In the county office, Li Mingren is receiving the order to thank him. The credit for the previous battle to protect the city, the commendation of the capital was sent, and Liang Musheng, the new champion of the same session as Li Mingren, came with him.

Liang Musheng naturally did not come to visit Li Mingren, but he passed through Shiyang County with the officials who came from the north and wanted to go to Motong County to serve as the county commander. When he knew about this situation, Li Mingren was very surprised, how could this champion still be decentralized. But at the dinner table, Li Mingren didn't dare to speak, and the relationship between the two did not reach such a point of crossing the line, so he had to say something congratulatory.

After being full of wine and food, Li Mingren sent a messenger to send several officials from Beijing to the post station to rest, and Liang Musheng also lived in the post station together.

Now the post station in Shiyang County is very comfortable under Li Mingren's strict requirements, and all the beds and bedding are washed and dried, and there is no trace of musty smell. The food at the post station is no longer cold, and the post station does not prepare more vegetables now, every time it is to buy fresh vegetables, except in winter, of course, after all, there are no vegetables to eat in the north in winter, so what is there to eat, never extravagant and wasteful.

After saying goodbye to the adults, Li Mingren hurriedly returned home, and Yunlan had already eaten and washed up at this time.

"Someone from the capital is coming, is it a reward?" Although Zhao Yunlan said that it was a question, she was also sure of this matter, and Ye Sheng said it roughly when he came back to report that Li Mingren would not go home for dinner.

Li Mingren replied while changing his clothes: "Yes, the treasury of the county government will be abundant now." "Obviously with a smile on his face.

Zhao Yunlan quipped: "I still guess if I will be promoted!" ”

"I definitely can't be promoted now, but I was rewarded with some silver, and there is also the verbal praise that the lady often says, of course, this can be regarded as a credit, if we are transferred in the future, we will also have a credit here."

"Hahaha, I'll write you another credit book."

Li Mingren looked at Zhao Yunlan and smiled, he didn't know where he hit the joke again, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Yunlan, guess who else came with you today?"

"Where are you from the capital?"

Li Mingren sold Guan Zi and nodded: "Hmm~"

"Who? It won't be your Hanwen brother! ”

Li Mingren shook his head: "I wouldn't be surprised if there was another Brother Hanwen now, but it wasn't him." It's the beam champion. ”

"Liang Musheng? Do you want to give you an award? Zhao Yunlan was a little puzzled, and it stands to reason that this person should not issue the decree.

"No, he will leave for Motong County tomorrow."

"Huh?" Zhao Yunlan opened her mouth in surprise, looking at the person who was on the rise, how could he be transferred to the north, it was still a devastated border town.

Li Mingren shrugged: "I don't know why, I don't dare to ask people, I'm afraid it's not good if I poke someone's sore spot, Brother Hanwen hasn't written recently, and I don't know the recent situation in the capital." ”

Zhao Yunlan nodded: "Don't ask if you don't know the reason, everyone is a colleague, just manage your own side of the world." ”

If Liang Musheng is a talent, that small world is just a stepping stone for others. Perhaps the northward transfer is the starting point for others. Zhao Yunlan thought about this, if Liang Musheng had great talent and made actual achievements, Motong County could develop, which would also be beneficial to Shiyang County.

The husband and wife stopped talking about this person, Li Mingren went into the bathroom and came out after washing, and Yunlan had already turned over and fell asleep.

The next day, Li Mingren went to the post station early in the morning to see off Liang Musheng and others. Liang Musheng is going to take up his post, and the accompanying award officials will also go to Motong County to continue the award. General Fang Qifeng is still in charge there, and now that a new county commander has taken office, the two sides will naturally have a handover.

Li Mingren looked at the cars and horses in the distance, and pondered the future development of Shiyang County.

"Lao Chen, let's go back and divide the silver!" Li Mingren came back to his senses and looked at Chen Yiqing happily, thinking that he would go back and distribute some of the rewarded silver to those soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to protecting the city.

This time he was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, fifty stones of flour, thirty stones of rice, thirty horses of satin, and ten head of oxen.

The cow as a reward made Li Mingren a little surprised, and this time the cow was not sent, but only gave a voucher in exchange for the cattle, with this document, when the Northern Desert passed through Shiyang County when the tribute was passed, ten cattle could be left.

In the county office, Li Mingren asked Chen Yiqing to calculate the cost of repairing the county office, but there was no need to overhaul it, only to replace some cracked walls and bad tiles. If you don't repair it, I feel that a heavy snowfall this winter may crush the chopping wall, even if it is not crushed, when spring begins, the snow melts, and the snow water soaks into the cracks of the wall.

The other is to arrange for a conscription to repair the river embankment before the snow freezes this year, and this part of the money must be set aside first, and Li Mingren has already made up his mind that as long as he serves in Shiyang County for one day, he will give some subsidies to the common people for every conscription in the future.

Originally, this year should not have been arranged, after all, there was a war at the beginning of the year, and I didn't want to add another pressure to the people, but when I went to inspect some time ago, I found that a small part of the middle section of the embankment had collapsed, so Li Mingren sent people to extend and explore the embankment, and the embankment was unstable for a long time, and it was determined that the embankment must be strengthened this year.

Li Mingren wanted to encourage the people to reclaim some wasteland, and the yamen would subsidize the seeds to be planted on the wasteland, and when the ten cows arrived, the yamen would distribute the cattle to each village and lend them to the people of each village.

"Hey~" Li Mingren sighed.

Cao Yingfa: "My lord, what's wrong? ”

"I just don't think there's enough money! All this money has been set aside, and it is a little cold to want to give some to the brothers who protect the city. ”

Cao Ying smiled, feeling that Li Mingren was just thinking too thoughtfully, and opened his mouth to comfort: "My lord, even if everyone only gets a penny, they will be happy." The adults have already given the compensation they deserve before, and this time it will be like picking up a sum of money for nothing. So share as much as you can! ”

Hearing this, Li Mingren looked at Chen Yiqing next to him, and nodded slightly as if he agreed with Cao Yingfa's words.

"Okay, I'm not going to slap my swollen face and be fat. As much as you can, you can divide as much as you can. This autumn harvest, I plan to reduce taxes by 20%, which is to thank the people for their contribution to the protection of the city at the beginning of the year, and I have also informed the prefect of this matter, and the prefect has also written back to agree to this matter. If our yamen were a little richer, we would be exempt from this tax. ”

Cao Yingfa: "My lord, you can't act impulsively. The matter of tax exemption must not be decided arbitrarily, we have a lot to do in a year, and we need money everywhere. Now that the yamen has been famine for more than half a year, have you forgotten that the yamen still owes his wife money. ”

Li Mingren: "Yes, how did I forget this stubble, Lao Chen, you can pay me back, cough~ My wife's money?" ”

Chen Yiqing glanced at it perfunctorily, had already calculated it in his heart, and said: "My lord, there is no money left, unless you don't compensate everyone this time." ”

"No, hey~" Li Mingren frowned, "That's it, continue to owe it!" It's not bad for a while. ”

Some people are really happy and some are worried! The officials were overjoyed to learn that they were going to make compensation again, and everyone now admired Master Li from the bottom of their hearts. Although the compensation this time is not much, as Cao Yingfa said, everyone is still happy to get the money, and even more satisfied than the first time.

Li Mingren also took this opportunity to officially announce that the yamen would reduce the number of officials, and of course he would also help the dismissed officials find a job. Once the matter is decided, there is no longer anyone in the county government who is panicking, and there are even some people who still have some hopes. Everyone can see that the brothers who left the county government are now paid more than they are in the county government.

Li Mingren sent a message, if he wants to continue to stay in the yamen, he will go to Cao Xiancheng to report first, and the reporting time will be closed at noon tomorrow. At that time, the county government will gradually arrange it according to the list.

Li Mingren didn't think about dismissing together, after all, he hadn't found other suitable livelihoods to accommodate these laid-off workers.

"Don't think nonsense, whether you go or stay, it's all up to your own mind, this official will naturally be responsible for everyone to the end, and you will only do a good job in the affairs of the county government for a day in the county government."

With Li Mingren's assurance, everyone was no longer entangled, and they really couldn't make up their minds, so they went home and asked the elders' wives to ask the staff officers, and let others help the staff officers, and they had to have an errand to make a living.

(End of chapter)