The boat that County Magistrate Gou was on was actually Zhu Qian's. The boat was very beautiful and the interior was warmly decorated. There was a small stove on the table in the middle where tea was being boiled.
In addition to County Magistrate Gou and Li Qingzhi, there were two other people on the boat, who were the legal advisors hired by County Magistrate Gou during this period.
There were actually quite a lot of staff in the Da Qi County Yamen. The yamen runners alone were divided into the Zao Squad, which was responsible for standing in the court and executing sentences, the Zhuang Squad, which was responsible for guarding and escorting, and the Kuai Squad, which was responsible for detecting spies, patrolling at night and collecting taxes.
In addition, there are Lifang, Hufang, Gongfang, etc., which are in charge of different tasks in the county.
County officials like County Magistrate Gou would leave after a few years, but the runners and clerks in the county government were all locals, and their positions were passed down from generation to generation... If these people did not cooperate, the county magistrate would be unable to accomplish anything.
In the past, Zhang Yunquan was able to call the shots in Chongcheng County because he had very good relations with these people and had established various connections.
With this relationship, the benefits gained are enormous. For example, the previous president of the Chamber of Commerce clearly owned hundreds of acres of fertile land, but in official records, there were only a few acres of land under his name.
In the many years before, he only had to pay taxes on a few acres!
Such things can be found everywhere in Da Qi, and Chongcheng County is one of the places where such things are relatively rare.
In addition, Chongcheng County was relatively wealthy, so even if someone concealed their land, the grain tax they paid was not reduced.
When County Magistrate Gou first came to Chongcheng County, he was restricted in every way. He was so frustrated that he planned to do nothing at one point. But since he planned to get rid of Zhang Yunquan, his mentality changed.
During this period, he punished some minor clerks and runners in the county government, gave the rest a beating, and hired some volunteer officials to help with work, and even hired two legal advisors.
Both of these legal advisors are in their forties. One of them is very good at accounting, and the other is good at handling various miscellaneous matters. They both have relevant work experience. County Magistrate Gou invited them to come to Chongcheng County to help, and asked them to pay each of them one hundred taels per year.
People with ability will never lack money!
When Li Qingzhi saw them, he thought of the original owner of this body. The original owner of this body did not like to study. Before something happened at home, the original owner's goal was to become a legal advisor to a county magistrate.
The two advisers were very good when facing Li Qingzhi. It is impossible for these people who have been in the officialdom for a long time to offend people everywhere.
The four of them made tea and chatted in the cabin, and soon they arrived at the place where the dock was built.
This type of boat is relatively large, and a gangplank is needed to get on and off the boat. The servants took out the gangplank from the boat and after driving it to the shore, County Magistrate Gou stepped onto the gangplank and came to the shore.
When County Magistrate Gou first arrived in Chongcheng County, he was afraid to walk on it because the gangplank was generally narrow and the boat was shaking. Now he has become very skilled at it.
Li Qingzhi and the other two gave way to each other, and the two masters walked in front, while Li Qingzhi walked at the end.
But even though he was walking at the end, he was still very conspicuous, and the people waiting on the shore saw him at a glance.
Li Qingzhi kept a low profile at first because at that time in Chongcheng County, County Magistrate Gou was restricted in every way, and he was just an ordinary person.
He was afraid that if he was too high-profile, someone would attack his family.
But now the situation has changed.
Firstly, County Magistrate Gou is already in power, and secondly, he was so low-key before that Hong Hui hated him... He didn't need to be as cautious as before.