Chapter 2 The dilapidated yamen has long been known

Spring breeze Xu, Huayuan half a mile, how many people are there from afar?

Zhang Zhong's team swayed all the way on the bumpy road, and finally came to the county seat of Huayuan County, half a mile away, this county also has an earthen wall made of mud and straw sticks, this season, it is a spring rain, and there are wild grasses on it.

Zhang Zhong pointed the monocular clairvoyance that Zhang Xiaobao wanted to come to the three people standing outside the city, two of them were wearing the clothes of the officials, and one was standing with his hands in his hands, thinking that he was the one who picked him up.

Three, there are only three people, a little less than when Jia went to Sanshui County, well, just a little bit.

Zhang Zhong put down his clairvoyance and hesitated, should he send someone over to inform the three of them, or go over to meet the three of them directly, it is impossible for the three of them not to see such a large convoy half a mile away, why don't they come?

Zhang Xiaobao didn't care about this kind of thing, less than three hundred meters away, he had already seen the three people swaying, and he picked up the curtain and ordered outside: "Keep going." ”

The team, which had slowed down, returned to normal, this little road, only a few dozen breaths, when the convoy came to the outside of the city, the three of them looked at each other, and met under the leadership of the person who took the hand.

"What is done in the car is the new county magistrate, Zhang Zun Mingzhong, Zhang Zhong Zhang? I am the history of the knife and pen warehouse in Huayuan County, surnamed He, because the county is busy with affairs, so I was sent by the county and the lord Bo to pick up the adults in person, and the adults worked hard all the way. ”

The person who took the hand came to the front of the car and said to the car with the most obvious signs, Zhang Zhong was a little helpless when he heard this official position, and he actually got a seventh-rate knife and pen official to come over to greet him, thinking about what Cheng County Ling said, Zhang Zhong still walked out of the car.

"It turned out to be a plan, it doesn't matter, the home is close, a few steps away, since the county is busy, you should first go and hand over a lot of things, and multiple people can do things faster."

As he spoke, Zhang Zhong stopped taking the car, and walked forward directly, and the twenty borrowed guards immediately surrounded Zhang Zhong, startling the two officials who wanted to get closer, these twenty people were all wearing leather armor, carrying knives at their waists, and carrying a leather bag on their backs.

The two officials were secretly frightened, then He Cang calculated that he had some knowledge, and said to Zhang Zhong with a smile: "The palace guards around my lord are really different, and some things in the county are really difficult to handle, with such warriors, I want to be much more stable in the county." ”

"Oh? Could it be that there are rogues here? Is the county government servant not good at cooking? Zhang Zhong asked with a look of surprise on his face, deliberately exaggerating.

He Cangji hurriedly waved his hand, "What did the adults say, I am leveling towards the new policy, how can there be rogues in the land near Beijing, it's not that there are too few officials, and there is no time to rush back and forth, the county Cheng and the lord Bo are discussing, whether to recruit more officials, so as to listen to the adults." ”

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also got out of the car at this time, crowded around Zhang Zhong, heard the surname He say that the government servant was recruited, looked at each other and smiled, thinking of what happened when Jia Shan came over, the official made a move, and spent the last bit of money, could it be that Huayuan County also wants to learn this hand?

Zhang Zhong also thought of this, but he didn't care, if he had money, he would spend it according to the way he had money, if there was no money, everyone would have no money, and he was not like Jia Shan, who was counting on the money in the yamen, and the money in his family was enough to spend.

He nodded slightly, and didn't say anything about this matter, and He Cangji didn't mention it in a timely manner, and talked about some trivial things in this county.

Zhang Zhong listened as he walked all the way, occasionally asked a word or two, and never said much about unfamiliar things, which he also learned from Cheng County.

Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao followed with their calves upside down, looking at the situation in the county, the spring ploughing in Sanshui County has ended, there are still sporadic people busy here, the prosperity is not as good as the county seat of Sanshui County, but there are not too few people, there are shops on both sides of the street, there are stalls, and there are shouts from time to time.

When the people in the county buy goods, it is more about bartering, not as good as Sanshui County, where you can bring a few pennies with you, and there are differences in complexion, which is not as rosy as the faces of the people in Sanshui County, which is not only a matter of eating, but also a mentality.

"It's not bad, this kind of place is the easiest to get results, as long as you improve a little bit." Wang Juan pulled Zhang Xiaobao and his lips moved.

Zhang Xiaobao also felt the same way, "What needs to be solved now is the problem of team unity, and it is convenient to act without unifying the government decree, it depends on what they mean by those people, send a small official who is not in the stream to greet them, and there are two officials in a trance, who still want to do things with this kind of officer?" ”

"Maybe there are people who are willing to do things, right?" Wang Juan thought about the good things there.

"Whatever, it's not that the dragon is not the river, since he is here, he doesn't plan to start everything will go smoothly, and he will go to the yamen to see it in a while, and our family will live there in the future and repair the house."

As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, he happened to see a seven or eight-year-old child next to him, holding a chicken in his arms, inserting a straw stick into the chicken, leaving the crowd and jumping over and asking, "How do you sell chickens?" ”

The child looked at Zhang Xiaobao first, and when he saw Zhang Xiaobao's clothes, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Seventy wen, one less is not sold." ”

"Seventy is a bit expensive, but this chicken looks like it can still lay eggs, what are you selling the chicken that lays eggs? Wouldn't it be better to keep the eggs and sell them? ”

Zhang Xiaobao is not the kind of gentleman who doesn't even know how much things are, in Sanshui County, take out a random thing and ask him how much it is, he can give an accurate price according to the quality, such a chicken in Sanshui County is usually fifty-eight to sixty-two, depending on the size.

Wang Juan also came over and asked, "That's right, keep the eggs, is this chicken not laying eggs?" No, is it a soft egg? Then don't worry, go to the river to catch some river snails, let it eat, and the eggs will be hard. ”

"My mother is sick, I sold the chicken to my mother to catch medicine, seventy wen can catch three pairs, and the rest of the money to buy some meat for my mother." The child touched the chicken with his hand on the neck, and the chicken cooed twice at its owner.

Zhang Xiaobao stared at the child's eyes, nodded after looking at it for a while, and instructed Erniu who came with more than one next to him: "Give him 200 yuan, and then cut a piece of meat from the car." ”

Erniu heard the order and turned around to get it, Zhang Xiaobao said to the child: "Take the chicken back, I'll give you money to catch the medicine, it will last for a few months, and after a few months, life will be better." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xiaobao pulled Wang Juan and turned around and walked back, and the child suddenly asked behind him, "Why are you so good to me?" ”

"No why, I do." Zhang Xiaobao said without replying.

This scene was seen by Zhang Zhong and that He Cangji, Zhang Zhong didn't have anything to do, his son let him do whatever he wanted, but He Cangji asked Zhang Xiaobao:

"Little boy, what if you can help him? There are too many such things in the whole county, it is better to make our Huayuan County like Sanshui County, and the life of the people will naturally be better. ”

"I don't understand those, I know that they are the people of Huayuan County, big love to help one party, small love to help one person, help one person Little love is not the thought, what is the big love? I was still young, and I didn't have the ability to love much, so I fell in love. ”

Zhang Xiaobao raised his head and said to He Cangji.

He Cangji was taken aback when he heard this, his eyes looked at Zhang Zhong, he felt that this must be the new county magistrate who usually taught the child, otherwise how could such a little baby know many things?

"Lord Zhang really loves the people like a son, and he admires the words of love for the people he teaches his children on weekdays." He Cangji bowed to Zhang Zhong and said.

"Well said, well said." Zhang Zhong snorted, where did he teach his son this.

Erniu had already handed over the money and meat to the child's hands at this time, the meat weighed ten pounds, and the child had a very hard time carrying it, plus the money, the child had to hang the money on his shoulder, and covered it with clothes, carried the meat with both hands, let go of the chicken, and let the chicken follow.

He didn't leave directly, he wanted to know who was so kind to him, so he squeezed forward, just in time to see an official in the yamen saluting another person there, and boldly asked the guard next to him, "Who is the little baby who gave me something?" ”

"The little son of the newcomer county order family, hurry up and go back to get medicine for your mother, and your life will be better in the future." The guards didn't take any precautions against the child, and said something casually.

"Oh, I see." The child looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Zhang Zhong carefully, turned around and left, and said to the chicken: "Huahua, go home, I won't sell you." The hen cooed twice, followed behind, and pecked twice on the ground from time to time.

"Master Zhang, the county and the lord Bo should not have returned to the yamen at this time, do you want to go to the restaurant to eat something first, or ......?" He Cangji asked at Zhang Zhong, his tone seemed to be a little more respectful.

"Don't be in a hurry to eat, go to the yamen and wait, just to see where you will live in the future." Zhang Zhong brought a few cars this time, and he had to send out the meat on the cars as soon as possible, otherwise it would break down after a long time.

There is not much meat to prepare, a servant can divide twenty catties, and the rest is frozen and used to cook at home for the next few days.

He Cangji didn't say much about this matter, he took the lead in front and came all the way to the yamen.

Sure enough, it was as dilapidated as imagined, the hammer of the drum was gone, the side of the drum was also opened, the door of the yamen was half closed, half opened, not only the paint was off, the wood was almost rotten, the copper ring on one side of the door was broken in half, and the other side did not know where it went.

Just this yamen, people don't want to go in when they look at it, He Cangji blushed a little on the side, and said: "My lord, there is little money in the yamen, and the people in Zhouji County have to repair it, so they can't repair the yamen." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Zhong snorted and looked back at his son, Zhang Xiaobao didn't seem to feel anything there, and still seemed to be curious.

Wang Juan was still beside him and said, "That drum is really big. ”