The county government is the center of the entire Huairen County, but from the point of view of the completeness of the building, there is no center at all, tattered and overgrown with weeds, if there is anything different from the street, that is, it is still clean, and there are always people who clean it at all times.

Of course, this kind of tattered and obsolete is not the special of Huairen County, the whole world Fuzhou County is generally like this, the so-called "iron-beaten Yamen flowing officials", officials are six years for a term, nine years for a term, this yamen is a temporary location, it is not worth spending money and grain to build, and since the founding of the country has this tradition, there are still some conventions and superstitions, for example, if you want to repair the yamen, it means that the chief official is corrupt and corrupt, you want to repair the yamen, you will not have the luck to be promoted, and so on.

Chang Kai walked very fast, greeting his colleagues along the way, nodding to the greetings of those deputy servants and white servants, he did not enter the dilapidated Yamen main hall, but made a detour on the side of the door, turned into a low room on the side, all of them were blue brick houses, open two lattice doors, and open the upper part of the sill window, this format is decent in the homes of ordinary people, but it is very shabby in the homes of rich and nobles, but in the yamen, dilapidated buildings are a common thing, everywhere.

But this trip to the low and dilapidated room is the center of the entire county government - six rooms, the imperial court has the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Soldiers, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, correspondingly, each yamen in Fuzhou County has a room for officials, soldiers, ceremonial rooms, torture rooms, household rooms and workshops, the six departments of the imperial court are the major policies of the state, and the six rooms of the local yamen are specific and micro affairs.

The chief official of the county government, the county magistrate, the auxiliary official county cheng, the main book and the history are all flow officials, which are uniformly deployed and managed by the Ministry of Officials, and they are all outsiders who come to the local government to be officials, they serve for a few years, and the official position is changeable, and it is difficult to have a specific understanding of local government affairs, and the scribes of the six rooms are all locals, and they have been engaged in this line for generations, so many teenagers have accumulated, and they are familiar with government affairs and affairs, and the relationship is also huge, so it is these people who are really in charge of the local prefectures and counties, and the officials who come up from the imperial examination have to rely on the officials to do things.

Chang Kai is in the fast shift, and the most he deals with on weekdays is the side of the torture room, but he didn't enter the torture room today, and went directly into the household, the county's household supervisor is in charge of the county's summer tax and autumn grain, Ding cha forced labor, miscellaneous taxes, and the county's finances are in the hands of the household, and the department in charge of the money bag.

Although it is said that it is in charge of the finance and taxation of a county, the layout is very dilapidated, the ground is not even paved with bricks, it is still muddy, the furniture used is also old and dilapidated, the only neat thing is a few large wooden cabinets where the paper contract is placed, and it is still painted, many people are sitting in front of the wooden table, or playing abacus, or taking notes, and more people are drinking tea and chatting.

Although there are few people in the house wearing new clothes, Chang Kai knows the bottom of them, most of the people in this house are decent, and the middle-aged man sitting in the center is even richer, don't look at the teapot and cup he uses to drink tea sitting on the dilapidated table and stool, but the high-grade goods from Jiangnan, and the tea is a famous tea from Nanzhili, and even the county may not be able to afford it.

Seeing Chang Kai come in, most of the people just glanced at it, and a few familiar nodded and greeted, the clerk who worked in the sixth room thought he was a decent person wearing a long robe, and he had never looked down on the roles of the third class of officials, Chang Kai didn't care about this, with a smile on his face, his steps were brisk, and he ran to the middle-aged man sitting in the middle with a half-bent waist, bowed down and greeted: "Jin Guan Nian, Chang Kai has asked you to say goodbye." ”

The person in charge of each room in the sixth room of the yamen is called "Jingcheng", the deputy is "Guan Nian", and the surname of the household house is Jin Mingliang, and everyone respectfully holds the position, as for this "please An" is originally a military salute, and it is used when the military attache in the guard station greets the superiors who are not much different in rank, because Datong is a military town, and it has become a common etiquette and custom for a long time.

For Chang Kai's courtesy, the golden Guan Nian didn't raise his eyelids, flipped through the account books on the table at will, and said indifferently: "It's Chang Kai, what's the matter?" ”

Jin Guan Nian's attitude was reserved and indifferent, but Chang Kai did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, the status of the two sides was too far apart, it was polite to be able to call out his name and ask what was going on, Chang Kai glanced at the room, many people seemed to be settling accounts and drinking tea, but they were biased to this side intentionally or unintentionally, and they all wanted to hear what he said.

Of course, Chang Kai was not ambiguous after being mixed for so long, ignoring the frowning and dissatisfied of this Jin Guan Nian, he leaned into the other party's ear and whispered a few words, which made the office of the household even more curious, and the sharp eyes also saw the surprise on Jin Guan Nian's face.

After whispering two sentences, Jin Guannian already looked as usual, he swept around the room with a calm face, and the scribes who were looking curiously lowered their heads.

"It's a good day, Chang, you go out for a walk with me." Jin Guannian got up and said, this "old Chang" title made Chang Kai smile, and his waist bent a lot.

The two of them walked out of the room slowly, and as soon as the two of them left, the room was no longer so quiet, and a few scribes got up directly from their seats, went out to look at them for a few moments, and then walked away quickly.

Jin Guannian and Chang Kai walked in the county government one after the other, and there were constantly people saying hello on the road, Jin Guannian nodded lightly, only one or two people would make him a little more attentive, and others saw Chang Kai nodding and greeting by the way, which meant that it was over.

After leaving the yamen, it was a lot more secluded to the west, Jin Guannian turned his head to look at Chang Kai and said: "Lao Chang, your father fell ill when you were fifteen years old and left, and your two uncles were going to take the position of this fast class. ”

Chang Kai knew in his heart that it was the head of the fast shift who was saved by his father back then, and he asked for the master of the criminal name for this matter, and the position fell on his head, which had nothing to do with Jin Guannian, but he pulled out this favor, and he had to admit it, after all, this was created out of nothing to bring the relationship between the two closer.

After being an errand in the yamen for a long time, a fool will become shrewd, Chang Kai is already full of gratitude, and the big gift is about to pay homage, and Jin Guannian naturally knows and knows how to hold people.

"Lao Chang, there is no need to talk about the past, today you said that the kid who turned stones into gold, does anyone else know about this matter besides me?"

"Second master, entering the city is a small one, and he came to me again today, he doesn't know the others in the yamen, and others don't know yet."

Guan Nian is the second seat in the sixth room, and it is the rule to call the "second master", Jin Guan Nian nodded after hearing Chang Kai's answer, took a step forward and said: "You guys have a lot of dealings with the three sects and nine streams, and I also have a few people in my hands who need to be used, so it's better to take care of the people directly, and let's add two to five the goods in their hands, how about this?" ”

Chang Kai was stunned for a moment, and the golden Guan Nian groaned and continued: "I knew about taking out a few dozen taels to buy a house yesterday, and I didn't care much about it at the time, and today I heard you say that they want to receive the goods, think about the business of Dachuan Xing and Hebian New Village, I am afraid that these half-sized children will run out with a few thousand taels, why bother leaving this big fortune to others." ”

Although Zhu Da didn't spend much, he let Jin Guan Nian have a guess, this is quite outrageous speculation, and the business influence of Dachuan Xing and Hebian New Village is too great, and the truth is very exaggerated.

A few thousand taels of silver is something Chang Kai never thought of, but this Jin Liang Jin Guan Nian said it is also very reasonable, dozens of taels and hundreds of taels are not worth taking too much risk, but even if a few thousand taels are not taken all, it can also make the whole family rich, and the generations will not worry, which is worth the risk.

This thought flashed in Chang Kai's mind, and then he remembered the scene when he was held against Zhu Da's dagger on the city gate drawbridge, the half-grown boy who was more sturdy than an adult had a smile on his face, but he said the threat of killing and killing in his mouth, and then he found his door, Chang Kai thought of that Zhou Qingyun even more, he didn't talk much, squinted his eyes and looked at people, and thought afterwards, this is the same as where the butcher cuts the flesh and stabs it.

The more Chang Kai thought about it, the more he thought that the first time he came to the door was Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun together, and the second time he brought another person.

"Lao Chang, have you received any benefits for this matter? You have to pay for small money and big money! Seeing Chang Kai's silence, the golden Guan Nian reminded in a muffled voice.

"Guan Nian, there is someone behind this kid!" Chang Kai replied subconsciously.

"Zheng Inspector has destroyed the door this time, Qin Chuan fell out with the Yang family again, what is his talent worth, the talents on the ground are all talents to death or talents." Jin Liang knows more news than Chang Kai, as for the saying "until death, he is a showman", it is said that the Xiucai of Huairen County and Datong Zuowei did not pass the examination, and it can be regarded as a withering literary style.

Although Xiucai is said to be famous, but there is no way to fight against the county government and officials, if you really want to be ruthless, it's not that you can't get rid of your fame, Qin Xiucai was originally feared by everyone, it was nothing more than the support of the martial artist Yang, and later he partnered with Zheng Xunjian, at that time his fame was valuable, and now these two can't be counted on, who cares about his identity as a Xiucai, giving a few points of face at most, if you want to say that the world is in awe of scholars, it is nothing more than afraid that they will go further on the road of fame and scientific examination, but there has never been a precedent here, he has been a showman all his life, so what does he care.

"Guan Nian has a point." Chang Kai's answer was very perfunctory, which made Jin Liang couldn't help frowning, but he didn't know that the voice and smile of his wife and children suddenly flashed in Chang Kai's mind at this time.