Chapter 70: Fish on the North Road, Xu on the South Road
In a corner of Poyang City, Li Li led Wu Xiang and a group of teenagers to visit his "new house", accompanied by Jia Chengzuo.
This house was originally Feng Yong's residence, but Feng Yong had already taken the detention of the government for his accomplice and his family was confiscated, and his family was not a slave.
The Prince of Poyang gave him this private reward as a compensation. After all, it was Feng Jian, the Chief of the Prince's Palace, who falsely accused him of the crime, which led to Li Li being imprisoned again.
Li Li received "compensation". Of course, he did not forget the teenagers who protected him to the county party committee to file a complaint on that day. Now he has hired teenagers as a guardhouse and live in this house and also provide food, giving everyone a warm place to live.
"Cunqinqi, although that's not good, but..." Wu Xiang saw Jia Cheng visiting the distance with others, and only Li Li was by his side, so he said, "Every time you go to jail, you will have a house when you come out..."
Li Li smiled bitterly: "This kind of thing is enough twice. You don't know that going to jail is dangerous. If you don't mention torture, you will lose your life if you are not careful."
Wu Xiang nodded quickly: "Yes, this kind of thing can't be done again. Your mother has been very sad these days, so she can't be done for the third time."
"No, no." Li Li said with lingering fear that although he was defeated this time, he had to fight hard. He should not play with something like licking blood from the knife, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.
Wu Xiang looked at the large house and sighed sincerely: "If you have time, you have to take your mother here to live and enjoy your happiness."
"That's right, but I still have to work hard." After Li Li said that, he and Wu Xiang were holding hands and squatting: "I have to let you live in such a house as soon as possible, so that you can enjoy your life."
"Hey, I don't have that ability..."
"Who said that, you have it. Isn't it just a stingy trial this time?"
After Li Li finished speaking, he patted Wu Xiang on the shoulder and smiled.
During Li Li's jail, Wu Xiang was not idle. In addition to helping take care of the Li family, he also discovered a business opportunity: after the autumn, the county party sent additional crab battles, so Wu Xiang found the troubled Yuliang officials and discussed business.
Before Li Li rented the fish ponds of many fish farmers in the village, and brought them a mixed fish and crab farming. They caught crabs temporarily in the fish pond, so they happened to sell the crabs to the fishing officials of the county party committee.
Because Li Li was in jail and it was not convenient to communicate with the outside world, Wu Xiang and Li Li mentioned it once. After obtaining Li Li's "authorization", they sold the crabs at a preferential price according to the "business principle" taught by Li Li.
This made the Yuliang officials happy and also made a lot of money for the fish pond. This year, the "share" that was distributed to the pond owners has been settled.
"Look, isn't this your ability?" Li Li said with a smile, "Now I have a sense of going to jail. Why don't you go to jail for one more time? After you can't come out, you may not be able to get a big house for compensation!"
This is obviously a joke. Wu Xiang shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, I don't have your ability, so don't go to jail."
While the two were joking, Li Li suddenly thought of something and asked: "Huang Tuan, for no reason, why did the county party recruit so many crabs? I haven't seen so many crabs in previous years? There are also silver carp."
"You don't know that the state party sent someone to the county to supervise the case and assisted in handling the funeral of Liu Fujun. These officials have a very big show and are very particular about eating, so of course they need a lot of crabs."
"Besides, the silver carp and fish head soup is now very famous, especially the Xu Chanjun, who requires thousands of crabs and many silver carp heads every day."
Li Li knew that Xu joined the army, because Xu joined the army interrogated him several times. After hearing Wu Xiang's words, he was surprised: "Thousands of pieces a day? Can he eat so much?"
"He brought many families and many officials who held funerals for Liufujun, so why don't he eat more crabs? After all, it's autumn now."
When Li Li heard this, he asked sadly: "Have you left by Liu Fujun?"
This 'leave' refers to the coffin transporting. Wu Xiang also said sadly: "I left, the fleet sent it away. That day, many people sent it to the dock, and there were white banners and paper money everywhere..."
The Poyang Insider Liu Yan, who had only been in office for a year, died of illness while in office, leaving behind a pair of children.
Li Li was falsely accused by Lu Quan. It was Liu Yan who presided over justice and made him clear about his innocence, so Li Li believed that Liu Yan was a good official, but died of illness at the age of his prime.
In the case of Lu Quan, if Liu Yan was a mediocre official who ignored the lives of the people, then Li Li's tomb would probably have grown grass.
The failure to send his benefactor a ride, even if he was just watching, it really made Li Li feel very moved, but the Liu Mansion did not want him to attend the funeral.
"By the way, will Xu Zongjun still eat crabs?" Li Li asked again, "Since he likes eating so much, we might as well grab more, find an official chef, and sell half and give away."
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In the house of the disciple, Li Li took advantage of Liu Decai's time to ask questions. After he was released from prison, he made a special trip to Liu Decai's house to thank him and said a lot. So today he was asking about the "gods" who came to Poyang to watch things, and why he liked to eat silver carp and crabs so much.
The god, of course, is the elegant Xu Chanjun.
"This person has a great background, a good background, and there are many noble people in the clan..."
Liu Decai put down the official documents in his hand, asked Li Li to sit down, and explained some of the inside stories in detail.
Xu Chanjun, whose surname was Xu and his name was Xu Junlu, was the governor of Jiangzhou and the counselor of the King of Xiangdong. He was born in the famous Donghai Xu family. He was the younger brother of the Princess of Xiangdong and the brother-in-law of the King of Xiangdong.
The Xu family in the Donghai family had many high positions in the court, and they also married the royal family and the A clan, and had many disciples and former officials.
"This Xu Chanjun has a good literary talent, a good voice and a luxurious life. You think there are hundreds of silver carp and thousands of crabs every day, but in the eyes of the Xu family, it is just that."
It was rare to have the opportunity to show off your experience, and Liu Decai revealed to Li Li a few of the luxurious life of the princes and nobles.
"In Jiankang City, there are many noble people who like to eat crucian carp heads. Each person eats two or three hundred pieces a day. That's common, crabs, and the same is true."
"Don't think that Xu Zhanjun came alone, and he was still bringing his family with him. I heard..." Liu Decai lowered his voice, "This Xu Zhanjun has dozens of concubines at home, all wearing gold and silver. Think about it, how many crucian carp and crabs will be eaten this day?"
When Li Li heard this, he was amazed: Wow! A man with dozens of concubines serving him, can his kidneys resist it?
"Have you ever heard of the saying "North Road Yu, South Road Xu"?" Liu Decai asked, and saw that Li Li was indeed confused and shook his head, he continued to explain: "This is about two people, one surname is Yu and the other surname is Xu..."
The north road Yu refers to a county magistrate named Yu Hong. This county magistrate has a nickname "Si Jin Prefecture". What is the four Jin?
The fish and turtles in the paddy fields are gone, the roe deer in the mountains are gone, the rice and valleys in the fields are gone, and the people in the village are gone.
The four sentences are what the governor of Yujun himself said, and you can imagine what life the people live under his rule.
The governor of Yujun is famous for his enjoyment and his life is luxurious. He has hundreds of concubines, all wearing gold and silver, and silk and satin.
All kinds of clothing and toys in the mansion are very particular, and they are "Northern Road Fish" or "Northern Fish".
There is north, and the corresponding "Southern Lu Xu", or "Nan Xu", is the brother-in-law Xu Junqian of the governor of Jiangzhou and the king of Xiangdong. She has dozens of concubines at home, and she is also silk and satin. She pays great attention to food and clothing, and spends money like soil.
Of course, compared with "Nanxu", the degree of "luxury" is slightly inferior. First, it is born in the Xu family of Donghai, so it will not be too extravagant and corrupt the family style.
Second, "Bei Fish" was born in a ranks and has emerged from the sea of blood. It is probably because it sees through life and death and wants to have fun in time, so life is extremely luxurious.
"So, fortunately, it's not the 'Bei Fish' that came, otherwise Poyang would have to be 'Four Ends'?" Li Li murmured, feeling like he had a life after a disaster.
But he remembered that something was wrong: "No, if the court appointed 'Beiyu' as the inner historian of Poyang, wouldn't that be..."
"That's it...it depends on luck." Liu Decai finished speaking and sighed: "Oh, it's already good to meet a family like Liu Fujun as a parent official..."
"Xu Zongjun came to Poyang for a while. Now the case has been settled and the Poyang Prince's Mansion has also been rectified. I think Xu Zongjun is almost going back to Xunyang."
Speaking of this, Liu Decai smiled: "Sanlang, isn't your family 'm 'farming fish and crabs'? It's a coincidence now."
"Carrying silver carp is easy, but not easy to catch. Others can't rely on the silver carp raised in your pond to help you? Crabs are the same, but you want to make a lot of money."
Li Li was very modest: "My nephew just wanted to help his neighbors overcome difficulties, but how could he have today? If Liu Shuji said that, he would definitely invite him to drink another day."
"This is what you said, it's eating wine, not eating 'salmon' from Da Niu Peng!"
"Okay, my nephew will definitely invite you to drink,"
Li Li couldn't bother Liu De for too long, so he moved out and walked out of the county yard and walked on the street, thinking as he walked.
He was not thinking about the unexpected profit of "mixed fish and crabs", nor did he think about how to make money next, but he thought about...
A man has dozens of concubines, and he changes one every night. Maybe after two months, the person next to him will be the same for a day. This kidney cannot withstand it...
As Li Li thought about it, a sudden flash of inspiration: Could it be that Xu Shenjun has a secret recipe for kidney nourishment?
Chapter completed!