The young man stepped forward, and Jia Lichang and Bai Shan introduced: "This is a nephew of mine, the eldest in his family, it is good for adults to call him Jia Dalang."
Bai Shan called him with a smile, glanced at the young man behind him, and said in admiration: "It seems that your family has a good family background, do you have so many brothers?"
Jia Dalang immediately said: "These are not my brothers, but my friends, but we are also like brothers. Their family has little land, and they know that my family needs to harvest wheat, so they come here to help."
Bai Shan nodded approvingly, "That's right, it's chivalrous."
Bai Shan turned his head and asked Chief Jia, "Are they all from the gang?"
There are only two hundred soldiers in Beihai County, including more than two hundred yamen servants, and the soldiers usually only guard the city gates, and they can only be called when encountering wars and arresting bandits. In other cases, the county government servants are in charge.
Beihai County is said to be small, but the area under its jurisdiction is actually not small. It is obvious that Bai Shan has not traveled all over Beihai County since he went to the countryside for a month. Therefore, for the safety of the county and to communicate with the village, in addition to the soldiers, there are also non-staff workers. security personnel.
These people are called helpers. They don't get paid, but they often wander around in the countryside. Bravery, chivalry, and love to help others are the main evaluation criteria.
The village chief would call them when he needed to run errands. Although they didn't get paid, they could do a lot of things on the excuse.
For example, if you go to the county town, although the village chief doesn’t pay you wages, your family will prepare some dry food for them, and you will also be given some entry fees. earn a little.
This is a small favor. If it is a big favor, they have done a good job. In the future, the village chiefs of each village will probably be selected from among them. recommended in the past.
When the county government passes the assessment, you can be a government servant.
So helping out is something that many young people want to do.
Looking at Bai Shan's smiling face, Jia Lichang wanted to directly say that he was not, but he felt a burning gaze staring at him from the side.
Jia Lizhang was furious, but he had to suppress his temper and said, "Yes, this kid is filial, and most of the things in the village are done by him on errands."
Bai Shan looked at Jia Dalang with satisfaction, reached out and patted his shoulder, and praised: "That's right, a good young man should do his best for the people and serve the country."
Jia Dalang looked very happy, and immediately saluted with fists together: "This is what the little ones should do, and they should not be praised by the adults. The little ones still have a lot to do."
Bai Shan looked at him more and more approvingly, and simply asked: "How many acres of land does your family have, and how much wheat have you harvested?"
Jia Dalang answered one by one, and Bai Shan took him by his side. First, he walked around the wheat field outside Dajing Village, and when he entered Dajing Village at noon, he said, "Go back to work first. But now the sun is too big, don't bask in the sun too much to avoid heat stroke."
Very gentle and value his appearance.
Jia Dalang responded one by one, bowed and retreated.
Seeing him turn around, Bai Shan didn't go far, turned his head and smiled with Jia Lichang, "Jia Lichang, your nephew is not bad, he is powerful and knows how to advance and retreat."
The words were not loud, but Jia Dalang, who had just exited the yard, still heard it, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, looking very happy.
Chief Jia Li laughed a bit forcedly, but he didn't dare to show it in front of Bai Shan, so he could only say: "My lord is too famous, there are many young people in the village who are better than him."
Bai Shan smiled and asked, "Is it the group of young people who worked behind him in the morning? They really look good."
Jia Lichang almost couldn't even keep smiling.
Scared Jia Lichang enough, Bai Shan stayed in Dajing Village, and Man Bao also propped up the banner of the free clinic according to his own plan, invited men, women and children in the village to take a popularization class, and publicized the medical department , and saw a few people who were not in good health for free, and took medicine for them all. After proving that the free clinic at the Medical Department is really free, they ushered in the peak of seeing a doctor.
Bai Shan walked around Dajing Village, learned about the harvest in the past two years, and looked at the seedling fields in the field, and then followed Zhou Man to watch the people coming and going, and even went to some people's homes. be a guest.
He is the county magistrate, and he can go to almost anyone's house.
He didn't care too much, he went in to sit and drink a cup of tea when he saw a better-built house; Ke Nong Sanghao looks like the county magistrate.
After two days like this, the yamen servant from the county came over and whispered in Bai Shan's ear.
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, got up and said to Daji: "I know about the situation in the village, go ask Madam how the patient is doing?"
Daji went out, came in after a while and said: "The lady said that everyone in the village who came to seek medical treatment has seen it, and you can go back anytime you want."
Only then did Bai Shan talk to Jia Li, "I have to go back to deal with some matters in the county, and I'm going to start my journey back today."
Chief Jia quickly tried to persuade him to stay, "Sir, don't you want to stay for a few more days? I also sent people to go up the mountain to hunt wild game. Sea food is common here, but mountain delicacies are rare, so..."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "I won't eat it, next time."
Instructed Jia Li and said: "Farming is a major national event. As the head of the village, you must take good care of the farming and mulberry affairs under your jurisdiction. I think the weather is pretty good these days, and your wheat is almost finished harvesting. The next step is to transplant rice seedlings. Don't miss the hour."
Chief Jia Li responded respectfully.
When Bai Shan walked out, he thought of something, turned his head and said: "By the way, the young people in your village are good. The county sees that they are powerful, quick-witted and capable. I wonder if they would like to follow me to the county government."
He smiled and said: "When I first arrived in Beihai County, there were still a few positions in the county government that had not been filled. I have never been able to find young people who are loyal and understand the village. I think Jia Dalang would be good."
Chief Jia immediately refused, "They are just peasants in the mountains, how can they compare to people in the county? My lord thinks highly of them too much."
He said: "They don't know the rules and behave rudely. If they go to the county seat, they are afraid that they will cause trouble to the county magistrate. Besides, their families are all here, and the county seat is too far away from Dajing village. They are probably unwilling..."
Sensing someone approaching outside the courtyard, Bai Shan smiled regretfully: "This county thinks it's good, but if they don't want to leave home, then forget it, this county can't force them..."
As soon as the words fell, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Jia Dalang strode in, a little excitedly said: "My lord, I will wait."
He swept Jia Li in the same way, knelt down on one knee, and said to Bai Shan, "It is the blessing of the young ones to serve the adults. But the adults have orders, and the little ones will obey them."
Bai Shan looked surprised, then looked at him approvingly and said, "Good!"
He smiled and said: "Since you are willing, then go pack your luggage and go back to the county with me, where the county government..."
He pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Daji.
Daji said with a blank face: "There are still six people missing."
There were five people working in the field with Jia Dalang yesterday, and there were exactly six with him.