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Chapter 82 Orchid
"It seems that it's time to have a female relative by her side."

Cheng Hongyuan returned to Guangzhou with an invitation to consider Chen Mu's invitation to be a doctor under his command. Chen Mu, who had bid farewell to Cheng Hongyuan, was still brooding over the "hidden disease" in the evening.

At his age, in his early twenties, his brother Mang Chong's son would call him daddy, but he is still a widow. It's no wonder that Cheng Hongyuan guessed that he was suffering from a hidden disease - no wonder, Cheng Hongyuan is just an unscrupulous old bastard!

That's what he said, but where can he find a female relative who knows the cold and the hot and is willing to stay by his side?

The women of Qingyuanwei haven't seen much of the world, and those who have seen the world are mostly from high families, so they may not think of him as a military leader, right?
The road is long, and the distance is long.

Li Tao, a Juren from Heyuan, was a trustworthy man. In just half a month, the Qingcheng Qianhu Office welcomed Chen Zongqi's guests, a Heyuan scholar in a green shirt riding a mule, his young school boy and a strong servant with a long stick.

The mule hung a pannier on its waist and hips, and the pannier contained books and daily changes of clothes.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the books, piled up into a hill of books.

The rest of the army in the guard had never seen so many books in half his life. Ordinary Zongqi’s family may not have two or three books. Even Chen Mu only had two books given to him by Bai Yuanjie. Who has seen so many books? ?

Pointing and walking all the way, Qingcheng soldiers didn't even know what etiquette they should show to the scholar. Some clasped fists made the scholar embarrassed and didn't know whether he should return the salute, and some bowed down so frightened that the scholar rushed to help him.

Compared with this, it made Xiucai feel much better when those rude and arrogant bannermen were thrown to Xiucai's big nostrils.

Xie Ming knew that he was here to serve as a teacher in the General Banner Mansion of a rich and rich man who killed a gourd full of blood on the battlefield. After asking for directions, he finally found Chen Zongqi's yamen.

Of course, the general banner is not qualified to own the yamen, but this does not prevent people from Qingcheng Qianhusuo from saying that Chen Zongqi is in his general banner yamen.

Scholars are not candidates, and their status is determined by a rural examination.

When Xie Ming was walking in the country lanes of Qianhusuo in Qingcheng, inquiring about Chen Zongqi's yamen, he felt the general respect for the Zongqi yamen from the rest of the army, which made him feel complacent in his heart.

It seems that the chief banner master who hired him also has a small reputation in Qianhusuo, and his life will be easier in the future.

But this idea was completely overturned when he stood in front of the Zongqi Yamen and offered the greeting card.

Standing outside the Zongqi yamen were two family soldiers with Japanese knives in their waists. They couldn't understand what a greeting post was, one ran away holding the post, and the other said with a smile: "This, scholar, you Let's find a cool place to rest first, Mr. Chen went to Qianhu Yamen to deal with government affairs, and he probably won't come back until evening. What? Why did you go to Qianhu Yamen to deal with government affairs?"

Qi Zhengyan smiled very proudly, "Qianhu has something to go to Guangzhou Mansion, and the affairs of Qianhu's office will all be on my master Chen's shoulders!"

What the old Japanese pirate said was well-founded and true, but it was different in Xie Ming's ears.

If I remember correctly, there are hundreds of households on the general banner, right?There are deputy thousand households and town governors above the hundred households. Chen Zongqi actually has such a status in the Qianhu Office of Qingcheng!

Scholars don't know that the Qianhu House in Qingcheng is about to fall apart, the biggest official is the deputy Qianhu, and the hundreds of households below are all worthless, and the tallest among the dwarfs can only be picked on Chen Zongqi.

I don't know how long I waited until the sound of horseshoes came from the intestines of the sheep on the ridge of the field. Chen Zongqi rode the horse and turned over and threw the rein. Long Junxiong held the rein firmly and tied it to the horse post outside the Yamen. Chen Mu looked around Look, walking straight towards Xiucai.

"My lord, Chen Mu, you have been waiting for a long time!"

"Don't dare, student Xie Ming, who was invited by Juren Li Youlin to apply for a teacher." Xie Ming bowed his hands in a very standard way, and said: "I have seen Chen Zongqi."

Chen Mu smiled in satisfaction, Xie Ming behaved properly and distinguished the priority, but this was already in line with Chen Mu's image of being a teacher in his heart, the left and right were just enlightening a few banner officials, and passing the children's examination to become a scholar Surely there is no problem, and immediately stretched out his hand to lead the way: "Don't be too polite, let's go in and talk."

In fact, there is nothing to say, Xie Ming is nothing more than studying hard for ten years in the cold window, seeing that the imperial examination is hopeless, so he needs to do something to subsidize his family.Chen Mu just needed to be a teacher, so he was invited to come here to apply.

Chen Mu took out the dowry money of three ingots of silver, and even provided for the monthly meals. The two of them wrote a contract, which was considered an agreement, and Chen Zongqi's family could start school and teach children.

But besides that, Chen Mu knew that Xie Ming's numerology skills were also good, so after a little teaching and examination, he decided to give an extra monthly salary of three stones, and let Xie Ming take the post of accountant at home.

In addition to the tent, Chen Mu has also recruited three other people from the rest of the guard in the past few days. They will be divided into cooks, grooms, and servants, and they will bring home soldiers.

Either buy a big house in Qingcheng, or use the official residence after being promoted, no matter what, this small Zongqi Yamen can no longer meet the daily needs of Chen Mu's family members.

Autumn is here.

Entering October, the weather is not much cooler, and the autumn harvest of double-cropping rice in Qingcheng Qianhu has begun.

There was nothing wrong with Mr. Chen Jun, the harvesting tools were all ready, old man Zheng led Yu Ding to harvest one by one, and they were all familiar with it, so there was no trouble.

I have to say that after the Battle of Heyuan, Chen Zongqi's social circle has grown a lot. In the past, only Bai Yuanjie and his subordinate Qi Ding had contact with him, but now there are many friends. I just sent two letters to Li Tao, and Li Tao sent a letter to ask I asked my friend Xie Ming to agree with Chen Zongqi, and secondly, to inform him that he was about to go to Beijing to take the exam, and asked someone to bring an orchid, which was a farewell.

Chen Mu and Shi Qi found out after inquiring that the literati used orchids as a metaphor for the truth of friendship, which made him feel embarrassed, so they sent the Banner Army to buy a luxury pen in Qingyuan City, and asked the Banner Army to give it back to Li Tao of Heyuan, wishing him the title of the gold list .

Originally, he wanted to attach another ingot of whole silver, but later he felt that it was not suitable, so he asked someone to buy a thick fur cloak, and gave it to Li Tao to protect against the cold in the north.

Things are settled here, but Deng Zilong arrives as promised with the book of war.

"In Xinjiang, Mr. Deng said he would give you General Qi's book of war. Today, Mr. Deng brought the book. Chen Zongqi, do you have food and drinks here?"

I haven't seen him in three months. Deng Zilong is as bold as when he was by the Xinjiang River, as if he was not affected by disobedience. Chen Mu felt relieved. Seeing that Deng Zilong was wearing a commoner military uniform, he was more heroic than he was then, and laughed loudly: "Other people come here." Maybe not, Mr. Deng is here, how dare Mr. Chen have no food and drink, Mr. Deng goes in and waits, Mr. Chen will invite someone to get the best roast duck and the best wine in Qingcheng!"

"It's not Mr. Deng, my reward is down." Deng Zilong shook his head, with a complicated expression on his face, "Now he is also a guard just like you, the deputy thousand households of the Imperial Household Office in the south of Guangzhou Mansion, in the future you want Call me Deng Qianhu!"

Deputy Qianhu?
Chen Mu's smile froze on his face.

(End of this chapter)