Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 198 Serving as a new county magistrate
Time passed, and the first to arrive.He is the pawn of the six chambers.

Liufang is the administrative organ of the county government, and the pawns are staff members with establishments, but they are not officials.They are people who directly face the grassroots, and the operation of a county depends on them.

Not long after, twelve officials from the six rooms arrived.Twelve people are certainly not enough. In fact, they still have a huge number of helpers, just like what Li Tan in Gaotang County did before.

When the twelve officials arrived, they could not enter the county government office, but could only stay outside.

Zhang Wei took a closer look at these people. Some of them reeked of alcohol, some still had a hangover, but some of them still had mud on their feet, and their bodies were not that clean. They might have come from the countryside.

Time passed by in a hurry, and Xiaoqian started to make tea for Zhang Wei.

There is still a quarter of an hour left, and this final time limit is approaching.

But at this time, none of the three chief officials in the county arrived.

Zhang Wei sneered in his heart, these three chief officials wanted to show him off.

At this moment, a fast horse came.Immediately, a middle-aged strong man sat down. As soon as this man came, someone began to greet him.

"Hello County Lieutenant!"

"Hello, Lieutenant Yu!"

The head catcher named Guanghu also saluted him and said a few words to him.

The man laughed, patted him on the shoulder, then walked up to the county government office, clasped his fists at Zhang Wei, and shouted, "Master Zhang! I am Yu Dakun, the county captain of Tianmen County. I am patrolling the local militia recently. I don’t know that my lord came to the county office today, and I have neglected you, please forgive me.”

Zhang Wei nodded, and said flatly: "The county lieutenant is out on business, so there is a note."

"Naturally, it's hard for Bingfang Zuohu to make any remarks." The man said without hesitation.

"Huh?! Is the left of the Bingfang suddenly troubled?" Zhang Wei sat there and said lightly.

"Come here!" A voice sounded immediately, and one of the group of officials rushed over immediately.

"Are you Zuo Hunan?" Zhang Wei looked at him and asked.

"It's the villain," he replied.

"Why aren't you on duty in the barracks today?" Zhang Wei said flatly.

"Um, today is the day when Master Shi's family married his third wife, and everyone in the yamen went to drink and celebrate." He said hastily.

"On a normal duty day, all the people in the yamen go to congratulate others for marrying a concubine?" Zhang Wei suddenly shouted.

This man Nuonuo didn't dare to speak, but he didn't think so in his heart.This kind of thing is very common here, no one greets and sees them off, and this master of the Shi family is still the master of the county, what's wrong with skipping work to drink a wedding?
"Master Yu, the county captain, told you that he was going to patrol the militia outside?" Zhang Wei didn't hold on to this, but asked Yu Dakun about it.

"Yes, we have all on record." He replied immediately.

After Zhang Wei listened, he nodded and said, "Master Yu, please come in."

After his words fell, a row of stone figurines parted a road at the same time, allowing Yu Dakun to pass.

Yu Dakun nodded and walked in through the stone figurines.

When he got to Zhang Wei's side, Zhang Wei took out his letter of appointment and said, "Although no one else has arrived yet, you can take a look at my letter of appointment first to see if I am a liar."

Yu Dakun smiled at him, but he really took the letter of appointment and read it.

The letter of appointment is made of special paper, with the official seal on it and Cao Bin's private seal.The appointment and removal of county magistrates does not require cabinet approval, and the emperor uses a seal.So these two proofs are missing.

Zhang Wei saw that he was watching carefully, so he smiled and said: "If Master Yu doesn't believe it, he can still get evidence from the Yin officials."

Master Yu quickly said with a smile: "How can you not believe it, isn't this a serious letter of appointment?"

He put down the letter of appointment and believed what Zhang Wei said.Then he said: "Today's situation is a bit special. The chief secretary Stallone married the third wife, so everyone in the county went to congratulate."

Zhang Wei waved his hands and said, "That's not an excuse. In such a large county, the guards are not even there because of a happy event. This is nonsense."

The man smiled and wanted to say a few more words, but at this time.Zhang Wei suddenly asked: "Where is Yi Cheng? Did he go to drink too?"

After saying this, County Captain Yu Dakun shook his head and said: "The old Yicheng died some time ago, and the new Yicheng Gong and Zhong are patrolling the border, and they will definitely not be able to come back."

Zhang Wei was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What's going on?"

"When the old Yi Cheng led a team to patrol the border, he met people from Guifang Kingdom. After the two sides fought, the old Yi Cheng was unfortunately killed. The first alternate Yi Cheng, Gong and Zhong, took the top and are still patrolling the border."

After Zhang Wei heard it, he said lightly: "Then we can't blame him. But this master..."

At this time, a man came to the county government office on horseback, and said loudly, "Lord county magistrate, I am the housekeeper of the Shi family, and I am here to ask for leave for the master."

Zhang Wei snorted coldly and let him in anyway.

The man came and knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, today is the day when Mr. Shi married the third wife. This is a day that has been set long ago. It was announced to the county. Today, the master is very happy. There are many distinguished guests at home. It’s not easy to get out and come to greet the Elder Master, please forgive me.”

Zhang Wei could only say coldly, "I see."

This person is married, so it is reasonable to ask for leave.But Zhang Wei made a note of this in his heart.

He waved his hand and said, "Since all the main people have arrived, I will announce my letter of appointment and formally assume the new post."

As soon as the county lieutenant next to him heard this, he said, "Your Excellency, why should you be in such a hurry? You can wait until tomorrow when everyone is here, and we will do this again."

Zhang Wei waved his hand and said, "No, that's it."

He looked coldly at the people below, and said: "Today you all go to the wedding banquet and leave the county government vacant. Although there is a reason for this, it is not proper. Therefore, everyone who goes to the wedding banquet today will be fined one month's salary!"

When the others heard it, their faces were slumped, but they still accepted the punishment sullenly.

But Yu Dakun shook his head, the new county magistrate was so angry that he didn't know how to unite people, and he offended all the officials at once.

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he looked at the sky and said, "Today is not over yet, and those who should be on duty are still on duty!"

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the five hundred stone figurines turned into five hundred stones and returned to the cloth bag. He also turned around and walked into the backyard with Xiaoqian soybeans.

The other officials looked at each other and went to work reeking of alcohol.

Walking into the backyard, there is a large pond between the backyard and the front yard. There are lotus flowers in the pond, and there is a water pavilion on the pond.

Passing through this pool is the place where the county lord really lives.

It has to be said that the conditions of this county government are much better than those of Eshan County and Gaotang County.This is the manor, and the county government there is a small courtyard.

The backyard of the county government office is empty now, and there are two choices for those who serve the county magistrate in the county government office.

One is military service, where people from the county serve as cooks, grooms, and servants to serve the county magistrate, which is paid by the imperial court.But this is service after all, personnel are always changing, and the service effect is not good.

The second is that the county lord spends his own money to hire people, which can be domestic servants brought by him, or long-term labor hired through dental shops.It was spent by the county lord, with some subsidies from the imperial court.

Xiaoqian looked at this place and said, "There's no need to invite anyone. The family members will be here soon, so we can just start working on our own."

The people in the family set off from Jinhua Mansion, they would first go to Shu by boat, and then cross Shu to come here, which is a completely different road from Zhang Wei.

Calculating the time, it is estimated that it will only be ten and a half months late.

The next day, a routine morning meeting.

Like the court meeting, the county government will also hold meetings, but the convening of such meetings depends entirely on the county magistrate.

It was Zhang Wei's first day in office, so he naturally had a morning meeting.The meeting place is just behind the main hall.

There is a large room behind the sunrise oriental map in the main hall, which is usually used for the county magistrate to rest and hold meetings.

All the officials in charge of the six rooms come and sit down. There are two officials and deputy officials in each room of the six rooms, and only one official needs to come to the meeting.

Then came the third class of arresters, and the fast class arrester Li Guanghu, that big bearded man, now his hands were wrapped in a thick layer, and he sat under and didn't speak.

The arresting head of the strong class, Shi Juncai, is that handsome young man.

The last one is Wu Tianshuo, a middle-aged man, who is the head arrester of Zaoban.

County Wei Yu Dakun also arrived.

Zhang Wei sat on the front seat and waited for a while, then suddenly asked: "Why hasn't the Lord Registrar arrived yet?"

The subordinates were taken aback for a moment, and then they said, "Your Excellency, you forgot? For weddings and funerals, the owner has at least three days' holiday."

Zhang Wei sneered and said, "That's a serious wedding and funeral, so what counts as a concubine?"

When the others heard it, they were all silent.Although it is true that concubines cannot ask for leave, most people will not hold on to this.

This time, the county magistrate is really going to put some eye drops on the master.

Zhang Wei said calmly: "Tell him to come here to find me later. Today is my first day in the new job. Let's each talk about the situation."

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, the people below began to report.

At this time, the Shi family in the city.

Master Shi is enjoying a young girl in his arms.

This young girl is his third concubine.

The benefactor is over half a hundred years old, and this girl is only twenty-eight years old, so she can be called a pear tree crushing a begonia.

At this time, the concubine suddenly said: "Master, the new county magistrate is taking up his new post, you really don't want to pay a visit?"

The benefactor smiled, touched her smooth body and said, "What does it matter to a person who is sent here? Let me hang him out and let him know that Tianmen County is not up to him alone. "

The woman smiled helplessly, what could she say as a little girl.

At this moment, a voice sounded outside: "Master, someone is looking for you."

The benefactor book said lightly: "Who is it, looking for me at this time."

The people outside said: "It's the people over there."

After hearing this, the master patted the woman next to him on the buttocks and said, "Okay, you go outside to play first. I'll find you later."

The woman nodded before leaving the room.

When she left, the master secretary said to the steward, "Why are they looking for me? Do you dare to come now?"

The butler said: "[-]% of them were driven into a hurry. They came to ask the master for help."

(End of this chapter)