Shelter in the pastoral

Fang Shujing went to the county government office. When he arrived, the rest of the people came together, but everyone looked normal.Fang Shujing is not a person who wants to put on airs and ostentation, but the attitude of everyone who is new to the county town is very telling.

The master was more enthusiastic, and said: "If there is anything wrong with the residence, please come to me, and I will solve it."

"En." Fang Shujing said: "If there is any previous case file, show it to me."

The master was slightly stunned and said: "Our county is still quite peaceful and no one has come to report to the officials. It was all a long time ago, and it has been pressed in a box. If you need it, I will order someone to carry it for you." The first thing I did was to tell Fang Shujing that it was better not to come looking for her, it was very troublesome.

But Fang Shujing seemed to be unable to understand the meaning behind his words, and said: "Then please trouble Master."

When the master heard this, he had no choice but to arrange the matter.

I found it soon, the master did not lie. The scrolls I found were several years ago, and they were all yellowed when I took them out.There was a lot of dust on it, and it took a long time to shake it off in the yard of the Shiye County Government before it was delivered.

After Fang Shujing opened it, he looked carefully. The magistrate had his own study, and it was very comfortable to stay here.

In the evening, I went home.

After all, the county had a new county magistrate, and many people were quietly paying attention.

Among them is the treasurer of the Xiaohouye's property. He opened a cloth shop, and the plaque did not use the mark of the Xiaohouye's family.It is the property that the young master hides in the dark.The shopkeeper's name is Zhang Huairen, who is also a famous scholar. His grandfather followed him as a general, and in his life, he will naturally work for the young master.

Zhang Huairen didn't deal with the president of the chamber of commerce, and rarely interacted with them on weekdays, and was always marginalized by the chamber of commerce.But he is the largest cloth shop in the county, and the county is engaged in weaving business. Everyone knows that they make money, but no one knows how much money he makes.

Zhang Huairen's confidant came over and said, "The new county magistrate belongs to the young lord, should we go over and reveal our identity. I heard that none of the people from the chamber of commerce went to visit the county magistrate, obviously they didn't take him seriously." Grandpa is alone and helpless now, if they can go over to help, it will be a strong support, and the friendship in the snow is better than the icing on the cake.

Zhang Huairen said: "Well... let's take a look." This county is not big, but the cloth collected here is supplied to cloth shops all over the country.He secretly handles the matter here, although his fame is not high, but he is definitely regarded as a confidant among the shopkeepers of the young master.

He is different from other shopkeepers sent to the local area to do business. He has lived in the county since he was a child and has a deep affection for this place.It used to be a rich place, but since the arrival of some corrupt officials, these big rats have been fattened up. The life of the common people is getting worse day by day.

He saw pain in his eyes.

But shouldering the heavy responsibility of Bu Zhuang, he had to keep a low profile, and he couldn't jump up and fight these people, so not joining the chamber of commerce, not colluding with Shuo Shu's corrupt officials was his biggest bottom line.During the holidays, I also arrange for fellows to donate porridge and donate money, but what I can do is a drop in the bucket.

He secretly collected evidence and ledgers of corrupt officials and sent them to the young master, and finally moved to the corrupt officials. The young master said that he would arrange for someone to come over and take over the county.

He had been looking forward to this, but he never thought that the person who arrived was so young.

Those people in the chamber of commerce ignored him at all because of their confidence.How can a young scholar go through such a complicated situation? If others give him a blow and coax him with power, he will most likely join them.

He is not optimistic about Fang Shujing.Right now, I don't want to risk exposing myself.

In the face of gold and silver treasures, even the elderly may not be able to withstand the temptation, let alone young people.

The subordinates have followed Zhang Huairen for many years, so they know his temperament.At this moment, he stopped talking and quietly withdrew.

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Fang Shujing returned home at night, and first went to the study to write a letter to the head of the mountain and Mr. Hu from the private school.The second is to send a letter to my friend Lin Yuchen, asking him to find a reliable grain merchant to settle here, and to store more grain... Although Lin Yuchen, his friend, is not good at reading, he is also very reliable in doing things. .

The first two letters were ordinary letters that were sent to the post station and squeezed out.The letter to Lin Yuchen was an urgent letter and had to be sent quickly.He is now the magistrate of the county, so there is someone specially assigned to handle this matter for him.

That's right, he wanted to open a grain shop.The reason why this business president is so rampant is not because they have monopolized the grain stores in the entire county.The pricing power is in their hands, and they can raise prices unscrupulously.

Opening a grain store is an important part of breaking the situation.

It has been three days since the letter was sent out. During these three days, Fang Shujing went to the county government office every day to look through the case files in the county government office as usual, and occasionally chatted with a few people. The county government office did exactly what the master said, what is going on here nothing.

After staying for a while, someone from the post station came to Fang Shujing with a letter and said, "My lord, I have your urgent letter." He saw that it was indeed written by his friend Lin Yuchen, so he opened it quickly, and saw Lin Yuchen's handwriting on it. Shen has already arranged everything.The food escort was already on the way, and I heard that Fang Shujing wanted them to come quietly, since they wanted to keep it secret, they had to do it at night.He has already written a plan, and Fang Shu needs to cooperate internally and externally.

Fang Shujing was very happy after reading it, and it was faster than he imagined.

It's right to leave this matter to him, burn the letter immediately after reading it, open the window to let off the smell of burning paper, and then call the master in.In the evening, the non-commissioned officers who guard the city will go and have a look.

The master didn't think much about it at all. Since Fang Shujing came here, she has shown that she is very curious about everything.

Master knew that this was Fang Shujing's first time as an official, so it was normal to be curious.So the guards were called over.I praised each one~

Although the city guards didn't know what to do, they were very happy to be praised by the county magistrate.

As soon as these people left, they heard the sound of drums shaking the sky. The sound of the drums was so penetrating that Fang Shujing could hear it even in the room.Immediately said: "Master, is there someone beating the drum to complain?"

The master's face changed, and he said, "I'll go out and have a look." A few days ago, he told the county magistrate that he managed the place well, but he didn't expect the drums to be played, it seemed like he was making up nonsense.

Fang Shujing said: "I'll go here with you."

After speaking, the two went to the front hall of the county government office together, and the surrounding government officials also stood in two rows.

Others took out the lead plates.

The person who came was an old man in ragged clothes. His face was full of sorrow. When he saw Fang Shujing, tears came down: "My lord... I was wronged..."

A lot of people gathered outside, and they all heard that the new magistrate was young, and wanted to see the magistrate settle the case.

The number of people gradually increased.

"So young."

"God..."

"This old man really can't think about it. He won't survive if he falls down with a board."

I watched the yamen servant bring a bench and a two-finger-thick wooden board and press the old man on the wooden board to execute the sentence.

Fang Shujing frowned and said, "Wait a minute, what is this for?"

The master was afraid that he might say something wrong, so he said: "Sir, this is the rule in our county. All people who come to report to the official must first give [-] boards. These ordinary people don't understand anything. If there is no such restriction, what is the matter?" Every trivial matter will come to sue the officials."

Fang Shujing saw that the old man was so skinny, he probably wouldn't be able to survive if he was given a hard meal.Said: "Whoever established the rules will be abolished."

Master blushed!

If you have to come here to sue the officials under such strict conditions, how much grievance must you feel in your heart.Even if you don't want your life, you will die...

The old man was finally brought down, and then he kowtowed to Fang Shujing a few times and said, "Master, you have to make the decision for me. I am suing Jiao Wen, the shopkeeper of the Jiao Family Grain Shop. He wants to marry me by force." My daughter-in-law even beat my son and forced her to marry him, if she refuses she will poison our family to death, I really have no choice.” After speaking, the old man burst into tears.

Taking away his wife and daughter is a sworn enemy.

The master heard this, and secretly whispered in Fang Shujing's ear: "Jiao Wen belongs to the head of the merchant." He is the godson of the head of the merchant.The chamber of commerce covers the sky with only one hand in the county.Jiao Wen is also considered a party figure in the county, so this can be done.

Fang Shujing said to the yamen servant: "Summon Jiao Wen." He patted the gavel tree hard.

The master is in a hurry. When he said this just now, he wanted to appease him. This person is not something they can afford.Offending the head of the chamber of commerce for an old man who is about to go to the ground is obviously not going to work, so it's better to pick it up high and put it down gently, and get rid of the old man.

But who would have thought that Fang Shujing would be arrested.The Jiao family is the most defensive, isn't this through the ants' nest?

When everyone at the gate of the yamen heard that Jiao Wen was going to be dealt with, they rushed to tell each other, and gathered in the county yamen to join in the fun.

But give the teacher a quick turn around.

At this moment, Jiao Cheng, the president of the chamber of commerce, was drinking and bragging with his colleagues when suddenly the door was opened and a few yamen servants were forced to break in.Jiao Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you doing here?"

The two yamen servants were also stupefied, no one wanted to offend the Jiao family, so the arrester sent them out, and said in a low voice at this moment: "The magistrate of the county has spoken, please ask Jiao Wen to come over and ask questions."

Jiao Wen was sitting on the table drinking at the moment, and his brain was dazed from drinking at the moment, and when he heard it, he became angry immediately: "Little Huangkou, how dare you summon your Grandpa Jiao and me, take me there to give him some strength!" Look." As soon as he left, he was trapped by two yamen servants with ropes and pulled out.

When did Jiao Wen ever receive such treatment? His skin, which had been bred for many years, was punctured, and he screamed in pain.

"Who dares." Jiao Cheng said.

The stunned green government servant didn't care about that, and dragged Jiao Wen away, treating Jiao Cheng like air.

Jiao Chenggang also drank a lot of wine, and he was very angry at the moment.

The surrounding merchants were surprised and asked: "What's going on?"

"Could it be that the new county magistrate is going to show his power?"

"What did Jiao Wen do?"

Every time he said a word, Jiao Cheng's face turned black, and the banquet broke up unhappy, and the housekeeper came out to chase people out: "There must be a misunderstanding here, our master can just talk to the county magistrate!" Only then did these merchants go away. .

The president of the chamber of commerce, Jiao Cheng, threw down a valuable ashtray angrily and said, "That's unreasonable."