Da Cang night watchman

Chapter 430 The officialdom is different, all together

"Who?"

Before Zeng Shigui answered, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Brother Zeng!"

Zeng Shigui bounced up suddenly, and saw the two people standing at the gate of the county government at a glance, his face turned red all of a sudden, and with a whoosh, he jumped directly from the second floor, breaking a piece of the blue brick under his feet , the wind almost blows the poor old catcher over...

On the second floor of the county office, Zeng Shigui raised his teacup: "Brother Lin, my younger brother has been looking forward to your coming to Beichuan day and night, and you have finally come."

Lin Su smiled slightly: "What's the situation? Tell me..."

This said, I talked all afternoon...

Lin Su looked up at the sky: "I see, no wonder you are helpless!"

Zeng Shigui and Lin Jialiang belong to the same kind of people in essence, they are the kind of people who have a belly full of sage books and a belly full of rules.

People like them, in a good environment, will be a clear stream in the officialdom, but in a bad environment, they will be a mediocre official who can accomplish nothing, because their hands and feet are all bound by invisible rules. Can turn in circles.

Sanping County that day was actually similar to Beichuan County. Lin Su used the bandits from Liehu Mountain to flatten the hometown of Zhizhou Ding Jiye, and then reshuffled Sanping County. Lin Jialiang didn’t say that he would do it himself, let him do it. I can't bear to look at him from the sidelines.

Zeng Shigui's eyes lit up: "Brother Lin, what's your plan?"

"There are still too few things available at the moment...By the way, is Li Zhiyuan here yet?"

"I've been back for three days!"

"Okay, let's go see him..."

Zeng Shigui was slightly shocked: "Brother Lin, the black mud swamp he was in was almost the same day as the Haining River Beach. Brother Lin is going here, and brother is looking forward to it..."

When thinking of dirty and messy places, one naturally thinks of Haining River Beach. This may be a common problem that people in Lin Su's circle of friends will make.

The two figures walked away, and the head catcher Li, who was guarding the gate, looked at the sky, a little confused. His Excellency has been working in Beichuan for two years, and it is the first time he has seen such a happy smile on his face. Could it be that the person who came today is the one the adults are waiting for?Who is he?
In Beichuan County, there is Yuping Mountain in the south. On the other side of Yuping Mountain is Dongting Lake. Yuping Mountain is not a barren land. It is a mountain of flowers and fruits with thick soil and meat. Even in the current summer when thousands of flowers are withered, there are still late-ripening yellow peaches hanging on the branches on the mountain.

Its greatest treasure is not the melons and fruits on the tree, but the vineyard under the tree.

The vineyards all over the mountains and plains give Beichuan County the reputation of a wine country.

It must be said that Zhao Xun is a good hand in officialdom management, and he is very good at giving back to his hometown. He has a good relationship with court officials. He is His Majesty's celebrity. The wine of the monster race is not very pleasant, and it is still in line with the holy way to use the good wine of the human race. Beichuan, the hometown of the little old man, is rich in high-quality wine. Why not buy it from the officialdom? The common people have a livelihood because of this, and kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?
Even His Majesty cannot object to this statement.

Beichuan wine gradually became official reception wine, the brand was well-polished, and the money was pouring in.

Few people in the capital know that what Zhao Xun said, benefiting the 30 people in Beichuan, is a bit watery. What really benefits is his Zhao family and tens of thousands of people who are closely related to the Zhao family, ordinary people who account for an absolute proportion of the population. Not to mention taking a share in this feast, you won't even see any oil or water.

Ordinary people were driven north.

Huaguo Mountain is in the south, and the swamp is in the north.

Before leaving, Zeng Shigui introduced to Lin Su that the swamp in the north of Beichuan was on the same level as the Haining River Beach in the past, but after arriving at the boundary, Lin Su still felt that Zeng Shigui had shown some kindness. To be honest, it is really not as good as the former Haining River Beach.

As long as the Haining River Beach is not in the flood season, the ground is dry anyway.

Here, there is a big mud puddle on the ground. Wherever the ground is a bit dry, thatched houses have been built. There are puddles in front of and outside the thatched house. There may be a swamp below the seemingly solid ground with small weeds. If you accidentally step on it, you will slip away and no one will be seen!

Zeng Shigui told Lin Su: Here, maybe only one case is good, the children are quite good, almost all the children running around are gone...

This cold humor Lin Su said that he couldn't laugh.

In front is a forest, which is the main settlement of 30 residents. It is a swamp area. The biggest threat comes from the feet. The place with grass is not safe, but the place with trees is safer. Big trees can grow, and the bottom must be There is hard land, so they all live here in the woods. On the outskirts of the woods, there are a few limited pieces of land.Not even willing to leave the road.

They walked towards the settlement step by step between the crops.

"How many people are there?" Lin Su asked.

"This settlement is the largest. From this mountain to Wutan, there are a total of 13 households, about [-] people."

"What do they do for a living?"

"There is no land here. It is obviously impossible to rely on crops. There are only crocodiles in the swamp. Killing and catching them can make money, but this is a very risky way of survival. Thousands of people die in the mouth of crocodiles every year. .Even if there is income, the market price is not high, and the income is meager."

Crocodile income is meager?
This is incomprehensible in modern society, but it is very normal here. No one thinks that crocodile belts are more high-end than cow belts. No one carries crocodile leather bags. There is no such thing as a wallet. Crocodile meat is not as hungry as pork... …

Zeng Shigui was very conspicuous in his official uniform, and was surrounded by people as soon as he entered the village...

"The magistrate is here!"

"Grassmen pay homage to the county magistrate!"

"My lord, the crocodile meat you hunted with your own hands a month ago, the old man is not willing to sell it. It has been made into dried fish. I just wait for my lord to come and taste it. My lord, you must eat this meal today..."

Lin Su's eyes widened. Zeng Shigui is so popular here. The reason for his popularity is that he took off his official uniform and followed the villagers to kill crocodiles...

Zeng Shigui said: "Has Master Li Zhiyuan come back?"

Zhiyuan?Since he came back three days ago, he has been killing crocodiles. My lord, you must have never imagined that the crocodiles he killed in these three days were a thousand. With thousands of team members, our village is fortunate to have Li Zhiyuan...

Lin Su was speechless.

The role of an imperial supervisory envoy is actually a high-end crocodile hunting force?
As an inspector, Li Zhiyuan was always worried about his inability to change the appearance of his hometown, but the villagers were not disappointed. They were still proud of him, because when he came back as a man with a good heart, his record of killing crocodiles was straight. Soaring, the folks can have enough food for a month.

On the outskirts of the village, at the edge of the swamp, Lin Su stared at the man who was running away carrying a big crocodile, but he couldn't connect him with Li Zhiyuan, the stern-looking Li Zhiyuan of the Beijing Supervision Department.

"Master Li, other people go back to their hometowns to visit relatives, but yours is purely to work overtime..."

The crocodile on Li Zhiyuan's shoulder slid down, watching Lin Su's expression change, the crocodile under his feet opened its mouth and bit Li Zhiyuan.

Several people behind him exclaimed in unison. Li Zhiyuan didn't even look at it. He stepped on the crocodile's palate accurately. The crocodile was pressed into the mud and struggled desperately, but couldn't get out.

"Coming?" The two words have endless meanings.

"coming!"

"Sit at home!"

"it is good!"

Li Zhiyuan waved his hands back: "This is the end of today's crocodile hunter, brothers, come back!"

Li Zhiyuan's home is in the center of the scattered village, on a hillside. Lin Su also met his family. His father was an ordinary farmer with a broken hand, but this was just the appearance before him. Twenty years ago, Li Zhiyuan The family is still a famous family in Beichuan, his father also has a literary position, and is a scholar, he completed his magnificent turn after his family fell down—from a scholar to a crocodile hunter in the black swamp, his arm was lost in the crocodile of.

His mother was already haggard, but she could vaguely see the ladylike demeanor of the past.

His younger sister, who is a village girl, saw that Lin Su was a little distracted. When she brought him tea, she almost knocked over the broken table, but her father gave her a hard look and hid...

His wife and a pair of children are also standard villagers. The only difference from the surrounding villagers, perhaps only one, is that their demeanor is different from ordinary people. His son can still come here and treat Lin Su with standard etiquette. Meet Zeng Shigui.

Everyone knows Zeng Shigui.

As for Lin Su, Li Zhiyuan introduced to his father: This is Lord Lin Sulin, who made his debut as the No.

So, the old man almost knocked over the table...

It can be seen that Li Zhiyuan's status in the hearts of the villagers is still very high, basically equivalent to Lin Su's status in the Haining River Beach. How do the villagers reflect it?Send food!
They brought all kinds of food, including fresh vegetables, dried crocodiles, and even wine. Although the wine was extremely muddy and sour, the villagers were absolutely reluctant to drink it. Lin Su forced himself to swallow it, and Li Zhiyuan was a little touched, for a person like Lin Su who never tires of food, it is really a face to drink this kind of wine...

After eating, chatting...

Lin Su raised his head: "Fellow folks, Mr. Li and I both belong to the Supervision Department of the capital, so I might as well tell you straightly that I am here to run the Zhao family. I want to take revenge, if there is any grievance, tell me..."

At the beginning, the floodgates were opened to release the water, and the flood from the villagers was released for thousands of miles, and it couldn't be stopped at all...

Master Lin, old man, I was originally from Yuping Mountain, and my ancestors have lived there for generations, but the Zhao family is too domineering, insisting that my grandson stole their peaches, and asked the old man to pay three taels of silver. Driven down the mountain...

Master Lin, the old lady has seen the shamelessness of the Zhao family with her own eyes. They planted peaches everywhere, and they planted them all at the door of my house. Two silvers, poor old man didn't turn around in one breath, just died of anger like that, I brought my three-month-old grandson here, it has been ten years...

Master Lin, you must be the master for us. In the entire Black Marsh, half of the people have lived in Yuping Mountain for decades, and now all their families are ruined. They will do anything to drive people away. When I came out, I saw with my own eyes that they pushed my son off the cliff and fell to his death, but when I took it to the government to sue, they said that my son made a mistake by himself...

Master Lin, everyone says that the Zhao family is a high-ranking official in the capital, and the officials protect each other. No one can do this for us ordinary people...

From the afternoon until the sunset, Zeng Shigui held a pen in his hand and had already written twenty full pages, every word and every word, recording the blood and tears of the common people, one paragraph at a time, and complaining about the crimes of the Zhao family ...

The people finally dispersed, and the Li family's courtyard was finally empty, but those people did not leave, they were still outside the courtyard...

They seem to be waiting for a miracle, but they also know that this miracle is almost impossible to happen.

In the fenced yard, Li Zhiyuan's eyes slowly retracted from afar: "My lords, even if the folks talk about it for three days and three nights, it is only the tip of the iceberg of the Zhao family's crimes. However, the biggest problem is that the Zhao family's deep Knowing how to do evil and being good at evading legal sanctions, the evidence you can find is useless to him, but for a real felony, you will never find evidence of it.”

"Exactly!" Zeng Shigui said: "Perhaps in the eyes of the villagers, I, the county magistrate, is afraid of the second-rank high-ranking officials in the court, and everyone will not believe it. I would rather hold the ironclad evidence and face the old thief Zhao head-on. Even if I die, it is better than living Suffering in this quagmire..."

Lin Su looked up slowly...

The eyes of both of them gathered on his face...

Lin Su said: "There is one thing I don't understand."

"what?"

"Who really belongs to Yuping Mountain?"

In order to drive people down Yuping Mountain, the Zhao family really had a big brain hole, and used all kinds of low-handed methods such as extortion and touching porcelain. This shows that Yuping Mountain does not belong to the Zhao family. If they have the land deed, they only need to As soon as the land deed is revealed, everyone has to leave, so why do they need these dirty tricks?These methods are quite brain-intensive just to design, why?
Therefore, Lin Su first concluded that Yuping Mountain did not belong to the Zhao family.

Secondly, this Yuping Mountain does not seem to belong to these villagers, because the villagers listed thousands of clues, none of which involved the land deed. If there was a land deed, they would have said it long ago.

Li Zhiyuan replied: "Yuping Mountain used to be a barren mountain. According to the regulations of the Great Cang Law, anyone can occupy the barren hill to open up wasteland."

Zeng Shigui also agreed: "I checked the county annals, and Yuping Mountain was indeed a barren mountain before."

It is precisely because it is a barren mountain that there are these loopholes to exploit.

Lin Su frowned: "Beichuan County under Yuping Mountain has been established for 800 years. Is there any reason for such a mountain to be barren?"

Li Zhiyuan also frowned suddenly, yes!
Beichuan County is not a new county. It has a history of 840 years. Yuping Mountain is just outside the county seat.Even if the county was indeed a barren mountain at the beginning of its establishment, there were four nationwide "reconnaissance and planning" in the history of Da Cang. What is reconnaissance and planning?It is to carry out large-scale re-approval, issue title deeds to the barren hills for development, and recognize sovereignty. In any case, there is no reason for Yuping Mountain to remain unowned barren hills.

(End of this chapter)