Almost all the juren in Beijing came back before the New Year. They not only brought back Han Xiufeng's letters, but also brought news that Han Xiufeng was promoted to the position of Tongzhi of the Coastal Defense of Songjiang Prefecture and Supervisor of Jiang Customs.

The Tongzhi of the Haigong Prefecture of Songjiang Prefecture is the same as the Tongzhi of the Jiangbei Department of Chongqing Prefecture. It is nothing to the new Sichuan East Road, but it is different at the same time. Therefore, when the Dao Office sealed the guests for the grand banquet before the New Year, it was specially set up a banquet for the female family. The wife of the Daotai specially sent someone to invite Qin'er to have a drink.

As the top went up and the bottom was effective, the wife of the Daotai invited him, and the wife of the Futai and the county magistrate naturally also wanted to invite him. Qin'er changed into the fifth-rank official uniform and took her youngest girl to the banquet. After eating other people's wine, she had to invite him back, so she also set up a banquet at home on the 26th day of the 12th lunar month to invite the female family of the Daotai and the county magistrate.

As the saying goes, "I am familiar with each other." After a while, she became good sisters with the Taotai, whom she usually couldn't see, and the wife of the county magistrate, whom she usually wanted to see, became good sisters who could talk about everything! In the first lunar month, they had to pay New Year's greetings and have fun at banquets and wine. Although Han Si was not at home, the two of them lived a fulfilling life this year.

Before he knew it, it was February. Mrs. Daotai planned to go to Huayan Temple to burn incense, and sent her family to ask if she wanted to go together. How could Qin'er know that it was a very glorious thing to accompany Mrs. Daotai to burn incense. Not only did she agree at once, she also asked Zhuzi to quickly prepare the incense, candles, fruits and other offerings needed for burning incense.

In fact, the most glorious one is not her, but Duan Jiqing, who is not qualified to attend the banquet and can only help run errands. Seeing that his daughter looks more and more like the wife of the more official, he came to see how the new house was built, Liu Shanyang, a juren from Jiangbei Hall, smiled and said, "Shizhen, do you think my third brother should hire the wife of the Taoist squad when he married Ling Mei?"

"Of course I have to invite you," Liu Shanyang thought for a while, and said helplessly: "I'm afraid that others won't appreciate it. After all, they will only give face to my sister Qin'er, and they won't give you such a big face. On the contrary, the youngest sister is married, and if Qin'er sister goes to invite her, they will definitely come back."

"This is, after all, the marriage of the youngest girl is a happy event for the Han family. Zhixing is not at home, so Qin'er can only help him. Mrs. Daotai, Mrs. Futai and the wife of the county magistrate are so good, so he will naturally help Qin'er to save face."

Master Fei put down his teacup and smiled, "Shi Zhen, Duan Jingcheng, after all, he depends on Zhixing's face!"

Duan Jiqingshen agreed: "Yes, we are all benefiting from the wisdom of our actions."

Mr. Fei smiled and then changed the subject: "The two said that my youngest girl was married, and I suddenly remembered something. Although my youngest girl is Zhixing's cousin, she is actually similar to her own sister. Now Zhixing's official career is prosperous, and my youngest girl is also considered a lady from the official family. But Zhuzi is a coroner, and his family is not in a good match. If it is reported, people will be laughed at if it is heard!"

"It's true!" Duan Jiqing realized that this was not a trivial matter. After thinking about it, he said sadly: "But we can't regret the marriage because of the incompatibility of the family. Besides, Zhuzi's kid is not only honest but also able to endure hardships, but also plays with Zhixing to a young age, and is even more childhood sweetheart with his youngest girl."

"It is better to demolish ten temples than to break a single marriage. Of course, it is impossible to regret the marriage. But Zhuzi can definitely not do coroner anymore. The marriage between him and his youngest sister is not even suitable for a big fuss."

"Duan Jingcheng, the second master is right. His ambitions and actions are different from the past. We cannot be ridiculed for this matter." Liu Shanyang looked up and said.

"Qin'er said in the morning that she would have to start preparing for a few days and marry her youngest girl out in a grand manner. If she didn't handle it properly, she would let Zhuzi and her youngest girl marry her quietly, Qin'er would definitely not agree."

"Explain it to her, it's really not a thing."

Duan Jiqing has been in the yamen for so many years, how could he not know that this is not a thing? But I thought that Qin'er might not be able to explain it. Just because of this, the voice of Manager Xu, the Chongqing Branch of Rishengchang, came from outside.

"Second Master, are you at home?"

Mr. Fei quickly walked out of the flower hall and asked while opening the door: "Zhi Zaizai, it turned out to be Manager Xu. Why did you have time to come here today? Do you have a letter from the capital?"

"Second Master!" As soon as the door opened, Manager Xu bowed and saw Liu Shanyang and Duan Jiqing were there, so he hurriedly bowed: "Master Liu, Duan Jingcheng, you two are here too, you two are lucky!"

Before the New Year, Xiang Rong and other Chongqing military officers and Bing Yong sent more than 300 letters from the Risheng Changtaizhou branch, sending more than 70,000 taels of silver, all of which were Duan Jiqing and Fei Erye who helped Guan Banteou, Yu Youfu and other yamen runners went door to door to others. After receiving the letter and silver, they naturally had to reply to their relatives far away in Jiangsu. So in the past month, they have received more than 200 letters from the military officers and Bing Yong's family or asked them to send them.

Thinking of the trusts that I had to send them out quickly, Duan Jiqing stood up and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, you are here just in time. If you don't come, I will have to visit you in the past two days."

"What I believe, right?"

“That’s right.”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Xu couldn't help but smile and said, "Duan Jingcheng, Master Fei Er, you two were so busy that you were both busy a lot before the New Year. I think you two might as well start a civil information bureau and find a few trustworthy people to handle the delivery of family letters and money transfers."

Before Duan Jiqing could speak, Master Fei sat down and smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, you are in the business. Duan Jingcheng is different from you. We cannot treat family letters and money transfers as transactions. Not to mention that they have already given the money and money transfers for sending the letters, even if we don't have any money, we have to help them get these things done."

Of course silver is important, but human favors cannot be bought with silver. Duan Jiqing didn't want to lose his friendship because of this little money. He said seriously and seriously: "Shopkeeper Xu, the second master is not joking with you, because whether you send a message or a silver, it is not a matter of whether you don't have money or not!"

"Second Master Gao Yi, Duan Jingcheng Gao Yi, I admire you!" How could Manager Xu not know what Duan Jiqing and Fei Erye were thinking, and sat down and smiled: "I won't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I'm here to announce the good news to you three!"

Duan Jiqing subconsciously asked: "What kind of good news?"

"Mr. Han has been transferred again. Calculate his life. He should have arrived in the capital now."

"Any job transfer?"

"The Tongzhi on the north bank of Yongding River, our Beijing branch manager said in the letter that Mr. Han was co-organized by the Grand Secretary of Zhili this time, and was recommended by Mr. Peng Yunzhang and Peng, Minister of Works!"

Mr. Fei has been in the capital for so many years and has never seen the Minister of Military Affairs. He is very clear about what this means and can't help but ask: "The Minister of Military Affairs recommended it?"

"That's right." Manager Xu smiled and continued, "Second Master, Mr. Liu, you both have been to the capital and must know what kind of yamen the Yongding River is. Mr. Han was transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River. Although he was an official from Zhili, he was actually no different from being an official from Beijing. Do you two think this is a great joy?"

Duan Jiqing wanted to speak but stopped, Fei Er turned around and explained: "The Yongding River Door Office is similar to the Shuntian Prefecture Office. I really didn't expect Zhixing to be transferred to the Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River!"

Duan Jiqing still felt that it was good to supervise the River Customs, so he murmured: "So that Zhixing is not a tax official, so he is going to be a river officer?"

"Duan Jingcheng, you don't know that the officials of the Yongding River are not only governing the river, but also under the prefectures and counties along the Yongding River. Let's put it this way, Zhixing, the Tongzhi on the north bank of the Yongding River, is equivalent to a small prefect, and can divide the prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Yongding River!"

"Although it is not a regular seal official, it is similar to a regular seal official."

“That’s right.”

"Where is the seat of Tongzhi Office? Is it in the capital?"

"It seems to be in Gu'an County under Shuntian Prefecture, not far from the Yongding River Bureau, and only one hundred miles from the capital."

...

When someone came to my family, Qin'er, who was doing needlework and threading upstairs, naturally had to open the window to see who they were. Unexpectedly, he heard that his father had been transferred to Tongzhi on the north bank of Yongding River.

When he heard Gu'an was not far from the capital, he thought that all the juren who came to deliver letters before the New Year came back from the capital. Qin'er's heart was so excited that she thumped down. She threw down the needle and thread and ran downstairs, holding the door frame of the side door of the flower hall and said, "Dad, second master, I want to go to the capital. It's not peaceful all the way to Jiangsu. It's easy to go to the capital!"

"Qin'er, don't worry, you have to make a long-term plan for such a big deal."

"Dad, I've been waiting for several years. It's fine if I wait, but Goudan has never seen his father since he was born. I don't want to wait any longer. I want to take Goudan to find his father." Qin'er said and burst into tears.

Duan Jiqing looked sad and pondered: "Qin'er, you can take Goudan to find his father, but you don't have to worry about it. How can you not make some preparations after going so far or so?"

"If you have any preparations, just bring enough money and get rid of it." Qin'er said, wiping her tears.

Liu Shanyangneng understood her mood and stood up and smiled, "My brother and sister, why not do this? Please keep the team in a close later. Yu Youfu and Zhuzi and others come over to discuss together, ask Zhuzi if he would like to go with you with his youngest sister, and ask Yu Youfu if he would like to go there again. If they all want, then we will prepare early to see if you can set off in the next few days."

"How can Zhuzi go with me? He is about to marry his youngest sister!" Qin'er asked subconsciously.

Thinking of what Master Fei had just said, Duan Jiqing suddenly reacted: "Let him go with his youngest sister, and wait until Zhixing gets married and gets married again. Besides, even the big-tou Guazi has become a prestigious person. Zhuzi is still a coroner because he wants to help Zhixing take care of his hometown. Zhuzi must have an idea in his mind. Why not take this opportunity to let him go out and see if he can make a personal appearance?"

Liu Shanyang smiled again and said, "My brother and sister, even if we don't think about Zhuzi, we have to think about our youngest sister."

Who doesn’t want to marry Master Guan? Now that there is this opportunity, it’s really hard to say if Zhuzi doesn’t go, but Qin'er thought about it and said with a bitter face: “I’m going so far away, I don’t know when I will come back. Zhuzi and the youngest girl must go back and say goodbye to my aunt.”

"Then let them go back quickly and let them go early and go back early."

What surprised everyone was that Master Fei Er suddenly said, "Qin'er, since you have made up your mind, I will accompany you. When I was in the capital, I miss home, but after staying at home for a long time, I want to go back to the capital to take a look."

"Second Master, you are so old and have walked such a long way..."
Chapter completed!