Governor Taylor put the paperwork on the table, poured himself a glass of wine, and smiled at Clifford and von Bock who were standing opposite him: "Clifford, von Bock, you two have done a great job this time, and this governor will not treat you badly." With that, he took out two letters of appointment from his drawer, threw them on the table, looked at the two of them with a smile, and quipped: "Go back and get ready champagne, two lords, congratulations on your promotion, I think I am the first person to bless you." Hahaha. ”

Clifford and von Bock glanced at each other, their eyes could not hide the joy in their eyes, this year, what is more exciting than promotion, the two hurriedly picked up their appointment letter and looked at it, as expected, Cliffor's appointment was appointed by Taylor as the county magistrate of Heihe County, the northernmost county of Heihe County. And von Bock finally got his wish and became the head of the regiment, and was also appointed as the town guard ambassador of the Oscar region, and had his own territory.

For this appointment, Collie was not surprised at all, he had long felt that Taylor wanted to appoint him as the county magistrate of Heihe County, otherwise he would not have told him the story of Hogg, not to mention that the governor of Taylor vigorously suppressed bandits as soon as he came up, and it costs a lot of money to suppress bandits, there is a way that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, not to mention that he is a governor.

As soon as the army moved, the grain and grass money, the opening fee, the settlement fee, the pension and so on must be in place, in addition to the extermination of Joseph and Dupont, the two huge bandits, Taylor sent people to exterminate several other bandits, not too small, the silver dollar is gone, in such a short time, it has already cost more than one million, and it is about to empty the family money left for him by the previous general, so he is now in urgent need of money.

Since ancient times, if the government is short of money, the response is nothing more than to open source and reduce expenditure, and Governor Taylor is ambitious, after exterminating the bandits, he still wants to carry out economic construction in the three northern counties, especially infrastructure construction, naturally he is unwilling to throttle, so since then, he only has the road to open source, to put it bluntly, it is to collect taxes.

Chaoen County is the richest county of the three northern counties, most of the counties here are relatively developed economically, and they are the main source of tax revenue for the three northern counties, however, these places have long been occupied by some related households, among which there are many people who are related to the king, and they have not made any obvious mistakes, and Taylor is not easy to replace people, otherwise it is easy to offend a bunch of people and make trouble for himself.

In addition to Chaoen County, the richest county of the three northern counties is Heihe County of Heihe County, where there is a natural port, foreign trade is very developed, and there are mines, which can be said to be unique, and more importantly, the people there basically do not farm, because they can't make a few dollars, but engage in industrial and commercial activities.

The most prominent representative is the weaving industry, the weather in Heihe County is relatively cold, there are no raw materials, but because of the port, it is very convenient to open a weaving factory there to sell to foreign countries, and foreigners are eager for the weaving products of the Rhine Kingdom, which can be said to occupy the market advantage.

Therefore, some far-sighted businessmen opened their factories in Heihe County, preferring to work hard to import raw materials from other places, but also to guard this port, guarding the port is to guard the market, even if the cost is a little higher, it is also a lot of money.

It is a pity that such a large weaving county, the annual tax is not very optimistic, and the phenomenon of collusion between officials and businessmen is not unique to a certain place, but is widespread.

Taylor is now estimated to be poor and crazy, and he urgently needs money to spend, so he sent Clifford, a shrewd and capable person, to get him money, and the pits in Chaoen County have been occupied by those big officials and nobles, and he can't make room for a while, so he stretched out his hand to Heihe County, a prosperous county independent of Chao'en County, and sent his most trusted disciple Hogg before, but he didn't expect Hogg to mess up.

Taylor knew Hogg's personality and knew that he was a loyal man, and he should not have done such a ridiculous thing as embezzling hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, and the reason why he did this was mostly because he was framed and dragged into the water by those profiteers and magnates, anyway, Hogg lost, he lost to a group of people who were more shrewd than him, not only did he not get things done, but he also put himself in it. Taylor also understood now that the only way to deal with that group of literate hooligans was to use people who were more hooligans than them, and it was clear that Clifford was the kind of person.

"Thank you, Governor, and thank you, Teacher." Von Bock and Clifford took the letter of appointment, their faces smiling like flowers, and they kept thanking Governor Taylor. With the two of them as people, when this matter is over, they will definitely express it to Governor Taylor in private, but there is no need to mention it again at this time.

Collie hummed a little song and returned home with the letter of appointment, along the way he was still wondering why there was no movement in the system at this time, and he was appointed as the county commander of Heihe County, which can be regarded as the ruling party, but after thinking about it, he may have to wait until he officially took office to take effect, I don't want to think so much about it, and it is the king to go back and celebrate.

"Wonderful, master. With this appointment, it will be easier for us to develop our own power. Yasan unfolded Clifford's letter of appointment and read it over and over again, and finally closed it very reluctantly, he was an old bureaucrat, and he knew very well what it meant to a person, with the resources of this county, it was much more convenient to recruit troops and do other things, and there was no need to live under the fence like a staff member.

"Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master." Sophia, Liana and others also congratulated Clifford.

Although being a county magistrate is still a long way from his great cause of recovering the country, he has taken a step after all, a solid step, laughed loudly, and said: "I think today is a day worth celebrating, Polina, Liana, please ask the two of you to prepare a banquet, remember to call Olivia's family as well, their family is good to us, at this time, don't snub others." ”

"Yes, master. Rest assured, we won't neglect our host's friends. Polina and Liana smiled slightly, then curtsied to Clifford and went their separate ways.

Next door. Winnie poured a glass of water for her father, Olivia, who was sitting in a chair reading the papers, handed it over, and said, "Father, what are you looking at?" It's so engrossed, and I laugh while watching. ”