After Liu Yi instructed Yao Lie and Zhang Fei, he asked the two to take a hundred soldiers to the surrounding counties to buy food, and after sending Yao Lie and the others away, Liu Yi saw that it was still early, so he took Cui Si and Wang San to report to the county office.

The county government is very close to Sun's mansion and is only isolated by one street.

Since Sun Yu's death, the county government has been abandoned for many days, and there are only three or five officials on duty in the county government of Nuoda, and these officials don't know that Liu Yi and others will come today, so they are still gathering together to drink and chat as usual.

Liu Yi and the three of them walked into the county office, looking at the several county offices in front of them, and the good mood of the morning disappeared all of a sudden.

"Cough~" Liu Yi didn't notice them at all when he saw that a few people were drinking, so he coughed heavily.

The officials who were drinking heard Liu Yi's cough and turned around curiously.

"Who are you!? I don't know if the county government is not working now? Let's wait for the new county magistrate to arrive! One of them said impatiently at Liu Yi and the others.

"Blind you dogs! Don't take a good look at who's in front of you! Seeing that this person was so rude, Cui Si pointed at this person's nose and scolded.

Seeing Cui Si so horizontal, the man walked to the three of them with a wine bottle in his hand, looked at the faces of Liu Yi and the three of them, and then scolded: "Lao Tzu, I don't care who you are!" Hurry up and fuck off! Don't spoil the uncles' interest in drinking! ”

Wang San, who was beside Liu Yi, didn't wait for the man to turn around when he heard this, grabbed the man's collar, picked him up like a chicken, and then shook it hard, and suddenly hit it on a pillar as thick as a waist on the side, causing the man to spit out a mixture of wine and blood.

Seeing this, the rest of the people were half awakened by the wine, and they got up and pulled out their knives, one of them pointed at Liu Yi and the others with a knife, and shouted fiercely, "You dare to trespass into the county government without permission to make trouble!" Aren't you afraid of death! ”

"Hmph~ Do I need anyone's permission to deal with a small official in my own county office?" Liu Yi also moved the real fire at this time.

When those people heard that Liu Yi actually said that this was "their own county office", they reacted immediately and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"The county magistrate spares his life~ It's all strange that the little ones have no eyes and collide with the county magistrate~" Several people said with tears in their eyes while sobbing their mouths.

Liu Yi looked at the few people kneeling on the ground in disgust and waved his hand, "Get out, you will no longer be a servant in the future."

Seeing that Liu Yi was angry, several people didn't dare to say anything, and fled from the county office with the person who was already unconscious.

Liu Yi looked at the somewhat dilapidated county government in front of him and couldn't help sighing.

"Wang San, you go and invite Ma Xiancheng," Liu Yi commanded.

"No!"

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At this time, Ma Xiancheng was preparing a dowry for his daughter at home, and when he saw Wang San coming to summon, he hurriedly said goodbye to his family and came to the county office.

Liu Yi, who was waiting for the two of them at the county office, instructed Cui Si to bring a bucket of water, and then the two of them found some rags and began to wipe the dusty public case (i.e., desk).

After a while, Ma Xiancheng and Wang San came to the county office, and when Ma Xiancheng saw that Liu Yi was cleaning in person, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran over, and when he went up, he snatched the rags in Liu Yi's hand and did it himself.

"How can an adult do the work of these subordinates! It's all to blame for the old decay and poor care, so that the adults are tired! Ma Xiancheng said while wiping the table.

"Mrs. Ma is polite! It's just a table wipe, who does it differently! Liu Yi said with a smile.

"Hmmm! How can that work! You are now the head of a county, how can you do such menial work! Ma Lao said solemnly, quite like an elder teaching a younger generation.

Seeing this, Liu Yi could only smile helplessly.

"Okay, good~ Ma Lao taught me a lesson! The younger generations must pay attention in the future! Wang San, what are you looking at there, why don't you help Ma Lao sit down, why don't you have any eyesight at all" Liu Yi looked at Wang San who was standing on the side and scolded.

Wang San on the side reacted after being scolded by Liu Yi, and hurriedly helped Ma Xiancheng to the side and sat down, and then ran out with Cui Si to prepare some firewood to burn the stove in the hall.

"Ma Lao, the younger generation is an official for the first time, there are many things that I don't understand, and I still need Ma Lao to give the younger generation some advice," Liu Yi said sincerely to Ma County.

"Your Excellency is too humble! It is the duty of the old man to assist the adults in governing the county! Ma Xiancheng said respectfully.

"I wonder where you want to start first?"

"Then please ask Ma Lao to introduce the situation in our county to the juniors first!"

"In that case, then the old man will first introduce the situation in our county to the adults" Ma Xiancheng finished speaking, took out a few rolls of bamboo slips from the package he brought with him, opened them one after another, and introduced them to Liu Yi, "This county was originally a big county under Zhuo County, with fifty townships under its jurisdiction, and about 100,000 people in the county, but because of Sun Yu's strict taxes when he was in office, the people fled one after another. Before you came, there were about 40,000 people recorded in the county, but because the county was seriously affected by natural disasters before, and Sun Fei robbed again before leaving, the number of people at this time may be less than 40,000! ”

"Huh!? I'm about to become the commander of the light pole as soon as I take office!! When Liu Yi heard that the county might not even have 40,000 people combined, his heart sank suddenly.

"Alas~ No way! You have also seen that now in addition to those big households, many people in the county do not even have cotton clothes for the winter, and if they don't escape, they may not even be able to survive this winter," Ma Xiancheng lamented.

Liu Yi was worried at this time, he thought that if he bought more food and distributed it, the people should be able to survive the spring of next year, but when he heard Ma Xiancheng's introduction, he knew that the situation was worse than he originally thought.

Liu Yi thought for a long time and didn't think of a good idea, so he asked Xiang Ma County Cheng again, "Ma Lao, how will you deal with such a situation in the county in the past?" ”

Seeing Liu Yi asking, Ma Xiancheng said helplessly: "In the past, when Sun Yu was in office, where would he care about these things!" Every year when the imperial court comes down to survey the population, Sun Yu will bribe the county magistrate (order) of the surrounding county, and then borrow the people to fill the number, only when the population reaches 100,000 can he be appointed as the county magistrate, less than 100,000 can only be the county magistrate, in order to be the county magistrate, these county officials are borrowed from the people like objects."

"These corrupt officials and corrupt officials simply don't care about the lives of the people for their own rights!" Liu Yi was completely angry in his heart.

"I'll write a letter to the county guard, and ask the county guard to allocate some cotton clothes and food for us for the winter!" After Liu Yi finished speaking, he was going to write a recital.

Seeing this, Ma Xiancheng stopped Liu Yi, "My lord, Liu Junshou won't care about our business!" Don't bother to make too much effort, maybe the county keeper will blame you! ”

"What then? Could it be that you can't watch the people in the county freeze to death and starve to death? Liu Yi asked emotionally.

Ma Xiancheng thought for a while and said, "The old man has heard that Liu Yu and Lord Liu are kind to the people, and the adults can go directly to Lord Thorn Shi for help, but after all, the adults are just minor officials under the county, I don't know if the Assassin Shi will ignore us!" ”

After Liu Yi heard Ma Xiancheng's words, he thought about it in his heart, thinking that the evaluation of Liu Yu in later generations was mostly benevolence, righteousness and kindness, and treating the people like a son, thinking that since this person was evaluated like this in the books of later generations, this person would definitely not be too bad, so he and Ma Xiancheng thought about it and wrote a note for asking for help, and then sent someone to send it to Liu Yu quickly.

Just when Ma Xiancheng and Liu Yi introduced the situation in the county, Cui Si and Wang San, under Liu Yi's instructions, went to the homes of several poor people who were going to sell their children to find a few maids and servants, and then replaced the plaque of Sun's mansion.

After writing the recital, Liu Yi learned some daily work processes from Ma Xiancheng, and then returned to the mansion alone with a heavy heart.

After Liu Yi came back, he called Cui Si and Wang San, who were directing his subordinates to clean the courtyard, to the inner hall, and then informed the two of them about the situation that Ma Xiancheng said, Yao Lie and Zhang Fei were not in the house, and Liu Yi had to let the two of them think of a way together.

After discussing for a long time, the three of them didn't come up with any good solutions, and they discussed until the sun set, until a twelve or thirteen-year-old maid called everyone to finish eating, and Liu Yi and the three stopped.

"Forget it, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, take a step and see a step! Let's go~ go to eat first" Liu Yi, who had been busy all day, was also hungry at this time, and seeing that the meal was ready, he took the two of them to eat first.

"San'er, tomorrow morning, let's bring the bride price and go to Ma Lao's Mansion to propose marriage, let's settle your marriage first!" Liu Yi was talking to Wang San while eating.

"Thank you, lord!" Wang San heard that Liu Yi was going to take him to propose marriage tomorrow, so he was busy putting down his job and kneeling to thank him.

Liu Yi hugged Wang San, "Thank you, I promised you and Ma Lao that you and Ma Lao would definitely go back to propose marriage within three days, get up and eat!" ”

"Yes! Lord! ”

After eating, the three of them did not speak for a night.

Early the next morning, Liu Yi ordered someone to make a good bride price, and then led Wang San and Cui Si, and took a few servants to carry the bride price to the Chengfu in Ma County.

Ma Xiancheng has been preparing at home since Liu Yi promised to come to propose marriage within three days that day, and he also sent someone to Liu Yi's house early to keep an eye on it, and heard the next person report that Liu Yi had taken Wang San on the way to come, and Ma Xiancheng hurriedly asked the people in the whole house to prepare for it.

Liu Yi and others soon arrived at Mafu, at this time Maxian Cheng and his family were already waiting outside the house, seeing Liu Yi coming, more than 20 people in the whole house were busy kneeling and worshipping.

"Horse Boss, please get up!" Liu Yi stepped forward to help Ma Xiancheng, and then went to the mansion surrounded by everyone.

Everyone greeted each other for a long time, and then Wang San gave the marriage ceremony to Ma County, after the ceremony, everyone ate wine in the mansion of Liuma County, during the banquet, Ma County Cheng's daughter also poured wine for everyone, when Wang San poured wine, Wang San's face was red and his neck was thick, and his hands were shaking and he couldn't even hold the wine glass, which made everyone laugh.

The banquet did not end until the afternoon, Liu Yi and Ma Xiancheng discussed and set the wedding day five days later, and then asked the servants to carry Wang San and Cui Si, who were already unconscious, back to the mansion, after returning to the mansion, Liu Yi instructed his subordinates to start buying the wedding needs, and personally decorated the wedding room for Wang San.

In the next two days, Liu Yi instructed Cui Si and Wang San to clean up the county government, bring all the office items back to the house, and then use the vestibule in the house as the office of the county government, so as to ensure that Liu Yi can know in time when the people have something to report. The former county government on the opposite side was converted into a soldier's dormitory by Liu Yi, and then a training ground was built in the open space next to it.

In the early morning of the third day, Yao Lie and Zhang Fei returned to the county with dozens of truckloads of grain, Liu Yi was very happy to see so much grain, although it was a drop in the bucket, but it was enough for the people of the county to eat for half a month, after everyone ate lunch that day, Liu Yi ordered Zhang Fei and Yao Lie to take more than 200 soldiers, divided into four teams, and distributed all the grain.

After two days of busyness, all the purchased grain was finally distributed to every household in the county, and the people who received the grain were all grateful to Liu Yi.

Finally on the fifth day, tomorrow is Wang San's wedding, Liu Yi and the others got up early and instructed their subordinates to start preparing for tomorrow's wedding banquet, and after breakfast, they sent people to send invitations to the dozens of big households, in addition to those big households, Liu Yi also specially instructed people to send an invitation to Blacksmith Li.

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It is said that the person who was instructed by Liu Yi to find Liu Yu for help on the day of the assassin Shi After a long journey of several days, this person finally handed over the song to Liu Yu at noon on the fourth day.

After Liu Yu read Liu Yi's recital, he asked with interest, "When other counties are in trouble, the slurs who come up are all asking for silver taels, why does County Magistrate Liu only ask me for food and cotton clothes?"

The person who sent the letter hurriedly replied when he saw the assassin's question: "My lord said that the lord of the assassin gave us two taels of silver, and we have to buy food and cotton clothes by ourselves, and then send them to the people, so it is better to directly ask the lord of the assassin to give cotton clothes and food, so that they can be directly distributed to the people!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a person who looked like a civil official walked outside the door, stepped forward and whispered in Liu Yu's ear to report some news from people outside, and Liu Yu showed an extremely satisfied expression after hearing it.

"It seems that what you say is true! You go back and tell County Magistrate Liu, and I agreed to his request! ”

"Thank you, sir! The villain will go back and tell you! ”