390. Leaving the Colts(1/2)
It was only this night. It was less than half an hour after Hong Wutian came back, and the streets in Suixi County that had not yet become completely dark suddenly became noisy.
A yamen official ran past the streets with gongs and drums, "Every inns are not allowed to drive away the people! Any violators will be sealed immediately!"
Later, notices were posted in front of the gates of all inns in Suixi County. Unexpectedly, the minor officials also had to talk to the inn shopkeepers.
After Zhao Dongting officially promoted all the minor officials to court officials, although they had no rank, their social status was far from comparable before.
Until now, how many of the minor officials in Leizhou are not energetic?
Although they are still errands and errands for the government, they are truly considered people from the government.
When I saw their arrogant businessmen in the past, who should not respectfully call them "little officials" now?
Zhao Dongting was quite surprised by the speed of Suixi County Magistrate's work, and was quite satisfied, so he no longer cared about the inn.
However, the shopkeeper of the inn he stayed in did not dare to think so.
The inn had just driven away the people, and the young master suddenly stood up for the people. Now the government issued a notice immediately. It can be imagined with the toes, and this matter has something to do with this young master who can't tell the truth.
Why didn’t the government issue a notice when the people were still driven like this before?
This really made the shopkeeper nervous.
So, after the little official left, he mustered up the courage several times and walked towards Zhao Dongting's room.
Xiaogoudan slept with Zhao Dongting, and when he heard the knock on the door, he jumped out of the bed, "Who?"
Then he scratched his head and turned around and was awakened when he saw Zhao Dongting. He felt a little embarrassed, "Goudan thought he was in the wild!"
His alertness made Zhao Dongting sigh. This child must have slept a lot in the wild.
There are so many wild animals in the wild these days. If it weren't for this alertness, I wouldn't know if I was taken away at night.
The shopkeeper's voice sounded outside the door, "I'm asking for a visit to the young master."
Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, and then said to Li Goudan: "Goudan, let him leave, and I'm going to sleep."
He just thought about it and could understand what the reason was. The ancients were not fools.
Li Goudan nodded, ran to the door and opened the door. When he saw the shopkeeper, he said, "Brother has gone to bed and let you leave."
The shopkeeper was slightly stunned and didn't dare to disturb him. He bowed to Li Goudan, the little kid, and walked down.
Later, he asked the servant to invite all the people sleeping on the street outside the door and arrange for the room to sleep.
Zhao Dongting's failure to see him made him feel even more anxious.
The next day.
After Zhao Dongting went downstairs, the people were already waiting in the lobby. But the look of his eyes was completely different from before.
He walked to the counter to pay, but the shopkeeper was beaten to death and refused to take action, and he repeatedly pushed him. It was a sign that if he had collected his money, he would have a disaster.
This made Zhao Dongting laugh and cry, so he had to give up.
As soon as I walked out of the inn, the convoy outside the door was already neatly arranged on the street.
A man wearing silk stood up, "I asked the young master to take the ride together."
This is the wealthy businessman in this fleet.
Zhao Dongting's actions last night alarmed him, and he was extremely polite to Zhao Dongting.
Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, not polite, "That's it, thank you."
As long as the identity is not exposed, it is okay to be mistaken for the people in this convoy to think that it is just a grandson.
"please."
A wealthy businessman about sixty years old raised his hand.
An escort lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at Zhao Dongting with deep awe.
Everyone knows that this young master is not an ordinary person, he must be a descendant of an official.
As for why he pretended to be an ordinary person and mingled in the convoy, who would pursue this?
Maybe this young master has some hobbies or something that is hard to describe.
The wealthy businessman invited Zhao Dongting to ride a carriage together, but in fact he wanted to make a good relationship with Zhao Dongting. This is the wisdom of the businessman.
Zhao Dongting took Li Goudan, and Hong Wutian also asked Mrs. Xu to get on the carriage.
The carriage was quite spacious and even had carefully prepared fruits and wine. It was obvious that the wealthy businessman had put a lot of thought into it.
After Zhao Dongting and others got on the car, he also walked onto the carriage and sat near the door, "I haven't asked Mr. Daming yet."
The guard leader shouted in front, "Go!"
The convoy slowly headed towards the city gate.
The people still followed behind, but no longer just walked with their heads down, but whispered to each other.
Everyone was talking about Zhao Dongting's identity, and Goudan's parents, who were slightly closer to Zhao Dongting, became the target of everyone's inquiries.
But unfortunately, the two of them didn't know the origin of Zhao Dongting.
Zhao Dongting bowed and said, "The surname is Zhao."
"Zhao!"
The rich businessman was slightly surprised, "The surname of the young master is amazing, great."
Isn’t Zhao Ke the surname of the country?
Zhao Dongting chuckled, "It's nothing special. I just have elders in my family who are not big or small officials in the court."
The wealthy businessman nodded thoughtfully.
Of course, he would not hear Zhao Dongting say that he was a big and small official, but he really thought that only people in his family were a big and small official.
Can a big and small official make Suixi County Magistrate send a notice in such a hurry?
After all, the county magistrate said that it was an eighth rank official. If he could make him so confused, he would have to have an sixth rank official in his family, right?
The sixth rank is a state-level official.
Although this wealthy businessman has some money, in his eyes, the sixth-rank official is obviously a great official.
At this moment, he became even more polite to Zhao Dongting, and even had a slight pleasing look in his eyes.
But what disappointed him was that Zhao Dongting was not very interested in him and rarely talked to him.
Maybe he felt that he was redundant, so when he was resting halfway, he left the carriage and went to another carriage.
By noon, the convoy stopped to rest.
Someone lifted the curtain of Zhao Dongting's carriage and brought it in Pastry Water Country.
Zhao Dongting originally thought he was just a maid, but after seeing clearly the person being dressed, he couldn't help but be stunned.
This is clearly a lady.
Seeing that she was wearing silk, she was quite exquisite and gorgeous, and her beads and hairpins on her head were shining with precious light. The maid could not have such a dress.
"Please use it for your son."
The lady was quite pretty, raised her eyebrows and eyes, looked at Zhao Dongting shyly and timidly, and then quickly lowered her head.
In just an instant, her ears became a little bit shy.
I believe that if it weren't for the rich businessman's request, she would definitely not have done such "extraordinary" things.
Zhao Dongting looked at the lady with red earlobes and placed the fruit plate on the desk table, but had no intention of leaving, and was a little amused.
What are you making trouble?
I'm so anxious to push my daughter out?
But he didn't know how eager people in business are to become officials these days.
Tickling his eyebrows, Zhao Dongting said, "Thank you."
Then, he looked out of the car again.
The relationship is that he can't understand it clearly, so how could he have the intention to communicate with this rich lady outside?
The rich lady looked up and saw him looking out the window, her eyes slightly dim.
Seeing Zhao Dongting's temperament and appearance, she also felt that it was very good to marry such a young man.
But she was still thin-skinned after all. Seeing that Zhao Dongting didn't want to keep her in the carriage, she bowed again and slowly retreated.
Hong Wutian laughed beside him, "Young Master has hurt a woman's heart again."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Xu next to him pinched the soft flesh on her waist, "Why weren't you like that back then?"
Hong Wutian grinned in pain.
Zhao Dongting was amused and crying.
He really didn't expect that a momentary act of intent would lead to such a thing.
This also made him think about leaving the convoy.
To be continued...