The eldest lord naturally didn't know what Jia Mu and Zheng Lao Er were thinking in the capital, and he was busy at this time.

There were such things as the killer village and the attack on the canal and waterway, although he was not qualified to participate in the final battle, it did not prevent him from taking the opportunity to carry out a wave of law and order rectification.

This hand, the eldest lord is very skilled, the state government and the four counties and county offices under his rule all moved, and the entire Tongzhou was sorted out within a month, and the lawbreakers who were caught almost burst the prison cell.

"Don't raise these prisoners in vain, all of them are pulled out to do work, build roads, pave bridges, clean waterways, and other public construction led by the government, all let these energetic guys do it, and they will not let them go if they are not satisfied!"

The eldest lord's face was gloomy, and he instructed his subordinates who came to complain: "After finishing the county border roads, make county and township roads, and after the county and township roads are finished, make rural roads, as well as farmland and water conservancy channels, etc., there are endless jobs waiting for them, you can squeeze hard, as long as people don't die!" ”

The four county magistrates who came to complain gasped and were frightened by the ferocity of the eldest lord.

"My lord, isn't it too much?"

A county magistrate had the courage to retort: "It will cause criticism among the people!" ”

"Afraid of what?"

The eldest lord sneered: "The construction of those projects mentioned by the official before, you didn't have money and enough manpower before, but now you have free manpower with only a small amount of money and food, and some tools can be done. ”

The four county commanders were short of breath, and the words of the eldest lord were said to their hearts, everyone wanted to do something for the first term of office, but the limited resources at hand and the obstruction of local powerful factions and clans, it was difficult to do anything, and after a long time, there were no water chestnuts.

"As for the criticism of the people, then strengthen the management of public schools, and at the same time prepare to clean up the private schools in each county, withdraw all the private schools that do not meet the requirements, and send students in public schools to take turns to act as gentlemen, these can be used as resources to enter the county government, it depends on whether the so-called scholars and people appreciate it!"

The eldest man sneered and said disdainfully: "If there are really stubborn people, there is no need to be polite to them, no one will believe them if they talk to them!" ”

The four county commanders were once again stunned by the audacity of the eldest lord.

With the idea of the eldest lord and the full support of the state government, they immediately took action after they returned, pulled out all the prisoners in the prison, no matter what level they had, and started their miserable road of labor reform.

When the whole Tongzhou moved, the big teacher just started to bear the pressure for his officials, and at the same time coordinated the resources of the four counties, and when everything was on the right track, the big master would be relaxed.

He has time to go back to the Houya to play with the lively and lovely little girl of the Spring Festival, and from time to time he holds the two-year-old Jia Song's little pot friend in the garden, squatting to teach the two children to walk, and the backyard of the state government is full of children's laughter and laughter.

I don't know why, after staying with the child for a long time, my mood is completely relaxed, and even the nine-character mantra that I practice every day seems to have improved a little.

The gradual condensation of the divine soul brought him many benefits.

The sensitivity of the six senses is the most basic improvement, and the most important thing is that he gradually felt that a mysterious force that fills the heavens and the earth, and it should be the so-called heaven and earth vitality.

It's just a vague sense that doesn't have much effect, at least he doesn't know how to take advantage of such a change at this time, but he has a bold guess in his heart.

It's a pity that Zhang Laodao, who is pure and empty, is really not much information to reveal, and now he is entangled in mundane affairs and can't move lightly, otherwise he will go to those Taoist blessed places to ask for advice, but I don't know if those Taoist masters with real skills will give face.

"Master, there's a letter from the capital!"

The eldest man had a small doll in his hand, and as soon as he entered the main hall of the back office, Mrs. Xing hurriedly greeted him and handed over a letter in her hand carefully.

"Oh, let's let the two little ones clean up first, and we'll have dinner together later!"

The eldest man handed over the two children to his mother-in-law to clean, took the letter in Xing's hand, opened the letter and couldn't help but be happy.

"Master, does the old lady have any explanation?"

Xing couldn't see the mood of the eldest master, and asked cautiously: "Last time, the big housekeeper Lai came over and said that the old lady misses Yingchun and wants to take her back to the house!" ”

"What do you want to say?"

Glancing at Xing lightly, the eldest man asked in a flat tone: "If you have something to say, just say it!" ”

Speaking of which, the eldest lord is also polite to the Xing family, except for Jia Song and his biological mother Aunt Qian, as well as the affairs in the Spring Festival room, she can't interfere too much, and the rest of the trivial matters are managed by her.

Although compared to the population of Rongguo Mansion, the back house of the eldest lord is nothing, and there are few people who can use less money, Mrs. Xing's life is still quite nourishing.

I don't know why, Xing's greed for money is not generous enough, these big men didn't care too much, and gave her 800 taels of silver every month as living expenses in the backyard.

Compared with the number of people in the backyard of the old man, this silver is more than enough to eat, drink, and dress well, all of which are used with exquisite good things, and there are some surpluses.

Xing's family did a little picky, and he didn't dare to slack off on the food of the eldest lord and the two younger ones, as well as Aunt Qian's food, and the rest of the subordinates were stuck by her every month, and basically had a balance of two or three hundred taels per month.

This is not counting the various gifts received by the eldest lord, among which the backyard can be used, and the eldest lord will hand over most of them to the Xing family for processing, which is a lot of money.

It can be said that in the past few years after the eldest lord's soul was possessed, the Xing family had a very comfortable life, and at least he had a balance of almost 10,000 taels of silver.

has money in her hand, Xing's confidence is a little stronger, and with the power of the eldest master, her temperament is not as powerful as in the original book of Red Mansions, of course, it is not very good.

The eldest lord doesn't care about this, as long as the Xing family can manage the yard well, as for the rest, there is no need to bother more, isn't life like this?

It's just that there is one point, the eldest master is very dissatisfied.

I don't know if it's because of the so-called low background, Xing is particularly envious of the old lady's style, and at the same time he is in awe of the old lady to the core, almost to the point of being obedient and not daring to have the slightest disrespect.

That's not good!

Xing's orders to the old lady hardly had the slightest courage to resist, no matter what the old man's attitude was, he always wanted to complete the old lady's orders.

That is, the temper of the eldest lord is okay, influenced by modern thought, and is very tolerant of women, especially women with intimate relationships, otherwise the eldest lord of her temperament has to be angry.

"Master, since the old lady misses Yingchun, why don't you send Yingchun back, it can be regarded as doing filial piety for the master!"

Xing Shi spoke cautiously, and secretly glanced at the eldest master from time to time, for fear that the eldest master would suddenly become angry.

"How could you have such an idea?"

The eldest lord said angrily: "You don't know what's going on in the house, the old lady only has Baoyu in her eyes, and the rest of the children are straws. ”

"But sir, what if the old lady talks about filial piety?"

Xing had the courage to retort: "Outsiders don't know the details of the mansion! ”

"Then let outsiders say it!"

The eldest lord said indifferently: "I haven't coaxed me yet, sir, to let a five-year-old child take on the so-called filial piety responsibility for me!" ”

"Master, the old lady is afraid that she will be angry!"

Speaking of this, Xing's face showed a touch of unease, as if the old lady's anger would directly affect her.

"If you're angry, you're angry, it's no big deal!"

The eldest man raised the letter paper in his hand, pouted and said disdainfully: "The old lady still thinks that the old lady will help the second child finish up, how dare you be angry with me at this time?" ”

The content of the letter is quite simple, but it is a cliché, first ask the eldest master to send the little girl back for the Spring Festival, and then talk about the second political child.

I don't know how big the political second child is, and he thinks about going to work normally in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry as soon as possible, which is a joke.

If the Tongzhou Canal dredging project cannot be completed, the second political elder should not expect to be able to go to the office.

Obviously, Jia Mu is very aware of this, so she also explained to the eldest master in the letter that the canal dredging project must be completed as soon as possible, so as to ask the second political boss to hand over to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

As for the 100,000 taels of silver that were wasted, they were not mentioned as if they had never happened.

If you want to get through the tricks, the 100,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court, the second political elder must take it out, otherwise the eldest master will tell him to know what the art of procrastination is.

Seeing that Xing's face was still uneasy, the eldest man said angrily: "I said Xing's what's the matter with you, now you are in Tongzhou, you don't need to worry too much about the attitude of the mansion, if you really want to go back to the mansion, then go back alone!" ”

Xing's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly shook his head to indicate that he didn't want to go home.

Just kidding, following the eldest master to be an official wife in Tongzhou, the life is not too nourishing, and after going back, she has to go to Rongqing Hall every day to set up rules, which is both hard and loses face, and she is not willing to go back and suffer.

"Since you're not happy, then don't toss the children, they are still too young to withstand the toss!"

The eldest man waved his hand, just at this time the two children had been cleaned up, and they were sent over by the mother-in-law beside him.

After a lunch break, I waited until the afternoon when the lord was full of energy, bored to deal with some official business, and chatted with his officials for a while, and the time passed an hour, seeing that the sun in the sky was gradually slanting westward, seeing that the day was almost over, the old man's mind fluttered, and he began to think about whether to take two small ones out to play after the ya?

At this moment, a certain head catcher who was in charge of arresting the robbers and capturing the thieves ran in out of breath, and ran directly to the old man and hurriedly said: "My lord, the guy who cheated the government money has appeared!" ”