When Shang Cheng left Duanzhou, it was April 26, and he arrived in Yi County on April 28. After staying in Yi County for three days to inspect the treasury of the Nanguan Transfer Division, because Li Shenzheng personally sat in Beizheng to eliminate the Qi bald people, in order not to disturb Li Shen's command and deployment, he did not go north, but took Nanzheng, through Nanzheng, and then went east to Heshan Pass to Tiaoshan County, and then turned northwest from Yanqing Road, and walked all the way to understand the situation and solve the problem, and when he saw the county seat of Dun'an, which was built on the mountain, the time had already reached 14 May.

Although it had been more than a month since he came out, and the schedule had long exceeded his earlier plan, Shang Cheng still decided to stay in Dun Aman for two more days. As far as he knew when he was in the Health Department, the situation in Tunan was not optimistic. This is a well-known poor county in Yannan, and the situation is only slightly better than that of several counties on the border of the northland, and the rest cannot be compared with other places in terms of the number of households, the area of cultivated land, or the tax situation. Shang Cheng originally thought that the bad situation in Dun'an was caused by the objective reason that it was located in the southern section of the Yanshan Mountains, after all, complex geological conditions and harsh geographical environment would have a serious impact on the development of a region, but when he understood the situation, he realized that it was not what he imagined.

On the day he arrived at the county seat, just after he had rested, the county governor of Dun'an hurriedly came to pay homage to him with several principal officials in the county.

He was very surprised that there was no county order among the officials who came, and the county magistrate did not explain to him why the county magistrate did not come, so he asked the county magistrate: "Where did your county magistrate go in Dun'an?" ”

Xian Cheng was a southerner, with a strong rural accent, and he was hurtful, and there was a wheezing voice in his voice, and Shang Cheng couldn't understand what he was saying at all. Fortunately, there was someone next to him to help, and he finally understood that the position of the county magistrate had been vacant for several years. There has been no prefectural order for many years.

"What's going on?" Shang Cheng asked in surprise.

The county magistrate and several officials all shook their heads with a wry smile. The appearance of the county is very old-fashioned, with a deep Sichuan character pattern engraved on his forehead, his face is tanned by the sun, completely dull, dry and rough like old bark, and his waist is also very rickety, looking like a hard-working old farmer. But in reality? Shang Cheng had just heard him report his resume, and knew that the county was born in August of the year of Bingshen, and it was estimated that he was only in his early forties this year, which was a good time for him to be in the prime of life......

When Xiancheng was asked about his thoughts, his face immediately became gloomy, and he muttered something, but Shang Cheng didn't hear it clearly. The county lieutenant explained to his colleagues: "Ran Xiancheng is a native of Chuzhou, and after coming to Dun'an, he did not accept the water and soil, and his health has not been very good. ”

That's what happened. Shang Cheng asked Ran Tao with concern: "What is wrong with you?" Seriously not? What did the doctor say? ”

Ran Tao turned around and lowered his head and coughed twice, and when his breath was settled, he turned back to Shang Cheng and said, "Xiaguan is rude." I'm just coughing. The doctor didn't say much, only said that you should pay attention to your daily life and diet. ”

It seems that the doctor is helpless about Ran Tao's illness, so he can only let him pay attention to rest and eat moderation. Shang Cheng was deeply touched and looked at Ran Tao sympathetically. His own eye disease is the first disease, the root cause of the cure, in Yanzhou is better, morning and evening medicine can restrain the pain, but this trip is more than ten days longer than the expected schedule, and the few medicines he brought with him have been exhausted as early as Nanzheng. Now he was talking to people, and he was still applying a boiled handkerchief to his eyes. He could feel his temples thumping, blood running through the veins around his forehead; It was as if someone had stuffed a brass bell into his head, buzzing straight ahead......

He said to Ran Tao: "A small problem can become a big problem if it is not treated." Why don't you go to Yanzhou or the big city in the south? As long as you can diagnose what the disease is, the rest will be easy to do. He pondered for a moment, and then said, "In this way, you can send me an official document when you turn around, and I will grant you a month's leave, and you can go and get a good treatment of the problem, and by the way, recuperate your body." I don't think your illness is just because you don't adapt to the soil and water. He looked at Ran Tao's premature face, "Have you not rested well?" He noticed that both of Ran Tao's eyes were bloodshot, and there was no look at all, which usually appeared in people who were desperate for the future. He didn't want to ask in detail, so he said, "You better put down the matter at hand first, cure the disease and take care of your body." If there is any difficulty, you can tell me. If your family can't afford to pay for your consultation and medicine, or if you have any other difficulties, you can tell me. I'll figure it out. "He's not just saying it casually. The subsidy given by Da Zhao to the officials is definitely not low, but the specific situation of each person is completely different, some officials have a large family population and heavy burden, their families are not good at management, and the lack of family resources has to be tense, so they have been eating grain for many years. For example, Duanzhou Meng Ying is like this. Meng Ying is an eight-rank official, and he has almost fifteen yuan a month with a subsidy, which is a lot of money, but he can't stand the fact that there are more people in his family, even his parents and his wife and concubines, and their children, plus servant women and miscellaneous labor, all in all, there are thirty or forty people in his family who rely on him for food, and he has to communicate with colleagues, and that money is really not enough for expenses. He also heard that Meng Ying's family usually has pickles and grains and pickles, and only during the New Year's holidays will they get some oil and meat; And in addition to the Four Seasons official uniform issued by the imperial court, Meng Ying was reluctant to buy new clothes, and the back of the close-fitting clip was worn out, and she continued to wear it with a few patches...... It was only after he heard about this that he understood why Meng Ying had always been well-behaved and dressed in a white-washed old official uniform, alas, this person put the money, food, cloth, and silk that was sent down to make clothes into the family......

He also said to several other people: "You too, if you have difficulties, just say it, whether it is official or at home, you can tell me." I know that Dun'an is poor, and you have worked hard to be an official here, and you must have ideas in your hearts. But since we're here, we can't just do nothing, pat our butts and turn around and leave, right? You have to do something practical, and then you can talk to your boss about the transfer. Do you think that's the truth? ”

Ran Tao They came to pay homage to Shang Cheng, before they only heard that the new admiral was a young general, who had a big background, and it seemed that he had something to do with the clan. Who knew that before they sat down to drink two sips of tea, and before they could say a word about Feng Ying, Shang Chengcheng first cared about their daily affairs. This made them feel very uncomfortable in addition to their surprise, and the new Admiral was not at all like those who came down from the Guard Department, neither teaching people with a straight face, nor pointing to the east and west with his hands and feet, nor pretending......

Just these two sentences, which were neither literary nor wise, several magistrates immediately had a good impression of Shang Cheng Dasheng.

The county lieutenant expressed his gratitude to Shang Cheng on behalf of several colleagues with red eyes. He said, "My lord, if I don't bother, can I ask you for something?" ”

"You say."

"Please transfer Ran Xiancheng away. He is from Chuzhou, and he can't even eat the bread and noodles soup we have here, and we feel uncomfortable watching him eat. The other one, Ran Xiancheng's family is in the south, he is alone here, without a family member by his side, in this poor place......" The county lieutenant couldn't go on. He lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves to wipe his tears.

Several other people also spoke for Ran Tao. They said that Ran Tao is a good person, a good official, a good colleague and a good boss, if such a person is tired for Dun'an, how can they be happy in their hearts?

Shang Cheng immediately agreed to this matter: "After I returned to Yanzhou, I immediately urged the Health Department to do this matter." He didn't ask Ran Tao for his opinion, but told him bluntly: "Ran Xiancheng, you should also hurry up and settle and explain everything at hand as soon as possible." ”