Since the Five Barbarians invaded China and moved south, a large number of people in the Yangtze River have poured into the east, but compared with the abandoned land, it still seems scarce. In order to resettle refugees and reduce the pressure on relief, the imperial court encouraged local counties to cultivate a large number of lakes and fields and open mountain fields, which led to the popular economic model of closure of mountains and rivers. The gentry and family took the beautiful mountains and rivers for their own possession, and the landlords and wealthy businesses also followed suit, taking advantage of the situation, buying from the public, establishing names, and proclaiming orders, and putting all their efforts into blocking mountains and lakes for personal gain. This has almost become a bad disease of the Southern Dynasty!

Leaving from the county government, Xu You talked about Lu Hui's vicious plan. Zuo Qi said angrily: "Lu Hui has only been to Qiantang for a few months. We have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from our hands alone, as well as Zhan Hong, Liu Yu, and countless outsiders. Is he really not afraid of the laws of the court for making money so unscrupulously?"

"The court is the court, and the people-friendly officials are the people-friendly officials. There are prefectures and counties and ministers. Even if there are illegal affairs, it is difficult to observe. Therefore, although there are honest officials, it is not common. There are many corrupt officials like Lu Hui, which is nothing strange."

Xu You looked up at the distance, and the snowflakes were like mats, and the sky and earth were white. He coughed twice and said softly: "I'm just wondering. In order to fight with Sa Jinfang, Liu Yu was willing to give out valuable jade cups. Even in order to win Xiaoqushan to please Luhui, such a move would be a bit too generous."

"Yuzhan?" Zuo Qia was surprised. This thing Yu is a rare thing. He frowned and said, "What exactly does Liu Qia want to do?"

Xu You was silent and silent. The cold wind blew into the bones, as if even his head was frozen. His hands tightened his cloak and said, "Let's go and meet Du Sansheng!"

The New Year gift to Du Sansheng had been given a long time ago. Xu You could not be empty-handed when he came to his house. He asked someone to go back to his house to get the document book ordered by Qiantang Huya, and wrote the words and handed it to Du Sansheng himself. This Du County Magistrate is a rough man, but the more he is, the more he likes to be treated as a literati. Especially Xu You's current status in the literary world in Yangzhou is extraordinary. The document book he gave is of great significance and cannot be bought by money.

Old Du was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. He pulled Xu You for a drink. During the meal, he couldn't help but curse, saying, "A shameless dog, I know to go to the back hall of Mingfu every day. I'll give you money today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow..."

"Give me a gift?"

"Two beautiful maids who are as beautiful as flowers and jade are almost twisted when they walk. They go in and out of the yamen every day, making their subordinates feel unconscious. You said, what is this like!"

Xu You really rarely cares about Lu Hui’s housework and said, “Did Lu Ming’s house come to Qiantang to take his family to take office?”

"There is only one wife and one concubine in the Mingfu family. His wife is in poor health and is ill all year round. His concubine is at home serving the emperor of the Mingfu, so she was alone when she came to Qiantang. Humph, but now is different from the past. At night, some people warm their feet and some people warm their beds. The Mingfu is so comfortable!"

Du Sansheng is an old man from Qiantang County, and he does not speak and do things without any target. Xu You remembers that he spared no effort to flatter Lu Hui before, and the words are very unpleasant when he arranges them.

"The county magistrate is drunk too much, be careful of his words, be careful of his words!"

Du Sansheng put the wine glass on the desk and said, "We brothers, there is no need to be a taboo in speaking. Will Qilang go to the Ming Mansion to report me?"

Xu You smiled and said, "Absolutely not!"

"That's it!" Du Sansheng wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm afraid he is a bird. I can say some words in front of me. He likes to listen or not, and he is too lazy to serve him if he doesn't listen!"

Xu You poured him another glass of wine and comforted him: "What happened when you are so angry now? Come on, drink another glass to calm down, don't get angry!"

"What happened?" Du Sansheng drank all his mouth, his eyes were filled with drunkenness, and he cursed: "This time, the bandits who were hijacking the robbers around Xiaoqu Mountain. Seeing that the circles gathered were getting smaller and smaller, they might be caught one day. Everyone would be rewarded and were very happy. As a result, Liu Yu took a fancy to Xiaoqu Mountain. Somehow he moved Lu Ming's mansion and asked me to withdraw all his brothers. The case was left unresolved. I fucked Liu Yu, his eighteen generations of ancestors, and his feelings were not that his daughter had been ruined, and he lost half of his life. If he said he would occupy the mountain, he would not allow him to search, but he would not allow him to search?"

"I said, I just entered the house and saw something wrong with you, and I felt depressed." Xu You comforted: "Although Xiaoqu Mountain overlaps continuously, I haven't found it after searching for so long. Maybe the thief is really not there."

"Qilang didn't know that Xiaoqu Mountain is deep and dense, with high peaks and steep cliffs. In addition, the abdomen of the mountain is covered with caves of different sizes, intertwined and twisted. A few people hid a few fish and shrimps in Qiantang Lake. It was impossible to find it without spending a lot of effort. The light and light words of the Ming Mansion, the hard work of more than a dozen brothers day and night was in vain."

It was the first time Xu You heard that there were so many caves in Xiaoqu Mountain, which seemed to be typical karst landforms, but he didn't take it to heart. He smiled and said, "It's not entirely useless. The thief was afraid that he would have scared him away when he saw the county magistrate Shenwei. He had no courage to continue committing the crime. It was also an explanation to the people nearby."

"Hey!" Du Sansheng patted his thighs, looking extremely upset, and said, "The Ming Mansion does not understand the name of punishment and commands randomly. Sooner or later, there will be a big trouble."

I didn't get much useful news from Du Sansheng, but Liu Guo spared no effort to curry favor with Lu Hui, and almost did everything he could.

In the final analysis, it is to use the power of the Lu Association to deal with Xu You!

First, Liu Yu's hatred towards Yan Shujian should be eliminated quickly, but if Xu You is not eliminated, he will not be able to deal with Yan Shujian; second, Jubaozhai and Sajinfang are enemies, and they have become almost mortal enemies because of Qiantang Lake Yaji. Any one of them is a situation that will never stop. For this reason, Liu Yu does not hesitate to disperse all his family property and bow down. Even if both sides suffer losses, he will not give in!

What a pity that jade cup was eaten by Lu Hui.

Xu You wanted to laugh in his heart, but he felt sad.

New Year’s Eve, the evening of one year!

The heavy snowfall that had been falling for three days finally stopped. After the snow was clear, people's mood became better. The streets were full of children running and playing, wearing new clothes, tiger hats, and firecrackers in their hands, chasing and cheering, which was also called the burning fire. As the sky became darker, the eternal lights hanging between the eaves and pavilions were lit one after another, as if the bright moon lit up in the night, reflecting the snow on the ground, like daytime.

Everyone gathered in the front yard, picked hay and firewood, put it in the copper plate that the three of them hugged each other, piled it up to one person, sprinkled with sesame oil, and Xu You personally held the white candle and threw it in, and the flames immediately rose into the sky. The winter solstice, the autumnal equinox, Fang Sinian and others immediately clapped and shouted, and then Cang Chu and others placed dozens of newly picked bamboo on the copper plate. The crackling sound of firecrackers began to resound everywhere, meaning driving away the mountain ghosts and praying for peace.

The fire burned out the coldness, and everyone entered the hall, and there were twenty food tables, each with two to three people. On the east side were Xu You and the autumnal equinox, which was the main seat. When the autumnal equinox was kneeling behind him to serve, Xu You insisted on pulling her to the same table together and sitting. In the west were He Ru, Zuo Qi, Shanzong, Lushuang, Winter Solstice, Fang Sinian, Anyao and others, and on the south side were Cang Chu, Wu Shan, Li Mu, Yan Yang, Qi Huating and other troops, Yu Tu, Ananda and other maids.

"Today, the end of the year, the whole world is happy. There is no distinction between master and servant in the quiet garden, no superiors and inferiors, and they do everything by themselves when they eat wine and meat. No one serves them. If they are lazy and hungry, I will not be responsible!"

Everyone laughed loudly, Xu You waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't talk much nonsense, eat!"

Cang Chu was quick-eyed and his hands were quick. He teared a huge roast chicken leg and swallowed half of it in one bite. Xu You pointed at him and said, "Who eats more than Cang Chu tonight? I'll give you five hundred dollars!"

Cang Chu's bull's eyes suddenly widened, and he took another bite. The whole chicken leg was belly-up and shouted, "Master Huang, what if no one eats more than me?"

"Then I will reward you with a thousand dollars and give you an extra nickname!"

The greasy mouth was covered with greasy mouth and laughed: "The rice bucket is good, and the rice bucket is full!"

There was another burst of laughter, and while laughing, everyone was drinking, eating happily, the lobby was full of fun, and the atmosphere was so harmonious. From time to time, someone came up to toast Xu You, and Xu You came and drank wine. He had a huge amount in his previous life. He traveled to this era, drinking this non-distilled low-alcohol wine was actually like drinking water, but his body suffered a great injury and did not dare to drink too much, and the alcohol content was not good. After this period of time, it was basically great. Taking advantage of this big Eve, I don’t want everyone to be happy, drinking wine was refreshing and bold. Li Mu touched the Cang place and whispered: "Big eyes, you can drink the best among us, go and play with the man."

Cang Chu could not hold back, and when Li Mu was instigated, he suddenly became excited. He held a large jar of wine and ran to Xu You's desk. Since Xu You ordered repeatedly and refused to kneel down, he simply sat cross-legged and said with a thick face: "Master Huang, I respect you!"

Xu You smiled and said, "The first time I saw someone toast and get a big jar of wine. What kind of custom is this?"

"Report to Lord Huang, we all toast like this!"

"Oh, Wuxi is really brave, and drinking is so surprising!" Xu You signaled to the autumnal equinox and took the same jar of wine, opened it, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, and said, "Okay, I drank this jar with you today!"

Cang Chu felt the blood surge, his dark face turned purple and red. He was extremely excited. He was about to look up and fuck him first. Lu Shuang walked over quietly and advised: "Xiao Lang, you have been infected with the wind and cold these days. It's cold this day. Drinking warm wine may hurt your spleen and stomach. If you drink so much cold wine with Cang Chu..."

As he spoke, he winked at Cang Chu. Cang Chu's face was careless and quickly stepped down and slapped himself, saying, "It's all my fault. I don't know that the Lord of the Yellow River is infected with the cold. I accept the punishment and drink this jar of wine!"

Xu You smiled and said, "It's okay, just a jar of wine can't hurt your body. Lu Shuang was waiting beside her to see how I could put the bull in Cang Chu down."

Seeing that it was impossible to persuade, or this involved the man's face, Lu Shuang's eyes were watery, she smiled softly, and said, "Let's do this, I'll drink this jar of wine for Xiaolang!" Without waiting for Xu You to refuse, she picked up the jar of wine and sucked her head.

Long hair hangs down, delicate willow support, jade bones and ice skin, white teeth and bright eyes.

The wine overflowed a little from the red lips and flowed down the white neck into the collar of the chest, but in a cool and heroic posture, it shone with dazzling light.

The snow outside the window, the moon in the sky, and the north wind blowing through the willow branches are not as moving as the frost at this moment!

Cang Chu was stunned. Lu Shuang was in charge of money in Jingyuan. Their monthly salary and rewards had to be paid by Lu Shuang's hands, so she always respected her very much and did not feel that she was not qualified to drink for Xu You. In addition, the scene in front of her, let alone Cang Chu, everyone else shouted, and the hands of the autumnal equinox and winter solstice were red, cheering for Lu Shuang.

"Big eyes, drink quickly, don't be defeated by other girls!"

"Yes, do you dare to fight? What are you going to be too late?"

"Cangtou must be afraid, otherwise why would he be like a fool..."

Everyone's teasing made Cang Chu anxious. He immediately raised the wine jar and poured it into his mouth. After half a cup of tea, the two of them drank a whole jar of wine at the same time. With Cang Chu's alcohol content, they also felt that their feet were shaking unsteady, but Shufrost was fine, with pink peach blossoms, and smiling brightly.

She looked at Cang Chu playfully and said, "Come again?"

Cang Chu felt a little cowardly, but he couldn't show it directly, and said, "Come on, come on... I, I don't, I'm not afraid..."

Xu You picked up a plate of Lin beef and handed it to him, and said, "I'm stuttering when I speak, aren't you afraid? Go back, I'll give you this plate of beef. Let's slow down first. If you don't agree, come to Lushuang to challenge me later!"

Cang Chu could have meat, but he didn't have to be really drunk by Lu Frost, so he went back happily. Li Mu wanted to get a piece of the pie. As soon as the chopsticks were grabbed, Cang Chu hid the plate in his arms and said, "Go away, this is what Lord Huang admires me."

"Stingy! It's not my suggestion that you can earn this plate of beef. Hurry up, let's try it for everyone!"

During the Six Dynasties, the animal husbandry industry developed greatly, and there was already a distinction between beef cattle and plowing cattle, so beef is not inedible. There are many varieties of this kind of beef cattle recorded in Guangzhi. This kind of beef cattle is one of them. It looks like a deer or a sheep. It tastes delicious, but it is expensive and very precious. It can't be eaten at random. Therefore, only Xu You and He Ru and others have this dish on the table.

Xu You didn't like this differential treatment very much, but he bought the beef, and the amount was not enough, so he could only use the reward to share it with the members to eat fresh. Anyway, it was a big deal, so he wanted to have a happy celebration.

"Lu Shuang, I didn't expect you to be able to drink alcohol. Why haven't you seen you drink it?"

Lu Shuang smiled and said, "I am a girl, why are you doing drinking? If Cang Chu hadn't brought a jar of wine to Xiaolang tonight, I wouldn't have been willing to drink it!"

Xu You laughed and said, "It's okay to drink some occasionally. As long as you are not a female alcoholic, I allow you to have a few drinks on your own!"

When drinking, eating meat, chatting and singing songs, Xu You was encouraged by everyone and wrote a poem on the spot. Most of the rough people in the hall who had never read any books, but they also felt that this New Year's Eve poem was beautiful and elegant, and they were firmly remembered in their hearts and prepared to brag about them in the future.

When it was midnight, the three Yuans met, and Lu Shuang and his people began to post the paper with chickens on the gate, and hung reeds and peach talismans on the door beams to suppress evil spirits and suppress all the ghosts. Then they returned to the yard and threw away all the utensils that had just eaten to show their intention of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. Then they pasted the windows of the room with the pre-cut Shenyan, and the two big words "Yi" and "Chun".

Then, everyone gathered next to the stove and began to watch out for the New Year.
Chapter completed!