When several people came to the "Yichun Building" with Chang Jingzhi, the people on both sides were suddenly surprised and discussed, and the noise was everywhere, and they really had never seen such a young county magistrate. In particular, some old people feel incredible, a doll can be a county magistrate? He also wore foreign clothes and lamented the declining world.

Shocked to shocked, a group of businessmen, celebrities, and gentry from Baxiang flocked out. Everyone looked up for a long time, and everyone greeted each other with a smile, which really made Li Ling feel like a spring breeze. No wonder everyone wants to be an official, not to mention getting rich, even these sycophants can make people flutter.

He Jiatang, Sun Yuzhu and others stood majestically and looked at each other coldly. Li Ling smiled and strode to greet him with a fist, one by one. Surrounded by everyone, politely walked into the lobby where the aroma struck.

In his early thirties, the plump old bustard led diligently. Li Ling politely invited the two elderly squires to climb the wide staircase covered with red blankets with him. Walk together to the second floor, the largest private room in the north, the Pavilion of the Pavilion. We kindly ask you to take a seat. Only then did he sit on the landlord's seat in the north with a spring breeze on his face, and once again he worked hard to thank him before he slowly sat down.

Although everyone was surprised that the county magistrate was young, he was polite and had a good impression, especially wearing a suit, which had a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Li Ling noticed a middle-aged man in an earthy yellow Beiyang police uniform, who was the head of the county's security regiment, named Zheng Chongguo, with a Chinese face, although he spoke politely, his expression was slightly arrogant, and it was estimated that he was extremely powerful in this area. There was also a president of the Chamber of Commerce who was over half a hundred years old, named Fu Zhide, who was elected as a representative, he stood up and shook the hem of his royal blue silk satin robe, raised his well-maintained and kind face, and hugged his fists in greeting.

Li Ling secretly wondered which was the representative of the Tan family, looked around for a week, and found nothing, before asking: "I heard that there is a big family in Jiaogao County, surnamed Tan, I don't know if anyone is here today?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, wondering how the new county magistrate could ask such words. In the counties and townships of the Republic of China, some clan gentry have great influence and can influence all the patterns in the county, and the county magistrate often visits local forces as soon as he takes office, otherwise it will be difficult for the government decree to get out of the county government. And the Tan family is the largest clan in Qingping County, of course, it is impossible to surrender their identity to welcome this new county magistrate.

Fu Zhide understood that the new county magistrate turned out to be Qiu Ba, who didn't know anything, and explained: "Brother Xiangyang of the Tan family should wait for the county magistrate at home, and ask the county magistrate to pay a visit tomorrow with a little bow." ”

Li Ling snorted coldly and stopped talking.

When everyone saw Li Ling's attitude, they were full of doubts, and Fu Zhide said: "I don't know where the county magistrate is from?" Any previous positions? How did you come to this poor county to become a county magistrate? ”

Li Ling also felt abrupt, and said seriously: "Because my father used to work beside Zhang Dashuai, he was able to stay overseas, and he was appointed as the magistrate of Jiaogao County just after returning to China, and I also ask President Fu and you to support him a lot." Li Ling bragged and told everyone that he was a person with a backstage, and the backstage was not weak, so don't provoke yourself. He didn't name who his father was. Nine Li and eighteen zhang, there are more people surnamed Li in the Beiyang government, so let's guess it. What's more, it is so far away from the provincial capital, and no one will break it for a while.

When everyone heard him say this, they all had doubts, his father could do things beside the governor Zhang Zongchang, and his power must be not small, and Jiaogao County was not worth it in the eyes of others. And County Magistrate Li is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and he is also dressed as a foreigner, and he has just returned from studying abroad, and it is inevitable that he does not understand the rules of officialdom.

After a pause, Li Ling said with a straight face: "Jiaogao County is a big county with a long history and simple folk customs, and I am deeply guilty and grateful for the hospitality of my predecessors. Although I have been overseas for the past few years, I always pay attention to the country and people's livelihood. Now that the world is in turmoil, the smoke is everywhere, and the people are not happy, since I have returned from study, I will definitely do my best for Jiaogao County, and I must not allow our neighbors to be exploited and plundered. Recently, there has been a shortage of wars, the people's livelihood has withered, and the industry is barren, and it is a year of famine, we should do a good job of guaranteeing the harassment of bandits outside, and we must calm people's hearts internally. ”

Li Ling had a feeling of being in a trance, and the more he talked, the more he felt that he was the master of a county, and he couldn't help but sigh: It's good to be an official.

The people on both sides were silent, and none of the people who could sit here today were poor and poor, and they had all seen some of the world. In the past, which new official took office was not high-sounding, paying attention to the people's suffering on the one hand, and exploiting the suffering of the people on the other.

Fu Zhide secretly smiled that this was a stunned young man, so it was much easier to deal with, and he also said with a smile: "County Magistrate Li has Sangzi in his heart, which is the blessing of my Jiaogao County, and I respect County Magistrate Li on behalf of the old folks of Jiaogao County." Li Ling was not polite, and drank it all.

At this time, the old bustard had just led a few young ladies with snacks and wine to the stairs. Everyone was full of laughter at the banquet, and they all raised their glasses to invite each other, Li Ling drank well, and those who came did not refuse, and they were a little drunk after a while. Li Ling deliberately befriended Zheng Chongguo, after all, he was the head of the county security regiment, and his own life could also be in the hands of the other party. Zheng Chongguo was flattered, but he was also blindly flattering, and after a few glasses of wine, the two of them called each other brothers, looking like they had known each other for many years. Jing Lian was afraid that he would lose his temper after drinking and leak his identity, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

The dinner party was drunk happily, and everyone went home happy. Li Ling and his entourage walked in the cold night breeze, row upon row of restaurants and tea shops, stretching for two miles, and a big red lantern hung high under the carved beams of the cornices, but found a large number of wandering refugees in piles, and the sound of all kinds of begging was endless, which was extremely incompatible with the surrounding environment. Secretly sighed, knowing that this phenomenon abounds in all provinces.

Dozens of men and women stood at the gate of the county ya, and when they saw Li Ling coming, those people rushed over one after another, and said: "Please ask the county magistrate to uphold justice" and "Please ask the county magistrate to make decisions for the people." ”

Li Ling looked at Master Chang Jingqian on the side suspiciously, and asked, "What's the matter with these people?" ”

Chang Jingzhi frowned and said: "This is a group of people, they can't win the lawsuit, I heard that there is a new county magistrate, so I want to block the road and shout grievances, I will let them be expelled." ”

Li Ling smiled bitterly, these people really made themselves county magistrates, waved their hands, and asked a middle-aged woman who was crying bitterly, "What grievances do you have?" Tell me about it. The middle-aged woman said: "We are the villagers of Ginkgo Village, because there are two acres of thin land at home, we originally expected to be able to support our family, who expected that the Tan family relied on the strength of the family, forced to buy and sell, and occupied dozens of acres of land in our village in vain, the township chief and the Tan family colluded, coerced and lured us, and killed my husband, and robbed my daughter. ”

In the Republic of China, land is the foundation of human survival, and robbing people's land is a deep hatred, Li Ling also believes that what the woman in front of him said is true, and what is the difference between beating someone's husband to death, robbing people's daughters and bandits, Li Ling was angry, and said: "You go back first, and I will administer justice to you tomorrow." ”

But Chang Jingzhi said: "The county magistrate, please go to the county office to rest for a while, I have a detailed report on the situation." Li Ling knew that things were not simple, and left in the disappointed eyes of those villagers.

Without waiting to pour tea, Chang Jingzhi said: "This matter is not trivial, the Tan family is huge, the helmsman is named Tan Xiangyang, there are two brothers in Qingdao to break into the world, and the gangsters and bandits are connected, and the Jinan Provincial Government also has their people, please think twice about it." ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and sure enough, it was this Tan family. The three brothers are all the same dog, and everyone was originally looking for trouble with them, but they didn't expect to hit their heads up. After instructing Chang Jingzhi to go down, a few people opened their hearts and spoke.

Jing Lian stretched out his thumb and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Brother Ling to be an official, you see those high-ranking township chiefs and directors, squires and celebrities who can't find the north, and they haven't found any clues." ”

Sun Yuzhu's honest voice also smiled: "Even I thought that Brother Ling was really the county magistrate, so let's not leave and settle down here." ”

Li Ling shook his head with a smile and said, "We will be here for a maximum of ten days, and in a few days, there will definitely be superiors who will send people to urge grain and taxes, and it will be very dangerous to show the stuffing at that time, since we are here to target the Tan family, I just used this kind of thing to hit them hard." ”

He Jiatang said: "We are obviously short of manpower now, so I will go out and pull a group of people and horses to train." The worst can also be ventilated. Now a few of us, we can find any armed force to destroy us. ”

Li Ling also felt that his strength was weak, so he said: "Tomorrow, we can go to other counties to recruit some soldiers to support us." ”

Although there are some guards and soldiers in the county office, they are not at ease, and several people take turns on duty at night. Li Ling couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, maybe he was walking on thin ice now, being cautious everywhere, secretly regretting that he hadn't exploited these local tyrants and inferior gentry, and it would be better to find an opportunity to let them vomit more tomorrow.