Ye Xiaotian and his party returned to the county government office. Hua Qingfeng was overjoyed when he saw that he had rescued Xu Xiancheng. First, he praised Ye Xiaotian hypocritically, and then comforted Xu Boyi with kind words, and then ordered someone to take him away. Go down to take a bath and change clothes.
Xu Boyi changed his clothes and went back to the second hall, and immediately asked Hua Zhixian to stay away, saying that he had something important to discuss. As soon as everyone left, Xu Boyi angrily said to Hua Qingfeng: "Lord County Lord, what did you and I discuss that day? Why did you change your mind after only a few days, and turned Ye Xiaotian's buddies and confidants together again?" Called back?"
Seeing his harsh tone, Hua Zhixian felt displeased, and thought to himself: "If it wasn't because of your incompetence, would I have agreed to his terms?"
Huazhi County suddenly said: "Xu Xiancheng, can this county be blamed? If you hadn't volunteered to go to the mountains to mediate, but were detained by those mountain barbarians, how could this county accept Ye Xiaotian's alliance under the city?"
Xu Boyi said: "My lord! You are the parents of a county, the Supreme Lord of Baili. If you let him go up the mountain, how dare he not go? As long as he goes, he will come back in order not to be defeated, or not to be taken by the people in the Li family village." Wait, won't he try his best?"
Hua Zhixian slightly sneered and said: "Xu Xiancheng, it seems that you still don't know enough about Ye Xiaotian? If the county doesn't meet his conditions, he really dares to resist orders! This person can't be steamed or cooked. It can't be cut, it can't be chewed, it's a real piece of hob meat, it's a strange thing in the officialdom."
Xu Boyi couldn't help being speechless, thinking about it carefully, what Huazhi County said was really true. Xu Boyi sat down on the chair discouragedly, and said: "My lord, the adjustment just made by the lower official has been adjusted after two days. This... the lower official has come back, why not let the lower official come forward to make adjustments? ?”
Hua Qingfeng was taken aback, and immediately stopped him: "No way, this Ye Xiaotian is a donkey, once he goes crazy, the county doesn't know what he will do. Besides, cancel The adjustment is an order just issued by the county, so how can we convince the public if the order is changed day and night?"
Xu Boyi said angrily: "Your Excellency wants to convince the public, what about the lower officials?"
Hua Qingfeng smiled and said: "Thank you! Master Xu, at this time, you must endure humiliation and be dignified and self-reliant! As an official, perseverance is the most important thing. When you should endure, you must bear it. Look at that Goujian, who is trying his best …”
Xu Boyi said impatiently: "Before I took office, I heard people say that there are only two ways to be an official, either to be trampled on or to be trampled on. It's the first time I've heard such a firm statement from your lord. "
Hua Qingfeng has a good temper, and said in a persuasive way: "But what should you do when you have no ability to step on people and can only be stepped on?"
Xu Boyi: "Huh?"
Hua Qingfeng said: "At this time, are you being trampled on indignantly, or are you being trampled on willingly, or are you pretending to be trampled on willingly?"
Xu Boyi can't help but laugh, this bastard, does he want me to be like him, a coward? Hua Qingfeng was selling to Xu Boyi his way of being an official—the divine tortoise's perseverance Dafa, when suddenly a yamen servant hurried in without waiting for a notification.
When this person saw Hua Qingfeng, he didn't bother to salute, so he shouted out of breath: "Big... big big... my lord, something is wrong! There are thousands of people coming to Huxian County aggressively. , the city... the city guard has already abandoned the door and fled..."
Xu Boyi stood up abruptly, his face turned pale with shock, "Is it from Gaojiazhai or Lijiazhai?"
The yamen servant said with an earthy face: "The villain doesn't know, anyway... there are a lot of people, a lot of people, at least tens of thousands of people..."
Hua Qingfeng was terrified, and said, "How did this Ye Xiaotian negotiate with them? These barbarians must have rioted, hurry up! Let's go! Flee to Huguang immediately! Come on, come on, go! Tell Madam to clean up..."
Ye Xiaotian walked into the second hall with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Ah, my lord, my lord..."
The two adults, Xian Zun and Xian Cheng, jumped in front of him and grabbed his arms one by one. Hua Qingfeng said angrily, "You bastard, how did you negotiate with Gao and Li? Are they going to send troops to attack the county seat?"
Xu Boyi said: "Ye Xiaotian, don't leave! You have caused a catastrophe, and this time you will not be able to get rid of it anyway. If you go to Guiyang with us, I will write to the imperial court to punish you. It is not enough to kill you. public outrage..."
Ye Xiaotian blinked his eyes, and said strangely: "My lords, did you take the wrong medicine? The young master of the Gaoli village is still sitting and drinking tea in front. Where did the mob come from to attack the county?"
Hua Qingfeng said furiously: "You still want to argue? If you let your tongue shine like a flower, you don't want to be fooled by this county. Those mobs have already approached the city and are about to enter the city. You still say it's okay?"
Ye Xiaotian suddenly said: "Oh! So this is the matter. Sir, you misunderstood, those people did not come to attack the county."
Hua Qingfeng was surprised and happy when he heard it, and hurriedly said: "Are you sure? Then what are they here for?"
Ye Xiaotian said leisurely: "That's a migrant worker hired by a lower official to build a house."
Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi looked at each other in a daze, and muttered to themselves: "The one who built the house?"
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On the top of the city, Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi poked their heads out tremblingly, and saw a large group of people under the city. The city gate was opened, and the city gate officer fled long ago. At this moment, he was probably carrying his old mother on his back, holding his wife on his arms, and leading his son on the mountain road fleeing to Tongren.
In fact, it was no wonder that the city guard ran away decisively. This small city was not on the defensive at all. He usually guarded the city gate, just to maintain order and collect city taxes.
The city wall of this small city is less than two feet high, and it can be climbed up with a pole. The city gate is also an extremely thin layer of wood, which can be opened when it is hit, and there is no guard in the city at all. Come on, can you deal with thousands of enemies? If he doesn't escape, when will he wait!
Under the city, Sister Sun has a slender waist and tall breasts, trying her best to show her most youthful and beautiful side, and loudly ordered the people of the clan to be silent and stand upright.
She knew that the Venerable was at the top of the city, and she was so flustered that she didn't dare to turn her head. Because she didn't dare to turn her head, she always felt that the Venerable was looking at her, so she felt uncomfortable. She wanted to show the most beautiful and spiritual side of herself to His Holiness, but she didn't know whether her performance was appropriate, so she was inevitably at a loss.
In fact, there is no need for her orders at all, those clansmen are all well-behaved, although they stand scatteredly, not as neatly lined up as an army, but they are all silent, and the reason why they are so orderly is naturally because they also know that they are supreme. The Venerable is at the head of the city, but most of them don't even know what the Venerable looks like.
Ye Xiaotian stood at the top of the city, pointing at the mountain peak in the city, and was gesticulating with dancing: "Here! That's it, the humble job has been chosen, and the house will be built on that hillside. The cost of buying land is low, and the place is close to the county government, so it is convenient for the officials to go to the government every day... "
Hua Qingfeng listened to him talking about the construction plan for a long time, and said impatiently: "Then you don't need so many people, do you? Where did you hire them? With a fierce look, I'm afraid it's not a kind person."
Ye Xiaotian looked down the city, and said: "They are all young seedlings in the mountains. Their appearance is a bit fierce, but they are actually very simple. As for the number of people... Xiaguanyuan didn't expect to recruit so many, a few hundred people would be enough. , presumably because they learned that the price offered by the subordinates was fair, so they all came together. But it doesn’t matter, it takes a year to hire 100 people and a month to hire 10,000 people, in fact, the cost is about the same.”
Xu Boyi heard that it wasn't the mountain people rioting, so he made up his mind, and said with a serious face: "Ye Dianshi, Hu County is currently suffering from a severe drought and the price of food has risen sharply. If you hire so many people at once, won't it make the food supply in this county even tighter?" ?Besides, so many people entering the city will inevitably cause a lot of chaos, I think you'd better send them back."
Ye Xiaotian spread his hands and said: "Xu Xiancheng, you speak lightly, it is easy to ask God to send God away. If Xu Xiancheng has a way, please help send them back. Ye does not have this ability."
Xu Boyi just suffered a big loss in Lijiazhai, and now his forehead is still green. These people are seedlings in the deep mountains, and they are more barbaric than the people in Lijiazhai. How dare he speak out and send these people away? Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. These people are here to make money.
Hua Qingfeng frowned, and said dryly: "Ye Dianshi, how big a house do you want to build? It will cost a lot of money, right? You have just become an official and have so much money?"
Ye Xiaotian showed a slightly coy attitude, and said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Ye is a pauper, and he has no money. But the Xia family in Hongfeng Lake has it. Hehe, Mr. Xian must have heard about me and Hongfeng. The relationship between the Huxia family."
Xu Boyi looked at him, smiled coldly, and said, "It's rare to see someone who eats soft food so shamelessly."
Ye Xiaotian sighed, and said: "I don't want it either, but people are crying and asking to give me money. I thought about it, and some people tried every means to curry favor with the big lady, but unfortunately they couldn't. I also Stop putting on airs, so I have to accept it with a smile."
Xu Boyi felt angry when he heard this.
Hua Qingfeng thought to himself: "He wants to build a house, so he needs such a big fight? I'm afraid these seedlings have something to do with the Hongfeng Lake Xia family. He used his father-in-law's relationship to get so many people to help. Since it is The people he recruited, once these people cause trouble in Hu County, he will not be able to get rid of his responsibilities, so he will definitely take strict care of these people. In this case, why should I come forward to be this villain. The origin is so deep, and it is so unavoidable to avoid suspicion, once the princes of the court know about it, they can tolerate him, heh heh!"
Hua Qingfeng sneered secretly, and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Since this is your personal matter, it is inconvenient for me to take care of you. It's just that you hired these craftsmen, and you must strictly restrain them. If they cause any trouble Come, you are the only one in this county to ask."
Ye Xiaotian said: "It should be so!"
Hua Qingfeng snorted coldly and walked away. Xu Boyi glared at Ye Xiaotian bitterly, then followed Hua Qingfeng and left. Ye Xiaotian looked at the backs of the two and smiled faintly, then slowly cast his eyes into the distance, towards Guiyang.
Ye Xiaotian looked at the white clouds passing by in the blue sky, and he let out a longing cry from the bottom of his heart: "Yingying, are you... okay now?"