On the morning of the tenth day of the first month of March, Zhang Xun took Xinlan, Wenxin, Bihe, and Yuchan to sit in a carriage, and the coachman drove all the way out of Donghua Gate to Yiyuan. Before ten o'clock, Zhang Xun and his entourage arrived at the gate of the county government. The official outside the county yamen stepped forward to inquire, and learned that Zhang Xun had come to take over the county order, so he respectfully led Zhang Xun to meet Cheng Qian, who was about to leave office, and Cheng Qian saw Zhang Xun coming and said: "Congratulations to Zhang County on the champion of high school in this county." Zhang Xun replied: "I have just entered the officialdom, and I have to ask Cheng County for advice on this way of being an official." Both of them knew that this was a polite remark, and no one cared, it was a greeting. Then Cheng Qian and Zhang Xun began to hand over, and in less than half an hour, Zhang Xun officially became the Yiyuan county commander.

Zhang Xun first led the four daughters to the inner courtyard of the county government, which was regarded as settling down. Back in the front yard, the county Cheng Zeng Sansheng and the chief bookkeeper Li Mingliang were waiting there. At the time of the handover, Cheng Qian just introduced these two to Zhang Xun, and now they are officially meeting. Zhang Xun knew that these two were the only officials among his subordinates who had entered the ranks, and the others were not in the stream. After Zeng Xiancheng and Li Zhushu saluted him, Zhang Xun said to them: "This county has just arrived, and it is the first time to be an official, and I am not familiar with this Yiyuan, and I hope that the two colleagues will help a lot in the future!" Zeng Sansheng and Li Mingliang replied at the same time: "The responsibility of the subordinate officials is to do their best to assist Zhang County in governing this county." Zhang Xun asked Master Li to get the "Yiyuan County Chronicles", and after Master Li left, Zhang Xun said to Zeng County: "You are in charge of military equipment, public security and other matters, and you will still be in charge of it in the future, if you have difficulties or need to communicate with your superiors, Zibo Mansion, then find this county." Zeng Xiancheng nodded yes. When it was almost noon when Master Li brought the "Yiyuan County Chronicles", Zeng and Li said: "Zhang County, the two officials have booked a banquet for you in Baifu Building, one is to catch the wind and wash the dust for you, and the other is to invite local celebrities and squires, you can meet with them." Zhang Xun knew that this was a common practice, and he really needed the support of these people to carry out his work, so he readily agreed.

Zhang Xun and Zeng Xiancheng and Li Zhushu came to the door of Baifu Building, and the Huang shopkeeper of Baifu Building greeted him, and saw Zhang Xun standing in front of Zeng Xiancheng and Li Zhushu, and knew that this person was the new county master of the current department, so he saluted and said: "Little Huang Zhijian has seen Master Zhang. After getting up and saluting Zeng and Li, he took the three of them to the largest private room on the third floor, and Zhang Xun waved his hand to let the shopkeeper Huang go down. Entering the private room, the four people who were originally sitting inside immediately got up and saluted Zhang Xun. On the way to this Baifu Building before, Master Li had already briefly told Zhang Xun about the situation of these four people. These four people are called Jiang Jinsong, Dai Mingquan, Liu Hanting, and Yi Wenjun, among which Jiang Jinsong is a lifter, and he also participated in the college examination of this department, but he fell off the list. Jiang Jinsong also knew that he couldn't pass the exam, and he was the second time he failed in this course, and if he took the exam again in three years, he could mix with the top three and be born as a jinshi and go to a remote county to be a sesame official. Dai Mingquan is the younger brother of Master Dai Mingjiang of Zibo Prefecture, who is engaged in business in Yiyuan County, relying on his brother's connections in Zibo Mansion, and is now the richest man in Yiyuan. Liu Hanting and Yi Wenjun are the rich gentry of Shiqiao Township and Qingxi Township below Yiyuan, and they are the heads of the Liu family and the Yi family.

After Zhang Xun sat down, everyone sat down, and after a while, the wine and food came over. The six of them raised their wine glasses and toasted Zhang Xun to congratulate him on taking office as the Yiyuan County Commander, and Zhang Xun naturally dried up. Afterwards, everyone ate and talked, and after an hour, they each had their own gains, and left the Baifu Building satisfied. Zhang Xun knew that he had to rely on Zeng County Cheng and Master Li, and Jiang, Dai, Liu, and Yi were all key figures in Yiyuan County to open up the situation by themselves, so naturally they would not put any county lord's shelf in front of them. And the six people also know that Zhang Xun is a saint before the lifter, and now he is the champion of the department, and when he first entered the officialdom, he started from the six products, and the future is great, and the six people are naturally willing to follow Zhang Xun. Both sides have their own needs, so naturally they have a good conversation.

Zhang Xun returned to the backyard of the county government, and the four daughters had already tidied up the backyard. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, Zhang Xun looked at the new residence of himself and his family for the next three years, and was very satisfied. Xinlan and Wen Xin saw that their husbands were going out and coming back, so they asked Bihe and Yuchan to make a pot of tea and asked, "Husband, did you go well on your first day in office?" Zhang Xun replied: "Two ladies, I just met with two subordinates and four local celebrity squires for a meal, which can be regarded as familiarizing people." So he went into the courtyard and sat down in the hall, and by this time Bihe and Yuchan had already brewed the tea, and poured a cup to cool on the coffee table. After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Xun said to Xin Lan and Wen Xin: "Two ladies, I will go to the study to read the "Yiyuan County Chronicles" to understand the local customs, mountains and rivers, and landforms, so as to formulate the development policy of the county. For one term of office, for the benefit of one party. This is my desire to enter the officialdom. Go and call me to eat again at dusk. ”

After reading "Yiyuan County Chronicles", Zhang Xun knew that this Yiyuan was originally called Yiyuan, because in ancient times, this place was the birthplace of a river Yishui, and the source of Yishui was called Yiyuan. Later, in the Wenchang era, Kong Sheng saw that this place had become a plain, so he changed his name to Yiyuan, which is still used today. The county seat of Yiyuan is located at the end of this plain, backed by the Yimeng Mountains. The Yimeng Mountains are where Zibo Mansion is located, the Yimeng Mountains have beautiful scenery and rich products, just because the terrain is dangerous, the transportation is inconvenient, the two townships located on the mountain, Yanya Township and Tumen Township are not only in Yiyuan County, they are poor townships in Zibo Prefecture, that is, in the whole territory of Lu State, they are the top few poor townships. The townships close to Yishui (especially Shiqiao and Qingxi townships are the best) are the famous granaries of Lu State, and the land is fertile, which is also the reason why Yiyuan can become a big county. Linyi Township, Heping Township, and Jianshe Township, where Dujia Village is located, are close to the neighboring counties and Yinan County, and the townships are in the middle reaches of Yiyuan County.

On the second day, Zhang Xun called Zeng County Cheng and Li Zhushu, handed over the affairs of the county seat to them to manage, and then told them his plan to go to the townships for investigation and left the county seat. Zhang Xun first went to Yanya Township and Tumen Township on the Yimeng Mountains, looking at the beautiful scenery and abundant products on the mountains, but the villagers were in rags and living in poverty. Zhang Xun knew that he had a long way to go, and if he couldn't take off the hats of these two poor townships and let the villagers live and work in peace and contentment, then what was the meaning of the memories of his previous life? Is he an official just to be a prestige? No, then he would do everything he could to make the people under his rule full of hope for life and the future. Otherwise, you will be selling your reputation and reading the books of sages in vain.

Zhang Xun spent seven days on the Yimeng Mountains, and when he first went up the mountain, he thought of two development paths, and the premise was to build the road first. But not to mention that there is not so much money to build roads now, even if there is enough gold and silver, it will take at least a year or two. Zhang Xun felt as if he had forgotten something, lowered his head, saw the jade pendant on his chest, slapped his thigh, and said: "Yes! How can you forget the jade pendant? There is space in the jade pendant, (the things in the jade pendant space will not be broken and keep fresh) Then he can buy a large number of mountain goods and game that can be seen everywhere in the mountains from the villagers." So in the past seven days, Zhang Xun claimed to be a merchant to buy wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, yams, wild boars, hares, badgers, and other wild medicinal herbs from the villagers, and threw them into the jade pendant space when he left the village at night. The villagers also know that these natural gifts in the mountains are all good things, but the transportation is inconvenient, it is not easy to take down the mountain, and they can't use so much for their own use. And the villagers have the money to go down the mountain to the city to buy some daily necessities, but they don't care if the road is good or not. Zhang Xun agreed with the villagers to come back after March to buy again, and then go down the mountain.

Zhang Xun then went to Linyi Township, Heping Township, and Jianshe Township, and inquired about several old farmers, knowing that the harvest in these three townships in a good year is still very considerable, but if there is a drought or heavy rain, then only rely on manpower to rescue the crops in the field, not to mention the lack of harvest. Zhang Xun was even more determined in the idea of building water conservancy, and he offended the Shangshu Shilang of the Ministry of Household and Industry, so don't think about tax reduction and appropriation. Then raise a sum by yourself, go to your boss in Zibo Mansion to ask for a sum, and then persuade the richest man in Nayi to sponsor a sum of money, mobilize the villagers to contribute, and the first section can still be completed. In that case, I will go back to the county office tomorrow to make a plan.

Half a month after going down to the countryside, Zhang Xun decided to return. rented five carriages at the carriage shop on the side of the county road, and after leaving the empty carriage for a while, Zhang Xun gave silver to let a few coachmen go to dinner, and then took out the mountain goods and game in the jade pendant space and put them in the five carriages. (This carriage is specially used to transport goods, and one cart can be loaded a lot, and now all five carts are full, which shows how much Zhang Xun bought from the villagers of the two townships on the Yimeng Mountains.) After the five coachmen returned, Zhang Xun got into one of the carriages and said, "The goods are all loaded, go to the county office, let's go!" This movement naturally alarmed Xin Lan and Wen Xin, Xin Lan asked: "Husband, what are you doing here?" Zhang Xun told what he had seen and heard on Yimeng Mountain, and then said to Xin Lan: "Didn't you manage the Drunken Immortal Mansion before, it is better to open the Drunken Immortal Building in Yiyuan here, focusing on these mountain delicacies, game and medicinal food." Xin Lan thought for a while, "The husband is now in charge of Yiyuan, he will definitely get busier and busier, and he doesn't have much time to accompany himself, why don't he open the Drunken Immortal Building, anyway, he doesn't have to show his face, just manage it behind the scenes." So he said, "Okay, that's it, Sister Wen Xin can also help me." After arranging these Zhang Xun went to the study, for three whole days, in addition to eating, he was really sleepy for a while, and he has repeatedly revised the plan to build water conservancy, as for the plan to build roads and develop tourism in Yimeng Mountain, Zhang Xun put it in the second step and ignored it for the time being. Three days later, in the evening, looking at the results of his past three days, Zhang Xun was very satisfied, so he left the study, took a shower, relieved the fatigue of the whole body and went back to the room to rest.

The next day, I slept until almost ten o'clock before I got up, and after washing, I went to the study and took the formulated "Yiyuan Xingxiu Water Conservancy Plan" to find Master Li's book, and said: "Mingming, you send someone to find Jiang Jinsong, Dai Mingquan, Liu Hanting, and Yi Wenjun, and say that I will invite them to dinner at noon, and the location will be set in Baifu Building." As soon as Master Li heard it, he knew that Zhang Xun had something to talk to them about, so he replied: "Zhang County, I know." Zhang Xun said again: "Zeng Xiancheng, you will personally go and invite, and then we will go to Baifu Building together." Master Li replied: "Okay"

At noon, Baifu Building, still the private room, or the seven people, did not drink because they wanted to talk about business. After eating, Zhang Xun took out the plan, and the six of them read it one by one, shocked by Zhang Xun's courage, and agreed to the plan after thinking about it. Zhang Xun did the division of labor, Jiang Jinsong was responsible for surveying and planning the ditch, Zeng San Province was responsible for maintaining law and order, Li Mingliang was responsible for communication and cost control with the townships, Dai Mingquan was responsible for contacting the business community for fundraising, Liu Hanting and Yi Wenjun were responsible for the coordination of their respective townships and the logistics of the construction site, and Zhang Xun himself was responsible for persuading the villagers along the project to contribute and contact Zibo Prefecture.