Chapter 52: Gold (II)

The people Wang Hongyi is worried about naturally have their own experiences.

It is said that last month, an appointment document was issued by the General's Mansion, and in the afternoon of the same day, the content of the document had been spread among the officials of Wenyang Mansion.

Lai Tongyu, Wang Hongyi's confidant, was assigned to Shunyi County as the county leader.

As we all know, the county is an idle job, is this favored or out of favor?

When parting, Wang Hongyi summoned Lai Tongyu again, but the content of the conversation was not known to outsiders.

Then Lai Tongyu and his entourage got on the boat under Wang Hongyi's eyes.

At the same time, in Shunyi County, there is also an undercurrent surging, this county is located in the upper reaches of the Jishui River, because it is mostly hills, it has always been known for being poor, among the counties of Wenyang Prefecture, only this county is the poorest.

Not only is this place adjacent to other counties, it is often infested, resulting in poor livelihood and sparse population, but also because of its location, it is the most barren in the two counties, and some are mountain people, these mountain people are real mountain people, and they can even be said to be alien.

Fertile land is scarce and there is a lot of wasteland, not to mention for the time being, the successive prefectural commanders are all mediocre or excluded from the area, and during their reign, even if they have talent, it is difficult to display it.

So many reasons came together, making Shunyi County the most inconspicuous small county in Wenyang Prefecture, it is this ordinary small county, Lai Tongyu's trip, in fact, is here for this matter.

The land of Shu is relatively mild, and in October, children digging wild vegetables can be seen everywhere in the fields and mountains.

The children were all dressed in short clothes, and their clothes were washed with some whitish, not so torn that they could not be seen, but they were often patched.

At this time, adults are busy with their work and the livelihood of their families, and children have to go out to find food in order to fill their bellies.

You must know that in the blink of an eye, it is the cold winter season, the snow is heavy, and the eyes are full of barrenness, and I am afraid that even the roots of wild vegetables can not be easily dug up.

Even if there is surplus food at this time, it is necessary to save the food for later use.

In Shunyi County, except for a few wealthy families and children of big clans, the common people eat more vegetable porridge for three meals a day, which saves money and food. It can also relieve satiety, only suffering these children, all of them eat noodles and vegetables, but in order to fill their bellies, they can only continue to dig wild vegetables.

Near the edge of the Jishui River, there are a few children, struggling to dig wild vegetables.

In the afternoon, most of the older children have gone back, only these few are a little younger, and they are always bullied by those older children, so they can dig more wild vegetables in the countryside at this time.

After being busy for a while, seeing that the basket was gradually full of wild vegetables, a few children relaxed and began to gossip while digging.

"Dog, is your father's injury better?" said one of the children, struggling to pull up a wild vegetable.

His name was Gouzi, a boy of about seven or eight years old, who was growing up, but he was very thin and looked sallow.

Compared to the other two children, they look thinner and smaller. A pair of arms, like hemp rods, are scary. The strength is not small, pulling up wild vegetables, roots with soil, a pair of eyes, and the bright spirit.

Hearing his partner ask about this, the dog lowered his head and dug wild vegetables, and said, "It's still like that, but with some food to eat, you will be able to go to the ground after the New Year." ”

"That's fine, otherwise your family will be sick, and you will be sad in the future. ”

"By the way, my father and mother said, when your family harvested, my family was busy, so I went to help your family, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

"Well, my family too, you can rest assured, and when the time comes, I will also go to help your family. ”

The poor child was in charge of the house, and when the dog said this, the other two children immediately rejoiced for their partner. At the same time, they also conveyed the words of their respective fathers and mothers, and slapped their small breasts.

Hearing this, the dog raised his head and smiled at the two partners, but when he lowered his head again, he was a little sad.

The dog's father is now bedridden at home, a man in his thirties, who is very strong-skinned, working in the county stone mines, although he earns a good job on weekdays, he can also support his family.

But at the beginning of the year, there was an accident at the quarry, and several people died at once, and his father was also injured and hit one leg by a falling stone.

Due to the lack of money to seek medical treatment, the wound gradually deteriorated, and now, he can only lie on the collapse and sigh.

If it weren't for this year's harvest, I was afraid that I would be able to survive this year under the condition of illness and hunger, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to say.

With these surplus grains at the bottom, no matter how good it is to recuperate, it may not be possible to get better after the winter, but no matter what, the body is afraid that it will not be able to recover before.

When this was mentioned, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I was still able to say some comforting words before, but I was digging wild vegetables, and the fire in the dog's heart rushed up.

In the end, he couldn't hold back, and scolded on his lips: "I only hate those officials, the mine is an official family, and when such a thing happened, they only used a bag of rice to send it away." My dad had been in bed for months, and he still hadn't gotten to the ground. It's a bunch of bastards who eat people and don't spit out bones."

Although there were two young children on the other side, when they heard this, they still reflexively looked left and right, and when they saw no one, Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and then picked up the words.

"Dog, don't be sad, in this world, people are poor...... However, I heard that the county lord had been dismissed from the official before, and now he has been replaced with a new one, I don't know if he will be a good official this time. ”

"Will a good official come here?" the dog chuckled, very disapproving.

The boy who spoke before seemed to hear something, and said, "I can't say for sure, I heard that the new general is a good officer, and maybe the one he sent is also a good official, right?"

When the dog heard this, he was also a little curious, so he asked the two partners on the side.

"Erga, that new general, is he really a good official, who did you listen to?"

"Of course, it's my distant second uncle, he works in other counties, and he has heard about the new general. The boy named Erga said proudly.

"I don't believe that there will be good officials in this world, saying this, it is better to dig more wild vegetables, and turn around to make vegetable porridge to drink. When the dog heard this, he still didn't believe it, but just retorted.

Erga wanted to say something again, but was suddenly pulled down by the child next to him: "Shh ”

Dog and Erga looked towards the river, but saw a small boat coming to a stop on the shore beside them.

There were several people on board, one horse, and on the bow was a man.

This man is about thirty, his clothes look ordinary, and he has an elegant temperament, but he faintly spreads, even if he is dressed in cloth, it is difficult to hide it, followed by two followers.

The man rode a horse, observing his surroundings all the way, and the more he looked, the more gloomy his face became.

This person is Lai Tongyu, who was sent here by Wang Hongyi to serve as a county magistrate.

Contrary to outsiders' speculation, he came here to serve, not to go on a show, but to shoulder a major mission.

This Shunyi County is located in the upper reaches of the water, although it is a small county, but because it has a golden vein, and in the previous life after Wang Hongyi's defeat, it is famous all over the world.

This vein of gold is not large, but it is almost equal to the open air, hidden in a stone mine, and it only takes a little more digging to see it in the sky.

In his previous life, Li Chengye obtained this mine, so he had the capital to rebel and even unify Shu, and this matter was not known until Wang Hongyi was defeated in his previous life, but it was already too late.

Now that Wang Hongyi has great power, he will not let go of this gold mine, and appoint his henchmen to be officials here, and what he is planning is this gold mine.

However, what Lai Tongyu saw along the way, made him shocked, which is not only explained by the relative poverty of the land, and he couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's a pity that I am only for the county, not for the county order, and I can't interfere with this civil administration, but after the mine, if there is a small merit, I will ask him to serve as the county order, and he will be governed for three years, and he will be the old man of the country."

Shunyi County, the county seat.

In front of the slightly dilapidated county yamen, there are several officials, standing on the stairs, looking towards the city gate.

In the midst of them, there was a man, apparently an officer, who was losing his temper, and the left and right were all replying in a respectful tone.

Pedestrians on the road recognized them and took a detour.

After a while, Ling Fang withdrew his gaze, and then sighed again.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the others hurriedly persuaded him, fearing that this one would be unhappy and spread their anger on them again.

"Zhao Ling, don't be in a hurry, when will the county master come, and he didn't tell our brother a few times, it was too late, and he couldn't blame us. ”

"Yes, Zhao Lingyi, you are too nervous. ”

"What do you know? Now there is no county order in the county yali, the lord has run away, we are the old people here, if the new master is unhappy, we all have to roll up the cover and get out, if we want to continue to mix, we have to please the master," Zhao Lingguan scolded and said.

Listening to Zhao Lingyi's words, the others understood, and their faces were a little anxious.

"Zhao Lingyi, what should our brothers do now?"

"What else can I do with nonsense? continue to wait for me to wait for news, Xiao Liuzi is watching over there, if he comes, he will send someone to tell us." Zhao Lingyi looked at the direction of the city gate, said, wait a while, look at the sky, even Zhao Lingyi was a little discouraged.

"Looking at this situation, I'm afraid that this new old man won't be able to come today, the sun is about to set, and if he comes, he should have arrived. ”

"Yes, if it really arrives, there should be a message from the city gate, but if this news is not reached, I am afraid that it will not arrive today. ”

"In that case, let us go in, and wait for the city gate to-morrow. The other people had been waiting for a long time with sore feet, and they took advantage of the situation to say that they wanted to go inside.

Zhao Lingzhi moved his hands and feet, and he also wanted to follow up.

At this moment, Lai Tongyu stopped them: "Several, please stay." ”

Hearing that someone had stopped them, and that they were not acquaintances, they suddenly stopped and turned their heads at the same time.

Seeing that they were stopped was a scholar, dressed as a scribe, with very bright eyes, behind them, followed by two people, and it seemed that the situation was three masters and servants.

Although he was a little unhappy at this time, this person's popularity made this Zhao Lingguan dare not be careless. Stopping the momentum of a reckless man next to him, Zhao Lingyan smiled and stepped down the next step.

He arched his hand at the other party and said, "I don't know, why did the three of you stop me and wait?"

Although he is from a pungent background, he is not pleasing in appearance, but he is also acceptable in terms of accepting people and things.

Lai Tongyu just smiled and said, "I just want to ask, is this the county office?"

"Isn't it written on this plaque...... Hey, what about this plaque?" I wanted to point to the plaque above and say something, but Zhao Lingyi looked back as he spoke, but frowned.

The plaque that was supposed to hang here is gone.

"Zhao Ling, I'm afraid that there is no master in the county, and this plaque has been taken off for that group of Diao people, right?" Several people also just found out about this, and they were all a little dumbfounded when they saw this.

In the blink of an eye, I thought of who was doing it, it must be that group of Diao people

"If this group of Diao people let me find out who did it, I have to beat them to death" Zhao Lingyi said hatefully, but found that before he finished speaking, the person who had just asked him also stepped up the steps.

With a faint sneer on his face, he crossed him and walked directly into the county office.

Zhao Lingzhi was about to stop it, and suddenly, when he thought of something, he froze there, could this be ...... Zhao Lingyi was the first to react.

To be able to mix with such a status with the body of Bai Ding, his head is not slow.

Zhao Lingzhi hurriedly followed, and as soon as he entered, Lai Tongyu revealed his identity, and it turned out to be the new county lord Lai.

After inspecting the seal letter and documents, Zhao Ling's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"The little one has eyes but no beads, but he didn't recognize you, the little one should be beaten" he said in a humble tone, and he was really ruthless, and when he slapped it, he already saw the red mark.

Lai Tongyu was already sitting on the chair, and when he saw his behavior, he was also a little helpless, and only asked: "There is no need to mention this matter, I heard that you used to be in charge of the stone mine, I only ask you, what do you think of the miners making trouble?"

"The adults and the little ones think that this matter is considered in the long run. Standing with his head down, Zhao Lingzhi said with a respectful face.

Lai Tongyu really didn't see that the person in front of him had this eyesight, and his mind was a little lighter if he wanted to attack immediately, so he just glanced at him and said lightly: "Oh? ”

Zhao Lingyan swallowed his saliva and secretly complained in his heart.

The face of the county lord is like a June day, and he can't see any joy or anger, but this wealth should have been sought from danger and let it go.

Thinking like this, he already said: "My lord, Diao people are hateful and must be severely punished, but the stone mine is under the control of the county, if it is not handled properly, it may cause public anger, even if it is peaceful, there are fewer miners, and it is difficult to do things." ”

"What do you think?" Lai Tongyu looked at the people kneeling in front of him, and said lightly: "Why didn't you settle them well before that?"

Although the tone of his words was light, Zhao Ling's forehead was sweaty, he gritted his teeth, pounced, knelt on the ground, and said: "The little one is guilty, I wanted to settle it before, but I couldn't do anything, the little one is just a person who does things, this one has the idea, but it is not a villain, please also give the villain a chance to make meritorious contributions, as long as you give an order, the little one will definitely handle this matter properly." ”

After speaking, bow your head, bow your head, and wait for the reaction from above.

There was silence, Lai Tongyu didn't react for a long time, Zhao Lingyi knelt on the ground, and Lai Tongyu didn't react until he really had the heart to cry.

"In that case, then I will leave this matter to you...... If you do a good job, you will be rewarded, and if you do a bad job, you don't have to be an order. ”

When Zhao Lingguan heard this, he hesitated and said: "My lord, this resettlement matter, as long as the adult allocates the money, it will be easy to handle, but it is just ...... With all due respect, this stone mine is almost mined, and if it is mined again......"

"You just have to do it, and you don't have to take care of the rest. Lai Tongyu said lightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Lingzhi had no choice but to receive the order.

Seeing Zhao Lingyi walking away, the two people around Lai Tongyu glanced at each other, and one of them couldn't help but ask: "My lord, I checked the details of this county before, this Zhao Lingyi was originally from a bad background, colluded with officials for profit, and ran rampant in the township, why didn't you get rid of him?"

Lai Tongyu lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Don't you look at his skinny background, when it comes to doing things, but he is still available, I am new to the city, and I am rash to change people, I am afraid that it will delay the matter of the main bus substitution." Besides, looking at his words and deeds just now, his ability is not weak, and it is good to leave this matter to him, and if it is not done well, it is not too late to deal with him. ”

Seeing that Lai Tongyu had made up his mind, the two entourages were not good enough to say anything, and responded: "No"