Chapter 984 - Popular

Although the Damascus scimitar incident was a little unpleasant, it did not affect Li Yuntian's pleasant mood in the slightest, and he strolled through the streets with great interest, and he had not recognized Whitewater Town for more than ten years, which was completely different from his previous appearance.

In addition to the bustling crowds in the bazaar, the most frequent sightings are the heavily armed patrols, who are the non-commissioned officers of the Whitewater Inspection Division, who are responsible for the security of Whitewater Town.

It is worth mentioning that the non-commissioned officers of the Baishui Inspection Division are different from other inspection divisions, and use the same new military uniforms as the Jiangwutang, but the colors and styles are different.

The reason for this is because the Baishui Town Inspection Department also has the bloodline of Jiangwutang if it is to find out the roots, and Li Yuntian gave priority to the reorganization of the Baishui Town Inspection Department in the model of the later Xiaowu Army, which made the appearance of the Baishui Town Inspection Department undergo earth-shaking changes.

The Baishui Town Inspection Division is now a strong army, with a total strength of 5,000 troops, including 2,000 water patrols, which are well-trained and well-armed, and have reached the level of "guards" in local health stations in terms of scale.

Considering that there is a general vacancy of soldiers in various health stations, the strength of the Baishui Town Inspection Division is actually far more than the actual strength of a guard.

Although the inspection of the Baishui Town Inspection Division is just a petty official of the ninth grade, even if he gives Zhao Hua, the inspector of the Baishui Town Inspection Division, a guard commander of the third grade, he will not give up the inspection position.

In the final analysis, the life of the Baishui Town Inspection Division is much more nourishing than that of the Ming Dynasty's guards, not only the military is strong but also the benefits are rich, only a fool would choose the position of the commander of the guard, which looks glamorous on the surface but does not have much oil and water in fact.

In fact, in view of the fact that the military strength of the Baishui Town Inspection Department is too strong, the key is that the oil and water are sufficient, and the Jiangxi Metropolitan Division Yamen once wanted to put it under his command, but it was strongly opposed and resisted by the Jiangxi Political Envoy Division.

In the final analysis, the Baishui Town Inspection Division was assigned to the jurisdiction of the local yamen by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies as early as the Hongwu period, which can be said to have no relationship with the local capital divisions, and its needs are raised by the local yamen, which is an embarrassing department that grandpa does not love grandma and does not love.

Since there is no stable source of funds, and there is no fixed establishment, it is completely solved by the inspection of the inspection department, which makes the inspection department a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, and there are many ruffians and gangsters in it, and they do many things that harm the people.

Like the Baishui Town Inspection Division, which can obtain a considerable amount of funds from the Hukou County Government every year, the inspection department is unique in Daming, and its scale of 5,000 people is even more astonishing, which also reflects the economic prosperity of Hukou County from the side.

Although the Inspection Department of Baishui Town has been placed under the jurisdiction of the local yamen, there is one thing that is very special, that is, the personnel power of the Inspection Department is in the Ministry of War, which is now the military cabinet, after all, the Inspection Department was the military force of the imperial court at the beginning of its establishment.

For example, the official positions of the inspection department and deputy inspection are hereditary like those of the guard troops, and the officials of the local yamen can only report their illegal acts, but have no power to deal with them.

This means that the local yamen does not have the right to appoint and dismiss the personnel of the inspection department, but they still have to pay a certain amount of money and food for this, and because the military households of the inspection department are pitiful, most of the soldiers of the inspection department are recruited, and they will ask the county government for food and salary every year, which is also an important reason why the inspection department has become an unpopular chicken rib.

And it is precisely because the inspection of the inspection department is a hereditary position, so Zhao Hua sits firmly on the throne of the inspection of the inspection department of Baishui Town, and if someone wants to move his inspection position, he must report to the military pavilion, and the other party can only do it after the military cabinet agrees.

But this is simply impossible to happen, the reason is very simple, because the members of the military cabinet who are close to Li Yuntian will never allow anyone to get involved in the Baishui Town Inspection Division, everyone knows that the Baishui Town Inspection Division has been created by Li Yuntian from the previous poor and white to the current situation of being strong and strong, and has become the benchmark of the Daming Inspection Division.

Therefore, Zhao Hua's inspection position of the Baishui Town Inspection Division is extremely stable, and the Baishui Town Inspection Division has been praised by the outside world as the "First Inspection Division of the Ming Dynasty" due to its strong military strength, and its combat effectiveness has reached the standard of the Xiaowu Army.

In fact, the Baishui Town Inspection Division is trained according to the model of the Xiaowu Army, and the middle and senior military attaches in it are all from the martial arts hall, which can be said to be in the same vein as the Xiaowu Army.

"Lord Zhixian!" Just as Li Yuntian was strolling around the street with great interest, a surprised voice suddenly sounded on the side.

Hearing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see an old man in a brocade robe looking at him excitedly, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Li Yuntian recognized it at a glance, this old man was a townsman in the town, when Wang San came to loot, his family's house was burned and burned, and it was he who built a new home for a homeless townsman like the old man, and spent the following cold winter uneasily.

"Uncle Zhang, you have been good all these years!" When he built the house, Li Yuntian had eaten at the old man's house a few times, so he still had an impression of him, and since he had recognized himself, there was no need to hide his whereabouts, so he stepped forward with a smile and said to the old man.

"Good...... Good! At this time, Uncle Zhang finally determined that the smiling person who appeared in front of him was Li Yuntian, and he couldn't help but become excited, and hurriedly bowed forward, shouting to the people around him at the top of his voice as he walked, "Lord Zhixian is back, Lord Zhixian is back to see us!" ”

"Lord Zhixian is back?"

"It's really fake, Lord Zhixian hasn't been to our Hukou County for more than ten years."

"Which county magistrate?"

"Which one else can it be, of course it's the Zhongwu King of the dynasty!"

"You can't admit your mistake again, right?"

……

With the old man's angry shout, the originally orderly street suddenly exploded with a bang, and the pedestrians began to talk one after another, both surprised and delighted.

For the locals in the town, it is natural to know who Uncle Zhang refers to as "the county magistrate", and the outsiders have long heard about Li Yuntian's affairs, so they can understand what is going on after a little bit of attention from others.

"It's really Lord Zhixian!"

"Lord Zhixian is back!"

"Lord Zhixian has come to see us!"

……

Soon, those people who were near Li Yuntian came back to their senses and flocked to them, all of them surrounded Li Yuntian in the middle with a look of surprise on their faces.

This made the accompanying guards extremely nervous, and they hurriedly circled around Li Yuntian, Lei Ting and others twice to prevent the excited people from approaching.

After hearing the surprised shouts of those who recognized Li Yuntian, the street immediately became chaotic, and people rushed over one after another, all wanting to take a look at Li Yuntian.

In the face of the surging crowd, those tall guards were pushed to the ground, Li Yuntian didn't expect him to be so popular with the people, and he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, it seemed that his hard work back then was not in vain.

Because more and more people gathered at the scene, and they all seemed excited and excited, in order to avoid causing any incident, Li Yuntian entered a teahouse on the side, and the guards firmly guarded the entrance.

"Lord Zhixian!"

"Lord Wang!"

There were some people in the teahouse who were drinking tea and chatting, and when they saw Li Yuntian coming in, they all bowed down to greet him, and their faces showed excited looks, obviously no one realized that they would meet the famous Zhongwu King here.

From the title, it can be seen that the townspeople of Baishui Town are different from outsiders, and they still call Li Yuntian "Lord Zhixian", I am afraid that this is also the privilege of the people of Hukou County, more than 1,000 counties in the Ming Dynasty.

"Everyone is as usual, and there is no need to be restrained." Li Yuntian smiled slightly at those who showed him, then got up and went up to the second floor, entered a private room on the second floor, and prepared to wait for the arrival of the "rescuers".

"This is the best big red robe treasured by the small shop, please taste it." The owner of the teahouse learned that Li Yuntian was coming, and personally brought tea to Li Yuntian, and then said excitedly, "Do you still remember the villain?" ”

The owner of the teahouse is about forty years old, although he is well-dressed, his palms are relatively rough, and he seems to have done a lot of work before.

"You are Liu Laosan who works as a coolie at the dock, no, it should be Liu Youqing now, I didn't expect you to open such a big teahouse." Li Yuntian glanced at the owner of the teahouse and pointed out his identity with a smile.

Li Yuntian's memory is very good, although he can't reach the point of unforgettable, but some things he has experienced can often be remembered, so he remembers who the owner of the teahouse is after a little recollection.

The original name of the owner of the teahouse was Liu Laosan, and he gave such a name because he was the third in the family, working as a coolie at the dock of Baishui Town.

At that time, Liu Laosan's family was once plagued by the minions of Zhang Youde, the official of the county government, and after Zhang Youde was arrested, he went to Li Yuntian to cry about his victimization experience, Li Yuntian not only gave him justice, but also gave him a name called "Liu Youqing".

Li Yuntian didn't expect that Liu Laosan, who couldn't read a single big character, would also open a teahouse and make such a relatively elegant living, which was really unexpected to him.

"Thanks to the people of Tochi County, the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce has provided funds to the people in the town and let people teach us how to do business, and now the big bosses like me in the town have become bosses and have their own livelihoods." Liu Laosan smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard this, and the smile on his face was extremely sweet.

"That's great, and you've all got your own careers." Li Yuntian smiled and nodded, he naturally knew about this matter, because it was his idea to teach the townspeople of Baishui Town to do business, as early as more than ten years ago, he had a premonition that the rapid development of Baishui Town would bring endless business opportunities, and it was definitely to let the local people get rich first.

In fact, for people like Liu Laosan, who have been coolies for most of their lives, it is difficult to have any business minds, so Liu Laosan's teahouse is actually a special shopkeeper sent by the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to sit in charge of the operation, that is, the professional manager of later generations, Liu Laosan is just waiting to collect money.

At the same time, the children of Liu Laosan and others have successively entered the business college under the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce to study, and they will take over the family business in the future and become the backbone of the new generation of Kyushu Chamber of Commerce.