Beibei accepted the gift and sent Wan Xinxin away. The next day, Qian Jiujiu and his group set out directly towards Xianyou Town. A month and a half later, the group finally arrived at Xianyou Town, exhausted.
The picturesque town of Xianyou is in the season of spring, when flowers are in full bloom, and everywhere is lush and green, full of vitality.
Qian Jiujiu stood on the side of the road and took a deep breath: "The air here is so good. Standing here makes me feel refreshed."
The Queen Mother also got off the carriage and came to Qian Jiujiu's side. After hearing Qian Jiujiu's words, she couldn't help laughing: "Don't talk about you, I feel like I've become younger."
Qian Jiujiu lowered her chin frivolously and looked at the Queen Mother: "Mother, from now on, when you are outside, you will be the old lady of the county magistrate's family, and you can't say anything like "I'm your mother" anymore."
The Queen Mother always said: "Haha, what should I call myself from now on? Old woman?"
The nannies beside her found it funny, but they really didn't know how the old ladies called themselves. Qian Jiujiu thought for a while before speaking: "Old ladies in the folk really call themselves old ladies. Mother, you are really smart."
"But my husband is still an official, even though he is only a ninth-rank official, so I can still call myself your mother."
The Queen Mother raised her lips slightly. "Old man?" I don't know why, but a green cucumber suddenly appeared in my mind. I quickly shook my head. These are completely unrelated things. Why are they connected together
He coughed twice and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "That's a good name, I'll call you that. Why did you get off the carriage here? Are we here yet?"
Qian Jiujiu hummed, "We're here. The end of this road is Xianyou Town. You see, Xianyou Town has a big road leading to the outside world, and the other three sides are surrounded by mountains. The mountains outside are almost not dangerous, but the mountains inside have never been explored."
At the end of the road, you can see with your naked eyes that the houses here are very beautiful! There are all kinds of buildings. Qian Jiujiu pointed to the tallest building and said, "Look, the tallest house in there is the government office now."
The county magistrate of Xianyou Town had been transferred to another place to serve as a prefect in order to give Mu Yexiao a position. This promotion could be considered a disguised form of compensation.
The yamen runners are now waiting for the arrival of the new county magistrate. In Xianyou Town, there are a total of 130 villages, which is considered a very large town.
Entering the town, there are many people walking around, it is very lively. However, compared with those places in the capital, it is still a small matter.
However, the Queen Mother was interested in these people because most of the clothes they wore were made of animal skins, and the styles were different from those in Kyoto.
Qian Jiujiu and his group did not attract anyone's attention, because people from outside often come to Xianyou Town to buy game and mountain products. That's right, Xianyou Town is a town that sells game and mountain products.
The nearby villages are all located at the foot of each mountain. The most abundant things in the mountains are wild animals and other mountain delicacies. In addition to farming, most of the villagers' income comes from going to the mountains to pick these things and sell them.
Mu Yexiao also got off his horse and accompanied Qian Jiujiu and others, strolling around while walking towards the government office.
Soon they arrived at the gate of the government office. The people from the government office had been looking out at the gate for a long time, because the master had been here for more than ten years and was suddenly transferred away. They didn't know what kind of person was transferred here, and the runners were very confused.
Mu Yexiao arrived at the gate of the yamen. When the yamen runner saw this man, he had a very good temperament. Just standing there, he felt that he was different. The yamen runner had to speak carefully: "Sir, do you have any questions? There is no one in charge of the yamen now."
Looking at the yamen runners, Mu Yexiao raised his eyebrows frivolously: "I am the one who is in charge."
The yamen runner didn't react for a moment, but Qian Jiujiu laughed and said, "This is the new county magistrate, why don't you greet him?"
The yamen runner's face instantly turned red, and he was a little embarrassed: "Sir, please come in."
Mu Yexiao found it funny and followed the yamen runners to walk forward. Inside the government office, the legal advisor was writing files. These days, the county magistrate was not around, but there were still a lot of gossips.
All these things had to be recorded, and the trial would begin after the new master arrived. The yamen runners quickly brought Qian Jiujiu and others to the master: "Master Qiu, the master is here."
The master in front of him was named Qiu, and he had always been following the county magistrate. But after the previous county magistrate left, Xianyou Town was not doing well without a master, so Master Qiu was kept.
After the new master has taken over the task, Master Qiu will go to another place to take up his new post, and he will also be a ninth-rank official.
Master Qiu finally waited for someone to arrive. He was still very excited and looked at Mu Yexiao: "You are the new master. Hello, master. I am Master Qiu. Master, what time do you think is best for you to take over?"
The county magistrate of Xianyou Town is considered to be of high status. Master Qiu went to a smaller place, so he respected Mu Yexiao very much.
Mu Yexiao nodded: "If you are in a hurry, start the handover now. The original county chief clerk of the government office will stay and continue to assist me in managing Xianyou Town. As for you, you have to stay..."
He did not plan to replace so many people, so he intended to keep everything as before. However, before he could finish his words, he heard Master Qiu embarrassedly explaining that he was about to take up the post and was just waiting for their arrival.
Mu Yexiao nodded, indicating that he understood: "Okay, Xilin, you take the job first and work as a legal advisor for a while. By the way, I will post a recruitment notice. I want to find a legal advisor who is familiar with local affairs."
Xili nodded: "Yes, sir."
The handover started here, and someone came forward and took Qian Jiujiu and others to see the residence behind the government office. Behind the government office was the residence of the county magistrate's family. Qian Jiujiu took a look and found that everything was well prepared, so they could just move in.
So he ordered the maids around him to tidy up the courtyard and rooms and buy everything that needed to be bought. In the front yard, Mu Yexiao took people around the government office and nodded with satisfaction.
"Then let's start sorting out the things left over from this period of time. Once I have dealt with everything and you have all completed the handover, Master Qiu can take up his post. I won't take up any more of your time."
Master Qiu looked at Mu Yexiao and thought he was easy to get along with, so he said, "Master Mu, there is actually someone in Xianyou Town who is more suitable to be a master than me. If you can invite him over, it will be very beneficial for the management of Xianyou Town."
Mu Yexiao was a little curious: "Oh, what kind of person is he? Can you tell me?"
Master Qiu looked at Mu Yexiao without getting angry, and directly introduced him: "That man is called Fang Shaohua, his family is not well off, but he is very talented, and he knows almost everything about Xianyou Town."
Then he told Fang Shaohua's story. Fang Shaohua had four younger brothers and one younger sister. The family was very poor. He was talented, but had no money to take the imperial examination, so he was still a scholar.
There was a person who wanted to sponsor Fang Shaohua to take the imperial examination and let him marry his daughter, but Fang Shaohua refused. He wanted to save money on his own and take the examination. He was quite capable and had saved enough money last year.
It was just bad luck. His little sister, Fang Xiaoxi, who was only ten years old this year, fell from the mountain last year while helping to pick mountain products. In order to pay for his sister's treatment, the money for the scientific expedition was used up.
Fang Shaohua's brothers also expressed their unwillingness to continue their studies in order to save money for their brother to take the imperial examination, but Fang Shaohua refused them all. He couldn't ruin his brothers' future just because of himself.
Fang Shaohua's parents were both farmers. They were honest people and were able to support their four children in school. They no longer had any more money.
After listening to this, Mu Yexiao admired Fang Shaohua very much: "Is there no one who simply wants to sponsor Fang Shaohua to go on a scientific expedition?"
Master Qiu's mouth twitched: "It's not that there is no one, but Fang Shaohua doesn't want to. He is smart, but he is very stubborn. He always says that no one will help others for no reason. Anyone who wants to help him has something to do with him."
This world seems to be like this. He smiled and looked at Master Qiu: "This person is interesting. Let's go and take a look now."
After finally meeting someone that interested him, Mu Yexiao naturally couldn't sit still: "Xilin, go and invite the lady over, we'll go and invite the master."
Master Qiu was stunned. Why did he bring his wife with him when he went to invite the master? This man was really good to his wife.
When Qian Jiujiu heard that Mu Yexiao had sent someone to look for her, she nodded with a smile and looked at the Queen Mother: "Mom, I guess Mu Yexiao wants to take us out for a walk, do you want to go?"
The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "I'm a little tired, so I won't go. You can take the two children out for a walk, I'll rest first."
The room was now tidied up, so the Queen Mother could rest. After the Queen Mother went to rest, Qian Jiujiu took the child to find Mu Yexiao.
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu and smiled, repeating what Master Qiu had just said. Qian Jiujiu was also curious: "This guy sounds interesting, so we can give him a try. Let's send someone to see where he is first."
When Master Qiu heard that Mu Yexiao listened to his wife and was actually going to test Fang Shaohua, he was speechless. This man really listened to his wife too much.
"How do you plan to test me, Madam?"
Qian Jiujiu raised his eyebrows: "To test people's hearts, of course, we have to use money. You said that he doesn't accept financial support from others, but if a lot of money is placed in front of him and others don't know about it, do you think he will be tempted?"