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Before leaving, Xia Nan still had something to do, which was to release Wu Mingjin, the commander of Lingao County. The war has ended, the government has also been beaten honestly, the government will not and cannot come to find trouble for itself in the short term, and the county government will not even dare to let go of a fart. Even if the Wu Daxian Order is released, there will be no threat to him, and the official government will still be retained, at least to help maintain the existing order.

Poor Wu Daxian Ling was placed under house arrest for several months, experienced extremely complicated psychological struggles, had expectations, had despair, heard that the official army had been defeated, simply gave up all thoughts, ate, slept and ate, and lived one day at a time, but never thought that he would be lifted one day.

Walking out of the square inch and returning to the county hall, Wu Mingjin was full of emotion.

I didn't know how to cherish it if I didn't lose it, I only felt that it was too hard to be an official in a remote place like Lingao, and I always thought about how to be promoted or transferred to another place, and I waited until I was under house arrest to have nothing, and then I showed up The majesty and glory of being a county parent official is so precious. To be able to sit back in this position again, even if it is a marionette under the coercion of Xia Nan, it is better than being locked up as a pig who can only eat, drink, and sleep.

He was greeted not only by Wang Xiancheng and Lin Dianshi, who also regained their freedom, but also by Xia Nan and Master Qian Youyu, who had cursed him countless times, he hated Qian Yu more than Xia Nan, and he was powerless to resist the rise of Xia Nan, but he used to trust Qian Yu so much, but he was ruthlessly betrayed by the other party, and the sorrow of being an official is nothing more than this.

After experiencing the change, Wu Mingjin's biggest gain was to learn to forbear, he did not accuse Xia Nan with words, nor did he scold the renegade Master Qian, just sat in his position silently, waiting for Xia Nan to explain to him.

Xia Nan smiled and bowed his hand, as if there had never been anything unpleasant between him and Wu Mingjin, "Congratulations to the county zun for being in good health, Lingao County is a day without the county honor." Haojiao County Zun learned that the Li rebel Huang Mengjia has been pacified by the prefect's yamen, and the Li chaos has been pacified, you can rest easy! ”

Wu Mingjin replied lightly: "It's so good, it's hard work." ”

Wang Xiancheng and Lin Dianshi also figured out the ins and outs of the matter after being placed under house arrest, their arms couldn't twist their thighs, Xia Nan was strong, and the officials and soldiers couldn't help him, as long as he could keep his official position, as long as Xia Nan didn't rebel, he didn't care what he did. Even if he rebelled, there would be a tall man on top when the sky fell, and that was something that the county order, the prefect, and even the governor of Liangguang considered. The two pretended not to know anything, and just stepped forward to congratulate the county lord in turn according to the rules.

Qian Youyu is Wu Mingjin's master, but he betrayed the proprietor, and he couldn't make up his mind to completely fall to Xia Nan, the situation of not relying on both sides made him very embarrassed, he didn't know how to position himself, and the master who lost the trust of the county order was not even a fart, and he was not as good as a small official of the county government.

However, Xia Nan didn't care about his behavior at both ends of the snake and mouse, and still arranged for him to "assist" the county honorable man, so that he had a reason to continue to stay in the county office. He stubbornly congratulated the old proprietor.

Wu Mingjin looked at him, then at Xia Nan, and understood that this was a nail buried beside him, and he couldn't refuse yet. He raised his head, looked at the beams of the house, and let out a mum from his nostrils, which was regarded as a response to Master Qian.

The expressions of the two of them are in full view of Xia Nan, this situation is exactly what he wants, although the county government does not pose a threat, but if he wants Wu Mingjin to be obedient, it is a necessary means to install people, Qian Youyu, as a staff member who has betrayed the old master, it is impossible to wear the same pants as Wu Mingjin, and at the same time he knows the old master well, so he is the best candidate.

Qian Youyu pretended not to see the hostility of the county magistrate, and respectfully put a booklet on the ground, and reported the most important matter of the county government recently: "Your lord, the summer tax has been collected: according to the regulations, the county should pay 7,000 stone of grain, 2,280 taels of cash silver, and 2,900 stone of brown rice, which is equivalent to a total of 4,400 stone of brown rice, and 2,600 stone in arrears. ”

Most of the tasks of Xia Tax have been completed, and only more than 2,000 stone of grain are owed, which is much better than in previous years, of course, there is a credit to Xia Nan.

Hearing this, Wu Mingjin's mood perked. In any case, he is still the county magistrate of Lingao County, and the black gauze hat on his head is still there, and it is a gratifying thing to be able to basically complete the summer tax. As long as the south does not tear his face in the summer, completes the collection and payment of summer taxes and even autumn grain, and then puts the credit for pacifying the "Li Chaos" on his face, and he can't run away with an excellent grade in the year-end performance appraisal, maybe he can still get a chance to be transferred to a wealthy prefecture and county.

Speaking of this, it seemed that it was important to endure humiliation, Wu Mingjin straightened up and said, "Continue to report." ”

Since the county is willing to listen, Qian Youyu will report other trivial things one by one, Xia Nan is impatient to listen, so he quit, the situation of the two faces and hearts has been cast, just wait for the two of them to slowly fight openly and secretly, so that it is more conducive to their own control of the county government.

After arranging all the things, Xia Nan was ready to go to Shandong.

According to the rules of the last trip to Guangzhou, Lin Weiye sat in Lingao, each factory was performed by everyone, the escort team was in charge of Huang Hansheng, Huang Mengjia assisted, and Yang Youji followed Xia Nan to take on the role of guard. After the arrangements were made, Xia Nan was ready to board the ship and set off.

This time it will take longer than the trip to Guangzhou, Lin Weiye and Sima De and other subordinates came to see them off, and Maria, Chunlan and Xia He also came to the dock to say goodbye.

Maria is very open to Xia Nan's going to sea, Britain is an island country, and it is common for men to go to sea, and the frequency of going to sea is often proportional to the increase in wealth. She hugged Xia Nan and just told her to be careful when she went out.

Chunlan and Xia He are different, the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea, except for maritime merchants and pirates, very few people go to sea, going to sea means risk, and even death. The two of them were even more flustered than when they sent him to the foot mountain last time, this sea is vast, in case there are three long and two short, and even the bones cannot be found.

Xia He has become a freshly baked young woman from an ignorant and ignorant simple girl, she has never been carefree and has more worries in her heart, she is already a member of the Xia family, and death is also a ghost of the Xia family.

Because of the accident, and Xia Nan has been very busy recently, and she has no time to be lucky, Chunlan has never become the master's woman. Seeing Xia He hugging the old man openly and complaining, he was so envious in his heart, he was still a maid, so he didn't dare to hug the master in public. This time I went to sea, in case something happened to the master, I would never be able to enter the door of the Xia family, thinking about it, I felt that my life was bitter, sorrow came from it, and tears came out of my eyes. To be continued.

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