"Lord Du Zhai, have you heard of Yanshan County?" Xu Xian asked.

Du Yongnan immediately said: "It seems that I have heard of it." I heard that there was a lot of chaos over there, and even the magistrate was killed. ”

Xu Xian was a little embarrassed, the killing of the magistrate of Yanshan County can be described as a bad thing.

"Let me tell you the truth, I will be appointed as the magistrate of Yanshan County in the next year." Xu Xian said, "If you ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Du Yongnan's eyes were as wide as copper bells, interrupting Xu Xian's words, and asked in disbelief: "You said you are the county master?" ”

"Don't dare." Xu Xian smiled.

Du Yongnan was so frightened that he hurriedly left his seat, and was about to kneel down and salute Xu Xian, but Xu Xian hurriedly got up and supported him.

"I haven't officially taken office yet, so I don't count it for the time being. You are my savior, but I can't stand your gift. Xu Xian said.

Du Yongnan was like in a dream, muttering something, but Xu Xian didn't hear it.

After sitting down again, Xu Xianming said: "If you don't dislike it, Dujiazhai can move to Yanshan County, and promise to set aside a piece of land for you to grow and reproduce." Of course, Dujiazhai must no longer live in the village. ”

Since he learned that he was going to Yanshan County, he searched for information and literature in Yanshan County attentively, and when he visited Liao Jin, Liao Jin also specially prepared the most detailed and latest official information on Yanshan County for him.

Intelligence shows that it is very not optimistic, in addition to the rampant bandits and robbers in Yanshan County, the people's livelihood is withering, and the population loss is serious.

In ancient times, population was everything, and without population, no matter how fertile the land was, it would be barren.

There are more than 1,000 people in Dujiazhai, although it is not much, but it can be regarded as injecting a new vitality into Yanshan County.

For Zhao'an, the imperial court was eager to move the population of Zhao'an from north to south and from south to north, so at the court level, it was happy to see Dujiazhai move to Yanshan County.

Du Yongnan was overjoyed when he heard this, Dujiazhai was almost unable to support it here, the local government did not have the sincerity to recruit peace, and even Dujiazhai had made a feud with the county lieutenant.

"It's just that I heard that Yanshan County is far away from here...... the giant man hesitated.

Xu Xianwei nodded and said, "It is indeed not easy for Dujiazhai to move to Yanshan County, so the master of Duzhai and your village have discussed it. I waited for three days in the county seat. Regardless of whether Du Jiazhai is willing to relocate or not, I will try my best to intercede with Du Jiazhai. ”

Du Yongnan was grateful, and before Xu Xian could react, he knelt down with a "poof": "Old Du Dai Du Jiazhai has more than 1,000 mouths to thank Xu Gongzi for his great kindness!" ”

"Master Duzhai, hurry up, you want me to lose my life." Xu Xian hurriedly helped Du Yongnan up, "Dujiazhai is kind to me, and I should do something for Dujiazhai." ”

Xu Xian stayed in Dujiazhai overnight, and the next day set off for Huoqiu County, where Dujiazhai is located.

After entering the county seat, Xu Xian stayed at the inn, and then wrote a letter of worship for the shopkeeper to send to the county office.

Half an hour later, the shopkeeper came back with two military officials.

"Shi Yang, the little official of Huoqiu County, the warden of the Yali Room, visited Lord Xu." The civil servants bowed to Xu Xian, and the military officials standing behind followed to bow to Xu Xian.

Xu Xian bowed his head slightly and said, "No need to be polite." ”

"Lord Xu, my family is invited." Shi Yang said respectfully.

Xu Xian said: "There is labor to lead the way." ”

Next, Xu Xian left the inn with Shi Yang and went to the county office.

went to the county office, Xu Xian met with Huo Qiu Zhi County Zhongshan.

Zhong Shan is in his early fifties, his hair is a little gray, and there are many wrinkles on his forehead, and he doesn't look like a county lord who is usually well-maintained.

Zhong Shan temporarily set up a banquet in the backyard of the county government to entertain Xu Xian, after three rounds of drinking, Zhong Shan looked at Xu Xian, who was younger than his son, and sighed with envy: "Lord Xu is young and promising, and his future is immeasurable!" ”

He had heard of Xu Xian's name, Xinke Jinshi, the fourth place in the palace examination, the head of the small three-yuan case in Lin'an Mansion before the palace examination, and the Enke examination was successively in the Xie Yuan and Huiyuan, and almost even in the middle of the three yuan, which was a very rare story in the imperial examination. With such an aura, at the age of twenty, he visited the county officially, and the future can be imagined? This is not at all comparable to him, a dying bureaucrat.

"Lord Zhong has won the award." Xu Xian arched his hand and said modestly, "I am young and have no experience, so I need to ask you for more benefits from my seniors." ”

After a private banquet, Xu Xian and Zhong Shan just chatted and became acquainted, without mentioning the matter of Dujiazhai.

Zhong Shan also thought that Xu Xian was just going home and passing by to visit.

After the host and guest dispersed, Xu Xian returned to the inn and waited for a day and a half, Dujiazhai came, and Du Yongnan, the owner of the village, took five or six important people in the village to find Xu Xian in person.

After negotiating for a long time, Dujiazhai finally confirmed to Xu Xian that he was willing to move to Yanshan County with Xu Xian.

After Xu Xian confirmed Du Jiazhai's wishes, he immediately wrote an invitation and sent it to Zhong Shan, to have a banquet for Zhong Shan in the best restaurant in Huoqiu County.

In the evening, in the private room of the best and most upscale restaurant in Huoqiu County, the lights were bright, and after the singer and dancer performed, Xu Xian and Zhong Shan had another drink.

"Alas, it is a great joy for the imperial court to recover the north, but the erosion in the north, the withering people's livelihood, and the rampant bandits and bandits have really consumed a lot of national strength." Xu Xian sighed.

Zhong Shan immediately agreed: "Not really. This makes us miserable, and we can't even sleep at night. ”

"The year before last, I was recommended to study in Guozijian, and in September, I talked about this place, and unfortunately encountered robbers." Xu Xian recalled.

Zhong Shan was taken aback: "Is there such a thing?" ”

"At that time, I was traveling north with the caravan, and I was attacked by a group of robbers from Sky Wolf Mountain at night. At that time, many people were killed, and I could not escape the disaster, and I fell off the cliff. Xu Xian said again.

Zhong Shan was surprised: "Heavenly Wolf Mountain bandits? This group of robbers is a real bandit, fierce and murderous, and at that time I had already applied to the government for officers and soldiers to prepare for encirclement and suppression. I didn't expect them to offend you. Fortunately, Lord Xu Jiren has a natural appearance and escaped their poisonous hands. ”

"However, later, the robbers of Tianwolf Mountain fought with Dujiazhai, and they were all wiped out by Dujiazhai." Zhong Shan was a little surprised in his words, he still couldn't figure it out.

Xu Xian smiled: "At that time, I fell off the cliff, and it was the owner of Dujiazhai who saved me. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing?! Zhong Shan was surprised.

Xu Xian continued: "This time I returned to my hometown, I passed by Dujiazhai and visited once. I heard them say that the county government of Guixian had recruited them twice, but the conditions were worse and worse each time, making them unable to accept Zhao'an. As far as I know, Dujiazhai is not a bandit, but a loyal queen, because he is unwilling to accept foreign rule, he hid in the mountains to protect himself. We should treat them preferentially, don't we? ”

"This ......" Zhong Shan said with a little embarrassment on his face, "There are a lot of bandit cottages in our county, and they have spent most of our resources and financial resources in Zhao'an before, so I can't ...... it."

Xu Xian said: "Lord Zhong doesn't have to be embarrassed, I can understand your difficulties." However, after all, Dujiazhai has a great life-saving grace for me, and I can't ignore it, so I propose to resettle Dujiazhai in Yanshan County under my rule in the future. I wonder if Lord Zhong will be able to let him go? ”