357, teach by example

357, teach by example

After their master entered the yamen, the people outside the yamen had not yet dispersed. Many people were still gathered in groups of three or four, discussing what their master had just said.

At this moment, in the teahouse, a young man stood beside an old man and asked, "Grandpa, what do you think of our Lord Lu?"

"Let's wait and see." The old man, the former county magistrate who had long since retired, said calmly.

In reality, the old man didn't quite agree with the way his successor had done things, as he had caused such a stir upon his arrival. Furthermore, he didn't believe the other party could actually do what he had said today.

He knew better than anyone how much silver was in the county government's account.

The young man who asked the question was the grandson of the former county magistrate.

"Grandpa, I heard that Lord Lu is looking for people to work for him. Why don't I go and try?" Wang Wenxuan was a little curious about their Lord Lu, and he wanted to get in touch with them.

Let’s see if their Lord Lu is really as…dedicated to serving the people as he appears to be, or if he is just talking nonsense and telling lies and is a hypocrite.

"If you want to go, go ahead." The old man did not stop his grandson from doing what he wanted to do.

On this day, the grandfather and grandson stayed in the teahouse for half a day and then left together.

The next day, Wang Wenxuan went to the yamen alone to apply for the job and register. Because he had been educated, he was assigned to do clerical work.

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At this time, Lu Mingfei didn't know that the grandson of the former county magistrate had come to work for him. He was happy and surprised by the arrival of his father.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"Your mother and stepmother told me to bring you some food because Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. They also made you some winter clothes and asked me to bring them to you." Lu Youtian looked at his thin eldest son, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Have you lost weight again?"

"It's okay. Look how strong my muscles are." Lu Mingfei rolled up his sleeves and showed the muscles on his arms to his father.

"Haha, it's good that you haven't lost weight. You are alone outside, so you must eat on time and don't go hungry. Your mother is thinking about you all day long." Lu Youtian touched his eldest son's hand and helped him put down his sleeves.

In fact, he could see with his naked eyes that the eldest son was much thinner than the last time they met. But the eldest son didn't want to make his father feel sad, so he deliberately said that he was not thinner.

"Hehe, then Dad, don't you miss me in your heart?" Lu Mingfei nudged his father with his elbow, blinked, gave his father a wink, and asked.

"If I didn't miss you, would I have come so far to bring you something?" Lu Youtian glared at his own son.

"Dad, you're the best." Lu Mingfei took his father's hand and personally led the people into the county government office. Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct, "Send the things outside back to the yard next door. Brother Ma, go and lead the way for them."

"Yes." When Guard Ma saw their master and their father walking away arm in arm, he envied the good relationship between their master and Master Lu.

This scene caught the eyes of many people. It was the first time for everyone to see such a close relationship between a son and a father.

What everyone doesn't know is that Lu Mingfei and his father have always had a very good relationship. They are more like close friends than father and son.

This was the first person he met since he came into this world. Lu Mingfei always had a fledgling mentality towards his father.

There is a gender barrier between him and his mother, but there is really no barrier between him and his father.

When he was little, his father would take him to the creek, and both father and son would strip naked and swim in the creek.

However, as he grew older and the family business grew, his father and son became busy with their studies and the family business. Later, their family was forced to leave Kyoto Prefecture. His father took his mother and brothers to Tong County, while Lu Mingfei came to Li County alone to take up his post. The distance between him and his family grew further and further.

However, distance does not affect his relationship with his family, nor does it affect the relationship between him and his son.

He was really happy to see his father whom he hadn't seen for a long time. After they had a cup of tea at the back of the government office, he personally took his father out to a restaurant for dinner.

"Sir, please come in." The owner of the restaurant saw their master coming, and he brought a man who looked very similar to their master. Even if the two were not father and son, they were definitely relatives with a blood relationship.

"Is there a private room upstairs?" Seeing many people looking at them, Lu Mingfei smiled and nodded at those who were looking at him.

It seems that after yesterday's meeting, people in the entire county now know him.

"Yes, yes, yes." The shopkeeper responded while personally leading them upstairs.

After sitting down in the private room upstairs, Lu Mingfei ordered a few dishes that his father liked. "Do you have any good wine? Bring us a pot."

"Yes, yes, yes. Please wait a moment, sir. It will be here soon. Please have a cup of tea first and wait for a while." The shopkeeper left someone to serve in the box and went out.

But not long after, the waiter who was serving in the box also came out and stood outside.

When they were alone in the box, Lu Mingfei asked his father, "How's your workshop in Tong County going?"

"The two new workshops have been built, and the workers are ready. Everyone has started working." Seeing his eldest son asking, Lu Youtian talked about their current workshops.

Lu Mingfei nodded and said, "That's good."

"Father, if I allocate a piece of land here to you, how about you arrange a few people to come here and build a new workshop?" He is now the county magistrate of Li County, and he has to think about the people here.

"This place is close to the border, so beef and mutton are relatively easy to get. If we open a meat processing workshop here, we won't have to worry about the meat supply being cut off."

What Lu Mingfei didn't say was that he also encouraged Zhao Lang to talk to King Ding about a ceasefire with the Hu people and the opening of trade.

If the war with the Hu people ceased and normal trade began, the beef and mutton here in Beijun would be abundant. After processing the beef and mutton here, they could sell it back to the Central Plains and the south.

However, the current situation within Dayan is unstable, and it is difficult to develop the economy.

I don’t know how long Prince Ding can endure before taking any action. Lu Mingfei was thinking about this question in his heart.

"What you said is not impossible. I will discuss it with your adoptive father later to see who to arrange to come over, or I should come here myself for a while." Since it was his own son who proposed the matter, even if it was not possible, Lu Youtian would find a way to make it work.

Not to mention that this matter was not too difficult for them, so while he said he would go back to discuss it with Lu Qingfeng, he had actually agreed to it.

The father and son chatted for a few minutes, and then the dishes they ordered were served.

Later they ate and talked.

However, when they finished their meal and went downstairs, when Lu Mingfei asked someone to pay the bill, the shopkeeper said that someone had already paid for them.

Guard Ma received the look from their master, but he still placed a piece of silver on the table. Then he heard their master say, "Next time I dine at your place, we'll pay our own bills. If someone wants to pay for us, please thank them and tell them it's not necessary."

"Yes, yes, I understand." The shopkeeper immediately understood what their adults said and responded quickly.

After talking to the shopkeeper, Lu Mingfei took his father out of the restaurant.

After they left the restaurant and boarded the carriage, Lu Youtian said to his eldest son, "You're right to do this. When our family was poor, we never took a cent from others. Now that we're not poor anymore, we don't need to do that anymore."

"If you are an official, be a good official and an honest official.

If you need money, just tell your father and he will send it to you."

"Okay, thank you, Dad." Lu Mingfei said with a smile.

When the father and son looked at each other, there were many things that did not need to be explained too clearly, they both understood.

When he was an official, his family members never thought of taking advantage of him to embezzle the people's money to enrich their own coffers and gain any benefits from it.

Although his parents had never been to school and did not know the great principles of the great scholars in the books, they were upright and lived a clean life, and this was how they educated their two brothers.

In this respect, his parents in this life and his parents in his previous life are the same people.

Perhaps it was this kind of upbringing from his parents that shaped his character. He was willing to work hard and endure hardships for his goals, but he always took the right path, not the wrong one. He lived a life worthy of his parents, his family, his conscience, and himself, and this is how he always lived and worked.

He knew his father must be tired after coming all the way here.

After leaving the restaurant, he asked the guards to send him and his son back to the house where he was living, leaving his father at home to rest, and he went back to the county government office alone to do his work.

He was so busy that he didn't return home until sunset.

At this time, his father had already woken up and was cooking for him at home.

Hearing that his father was in the kitchen, Lu Mingfei came over and smelled a fragrance from afar.

When he approached the kitchen, he saw his father wearing an apron, cooking for him. "Hmm, it smells so good. What are you cooking, Dad?"

"Come and take a look." Lu Youtian called his son into the kitchen to see for himself.

Neither father nor son had any idea of ​​"a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen." So Lu Youtian would never say that his son, a scholar and now an official, could not enter the kitchen.

And Lu Mingfei would never have such an idea.

Without his father's invitation, he had already stepped through the kitchen door and walked in. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading