LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 246 Prefect Shi
Qinglang heard what the waiter said and nodded.
His first few questions were not intended to be too secretive, but to confirm whether the waiter was telling the truth.
"Then. Do you know why she took us away?"
Hearing this, the waiter was stunned for a moment, "Everyone has been there, but you still don't know the reason? Wasn't that young master left behind?"
"Although we were traveling together, we actually just met each other on the road and walked together." Qinglang smiled lightly, "When we entered the mansion, we lived separately. Today, I haven't seen him before he was sent out. I was curious in my heart, so I I thought I’d find someone to ask.”
"Huh? Is there such a thing?"
"Yes, we were invited out without seeing anything, and we were given a hundred taels of silver as compensation."
"One hundred taels!" The waiter's eyes widened.
"Yes, yes, I originally thought about taking my brothers and sisters out for some fun, but I didn't expect this windfall. What else are we going to do? We plan to buy some specialties and go home. It's just that I was curious before going home. "
The waiter felt more at ease.
Someone who can still get a hundred taels of silver after coming out of the magistrate's yamen seems to be safe. Moreover, they were leaving soon, so there would be no danger in speaking more. He nodded immediately, "In that case, please just ask, sir."
"Does Miss Shi often send people to arrest good-looking men?"
"It's not often, but there are a few times. The men from the previous few times were quickly released and left quickly. The same should be true for the friend who wanted to be a guest." The waiter said, "With her brother, the prefect The young master is not the same person."
"Master Magistrate? What did he do?"
This seemed to be a taboo, and the waiter fell silent.
Qinglang quickly added chips and took out a small silver ingot, which was worth five taels. "Tell me, tell me, we are just enjoying the fun. When I am satisfied, this is all yours. We will." Just leave after listening, what are you afraid of? If I take my young brothers and sisters with me, what else will happen to me?"
"That's right." The waiter patted his head.
How could those heroes who traveled around the world, or officials who came from the imperial court to visit privately incognito, bring two children with them? What's more, this guest officer himself is not very old, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
Thinking of this, the waiter completely relaxed and began to tell Qinglang about the prefect.
The prefect, Mr. Shi, was originally named Shi Xin. He was born in poverty and loved reading since he was a child. He was the last person ranked second in the late emperor's dynasty and directly entered the Hanlin Academy to serve.
It's a pity that although his starting point is high, his life is not very good. Only a year after entering the Hanlin Academy, the late emperor passed away.
After the current Holy Emperor succeeded to the throne, he opened Enke that year, so there were a number of new officials in the court. The Holy Sage naturally values the top three people he has personally selected, and arranges official positions and entrusts them with important tasks. But Shi Xin stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three years but no one cared about him.
Later, I don't know why he was valued by the imperial master of the dynasty. He was recommended many times and promoted to nobility. He was appointed as the prefect at the age of 40.
Although Yanzhou is not a prosperous place, sugar cane cultivation began here many years ago and the business is pretty good.
Therefore, after Mr. Shi became the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, his family's life became better and better.
But while their family's life was easy, the ordinary people's life was not.
But the eldest son of the Shi family is still the dominant tyrant in Yanzhou. Not only does he eat, drink, go whoring and gamble, but he also robs beautiful women. The pretty women in Yanzhou Mansion didn't dare to go out for fear of being spotted by Young Master Shi.
"Hey, Mr. Shi now has ten concubines! One of them is a relative of my third aunt's sixth uncle's neighbor, my aunt's natal brother's sister-in-law's family, keep it true!"
"Then Mr. Shi doesn't care?"
"Master Shi?" The waiter sneered lowly, "Master Shi himself, what kind of good thing is he? Master Shi has only been here for three years, and the entire Yanzhou Mansion has become like this. Sir, you must not You will think that Yanzhou City three years ago was far more prosperous than it is now."
"What?" Qinglang frowned, "I think it's quite prosperous now. There are several inns and many shops on this street. You can buy all kinds of things."
"But sir, did you see any ordinary people in those shops?"
"This..." Qinglang recalled carefully. When he first arrived here yesterday, he did see a lot of people on the street, but there were no very beautiful women, mostly women. Then I thought about it, there really are no poor people.
So at that time, Xue Ting would lead them to search all the way until they found the market on another road. Only then did they see the streets where poor people shopped and what the stalls looked like.
"You mean, Yanzhou City was originally very prosperous, and even the poor had money to buy and sell freely on this street, but now..."
The waiter nodded, "That's pretty much what I mean. The guest has only been here for two days, so he probably doesn't know yet. Over there is the sugarcane plantation, the most profitable industry in Yanzhou Prefecture. In the past, there were many poor people there who could work as long as they were healthy. I am very willing to work. Not only do I take care of food and housing, I heard that the accommodation is very good, the food is better, and I can have a meal with meat every day. Although I will not get the salary until the end of the year, the salary is enough to feed the family. After a whole year, I could still save some money. In those years, many people in the city made money, and their lives were getting better and better. They wore new clothes and could eat chicken, duck, and fish during the New Year. Then Times were so good."
A picture of people living in prosperity and contentment also appeared in Qinglang's mind.
That's really fun to watch.
But now, that is the former Yanzhou Mansion.
"If it's so good, how did it become like this? Even if Mr. Shi is embezzling and accepting bribes, can he still prevent the people from getting their wages?"