It's just the middle of November.

Jiang Quan, the prefect of Liangguo County, has been busy with the autumn harvest in these days.

Jiang Quan, who is an old man in Jiang Mansion, has been stagnant in the third order because he is over fifty years old, so at the beginning of this year, he applied to retire from the position of brigade commander of the Third Army of the Ming Army.

Originally, he wanted to buy some land by himself and find a rural place to retire, but the Ming cabinet, because of the serious lack of local prefects, appointed him as the acting prefect of Liang Guofu in July and sent him to this remote area in the south.

Last month, the central government dispatched five magic harvesters to Liang Guofu to support the upcoming autumn harvest, so he began to take these five machines from village to village at the end of last month to help the local people harvest for free.

Most of the prefects in other regions sent their own subordinates to do the work on their behalf.

But for Jiang Quan, the prefect who came out of the army, such a major event as the autumn harvest must be personally supervised by himself, so he can feel at ease.

No, early this morning, Jiang Quan took a convoy of six trucks, carrying the five magic harvesters, along the newly built country road, towards Pinggu Township, the last township that had not yet completed the autumn harvest.

At around a quarter past nine in the morning, the convoy arrived at Pinggu Township.

As soon as they drove into Pinggu Township, Jiang Quan saw Zheng Liqun, the township governor of Pinggu Township, already standing at the intersection of the township and waiting for them.

As soon as Jiang Quan got out of the car, Zheng Liqun hurriedly walked up to him and saluted him deeply.

"Welcome to Fuzun, the villagers have been looking forward to these harvesters coming to our township to help the autumn harvest after hearing the benefits of machinery, but I didn't expect Fuzun to send it in person, which really flattered us!"

Jiang Quan waved his hand and said.

"Zheng Xiangzai doesn't need to be polite, I have never had a chance to come to your township to have a look, so I can stop by this time. First trouble the township to send someone to help with the harvest, and we will talk later. ”

Hearing the prefect's order, Zheng Liqun, the township governor, hurriedly called people over and asked them to help unload the harvester from the truck, and then led several harvester drivers to drive the magic harvester to the town's farmland.

After the harvester left, Zheng Liqun led the prefect Jiang Quan to the compound of the township government, and the two chatted as they walked.

"Zheng Xiangzai is a member of the Zheng family, the former princes of the Liang Kingdom, wasn't he called Zheng Qun before?"

Zheng Liqun replied respectfully while leading the way.

"Yes, Fuzun, the head of the family is my cousin, and I am the son of the third room, because the old people in the family feel that they should learn from His Majesty and compile genealogies for the children in the family according to their generations, and our generation is designated as the Lizi generation, so my name was changed to Zheng Liqun."

Jiang Quan continued to ask.

"Zheng Xiangzai's home is not in this township, right?"

"Yes, according to the regulations of our dynasty, you can't hold any official position in your hometown, so you naturally don't dare to violate the policy, our hometown is in Lishui Township, and the entire Zheng family basically lives there."

Jiang Quan nodded with satisfaction, Lishui Township is the farthest township from here, and it seems that this township is still very well-behaved.

So he said to the villager, who was only in his thirties.

"According to the data from the township newspapers, your Pinggu Township has done a very good job, and most of the work assigned this year has been completed in just a few months, not only improving the construction of the education system in the township, but also doing a good job in the functions of your township government."

"And your township is the first in the state to establish a township police station, you know at a glance that you attach great importance to the security and law of the township, what do you think, can you tell me?"

After listening to Jiang Quan's questioning, Zheng Liqun expressed his own views on this aspect according to his own thoughts.

"I think that the reason why Your Majesty made the first law of your own country is simply because Your Majesty wants to use this law to govern our country in place of all worldly customs."

"So for our township, it is not enough to rely on the township government to issue policies and directives, it is not enough to manage the whole township, we must establish a township security system as soon as possible, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the government's work, after all, not everyone is morally good."

"Just like the day before yesterday, we dealt with the case of a family in Longshang Village who was misbehaving in the village, this guy relied on his height and strength, and often bullied the people in the same village, making their village uneasy, I personally led the team to arrest him and sentenced him to 15 days of hard labor."

After Jiang Quan listened to Zheng Liqun's words, he appreciated him more and more.

Since at last month's court meeting, some ministers mentioned to Wen Jiming that the government at the state level has a really heavy workload because a prefect has to govern dozens of townships at the same time, and they are overwhelmed, it is suggested that another administrative layer be added between the prefecture and the township.

Wen Jiming felt that this suggestion was very reasonable, after all, in the history of the motherland on the earth, this administrative model of provinces, governments, and counties continued for a long time.

In addition, the Bactria One Country, One City Decree had been repealed by Wen Jiming, which was just right to establish new county towns in the state capitals, thus changing the situation where a large number of people were concentrated in the countryside and laying the foundation for future industrial cities.

Therefore, after discussing with the cabinet, it was decided to divide each prefecture into five prefectures, and add a prefectural magistrate as the chief official of each prefecture, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening local rule and management, and greatly reduce the workload of the prefect.

The central government's decision has already been sent to the prefectures, and at the same time the prefects of the prefectures have been instructed to select five outstanding township governors from among their subordinate township officials to report to the imperial court as candidates for county ordinances.

And Pinggu Township is currently the most outstanding township in terms of performance and political achievements among the fifty townships under Jiang Quan's jurisdiction, which is why Jiang Quan wanted to ask Zheng Liqun those questions just now, just to learn more about this excellent township.

At this time, the group had already come to the outside of the township office, and when Jiang Quan walked into Zheng Liqun's township office and sat down, he decided to reveal the news to Zheng Liqun.

"You have done a good job, it seems that you have experienced His Majesty's intentions, and handled the cases in the township properly, which shows that you are a very knowledgeable talent."

"As for why I am asking you this, I can tell you now that it is good news for you, because Your Majesty and the Cabinet have decided that from next month onwards five county governments will be set up under each state capital, and a county order will be added as the head of each county."

"Since your Pinggu Township is the most outstanding township among the fifty townships in the whole prefecture, I have written your name in the list of county orders reported to the imperial court, and the appointment will be approved soon, here I also congratulate you first, Zheng County Order!"

Zheng Liqun was overjoyed when he heard the news, and he hurriedly bowed to Jiang Quan again.

"Thank you very much for the cultivation of Fuzun, in the future, I, Zheng Liqun, will definitely be worthy of the favor of Fuzun, and govern myself into the best county in the Ming Dynasty!"

After Jiang Quan heard this, he became even more satisfied, and said something else, just with this ambition, he couldn't help but look at this person with admiration.

Due to the arrival of the harvester, Pinggu Township harvested all the crops that had not been harvested within three days, and Jiang Quan had already made up his mind to train this future county magistrate to govern Liang Guofu after many contacts with Zheng Liqun in these three days.

On the fourth day, Jiang Quan returned to Liangguocheng, the capital city in a truck, pulling five magic harvesters, and as soon as he entered the yamen of the state capital, he saw his master walking towards him with a few documents.

"Fuzun, the grain output of this year's autumn harvest has come out, and a total of more than 12 million stones have been harvested, which is 5 million stones more than last year's record!"

Jiang Quan finally relaxed completely after hearing this number.

"This is still thanks to those high-quality seeds, without these good seeds, our output will not increase so much, now it seems that His Majesty is reasonable, science and technology is productivity!"

"What are those documents you're holding? The latest from the imperial court? ”

The master replied while handing the document in his hand to Jiang Quan.

"There is no document from the imperial court, the first is a notice from the Ministry of Industry, the construction team to build the power plant for our state capital is finally here, it is estimated that it will arrive at noon tomorrow, the Ministry of Industry notified us to help arrange daily food and accommodation, and the notice also said that all the equipment of the power plant will also arrive with the construction team."

"The other one was left to us by the exploration team of the Magic Research Institute when they left, they found a mineral deposit called aluminum on the west mountain in our mansion, I heard them say that this is a high-quality mineral deposit with a very large reserve, and they have reported this matter to the imperial court a few days ago."

The prefect, who has no knowledge of minerals, cannot help but have some doubts.

"Aluminum? I've never heard of this mineral, what is this ore for? ”

The master himself is not very clear about this.

"It's the first time I've heard of it, but I've heard from the staff of the Magic Research Institute that this ore seems to be of a lot of use in industry, and it should be very valuable."

Okay, as soon as Jiang Quan heard that this thing was valuable, he immediately became happy.

"It's okay, as long as it's valuable, it's a good thing! Oops, I didn't expect that such a good thing could be found in such a remote state capital as ours! ”

Master continued.

"In addition, the people from the Magic Research Institute also said that the hilly area near the West Mountain in our state capital is very suitable for planting magic rice, and they have reported this discovery and informed us that we will build an experimental base as soon as possible, and if the experimental field works well next year, we can plant it in large quantities!"

This news made Jiang Quan even happier than hearing that aluminum ore was valuable.

When he was still in the headquarters of the Yunxiao Sect, he was the steward who managed the Lingtian Manor of the Yunxiao Sect for the Jiang family, and he knew the benefits of magic rice.

His third son, because he was weak and sick when he was young, relied on eating a bowl of spiritual rice every day in the Yunxiao Sect to raise his body and bones.

Until now, he had been using his share of the mana food ration to feed his third son, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to stop at the third-order level and not rise up.

Think about it, how could he not be thrilled if magic rice could be grown here!

Of course, the master understood his host's feelings, and waited until Jiang Quan's mood calmed down before continuing to report.

"Another one is sent by the neighboring Weiguo Mansion, the railway in their state capital has been completed, and the railway construction will enter the territory of our state capital at the end of this month, and the document says that we must be prepared, as soon as the construction company enters our territory, we will be responsible for their daily logistics work."

Jiang Quan was very surprised by this.

"It's going to be repaired to us so soon? That's a lot of speed. Is there anything else that isn't going on? ”

Master nodded and replied.

"There are two other things, one is the document of the ministry, the official report of the government has been approved, and the candidates you reported have all been adopted, and this document is the official appointment letter for those county orders."

"The last one was asked by Madame to tell you, the third young master finally awakened as a professional the day before yesterday!"

After Jiang Quan heard the news, tears fell on the spot!

Pity God!

Jiang Quan spent sixteen years in order to cure his third son!

Today's good news is too much for him, especially the last news, which immediately made him lose his temper in front of the master, but fortunately, the master is his confidant, but it doesn't matter.

The master waited until his owner recovered, and then said to Jiang Quan.

"Madame said to let Fu Zun think about it, is it better for the third young master to go to a professional academy or to go to a higher education institution?"

This is a question that needs serious consideration.

Jiang Quan's three sons, the eldest of whom is currently serving as a major battalion commander in the Third Division of the First Army, is about to enter the ranks of middle-level officers.

His second son is now studying at the Vocational College and will graduate in the middle of next year, but he is very fascinated by modern military affairs, so he wants to join the Air Force established in the future, this news is no secret to an official of Jiang Quan's level, and he told his second son this idea.

So now the problem comes, Jiang Quan is unwilling to let him enter the army again because of his third son's health, so he will either enter the Magic Research Institute as a scientist, or go to a higher education institution, and after he comes out, he will be an official in the government like himself.

But all this, we still have to wait until we test out our third child, which type of awakened person does it belong to before we can finally make a decision, if it is a legal professional, whatever you say, you have to send it to the professional academy, the Jiang family has not yet had a professional awakened person in the legal system!

If the third son can become an archmage, he estimates that he will wake up from a dream even if he sleeps!

In this way, on the second day, Jiang Quan decided to send his wife and his youngest son to Magic New City to test the category of his professional awakening at the Profession Academy, and the result was really a legal awakening!

At this time, Jiang Quan and his wife did not hesitate at all, and Jiang Quan's wife went directly to Wenfu to meet Jiang Yan, the daughter of the Jiang family, and reported to her that his third son had awakened to the legal profession.

So, Jiang Yan, who was extremely happy, directly took over the matter, and then hurriedly found Wen Jiming.

"What? You asked me to go to my stepfather and go through the back door and arrange for your descendants to go to the Vocational Academy to transfer to the Vocational College? ”

Wen Jiming was very surprised when he heard Jiang Yan's request.

Isn't this very good, could it be that I, Wen Jiming, want to be the first person in Daming to go through the back door and arrange for students to enter institutions of higher learning!

Seeing that his little daughter-in-law looked determined to win, Wen Jiming had no choice but to ask.

"Whose child is it that makes you so attentive to Madame?"

Jiang Yan saw that her husband was a little loose, and hurriedly said to Wen Jiming.

"Jiang Quan's family, when they are fifty years old, they retired from the army, and they were sent by you to be the prefect of the state capital so far away, shouldn't this little thing be arranged for help?"

As soon as he heard that it was Jiang Quan, Wen Jiming was relieved, this was an old man who was very serious about his work, and he had always been loyal to them and his wife.

But Wen Jiming still didn't want to tear this hole open by himself, so as to bring the bad atmosphere of Daming, so he had an idea and thought of a good way.

"It turned out to be Jiang Quan, that's your own family, you go and tell his wife, I personally taught his son, and tell them to prepare for the apprenticeship immediately!"

So in this way, Wen Jiming had his third disciple, Jiang Sheng.

And he, this disciple, became the first pope of the future church in the future!