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Bordering Western Xia and Liao, it can be said that it is a very unstable existence in the Great Song Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Liu got Chen Jing here as a county magistrate, obviously wanting to kill him.

In early autumn, Tang Zhou and Qin Wan drove several carriages to Qinghe County.

Before leaving the capital, Chen Jing chatted with Qin Wan.

"Lady, Qinghe County is very dangerous, it's better for me to go with Xiang Hu, you and Zhong Wu stay in the capital, then it is me who Empress Dowager Liu wants to get away, she shouldn't embarrass you."

Although the two are not husband and wife, they have been together for so long, their relationship has already been sublimated, but there is no opportunity to break their deadlock, so knowing that the future is dangerous, how can Chen Jing let them take risks?

It's just that after Chen Jing finished saying this, Qin Wan glared at him and said, "What do you mean by this, do you think that we are all greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

"Lady, you know I didn't mean that."

"Then you should also know what I mean, in this life and this life, we will be blessed and enjoy hardships together."

These words really shouldn't come out of the mouth of a woman, Qin Wan, but they make people feel very comfortable to hear.

"Lady ......"

"Don't talk nonsense, I've made up my mind, I'll follow you in this life."

"Lady ......"

"I've made up my mind, you don't have to say anything......"

"Lady, what I want to say is that if you really want to go, you will bring enough food on the way, and we may have to eat and sleep in the open."

Qin Wan was a little speechless, she was still thinking about eating at this time, she glanced at Chen Jing, but she still prepared a lot of food according to what Chen Jing said.

When I left the capital, there was no one to see him off.

It's been almost a year since they stayed in the capital, but during this year, Chen Jing and the others didn't have many friends, so much so that when they left the capital, they didn't even have anyone to see them off.

There was no one to see them off, Chen Jing and they were relieved a lot, and there was nothing worth nostalgia here, so let's leave.

The carriage slowly left the capital, and the days along the way were very hard, in addition to the bumps in the carriage, and then there was that they really needed to eat and sleep in the open, because there were no tableware, sometimes they could only eat cold food, and there were more when they couldn't find a place to stay.

The north of the Great Song Dynasty is actually very desolate, and there are no people for dozens of miles, so it is not easy to find a place to stay.

However, because of the large number of people accompanying him, although the conditions are a little worse, he is not lonely on the way, on the contrary, it is very interesting, Chen Jing sometimes tells them the story of Journey to the West when he is fine.

After walking like this for more than two months, in late autumn and early winter, they finally came to Qinghe County in Bingzhou.

Qinghe County is very large, but it seems a bit barren, the entire Qinghe County only has a population of more than 100,000, and scattered people, Qinghe County, only more than 50,000 people.

The county seat is not prosperous, the city gate is dilapidated, and even some traces left by the war can be seen, and the people here also look lifeless and have no life.

When their carriage entered the city, it did not even attract anyone's attention, and it seemed to such people that they never cared about things that had nothing to do with them.

Qin Wan had never seen such a dilapidated place, she shook her head and said, "This place is really disappointing, then Old Lady Liu clearly wants to fix you." ”

Chen Jing shrugged, he had known this for a long time, but what he didn't expect was that this Qinghe County was unimaginably dilapidated.

But if you think about it, you can figure it out.

This place is extremely unpeaceful, the lives of the people here may face collapse and destruction at any time, and the people live in fear every day, so what hope for the future is there, and how can they make themselves energetic?

Walking through the dilapidated long street, they finally came to the county government of Qinghe County, the whole county is not very good, the county government is naturally not much better, and the entire Great Song Dynasty has no habit of repairing the official residence, so they have expected the dilapidated county government office.

Entering the county office, an old gentleman in his sixties suddenly greeted him, this old gentleman was a little old, and he walked swayingly, giving people the feeling that he might carry it at any time.

"This ...... Yes...... Presumably it is the new Qinghe County Commander, subordinate...... is the master book here, called Zhou Ping'an. ”

Not only did his legs and feet look inconvenient, but he couldn't even speak a little bit, Chen Jing glanced at him and shook his head a little helplessly, how could such a person be the master bookkeeper, how could he govern Qinghe County well?

With a wave of his hand, Chen Jing and the others went inside.

It's a little cleaner inside, maybe I heard that the new county order is coming, so I cleaned it up, Chen Jing and they looked around, and then went to the backyard, the backyard is where they live, it's okay, although it's not as good as their home in the capital, but fortunately, it's big, if you clean it up, and then repair the house, it's still very good.

After reading it like this, Chen Jing came to the front again to find that Zhou Ping'an and asked, "How many servants are here?" ”

Zhou Ping'an said: "There are only two." ”

Chen Jing felt that there was something wrong with his ears, so he asked again: "How many?" ”

Zhou Ping'an stretched out two fingers: "Two, the county government hasn't paid for a long time, they have no way to continue, so they have to leave, just these two, or the subordinates reluctantly stay, if you don't give them a fortune, they have to leave." ”

Chen Jing was speechless, in other places, the officials are very popular, the people are afraid of them, and they can still have benefits, why are the officials here worthless?

If you think about it carefully, you can also figure it out, the officials here want to protect the people, and they may fight with the enemy at any time, how can they like to be officials, as for bullying the people, the people here are very strong, they may not dare to fight with the enemy, but teach a few officials, it is not like playing?

After shaking his head, Chen Jing was also helpless, if the county government did not have a servant, then how would he work and how would he govern Qinghe County?

So after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to recruit some officials, he told Zhou Ping'an his thoughts, and after listening to Master Zhou, he didn't think there was any problem, but just asked: "Lord County Order, do you have any money?" ”

"Money is not an issue, of course." When they came, Chen Jing and the others brought the money, although it was not much, but he was sure that they were now the richest man in Qinghe County.

After hearing the words money is not a problem, Master Zhou immediately laughed: "As long as money is not a problem, then everything is not a problem, subordinates write a notice and post it, I believe that someone will come to apply soon, you don't know, we have a lot of idlers here." ”

Chen Jing smiled bitterly, how could he not know, he saw it all on the way here, groups of people are all idlers, all industries here are deserted, everyone has no livelihood, there are not many idlers?

Now that there is money to give, those idlers will naturally flock to it. (To be continued.) )