The first round

Since there is a naval division warship escorting, it is naturally the background of the official family, and when the time comes, it will be a scene, maybe it is the Nanyang naval division who came out for training! For their own speculation, several officials also echoed it!

When this team of officials arrived at the ground, they were still taken aback by this scene, and there were already thousands of people digging ditches in the coastal highlands, thinking that they were going to build houses and drain water, and when they saw the officials next to them, they immediately ran up with foreign guns and interrogated them, but the other party was still polite, and they heard that they were the officials of Fangcheng County, and immediately brought them into a barracks on the innermost slope of the construction site.

Don't look at the bustle of people coming and going on the construction site outside, but when you enter this camp, there is a solemn atmosphere everywhere, soldiers with loaded guns are patrolling everywhere, and even officers come up to ask about the origin of these officials.

Chen Zhutou trembled and entered a barracks, where only a few young officers were there, and one of them, a rather dashing-looking young man, was looking at the map and giving orders to several other officers, it was Zhang Kui, who was in the river juniper some time ago.

"Report! There are officials of Fangcheng County asking to see! ”

"Oh!" Zhang Kui looked up at a few officials at the entrance of Mén, walked over with a smile and asked, "That one is in charge?" ”

"My lord, catch Chen Si in Xiafangcheng County!" Seeing that this big official was also kind, Chen Zhutou had the courage to reply loudly.

"Oh! It's Chen Zhutou," Zhang Kui smiled, reached out and took an official document from the table and handed it over.

Chen Zhutou took it and unfolded it to take a look, knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly, "Mark the Fangcheng Catcher Chen Si to meet the Lord of Zhixian!" ”

Zhang Kui smiled, took back the official document, and pointed to the seat on the side, "Come, Chen Zhutou, don't be polite, I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with it, sit down and talk a few words, and talk to me about this Fangcheng County!" ”

Hearing that the young magistrate was very polite, looking at the situation and the intention of wooing himself, Chen Si immediately sat down with a smile and reported the situation in Fangcheng County in detail.

Fangcheng County Order was just a few days ago, it is said that it is a good real shortage, now Fangcheng County Cheng Lu Yixing, the chief bookkeeper Wang Yi are in office, there are 50 border troops in the north to the pass of Vietnam, and there are only 20 officials in charge of public security in the county, commanded by him, of course, at this time Chen Si did not forget to show his loyalty.

"Very good, Chen Zhutou, then please rest here for one night, and accompany me back to the county tomorrow," Zhang Kui turned around and summoned two soldiers to take Chen Zhutou to the barracks on the side to rest, and after a while, the soldiers brought in the meal, and a few servants were tired after walking for most of the day, and this meal was also surprisingly delicious.

"Chen Zhutou, look at the origin of this new county master, I have been on an errand for so many years, and I have sent several county magistrates back and forth, but I have never seen someone with thousands of soldiers and horses to take office! It's so mighty," one of the officials sighed as he ate.

"That's right, you didn't see the officers and soldiers, that's an authentic foreign gun, I went back to Guangzhou, and I saw the thing that the foreign devil took it! The border army in Dongxingkou can't compare with the bird guns at all! ”

"Cut, it's not just foreign guns, these soldiers and horses can be seen to be jīng sharp, and I can feel a murderous aura when I get close......"

Chen Zhutou listened to his subordinates while eating, he really couldn't imagine this meeting today, obviously this magistrate must have the background of the Nanyang Naval Division, can mobilize warships and soldiers and horses, and it is also jīng sharp soldiers and horses, that is even more amazing, this Fangcheng County is a big mountain in the west, the sea in the east, and the Yuhong River in the north, and there is less flat land here, less farmland, and the people are miscellaneous.

But this magistrate is obviously not here to boil his qualifications! He immediately made up his mind to follow this huge county magistrate, and he couldn't say that his family would have a prosperous day!

Zhang Kui rode a war horse and walked slowly into Fangcheng County, with at least 100 soldiers with loaded guns behind him, and Chen Zhutou in front had already loudly announced the news of the arrival of Xinzhi County with his officials, and this matter immediately spread throughout Fangcheng, and the high profile of this new county commander undoubtedly caused many people to be surprised.

The people of Pingtou and Dousheng were at most surprised and emotional, but the wealthy businessmen and landlords of Fangcheng County began to inquire about the origin of this new parent official everywhere, but this time the official was very tight, and even when he stuffed silver into Liu Zhutou, he didn't have a letter at all, but he just said that the new county order was very big. ,

This is nonsense, how can there be a county commander with 100 foreign spearmen, there are some bandits in the 100,000 mountains west of Fangcheng County, but this battle is too big. As a result, the squire who said this immediately gave the official a word, and almost held his breath.

"This is a battle, Zhang County has more than a dozen warships on the seaside, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" This is obviously from the official YY......

This is the xiǎo county order who came to take office! There are only 6,000 households in this small county town, plus the surrounding countryside xiǎo town, there are less than 10,000 households, so there is a county order with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, as well as warships, and these xiǎo news immediately spread throughout the city.

County Cheng Lu Yixing naturally also heard the news, he was born in this era of donating officials, he is a serious scholar and has a hard time, which county order just left is also a donor official, it is said that this time to Gaozhou Mansion to find a real shortage, this is not, there is a new donation official, it is said that there is a special pomp.

At this time, Wang Yi, the chief bookkeeper, also came, and the two waited at the entrance of the county yamén, waited for a while, and did not see the head of the county, and sent a government official out to investigate, only to know that this newcomer to Zhangzhi County did not go straight to the yamén at all, but went to various merchants in the west of the city, and was chatting one by one.

The west of the city is a big business in the city, I heard that the new magistrate came to the store pùli, this steward is in a hurry to listen to the teachings, as a result, this new magistrate can really chat, but only one sentence is the point, the day after tomorrow in the yamén to invite the stewards of each family to discuss, one household two, of course not come, but there is no need to be in Fangcheng hún!

Seeing the more than 100 foreign spearmen behind him, how dare these merchants say a word, even if there are no foreign spearmen to follow, who is willing to resist their parents and officials, the people do not fight with the officials, this is a famous saying passed down from generation to generation.

After sending off this maverick Xinzhi County, all families hurriedly closed the mén and convened the old and young in the family to discuss the matter, naturally no one would get the number of the new adult, but the decision was still very unanimous, and he would definitely go when the time came.

In the afternoon, Lu Yixing, the county seat, and Wang Yi, the chief bookkeeper, finally waited for the magistrate in the yamén.

"See Lord Zhixian, in Xia County Cheng Lu Yixing!"

"See Lord Zhixian, Wang Yi in the next main book!"

Zhang Kui laughed, welcomed the two into the house, and immediately had a personal soldier bring tea, this posture of tǐng pulling during the walk, made the two of them look at the eyes straight, "Lu County Cheng, Wang Zhu, is a rough person below, donating officials, when the time comes, the affairs in this yamén will have to be taken care of!" ”

"Don't worry, sir!" The two of them listened, and they sneered in their hearts, this new county order is also strange, looking at this look like a rough person, although it may not be able to write poems and paintings, but the thoughts between the conversations are very clear.

Lu Yixing thought about it for a while and then said tentatively, "Lord Zhang, there is actually nothing in this yamén, so don't worry, my lord!" ”

Zhang Kui obviously also heard something in the words of this thirty-something, decadent-looking county man, "Master Lu, I think I came from the imperial examination, but it's not comparable to me, a donor official, I don't know if you can introduce the industry and the situation of the people in this defense city?" ”

Hearing Zhang Kui's question, Lu Yixing was obviously stunned, the magistrate of this official also wanted to take charge of civil affairs, but since he wanted to hear it, what if he talked about it, the new county order of the province that did not have máo on his lips looked at himself.

"My lord, Fangcheng is backed by the mountains, there are Yuhong River in the north, Fangcheng River in the north, and Beilun River in the south, this river is divided, Jiāo Pass is unfavorable, and the mountains are barren, the farmland is scarce, the only industry here is the sea goods, mountain goods Jiāo Yi, this tax is very small, the county is less than 10,000 households, and the real estate is not enough to feed the local people, of course, if you want to come here to earn the inch of the donor, but it is a little more difficult!"

Zhang Kui sighed and smiled slightly, this county is a little interesting, and at the end he made a sarcastic remark to himself, you must know that in this era, the county is completely a subsidiary official, and the authority is in the hands of the county, and the work is all in the county seat and the main book, I can hear that this Lu Yixing still has some scholarly bones.

"There are 40,000 people in this Fangcheng County?"

"Inadequate!"

"Lu Xiancheng, if you want the people of Fangcheng County to have a full belly, have extra money in their years, educate the less, and support the old, I don't know what way you can teach me?" Zhang Kui smashed his own problem, this kind of governance problem, it is easiest to distinguish the actual ability of scholars, that kind of nerds, corrupt people absolutely can't talk about anything.

Lu Xiancheng was obviously stunned, he really couldn't imagine that this new county magistrate from the official son had such a big ambition, which was indeed a big ambition for him, you must know that the greatest achievement of an official who was born as an official in this era is just "governing the people and benefiting one party". ,

He raised his head and thought for a moment, then sighed, "Master Zhang, I have nothing to do, the surplus grain in the warehouse of Fangcheng County is only 100 quintals, and the remaining money in the official warehouse is only 50 taels, which is still the salary of three months' official salaries and servants!" ”

"It's a little interesting," Zhang Kui smiled slightly, turned his head and asked Wang Yi, the master bookkeeper who was sitting in a daze, "Master Wang, what can you do?" ”

Wang Yi was stunned for a moment, and he was a xiǎo official in charge of the paperwork, pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Our defense city is close to Vietnam, if you have spare money, you can build a ship, Vietnam trafficks local goods to Guangzhou and other places, I think I can make money!" It's just that...... It's impossible! ”

This time it was Zhang Kui's turn to smile secretly, I didn't expect that where this bird doesn't shit, his two subordinates are not waste, this work of running shipping, Mawei shipping is not what he is doing, it is obviously a good choice, and Lu Yixing's analysis is indeed in place, with the current capital of Haiphong, it is impossible to complete his proposition.

"In two years, I want to fulfill the wish I said about xiǎoxiǎo, I wonder if the two of you can help me with all my might?" Zhang Kui looked at the two subordinates with a smile, he smiled wickedly and cunningly!

"Two years? How can it be? Lu Yixing looked at this new county order and muttered in his heart, could it be that this guy is crazy?! But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it, and the main bookkeeper Wang Yi's expression is obviously more exaggerated, staring at Zhang Kui seriously, as if he is trying to analyze the problem of this guy's jīng god.

The day after Zhang Kui left, a huge camp had been formed, and a simple deep-water dock had been built in just three days, and the dilapidated dock in the fishing village next to it and the newly built huge dock must have been the difference between a giant and a baby.

What surprised these villagers even more was that almost every day, huge merchant ships sailed into the port from afar, unloading not only goods but also countless people, who threw themselves into the construction site a hundred times as soon as they got off the ship, they spoke different accents, and even the Vietnamese dialect across the river.

At the foot of the nearest stone hill outside the town, the rumbling explosion was already remembered, and the young people of the town secretly followed the workers to see it, and the original huge mountain rock fell down in the dust, and right down the mountain, the stones were sent to the freshly dug kiln dòng, and the fire was lit to be calcined.

Naturally, they didn't understand that this was a process developed by the Mawei Chemical Group to make lime and cement, which was most suitable for local mining during the rapid construction of a new base.

Soon the town had heavily armed soldiers to put up notices and recruit laborers, and as long as the people were not stupid, they were said to be able to earn 20 wen a day on the construction site, and a full meal, and if they could read and write, they could earn much, much more, and the news soon spread throughout the nearby villages.

Zhang Kui sat calmly in the yamén, this is not the first time he has been a county magistrate, being a probationary county magistrate in Vietnam can let him know a lot about civil affairs, but what touched him the most was what the teacher taught him - let the most suitable people do the most suitable things, instead of doing everything himself.

Although he was a little skeptical about the bright future of Fangcheng County, Lu Yixing and Wang Yi obviously took the work they arranged for them very seriously, and today he had to follow the requirements of his teacher Qin Kai to bring all the commercial forces in Fangcheng County under his control.

Early this morning, Zhang Kui asked Chen Zhutou to take the official to ring the gong along the street and announce his first decree, "Fangcheng Recruitment Order," all the people of Fangcheng County can go to the county government to sign up, and the government mén provides a job within their ability, self-reliance, more work, more rewards, and rewards for laziness.

When Chen Zhutou struck the gong out of the mén, he happened to meet Lu Yixing entering the Ya mén, and after listening to it, he was stunned for a long time, this is not the prosperous era of Datong to live and work in peace and contentment, if this Zhang County Commander is not crazy, it is a saint......

After seeing Zhang Kui, Lu Yixing couldn't wait to ask: "My lord, this Fangcheng recruitment order, I don't know what kind of work should be given when the people come?" "After all, this Uncle Zhang will not stand at the mouth of the Yamén to distribute this work, this is all done by his subordinates