Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 743: Treat the people as family

With his female family members, Zhao Kang would naturally not be able to live in the garrison.

Nowadays, there are curfews in various places at night, so Zhao Kang can only spend a lot of money to knock on the door of an inn.

After Sun Fang ensured that the soldiers would not cause trouble to the boss, he opened an upper room.

After explaining what happened tomorrow, Zhao Kang said: "That's pretty much it. Anyway, Sun Fang, please make arrangements and don't screw up your performance for me."

Sun Fang quickly said: "Don't worry, Marshal, I promise to complete the task, but Marshal..."

Zhao Kang: "What's wrong?"

Sun Fang said: "Didn't you say that you want the people to have a sense of trust in the government? Then why..."

"Nonsense, just trust the government, but if you don't trust me, why should I be serious?" Zhao Kang rolled his eyes.

The two women beside him couldn't help but smile.

Sun Fang sighed, our commander is still so shameless!I won’t take any loss!

Sun Fang resigned and left. Zhao Kang closed the door and took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the carriage to write a notice about the city's renaming to Yangzhou City, preparing to post it tomorrow.

22 states were merged into Kyushu. In the future, the state of Qianguo will be much larger than it is now.

After writing the notice and washing themselves, the three of them went to bed with their clothes on.

The next day, Sun Fang came to get the notice in person and informed Zhao Kang that everything had been arranged. By now, it had attracted many people.

Zhao Kang nodded with satisfaction and took the two women downstairs.

The innkeeper saw Song Qingyan and Cao Bailu and didn't react until Zhao Kang led the people out of the restaurant.

I gave myself a slap, why the hell did I get up to entertain myself last night!

Otherwise, the dream last night would have been sweet!
In the center of the city, people were standing around to watch the excitement.

Sun Fang's soldiers maintained order, and a thick wooden beam was erected at the end of the crowd.

If Zhao Kang's fellow countrymen were here, they would definitely know what he was going to do.It's just compared to Wei Yang who moved to Lixin.

Just like Sun Fang said last night, he is unwilling to suffer any loss!
It’s easy to stand out when you bring beautiful women with you. It’s no wonder that rich young men like to bring a few beauties with them when traveling.

At this moment, Zhao Kang felt like he was a leader from somewhere, and all the people were paying attention to him.

He almost couldn't help but wave and say hello, comrades.

Arriving next to Sun Fang, Sun Fang with a loud voice spoke: "Fellow folks, this is Mr. Zhao sent by the imperial court!"

The scene was completely silent, and no one applauded or cheered for Mianzi, which seemed a bit embarrassing.

Zhao Kang naturally didn't care either, he was always thick-skinned.

He walked out with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Hello fellow villagers, I will have the final say in this Yangzhou city from now on. This is the first time for me and you folks to meet."

"So I'm going to play a little game with everyone."

As he spoke, Zhao Kang took out a thick stack of silver notes from his arms and said, "I have 10 taels of silver notes here!"

At this time, the people finally turned their attention away from his wife and lover.

Everyone burst out with greedy eyes.

"Only someone can carry this wooden beam from here to the end of the street, and this 10 taels will be his!"

As soon as they heard this, the crowd was excited, and some people immediately shouted to raise their hands.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

But Zhao Kang seemed to be deaf and couldn't even look at the other party.

Several shouts broke out from the crowd.

"Don't believe them! He is an official of the Qian Kingdom! How can he be honest and give us 10 taels of silver!"

Someone immediately answered: "That's right! These officials are the worst. They must be treating us as fools!" "That's right, only fools would trust these officials from the Qian Kingdom!"

"Don't let them play with you!"

When the originally excited people heard this, they thought, yes!

We were from the Zhou Kingdom before. How could these officials from the Qian Kingdom give us money?
And it’s still a huge amount of money like 10 taels!
Sun Fang immediately drew his sword: "Who is slandering Master Zhao!"

All the soldiers drew their swords together, shocking all the people!
Zhao Kang's deaf ears were healed now. He immediately turned around and kicked Sun Fang away angrily, and said angrily: "What are you doing! Draw a sword to threaten the people?"

This scene immediately confused the people. This official dared to beat the general!

What is his background?

Sun Fang said aggrievedly: "Master Zhao! These unscrupulous people are insulting you!"

Zhao Kang snorted coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about! If the people don't believe us, it must be because we officials are not doing a good enough job!"

"I tell you! From now on, I will manage Yangzhou! All the people of Yangzhou are my family!"

"What's wrong with my family scolding me? My surname is Zhao. I'm happy to be scolded by them! And you actually drew a knife to threaten my family!"

"Immediately apologize to my family!"

Sun Fang immediately apologized to the people around him and said, "Fellow folks, I'm sorry, it was my fault!"

Everyone looked in disbelief.

I grass!

Are these officials actually apologizing to us again?It's exciting today!
This Master Zhao seems to be a good official!
They actually treat us like family!

It’s a bit hard to accept!
Perhaps it was because Zhou had never had such shameless officials and generals as Zhao Kang and Sun Fang.

I am used to being bullied, so seeing this scene now is a bit difficult to accept.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Zhao Kang said seriously.

Sun Fang immediately said sincerely: "I know Master Zhao! I will definitely learn from you in the future and treat all the people in Yangzhou as my family! I will never draw a sword against my family!"

"That's right, remember! As officials we have to make decisions for the people, otherwise we might as well go home and pick up dung!"

"Being kind to the people means being kind to our families. We must keep this in mind."

Sun Fang's face was full of shame: "After your teachings, Mr. Zhao, I have deeply realized my mistakes. I want to apologize to the people again. My family is sorry!"

"Okay!" Someone in the crowd shouted and clapped excitedly!

"This is what an official is! Finally someone is making decisions for the people! Mr. Zhao, you are a good official!"

"I will always follow Mr. Zhao!"

"I will always follow Mr. Zhao!"

If anyone pays attention, they will find that the people who started to cheer for him are the same people who couldn't believe anyone who called him an official before.

Driven by these pure passers-by, warm applause came like a mountain and a tsunami.

Zhao Kang looked ashamed, raised his hand to suppress the applause of the crowd, and then waved the banknote in his hand.

"Now our game continues, is there anyone willing to give it a try?"

"I, I, I! Master Zhao, I'll do it!"

"Let me come!"

Hundreds of hands were raised. Zhao Kang seemed to be blind at this moment, not looking at these people at all, and his eyes were fixed on a beggar in the crowd.

"Ah! I didn't expect that a beggar like you would be willing to give it a try. Then it's you!"

(End of this chapter)