This time they did not enter the city with official posts, but lined up like other people to enter the city. In fact, there was no need to go through another passage, there were only so many people, and it took only a while to enter the city after queuing up.
Once inside, there is a street, Bai Shan lowered his eyes to look, the road is fairly smooth, there are some small stalls on both sides, not as many people walking around as in Qingzhou city, but it is still orderly.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man simply got off their horses and walked along the crowd, observing the situation in Beihai County along the way.
The colors of the clothes worn by the people here are less concentrated than those in Qingzhou City, mostly gray and dark blue. Bright colors are rare, but the faces of the people are still vivid. People walk slowly on the street, occasionally three Groups of five were talking and laughing together.
Bai Shan walked along this street until he reached the gate of the county government office.
There are fewer people in this area. The county government faces the street, but there is a small square in front of it, and a wall is erected on the side. Post a notice on the notice wall.
It's just that under normal circumstances, few people come to read the bulletin wall.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man handed over the horse to Daji, and strolled up to look at it.
There are many notices posted on the notice wall, including arrest warrants for criminals, and notices exhorting farmers to teach farming and mulberry. The paper has turned yellow, so it should have been posted for a long time.
Looking at the latest sheet of paper, it should be the announcement notifying the court that a new county magistrate has been appointed, and further ahead is the announcement that Lu County Magistrate Gao was promoted to Yidu County Magistrate and will soon leave Beihai County.
After looking at it, Bai Shan nodded and said, "It seems that County Magistrate Lu has indeed taken care of Beihai County well."
Man Bao nodded, looked at the yamen servant who was looking at them frequently, she lowered her voice and said, "They want to drive us away?"
Bai Shan followed her gaze.
The two yamen servants guarding the gate of the county yamen had noticed them a long time ago, and they looked at each other. After being stunned for a moment, the two yamen servants walked over aggressively, holding the big swords on their waists, "What are you doing?"
Bai Shan felt that they were too fierce, they just came to see the notice, wouldn't such fierceness scare his people who wanted to see the notice.
So the handsome face said: "Where's your Fang County Chancellor?"
The yamen servants also know how to look at their faces, and the other party's clothes are not bad at first glance, and there are so many horses and servants behind them. Seeing that Bai Shan is not easy to talk, they immediately changed their attitude and said: "Our county magistrate is in the yamen. , who are you?"
Bai Shandao: "I am your new county magistrate."
The expressions of the two of them were blank for a while, and they glanced at the carriage and attendants behind them, and when they came back to their senses, they immediately bent down and said respectfully: "So it's the county magistrate, please come inside, and the younger one will call the county magistrate. "
After finishing speaking, one person was left to greet Bai Shan and the others, while he ran into the county government office to inform the county magistrate and others.
Fang Xiancheng and the others received news from Qingzhou City yesterday, knowing that the new county magistrate is coming, and that County Magistrate Lu is entertaining their new county magistrate in Qingzhou City.
They originally thought that Bai Shan and the others would stay in Qingzhou City for two more days, so even though they were preparing for the meeting, they never expected that they would arrive.
So Fang Xiancheng hurriedly led people to welcome him out.
Fang Xiancheng is a dark-faced man in his thirties, even darker than Dong Xianwei behind him. He doesn't seem to smile often, so when facing Bai Shan, he pulled the corners of his mouth and found that the smile was not very successful, so he just kept straight. He bowed his face and said, "I have seen County Magistrate Bai."
Bai Shan showed a slight smile on his face, nodded his head and replied: "This county is new, and I still need your guidance and forgiveness in the future."
Of course, Bai Shan didn't say that he was the county magistrate, he was the magistrate, and there were still necessary procedures.
After entering the county office, Bai Shan took out his letter of appointment and official seal, and after checking that they were correct, the county magistrate looked at Zhou Man who was standing behind him, and said, "The county magistrate is tired, why don't you settle down first?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Let's settle down for today, I have to trouble you all about official affairs."
The Fang County Prime Minister didn't dare to say anything, so he took Bai Shan and the others to the backyard of the county government office.
Generally speaking, county magistrates live in the backyard of the county government.
There is a small door between the county government office and the backyard, which is used by the county magistrate to go to the government office. People usually don't go in and out through this gate.
So everyone went out of the county office and walked around to the back, where there was a large corner door, and the carriage could enter by removing the threshold.
From now on, people from the Bai family will come in and out through this door.
There are two courtyards inside, but the place connecting the county government in front is a small garden, but the small garden is bare, not to mention flowers, there are no root vegetables, but some grass has grown, and some places are left to be pulled out Grass, someone is tidying it up inside.
Fang Xiancheng quickly explained: "Knowing that County Magistrate Bai is coming to take up his post, the county government sent people to clean up in advance. It's just that everyone is a bit slow. Please don't blame County Magistrate Bai."
Bai Shan nodded with a smile and said, "It doesn't matter, we'll clean it up slowly."
As he went to the back yard, he asked curiously: "I see that there are only a few trees in the garden. Why didn't magistrate Lu plant flowers and plants when he was here?"
Fang Xiancheng said: "When the county magistrate first came here, he heard that the soil in our Beihai County is not good for growing things. He didn't believe it, so he asked someone to dig some soil and spread it in the garden. Later, he planted some flowers and plants, but they didn't survive. , County Magistrate Lu simply stopped planting."
Bai Shan: ... You can also choose to pave the soil, right
Bai Shan nodded and didn't comment.
The two courtyards at the back are side by side. The main courtyard is relatively large, and there are servants coming in and out. Bai Shan glanced at them and saw that they were cleaning the tables and chairs, so he didn't stop him. He nodded and said to the county magistrate: " Let them all retreat, I have quite a few people with me, and I will deal with it later."
He pointed to Liu Gui and introduced them, "This is my butler Liu Gui."
Liu Gui saluted them immediately, and then followed a yamen servant to gather all the people in the backyard together.
The county government assigned helpers to the county magistrate, not many, usually two or three, and the wages came from the county government, mainly to take care of the county magistrate who served alone.
After all, some county magistrates are poor, and they may have a servant with them, and that servant may be a member of the clan.
The servants assigned by the county government are usually servants with a limited number of years. Beihai County also assigned two to Bai Shan, a woman and an old man, but they did not belong to the same family. Washing, shopping, cleaning and cooking are very versatile. I have served five county magistrates, and I am truly an old man in the county government;
The old man is the guard of the porter. He has not been here for a long time, only four years, and he was hired after the county magistrate Lu took office.
He is a widowed old man, because he is homeless, so he was left in the backyard of the county office by the county magistrate Lu, and has been guarding the door for the magistrate Lu.
After seeing the two of them, Bai Shan handed everything over to Liu Gui, and Fang Xiancheng and the others set a time to clean up Bai Shan at night, and then they also left.