Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 260

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he saw that Meng Changqing did not respond, so he could not help but call her, "Ms. Meng? What are you thinking about?"

"When I first saw the savage, he stared at me. Now that you say that, I know why he stared at me."

Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and understood. "You mean, because of the official uniform you were wearing at the time?"

Meng Changqing nodded.

Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head, "This is really unexpected. By the way, Lord Meng, why are you wearing casual clothes today?"

"I was not careful when I wore it a few days ago and got a cut on the cuff. I had to ask my mother to fix it for me. You know that the material is very difficult to fix and it won't heal in a short time."

Zhang Yuan nodded, and then heard Meng Changqing ask: "Did you give the clothes that savage wanted?"

"No." Zhang Yuan said, "I can't get clothes like that in a short time. Not to mention him, I don't have silk clothes myself. I just informed my superiors and wait for their reply."

"Didn't you reject him?" Meng Changqing asked.

"I just said I don't have it now, and that thing is not something that ordinary people can wear."

"It doesn't make sense that we keep giving him things but he doesn't give us any benefit at all." Meng Changqing always felt that there was no benefit in keeping such a savage.

Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, but what was the point of his agreement? Like Meng Changqing, he had no say in the matter.

Since he was already here, Meng Changqing simply patrolled the area around the city wall and did not return to the county government office until noon.

She had just sat down at the county government office, and before the lunch dishes were served, Yang Zheng came running over and said, "Sir, you were not here this morning. I have two things to tell you about the government office."

Meng Changqing asked him to sit down and talk.

"One is about our county. Some people have come down from the dangerous mountain. I followed your instructions and let them build houses at the foot of the mountain, allocated land, and issued identity cards."

Yang Zheng is making it sound simple now, but in fact, dealing with the people coming down from the mountain is very tiring. He has spent the whole morning there. Those people are not good people. They have great hostility towards the government. Their words and actions are full of temptations. He has to resist and be alert at all times.

"Tell the guards who have been monitoring them to be alert. If there is any change, it will only happen in the next few days." Meng Changqing said, "I can't trust a group of people like that. They are used to being robbers, and their thinking is that of robbers."

Yang Zheng wanted to say something but stopped himself. He still felt that Meng Changqing was too absolute, but when he thought that the other party would not listen even if he said it, he decided to give up and not say anything.

"Anything else?" Meng Changqing asked.

At this time, Bafang came over with the last dish. Seeing that they were talking, he put it down and quietly stepped aside.

"Oh, the brothers who stayed in Yangmen County came back and said that some people wanted to come here, but they didn't immigrate here. The women in their families came to our county, and they wanted to come here to do some farm work for the women."

"Doing farm work?" "Didn't many women come here alone a few days ago? It seems that some of them have made arrangements with their families to let the women come first, and when life gets better here, the whole family will come together. After all, if the women leave, it will not affect the family's original fields, and they can also get an extra two acres of land in our Beishan County. It is very cost-effective for the people."

When Yang Zheng said this, he was also thinking, "Like other places, people traveling between two counties don't need any proof as long as they don't live there for a long time or go in and out of important places.

But it is different in Liangzhou, especially in Weishan, Hongjia, and our Beishan County, where non-local residents cannot enter and leave freely.

Do you agree to this?"

Before Meng Changqing could open his mouth, Yang Zheng continued, "If you agree, the brothers will have to do a lot more work. If you disagree, it doesn't seem to have much impact on us."

"If they really come to help with farming, then we should welcome them with open arms. After all, we have a share of the output from each family's land."

Yang Zheng asked: "Then should we let them lead the way?"

"No, some trouble is inevitable for a travel permit." Meng Changqing said, "Since he said he is here to help his wife farm, let their woman pick him up. As long as there is another person present besides his woman who can prove his identity, he will be allowed to enter Beishan County."

"Two people are needed to prove their identities." Yang Zheng nodded, and was about to say "I understand" when he heard Meng Changqing say, "It's not just any two people, one of them must be his family member in Beishan County.

If that person says his wife is in Beishan County, then one of the two witnesses must be his wife, otherwise don’t let him come. Even if there are four, five, or six other people who can vouch for his identity, don’t let him come.”

"why is that?"

"Who knows if he is here to farm or to cause trouble? As the magistrate of Beishan County, of course I will prioritize the safety of the people in my county."

"Okay! I'll do it right away."

After Yang Zheng left, Ba Fang sat down, "Master, let's eat, the food is getting cold."

After lunch, Meng Changqing didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea, and went to find Cheng Guang to give him instructions.

He asked his men to emphasize to the women who were alone here when they were patrolling that they should be careful about their safety when going out and try to stay with familiar female companions and not be alone.

He was also asked to add more manpower to guard the two villages of Andong and Anxi.

After taking care of things here, she went back to the fields to do her business.

While she was busy, Qi Renli was also busy. Ever since he heard about castor seeds from Meng Changqing last time, he had many ideas about the development of his work.

The first thing is silkworms. We need to find a way to enable Beishan County to have the technology to raise silkworms.

He asked his men to search the mountains for silkworms and oak trees. He asked Meng Changqing for a note and went to the surrounding areas to inquire about silkworm farming.

God helps those who work hard. After wandering around outside for several days and almost finishing all the dry food that was stuck in his throat, he finally got the news.