Under the leadership of Fengwu Pavilion, many businessmen with a good foundation came to donate money.
They don't think that a pennant can bring any benefits to the store. It is nothing more than a recognition from the county. What use is the recognition of a small place? What they care about is the home of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
When another official comes to talk like this, you can use means to limit, such as how much money to spend, how much tax is exempted, how much benefit the county government offers, or colluding with each other to deceive people, but it is absolutely impossible for two children, and others do not pay. , People can immediately mobilize money from home, and then it will turn around.
Wang Juan doesn’t care what others think, he just takes money. While watching the businessman come and press his fingerprints, he asks someone to find someone who specializes in feng shui measurement to measure groundwater. It’s very accurate. The underground hydrological magnetic field will affect the compass. People who test Fengshui have a high level of competence, and they can be measured with a single test.
Zhang Xiaobao also checked the account with Master Jiang at this time. More than 200 consistent money has evaporated. Zhang Xiaobao took the seal and left his own seal on the handed over documents, indicating that there is no shortage of money in Master Jiang’s book. If something happens again, it has nothing to do with Master Jiang, and it can be regarded as taking the responsibility for Master Jiang.
Master Jiang wrote an application for demotion and retention and sent it to the prefecture, waiting for Zhang Xiaobao to finish teaching himself the new accounting method, so that he could use actual actions to repay the two hundred guan.
To be honest, Master Jiang was actually a bit wronged. He didn’t divide the money he lacked. He only took a small head, and it was not all what he lacked in his tenure. Take any, take any, and some of the previous masters died. Yes, some have been promoted, and the new master book clearly knows what's missing, so he has to go ahead.
The master book is a small part, most of which are still with the county magistrate. Master Jiang couldn’t think of what the Ma County magistrate would do when the new magistrate arrived. Normally Ma’s magistrate can be promoted, but it’s not normal now. As soon as the two children came over, they seized power and checked the accounts. If they wanted to achieve any purpose, it is estimated that the Ma county magistrate would be cleaned up.
To show his loyalty, Master Jiang approached Zhang Xiaobao, who was writing notes next to Wang Juan, and whispered: "Master Zhang, Ma County magistrate should have been promoted this time. Think about it?"
"I don't care if he promotes him. As long as the new county magistrate is willing to hand over, I and the new county magistrate will calculate the account, and the warehouse will not be checked when it is handed in. As long as there is much money in the account, I will let him take it. How much use it comes out."
Zhang Xiaobao made another record of his willingness to donate fifty pennies to work on the well, and asked him to put on his fingerprints, then turned his head and said to Jiang Daobi.
Jiang Daobi thought about it and persuaded: "If the new county magistrate takes over and Ma is promoted, he will definitely protect the new county magistrate, and the lower officials may also be cleaned up at that time."
"Oh, are you afraid of this? Who is on the Ma county magistrate? I really dare to protect and clean up together. I don't believe that the present sage looks at him and wants to protect him. As long as the truth stands, you remember, we praise the county. Don't care, the little tricks behind it are useless to me."
Zhang Xiaobao originally planned to accompany the officials to play for a while, but who made the water shortage here? It was also lacking before. The people have long been accustomed to it. There is no way. When he and Wang Juan are here, it is absolutely not allowed to continue lacking, waiting for spring ploughing. Play again later.
Jiang Daobi really didn't know how Zhang Xiaobao told him at home when he came. Is it all covered? The question is, if I heard that Zhang Zhong was sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to be an official, why didn't he stay in the capital if he really had to work hard at home? The capital is a good place.
Seeing what Zhang Xiaobao said was crazy enough, he had to flatter: "Yes, Master Zhang said yes."
"Next one." Zhang Xiaobao shouted at the businessman who had approached him, and immediately another businessman said how much he had paid.
There are hundreds of people with more people and 10 people who are few. It seems that there are not many. But digging a well does not cost Taidu's money. If the water layer is shallow, the money is enough to support the wear of the tools and the stones used in the well. Now, the people who work don’t ask for wages. They do it for themselves, so whoever wants the money
After a busy morning, everything that should be dealt with was basically finished. In the afternoon, Wang Juan was going to sit in the hall to ask the case. She memorized all the laws and prepared to practice it.
The people of Baoxin County can’t regard the two babies as officials anyway, they think they are good-looking and they are willing to look at them more. As long as they are not too grievances and small frictions between neighborhoods, they will not find a yamen after discussing with each other. Go say, so as not to make it difficult for a baby.
In this way, the people in the county resolved the contradictions that occurred due to trivial matters by themselves, and they appeared to be very harmonious.
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Compared with Zhananan in Baoxin County, Luzhou is already hot and can't wear too many clothes. Some people who go fishing at sea are even shirtless, letting the sea breeze blow the sun.
Since the chambers of commerce of Zhang Wang's family stayed there, the people's life was getting better every day, and the new officials acted very honestly in accordance with Zhang Zhong's legacy.
It's not that they didn't want to show themselves, but that they found that they really couldn't think of a better way to manage the place. The people only approved Zhang Zhong's method and tentatively posted a notice. The people shouldn't and can only give up.
In addition to living in the beautiful house left by Zhang Zhong, as well as the remaining land that can produce a lot of crops, the income of officials is also very high. When an official goes to a place, he will have a piece of land to pay his salary. , Zhang Zhong originally left a good place.
Officials are not greedy, and waiting for the end of their term, they can save thousands of dollars, plus the large sum of money finally sent by the local chamber of commerce, which is much better than taking the risk of embezzlement.
Of course, no one gave bribes during the term of office. The previous governor had left reluctantly, holding the more than two thousand six hundred from the land and the ten thousand from the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce. , As well as the Wanmin Form written by the local people, returning to the capital to report on his duties, there will be a better position waiting for him.
After the new governor knew about this matter, he did the same as the people in front of him. Actually, there were not many things in the mansion. Most of them were completed by the local government. When the local government completed the task, the chamber of commerce was behind it. The thing that makes the officials comfortable is that there is no such thing as theft and wounding.
The people have joined the various branches to work together, and the feeling of helping each other in the same boat when the disaster was hit, everything is easy to discuss.
On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless, the new Luzhou governor Zhang Pingwang came out for a stroll, took a small entourage, and didn’t even need a guard. He walked on the spacious street, nodded to the greeting people, and looked again. The transportation team really couldn't find anything to do for a while.
"Master, will you leave Luzhou next year? I really can't bear to leave." The attendants have heard that someone is coming to take over. Luzhou governor's term is very short. Is it a good place? Everyone wants to go here. Squeeze, make enough political achievements and continue to get promoted.
"It is estimated that this is the case. We can only stay here for two years at most. Everyone is waiting for others to give up their positions. Zhang Zhong didn't stay long when he came over."
Zhang Pingwang is also reluctant to leave. It’s good here. There are not so many annoying things. He usually reads in the study, or sneaks out to see the scenery when there are no fakes, and chats with the teachers at the local academy. Another one is Go to a tourist spot on the mountain for two days.
There are not too many tourists there. They are the children of relatively wealthy people in the surrounding state capitals. If you look at the normal input and output, the mountain is obviously a loss-making business, but who made it the place of the king of the county? Well, don't care about losing money, there are other transactions privately owned by the princess.
The two of them walked forward again and stood in front of a small stall selling cold drinks. The seller was squatting there, writing on a small blackboard with chalk. The coconut juice is new today, and the price is marked so that others can know. .
After finishing the writing, the seller turned his head and saw that it was a provincial governor. He immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Master Zhang is not busy? Just drink a bowl of cold coconut juice."
While talking about this person, Zhang Pingwang didn't leave. He found a place to sit down and waited for someone to bring the coconut juice.
Two bowls of coconut juice were put on the small table, and the seller took another rock candy and put it next to it. He didn't think it was sweet enough, so he added it himself.
Zhang Pingwang took a sip from the bowl and nodded in praise: "It's delicious, it's cool from the outside to the inside, is it OK to do business?"
"Okay, I can sell a lot in one day. People who come from Bezhou still envy me, saying that no one is making trouble here, haha, don't look at where this is, Luzhou, who is making trouble?"
The seller raised his head and replied proudly.
Hearing what this person said, Zhang Pingwang was also emotional, yes, who would dare to make trouble in Luzhou, not the place of exile and distribution, but the fairyland on earth, but all this has nothing to do with him, it is left by Zhang Zhong, who has long since resigned. of.
Admire, that’s the ability, you can’t do it if you don’t want to admire it or not. It is estimated that Zhang Zhong wants to rebel. As long as he goes to Luzhou to call out, the local people will respond one after another, but he is just a passer-by and stayed in Luzhou for two years. Going back with political achievements and money, the hearts of the people of Luzhou will always belong to Zhang Zhong.
"Do it hard, and then go to the capital to have a look, it's not bad there." Zhang Pingwang said to the cold drinker when he stood up and was about to leave after he drank a bowl of coconut juice.
"What Zhang Cishi said is that I really want to save more and go elsewhere, visit the capital, and then send something to Zhang Cishi. I haven’t been surprised for a few years, but Zhang Cishi pulled me a hand, otherwise I It was washed away by the water."
The stall owner followed the words happily, looking yearning.
Zhang Pingwang knows that Zhang Cishi is not his own. Perhaps the local people have never recognized other Cishi. Zhang Zhong has not lived in vain in his life. When can the people in the place where he has been so concerned about himself
The follower kept silent, and walked silently behind the master. As for the cold drink money, it is not given, and people don’t want to take it out. In various places in Luzhou, the local officials do not spend money on food. What kind of welfare is said? The lesser ones will be borne by the merchants themselves, and the more numerous will be signed by someone from the chamber of commerce for the final settlement.
There is only one requirement, and that is to be a good official. Don't ask the people for trouble. Finding things for the people is to trouble yourself. Organize a few activities at ordinary times to be a good official.
After walking for a while, Zhang Pingwang said to his entourage: "Go, go to the pier to see, there should be ocean fishing boats back there, and see if there are any new things."
The entourage immediately went to find a car. After a while, a very well-decorated carriage stopped by Zhang Pingwang. The two got on the car and said something to the pier. The driver threw the whip and headed towards the pier. Direction away.
The car is walking on a spacious and flat road with verdant trees and flowers on both sides. In this season, you can see the big, red, fire-like kapok blooming on the trees when you pick up the curtain of the driving car, just like Luzhou The lives of ordinary people are the same.
"Walking on the road is in a good mood, do you have to pull a lot of people every day?" Zhang Pingwang was bored and opened a small window in front of him and said to the driver.
"Returning to Zhang Cishi, as you said, it’s really good. Unfortunately, the flowers bloomed, but Zhang Cishi didn’t see the kapok planted by him. He didn’t know when he was free. Come and see. Look at the flowers, let us also look at him."
The coachman looked at the big flowers on both sides, thought of Zhang Zhong, and aroused the thoughts in his heart, tears falling drop by drop.
Zhang Pingwang saw the driver wiping his eyes, his eyes were red, and he asked, "Are you also a native?"
"Mountain people, live on the mountain. Later, Zhang Shishi arrived and was just in time for the catastrophe, so he called us down and settled, built a house for us, taught us literacy, and a place dedicated to having children. The children in the family also went. After the school, the elderly go to nursing homes if they don’t want to stay at home, Master Zhang, do you know what is going on with Zhang Cishi now?"
The coachman was talking about what happened after he got down the mountain, and suddenly wanted to ask Zhang Pingwang for some news.
"It is said that I went to Luoyang to become an official, and his grade is not small." Zhang Pingwang also just got the news. As an official in Luzhou, he naturally paid attention to the affairs of King Zhang's family.
The coachman was happy now, "That's right, Zhang Cishi should be a high official."
"But the officials in Luoyang don't have much power, and they are not as powerful as the capital. They are about the same as pensions over there." Zhang Pingwang thought about it, and said the matter.
The driver stopped the car and turned his head, "Why? Why not give Zhang Cishi power? Why should he be pensioned? No, Mr. Zhang, get out of the car first. I'll go and ask someone to ask. Entering Beijing, who put Zhang Cishi in that position? Don't do it, I won't do it."
I'm going to drive people out when I say something.
Zhang Pingwang quickly blocked: "Hold on, hold on, I haven't finished yet, but I can't find a group of people to enter Beijing. That will harm Zhang Zhong. Listen to me, Zhang Zhong is willing to go to Luoyang by himself. No one Drive him, otherwise he will be assigned an official position in the capital, what do you know? Zhang Zhong is the first person in my Datang to choose an official by himself.
Where he wants to be an official, the court will send him somewhere. He is still too young and needs to experience more things. Then he ran to Luoyang. The place was no longer suitable for him. He was bored in Luoyang. Entering Beijing, unlike other officials, where they want to go, it takes a lot of effort and seldom succeeds. "
When talking about this, Zhang Pingwang was jealous. When someone else was an official, it was arranged from above. He was able to come to Luzhou after a lot of struggle. Speaking out, no matter whether there is anyone in that place, he will have to get out of the way, and he will pass.
Not only him, but even his child, he went to Baoxin County to be the chief book and county chief. It is said that when he asked, he should not be too far away from home and not go to the prosperous county, but he was chosen. Pick it up and go to Baoxin County.
How can there be such an official? You have to look at them everywhere, hey...
Zhang Pingwang was depressed, but the driver was happy. He continued to move the car and said with a smile: "Really? That's pretty much the same. Let me just say, how could Zhang Cishi be afraid of others? Yes, the court did the right thing. What did he think of? As a local official, let him go wherever he feels it is not fun to change. In this way, Zhang Cishi is doing nothing and is idle now.
Eh? If I discuss with others, can I ask Zhang Cishi to take a stroll? If you are really in a hurry, why don't you just drive the car and take your family to Luoyang, where are his little treasure and cuckoo? Both children have grown up, right? "
"I've grown up, I've grown up for many years. I heard that I went to Yizhou to fight all the time, fighting Tubo. Two children led the army. There were only 10,000 people, and they were facing tens of thousands of Tubo troops."
Zhang Ping looked uncomfortable listening to the coachman. What did the court do right? Whose Datang is Datang? Whose court is the court? Is it wrong not to let Zhang Zhong toss back and forth, so he deliberately wanted to scare the driver.
After hearing this, the coachman said immediately: "Then Tubo is over, did the two children kill a lot of people?"
"How did you know?" Zhang Pingwang asked suspiciously.
"Still need to ask? Of course I know that when the two children were in the disaster in Luzhou, they were in charge of this and that. It's amazing. Isn't it a matter of fighting for an army? His family has money, so they can tell the people in Tubo. , If you rebel, I will give you money, and the people of Tubo will rebel obediently, right?"
The coachman didn't worry that the two little guys would be hurt when they arrived on the battlefield. He had his own theory.
At this time Zhang Pingwang’s entourage smiled: “Which is what you think? Tubo soldiers can’t buy it at all during the war. The cuckoo is so powerful that he brought 10,000 people to kill from left to right, but the Tubo army dared not advance... And... Where is your car going?"
Zhang Pingwang's entourage began to tell the coachman what he had heard, and as he said it, after more than an hour, suddenly found that the direction was wrong, and if he followed this path, he had to make a big circle and stopped to ask.
"Ah? It’s okay, you said you, I just want to listen more, you should get off the car when it’s early, I’ll talk to others after I’ve heard it, I’ll hurry up later, I can take a detour to see the scenery, Look, how beautiful the flowers are in the flowerbed outside."
The coachman blushed, the little calculation was discovered, and he quickly explained.
The entourage regretted it. I had known that I didn't talk too much. It's fine now. It is estimated that it will be midnight, and it will not be a short time to go from Fucheng to the pier, and it will take a detour.
"Say, don't stop, I'll change it back and go through the intersection ahead. No delay, no delay." The coachman urged again.
Seeing that he had gone wrong, Zhang Ping nodded and motioned to his entourage to continue.
The coachman was enjoying himself, swaying his head and driving the car along the way, while listening to the story of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he was very happy and unhappy, and he screamed when he heard the excitement.
The story is over before reaching the dock. The entourage is not a storyteller, that is to say, he talks about the general situation, and only if he understands it, he will be more detailed.
When the coachman heard the end, he paused and said, "Okay, I will learn it again. Listen, if something is wrong, remember to correct it, so I can tell others. The little son and the little lady are really different. One day, the imperial court sent troops to Tubo and fought and fought. The troops in front were beaten away. What should I do? It’s okay, the little lady passed by with someone. After arriving at the place..."
The coachman uttered what he had just heard in his own language, which was more vivid than what the entourage said. Even so, the entourage was tortured, dozing off in a daze, and being woken up for questioning from time to time.
Sure enough, when the car arrived at the dock, it was dark early in the morning. Fortunately, it was safe here. Some people even used the refined fish oil to light lanterns, and there was a bright spot every distance.
The wharf is brightly lit and rich. The output of the sea is so rich. Ships of goods are transported elsewhere, making Luzhou the most prosperous place, next to the capital, and it’s close to the surrounding area. People living by the sea are also getting better. They have no sales channels, so they are sent to Luzhou and sold to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce.
The people who make money are not as good as the people in Luzhou, but they are also many times stronger than before. Especially the lighthouse built in Luzhou not only serves Luzhou, as long as people who go to sea meet it, they belong to Datang and they can get it. The help of the lighthouse.
For the people going to sea, a lighthouse is a home, and there is no need to worry about the wind and waves, and no matter how dark it is.
"Master Zhang, when I'm here, I won't charge you for the car." The coachman leaned at the special parking place at the dock and woke Zhang Pingwang up in front.
Zhang Pingwang's entourage got out of the car and opened the door first, rubbing his eyes, "I haven't care about the money you want to listen to the story. Do you still want to collect the car money? I remember you, and I won't take your car again next time."
The coachman smiled, "Okay, you can ride in any car. As long as you tell the story of Zhang Cishi's family, I can hear it."
"Go, go to the dock." Zhang Pingwang stopped the entourage who still wanted to refute, and walked toward the dock first.
He acknowledged what the coachman said, no matter which coachman he met, as long as he talked about Zhang Zhong-related things, he would be like the current coachman, asking questions, who asked Zhang Zhong to follow the disaster relief and build the place. It's so good.
The entourage reluctantly followed behind, and looked back at the coachman who tortured him to death. What he got was a satisfied smile from the coachman.
The two of them went to the dock where the boats were docked in front of each other, waiting for the team to return to the distant fishing boat tomorrow morning.
Just as I was about to find a place to rest, a big ship rushed over on the sea, and the lanterns clearly illuminated the ship. As soon as I got closer, I heard the people on it shouting in unison: "Fight, the natives on the island and Our people are fighting, and they are arranging troops, arranging troops."