Chapter 40 First Meeting
Jiang Jun seemed to feel his breath as well, and couldn't help but admire in his heart.
Is this the aura of the superior?
Awesome!
At this time, Dongchang and Huxianwei came back one after another, and there were other people behind them, who should be officials in Rongdan City. But to Jiang Jun's surprise, most of these people were over the middle of the year, and some were even full of gray hair.
What's the situation?
Stop playing with me!
Jiang Jun hurriedly got up and hurriedly went to greet them. These white-haired people can still be on the job at such a difficult time, which is enough to make Jiang Jun awe-inspired. Jiang Jun went to help those white-haired officials, but those old men were a little moved, Jiang Jun helped them to sit on the chairs and beckoned those little eunuchs to help. Jiang Jun remembered that there was still a lot of tea in the city lord's mansion, and he also asked Dongchang to take out the tea leaves and beckon the rest of the people to boil water.
Jiang Jun thought for a while, and then went to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion to greet the others. Outside the gate of the city lord's mansion, a group of people in the city walked outside the door, and they felt a little strange to see the little city lord come out to greet him in person.
At this time, an old man on crutches walked slowly. The old man had high cheekbones, gray temples, a dull face, and a face full of wrinkles, which made his face as rough as the bark of a tree, and looked like he had been battered by vicissitudes. But the whole body is extremely clean, and the temples are also very neat.
The old man couldn't help but nod secretly when he saw Jiang Jun picking up people at the door. When Jiang Jun saw the old man coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him, the old man looked at Jiang Jun, smiled, and then entered the City Lord's Mansion with him. After arriving in the hall, the people who were already sitting in their seats got up one after another and said to him, "I've seen Xu Lao!" ”
The old man nodded slowly, smiled and motioned for them to sit down, and he slowly sat down on the top of the big chair on the right, and the others did not have any opinions when they saw it. When Wei Zhongxian saw this person, he nodded secretly in his heart.
It's kind of interesting! Prestige is enough to be exploited!
That Xu Lao looked at Wei Zhongxian and nodded.
Good momentum! I just don't know how competent! But it shouldn't be bad to let Xiaocheng stay for Jun'er!
After Jiang Jun arranged for Xu Lao, he beckoned the others to make tea for the people present.
"This tea is called melon slices, which can quench thirst, clear heat and dryness, detoxify and nourish the skin, and can also remove fatigue and prevent aging. You can drink it first, Chengjun has to go to meet the others, please enjoy it slowly, I will retire first! After saying that, Jiang Jun left the City Lord's Mansion with a smile and went to pick up the others outside the door. While others were sipping tea and admiring, they didn't know what they were thinking.
At this time, I saw two old men walking by the side of the road, both of them were crane-haired and childish, full of spring breeze, and behaved elegantly. When Jiang Jun saw it, he felt a little worried in his heart.
It was actually the sixth grandfather Jiang De'an, and the seventh grandfather Jiang Dequan.
It's a little uncomfortable!
But after all, it was an elder, and Jiang Jun still stepped forward to greet him. After the two old men saw it, they also felt good in their hearts, maybe they were too strict yesterday. However, as elders, they actually don't have official positions in Rongdan City, they just came to have a look, but what they think in their hearts is unknown to others.
Except for the city lord of the Jiang family, who was ordered by the emperor of Qi to serve as the city lord of Rongdan City, the others did not have an official position. The city lord is in charge of the tax collection of Rongdan City, Jiang Desong, the great elder of the Jiang family, is in charge of iron ore mining and sales, the second elder Jiang Deli is in charge of the paper industry, the third elder Jiang Deqi is in charge of the rice industry, and the others have their own duties. In the second generation, the eldest uncle Jiang Fengyu was in charge of Cao Yun, and the third uncle Jiang Fengtong and the fourth uncle Jiang Fengshu were in charge of the tenant rent in the city, each performing their own duties. The head of the Jiang family distributed all the properties except for the city lord, and he was powerful. As for whether there is anyone on it, Jiang Jun doesn't know.
Jiang Jun welcomed the two elders into the city lord's mansion, and except for Xu Lao, the rest of the people also bowed to the two Jiang family elders. After all, this Rong Dan City is surnamed Jiang, although it does not have the right to belong, but it has the right to manage, and the promotion of all officials in Rong Dan City depends on the Jiang family, not counting the other industries of the Jiang family.
The two elders sat on the top of the left side, opposite Elder Xu, but Elder Xu didn't look at them, thinking that there should be some dislike between them. The two eunuchs soaked the melon slices and put them on the table of the two elders, and the two of them blew and drank slowly.
It tastes pretty good! It's just that the taste of Wuyi mountain tea is very different from that of the fourth, and the color of the tea alone is not quite the same. One is purple-black, the other is green, and the taste is different. And I heard that Jiang Jun gave his uncle another kind of tea, and the taste is not bad if I think it tastes, but Jiang Fengyu's character, tsk, is not like Jiang Fengshu, just give it if you want it. I'm still a little greedy.
Jiang Jun saw that Ke Huai and Xu Lisheng were also here, and thought that the people who were also here were almost there, so he sat on the seat of the city lord and said to everyone present: "Everyone, Chengjun just inherited the position of the city lord of his father yesterday, but he encountered a lot of things, and it was my fault that I did not visit the elders one by one. After today's work, Chengjun dares to invite all the elders, please forgive me! ”
The others bowed slightly, but no one spoke. Jiang Jun didn't say anything else, and then said: "All the elders are officials in Rongdan City, and I am the new city lord, and I am not very familiar with the things in the city, can you please tell Chengjun a thing or two?" ”
I thought that the new official took office with three fires, the first fire burned in the army, the second fire burned in the Sanshan Rebellion, and the third fire might be burned in the official system, but looking at Jiang Jun's sincere attitude, others were a little unpredictable, so no one answered.
Jiang Jun was a little angry in his heart, but he still had to give face, so he asked an old man leaning on a big chair: "Grandpa Ma, you were in charge of the gold division when my grandfather was the lord of the city, and how much gold and silver is still in the treasury of the city?" ”
The old man didn't sit like this on purpose, he didn't have a good lumbar spine, and he was still serving in the city at such an advanced age, so the doctor asked him not to sit up straight and sit reclining appropriately. Jiang Jun also knew about his problem, so he didn't say anything else. Ma Lao sighed and said: "Hey, Xiaojun, you also know that our relationship with Baoding Mansion is now very bad, and they deducted our salary on the grounds that Baoding Mansion has too much expenditure, and five years ago they didn't give a penny, and your father also worked very hard for the silver, so that he died of overwork." And not only our Rongdan City, but also the other three cities have also deducted a lot, and everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak. Truth be told, we don't have any silver in our treasury. ”
Jiang Jun was shocked, and the others seemed to know about it, but now that Ma Lao said it, he was still a little indignant. Jiang Jun asked: "I wanted to ask before, but now that all the elders are here, let me ask again, does Your Majesty care about this kind of thing?" This movement is not small, it shouldn't be just silent. ”
Ma Lao sighed: "Xiaojun, there are too many things involved, with your current ability, don't ask, don't care, you can't care." How big an official is, how big a thing to manage, do you understand? ”
Jiang Jun also sighed.
Is this a bit so bad?
Jiang Jun looked at another silver-haired old man and asked, "Grandpa Gao, you have been in charge of the warehouse since my grandfather's time, I want to ask, how is the city lord's grain storage?" ”
Elder Gao sighed.
Jiang Jun's heart sank again.