"Yes," Bai Shan said, "The county magistrate has ten places to guard private soldiers, and if they exceed it, they will be designated as servants and so on."

Man Bao tutted his tongue and said, "You are not very easy to get along with as a senior officer. Fang Xiancheng and the others must think so of you."

Bai Shandao: "I have a tender face, kindness is important, but majesty is also important. At this time, it is the busy time of spring. I have become familiar with the affairs of the county government in the past two days, and I will go to the countryside to persuade the farmers. If you go with people, we will incorporate our family's guards into the yamen, and then I will be easy to use people."

Man Bao said almost immediately, "I also want to go to the countryside."

Bai Shan laughed, "Okay."

At this time, people from all over the county government were also quietly discussing their new county magistrate.

Several small officials gathered together and whispered: "The county magistrate did not eat the public meal, but went home to eat."

"Nonsense, if there is such a beautiful lady waiting at home, I will also go home for dinner, tsk tsk, didn't you see you yesterday, our new magistrate's wife is so beautiful, that face..."

"You're going to die, the magistrate's wife dares to arrange it, and that's Lord Zhou."

"What, Mr. Zhou, he said he was running a medical office, but he didn't come to our Beihai County to be a wife? Why would he go out to sunbathe in the back house? I think most of those rumors are false."

"The rumors can be false, can the official position be faked? This lady's official position is higher than that of the Bai County magistrate. In addition to being an order from the Medical Department, she is also an editor of the Chongwen Museum."

"It's strange to talk about this matter. Since she is an order from the Qingzhou Medical Bureau, shouldn't she stay in Qingzhou? Why did she come to our Beihai County?"

Some yamen came in from outside and heard them gossiping, so they immediately came up and whispered, "Do you know how many people the new magistrate brought this time?"

An official who accompanied Bai County Magistrate to him yesterday said: "There are no less than ten guards alone. I counted seven bare horses yesterday, and there are four mules and carriages."

"I can't tell what kind of housekeeper guards the family, but there are a total of 12 men, and the maids don't know how many, but yesterday afternoon, a girl went out and ordered a hundred steamed buns at the entrance of Qianmen Street. , Old Man Fei said that the steamed buns they ate last night and the dishes they cooked in the kitchen not only contained enough oil, but also meat."

"Old man Fei doesn't know how many maids and wives there are?"

"Hey, it's not that you don't know him. If you ask him what he ate last night, you can still say a word or two. When you ask those words, he doesn't answer a word. If you ask, you just shake your head and don't know."

"Where's Mrs. Shao?"

"Don't mention it, Mrs. Shao doesn't care about shopping anymore. There are people in the yard who specialize in shopping. They are a servant. Unless Mrs. Shao goes home, it will be difficult to come out."

"This is the big family."

"How can a big family come to our Beihai County to be the magistrate?"

"Yes, it has been more than 20 years since Beihai County was changed to Qingzhou. All the magistrates who come to our Beihai County are not rich."

"You are too much in charge. Come on, stop talking, let the adults hear you later, and pay attention to your skin." A supervisor came in from the outside and saw so many people gathered together, he couldn't help but snorted to disperse the people. .

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