It was not until the 30th year of Qianlong that the imperial court was asked to allocate silver to build a bank in Zujiachang Village in the east of the city, which was less than four miles away from the provincial office located in the south of the county.

It was precisely because it was not far away that the news of the arrival of the new Nan'an Tongzhi in Gu'an, Chen Chongtong, who was the candidate of the fifth rank from Qinjia to take care of the Nan'an Department during this time, quickly knew about it, and immediately sent the officials to inform the Bazhou Prefecture and Zhuozhou Prefecture Judges overnight, the counties of Wanping, Liangxiang, and Gu'an, as well as the military attachés of the river camp who commanded hundreds or even dozens of soldiers from the South Bank Garrison, the North Bank Co-Organizer Garrison, the South Bank Qianzong, and the North Bank Qianzong came to visit. After explaining everything, he personally led the nearest civil and military officials from Gu'an County and the South Bank Garrison to the Provincial Bureau to greet them.

It is the new Nan'an Tongzhi who has to be greeted, but Daotai, Bei'an Tongzhi and Triangle Lake Tongzhi are the same officials who have just arrived in office and say that they are iron-clad Yamen and flowing water, but even if those officials have changed one term after another, they have never changed blood as much as now.

Thinking that no matter Lord Wu or Master Shi of the North Shore Hall, and even the alternate magistrate Chen Chongtong who walked in front, one of them was as bad as a black-faced Bao Gong, and Zhang Gui, the guard of the South Shore Hall, was up and down in his heart, secretly thinking that the new South Shore Tongzhi Master Han was not much better.

Dai Peng, the general manager of Nan'an, has been running to the capital office these days, and he has heard that the new Nan'an Tongzhi is here to train the army, so he can't help asking: "Master Chen, I heard that although Master Han is not very old, he has really killed thieves in battle, and he has also cut more than 400 long hairs?" ”

Chen Chongtong guarded the sedan chair and looked at the door of the Taoist Department from afar, and said perfunctorily: "Your news is quite well-informed, and you even know this." ”

"I also heard that Master Han snatched back the Great Seal of the Governor of Liangjiang from Changmao's hands."

"Master Chen, the lower officials have also heard about this." Gu'an County Cheng looked curiously at the big head and others guarding the opposite side of the school grounds, and sighed: "If Master Han didn't know how to train soldiers and be able to fight, the emperor wouldn't have ordered Master Han to come and reorganize the river camp." ”

At the mention of "rectifying the river battalion", Zhang Gui, the garrison on the south bank, became even more nervous, because the left battalion under his command was "there are soldiers on the books, but there are no soldiers in the army", "there is a salary on paper, but there is no salary in the army".

Gu'an County Cheng Cai didn't care about the life or death of their gang of Qiu Ba, thought about it and muttered: "Master Chen, Master Han is really light and simple, so he brought these carriages and these people to take office, and he didn't even have a guard of honor." ”

Chen Chongtong also felt strange, after all, he also had dozens of family members in this alternate county, and he was more majestic than the new Nan'an Tongzhi who was meeting Lord Wu in the Provincial Bureau, and he didn't know what to say, when a tall and thin civil official walked out from the left side of the Yimen under the support of a group of officials and officials in the Provincial Bureau.

Chen Chongtong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly straightened his official uniform and led everyone to greet him.

Wu Tingdong's entourage carried the lantern to see who it was, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Chen, your news is really well-informed, you really came early as it was better to come by chance, this is the new South Coast Tongzhi Han Master!" ”

"Xiaguan Chen Chongtong, meet Master Han."

"Xiaguan Li Shancheng pays a visit to Master Han!

"Humble guard Zhang Gui on the south bank, meet Master Han!"

"Dai Peng, the lowly president of the South Bank, meets Master Han!

……

The civil and military officials knelt together, Han Xiufeng didn't expect them to come so quickly, and arched his hand and said, "Everyone, excuse me, get up and speak." ”

"Master Xie Han!"

"Master Han, this is Master Chen Chongtong Chen, this is ......"

"Brother Wang, you don't need to be introduced, please go back." As soon as he offended his boss inside, and as soon as he came out, he met the grain officer who was installed by his boss in Heying, Han Xiufeng was really in a bad mood, and said coldly: "Brother Yixiang, although I haven't read your resume, I just heard the introduction of Lord Wu and Shi Tongzhi. The emperor's life is here, and there is not so much effort to delay, since you are here, I just bother you to help the official do a few things. ”

Chen Chongtong is not Zhang Gui, let alone Dai Peng, who was born in the army, not only is he not afraid of Han Xiufeng, but he has been thinking about how to help Lord Wu manage the money and food of the river camp these days, and he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "It's not about labor, as long as you can use the place of the lower officials, Master Han will give orders." ”

"First of all, hurry up and hand over the tax list, correspondence and corresponding official affairs of the South Shore Hall to the North Shore Office, and the officials and servants of the Government Office will be sent to the North Shore Hall to listen to them. After the handover, a notice was posted telling the people under the jurisdiction of the South Shore Department that the South Shore Department would no longer accept lawsuits for taxes, money, food or criminal terms, and asked the military and civilians to go to the North Shore Hall. ”

Chen Chongtong never thought that Han Xiufeng would hand over the power before he arrived at the Yamen, and subconsciously asked: "Master Han, what did Master Shi's gang say?" ”

"Shi Tongzhi doesn't have to worry about it, just hurry up and hand over the corresponding official documents."

"The subordinate obeys."

Han Xiufeng took the two official documents from Su Jueming's hand and handed them over: "The second thing is to quickly send someone to inform the military attachés of Shijingshan Qianzong, the South Bank Garrison, the North Bank Garrison and other river battalions, and order them to lead the officers and soldiers under their command to rush to the Metropolitan Department to stand by before the sun sets tomorrow. ”

"Yes!"

"The third thing, from tomorrow onwards, our river battalion will no longer be stationed in various places to guard floods and prevent dangers, but will be stationed in the South Bank Hall and the Metropolitan Department for training.

Chen Chongtong was taken aback and couldn't help asking: "Master Han, can the government office and the barracks be sold at an unauthorized price?" ”

Han Xiufeng said lightly: "Lord Wu has already nodded, so it's not a sale at an unauthorized price." As for the imperial court, the official will ask for guilt. ”

Chen Chongtong thought that the sky was falling, and you tall men were on top of it, so he immediately arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

"The fourth thing, in order to raise money, Lord Wu gave the official dozens of blank photos. Brother Yixiang, Lord Wu should have explained earlier, you will be my Heying grain official from now on, how to turn those blank photos into money and grain, it depends on Brother Yixiang! ”

"Master Han, Xiaguan is also a newcomer, Xiaguan ......"

"Brother Yixiang, don't be in a hurry to complain, the emperor ordered the official to come and rectify the river camp, and he gave the official half a year. If you can't train 1,500 elite soldiers who can go into battle to kill thieves within half a year, this official will not be able to escape the blame, and you, the grain official, will also be punished, and it can be said that you and I are now grasshoppers on a rope! ”

"Half a year?"

"Hmm." Han Xiufeng patted him on the arm, then turned around and said, "Leave one person to lead the way, send this official to the government office, and the others will disperse." ”

As soon as he came, he handed over a lot of errands to Chen Chongtong, and even the tone of his voice was murderous, Zhang Gui, the garrison of the south bank, was stunned, and Dai Peng, the general manager of the south bank, was dumbfounded, so he watched Han Xiufeng get into the carriage, and set off to the south bank hall with his attaché and Chen Chongtong's family.

"Brother Zhang, this master is not good, what should I do now?" Dai Pengleng asked for a while.

"You go and report to the ninth master first, I have to go back quickly to find some people, otherwise it will be difficult to pass this pass tomorrow afternoon."

"What's the use of finding someone here?"

"So what do you say?"

"Master Han didn't say it very clearly just now, you and I will no longer be stationed in various places in the future, and we all have to bring people to practice under his nose. Even if you can find someone, Ming'er can fool through this level, is it possible that she can still fool the future and the day after tomorrow? Dai Peng didn't want to be involved in military justice, so he glanced back and said nervously: "If you hurry up and prepare some silver to send it, he may be able to turn a blind eye for the sake of the silver." ”

The military salary of the green camp is not much, and every time the salary is received, not only must it be deducted by the feudal department and the grain department, but it will also be deducted by the capital division in the name of "Peng Buckle Silver" and "Peng Ma Yin". Although there is no oil and water to be a garrison and a thousand presidents, it is not so easy to find this lack of money, and you need to spend some money.

Although Zhang Gui ate a lot of empty salaries, he hadn't earned back the money he had spent for this shortage, and he really couldn't take out the money to honor the new Shangguan, so he said with a sad face: "Brother, where do you ask me to find silver for a while?" ”

"If you can't find it, you have to find it, otherwise how will you pass this level."

"Okay, I'll go back and figure it out first."

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At the same time, Wang Qianli was sitting in the carriage and asked worriedly: "Fourth Master, you handed over all the power of money and food to that surnamed Chen, what if his hands and feet are not clean?" ”

Han Xiufeng touched the corners of his mouth and said solemnly: "He is a person who is valued by Lord Wu, and a person who is valued by Lord Wu should not be bad." We really don't need to guard against him, you may not believe him when he says it, he may still be helping Lord Wu to defend us. ”

"Defend against us?"

"I'm worried that we're greedy for money and food from the river camp." Looking at Wang Qianli and Cui Hao's suspicious looks, Han Xiufeng continued: "Lord Wu is an honest and honest official, and he has the courage to do things, and Master Shi is a solid errand person, and it is said that the new Shijingshan Tongzhi and Triangle Lake Tongju are also capable officials with good official reputations, which shows that today's Yongding River Yamen is different from other yamen." So I don't want to, you guys, it's easy to make a career here, but it's not easy to get rich. ”

Cui Hao has lived in the capital for so long, and he knows the inside story of some of the imperial court's selection of Yongding River officials, so he said cautiously: "What Dong Weng said is extremely true, the imperial court has selected a group of capable officials for Shuntianfu and Yongding River Yamen in order to protect Gyeonggi, and it is said that even the selection and appointment of the second official of the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu is not counted by the officials, and they all have to be repeatedly considered by the Military Aircraft Department. ”

"It seems that there will be a hard life for a while," Han Xiufeng smiled, stretched his waist and said, "Fortunately, we are all people who have endured hardships, and we can live this life if we are frugal." If it is changed to a person with fine clothes and fine food all day long, the little official salary and incorruptible silver are not enough to stuff the gaps. ”