Chai Jia followed Wang Shoutian back to Jishui County, and watched Wang Shoutian enter the yamen, but he didn't want to go to the barracks immediately.

The team is positive, from the ninth grade, holding five fires and fifty people, and now there are only two teams in the military camp, and he is the third, and the adults are kind to themselves.

After standing for a while, Chai Jia touched his sleeve, which contained five taels of silver and some broken silver, which Mrs. Wang specially gave after seeing that he was busy.

At this time, I suddenly felt hungry and entered a new hotel.

A shopkeeper was busy, saw him, and said, "Oh, guest officer, what do you want?"

"What's there?"

"The newly opened store, there is no inventory, the newly shipped rice wine is either or, and there is some braised meat. ”

"Come on!" Chai Jia said.

The shopkeeper said loudly: "Done!"

In a moment, he brought some steamed buns, scooped out half a scoop of wine from the barrel, poured a large bowl, and as he spoke, he cut another piece of braised pork and brought it up.

Chai Jia sat alone on the pier, but thought in his heart: "It's time to bring my brother's family over, my brother is a clerk, and he can always be a clerk in the county, maybe he can also be a pawn, hey, my Chai family will prosper." ”

"I became the leader of the team, and several brothers also had to find opportunities to be promoted to be fire chiefs, as well as a few clansmen in the township, who can be good at martial arts, can be invited. ”

Thinking of this, Chai Jia ate it in a big gulp, and decided to go to the barracks after eating, so that the old man would know that he had become an official.

County Yazhong

"The number of worshippers in the Dragon Maiden Temple has increased greatly?" When he got the news, Wang Shoutian was reviewing the household registration in the study.

The previous yellow register of household registration was destroyed in the war, besides, even if it existed, it was useless, this project was in charge of Lai Tongyu, almost all the yellow register of household registration needed to be re-established and organized, this is an extremely huge project, and it was really difficult for Lai Tongyu to be busy alone.

The establishment of the county has not yet been substantiated, the main Bo has been determined to be Xue Yuan, the official Cao has been determined to be Lai Tongyu, Cangcao has been determined to be Lao Xu, and the name Xu Liulang has been determined.

Xu Liulang is Hegui's husband, who has worked in the Wang family all his life, although the Wang family has declined for a while, he has not left, he knows Braille, can do arithmetic, and is honest, although because of his personality and talent, it is unlikely to be promoted in the future, but there is no problem with rewarding Cangcao.

There are also Hu Cao, Fa Cao, and Bing Cao, which can not be built except for Hu Cao, but in order to establish a complete team, Wang Shoutian is ready to build it.

This candidate should be cautious, as for the back office, prison, prison, Chang Ping, Ma Hao, officials, etc., the candidate does not need to be too important.

Just thinking about it, Lai Tongyu replied: "Yes, my lord, didn't it just rain? In the past few days, the people in the whole city have spread all over the city, saying that the dragon girl heard their begging, and the rain that fell, it happened that there were still people asking for things that worked, and the people were able to go, and they all rushed to the Dragon Maiden Temple." ”

Lai Tongyu described the scene to the two of them, Wang Shoutian listened very seriously, laughed, and said: "I really didn't expect that this Dragon Girl Temple has really become a climate." ”

"Well, there have been more people who have been relieving the wasteland recently, and it seems that the power of this god should not be underestimated. Lai Tongyu said with a sigh.

"Yes, people's hearts are also a lot more stable than before, this dragon girl, it's really good. Wang Shoutian said with a smile: "You say, what if there is a river sacrifice by the river in a few days?"

Lai Tongyu's face changed slightly, and he looked up at Wang Shoutian: "What kind of sacrificial method?"

"It's very simple, with five grains, rice wine, fresh fruit as sacrifices, a small amount of sacrifices, only take the top grade, the five grains are selected from the hands of the most industrious and capable people in the farmers, set up incense cases, and we will worship first, and take the people to beg for a bumper harvest of grains in the coming year, the dragon god blesses, and then, pour things into the river ......" Speaking of this, Wang Shoutian said with a chuckle: "To say, the reclamation of wasteland can be carried out so smoothly, we should indeed thank this dragon girl, since she has done things in her name, she should make an appearance to express respect for her!"

"Moreover, in this way, it can also make the farmers feel at ease, after all, Shangguan can sacrifice to the dragon god, which means to encourage nongsang!" Lai Tongyu tapped his finger on the table, and also agreed with Wang Shoutian's proposal.

"Then it will be chosen seven days later, at that time, it is not so busy, and the first batch of sacrifices will be provided by the county government, and a few of the most outstanding farmers in the wasteland will be selected, and they will personally offer sacrifices to the dragon maiden. Wang Shoutian saw that Lai Tongyu also agreed, so he directly finalized the first river sacrifice seven days later.

Seven days later, the river was drawn.

A large group of people, without urging, spontaneously came here early, looking at the endless river in front of them, with awe and hope in their eyes.

It was Wang Shoutian who presided over this sacrificial activity.

Today he is wearing a very formal one, wearing a well-fitting eight-grade official uniform, and the long body that sets him off is jade, and beside him, the people standing, the ranks of military generals headed by He Wulang, Zhang Yi, and Chai Jia.

and the scribes led by Xue Yuan and Lai Tongyu were all dressed solemnly, attracting the attention of the people.

"My lord, are you starting?" Look at the sky, the sun has risen, He Wu came over and asked.

"Let's get started. Wang Shoutian nodded.

"Bring it here!" He Wuchao waved not far away, and several mountain people carrying grains and fresh fruits, as well as a pig and a sheep, had already walked over.

On the incense table, rice wine and incense burners have been placed, and then the grains and fresh fruits are displayed, and the crowd began to have a little commotion, knowing that the river festival is about to begin.

"Ask them to come over. Seeing that everything was ready, Wang Shoutian gave Gan Hou a look.

Gan Hou immediately understood, walked aside, and brought over a few farmers who had been selected to work hard, these people were obviously restrained, and it was enough to make people excited that this sacrifice could take their turn to participate.

Looking at these people restrained, Wang Shoutian smiled slightly, turned around, took the three incense sticks handed over by Gan Hou, lit them, bowed a few times to the surging river, and inserted the incense into the big incense burner.

The peasants came up in turn to worship and offer incense.

In the crowd on the side, many people laughed quietly when they saw their trembling appearance.

Wang Shoutian watched as they stepped forward to offer incense, knelt on the ground, prayed in a whisper, and after they retreated, ordered the sacrifice to be poured into the river.

At this moment, the water that had been rolling in small waves suddenly rose in a strong wind, and the onlookers were dumbfounded when they saw that as soon as those sacrifices entered the river, they were swept into several large whirlpools, and they disappeared in an instant, and they were dumbfounded.

Even Wang Shoutian noticed the abnormality, and when he saw the abnormality on the river, he also muttered in his heart, could it be that there is really a dragon girl in this river?

A moment later, a mountain of cries rang out from the riverbank.

"The dragon god has appeared!"

"The dragon girl has appeared!"

Gan Hou looked at the sudden wind and waves, his mouth opened wide, and some of them were skeptical, but they were also frightened by this scene, and many people fell to their knees, begging the dragon girl for forgiveness.

As if hearing the prayers of the believers, the wind and waves on the river gradually subsided.

Wang Shoutian looked intently, but saw that on the surface of the river, a red and golden breath hovered above, and the smoke was floating, but the clouds were not rising, and the color was a little dim.

Wang Shoutian was surprised, but he didn't think it was too strange, and then announced the end of the sacrifice.

The people who watched today's scene, after going back, couldn't help but add fuel and vinegar to tell others what they saw, and this brought a new round of worship to the dragon girl.

This time the county town festival activity has also attracted the attention of many people in the prefecture.

This is a manifestation of persuading Nongsang, and it also confirms the name of Wang Shoutian's capable officials.

However, in other aspects, so many people gathered on the other side of the river, so the word of the dragon girl's apparition spread, and many people in Fucheng also heard the news of the dragon girl temple in Jishui County, and all kinds of gossip began to spread in the streets and alleys of Fucheng.

In other counties, dragon temples have also begun to be built, and folk sacrifices have become frequent.

A few days later, in the sky, a bright moon was shining with pure light, hanging high there.

A red and golden breath hovered on the surface of the river, gradually flowing with the flow, gradually turning into a hazy shadow, this dragon appeared on the water, and its eyes locked on the shore of Jishui County.

At this time, it was early spring, and the night wind was cold, but it did not affect her in the slightest, as if she was summoned by something, and swam to the shore.

Looking at the city in the distance, it was clear that it had changed its appearance, the brand new city wall and the open farmland in the distance, closed her eyes, felt the breath on her face, she seemed to see the faces of the farmers full of hope...... and the most core place, the smell of incense that has not dissipated for a long time in the Dragon Maiden Temple.

This dragon, just like that, outside the city, looking at it from afar, looking at the city that has gradually gained popularity, as well as the county seat, has rushed out of hundreds of meters of white clouds, looking at it for a moment, it lowered its face, as if thinking of something, and slowly sank into the river.

After a few moments, calm returned to the surface of the Jishui River.

A few days later, Tian Ji took a boat and arrived in Jishui County, but he was accompanied by a Taoist priest.

This Taoist priest is wearing a feather robe, a pair of soap boots under his feet are half-worn, his eyes are dark and blue, he looks forward to the brilliance, gestures, and the pure air is permeated, which makes people forget the vulgar at first sight.

On the deck, there are some melons and fruits, the canopy windows are wide open, some people are making tea in the bow of the boat, and everyone is sipping tea.

The Taoist priest looked at both sides of the river, only to see that the people were busy cultivating the land, and saw that the big waterwheel continued to pour water into the canal, only to see 10,000 acres of fertile land, people coming and going, the Taoist priest watched, and suddenly said to Tian Ji: "This son attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry, irrigation and water conservancy, and pacifies the thieves, kills the general, and there are still some martial arts in civil governance." ”

"Senior brother, although it was said that this son had three years of great luck, but I always felt uneasy, this time the water dragon qi moved early, which also made me frightened, senior brother, what do you think?"

"It is the appearance of the early movement of the water drawing dragon qi, but it is not surprising that the water drawing dragon qi is only the last branch. The Taoist priest said, just said, only to see a fast boat passing by, three oars swinging fast, avoiding, the second boat touched the tail tip, the hull of the boat under two guts, "card" sound, the tea set on the table of the two, suddenly fell to the ground, smashed.

Tian Ji stumbled even more, almost falling into the water.

The two of them suddenly changed color.

This is a bad omen.