At this time, the yamen of Yangzhou County was already busy.

One by one, the soldiers went back and forth inside and outside the yamen.

"Lord Qiqi, the mother of the flowers in the Wanhua Building said that the adults had already left the Wanhua Building, and the nearby streets had been searched, and I didn't see Lord Chu."

Inside the yamen, there was a middle-aged man in his forties wearing an official uniform, and at this time, he paced back and forth, and when he heard the soldier finish speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Look for it again, and the range will be doubled." ”

"Yes!"

After the soldier left, several more soldiers ran in and said, "Lord Qiyu, the county commander has not been found in Dongshi. ”

"I didn't find an adult in Nanshi."

"Neither does North City."

"Nishishi hasn't been found either."

The middle-aged man was even more anxious, and he said, "Add some more people, and I didn't go outside the city to look for it." ”

"Wait." He suddenly thought of something, sweat was already pouring out of his forehead, and said, "Send two more teams to those mountains in the north to take a look." ”

Hearing this, the soldier was obviously also shocked, and hurriedly retreated after answering.

Behind him, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties dressed in plain clothes, this person was strong, muscular, and faintly angry, and he had a lot of opinions about the county order that had not taken office for three days.

At this time, when he heard the last sentence of the master book, he also stood up suddenly, and said sharply: "Those mountains dare to do this? ”

The master shook his head and said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, General Zhang, you are afraid that you will have to prepare for a while." ”

After listening to the master's words, General Zhang also disappeared into the yamen.

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When Chumen came to the yamen, there was only one person left in it.

The master who had been staring at the door saw the face of the visitor clearly, and his hanging heart was finally relieved, he exhaled a long breath, and then greeted him, knelt down and said: "The lowly Wang Hongru greets Lord Chu." ”

Truman was not too surprised, according to the words of the soldiers yesterday, his portrait had already circulated among them, and it was not surprising that this man knew him.

However, seeing this man kneeling in front of him made him a little unaccustomed.

He hurriedly stepped forward to support him and said, "Hurry up, please get up." ”

"Master Xie."

Without waiting for Chu Men to speak, the master secretary spoke again: "Lord Chu, I have been waiting for a long time. ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Truman said gratefully.

"It's not hard, please come with me, everything has been prepared, and please take office early to preside over everything in Yangzhou County." Wang Hongru took Truman's luggage and said slowly.

As Wang Hongru arrived at the Yamen lobby, a piece of paper and an official uniform had been placed on the table directly above.

Truman took out his large seal and stamped it at the end of the paperwork.

With a dinging sound in his mind, Truman's identity has officially become the county order of Yangzhou County.

In the lobby, Chu Man looked around, sat on a chair and asked, "Lord Wang, why are you the only one in the yamen?" ”

Wang Hongru bowed his head and said, "The adults have not returned for a long time, and they have been sent out to find the adults." ”

Truman touched the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "Send someone to call them back first, and then bring up all the unprocessed copywriting." ”

"Commanded by humility."

In the evening, when Wang Hongru brought up all the copywriting, Truman knew what the so-called pile-up meant.

Not only did the table fill the table with all kinds of documents, large and small, but even a whole floor was placed on the floor.

Looking at the many tasks in front of him, Truman sighed, held a brush in his hand and began to read it.

With the help of Wang Hongru, it took three consecutive days to finally approve these copywritings.

Chumen, who had just arrived in Yangzhou County, did not have real estate here, and under Wang Hongru's arrangement, he vacated a few rooms behind the yamen and left them for him to live.

Housing is settled.

Most of the problems of eating and laundry are done by Truman himself, but fortunately, there are chefs in the yamen who specialize in cooking, otherwise he would only be hungry.

And the biggest one is the problem of silver, in the last Wanhualou consumed a full two hundred taels, it can be said that the family wealth has been exhausted, and now Truman only has some broken silver on his body, and it is estimated that it will be more than ten taels, and it is estimated that it will be spent in less than next month.

Of course, Truman is rich, and there are still more than five hundred taels of various taxes left over from the previous county order, but he does not dare to spend it indiscriminately.

The first is that these are all recorded, and the second is that he is no longer alone, and he still has soldiers and jailers under him who need to eat.

Three days later, at noon, the chief capsule, the chief bookkeeper, and the general guarding the city gathered for a meeting.

In the huge inner hall of the yamen, there were only four of them.

For Truman, who was in office for three days at night, these three people originally had some hatred, but Truman's tireless review of the copywriting in the past three days also reduced their hatred.

At the suggestion of Chumen, Wang Hongru began to say: "Yangzhou County has a population of about 50,000, 530 soldiers, and 68 people. ”

"What a deed?" Truman interrupted him.

"Opening casinos, smuggling salt, human trafficking, etc.," Wang Hongru returned.

"Human trafficking? Which one is it? Truman's expression was cold.

"It's not clear yet, we only found one case and caught two people, but they were too strict to ask." The chief catcher's surname is Li, his name is Li Fansheng, and he noticed that the face of the newly appointed county commander changed, and he hurriedly came out and said.

"What about them?"

"They are still in the yamen, tortured day by day, and never stopped."

"That's good." Chumen nodded, and said to Wang Hongru again: "My lord, go on." ”

"In the north, there are three gangs of bandits, the Tiger Gang, the Qingguang Sect, and the Manyue Village, the Tiger Gang and the Qingguang Sect burn and loot them, and do all kinds of evil, their leaders are called Baili Mad and Pei Haohai, the two of them have extremely high martial arts, and according to natural danger, we have joined forces with the surrounding counties to encircle and suppress them many times, and still have not been able to exterminate them."

"It's Full Moon Village?"

"How?"

"They were extremely quiet, they only robbed some food or something at a time, and they didn't do much, and we got very little information, only rumors that their owner was a woman."

After listening to Wang Hongru, Truman also had a general understanding of the current situation.

This Yangzhou County is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is really a big mess.

He looked at the three people in the field and asked, "The situation in Yangzhou County is tense, where do you think you should start?" ”

"The internal worries can still be controlled, and the external troubles give us a blow from time to time, not under control, the people around us have been miserable, and our taxes last month have been nearly thirty percent less than before." Wang Hongru took the lead in saying.

"When the new official takes office, the four overlords in the city will definitely be restrained, but now that it is winter, these three gangs of bandits must take action." General Zhang said.

Li Zhutou also nodded and said, "I also agree with Lord Wang and General Zhang's words. ”

Listening to the words of the three, Truman smiled faintly.

"Yes, the new official took office with three fires, and now three days have passed, and the first fire should be lit."

"First, increase manpower at various intersections and docks, strictly inspect the passing goods, and immediately seize and report if there is anything wrong, and at the same time go to the casino to take a look, and if there is anything wrong, arrest immediately."

"Second, more than 500 soldiers are divided into ten groups and patrol the northern area of Yangzhou at least twice a day, while practicing diligently to prepare for the upcoming war."

"Thirdly, all the incumbents and soldiers in the county will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds."

"No adults!" Wang Hongru stood up at this time.

"What's wrong?"

"My lord, there are only more than five hundred taels of silver left in the treasury of the Yamen, but I am afraid that I will not be able to send so much money."

Chu Man smiled slightly, and said mysteriously: "So it depends on how many goods Li Zhutou has seized." ”