He Cangji coughed lightly and said, "My lord, please come inside."
Zhang Zhong turned his head and walked in. When he got closer, he knew why half of the door was closed. The door had already fallen. He was supported by a stick there. It would be too obvious if he opened it. Some, it doesn't look good.
A group of people walked in, passing the front lobby and the back yard used for doing things. After walking back, it was the place where Zhang Zhong’s family would live. After turning a small bend, the next home appeared. In front of him, Zhang Zhong was stunned.
The yard was overgrown with weeds, and the top of the ruined main house had a hole after another. The paper on the windows was gone for a long time, and only the window frames were left open or closed. There was a wild cat hanging from a window. He got out of the hole, meowed at the crowd, twisted his body, and ran away in the blink of an eye.
Walking from this yard to other yards, there are also houses that are broken and unable to live. I have to say that the place here is larger than the yard behind the Yamen in Sanshui County. It is a pity that most of the yards don’t even have a house. , Only a pile of sludge after melting snow was piled there, and beams, doors and windows were put there, thinking it was taken back for use, or burned.
Zhang Zhong clicked his mouth and asked He Cangji: "This... the previous county magistrate actually worked in such a dilapidated place. I really wait for a role model."
"My lord, the magistrate of Wen County didn't live here before. There was a house outside. Now it is gone. It is said that it was sold to someone else and everyone in the family moved out. Why not buy a house outside as well?"
He Cangji lowered his voice and said to Zhang Zhong.
"No, it can be here. In the last few days, my family will find an inn to live in. I will move back when it is repaired. I will not live in the yamen. If there is an emergency, it will be prone to big accidents."
When he came, Zhang Zhong was already mentally prepared. The yamen would be broken a little, and he discussed with his son that he could repair it. He could not live outside, but he didn’t expect it would break like this. Fortunately, his son likes a big place, at home. There is no shortage of money, so I handed it to my son.
"My lord, there doesn't seem to be a lot of money in the account in the yamen to repair the yard. If you buy it outside, you can ask a few local merchants to raise money." He Cangji had to remind.
Zhang Zhong smiled, "I don't need to find someone else. I still have some money in my family. I live in my own house and pay for the repair. He Cangji knows how much money is still on the account?"
"It's not too clear to be small. The small warehouse is not fake, but there is no grain or a penny in the warehouse. I heard that there is still 30 yuan in the account, and there are a hundred stone millets. "
He Cangji told the truth, just to tell Zhang Zhong that he is in a deficit now. There is money in the account, but there is no money in the warehouse. You have to find a way to make up for the money.
Zhang Zhong glanced at his son at this time, Zhang Xiaobao shook his head slightly, meaning that the shortfall in the warehouse cannot be made up with his own money. There is something to build a house, but things in the yamen are another matter, no. You can't do things like that if you are close to the money and food.
Zhang Zhong understood, and said to He Cangji: "Don't worry at this time, just wait for this year's rent and taxes to come up, and then repair the yamen."
"My lord, there is no tax this year. I collected this year's tax in advance last year. The Wenxian magistrate has reported this matter jointly by the master book and the county prime minister. Can't save his life." He Cangji mentioned one more thing.
Before Zhang Zhong could react, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already understood that when they were greedy, everyone was greedy together. Now, all the responsibilities are transferred to the surname Wen. The master book and the county Cheng have no responsibility. They are greedy. It is naturally impossible to spit out money.
"Good calculation, I like such a person." Zhang Xiaobao's lips moved.
Wang Juan glanced at Zhang Xiaobao, "Let’s think about how to get the money. Just after the spring plowing, the tax that should be collected this fall is gone. You can’t collect it again, right? I don’t know how the people are doing, paying two years a year. The renter, is there a way to survive?"
"Small things, take your time. It's not that I don't know what's happening here. It's just to see what my dad would do. I can only live outside today. Let my dad get in touch with the county prime minister and the master book first. ."
Zhang Xiaobao didn't care about this at all. After losing this little money, he collected a year's tax in advance. It was not much money. The officials he met before could lose money for several years.
Zhang Zhong’s house has been seen, and he just waited for the county prince and the master who didn’t know where he was going to come back. Even if he officially took over after the handover, he still had to do something before that, and said to He Cangji:
"Since there are still some deficiencies in the yamen, it is not good to want to come to the yamen and wait for them. I have brought something, it is better to find the yamen and some people in the yamen, take the things back and deal with it for a few days, what will come What? Little treasure, when you came, you said you took it down and memorized it for your father."
Zhang Zhong really didn't know what his son had brought, so he had to let his son speak for himself.
"Father, you are a test boy, don’t you remember, boy, a bag of white noodles, a bag of rice, a bucket of 20 catties of vegetable oil, 20 catties of meat, two chickens, and some cucumbers, that bag of rice and noodles are each Five buckets, you can give them when everyone arrives."
Zhang Xiaobao had to stand up to his father at this time and count the things on the sidelines.
He Cangji and the two government servants were delighted when they heard about it, especially the two government servants. They were not greedy for anything, so they could only bully the people. The people didn’t have much money in their homes, so it’s not bad to get a few eggs. , The more brutal will catch other people's chickens and kill them, and a few people will get together to eat.
Unexpectedly, the new county magistrate sent so many things. Rice is good rice, noodles are good noodles, and that kind of vegetable oil. The most lacking in the family is oil. If you have oil, you can eat some wild vegetables. You can eat food without oil, and you can cook a lot of good dishes if you add meat, chicken, and cucumber.
"My lord, what you said is true? You wait. The younger one will find someone. Sixty-seven yamen will be found without shortage, and there are other people in the yamen, which adds up to thirteen."
One of the two government officials heard the sentence after Zhang Xiaobao, and he could give it to him when they were all there. He ran out immediately. Zhang Zhong looked at him and didn't speak. The other thirteen people were naturally like He Cangji. People.
The county prince and the master book don’t care about this. It doesn’t matter if they come or not, and they don’t know where to go. Otherwise, if they go out to do things, how can they not bring the yakuza. If they do, the yakuza will not. Said a lot to find.
Zhang Xiaobao originally thought that the two people could have a face-to-face meeting with his father, and test each other, and then consider whether to confront or compromise. He didn't expect to directly use this unpretentious approach, and immediately stated his own. Meaning, it can only be an opposition in the future.
Waiting for the other government officials to come back, here began to unload the things from the car. The 20 guards separated half of them to help, and the other half continued to be on guard. Some of the Zhang family members who followed were also working there, even He Cangji and The remaining government officials did not just watch.
Similarly, Zhang Zhong stood there, watching the sacks of rice noodles being moved down and put away, and watching the barrels of vegetable oil pile up there, but he couldn't find the topic.
Zhang Xiaobao has to help at this time, and said to He Cangji: "My father said when he came, this is only part of it, and in the future, in Sanshui County, our Zhang family can give the government officials something they need, let alone Are you the people below yourself? You have to do things well if you take things, and if you don’t do well, you won’t give them anything in the future."
Zhang Xiaobao deliberately said the things that are easy to offend people later, only in this way can people feel that the child is not sensible.
No matter how ugly the words were, the servant who helped move things nodded his head and promised, "I will do things well in the future. I have enough food for two months. I will sell the cucumbers when I look back, haha!"
He Cangji was also not angry, stopped his movements, stood there thinking for a while, finally bowed his head and came to Zhang Zhong's face, and said:
"My lord, to be honest, I was not instructed to pick up the adult today. I did it myself. I was not doing well here. I heard that the adults have the ability, so I took the risk. There are still two of them. The same is true for each of them. The two of them usually squeeze out and fight as soon as they can."
After listening to Zhang Zhong, he didn't know whether he should believe it or not. The main reason was that his son had used a method. It is estimated that he arranged for Jia Shan to draw in. In case they did too, he had to say:
"No problem, it’s not easy for everyone. It’s fine to work together more in the future. If you want to get some benefits, you have to let the people in the county live well. This is the case in Sanshui County. Write a few notices tomorrow. , Let the people in our county know what my new magistrate is thinking."
"My lord, what are you thinking?" The yaman threw the chicken down and inquired curiously.
"What I think is that my Zhang family in Sanshui County can be promoted to Shang County, and Huayuan County can also be promoted to Shang County. Sanshui County has a wharf. Does Huayuan County also have a wharf to be built?" Zhang Zhong repeated what his son had said, and he appeared very confident.
He Cangji and the yaman didn’t expect Zhang Zhong to have such a plan, their eyes lit up at the same time, and Zhang Zhong went on to say through this topic:
"As long as you do things well and it won't take long, Huayuan County will change. Then the salary that should be added will be increased, and those who should be mentioned will also mention it. I could have been a sixth-rank official in Beijing. But I feel that I should come down to do something in Huayuan County. When things are almost done, I will go to the capital. The benefits of this place are reserved for the next one, and nothing else."
Zhang Zhong's words made He Cangji excited, he glanced at the yakuza, and said: "We must follow the adults to arrange things in the county properly."