"The news is out?" The head of the Chu family asked the servant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The news of the bandits has already spread, and the county should have known about it."

"Stop spreading the news of the bandits," the Chu family master ordered. Wang An has been in office for a short time, he is not familiar with the situation in Dangyang, and he lacks manpower, so he will pay attention to these unknown news, but as long as Wang An's measures to benefit the people continue, as time goes by, of course, the people will support him and report the true situation of the bandits to Wang An, all the Chu family can do is to spread false news and muddy the waters. But these fake news should not be too much, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of others, because it is the villagers and not the bandits who provide the information now.

The head of the Chu family then asked, "Where is the boy of the Wang family today?" ”

"The county zun went to the Dangyang River, and today he is going to dig a ditch." The servant replied. After Wang An came to Dangyang, he rarely stayed in the county office, and spent most of his time in the military camp, with soldiers and craftsmen. However, conscription is conscription, and Wang An still gives food and money, but it is much less than that of soldiers and craftsmen, but it is also a way to live for those villagers who have to survive winter and spring. I don't know where the kid surnamed Wang got so much money and food! Money and food? The master of the Chu family couldn't help shaking his hand, and the words he was writing were also deformed.

"Prepare a hundred stone of grain, and the old man will go to comfort the people." The Wang family kid is so good at buying people's hearts, and the Chu family can't hide aside, and the benefits are all taken by the Wang family kid.

Wang An and Li Mao stood on a small hill, looking at the people who were working not far away. Li Mao pointed to the Dangyang River and said to Wang An: "The Dangyang River has been in disrepair for a long time, resulting in many fields being abandoned, and my subordinates plan to dig ditches and install cylinder trucks first, so that part of the fields can be cultivated in the spring, and then the river will be renovated when the weather becomes warmer, so that we should be able to sow late rice." However, the river can be cleaned up not only requires a large number of manpower, but also a large amount of money and grain. ”

"From now to the beginning of spring next year, the people have nothing to do, but they have to eat and drink, which is the most difficult time to endure and the most prone to accidents. As long as nothing happens during this period, Dangyang will be a different scene next year. Wang An looked at the few old men who were walking towards the small hill, and turned his head to look at Li Maodao, "Nanjun has been plagued by disasters year after year, and we can't count on the government in terms of money and food." This official has reported to Taishou, hoping to use the local grain reserves in Dangyang. ”

"Can Taishou agree?"

"It doesn't matter if Taishou can agree or not, this official has already reported your plan to dig a ditch to Taishou and reported it to the center, for the sake of adding tens of thousands of hectares of land, the imperial court should agree." If the imperial court agrees to this plan and Wang An does not complete it, the charge of bullying the monarch is confirmed, and he will not be able to run away from abandoning the city, and Li Mao will be distributed, because Wang An is the chief official, and Li Mao is only a subordinate of Wang An's expedition. Wang An's twist and turn is not to leave a way back for himself.

Several old men had already come to the bottom of the hill, and Wang An and Li Mao said as they walked down: "The people are the foundation of the state, and the country is solid." If you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, you must have land for them to cultivate, you must recruit bandits, so that they can settle down, and you also need land. ”

"The subordinates will definitely live up to the expectations of the county."

Several old men saluted Wang An and said, "We are entrusted by the villagers to ask the county to move the first spade soil." ”

Wang Anqian gave in a few times, and an old man said: "The Dangyang River has not been rectified for decades, and when it rains, there will be disasters, and the people cannot divert water to irrigate the land, and large areas of land are barren. The previous Dangyang chiefs also said that they would govern the Dangyang River, but unfortunately there has been no movement. The county respected the Dangyang River this time, but it relieved the worries of the people of Dangyang. We have already discussed, and everyone has agreed that the county has the highest status here, and the first spade must be done by the county respect, in order to be auspicious. The old man had already said so, and Wang An was no longer hypocritical, and picked up a shovel and dug a spade of soil. Seeing that the county had already started, several old men next to him started digging the soil.

When the head of the Chu family came to the river with a hundred stones of grain, he didn't plan to find Wang An at first, according to his thoughts, Wang An should leave as a pretense, but he didn't expect Wang An to leave, and some villagers took advantage of the rest to ask about the distribution of reclaimed fields, recruitment, county school, and recruiting bandits. All these are related to the vital interests of the common people, and no one wants to suffer losses.

Suddenly, someone said: "I heard that the head of the Chu family has sued the county respect, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang An, and Wang An nodded: "Yes, there is indeed such a thing." ”

"If the county is gone, will these measures continue?" The questioner didn't dare to say that Wang An had an accident, so he could only use the word.

Wang An had already seen the head of the Chu family coming over here, so he said: "The official is young, and the head of the Chu family is also worried that the official is young and vigorous, and he doesn't know how to act in moderation, so he has to put a tight spell on the official. Rest assured, with all the villagers and the head of the Chu family staring, this official will not have an accident. The head of the Chu family came, and everyone made way for him. ”

Hearing this, everyone silently made way for the head of the Chu family, and then saluted Wang An and left. When the crowd dispersed, Wang An said to the head of the Chu family: "If it weren't for the head of the Chu family, the official wouldn't be able to leave." ”

The head of the Chu family bowed and replied: "The county has the style of Wu Zi and is deeply loved by the people. ”

Wang An smiled: "Wu Qi can use 50,000 people to destroy the 500,000 army of the Qin State, so that the Qin State will not dare to peep into the East for sixty years, I can't compare." "Wu Qi has made achievements in military and politics, but his virtue is at a loss, and the answer of the head of the Chu family is a pun, and Wang An can only pick up the good ones.

The head of the Chu family did not continue to dwell on this issue, he pointed to the carriage road not far away: "I heard that the county is governing the Dangyang River, and I want everyone to have money and contribute strongly." The Chu family was thin, so they had to give some money and food. This is a hundred stone of grain and ten pieces of money, and I asked the county to send someone to check it. ”

Wang An pointed at Kong Xun and said: "This is the Fa Cao Peng appointed by this official, and he is responsible for registering all the donated money and grain, and the list will be announced, and how much will be used and where it will be used, and the list will also be announced." Wang An pointed to the old men and said, "These are the three elders elected by each village, and they will supervise the distribution of money and grain, so that no one will be greedy for ink." Therefore, the head of the Chu family can rest assured that the money and food donated by the Chu family will not enter the pockets of the officials. ”

The head of the Chu family saluted: "The county lord said and laughed, everyone knows that the county government treasury is empty, and it is because the county lord has raised money in many ways to have the current situation of Dangyang, how can he be greedy for ink." After saying that, he took his leave.

Kong Xun asked Wang An: "Master, do you accept his money and grain?" "The Chu family went to the Taishou Mansion to sue you, few people knew about it before, and after today, everyone in the whole county will know.

"If people want to donate, we will accept it." Wang An replied, "Your master and I are short of money and food, and others have already sent it to the door, so there is no reason to return it." ”