A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 207

Wang Dou's Baoan Prefecture Garrison Office is no different from the Garrison Office of other prefecture and county guards. The entire government office faces south, with the gate, front hall, second hall, lobby, and backyard as the central axis. , there is also a watchtower storehouse, and a martial arts and archery hall for personal guards to practice.

On weekdays, the offices of the generals and officials in Baoanzhou City are all in the one-story office on the left and right sides of the lobby and the second hall.Wang Dou's official office is naturally in the lobby, with several public houses on both sides. From the corner doors on both sides, you can enter the backyard, where Wang Dou and his family live.

There are eight screens in the east and west of the lobby, and a huge painted wall on the back wall, which makes the hall look quite majestic.The weather was still hot, so Wang Dou walked out of his private room, went to the window to enjoy the cool breeze, looked at the courtyard in front of the hall, and meditated quietly for a long time.

He was meditating there, and in the office next to him, Ji Junjiao was holding a stack of official documents and staring obsessively at his figure by the window.She is now regarded as Wang Dou's full-time private secretary. Not long after entering the palace, she felt the lack of talents under her staff, so she was tapped and used by Wang Dou.

When Wang Dou took over Baoanzhou, the affairs of a state, military affairs, civil affairs, were extraordinarily complicated compared to Shunxiangbao. Especially now that Baoanzhou was booming, there were more affairs.According to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, these matters are all handed over to the subordinates, especially many military officers and generals in the guards, who are crude and illiterate, and do not know a single big character, and they completely let go of official documents such as military affairs in the territory.This kind of administration is naturally decadent, and it also gives the officials under him many good opportunities to do their best.

Of course, Wang Dou couldn't allow such a situation to happen. After his rectification, the officials under him can be regarded as diligent and honest in the entire Ming Dynasty.Relevant official documents and government affairs were collected in his hands, and he had to carefully review and think about them. Although Wang Dou delegated power to the magistrate Feng Dachang and others as much as possible, the daily affairs were extremely complicated. There was only a large stack of official documents for Dou's reply, and Wang Dou felt that he was at a loss.

In particular, the handling of a lot of military money and rations and confidential documents, to be honest, Wang Dou was not so relieved to hand them over to the officials under him, just at this time Ji Junjiao appeared.A daughter of an official like her has received strict education since she was a child.

What's more rare is that she is his own woman, and she is extremely reliable. Of course, Wang Dou would not waste resources, so he asked Ji Junjiao to help sort out some of his confidential documents.Ji Junjiao was elated when she was appointed by Wang Dou, and Wang Dou was quite surprised by her talent after she was appointed for a while.

Although Ji Junjiao usually has a flirtatious taste and likes to act like a baby in front of Wang Dou, but once she does something, she is very focused and serious.She has always been in the Bingbei Mansion, and her vision is far wider than that of ordinary officials. Sometimes her few words can also inspire some kind of inspiration for Wang Dou.

She seemed to be quite talented in the secretarial industry. For the official documents submitted by Feng Dachang and others, she could arrange them according to the priority of the official documents before Wang Dou's case, which greatly reduced Wang Dou's workload.Wang Dou considered whether to add some burden to her.

Seeing that Ji Junjiao appeared beside Wang Dou, all the officials and generals in the mansion knew it. They talked more about Ji Junjiao's identity. She was the governor's daughter. day?Of course, everyone only dares to talk about this kind of topic in private. No one dares to talk about it openly. It is Li Zhenyu, the magistrate of Baoan Prefecture, who is taboo in public.

But for Ji Junjiao, the more she gets in touch with Wang Dou's deep life, the more she feels that Wang Dou is different.When she first arrived at Wang Dou's office, she stayed there for a while. It was spotless, very neat and elegant. Except for the office desk, the bookshelves were full of books, including military books, history books, and all kinds of books. Such a miscellaneous booklet.

Unlike other warriors who put some books in the room to cling to Fengya, Ji Junjiao found that after reading these books carefully, behind many fonts, her own feelings were attached.Those characters were all written by Wang Dou himself. Ji Junjiao found that Wang Dou wrote good characters, and the handwriting was strong and powerful. Even her own father may not have Wang Dou's attainments.

This was Ji Junjiao's first surprise.

Soon Ji Junjiao discovered that Wang Dou had to carefully read and approve each of the official documents that he handed over. He processed the official documents very quickly and made decisions decisively. Even his own father was not as decisive as Wang Dou.Ji Junjiao usually likes to watch Wang Dou's resolute and pensive face secretly from the side.

With the increase in contact with confidential official documents, Ji Junjiao became more and more surprised. Wang Dou was just a garrison officer. When did he have so much military and financial resources?The more she got to know Wang Dou deeply, the more she felt that he was like a mystery, one layer after another was uncovered, and the innermost part could never be seen.

When Wang Dou walked to the window to meditate, Ji Junjiao unconsciously looked at Wang Dou's figure from the side again, and she didn't know when she became crazy.

Suddenly, the melodious bell of the Drum Tower came from far away. It turned out that it was noon, Wang Dou moved his body, and Ji Junjiao woke up. As Wang Dou said, before he knew it, it was time to get off work.

Wang Dou returned to the public room, smiled at Ji Junjiao: "Junjiao, you are tired, it's time to rest, let's go back to the courtyard for dinner."

Ji Junjiao pouted and said, "Yes, I'm exhausted, my husband, you can accompany me tonight."

Wang Dou smiled and said, "Junjiao, I'm going to be with Xiuniang for a few days, after a few days, I'll be with you."

Before he knew it, Wang Dou had a pattern, each time spending three nights with Xie Xiuniang, two nights with Ji Junjiao, and one night each with Liu Qing and Liu Ji.Xie Xiuniang and the three daughters were naturally very satisfied with Wang Dou's arrangement. Only Ji Junjiao felt that Xie Xiuniang had one more night than herself and was a little jealous, but she didn't show it at all on the surface.

After listening to Wang Dou's words, her eyes flowed, and she smiled charmingly: "You keep what you say."

Wang Dou nodded with a smile.

The two went out of the hall, and the two burly guards in front of the hall were guarding with guns. When they saw Wang Dou coming out, they all saluted with their guns: "My lord."

Very punctual, Xie Yike also appeared at the entrance of the lobby, leading two guards to take over.The personal guards in the mansion are all arranged by him.Not long ago, he married Chu Qinmeng's daughter, and perhaps had a family. He was calmer than before. After the shift was arranged, he led the original two thick guards to follow behind Wang Dou.

Seeing Ji Junjiao next to Wang Dou, Xie Yike was a little moved. When Ji Junjiao first entered the palace, he was quite hostile to Ji Junjiao. After the trip to town, he didn't think so at all.There is nothing but puzzlement in my heart, Miss Ji, a delicate beauty and the daughter of the governor, why is she willing to live such a life of no name and no role with her brother-in-law?
Several people came out of the lobby. Along the way, they met those off-duty officials, and each official saluted Wang Dou, and also Ji Junjiao, saying: "Little lady."

At the beginning, everyone was a little embarrassed about Ji Junjiao's title. She is actually the wife and concubine of the garrison, but she has not been given a name. It is not appropriate to call her the wife or the second wife. They all agreed and called her a little lady.

In front of outsiders, Ji Junjiao always behaved gracefully and calmly, her demeanor was impeccable, and the charming smile on her face often made those officials and generals lose their minds.Maybe Ji Junjiao's own demeanor, or maybe she is actually the daughter of the Governor. Although Governor Ji announced that his daughter was dead, many civil servants in Bao'an Prefecture slowly approached her.

When they came to the inner hall in the backyard, the table was already filled with sumptuous meals. Wang Dou's mother Zhong Shi, his wife Xie Xiuniang, and two concubines Liu Qing and Liu Ji were all talking in the hall, waiting for Wang Dou to come back Have a meal.

Seeing Wang Dou, Xie Xiuniang came up to meet her, and said softly, "Is your husband tired?"

Wang Dou smiled and said, "It's okay."

He said, "Let's eat, everyone."

When he came to the table, he pulled out a chair for Xie Xiuniang and asked her to sit down. Every time Wang Dou did this, Xie Xiuniang's heart was always warm.Wang Dou's movements are very natural, without the slightest affectation, it seems that his concern for himself is natural, but this casual movement makes people feel sweet to their hearts.When Xie Xiuniang was chatting with other military officers' wives in private, she had never heard of their men doing this, and every time she thought about it, it made Xie Xiuniang sweet.

The Zhong family was also very satisfied with Wang Dou's behavior. His son knew how to love his wife, so it was no wonder that Junjiao, the daughter of the governor, was willing to follow her son even though she had no name or status.What makes her strange is that since she was a child, her son knows best. He used to be a rough guy who beat and scolded Xie Xiuniang. When did he know so much?
Wang Dou asked Ji Junjiao to sit down again. Ji Junjiao was a little envious of Wang Dou's behavior just now. In fact, she had also enjoyed Wang Dou's service several times. At that time, Ji Junjiao was surprised and happy, and her heart was also very sweet.Seeing Xie Xiuniang sit down, she suddenly realized that she would definitely stand away from Wang Dou in the future.

Xie Xiuniang said to Ji Junjiao: "Sister, you must be tired after working for a long time."

Ji Junjiao smiled and said, "Sister, I'm not tired, sorting out those official documents is fun."

Xie Xiuniang said: "My younger sister is capable, but unfortunately I can't read, so I can't help my husband."

The two girls chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was relaxed and comfortable, which was one of the reasons why Ji Junjiao liked the palace more and more.In the past, she was in the governor's mansion, where the rules were strict, and not talking was one of the iron rules, but it was so relaxed and at ease here, even Wang Dou's two concubines could eat at the same table.

Wang Dou often thought about something at the dinner table, and occasionally joked with everyone.

He ate very quickly, and Xie Xiuniang and the others hadn't finished one bowl of rice, but he had already eaten five bowls.

He put down his rice bowl and said with a smile: "I'm going out of the house to do some business in the afternoon, you can continue to eat."

When he came to the outer hall, Xie Yike and several guards were also wolfing down their food. When they saw Wang Dou coming out, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks.Xie Yike used to eat very slowly, but because of Wang Dou's relationship, his speed also accelerated. After Wang Dou finished five bowls of rice, he could also finish three bowls of rice.

Wang Dou said: "First Division, are you full?"

Xie Yike said: "Brother-in-law, I'm full."

Wang Doudao: "Send someone to inform the officer in charge, Mr. Zhang, and ask him to follow me to Shunxiang Fort to see those refugees in the afternoon."

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Old Bainiu: There is a power outage during the day, so there is only one change today.

(End of this chapter)