Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"Has it been tested?"

"I get angry when I talk about this." Chen Xingqi said: "If you don't tell me, you must be very clever. What you expected is indeed true. Among my people, there really is a spy from the Yan people. He was found out two days ago. .

Fortunately, I listened to you earlier and separated the steps of making gunpowder. The spy spent three months in the artillery army and still didn't understand the specific formula of gunpowder.

But because of this spy, I couldn't try anything I originally wanted to try.

The Ministry of War ordered the artillery corps to conduct a thorough investigation, so I came out to hide for a while. "

"That's it." Meng Changqing added tea to him, "I just said, why are you thinking about my birthday."

"Hey, what you said is heartless. Regardless of whether I thought about it or not, I came to the door with a gift today anyway. In short, I was thinking about you more."

Meng Changqing: "Let's drink tea."

"I plan to stay at your place for two days and then go back when the camp is clearer."

"No." Meng Changqing said, "If you die here, the court will think that I have entangled the Yan people."

Chen Xingqi stood up and slapped the table, "A dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth!"

Meng Changqing said, "Go back after lunch. It's not peaceful here."

Chen Xingqi's pretense of aura immediately dissipated, "Why is it not peaceful? Are there bandits here like Yangmen County?"

"It's not like bandits. It's just that I don't have enough manpower here. If something happens, I won't be able to protect you."

"You still have few manpower here? There are more than a hundred soldiers in a county government."

Meng Changqing lowered his voice, "It seems that there are so many people, but only those thirty or forty people can really be believed. What if there are people with evil intentions among the more than one hundred people? That would be called being caught off guard."

Chen Xingqi looked at Meng Changqing and sat down again, "Are you someone who can allow your subordinates to be disloyal to you? If you don't think you can be trusted, why don't you change someone?"

"I can't give them a good life or a good future, and a different group of people may not be loyal to me."

"It's fair to think about it."

Just as he said this, Bafang and Laicai came over with food boxes, "Master, Master Chen, lunch is ready. Can you put it on the table now?"

"What? Aren't you going to have dinner with Madam?" Chen Xingqi said, "As soon as I came in, I only focused on talking to you and didn't go to say hello to Madam Meng. It's really rude."

Meng Changqing knew his mother's intentions. Since she was an official, she should make her own decisions when dealing with people and guests.

Furthermore, when people of the same generation eat together without elders around, they feel more comfortable talking without having to worry about everything.

"Mom has her own business to attend to. After dinner, I'll just take you to see her."

"That's not okay, it's too rude." Chen Xingqi insisted, "Take me to say hello first, and then come back for dinner."

Meng Changqing said to Lai Cai: "Tell your mother first, and we will come later."

Bafang: "Then the food will be served later?"

"Wait a minute."

Meng Changqing took Chen Xingqi and walked slowly from the front to the back of the Yamen, not forgetting to introduce them along the way, "The front row, facing the main door, is the main hall of the Yamen, where the Shengtang Questions and Answers are, and on the left is a conference hall. To the two sides, as well as the opposite rooms on the side, are the places where various departments are on duty.

In the back row, as you can see, there are reception rooms, study rooms, warehouses, guest rooms, and several temporary rooms. "

Chen Xingqi pointed to the guest room and said, "Can't I stay here for two days?"

"I can give you a lunch break." Meng Changqing said: "Let's go, after entering this courtyard gate, there is a fork in the road. Over there is where the soldiers and the imperial guards live, and this is the courtyard where our family lives."    "That's right. ." Chen Xingqi nodded as he walked, "You have a lot of houses, why are there mud houses inside the brick houses?"

"It was originally built. It was still strong and we didn't plan to demolish it. It is now used to store some farm tools or raise some chickens and ducks."

"Do you still raise chickens and ducks in the yamen?" After Chen Xingqi finished speaking, he turned the corner and saw with his own eyes that not only chickens and ducks, but also many vegetables were grown in the yard.

"This...if I hadn't just come from the front, I would have thought I had entered a farmyard." Chen Xingqi said, "The smell of this thing is strong, how can my wife bear it? It is better to build a separate courtyard farther away and send a trustworthy family member Take care of it in the past.”

At this point, I just saw Bafang coming out of the next room, "Hey, your Bafang is pretty good."

"Master, madam, please come in."

Chen Xingqi spoke indifferently in front of Meng Changqing, but he was very respectful in front of Wenshi.

"Thank you for remembering Chang Qing." Wen said, "Since you are here and have eaten, let him show you around."

Just because Wenshi said such a sentence, Chen Xingqi felt as if he had received an imperial edict. After dinner, he insisted on letting Meng Changqing take him out for a walk.

Meng Changqing looked at the things in front of him every day and didn't find anything strange, but Chen Xingqi was different. When he came in March, Meng Changqing was still living in a cave, but now he lives in a decent yamen.

After leaving the Yamen and passing through the open space, there are private houses on both sides.

Winter starts early in Beishan County, so we need to step up our efforts to build houses. From September onwards, the temperature will get colder every day, and it will definitely be too late to build again by then. Besides, we will be busy harvesting grain from the fields in September, so it won’t be possible at all. No time.

Chen Xingqi followed Meng Changqing for half a street, and most of the people he saw were repairing their houses.

"Why do I see that there are still people digging holes in the ground? Why do you get addicted to living in holes?"

Meng Changqing: "That's a cellar, used for storing food."

The two of them walked out of the residential area and saw large tracts of food that was about to mature in the fields, "Okay, Meng Changqing, even though you don't have many people, there is a lot of food in the fields.

Is that a sweet potato vine? "Chen Xingqi ran over and wanted to pull it out, "When autumn comes, I want to get some food. Who knew that I couldn't find it all over Weishan County, but I found it here. You dig two baskets for me, and I will take them back to eat. "

"It's still too young now." Meng Changqing said, "You should dig less. I will send someone to send it to you next month."

"How stingy." Chen Xingqi pulled out two small sweet potatoes by pulling on the vine, "Is this your land? Can I dig it?"

"It's too late for you to ask. Don't worry, you're standing on the land I circled."

When Chen Xingqi heard this, he was really not polite at all. He squatted down and dug with his bare hands.

Children from aristocratic families like him have a common problem. If someone else puts the sweet potatoes in front of him, he will not find them delicious. But once he is allowed to do it by himself, whether it is digging or cooking, then The food produced is absolutely top-notch delicious.

Meng Changqing looked at the sky and said, "You can't take it away if it's too much. Just let it grow in the ground."

"Okay, that's it."

"Bafang went back to find a sack and put it in it for him." Meng Changqing stepped forward and helped Chen Xingqi, "It's getting late, you should go back."

"We're from a different place. We've been friends since childhood, but you won't even let me stay in your Yamen for one night."

Meng Changqing asked him, "Have we been friends since childhood?"

Chen Xingqi was speechless.

Meng Changqing: "You are in an important position now. You can be said to be Daliang's treasure. You really can't take risks. Besides, I have to go looking for the city wall later, so I have no time to care about you."

"Okay, then I'll go back." Chen Xingqi finally compromised. When the two returned to the Yamen, there were only close guards in front and behind. He suddenly asked Meng Changqing, "Have you received a letter from the prince?"