Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"I still have a house with two entrances, the price is not bad." Ding Tian thought it was good: "Can I go in and have a look?"

"Please." The man stretched out his hand: "My shop was paid to me by someone else, but my family is not here. I have been doing business here for several years, and I will go back soon. It is useless to keep this shop. , thinking about selling it."

It was not until later that Ding Tian realized why 50 taels of silver was so cheap, because the shop was clean at the front, but the back was very old, and it was an old house.

If this place is for people to live in, they have to renovate it by themselves. The middle-aged man also said: "I don't live here at all."

Ding Tian was really moved. This kind of shop with people living in the front of the shop is actually the best. The first is that if there are people living there, it can prevent fire and theft; the second is convenience!

50 taels of silver is not expensive, and he still has hundreds of taels of silver in his hand, so it is easy to buy a shop.

Therefore, Ding Tian said directly: "Okay, then you and I will go to the Yamen to complete the deed formalities, and I will buy it."

"Oh, that's a good relationship!" This one was happy: "Let's go, let's go!"

A group of four people went to the gate of the yamen, and went to the small official who bought and sold houses. The small official knew Ding Tian: "Ding Si prison? What is this?

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When the middle-aged man heard that Ding Tian was a member of the yamen, he was a little scared. If he didn't pay the money, he would just transfer the account, and he would be in vain for fetching water from a bamboo basket!

After all, he is a foreigner, and there are only a few business partners here...

Ding Tian immediately took out a bank note of 50 taels and handed it to him: "I bought a shop with this boss, please transfer the account to me."

At the same time, he took two packets of snacks they bought on the street from Ma Xiaofeng's hand, and put them on the table: "This is a trough cake bought on the street, let everyone have a taste."

"Okay, the little ones will stay." The little official cheerfully went through the formalities.

In fact, this kind of business is to give the petty officials at least one tael or two taels of "hard work money", but this is an unspoken rule and should not be announced.

And Ding Tian is one of his own, so it is impossible to ask for money; Ding Tian's position is bigger than them, and it is even less likely to ask for money!

But Ding Tian can't use others for nothing, can he?

Not giving benefits is already taken care of by others, and I can’t go too far. Not giving money, giving something is also the same meaning, and you can’t break other people’s rules. The wages of petty officials are already small, just enough to make ends meet. It’s hard work Money is someone else's money.

Two packages of pastries are worth one or two taels of silver, which is enough for the petty officials.

They wouldn't say anything, after all, Ding Tian followed the etiquette and didn't cut off their money and broke their rules.

The formalities were done quickly. What Ding Tian handed in was a bank note, which was in the bank of the local government. The man was also very happy. He took the money and left. He needed to exchange the silver quickly, and then set off for home.

When Ding Tian got his shop, he went to see Old Zheng, and asked Old Zheng to help him find someone to repair the shop and the house behind: "This is my personal business, so I will pay for it. It's 20 taels of silver." , it’s not enough for you to tell me.”

"Okay, what do you want to cultivate?" Old Uncle Zheng has experience in this field: "Is it better, or more practical?"

"Be more practical." Ding Tian said: "The requirement is that it must be clean. There is a big kitchen at the back. Keep that one. Change the pot and repair the stove."

"What kind of business are you going to do?" Uncle Zheng was a little curious: "Is it a food shop?"

"Yes, I want to sell some snacks." Ding Tian said: "So you have to clean it up, otherwise it won't work."

"Then I know." Old Uncle Zheng nodded, turned around and went to do it.

And Ding Tian, ​​after two days, interviewed Cui Jiu again: "What about your case, the master is about to intervene, and when you pass the court, I guess you will be released. After all, you have been imprisoned for so long. You know the rules here."

"Hmm..." Cui Jiu was a little listless: "I'm used to hitting twenty boards at most in court."

This hob-like attitude shows that he has been beaten.

Ding Tian refilled a bowl of tea for him: "So, have you ever thought about what to do when you go out?"

"What can I do?" Cui Jiu was not very interested: "If you want money, you don't have money, if you want land, you don't have land, but then again, it doesn't matter if you don't have land, those who have land died five or six years ago." .”

Ding Tian pointed at the pastries and said, "I remember you have a lot of experience in pastries."

"What do you mean by experience?"

"Experience is... the knowledge, technology, ideas, etc. experienced or understood in activities such as work and study... um,

The language comes from "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals? Xianji": "So you can hear it when you get it, and you can get it when you hear it." '" Fortunately, my Chinese skills are still there.

As a result, Cui Jiuting looked like a dog looking at the stars: "Oh..."

Ding Tian wiped his face: "Let's put it this way, you know a little about pastries, and you have some skills in making pastries. I have a shop that I can lease to you. You won't be charged rent for the first three months. You can start a pastry shop." Well, it’s my help...cough cough!" I almost said that I "helped the poor", and changed the reason: "I can help you, since you don’t have a family, you can only start a business first."

Cui Jiu was dumbfounded...

The next day, Cui Jiu was put in court.

Ding Tian went to watch. In fact, Cui Jiu's crime is not serious, it's just affecting the atmosphere, but because he is too old, Du Zhifu was very angry, and he was beaten twenty times, and he was educated for almost an hour. Cui Jiu was dizzy when he said it, and he was still thinking: Why do all the officials in this wave like to preach?

A Ding Si prison is not counted, and the prefect loves to talk so much, all kinds of educational language are smashed down, and Cui Jiu is even more dizzy.

After being dragged back to the cell, Ding Tian asked someone to give him some medicine, and after another two days, he was released. Ding Tian gave him two sets of new clothes: "You rest at home for two days, when you are done, you can go Go to the sixth shop on the second street in the south of the city, someone is already cleaning up there, don't try to run, I know where your home is."

Ding Tian felt that his education was good, so he let Cui Jiu go.

There are still five people that he needs to conquer, but he plans to talk to Lord Fuzun first.

Regarding Cui Jiu's question, as well as ideological and political education, labor reform education...

Prefect Du was processing official documents, and was looking at the case files of the remaining five people. He heard that Ding Siyu had come and asked to see Mr. Fu Zun.

"Ask him to come in and make tea. Let me have a plate of the lotus cake that Madam made last time."

Ding Tian came in and took a look. Prefect Du's study was much better than when he was in Niujiao County. After all, being a magistrate has a different status.

But not as good as Wang Zuo, the things on the Duobaoge are also very ordinary, the tea is very fragrant, and the pastries are more special, the fried ones, lotus flower crisps.

He has eaten it several times in modern times. When he went on a trip, he remembered that a tour guide introduced it, saying that it was a kind of pastry in ancient times.

It seems to be Ming Dynasty?Or was it during the Qing Dynasty?He forgot, but all he knew was fried food.

As soon as Ding Tian took a bite of the lotus cake, Du Zhifu read the file, put it down and looked at him: "Are you here for something? Or to eat snacks?"

"Both, Madam's cooking is getting better and better, and you will be blessed in the future." Ding Tian raised half of the lotus cake in his hand and ate it in one bite.

"You kid, just play with me!" Du Zhifu sat on the chair next to him: "I heard that you bought a shop? Are you planning to buy a property in Fucheng?"

"Oh, yes, but I'm not here to talk about the shop, I want to talk about the prisoners in my cell, Cui Jiu." Ding Tian looked at Du Zhifu seriously: "Do you have time?"

"Yes." Du Zhifu took a sip of tea: "I heard that you talked to Cui Jiu several times, and even set up a chat room?"

"Yes." Ding Tian nodded, and told Prefect Du some of his thoughts.

On the other side, Wang Zuo immediately ordered people after finishing his official duties: "Leave and return to Beifeng Mansion."

"My lord, it's already afternoon. If we leave, we will have to eat and sleep in the open at night." Wang Fugui advised him: "Let's go tomorrow? It happens that we can live in the post at night."

"I want to go back soon...the caviar is gone." Wang Zuo looked at Wang Fugui unhappily.

"No more, you can have other things!" Wang Fugui knew that his temper had broken again when he saw his eyes: "I heard that a guard dug up a lot of wild vegetables outside today, so let's make some small wild vegetables with vinegar pepper to eat." Let’s eat it? There are also egg noodles, um, the caviar is gone, we still have a lot of other foods!”

"Okay." Wang Zuo stared at the Xinghua outside in a daze. He was rarely free. At this time, his Xinghua was almost gone, and he had been away for almost ten days. Ding Tian was going to take a ten-day vacation, right?

Well, let him cook more food, the caviar is good, but a bit salty.

And as the weather gets hotter, many foods are inconvenient to store and will go bad...

When eating at night, it's like taking medicine, and it's not pleasing to the eye, especially the relatives of the two prisoners, in order to plead for the two prisoners, they sent a lot of gifts, and the two are very beautiful maidservant.

The two maidservants look like the kind of people who don't touch the spring water with their fingers, how can they serve others?

"Serve people on the bed?" Wang Fugui looked at the two beautiful maidservants with disgust: "Send them back together with gifts, and tell them that if they come again, they will be punished even more, the barbarians!"

The crimes of the Yi tribes are very serious. According to the "Da Dai Li Ji": "Three tribes, the father's family, the mother's family, and the wife's family.

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This means to drag the three families down, are they all relatives?

Most of the time, what Wang Fugui meant was what His Highness Ning Wang meant. Since His Highness Ning hated such things, naturally, no one would dare to send any beauties any more.

But things are not accepted, which makes people angry.

The next day, Wang Zuo got up and drove. The team stretched for three to five miles. Wang Jia was guarded in the middle, surrounded by vicious guards, and the imperial guards were also on the side. Who would dare to be presumptuous?

King Ning's driver swaggered along the road, and all the villages and towns he passed were under martial law...

Ding Tian didn't know that Wang Zuo was coming back. After he talked with Du Zhifu, Du Zhifu didn't object, but he didn't agree either. He said, "Let's see."

"Tian'er, you are still young, and you don't know some... things in this cell. The average prisoner will be locked up for two years at most." Du Zhifu stretched out two fingers: "It will definitely not exceed five years!"

"Why?" Ding Tian frowned.

Mistakes must be punished, whether it is modern or ancient, in addition to the death penalty, of course there is also "squatting".

The modern punishment may be that a person who has been sentenced to a high penalty may spend more than ten years or even twenty years in prison.

Ding Tian is used to modern "sentencing".

How in ancient times...was the sentence so light?

"Stupid boy." Prefect Du was overjoyed: "It's because Master Du is not here, otherwise he will definitely make fun of you, and the punishment will be according to his ability."

And yes, for those with lesser crimes, like Cui Jiu, they will be released after ten days and a half months, twenty or thirty boards, and for serious ones, they will be locked up for one or two years and fined some money, or fifty. Board, this is a big deal. "

Ding Tian nodded understandingly: "That is, if it exceeds fifty boards, it is estimated that the person will be disabled."

Generally no more than fifty boards, this is a real beating, not adulterated.

"If it's more serious, you will be sentenced to exile. Those from the north will be exiled to the south, and those from the south will be exiled to the north. This kind of people are usually thrown into the barracks, and they do hard labor. When encountering a war, let them charge into the battle without dying. Only those who have lost their crimes can be exonerated. Generally, they have to be exonerated three times before they can be released. However, there are too few such examples. In the three northeastern prefectures alone, during the war, the cells were emptied. No one came back, and all died. It's on the battlefield." Du Zhifu said with a little reminiscence: "On the battlefield... life and death are not in control!"