As early as on the way from the wharf, Su Hao had already learned about Zhang Xiang and several other officials sent to Huai'an by the Ministry of Industry.

River control was a major undertaking of the empire and required the cooperation of various departments. Focusing on the management of the river, the Ministry of Industry should send people to supervise the project, the Ministry of Household Affairs should send people to audit the use of funds, the Criminal Department should send people to deal with various disputes over land requisition and demolition, and the Ministry of War also has people here to manage the thousands of soldiers in the River Governor's Palace. In addition, departments such as the Inspectorate, the Thirteen Dao, and the Dali Temple also have their own personnel in the area from Jining to Huai'an.

Especially Huai'an, because it is located at the confluence of the river, Huai'an, and transportation, the river control, transportation, disaster relief and other matters are very complicated, and the officials in this place can almost form a small court.

Zhang Xiang was sent to Huai'an 20 years ago to be in charge of the river project, and he came one after another, as well as Zhang Guanlian, Li Shibai and others, who were also officials of the Ministry of Industry. Before Su Hao, the Ministry of Industry did not set up a special dispatch agency in Huai'an Mansion, and there were no officials to run errands here, and Zhang Xiang and others did not have their own government office, and they had always worked in the yamen of the governor of the river. Pan Jitao, the governor of river management, is a strong man and has a lot of experience in water conservancy projects, Zhang Xiang and others have always directly accepted Pan Jitao's instructions, and then organized craftsmen to complete these tasks.

This time, the Ministry of Industry suddenly sent a river chief to Huai'an Mansion, and Zhang Xiang and others were organized. However, from the conversation between Zhang Xiang and Su Hao, Su Hao didn't feel any joy in Zhang Xiang, on the contrary, he felt a little hostile. Because of his previous experience in fighting Dai Qi in Fengcheng County, Su Hao could fully understand where Zhang Xiang's hostility towards him came from.

Previously, what the Ministry of Industry did in Huai'an was taken over by Zhang Xiang and others, and Pan Jitao only did macro management, and did not have the strength to investigate the details at all. The annual investment in river management is tens of thousands of taels of silver, most of which are used for engineering construction, and Zhang Xiang and others, who are directly in charge of engineering construction, can estimate how much benefit they can get from it, Su Hao can estimate it with his heels.

When Su Hao came, he took away the power of Zhang Xiang and others, cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing his parents, in this sense, Su Hao has to thank Zhang Xiang for not killing.

With Zhang Xiang's call, several people dressed as officials ran out of the house next to the main hall of the yamen, they were disheveled, and they came to Su Hao and the others, and one by one they stood still, bowed with a big grin, and praised in their mouths:

"The little one greets Mr. Su!"

"Say hello to the horses!"

"Say hello to the deputy!"

Zhang Xiang pointed with his finger and introduced to Su Hao who was Zhang Guanlian and who was Li Shibai, these people were round or long, but they were not the kind of old oilmen in the rivers and lakes. Seeing the childishness on the faces of Su Hao, Ma Yu and others, their eyes all showed some disdain.

"Brothers have worked hard, before the official leaves Beijing, Chen Langzhong asked the official to greet you on his behalf." Su Hao smiled and bowed back to everyone. The Chen Langzhong he said refers to Chen Jiuchou Langzhong of the Dushui Qing Officials. Before Su Hao left Beijing, he did meet Chen Jiuchou, but as for asking Su Hao to greet the various officials sent to Huai'an, Su Hao made it up himself. A few small wardens really can't get into the eyes of Langzhong.

"I would like to thank Chen Langzhong for his concern, Xie Su is in charge." The crowd said in a chaotic manner, and from their tones, there was no sense of respect.

After a few pleasantries, Zhang Xiang waited and led Su Hao, Ma Yu and others into the main hall of the yamen. Su Hao was not modest, he came directly to the back of the public case and sat on the front seat. As soon as his butt was next to the chair, Su Hao vaguely saw a puff of dust fluttering, and then his nose began to itch a little.

"Ahh Su Hao originally wanted to maintain the image of the principal, but sneezing was really not something he could control. One sneeze was finished, followed by another, and he almost burst into tears.

"Lord in charge, forgive me, not long after this chief yamen was picked up, and there are no miscellaneous servants in the yamen, so I won't have time to wipe the dust in this hall for a while." Zhang Xiang half-lowered his head and explained.

"Oh, let's take a seat." Su Hao waved his hand to the people below and motioned for them to sit down.

With Su Hao's lesson, Ma Yu and the others all looked at their seats seriously, blew a few mouthfuls, and then sat down with their clothes closed. Ma Yu and the others are high-grade officials, so they naturally sit at the top. Zhang Xiang and the others are just officials, so they can only sit at the bottom. Although these people were quite disdainful of Su Hao and other officials who had parachuted in, they still didn't dare to make mistakes in terms of basic etiquette.

"Commander Zhang, are you the ones sent to Huai'an by the Ministry of Industry?" Su Hao asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Xiang replied.

"Then you don't have anyone else under you?" Su Hao asked again.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and Li Shibai replied: "Back to the lord, we have also hired some grooms, warehouse scales, soap offices, book offices, etc., in Huai'an, to do some ordinary things. Adults have never done engineering, so they may not know that there are so many things on this river, how can we just rely on a few of us brothers to be busy? ”

Hearing Li Shibai say that Su Hao had never done engineering, Ma Yu wanted to speak as soon as he raised his hand, Su Hao gave him a look in time, signaled him not to show his bottom first, and then said with a smile: "Li Dian's right is right, the director of this official is a moral article." This river work depends on the hearts of all of you. Pawn Li, I just heard you say that among the hired people are grooms, warehouse scales, soap subordinates, etc., there are many names, I don't know how many people are hired in total? ”

"How many?" Li Shibai turned his head to look at the other wardens, and then said, "How many people are here, it's not good." There are fewer when you are free, and more when you are busy, and there is really no fixed number. ”

"Well, that's true." Su Hao didn't ask any further, he nodded and said, "Dian Li, we are such a big chief yamen, and we can't talk about it without a few miscellaneous servants." I think that the yamen should also hire a few soap officers and clerks, and there must be a door at the door, and there needs to be a soil worker and sweeper in the yard. Since the yamen has been built, there will definitely be other yamen officials coming to visit after the rimm, and we are too shabby and inappropriate, isn't it? ”

"That's true." Zhang Guanlian hurriedly said, "I told Lao Zhang a few days ago that I should prepare all the miscellaneous servants in the yamen. Lao Zhang also said that he would wait for the master in charge to come, and let the master in charge order. If you had prepared these miscellaneous duties earlier, why would you have made this hall full of dust? ”

Zhang Xiang also said: "Lord in charge, this matter is a villain, Lao Zhang did remind me." I mainly don't know if the master in charge will bring some of the miscellaneous servants he is used to to to come to the post, so I didn't dare to cut it first. ”

Su Hao said: "The chapter clerk...... And this bow chief Zhang Dian, you all think about it right. In this way, the official did bring a few people over, even the ones outside the door. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to several soldiers of the survey camp guarding outside the door, those soldiers stood outside the door with spears in their hands, their military posture was upright and majestic, which made Zhang Xiang and the others secretly gasp.

Su Hao continued: "I brought these people to serve as the guards of the yamen. As for the miscellaneous servants, you still have to find them in Huai'an, do you have a suitable channel? ”

"It's not that hard." Li Shibai said, "Huai'an Mansion has been plagued by natural disasters in the past two years, and there are many people who want to enter the yamen to do things. ”

Su Hao smiled slightly and said, "Dian Li said that he was laughing, the miscellaneous servants in the yamen also represent the face of the yamen, and it is not okay to look for them casually." In this way, the official also brought a master to the post, and when he comes, please trouble Li Dianguan to take him to recruit people together. He looks at people a little sophisticated, and if he leaves this recruitment matter to him, the official can rest assured. ”

Li Shibai nodded and said, "Obey the wishes of the adults." ”

"By the way, according to the regulations of the imperial court, there is a fixed number of servants used in my six-grade yamen, if it is exceeded, can there be any expenses for this work, food and silver?" Su Hao seemed to have remembered something temporarily, and asked Zhang Xiang and the others.

Zhang Xiang and the others looked at each other, and Zhang Xiang said: "My lord, if we follow the rules of the imperial court, our manpower is far from enough, and any yamen is overemployed." As for the food, food, and silver......"

Speaking of which, he looked at the room and said no more. The implication in his pretentiousness is very obvious, that is, there must be unspoken rules to follow, but it is not appropriate to say them in public.

Su Hao pretended to be stupid and asked, "Pawn Zhang, why don't you go on?" ”

Li Shibai said: "The principal has just arrived, and some things may not be well understood. The issue of the labor, food, and money of this servant is very complicated, so let's explain it to the adults after the villain is ried. But don't worry, my lord, how many people will be hired in the yamen, even if the adults tell you, the villain will definitely be able to do it for you. ”

"Okay, then let's do what you're doing." Su Hao is as good as a stream, and he pretends to be a Jin official who wants to be pretending to be high and arrogant.

Next, Su Hao asked about the river work again, Zhang Xiang and others bullied Su Hao for not understanding the project, and talked nonsense about more and less reality, and Ma Yu's fist itched and wanted to beat people. Su Hao opened his mouth, as if he was listening with relish, and specially picked out some gossip related to the project to ask Zhang Xiang and others.

After chatting for a while, Su Hao said that he was tired and motioned for everyone to disperse. Zhang Xiang and the others got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Xiang said: "The Lord in charge has worked hard from afar, so let's rest early." This Huai'an Mansion also has some scenic spots, if there is leisure, the villain will take the adults to enjoy the fun. ”

Su Hao said: "Then thank you to the warden Zhang." By the way, don't you live in the yamen? ”

Zhang Xiang said: "Back to the lord, there are many affairs on the river, and my brothers and I have to keep watch at night, so I don't live in the yamen." If the Lord in charge has anything to command, send a subordinate to the river to pass on us. ”

"Well, then you guys will work hard." Su Hao stood up and made a gesture to see off the guest, but the soles of his feet did not move. No matter how arrogant Zhang Xiang and the others were, Su Hao was their superior after all, and there was no need to send him off in person. To be continued. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) m. Reading. )