The task assigned to Xu Jin by Wang Shouren was not only to be responsible for the security of the city and to pacify the people, but also to assist in the defense of Nanchang City. The so-called auxiliary defense, as the name suggests, is to assist in the defense, just to play an auxiliary role, the real leader of the defense of Nanchang is a commander of the Ganzhou Wei (Zheng Sipin military attaché), the name is Meng Chang, leading the troops of two thousand households.

After Xu Jin left the governor's yamen, he took Wang Shouren's warrant out of the city to mobilize troops into Nanchang. Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai and others heard that they were only assisting in the defense of Nanchang, and they were obviously very unhappy, especially Yu Linsheng, a young man who was full of momentum, was ready to make a meritorious contribution with all his strength, and the extermination of King Ning was an excellent opportunity for meritorious service, but he could only stay in Nanchang City and sit on the cold bench, which was not happy!

"Phew, what's the matter, 80,000 people captured Nanchang City, which was only defended by 8,000 people, what kind of ability, I'm embarrassed to drag it in front of us, drag a fart!"

As soon as Xu Jin got down from Nanchang City, a pro-soldier behind him scolded indignantly, and the other pro-soldiers, including Wang Lin'er, all showed anger.

It turned out that not long ago, Xu Jin came to Nanchang City with 2,000 men and horses to assist in the defense, but Meng Chang, the commander of the Ganzhou Guard who led the city defense, was very arrogant, and after chatting a few words, he directly crossed Xu Jin to assign tasks to the generals, and said that if Xu Jin was busy, he could go back to the county government to preside over the work. The subtext is: As long as Lao Tzu is responsible for the city defense, why don't you go there!

Xu Jin's strength is still there, and he is happy to be relaxed, but he is too lazy to worry about the surname Meng, but the guards are extremely reluctant to accept this bird anger, and resolutely refuse to stay in the city to be dispatched by Meng Chang, and want to follow Xu Jin back to the county office.

Xu Jin naturally knows that the people under his command are angry, but with his current status, he can say nothing about this one-third of an acre of land in Leadshan County, but he can't say anything in Nanchang, the most important thing is that he doesn't want to fight for anything now.

As the so-called top-heavy has a shallow foundation, it is easy to hit the street. Xu Jin is currently in this situation, age is secondary, the main thing is that only Xiucai is famous, and mixing society is about seniority, how big the ass is and how big the chair is, otherwise it is easy to be kicked down by people who are red-eyed. Therefore, Xu Jin must keep a low profile at present, and the main task at the moment is to get the fame of the imperial examination and lay a solid foundation. If you want others to respect you, you must first have the strength to be respected.

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The official yamen in Nanchang are concentrated in a street in the north of the city, and the county yamen is naturally no exception. Xu Jin came to Nanchang County with a group of personal soldiers, and the officials and officials who had already received the news were already waiting.

It is said that the chief officer and adjutant of the Nanchang County Ya were all arrested because of the thief, so now the one who took the lead in greeting Xu Jin was an unruly warden, and the others were all small errands, all of whom looked at Xu Jin, the new acting county commander, with a smile.

Xu Jin was naturally not interested in playing the prestige of the county lord in front of these poor creatures, and after asking about the arrangement of some work, he took a group of guards to the three halls behind the county office.

The space behind the three halls was provided for the relatives of the county order to live, but at this time, the family members of the original county order were all arrested and put in the cell, and only some people were left who were called by the envoy, and they knelt on the ground tremblingly when they saw Xu Jin waiting for the dispatch.

Xu Jin looked at the dozen or so subordinates kneeling in front of him, and said with a pleasant face: "Get up, what should you do." ”

All the subordinates secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, it seems that this new county lord has a very kind temper.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper said respectfully: "The master's residence has been cleaned up, do you want to go and see it first?" ”

Xu Jin glanced at the sky, and the sunset was already setting in the west, so he said, "First arrange accommodation for the people under this official, and then get some food." ”

The housekeeper agreed but didn't move, looking like he wanted to speak, Xu Jin's heart moved, and he asked, "If you have something to say, just say it directly!" ”

The housekeeper said with a little embarrassment: "Master, there is still some rice left in the house, but there is no money to buy vegetables." ”

It turned out that the previous county magistrate was raided because of the thief's rebellion, and the money and silver in the family were naturally confiscated. If it weren't for Xu Jin, the new county magistrate, to come, I'm afraid that even these subordinates would be put up for sale and exchanged for money and silver to fill the treasury.

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly, turned back to Erniu behind him and said, "Erniu, get some silver for the housekeeper, Dabao, you will be responsible for managing the accounts in the future!" ”

Dabao used to work with Zhou Heng, the housekeeper of Feifu, so he was literate and knew how to count, and he was happy to say: "Okay! ”

The silver that Xu Jin carries with him has always been managed by Erniu, but this goods are illiterate, let alone calculated, and the financial power will have to be transferred to Dabao in the future.

The loss of Erniu is also a scheming, and he happily gave the burden of silver to Dabao, if he changes to someone else, I am afraid that he will be unhappy.

It is said that Xu Jin is now a "big family", the food, clothing, housing and housing of the eleven pro-soldiers, as well as the monthly military salary, have to be paid out of his own pocket, although he has been hanging the name of the general judgment for more than a month, but he has not even taken a penny, and now he has to support more than a dozen subordinates, and the expenses are naturally even greater.

Fortunately, Xu Jin still has a bit of a family background, last year's black tea business dividends, the dividends of the carriage and horse dealers totaled hundreds of taels, so it can barely be supported, but it will definitely be unbearable for a long time, among them, the military salary of the pro-soldiers is the big head, five taels of silver a month, and eleven people are fifty-five taels.

Therefore, pro-soldiers are not something that ordinary people can afford, and Xu has to find a way to generate income.

Dabao took five taels of silver to the housekeeper, who immediately sent someone to buy the ingredients, and he personally took Xu Jin to see the residence.

The housekeeper took Xu Jin to look at the bedroom and study, and asked cautiously: "The master is still satisfied, if there is anything wrong, let the small ones be cleaned up immediately." ”

Xu Jin is standing in the spacious and tidy study at the moment, this study is very elegantly decorated, and there are a lot of scenes, it can be seen that there are still a lot of antique ornaments here, but they have all been copied, it seems that the magistrate is also a vassal and elegant.

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Well, it's pretty good, but the beds in the bedroom are all replaced by the official, and if you need money, you can get it with Dabao, by the way, what's your name?" ”

The housekeeper accompanied him and said carefully: "The little one's name is Pan Jiang, and he was originally the housekeeper in the house!" ”

Xu Jin waved his hand and said, "Well, you go and get busy, you don't have to wait here." ”

Steward Pan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this master was indeed an easy to serve, and took a few steps back before turning around and walking out.

Xu Jin took out a copy of "Spring and Autumn" from the bookshelf and flipped through a few pages, and then glanced at the books on the shelves that were full of books, which was cheap. The township test will be held in August, and now it is about to be March, and there are still five months to go, so it is time to take the opportunity to sprint and make up for the wasted months.

Therefore, for Xu Jin, sitting on a cold bench also has the benefit of sitting on a cold bench!