In front of this old man, Clifford didn't dare to blatantly hold it up, otherwise it would leave a false impression, so he hurriedly turned over from his horse and said, "Lord Bruce doesn't have to be polite, you are an old-timer, and I should come to visit you." I had planned to take over and choose an auspicious day for the zodiac, and pray a little more before I came to see you, but this short-sighted thing wanted to assassinate me, and said that you instigated it, so I couldn't get angry, so I brought him over, and asked the old man to send him down. ”

With that, he ordered his men to pull up the half-dead servant and put him in front of Bruce, and then looked straight at him, his eyes still defiant.

Bruce's old face was red and white, Heihe County didn't know how many county orders had come, and everyone was respectful to him or his family, this kid was so ignorant, I don't know how many old man's protégés there are? If you sue you, you will drown you with spittle.

Clifford hated people like Bruce very much, wasn't it the legendary Heihe Yiba? Don't you just want my brother to kneel if he wants to make money? Today, my brother told you plainly that my brother was going to earn the money while standing, and when he looked up at Bruce, he saw that he was distracted, and said lightly: "Mr. Bruce, what are you thinking?" This person is pretending to be your subordinate and wants to harm me, and I don't know what to do? ”

Bruce squinted at the little official who only had half a life left, the muscles in his face twitched, and he said coldly: "I don't know this person, you are a county order, and you are a party to the party, how to send it down, you can do this." ”

After that, he turned his head, didn't look at Clifford and the others, turned around and went back to the house.

Ke Lifu snorted coldly and said to his subordinates beside him: "Drag this thief back to the county office, tie him to the flagpole at the door and show it to the public for three days, so that he knows the rules." ”

"Yes, master!" The men replied in unison, and then dragged the little official back like a dead dog.

Collie Fu originally wanted to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, and he stood up, but this little official was sent to the door, how could he let it go? He knew that he came to collect taxes to offend people, and it was useless to say any good things on weekdays, once it came to their core interests, they would definitely turn their faces and deny people.

When he came to the gate of the county office, the assistant of the county order came to greet him with a cadre of civil and military officials, and after seeing Ke Lifu, they all bowed to him and said: "The county commander has worked hard, please meet the county commander." ”

Collief's heart was very happy, he liked this feeling of hugging each other very much, turned down from the horse, and said: "You don't have to be polite, we will be colleagues in the future, I hope that we can sincerely unite in the future and govern the county together." ”

The assistant of the county magistrate and the others straightened up after a few polite words, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the little official who was tied up by Ke Lifu, who was also from the county office, and they naturally knew this little official, and said a little puzzled: "Lord County Order, I don't know where this person has offended the adult, and the adult will punish him." ”

When Coliford remembered what had just happened, he was annoyed for a while, snorted heavily, and said, "This slave is disrespectful to me, and I will tie him up outside the county office for three days to show the public as an example." ”

The assistant of the county order is named Wilson, who is a local old fritter, naturally knows the relationship between this little official and Bruce, and knows the reason after a little thought, he doesn't dare to provoke Bruce, of course, he doesn't dare to openly fight against Clifford, and laughs: "What the county magistrate said is very true, such a slave should be punished well, otherwise he won't know the power of the official law." ”

Ke Lifu smiled slightly, walked straight into the county office, sat on the seat of the county order, and said: "From today on, this county officially takes over the post of county commander of Heihe County, and from now on, I am willing to work together with you to govern Heihe County into a happy land." ”

Everyone bowed and shouted, "Everything is the order of the adults!" ”

Collifer glanced at everyone and said majestically, "Who is the director of the county's finance bureau?" Please stand up and speak. ”

The director of the Finance Bureau chuckled in his heart, there is a way that the new official has three fires when he takes office, doesn't this county magistrate want to burn himself first? After making up his mind, he stood up and said: "Go back to the county commander, the villain is the director of the Finance Bureau, please instruct the work." ”

Clifford glanced at the white-looking and chubby director of the finance bureau, and he didn't feel anything in his heart, how could there be a thin man, and said with a smile: "Before I came, Governor Taylor specially explained to me, now that the development and construction of the three counties in the north is imminent, there are a lot of silver dollars needed, so the tax must be raised." Our Heihe County's economy is developed, but the tax is not satisfactory, so the focus of the county's work here is to collect taxes, you go back to statistics, how many large households here, how many enterprises, how much tax each household can afford, must be detailed and fair, understand? ”

The director of the finance bureau rolled his eyes, it seems that the rumors are good, this county order is here to scrape the land, he is a native of Heihe County, and he has an inextricable relationship with the big families here, and he will definitely not report it truthfully, but the county order is here, he also has to be able to deal with the past, so he agreed again and again, and said: "Yes, yes." The prefectural magistrate, subordinates must complete the work as soon as possible, so as not to worry the prefectural magistrate. ”

Coleford was very satisfied with his attitude, nodded, looked around the crowd again, and said, "Who is the patrol chief of this county?" ”

A tall and thin middle-aged man stood up, bowed to Clifford, and said, "Lord County Commander, your subordinates are the local patrol chiefs, and you obey the orders of Lord County Commanders." ”

Ke Lifu nodded lightly, it can be regarded as a recognition of him, the most important thing in a place is finance and public security, as long as you grasp these two pieces in your hands, you can be a county master in peace, and he can't intervene in the Finance Bureau for the time being, so he thought about reaching out to the patrol room first, and said with a smile: "Heihe County is mixed, public security work is the top priority, you are too tired to do it alone, I have arranged a deputy for you, and if there is something in the future, you can let him help you." With that, let Olivia stand up.

The patrol line is also Olivia's old business, but he was positive before, and now he has been demoted to a vice, no way, who made him unlucky?

The patrol chief glanced at Olivia, knowing that this person was here to spy on him, and he felt a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to attack in front of him, and said secretly: When you come to my territory, no matter how big your background is, you don't want to wrestle with me, and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the county commander, I think we will cooperate happily." ”

Collifer listened to some other reports, and then said boredly: "Okay, that's all for today's meeting, you go down first, Lord Ben is going to rest." ”

"Yes." The men bowed to Clifford again, and then retreated.

Just when Clifford wanted to yawn, the system came out coldly: "Congratulations to the host for completing the task of the ruling side, now obtaining the shuttle weaving technology, the next task is to obtain a real fiefdom with a thousand soldiers, after completing the task, the host will obtain the flintlock pistol technology." ”

I rub, flintlock pistol? Coolford's heart was in ecstasy, waiting for such a rescue, and finally waiting for hard currency, firearms, and wood, brother is finally going to start the road to dominate the world.

"Host, host. What's wrong with you? Sophia and the other three little maids looked at him smiling from ear to ear, and suddenly felt strange, the master is usually a very stable person, how could he be so happy for this little thing today?

Colefort also felt his gaffe, coughed lightly, and said, "It's nothing, Lord Ben is happy today, let's go, beauty, accompany Lord Ben to enjoy it." ”

Inside Bruce House. The housekeeper knew that Master Bruce was very angry today, so he stood aside and asked carefully: "My lord, the county magistrate who just came is too ignorant, do you want to find someone to teach him a good lesson?" ”

Bruce was playing with a little maid in his arms, while thinking gloomily, he was also angry with today's events, in his opinion, the county orders are all small officials with sesame mung beans, even if he sent someone to rectify him, he has to admit it, like Clifford's behavior today, it is already very faceless to him.

However, he thought for a moment, then turned to a wicked smile and said, "Don't worry, you go and choose a time, I will invite the new county magistrate to the mansion for dinner." ”

"Your Excellency." The butler asked puzzledly, "He's so ignorant, and you still want to invite him to dinner?" That's too much to take him personally. ”

Bruce sneered, revealing an unfathomable look and said, "What do you know? Although he is a county magistrate, he is only a teenage doll, and today's events can be explained as young and impulsive, if I have the same knowledge as him, won't it make people say that I don't have a stomach? ”

"Yes, sir. The subordinates will arrange it. When the butler saw that Bruce had said this, he could not say anything more, bowed, and bowed down.

In the county office of Heihe County, Ke Lifu looked at the county's account books intently under the oil lamp, Heihe County is a wealthy county, and the annual tax payment reaches 200,000 silver dollars, but Ke Lifu is still not satisfied, he knows that this is far from the strength that Heihe County should have, if it is carefully managed, there should be no problem with doubling the taxes here.

"Master, it's time to sleep. Let's see tomorrow, it's too late, it's easy to hurt. Winnie walked up to him, snatched the account book from his hand, and said coquettishly.

"No hurry, I'll look at another page." Clifford said, trying to snatch the books back.

Winnie squirmed, didn't give it to him, took out an invitation, and said, "Master, you better rest early, tomorrow the deputy county keeper and the head of the second largest family in this county, Baruch, will have a banquet for you, how can you stay up late?" ”

"Really?" Clifford took the invitation card in disbelief, and saw that the names of the deputy county guard and Baruch were clearly written on it, but he didn't expect the deputy county guard to move so quickly, so he threw the invitation aside and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's have a good rest today." With that, he carried Winnie to bed.

The next day, Clifford took Winnie to Baruch's house, where the address was stated on the invitation.

As soon as the two of them reached the door, they saw Baruch standing at the door waiting.

After the carriage came to a stop, Clifford helped Winnie down and smiled, "Mr. Baruch, you are so kind. ”

Baruch hurriedly bowed like Clifford and said, "Lord County Commander said that you are a local parent official, how dare I be rude?" Please ask the prefectural magistrate to come inside, the deputy prefectural lord has already arrived. ”

"Oh." Clefo was a little surprised, didn't the leaders all arrive late? Why is this product so positive, and said: "This is my mistake, I shouldn't let the leader wait for a long time." With that, he took Winnie's hand and walked into Baruch's house.

The dining table is small but exquisite. Collie took Winnie to the dining table, first bowed to the deputy county keeper sitting here, and said, "Deputy county guard, let you wait for a long time, this is a subordinate faux pas." ”

The deputy county guard smiled slightly and said, "You're welcome, Clifford." We have known each other for a long time, and we hope to become friends in the future, please take a seat. ”

Friend? How can a superior talk to a subordinate like this, it seems that this deputy county guard must have something to do today.

Collie and Winnie nodded faintly at the same time, and said, "Thank you, Lord Deputy Guard." ”

Sure enough, the deputy county guard could not afford to be early, and seeing that after the two of them sat down, they had not yet started to serve the food, so he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Brother Clifford, I really feel unfair about your treatment." I've heard about you and Bruce, and it was his fault in the first place. But do you know what the county guard said when he heard about it? He said that you disrespect the boss and want to find an opportunity to punish you. ”

Collie was speechless, this matter spread really fast, the two local supreme governors actually knew, shrugged their shoulders a little helplessly, and said: "I think the county guard just said that, he shouldn't do anything to me, right?" ”

"That's hard to say." Lord Deputy County Warden further sowed discord and said: "Do you know that the reason why he can become this County Warden is to follow the path of Lord Bruce, and now that you have offended his benefactor, he will definitely have trouble with you, so it is better for you to be careful in the future." ”

Collie smiled faintly, probably guessed the whole story, Bruce is the number one family in Heihe County, with strong strength, the county guard took office after taking his path, and the reason why the deputy county guard did not correct Bacheng also has something to do with it, so he resents them in his heart, so he pulls himself and the second largest family in Heihe County Baruch family to confront them.

According to the law that there must be contradictions between the first and second, the relationship between the Baruch family and the Bruce family is estimated to be not much better, and it seems that this deputy county keeper is really painstaking.