On the second day, Master Jin Yu brought a cart of gifts to the county government to make amends, Jiang Yucheng saw him, but did not accept the gift. After Master Jin Yu went back, he felt very uneasy in his heart. Sure enough, within a few days, he, the president of the Quansui Chamber of Commerce, was replaced, and the person who replaced him happened to be his sworn enemy.

At that moment, Master Jin Yu couldn't help but be dissatisfied with Jiang Yucheng, and hated his wife and brainless daughter-in-law who made trouble. Of course, this is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

On the other side, after Ling Sanniang and Du Dalang were tossed by Wei Tong's guards all night, early the next morning, Jiang Yucheng sent someone to send them to the capital. They were accompanied by two letters from Ling Jiming's hand. One letter was for Senior Brother Guo Shilang, and the other letter was naturally for Ling Jiming.

Lingjia in the capital

"Deceive too much, deceive too much." Ling Jiming crumpled the letter in his hand and threw it out, and said angrily: "Jiang Yucheng, you dare to humiliate me like this, I will not let you go." ”

Ling Sanniang and Du Dalang knelt on the ground covered in scars, and Du Dalang cried: "Second brother, you must make decisions for us, you can't easily spare Jiang Yucheng and Nie Shi." ”

Compared with Du Dalang's tears, Ling Sanniang buried her head quietly as if she was stupid.

Ling Jiming's gaze skimmed over her, and finally stopped at her brother-in-law Du Dalang's body, "You guys are really stupid, you can't do this thing well, and you're tortured by people like people, waste, it's all waste." ”

After scolding, he sneered: "I'm an insignificant seven-rank petty official now, how can you let me make the decision for you, should I dismiss him, or arrest him and beat him up?" ”

Du Dalang didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Ling Sanniang suddenly raised her head and said two words: "Power." ”

Ling Jiming looked at her, only to see her slowly standing up with a chair, "Second brother, as long as you have power and status, no one will dare to bully us, and no one will dare to look down on our Ling family." What do you want to do, even if you fight for your head and blood, someone will do it for you, if you don't like someone, no one will dare to seek justice for him, even if you dismantle him and peel him and cramp. ”

Ling Sanniang's eyes burst out with strong hatred, "At that time, Ling Jiming, Nie Yanniang, and their two sons, none of them will be able to escape." ”

Ling Jiming looked at his sister quietly like this, and he didn't hear what she said later, and the word "power" occupied all his mind.

……

After the New Year, the smell of the New Year became stronger. Unlike the heavy snow in the capital in winter, the climate is as warm as spring. On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, this small city in the southernmost part of the Great Feast once again ushered in a big man.

King Gong and his guards hurried away for more than half a month, and finally entered the realm of the Exhaustion Land a year ago. The grandson came to Quansui to recuperate for more than two months, and seeing that there was no sign of returning to Beijing after the Chinese New Year, his old man had to accommodate and personally come to Quansui to accompany him for the New Year.

"Jin Yuan, you look at the fact that Wansui is really different from the capital, how can there be a little winter in this day." He sighed at the old retinue of Butler Jin, who had followed him for decades.

Steward Jin said: "Lord Wang, this cold wind has been blocked by Yanzi Mountain, where can it still be cold." ”

The reason why the four seasons are like spring is because it is backed by the towering Swallow Mountain. Swallow Mountain is a natural barrier with steep mountains and lush forests, and no one knows what is on the other side of the mountain, because no one has successfully climbed it for hundreds of years.

Because of this, as a small border city, the imperial court has never sent troops to garrison it, except for the occasional small-scale armed fights between the Han people and the Yi people, there is never a need to worry about foreign invasions.

When King Gong came, he was in a simple car, and the entourage of the guards were all wearing ordinary clothes, and the people who passed by them thought that they were returning from a long trip to the city.

He lifted the curtain and observed the surrounding scenery with interest. I saw that both sides of the avenue were full of farmland, and the fields were full of green and pleasing crops. The only pity is that the area of farmland is not large, and compared with those farmlands on the outskirts of the capital, the farmland here is pitifully small.

"Jin Yuan, what do you think it is?" King Gong pointed to the slope above the farmland and said in surprise: "Yellow, orange, orange, quite big." ”

Mr. Jin took a closer look, "Lord Wang, if the old slave remembers correctly, this should be a golden potato." He said: "Yun Zeguo gave a congratulatory gift to the emperor, and the emperor gave us a few Gong Wangfu, and the rest were all sent to Huangzhuang for trial planting." ”

Hearing him talk about this, King Gong finally remembered, he stroked his beard and said: "It turned out to be that thing, the taste is not good, that is, it is just fresh." ”

Manager Jin shook his head a little helplessly, and said secretly in his heart, as the prince of the Great Banquet Dynasty and the only living uncle of the emperor, you have never eaten any delicacies from the mountains and seas, and this golden potato is certainly not worth mentioning here.

He said: "Although the taste of this golden potato is average, according to the envoys of Yunzeguo, it is drought and cold-resistant, the yield is very considerable, and it can be stored for a long time. ”

King Gong was very curious, "Is this thing really so powerful?" ”

Mr. Jin nodded, "You have also seen that in this slope we have seen, there are so many golden potatoes with only a few vines, if we plant more, wouldn't it be a bumper harvest?" ”

King Gong followed his words and looked at the slope in front of him again, and sighed: "If this is the case, it is indeed a blessing for me to feast on the people." He remembered the batch of golden potatoes planted in Huangzhuang, he hadn't returned to Beijing for more than half a year, and he didn't know if they were growing well or not.

The group walked and stopped, and King Gong had not yet entered the Sui County Ya, so he first felt the festive atmosphere before the New Year.

"Zhang Yuanqing, a student, still has some ability, and he is quite well managed by him."

As far as the eye can see, the city is full of people, there are Han people wearing Hanfu, and there are also Yi people wearing Yi costumes, and the people of the two ethnic groups look at each other in harmony, and they don't look like they can fight at all.

In fact, the reason why the people of the two ethnic groups can live in harmony depends on Jiang Yucheng. In the winter moon, seven months after Jiang Yucheng took office, the Yi and Han people on both sides of the Hongshui River caused a fight over water for irrigation.

When Jiang Yucheng and his subordinate officials arrived, the people of the two clans had already started fighting, and if they were not stopped immediately, casualties would definitely occur. Jiang Yucheng transferred a team of guards from the county government, and it took a lot of effort to calm down the fight.

The leader of the Yi tribe thinks that Jiang Yucheng is a Han people, and he will definitely help those Han people, didn't the first two magistrates do this? Hermes-Epitek was also rejoicing, thinking that the backer was coming.

The Hongshui River is the largest river in Kusui, and there are farmland on both sides of the river, with the farmland of the Yi people in the upper and lower reaches, and the farmland of the Han people in the middle reaches. A few Yi people resented the Han people's encroachment on Yi farmland last year, so they built embankments in the upper reaches of the river, and the flow of the river became smaller, and the water in the middle reaches of the river was insufficient.

Some Hermes-Epitek quietly went to investigate, found out what was wrong, and told other Hermes-Epitek people, so they also treated their people in the same way, and built an embankment at the junction of the middle and lower reaches, and the downstream was completely devoid of water. Only then did the two clans fight again.

Jiang Yucheng ignored them, and he scolded the few Yimin and Han people who built the embankment privately in public, and severely shocked the others.

Then three young men were selected from among the people of the two ethnic groups to form a river patrol guard, in groups of two, to patrol the banks of the Hongshui River every morning and evening, as long as they found the behavior of blocking the river without permission, the people who blocked the river were not allowed to water the ground for five days. If everyone follows the rules, when they buy the herbs of the red jade soup in the coming year, each family will receive an extra 100 copper coins.

After Jiang Yucheng used the method of beating a stick to give a sweet date, the people of both ethnic groups became well-behaved, for fear of angering this Xinzhi County and damaging their own benefits.

Jiang Yucheng also listened to Yan Niang's suggestion to let the two clans let go of their prejudices and intermarry each other, only in this way can the two clans truly integrate into one. It's just that the Chinese New Year is approaching, and this matter can only be discussed next year.

After listening to Chief Jin's report, King Gong couldn't help but smile, "It seems that Jin Yi's kid is not only the head of the guard, but also the head of intelligence." Jin Yuan, you have raised this grandson well. ”

Mr. Jin smiled and said, "He can have today, thanks to the cultivation of the prince." ”

King Gong waved his hand, "You, when you are old, you are still the same as when you were young." ”

Jiang Yucheng was reading in the study, and he hurriedly ran in, "My lord, Prince Gong is here, and he will soon arrive at the gate of our county office." ”