Zhang Zhong continued to move forward, and sure enough, it didn't take much time that a village appeared in front of him. It was not the way he imagined the smoke, chickens and dogs chasing each other, children playing.
There is some land outside the village, on which there are cucumbers and eggplants. The eggplants have not yet grown. There are a few cucumbers hanging solitary, and there are fences made of thick wood outside.
There are some sand and stones on the road, and there are wild flowers and weeds on the side. A river flows from behind the village. The houses in the village are made of adobe, and some grass grows out of them. There are no children playing outside, but dogs barking. No shortage of poultry and livestock.
There was no smoke coming out of the chimney, and it was now noon.
"Are they not going to eat at noon?" Zhang Zhong asked the servant in the inner courtyard.
The government officials were also wondering, where did the people go? Shaking his head blankly: "Master, I don't know, why don't you go in and have a look?"
"Still wait, those of us come here. If there are people in the village, we should have a look. Now there is no one. Maybe they have gone out. All the people in a village have gone out. What is it?"
Zhang Zhong took out the spotting telescope that Zhang Xiaobao had copied, looked towards the village, and adjusted the distance between the two lenses of the telescope from time to time.
Ya Ya looked at the things in Zhang Zhong's hand enviously. He used it once and it was very easy to use. He was able to reach a distance that he would not normally see. After thinking about it, he said, "Master, or how many people will I take to look around?"
"No, wait, hold this one, just say it when you see someone, the same goes for beasts." Zhang Zhong handed the binoculars to the servant, found a place by the road to sit down, and took out from his backpack. A water bag and sipped it.
Now he is also following the methods of his son and daughter-in-law. When he goes out, he carries a specially-made bag. No one in the county will say that he has no manners. It contains some things that can be used at any time, which is very convenient.
The Ya Ya took the telescope with excitement, and looked around in the eyes of other Ya Ya envies. He didn't show up, let alone speak a lot. He watched for himself, some places were blown by the wind, and he stared at them. a while.
A group of people waited for a full half an hour, and finally, the yaman holding the telescope exclaimed excitedly, "Master, there are people, I see people, a large group, and a few carrying things."
With this shout, Zhang Zhong stood up, took the telescope and looked towards the northeast. There were men, women and children, smiling, and walking towards this place. There were two places in the crowd that were different from other places. Several strong men carried wooden poles on their shoulders.
From the cracks exposed by the crowd, Zhang Zhong finally knew what he was carrying. It turned out to be two bears. It seemed that someone had hunted the bear and the whole village came to pick it up.
When I got closer, I saw it more realistically. The two bears seemed to be not small, with wounds on their bodies. I don't know how the people in the village hunted them.
After reaching a certain distance, the people in the village also found Zhang Zhong and his party. Following the messy figure that stopped, all of them did not dare to come back again.
"The past two people, tell them who I am." When Zhang Zhong saw that the villagers were afraid to come back, he ordered the people beside him.
The servant in the inner courtyard beckoned to a person behind him, and ran towards there first, and the people he greeted did not dare to neglect. He knew that he was not as important as this colleague and was valued by the county magistrate. They belonged to the inner courtyard of the Zhuangzi. Yes, but he always has to do something.
The two took a bite in front of each other and ran in front of the villagers.
"Don't worry, everyone, hurry up and go back to the village. We are government servants in the county. Take a look and look at our clothes."
The servants in the inner courtyard said to the villagers in front of them that the villagers did not look happy because of their arrival. Instead, they looked at them vigilantly. Older people are fine to say that they didn’t say anything, and the little boy doesn’t care about them. .
A little boy who was about nine years old shouted to them: "Did you know that we hunted two bears and you are going to grab them again?"
The two officials were taken aback, especially the one who followed him. He remembered the past and his expression changed. He also came to bully the people in the village. At the beginning, the village had just hunted a fox, and he was helping the text. The county magistrate snatched the fox.
Today, people just got back two bears, and suddenly the people in the yamen came again. If they were replaced, everyone would be the first to think whether they would come to grab things again.
The yaman in the inner courtyard had studied for a year and a half. He knew a lot and said quickly: "Don’t think about it, everyone. The magistrate in Huayuan County has changed. It turned out that the man with the surname Wen was arrested in the capital. Xiao was also taken away, and his home was copied. The new magistrate is different from the original one. He loves the people like his children.
I heard that there are still two villages here. When I walked here, I wanted to see how everyone's life is. Our new county magistrate is amazing. In the future, everyone will be waiting for a good life. "
"Who are you lied to? The official doesn't have a good thing. After leaving one, another one comes. Is it because the one who has paid taxes for two years and has no oil and water to fish, then comes to us to grab something?" The one who spoke just now The little boy said again.
The two government servants looked at the distrustful eyes of the villagers, and sighed at the same time. The person in the inner courtyard said, "Whether it is true or not, what use is it for you to stop here? Is it possible that the village will not be there anymore," In the village, let’s talk about it, okay?"
The villagers think about it. People who stop here will not come over. If there are more than 20 people, they can still carry two bears. How can they really come here
At the greeting of the village, the villagers continued to walk to the village with two bears.
Waiting for them to reach the village, Zhang Zhong also led people to greet him. He had no official authority, with a smile on his face, walked out of the protection of the guards, and said to the villager who was leading: "Awesome, unexpectedly If two bears can be hunted, one bear paw can sell for a lot of money."
If it wasn't for him to wear an official uniform, the villagers would have thought it was an errandman who came over. When would he be an official and smile to ordinary people, the smile would still be so sincere.
Only those government officials understand that as long as you don’t do too much, the magistrate is very talkative and can even chat with you when you have free time, but as long as you do things you shouldn’t do, such as oppressing the people when you go out, At least thirty sticks fell on the body.
There was a doctor waiting next to him. The beater didn't want to be merciful. The literal thirty sticks fell on his body. That was not enough. After the beat, he had to carry it to the bullying people to let them see.
If it's the second time, then just finish hitting it with a hundred sticks, and then drive away. No one has ever committed a second time, and he won't commit a crime the first time. After hitting a hundred sticks, the person will die.
The villagers don’t know this, and they feel very comfortable looking at Zhang Zhong’s smile. The village is not like other places, where the old man is responsible. The village here is just a 24- or 5-year-old person who stood up and said: "You are the new The magistrate coming?"
"Yes, it’s new here. You two bears might as well be sold to Jin Lai Lou in the county. The Jin Lai Lou is not owned by the original relative with the surname Wen. It is owned by my family for the price. It's absolutely fair, and I can even give it more. After all, there are many restaurants in my house, and selling them in the capital can make more money."
While talking, Zhang Zhong opened the backpack, took out the candy from the inside and handed it to the little boy next to him. The candy was prepared for himself. When there is no food to eat, it contains two pieces of candy and can top one top. .
The little baby stared at the candy, but didn't dare to pick it up, with a cowardly look.
Zhang Zhong took the little baby’s hand and stuffed the sugar in, "Take it, don’t worry, I won’t want everyone’s things for nothing. I’m different from the county magistrate in Nawen. Don’t worry if you don’t have enough living money to take out Wanguan, how much can you two bears be worth?"
"My master is the owner of Zhangjiazhuangzi in Sanshui County. It's not uncommon for you to have something like this. The master alone has hundreds of restaurants and shops."
At this time, the servant in the inner courtyard helped to speak, and Zhang Zhong turned his head and nodded to the servant in satisfaction.
Some of the villagers who went to change things had heard of Zhangjiazhuangzi, and when they came back, they also told the villagers. At this time, the villagers heard that the new county magistrate was the head of the Zhang family, and finally they were not worried.
The little boy who took the sugar stuffed the sugar into his mouth, and Tong Yan asked nonchalantly: "Did you give something to your farmer? You also built a big house for the farmer?"
"Don't talk nonsense." My parents said at the same time.
Zhang Zhong didn't care, nodded, and said to the little baby: "That's not for nothing. The dealer has done a lot of things for the master. If you don't give it, you can't justify it. Tell uncle how old you are?"
"Eight... Eight years old." The little boy was told by his parents, and the courage also became smaller, and said timidly.
"I'm still not eight years old, so I can go to school to study, and I will build a school for you in the future, and I will find someone from outside to teach you. It happens that the two Zhuangzi will take care of it together."
Zhang Zhong thought of the plan his son had said, and planned to get a Juren here who could not pass the exam. He believed that the people who came here would not suffer too much and the villagers could take care of it.
At this time, Mura Masa also discovered the difference in the new county magistrate, and said, "My lord, do you still collect taxes this year?"
"Tax collection? Haven't you already paid the tax for this year? Don't collect it. You will collect it next year. You can eat two bears by yourself. It's useless. You can send money to the building, one for one hundred."
Zhang Zhong glanced at the two bears again, and said to Muramasa that he actually wanted to eat it. Zhang Xiaobao mentioned eating bear paws more than once, but unfortunately someone else did it. A bear has two right fore palms. Although the solar terms are not so perfect, they are not bad.