When Jia Weiran heard his father's words, he didn't know what had happened. Seeing that there were outsiders around, he couldn't say anything now. He nodded and sat down beside his father. Once he sat down, he felt uncomfortable all over.
"Young Master Jia is also here. Just now, the two of us told the County Magistrate that Young Master Jia would definitely be fine. Young Master Jia, tell us, where did you go? Were you kidnapped? Ever since County Magistrate Cheng left, San Shui County has been in chaos. Unfortunately, we don't have enough manpower. We just told the county magistrate to recruit more bailiffs. "
Deputy County Magistrate Zhang Mingsheng said to Jia Weiran with concern.
The first thing that came to Jia Weiran's mind was that if the county magistrate recruited more people, the county magistrate would have even less money. There were already a few hundred people, why should they recruit more? How many people were there in San Shui County? He couldn't help but object, "Deputy County Magistrate Zhang, I feel that San Shui County's law and order is good. Why should we recruit more people?"
"Young Master Jia, you are wrong. Seeing is believing. The county magistrate knows this very well. If it wasn't for the bailiffs in the county magistrate who saw that something was wrong, the county magistrate of San Shui County would have been replaced. Finding another 200 bailiffs is actually not a lot.
Xiao Luoshui is enough. I heard that a restaurant is going to be built at the place Between the Clouds and the Water. There will be many people there. What if someone is in danger? Isn't that right, sir? "
Registrar Zhao Xiang also said. He was full of anger. He should have been promoted, but now there was another one. If it was anyone else, they wouldn't be happy.
Jia County Magistrate sat there helplessly. He looked at his son and then at the two people opposite him. He nodded, "Registrar Zhao and Deputy County Magistrate Zhang are right. We should recruit another 200 bailiffs. Just now when you went to buy something, I was covered with a sack and kidnapped. If there were two more bailiffs, how could such a thing happen?"
"Ah? Father, you were kidnapped? Just for a while? How could such a thing happen? Didn't anyone see it? "Jia Weiran opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief.
"Young Master Jia, this can prove that those bad guys are bold. They don't care whether there are people around them or where they are. Young Master Jia was so close to them, but you didn't see them, right?" County Deputy County Magistrate Zhang said further.
Jia Weiran thought about the situation at that time, then thought about how her father looked now, the expressions of the county deputy magistrate and the registrar. She understood everything. She and her father should have been discovered the moment they arrived here. The yamen had been giving out money non-stop. Perhaps they were waiting for her father to take over and spend all the money.
Now that he had come here with his father, the money had not been spent yet. He could only use this method. He sent someone to lure him here while he tied up his father. If his father had taken office and dared to tie up the county magistrate, the whole yamen would be implicated. But the problem was that he had not taken office and had come here secretly. Who would know who he was? After tying him up, he could justifiably be promoted to yamen runner and spend the money.
Jia Weiran was upset. She had finally seen how powerful the other party was. Just now, she was still discussing with her father how to scheme against the other party. It was obvious that they were just making a fool of themselves. No wonder her father agreed. If this were to spread, where would her father put his face?
Thinking about this, Jia Weiran could only choose to compromise temporarily. She said, "May I know where the county deputy and registrar plan to put the newly recruited 200 yamen runners?"
County Deputy Zhang said, "100 of them will be placed at Tuqiao Village. 50 of them will be placed at the yamen. The other 50 will naturally be placed at the place where the county magistrate is in danger."
"150 of them will be working for the Zhang Family and Wang Family? No, they have to be sent elsewhere. " Jia Weiran was filled with hatred. He had tolerated the recruitment of yamen runners and the spending of money. But they actually sent so many people to work for the Zhang Family and Wang Family. They were even more impressive.
This time, without waiting for the county deputy and registrar to speak, the Jia County Magistrate lectured, "Weiran, what do you mean by working for others? Don't these two places belong to Sanshui County? Don't talk nonsense. "
"Yes." Jia Weiran didn't dare to say anymore. This time, he didn't plan well and was set up by them. Originally, there were already a few yamen runners at Tuqiao Village. Now, 100 of them were sent over. In the future, when the situation there stabilized, was there still a need to talk about the relationship between the yamen runners and them?
After that, there wasn't anything important to talk about. After all, the Jia County Magistrate hadn't taken office yet. They would talk about it when he was in office. They ate some food hastily and agreed that the Jia County Magistrate would leave the county first tomorrow and bring the team over. Then, they went their separate ways.
Jia Weiran didn't eat the stinky tofu and left with his father. When he was outside and saw that no one was near, he said to his father, "Father, are you going to let them bully you like this? I really can't take this lying down. "
The Jia County Magistrate didn't look too good either. He pursed his lips and said, "So what if you can take it lying down? So what if you can't? The two of us came here secretly and we were immediately targeted. This is to tell us not to play any tricks and to stay in office obediently. Otherwise, who knows what will happen. "
"Then what should we do? Can we only stay in office obediently? This isn't the Sanshui County of the past. Father, you spent a lot of money to come here. If you don't earn back the money you spent, won't you lose money? " Jia Weiran felt uncomfortable when he thought of his original plan going down the drain. The docks could be said to be making a lot of money every day.
"Let's take a look first. There's no rush. We're not leaving immediately. Let's wait for the right time. I don't believe that the yamen and the Zhang Family's Zhuangzi are so clean. As long as we find evidence, the situation in Sanshui County will change. "The Jia County Magistrate was also worried about the money. It was sad that they could see it but couldn't get it.
*****
At this time, the Chief Secretary Zhao Xiang and the Deputy County Magistrate Zhang Mingsheng were also talking. However, their moods were different from the Jia County Magistrate and his son.
"Brother Zhang, we've really vented our anger this time. We didn't plan to do this in the beginning. Who knew that the two of them would come here by themselves. It saved us a lot of trouble. When we welcome the County Magistrate tomorrow, we'll let him know how powerful Sanshui County is. It's easy to earn money, but we have to do things well first and make the people satisfied."
Zhao Xiang smiled and said to Zhang Mingsheng. He let out a long breath and felt that the sky was not so gloomy anymore. It was a little cooler.
Zhang Mingsheng also had a smile on his face and replied, "Brother Zhao is right. They haven't even taken office and they're already thinking about money. If we don't let them know how powerful they are, how can the people in the county live a good life? The Zhang Family and Wang Family spent so much effort to find temporary jobs for the people to do. They earned a lot of money. If they mess things up, how can we live a good life in the future? "
After saying this, Zhang Mingsheng suddenly thought of something and asked, "Brother Zhao, how much money is left in the yamen?"
"You're just a county magistrate and you don't know? You're asking me? Not much. There's about a thousand coins left. We're waiting for the yamen runners to come and equip them with horses and weapons. I don't think it's enough. The yamen runners' salaries and weapons are almost spent. They don't even deserve horses. "
Zhao Xiang teased Zhang Mingsheng and told him about the money in the yamen. He knew that Zhang Mingsheng deliberately asked because he wanted him to say it and make him happy again. Didn't the new County Magistrate want to be greedy for money? You pushed him down. Now you're greedy.
The yamen had been repaired, so the yamen runners' meals were easy to deal with. They could let Little Luoshui deliver the thing called "buffet", or borrow the next month's salary from other people. As long as the merchants were wholeheartedly working for Sanshui County, such as Zhou Xihu's family, or the original three restaurants, they could all borrow money. When the time came, they would have to return it when the taxes were collected.
Of course, this had to be reported to the state's central government first. Otherwise, it would easily cause trouble. When the Little Luoshui Wharf paid the taxes again next year, they would report the full amount and wait for the higher-ups to transfer the money.
Zhang Mingsheng smiled again and said, "Then what's the use of recruiting so many yamen runners? At the farthest place in the county, there will be at least one yamen runner every two hours. Zhangjia Zhuangzi has its own protection team. This name is good. When people hear it, they will know it has something to do with farming.
In addition, the imperial nephew is also there. How can the Li family not have any protection people in Zhuangzi? Throwing more than a hundred yamen runners there is really not much use for them. "
"They can be used. When the time comes, Zhangjia Zhuangzi will think of a way to make arrangements for these people. The extra people from Little Luoshui will also be the same. Let's go, quickly go back and prepare. We'll rewrite the revised proclamation and let the people know about the new County Magistrate."
Zhao Xiang was not worried that there would not be a place to use the manpower. This idea was originally given by the Zhang family. It was not prepared to be used today. Since it happened today, then he took it out and used it.
The two of them left happily. Someone had already sent the matter of the County Magistrate's incognito clothes to Zhangjia Zhuangzi at the fastest speed. It was estimated that they would arrive at night. This was not urgent and did not need to travel 800 li.
*****
At night, another snow fell. It was much heavier than during the day. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not go to the kang. It was too early, so they only added a brazier in the room. The two of them sat in front of the desk and learned. They had just finished half a piece of paper when the yamen runner came to deliver the letter.
"I didn't expect that this Jia County Magistrate is so interesting. He actually played with the idea of incognito clothes. In the end, he didn't play it well and leaked it." Zhang Xiaobao read the letter and said to Wang Juan.
Wang Juan smiled, "So he really wants to take over our docks? Should we still give him benefits? Otherwise, if he knows that we always give the yamen runners benefits, he will find trouble with the yamen runners. "
"Yes, we must give him some. We should give him some fungus first. Didn't we already move some cucumbers to him? Then we can give him some other daily necessities. Just don't give him money. As an official, his salary is not enough. Let's take care of his daily life. His salary will be used to welcome and send people."
Zhang Xiaobao did not want to be so ruthless. No matter what, he had to leave a way out. The more things that were beneficial to Sanshui County, the more benefits he would get. He wanted to let him develop a habit. As for whether it would succeed, it was unknown.
Wang Juan also agreed with this idea, "Okay, let's see what he will do. It can also be considered as a test."
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