The boundless Gobi Desert is vast and vast, Lu Zheng set off from the capital, walked along the northwest direction, traveled hundreds of miles a day, and when he saw the vast Gobi Desert, Lu Zheng knew that Liangzhou was about to arrive.

Along the way, Lu Zheng was surrounded by guards, served by beautiful relatives, pampered with food, clothing, housing and transportation, crossed Jiayu Pass, saw the Great Wall, walked through the green grassland, experienced the customs of the Northwest personally, and felt indescribably happy.

When he was in the capital, everyone else was only supposed to go to Longyou to be assigned, and Lu Zheng himself had such thoughts, but once he left Beijing, Lu Zheng felt that the sky was high and the birds could fly, and it was very good to be free.

There is a way that my heart is at ease, that is, my hometown, Lu Zheng came all the way, and gradually forgot about the capital, and only felt that even if he stayed in this beautiful Gobi Desert for the rest of his life, there was nothing wrong with it.

Lu Zheng is a human being in two lives, has rich experience, and his understanding of life is different from ordinary people. In the words of Buddhism, fame, fortune and wealth are all floating clouds and illusory. Therefore, Lu Zheng is open-minded, does not worship, and is not afraid of strongmen, even if it is Dai Gao, it is just like this in his eyes.

No matter how strong a person is, he is just a human being, and if he is a human being, he will have seven emotions and six desires, he will have joys, angers, sorrows, and sorrows, and he will have birth, old age, sickness and death. After many years, they are just a handful of loess.

Liangzhou City is in the middle of the Great Gobi, known as the Gobi City, and the opposite east of the Silver City is the capital city of Longyou, and the two cities are the most prosperous places in Longyou.

The most unique condition of Liangzhou is that it is located in the hub of the north and south, east and west, and Liangzhou is the only way to trade between the north and the south of the entire Dakang Dynasty.

Tea, salt, porcelain, silk and grain in the Central Plains region go all the way to the northwest to Liangzhou along the official road as a station, from Liangzhou to the north, is the power of the Turks, to the west is Tubo, to the northeast can enter the Northern Yan. And the furs, cattle, sheep, and horses in the north also need to borrow Liangzhou to go south.

Even many merchants who went north only transported their goods to Liangzhou, and the merchants from the north then picked up the goods from Liangzhou and went north to market outside the Saiwai.

It is no exaggeration to say that Liangzhou is the center of the northern trade of the Dakang Dynasty, where the cultures of the four seas are blended, the customs are diverse, and the prosperity of its city is not as good as that of Beijing, but it has another style.

The two major families of Longyou, Liangzhou is the territory of the Song family, the head of the Song family was named the general of the Northwest, holding 100,000 iron horses, the tiger is located in the north of Liangzhou, and most of the territory of Longyou is under the control of the Song family.

The Qi family in Yincheng is the first rich family in Longyou, and the silver money, grain and grass in Longyou are almost all monopolized by the Qi family, and the head of the Qi family, Qi Lingxiong, was named the king of Jingxi, which is actually the head of Longyou, and the Qi family is also the first powerful family in Longyou.

Officials at all levels in Longyou, the court officials department has a roster, and the Qijia Jingxi palace also has a roster, and the officials generally coordinate the relationship between the two sides.

Evolved to the present, because the Qi family is quite trusted by Prime Minister Dai Gao, it has become a roster of vacancies provided by the Jingxi Royal Mansion to the Ministry of Officials on a regular basis, and then the Ministry of Officials is responsible for selecting officials to enrich Longyou.

In fact, in most cases, Longyou will not be given to the Ministry by the list of vacancies, this time the situation is special, as for the reason, it must be related to Prime Minister Dai Gao.

After Lu Zheng arrived in Liangzhou City, he didn't stay for too long, so he went directly to Shatian County to take up his post. Shatian County is located in the east of Liangzhou City, close to the Crescent Lake in Liangzhou, which is an important place in Liangzhou.

Therefore, Shatian County is a big county, the county commander Wang Wenyuan is the official title of the sixth grade, and the two county officials are the seventh grade officials, in addition, there is also a person who is the main body, a person in the history of the classics, and there is also a Zhaoma, six room books, a Shatian County Ya, there are as many as forty or fifty officials, more than the county below Yangzhou in the south.

Lu Zheng's appearance in the county government caused quite a stir, mainly because he was too young, his skin was white, and he was handsome and chic, which made him look younger.

In such a young offspring, the young masters of rich and noble families are all kept at home eating, drinking, and having fun, fighting cocks and lackeys! Good guy, Lu Zheng turned out to be the county leader and became the second-in-command or third-in-command of Shatin County, which is not eye-catching.

The county government house, this is the residence of the county order, the county order Wang Wenyuan is almost sixty years old, thin and thin, he is wearing the official uniform of the imperial court, and his clothes are slightly untidy, like a raunchy appearance.

After Lu Zheng respectfully saluted him, his cloudy eyes, through the refraction of the Persian glasses, looked at Lu Zheng with a meaningful expression.

One mouth is a thick northwest accent: "Lord Lu Zheng, the old man has already heard your name, like thunder, in the future, you and I will be officials in the county government together, but you have something to do, come to me directly, and I will definitely solve it."

You and I are both scholars, and we are both blessed with holy grace, so we must work hard to guard the world for the Son of Heaven and benefit the people! ”

Wang Wenyuan's words were subdued, righteous and impeccable, he paused, and continued: "Old and old, it will depend on you young people in the future, you and Master Kou, you must do your duty and benefit the people of Shatin......"

"Come on, give Lu Xiao...... Oh, Lord Lu serves tea! ”

The maid cautiously came in to serve tea to Lu Zheng, in the northwest, it was rare to see such a beautiful girl, Lu Zheng couldn't help but take a look.

Let Wang Wenyuan say something, and when Lord Wang's lips were dry and his words were lacking, Lu Zheng said: "Lord Wang, the kid is ashamed!" I'm not even 18 years old this year, so that's not a big deal.

This time, the emperor asked me to come, and he knew that I couldn't manage a county, no, I will give you a hand to Lord Wang, and learn from you.

In the future, if I can't do it well, I have to ask Lord Wang to help me, you are old and respectable, but don't shirk, you have to take care of the lower officials! ”

Lu Zheng's words were extremely sincere and natural, Wang Wenyuan's eyes when he looked at Lu Zheng were even more meaningful, and he couldn't figure out the meaning of Lu Zheng's words.

If Lu Zheng is really stunned, then it's fine, but this kid is said to be a person in the capital who even dares to offend the prime minister, and he is a real ruthless corner!

At a young age, he received the emperor's grace and made him an official, shouldn't he be full of ambition and want to do a great job? How did he have such an attitude after taking office, willing to give up the power in his hands to others?

You must know that the official positions in the county government are not arranged randomly, and the county order is the head of a county and is fully responsible. However, the county also has a division of labor, each performing its own duties.

For example, the county Cheng Kou Xiangwen is responsible for taxation and agricultural reclamation, Lu Zheng is in charge of culture and education and county education, and Wang Wenyuan, the county magistrate, is responsible for public security, anti-theft, civil and criminal litigation judgments, and so on.

On the official side, the money and grain taxes are the task of the imperial court and the top priority, and the cultural and educational county schools are responsible for educating the people, and the responsibility is not small, and more importantly, it is necessary to screen talents for the use of the imperial court, which is also an extremely important work.

As an official, the first major political achievement is whether the money and grain taxes can be paid on time, and the other is whether the local government has been educated and whether it is a talent cultivated by the imperial court.

The Ministry evaluates the local area every year, and these two are the key points, and Lu Zheng is not without power or office, but with great responsibility!

Wang Wenyuan couldn't judge the intention and authenticity of Lu Zheng's words, he decided to wait and see the changes for the time being, as an old fox in his fifties, he climbed to today's position step by step, I don't know how much hardship he paid.

Therefore, no matter how big the background and how powerful the people of the imperial court are, if they want to fight for power in his hands, he absolutely can't bear it.

Of course, Lu Zheng really asked him for advice everywhere and asked him for ideas, he welcomed it, after all, the use of power, that kind of taste, is very addictive!

Lu Zheng drank Wang Wenyuan's cup of tea, and the two sides chatted for a while, mainly Wang Wenyuan said that he was listening most of the time, and the first meeting between the two was a cheerful and friendly completion.

Since then, Lu Zheng has also become a member of the Shahe County Yali, he wears a seven-grade official uniform, which is also the official rank second only to the county order, which is so eye-catching in the small county office.

Lu Zheng's residence is in the small house on the left side of the county government, this is the county's public house, the house is not big, only three tile houses, and a few side rooms, fortunately, there are not many people with Lu Zheng, and when he first arrived, Lu Zheng was inconvenient to find a house again, so he lived in peace.

And the second person he wants to visit is Kou Xiangwen, who is also a county official, Kou Xiangwen is also from a noble background like Wang Wenyuan, and he is also a local official in the northwest, but his appearance is different from Wang Wenyuan.

Wang Wenyuan looked dry and thin, unkempt, while Kou Xiangwen was a rich wife, white and clean, wearing a satin coat at home, wearing a six-fold gauze hat, holding a fan in his hand, and the two mustaches at the corners of his mouth were particularly stylish.

Lu Zheng saw that the gift he prepared was a box of famous tea from Wuyi Mountain in the south, a pair of purple sand tea sets from Jingdezhen, and when he saw the tea and tea sets, Kou Xiangwen's eyes narrowed with a smile, and said:

"Oh, Lord Lu, you're too expensive, you're too expensive! Originally, you took office, and we should have taken care of you.

It's just that you have also seen that in a large part of the county government, everyone is so busy that they have no nose or eye, and the things I am in charge of are all troubles. ”

Kou Xiangwen looked around and said, "Look at the yard where I live, I don't have any effort to take care of it, the front fence is full of cats, and the back fence is a lackey, it's not what it looks like!" ”

Lu Zheng snorted, but he was wary of Kou Xiangwen, this fat man, smiling, but his scheming was not ordinary.

Listening to his words, you can taste your dissatisfaction with Wang Wenyuan if you taste it carefully, for Lu Zheng at the moment, such emotions are not only unnecessary, but also very dangerous.

The so-called official level crushed people to death, Lu Zheng came from afar, here alone, alone, how could Lu Zheng act rashly, for him, the first step to gain a firm foothold is a more pragmatic goal.

And in Lu Zheng's heart, whether it is Wang Wenyuan or Kou Xiangwen, he has a lot of respect, this is definitely not nonsense, but he is really such emotions in his heart......