The new inspectors took up their posts with shackles, wooden shackles, and standing cages, which terrified the gentry and common people of the town.

Liu Shangen is neither a local nor a flat-headed commoner, but a military attache of the green battalion with the rank of general, not to mention Han Xiufeng's nine-grade inspection, even the master of Zhizhou can't control him, so he didn't take it to heart at all, and after returning to the Foreign Affairs Agency, he played long cards with a few brothers as usual, and made a small bet.

Bad luck, lost more than 200 wen in one afternoon, and was about to light a candle and pull the three old brothers to continue fighting, Chu Chenggui ran to say that the newly appointed Master Han asked him to go to the yamen to discuss matters.

What are you talking about at night?

Besides, what is there to discuss in this place of Hai'an?

Liu Shangen really didn't want to go, but he didn't want to offend the inspection that had just come, so he could only reluctantly throw down the long card, and he didn't even bother to change his official uniform, so he rushed to the yamen of the inspection department with Chu Chenggui in a padded jacket.

When I walked into the lobby, I saw that the new inspector had also changed into a padded jacket that not only looked a little old but even did not fit well, and was sitting in the hall reading a book. Liu Shangen was a little surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Liu Mou pays a visit to Master Han." ”

"Brother Liu doesn't need to be polite!" Han Xiufeng put down the book, bypassed the official case and returned the salute, and then said with a smile while beckoning him to sit: "Brother Liu, please come here so late, didn't you delay your official business?" ”

Liu Shangen was born in the army, he can't chew words, let alone be polite, he can't help laughing: "What is Master Han talking about, what do you want in this place in Hai'an, I can't even see a shadow on the street at this time, what can I do, what official business can I have!"

"Hai'an is a small place, but it is not as lively as the state city." Han Xiufeng waited for Pan Er to serve tea, and suddenly changed his words: "Brother Liu, you have nothing else to do when you come to the yamen so late, I just want Brother Liu to talk and make friends." The family is preparing food and drinks inside, and we will have a cup of tea first, and then we will have a few drinks later. ”

"Master Han, how embarrassing is this! When you take office as a new official, I should put wine for you to pick up the wind and wash the dust. ”

"Brother Liu, you and I hit it off at first sight, and we are jointly responsible for arrest and prevention, and we will inevitably deal with each other in the future, and you invite me to invite this wine the same."

Liu Shangen was surprised, because the civil officials have always looked down on the military attaché, and it would be good not to ask the military attache for trouble, he never thought that the young man in front of him was so polite to inspect the additional foreign affairs committee from which he was born.

Just when he didn't know what to say, Han Xiufeng said slowly: "As the saying goes, if you are in your position, Xiufeng, as a maritime security inspector, will arrest thieves, interrogate traitors, clear the armor, and inspect the night." Brother Liu divided the defense of Hai'an, interrogated the adulterous and guarded against it, kept watch in a cycle during the day, and took turns patrolling at night. Brother Liu's flood land is actually those Zhuang towns under the jurisdiction of Xiufeng, it can be said that you and I have the same errands, both to protect the territory and the people, and to ensure the safety of one party. ”

During the day, they keep watch in cycles, and at night they take turns patrolling......

The more Liu Shangen listened, the more wrong he became, and said with a bitter face: "Master Han, that's what I said, and this is the reason, but our green camp can't compare with the local yamen, and I, an additional foreign commissioner, can't compare with Master Han, there are few flood soldiers under my command, if I really don't do anything else, I patronize the patrol and keep vigil, how can I support my family and let my wife and children drink the northwest wind?" ”

"Brother Liu, so you and your subordinates came to Hai'an with their families?"

"Well, bring it, if you don't bring your wife and children where to live, let them eat and drink."

Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked, "Brother Liu, how many soldiers are there in your foreign commission?" ”

The local states and counties can't control the green camp, Liu Shangen has nothing to hide, even if he wants to hide it, he can't hide it for a few days, after all, they are all in the same town, and he said bluntly: "There are ten on the roster, but there are only five." ”

"What are you busy with?"

"I must be in the department, otherwise I can't find anyone in trouble, one of my brothers is a helper in the oil mill in the town, and the other has the skill of grinding tofu, and he takes the whole family to grind tofu and sell tofu. A merchant who carries a burden and goes from house to house selling groceries. Aren't there two academies in the town, the academy has hundreds of acres of study land, and the remaining two brothers help the academy farm the land. Liu Shangen took a sip of water and sighed: "Dean Gu has a good heart, seeing that we soldiers are pitiful, not only give us food, but even collect less land rent than ordinary tenants. ”

There are ten flood soldiers on the roster, in fact, there are only five, and these five are all busy with their livelihoods, Han Xiufeng knew that the green camp was erosive, but he didn't expect it to be so erosive!

Looking at Han Xiufeng's surprised appearance, Liu Shangen smiled and said: "Master Han, it's not that we don't want to take care of things, it's that the old man of Zhizhou and the previous inspection masters don't let us take care of it." If Master Han can't stand it, I will ask the brothers not to go out tomorrow, and tomorrow I will take them to patrol and keep vigil to protect the territory and the people. ”

The green battalion, especially the flood soldiers in the local defense area, overlapped with the powers and responsibilities of the local yamen.

Earlier, there was a division of labor, and the local robbers returned to the battalion to arrest them. Thieves who are hiding in the city and countryside are quickly arrested by the local yamen. In the words of those adults, it is called "civil and military harmony, integrated prevention", but it is difficult to distinguish how many bandits are called big robbers.

Later, a governor asked for a play, saying that the magistrates had the responsibility of robbing and reassuring the people, and that the civil and military officials should be punished separately according to the number of thieves if they encountered military service to chase the thieves to the flood. If the military service lies and tries to absolve the blame, it is still punished severely, and there is solidarity everywhere, and the thieves cannot escape......

The emperor felt that it made sense, and allowed him to play, and since then it has become a combination of civil and military, and he is responsible for arrest and prevention. But in this way, it is tantamount to "letting the tiger go back to the mountain", and those poor and crazy green battalion flood soldiers have taken this opportunity to extort money, and the local civil officials already look down on them, how can they let them harass the locality, and gradually let them not take care of it.

Han Xiufeng also didn't want them to extort the people under his sub-jurisdiction, so he said quietly: "If the place is not peaceful, Xiufeng really wants to lead Brother Liu to lead the flood soldiers to patrol and keep vigil." However, Hai'an is still peaceful, and the brothers under Brother Liu have all found a livelihood that can support their families, so Xiufeng will not work for Brother Liu for the time being. ”

"Master Han, it's not that my brother doesn't give you face, it's really no way, the brothers have to eat, don't you say?"

"Yes, you can't support your family with that little money alone."

Han Xiufeng smiled, and then his face turned straight: "But Brother Liu should also know that if it is a local wreck, the punishment of the special flood prevention officer is the heaviest!" ”

Han Xiufeng is not alarmist, if there is a wreck in the place, the first thing that the imperial court will do is the bad luck of the military attache of the green battalion, although Liu Shangen is illiterate, but he still knows this, and he can't help asking: "Master Han, what can happen in this place of Hai'an?" ”

"I mean, I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if." Han Xiufeng paused, touched the corners of his mouth and looked at him with a smile and said: "Brother Liu, others don't know that you must know, now these errand soldiers in the yamen are young and strong, unhealthy, and archers without bows, if something happens, they can't count on it at all." The Foreign Affairs Department is different, Brother Liu, you are from the army, and the brothers under you are all green battalion soldiers, even if you are busy with livelihood and neglect training on weekdays, they are better than those archers. ”

Liu Shangen thought to himself what kind of soldiers were archers, that is, a group of people who farmed the land, and couldn't help but say proudly: "This is, we are eating this bowl of rice." ”

"Okay, with Brother Liu's words, Xiufeng will rest assured, if you really encounter something, you will have to ask Brother Liu to gather those brothers under him."

"It's a trivial matter, and you can't talk about hard work."