Chapter 520

Su Xuntian shook his head. "Not really. He only knows that I have some connections with the casino, but he doesn't know the details. I told him that I'm only helping Feng Ling 'er to look after the place and get paid for his hard work. He believed me and even advised me that opening a casino isn't a good thing and that I shouldn't do anything outrageous. "

Hua Qingfeng felt relieved after hearing that and sighed. "That's good! It seems that he only heard that you have some connections with the casino. It's fine. Be careful in the future and don't show your face too often. Just let Feng Ling 'er handle everything and don't get too involved. "

Su Xuntian nodded. "I understand. I'm just informing you so that you know what to do."

Hua Qingfeng sighed. "If you don't manage the household, you won't know the price of rice and firewood. This saying is a little vulgar but it's true. I had no other choice but to resort to this method. Xuntian, you have to pay attention to this matter. "

Su Xuntian nodded silently. "I know. Don't worry."

Looking at Su Xuntian's back view as he left, Hua Qingfeng let out a long sigh.

Hua Qingfeng used to be a puppet County Magistrate. Everything was handled by County Magistrate Meng and Register Wang. Although he was a little useless, he could live a leisurely life if he could get over it.

After County Magistrate Meng fell from power, Hua Qingfeng seized the opportunity to seize the power of County Magistrate Meng. He finally tasted the wonderful feeling of having power in his hands. However, the more power he had, the more responsibility he had to bear. Since he was in charge, he needed a group of confidants. If he wanted people to follow him wholeheartedly, he had to give them enough benefits. Otherwise, why would they work for him?

The imperial court only paid salaries to officials. As a seventh rank County Magistrate, Hua Qingfeng's monthly salary was seven and a half stones. This amount of money was barely enough for Magistrate Hua and his wife to support three or four maids. However, as a County Magistrate, he had many servants. Which one of them did not need to spend money? These people's monthly salaries were all paid by the County Magistrate. Otherwise, who would be willing to work for him?

You have to support the County Magistrate, right? You have to support the sedan bearers, right? You have to support the cooks, right? You have to support the maids, right? Besides, there were a lot of followers in the county government. If he wanted these people to be obedient, he had to feed them.

These servants were called First Master and Second Master according to their ranks. The Great Uncle included the Great Uncle, who was the gatekeeper and the messenger. The First Master and Second Master were the gatekeepers and were the gatekeepers. were the gatekeepers and were the gatekeepers. Following that, there was a group of "second masters", including "interrogation", "duty", "seal" and so on. And these were only the office workers in the county magistrate's office. If you wanted to plant trusted aides and eyes in other important departments, you would also have to pay them a monthly salary.

The County Magistrate had to have a monthly salary. If you wanted to place confidants and eyes in other important departments, you had to pay them a monthly salary. Your magistrate must have a monthly salary. If you can't pay it, there are naturally other officials who are willing to pay it. In that case, do you think these low-ranking officials and low-ranking officials will listen to you or to him?

Hua Qingfeng took over County Magistrate Meng's authority. Only then did he realize that it was not easy to be the County Magistrate Meng and the County Magistrate's Seal. If you wanted people to listen to you, you had to give them something substantial. However, he did not have the means to make money. Hulu County was a poor county. Ever since he took office, he had been under the control of County Magistrate Meng and Register Wang. Even if there were some filial piety, he could not get his hands on them. That was why he thought of this way to make money.

Opening a gambling house was undoubtedly a profitable business. However, gambling had always been forbidden by the government. Although this ban was in name only, and there were people setting up gambling houses all over the world, they were all bribed by the yamen. Moreover, if the imperial court were to have a whim and issue a decree to prohibit gambling, they would have to close down and lie low for the time being.

Now that Hua Qingfeng was the County Magistrate, he had to be extra careful when he wanted to make money from gambling. He did not feel at ease leaving this matter to someone else. He only felt that it was appropriate to leave it to his brother-in-law. Su Xuntian was the County Constable. With this identity, he could also deter the local thieves and prevent them from causing trouble.

After hearing Hua Qingfeng's idea, Su Xuntian readily agreed. He knew that his brother-in-law did not have it easy. These few years, he had been sulking as the County Magistrate. Even he, as his brother-in-law, could not straighten his back. He only had one sister. Since she was married to Hua Qingfeng, they were a family. Moreover, although his brother-in-law was incompetent, he took care of him. At this time, if he did not share the burden, who else could he look for?

However, this kind of thing could not be seen in public. Therefore, when Ye Xiaotian mentioned it today, Su Xuntian was a little flustered. However, when he told Hua Qingfeng about the ins and outs of this matter, it also cleared up his thoughts. Listening to him, it was obvious that Ye Xiaotian only heard about his involvement in the gambling house and did not know that his brother-in-law was the big boss behind the scenes.

He and Ye Xiaotian had always been on good terms. He believed that Ye Xiaotian would not deliberately cause trouble for him. He just needed to be careful in the future and not be too ostentatious. However, he did not know that the more he did not want something to happen, the more trouble would happen. Soon, a disaster would befall him.

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The sun was setting in the west. Ye Xiaotian pushed the teacup that had already lost its flavor to the side. Immediately, a scribe came over, picked up the teacup in a very natural manner, and went to help the Warden wash up.

Ye Xiaotian stretched himself. Seeing that the Secretary Office was still holding the brush and pretending, he could not help but laugh, "Okay, let's go. Everyone can go."

Everyone smiled and got up to say goodbye to the Warden. But while they were talking, they dawdled and tidied up their things. No one was willing to go out first.

Ye Xiaotian was also a person who worked as a handyman. Naturally, he understood their mentality. He smiled slightly, got up and walked out of the door. As soon as he stepped out, he heard a crash of tables and chairs behind him. Presumably, the Secretary Office was flocking to the door.

The sun was hanging on the top of the West Mountain. His mansion was halfway up the West Mountain. From this angle, the sun looked like it was hanging on the eaves of his house. The pale yellow sun was as lovely as the salted duck egg yolk produced in Gaoyou.

Ye Xiaotian was gradually used to this kind of life on duty. Compared to the time when he was in the Heavenly Prison, of course, the current life was more comfortable. Now he felt energetic all day, as if he had endless energy. Perhaps it was because he had been idle for too long.

Now, not only was he much more relaxed, his monthly salary was higher, and he looked respectable. In the past, when he was in the Heavenly Prison, he acted according to other people's wishes, including some of the prisoners in the prison. Now, many people acted according to his wishes. This was a life that he did not dare to think of before.

Looking up, there was a wisp of smoke rising from the mountain. Ye Xiaotian's heart warmed. He knew that it was Sister Sun who was preparing a dinner for him.

Ye Xiaotian had hired five chefs. With the size of his mansion, he had hired dozens of servants. Five chefs were still a little too little to prepare the food. Fortunately, these five chefs had disciples to guide them, so they were able to take care of the food. But since there was smoke rising so early, it was definitely not these cooks preparing dinner. It was Sister Sun who was making soup for him.

Before, Ye Xiaotian did not know that Sister Sun could actually cook, and was good at making soup. Now she was the internal housekeeper of the Ye mansion. There was no mistress in the house, so she was duty-bound to take care of Ye Xiaotian's daily life, and did not allow others to interfere.

She said that Ye Xiaotian was too tired from going to the yamen every day, so she had to make soup for every meal. She said that it was to nourish his body. Even at noon, she would specially go down the mountain to deliver soup. There was no reason for Ye Xiaotian to refuse such a good intention. Northerners did not really like to drink soup, but there was soup for every meal, so Ye Xiaotian gradually fell in love with this taste.

Dressed in Miao Miao attire, the cute and youthful little Miao girl went in and out of the yamen every day. Because of this, she became a beautiful scenery in the county yamen. Many petty officials, bailiffs, yamen handymen, early in the afternoon, carried a big bowl filled with food and squatted on both sides of the ceremonial door, just to watch Sister Sun walk past them with a food box. They listened to the silver bells on her ankles and tasted the scenery of her slender waist leisurely swaying all the way. To put it nicely, it was called: beauty to accompany a meal.

Younger Sister Taiyang had her own courtyard in the Ye Mansion. In any case, there were enough rooms in this mansion, and the courtyard was big enough. Many of the rooms were empty and unoccupied, so Younger Sister Taiyang, who had the title of Head of the Inner Palace, naturally received better treatment. It should be known that in some rich families, even concubines did not have the qualifications to live in a courtyard alone.

In the courtyard where Sister Sun lived, there were two maidservants for her to order around. At the same time, the courtyard also had its own small kitchen. The three meals that Sister Sun provided for Ye Xiaotian every day were freshly baked in this kitchen.

At this moment, a maidservant was squatting in front of the stove, adding firewood to the fire. Sister Sun wore a blue floral apron and rolled up her sleeves, revealing a pair of white arms. Looking at the dazzling array of ingredients on the table, she said happily, "Ah! Fortunately, I started preparing early. There are so many ingredients for this Five Penises Soup! "

Sister Sun picked up a sharp knife with one hand and grabbed a big lump from the pot with the other …

"Wow! Such a big one, it must be very nutritious! " Sister Sun pressed the big lump on the table happily, and the bright kitchen knife in her right hand chopped down with a bang. The huge bull whip was cut into two under her knife.

Tiger whip, deer whip, bull whip, sheep whip, dog whip …

I chop! I chop! I chop!

Sister Sun raised the knife in her hand and chopped down. The five meat whips were quickly turned into a pile of unrecognizable meat cubes under her knife.

Ganoderma, Korean ginseng, cooked rehmannia, raw ephedra, wild beans, cistanche, pepper, ginger …

It was not the first time that Sister Sun made soup for Ye Xiaotian. She skillfully grabbed the ingredients one by one.

"Ephedra!" Sister Sun grabbed a handful and suddenly said to herself, "By the way, Brother Tian complained last time that the soup was a little bitter. There must be too much Ephedra." She said to herself while putting the extra Ephedra back into the pot.

When dozens of ingredients were ready, the pieces of whip that had been rinsed with water were stir-fried in oil. Then, they were soaked in warm water and boiled in boiling water to remove the blood foam. Then, they were rinsed with cold water to remove the smell. Finally, they were all put into a clay pot. After the fire was boiled, the fire was changed to a gentle one and a big bag of ingredients wrapped in gauze was thrown into the pot.

Sister Sun clapped her hands happily and said in high spirits, "Well done!"