The red sunset is like a big fireball, hanging obliquely in the west, and the bright red glow paints everything in the world, with a warm feeling.

In Xu Ping's yard, a table was placed in the sunset, with a large basket on it.

The family of three sat around the table, scrambling dumplings to play with when they had nothing to do.

The dumplings in this era are called "yuanzi", which are still a little different from those in later generations, and the materials are far less rich than those in later generations. Although Xu Ping is not good at craftsmanship, he still has some knowledge. This year, the dumplings in the Xu family are particularly rich in fillings.

Lin Suniang sat quietly at the table, watching the glutinous rice balls in her hand slowly forming, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

After Xu Ping repeatedly asked, Lin Su Niang finally admitted that she might be pregnant again, but her days were too short and uncertain, so she didn't say it out. Only Zhang Sanniang knew about it at home, and she was looking forward to holding her grandson every day.

Panpan squatted aside, his tender white hands stirring around the snow-like glutinous rice flour, having a lot of fun.

Not far from the table, Xu Chang stood and told Xu Ping about his conversation with Sun Wanglou in the afternoon and reported the progress of the site selection of the factory in the northwest of the city. Finally, he talked about the news that the exchange shop sold tea in the jiao qi shop had heard from Sun Wanglou.

Xu Ping had a smile on his face and his expression had not changed. After Xu Chang finished speaking, he said lightly: "We are doing business in a clean and honest manner. You should pay attention to the land you ask someone to buy. You must check clearly that there are no hidden dangers. Now it is not as good as in Zhongmuli, and we are also a family of officials. The censors and censors are watching, so don't let anyone take the blame."

Xu Chang agreed and asked carefully: "Where is the intersection shop--"

"If you come back and tell me that it is right, don't worry about anything else. Remember, don't mess with any business involving my official position. You should keep some fun with them when dealing with them in your business, and keep a fair deal, and don't be greedy for small gains."

Xu Chang said: "I remember it, I usually take care of it."

Xu Ping nodded: "We officials and families have to take advantage of it everywhere, but if we let us take advantage of it, we will naturally find ways to make it back thousands of times, and it is the one who suffers from it."

When Xu Chang left, Xu Ping curled two more dumplings, stood up and said, "I have something to do to go to the yamen. You two will play here slowly. If you have something to do in the evening, you will rest in the city tonight and will not come back."

Panpan said: "Dad, why are you still going to the yamen after the holiday? Didn't you say that the court has been on holiday?"

Xu Ping patted Panpan's head: "It's because of the holiday that I have to go back and give instructions, otherwise what if something goes wrong during the holiday? Tomorrow, you will follow your mother-in-law and mother to the Xuande Gate Tower to watch the lights, remember not to be naughty."

Panpan kept lit his little head: "I remember it! Do the Empress Dowager also want to watch the lights together? If Panpan is naughty and annoys the Empress Dowager, your father will not be considered your official position and we will have no food to eat!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head, and walked out of the yard.

When he went to the main room to say goodbye to his parents, Xu Ping took two servants and rode his horse straight into Wanshengmen.

The streets of the Imperial Street are bustling, and the Dengshan Mountain has been built in front of Xuande Gate, and the small yellow gate in the palace is directing the craftsmen to be busy.

Xu Ping entered the imperial city through the wing gate, came to the Sansi Yamen, and asked the servant to wait outside and enter his official hall.

At this time, the yamen seemed more messy than usual, and they were preparing for tomorrow's holiday. Where could anyone have the heart to deal with official business? There were even officials who were arranged to take turns on the festival and were making noises and making trouble there.

Xu Ping called a military general over and asked, "Is Judge Han in the yamen?"

The general raised his hands and saluted: "Report to the deputy envoy, Judge Han had already left the yamen and went home an hour ago."

Xu Ping picked up a post and wrote a few words to the general: "You go to Judge Han's house and ask him to come to the yamen, and I said I had something to discuss with him."

The general agreed and turned around.

Xu Ping sat down after the case date and looked through the case file casually.

After the Yuan Dynasty, there will be many things to be busy with. Money matters need to be arranged, and some new venues need to be opened, so Xu Ping has to worry about it. In a few days, the bridge and road army in Yongzhou will enter Beijing and be busy with road construction.

When the sky was about to get dark, Han Zong went to the Sansi Yamen and came to the Xuping Official Hall.

After passing the courtesy to Xu Ping, Han Zong said, "The deputy commander called me back to the yamen. I wonder if there is any urgent business?"

Xu Ping said: "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. The whole city is watching the lights. Kaifeng Mansion is busy preventing chaos and preventing the lights and candles from catching fire. Many places are unable to take care of. Your subordinates are in charge of military cases and dispatch personnel to keep a close eye on the various fields under the Three Divisions. Don't make trouble during the festival."

Han Zong respectfully said: "The deputy envoy is at ease. According to the practice of previous years, every time at this time, military officials have strengthened their rotation in each venue. They all know the important season and dare not take it lightly."

"Prevention?" Xu Ping smiled and shook his head, "Judge Han, it was the first time I was a deputy envoy to meet Shangyuan Festival. I was worried about the previous practices. You can draw other personnel from the wing army under the control of the Third Division to various venues. This group of people is under the jurisdiction of the military case. Don't mix with the personnel of each venue. You should work hard, and I will make up for it in the future."

Han Zong's family has several fathers and sons who are officials in the capital, with many relatives and friends, and they don't know how many things there are at home. From the bottom of their hearts, they don't want to be busy with business during the holidays. However, since they followed Xu Ping in Yongzhou, they have been used to it for so many years. They know in their hearts that Xu Ping is not a casual and troubled person, so they finally didn't say hesitate.

The Sansi military case manages part of the wing army and the public officials in the world, with sufficient manpower. In Kaifeng City, the army that is not considered a war, the Imperial Palace Privy Council and the Sansi can mobilize the most manpower. Although Han Zong is just a judge, he has thousands of troops under his command, which is not comparable to ordinary Beijing officials.

Looking at Han Zong's back as he left, Xu Ping shook his head helplessly. The practice is based on these practices of the minor officials playing with officials! These practices are all decided by the minor officials. From the beginning, they left behind the back door and followed their routines, and officials could only be fooled.

As soon as Xu Chang said that Xu Ping roughly understood the process. In Yongzhou for six years, there were many warehouses and trading places under the management of sugar sugar. Xu Ping saw many such things. All the small officials in the world were similar, just looking for loopholes in these customs that they were familiar with and filling their pockets.

It is very simple to break their spells. As long as you don’t play according to the routine, you will be fine. If you really don’t fear death, you will be defeated in one fell swoop. However, most of the officials are cautious and will not give officials such opportunities easily.

The time difference is to use tea to exchange tea, which is nothing more than taking advantage of this kind of holiday, the supervision forces in the field are loose, and the internal and external collusion will be done quickly. Usually, various procedures will be completed after one or two months of changing tea. When seeking personal gain, the minor officials can do things perfectly in one or two hours, including doing all kinds of accounts together.

As long as this time window passes, even if the officials have exact news, they will be helpless, because all the loopholes have been blocked and there is no way to leave you with any handle.

Many officials have a great headache for the minor officials. They often use severe punishments and hate the practices of the yamen. However, once they leave these practices, the yamen will not work and are eventually tricked.

Those who can truly subdue these minor officials are those who are clear about the tricks of minor officials. Unfortunately, many officials claim to be noble, some have limited abilities and can only shout and beat and kill, but cannot keep themselves in their bodies to do things.

It has been a few months since the Sansi, and Xu Ping has also realized some disadvantages. However, Kaifeng is not Yongzhou, and Sansi is not a sugar sugar business that Xu Ping can completely control. There are thousands of public officials here, many of which were passed down from ancestors. During the fifth generation of the family, they worked in Sansi, and their interpersonal relationships were mixed. How could they be so active?

Xu Ping could only slowly get familiar with it, patiently wait for the opportunity, and wait until he had a certain degree of confidence before he dared to start a trial on the personnel affairs of the Sansi. Now, Xu Ping could only maintain that he could not cause trouble.

Han Zong came up with Xu Ping's official office. After thinking about it, he knew that Xu Ping's instructions must have found something wrong. After cooperating in Yongzhou for many years, Han Zong knew what he should do.

Xu Ping specifically said that he wanted to find Xiangjun to patrol the various fields. Han Zong went back to his official hall without even notifying the head of the military case, so he directly ordered the miscellaneous officials to call several officers over.

There are nearly a hundred treasury services under the Three Divisions in the capital, but many of them are just leisure yamen, and they just symbolically send a few people to them. There are only 10 or 20 yamen that may have something to happen. Han Zong sent effective personnel to take care of them one by one, and specially ordered them to command them directly, so that they should not be mixed with the original officials in the field.

As night gradually descends, Kaifeng City is shrouded in a lively atmosphere. People in the city are waiting for the arrival of tomorrow's day, with lanterns everywhere, dazzling jugglings, and even the emperor comes out to have fun with the people.

The transfer shop next to the goods service on the Bian River seemed extremely quiet. On holidays, they had no business to do, so they could only close the door and wait until the festival was over before opening again.

There are also several exchange shops, which look silent outside, but are crowded with people.

This is a coolie recruited from other prefectures and counties. When they are waiting for the whole city to have a carnival tomorrow, they quietly sneak into the goods service and bring tea out of it. As long as the procedures are handled by the responsible public officials, they are waiting for these people to do their jobs.

There were several canal boats parked on the Bian River not far away, and all the procedures for leaving the city were completed, but the goods inside were quietly unloaded, waiting to load tea tomorrow. Once the tea was packed, they went straight out of the city from Shuimen and headed south along the Bian River.

The shabby restaurant that Xu Chang once visited was brightly lit in the backyard and the banquet had been set up. Just waiting for good news tomorrow to come, and Master Liu and his men celebrated the merits together.
Chapter completed!