On that day, Wang Zezhi listened to Geng Ruqi's suggestion and immediately returned to Fangshan to change the name of the station.

In the early morning of the second day, someone came to report that Geng Ruqi had ordered his troops and horses to return to the station.

No matter how busy the government affairs of Yu County are, Geng Ruqi is the governor of a province, and it is impossible for him to stay in Yu County for too long.

Wang Zezhi freshened up, dressed neatly, and took A Niu to ride a horse towards Yuxian.

There are no more officials in Yu County, and at this moment, Geng Ruqi is standing at the city gate and bowing to the people of Yu County.

The local people said goodbye to him with tears, and then the surviving landlords and businessmen in Yuxian County stepped forward to greet him one by one.

"Take care, sir."

The king dismounted and bowed and beckoned to Ah Niu, who was holding a plate covered with a red cloth.

"My lord, the last general has prepared a little entanglement, chatting about his heart, and I hope that my lord will not dislike it."

Geng Ruqi lifted the red cloth and started with a silver ingot of twenty taels, he looked at Wang Zezhi with a complicated face, he didn't expect Wang Zezhi to give him silver.

"The old man has been honest all his life, and he has never accepted a tael of silver.

Now that Yuxian County is in ruins, you are using silver to rebuild the station, so don't break the bank. ”

Geng Ruqi thanked Wang Zezhi for his kindness, but Zhang Honggong behind him was eager to speak, looking anxious.

"The general army came to level the thieves, suffered heavy losses, and the hard work was high, and at the end of that day, the general army was defeated and could not go out of the village to rescue, it was really helpless, and I hope the general soldiers don't mind."

Geng Ruqi rejected his kindness, but when he saw Zhang Honggong's eagerness, he thought about whether he could reconcile with Zhang Honggong.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Honggong is his top boss in Shanxi, and maybe he will have something to ask him for in the future.

Now that he's leaving, there is no major conflict between the two, so let him pass the events of the day.

Wang Zezhi came to Zhang Honggong with the silver, Zhang Honggong rubbed his hands and smiled embarrassedly.

Wang Zezhi directly handed him the silver, Zhang Honggong took it, picked up a silver ingot and took a bite, determined the fineness of the silver, he happily patted Wang Zezhi's shoulder, and said: "Yes, in the future, the general army in Shanxi will protect you." ”

"Thank you."

Wang Zezhi watched the two of them leave with a mighty team, and it took him a long time before he turned around.

He came to the city gate and talked with several local landlords in Yuxian County and learned a piece of news.

Due to the erosion of Yuxian County, no one in the whole Shanxi was willing to come here as an official, and Yuxian County became a borderless land for a while.

Wang Zezhi tentatively asked if they were willing to station Wang Zezhi in Yu County and temporarily take over the defense of Yu County.

These people immediately nodded in agreement, and even expressed their willingness to show money and grain, and asked Wang Zezhi to protect Yu County.

Wang Zezhi's mind was racing, thinking about whether he could control Yuxian for his own use.

Wang Zezhi thanked a few people, and rode a horse to find Shan Tongshan to discuss related matters.

At noon, Wang Zezhi took the personal guard class and returned to Yuxian again.

In the county mansion, a highly respected businessman surnamed Li in Yu County received Wang Zezhi.

Since Yu County was unmanaged, they agreed that Wang Zezhi, who was defending Yu County, was most suitable to temporarily manage Yu County at this time.

"General Wang, young and promising, he has leveled the thieves, and his hard work is high." Shangjia surnamed Li praised Wang Zezhi.

"Where, where, it's just a matter of duty." Wang Zezhi hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand.

"Look, there is no county in this county for the time being, and the governor has returned to the station, or you will live in the mansion of the county, right?" Book every day

Shangjia surnamed Li asked.

Wang Zezhi thought for a moment and nodded.

The best mansion in this Yu County is the mansion of the magistrate, and now Yu County is guarded by him, and it is temporarily managed by him, so of course, the mansion must be owned by him.

Seeing Wang Zezhi's nod, Shangjia surnamed Li immediately happily arranged for his family to clean up the room for Wang Zezhi.

Wang Zezhi stomped back and forth, thought for a moment, and said to Li Shangjia: "The nest outside the city is too dirty, easy to breed epidemics, it must be cleaned up, and in the future, tidiness should be the first priority in Yuxian County." ”

The main reason why Wang Zezhi cares so much about cleanliness is because the origin of the plague is Shanxi.

He remembered that when the plague broke out in Shanxi, there was such a description, "The children in the neighborhood were stunned, with coffins and no coffins, and the number of nine doors was more than 200,000." ”

Hygiene is a must be paid attention to, and he doesn't want Yuxian to become a dead place.

After listening to Wang Zezhi's words, Li Shangjia nodded and immediately mobilized all the landlords and businessmen's families in Yuxian County, as well as the surviving people to take action.

All of a sudden, it was in full swing outside Yuxian County, and there were people demolishing the ground and cleaning up everywhere.

The cleaning lasted until the next day, when it was completely completed.

Wang Zezhi looked at the flat and clean outside Yuxian County, and his mood changed a little better, and he finally didn't have to smell the stench coming from the nest anymore.

Li Shangjia looked at the outside of the newly renovated Yuxian County, and suddenly felt refreshed, and he looked at Wang Zezhi with a satisfied look.

Then Wang Zezhi found the household registration in Yuxian County and began to count the population in the city.

There were originally more than 10,000 people in Yuxian County, but after the rebellion of the thieves, only half of the population survived.

Another point is that most of their people's food has been robbed by thieves, and many people's rice and grain are not enough at home.

The existing people are all from the east to the west, and the neighbors are helping each other.

After Wang Zezhi knew about this situation, he tentatively asked Li Shangjia if he could provide food to relieve the people.

originally thought that he would disagree, but he didn't expect that he immediately summoned the surviving landlords and merchants to open the cellar, gather all the grain they hid, and let Wang Zhichang dispose of it.

Wang Zezhi looked at the 50,000 stone rice grain they transported, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

In fact, he just wanted to see if these people were profiteers, and it turned out that there were still good people.

"Our families are all honest and honest, and we don't make a lot of money, so that's all the grain in the kiln." Li Shangjia said with some embarrassment.

"Enough, enough, the people in Yuxian City are only 5,000, enough to eat until next year."

"That's good, that's good."

Wang Zezhi looked at the enthusiastic businessmen, but he was a little distracted.

"Ben Jiang also has some private property, I can't let you get this rice grain for nothing, Ben will buy your grain at the price of two taels or three dollars and one stone, what do you think?" Wang Zezhi pondered for a while and said.

"Eh, how can this be?"

"I can't do it."

"The general is gracious."

"We are originally from Yuxian County, and it is also appropriate to take out some rice and grain, the general is an outsider, so there is no need to do this."

These landlords and businessmen repeatedly rejected Wang Zezhi's kindness.

This time, Wang Zezhi felt even more guilty, he said that he would give these people silver, and finally pretended to be angry, saying that these people looked down on him and did not accept his silver, and these people agreed with a smile.

Because, they all know that Wang Zezhi has good intentions.