Jiashan County is located on the southeast side of the Yangtze River Delta, and is the intersection between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Songjiang Prefecture. It has a unique geographical location, including Jiangnan in the south of the Yangtze River and the water towns in the water towns, with outstanding people and beautiful places.

About seven thousand years ago, our ancestors had already made a living by fishing, hunting and growing rice here.

Due to the development of Jiangnan, Jiaxing County was established more than 20 years ahead of schedule, otherwise it would have been added to the county by the fifth year of Xuande.

An important reason for the decline of the Ming Dynasty was that it imposed heavy taxes on Jiangnan for a long time, which led to overwhelming civilians, displaced, and bans on the sea also hindered the trade environment in Jiangnan. Originally, the Yongle Dynasty was an opportunity for Jiangnan, but unfortunately, several national projects and five attacks on the northern desert, the heavy burden made the people in Jiangnan unable to breathe.

Now that we have been persisting in recuperation for more than ten years, the heavy taxes in Jiangnan have been resolved. Not only has the taxes been reduced, but it has increased significantly in recent years, so it has also suppressed some ministers who have complained about mercantilism.

Jiashan is becoming richer and the foreign population is increasing. This is a new problem, because it will cause the population to be smaller and smaller in remote areas. Xu Hao believes that it is not a problem. First, why should the population not be allowed to migrate freely? Second, the Chinese people's rural concept is deeply rooted. Then, as the population increases explosively, why worry about the absence of people in various provinces?

The most famous one in later generations was Xitang. When Xu Hao and his three daughters were strolling in this typical Jiangnan water town, many people had money and were busy repairing their ancestral homes or renovating new homes. There was a prosperous scene everywhere.

It takes only a few steps to cross a bridge, and the well-connected water network makes the people of Xitang, in the center of the water network, always cherish the land as gold. Whether it is a business or a house, they are concerned about the area of ​​the house. The distance between the houses has been compressed to an incredible level, which is breathtaking.

There are countless long and narrow alleys, like mazes, which are more than a hundred meters long and only one meter short. They often have to pass through the "first-line sky", and four people have to line up.

When I was tired of walking, I found a restaurant casually. Xu Hao ordered local specialties, steamed pork with lotus leaf paste and June red river crab. Steamed white shredded fish, Bazhen cake, the world's No. 1 in Xitang, and a pot of Jiashan rice wine.

Being in Xitang is like being in Qinhuai.

Mu Qingshuang put down her chopsticks. At first she was a little hostile to Lin Daojing. In the past few days, she saw that she and Xu Hao were innocent and regarded herself as a disciple everywhere, so she felt relieved.

The three girls whispered, talking about the buildings and food in Xitang. However, Xu Hao found that there were two shops quarreling opposite, so he got up and walked over.

When he walked up to him, Xu Hao said, "Stop quarrel, I'll judge you."

The people watching the fun all looked at him, and someone asked, "Who are you?"

"The county magistrate who passed here." Xu Hao casually said and pointed at his personal guards, "They are my subordinates."

The people immediately felt awe-inspiring. The two people in the quarrel also stopped, and one of them shouted: "I just beg the master to give me a trial, and he stole my fight."

"Who stole your fight? I obviously bought it myself." Another shouted.

"Shut up." Xu Hao looked up at the signboard. One sold candy and the other sold rice. Dou is Ba Dou. The measuring tool woven with willow branches is taken from the "Ba Dou" which is homophonic to the high-quality Ba Dou.

Badou is not worth much money, but neighborhood disputes are like this, and you can not give in to each other even if you have a small matter. In the wine shop, Lin Daojing said excitedly: "Sir, I'm going to handle the case."

Mu Qingshuang laughed and said, "He has never been a local official. I am afraid he will show off his good deeds and tell him to meddle in other people's business. None of you are allowed to help."

Lin Daojing and Xiao Yezi looked at each other. In fact, even if they wanted to help, they couldn't help. They didn't have enough life experience and experience, so how could they help? However, Xiao Yezi was very confident in his godfather and smiled and said, "Godfather must have a way, I know."

"Hmph!" Mu Qingshuang snorted lightly.

At this time, Xu Hao asked the person who sells the candy first, "You talk first."

The candy seller said, "Master, this bucket is from the youngest family. It has been almost a year since he disappeared. He took out a measure of rice today. The youngest looked familiar and recognized it as mine in the past, but he refused to repay it."

Xu Hao said: "Who doesn't have Badou? Why do you say it's yours?"

"Everyone has a bado in his family, but every family has its own mark." The candy seller said again: "I have been using it for many years. I am naturally familiar with it. Will I not recognize it?"

"Yeah!" Xu Hao turned to the rice seller, "What do you say?"

"Sir." The rice seller looked aggrieved, "This Badou was bought by a villain. I have been using it for a few years. I took out the rice today. Who knew that he had come to pretend for no reason. A Badou was a little trouble, but how could a villain be willing to be considered a thief? Please check it out in detail by the master."

Xu Hao said: "Since it is your own thing, what credentials are there?"

The rice seller said, "There are font sizes on it, I don't believe me, please look at it."

Xu Hao took it and took a look. Sure enough, there were four words "used with rice shops" on it, and asked again: "Is this written after buying it, or is it written after using it for a long time?"

"I wrote it when I bought it." Explain the rice selling.

Xu Hao heard about similar things too much, pretending to be distressed and said, "I don't understand this matter anymore. It seems that he has to ask Badou. Badou, which company do you belong to?"

After asking a few times, the people around him laughed. Someone said, "It turns out that this master is crazy, how can Badou speak?"

Lin Daojing in the winery also stamped her feet and said, "Oh, how can you ask about the dead thing?"

But Mu Qingshuang knew her man so well and chuckled: "He is the best at pretending to be a ghost, you can wait and see."

Then Xu Hao pointed at Badou and said angrily: "If you don't talk, I'll beat you? What, don't you still talk? Come on, beat me hard."

The personal guards are used to military orders. Not to mention fighting, they have to obey orders even if they kill people directly. Without saying a word, they will come forward and kick them according to the bat.

Almost all the people on the streets and in the alleys laughed, and some people sighed: "Where did you come from the confused official? Fortunately, you are not the parents of our Jiashan."

The guests in the restaurant burst into laughter, which undoubtedly added another joke when drinking. Lin Daojing and Xiao Yezi's faces were so hot that they had no confidence in Xu Hao. If they had no confidence in Xu Hao, they would have to find a crack in the ground to get in.

Faced with people's ridicule, Xu Hao ignored this and ordered: "Pick it up and see what's underneath."

Li Dong picked it up and looked at the ground, and replied, "There are many sesame seeds."

Xu Hao smiled with satisfaction and said to the rice seller: "You are a rice seller who uses rice to measure rice all year round, so how can there be sesame seeds stuck in it? It is clearly a guy who uses sugar shops. Do you admit it or not?"

The rice seller stammered and refused to admit it. Xu Hao said, "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. I'll examine it for you. If the handwriting on it is bought, it will be written. It will be easy to wash it off after using a few young people. If you added it later, I'm afraid you will be stubborn."

The candy seller ran back quickly, took out a basin of water and a rag, and Li Dong washed it himself. Sure enough, the words disappeared soon.

At this time, the people around gradually put away their laughter and looked at the scene in surprise. Xu Hao said to the rice seller: "About the reason, it should be a few tricks for you, but in this way, you two will become enemies and avoid it. Remember not to be greedy for small gains in the future. Things are not worth money, but reputation is priceless."

He said to the candy seller again: "He shouldn't have stolen you, but borrowed it from neighbors for use. Because you forgot to come back, he didn't pay it back after a long time. He was afraid that you would recognize it, so he wrote a few words. He was just greedy for some small gains, not stealing. Is it worth a fight in the street for such a small matter?"

After saying that, Xu Hao greeted the three honored women and left casually. No local people were surprised to stick out their tongues. Everyone said, "That would be worthy of teaching him to be an official. He is really the master of Qingtian."

He rented a small boat to explore the scenery on both sides of the straits at will. Xiao Yezi said excitedly: "Godfather should really be a civil servant, that is the blessing for the people."

Xu Hao and Mu Qingshuang sat side by side and smiled and said, "It's not that simple. This is an insignificant dispute. I can naturally make arbitrarily judge. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. It's easy to make up for it if it's wrong. So there's no burden in my heart. Just as a local official, everyone knows that human life and death are a big deal. Whether it's a murder or an affair, one is about life and death, the other is about reputation. As long as there is a slightest doubt, the case cannot be closed easily, otherwise it will cause death and harm others and yourself. So don't look at local officials who seem very majestic and under great pressure."

Seeing Lin Daojing thinking, Mu Qingshuang said, "It's true. This time I went back to Yunnan. A family member of the Mu family opened a silk shop opposite the palace. He was mean by nature and showed off his own money all day long. But when relatives and friends borrowed from him, they refused to borrow a penny. He also had an annoying habit. He liked to talk about other people's private affairs in the inner house the most. It was either that this family stole the ashes, or that the family stole men and often made trouble for nothing, so everyone in the family hated him. A few years ago, his sister-in-law asked him to leave the Mu family."

The family member is named Mu Shou. He is in his forties and has only one son, Mu Lang. He looks very ugly. He looks like a twelve or thirteen-year-old child at the age of fifteen or sixteen. He is short and thin and has a stupid temperament.

Mu Shou had a relative named He who followed the Mu family's two generations of heads to fight and was very rich. His wife gave birth to a son and his concubine gave birth to a daughter, who was two years older than Mu Lang.

Mu Shou was greedy for the wealth of the He family and decided to marry a baby in his early years. Last year, the He couple died of illness. The future wife is eighteen years old. Mu Shou thought that he should marry someone, but his son did not know how to be a human being, and he was young, so he could not have a wedding night. But if he didn't marry, he was afraid that the He brothers and sisters were of the same age. They were not born to the same mother, and living together would cause gossip.

It's nothing, but who asked Mu Shou to talk about other people's misfortunes all his life? Of course, he cares about his own face the most, and he cares about such things the most. How can he leave a handle on his words?

So he invited the matchmaker to say that he wanted to take the person first and get married when his son grew older. The He family agreed.

When she brought the person home, Mu Shou saw that her future daughter-in-law was handsome and intelligent, and she was very happy. She was afraid that she would despise her stupid son who was demented, so she treated her daughter-in-law as a treasure and gave whatever she wanted, but no one refused to agree.
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