Xu Ang and Chen Liang rode horses, Qi Niang sat in the first carriage, these few days, Xu Ang has improved a lot of equestrian skills, this technique is a good person waves, think it is interesting, and refuse to take the carriage. The sun rose that morning, the fog began to thin, and the town of Yamabaru appeared in front of the group.

I saw that the town of Yamabara County is magnificent, the city wall is about ten zhang high, it is located at the foot of a mountain, it is two miles away from the foot of the mountain, the mountain in the north is majestic, it is suddenly interrupted here, except for the north around Yamabara County, the rest of the place is a plain, it is really a dangerous and rich place, there is a river passing through in the west, it is called the Thin Water River, it is too far apart, but it is not clear to see. Presumably this is where the name of Yamabara comes from.

Chen Liang sat on his horse and pointed to the county town of Shanyuan and said

"This Shanyuan County has always been a place where soldiers must fight, the location is rich, the city wall is magnificent, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the hundreds of years after the Great Wei Dynasty, I Shandong can not be spared from military disasters because this city has never fallen. Separated from Shanxi and its north in the north, and rejected Henan and its southwest in the south, the so-called land gateway of Shandong is here! When I was unified, I couldn't break through this city, and I was trapped for more than two years, and those Mu Dynasty people almost starved to death before surrendering! “

Xu Ang looked at Chen Liang in surprise. I didn't expect this product to be so familiar with geographical knowledge. Chen Liang looked at Xu Ang, but understood, and said with a wry smile,

"I came here with the old man a few years ago, and the old man told me. However, now that the world is unified, and Yamabara County is an inland city, it is useless. ”

Xu Ang immediately understood, and didn't speak, secretly happy in his heart, "Xu Wenchong told me that Xishui County is Shanyuan County, so it must be here!" Old man Chen is interesting enough! It must be very pleasant to be a county magistrate in such a wealthy place! There must be oil and water! ”

A group of people hurried up, rushed to Shanyuan County, arrived at the gate of the city, only to see the magnificent city gate with four big characters written on the "Shanyuan County City", the soldiers guarding the city saw that there was a convoy of horses coming, hurriedly went to prepare to collect money, took a look, are household items, Xu Ang took out the book, but sighed bad luck, and collected a small amount of taxes.

In ancient times, when entering the city gate, you have to pay money, that is a special time, under normal circumstances, the caravan that enters the city gate is to collect money, or the people outside the city enter the city to sell things, and they also have to collect some as taxes, the amount of this tax money, naturally the account keeper of the city gate has the final say, so when some large caravans enter the city, how much first give some benefits to the account keepers, and give some benefits to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, this tax is less It is not clear, when he first came here, Chen Liang did not want to do much, and gave the soldiers guarding the city some broken silver at will, which is no problem if you don't pay money, These soldiers are fortunate to be troubled, and if the search is carried out and it becomes a mess, it will be troublesome.

The soldiers who defended the city did not dare to offend when they saw that an official had come to take office, and after receiving some silver, they checked it at random and let the convoy into the city.

There is no hurry to enter the city, Xu Ang will sit in the carriage, how can this new official ride on a horse? It's not a military attaché, looking at the lively flow of people around, Xu Ang's heart blossomed, and it will be my home field from now on!

The convoy walked in a different way, Xu Ang looked left and right, and suddenly saw a very magnificent house, with two big characters on the book "County Ya" in his heart was even more proud, put the curtain down, sat in a precarious seat, waiting for someone to pick him up, after a while, he didn't see the carriage stop, and opened the curtain to see that the county government was already behind the carriage.

"Parking! Stop the car! Xu Ang hurriedly shouted

Chen Liang drove his horse to the side and asked, "Why do you park?" Do you want to buy something? ”

"The county government has arrived! Why are you leaving? Xu Ang was furious

"Oh! That's the county government of Shanyuan County, and the county government of Xishui County is still ahead! Chen Liang suddenly realized, and then said, presumably Xu Ang didn't know the situation here.

When Xu Ang heard this, he didn't speak, it was embarrassing to make a joke, and he remembered what Xu Wenchong said, this Shanyuan County is Xishui County, not Xishui County, this is not yes, I don't know what the hell is going on, I sat down and didn't say anything, and motioned to move on.

The carriage entered from the east gate, directly through the street out of the west gate and stopped, the west gate is not as grand as the east gate, but it is still presentable, Xu Ang saw that the car stopped, walked down to see, and saw that the west gate was facing the thin water river

At first glance, the river still runs in a rare north-south direction here, presumably because of the direction of the mountain. The river is more than two miles wide, the water is relatively small at this time, the width of the water surface is about less than 100 meters, the government has already arranged for people to set up a relatively wide pontoon bridge on the water, people come and go on the bridge, look at the opposite side, the embankment is relatively high, but under the shield is not clear to see other things.

At this time, Xu Ang really understood why Chen Liang's father said that this city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, a total of four sides, one side is against the mountain, the other side is by the water, the city wall is so high, plus the plain area here is vast, the grain production is extremely large, if there is a war, it is really a hard bone. didn't think much about it, his mind turned around, and he said to Chen Liang

"Could it be that Xishui County is opposite?"

"That's it!" Chen Liang said, "Let's go!" Presumably, the Xu County Order of Xishui County has been waiting for a long time. ”

The pontoon bridge was relatively strong, presumably reinforced, although these two carriages were relatively large, but they were stable on it, and the group drove the carriage forward slowly, but arrived at the opposite side safely and steadily. Xu Ang and his entourage went ashore and walked to the embankment.

Xu Ang looked left and right, a wry smile in his heart, the opposite city wall is more than ten zhang high, the city wall here is only two zhang, the city range is less than one-twentieth of the opposite, but the number of city gates has the upper hand, there are eight full, only five on the opposite side, sneering in his heart, this one is a city or a military fortress, one is a small county, that is really incomparable. Xu Ang immediately understood why Xu Wenchong said on the second floor that Shanyuan County was Xishui County, but it was not, only separated by a river, but two miles away, it was really together, it was a family, it was right, this was not the case, I was unhappy, and I didn't take the carriage anymore, I sat directly on the horse, led everyone to tidy up the convoy, waved my hand, and took the convoy to Xishui County.

Xishui County Xu Canglin County Ling is forty years old, came to this place as a county order has been five years, such an age is the officialdom mixed well, he came here as an official is to look at the capital is not far away, his teacher is in the court as an official, if the teacher has the opportunity, he can also wait to carry it, how do you know that in this stay is five years, recently entrusted people to the capital a few times, it is easy for his old man to give himself a chance, transferred back to the capital, although the grade has not changed, but the Son of Heaven is in the Ministry of Officials, then if there is a chance, It's much better than being a county order, but you have to go early, don't have any accidents.

Xu Canglin was very anxious. Xu Ang, who came to replace him, was still at home, he should have arrived two days ago, he packed up his things as early as three days ago, and he had been looking at the county yamen, and he had been looking at the county yamen for three days, and his temper was gone, and he was drinking tea in the bedroom, and he heard someone come to report, saying that Xu Ang, who had come to take over, had arrived at the door, and he was overjoyed, and he ran to the county yamen as soon as he threw the teacups, and his shoes fell down but he didn't realize it.

"Brother! I've finally got you! Come on, come on! Let's do the closing procedures! Xu Canglin pulled Xu Ang and walked into the house

Xu Ang saw in his heart that the old brother was too polite, and this upside down greeting was quite Cai Yong's legacy! I was happy in my heart, I knew that Xu Canglin really hated him, so he found a relationship and wrote that he would take office immediately, and Xu Ang only came here at this time. But Xu Ang left immediately, and he really couldn't say it.

When I arrived at the lobby, the accounts for delivery had already been prepared and placed on the desk, and Xu Canglin didn't talk nonsense with Xu Ang.

"The accounts are all here, you look slowly, I don't have time for something at home." As he spoke, another man was pulled from behind,

"This is Shen Li, the chief bookkeeper of the county, who knows all the accounts, just ask him if you have any questions."

Shen Li, who was pulled out, bowed to Xu Ang and said, "Yes." ”

Then he took out the delivery document from his sleeve, on which he had already pressed his handprint, and while Xu Ang was unprepared, he picked up Xu Ang's thumb and pressed it on the ink, and then pressed it on the delivery paper, and the delivery was done!

I saw that Xu Canglin was very proud and smiled

"Good! Brother! Today, even if we have completed the delivery procedures, I will invite you to tea when you have time to come to the capital! After saying an order, more than a dozen people came out together, and the carriage that had been prepared came to the gate of the county government, and Xu Canglin jumped into the carriage and walked away.

Xu Ang was dumbfounded, the so-called resolute action is nothing more than that! was about to praise Xu Canglin for doing a good job, when he suddenly changed his mind

"Not good! As soon as this handprint is pressed, even if the delivery is completed, Xu Canglin is so anxious, didn't he leave some mess for me, he slapped his ass and left, who will wipe my ass? ”

Hurry to the lobby to reconcile with Shen Li, there are so many things in this county, Xu Ang came in the morning, and he didn't rest at noon, he ate something hastily, and he didn't finish a part of it until the afternoon, and a hanging heart in his heart was put down.

Some people are officials for fame, some people are officials for money, Xu Canglin is the kind of person who is more tactful, otherwise his teacher would not have transferred him to Beijing, this account is right, not a penny that should be greedy, not a penny that should not be greedy, the account is right, the affairs of the county are only arranged in an orderly manner, but he is a rare talent.

Just came over in the morning, Qi Niang and others under the leadership of the county officials, settled the luggage, and in the afternoon they were almost busy, at this time they were adding some tea to Xu Ang, Xu Ang was impatient to look at these things, and saw that these accounts were almost there, and some of them were not too important to read, so he said to Qi Niang

"I won't watch it today, I'll see it another day. Let's go around, from today onwards, this is my territory, and the county order has officially arrived! ”