As soon as Lu Zilin took office, he showed extraordinary work ability and organizational skills. He used the very limited funds allocated to him by Bailu Cang to buy a dilapidated house in Bailu Town. The house was dilapidated, and the courtyard smelled of sourness. He hired a carpenter to distribute small laborers to the ten villages under his jurisdiction, and renovated all three halls and two wings. The crooked gatehouse facing the street was completely demolished, and two stout square gateposts were made of blue bricks, each brick joint was outlined with snow-white mortar, and two wide doors painted black were installed. On the doorpost on the right, a sign with black characters on a white background is hung: Bailucang No. 1 Security Station in Zishui County. The small residential courtyard, which had been dilapidated for many years, was completely renewed, and in the gray and aging Bailu Town, it immediately showed a strange temperament.

During the reign of the emperor, the administrative body of Qi Su'er was abolished, and the county order was changed to the county magistrate; There is a warehouse under the county, and there is a security office under the warehouse; The officials in the warehouse are called the general township covenant, and the officials in the security center are called the township covenant. Bailu Cangyuan is a warehouse set up by the Qing court on the Bailu Plain, in the wilderness of three miles west of the town, the grain is stored in the harvest year, and the people are relieved in the disaster year, and only one Cangzheng official is set up, who is responsible for collecting grain in the harvest year and distributing relief in the disaster year, and then does not care about anything. Now that Bailucang has become an administrative body exercising revolutionary power, it can no longer be compared with Bailucang in the past. The security office is the newly added lowest-level administrative body, with jurisdiction over about 10 large and small villages.

When the head township of Bailucang, Yotian Fuxian, asked Lu Zilin to serve as the township covenant of the first security center, Lu Zilin was full of doubts when he heard the awkward new names of "security center" and awkward "township covenant", and he couldn't make up his mind, and prevaricated that he wanted to do crops, and he was afraid that he would not have time to do things in the security center. When he returned from training in the county government, he was grateful to Tian Fuxian.

Lu Zilin received a half-month training in the county government. The day before the end of the training, Shi Weihua, the county magistrate, once again came to the scene to give instructions, and gave everyone a cyan uniform, and the township covenants of the general warehouses and the townships of each security station who changed into a uniform of one color and one style took a group photo with the county magistrate Shi, which is undoubtedly a unique historical photo in the history of Zishui County. Lu Zilin took off his robe and horse coat, put on his new uniform and took a photo in front of the big mirror, he was startled at first, and he almost didn't recognize himself. After pausing for a moment, he still believed that Lu Zilin in a cyan cloth uniform was still the same Lu Zilin in a robe and horse coat: long face, high forehead, sunken eyes, long eyelashes, straight nose, handsome corners of the mouth, this Lu Zilin looked more energetic than that Lu Zilin.

A day later, two sons, who were studying at Mr. Zhu's Bailu Academy, heard the news and ran to the county government to visit him, and they were stunned when they saw him in uniform. Lu Zilin smiled and hugged his son and said, "Dad, revolutionary!" The eldest son, Zhaopeng, said, "Dad! You're revolutionary, and you still let me read ancient books? I wanted to go to a new school in the city. The imperial examinations have long been abolished, and it is useless to study old books anymore. The second son, Zhaohai, also echoed his brother and said, "Several students have left and gone to study in the new school in the city." I'll go with my brother. Lu Zilin said very happily: "Go!" You two go together! County Magistrate Shi said that our county is also planning a new school!"

Lu Zilin returned to Bailu Village at dusk and met acquaintances in the streets and alleys, but none of them recognized him. He was no longer surprised by this reaction, and replied to their inquiries with a nonchalant appearance: "Trained in the county government. It's full. Fifteen days were full. This garment...... Uniforms!" Walking into his yard, his woman was walking towards the cattle pen with a basin of swill, and she was so frightened that she threw the basin to the ground. Lu Zilin walked into the upper room to greet his father. The old man Taiheng blinked his eyes and stared at him from head to toe for a long time, and asked in surprise, "Where are your braids?" Lu Zilin had already prepared: "All those who are trained, Qi Stubble is hinged." The security center is a newly established institution of the revolutionary government, so how can it accommodate the braids of the Qing family?" The old man of Taiheng shut up and muffled.

When Yutian Fuxian, the head township of Bailucang, invited Lu Zilin to serve as the township of the first security center, Lu Taiheng supported his son to go to the outside of Bailu Village to break into the world out of consideration of his family's situation in Bailu Village, and now he naturally can't say another word for his son to lose his braids. Lu Zilin respectfully reported to his father about his training in the county government, and the old man Taiheng listened and said, "Sensei forgot what your old lady said." Lu Zilin said: "I can't forget that." The next day, Lu Zilin began to hand over the matter of buying a house, repairing a house, and creating a security office. He worked with Bai Jiaxuan in Bailu Village to build an ancestral hall, establish a school, and repair the wall of the fort, but the result only increased the merits of the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan; Now that he was going to act on his own for the first time, he was determined to make a difference. In Bailu Village, his wealth can be accumulated, but he has no chance with the position of the patriarch; Now, he is the township covenant of the security center, and he has ten villages under his jurisdiction, including Bailu Village, at least not under Bai Jiaxuan, right? In accordance with the regulations of the county government, he hired a calligrapher, surnamed Wang, a student from Dawang Village, who could write well and was also capable. After the construction of the security center was completed, he and Wang Shushou sat down in the hall and set up the office shelf.

The First Guarantee was successfully established and a grand celebration was held. Lu Zilin first invited his immediate boss, Yotian Fuxian, the head of the township, and also invited the officials of the ten villages under the jurisdiction of the First Security Office, including the patriarchs of each village, including Bai Jiaxuan, and invited the township covenants of the other eight security centers in Bailucang; Then there are several leading figures in the town, Mr. Leng from the Chinese Medicine Hall, Ge from the grocery store, Cui from the grain store, etc.; The gentlemen and treasurers of the ten villages under the jurisdiction of this guarantee have not omitted a single one. The first ceremony was the listing ceremony. Bailucang Township Yotian Fuxian hung the wooden sign holding the red silk on the square doorpost on the right, and then the firecrackers rang out in unison, and three more bells rang out, shaking people's ears and heartbeats. In the chaotic congratulatory atmosphere, Lu Zilin remembered the old lady's words: "If you are hit by Xiu, you will release a string of grass cannons, if you are hit by a person and release a thunder cannon, if you are hit by a jinshi, you will release three guns." "He is now the township of the security center, and the grass cannon and thunder guns have been released, and the old lady can be comforted in the spirit of the sky.

Lu Zilin ordered five meals in the town's restaurant, and the person who ran the hall carried the red lacquered wooden plate to the security center. After three rounds of drinking, Lu Zilin gave a welcome speech, Tian Zongxiang made an instruction, and colleagues and leaders congratulated each other. Bai Jiaxuan was very uncomfortable sitting here, and it was even more uncomfortable to listen to these people talking, and he couldn't eliminate the mystery in his heart: "Who are these people eating here?" He tried to read out the ballad written by his brother-in-law, Mr. Zhu, to Governor Zhang several times, but he gave up several times. He knew that Lu Zilin was not Governor Zhang, and he himself was not Mr. Zhu, so it was useless to read it. He sat down for a while, and when he couldn't sit any longer, he got up and took his leave. Lu Zilin came over with a wine cup and pulled him to drink again: "Brother Jiaxuan, I hope you will tolerate your brother's inconsiderate behavior in the future." Bai Jiaxuan pretended to be open-minded and said: "You can't say this anymore, and if you say it again, you will see the outside." I have something to do first. Lu Zilin held on enthusiastically: "What's so important to go?" Bai Jiaxuan broke free of his arm, left the table and chair and said, "The scalper is looking for calves!" I've got to go breeding. Lu Zilin shut up in disappointment and didn't keep it anymore.

After Bai Jiaxuan was notified to hold a meeting at the security center, and after all the officials of the ten villages arrived, Lu Zilin conveyed the order of the county magistrate Shi Weihua, the county government, to conduct a thorough inventory of the land and population of the county. Before Bai Jiaxuan finished listening, he suddenly thought of what he didn't say on the day the security center was listed to eat and drink: Who are these people eating here? He then made a relaxed appearance and joked to Lu Zilin: "Brother Zilin, did you eat a hole on the day of the listing?" Lu Zilin was carrying out the sacredness of official duties for the first time after taking office, and he couldn't change his face for a while, although he was choked by these words, he could only joke and joke about it: "Brother Jiaxuan, what gossip!" This is the order of the county magistrate Shi. But I couldn't help but feel annoyed. After the seal tax is collected, the county government, the warehouse and the security office are opened according to the ratio of 721, handed over to the county government 70%, the warehouse is drawn 20%, and the security office is left with 10% as the activity funds and the officials' money. Because there is no part of the village officials, this article is in the internal control and will not be conveyed downward. After Lu Zilin regained his calm, he strongly realized that he couldn't show weakness now, otherwise things would be difficult to handle in the future, so he said: "Everyone, let's do official affairs, and private affairs are private." Matters that belong to the personal friendship between brothers and you are easy to say and handle, and if they are official affairs, they must be implemented according to the laws of the county government. County Magistrate Shi has repeatedly said that it is necessary to obey the revolutionary decrees and establish a new revolutionary order. Someone asked, "What if someone really doesn't have the money to pay?" Lu Zilin said: "Let them figure it out by themselves. Someone else said, "What if I can't think of a way?" Now there is a shortage of green and yellow, and there was a drought last autumn, and most of the people in the village could not eat and receive new wheat......" Lu Zilin said: "As long as you think of a way, you can always think of it." When you return to the village, you have to harden your teeth. ”

Bai Jiaxuan stopped talking, took the notice distributed by Lu Zilin, and walked straight back to Bailu Village.

Bai Jiaxuan shoveled down a few bundles of acacia thorns from the honey locust tree with an iron shovel, tied the notice signed with the name of the county magistrate Shi Weihua to the wall outside the ancestral hall, and then struck the gong to summarize the content of the notice into the most concise sentences, knocked it from the village, and shouted: "One mu and one chapter, one person and one chapter pay taxes according to the chapter, and pay all the taxes within a month, and those who resist and do not pay will be punished by revolutionary military law." Bai Jiaxuan walked around the village, and when he returned to the ancestral hall to put down the big gong, the villagers were already surrounded in front of the announcement. Everyone talked a lot, but they couldn't hear it clearly, only a foul sentence: "This is a fool anyway!" This county magistrate is a dumb county magistrate......"

The noise outside the ancestral hall disturbed Mr. Xu's peace. After school, the children put on bamboo cages and carried grass sickles to mow the grass for the animals, and Mr. Xu went for a walk by the river. The willows are full of fresh green, the wheat seedlings are covered with a layer of green felt, the grass is embroidered on the riverbank, and the river is filled with a faint fresh and refreshing atmosphere. As he paced, he recited long and short sentences. When he returned to the ancestral hall, he wrote it on paper. Now there is a thick stack, entitled "Nourishing Water Collection".

Mr. Xu came to Bailu Village to sit in the museum to teach, which freed him from the heavy field work at home and lived a peaceful and undisturbed life. He walked leisurely along the riverbank, always dancing in front of him the notice outside the ancestral hall door with the name of the county magistrate signed by the big seal of the county government, and the discussion and rude abuse of the villagers sounded in his ears, and his heart was pounding. The emperor of the Qing court did not levy such a tax, but only paid the imperial grain. "Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger!" Mr. Xu said it unconsciously, and then chanted a long and short sentence. In his "Collection of Nourishing Water", which recites the mountains, rivers, wind and moon, this is the only poem that satirizes current politics, which is unique.