"Plop!"

Zhou Laohan didn't sit down for a moment, the whole person slipped off the chair, and stammered: "This guest, you can't talk nonsense,...... Are you serious? ”

He is not stupid, on the contrary, he is a little shrewd, otherwise he would not be sure that Xiaochai was deceived and never handed over the deed.

He is an old resident of the cold city, he has seen many merchants, and the few merchants in front of him are dressed and look like the same, but think about it carefully, which caravan has a doctor accompanying him and has entered his house to ask so many words?

To say that someone in the caravan will order the medical skills of a three-legged cat, it is reasonable, but it is definitely not up to Xu Jiaojiao's level.

If there are kind-hearted people who care about him, it is reasonable to say, but they will never follow him and ask again and again.

The one in front of him is dignified and extraordinary, doesn't he just look like a champion?

It's not like a foot trader at all!

Old man Zhou was trembling, and he hurriedly knelt down, "The grass people have seen the master!" ”

He has been poor all his life, and he is a common man, when did he have such close contact with the county lord? At the moment, I was surprised and delighted.

"Get up, no big salute."

Liao Qing pulled him up, "The deed must be collected, and when the truth is found out in the future, the official will give you justice." ”

Zhou Laohan sat down slowly, but hesitated, "Why don't you ...... Forget it, I'll give them the land deed, so as not to trouble......"

Hey?

Everyone was surprised, and Ji Fu asked directly, "Uncle, what do you mean by this?" Our lord is willing to be the master for you, but you want to give the land deed to someone else? ”

Zhou Laohan looked at everyone and sighed, "Alas, I know that you are all good people, but you don't know that this cold city is the territory of Lord Zhang, and here, he is the king of heaven, and it doesn't matter who comes." ”

"Oh?"

Liao Qing and the others glanced at each other, "I wonder if the old man can talk about it in detail?" ”

Zhou Laohan didn't hide it, and came one by one.

It turns out that Lord Zhang, the chief bookkeeper of Hancheng, is a local and has been the chief bookkeeper for more than 20 years.

The county orders of Hancheng have changed one after another, and most of them have been squeezed out by them, because no one really listens to the county orders, and the work cannot be done.

For example, a county magistrate once felt that the weather was cold and the night was difficult, and asked the household to take out the money to buy charcoal firewood, but he was directly pushed back by the master bookkeeper on the grounds that there was no money. The county order said, where did the charcoal fire come from? The main book is voluntarily given by the rich people, and if you have the ability, you can also ask them to send you some. How can the newly appointed county magistrate be embarrassed to let others take the initiative to send charcoal? Besides, even if he opened his mouth, I am afraid that no one would be willing to send him, and he would be disgraced.

Another example is that there is a young son of the county order who was injured by the grandson of the main book, and he was bleeding, and the young son came to cry, and the county order was indignant and was ready to punish the grandson of the main book, but a large number of squires stood up and proved that the grandson of the master book was an honest man and would never beat others, was his young son wrong something? After all, you are young and ignorant......

Zhou Laohan knew that it was a small matter, but such a trivial matter, the main book was aggressive, not to mention other things.

"This is a snake on the ground!"

Ji Fu sighed.

Because of this, Zhou Laohan said that this matter is over, so as not to embarrass the newly appointed county commander, and the strong dragon can't overpower the local snake!

It's not that he hasn't been an ambitious county lord in the past, but in the end, he left in disgrace and left gloomily.

"Let's just say that the last county master, he is not willing to be reduced to the back garden of the main book, the whole yamen has become the main book, trying to change this situation, he also persisted for a long time, but unfortunately his life was thin, and he was bitten to death by a wild wolf at night, alas!"

This is also what Xu Jiaojiao and others find incredible, "Uncle, do you think this thing is true?" ”

Zhou Laohan hesitated for a moment, "Although this thing sounds suspenseful, but in the cold city, it is not the first time, this kind of thing has happened before, the city wall can block the wild people, but it can't stop the snow wolves on the mountain, in the occasional case, it will rush into one or two snow wolves to harm people, but this situation is rare." ”

Xu Jiaojiao still felt a little unbelievable, the dignified court officials would be bitten to death by wild wolves!

It's just listening to jokes.

Liao Qing asked, "Did anyone else be killed or injured by wolves that night?" ”

Zhou Laohan recalled for a moment and shook his head, "I haven't heard of this. ”

Liao Qing and Ji Fu glanced at each other, and they both had some doubts.

However, Zhou Laohan is an ordinary person, and he doesn't know much about this matter, so a few people asked about other things.

Although the cold city is cold, there are also crops that can be planted, such as potatoes, sugar beets, etc., especially there is a valley outside the city, the climate is obviously warmer and wetter, and you can plant some high-value fruit trees, medicinal herbs and the like.

It's just that the scope of the valley is limited, and the fields in it are very sought-after, and Zhou Laohan, as the original resident, owns a few acres of land there.

Outside the city to the north of the cold city are the enemy, and the people of Daxiang generally call them savages, or barbarians. He is tall and strong, with thick hair, and his speed and strength are amazing, and it is not a problem for one person to deal with three soldiers of the Great Xiang Kingdom.

But their population was not large, and most of them had only a hundred men at each time they stormed the walls, sometimes even less. And they don't have siege equipment, so under normal circumstances, they can't get any benefits, unless they meet in the wild, and most of the Daxiang soldiers are not opponents.

After chatting for a while, I almost understood it, and a few people discussed, first let the Che Zhengting brothers and sisters and the second Ya, and Zhou Laohan go out to purchase some daily necessities.

Then Liao Qing, Xu Jiaojiao and Ji Fu went straight to the yamen.

After a while, he saw the entrance of the yamen.

……

The official yamen of Hansha County is similar to other places, from the central axis, there are also three conspicuous gates before and after, dividing the entire yamen into three major parts.

The first gate, which can be seen from the street outside, is the only entrance and exit of the entire yamen located due south. This gate is not a simple gate, it is a building with a roof, three bays, each with two black lacquer doors, a total of six, so the yamen is also called "six doors". In the doorway were a pair of grinning stone lions.

Entering the gate, the most conspicuous thing is the lobby, which is the place where the county magistrate tried the case. There are meeting halls on both sides of the lobby, and there are bungalows at the back of the lobby, which are mainly the houses of the third class of soap and strong fast.

Continue to walk inside, and you will arrive at the second instrument gate. This is the place where the superior officials are greeted and the government affairs are handled, and the six rooms of officials, households, ceremonies, soldiers, criminals, and workers are all working here. Some other officials will also live here.