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Chapter 247 De'an County

The leaders of De'an County started active welcoming activities as far as half a month ago.

Speaking of welcoming and sending off, that is definitely the main job of officials in small counties, and today's De'an County regards this as the top priority of the whole year's work.

Although there are not as many civil servants who lived in the entire building in later generations, as De'an in Shangxian County, there are still many officials.

The two assistant officials, centered on the chief Bohe county magistrate, have become the actual acting officials since the former Qiu magistrate was transferred away. Among them, the 52-year-old Xu Guinian, the county magistrate, is even more busy. Almost three times they pass through the house without entering.

Normally, within a county, the relationship between the assistant official and the county magistrate is very delicate.Because the rank of the Zuo Er official is lower, he is either a local gangster or a crony of the governor - the governor cannot mobilize the county magistrate, but he can mobilize the Zuo Er official. If the Zuo Er official wants to be promoted, he most hopes to be promoted to the county magistrate. s position.But after hearing that Cheng Jinzhou was next to take office, De'an's officials, large and small, had absolutely no other thoughts.

In such a small place, not to mention the star warlock apprentices, even the star warlock apprentices with star formations tattooed on them can kill him to death, let alone the huge influence of the Cheng family in Shaonan and Jinchuan.

Bo Songheng, the second assistant official, is of a lower rank.If it is in Xia County, Zhu Bo is the only assistant second official. Although De'an is more prosperous, his power is much smaller.Song Heng is busy, but he doesn't have to take much responsibility.

In the entire leadership group, apart from the two of them, there are two chief officials—Dianshi Zhang Biaohu and Jiaoyu Feng Zhaoqing. The former is equivalent to the director of the office. Personnel component.When Qiuxian was in office, the two people with the highest education in De'an were the magistrate and Feng Zhaoqing.

There are still quite a few civil servants registered in the country, but the rest are low-level positions. In De'an's reception team, they don't even have the qualifications to line up.Because the people who will welcome Cheng Jinzhou in De'an, besides the leaders of De'an County, there are also Taoist masters from Jinchuan Province, Tongzhi masters from Nanling, and many gentlemen from Lin County.

Not only the civil servant team, but also the star warlock team is also the main force to welcome them.In the entire Jinchuan Prefecture, there was originally only one second-level star warlock and one first-level star warlock, plus over a hundred apprentice star warlocks, and now they rushed to De'an almost without hesitation, filling the only hotel in the small county It's full.

Fourth-level star warlock Jiang Huang, no one wants to see him.

There are so many high-level figures who are coming or have already been here, how dare the leadership of De'an County be negligent. The leadership team composed of four people focused on deploying manpower and financial resources, re-paved the streets near the county government, and broke the flow of officials. Instead of the practice of repairing government offices, the nearly century-old De'an office compound has been renovated.As for the second hall and residence where the magistrate works, the decoration is even more exquisite.

The re-paving and purge of the main streets inside and outside the city, and the establishment of new lounges on the traffic arteries connecting other counties, have squandered De'an's savings over the years.Despite this, the enthusiasm of the officials has not been extinguished, and a reassessment has been carried out on the county's officials, miscellaneous servants and three classes of miscellaneous officials...

The higher-level governments of Jinchuan Province and Nanling were embarrassed to roll up their sleeves to help, but exempted the tax paid by De'an County - it is not appropriate to say that it was exempted, it can only be counted on the account of Qiuzhi County, and the people do not raise officials Don't worry about it, we'll talk about it later when a bad debt arrives.After all, the eyes of the whole world are on De'an. If he does too badly, the imperial censor's impeachment is no joke.

Those who dream of being famous in history are really not afraid of death, or are famous for fighting to the death.

On the 21st, early in the morning.

The county magistrate Xu Guinian, who was busy until late at night, reluctantly got up from the bed.In the past 30 years, his life has been very comfortable. Not only can he work without fixed hours, but he can also spend a lot of time on lazy reading. But recently, he has not slept fully for many days in a row.A similar day was only enjoyed before the township examination.It's a pity that I didn't pass the Jinshi exam.Every time he thinks about this, Xu Guinian feels sad for a moment, and thinks regretfully: If I take the exam again, maybe I will pass.

The petite girl in the room tiptoed in, wiped Xu Guinian's face with warm water, then helped him put on his official uniform and boots, and whispered, "Master, are you coming back for lunch today?"

"Not coming back." Xu Guinian sighed and said, "Anything new today?"

To start early, I was still the servant and cook at home.In De'an's so-called Shang County, there are only a few thousand households in the city, and everyone in the city knows what's going on in the corner.Xu Guinian has long been used to inquiring news from servants in his family.

In fact, he is not the only one who has a similar habit, many ministers in Beijing have it.Scholars have at least heard of the so-called understanding of people's sentiments.

The girl gently packed him with handkerchiefs and other things, and thought about it: "I heard from people who went to the market this morning that many people are building houses next to the Jianhe River, and the materials are brought back from outside."

"Where is it built?" Xu Guinian said lazily, and then suddenly realized that the remaining money in De'an County is not enough to build a big house.The rich people in the county are most afraid of forced apportionment, and they dare not reveal their wealth at a time like this.

It must be the new magistrate.It is said that he not only brought many followers, but also several star warlocks followed.Xu Guinian
The more Xu Guinian thought about it, the more he got it right, he hurriedly picked up his hat and ran out, shouting: "Little Guizi, go and invite Mr. Song, prepare your horse and go to the west of the city."

If we divide it according to the government with Chinese characteristics, the top county magistrate can be regarded as a senior county official, and the county magistrate is the county head. As a native cadre, Xu Guinian's family is not small, with more than fifty maids and servants. Among them, the Changsui and others are considered his personal secretaries.

The small city of De'an was quickly awakened by the sound of cars and horses.

Residents selling breakfast at the intersection of the street were the first to notice the flow of sedan chairs, and some bored people even followed the sedan chairs of officials to the west. The pace of life in the 17th century was far from the high requirements of later generations, and people had plenty of time to watch their favorite things.

In modern parlance, it is onlookers.

No matter how many people were behind, Xu Guinian kept yelling "Hurry up, hurry up" while sitting in the sedan chair, and his palms were slightly sweaty. He counted the time silently, but he couldn't stick his head out to look.

Great Xia advocates ritual education, so civil servants also regard ritual observance as the first element.He didn't know the temperament of the new magistrate, but if he was caught probing his brains and got a "disrespectful" comment, wouldn't he die unjustly.

It took less than a quarter of an hour before the bearer slowly stopped, lifted the curtain and said, "Master, we're here."

A small action can tell that the Xu family's teaching is not strict. If it is a big family, the bearer must wait for the master's response before opening the curtain, otherwise it will make him feel uncomfortable if he sees something he shouldn't see.

Xu Guinian stepped out of the sedan chair in full robes, and was immediately overwhelmed by the sight in front of him.

On both sides of the Jianhe River, a stone bridge over 200 meters long is under construction, and on the west side of the river, at least [-] strong and strong men are sweating profusely with iron picks.Farther on, a dozen or so horses struggled in the mud, trying to drag logs downriver out of the water.

Song Heng from the rear came behind Xu Guinian angrily, and said, "Are they going to build another county?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Xu Guinian said hastily, "Let's go ask first."

In fact, without him asking, someone has already noticed the two disciplines.

A person who was obviously in charge came over with a smile, and asked in a questioning tone, "Where are the two masters from?"

"Xiatian is the magistrate of De'an County. May I ask if you are the magistrate Cheng and his party?" Xu Guinian was very modest. At 50 years old, he can still bend his waist lower than Song Heng, which is really amazing.

"Master Xian Cheng is polite." The other party also bowed quickly and said, "Little Tang Zheng, Mr. Cheng is on the other side."

Xu Guinian looked over and saw that there were actually two large boats ferrying Jian Hanoi, which was originally impassable due to mud.He couldn't help being surprised and said: "There isn't much water recently, be careful that the ship runs aground."

"It's nothing, it's the five astro-warlocks who sent the boat all the way from Nanling."

"Five Star Warlocks." Xu Guinian swallowed hard, looked back at Song Heng, and quickly clasped his hands and said, "Brother please, please pass it on, my subordinate Xu Guinian is asking to see you."

As he said, he stuffed a red envelope into Tang Ping's hand.

Tang Ping smiled, but put it away, and turned to report.This was also what Cheng Jinzhou had ordered a long time ago.He didn't come to De'an to work for Hai Rui. Everything is centered on economic development, so we can talk about things that are easy to do in the future.

Under the expectant gaze of the two assistant officers, a gust of wind came from above.

When the two inland civil servants passed by this place, they looked up in horror, and saw Cheng Jinzhou sitting on a burly man, which fell heavily to the ground.

Without ordering, the two fell to the ground at a faster speed, kowtowed and said: "My subordinate Xu Guinian (Song Heng) sees Mr. Cheng."

Cheng Jinzhou looked down at the two men in neat official uniforms below, and said curiously: "Please, Mr. Xu is the county magistrate?"

Different from the lowliness of the small officials in the capital, the county magistrate and master Bo, who are used to being the second official, are more leadership.And unlike Guifang's background, the gentlemen who started as officials all the way have the aura of civil servants that Xiao Cheng is familiar with.

The two hesitated for a moment, then stood up from the ground, Xu Guinian lowered his head and said, "When is your lord going to take office?"

Due to inconvenient transportation, it took a long time for officials to take up their posts, and they had to check the official seals before they could take up their posts.

Cheng Jinzhou pondered for a while, and said: "In two or three days, we need to set up a shelf first."

"The county government office has been refurbished. Why don't you live in the government office first?" Song Heng said smartly.

"The ones built here are for the astrologists."

Cheng Jinzhou said and pointed to the sky above.

The two looked up, and saw two rows of nearly 20 star warlocks standing at a height of more than [-] meters, looking down and talking in low voices.

Xu Guinian assured that he saw more star warlocks at this moment than he had seen in his entire life.

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(End of this chapter)