Chapter 64: The Target City God
The new magistrate came over, and the temporary governor of the county, Mr. Chen, received the notice and immediately took the people from the county government to greet him outside the yamen, and called another colleague, the county lieutenant Luo.
In the evening, a feast was held at the county government to catch the wind and wash the dust for the new magistrate.
There is a garrison of 500 people in the county, led by a thousand households surnamed Xia, although this garrison belongs to the border army, and they are not a system with these local officials, but they are all in the same place, and they have a very close cooperation, so this time they took over the wind and washed the dust, and also invited Xia Qianhu over.
The big cadres emphasize civil affairs over military force, and use civil affairs to control military force, and civilian officials have a higher status.
Xia Qianhu is a military general of the fifth grade, but in front of the magistrate of the seventh grade, he is still half a level lower, and he can only assist the magistrate to protect the place, but cannot order the magistrate to do anything.
After the banquet, Xu Qingfeng and his party stayed in the county office.
The area of the county government in Gumu County is not small, with an office area in front and a living area in the back.
This living area, of course, is the residence of the magistrate.
This is not a good place, to be an official here, it is generally three years, there will not be any county magistrate to build a private house in such a county, and the family will be placed in the county office.
It's not as luxurious as the Xu family's compound, but it's still passable, and it's no problem for dozens of people to go in.
In the front yard of the county government, there is also a place for the officials on duty to live.
The prison is also in the county government, but it is very small, and it can manage the appearance of a dozen people, and most of the time it is empty.
There is not much need for prisons in the Golden State.
If the crime is not serious, they will be beaten with a board, and then they will be released outside the city, and let them go to reclaim the wasteland and cultivate the land.
If the crime is serious, it will be locked up for a period of time, and then the head will be cut off.
Prison is a temporary transitional thing, and it doesn't need to be built too big.
The first thing Xu Qingfeng did when he arrived in the backyard of the county government was to ask people to offer Liu Qing's statue, and then bow to the incense.
Offering incense and bowing to Liu Qing has become his habit, and he doesn't need to think about it deliberately.
He knows very well how his Jinshi came from.
When the incense was served, he communicated with Liu Qing about how to build a temple for Liu Qing next.
In the communication with Liu Qing, one thing was determined, that is, to find a way to build a city god temple for Liu Qing first, so that Liu Qing could become the city god of Gumu County, and get a little incense in the county seat.
As for the world outside the city, it can only come step by step.
In this situation, it is life-threatening to go outside the city, and it would be a bit vain to build a land temple there.
Liu Qing plans to take a good look at the world outside the city during this time, see how the people there live, and then determine how to develop their faith.
Mingxiu was also placed in the backyard of the county government.
There are enough houses in the backyard of the county government, and Mingxiu has only one person, so it is not a problem to arrange a house for him.
He also participated in the banquet for Xu Qingfeng to receive the wind and wash the dust, he is the master of the Taoist Temple in Gumu County designated by Master Yunyi, and in terms of level, he is at the first level with Xu Qingfeng, the county magistrate.
Of course, he didn't have actual power, and now he came alone, without even a single apprentice, and no one could command him.
In the future, if he wants to develop here, he will have to rely on Xu Qingfeng.
At the reception banquet, among the three giants of Gumu County who welcomed Xu Qingfeng, he only knew one Xia Qianhu.
His father is also Qianhu, and Xia Qianhu is under the command of Cui Weiguan's general army, they are generals of the same system, and they also have friendships with each other, and he has to call Xia Qianhu a Shibo.
It's just that this Shibo is only in charge of the defense of the county, this is the harvest season, and he cooperates with the county to collect grain outside the city, and he can't do anything else, which can help him to a limited extent.
can only rely on Xu Qingfeng.
has come to this place, how to unfold next, he has no plan in his heart, he can only come step by step, starting with the construction of the Dao Palace and the City God Temple.
Lying on the bed, I thought about it for a while, but I didn't come up with any clues, so I fell asleep first.
When I was sleeping in a daze, I heard someone knock on the door, saying that Xu Zhixian had an invitation.
When I opened my eyes, it was already dawn.
He couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up in his clothes, opened the door and followed the knocker to see Xu Qingfeng.
When I arrived at the study, I found that there was another person in the study, and Xu Zhixian was talking to each other respectfully.
Seeing that person, Mingxiu was stunned for a moment, because he found that this person's clothes were a little strange, like the robes worn by the land god.
In reality, there are people in the troupe who dress up like this, and normal people don't have the habit of dressing like that.
When Xu Qingfeng saw him coming, he smiled and said:
"Lord Huang Guan came just in time, let me introduce to you, this is the land god of Liuzhen, my hometown of Bowu County."
"The god of the land?"
Mingxiu was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself:
"What the hell am I doing!"
The canonization of the land god by the Dao Palace is generally a famous person who has died in the local area, and like the city god, it is only recorded in the existence of the land lord, and it is not wrong to say that the land god is a ghost.
It's just that the hell in broad daylight is still a little scared in my heart.
The man in the robe of the land god also smiled and nodded at him:
"My name is Liu Qing, and I was invited here by Xu Zhixian. Xu Zhixian said that Gumu County is restless, and there is no Chenghuang sitting in the town, and he hopes that I can come here to be the Chenghuang of Gumu County. He also said that Lord Huang Guan is the person in charge of the Dao Palace in Gumu County, and you must get your consent. I just want to ask Huang Guan for your opinion. ”
Xu Qingfeng said beside him:
"Liu Gong is a true god, quite effective, I can't hide it, I was able to be admitted to the Jinshi, and it was thanks to Liu Gong's help. If Liu Gong is canonized as the city god of this place, he will definitely be able to protect the peace of this place. ”
When he said this, a golden wheel rose out behind Liu Qing, emitting golden light outward, and the image suddenly changed from a person in the troupe to a god.
Mingxiu looked at Liu Qing blankly, and her mind couldn't react for a while.
When he was a child, he believed that there were gods in this world, but after worshipping Master Yunyi as his teacher, he slowly didn't believe that there were really gods.
- If there really are gods, they will definitely not allow the people of the Dao Palace to collect money under their guise, right?
But unexpectedly, now I saw a real god.
A terrible thought arose in my heart:
"Could it be...... There are really gods in this world, but the Dao Palace is dedicated to false gods? ”
Xu Qingfeng saw that he didn't react, so he added chips again:
"As long as Lord Huang Guan agrees to let Liu Gong become the county god of this county, I will bear the cost of building a Taoist temple alone."
Mingxiu reacted at this time, and hurriedly said:
"No problem, of course. There are real gods here, and I can't ask for it. ”