Clam Pearl

This is a yamen courtyard with three entrances, it is no different from other yamen, the people who come and go are just like that, some of the pass rooms, waiting rooms, and unclassified houses that enter the yamen have collapsed!The office with two rows of short door openings at the entrance basically didn't run away, and some of them were dilapidated.

Fortunately, the houses in the two courtyards at the back should be stronger. If it was the place where the chief stayed, it always had to use some good materials. Now it can still be used for people if it is well repaired.

Now, this is the new starting point of Gu Zhao's life, his new office in the future.

With legs crossed and hands behind his back, Gu Zhao stood under the eaves of the main hall of the new yamen, looking at the swallow nests above his head. In this row, there are more than ten nests of swallows!To poke or not to poke?I'm afraid that the fine rod will not be fixed properly, the swallow's nest will not come down, and the house will collapse due to it.

I never thought of it, how could it be broken like this?Does it look fine from the outside?Why!Gu Zhao sighed helplessly in his heart, no matter how broken it was, he couldn't fix it, he couldn't fix it!Repairing yamen is a taboo thing, and this scale is not easy to grasp.But this house was supposed to be occupied by people, but this time he made a mistake.

Gu Zhao sighed slightly, and looked back at the yard. The people he brought from home were working very enthusiastically and vigorously!Those who scrub the pillars scrub the pillars, those who pull the old furniture pull the furniture, those who pull the weeds pull the weeds, and those who block the mouse holes block the mouse holes.

He was already late, but he didn't expect him to arrive until noon. There should be several subordinates in this yamen to report, right?But tossing and tossing, it's still these few people he brought, which is extremely irritating.

The sound of splashing water came from the yard, Gu Zhao heard the sound, but it was Fu Ji who took off his coat and fetched water from the well.An old well in this yard is quite up to date, and the water it pumps out is not too cloudy. After a dozen or so yellow soups are pumped out, the water is clear and lingering.

"Fu Ji!" Gu Zhao called out.

Fu Ji raised his head and smiled: "Men?"

Gu Zhao said with concern: "You are fine, find a chair to sit with me."

Fu Ji nodded, turned around to look for a seat, but found that most of the furniture was rotten.Thanks to Xizai's ingenuity, he brought a couch mat when he went out, and now that he heard Qi Ye was going to sit, he hurried over to find a clean place, first took a rag and wiped it back and forth, then spread out the couch mat and pressed it Sijiao, Gu Zhao, please come and sit down.

Gu Zhao took off his shoes, tore off his robe, exposed his inner garment, and sat down cross-legged. In fact, what he was wearing today was not the most suitable attire at all. The one he was wearing was Dashou. It looked good, and it was only worn by priests. Woolen cloth.He should wear a third-rank loose flower official uniform.That's right.Now that he's overwhelmed, he's wilting. He just thinks that life is a long way to go, and being an official is so fucking boring!

He is used to being a jerk at home, everyone dotes on him, but no one cares about him wearing a big shirt.From the outside, he was dressed in three inner layers and outer layers, and he thought it was normal to open the Yamen for sacrifices today.

Seeing Qiye throwing his official uniforms everywhere, he was afraid that people would say something, so he hurriedly cleaned them up and found a clean room to hang them up in the back room. When this official body goes out, there are rules in every move, so Gu Zhao was careless. But dare not.

After the master and apprentice sat down, Fu Ji looked submissive, sitting with his hands resting on his knees.His master, however, was lying crookedly, leaning on a large pillar that had been wiped clean!With just a slight push, that person will surely limp into a ball.

Seeing that Gu Zhao was not happy, Fu Ji sat aside and persuaded him: "Master, don't worry, there are rules for everything, and the only way is to follow it step by step. Now that the yamen is newly opened, the officials still need to pass the time. Investigate qualifications, go through many discussions before selecting suitable talents, and wait for the next job to report to them, short... it will take ten or so days."

Gu Zhao suddenly realized, but he didn't want to say that he didn't understand.So he nodded knowingly and said: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm just worried that this yamen will collapse."

Fu Ji smiled: "Now, I'm afraid that the above procedures are about to be completed. The Bureau of Engineering has received a letter and will send a supervisor to inspect the project. After the survey is completed, the repairs can start. Master, wait!"

Oh, I see!Gu Zhao felt ashamed, so he relaxed more and more, and just half-lyed down and looked at the swallow's nest and muttered: "They will come in a while, tell them, don't startle these nests of swallows, I will watch, they are living well Yes, it is estimated that there are eggs in there, and the swallows are hatching eggs!"

As soon as Gu Zhao finished speaking, Fu Ji stood up and put on his shoes, and while putting them on, he said, "I can see that the Baigong Department has arrived over there. Master, don't worry about them, I'll just go and receive them."

So, Gu Zhao sat in the yard and watched the Baigong Bureau bring about a dozen craftsmen, some with rulers, some with abacus, and some with drawing books, rushing around in the yard. Dare to startle Gu Zhao, but salute from a distance, then get busy.Today's expatriate assignment was arranged by Tete, and he was called to come immediately, so he didn't dare to embarrass this one, this is the overlord of the Gu family in Pingzhou, don't worry, it's not hard to get rewards, just getting punched would be good.

Fu Ji made assignments back and forth, without others explaining, he led those people to make arrangements as if he was born to know these things, and after a while, they went to the backyard to measure, and after a while, they all went over to help.

The front yard was quiet for a while, and Gu Zhao was the only one sitting on the table. He sat there for a while, and suddenly heard someone outside greet him: "It's the commissioned official who is on duty! We are the Hou Ling of the Academy of National Historical Records." , come to take the book!"

Gu Zhao didn't move, and looked out with his arms propped up. There was no one in the front yard, but he was the only one.

There was another shout from outside: "Someone should answer the errand!"

Gu Zhao sniffed, looked around, and replied, "No one, just wait outside the door!"

Unexpectedly, a person ran in staggeringly outside. This person was about forty years old, wearing a half-worn clerk's collar fir and a square scarf on his head. As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Gu Zhao's handsome Sitting, he came over with a smile and said, "But I don't know, the little brother is here now, where is he sent? Can you take care of me?"

Gu Zhao didn't understand what he said, so he blinked his eyes.

This little official has a good temper, so he explained there: "The villain is the book order of the National History Records Academy. Today, the chief ordered to sort out the county and state chronicles of Ganzhou, Changzhou, Qingzhou, Nizhou, Yuzhou, and Wuzhou. The county annals came to your yamen to wait to transcribe, but I don't know who is the commissioner to take over?"

Gu Zhao smiled, and nodded his chin at the backyard: "Just wait, everyone is repairing the house over there!"

The little official nodded, put his hands in his sleeves, stood firmly, and stopped motionless with a good temper.

Gu Zhao looked at him amusedly, and said, "Come and sit down!"

The little official shook his head: "Don't dare, I'm a servant, I can't sit down!"

Gu Zhao nodded: "Oh, rules? Is that so!"

The little official nodded: "Exactly."

A few swallows flew over the eaves, Gu Zhao watched them flustered for a while, and asked the little official casually: "Now all the county chronicles of Wuzhou are still changed?"

The little official shook his head: "It's not complete. The previous dynasty was not too strict. In Daliang, local annals need to be sent once a year. There are two volumes in one type. One volume is kept in the local archives and one volume is sent to the Academy of National History Records in Beijing. The previous dynasty Otherwise, it will be given away every three years, and sometimes not every five years."

Gu Zhao nodded, that's it...he asked again: "How many have been sent now?"

The little official replied: "Not many, thirty carts, two thousand six hundred volumes."

Ah, haha... Thirty cars, is that a big car or a small car?Gu Zhao didn't have the nerve to speak, so he could only nod casually.But the heart is twisted and hideous, thirty cars, it depends on when to go!So he was the one who picked the matter, so he couldn't say anything. How should we look at it?Now he has only Fu Ji who is durable by his side, but he doesn't know when the little official and adjutant will be able to come and listen to him.

The two of them stood and sat for about an hour, and people from the backyard came out one after another. As soon as they came out, they saw Gu Zhao sitting stupidly, and there was another standing in the courtyard. here?"

The little official hurriedly straightened his clothes and saluted, "Return to the officer, the villain is right!"

Fu Ji nodded, and said, "Tell them to move in. The backyard has just cleared up five vacant rooms, and it's just time to release the papers! You come with me to look at the place first, and see what doesn't fit. We can change it soon!"

The little official nodded, took out a box from his pocket, and followed Fu Ji to the backyard.

Gu Zhao didn't know what they were going to do, and he was too embarrassed to ask.But he didn't know that this little official would start to sleep with these volumes starting today, and he would not be able to return to the Academy of Historical Records with the complete volumes until Qian Dingsi finished transcribing them.When he and Fu Ji went to the backyard to see if there were any termite wormholes in the house, if there were any, the volumes would not be stored. The ancients cherished the volumes very much.

Gu Zhao was thinking about it, but he didn't think about his brother Gu Yan. He walked into the yard from the outside and sighed as soon as he entered the yard: "Oh! I just said, I can give you good things too? Look at this poor man. Son... is this also the yamen of the third grade? It’s just like this, and it’s not a star if you miss my brother’s yamen of the Ministry of War!"

Gu Zhao sat there and laughed: "Brother's courtyard is good, but mine is not good, so you don't have to set foot here, so as not to hurt your precious hooves!"

Gu Yan doesn't care if his younger brother is rude to him, he is so happy, the little brother is such a bastard, he didn't expect to have such a good fortune, he said that he stood up, and now he stands up, don't care about this yamen Break it or not, third grade!That's it!

Gu Yan looked around, stretched out his hand to squeeze the dust on the window sill, and kicked the wooden pillars with his feet!He inspected for a while, then turned around to comfort his little brother and said, "Don't worry, brother, the new yamen is like this, this place is good, it's close to the front, and it will save you running when the higher-ups call for someone. It's just that The downside of the proximity is that there are first- and second-rank yamen everywhere, you should pay attention to the movement when you come and go here, but don’t dare to think of which one to go out like at home.”

Gu Zhao smiled, raised his buttocks to show his brother a big place, and said, "Sit down, can there be any movement here, I'm not full of people, it's all our family, sit down! I have a well and no stove here, and it's okay That's the condition!"

Gu Yan smiled, took off his shoes and sat next to his younger brother. After he sat down, he couldn't help sighing: "This job is really difficult. It's a pity that there is only this radish pit in Shangjing now. My ex-son I've been thinking about it for a long time, so don't worry about it, you'll just settle down for a few years, at least you're a third-rank golden flower, after a village there won't be this shop anymore.

From tomorrow, my military department will watch over you, at most three to five years, my brother will squeeze you out, and you will be sure to be a third grade, and be patient, but now this job is not a day or two, you just drag it chant. "

Gu Zhao didn't say a word, just sat on the side and looked at his elder brother and smiled, procrastinating?I can't afford it anymore, and if I delay it any longer, when it comes to a disaster year, it will only shake the foundation of the main beam.

His elder brother asked again: "How many yamen are coming to pick up errands today?"

Gu Zhao thought for a while and said, "Only the Baigong Supervisor and the junior officials from the National History Academy are here."

Gu Yan nodded and said: "I just saw their dispatch bus, it's better, it's blocking half the street, why are you looking for the Academy of National History?"

Gu Zhao didn't want to say it, so he smiled and said, "You must stuff something into the hospital, otherwise it will look empty."

His elder brother smiled, and suddenly felt a little proud.He was getting old, maybe his mouth was often bitter, so he took out two oranges from his sleeve and broke the oranges with his younger brother to eat one by one, while eating, he said: "Yesterday, that boy Dingying, his eyes turned red with anger when he saw me! Hehe, tell the bastards to fight, fight! Hehe, it’s not our indisputable beauty that fights over and over again... Hehe!

You will also teach Maude in the future, why are you so smart again this time?Look at your eldest nephew, who is worthless, he is busy every day at five o'clock, but in the end, there are still three officers at the top, all of whom can control him, he is not as good as Maochang. "

Gu Zhao curled his lips: "Maode is very good, you don't have to make trouble for the child, your little thing is not enough for others, and Dingying puts the soles of the shoes, but your Maofeng, I listened to it in a daze a few days ago They said that he walked closer to the one at the old temple, and it seems that he still goes..." At this point, Gu Zhao sat up and looked around and said, "I often go to Lu Wang to sit down!"

Gu Yan's complexion changed, and he threw the orange peel on the ground: "That's not... King Lu's flower party, I sent a post to the mansion, I don't like to go, so I asked him to go once, but the bastard, Now it's hooked up, open your mouth Grand Tutor Hu, shut up Your Highness King Lu, if that fool wants to show off, let him go, I'm old, I can't talk to him anymore!"

After Gu Yan finished speaking, he yelled to the outside: "Bring them all up..." As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people poured in from outside the door, some carrying cabinets, bookshelves, cases, and chairs , in short, there are all kinds of furniture in bits and pieces.

These people rushed back and forth more than ten times before they filled the courtyard.The most exaggerated thing is that in the end, someone brought in four couch beds with plain waist and cloud patterns.

These furniture, one can tell at a glance that they are all new old poplar furniture, not very expensive, but each piece is strong and strong.

When Gu Zhao saw it, he couldn't help laughing. He said to his elder brother: "Brother, you are so careless. What kind of utensils does this yamen want? They will be prepared by them. What are you doing with this money?"

Gu Yan laughed, and said to his younger brother: "Silly old seven, you don't understand now, you still have something to learn, the official way, the official way, there is no way, there are friends who pay attention to it!

Are you waiting to deploy?wait for you!The matter of building a house is obvious. You are not as good as I am at Baigongjian, and it will not be your turn next year. Now at the Sima Craftsman's Office, the list of furniture will be five feet high, and everyone will It's urgent work, and the other side is in the hands of Hu Ji, who can make you happy?cut! "

After Gu Yan finished speaking, he took out a paper deed from his sleeve and spread it on the mat and said, "You sign an IOU to the Ministry of War at night, and have it delivered to your nephew Maochang. This furniture was made by our Ministry of War in the first year. I put it there and put it there, and when you have finished setting it up here, no matter what the material is, just give me the number of trees.”

Oh, that's it, Gu Zhao suddenly felt caring, so he took the IOU and put it in the armhole of his coat.

His elder brother saw that Gu Zhao wanted nothing here, and immediately felt that his younger brother was being bullied, but he didn't reprimand him in front of others, so he just kept in mind that he was going to find someone in private to find out whether it was the son of the road with him. The Gu family can't make it through.Looking at it now, Lao Qi is smart because he is smart, now he is too big, and he has received a lot of resentment. In a few days, I am afraid that the family will hold a few tea parties, so I will ask the old bureaucrats to support my younger brother.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan clapped his hands and stood up and said, "Come on, just stay here, after a few days you'll pack it up, and brother will come to see you, if you need anything, you don't need to go to Shangguan, you can find someone to go to the Ministry of War to find your nephew with a note, Ask him to prepare it for you, but I want to see who is detaining people, detaining things and refusing to give them back, treat our family as a bully, there is no place to seek death for eating dung soup!"

After Gu Yan finished speaking, he turned around and left the yard without saying hello.As soon as he went out, he shouted straight to the people below: "Go, call me back that bastard Gu Maofeng!"

Then the following said: "Grandpa returning to the country, the third master is listening to the opera in Lu Wang's mansion, dare not go, can't shout!"

Gu Yan suddenly had a mouthful of old blood in his stomach, he waved his hands, and said in a non-smoky tone: "Go, the whole sack, go to the gate of Prince Lu's mansion and guard it. When that evil animal comes out, put it on my head and hug it directly. Come back...Damn it, I've been ashamed for a few lifetimes, how did I give birth to such a bastard..."

While he was cursing, his younger brother chased him out with his shoes and shouted, "Brother, wait a minute."

Gu Yan quickly changed his face, put his hands behind his back, raised his head and pretended to look at the face of the yamen gate, and said, "brother, your door curtain is so old, it's so shabby, eh! Let me see, um...you need to paint it a few times. It is!"