Have friends come from afar.
As soon as Tang He got off his horse, he was warmly welcomed by everyone. This enthusiasm made Tang He, who had been wandering abroad for more than two years, flattered.
He sat comfortably in the open room in the backyard of the county yamen, holding a glass of wine and let out a long breath, "I went to other counties, although I have been welcomed so warmly, but the love is false, and the meaning is also fake, and it is not true. You are the only ones who sincerely welcome me.”
Bai Shan also leaned comfortably on the couch behind him, crossed his legs and said: "Brother back then promised Man Bao that he would come to me as soon as he left Beijing, but we waited and waited, but you went to Jiangning .”
"It's not my fault," Tang He said immediately, "Originally I came to Qingzhou, but when I visited Jizhou, His Majesty asked me to go to Jiangning to check the embankment funds, so I had to go to Jiangning. Fortunately, there is the Grand Canal. I’ll go all the way down by boat, otherwise I’ll be exhausted from Jizhou to Jiangning all at once.”
Because of this, Mrs. Tang was not able to follow him, and only went to Jiangnan to play with him after the Chinese New Year.
But also because of Jiang Ning's case, Tang He has been traveling around Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, and Henan Road in the past two years, and has seen many cases.
Bai Shan had long been greedy for Tang He's ability, and hurriedly said: "Brother came at a good time, why don't you help me investigate the cases in the county? It would be best if you can also investigate the old cases that have accumulated over the years."
Tang He asked: "Is there any strange and important case?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "There are no strange or important cases, but there are quite a few."
Yin said with a smile, "Beihai County used to be poor, but after Bai Shan took office, he had great prestige and the officials were clear, so there were no major incidents. But in the past two years, because of the Longchi Wharf, there have been many business travelers from all over the country, and there is also the largest salt transport in Dajin. The company here has a lot of cases related to money."
Yin Zhe glanced at Bai Shan with a half-smile, "Our County Magistrate Bai is fine with everything else, but we did a thorough investigation of the case. It takes a long time to investigate the case before we get a result. In the past two years, we have been reprimanded by Governor Guo for this. .”
Bai Shan: "...Am I very slow? It's obviously very fast, okay? A case always needs to pay attention to the evidence, and it has to be reviewed again. Last time in the robbery and murder case, it only took me two months to catch the murderer. Slow down?"
Tang He nodded, seeing Bai Shan turned his head to stare at him, he stopped halfway through the nod, and reluctantly said: "It's not very slow, it belongs to the upper middle level among many county magistrates, as long as it is not an unjust case, two murder cases If it is cracked within a month and people are arrested again, it will be considered possible.”
Bai Shan glanced at Yin Ru contentedly.
Tang He glanced outside the Changxuan, and said with a smile: "Look at your garden full of flowers. When Man Bao and I came over, we saw many merchants along the road, and there were many people selling burdens on the official road. So, it looks like you're doing well."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Brother Tang, do you want to go to Longchi Wharf? It's bustling over there now, because it's newly built and there are many people coming and going, so it looks more like a county than mine. .”
Tang He raised his eyebrows, "Okay, let's go take a look sometime. Is Longchi far away?"
"About seventy miles."
"It's not close," Tang He asked. "Since it's so prosperous there, there must be a lot of affairs. It seems that ordinary conflicts, even a lot of things like robbery, will be reported to the county government?"
"No," Bai Shan said, "I sent two groups of yamen servants over there, and gave them the right to do things at their own expense. Unless there are major cases, or ordinary minor disputes and small cases, they will be settled there before being remitted to the county yamen. Come, we will take the prisoner after the review here."
"That's where the two classes of yamen servants are in charge?" Tang He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There are only three classes of yamen servants in a county government. If you give two classes at once, the county government will only keep one class?"
"No, Yin or is in charge over there. I have recruited another group from the county government," Bai Shan said, "I have already applied to the governor's office to upgrade Beihai County from a lower county to a middle county."
"So fast?" Tang He sat up slightly, "When Zhang Changbo had been operating in Luojiang County for several years, he didn't upgrade Luojiang County to Zhong County when he left. Until the past two years, because of the large production of new rice seeds, That’s how it went up.”
Bai Shan nodded and said: "Beihai County now has Longchi Wharf and such a large salt field. The economy has already reached its peak, and it will not fall back in the future. It is enough to be promoted to Zhong County."
If he hadn't suppressed him, Governor Guo would have been promoted directly to the county.
However, although being promoted to the county is beneficial to Baishan's official career, the tax pressure on the local people and the county government is too great, so he did not agree and has been suppressed.
Looking at his expression, Tang He knew that there might be some things he didn't know about, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Guo Governor's proposal?"
Bai Shan smiled.
Tang He clicked his tongue, then looked at Yin He, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Junior Yin to participate in political affairs." Then he looked at Bai Shan, "Since he is in charge of the yamen servants for you, why don't you give him a county lieutenant?" Dangdang?"
Before Bai Shan could speak, Yin Sha shook his head and said, "I'm just helping out when I'm bored, and I don't go to the county government office every day, and there is a county captain in Beihai County. People squeezed away."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "He is not only doing the job of the county captain, he is also doing the job of the county magistrate."
Tang Hele, "Isn't that the magistrate of a county? What have you been doing?"
Bai Erlang on the side immediately raised his hand, "I also did the work of the county magistrate."
He said: "Beihai County doesn't know where so many things come from. How do you say that there is only one county magistrate in other counties? Anyway, there are so many people in Beihai County, and we still feel that there are not enough people."
Tang He smiled slightly and said, "You spent three years doing what others can do in ten years, aren't you busy?"
Wu Yue came over, "Master, my lady asked if the food is served in the open room or in the dining room?"
Bai Shan glanced at Tang He and said with a smile: "Let's just put it in this open room. The wind is good today, so it's cooler here, and you can enjoy some scenery at the same time."
May answered, turned around and sent a message.
Not long after, Zhou Man and Ming Da came together, bringing food with the maidservants, Tang He got up quickly and glanced at Zhou Man.
Could it be more reliable to ask the princess to serve the food? He was afraid that he would not be able to digest it.
Zhou Man looked back at him suspiciously, "Now is a good time to eat abalone, senior brother rarely comes to Beihai County, I sent someone to buy a lot of seafood back, half of the dishes today are the taste of the capital, and half are from here The local product, senior brother, do you like it?"
Tang He's eyes brightened slightly, "Abalone..."
"Yes, there are also sea urchins and Spanish mackerel, you can try them all," Zhou Man said, "If you stay long enough, we can go to Longchi to eat seafood later, the fresher and better ones there."