Lu Lin lived happily in Sha County, but he didn't know that the county magistrate of Lin Town was pushed down.
The county magistrate of Nalin Town was about to leave office, and he planned to get a few more votes during his final term of office so that he could enjoy his old age peacefully, but he went too far.
Chen Maimai casually mentioned this matter to Ji Yunan before, and Ji Yunan secretly told Ji Chengkang, Ji Chengkang hated this kind of thing the most, so he wrote a letter to his colleagues in Beijing to mention it.
The Ji family is a big family, Ji Chengkang has a few of his classmates who all studied at the Guozijian, and they are students of the emperor.
These classmates of Ji Chengkang also became officials after they had achieved success in their studies. Although they were not in the position of extreme ministers, they were more than enough to check a seventh-rank county magistrate.
This random investigation found out a lot of corruption and perversion of the law by the county magistrate of Lin Town. The county magistrate of Lin Town was immediately dismissed, and even the chief secretary became an accomplice.
The sacking of the magistrate of Lin County caused quite a stir in Lin Town.
The downfall of the county magistrate who was uncompromising in Lin Town caused a lot of discussion among the villagers.
Several merchants who were extorted immediately applauded.
In fact, to the villagers, the magistrate is a superior existence. The fall of the magistrate will not have any impact on the lives of ordinary villagers. However, the fall of the magistrate has had a considerable impact on the Lu family.
After the county magistrate was imprisoned, the director, as an accessory, was also imprisoned.
The charge of the master book is relatively light, and the family of the master book was not arrested. However, the house of the master book was ransacked, and everyone in the family was kicked out.
Li Ru was originally the "Madam" of the master book, and her life was not bad. Especially, during this period of time, the magistrate was busy making money, and the master book followed the leftover soup, which also brought a lot of benefits. When he came, he didn't expect disaster to come from the sky, and he was beaten back to his original shape all of a sudden.
The husband and wife were originally birds in the same forest, and they flew separately when the disaster was imminent, and the master's mansion was also sealed. Li Ru and other concubines had to go back to each house to find their own mothers. Two of the master's concubines were fireworks. Those who came from the alley, without a backer, the two women had no choice but to engage in flesh and blood business again.
Everyone in Dashi Village knew that Lu Chengyu was related to the master's family by marriage. Since the master was arrested, the villagers would inevitably ask Lu Chengyu when they met him.
Lu Chengyu was annoyed by the questioning, so he simply didn't go out.
Tang Shi looked at Lu Chengyu and said, "Cheng Yu! Why did the master get arrested?"
Lu Chengyu said unhappily: "What else can I do? I've eaten too much, so I'm going to hold on."
Lu Chengyu secretly thought: The county magistrate in this county has frequently taken action against some big merchants recently, and he must have made a lot of money. This may have touched someone's interests, and someone ordered this county magistrate.
"I heard that the sky is so high that the emperor is far away. This ordinary official can't control our magistrate. This magistrate is offending people." Tang said.
Lu Chengyu said coldly: "He is not an adult now, he is just a prisoner."
Tang snorted softly, and said, "This master is too greedy, but Cheng Yu, the master has been arrested, what are you going to do in the future!"
Lu Chengyu said indifferently: "The master book has nothing to do with me, what should I do, what should I do."
Mrs. Tang sighed. After marrying Li Fangyue, the family didn't get much credit from the head book, but anyway, with such a relationship, the villagers would give them three points.
Tang sighed and said, "The county magistrate, why was he thrown into prison all of a sudden?"
For Tang, the county magistrate is the head of a county, and he is a great person. Such a big person can fall as soon as he says it, which still makes Tang a little surprised.
"Cheng Yu!"
Lu Chengyu's heart sank. Lu Lin had been in Sha County for a long time, but the villagers still liked to talk about Lu Lin.
In the past, when Lu Lin was here, everyone didn't feel much. After Lu Lin left, many villagers found that the extra money they earned was much less than before.
When the village mentions Lu Lin, they often say that Lu Lin has become an official, and the villagers don't know what kind of place Sha County is. In the eyes of everyone, the county magistrates are all similar, with one parent being an official and the elder having authority. Everyone felt very honored to have an official in the village, but it was a pity that Lu Lin had a mediocre relationship with the villagers in the village, and he didn't even think about leading the village.
Lu Chengyu said unhappily: "This guy Lu Lin doesn't know a lot of big characters. When he makes a mistake, he will naturally be pushed down."
With a dark face, Tang said: "This brat, how can he be an official!" Tang was always upset about Lu Lin's appointment as an official, and every time he thought about it, he felt nauseous.
The people in the village were full of embarrassment at the fact that the county magistrate was taken down.
"This is really an impermanent world! I didn't expect the county magistrate to fall like this."
"Yeah, the house was ransacked right away."
"It's good for such a corrupt official to have his home ransacked. If it wasn't for him, Lu Lin would still be running a shop in the town."
"Lu Lin is really willing to sell such a big shop as soon as it sells it. If he waits, he doesn't have to leave."
"Lu Lin is going to be an official, not fleeing."
"I heard that the county magistrate probably offended someone, so he was pulled down. Did he offend Lu Lin? How could he offend Lu Lin? Lu Lin is also a county magistrate, and he is at the same level. It's a pity that Lu Chengyu is gone. This master book has also been dragged down."
"It's hard to say. I heard that our county magistrate became more and more greedy later, and it was the chief secretary who instigated him behind."
Lu Lin didn't know anything about the changes in Lin Town. If Lu Lin knew, he would probably feel a little bit of emotion. Being rich and being remembered as an official is also very risky.
As the weather got colder and colder, Lu Lin began to burn the kang.
In previous years, when the weather was cold, some poor families would set up a fire to keep warm. However, collecting firewood was also a lot of work. Before the deep winter, most people were reluctant to light firewood early, and the county government would burn the kang early. up.
To keep warm in the barracks, several people often guard a fire, but now is far from the time.
Ji Yun'an thought to himself: This county magistrate is really spoiled. He burned the kang so early. However, once the kang is heated, it is so warm that lying on the bed makes people not want to wake up at all, it is very comfortable.
Yuan Bao was rolling around on the bed. Ji Yun'an and his father and son of the Qin family were squeezed into a servant room. After Ji Yun'an's identity was exposed, Lu Lin felt that Ji Yun'an could not be treated badly, so he let Ji Yun'an and Yuan Bao live in a room where Yuan Bao watched. Ji Yun'an blinked and said: Uncle's room is opposite. "
Ji Yun'an frowned, not understanding what this kid Yuan Bao was doing, "Don't go to the wrong room in the middle of the night and take advantage of my uncle."
Ji Yun'an blushed, and thought to himself: What happened at the beginning was an accident. It was an accident. He never thought that there would be a little twin in that room. Thinking of accidentally becoming a disciple, Ji Yun'an couldn't help feeling a little ashamed and flustered. One misstep becomes eternal hatred, sin, sin. "I can't go wrong."
Yuan Bao snorted softly, and said, "Who knows, my uncle is very powerful, if you don't want to be beaten, be honest."
Hearing Yuan Bao's milky voice warning, Ji Yun'an was speechless.
Lu Lin stood in front of the window, watching the snowflakes falling outside the window.
"Is Sha County always this cold?" Lu Lin asked Ji Yun'an.
Ji Yunan nodded, and said: "It's colder, much colder than the capital." The border area is bitterly cold, so no one wants to come! Lu Lin looked at Ji Yunan and asked, "Will anyone freeze to death?"
Ji Yun'an nodded, and said, "It's possible." Many aborigines in Sha County have moved away, and those who can't move are old, weak, sick and disabled.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Is that so."
Ji Yun'an nodded and said, "That's right, winter is hard. When it rains, the uncles in the military camp suffer from knee pain and cannot sleep."
Ji Yun'an shook his head, and couldn't help but worry about the people in the barracks. Seeing Ji Yun'an's sad face, Lu Lin felt a little bit of sympathy in his heart.
Lu Lin called together several maids in the family, and found some needlewomen from the village to make knee pads.
Lu Lin went to other places to buy some old quilts, which were dismantled and sewn together.
Chen Xiaomi looked at the knee pads and said, "What's the use of this thing!"
"This thing is tied to the knee. There are two straps here. Go around it and tie it tightly in front so that the wind can't blow to the knee." Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "It's a good thing, but if you don't go out in winter, you won't be able to blow the wind."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "We don't have to go out, but the officers and soldiers at the patrol battalion are still responsible for regular patrols."
Chen Xiaomi curled her lips and said sullenly: "I heard that people in the patrol battalion have always looked down on the county magistrate here."
The generals in this patrol battalion are much higher rank than the county magistrate, and some villagers in this county only recognize the patrol battalion and not the county magistrate. Chen Xiaomi still respected the generals in the frontier, but in the current situation, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"This cannibal has a short mouth and a soft hand when he takes people. He has taken my things and will give me some face in the future. What's more, the general of the patrol battalion is not a bad person, otherwise he would not be supported."
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "You can do it if you think so."
Chen Xiaomi thought to himself: It's just a little knee pad, and it shouldn't cost much.
Lu Lin asked a few maids at home to bring a few women to make a hundred pairs of knee pads. Lu Lin put the knee pads and more than a hundred pairs of gloves in a box and sent them to the camp. The knee pads were newly made. This glove is left over from the previous shop.
When he left Lin Town, Lu Lin kept some gloves in the canteen, and it was useless to keep them in his hand, so Lu Lin took them out.
When Lu Lin left Lin Town, he brought a few boxes with him. The people who traveled with him didn't know what was in the boxes. Even if they knew that he was giving gloves, it shouldn't be surprising.
Chen Xiaocai would regularly deliver tofu to the barracks. This day, Chen Xiaocai drove two mule carts over. One was loaded with tofu, and the other was knee pads and gloves.
Liu Yun was a little surprised when he saw what Chen Xiaocai sent over.
Several officers and soldiers also gathered around to watch the excitement.
Chen Xiaocai explained the use of knee pads and gloves to several soldiers onlookers. Several officers and soldiers listened in amazement, and not long after, more and more people gathered.
Liu Yun took the things and went to see Ji Chengkang.
"General, this new county magistrate is very caring!" Liu Yun said.
As soon as the things were delivered, they were targeted by several soldiers. Liu Yun originally wanted to refuse, but who knew that the soldiers snatched a few knee pads and gloves and ran away, and they ran very fast. Can't catch up.
Seeing such a situation, Liu Yun naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.
Liu Yun originally wanted to give money, but Chen Xiaolai said that it was sent by his elder brother to comfort the frontier army, and he could not accept money, so he left after giving the things.
"Forget it, let him take this kindness." Ji Chengkang said.
Liu Yun shook his head and said, "The veterans in our camp are too rude."
Ji Chengkang shook his head, and said, "It's hard for them to leave their homes and stay in this place." Liu Yun sighed, and said, "That's right!" Many of the soldiers who came to the border gate did not volunteer. Who doesn't want his wife and daughter-in-law to be hot on the kang!
In the camp, a few sergeants were trying out knee pads, "This thing is good and thick. Wearing this thing on the body will make the wind less piercing."
"That's not bad! The new county magistrate seems to be much more kind than the previous ones."
Most of the officers and soldiers in the barracks were rebellious, but they were easy to please. Lu Lin sent such a batch of military funds over, and the people in the camp got benefits, which greatly changed their opinion of Lu Lin.
Because the number of knee pads is insufficient, there is no way for everyone to have one. At present, they can only be allocated to those in charge of patrolling.