From the end of the world to ancient times with the writer system

Not long after Zhou Quan left, Ji Xuanhe remembered that there seemed to be a village near Yue'an Inn. If the exit of the secret passage was in the village, it would be difficult to find this person. It would be safer to bring a child who knew the trafficker there.

Ji Xuanhe only had two nurses, Qi Shan and Jiang Qing, left by his side, so he chose one of the remaining yamen servants, and asked him to take an older, emotionally stable boy to join Zhou Butou.

Ji Xuanhe was very fortunate that this group of human traffickers were not equipped with weapons. They probably never thought that such a day would come, just like ordinary people, they had no defense at all.

Zhou Butou and the others were busy working outside, and Ji Xuan and the others were not idle either.Xia Xiancheng carried the people in the lobby of the inn one by one to the next room for questioning.Forget about the people around, but those who are acquainted with the county magistrates are all blushing, so embarrassed, where is it good to meet, but at this time?

No matter what, the procedures that should be followed still have to be followed.Xia Xiancheng recorded the confessions one by one, and put aside the ones with no problems, and took them back to the county government for interrogation later.

At this moment, those traffickers know that there is definitely something wrong without interrogation.Xia Xiancheng interrogated people who had little to do with the matter first, and after these people finished questioning, he focused on taking care of those traffickers.

In fact, Xia Xiancheng also knew that the traffickers who were caught were probably not of high status, and their knowledge was limited. If they wanted to get more information, they could only wait for Zhou Butou and the others to catch them.Besides, the human traffickers in the lobby are similar to those caught in the county before. Their bones are very hard, and they talk about insignificant things. Otherwise, they admit that they are human trafficking, and they don’t disclose anything else. .

The more they were like this, the more Xian Cheng felt that things were different.This group of people seems to have received special training, how can ordinary human traffickers use this?He glanced at Ji Xuanhe, who was sitting calmly by the side, and really didn't know whether to say whether this young Mr. Ji had good luck or bad luck.

Xilin County is close to the border, and it is also the fiefdom of that person. Because the rotation of magistrates is relatively frequent, the people above came to him.Xia Xiancheng, a small county magistrate, has no right to refuse, so he can only take refuge in that sect.He said he belonged to that faction, but he had never met that deity, and only connected with officials he designated.

It is also because of this that factional struggles among officials in Xilin County are not as obvious as in ordinary county towns.Every time the county magistrate takes office, as long as he is safe and sound, Xia Xiancheng will try his best to assist. Those who are restless will be pushed by the higher-ups before the term of office expires, and they will either be transferred or dismissed.

The county magistrate who took office this time is different from the county magistrates who took office in the past. Xia Xiancheng received the news from his superiors that as long as this person is not too much, let him listen to the county magistrate, and he can do whatever he wants, otherwise Ji Xuan and How can things go so smoothly?

Xia Xiancheng thought he was a good official, and there should be that official who was dispatched or recruited in the counties around Xilin County, but not everyone was as knowledgeable about current affairs as he was, who wasn't a bit careful?Xia Xiancheng himself had it too, but he thought that since he had no choice but to take refuge in that person, he might as well follow him wholeheartedly. Whether it is good or bad is beyond his control, and everything can only be done as best he can.

That person didn't ask too much, he just asked him to take care of Xilin County.Xia Xiancheng has been doing pretty well in recent years. The salaries of county government officials can be paid in time without accidents, and even if they are deducted by the higher authorities, it is very limited.

It has been almost half a year since Jixian County took office. Before finding someone to reclaim wasteland to buy office property for the county government, Xia Xiancheng was quite acceptable, but this time's actions are a bit confusing, too swift and resolute, and everything is in the blink of an eye. happen between.The cause of the incident was the loss of the child in Ji's workshop, but Xia Xiancheng still hasn't figured out what happened afterwards.

The places searched by Jizhi County have a high accuracy rate, and almost half of the places have caught the traffickers. I wonder where the news about him comes from?Xia Xiancheng was puzzled, but he didn't get to the bottom of it. Anyway, this matter is unusual, so let's report it to the higher-ups to know.

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer, Wang Wei went to check with a torch, and then turned back: "My lord, Zhou Butou and the others are back, and they will be there later."

Ji Xuanhe was looking at the confession in his hand, and immediately became energetic when he heard Wang Wei's words.

With the neighing of the horse, the sound of chaotic footsteps spread to the ears of everyone in the lobby.

"My lord, everyone is here." Zhou Butou withdrew to the side after speaking, revealing a group of people behind him, all of them were disheveled and no longer glamorous.

"Go back to the county office when everyone is ready, the city hasn't finished dealing with it yet." Ji Xuanhe hasn't stayed up late for a long time, seeing that the affairs here are over, he feels a little sleepy, thinking that there are still people in the county town who have not been arrested, he can't help but irritable.There are only two or three hours before the opening of the city gate, and they must catch all these people within this period of time, otherwise it will be a lot of work to close the city gate just to catch the traffickers.

Without making Ji Xuanhe wait any longer, those yamen servants who were chasing the traffickers on foot from the secret passage also returned to Yue'an Inn soon.

When they came, they were all in a hurry, but the return journey was much slower than before because of the large number of people.

For this reason, Ji Xuanhe confiscated the carriages of the children of officials and rich families, and stuffed everyone involved in the matter into the carriages. Most of the children rode in the carriages, and a small number rode with the guards. As before, they only let them see the token, and Ji Xuanhe was very satisfied after seeing it.

When a group of people arrived at the county government office, it was already the beginning of ugly times.

"My lord, everyone has been caught."

Ji Xuanhe felt sleepy, but he pulled himself together. When he heard the good news, his eyes seemed to flash.The yamen servant who reported the letter rubbed his eyes, suspecting that there was something wrong with his eyes.

"Put all the suspects in the cell, separate them, how the children will settle down, Xia Xiancheng, you can figure it out, let's leave after finishing it, tomorrow will be an hour late in the office." Ji Xuanhe returned to Ji Xuanhe after finishing speaking government.

Ji Xuanhe had tried his best to relax, but the sound of the door opening still woke Shao Yunchen up.

"Go to bed first, don't worry, I'm fine, I'll take a bath with you later." Ji Xuanhe saw the slightly lit light on the kang, Shao Yunchen half leaned on the top of the kang and his eyes were dazed, and he knew what was going on.It's such a wonderful feeling that someone is waiting for you to come back at home, Ji Xuan and his eyes that were originally sleepy all of a sudden became energetic.

It was already very late at night, Ji Xuan and Speed ​​took a shower.When he climbed onto the bed, Shao Yunchen suddenly opened his eyes, Ji Xuanhe was reflected in his pupils, there was no one else but Ji Xuanhe.Shao Yunchen didn't say anything, just put a bracelet around Ji Xuanhe's waist, closed his eyes again, and then came the sound of shallow breathing.

Ji Xuanhe patted Shao Yunchen's back lightly, and occasionally stroked it a few times.Even though he had nothing to do with this trip, Ji Xuanhe could understand his family's worries.

In the dead of night, it was time for a good night's sleep. Ji Xuanhe patted and patted, and he fell asleep very quickly. It was rare to do things overnight, and he was indeed tired.

The next day, the sun was shining brightly, but the room was dark.Seeing that it was about the same time, Shao Yunchen opened the curtains, instantly filling the room with golden light.Seeing the glare of the sun, Ji Xuanhe spontaneously turned around and pulled up the quilt, hoping to block the glare of the sun.

"Xuanhe, it's time to get up, the time to go to the Yamen is coming soon." Shao Yunchen looked at Ji Xuanhe's slightly childish behavior with amused expression, but he was not bothered at all, and continued to wake people up in a good-tempered manner.

Ji Xuanhe would be so relaxed in front of Shao Yunchen, if it was someone else, he would probably wake up early if there was any movement.

"Morning." Ji Xuanhe said hello while putting on his clothes, squinting his eyes, not feeling thick-skinned at all.It's actually getting late now, he slept an extra hour when he went to Yamen late today, and it's already half morning.

Ji Xuanhe couldn't help thinking that fortunately he was only a county magistrate, the time to go to the Yamen was not early, and if it was an hour later, it would be even less early.If you are an official in Beijing, and your official position is so high that you need to go to the court, you will have to suffer, and you will have to stand up if you are black and white.

After eating a large bowl of hot dumplings, Ji Xuanhe wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and went to the county government office contentedly.

Regarding the matter of human traffickers, Ji Xuanhe really has a headache.No matter how hard-talked the traffickers are, and there are many people with mixed mouths, they can always find some clues, which does not look like ordinary human trafficking.But that's all for the preliminary interrogation. For more detailed information, we can only see whether Xia Xiancheng's interrogation methods are good or not.

"Xia Xiancheng, you are in charge of interrogating the traffickers, Master Fang, you can count the children who have been trafficked and divide them by county. When the time comes, send someone to send them to a nearby county, and let other county magistrates go further. Send it on." As soon as Ji Xuanhe arrived at the county government office, he assigned the affairs well, without dragging his feet at all, "Zhou Butou, take someone to measure the inn and brothel, and if the thickness of the wall is not right, just knock on it. Check to see if it is empty, and carefully search for any problems. If you can find it in the secret passage, try your best to find it, and forget it if you can’t find it. Your task is relatively heavy, so you don’t have to hurry, check carefully.”

Thinking of the secret passage, Ji Xuanhe felt that the thick and tall city walls were not so safe.If there is a secret passage in the city leading to the outside of the city, hehe, thinking of this, Ji Xuanhe felt a little terrified.

Xilin County has not encountered war for a long time. Although it is not a wealthy county, the people live in poverty and live in peace and contentment. They have not smelled the smoke for a long time, and they have long forgotten the feeling of raging war.

As the county magistrate of Xilin County, Ji Xuanhe naturally considered more than ordinary people.It is Rentai's 21 years now, he is already old, and his health is not good.Coupled with the severe cold weather and frequent natural disasters in the past ten years, whether it is Jin Dynasty or other countries, the grain harvest is not as good as before, and the days of peace will not be too long.

No matter how strong the Jin Dynasty's national power is, after all these years of consumption, it will no longer be the same.On the surface, it looks like a scene of singing and dancing, but in the dark, it is already turbulent.The princes have grown up one by one, and the control power has been weakening year by year, but now it has not been triggered. Once the critical point is reached, who knows what the situation will be?

Ji Xuanhe is far away from the center of power, so he doesn't worry about others, but Xilin County is close to the border, and what he wants to guard against is the grassland tribes in the north taking advantage of the chaos and going south.

Xilin County is only a middle county, because it is one of the main roads leading to the border, there are still quite a few inns in the city, and there are even several places to have fun, and it is quite troublesome to search.It took Zhou Butou three days to see all the brothels in the inn.

"My lord, there is a brothel and an inn similar to the Yue'an Inn. There are not only underground passages, but also underground passages on the ground. The two passages are connected, and there is no second exit." Zhou Butou thought about it with lingering fears, "Both of them are According to the wishes of the adults, the store is temporarily closed, and the relevant people have been brought back, waiting for the adults to deal with it."

Ji Xuanhe was a little troubled, even if he was convicted based on these alone, the punishment would be very shallow.The laws of the Jin Dynasty did not have separate regulations on this aspect, and they could only be included in other laws to judge punishments as appropriate. If you want to punish severely, you still have to get real evidence.

Most of the children have been sent away, and there are only a few young ones left. No one knows which county or town they are from, and they are temporarily taken care of by Ji's workshop.The news about these children has already been sent out, and when their relatives receive the news, they will find it by themselves, Ji Xuanhe can save a lot of worry.

"My lord, this group has a very tight mouth, and it's useless to use punishment. They only admit that they are trafficking people, and they don't know anything else." Zhou Butou's face was very ugly.

"Two inns and a brothel have been searched carefully, and only some accounts were found. Let the accounting office look at them. They are all normal current accounts, and nothing useful has been found." Xia Xiancheng's face is no better than that of Zhou Butou how much.

It seems that these people are very cautious, and the important information is probably passed on orally, or placed in a more hidden place, but they did not find it.

Ji Xuanhe was thinking about getting someone to look for him again, but before he could act, someone was sent from above to take away all the people Ji Xuanhe had arrested.There was another person accompanying him, who claimed to be Butler Chen, and asked to see the child.

Hearing the strings, Ji Xuanhe brought them to Ji's workshop: "Butler Chen, there are only these children left, and the rest have been returned to the counties."

There are few people, so it is clear at a glance. Chen Butler looked at one of the two-year-old children and was very excited. He stepped forward and hugged him: "Second Young Master, do you still remember the old slave?"

The child looked at him blankly at first, then thought he recognized him, and hugged Guanshi Chen's neck and laughed happily.

Ji Xuanhe had been paying attention, seeing the child's reaction should be familiar, so he was relieved to hand him over to Chen Guanshi.

"Ji Zhi County, this time is really thanks to you, a small thank you, it's not a respect, I forgot to accept it." Chen Guanshi had already prepared the gift in advance, and now that he has found the second young master, this gift must be given away, Xia The county magistrates also have a share, but they are not as polite as Ji Xuanhe.

"This is the official's duty, so don't worry about it." Ji Xuanhe said some high-sounding words, but he didn't evade them.

Sending off Steward Chen and the others, Ji Xuanhe wondered how the higher-ups could be so well-informed. If this was the case, this group of traffickers should have been arrested long ago, how could they fall into his hands?It is estimated that someone in the county government passed the information up, but I don't know who it is.

After the person was taken away, Xilin County returned to calm. Residents in the city worried for a few days, fearing that a group of government servants would break into their homes one day. Seeing that everything returned to normal later, they let go of their suspense.

Ji Xuanhe didn't move the three closed inns and brothels for the time being, and he could deal with them according to the severity of the punishment after the judgment was handed down.But even if it reopens now, no one would dare to enter. Who would like to stay in a place with no privacy for pleasure?

Now that the spring plowing has passed, there are only farmers tending the crops in the fields from time to time.

The land is emerald green, the livestock that Shao Yunchen wants to raise has already been in place, and fresh weeds are everywhere, so he doesn't have to worry about the livestock having no fodder to eat.

A large piece of newly reclaimed wasteland in Xishan, which belongs to the public property of the county government, has also been covered with green.The people working inside are all hired beggars and children from poor families. Giving them a bite to eat, a house to live in, and a little wages is enough for them to smile.

There was still half of the wasteland left, and now it was past the busy farming season, so Ji Xuanhe didn't let them rush to open up the wasteland. After the crops were done, it would not be too late to open up the land in their free time.Anyway, Xilin County, like Yangjiabu, can only grow crops for one season. As long as they grow enough vegetables for their own food, even if other lands are reclaimed, they can only grow some vegetables or simply sprinkle grass seeds.

Vegetables are worthless, and it is a waste to grow so many vegetables. Selling a large number of vegetables in Xilin County can be regarded as competing with the people for profit. Ji Xuanhe would not do such a thankless thing.

Most of the people in the Jin Dynasty are self-sufficient, and those who can buy vegetables are the city residents. Vegetables in season are never sold at a high price, but vegetables in out-of-season are valuable, but Xilin County does not have such a large digestion capacity. Ji Xuanhe does not agree with this. Don't think about it.

In the beginning, the wasteland was reclaimed by forcing the beggars. After the land was opened, Ji Xuanhe let them choose by themselves. It would be fine to continue to work on Xishan Zhuangzi, and it would be fine to make a living by themselves, but it would be impossible to be a beggar in Xilin County. Xuanhe failed during his tenure.

The beggars in the west of the city are not unhappy. Although it is hard work, they don't have to be hungry or full, let alone how happy they are.The beggars in the east of the city, except for the few who are used to enjoying themselves as the leaders, are not willing to leave. When they see the leaders, they lower their heads, not daring to look directly at them, but they also refuse to go with them.

Without subordinates, the beggar leader had no choice but to give up, at least stay in Xishan Zhuangzi, they can still enjoy the filial piety of the beggars below, leaving here, but even this benefit is gone, they still understand which is good and which is bad.

Xilin County is not far from the grasslands, and grass seeds are relatively easy to obtain.Many grass seeds are edible, and are often used as rations by herdsmen, which is also convenient for Ji Xuan and the trustee to buy them.The wasteland reclaimed after spring plowing has been sprinkled with forage seeds. Most of the fields in Xishan Zhuangzi are inferior fields, and it is the first year of planting. The grain yield per mu is definitely not high. It is hard enough to raise so much labor, and it can be distributed to officials. There are not many in hand.

In order to increase income, the village has raised a lot of livestock, which can also make up for the low yield of the fields.

Now is the slack season, Ji Xuanhe decided to collect part of the corvee.Corvettes are mainly used for repairing city walls and rectifying road surfaces, which is a routine matter every year, and others, such as building water conservancy, depend on the situation.The collection of corvee is generally after the completion of spring plowing and autumn harvest, and the time of collection is determined by the local county magistrate.

The corvee assigned by the imperial court takes precedence over the locality.Building walls and roads are projects designated by the imperial court and must be completed every year.Others belong to the local corvée. As long as it is not forced by missions, for the common people, it is only a little harder than working in the fields, and it will not make them so disgusted.

The reason why the common people's expressions changed when they heard about the corvee was that the officials didn't treat them as human beings, and made them work hard every day, but they didn't even let them have enough food.Because of this, it is good for the common people to lose weight after serving the corvee, and some may even die.

This situation does not exist in Xilin County. Even in the former Suzhi County, the food may not be so good, and the work that should be done is still done, but it will not only requisition a small amount of labor, and the rest will be paid with silver.So when the common people heard that the higher-ups came to collect corvee, apart from worrying about whether the new county magistrate was a good official, there was no case of the whole family escaping the corvee.

There are regular maintenance personnel on the road surface, and large-scale road repairs need to be determined according to the situation.The city wall is similar, as long as there is no major damage, it is very easy to repair, and there is no need to impose a lot of labor.

Because there are not many places where corvee is used in normal years, the people all take turns to do hard work, not necessarily every year.

Ji Xuanhe's conscript was not for repairing the city walls and roads, he wanted to dig a moat.Hehe, in fact, Ji Xuanhe's original purpose was to dig up the ground to see if there were secret passages connecting the inside and outside of the city.

To be honest, if Ji Xuanhe was still a commoner, he would have wanted to do this himself, but now he has become a county magistrate, and he is in charge of his affairs. allow.This is not only related to the official hat he puts on, but also the lives of his family and the people in the city. Ji Xuanhe will never joke about it.

In order to avoid the situation of eating out of the same pot, Ji Xuanhe divided the excavation site into points. Each person or team has a fixed amount of excavation, and the time limit is also wide. Whoever completes the excavation first can go first. A few days in advance Meals will be supplemented with grain.Ji Xuanhe also allowed their brothers, nephews and nephews to come and help, as long as they registered, but the food for these people was not covered by the county government.

The hard laborers were delighted to hear that, it was even better than what they had originally thought.Now it is the slack season, and there are a lot of idle laborers at home. The sooner the digging is completed, the more they can finish work as soon as possible.

"Xuanhe, if the traffickers are arrested by you, it is very likely that the people behind the scenes will be involved. We have to be careful of their revenge." Shao Yunchen leaned on the kang with a serious face and worried eyes.

"I'm trying to find a way. Look, I've even thought of such an old-fashioned method of digging a moat. Isn't it just because I'm worried about my own life?" Ji Xuanhe also sighed, it's just to catch human traffickers, where is he I would have thought that there would be such a big battle, but Xilin County also got a blessing in disguise, and the people in the future can sleep with a lot of peace of mind.

"If you can do this, you must have a big plan. You will bring more people with you when you go out in the future." Shao Yunchen stared at Ji Xuanhe with dark eyes, and Ji Xuanhe had to agree with Shao Yunchen's suggestion, "You too, catch the yamen servant in the county government Quite a few, I don’t need to worry when I go out, you go out with Shen Qing and the four new guards, so don’t let people think about it.”

"Okay, listen to you, until the person behind the scenes is caught, I will try to go out as little as possible." Shao Yunchen didn't want to increase Ji Xuanhe's burden, so he took the simplest method.