Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 46 Dove occupying the magpie's nest
Compared to bowing to those powerful gangsters, Chen Qingsi prefers the situation where he can let go.

but……

"I have to feel sorry for my wife for a while. The county's accounts are very poor, and the people's life is also very poor. There will be no money to repair the government office in the short term."

Chen Qingsi put her hand on Rou Yi's shoulder, with a certain guilt in her tone.

Xiao Miaochen, as the daughter of the Xiao family, did not live a good life for a few days after marrying her.

Xiao Miaochen never complained and silently supported him from behind, learning to do work that the daughter of a wealthy family had never done before.

If you have a wife like this, you will have no regrets in this life.

Xiao Miaochen shook his head and said: "I don't feel wronged, I'm just worried that my husband is too tired."

"Where are you?" Chen Qingsi pointed to the files and documents on the table and said: "It's just these two days, once the situation is over, it will be fine. You go to bed early, tomorrow morning, we will go outside the county to get familiar with the environment. .”

While Chen Qingsi was reading at night under the chandelier, two people were having a secret conversation in Du's house near the government office.

In addition to Du Chunbin today, there is also a short man with thick limbs.

This man had a fierce look on his face, but he was like a kitten in front of Du Chunbin. He whispered softly: "The imperial court has sent a county magistrate. Will it affect the houses and fields in our hands? This county magistrate can also come. It’s such a bad time. If I take office after the spring, everything will be set and it will be useless for anyone to come. What should I do now?”

Du Chunbin said: "It's okay, I'll test it today. Our new county magistrate is young, has a hairless tongue, and is unreliable in his work. In his eyes, the imperial court is powerful in all directions, and the people should live and work in peace and contentment. He doesn't know anything about Jiangnan." situation. In his eyes, those who followed Chen Shuozhen in rebellion were traitors with heinous crimes. But he didn't know that most of the people in the county turned against the traitors. Based on the knowledge of the county magistrate, in the eyes of those untouchables, they were just like the enemy. Nothing comes out."

"In the past two months, we have to work harder and keep an eye on them to prevent them from having close contact with the people and ruining our affairs."

"Also, please keep your people honest these days."

"This county magistrate has little knowledge, but he is also a person who is willing to do things. We cannot let him get the handle..."

"In short, we have been planning for a long time, and we cannot let a young boy ruin our affairs."

The man nodded seriously and said, "Understood!"

Early on the next morning, Chen Qingsi, Jiang Chen, and Kuang Zheng summoned the county administrator Du Chunbin to the government office and asked him about the situation in the county.

Du Chunbin answered sternly. They were all superficial answers, very rigid, and they were all traceable in official documents.

Chen Qingsi didn't ask any more questions and said, "Besides Chief Du, are there any other officials in the county?"

Du Chunbin said: "It's only been a few months since the imperial court removed control. Except for the lower officials' encouragement to maintain operations, there are only a few arrestees to protect public security."

"Call them all, I want to see them."

Du Chunbin was stunned at first, but he still gathered everyone together. There were eight people in total, all of them were dark, muscular men.

Chen Qingsi pointed at Jiang Chen and Kuang Zheng, introduced their names first, and said emphatically to the latter: "This Kuang Zheng is also your superior officer. From now on, you all must obey his orders."

The eight people were silent at first, but as a short man took the lead and said yes, the remaining seven people also said yes.

Chen Qingsi said: "Very good, you will serve me well from now on, and I will not treat you badly." He was young but full of official accent: "Introduce yourselves..."

It was the short man who took the lead: "Little Du Zi..."

"Little Du Chenrong!"

"Little Du Jie!"

"Little Duane!"

"Little Du Jiang!"

"Little Du Yanyun!" "Little Du Huifeng!"

"Little Du Zhuo!"

Master Du Chunbin's face changed slightly, and he secretly looked at Chen Qingsi, Jiang Chen, and Kuang Zheng.

Chen Qingsi did not react at all.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

Kuang Zheng smiled cheerfully. He had been a head catcher in Tongguan Village for many years. This was the first time he had a younger brother. There were eight of them. He was so happy that he couldn't find his north.

"You guys go down and get ready. I am going out with my wife today to inspect the situation in the county."

Chen Qingsi waved a few people down.

After Du Chunbin and Du Zi retreated.

Jiang Chen then said: "County Magistrate Chen, there is something wrong with Master Du's book. All the government officials are named Du. Is this not a coincidence? Do we need to check?"

Chen Qingsi chuckled and said: "Some things are self-evident, so don't make a fuss about Jiang Wenshu. If you check now, you will only alert the enemy. It is better to pretend that you don't know than to check."

Jiang Chen's face changed slightly, and he suddenly realized that he had lived a long time, and the city was not even as good as the young man in front of him. No wonder he could sit on the position of county magistrate.

Du Chunbin walked out of the government office and whispered: "I was careless. I forgot to make some changes in the name."

Du Zi asked anxiously: "What should we do?"

Du Chunbin pursed his lips and comforted himself: "It doesn't matter. I think the county magistrate didn't care. Instead, the clerk noticed something was wrong. You have to be careful with this clerk. You can tell that Kuang Zheng is a big boss at a glance. You should try your best to follow him Build a good relationship.”

Du Zi couldn't help but nod: "Okay!"

Chen Qingsi did not forget his wife, and called Xiao Miaochen. A group of ten people set off from the county government office, walked around the main road in the county, and then went to the suburbs of the city.

They were a small group, but wherever they went, people shunned them like snakes and scorpions.

Chen Qingsi saw everything with her eyes, asked nothing, said nothing, just chatted and flirted with her new wife.

At night, Xiao Miaochen brought ginger soup as usual and squeezed her husband's shoulders distressedly.

Chen Qingsi drank the loving ginger soup and said, "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"

Xiao Miaochen was silent for a moment and said, "I don't want to go!"

"What's wrong?" Chen Qingsi turned around nervously.

Xiao Miaochen said: "The situation in the county is very bad, and there are suffering people everywhere. The way they look at us makes me feel very uncomfortable, as if I were looking at bad people."

Chen Qingsi breathed out and said: "Perhaps, in their eyes, we are the bad guys. They don't trust the court to begin with, and now that we are involved with Du Chunbin, they naturally regard us as a den of snakes and rats."

Xiao Miaochen said in shock: "Is there a ghost in Master Du's book?"

Chen Qingsi took a piece of information from the case table and said: "It is recorded in the county annals that there is a Dujia Village in the south valley of Qingxi County. Most of the people in the village are surnamed Du. They are engaged in fishing and hunting, and the folk customs are strong. Because of the war, there is a lot of information Disappeared and damaged, it is impossible to find out whether they are from Dujiacun. But you see those people have dark skin and thick calluses on their hands. When talking to them about rafting on the islands, almost all of them can speak well and have rich experience. They should be from Dujiacun. people."

Xiao Miaochen was very smart and could understand everything at once. He whispered: "Is this the dove occupying the magpie's nest?"

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