While the people at the foot of the mountain were busy, Registrar Zhan and Deputy County Magistrate Xiao were also busy at home. They were busy looking for something and the seal was gone.
"Who saw my seal?" Deputy County Magistrate Xiao kept repeating this sentence. No matter how hard he tried to recall, he could not remember where the seal was lost. It was still used at noon. How could it be gone in the blink of an eye?
The servants at home were afraid that the Master would vent his anger on them if they went over at this time, so they all hid and let Deputy County Magistrate Xiao struggle.
The servant who accompanied him last night was also helping him. Seeing that the Master was anxious, he advised, "Master, why don't you go to the yamen and tell the yamen runners and ask them to help you look for it? Or you can ask Registrar Zhan. "
"No, I can't go to the yamen. If the people in the yamen know that my seal is lost, they will definitely tell Zhang Zhong. I am afraid that Zhang Zhong will use this matter to make trouble. Let's go and ask Registrar Zhan first."
Deputy County Magistrate Xiao did not have time to sleep at this time. He changed into casual clothes and went out to Registrar Zhan's house. He was worried that Zhang Zhong would need to report to the imperial court first after he knew that the seal was lost. Then he could only wait for the imperial court to issue another seal. This would waste a lot of time.
Without the seal, there were some things that could not be done. If those merchants bought land and he did not have the seal, it would be easy for him to not get any benefits.
When Deputy County Magistrate Xiao reached the door of Registrar Zhan's house, the door was suddenly opened from the inside. Registrar Zhan was also coming out. The two of them looked at each other and asked at the same time, "Did you see my seal?"
"What? Your seal is also gone? "The two of them said at the same time again.
"What should we do? Brother Buyong, you have to think of a way. The seal is gone, we can only ask Zhang Zhong to report to the imperial court. If he gives the land away now, we will not get any benefits. We can't do anything bad to him. If we want to report to the imperial court, the imperial court will not recognize it if we don't have the seal. "
Registrar Zhan was anxious now. He also thought of the issue of the land and asked Deputy County Magistrate Xiao to think of a way.
Deputy County Magistrate Xiao didn't have any good ideas. He was also anxious. He paced back and forth in front of Mr. Zhan's house. From time to time, he would stop and say a few harsh words, saying what he would do after he found out who took the seal.
While the two of them were fretting, the copywriter who used to have a good relationship with them came over and said, "Sirs, is it because you can't find the seal?"
"What? How do you know? Did you take it? Shen Yuan, Shen Yuan, to think that Registrar Zhan and I have treated you so well. You actually took away our seals. Fine, tell us, what do you want? "
Deputy County Magistrate Xiao thought that Shen Yuan wanted to get some benefits from them by taking away their seals, so he asked angrily.
Shen Wendan was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly explained, "My lord, my two lords, how would I dare to take your seal? It was stolen by a person called Lu Yiyi. When the two lords came out of the restaurant after eating, he is now a bailiff and the two lords' seals are still in the signing room."
"Who is Lu Yiyi? Bailiff? Good, he dares to be a bailiff, see if I don't … Since the seal has been taken back, then let's leave it at that. Shen Yuan, to think that Registrar Zhan and I have treated you so well. Thank you for telling us about this matter. Otherwise, we would still be anxious. "
When Deputy County Magistrate Xiao heard that the matter of the seal had been settled, he originally wanted to take revenge. However, he suddenly changed his mind. After all, he had to go through Zhang Zhong to deal with a bailiff. He could only find an opportunity in the future. He had just criticized Shen Yuan, and now he praised him.
Shen Yuan didn't dare to argue about the matter just now. His purpose of coming here was not just because of this. He smiled and said, "My lord, it's good that you are not anxious. My lord, I have an idea. What do you think will happen if we steal the seal of the county magistrate? Didn't we help a person who specializes in stealing things before? He is now living in the county.
Let's find him and let him steal the seal of the county magistrate. Then we can do more things and we don't have to worry about the county magistrate. What do you think, my lord? "
"This, is not appropriate, right? If someone finds out, the crime will not be small. If not, his head will fall to the ground. Why don't you go and arrange it? After the matter is done, you will be rewarded. If it fails, you can take the money and go far away. "
Deputy County Magistrate Xiao was really tempted, but he didn't want to do it himself, so he pushed it to Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan had done a lot of things with them, so he had no choice but to agree.
Shen Yuan was stunned. He didn't expect that his idea would get him involved. Looking at the two people's eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will arrange for someone to find that cat burglar. Once he is found, I will let that person leave Hua Yuan County. But he can't leave without taking a single copper coin, right? I don't have that much money. "
"Let's do this. Brother Xiangyun, since it's in your house, you can take out a hundred strings of coins and give it to that person. Take a few strings of coins and give the rest of the money." Deputy County Magistrate Xiao said to Registrar Zhan.
Registrar Zhan had no choice but to agree. He turned around and took out fifty taels of silver and two strings of copper coins. He said, "Silver is easier to spend. Copper coins are heavy if you take too much. We only have this much silver in the house. Fifty taels is enough. We can even set up a small house outside."
Shen Yuan wanted to keep a portion of the 100 strings of coins for himself, but he didn't expect Registrar Zhan to only take fifty taels of silver. If it was given to the person who did the deed, it was not a small amount. After putting away the silver, he picked up the copper coins that weighed more than ten kilograms and left with both of them.
After Shen Yuan left, Registrar Zhan and Deputy County Magistrate Xiao were no longer in the mood to sleep. Both of them went to the yamen together to take back their seals. After asking the yamen runners, they found out that Zhang Zhong had gone to the mountain. Both of them smiled sinisterly. They felt that they could teach Zhang Zhong a lesson soon.
Zhang Zhong was still at the foot of the mountain doing business. How would he know that someone was plotting against him? In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't be afraid.
At this time, the sky was a little cloudy. Zhang Zhong looked at the sky and said to He Cangji, "It seems that it will be raining for the next two days. We need to get people to prepare some straw raincoats and bamboo hats. Buy them and let the people make them themselves. If they can make it, we will buy them for them to wear. Also, people who live far away can't travel back and forth. Set up some tents here.
Tell the people at the docks to tell them that we need five hundred tents that can accommodate four people. Let the merchants name their price. Whichever tents are good and cheap will be used. Forget it, ask if there is anyone in the county who specializes in this and let them hire people to do it. We will only give them two days, five hundred tents. "
"I understand. I will arrange it now. They have to pay taxes when they sell tents. Hiring people can make more money for the people." At this time, He Cangji didn't need to be reminded to understand why the county magistrate changed his mind. He agreed and turned around to find someone to make the arrangements.
The people who were working didn't know how much the county magistrate had thought for them, but the people who were waiting to cook were at the side. They finally understood how good the new county magistrate was to them. They whispered to each other and all the topics revolved around the new county magistrate.
Zhang Zhong also asked people to tell the people who were working that they couldn't have a safe place to sleep for the next two days. He asked them to hold on a little longer. They could light more bonfires to warm themselves. At night, they would be given more pancakes and bone soup.
After doing this, Zhang Zhong thought for a while and said to the servants at home, "Go back and tell Cuckoo that I won't go back tonight. I will stay with the people. Let her read 'Er Ya' by herself today. That's all for now."
The servants knew. When they went back, they told the young master and young lady. But when they thought of this book, they felt a little scared. This book was all about explaining some words. It was so boring. Only the young master and young lady could read it.
Night fell quickly. The clouds in the sky became denser. The stars and moon couldn't be seen. Bonfires were lit one by one. There were also curtains to block the rain. The rain hadn't fallen yet. Looking at the sky, it seemed like there was going to be a big one.
The cooks had already prepared the food. There was only one rice dish, rice. There was only a stew dish with some meat and bones. There were also some wild vegetables from the mountain. Zhang Zhong asked people to bring the eggplants, but no one was willing to eat them. They dug the wild vegetables themselves. There were also some mushrooms that were added to the stew.
The garlic sauce was also prepared. A big bucket was placed there. When it rained later, they would scoop it out and dip it into the fatty meat slices.
The people were willing to endure hardships. Originally, Zhang Zhong wanted to let them eat when it was dark. In the end, none of the people ate. They lit torches and continued to work. They would eat when it rained.
The appearance of the people made Zhang Zhong decide that he must build Hua Yuan County as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would let down the people and his official robes.
After waiting for another two hours, the rain finally fell under Zhang Zhong's expectation. The people who were working finally stopped and came to eat.
Those who were in charge of cooking quickly filled the bowls for those who were working. Zhang Zhong also came over with a bowl. Those who were filling the bowls did not dare to move. A servant of the Zhang family also came over and said, "Master, shall we eat something else?"
"We'll eat this today. We usually eat too much other food. It's only one time. Let's eat more. I'm hungry too."
Zhang Zhong held the bowl and said. He wanted to try the taste of the food. If it didn't work, he would ask someone to come over and teach him. A dish with meat should not be bad. He also added a lot of oil and seasonings.
Zhang Zhong felt that his method was normal, but the people didn't think so. The people who served the rice were so moved that tears flowed down. They specially picked some fatty meat slices for the county magistrate. Zhang Zhong frowned. He didn't want to eat this. He wanted to eat some wild vegetables and mushrooms, but he couldn't refuse. Otherwise, what would the people think of him?
Zhang Zhong's actions instantly closed the gap between the commoners. When the commoners saw that the county magistrate was also eating this and was enjoying it, they also ate happily. Today, they completely understood what kind of official the new county magistrate was.
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