The saltfield test field was progressing very well, and in less than two days, the princess's hundred-man team had carved out four patches of flat land on the sandy slope. Each block is not large, about 20 meters long and wide, which is suitable for verifying the effect.

I have to say that these people are indeed quite experienced in farming, and they have done a good job of driving cattle, loosening the soil, and leveling, which saved Xia Fan a lot of effort.

After the carpenter has finished the keel waterwheel, the next step is to water and dry the flat bottom.

On the other side, Xia Fan finally waited for the first candidate to accept his invitation.

"In Xia Sun Haotian, a native of Hezhou. Lord Xia, what you said in your letter is serious?" The first thing the other party did after meeting was to confirm whether his promise counted. After all, the benefits of being directly selected into the Privy Council for the next taxi examination are too tempting, and as for the salary and position, these are ranked behind - candidates who can lend money to strangers in the taxi examination will obviously not be far from their family situation, and what they value is an opportunity to make friends. It's just that these people didn't expect the return to come so quickly, and so directly.

Xia Fan didn't bother much, and directly invited Her Royal Highness the princess to prove - in this era, the royal identity is more effective than any big cake, or in other words, the nod of the Ning family is the most convincing cake in the world. In this way, Sun Haotian joined the ranks of temporary workers in the Privy Council and became the first new employee of the Ministry of Order.

It turns out that where there is the first, there is the second.

In the next few days, one after another, people who were moved to Jinxia City arrived in Jinxia City, and even if they couldn't come for the time being, they all sent replies to express their congratulations. Although Xia Fan was ready to pull his crotch in the team, he found that in addition to not being good at long-term arts, these people were still above the level in all other aspects, such as speech and behavior, dealing with others, self-care ability, etc., not to mention the best between fifteen and twenty years old, at least they could see the shadow of a good family education.

And the level of magic can be improved.

Now that Xia Fan has walked into the Privy Council, the lobby of the Ministry of Orders is no longer deserted, and everyone will bow to him from afar, and he will nod and smile back. The Privy Council does have all kinds of problems, but there is one thing that Xia Fan still agrees with, that is, there is no need to pay too much attention to etiquette here.

In addition to Wei Wushuang and Luo You'er's two supporters, the current order department has decided to stay with four "quasi-square soldiers", plus the master Zhao Dahai who has been wooed, and the "criminal investigation team" headed by Li Xing, the number of people he can mobilize has reached twenty, which has finally alleviated the predicament of the commander of the light pole.

This series of changes in the Ministry of Orders is naturally also seen by the engagement of the other three departments.

In the secret room of the main hall of the Privy Council, the academic department was engaged in Wen Xingyuan, the Ministry of Finance was engaged in Quan Gu, the Ministry of Records was engaged in Xue Zhigen, and the rest of the six rank scholars gathered together—they were not for anything else, they were here for Xia Fan's affairs.

"What the hell does that kid want to do? Privately recruit Fang Shi and let a group of nondescript people enter and leave the Privy Council at will, and you two just watch it alone?" Wen Xingyuan took the lead in knocking on the table and reprimanded angrily, "This is simply lawlessness and nonsense! The old man will definitely file a complaint with the General Mansion!"

"Old Man Wen is angry, Xia Fan is indeed hateful, but I'm afraid your method won't work. Xue Zhigen touched his beard and said, "I don't think that Xia Fan has the intention of reporting to the General Mansion at all, in other words, those people are not considered to be a sergeant at all." If it's just for chores or errands, the command can make its own decisions. ”

"Then where did his money come from?" Wen Xingyuan glared at Quan Gu, "You shouldn't have secretly approved money for that kid, right?"

Among the four practitioners, only Quan Gu was the latest, and he was only in his early forties, and at this time, he could only smile in the face of Wen Lao's questioning, "How dare I." It's better to say that even if he was promoted by Lord Yuan, I wouldn't give him money to spend indiscriminately. Even the lightning strike wood that was granted to him above is stored in my storehouse. ”

"A Fang Shi's fortune can't afford so many people," Xue Zhigen judged, "There must be someone behind him." ”

"No...... It's a princess, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent.

"Your Highness...... Which of you has visited?" Wen Xing looked at everyone from afar.

"I've been. ”

"Me too. ”

The two engaged in the Tao one after another.

"What about her attitude?"

"Honestly, lukewarm. Kwon Gu considered the wording, "but I can't find any problems." After all, she is a princess and has little to do with the Privy Council. Rather, she relied more on the local family than the government. ”

"The problem is that as far as the old man knows, her attitude towards the Wang family is not much different. Wen Xingyuan frowned.

"Are you sure?" asked Kwon in surprise.

"That's why the old man specially asked you, so as not to misunderstand. ”

"This ...... It doesn't make sense. "The Ministry of Finance is engaged in wondering, a princess, hundreds of servants and guards, in addition to food and clothing, there is also a mountain villa to take care of. If there is no continuous input, it will be empty in two or three years.

And there are three sources of this: one is government subsidies, the second is family support, and the third is the support of local families. But Princess Guangping has no backers in the palace, and she is lukewarm to the Wang family, what kind of idea is this?

Relying only on the little money from the government is enough for basic expenses at most, and it can't maintain a luxurious life at all.

The changes in Gaoshan County made Xia Fan ascend to the sky with the help of the princess, but with this alone, the princess has to use her family background to support Xia Fan?

This kind of thing sounds ridiculous.

"You'd better check it, not only the families in the city, but also the shops and money houses. Wen Xingyuan said, "If there are those who fund Xia Fan, let them all cut off." No matter where his money comes from, as long as the source is blocked, he can't play this trick forever. ”

"I think so too. Xia Fan's move is nothing more than wanting to save some money to bargain with us. Xue Zhigen nodded in agreement, "As long as we don't give in, will it be difficult for him to replace three with one part?"

"Hmph, don't forget that the Ministry of Orders still has to deal with evil incidents, that's what he's really about. Wen Xingyuan sneered, "It seems to be lively to win over some rabble, and when the evil comes, those people will know that they will regret it." Of course, we shouldn't let him perform, otherwise it will affect other new practitioners. He looked at Konko, "Take some of the money out of the treasury and see if you can buy a few people to find out the news for us." ”

Quan Gu frowned imperceptibly, this kind of expense must not be written into the account books, and it is estimated that it will have to fall on his own head in the end. It's just that the school has the oldest seniority, and since the other party has already spoken, he has no choice but to respond, "I'll do my best." ”

"Perhaps the Maison's side should ventilate so that everyone knows the attitude of the Privy Council. Seeing that the three of them were engaged in finalizing the direction, the monks below also began to liven up.

"Not bad. We can even inform the local government and ask them to falsely report the evil case, so that Xia Fan will be exhausted. ”

"Oh, that's a good idea. ”

Everyone seems to think that the other party has fallen into an embattled situation.

At that moment, an out-of-tune voice interrupted the conversation.

"My lords, I don't think those are trivial matters, and they can't be conclusive. ”

Wen Xing followed the prestige from afar, and found that the other party was the sixth rank of the ministry and asked, Zhang Ya.

"What do you mean by minutiae? Shouldn't we be pressed step by step to deal with this kind of person, so that he has nothing to do?"

"Then again, that guy Xia Fan was released by you to the Command Department, right?"

"What do you think? Wen Xingyuan raised his hand and motioned for the others to be quiet.

"Master Wen," Master Zhang arched his hand towards Shangguan, "There is such a thing as money, there is no one who knows how long he can last—maybe two or three months, or two or three years." The question is, in two or three years, can those new monks stay out of the school?"

He paused, then continued, "And the evil spirit, the group he gathered might die on the spot, but what if they were dealt with?

"The first few methods can still be tried, and the latter ones don't even need to try. He glanced at those monks with disdain, "When did we ask the family to support the affairs of our Privy Council? As for letting the government falsely report the case, it is even more ridiculous, if it is found by Xia Fan, isn't it deliberately giving the handle to others?"

"According to what the lower officials have seen, the situation is only like this, and there is only one reason!"

"What is it?" Wen Xingyuan asked.

"There is no leader in the Privy Council!" Zhang Fuzi replied bluntly, "If there is a mansion, why would we make such a come." Directly transferring him away, or dismissing him from all his duties, is only a matter of one sentence. ”

"Lord Zhou has been transferred to Gyeonggi, don't you think it's too late for you to say this now?" Xue Zhi said disapprerovingly, "According to the efficiency above, I don't know how long the appointment and dismissal of the next prince will be delayed." Besides, Xia Fan is already engaged in the order department, if he strongly opposes it, this thing may not be possible. ”

Traditionally, Xinfucheng had to be supported by at least two ministries, but the actual status of the four ministries was not consistent. Just as among the six departments of the imperial court, only the official department has the name of a heavenly official, and the highest status in the privy council is undoubtedly the order department, and the general government obviously does not want to see the core department that undertakes the task of eliminating the evil not accept its own government.

"It is true that this is customary, but there are also special methods," explained Zhang Fuzi unhurriedly, "according to the laws of the Privy Council, if there is a major danger in the local area and there is a shortage of officials at a certain level, in case of emergency, it can be filled in order of position, seniority, etc. Speaking of this, he set his eyes on his boss, "And among all the occupations, you are the most qualified." ”