Chapter 271: County Lieutenant (1/2)
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, a few people came up to the teahouse.
Changguo and Jing have been in opposition for a long time, and in the human society at this time, from the perspective of productive forces, slavery has gradually become an increasingly backward system, free agriculture has increased, and the germ of feudalism has appeared in some areas. Compared with the situation in the past, when the wealth of society was concentrated in the hands of the aristocracy and the royal family, with the development of commerce, it has gradually shifted to the new landlord class.
This change is also reflected in the division of administrative regions.
In the past, it was mostly a city-field model, with citizens inside the city and farmland and farmers outside the city, and most people lived in the city.
However, as productivity increased and the population increased, cities could no longer afford so many residents, and the population shifted to the outside of the city, and more villages and towns appeared.
Then, due to the increase in the number of villages and towns, the management of the territory became less important than in the past, and the need for non-urban management arose.
This has led to the fact that in recent years, Changguo and Jingguo have invariably adopted the management model of the county system.
Changguo is divided into eight counties, and Jing is divided into ten counties.
Under the county, there is also a county.
The officials of the county are usually stationed in the city.
The county officials may be in the city, or they may be in the town because there is no city in the territory.
Because it is the old city of the ancient capital, Lihe City is the seat of the administrative body of Tianhe County.
Tianhe County has a county guard, two county lieutenants, more than 20 county officials, and the rest of the officials are equipped with a number according to the Changguo system.
The county guard is a civil minister, and the county lieutenant is a military minister.
And this time, it was one of the two county lieutenants named Lu Cheng.
When Lu Cheng came, he brought two entourages, he came to the bottom of the teahouse, ordered the entourages to wait downstairs, and went upstairs alone.
The two attendants looked at his back, and they both felt very strange in their hearts.
This afternoon, before dinner, Lord Lu was inspecting near the city wall, and suddenly his face changed, and he hurried to the county governor's mansion after leaving the matter over there, and then brought some cronies and officials, and he didn't even have time to eat, so he rushed to the west of the city.
No one would have thought that Lieutenant Lu Cheng had actually sealed down a bookstore in the past.
In fact, it stands to reason that this matter should be the responsibility of the county guard, who has military power, and in administrative matters, it is generally entrusted to the county guard. It's just that Lu Cheng didn't seem to care about so much, so he went directly with people and sealed the Wang family bookstore over there, and Wang Bai was also arrested and taken away.
After putting Wang Bai in prison and ordering people to torture and ask him to buy murder, Lu Cheng also arranged for someone to continue to track down Wang Bai's property, and he must wipe out the entire Wang family, and all the people involved in papermaking will not be spared.
Afterwards, he took only two of his relatives to a nearby teahouse.
Lu Cheng ascended to the third floor of the teahouse and entered the private room.
He did not wear the armor common to military generals of Changguo, but a rather elegant civilian clothes, but also wore a cloak commonly used by military generals.
As in Guan Ming's case, Huang Si did not restore Lu Cheng's memory, but only used his soul instructions to inform him of what he was going to do. So Lu Cheng just hurried to finish the matter, and then came over to resume his life.
Lu Cheng was about forty years old, with a rough face, a short beard, a dark complexion, a strong figure, and a slight scar on his face and exposed skin.
"Is it the master? The things you have told me have been taken care of. ”
Huang Si let out an "um", then patted the position next to him and said, "Come, sit." ”
Now, the table is full of food, all of which Huang Si asked Xiao Er to buy from a restaurant outside. I wanted to eat a late-night snack but didn't want to move the place, so I ordered takeout.
Lu Cheng's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly came to sit down beside Huang Si, and at the same time, he also looked at the two people sitting across the table, Huang Shui and Zhongyin.
Huang Shui and Zhongyin had already taken off their veils and hats, because Huang Si said that there were no outsiders anymore, so naturally they didn't have to continue to wear them.
In this way, the appearance of the two of them was inevitably eye-catching, and Lu Cheng was also curious to take a few more looks. He couldn't guess the relationship between the two young women and their masters, and he thought about it a little in his heart.
Huang Si said lightly on the side: "Eat, don't think about what you have." ”
Lu Cheng was startled, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "My subordinates have trespassed." ”
Then, he didn't dare to look any more, picked up the empty dishes and chopsticks on the side, and began to pick up the rice.
Millet is also picking vegetables to eat, and although she can't absorb the nutrients of the food, she can still taste the taste.
Of course, if she found out what Huang Si liked to eat, she would quickly move the plate to Huang Si and look at him with a flattering look.
Huang Si is at ease about this, he eats whatever he likes, and even pulls the plate with chopsticks, and has no table manners.
Lu Cheng didn't dare to come out, and only dared to bury his head in eating the food in front of him.
After a while, Huang Si felt that the supper was a little dull, so he said:
"Lu Cheng, can you sing?"
Lu Cheng put down his chopsticks and said in fear: "My subordinates are not complete. ”
Although he is a family member, he is also a military general after all, and he doesn't have much oil and water in his stomach, so he can't compare with civil officials. Lu Cheng could only search his intestines for a while, and suddenly he had an idea: "I knew how to write a song when I was a child." ”
Then he sang aloud.
Lu Cheng's voice was rough, but fortunately, the tone of the song itself was also very rough, and it should be a children's song sung by the middle and lower classes of the human race.
At this time, the two relatives below the teahouse were shocked, why did their master start singing children's songs inexplicably? You must know that Lord Lu Cheng has always been serious, not angry but powerful, and everyone admires him. This, what the hell is going on?
The guys in the teahouse were also scared, Lord Lu singing? This is the only time I have ever seen it in my life!
After listening to half of it, Huang Si said with a dark face: "Okay, stop singing." ”
Lu Cheng stopped and said with some embarrassment: "Let the master see it." I'm a big old man, and I'm not very good at these crepe things. If the host wants to listen to the singing, he can go to the restaurant, go to the painting boat, and go to the Qinglou to listen. ”
Huang Si asked with interest: "Okay, I originally came here for a vacation, and I will listen to it when I am free tomorrow." By the way, if I want to listen to a book review or something, where do I go? ”
Lu Cheng was puzzled: "Commenting on the story? ”
"That's it...... A place similar to storytelling? ”
"Oh, that's an ancient story, and there are teahouses, but it's usually during the day, and it's in the hall downstairs. Does the host want to have fun in our gravel city? If I'm interested, I'll go back and ask my subordinates to collect some good places to go and send them to the master's house. By the way, where does the owner live now? ”
Huang Si directly transmitted the location of his residence to him with a soul command.
Lu Cheng nodded hurriedly: "My subordinates know, and it will be done soon." ”
"By the way, my family members who are now resident in Lihe City...... Well, you should be a subordinate with the same relationship as you, there are six of them, and they are ......"
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