Seeing this, Man Bao asked curiously, "Master Yang, didn't you say that the private sector and the business sector should be separated?"
Yang Heshu shook his head and laughed, sighed faintly and said, "How can things be so divided in this world? As long as Mr. Bai didn't form a caravan to go shopping, no one can change his registration."
Yang Heshu looked at her and said with a smile: "For example, the shop you bought for your sister-in-law can't be considered as a businessman. Does the separation of private and commercial businesses mean that people who occasionally come to the city to earn some pocket money on the street should be counted?"
The three nodded in agreement, Bai Shanbao looked at him, "Then why is your lord still looking worried?"
Yang Heshu touched his face, "Is it so obvious?"
The three nodded together.
Seeing that Bai Erlang nodded, Yang Heshu sighed, "It seems that I have relaxed for a long time. I am not worried about Luojiang County, but about the court."
Yang Heshu got up, looked at some withered and yellow lotus leaves in the small pond outside the pavilion, and sighed faintly: "Luojiang County is poor, and there are no great gentry and noble gentry, the people are for the people, and the business is for the business. It's blurry, but it's clear, but not elsewhere."
He sighed, and when he turned around, he saw that the three children were already full, but couldn't help reaching out to touch the snacks to eat, and they were eating with gusto.
Yang Heshu: …
Forget it, what did he say to the three children
Don't say they don't understand such a worry, if they understand it, what can they do at this time
Yang Heshu changed the topic, "Shanbao, you have read a lot of books now, do you want to come to the county school?"
Bai Shanbao shook his head, "Both my grandmother and my husband said that I can study with my husband now, and I will go directly to the prefectural school in Yizhou in the future."
Yang Heshu was slightly surprised, but he felt relieved when he thought of Mr. Zhuang, "Mr. Zhuang's knowledge is no worse than that of the county school."
His eyes fell on Bai Erlang again, and he asked with a smile, "What about you, do you want to come to the county school?"
Bai Erlang shook his head again and again, and said, "I won't come, I prefer to study with Mr. Zhuang."
Yang Heshu laughed loudly and said: "You should work harder, you can go to the capital to seek an official in the future."
Bai Erlang didn't have much confidence in himself, "Even I can ask for an official?"
"But whatever you can, the Holy Majesty will use it."
Bai Erlang fell silent, keeping this matter in mind.
Yang Heshu looked at the quiet Man Bao, feeling very sorry for some reason.
Because of this feeling of regret, Yang Heshu got up and said with a smile, "Let's go, shall I go for a walk in the county town with you?"
The three of them just had a full meal, and they happened to be a little sleepy, so it's not bad to go for a walk to digest food.
Because it will be New Year's Eve in two days, many people come to the county to prepare New Year's goods, and the city is full of people coming and going, and it is very lively.
It didn't show up in the morning, and it's not past noon at this moment, which is the time when there are the most people in the county.
Man Bao was almost scattered by someone, so scared that Bai Shanbao grabbed her hand, pulled her to his side and said, "Be careful of being photographed by Huazi."
"That patting Huazi is so courageous, dare to pat me in front of Master Yang."
Bai Shanbao: "They don't know that he is the county magistrate."
He held her hand tightly, "Let's go."
The two caught up with County Magistrate Yang and Bai Erlang who were a few steps ahead, and said with emotion: "Master Yang, the city is so lively now."
Yang Heshu also nodded with a smile, "It's very lively, much better than last year."
A few people were talking and walking forward, when they encountered a group of soldiers pushing over noisyly, pushing them aside, Yang and Shu almost fell to the ground, when they looked up, they saw a group of soldiers pushing away everyone and squeezing into a small restaurant .
Yang Heshu couldn't help frowning.
Man Bao looked at them with wide eyes, and said, "They don't look like people from Luojiang County."
Yang Heshu looked at her in surprise, "How did you find out?"
"It doesn't sound like they speak, and they don't look alike."
Yang Heshu glanced at the restaurant again, and led them into a tea house, which was diagonally opposite the restaurant. After ordering tea, he said, "They are actually from Luojiang County, if not, they are probably from other counties in Mianzhou. .”
Yang Heshu took the tea, looked at Man Bao and said with a smile: "However, it is true that you say that they don't speak the same words. These soldiers were sent back not long ago. They left the army when they were young, and now they are sent back to their hometowns. It is normal for the accent to change within a few years, or more than ten years.”
Bai Shanbao was very curious, "Why did you send the soldiers back to your hometown?"
"This is a blessing policy of the imperial court. The Holy One is benevolent and allows soldiers who are over fifty and disabled to disarm and go home. Except for some important border towns, the rest of the soldiers will be reduced. The reduced soldiers can be transferred back to their hometowns. Garrison."
The garrisons in the county towns are usually recruited from the township, which is different from government servants and servants. No one likes to be a soldier, even the local garrisons.
Therefore, it is difficult to fill up the garrisons in the counties, especially in places like them that are not border crossings or strategically important places.
Most of the vacant places were taken by the local school lieutenants and county lieutenants, so the soldiers dispatched from above, Yang and Shu accepted them without much worry.
Because the military pay for these soldiers was originally eaten by the school lieutenant and the county lieutenant, now that there are more of these people, the expenditure of the county government is not much, but the county lieutenant and the school lieutenant eat a little less.
But seeing these soldiers now, Yang Heshu was a little worried. He liked to share his thoughts with his three children, so he sighed, "If they bring their bad habits to the county, it may be difficult to discipline them."
Man Bao leaned against the window to watch the soldiers, and one of them seemed to dislike the taste of the tea, so he casually poured out the tea in the bowl.
When it was splashed on someone, it was even more vicious than the person who was splashed on it. He stared and asked, "What are you looking at? Look at it, and your eyeballs were gouged out!"
Man Bao tsk-tsk said: "It's so fierce, will you hit them?"
Yang Heshu stood behind her with his hands behind his back, slightly shaking his head and said: "This kind of soldiers are not convinced, and they are not under my direct control."
This is what worries him the most.
Although the county lieutenant and the school lieutenant must listen to him, under normal circumstances, the county magistrate does not directly control the garrison. He is not willing to intervene in these trivial matters. of.
Man Bao looked at it suspiciously and asked: "They eat a lot of wine and meat, do they want to eat and drink for free like that bad government servant who came to my house back then?"
Yang Heshu: "... No, they have been in the city for more than two months, and I have never heard of them refusing to give credit. It's just that their words and actions are domineering."
"Are the soldiers so rich?" Man Bao was very puzzled, "My father always said, don't be a soldier for anything, even if you are poor, you may lose your life."
Bai Shanbao glanced at it and said: "The yamen just paid the soldiers' salary, and they will pay an extra month's salary for the Chinese New Year."
Yang Heshu nodded, "Not bad."
Influenced by the old Zhou's family, Man Bao's eyes widened in disbelief, "They actually spent so much money for eating and drinking, why don't they take it home?"