Stepping into the current Yamen of Shannan County Government, Mingtai found that he had nowhere to go, because the government office is still a big construction site, building walls, leveling the ground, repairing doors and windows, covering tiles, and there are workers working everywhere, and a middle-aged man in official uniform is tucking the hem of his official robe at his waist, standing in front of the lobby door and shouting, and from time to time he personally bends down to grab a stack of tiles, straightens his waist, shakes his hands, and throws the whole stack of tiles into the hands of the workers on the roof. Not only this official, but also the few guards in the government were also covered in ashes and sweat, and they were working with the workers.

All this made Mingtai and his entourage dumbfounded.

After throwing a stack of tiles on the roof, the official inadvertently turned around, and suddenly saw Cao Tianci and his party standing at the gate, he laughed a few times, clapped his hands, and strode over.

"Minister Cao, you're back, this is the Ming commander, I've heard of the name for a long time, I've heard of the name for a long time!" The official ran to the gate in a few big strides, first greeted Cao Tianci, and then turned around, looked at Mingtai, and stretched out his hands enthusiastically.

Looking at the pair of gray servant hands, Mingtai hesitated slightly, but still stretched out his hand and shook it with his opponent.

"Wonderful, Commander Ming is really a great character." The official smiled even more happily, "I have a treat in the evening, Wu's Liquor Industry's top treasured wine." You can't sell it on the market! ”

As soon as he heard this, Cao Tianci couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Chen Gang, you bastard, when I came a few days ago, I asked you to take this wine to entertain guests, but you pushed left and right, and you refused, and today I saw the commander for the first time, so I took out this wine." You're not afraid that I'll hold a grudge? ”

Chen Gang rolled his eyes, "Minister Cao, look at what you said, with your status and relationship with the Wu family, no matter how little this wine is, you can get it, and you can get less of what you drink, I will be different, in order to get this jar of wine." I've put a lot of effort into it. lost a huge favor, and Lao Wu Yizheng opened a note for me to get this altar, and gave it to you to drink, wouldn't it be a waste. ”

When Mingtai heard this, he was embarrassed, and waved his hand again and again: "Lord Chen is polite, this is not deserved, just order the wine casually." ”

Chen Gang shook his head again and again, "No, no." Just to the commander of the Ming Dynasty so that you are willing to stretch out your hand to shake my dirty hands, it is worth this jar of wine, you must drink, you must drink. ”

Cao Tianci shook his head again and again: "Dare to love you when I came two days ago." I won't take revenge by shaking hands with your dirty hands. ”

Chen Gang laughed.

"Commander Ming, let me introduce to you, this is Chen Gang, the new county guard of Shannan County, who was promoted from Cangzhou. In the past, when I was in Cangzhou, I was responsible for the economic development of Cangzhou, and I did a good job. Fantastic ideas, the political hall transferred him, it is also because of his talent in making money, Shannan County connects the prairie and the land of Qin, located in the key chong, if it develops here, it will be extremely beneficial to the development of the Qin State and the prairie in the future. ”

"It turned out to be Chen Junshou!" Although he had already expected something in his heart, Mingtai was still taken aback when he heard Cao Tianci's formal introduction, and Qin Yijian and the others behind him gasped. The dignified guard of a county, this is a feudal official, who actually does the work of a migrant worker in the government office, and does not have the slightest appearance of a big man.

"Laugh, laugh." Chen Gang smiled at the crowd: "Chen used to be just a businessman in Cangzhou, he gave up business to enter politics, and the people of Mengcang Prefecture could afford it, so he chose me as the deputy county guard, and he was lucky to make a little achievement." ”

"It's not a little achievement." Cao Tianci said with a smile: "In the selection of you to Shannan County, it is rare for several people in the political hall to have a unified opinion. You must know that the county guards who sent personnel to Chu Di to receive them a few times ago, they are not fighting for a red face and a thick neck. ”

Chen Gang smiled, but his face was full of pride.

"Don't be complacent, if you don't do well this time, the people of Shannan County may not still choose you at that time!" Cao Tianci quipped.

"Minister Cao, rest assured, I still have confidence in this, three years later, I vow to remove this pronoun, Ming commander, please here, please here. The main hall is still being renovated, and we really can't plug in the feet, so let's go to the side room to talk. ”

Compared to the messy lobby, the side room is clean, but you can still smell a smell of lime, and obviously the wall has just been painted.

"Chen Junshou, with all due respect, you are the warden of a county, there must be a lot of things to deal with, why did you do this?" The two sides sat down, and Mingtai also asked unceremoniously, although he only met Chen Gang for the first time and only talked a few words, but Mingtai, who is good at observing people, has already found that this person is an extremely refreshing and capable person, and he must not like to beat around the bush. Cao Tianci asked him to take a good walk around the Han Kingdom, take a look, and understand the real Han Kingdom, Mingtai felt that if he wanted to understand the Han Kingdom, it was better to understand the officials of the Han Kingdom for the first time. Over the years, the efficiency and incorruptibility of Han officials have always been his curiosity.

As soon as he heard this, Chen Gang couldn't help but sigh, "Who said it wasn't, but look at my mansion, it's a mess, when the war was fought, our Officer He was very happy with a cannon, but he slapped his ass and left, and I was miserable if I was left behind." The ones I hate the most are those profiteers. At this, he couldn't help but laugh. And Cao Tianci and Mingtai also laughed, because Chen Gang himself said earlier that he was also a businessman before.

"Those merchants, they hired people at a high price, I couldn't find anyone, and then there were more people, but I had to renovate the streets and city walls first, and I couldn't still be messy in the city, but I only cared about my own comfort, this delay, it was dragged to the present, but the manpower will always be insufficient, I'm idle now, I can help, I can always be faster, and I can save a person's wages, right?"

Listening to Chen Gang's explanation, Mingtai and the others from the Qin State were dumbfounded.

"Shouldn't we repair the government first?" Qin Yijian on the side asked in surprise. "Also, those merchants really dare to rob you of people?"

"Why not? They paid a high price, I have such a little money in my pocket, you don't know, Minister Cao knows what kind of person Wang Wuyan's guy who slammed the door is, just such a little money, there are so many things to do, there is no way, I can save one is one. ”

"Why are there so few people in the government? I only saw seven or eight people just now, could it be that Chen Junshou relied on these few people to help with errands? Qin Yijian then asked.

"Enough is enough!" Chen Gang nodded and said: "All departments under the government have special departments, I can't use so many people here, there are too many people to do things, it's easy for you to push me, and when I can't turn around in the future, I will temporarily invite a few people, and after finishing the errand, I will go back to my own house and find my mother." Don't spend this unjust money. By the way, Minister Cao, what did His Majesty the Emperor say about using officials for? ”

"Your Majesty said that you should use officials as servants and livestock, and if you want to be an official, you have to do this, otherwise why would the state spend such a high salary to invite you?" Cao Tianci said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, that's it, it's hard, don't be an official!" Chen Gang laughed.

The people from the Qin State are all silent, and it is still a chore to dare to be an official in the Han State, and a county guard like Chen Gang is afraid that no one is willing to do it in the Qin State. Mingtai also understood that the thinking of Han officials and the thinking of Qin officials were not at the same point at all.

What does it mean to be people-oriented? That's it. What does it mean to put the people first, the officials of the Han State have done it.

When the meal was put on the table, Chen Gang, the county guard who was covered in stinky sweat and mud, finally went to wash up, changed into a clean robe and walked back again, holding a wine jar carefully in his arms. Putting the wine jar on the table, he first sniffed deeply and shook his head: "Commander Ming, don't look at this jar ordinary, it is not comparable to the bells and whistles of the Wu family's takeaway packaging called high-end wine, this is the real Wu's top wine." ”

"Back to basics, as it should be." Mingtai nodded in praise.

Cao Tianci on one side was already impatient, and snatched the jar as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was a good martial artist, Chen Gang used to be just a businessman, there was Cao Tianci who reacted quickly, and his hand was only halfway out, and the jar had already reached Cao Tianci's hand, and he patted open the mud seal, tore off the sealing paper, and a refreshing fragrance immediately spread in the house.

"Be careful, be careful!" Chen Gang on the side said again and again.

"What are you afraid of, if you spill a drop, I won't drink a cup today." Cao Tianci laughed, stood up, flipped his wrist, and the thick wine fell down one by one, just filling Mingtai's cup.

"Good skills!" Mingtai himself is also a martial arts master, so he naturally knows the difficulty of Cao Tiancilu's hand.

Cao Tianci smiled and filled everyone at the table, "Those who see it have a share, and it is rare to taste good wine." ”

A jar of about five catties of wine, a circle down, immediately went to a third, Mingtai looked at every glass of wine, Chen Gang's eyebrows moved, obviously very distressed, couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Seeing Cao Tianci come back and put the wine jar on the table, he lifted it, handed it to Chen Gang, and said with a smile: "A glass of good wine is enough, save the rest, keep a thought, and drink it in one go, but it's boring." ”

Chen Gang was overjoyed and held the jar tightly in his arms, "Commander Ming is really a person who understands wine." Standing up, holding most of the jar of wine, it was already a smoke, leaving Cao Tianci to pause on the side.

"It's a pity, it's a pity that he was going to be knocked out of the bone and sucked the marrow." (To be continued.) )