The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Hua Rong didn't expect Gao Ming to say such a thing, but he couldn't refute the situation now, so he could only look at Gao Ming in shock, hoping to find the answer from his eyes.

It's not that Gao Ming didn't notice Hua Rong's surprise, now is not the time to talk about it.

Seeing that this group of people surrendered to Huarong, the two returned to the government office from the martial arts hall, Gao Ming immediately ordered the people to hold a banquet to reward Huarong.

He is the biggest hero, without him, I really don't know where to send reinforcements to clean up these gangsters.

Gao Ming changed into official clothes, Hua Rong took off his armor, and both of them changed into casual clothes, walked out, and went to eat together.

When Gao Ming walked to the corridor, because he was so happy, he couldn't help jumping up and down, overjoyed, "Those old bastards! This time you know how powerful they are!"

Hua Rong saw that although he was already a magistrate, he still acted like a child, jumping up and down whenever he was happy, and said with a smile: "Be careful, don't fall."

Gao Ming danced even more joyously, "The funniest thing is that Qiu Tuanlian took the wrong medicine and wanted to compete with our little Li Guang in archery!"

Hua Rong didn't like the name Xiao Li Guang before, because it was given by the annoying Gao Yanei, but now it sounds more and more pleasing to the ear, because it was given by his good brother Gao Ming.

Gao Ming smiled all the way and pulled Huarong into the dining hall. At this time, the drinks were set up and the dishes began to be served one after another.

Gao Ming personally poured Hua Rong a glass of wine, "Come, let me toast you first."

Naturally, Huarong couldn't refuse, so he raised his glass and drank it all.

Only then did Gao Ming fill up the empty wine glasses of the two of them, sat down, and said with admiration: "I really thought you killed Ma Hong at first, but I was really shocked when I saw his neck covered in blood. , I later heard that it was only a skin trauma, so I admired you even more, your strength is so precise, you can only cut the throat so fragile."

Hua Rong felt a little uncomfortable when he praised him, "It's because he moved too slowly."

"Humble, right? Why are you being polite to me?" Gao Ming said with a smile: "You are my commander now, and you will receive an invitation from me from tomorrow onwards, and you can leave Qingzhou alone."

"I was just going to talk about this. Yesterday we only agreed that I would help you defeat those generals who opposed you, but I didn't say that I would control you. I still have a job in Qingzhou, so I can't both concurrently."

"Hey? Who said they were waiting for me to be the magistrate?" Gao Ming said loudly, "How did you promise me when you left Tokyo? I was the magistrate, so I recruited you to be the governor. Did you forget?"

"I haven't forgotten, but over there in Qingzhou..."

"What is there that makes you reluctant to give up in Qingzhou? Suppressing the bandits and suppressing feelings?" Gao Ming said: "I wrote to the prefect of Murong to say hello to him and ask him to let you work here. As for the documents , don’t worry about it, I guarantee that there is no objection from the court. You are now in custody, and it will be official when the official document comes down.”

If his father, Gao Lian, can't do this, then he doesn't have to mess around.

In fact, Huarong himself also wanted to come to Mengzhou. In Qingzhou, everything was fine at first, but recently Liu Gao, a new Wenzhizhai, has no skills. Asking for bribes, the court's laws, are all ignored, and Qingfengzhai where he is located is the center of Qingzhou. Recently, bandits have been rampant. If something goes wrong, they want to shirk responsibility, saying that it was his disadvantage to send troops.

nest fire.

Hua Rong said: "Since there are no problems with the relevant links, I will naturally stay with you. I was just worried that the delivery procedures would be too troublesome and make it difficult for you."

"It's not difficult for me to cook, not at all." Gao Ming said with concern while serving Huarong's vegetables, "Eat more, you must be exhausted today. To be honest, even though I know that Qiu Tuanlian is better than you Archery is self-defeating, but when I saw him shoot an arrow at you, at that moment, I was so nervous that my hands and feet were cold, and my heart seemed to stop beating!"

After hearing this, Hua Rong was very happy, and asked, "Really so worried?"

Gao Ming nodded heavily.

Seeing that Gao Ming's expression was very serious, without any pretense, Hua Rong's smile gradually deepened, fearing that the smile would be too obvious, he quickly lowered his head and took a sip of his wine.

The two ate and drank until the sun was setting in the western mountains, Hua Rong was fine, but Gao Ming was drunk and tired, because of the dull pain in his right arm, "At the school ground, I swung the drumstick too hard."

Hua Rong helped him to the bedroom, and said worriedly: "You can't lift a shoulder like yours. If no one takes care of you, what will you do?"

Gao Ming groaned drunkenly: "...what can I do, I can only ask someone to take care of me..."

Hua Rong helped Gao Ming back to the bedroom, told him to lie down, and ordered the servant girl to bring him hot water to wipe his face, and when he saw that he was tidied up, he left in peace.

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Gao Ming was very efficient in handling affairs, and wrote a letter to Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, the next day. The letter was polite first, and then went straight to the point, pointing out that he hoped Hua Rong would be transferred to him as the governor. Because Mengzhou's soldiers and horses are not strong, capable people like Hua Rong are needed to assist, while Qingzhou is full of talents. I hope that the prefect of Murong can sell him this favor.

After all, Murong Yanda was Murong Yanze's older brother, so he would lose face if he transferred him away without saying hello.

Moreover, Gao Ming believes that there is no reason for the prefect of Murong not to sell him this favor. Huarong is just an aristocrat of Qingfengzhai under his command, and there is no need to offend him because of Huarong.

The prefect of Murong has finished the notification, and there is only the general judgment in this state.

In name, the general judgment is to prevent the prefect from arbitrating power, and to supervise the officials of the prefect. To the magistrate as a dog's leg.

Cai Dezhang, the prefect of Jiangzhou, Cai Jing's son Cai Jiu, and Huang Wenbing, their local general judge, always look down and be pleasing to Cai Jiu when they see Cai Jiu, which is completely the way of his subordinates and staff.

The same goes for Xu Tongjuan of Gao Ming's Mengzhou. The former magistrate didn't like to talk to him, let alone Gao Ming, the son of the Taiwei.

Because Gao Ming dismissed a group of officers and promoted many others, and he wanted to send a document to Tokyo for personnel transfer, so he called the general judge over, not for anything else, but asked him to sign and stamp.

Xu Tong judged where he dared to provoke Gao Ming, and brought his own seal to Gao Ming's place, and stamped his own seal one by one.

Xu Tongpan also asked Gao Ming caringly, "My lord, I heard that Hua Tongzhi still has a position in Qingzhou..."

Now Huarong's problem, to put it bluntly, is whether he can work part-time on a tourist visa.

Gao Ming said casually: "The government has already notified Qingzhou. I believe that when the letter arrives, the prefect of Murong will relieve him of his post. Besides, he is only serving concurrently now. After all, Mengzhou cannot be without generals for a day. Judgment, what do you say?"

"Your Excellency is right, the army cannot be without generals for a day." Xu Tongpan echoed.

Gao Ming is the son of the Taiwei, Xu Tongpan has no reason or capital to fight against Gao Ming, and decides to be a puppet who can only sign and stamp in the future.

Gao Ming didn't take these things seriously at all. The power of the magistrate is very great. Cai Jing's son-in-law Liang Zhongshu promoted Yang Zhi, a murderer and assassin, to be an envoy in the army who was officially paid. Not a word.

After all, Huarong is the governor of Qingzhou, with a clean family background, and he was asked to work in Mengzhou, but it was just a transfer from another place.Huarong had nowhere to go before, so he went to Qingzhou. Now that he is the magistrate, Huarong has a place to settle.

He directly promoted Huarong to be in charge, also to let others see that Gao Yanei is so arrogant, he can do whatever he wants.

For him, there are only two options: be obedient and get out.

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After sending a letter to Murong Yanda and asking for a signature and stamp from Xu Tongpan, Gao Ming started to do another thing.

This matter, he had been planning since the day he eradicated Sun Erniang, but his pace was interrupted because of Ma Hong and others' dissatisfaction.

Now that the power of personnel has been taken back, and there are no internal constraints, it depends on how to restore or even further increase the customer flow of Happy Forest.

Just as he was clenching his chin and rehearsing his thoughts in his mind, Jiang Dongshu brought something that Gao Ming had been longing for: a new Di Bao.

The mansion newspaper usually publishes the major policies of the imperial court, especially the news about the appointment and dismissal of officials, who was promoted and who died, and so on. In the latest issue of the mansion newspaper, there is naturally a place for Gao Ming, which clearly states that he has served The post of prefect of Mengzhou.

But just in the last sentence of the appointment document, there is a magical pen. Although it is written in the written language of the official document, if it is translated into the language spoken on weekdays, it is: When it comes to the governance of Mengzhou, the Gaozhifu revealed that Mengzhou will be celebrated in Chongyang this year. To make the world's largest Double Ninth Cake on festivals, businessmen from all over the world will flock to Mengzhou.

Although the Dibao is spread by copying, because every word of the above news is very important and there are very few mistakes, the Dibao that Gao Ming got is no different from other Dibao that is spread to all parts of the country.

Under normal circumstances, this sentence will appear in every residence newspaper.

Gao Ming saw it, was overjoyed, and said with a smile, "Murong Yanze, well done!"

The last time Gao Ming wrote to Murong Yanze, he asked him to include this sentence in the mansion newspaper.

The mansion newspaper is not only read by officials, but also gentry and wealthy people from all over the country will find someone to copy it, so as to keep abreast of the current affairs of the country.

No one expected to see such an advertisement in the mansion newspaper, but it cannot be called an advertisement. After all, it can be said that it is the governance policy of the magistrate, and it is not against the rules.

Originally, Gao Ming was a "popular man", and the title of the son of Taiwei was enough to attract people's attention. Many people read his official documents carefully, so they couldn't help but make a voice of doubt when they saw the last sentence: The biggest Chongyang in the world What is cake?

The master Jiang Dongshu didn't understand either, so he asked Gao Ming worriedly, "My lord, what is the biggest Double Ninth Cake in the world that is written in the mansion newspaper?"

Neither do we in Mengzhou.

"It literally means, the biggest Double Ninth Cake in the world."

"Where is it?" Jiang Dong stretched his neck.

"I've done it, or I'll have it." Gao Ming snapped his fingers, "Tell the owners of all the hotels in Happy Forest to come to the Yamen tomorrow morning. I have something to say to them."

Jiang Dong got the order, retreated out, and found Nie Liang to convey the order from the prefect. Nie Liang didn't dare to delay, and immediately took the servants to Happy Forest, and informed them one by one.

Who would dare not to listen to the magistrate's summons, but I don't know what it is. Since ancient times, going to the Yamen has not been a good thing. These hotel owners didn't sleep well the night before, and they went to the city early the next day to report to the Yamen.

Gao Ming met them in casual clothes, and his speech and behavior were very close to the people.

There were dozens of these bosses, ranging in age from young to old, but they all stood obediently with their hands down, not daring to show their airs, after all, everyone has seen the methods of the Gao Zhifu.

Gao Ming sized them up a few times, and asked casually, "How is Happy Forest's business now?"

A short and fat man apologized and said with a smile: "My lord, thanks to your blessings, it's already much better. The merchants from the past have returned, and it's much more lively now."

The others all said, "Happy Lin Kui has managed well, and he has almost recovered."

Gao Ming slightly raised his head to look at the roof, showing disappointment, "But I think the house is not lively enough."

Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine the magistrate was selling in the gourd, so they all listened attentively.

Gao Ming flattened his gaze and looked directly at them, "Has any of you read the latest mansion newspaper?"

These hotels are well-informed, and every issue of the mansion newspaper must be copied by someone. When Gao Ming mentioned the mansion newspaper, almost everyone said they had read it.

Gao Ming quickly said: "Since I have read it all, I won't go into details here, but just straight to the point, among you people, who can make the biggest Double Ninth Cake?"

"My lord, how big is this?" An old man with a gray beard asked, "I've lived my whole life, but I've never seen the biggest Double Ninth Cake."

Those with a keen sense of smell have already discovered the hidden business opportunities. A young man said: "Because there is no record before, we only need to make a slightly larger one, and it will be the largest in the world."

Gao Ming found out that this young man had a future, so he asked, "Which hotel do you belong to?"

"Responding to my lord, I run a hotel called Keyuelai in Happy Forest, and I'm good at making all kinds of snacks." The owner of Keyuelai has already seen what the magistrate meant, and made it clear that he intends to sell this order. Take down the business.

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows, "Oh? So does your hotel make the biggest Double Ninth Cake? It must be at least ten feet in size."

One zhang is about three meters three. Since it is claimed to be the largest, it must be at least this size to have impact.

The shopkeeper of Ke Yuelai rolled his eyes, "It's not difficult, this matter is on the villain's head."

Some businesses make money and others lose money. You can tell the difference when you spot business opportunities.

At this time, someone murmured, "If you make it so big, how much food and sweets will you get, and who will you sell it to?"

But more people realized that the biggest Double Ninth Cake was a gimmick, and it had already been published in the Mansion Newspaper, and more and more people saw the news. If there is a layer of people who feel novelty and come to Mengzhou to join in the fun, spread the word Ten rumors a hundred, this guest has to look through.

And these people came to Happy Forest, and with their popularity, wouldn't it be next year and year after year.

So in a blink of an eye, a hotel owner stood up and said: "My lord, the villa's hotel can also undertake the production of Chongyang cakes! The villa's hotel is a big place for Happy Forest. Although the cook, pastry master, handyman and boy Not many, but there are thirty or fifty."

The implication is that Keyuelai is a small shop, and it does not forget to step on its peers when grabbing business.

As soon as the words were finished, someone was robbing the business again, "My lord, the villa is not talented, but there are excellent pastry chefs, and the characters and animals made of various caramels are vivid."

Although the Double Ninth Cake is steamed with sugar noodles, it is decorated with various candies, such as almonds, pomegranates, ginkgo, pine nuts, etc., as well as colorful flags and shaped dough figures.

More and more people reacted, rushing to say that their own hotel can undertake it, hoping to let the adults live this to their own family.

When it was getting hotter, Gao Ming said, "Although you can all undertake it, the biggest Double Ninth Cake is the signature of your whole Happy Forest, and it is the signature of Mengzhou. I really don't trust any one to undertake it alone. If that's the case, there is you , you, you, and the four of you will jointly undertake the contract."

When they quarreled just now, they all showed their hotel housekeeping skills. Gao Ming listened carefully, so he selected four hotels that he thought were the most suitable. One hotel would definitely not work, but even if there were too many people, four hotels would be more suitable. .

"Thank you, sir, for your love." The owners of the four hotels hurriedly thanked each other.

The others were disappointed for a while. Once the biggest Double Ninth Cake comes out, it will definitely become famous in one fell swoop, and it will be cheaper for the peers.

At this time, I heard the magistrate speak slowly again, "It is very important for the Double Ninth Cake made by these four companies to be exhibited in Happy Forest. But this government also needs a big Double Ninth Cake, this piece of Double Ninth Cake It’s not for exhibitions, but it’s used by the government for others to eat, the taste should be good, who of you can do it?”

Those who didn't catch up just now can't wait to jump up, "Come to my house, come to my house."

In the end, Gao Ming ordered five more, and asked them to work together to make a piece of Double Ninth Cake about ten feet long, not bigger than the one at the Happy Forest Exhibition, and transport it to the city a few days before the Double Ninth Festival, for his own use.

"Those who undertake the production of Chongyang Cake must put their heart into it. It depends on this time whether Happy Lin can take it to another level." Gao Ming smiled and said, "If anyone is lazy in the midst of this, once the government finds out, the government will never If you don’t take it lightly, try it if you want the whole family to suffer.”

Fearing that some people would hate others, be jealous of others taking over the production of Double Ninth Cakes, and act secretly, Gao Ming first put the ugly words first.

The boss who didn’t get the production, knew that the magistrate was talking to them, and immediately expressed his opinion, “The villa’s hotel is in the happy forest, the happy forest is well, the business of the villain can be better, although the villain didn’t contract the production , but will definitely help others and dare not cause trouble.”

Gao Ming was very satisfied with their answers, and gave them a few more instructions before telling them to go back.

There was not much time left for the Double Ninth Festival, and the hotel owners started working non-stop as soon as they returned.

The news from the Di Bao also spread one by one, spreading from Tokyo to the surroundings, and the news that Mengzhou Chongyang Cake was the world's number one spread like wildfire.

There is no Guinness World Record in this world, and all kinds of "biggest", "most" and "strongest" have not yet flooded.

People are still very interested in this kind of gimmick, especially the words "No. [-] in the world" are enough to make people flock to it.

As the day approached, Gao Ming sent a small official and two servants to Happy Forest to monitor the progress of the production.

Hearing that they were so busy day and night that there was already a rudimentary shape of Double Ninth Cake, which was almost decorated, Gao Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Hua Rong took office as the ruler, everything went well in the barracks, but there was one thing that hadn't been resolved, and that was the housing problem.

Huarong's belongings are all in Qingzhou, so he doesn't bring so much money, but living here with Gao Ming is not the case.

How can there be local civil servants and military officials living together?It is very inconvenient for subordinates to find their own adults.

So Hua Rong thought about it, and decided to buy a house nearby, with a large courtyard, a good location, a very cheap price, and perfect in all aspects, and because the former owner of the house was a military officer, the house even had a stable and an equipment room, which was cheaper than buying a civil servant's house. suits him.

Hua Rong told Gao Ming about this idea.

Gao Ming was drinking tea and almost choked, "You, are you kidding me, you want to buy that haunted house in Zhang Dujian?"

The courtyard is large, the location is good, and the price is cheap. Of course, there must be other flaws, such as a murder case.

Hua Rong said indifferently: "I heard that Zhang Dujian's relatives have been cleaned up, and the smell of blood is gone."

"That's not the point, okay?" Gao Ming deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a gloomy voice: "Be careful of being haunted——"

Hua Rong felt that none of this was a problem, "I heard that a couple on Shizipo killed hundreds of people, and I don't see any ghosts seeking revenge from them."

"Because ghosts are afraid of evil people!"

"I'm not easy to mess with either."

Gao Ming still shook his head, "I still don't think it's right, even if you're not afraid, you should get married. Your future father-in-law will see it, hehe, you still want to marry my daughter if you live in such a crappy place, let my daughter live with you Haunted house? Just dream! Don’t you lose the big because of the small?!”

Hua Rong frowned and said, "I don't have a word of eight, where is the daughter-in-law?"

Gao Ming said: "Since you don't want to marry a wife, don't rush to buy a house. If you don't want to live in the yamen, you might as well live in my other house, which is quite close to the garrison."

"Do you have another house? In Mengzhou?"

"Yeah, it's not bad to live here, but don't you think it's a bit dilapidated, if it's repaired, people will say that the new magistrate is a waste of money if they see it, so I asked Jiang Dongshu to help me find a house a few days ago. "Gao Ming said: "But don't get me wrong, I just want to be quiet, and I don't want to hide in a golden house or something."

Hua Rong smiled and said, "You don't need to explain."

Of course Gao Ming cared about his image in the hearts of his good friends, but he said, "I just don't want you to misunderstand me. My image is now innocent."

"Really, I don't think you are like this in front of Murong Yanze and Taiwei."

Anyway, Gao Ming didn't want him to underestimate him, Gao Ming laughed and said, "You are special, are you satisfied?"

Seeing Huarong's expression seemed quite satisfied, Gao Ming got up and smiled and said, "If you are satisfied, go to eat, I happen to have something to tell you about the details of going to the school grounds to distribute Chongyang cakes to the generals on the Dragon Boat Festival, let's discuss it. "

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The day before the Double Ninth Festival, Happy Lin delivered the Double Ninth Cake made by Gao Ming, with a radius of one foot and a height of two feet.

The next day, the local garrison was called to the school grounds again, and they lined up neatly. Everyone only knew that this time it was an order from the magistrate again. As for what to do, they didn't know what to do.

Apart from the soldiers, the generals also had no idea what the Gao Zhifu was going to do. After all, his confidants had already taken control, and now the army obeyed the orders of the prefect, so why bother?

On both sides of the martial arts hall, drummers lined up, and flags fluttered in the wind.

And soon, everyone found that there was something covered with thatch on the stage, the length and width were one foot in size, which made people very concerned.

Just when he was wondering, he saw Gao Zhifu in official robes appearing, followed by Hua Rong, the new commander of soldiers and horses.

Seeing that Hua Rong was not wearing armor, but was also dressed in casual clothes, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that today is not a martial arts competition, which is great.

Gao Ming stepped on the short ladder to the general's platform, cleared his throat, and said, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, the government knows the hard work of all the soldiers, so today I specially brought Double Ninth Cake for everyone."

It turned out that it was food, but it was a good thing, and everyone put smiles on their faces.

Under the thatch cloth must be the Double Ninth Cake.

Gao Ming also smiled and said: "I think everyone can see that, yes, there is Chongyang Cake under the thatch cloth, come on, take the thatch cloth away."

Someone came over immediately and took off the tarpaulin.

At the same time, all the generals present gasped and exclaimed in their hearts, this Double Ninth Cake is too big!

The soldiers were not as reserved as the generals, and they all exclaimed, "What a big Double Ninth Cake!"

I have never seen such a big Double Ninth Cake, and everyone present was attracted by this novel big cake, which is so interesting.

This quick big cake, the body of the cake is actually spliced ​​with several pieces of smaller pastries, but the outside is covered with a layer of icing made of caramel and nut granules, and it looks like a whole big cake from the outside.

Gao Ming pretended to be quite emotional and said: "This Double Ninth Cake is specially ordered by the government. I hope that the government and all the generals and sergeants will be like this Double Ninth Cake, with one heart and one heart, and give Mengzhou a Qingping." After finishing speaking, he paused, "Let's talk, okay?"

Everyone was so excited by the Double Ninth Cake, and felt that Gao Zhifu was really a wonderful person, so they all laughed and echoed loudly: "Yes! Your Excellency said it very well!"

The school field was boiling.

Gao Ming waved his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, and when everyone was quiet, he said again: "The government has ordered people to allocate money, giving all the soldiers [-] cash for the festival."

There are only a few thousand troops stationed in Mengzhou, and Gao Ming can still afford to send [-] papers per person. This money is not enough for a senior official to celebrate his birthday.

Gao Ming's policy of widely spreading favors has an immediate effect.

The bitter soldiers earn some military pay on weekdays, how could they think there is such a good thing as holiday money, Mr. Gao is kind, too kind, and he is so much better than those dog officials who can only exploit before.

The school grounds were full of joy, and there was a lot of voices, all wishing Gao Ming well.

Some of the generals standing under the stage laughed loudly, some were silent, and those who were silent were mainly shocked.

This Gao Zhifu is too good at buying people's hearts, he is so skillful in playing tricks, did Gao Taiwei teach him?