Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 11 Appointment of County Magistrate
Zhang Xutuo looked at Luo Feng, who was calm in the yamen, and said to Zhang Yichen, the county magistrate, "This son does not panic when he encounters robbers. He is brave and resourceful. He is rewarded with money and silk today but he is not complacent. He is so young. It's really rare." He smiled and said again, "If it wasn't for the fact that this son is still young, someone would have intentionally brought him back to the county."

As the county magistrate, he is in charge of the county soldiers, and is responsible for suppressing bandits and arresting thieves to maintain law and order. He is the second in command in a county, and he is regarded as a high-ranking and powerful young man who can make him look at him differently. It is really unusual.

Zhang Yichen nodded thoughtfully.

In the past two years, the imperial court has carried out large-scale construction projects, and the people have been burdened with schoolwork and labor, and the problem of local security has become more and more serious. The eighteen blue-faced ghosts are not a special case.

Although Zhangqiu County is not big, it has more than [-] townships and a population of nearly [-] households.However, there are only three officials in the middle class of the county, including him, the county magistrate, and the chief bookkeeper. There are about a dozen officials who are out of the county's recorder and Zuo Shi. In the third class, the ten detectives in the fast class are actually the ones who really maintain the law and order.

Each of these ten catchers has a group of helpers and strong men, but just like the previous catcher Zhao, they are all bastards and can't be used much.

"This son is indeed a promising talent. He is young, aggressive and courageous. I heard that he has read books and can read and write. It is very rare. The county intends to let him enter the yamen as a catcher, and he will also rush to the current yamen servants. lazy atmosphere."

"Someone thinks it's feasible." Zhang Xutuo stroked his beard.

Zhang Yichen actually likes Qin Qiong more in his heart. If Qin Qiong is willing to stay in the county, he even wants to ask Qin Qiong to be a headhunter.However, Qin Qiong is a soldier of the Weifu. Although he has no official rank, but I heard that he is a personal soldier who is valued by the general to protect his children. Moreover, he is the son of the Qin family in Licheng, so he will not be the last policeman. Unless Qin Qiong is appointed as a county magistrate, but the county magistrate is a ninth-rank post, and he, the county magistrate, has no right to be appointed privately.

"Luo Wu!"

Zhang Yichen asked, "This county sees that you are brave and resourceful, and can read and write. This time, you have made great achievements in capturing a thief, so I intend to promote you. Zhao San, who is in the fast class of the third class of the county government, has been dismissed. There is a vacancy, and I want you to fill it, are you willing to accept it?"

Luo Feng in the hall was silent for a moment.

Zhao Sanyuan is one of the ten official arrests of the fast class, and he can be regarded as an official servant in the county. Although this kind of servant is not an official or an official, it is also a very popular position in the county. For ordinary people who are on duty here, this is an official civil servant, and the benefits are obvious.

There are advantages and disadvantages of being a fast catcher, that is, fast catchers can only be classified as subservient servants, and in the eyes of those aristocratic bureaucrats, they are not worthy of the stage.

But then again, what is Luo Wu's status now?
A poor man in the countryside, his family is almost as poor as a bell, and because of hard labor, five adults in his family have been conscripted to serve, and there are only a few old and weak women and children in his family. He has already served when he was sixteen It took two months to dig the river once.

No one can be sure when they will be conscripted to serve again, but if you become a policeman, you don't have to worry about being conscripted to do other services. In fact, the policemen still have a very good income to support their families No problem.

Whether the status is humble or not, Luo Feng can't take care of it at this time, the most important thing is to gain a firm foothold first.

It's not bad to be a police officer, after all, this is a regular worker, not the kind of temporary worker, police, joint defense team or something.

"Thank you for the county magistrate's kindness, even the young ones are willing to serve the imperial court." Luo Feng said flatteringly.

Zhang Yichen was very satisfied to see young people so knowledgeable about current affairs. It was his exception to promote a 16-year-old young man as a policeman.

"Very well, then the county will officially appoint you as the county's arrester. You will be allowed to go home for ten days of vacation, and after ten days, you will return to the county government office to report to work."

Luo Feng cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you county lord for your promotion!"

There was a lot of envious discussion below, in the eyes of those noble officials, a catcher is of course extremely trivial, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this catcher in soap clothes is an official servant or a public servant, who eats the emperor's food.Not only majestic, but also an iron rice bowl.

At such a young age, Luo Feng was actually appointed as a police officer by the county magistrate himself, which is enough to make people amazed and envied.

However, he has the ability to capture the blue-faced thief, and everyone admires him. Although he is young, he has the ability.

Everyone even had some expectations for the young policeman, and hoped that the law and order in the county would be better in the future, that they could kill the arrogance of those thieves, and restore some peace in the county.

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When they came out of the county office, Luo Feng and third uncle each carried a bag, which was full of money and silk that had just been rewarded.

"Going home?" The shoulders were heavy, but Xiao Qi was very happy, and his eyes were still very vigilant looking left and right, for fear that someone would steal his bounty money.

Luo Feng looked at the purse on his shoulder, and asked Qin Qiong, "Is my cousin going back to Licheng first?"

"I'm not in a hurry for a while. I plan to go home with you today to visit my aunt."

"Thank you cousin, my mother will be very happy to see my cousin."

Luo Feng thought for a while, "I plan to buy some food first and then go home, how about it?"

"Okay." Qin Qiong had no objection.

Uncle Luo and the others hurriedly said, "I'm going to buy some food too."

"I'll go too." Several other fellow villagers also said.

Everyone giggled all the time on the way. Although the bounty was discounted in the end, each of them finally got eight consecutive bounties.

That's a lot of money.

"If so much money and silk were exchanged for food, it would be enough for our family to eat for a year or two." The third uncle sighed.

The county seat is not big, and several shops are concentrated in the market in the east of the city. It is a closed market, and a cross street divides the city into four. There are various shops along the street. Although sparrows are small, they can be There are all kinds of internal organs, and all kinds of shops are also complete.

Qin Qiong first went to a gold and silver shop, which made gold and silver jewelry for sale, and also did businesses such as gold and silver exchange, and lending mortgages.

They came in, and immediately the shopkeeper came over to greet them.

"Shopkeeper, help me exchange these silks and cloths into copper coins."

When going out, Qin Qiong thought it was troublesome to carry the silk and cloth, so he asked to exchange them into copper coins.

In this dynasty, silk and cloth are actually circulated as currency like money, while gold and silver are not currency.Speaking of the main reason for the combination of money and silk, it is still that the Central Plains Dynasty has historically had little copper mining and high coinage costs, resulting in too little copper coins and insufficient money, so it can only be combined with money and silk.

"Okay, let me check the quality first." The shopkeeper was very polite.

Qin Qiong's 110 guan bounty actually only received ten guan copper coins, and silk and cloth worth a hundred guan, but the silk cloth was given at the official price, while the actual market price was only one-fifth of it.

The silk and cloth were laid out one by one, and the quality was good, and the people in the county didn't fool them.

"The color is good. If it's all meat, it can be exchanged for [-] guan. If it's for white money, it can be exchanged for [-] guan. I don't know which one to change?" the shopkeeper asked.

　The second is here, brothers who have recommended tickets in their hands recommend it.
　　


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