Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 199 The situation in Tianmen County
Before Zhang Wei came to Tianmen County to serve, the county magistrate here was vacant for three years.

Do you know how it got here in the past three years?

That's how it came.

Tianmen County has a small population. Although it can only grow grain for one season, the land is fertile and the land is vast. The grain production here is extremely high. Coupled with good animal husbandry and trade, people here generally live well.

Life is good, there are fewer conflicts.Even if there is no county magistrate these years, relying on the three local chief officials, the development here is very orderly.

After Zhang Wei listened to the reports of the people below, he had an understanding of the overall situation of Tianmen County.As a time-traveling member, he knows one thing very well, that is, the economy determines everything.Only when the economy is good and the people have money, will there not be so many moths.

But Zhang Wei also overlooked a problem, all of this is in ordinary society, but in a society with gods, demons and goblins, things are often not so simple.

People here are often harassed by goblins, who may lose money and eliminate disasters in small cases, or injure their lives in large cases.The conflict between goblins and humans is the biggest conflict in Tianmen County.

After the morning meeting, Zhang Wei just said to everyone: "All of this remains the same for the time being, and I will discuss it with you when I have a new plan drawn up."

Everyone nodded, and they would not think that a young official would have any good governance measures.Xiao Gui Cao Sui is the best policy at present.

A group of people bid farewell to Zhang Wei before returning to their respective posts.The county lieutenant Yu Dakun was left behind.

Zhang Wei asked: "You said yesterday that Gui Fangguo had a conflict with us, what happened?"

Yu Dakun just started to explain.This ghost country is a small country called Quer, and the people in it are red-haired and blue-eyed.People in this country are not good at farming and have always lived on herding.Tianmen County is rich, so they often go to Tianmen County to rob some livestock today, some food tomorrow, and even rob women and children!
The imperial court once organized people to carry out encirclement and suppression, but these people had no fixed place to live, they ran away when they came, and came back again when they left.The effect of the siege was poor.The postmen in Tianmen County have been defending against these Ghost Fang people.

Zhang Wei nodded after listening, and said: "This is border disturbance, what strategy do you have?"

Yu Dakun smiled wryly, and said: "We big bastards, we don't have any strategy. They came and we fought back. During this time, it was the time of spring famine, and Gui Fangguo frequently harassed our people in previous years, so I also want to go down to guide and inspect the militia, and resist the nuisance of Gui Fangguo."

Everything in Guifangguo is for the purpose of robbery. They will send out teams ranging from dozens to hundreds of people to ride fast horses to grab one and run away.The scope of Tianmen County is huge, and no one knows from which corner they will emerge.

So all of this still depends on the people's own self-protection, at least until the postman arrives.The militias here are different from those in the Central Plains.The militias in the Central Plains are screened, but here almost everyone is a soldier.

Almost everyone of men, women and children wears a sword and a bow, and everyone can ride, shoot and slash.But after all, there are too few people in Tianmen County, and everyone lives scattered.

After Zhang Wei finished listening, he nodded repeatedly.I gradually had a plan in my mind.

The two chatted until noon, and Zhang Wei also invited Yu Dakun to have a light meal.This Yu Dakun's cultural knowledge level is not high, but his force is not bad, and he is serious and responsible as an official, so he is a good subordinate.

After lunch, Yu Dakun said goodbye, and he was going to continue inspecting the construction of the militia.

Zhang Wei also rode a horse around Tianmen County.

Tianmen County is very big, but it is not the kind of big people, but simply big territory.As mentioned earlier, the land here is sparsely populated, and the land is worthless.The streets are two-way eight-channel.Everyone's house has a big yard.

The architectural style here is rough and bold, relying on the Tianshan Mountains, a lot of bluestone is used to build houses.It is also because the people here are generally in good economic conditions.

And there is also a habit here - keeping slaves!
There are so many people and so little land here that the farm work is too busy, and according to the urine nature of the Chinese people, it is a pity that so much land is left unused.Ever since, slavery became popular here.Let the slaves farm the land.

Half of the trade to and from Tianmen County is population trade.Sell ​​all kinds of people from outside Daqian here, and then purchase grain and meat from Tianmen County.

Slavery is not allowed in the Dagan Kingdom, and the laws of the country protect the people.But the glory of Daqian is limited, and it can only protect the people of its own country, and has nothing to do with foreign countries.Foreign slaves do not enjoy this honor.

Slaves are a supplement to the labor force in Tianmen County. If slavery is abolished, the people here will be the first to quit.

Riding a horse on the street, the weather is still a bit cold at this time, and most people on the street are wearing furs.Some of these people followed a few black-skinned tall and strong slaves, and some followed a few fair-skinned and curly-haired slaves, going in and out of the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith's shop is definitely a bustling place. Not only are there farm tools for sale here, but there are also all kinds of weapons.Here, the sales of weapons are not as strict as in the Central Plains.

In addition to the blacksmith shop, the most lively place here belongs to the Jinhua Niangniang Temple.There are several fox statues of different shapes at the entrance, and the Niangniang Temple occupies a huge area. The interior is full of flowers and trees, and there are many small foxes crawling through various holes.

When Zhang Wei passed by on horseback, a fox priestess in white came out of it.

The two looked at each other, and the fox priestess winked at him, smiled slightly, and walked into the temple again.

Zhang Wei trembled all over, and hurried away on horseback.

In addition to these two places, the horse market and grain market are more lively.The horse market is a place where all kinds of livestock are traded. There are people in the house watching here, and taxes are collected after the transaction is completed.

The same is true in the grain market. Now is the time when spring and summer are transitioning, and the grain for winter is almost eaten, while the newly planted crops are not yet mature.At this time, the price of grain is high, and many local farmers will take the opportunity to sell some of their grain and then buy new farm tools and supplies.

There is no land merger in Tianmen County, because there is no need here, there is land everywhere, and there are not enough farmers, so there is no opportunity for mergers.

On the contrary, those small countries outside Tianmen County had to come here to buy grain at this time to tide over the grain shortage.

The southern foot of the sky is really a land flowing with milk and honey.

The old man made a private visit on Weibo, and all the administrators of the market came to see him.Zhang Wei encouraged them a few words and left.

After leaving the market, Zhang Wei also went to visit Shi's house, a big local household.

This Shi's family is the home of the benefactor's book. There are few scholars in Tianmen County, and the county magistrate has been vacant for three years. There is not even a county examination here.

So the rich people here can only be called big families, and even the rich and powerful families of the country gentry are called quite a few.At best, it is a swallow falling from a flock of sparrows.

After taking a look at this magnificent house from a distance, Zhang Wei rode away on horseback.

The third day is an auspicious day.Zhang Wei took the people in the yamen and began to worship the county town god.

This is what the new county magistrate should do when he takes office. After handing over to his predecessor (of course Zhang Wei has no predecessor here), he is to worship the local city god and hand over as a yin and yang official.

Putting the three animal sacrifices, Zhang Wei led the people to complete the worship at the Town God's Temple of the county government.

Because of the special locality, after worshiping the county town god, Zhang Wei had to take people to the Jinhua Empress Temple to worship the Jinhua Empress.

In the spacious Jinhua Empress Temple, the servants placed the three animals again. Zhang Wei looked at the sculpture of the Golden Flower Empress with a benevolent brow in front of him, and bowed respectfully three times with incense sticks in his hand.

At this moment, the sculpture suddenly burst into golden light, and an old lady stepped out of the golden light.

The people below were startled, and immediately thought that it was Empress Jinhua who had appeared.

And the fox priestess in the temple knelt down and shouted: "Welcome to the empress Fajia."

Empress Jinhua did not speak, but looked Zhang Wei up and down.Zhang Wei also hurriedly saluted, and said, "The magistrate of Tianmen County, I have seen Jinhua Yuanjun."

Jinhua Yuanjun is the official title of Jinhua Empress.

Granny Jinhua smiled and said to him: "You are indeed a handsome young man, no wonder my three granddaughters are so fond of you."

After she finished speaking, the officials who were listening behind her were startled, the news was terrible!
Zhang Wei immediately said: "It is also my honor to have the mercy of the three fox fairies." Say something nice quickly, the most important thing is to coax the old man well.

Sure enough, Granny Jinhua smiled more kindly when she heard this.She said: "You are different from other people in the Qingwei sect. It is really different."

She paused and said, "It's not convenient to meet here, come to Jilei Mountain in two days, let me take a good look at you."

Zhang Wei quickly said, "Yes!"

Only then did Granny Jinhua dissipate her dharma body in satisfaction and disappeared into the temple.

When Granny Jinhua disappeared, the officials looked at Zhang Wei with different expressions.

If it's just a county magistrate, they won't be afraid of anything.But if this Liuguan county magistrate has something to do with Granny Jinhua, or even her grandson-in-law, it will be different!

The most important person in Tianmen County is not Zhang Wei, the county magistrate, but the golden flower mother-in-law with the strength of a great demon and a third-rank priesthood.She has tens of thousands of fox soldiers under her command, and she can also recruit all kinds of goblins in the Northwest. This strength is unmatched even by the imperial court here.

Therefore, in order to maintain the stability of the local area, the imperial court adopts a detainment policy for the fox clan in Jilei Mountain. As long as Granny Jinhua does not object to the big work, she wants officials to give officials, gods to gods, and money to money!
In this case, the past 100 years have been safe and sound, and Granny Jinhua helped the court to suppress the monsters here, making this place stable and peaceful.

If Zhang Wei and Granny Jinhua become a family, then he has the support of the imperial court inside and the care of his mother-in-law outside. This place is really covered by him!

In the morning, the sacrifice was over.The Shi family got the news.

"What! He, Zhang Wei, might be the grandson-in-law of Empress Jinhua?! How is this possible? Are you sure?" Master Shi was really frightened, grabbed the butler by the collar and shouted.

The housekeeper immediately said: "Grandma Jinhua said it in person, who would dare to brag like that."

Master Shi slapped his thigh and shouted angrily: "It's over! It's over! I thought it was a salted fish that was abandoned, but now it turns into a raptor crossing the river!"

Now that I think about it, if Zhang Wei had been on the line with Granny Jinhua a long time ago, then this new champion came to Tianmen County to work, it is very likely that he was not exiled, but specially set up for him!
Thinking of this, Master Shi trembled with anger.

"Darkness! Extreme darkness! Corruption! Extreme corruption! The county magistrate of Tianmen County has been vacant for three years, and the relationship is reserved for this kid! I have been active for so long, I just want to fill this gap, but I can't fill it up It turns out that the source is here! Is there a way for people to survive in this imperial court? It’s too fucking dark and corrupt!”

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he became. Otherwise, why couldn't he make up for the vacancy in Tianmen County as a master, but he also didn't think about himself.
The housekeeper listened to his master's roar, and then asked: "Master, what should we do now? You should go to work tomorrow, and prepare some gifts to accompany you."

After Master Shi roared incompetently for a while, he also knew that he had miscalculated. He waved his hand and said, "Just do as you said, and prepare a good gift."

The butler thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Didn't Gui Fangguo send a pair of stunning ghosts? Why don't you send them to the county magistrate? It’s definitely not a shame to go out.”

After he finished speaking, he saw Master Shi looking at him with the eyes of a dead man.

His heart turned cold, and he immediately shrank his neck.

Then I heard Mr. Shi say faintly: "He is the grandson-in-law of Grandma Jinhua, so you asked me to give him a woman. You think I can't die fast enough, sir. Why don't you kill me and give it to Zhang Wei is happy, and it will come sooner.”

When the butler heard it, sweat was on his forehead.Damn it, I was confused by those two ghost girls for a while, and I forgot about it.

He quickly slapped himself twice, and then said: "Master, I was stupid. I'm going to prepare presents now!"

Master Shi also sighed, this housekeeper is a bit unskillful, but he is more loyal, and there is no such thing as a talented person in this place.

He thought for a while, then suddenly covered his chest and shouted: "I'm so envious! To be able to marry the fox girl in Jilei Mountain... What kind of luck is this!"

The fox girl in Jilei Mountain is a top-level fox girl carefully selected by the mother-in-law Jinhua. She is not only versatile, but also extremely beautiful, which is unmatched by those wild fox girls.

All the beautiful fox girls were married by the golden flower mother-in-law to all kinds of bigwigs. Anyone who is qualified to be the son-in-law of Ji Leishan is a hero, no matter if it is a demon or a human being.

On the third day, the third day after Zhang Wei took office, the benefactor finally took his wedding leave and started to work.

Early in the morning, he brought his servants and brought various candies and snacks, and began to distribute them to everyone in the county government.Although this benefactor book does not have much insight, he is still very good at being a human being.

Some sweets and snacks are cheap and can win people's hearts.

He asked his servants to give him gifts, and he took the things to visit Zhang Wei in the backyard.

Zhang Wei met the Master Registrar in the living room.He smiled and said to Zhang Wei: "My lord, because of getting married, I have been too busy these days, so I don't have time to visit my lord. This is my fault. Today I have prepared an apology drink, and I hope you will show me your face!"

After speaking, he took out another box and handed it over, saying: "This is a congratulatory gift from the lower official to Sir, please accept it with a smile."

(End of this chapter)