I am the Dragon King of the Well

Chapter 406

Qiu Ping sat on the main seat, overlooking the surroundings.

Bashui is not wide, and even the government offices are quite shabby. Not to mention compared with the splendid Dragon Palace in Yanhu Lake, it is almost even slightly better than Fuhe Water Palace.

There is only a simple main hall and four auxiliary halls. Clerks, chief registrars and other divine officials all work in the auxiliary halls. The troops and horses of the inspection department are elsewhere, totaling 560 people.

The nature of the Inspection Department is more similar to that of a patrol house or a militia, rather than a formal military force.

Generally speaking, the water officers of each prefecture and county have soldiers and horses under their command. Even Fuhe has three battalions of 500 soldiers.

But after all, this place is next to the Shinto base camp, so there is no need to worry about safety issues, so the soldiers and horses are directly disbanded.

Qiu Ping looked at the cramped hall and made up his mind. After he officially took office, the first thing he would do would be to dredge the river and rebuild the government office.

After all, we are also fifth-rank officials. How can this yamen be so miserable?

After all, Bashui is also the world's water transportation hub, and it stands to reason that it is also famous for its poor reputation.

Not long after, all the officials from the yamen gathered together to listen to the new eldest man's lectures, and colleagues from the Thirteenth Water Transport Department also arrived one after another.

Qiu Ping waited patiently. Seeing that the hall was almost full, he coughed lightly.

"Who is Chang Shi here?"

Qiu Ping's voice echoed in the hall. He controls the Bashui God's throne. Of course he knows who Chang Shi is. Isn't this to show his authority?

Not a bad feeling.

"Shi Jiaoyuan, the chief minister of Ba River, pays homage to He Bo."

Among the crowd, a white-haired old dragon stood at the forefront. Although he had mostly transformed into a human form, his face still had a dragon's kiss, and there were barb-like fins beside his ears. A huge tail emerged from his robes. Extends below.

Although this dragon looks old, its body is full of vitality, its qi and blood are like fire, and its strong pure yang energy bursts out, and it has actually become an immortal.

As expected, he is a god from the Imperial Capital. Even though he has a long history of fifth rank, he still has the strength of an immortal.

"Jiao Yuan, please come to the roll call and tell me the names of those who haven't arrived yet."

Qiu Ping looked at the old dragon and spoke slowly.

Jiao Yuan nodded, took stock for a moment, and then turned around.

"Reporting to Hebo, there are currently no officials, such as Du Yu, the head of the house, Ling Bo, the head of the house, the co-presidents of Xun, Wu, Liu, Feng, Ping and Ning, as well as the inspection department, He Tu'an."

Jiao Yuan's face showed a respectful expression at the right time, and he reported everything.

"Why are they late? Is there something that delayed them?"

Qiu Ping was emotionally stable and calm.

These gods belong to the Bashui Yamen, and their authority is also connected to the Bashui. As long as you want to come, you can reach them in a moment.

"I think... there is something delayed. The little god is just a long history. Although the rank is slightly higher than them, they are not under my direct control."

Jiao Yuan once again cupped his hands and spoke honestly.

"In other words, if they don't ask for leave, they don't have to come to work, right?"

Qiu Ping's fins remained calm.

But he was secretly angry in his heart. The Shinto team in the Imperial Capital was so rotten that they were so lax.

He doesn't mind his subordinates taking advantage of the situation, but I have issued an explicit order to summon him, but you have ignored him at all. That means you are not giving me, Mr. Qiu, face.

Although I don’t have a deep foundation in Imperial Capital, I came here with the idea of ​​​​rectifying the workplace.

Who cares about a broken official like you? At worst, we will break up and I will find a place in the starry sky to become an earthly immortal.

Therefore, he does not intend to spoil this group of people.

"Where is the Yasha who patrols the river?"

Qiu Ping drank softly and said.

Immediately, two figures with ferocious faces and steel forks in their hands stepped forward from both sides.

"You personally brought my decree, but you summoned these people here. I am going to hold the first Bashui leadership meeting, how can I miss them."

Qiu Ping looked at the two Yakshas and waved his hand, and a decree fell in front of them.

"Follow the law."

The two Yakshas felt a little embarrassed. Those officials who didn't come were not just stabbing their heads. They were clearly challenging the trusted He Bo.

But they were just minor characters, and they didn't dare to disobey Qiu Ping's order, so they had no choice but to accept it.

"Everyone, just wait here. I will wait with you all for the busy people in our Yamen. If they don't come, we won't leave."

Qiu Ping's eyes swept over everyone, then smiled and said.

After saying that, he closed his eyes slightly and fell asleep leaning on the chair.

Although Qiu Ping has not been in the officialdom for a long time, he knows that everyone likes to watch the excitement. When it has nothing to do with themselves, these gods are eager to see him fight with those thorns.

But Qiu Ping couldn't let them get what they wanted because he had to drag them in together.

Oh, if they don't come, you just stand here.

If it doesn't come for one day, it will stand for one day. If it doesn't come for one year, it will stand for one year.

I, the boss, have been waiting with you all, and you still have complaints?Even if you have complaints, send them to them.

While waiting, Qiu Ping began to check his priesthood.

I have to say that although this [Bashui Hebo] yamen is simple, it has so many priests.

There are actually five priesthoods.

【Transportation by water】, 【Thousands of paths flowing through】, 【Blessings from grace】, 【Investigation of drifting】, 【Washing away resentment】.

However, Qiu Ping had previously controlled the priesthood of [Starry Sky Recruiter]. Each of those priesthoods had almost no upper limit, and all of them increased combat effectiveness. After browsing the priesthood in front of him, he lost much interest.

It turned out that all of them were boring priesthoods such as improving disaster relief and supervising inspections.

The so-called [Water Transport] is a passive priesthood that does not require him to perform it.

Any ship passing through the Shisancao River needs to be transported to Bashui Yamen.This is like collecting taxes at the checkpoints on the Cao River, except that Shinto collects them in the form of luck.

After Qiu Ping summarized it, [-]% of it was to be handed over to his superiors.

However, [Ten Thousand Paths of Drainage] is the priestly function of dredging waterways. Because the Cao River is used by ships for a long time, if it is not maintained for a long time, the waterways will be silted up, the load capacity of the ships will be reduced, and the water transportation will be blocked, which will cause disasters.

In addition to regular dredging by human dynasties, Shinto can also use magical powers to dredge, and even open more tributaries to connect to farther places.

Of course, the use of this magical power is not free. It usually requires court officials to sincerely offer sacrifices before Bashui Hebo can use it.

[Blessing from Grace] is also a passive magical power, but it can also be used actively, but it consumes luck.As the name suggests, this magical power is to protect the people who are running water transport safely and smoothly, without making any mistakes.You will not encounter bandits, turbulence, reefs, etc.

If they sincerely pray before setting off, they will automatically receive a very faint ray of divine blessing.

In peaceful times, usually nothing happens.

[Authorization of Drifting] is a function used by Hebo to predict the smoothness of the river. In the next six months and one year, whether there will be drought or flood and the river will change its course, etc.

If he notices a problem, he needs to report it immediately.

Otherwise, the collapse of Caohe would damage the livelihoods of countless people, and he would also suffer severe backlash.

What Qiu Ping disliked the most was this priesthood. No matter how useless the other priesthoods were, as long as he wanted to be lazy, he could not use them at all.

But this priesthood is different.Qiu Ping needs to take the initiative to perform it every once in a while.

Otherwise, it would be fine if nothing goes wrong. If something goes wrong, it would be just a trivial matter to lose his official position. If not, he would have to be sent to pay with his life.

In Shinto, dereliction of duty is a very serious sin.

[Grudge Elimination] is also a very hard-working priesthood.

Almost the entire empire's wealth is transported to the imperial capital by water, and these goods maintain the livelihood of all people.Sometimes the imperial court increased taxes, and the people's lives became miserable. Naturally, some resentment fell on Caohe.

After accumulating a lot of land, it will be very scary.

The pressure is on the bodies of many gods. Even if you practice deeply, you can't bear the resentment of all living beings.

This is determined by the Shinto mechanism.

Qiu Ping went through these priestly duties and lamented in his heart.This position is much more rubbish than the Fallen Dragon Pass promotion.

The leader of Duolongguan is responsible for a spiritual essence. Whether it is the local Shinto yamen or ordinary people, he has to act to please.

Where is it like now? Not only is the work hard, but the benefits are not good enough.

Qiu Pingzhen waited in the main hall for a whole day. Except for Du Yu, the head of the official house, everyone else refused to come over because they had something to do.

"It seems that our water transportation yamen is really a hard job. It has exhausted everyone to this point."

Qiu Ping looked at everyone and said dryly.

Everyone was silent, who dared to express his opinion at this time.

Although the new He Bo is very famous now, it is said that he has just become an immortal and has almost no foundation in the imperial capital.As for those gods who did not come, none of them were backed by powerful clans and had the support of real immortals and even heavenly beings, so they were not afraid of Qiu Ping at all.

"Where is Du Yu?"

Qiu Ping seemed to just complain and stopped talking about the matter. Instead, he called Du Yu.

Du Yu is a ghost who became a god. He was a Jinshi a hundred years ago and reached the fourth rank. After his death, he became a god and ranked in the sixth rank.

He was also the director of the Li Chamber, responsible for the promotion and dismissal of all officials under Ba River.

"The little god is here."

Du Yu looked at Qiu Ping, who looked young but had deep energy, and quickly stepped forward.

He hadn't come before, not because he was unruly, but simply because he was a good lover of poetry and wine. Last night, he entrusted his dream to the students who were playing on the Ba River. They drank together and wrote poems. They were so drunk that they almost couldn't get up today. .

Only when the two yakshas went to summon him did he break out in a cold sweat.

"Help me check how many officials and priests there are under the command of those Xun, Wu, Liu, Feng, Ping and Ning Liuhe who are not here."

Qiu Ping asked Du Yu.

"Reporting to Hebo, Caohe's fellow magistrates are all of the sixth grade. Each of them has five seventh-grade general judges, 19 eighth-grade escorts, and 52 ninth-grade inspectors. The rest are self-recruited and have no plans."

Du Yu was familiar with all this, and after hearing the inquiry, he spoke directly.

"It seems that the manpower arranged by our Shinto for them is still not enough. I have decided to add more manpower to Caohe in various places. I have tentatively decided to add three people to the sixth grade, ten people to the seventh grade, 20 people to the eighth grade, and 30 people to the ninth grade. You What do you think?"

Qiu Ping looked at Du Yu with a smile.

When Du Yu heard this, he was dumbfounded. He could understand that He Bo wanted to adjust the number of officials below him, but he didn't add so many at once. Isn't this nonsense?

How much more salary will this require? Although Water Transport is a large government office, it is right under the nose of King Ming Ling. Everything must be restricted and supervised, and it cannot be messed up like this.

"Since you are the head of the official house, you should follow the suggestion I just made and come up with a specific implementation plan."

"I only have one request for you, that is, these new officials should be selected from all of us here as much as possible, and when you arrange them, they should not be promoted equally, but should be upgraded to at least half a level."

"After all, water transportation is hard work and cannot be compared to the leisure time of our Yamen. These are also the proper meanings."

Qiu Ping asked Du Yu calmly, but his words shocked everyone present, and their hearts immediately became hot.

Everyone is a Shintoist, so it's impossible to say they don't want to be promoted.

But Bashui is in the Imperial Capital, a carrot and a pit, and there are many people who have struggled in the same position for hundreds of years.Now being able to raise it by half a level is worth hundreds of years of hard work, so everyone can't help but be excited.

Du Yu was dumbfounded. This newly appointed chief officer looked young, but he seemed to know the ways of people's hearts, and he was bold. He really wanted to show off his horses and have a fight with his fellow water transport colleagues.

"What? Do you think I'm wrong?"

While he was stunned, the voice of the Bashui River Bodhisattva sounded in his ears.

At this moment, Du Yu felt that he had become the focus of everyone's eyes. This was a matter involving countless officials. If he dared to object, he might really offend a bunch of people to death.

"No...no opinion."

How dare Du Yu object? Not to mention his colleagues, the reason why he was late just now is still in someone's hands.

"Since you don't have any objections, just go ahead and do it quickly. Of course, I don't think this matter should be rushed. Otherwise, let's set up a few pilot projects to see the results."

"The few colleagues who didn't come just now must be the busiest, so you should arrange some manpower for them first."

Qiu Ping didn't hide anything about Liuhe Tongzhi at all, he just wanted to open fire on them.

The other seven Caohe colleagues present breathed a sigh of relief. These new officials were sent by the superiors to divide their powers and restraints. They did not want to give away all their powers.

The new He Bo did not drop his knife on their heads, which made them feel lucky.

However, after doing this, everyone also realized the new leader's methods. Although he looked a little stupid, he was very clear-headed and knew how to win over and divide.

"Okay, Du Yu, you can work here. If you have any questions that you can't make up your mind, just tell me. Let's continue waiting here and see when they can finish their work."

After Qiu Ping finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.

Du Yu, on the other hand, was sweating all over his back. He was being watched by his boss while writing the plan. The pressure was huge.

The most important thing is that this matter is very offending.

He wanted to slap himself twice now. If he hadn't drank and caused trouble yesterday, he wouldn't have been picked out as a swordsman today.

(End of this chapter)