Chapter 78: No Man Looks Like
Is it too abrupt to ask someone directly now? Su Bai frowned and thought that he had just come to Juxian County, and his foundation was not stable, so he had to wait for two days before talking, and after a general look, the three of them returned to the county office, and the winter had just passed, and there was nothing major, so Su Bai continued to stay in the study and watch the county chronicles. Juxian County has a long history, and there are more than a box of county records of major and minor events, plus a lot of case files, which is enough to read for a while.
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Near noon, Wang Fatzi came to the county government with three old men, Su Bai personally greeted him, so that the three old men were flattered, after Wang Fatzi's introduction, Su Bai knew that these three were not ordinary, the first one was a master of Kanyu Technique, many princes chose a cemetery for themselves to find him, that is, the Wang family and he had a little incense, which can be invited. The second is an official of the Ministry of Industry of the former dynasty, who is also very good at surveying ore veins. The last one is a Taoist, who has been looking for gold stones and alchemy all year round, and he is also very experienced.
Su Bai really admires Wang Fatzi, in such a short period of time, he can find so many capable people to come back, I have to say that the Wang family has a strong accumulation of connections! Su Bai entertained the three of them to have a meal in Baiweiju, and in the afternoon, Wang Fatzi took the three of them to Dongshan, Su Bai is now a county order, so it is naturally inconvenient to accompany him personally. sent Han Laohu out to protect the safety of several people.
In the Tang Dynasty, animal protection was still good, the simplest example is the bear, the tiger, you can also see, without a strong samurai to follow, there is still a certain risk in going up the mountain, not afraid of 10,000, just in case.
In the afternoon, Su Bai continued to watch the county chronicles, thought about it, and called a clerk who looked more clever to come in, and the clerk came in and nodded and said, "I don't know if the adult summoned the villain to do something?" Su Bai stretched out his hand and pointed to the stool in front of him: "Sit down and answer", the scribe carefully sat up half of his buttocks, as if he was ready to run away at any time, and Su Bai was a little funny to watch.
"Have you ever tested for fame?" Su Bai asked, the scribe shook his head and said, "The villain has not passed the test", Su Bai nodded and said, "Then who taught you the ability to read and hyphenation?" Su Bai nodded to show that he understood, thought about it and asked, "Are you a native of Ju County?" The scribe nodded and said, "Back to the adult, the villain is a native of Juxian County."
Su Bai continued: "Yesterday, the official went out to inspect and found that there was not a single beggar on the street, but I don't know why, is it possible that the public order in our county is so good, and all the people live and work in peace and contentment? ”。 The little official's face turned white, and he was a little speechless, Su Bai smiled: "You have climbed to the current official, I'm afraid it took a lot of effort!" ”。
Although Su Bai said this with a smile, there was a naked threat in his words! If you don't, I'll fire you! This is the meaning of Su Baihua, how could the scribes not understand it? At that moment, his body trembled, and his face became even paler.
Su Bai continued to ask, "Is it Lord Yao?" The scribe was shocked and blurted out: "How do you know?" He realized that he had lost his words and covered his mouth tightly. Su Bai said with a smile: "It's all said, besides, Lord Yao has already gone to Chang'an to take up his post, and now I am the one who is in charge of this county!" If you are afraid of him, are you not afraid of me? Su Bai's tone became cold, staring at the scribe in front of him, the clerk's cold sweat broke out, and he pinched the corners of his clothes with both hands, a little scared.
Su Bai sneered and said, "If you don't say it, naturally someone else will say it, you go out!" By the way, this county heard that you have been feeling cold recently, and this county is not inconsiderate of your subordinates, so let you take a half-year long vacation and go back to recuperate! The subordinate finally panicked, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I said, I said", Su Bai scolded in his heart, he really didn't cry when he saw the coffin, didn't he say it earlier? I have to let myself play the bad guy, naughty~
"My lord, these are indeed the actions of Lord Yao, when Lord Yao had just taken office, two beggars intercepted the begging, begged for Lord Yao's side, and stained Lord Yao's clothes without opening their eyes. In a fit of rage, Master Yao ordered the two beggars to be driven away, but the servant missed for a moment and actually killed a beggar. The next day, all the beggars from all over the county came to the gate of the county government, carrying the beggar's body and demanding justice. As soon as Lord Yao came out, they were dumbfounded, and then they knew that it was the newly appointed county commander who ordered the beating yesterday, and they didn't dare to sue at the moment, and they were about to leave with the corpses, but Lord Yao ordered the messengers to intercept them, snatch the corpses, and send them to Yizhuang to be burned."
The little official said tremblingly, Su Bai didn't interrupt him, picked up a copy of the county chronicle and continued to watch, the little official continued: "After it was burned, Lord Yao was afraid that these beggars would run around and publicize this matter everywhere and ruin his official reputation, so he asked the officials to arrest these beggars and send them to the field to open up the wasteland. ”。
Su Bai's eyes narrowed and said, "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is no one to administer justice for them?" The little official smiled bitterly and said: "Have you ever heard that it is dark under the lamp, the more it is under the feet of the Son of Heaven, the more such things will happen!" Who would be so blind to offend the county magistrate for a few beggars? Besides, Master Yao has not treated his subordinates badly since he took office, and they can take 30% of the peace silver collected from the merchants, and every month, the brothers can get a few hundred Wen, which is less in the past two years."
Su Bai sneered, dry and fishing, it's strange that it goes on like this. I saw Yao Danian chubby before, and he was very kind, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless, just because his clothes were dirty, he forced the beggars in the county to death? Sure enough, people can't be disfigured! Su Bai continued: "After that, beggars are not allowed to enter the city? The little official nodded and said: "Yes, all the beggars' corpses have been burned, but when Lord Yao sees beggars, he always thinks of this matter, so he orders that no beggars will appear in the county in the future, as long as they find all their broken legs and throw them out of the county." At the beginning, there were two blind ones, and after breaking the legs of the two beggars, the name of the beggar spread, and no beggar dared to come to Juxian again."
Su Bai's expression was a little ugly, he had been educated under the red flag for so many years, he didn't dare to say anything else, Su Bai dared to pat his chest and promise that he was a kind person, and now that he encountered this kind of thing, he wanted to complain for the beggars, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only secretly keep this matter in his heart, and he would definitely ask Yao Danian for an explanation in the future!
There was a little chaos in his heart, and he waved his hand to signal that the scribes should go out first, and the matter of this safe silver, they must not be allowed to collect it like this anymore, and over time, there are no merchants in Juxian County, so it has not become a dead county? But if you don't let the cashier, these 20 or so servants under your command are not allowed to rebel, even if they suppress it with their own tribes, but after all, this is in Juxian County, they are the head snakes of the land, alas, the headache is tight!
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When it was almost dark, Han Laohu came back with a carriage, and Wang Fatzi was very excited, and saw Su Bai coming over and whispered: "The three gentlemen have all said, at least half of the mountains in Dongshan are talking about lime mines!" Su Bai's eyes lit up, this was the only good news he heard today, he turned his head and smiled: "Tomorrow I will let the errand go out to post a notice, recruit fifty strong laborers first, and dig the mine hole first." Wang Fatzi nodded happily, Su Bai said to Han Laohu: "Send the three gentlemen back to Chang'an", Han Laohu hugged his fists, Wang Fatzi hurriedly said: "I will also go back to Chang'an today, the three gentlemen have been busy all afternoon, I will entertain you well in the evening", Su Bai didn't say anything, nodded and agreed. People have been busy for so long, they should be entertained, Su Bai just said that he would send them to Chang'an, also because Chang'an has a curfew, and the city gates will be closed later.
After all the people left, Su Bai called the scribe who came over to ask him in the morning and said, "What is your name?" Su Bai nodded and said: "Follow me in the future", the little official thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and when he reacted, he almost knelt on the ground in a panic, and his excited voice was a little out of tune: "Yes, my lord!" ”、
Su Bai said: "Go and write a notice, the county government will recruit people to mine, eighty yuan a day, take care of rice at noon, and add meat!" Only fifty people, understand? Tang Jugang and Su Bai naturally wanted to do things beautifully, patting their chests and saying that there was no problem. Su Bai called the dynasty again, and asked him to follow Tang Ju in the past two days to get acquainted with the county, and he had to hand over the future errands or something to the dynasty.
When I returned to my room, I lit the oil lamp and took two copies of the county chronicles in the study to read, and the population of Juxian County was 19,327 people, of whom about 5,000 were over 17 years old and under the age of 35. There are a total of seven villages under Juxian County, Liujia Village, Zhaojia Village, Houjia Village, Chengjia Village, Huangniu Village, Tieniu Village, Buffalo Village, plus the county seat of Juxian County, which is not small.
The county is still easy to say, recruitment, there are cement workshops to support, want to drive the economy or can, the village is a little troublesome, one is the people's dedication to the land, they will hardly leave their village, the second is that there are no more valuable crops now, if the countryside wants to get rich, they still have to work hard.
Reading the book and seeing that it was very late, when I felt sleepy, I walked outside the house, meditated cross-legged, and began to practice according to the three-inch internal strength method, his qi feeling became more and more obvious in the past two days, and the circulation speed of those small hot spots in the body was also getting faster and faster.
Su Bai secretly shouted in his heart: "Burn my calories!" ”