Those who signed up wept with joy, and they can live a better life from now on. Those who failed to sign up sighed. Fortunately, the yamen let out the word that there will be many opportunities to do this work in the future, so they pinned their hopes on the next opportunity, but Still reluctant to leave the scene.

Those from families who are not too poor are also queuing up to sign up. People at the bottom do not have much opportunity to read and write, and it is difficult to support their families. These people are different, and Gu Zhao will not exclude them just because their family conditions are good. Those who meet the requirements are recruited. In this era, especially in places like Yaochang Mansion, literate people are very rare, and there are many places where they can play a role in the future.

After a lively day, those people who used to look sad now have a lot of smiles on their faces. Even if they were not recruited for work, these days are still moving forward. If they are not recruited, they can continue to pick rubber outside the city Grass and rubber workshops are also recruiting people to farm the land. They can also fight for it, and the family can always add some income.

The mentality of guarding against the government was originally on guard, but now it has gradually changed. The common people are discussing in private, and they also feel that the magistrate is a good official. They paid out of their own pockets, and they had never seen an official do this to such an extent.

As a result, their hearts gradually turned towards Gu Zhao, rather than Fang Tongzhi of the Fang family. They even had a delusional thought in their hearts. Since Mr. Fang was ill, it was better to stay sick and never go back to the Yamen. Mr. Gu is in charge, Mr. Fang will not be willing to spend his money on them to provide them with good food and drink. I didn't see how long it took for the group of people who entered the yamen as servants and the workers who entered the workshop. After a while, his face became rosy, and he grew a lot of flesh.

At night, Gu Zhao and Master Fan were still working under the lights. Anyway, they all took the yamen as their home, so it didn’t matter whether they took a break or not. Shi Mao and the others also led people to guard the yamen, and they would take turns to be on duty at night. Those four families were there , No one dares to take it lightly.

Suddenly a black figure knocked on the small door on one side. After some inquiries, Shi Dingshan came to find Gu Zhao himself, and reported the identity of the future person to the adults. It was up to the adults to decide whether to see this person or not.

"You mean that Patriarch Yan came to see me in person?" Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows after hearing Shi Dingshan's words.

Master Fan was only slightly surprised. Now this result is not very unexpected. The four families are obviously headed by the Fang family. Before there is any challenge, they can be firmly bound together, or the other three families have to be led by the Fang family. Otherwise, their positions could be replaced by others at any time, but the appearance of Gu Zhao caused a crack in this chain of interests.

They have also conducted investigations on the four families during this period, and they don't need to do anything about some situations. Now the servants in the yamen and the workers in the workshop will take the initiative to speak out. The most annoying thing about the Yan family is the Yan family tigress, but after careful inquiry, no one has been killed so far. The Yan family tigress is also generous. Although she likes the new and dislikes the old, she will There are gifts of property, so it may be a good thing for those men from poor families.

Patriarch Yan only has one pair of children, and there are no other concubines and concubines in the family. His daughter likes beautiful men, while his son likes to wield knives and guns. He often entangles a group of people to go hunting. The remaining wolves were defeated and fled, and the boss of the Yan family was proud of his military exploits. Even the horse he was riding was a wild horse he had tamed outside, and he often brought it out to show off.

Of course, on the face of it, although they usually behaved a little domineeringly, this Yan family has a lot of small mistakes, but if they really care about it, they can't be convicted of much crime.

Although he couldn't agree with Yan Ya's behavior, since Patriarch Yan came over on his own initiative, Gu Zhao would not leave him alone, so he said, "Patriarch Yan, please come here."

"Yes, my lord."

Not long after, Patriarch Yan was ushered in. He was dressed in black and walked alone in the dark night. It is estimated that not many people would think that he was Patriarch Yan. Seeing his appearance, Gu Zhao saw it. On the other side of him, this person is obviously rough and fine, otherwise he wouldn't have found him tonight, which clearly meant to surrender to him.

"Patriarch Yan is here, and this official is not far away to welcome you."

Patriarch Yan was so flattered that he didn't even dare to say that, even if Gu Zhao asked him to sit down, he only dared to sit up half of his buttocks carefully, and secretly glanced at this Mr. Gu. Under the light, this adult looked more and more young and handsome, and he looked so handsome. His gentleness is harmless, but based on the current situation in Yaochang Mansion, Patriarch Yan dare not really believe that he is harmless. Sooner or later, he and Fang Tongzhi will have disputes. It is still unknown who will win and who will win.

Back when they knew that a new magistrate was about to take office, no one, including him, thought that the new magistrate could make waves in their hands, but the result was beyond their expectations.

The head of the Yan family stayed in the yamen for more than two quarters of an hour, drank five cups of tea, and then quietly left in the dark. Many people in the other three families, including the Yan family, did not know about it.

After Patriarch Yan left, Gu Zhao was still sitting there, tapping his fingers on the table, thinking about what Yan Hong said in his mind. The content of the previous conversation was very informative, and the water in Yaochang Mansion was much more informative than his. I thought it would go deeper.

"My lord," Master Fan left for a while, because Yan Hong had some scruples when he was there, "Your lord has decided to use the Yan family?"

Gu Zhao raised his head and said: "I told him that I can forgive some small mistakes, but if I violate the court's laws, I can't make such an opening here. The Yan family is like this, and they are the people around me. Once something is committed, this officer will only deal with it fairly and treat everyone equally."

Master Fan's heart was shocked, he understood that what the lord said was not only to the Yan family, but also to those who follow the lord, the lord will not show favoritism, but this also made him admire the lord even more, Such adults are worthy of their following, and adults treat them well.

"Then Yan Hong is unhappy?"

Gu Zhao smiled: "He promised this official that he would restrain the family children, and if someone really committed a crime, he would not try his best to defend it."

Master Fan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that, it's good that Patriarch Yan has this awareness, and now he hasn't pursued it further, and it's not necessarily true that all of the Yan family's children have just made small mistakes. An adult said hello to Patriarch Yan. Arresting people will not cause Patriarch Yan and the Yan family any displeasure.

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "It is true that the Fang family has a lot of entanglements with horse thieves, and the other two also have some connections with horse thieves. The Yan family's involvement is not too big, but they gave me the contact information."

Gu Zhao felt that he could send someone to General Ji tomorrow to see if he could have a try. Patriarch Yan also told him that Fang Tongzhi would definitely use horse thieves this time to deal with the caravans that left Yaochang Mansion. Those caravans were in danger. If something happens to them, it will have a very negative impact on everything that Gu Zhao is currently doing. According to Yan Hong's guess, Fang Tongzhi should have taken a fancy to the two workshops in Gu Zhao's hands and wanted to swallow them himself, so he couldn't wait. The ground wants to use the horse thief to make a move.

This is not very unexpected by Gu Zhao. Everyone can see that these two workshops will make a lot of money in the future. I didn’t see that General Ji was so moved. Perhaps some of the recruits included some of their families or even people from the Yan family who wanted to find out the details of the workshop.

Originally, the level of the horse thief was the most difficult to deal with, because if the horse thief was not dealt with, no matter how much achievement Gu Zhao made, it would be destroyed by the horse thief in the end. With a smile: "If General Ji can wipe out the horse thieves this time, maybe Fang Tongzhi's biggest crime will be caught."

Colluding with horse thieves and persecuting the local people is a heinous crime for Fang Tongzhi. Gu Zhaoneng ordered him to be killed on the spot, and if Fang Tongzhi got off his horse, the forces led by him would naturally collapse.

Yan Hong told Gu Zhao about many other things, but getting rid of the horse thief is the most important thing right now, so Gu Zhao put aside other things for the time being, and those things will be easy to deal with after the horse thief is eliminated.

But thinking of those things, Gu Zhao's eyes darkened. The person surnamed Fang really made the most of the saying that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. For the sake of money and power, he really can do whatever it takes to annihilate humanity.

On the other hand, Patriarch Yan couldn't fall asleep even after returning home. Although the magistrate accepted his surrender, Gu Zhao's attitude also made him take heart. Even though he is the Patriarch of the Yan family, he also has rules and requirements for his clansmen. But there is no guarantee that there will be no offenders below. At this time, we can only be ruthless and hand over the offenders to the government office.

What he was most worried about about his daughter was not that important in the eyes of the magistrate. He had been worried that Gu Zhao would be offended badly because of his daughter's affairs, so he was worried when he passed, but Gu Zhao just said lightly. , He will not interfere too much with what you like and I wish, but if it crosses the line, for example, if someone comes to him to sue the officials, he can't guarantee it.

Patriarch Yan wandered around the study for several times, then gritted his teeth and decided to continue locking up his sons and daughters at home. At the same time, those men who were snatched by his daughter before and then sent away should pay them more compensation. Xianggong, I can no longer let her temperament do things like this. Fortunately, the magistrate is now. If he meets other officials who are pedantic and pedantic, his daughter will never end well. He knows that people in the Central Plains and the capital treat his daughter The family's requirements are so strict, and what Ya'er has done seems to them to be outrageous.

It is also necessary to have someone investigate the situation of all the clansmen. Instead of waiting for the final incident to happen, it is better for him to take the initiative to investigate.

However, he also knew that these things could only be done in secret at the moment, so as not to let the old fox surnamed Fang discover any clues. He found that the magistrate did not seem to be alarmed by the horse thief. Could it be that the magistrate had already prepared for it?It is a good thing to be able to eradicate the horse thief.

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