Wang Cheng and Zhang Hu arrived on time in the afternoon.

Gu Shouxin looked at the two: "Are you two literate?" ”

The two shook their heads.

Gu Shouxin didn't have much hope, and asked again: "Are there many people in the city who are as old as you?" What do most of them do for a living? ”

Wang Chengdao: "Back to my lord, there are no men in the city who are over eighteen or thirty years old at the age of the youngest. Either he joined the Peng family's army, or he went to work for the rich family. ”

Gu Shouxin: "Heh, there are still rich families in Kuncheng? ”

Wang Cheng: "Wow! However, the owner's family does not often live in Kuncheng, and most of them do business in other state capitals, and they just bought a house in Kuncheng. The adults, the small ones don't want to be slaves, and they don't have relatives, and they don't know how to farm, they can only hunt, and then the whole village moved away, and the little ones came to Kuncheng. ”

Gu Shouxin raised his eyebrows: "There should be young adults in the nearby villages, right?" ”

Wang Cheng nodded: "Yes, but they can't afford to pay the silver." ”

Gu Shouxin: "What silver?" ”

Wang Cheng: "It's just that they have to pay a sum of silver when they go to the yamen to find an errand, ten taels, enough for them to live for a year or two." Most of the men in this Kun City were over thirty, and the young ones were almost all in the Peng Jiajun camp. And more than half of them are family members of the military. Usually the yamen doesn't have too many things, it used to deal with the troubles in the trading area, and the ordinary people generally don't make trouble, and the troublemakers have solved it themselves. Those who make trouble in the village are disgusted with trouble in the yamen. After the Hu County Order, the Peng family was in charge of the trading area. ”

Gu Shouxin understood.

To tell the truth, he really hasn't been a petty official, and the people he deals with are all old foxes in the court, and they are all conspiracies.

Moreover, Mrs. Peng said yesterday that after he took office, the trading area was handed over to the county government, and every trading day, their Peng Jiajun would help guard it there.

Through understanding, Gu Shouxin knew that in the south direction of Xicheng, there was a trading area, where there were merchants from various countries, and in the past, Peng Jiajun was only responsible for public security, and the drawings sent by Hu Xianling in collusion with Lang Geguo were what happened in that trading area.

Gu Shouxin pondered for a while: "Wang Cheng, starting tomorrow, you will look for those under forty in the city, who are in good health, and who are willing to go to the yamen to do things, regardless of men and women, and the official does not accept money." Zhang Hu, you go to the following villages to find people under the age of 30, and they are also not limited to men and women. On the tenth day of the lunar month, the official personally selected the officials. ”

"Master Gu, you really don't charge money? Do you receive gifts? Even Zhang Hu was surprised.

If you want to enter the yamen on an errand, where can you not dredge it with silver?

Gu Shouxin: "I don't accept it." As long as you have this will, you can come on the 10th day of the first lunar month. Where do you two live? ”

"Back to my lord, there is a big courtyard next to the county government, and the officials used to live there, but now the small ones live there." The two replied.

Gu Shouxin nodded: "Okay, when the time comes to recruit people in the village, remember that we will eat and live." These days you are also looking for a woman who will be in charge of the food of the people of the yamen. Of course, don't worry, just the two of you now, you should be able to solve it yourself. Also, the official found that the drum at the gate was broken, so he found someone to repair it! ”

After speaking, Gu Shouxin learned about some other things, so he let the two disperse.

Looking at the empty hall, Gu Shouxin felt quite funny, the emperor is really, he is really sharpening him, he is really not afraid that he will rebel one day if he can't stand it.