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Chapter 011

In his free days, in addition to familiarizing himself with the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and reorganizing the case files, he also led his entourage on secret visits to collect polls and prepare for what might happen in the future.

However, productivity was low in ancient times, and coupled with the poverty of Yingping County, all the people could do day after day were some sparse and ordinary life chores, and they couldn't figure out why. All he could write and do was go back and forth.

In his mind, he only had one general direction for Ping County's future planning, such as controlling floods, preventing epidemics, and accepting refugees to open up wasteland. However, aside from these, he had no idea how to improve people's livelihood.

Once when he woke up from the heat in the middle of the night, Lu Jiu'an put on his coat and went out. As soon as he stepped out, Lu Qi's voice rang out: "Sir, what happened?"

Lu Jiu'an turned around to look at him and saw that he had sleepy eyes and a He covered his mouth with his hand and yawned silently. Without answering, he asked, "Why did you wake up?"

"Well, I heard a sound..."

"My hands and feet were so light that I woke you up." Lu Jiuan He pressed his forehead and said, "It's a bit hot. I can't sleep. Get up

and get some fresh air." "Sir, please wait." Lu Qi ran back to the next room, and soon ran out with a cattail leaf fan and moved him towards him with one hand. Someone in the room said, "My lord, go to sleep. I'll fan you for a while."

Lu Jiu'an resisted several times, but couldn't resist him, so he let him go.

The summer in Yingping was humid and hot even at night, and it was not pleasant. He could feel the cool breeze blowing from the cattail leaf fans in his ears. He sighed comfortably: "Lu Qi, you are really my little cotton-padded jacket. Oh no, the little cotton-padded jacket is too cute." It's hot, so let's use a small fan."

Lu Qi didn't care about the teasing in his words. He seriously pulled Lu Jiu'an's disheveled hair back and closed the window, leaving only a gap: " "Sir, no matter how hot it is, you can't open the windows all the way. It's easy for wind and diseases to enter your body."

Lu Jiu'an: "..." Little housekeeper.

Lu Qi frowned while fanning himself. He was obviously hesitant to speak. After much hesitation, he finally chose to ask: "My lord, you have been so worried these days. What are you worried about?"

Lu Jiu'an: "You are really perceptive, lord." I feel like I have exhausted my talents."

Lu Qi suddenly withdrew his fanning hand and said, "Who said that you have learned a lot and are rich in knowledge? It must be those people who are hardworking on the road who are jealous of you, sir. Don't listen to those people. "You are belittling yourself!"

Lu Jiu'an shook his head: "No one is belittling me. It's because I can't write a plan. This is what I should be proud of. Now I don't know what to write. My head is empty and I have no material." "

Lu Qi has been following Lu Jiu'an for so long, and he has become very familiar with the plans he mentioned, and occasionally he can write a decent plan himself.

Lu Qi didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. He lowered his head and thought hard. In the silent night, there were only the chirping of insects and frogs.

Lu Jiu'an looked at his anxious look and chuckled. According to modern terms, this little carrot head must be a loyal fan of Lu Jiu'an.

He took Lu Qi's fan and hurried him to the next room: "Okay, give me a little fan service. I feel comfortable all over. Now you want to sleep, please don't disturb me."

After Lu Qi left, , he sat on the bed and waited quietly for a while, listening patiently to the sounds next door. Lu Qi did not fall asleep immediately after returning to the room, and was still mumbling to himself in annoyance, accompanied by the slight sound of clinking teapots and cups from time to time. After a while, all the sounds gradually stopped. Lu Qi climbed onto the bed, and his breathing slowly calmed down.

Lu Jiuan quietly opened the door.

He had a clear direction and walked all the way to the study. The moon shed a gentle light like water, and Lu Jiu'an felt that he had just reached the ugly moment.

He didn't understand why he wanted to go to the study on a whim in the middle of the night. In the past few days, he had been confused and anxious because of the unclear future. The lack of inspiration made him always feel that something was missing, and he was eager to get out of this bottleneck period.

It would be great if he had a computer, which contains all the files and materials he has collected throughout his career.

Generally, the study room of the county government office belongs to the office of the county magistrate. It is located on the left side of the central axis of the county government office, next to the front hall. The county magistrate's residence is his living residence, located on the right side of the central axis. Office space and living space are clearly separated.

Since Lu Jiu'an took office, because he has inherited the work schedule of modern society where 996 occasionally has to work overtime all night, he ordered someone to open an empty room in the courtyard and transform it into a private study.

Lu Jiuan and Yuan Shen have similar interests and are both people who are thirsty for books. In addition to tables, chairs and benches, his private study room is filled with a large number of bookshelves. The bookshelves are filled with a dazzling array of books. It is even more exquisite than the original study room of the county government office. a bit.

One day, he had a sudden idea and imitated a scholar and named his study room, but the name seemed a bit nondescript - My Countryside.

Taken from Dongpo layman's poem "This peaceful place is my hometown."

From the living room to the bedroom, you have to pass through a quiet corridor. As soon as Lu Jiu'an walked out, he saw the lights of my hometown in the distance.

This light does not look like a candle, it seems...

as if there is a huge electric light in the house!

Lu Jiuan's heartbeat was beating against his chest like a drum.

He approached in disbelief. The light did not jump or go out, but was waiting for him quietly.

Under his hand is a wooden door panel that has just been repaired. It is hard in texture. The vermilion door is carved with hollow patterns of flowers and birds, and is covered with a thin layer of oil paper.

Lu Jiu'an couldn't help but swallowed, and pushed the door open with force.

The light from inside the house hits you, the light is soft and not dazzling.

It's not my hometown, but the scene in front of him in this small area at this moment is more familiar.

There is a computer on the desk, and a color printer is connected next to it. The desk is still the same as when he left it on the last day, with various information books piled messily.

In front of the calm and unique coffee-colored counter, there is a light brown coffee table. There is also a coffee cup on the coffee table that has not been cleaned after brewing.

A European-style retro chandelier with a crystal pendant hangs from the ceiling, exuding a light yellow halo.

Art director Lu Jiuan's office!

When the office was renovated, I asked for his opinion and made some modifications according to his preferences.

All this seems like an illusory dream.

Speaking of dreams, Lu Jiu'an remembered that he had indeed had such a dream on the carriage on the way back. He didn't take it seriously at the time. On the one hand, he thought it was caused by his homesickness, plus various events that happened one after another. All kinds of things were quickly forgotten.

So what now? Is it also a dream? In fact, after Lu Qi left, he also went to bed and didn't get up and come to the study?

Lu Jiu'an stared straight at the chandelier on the ceiling. After a while, he felt that his vision was blurred and his eyes stung. It was not a dream.

"Ding!" The computer suddenly rang, and the sound of starting up was heard, interrupting Lu Jiuan's thoughts.

After turning on the computer, several folders were displayed on the desktop, which were exactly the same as the ones he saw in his last dream. Looking at the names of medical, science, education, etc. marked on the folders, Lu Jiuan had an incredible idea in his head!

Could this office be the portable space often mentioned in online novels, a golden finger given to him by God?

Lu Jiu'an opened one of the folders on the desktop with trembling hands. When he was about to open a specific document, he didn't have enough energy to unlock the computer.

What is energy all about? As soon as he thought about it in his head, a dense text appeared on the computer, explaining his doubts in time.

Energy is generated by faith.

As the magistrate of Yingping County, Lu Jiu'an usually has a large policy or a small order, which will have a moderate impact on the people. If the people have positive emotions such as gratitude and love for him, it will be transformed into faith. .

Last time he opened a file in his dream, which should have been obtained by providing food to the people who had been unable to have enough food and clothing for a long time.

There is an energy slot on the file, which indicates the specific value required to unlock the file. A power icon lights up in the upper right corner of the computer desktop, showing the energy he currently possesses.

Different files require different amounts of energy, but he noticed that one of the video files did not have an energy mark. He tried double-clicking the mouse and it opened.

As soon as he saw the title of the video, Lu Jiuan remembered that this was the trailer for the first episode of the historical treasure program.

The first phase of Historical Treasures has a total of 12 episodes. Each episode corresponds to a theme. At that time, there was no way to broadcast and film at the same time. It was the first time for the program team to make this type of variety show. In order to attract more people, they selected the exciting ones among the 12 themes. The clips were edited together to create a 5-minute trailer.

This trailer was very successful and caused a great response once it was aired.

Since this program is co-operated by Yang Ma, the concept has certainly been raised to a different level. The trailer is full of sages and masterpieces with noble moral character and high aspirations for the world, which just forms a clear contrast with the current bad trend of chasing fame and wealth. contrast.

Anyway, after the trailer was aired, in addition to the comments below asking for it to be aired, some people were so moved that they burst into tears.

Watching this trailer now, Lu Jiuan suddenly felt like he had an enlightenment.

He was like a tiny speck of dust in the universe, blown by a sudden strong wind into another part of history. Thousands of years later, the green mountains and green waters remained the same, but the romantic figures turned into withered bones.

Morning bacteria don't know the new moon, crickets don't know the spring and autumn, and the tiny dust only lasts for a moment, but the name and history can last forever.

He felt that he should also imitate the sages and do something in his life, not only benefiting others but also achieving his own achievements.

Now he is the county magistrate, and he may be the prefect in the future. He will be promoted to a higher position and hold the power to govern and benevolent.

Is there anything more perfect than this?

He had racked his brains and was unable to write a plan, and what he had learned could not be put to good use, because the purpose was too superficial and did not really have the people in mind.

After caring about the people, you will naturally know what they need, want, and what you can do to benefit the people.

Unexpectedly, he still has this computer full of wisdom from his predecessors. These lost treasures will remind him what to do when he is confused.

Thinking back on what I had thought and seen tonight, all the anxiety and worry I felt before disappeared.

Lu Jiu'an walked around the office excitedly, trying to flip through the paper books on the table and check the ornaments on the display racks. However, when he reached out to those items, he was blocked by a weak aperture, and then those items An energy progress bar also appears on the screen.

A solar flashlight, a printer, a wall clock...

and a watch. He vaguely remembered that he was in a hurry after work that day and accidentally left it on the desk in the office. But now it is gone. Did he remember it wrong?

The objects in the office were covered with a protective film, prohibiting him from touching them. It turned out that these things needed to be used, and they also needed to be unlocked with energy.

Really stingy...

It seems like he has to work hard to collect faith and earn energy.

The light blue sofa was no longer needed, so he just sat on the floor in the office. After a while, he watched the office change little by little, gradually revealing the original appearance of my hometown.

But as long as he thought about it for a moment, the study turned back into that office.

This place of peace of mind is my hometown, and my dreams are longer at night. Well, it's so good.

Chapter 012

It has been more than a month since the construction of Mojin River started, and on-site measures for flood prevention and disaster control have begun to take shape.

Seeing Mo Jinhe's new look, hundreds of grown men had mixed feelings. Just like an old father who worked hard, he transformed his crooked son into a young man with outstanding grace and appearance.

Everyone felt a sense of accomplishment when they thought that this son would feed his old father in return and divert water from the Nu River to all corners of the country, so that they could avoid the trouble of floods.

As the captain, Qiu Jiang has led the team to achieve first-class results four times. The rewards and rewards alone have made the team fully satisfied.

If nothing else goes wrong, today's Class A will also be captured by them.

Qiu Jiang put on his sweat towel and sighed with his teammates: "Do you know? A month ago, I was ready to take my wife and children to flee. Who would have thought that things would turn around again? What do you think, is this thief? You're playing tricks on me."

The teammate joked with a smile: "You just got the advantage and behaved well. I couldn't even think about having hope for this kind of life before."

There was a bicycle frame parked under the big banyan tree in the distance. The car curtains were tightly covered as always, and Qiu Jiang never saw the owner of the car show his face. Occasionally, a clerk came forward to ask for instructions. Qiu Jiang guessed that the person sitting inside should be the legendary county magistrate.

In the boiler on the side, Gululu is brewing a decoction to prevent heatstroke. The accompanying doctor is bandaging the wound of a wounded person. The young man carrying the stone is sweating profusely with a smile on his face. Everyone on the scene is performing their duties and is in an orderly manner.

Everything is moving in the right direction, everyone has seen the dawn of new life, and the people no longer complain. And these were all brought by the new county magistrate, and Qiu Jiang felt a warm current in his heart.

He loves such a common people's father-in-law and is willing to use his meager strength to support him.

The teammate next to him pushed with his elbow: "Don't be in a daze, captain, we have to win a first-class title today and go back."

Qiu Jiang laughed, causing the beard on his face to tremble, and he vigorously moved the basket full of broken soil. Throwing it on his back: "That's natural. Fortunately, I was wise at the time and invited two brothers, Han Zhi and Geng Qing, to come in."

The team has repeatedly won the first place, and these two people have contributed a lot.

When the results were announced in the afternoon and the food was calculated, the first class fell to Qiu Jiang's team without any suspense. Everyone had become accustomed to it. For such results that could not be caught up even if they were flattered, everyone had accepted the power disparity with peace of mind.

The owner of the carriage still didn't come out. After the results were announced, the carriage started quietly and drove into the jungle from the path on one side, and soon disappeared.

The working men shared the joy of harvest, but Lu Jiuan and his party were worried. The carriages frequently traveled on the muddy road, and they finally died today.

Liang Ding checked it out and shook his head: "The axle is broken and cannot be used. We can only replace it with a new one."

"Sir," Fu Wenxin, who went to explore the road, said, "it rained heavily last night and there was water on the road ahead. It's time to change the route. "

It's true that misfortunes never come singly. Lu Jiu'an thought for a moment and decided: "It's far away from the county government. It's dark when we go back, and it's difficult to walk at night. Let's find a farmhouse for the night."

The frame was unloaded. It was covered in dense vines, and Jiang Yu took the lead on horseback to find a resting place. There was no village in front of the mountain and no store in the back. After waiting for half an hour, Jiang Yu returned in a hurry.

Several people followed Jiang You around and came to a dilapidated house. There was a fence around the house, and some unsightly vegetables were planted inside. The smoke curled up from the kitchen, adding some fireworks to the empty sunset. gas.

Lu Qi looked at the smoke with a proud look on his face: "Since the Lord came, ordinary people can afford to eat."

Lu Jiu'an felt uncomfortable in his heart: "When did affording food become a luxury? "

Leave aside the 21st century, just looking at Lu Jiu'an's memories of more than ten years, he has never heard of places still worrying about food and clothing.

More than 60 years have passed since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After three generations of emperors, by this generation, it can be said that the country is peaceful and the people are safe. The emperor at that time was virtuous and virtuous, worked hard to govern, made clear rewards and punishments, and managed the country in an orderly manner. It would have been unimaginable that in some unknown places, there were still people living in such dire straits.

From ancient times to the present, no matter how bright and beautiful the place is, it still harbors dirt.

Lu Qi listened to Lu Jiu'an's words, and the smile slowly solidified on his face. Lu Jiu'an patted his head: "Sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have said this. How old are you? This is not something you should worry about."

Lu Qi He raised his head and said, "Lu Qi is worried about you, sir."

Lu Jiu said happily, "Then I'm very happy now. I'll put away your bitter face, so that I won't have a place to sleep tonight, sir."

Not long after Jiang Yukou rang the door, An old voice came from inside: "Who is it? Come on."

The door opened, revealing an old face. Lu Jiu'an did not expect that the person he was looking for everywhere turned out to be Yang, who he had met once before. Old man, Yang Miaomiao stood at the old man's feet, her face rounder than when they first met. When she saw Lu Jiu'an, her eyes lit up: "Brother Immortal!"

Old Man Yang grinned at the corner of his mouth: " It's you, young man, why did you come here tonight?"

"Old man Yang, I'm sorry." Lu Qi explained to him the unfortunate things he encountered on the road, with a look of helplessness on his face: "I only found you in this wilderness. This family wants to stay for the night. We six grown men can just squeeze into one room. We just want to have a place to stay."

As he said this, he took out some broken silver from his pocket and wanted to offer it.

Old Man Yang refused, waved his hands repeatedly, and without stopping, guided them into the house: "The house is in ruins, so don't despise it for future generations."

The most excited person here was undoubtedly Yang Miaomiao. Hearing that they were going to stay here, he excitedly He kept tugging on Lu Jiu'an's sleeve: "Brother Immortal, at that time you said we would meet soon. I go to Horntree Bridge every day and never see you."

Horntree Bridge was the place where they parted first, and later Lu Jiuan Jiu'an and his party had never walked down that road, so it was no wonder that Yang Miaomiao couldn't wait for anyone.

Lu Jiu'an's face turned slightly red, and his heart was filled with guilt. He indeed forgot about this matter. He said casually at that time, but he didn't expect it to be remembered by the children for so long: "It's my brother's fault. I have been too busy recently. I will continue to tell you stories later as compensation."

There was a young man in the cookhouse. The person asked: "Dad, what happened?"

"It's okay, it's okay, a noble person is visiting."

There was a loud crackle in the house, and then two figures slowly walked out.

Lu Jiu'an took a closer look, oh, there were two acquaintances again. They were none other than the seeded players in the Hedao team, Yang Gengqing and Han Zhi. When the names on the roster were specifically circled with a red pen, Jiang Yu once asked "his own people" in the team to follow them, but he ignored them because he found no abnormalities.

Lu Jiu'an didn't know who he was, so Old Yang introduced the visitor: "This is Yang Gengqing, our youngest son, and this is my distant nephew, Han Zhi."

Yang Gengqing nodded with him, and Han Zhi saw Lu Jiu'an, and he was very subtle. The ground was stunned for a moment, his expression was unexamined.

Lu Jiuan was polite enough: "Brothers, excuse me." Then he repeated what he had just said to Old Man Yang.

Han Zhi stared at him without saying a word. After a while, he quietly turned his eyes to Jiang Yu.

As soon as Jiang Yufu received his gaze, like a cat seeing a leopard, an alarm went off in his head.

He felt like his scalp was exploding, his hair stood on end, and his whole body was instantly ready for action.

Han Zhi still had no expression and remained silent.

Even Lu Jiu'an noticed the tense atmosphere between the two. He didn't know why, and lightly touched Jiang Yu's arm with his hand, signaling him not to act rashly.

"I'll get some water for you guys." Yang Gengqing broke the silence at the scene. He turned around and returned, followed closely by Han Zhi.

As soon as Han Zhi left, Jiang Yu felt that the string that was tightening on him suddenly relaxed.

Old man Yang was completely unaware and said with a smile: "Haha, my nephew doesn't like to talk."

Lu Jiu'an asked Jiang Yu quietly: "What happened just now?"

Jiang Yu said with lingering fear: "This man is very dangerous."

"How dangerous? "

I don't know," Jiang Yu frowned, "When I looked into his eyes at close range, I felt like I was in a sea of ​​blood. He was stabbing me in the head with a spear, and I couldn't resist.

" ? ?

Lu Jiu'an couldn't understand. Jiang Yu was not the only one who looked at Han Zhi just now. Why didn't he feel this way?

Sure enough, is it true that martial arts practitioners only have this kind of radar sensitivity to each other?

After getting along with him these days, he probably has an idea of ​​Jiang Yu's abilities. Jiang Yu feels inferior even though he has never fought against him. What is the identity of the other party?

Lu Jiuan and others took the water poured by the other party. The water container was an old pottery bowl with rough workmanship and cracks on the edge of the bowl.

Yang Gengqing poured the water and left, saying that he was preparing for dinner in the evening. Unlike ordinary young people who were talkative, Han Zhi had not come out since he returned to the house just now.

But he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt like a line of sight was following him like a shadow, making him feel like a light on his back, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Old Man Yang asked: "Have the young men had dinner?"

"Not yet."

"Then I'll ask Geng Qing to prepare more."

"No, Old Uncle Yang," Lu Jiu'an stretched out his hand to stop him, "We brought some Food, eat less at night, it won't be a problem."

Yang Miaomiao also enthusiastically invited him: "Brother Immortal, just eat with us. Grandpa said that since this kind magistrate came, we are now. There's no need to go hungry, uncle and uncle also caught a big rat tonight." Old

man Yang corrected: "It's not a big rat, it's a deer. How many times have I told you, can't you tell the difference between a mouse and a deer?"

There seemed to be a switch on his body. As long as someone praised Lu Jiu'an, he would be honored and even discuss it endlessly with him. Seeing that he could hardly contain his proud look, Lu Jiu'an was afraid that he would spill the beans and reveal his identity, so he hurriedly said before he spoke: "I also heard about the county magistrate's recruitment of workers to repair the river."

Old man Yang said: "My family farmed Qing Gan is a good worker and has great strength. As soon as he heard about such a good thing, Lao Sheng asked him to register on the same day. Originally, I didn't want my nephew to go, but I heard that it can control floods and can also help. I went with Geng Qing to get the food."

Lu Jiu'an and Old Man Yang were sitting in the yard chatting about home affairs, but they didn't know that someone was "making comments" in front of him in the dark room separated by the wall.

"I'm a good boy." When did Yingping County have such a noble person?"

Chapter 013

"Dear me, when did Yingping County have such a noble person?" Mu Xiaohou Ye sighed while shaking his folding fan.

He hid in the dark and tried to stretch his neck so that he could see the people in the yard more clearly. His appearance was naturally quite beautiful, but he had seen many handsome men and beautiful women. What really made his eyes shine was that The nobility that cannot be concealed in a person's gestures.

"County magistrate." Han Zhi spoke concisely and to the point.

"County magistrate? Tan Hua Lang?" Mu Xiaohouye raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah."

"That's no wonder," Mu Xiaohouye muttered, "It was spread all over southern Shanxi that Jinke's exploration of flowers was so beautiful and noble, but I missed it."

Han Zhi frowned: "What did I miss? "

You don't understand." The young Marquis showed a malicious smile.

Han Zhi straightened his mouth, and Mu Xiaohou immediately folded his fan and put away his playful and carefree look.

Han Zhi asked: "I haven't seen you all day these days. What are you doing here now?"

"Of course I'm going to visit the mountains and rivers. Not to mention, although Jiangzhou is a bit poorer, the scenery is quite different from ours in southern Shanxi. , If I don't go out, why should I follow you two..." After saying this, the young Marquis pointed to their muddy trousers with disgust, "I will follow you two all day long. Are you dealing with some mud?"

Han Zhi turned his head and stopped looking at him: "Go out, don't stay here tonight."

The little Marquis immediately jumped three feet high, thinking that he was still thinking about the answer just now: "No, Han. Second, you are the one who has a small temper and a big temper, right? You are an elm lump who has been in the military camp for many years and does not understand the romance. Even if I explain it to you, I can't explain it clearly. I tell you, even if you have someone to support you. , I won't be afraid of you! You are the only one who can drive guests out of the house in the middle of the night."

Yang Gengqing looked at her nose, nose and heart, and said quietly: "General, you don't need anyone else to support you, you are so impressive. His famous military exploits are his greatest strength. "

Han Zhi: "Do you want people outside to see that a noble prince appears here at such an inappropriate time? Or do you want to come here because you don't feel comfortable living in the house in the forest? "Is this crowded?"

"Han Zhi, you are too bullying!"

Han Zhi turned a deaf ear to his words.

Mu Xiaohou Ye was so angry that he gritted his teeth. After a while, he suddenly smiled: "Comfortable? How can the county magistrate's official residence be so comfortable?"

After leaving a sentence with unclear meaning, the young Marquis returned to his calm and calm appearance. Quietly left through the side door.

Lu Jiu'an declined repeatedly, but still did not dissipate the warm hospitality of the Yang family. Five or six grown men crowded into the main room together. The room was not large, and it seemed even more cramped with so many people gathered together.

Yang Gengqing thought for a while, moved a flat rock and placed it in the yard. Hot soup was cooking on the newly built simple stove in the corner. In this way, the dining area was stacked from the inside of the house to the dark night.

Yang Gengqing fried a few side dishes, but Han Zhi used a special processing method to make the deer look like barbecue.

I am used to eating the dishes cooked by the cooks in the government office. Occasionally sitting in this mountain stream and tasting the taste of the country suddenly makes me feel like I have been in a cage for a long time and have returned to nature.

"It's a simple meal, don't dislike it."

Lu Jiu'an and the others rarely eat these game meats, but they are eating them with gusto now, especially since Lu Qi is growing and has already added two bowls of rice.

Lu Jiu'an estimated that this meal could last the Yang family for two days.

Old man Yang said again: "The house is too remote. There are few people here usually,

and there is no smell of people." Lu Jiu'an: "It's just right, there is no noise of cars and horses."

Yang Miaomiao kept silent and hurriedly finished digging the bowl. After the meal, he couldn't help but ran to Lu Jiu'an: "Brother Immortal, continue to tell me about the little monkey."

Yang Gengqing scolded him: "Miao Miao, the guests are still eating, so don't be rude."

The little uncle said with a look on his face It was quite scary when he was straight. When Yang Miaomiao was scolded by him, he lowered his head and retracted his hand.

Lu Jiu'an comforted the children in a good-tempered way: "Nothing, I just happened to be full. Let's continue telling stories."

In fact, Lu Jiu'an didn't remember the content of Journey to the West very clearly, so he could only pick up some exciting and memorable fragments. Let's talk.

Lu Jiu'an's voice is like running water hitting a stone. He talks in an ups and downs tone. He also deliberately talks about the sudden turns in the plot, making people unable to help but get involved in the sense of picture he created.

In addition, Journey to the West itself is a fantasy novel, so exciting that even Yang Gengqing and Han Zhi were attracted by his story.

When Lu Jiuan talked about the scene where Sun Wukong defeated the Bone Demon three times, Yang Miaomiao had tears in his eyes: "Sun Wukong has been protecting his master, and Tang Monk wants to drive him away. How sad he must be."

He saw it when he was a child . When I was here, I also defended Sun Wukong, and I especially understood the mood of the children.

"So seeing may not be believing." He put his fingertips against the child's chest: "Miao Miao must feel with her heart in the future, and she must think twice before doing something that makes people sad. A good man's words are warm in winter, but bad words hurt others. " Jiu Liuhan."

"I understand." Yang Miaomiao nodded in understanding, "If the soldier beats away the bad guy, but the old woman is afraid of him because of the way he beats him, and she hits him with a stone, then the soldier will definitely beat him." Very sad."

Yang Miaomiao's out-of-the-box thinking surprised him, but he didn't expect him to think so far: "Situations like this are rare. Soldiers stick to the border and protect the people, but most people won't do this."

Han Zhi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked: "Master Lu, what do you think of soldiers?"

Lu Jiu'an has always had high admiration for soldiers. In his heart, the people's peaceful and stable life is the result of generals dying in hundreds of battles. It takes ten years for a strong man to return.

He turned to look at Han Zhi, his voice was strong and powerful, as if he was not only answering him, but also warning Lu Qi and others: "A nation, a country, every inch of its land and every ounce of peace are the sacrifices of the battlefield." The flag is forged by the sacrifice of one's head and blood during the long journey. If the people of a country are flesh and blood, then the soldiers are the backbone. Without the support of the backbone, how can the flesh and blood continue

? ." Lu Jiu'an recognized this sentence from the bottom of his heart, and sometimes he would burst into tears when he saw it on the short video, "We should chase those who fight for you with justice."

Lu Jiu'an said . What he said shocked everyone present. They looked at Lu Jiu'an blankly, thousands of thoughts came to their minds, and they didn't know how to react. After a while, Fu Wenxin knocked over the dishes and chopsticks on the table, "Ta!" Like a drop of hot oil splashing on the ice, the thin ice layer cracked like a spider web.

Lu Jiu'an saw that at that moment, Han Zhi's eyes seemed to emit a hot light, slowly sliding over his skin inch by inch.

Han Zhi swallowed his throat inexplicably, and his voice was dark and hoarse: "In your opinion, how should we deal with the relationship between soldiers and civilians?"

"The relationship between warriors and civilians should be like the relationship between fish and water."

Han Zhi said He stopped talking and returned to his usual expressionless face, as if he wasn't the one who was so excited and uncontrollable just now, but Lu Jiu'an clearly felt that Han Zhi looked at him differently.

Lu Jiu'an couldn't tell exactly what was different. He always felt that his eyes were mixed with honey and wrapped in silk, dense and sticky.

Although the meal was not a sumptuous one, it was enjoyed by all the guests. Yang Miaomiao felt sleepy after listening to Journey to the West for a while. Lu Jiuan sent the Fu brothers to wash dishes and cook pots while the others stayed to tidy up the room.

"There is only one vacant room." Old Man Yang bent his back and lit an oil lamp for them, with a hint of embarrassment in his tone. "And the window in that room is also broken. How about some of you go to Laosheng's room to sleep?" Let's go to my nephew's room and squeeze in."

Old man Yang wanted to give up the main room and sleep in the wing. Of course, Lu Jiu'an refused. This is no different from occupying a magpie's nest.

"Old man Yang, it's just one night. It happened to be hot, so we made a bunk on the ground and went there."

He couldn't help but help old man Yang out: "Old man, you guys should go to bed early. I've disturbed you too much today."

Jiang Yu and the others laid out the floor. After bringing hay from the woodshed, there was a knock on the door. Lu Qi opened the door and saw Han Zhi holding a stack of thin quilts.

"You keep this covered at night because the mountains are heavy with dew." He handed the quilt in his hand to Lu Qi.

Lu Qi took it, but Han Zhi did not leave. Instead, he looked at Lu Jiu'an and said, "I can squeeze one more person into my bed. Mr. Lu, come and sleep with me for the night."

Chapter 014

Lu Jiuan was drinking water. Hearing this, he swallowed a large mouthful of liquid, which made him cough repeatedly.

He looked at Han Zhi in bewilderment, without even having time to wipe his saliva, with an embarrassed look on his face: "No, thank you Brother Han for your kindness. We have already decided. Lu Qi and I will sleep on the bed, and they will make the floor."

"Well, we It's okay for a few rough guys to sleep on the ground." Jiang Yu said.

"That bed is too narrow. It's hard for two people to turn over."

The bed in this house is indeed very narrow. If you don't turn over, the person lying outside will fall out of the bed until midnight.

Han Zhiwu looked at him with his heavy eyes, and Lu Jiuan was helpless by him, so he agreed bravely.

Han Zhi lit the oil lamp and walked in front. The wind blew and the lamp flickered, and the long shadow cast on the ground also swayed back and forth, looming.

Han Zhi's shoulders were broad, his back straight blocked the incoming wind, and his legs were slender and strong...

Lu Jiuan suddenly came to his senses, and the villain in his heart slapped himself hard twice: It's okay Why are you secretly looking at this man's figure?

Arriving at Han Zhi's room, Lu Jiuan discovered that the bed in this room was actually not much wider than theirs, and he immediately felt like he had been cheated.

Han Zhi closed the door with a "click", which completely stopped his thoughts of running away.

Han Zhi didn't know where he came from, and being alone with him made him feel nervous for no reason.

Han Zhi walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, raising his head and looking up at Lu Jiu'an.

Come on, come on, this look again. Oh my god, what's wrong with Han Zhi!

The room was silent for a moment, with the only sound of the wick burning and breaking.

After a while, Han Zhi lowered his head and began to take off his clothes. He took off his clothes slowly. No, no, it was not very slow. But in Lu Jiuan's eyes, every move he made seemed to be slowed down.

Han Zhi quickly took off his shirt, revealing a large area of ​​clearly textured muscles.

Lu Jiu'an felt like his saliva was about to drip. He glanced at this excellent body with wild eyes. Made, this was the body he dreamed of. Those two superior mermaid lines ran along both sides of the abdominal muscles. It stretched into the pants and disappeared.

"Hey." Lu Jiu'an seemed to hear the person opposite chuckle. This man never showed an expression other than facial paralysis from beginning to end. He looked up in disbelief, and sure enough, what he saw was still the calm face. face.

"Aren't you cold like this?" Lu Jiu'an was speechless.

"I'm used to it. My body temperature is high. Take it off."

"Ah?"

"Aren't you going to take off your clothes to sleep?" Han Zhi looked at him innocently.

"Of course I want it." Lu Jiuan took off his clothes three times, but left behind his underwear.

Han Zhi turned sideways and gave him the inside of the bed: "You can sleep inside, I wake up early in the morning."

Lu Jiu'an followed suit and climbed in with his body hunched over. When Han Zhi saw that he was lying down, he blew out the oil lamp. .

When Han Zhi went to bed, his arm touched Lu Jiu'an's body. Through a layer of clothes, Lu Jiu'an shrank from the stimulation of his hot skin and wrapped himself into the bed like a quail.

"What's wrong?" In ancient times, it was so dark on a moonless night that you couldn't see your fingers. Han Zhi asked him softly, lowering his voice.

"It's so hot."

Lu Jiu'an seemed to hear the inaudible laughter again in a trance.

"Go to sleep."

Before dawn, Lu Jiu'an was woken up by a pheasant who didn't know where it came from. The crow was so high and long that it was more effective than a modern alarm clock.

Lu Jiu'an opened his eyes and found that the person next to him was gone. He stayed on the bed for a few minutes and saw Han Zhi walking in with a cold breath.

Lu Jiu'an immediately regretted the few minutes he spent in bed.

"Brother Han, you woke up so early. There are water drops all over your body."

Han Zhi answered him while tying his belt: "It was too hot at night and I was sweating all over. I took a cold shower with water from the well. Lu "Master, it's still early, you might as well sleep a little longer."

People in ancient times went to bed early and got up early. Lu Jiu'an was used to it after staying there for more than two months. When Han Zhi said this, he stopped dawdling and went to work neatly. Get out of bed and get dressed.

After Lu Jiuan got up, he realized that he was the last one among everyone. Everyone else had already packed up. Liang Ding was standing outside the yard, feeding the horses. Even Yang Miaomiao was pulled up to choose vegetables under the edge of the hall. leaf.

"Lu Qi," Lu Jiu'an called him and gave him a look. Lu Qi heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He picked up some broken silver and quietly put it under his pillow as a reward for the Yang family's hospitality.

They said goodbye to their host. Because Yang Gengqing and Han Zhi were going to work and had to walk the same route as them, they picked up a few steamed buns and went out with them.

The morning in the mountains is different from the morning in the county government. The sun rises little by little from the top of the mountain. The sky and the earth seem to come to life. Birds are flying and mist flows in the valley. Lu Jiuan has not seen such scenery for a long time. , was stunned for a moment.

No wonder the ancients were always inspired by poetry when they visited mountains and rivers. Standing in this vast misty mountain range, one cannot help but marvel at the wonder of the Creator.

"People still have to walk often to feel the infinity of the world." Lu Jiuan sighed. After walking far, he turned around and saw that the place where he stayed last night had turned into a small dot in the painting, and only the green smoke coming out of the chimney was faintly visible.

I don't know who originally chose to build the Yang family's house here. It looks like a home in the garden.

On the way back, several people obviously found that the water in the river had risen. At a fork in the road, they were about to part ways with Han Zhi. Yang Gengqing suddenly said: "The water here has overflowed the field ridges. I'm afraid the road you are going to take will be blocked." It's on."

Lu Jiu'an immediately sent someone to check, and Han Zhi and the others were not in a hurry to leave. After a while, Fu Wenxin came back and said, "The water ahead is fast and we need to change the route."

According to this situation, it might be possible in the rainy season. The meeting arrived early, and Lu Jiu'an was particularly grateful that he had met a talent like Xie Huailiang and was able to advance the construction progress.

"I'm quite familiar with this area. Let me lead the way for you. Just take the right path." Yang Gengqing suggested.

"Will it delay your work?"

"No problem, we can make up for the late work later."

The winding roads in this area were difficult to find, so Lu Jiu'an did not refuse. Yang Gengqing led the way, and Lu Jiu'an took the initiative to chat with the two of them. Unknowingly, the topic turned to the identities of Jiang Yu's martial arts practitioners.

"Ah, Brother Jiang, he is the bodyguard my elders have found for me. He is very skilled and has protected me a lot along the way." Lu Jiu'an spoke highly of his own people and showed off in his tone.

Han Zhi glanced at Jiang Yu when he heard this. Before Jiang Yu could discern the meaning in his eyes, he turned around.

There were local people who led the way, and they quickly walked back to the main road. Lu Jiuan thanked the two of them.

At this moment, Lu Qi exclaimed: "Look, what is that?"

Where Lu Qi pointed was a small, square pool. The water fell from a high place and splashed a lot of water. The small pool was surrounded by mist. The grass was overgrown, and its longer leaves hung down into the water, which was being knocked about by the rapid current.

The other person Lu Qi exclaimed was that in the center of the pool, there was a small white beast that was writhing, struggling, and squeaking.

Before everyone knew how to react, they saw a shadow leaping away, fishing for the moon from the bottom of the water, and the things in the river were in his hands.

Then he exerted force with his left foot, and without stopping, he turned 720 degrees out of thin air and landed firmly on the other side of the pool.

The whole set of movements can be performed smoothly and smoothly in just a few breaths, it is really free and natural.

Han Zhi walked towards Lu Jiu'an with the little beast in his hand, but his eyes fell on Jiang Yu casually.

Jiang Yu was already shocked by Han Zhi's sudden hand, but when he saw that look, the hair on his neck stood up for some reason, and that dangerous feeling came to him again.

Before his head could react, his body had already reflexively pulled out the weapon at his waist.

"Dang." When the weapon was pulled out, it hit the iron buckle and made a crisp sound.

Jiang Yu's attack was sudden, and no one could react. However, the expression of the person he drew his sword at did not change, and he spun around and kicked, lightly and quickly. Everyone felt that the kick was light and weak, but unexpectedly, Jiang Yu's heavy mace came out of his hand and was firmly inserted into the rock beside it, making a buzzing sound.

"How are you doing?"

These four words pressed down on him with overwhelming momentum. At this moment, Jiang Yu seemed to see thousands of troops galloping behind Han Zhi, and the sound of fighting and iron horses could be heard in his ears.

After coming back to his senses, Jiang Yu didn't know how to explain the scene just now, because even he himself didn't know why he suddenly used force. He could only clasp his hands to apologize: "No offense, I was rude."

Lu Jiuan He quickly smoothed things over: "Xu Shijiang is eager to protect the Lord. Don't blame Brother Han."

Han Zhi was noncommittal, and Lu Jiu'an had no choice but to change the subject and pretend not to know: "What is Brother Han's hand?"

Han Zhi put the little beast to He said in front of him: "A puppy."

Lu Jiu'an took a step back and distanced himself from him without leaving any trace. Seeing this, Han Zhi flicked his right hand at his side.

"Mr. Lu, do you want it? If no one raises it, it will probably die in a few days."

The puppy seemed to know that its fate was at this critical moment, staring at Lu Jiu'an with wet eyes, and wagging its tail vigorously , and threw Han Zhi an arm of water.

Lu Jiu'an originally wanted to refuse, but in the end he thought of something and reached out to take it.

"Thank you, Brother Han is also very skilled." Lu Jiu'an boasted casually.

"Fortunately," Han Zhi couldn't hear the change in his tone, "When I was in the army, I learned a few tricks from the general."

Veterans!

Lu Jiu'an's eyes lit up. No wonder, he immediately thought of the first time they looked at each other, the sudden question yesterday when he was talking about Journey to the West, and the skills he showed today. If he was a veteran, everything would make sense.

Just thinking about it, he felt that the morning light behind Han Zhi became righteous and awe-inspiring.

Han Zhi pretended not to see the secret change in Lu Jiu'an's attitude. After saying goodbye to him, he turned and left with Yang Gengqing.

The two of them, Han Zhi, gradually drifted away. When their figures disappeared at the end of the road, Jiang Yu said with a hint of shame: "Master Lu, I..."

Lu Jiu'an raised his hand to interrupt him: "You don't have to ask me Explain, Brother Jiang, I believe you. It's getting late, let's go."

Chapter 015

They didn't return to the house until the end of the day. The people from the county government were all working outside at this time. Not many people were walking around in the government office, and A Duo was not seen. When asked about Aunt Sun, Aunt Sun also said she didn't know.

"Then when you see him, ask him to come to my hometown to meet me."

"Hey." Aunt Sun responded with fear.

Lu Jiu'an walked to my hometown and locked the door. In a blink of an eye, the antique study room turned into a bright and clean office.

It's not that he had to come to my hometown to open an office. Since he accidentally learned of the existence of this independent space that day, he found opportunities to explore it several times. The office can only be opened in an office location like the study, which is a good reason for this. draw a limit on something.

In addition, he can bring things into the office and bring objects out of the office. Once he reluctantly spent energy to unlock a pen on his desk. The pen did not require much energy and he just used it for experiments.

When he took the pen out, Lu Jiuan's heartbeat fluctuated violently. As the planning director of a company, he has a rich collection of things in his private office among his peers. If he could unlock them all... Just thinking about it makes me very motivated.

Lu Jiuan went straight to the computer to check the energy. Maybe because he had been catching the same sheep's wool, the increase in energy was not obvious, but it was better than nothing.

"Sir, are you in the study?" Aduo shouted at the top of his lungs through the door.

The objects in my hometown moved at will and instantly changed back to their original appearance. He opened the door and saw Ado standing under the eaves in a formal manner.

"What's the matter with such a big bloody hole on your arm? Was it injured by Xiao Huang?" Seeing the wound on the child's hand, Lu Jiu'an immediately thought of the ferocious and untamable big yellow dog.

Ado's eyes flashed: "No, I fell myself."

"Really?"

Ado shook his head like a rattle under his intense gaze: "It really wasn't Xiao Huang who bit him. Sir, look, this It's a scratch. Xiao Huang won't bite me."

"Okay." After seeing the wound, it was indeed a scratch, so Lu Jiu'an didn't continue to ask.

"It's like this, A Duo. I called you here this time to tell you that you don't need to sweep the floor."

A Duo was startled and his eyes immediately turned red: "Sir, I...what do I have?" Is there anything I didn't do well?"

Lu Jiu'an realized that he had misunderstood, so he didn't explain much and strode to the study. A Duo followed suit. At this moment, he was also confused, forgetting Aunt Sun's usual instructions. Stupidly, he followed the magistrate and rushed into the study.

Lu Jiu'an didn't hear his footsteps and picked up the sleeping puppy curled up in the corner. When he turned around, he almost knocked his small body to the ground.

Lu Jiu'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and put the puppy into his hand: "Here, I found a new job for you. Your brother Lu Qi brought this dog back all the way. Please help him take good care of it."

A Duo also said He didn't come back to his senses, but his hands had already involuntarily held the dog in his arms. The puppy's furry ears brushed against his cheek, and then he asked with a look of surprise: "Sir, is it true? I can keep this dog. " Yes

. But I have one request, this dog can't bite people."

A Duo agreed very loudly with a blushing face.

Hey, little kid, so easy to coax. Master Lu thought so in his heart.

When he has nothing to do, Lu Jiuan likes to spend time in the office. Not only does the office bring him peace of mind, but the office is also air-conditioned!

The entire basin landform in Yingping County is very humid. Especially in summer, the whole person feels like being in a sauna. For this reason, the buildings in Jiangzhou have particularly serious ground penetration and frequent decay, so they must be maintained regularly. Repair.

Coupled with the fact that ancient people wore three layers of clothing, Lu Jiuan couldn't bear the heat. Looking at the energy lock on the air conditioner switch, he threw all his energy at the switch with a desperate mentality, and finally he was able to use it.

After unlocking it, he couldn't wait to hide in it all day without intending to come out.

Lu Qi couldn't find anyone else for several days. Sometimes he would clearly see the master stepping into my hometown, but he would follow behind and disappear.

After dinner, Lu Qi reluctantly grabbed Mr. Lu and wanted to accompany him for a walk in the courtyard to eat.

"Okay, okay." Lu Jiuan raised his fingers and swore that he would never sneak away today.

At night, except for the croaking of frogs, everything is asleep.

Lu Jiu'an came up with the idea of ​​testing his academic knowledge. He had seen Lu Qi struggling with the abacus, so he taught him some basic arithmetic. It has been almost half a month since then: "How are you memorizing the multiplication table?" ?"

Lu Qi said without changing his expression. "

You are so confident? Then please listen. Xiao Wang goes to Xiao Li to buy meat. "Do you know how much Jinrou is?

" Lu Qi didn't expect him to ask such a question, and stuttered: "I...I don't know."

"Relax, this is not a problem." Lu Jiu'an reached out and patted Lu Qi's back: "Sir I don't know, so I'll just make up a random number. A pound of pork is 5 cents. How much does it cost for Xiao Wang to buy 7 jin of pork? "

" 35 cents!" Lu Qi replied immediately.

"He thought for a while and felt that the meat tasted fatless, so he added 6 pounds of fat, which cost 13 yuan per pound."

"Is fat meat so expensive? It doesn't taste good!" Lu Qi exclaimed.

Lu Jiu'an laughed and scolded: "Fat meat is more meaty to the common people. Don't interrupt, just do the math."

After a while, Lu Qi replied: "It cost a total of 113 Wen."

"He bought the meat. I went to the dry goods store and bought some salt, which was even more expensive. Xiao Wang bought 4 taels per pound. How much did he spend in total?"

Lu Qi looked at him eagerly: "Did he still buy anything today? ?"

Lu Jiu'an smiled: "If you don't buy it, that's it. If you buy it, you'll go home."

The currency measurement unit of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still the same as that of the previous dynasty, 100 Wen = one coin, 1000 Wen = one tael of silver, and so on. There is gold at the top, and ordinary people will never be able to use it in their lifetime.

The last question was relatively complicated because of the unit conversion. Lu Qi even used his fingers quietly. Lu Jiuan just pretended not to see it. After a while, Lu Qi answered slowly: "It should be 155 Wen."

Lu Jiuan He laughed loudly and pinched Lu Qi's red cheeks viciously: "That's right, brother Lu Qi is very good at mental arithmetic. If you keep up your efforts, you can even take away all the work of the accountant from now on."

Lu Qi hid away with a face of embarrassment. : "Sir, I think this kind of arithmetic method is quite useful. It's better to teach it to the accountant."

"I do mean so." Lu Jiu'an nodded, "But I want to learn it in the future. Brother Lu Qi will learn it soon." , I will invite you to be a special teacher."

"My lord is teasing me again."

The two of them were talking all the way to a quiet place when they suddenly heard a vague curse. The sound was deliberately kept low, but It was relatively quiet at night, and the wind blew into their ears.

Lu Jiu'an pushed aside the overlapping leaves, and the curse gradually became clear: "Little bastard, I can't beat you to death!"

The child resisted angrily, and the voice said again: "If the adults know that you bite again, they will definitely throw you out!" Unfamiliar little beast!"

"It really should be thrown out."

The man stopped when he heard the words. When he saw that the person coming was Lu Jiu'an, he shivered with fright and bowed his waist to salute. He ignored the flapping child in front of him and hit him hard with the stone in his hand. On the body.

"A Duo!" Lu Jiu'an shouted angrily: "What did I tell you when you came here? Did I tell you not to bite people again."

A Duo kept his mouth shut and said nothing. The injured government servant Accusing on the side: "Sir, this kid is vicious."

"Shut up, did I ask you to speak? I can't slap you with one hand. I'll have time to ask you later. A Duo, speak, don't speak, Sun Auntie will be punished with you."

When he mentioned Auntie Sun, A'duo's eyes flashed and he replied reluctantly: "He robs me of food, and I don't have enough to eat every time. He is also cruel to Auntie.

" How old are you, can you beat others?"

Aduo clenched his fists and kept silent. After his parents died and he came to beg with his uncles from the village, he only learned one truth: If you don't have strong fists, you will starve. He had no fists, so he bit with his teeth, hit with stones, and fiercely warned anyone who came near the food.

Lu Jiu'an asked the yamen servant: "Is what he said true?"

The yamen servant was frightened by the furious Lu Jiu'an, and now he was lying on the ground and begging for mercy.

Lu Jiu'an kicked him and knocked him to the ground: "You have no future. You rob children of their things."

Then he turned around and picked up A Duo. He saw that his face was unharmed, but there were a few more bruises on his body. Bruises, I couldn't help but think of the bruises I saw outside the study door a few days ago. That day, A Duo was about to speak but stopped and his eyes flickered. Why couldn't he ask more questions.

"Adou, if you encounter this kind of thing in the future, just come and tell me. If I don't say anything, you can find Brother Lu Qi. After finding out the truth, we will seek justice for you."

"Remember, violence cannot solve anything. You can't hurt anyone for no reason, and you can't choose such a lose-lose approach after being hurt. Sometimes, you can rely on others. "

Facing A Duo, he could still control his emotions. When he saw the trembling Yamen, he had already stopped. Anger cannot be revealed.

The lax and lawless government officials had already made him dissatisfied, and he wanted to straighten things out.

Just considering the more urgent and urgent matter of dealing with the flood, no action has been taken. However, looking at it now, there is no rule without rules. If we let it go, there will be civil strife.

The entire county government office is equivalent to the headquarters of the county magistrate. The affairs within the government office are family affairs. If someone with a heart can take part in a book to punish a subordinate for lax control, it will be a dumb person who cannot tell the story of the pain of eating Coptis chinensis.

Thinking about how he was doing well in planning in modern times and had a prosperous career, but he was transported to this place where there is no shit and became a small county magistrate.

He worked diligently and conscientiously to clean up all kinds of messes. There was this non-stop thing around him that always found things for him to do, and an unknown fire rose up and burned in his chest.

"Go to Jiang Yu and call all the government officials to the court. I want to hold a court hearing!"

Chapter 016

Everyone, including those who had already gone to bed, was woken up by a burst of earth-shattering gongs and drums. They didn't know what happened. They heard that they were going to the court in the middle of the night and thought that something terrible had happened.

They hurriedly put on their clothes and rushed into the Yamen court with their hats askew. They were still complaining quietly when they came into contact with the angry-looking Lu Jiu'an who was standing high in the hall. They all silenced like quails.

All the government officials were called to the lobby, and there were about sixty of them at a rough count. These people were usually responsible for different matters, including arrests, night patrols, food requisition, and detainment, to name a few.

Lu Jiu'an was wearing a seventh-grade light green robe and an official hat. Since he took office, he had been busy dealing with local matters and rarely formally went to court like this, so the people below saw his official majesty. Not much to look at.

Kneeling in the center of the lobby was a man, wearing the clothes of a government official, but his hat had been taken off and placed on the ground next to him.

Everyone didn't know why, but someone recognized this as Zhao Laosan, the bully in the government office, and pulled his companion's sleeve to signal quietly.

Lu Jiu quietly waited until there was no more noise in the hall, and then slowly spoke: "Since I took office, I have tolerated you neglecting your duties and doing whatever you want. You receive the salary of the Great Zhou Dynasty, eat the public food of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and you still All kinds of corvées and taxes were exempted from the Great Zhou Dynasty! But the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty were ignored! "

The sound of the gavel was hammered on the court table, and it lingered for a long time.

"The state has national laws, and families have family rules. As a city government office, the county government should be stricter with self-discipline."

"It's better for you. On weekdays, you are very relaxed, go your own way, and do things like sneaking and bullying. Now even children's things are gone. You dare to rob, even an old woman dares to bully you, what else will you not dare to do in the future?"

Lu Jiuan's continuous scolding completely ignored the etiquette and frightened everyone so much that they dared not speak out. I can shrink my neck and bury my head, for fear of accidentally getting into trouble.

He waved his sleeves and robe and pointed at the people kneeling on the ground in the court: "I don't need to pursue the past matters. Today, the prisoner Zhao Laosan, who was interrogated at night, took advantage of his official status to rob people of food and oppressed women. After he was discovered, he didn't know. Repent, but beat a child instead, do you know your crime?"

This is the first time that a government officer has made a mistake and been brought to court for questioning in public. Moreover, Zhao Laosan is not the only one to do this in private, but Zhao Laosan is unlucky today. , happened to be caught by the county magistrate, so after Lu Jiuan's interrogation, many people felt guilty.

Zhao Laosan was scared to death now. In his opinion, it was not a harmless thing to grab some food and threaten the woman. Unexpectedly, he was interrogated like a criminal. What would be waiting for him after the interrogation?

He couldn't help but break into a cold sweat as he recalled the various methods used by the previous county magistrate to deal with criminals.

"Are you aware of your guilt?" Lu Jiu'an couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw that he was trembling.

"The villain knows his crime, and the villain knows his crime." The only thing Zhao Laosan could do at this moment was to kneel on the ground, kowtow and confess his guilt.

"It's good to know the crime. Now that you know the crime, let's take a look at the punishment. According to the laws of Dazhou, beat others and punish them with physical punishment."

Zhao Laosan took a breath of air, and the bloody back and buttocks appeared in his mind.

"In normal times, I would never tolerate it. However, now that we are in the rainy season, Yingping County's top priority is to prepare for flood control. This time, we will not take strict measures. I will fine you a month's salary, do 50 push-ups, and finally Apologize to the child and the woman in public.

"What are push-ups?" Zhao Laosan asked tremblingly.

When he arrived, Jiang Yu had received Lu Jiu'an's instructions. After hearing this, he untied the saber hanging from his waist and gave a few simple demonstrations in front of the court, explaining the essentials of the movements while doing so. He is a martial arts practitioner, and he can perform a routine with ease and ease.

Zhao Laosan let out a sigh of relief. Rather than suffering physical pain, just doing 50 simple movements like this gave him a feeling of escaping death.

He quickly lay down, fearing that the county magistrate would regret it.

When Zhao Laosan was doing it, Jiang Yu kicked him from time to time: "Don't raise your butt so high, tighten your abdomen, and hold it with your hands."

In Zhao Laosan's opinion, it was a simple movement, and he did it after counting seven or eight. He had no strength left, and he only felt weak in his abdomen and sore in his arms.

When he gritted his teeth and did it for a dozen times, his ears were ringing, people and things around him were moving away from him, his vision was blurred, and large drops of sweat rolled down his forehead and cheeks.

He stopped several times in the middle, and the life-threatening voice rang in his ears: "Keep doing it, don't stop."

When he finished doing it intermittently, he only felt that half of his life was gone, and his hands seemed to be no longer part of his body. "I know you have a lot of questions, Brother Jiang. This happened suddenly and I didn't discuss it with you in advance." Lu Jiu'an began to explain to Jiang Yu in detail his plans and issues related to the training queue. He wanted to create a well-disciplined team. .

He wanted to go back in time and beat up his extremely naive self. This was not a benevolent magistrate, he was clearly a devil.

Lu Jiu'an looked at Zhao Laosan's miserable appearance, and then looked at the unconcerned government officials around him, and raised the corner of his mouth mockingly: Jiang Yu knew the power of this move when he first came into contact with it. You idiot, how dare you look down on the devilish fitness moves of those who have torn their abdominal muscles in the 21st century. Later, I will let you know what sit-ups, pull-ups, and 400-meter obstacle course training are...

He pointed at the still breathing heavily. Zhao Laosan: "If you make a mistake in the future, this will be the consequences."

Then he called A Duo and Aunt Sun to the front of the hall. Aunt Sun had been honest all her life. This was the first time she had seen such a battle. She was so frightened that she felt as if she was the one who made the mistake.

On the other hand, A Duo, at such a young age, calmly accepted Yu Laosan's apology, which made Jiang Yu somewhat impressed.

The trial did not end immediately. Lu Jiuan glanced at Lu Qi in the hall. Lu Qi understood and took out a book with a crimson cover from his arms. The book was as thick as an index finger. Except for the surface being a little worn due to dust, other parts It looks very new.

There are several big characters clearly visible on the booklet: The Law of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Lu Qi read aloud the places specially marked by Lu Jiu'an by candlelight for a full hour. During this period, the only sound of Lu Qi's crisp reading was heard in the entire Yamen.

After reading to the end, Lu Qi focused on the additional rules and regulations newly formulated by Lu Jiu'an, which can be summarized and simplified as follows:

1: You must have discipline and execution ability during your duties, perform tasks unswervingly, and must not be lax.

Two: Fighting and causing trouble are not allowed in the yamen.

Three: Do not use your position to oppress the people, and do not take advantage of the people.

Four: Strengthen daily management, unify dining and sleeping times, and set up exercises from tomorrow. Everyone must participate except for the government officials who take turns going to the river to supervise work. During the exercise period, training such as running and queuing will be carried out, and the position of captain will be added, which will be held by Jiang Yu. The captain will unifiedly manage the affairs of the Yamen officials and enjoy direct disposal power.

Five: Yamen officials can supervise each other and report each other, and the whistleblowers will be rewarded based on the situation when the truth is found out.

Having just killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, and doing so at the same time, the Yamen servants in the hall felt uneasy, and for a moment they did not listen carefully to what they said about not taking the people's needles and threads, and doing exercises, and what to say.

"Go down, that's it for today." Lu Jiuan waved his hand.

Everyone bowed their waists and bowed out as if they had been granted amnesty.

Jiang Yu looked at Lu Jiu'an above the high hall. The candlelight flickered, reflecting his slightly glowing face.

Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment: "No matter what you want to do, as long as you give me an order, I will try my best. However, this is the first time I have heard of what you have said. I am worried... ."

"It doesn't matter, I will give you a detailed plan later. Just take care of Fu Wenxin and the others, and bring the other guards with you tomorrow." Lu Jiuan patted his arm to express his comfort. .

When Jiang Yu also left and Lu Qi and him were the only two people left in the hall, Lu Jiuan put down his upright posture with a frown on his face.

Lu Qi asked puzzledly: "Your Excellency, you have made those bully officials obedient. Why do you look unhappy now?"

Lu Jiu'an sighed: "You don't understand, you can't see through. They are

not obedient. They are only temporarily intimidated by my status as county magistrate. In fact, they still don't care. After all, I am too young to suppress others. He has no strength, no glorious political achievements, and even no backers to support him. Every time a government order is implemented, he will find excuses to push back and block it. This county magistrate can be said to be struggling.

It would be nice if there was a powerful thigh, Lu Jiu'an sometimes thought so.

"Forget it, it's useless to think about that. Who hasn't walked out step by step? The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge." Lu Jiu'an encouraged himself: "Let's go, Lu Qi, write a plan."

Zhao Laosan said . After doing 50 push-ups, my hands and feet were so weak that I couldn't lift my strength, so I was carried back to the room by several people.

One of his classmates laughed at him: "Yu Laosan, can you do it? Just do a few push-ups and you will be like this. I think you can go to Dr. Shi tomorrow to grab some medicine and take it."

The whole room burst into laughter.

Zhao Laosan was a little angry. He said unconvinced: "Wu Laoer, what are you talking about? If you have the ability, you can do 50, no, you can do 30. If you can still stand up after 30, I will give you a name when I see you in the future. "Master, if you can't stand up, you call me master."

After all, Wu Laoer was just talking fast, he made a hahaha: "Who can play this kind of house game with you? Isn't it childish?" "

Zhao Laosan has personally experienced push-ups and knows the pros and cons. He looked at the people around him who were watching the joke and did not want to say anything. He snorted in his heart: Brat, just wait and see, sooner or later you will be able to watch.

Chapter 017

The work and rest of the government office in this era is somewhat different from what Lu Jiuan knew in the past. There is no need for the county magistrate to sit in the government office every day to manage affairs and accept family history visits. So he set the daily exercise time at 4 o'clock.

When Mao hour arrived, Jiang Yu asked the Fu brothers to carry gongs and bangs to the yamen residence to wake up the people and gather them to sign in.

At that time, the morning light was dim, and it was half an hour earlier than the yamen servants usually get up. They were awakened by the loud banging of gongs and drums in the early morning. Some people got up sleepily, and some people turned over and hesitated to move.

Zhao Laosan's muscle soreness became more and more severe today, but he had just committed a crime and did not dare to delay. He gritted his teeth and shivered and got dressed.

He glanced at the people lying on the bed, hesitated, and finally went out without doing anything.

The government officials followed the instructions and went to the rear courtyard to gather. Not only were Jiang Yu and other guards present, but Lu Jiuan and Lu Qi were also ready to go.

Everyone has heard about Lu Jiu'an and Lu Qi's morning jog in the past few days, so they were not too surprised to see them at this moment. They were just guessing that Magistrate Lu and Chief Lu would be "exercising" together later.

There was an hourglass on the low machine beside it. After the hourglass was poured, regardless of whether everyone was present or not, Jiang Yu integrated the team. The government officials lined up in a square formation from shortest to tallest, and four guards stood beside them to supervise.

The next step is to report the numbers. This is the first time the yamen officer has seen it and he doesn't know how to report it. At this moment, the four guards play a role. Every time Jiang Yu gives an order, the four of them demonstrate it in front, while Lu Jiuan stands aside and does not interfere. .

"One, two, three..." Counting began in the courtyard.

"Stop, are you all cats? The voice is so small, start over."

No matter how much resentment he had in his heart, the yamen servant did not dare to speak out, so the team could only count again.

"One, two, three...six, eight..."

"Stop, if you report an error, try again."

I reported back and forth five times, but my voice lacked momentum and I couldn't catch the report. Start over again and stop again until your voice is full of energy and the connection is smooth.

After a round of counting, it was found that apart from those who went to supervise the work on the river, there were only about 40 government officials present, and there were still a few who were not present.

Lu Jiuan snorted in his heart. Sure enough, there are thorns everywhere. These people must be trained as die-hards!

Next, Jiang Xuan taught by example and demonstrated the military posture to everyone. These things were all Lu Jiuan dictated to him the day before, and then went back to the study to write a plan for half an hour. The plan was freshly worked out, so Lu Qi handed it over to him. In his hands.

However, in the planning case, "Junzi" was given another name - Songzi. It is said to stand like a pine, sit like a bell, walk like the wind, and lie down like a bow.

In ancient times, it was a taboo to raise troops privately. The Israeli army was afraid of being suspected of rebellion. When writing the plan, he paid special attention to some taboos in terms of nomenclature. He replaced all the inappropriate words and changed them to something else.

Zhan Songzi set the time for the two hourglasses, and those who had not arrived during this period were belatedly arriving.

Those few people who usually like to cheat and play tricks came in a hurry and saw the Songzi phalanx. Without exception, they were startled.

The scene was so quiet that you could hear the drop of a pin. The arrival of those people attracted the attention of many people. Seeing that the orderly lineup was disrupted, Jiang Yu shouted loudly: "Look ahead, don't look around!"

No one dared to look anymore . , looking ahead.

"Come here." He shouted to the dozen people who wanted to fish in troubled waters, and took out a roll of rolls from the desk: "Send your names."

Several people came to the front of the phalanx dejectedly. They looked at each other and said their names after a while.

"You are late for the first exercise." Jiang Yu said while circling their names on the roll call list. "10 performance points will be deducted for being late this time. You can do push-ups. You can do push-ups as long as the people below them stand in a military posture."

They don't understand the performance points, but they have only seen push-ups yesterday.

Among these government officials were those who mocked Zhao Laosan yesterday. At that time, they all showed disdain for push-ups and never thought that they would experience it for themselves so soon.

Several people lay down in front of the formation. They didn't feel any physical discomfort when doing push-ups. However, they were punished in front of so many people. Their faces were a little embarrassed, and they felt a sense of shame of being publicly executed.

Soon they couldn't care less about their random thoughts. As time went by, the soreness of their muscles and the heaviness in their waist and abdomen made them more stressed.

Only then did they remember what Zhao Laosan said last night. It turned out that those words were not said casually to fool them out of fear of embarrassment.

Zhao Laosan stood in the third row and had a panoramic view of their reactions, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart for no reason.

Standing in the relaxed posture is also a test of physical strength and endurance. As soon as the hourglass time passed, many people couldn't hold on. Just as they relaxed, Jiang Yu's voice came: "Those who don't want to stand in the relaxed posture can come up." Do push-ups together."

Everyone trembled and their backs straightened. The dozen or so latecomers are still complaining at the front, which shows that push-ups are not as simple as they seem. No one dares to underestimate it now.

The time between two hourglasses is neither long nor short. When Jiang Yu blew his whistle, those doing push-ups felt as if they had narrowly escaped death. Those who were standing in a relaxed posture were racked with all their strength and staggered to their feet.

"Since it's your first offense, there will be no heavy punishment today. You have to be told by the adults. If someone doesn't follow the rules in future exercises, in addition to deducting performance points and doing push-ups, you won't be able to eat breakfast."

"Ah." The crowd listened. There was a commotion, and someone couldn't help but ask, "Captain Jiang, what is the performance score?"

Jiang Yu explained: "A comprehensive score is conducted based on your performance every month. This is the performance score. The full score is 100 points, and 60 points are qualified. Based on your Your usual performance will be deducted, and those who fail will be severely punished."

The officials didn't know if they understood. Jiang Yu didn't answer too much: "Quiet, you guys, stand back."

The late officials didn't dare to refute. , dragging his tired body to stand behind the team.

Jiang Yu gave them enough time to rest, and the four guards were called forward to arrange the following matters.

There was a lot of noise about the exercise, and the news spread throughout the yamen early in the morning. During this period, different people passed by for various reasons to satisfy their curiosity.

There is no other way. The new county magistrate keeps changing his tricks every day, which creates an untimely sense of expectation in people's hearts, and they can't help but guess what this trick will look like in the end.

When the rest time came, Jiang Yu blew the whistle to assemble the team. After what happened just now, the government officials behaved themselves and did not dare to make mistakes.

"Then we will have running exercises. The so-called running exercises are running circles around several building complexes in the Yamen. Don't fall behind in the middle." Jiang Yu gave an outline of the planned route. One lap is 2 kilometers, and after running two laps, the team is divided into Four columns, led by four guards standing at the front.

The guards had never shown their skills in front of this group of people, so the Yamen servant was quite dissatisfied with the fact that they were taking the lead, and felt like he had been offended by outsiders on his own territory.

"Why should we let them take the lead?" the officials shouted.

"It depends on your strength." Jiang Yu said, "As long as any one of you outruns them, you can replace them and lead the race yourself."

Who doesn't know how to run? The officer was gearing up, staring at the four guards in front of him like hungry wolves pouncing on their prey, preparing to leave them behind in a moment.

Seeing this, the four guards looked at each other and made a tacit decision.

As soon as Jiang Yu blew the bamboo whistle, the guards rushed out first. Lu Jiu'an saw that Fu Wenxin and the others had done an endurance marathon like a sprint, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, but he just thought about it for a moment and understood. After realizing the purpose of the four people, I felt a little funny.

Fu Wenxin and others were far ahead, and the government officials were not willing to lag behind and were catching up behind them.

The effect of the guard's powerful attack was obvious. It was okay at the beginning of the period, but the Yamen servant worked hard to catch up.

But the four of them not only ran very fast, but they still didn't slow down after such a long time. The yamen servant soon couldn't keep up. He gasped for air as if the bellows had been broken. Not to mention that there was a long way to go. One lap was not over and he had to keep running. One lap.

The officer looked at the figures in front of him who could only compare to him, and he held a breath in his heart. The initial reluctance to admit defeat had long since disappeared. Should he surpass the guards and become the leader? Forget it, let's finish running first.

Several of the guards were able to do it with ease and were only slightly out of breath after running two laps. The yamen officer was in hell mode from the beginning when he ran for the first time. They were all exhausted and collapsed on the ground. They couldn't recover for a long time.

Jiang Yu gave several people an appreciative look and announced loudly: "That's it for today. We will disband on the spot and continue tomorrow!"

The courtyard was full of mourners.

The instigator, Zhao Laosan, now wished he could turn himself into an ant and crawl into a hole to avoid these gnashing eyes.

However, he didn't know if it was because it was rare to exercise his muscles and bones. After just an hour, he broke out in a sweat. He felt that his body was more comfortable than ever before, and the soreness caused by yesterday's push-ups was no longer so obvious.

Zhao Laosan looked at the strong muscles on the guard's body, and then looked at his own withered figure, showing an envious expression.

Chapter 018

Going out to the government office can be regarded as a new event. Early every morning, when the gong sounds, not only the government officials get out of bed and stand in line in the assembly area, but also all the government officials. Servants and scribes would go to the scene to have a look and listen to anything.

After several days of training, the phalanx has begun to take effect. The team stands neatly and all the government officials stand straight like a benchmark. From a distance, it gives people the illusion of a private formation.

The yamen guards no longer staggered around when running. Many of them even thought about it, thinking that if they trained like this every day for a month, they might be able to defeat one of the guards by sprinting.

Far away from each other, the volume of the yamen official's report became louder and louder, which has become a beautiful scenery in the yamen.

At this time, Lu Jiu'an was no longer around to supervise. When it was the yamen's turn to run, he and Lu Qi joined in and ran together. I don't know if it was because of his participation, but the yamen ran very hard and were very happy. I mean to show off well.

Lu Jiu'an also noticed that Zhao Laosan, who had been interrogated overnight in the county government, seemed to have reformed. From then on, whether on duty or in exercises, he was the first to respond, and his running scores were also among the best.

"Sir, my lord, I have something urgent to report to you." Halfway through, Guo Wen suddenly rushed over and pulled him aside.

Lu Jiu'an thought something big had happened on the other side of the river. The scene was progressing very quickly and it had entered a critical period to open up the channel between the Mojin River and the Nu River. Guo Wen came to report with an anxious look, and the two groups of mountains suddenly appeared in his mind. The scene of bandits "rising up".

"What happened? Is there someone making trouble at the scene?" "

What scene?" Guo Wen was confused and immediately understood, "Everything is fine at the scene. Young Zhuang is working hard. There is something else. I came here just now. At that time, the doorman told me that a man who claimed to be Mr. Hou's son wanted to enter the back office, but he stopped him. "

" Before the man left, I took a look at him from a distance," Guo Wen said. , with a strange expression.

Lu Jiu'an said that it was easy to be ridiculous when he spoke, and couldn't help but urge: "How is this person?"

Guo Wen considered his words: "This person is unkempt and unkempt, and his clothes are not covering his body. Well, it is indecent."

Lu Jiu'an waited for him. Next, Guo Wen paused for a moment and continued: "I originally thought he was a madman, but I didn't want that person to come directly to me after seeing me, and handed me a token. The token was all gilded. Yangdiao Panlong, with the words "Yongyihou" engraved on it. "

Guo Wen didn't finish his words, but Lu Jiu'an roughly understood his concerns.

As a lowly ninth-grade official, the most noble person he has ever met is probably the prefect of Yizhou. The Marquis of the Imperial City and the local Registrar were thousands of miles apart. Even if he stood in front of him with the token, he would not be able to confirm it, but he would not dare to drive the person out rashly. One is true, that is, he bumped into a noble person and lost his life accidentally.

After much consideration, Guo Wen arranged the person to the guest room and asked the servant to prepare some hot water and clothes for the person to change.

Guo Wen's approach was very appropriate, and Lu Jiu'an would naturally not blame him for making decisions beyond his authority.

On the way there, he kept thinking: If this Marquis is real, what identity did he bring to Yingping County? What's the purpose? Was it someone sent by the imperial court to control the flood? Or to find out whether his request for disaster relief food is true? He thought to himself while thinking of a countermeasure.

The two of them quickly walked to the guest room. The visitor had already finished washing up, revealing his true face in Lushan.

The person in front of me was wearing a light and dense blue satin that Guo Wen found at random, with a crown jade on his head and a folding fan in his hand. He did not hide his dignity at all in this sparsely furnished guest room.

When the man saw Lu Jiu'an, he slowly sat up and circled around him, looking up and down with a pair of affectionate peach blossom eyes, "Well, seeing Jinke Tanhua up close, it really has a different flavor. "

After saying such puzzling words, he took out the token and threw it into Lu Jiu'an's arms under the gaze of the two people.

Lu Jiuan caught it steadily. The token was almost the same as Guo Wen's description. With just one glance, he had already concluded that this person was indeed a prince of the marquis without thinking.

"I heard that Yingping County has beautiful scenery. I came here for sightseeing and will stay here for the next few days." The visitor didn't care whether Lu Jiuan heard it or not, and just finished explaining his purpose.

After hearing this, Lu Jiuan's CPU, which was running at high speed and thinking about countermeasures, suddenly froze.

Is there something wrong with this prince's head?

There is a special set of rules for welcoming people such as central government officials or feudal marquises, and they also live in a specially designed official residence.

Now, this little Marquis didn't say hello in advance, and came to his ruined temple all by himself, just for the sake of sightseeing!

He was cursing in his heart, but his face remained calm. He respectfully followed the standard etiquette and led the person to the backyard.

"It's boring, no different from those sour Confucian scholars in the capital." The young Marquis curled his lips, losing the joy he felt when he first saw him.

The prince followed Lu Jiu'an to the backyard of the government office. The training of the government servants had just ended. The young prince felt that the air was filled with a strong smell of sweat. He couldn't help but cover his nose and complained: "Your backyard is too smelly. "

Lu Jiu'an: "Don't be surprised, little Marquis, the government officials have just finished training and will disperse after a while."

When the little Marquis came to the county government office, he did not do anything bad like occupying the county magistrate's bedroom. He chose it himself. He stayed in the guest room and ordered people to clean it up. From then on, he lived in the county government office.

Looking back, Lu Jiu'an recalled some things in his head, and he really remembered the origin of Yongyihou. Yongyihou was earned by the generals of the Mu family with their military exploits. When he was still in the Imperial City of Southern Shanxi, a classmate told him that Mu Lin, the eldest son of the Mu family, was not good at literature and martial arts, but he liked to travel around and play in mountains and rivers. Even his father could not do anything with him.

I hate scholars the most in my life, and I will always take a detour when I see them.

Come on, now not only can't we go around, but we are all under the same roof.

Mu Lin usually slept until three o'clock in the morning and got up. If the weather was fine, after breakfast, he would bring a pot of aged wine from nowhere, ask for Lu Jiu'an's driver, and then disappear for the whole day until sunset, with a tired look on his face. Liang Ding then drove his horse back to his house.

Lu Jiu'an was naturally happy that he didn't have to wait on this old man from the imperial city.

However, if there is bad weather such as strong winds and heavy rains, Mu Xiaohou Ye will stay in his house all day long, displaying the bad habits of the children of the aristocratic family vividly.

Mu Lin was extremely picky about daily food and clothing expenses, and often tortured the servants he served until they were overwhelmed, making them timid for fear of offending the nobleman.

In the past few days, the maids and servants alone have changed three times!

Sure enough, the characters played by Prince Hou are all arrogant and domineering. Lu Jiu'an can predict his dark days in the future.

One day, Lu Qi knocked on the door of Lu Jiu'an's study and handed him a message: Another guest came to visit.

Lu Jiuan's case file was thrown down: One of them didn't leave, and the other one came. Is this over yet?

Chapter 019

Since Lu Jiuan took office, he has been rejecting visits and invitations from all parties. Therefore, there has been a delicate balance between the three richest people in Yingping County, and now the balance is finally broken.

Xie Suiqian came to visit with a huge object. The object was covered with dark blue cloth, and only its outline could be vaguely seen.

The Xie family had submitted invitations to the new county magistrate many times, but they had all been declined by Lu Jiuan's Chang Sui. He was already prepared to be rejected again, but he did not expect to easily enter the inner gate this time.

He walked on the flat bluestone floor and couldn't believe it. A young man wearing a tall hat and official uniform walked towards him. Before he could react, he involuntarily bent down to salute.

"The common people pay homage to the county magistrate."

The young county magistrate came quickly and gently helped him up: "Thank you, no need to be polite. I heard that Mr. Xie came here today and brought a wonderful thing for me.

" When the person was Xie Sui Qian, Lu Jiu'an probably had a guess in his mind. Then he thought of his son Xie Hualiang and those weird things. He was vaguely expecting it. He was not as excited about Xie Sui Qian's visit as when he first heard about it. So repelled.

Lu Jiu'an went straight to the topic, and Xie Suiqian did not mince words. He led him to the front of the bicycle frame and raised his hand to lift the cover: "A common man dares to present a small thing. I hope you won't find it objectionable."

A behemoth with extremely exquisite and ingenious workmanship appeared. In front of everyone's eyes, this thing looks like a bullfight, but the wood and the machine are closely interlocked, which shows its exquisite craftsmanship. The surface of the object is smeared with a layer of shiny wax, which tightly adheres to the body and limbs of the bullfighting animal.

"What is this?" This was Lu Qi. He had grown up next to Lu Jiu'an. He had never seen such a wonderful thing before, and his eyes were shining.

"It's interesting." This was Mu Lin. Regarding the fact that the young Marquis insisted on following him, Lu Jiu'an said that he was powerless to stop him.

"I wonder what this thing is used for?" This is Lu Jiu'an. He believes that something that can be used as a stepping stone for Xie Sui Qian must be more than that simple.

"Please allow me to show it to you."

Seeing Lu Jiu'an nodding, Xie Suiqian ordered his subordinates to unload the bullfighting from the frame. The bullfighting was huge and heavy, but there were only four people carrying it. The four people tied the bullfighting rope with a rope and placed it down smoothly through two circular devices.

Well, the prototype of a pulley device! Lu Jiuan nodded heartily.

Then, at Xie Suiqian's signal, a man climbed onto the bullfighting bull. With his legs slightly clamped, the bullfighting bull raised its limbs and began to move steadily.

"The bullfight is alive!" the onlookers shouted.

Xie Suiqian felt uneasy. He listened to his son's advice and used this thing to visit the county magistrate. In fact, he privately felt that this thing was just for appearance and had no use at all. It could only be used for viewing.

But Lu Jiu'an didn't think so. He observed carefully and found that the man sitting on the bullfighting body had been shaking his feet slightly and tapping the bullfighting belly, as if to give it extra power.

Looking at it this way, it is clear that it is somewhat similar to a modern bicycle, except that the bullfighting belly is closed, making it difficult to see how it works.

A product that transcends the times!

The current transportation requires living animals, and Yingping County originally has limited materials and insufficient manpower. As long as the bullfighting system is slightly improved and utilized, it can play a great role.

There is no need to think about this thing. Xie Suiqian must have gotten it from his son Xie Huailiang.

If it weren't for the wrong timing, he really wanted to summon Xie Huailiang, serve him good wine and delicious food, have a long talk, and introduce such talents to his family as his disciples.

Lu Qi carefully reached out his hand and touched the bullfighting: "Is there really a bull here? Are you driving it around?"

"It's just a pile of dead objects, all made of wood."

"It's so magical." Lu Qi said heard the voices of the people.

Under everyone's curiosity, Xie Suiqian talked about the origin of bullfighting. Xie Suiqian was indeed a businessman, and he mixed the truth with the lies.

Lu Jiu'an couldn't help but think: "Xie Suiqian couldn't have started his career as a storyteller, right?"

In his story, the family's dog, with a heart of compassion and love, took the servants to participate in repairing the river. Because he is naturally intelligent, considerate of his servants, and has his own unique insights into fortifications, he created it after improving the bullfighting through constant painstaking efforts.

Lu Jiu'an: "I want the young master to treat the virtuous and corporal with unique ingenuity, which makes me yearn for it."

Xie Sui Qian even said he didn't dare.

Lu Jiuan carefully ordered people to preserve the bullfight, and then led them to the living room, where the servants served seasonal fruits and vegetables, fine wine and delicacies, and prepared for the dinner.

"I have long heard that Mr. Xie is a prosperous businessman and has many good relationships. Unfortunately, I have been busy with water control since I took office and have never had the opportunity to get to know him. When I saw him today, I saw that Mr. Xie was really kind and kind-hearted, and he had the appearance of wealth."

This was a compliment . In Xie Suiqian's heart, because of his round figure, he was often squeezed out by the other two families. He smiled and turned his face into a flower: "

Thank you, Mr. Lu." "Come here, mix some wine for Master Xie." Lu Jiu'an called the maid who was accompanying him, and then turned to look at Xie New Year's Money sincerely. : "It's a joke, I'm a newbie and can't bear to drink, so I can only drink tea instead of wine. Mr. Xie, please drink to your heart's content."

Xie Suiqian looked at the new county magistrate without any trace, and saw that he looked immature. I am new to the world, and everything I think about is written on my face. No wonder I heard that the top pick of Huangbang High School was going to be transferred to Jiangzhou.

Xie Suiqian chuckled and kept everything he saw and thought in his heart, his face expressionless.

After a few words and a few glasses of wine, he had already become brothers with the county magistrate.

Taking advantage of the lively atmosphere, Xie Suiqian talked about his purpose of coming here. Translated, it was nothing more than wanting to win over the county magistrate to pave the way for his shop, so as to stand out from the three richest people and become bigger and stronger.

"Indeed, as a grain merchant, Mr. Xie has a lot of money, but he has done many benevolent things to help the poor and the poor. Such a model of wealthy gentry is worthy of promotion in Yingping."

Lu Jiu'an took a sip of tea and did not hide his feelings. Appreciation: "I also heard that last year, the Xie family gave rice porridge at the gate of the city, but the Ding and Yi families did nothing. They are both rich in the area, why are they so different?"

Xie Suiqian had a deep conversation with him . Huan, he unknowingly told a lot of secrets about his past with the other two families. At the end of the story, he said: "If the county magistrate has any difficulties, Xie will definitely help him. I hope he can make things easier for the Xie family in the future. Thank you." We will never forget the magistrate's generous act. "

Of course, thank you for your kindness, I feel very relieved."

He came today to attract the young magistrate with his son's wooden weapons, so as to get the opportunity to talk. If everything goes well, we will work hard and get the support of the county magistrate. Now it seems that success is not far away.

Soon it was getting late, and after a good meal and wine, the guests and hosts had a good time, the conversation went smoothly, and Xie Sui Qian was very satisfied.

However, when he picked up the tea cup to moisten his mouth, he suddenly realized that he had spent so much time talking that night, and it seemed that he didn't even get a guarantee from the county magistrate?

He peeked over the edge of the tea bowl, and the magistrate's immature face was still smiling.

He suddenly became excited, this... where is this sign of kindness that is harmless to humans and animals? The other party has obviously been pretending to be stupid and dumbfounded.

Xie Suiqian held the cup and drank without putting it down. He only felt a tightness in his chest. He didn't expect that he had been doing business for many years, but in the end he was deceived by a boy who was not yet in his prime.

I don't know if it's because of the other party's skin? Or are all the officials from the capital as cunning as foxes?

Guo Wen slowly picked up the peanuts on the dining table and grinded his teeth, thinking slowly: "I have finally come to my senses."

Xie Suiqian's heart was boiling like hot water just now, but now it has slowly calmed down and sunk to the bottom. , he pretended to cough twice to cover up: "What I mentioned just now, I don't know what the county magistrate wants."

Lu Jiu'an remained unmoved: "Thank you for your kindness, I understand it, but it's not too early now, why not Let me think about it and get back to you in a few days.

Xie Suiqian gritted his teeth secretly and had no choice but to give up.

After Xie Suiqian left, Mu Lin, who had been acting as the mascot, looked at Lu Jiu'an with a half-smile: "I saw something wrong. Blinded.

Lu Jiu'an looked back at him with an innocent face: "I don't know why Mr. Mu Xiaohou said this. " "

Mu Lin stared at him for a long time. Lu Jiu'an still maintained his amiable appearance, and Mu Lin was defeated: "Forget it, as long as he doesn't talk about benevolence, justice and morality like those scholars in southern Jinnan, I can accept it. . "

After Mu Lin wandered away, Lu Jiu'an was overjoyed to watch the bullfight sent by Xie Suiqian again. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. It was as if from the huge model of the bullfight, he saw the future where everyone in Yingping County would ride. He was walking back and forth with his bicycle.

Moreover, the arrival of Xie Sui Qian was a signal. He didn't believe that other wealthy gentry in the county could still sit still after hearing this. Poor .

In addition to the people in the city who were waiting for food,

Lu Jiu'an was thinking about it now.

The news that Qian knocked on the door of the government office with a bicycle frame quickly spread throughout Yingping County. The people only treated the matter as a conversation piece after dinner, and went on with their lives as usual.

Then the other two families were like. The cat whose tail was stepped on immediately took notice, and the next day he came to visit them all with generous gifts. Lu Jiu'an received them one by one

, and returned all the money and treasures, leaving only the auspicious calligraphy treasure.

The three wealthy people were so confused by him that they didn't know what his intentions were.

After being left alone for a few days, they soon received a post from the government office. The post was very formal and poked fun at the county. Your Majesty's seal and the content of the post are official, inviting everyone to gather together after the flood to discuss investment promotion and jointly plan for Yingping's future.

Investment promotion is originally mainly to attract outflows, but for now Yingping County. In a situation where bandits are rife in the Baishan Mountains, foreign merchants will naturally not spend their money to collect money in Yingping. In such a remote place, it is good for the locals to just wait and see, but they still want to plan for gold

with nothing?

Lu Jiu'an said: Well...he is familiar with the idea of ​​a free hand. Yingping

is in need of help, and the project is in urgent need of blood. How can these leading local companies not contribute their meager strength

? Only by giving to others can we live forever.

Chapter 020

Lu Jiuan planned to lock himself in my hometown for two days to hone his investment plan. Unexpectedly, the weather was not kind. It rained heavily for three consecutive days and the roads were muddy. Mu Lin could not go out. She was bored. Carrying a bottle of wine, he followed Lu Jiuan and rushed into the study.

"Little Marquis, alcohol is prohibited in the study. You can't write anything if you are a lowly official like this."

Lu Jiu'an said with a solemn face and rejected him righteously.

Mu Lin pushed Lu Jiu'an away, walked to the side and lay down on the sofa, placed the wine bottle upright on the low table, and replied in a neutral tone: "Okay, I won't make a sound, young master. I can't disturb you."

Lu Jiu'an had no choice but to rush out, so he could only let him do what he did.

Since Mu Lin was here, Lu Jiuan couldn't use a pen, so he sharpened the ink himself and put a pen and paper on it.

To put it simply, attracting investment is nothing more than launching an event or using some legitimate means to attract some funders and use their money to do what you want to do, the best of both worlds.

There are various ways to attract investment, including cultural investment, stationed investment, tourism investment, business investment, etc. It is said that only when you are full and warm can you have lustful thoughts and desires. Food and clothing in Yingping County have yet to be solved. Forget about entertainment. If you want these cunning wealthy gentry to obediently pay for it, in addition to promising a certain amount of sweetness, you must also give A certain amount of excitement.

The sweet thing is that when he was negotiating with Xie Sui Qianxu, he had already inquired about the attitudes of everyone, so he naturally went with them and waited to see if the other party could catch them.

And what about excitement?

The best stimulus since ancient times is crisis.

His thoughts were surging, and he wrote a long article in a short while. He put down the pen and rubbed his sore wrist.

The clouds were clearing and the rain was falling, the sun was shining through the window screens, and Lu Qi's cheerful laughter could be heard from time to time in the yard. Mu Lin was so drunk that he didn't know what was going on, and the whole room was filled with a strong aroma of wine.

"Hiccup." Mu Lin hiccupped and fell down on the soft cushion without moving, occasionally muttering a drunken phrase or two.

Lu Jiu'an leaned forward slightly and reached the wine bottle in Mu Lin's hand. He gently hooked it with his finger, and the wine bottle was in his hand.

"What kind of wine? Is it so fragrant?" He muttered to himself and stuck out his tongue to taste it. It was refreshing and sweet in his mouth.

After two sips, Lu Jiuan didn't dare to taste it again. His body was not weak yet, and he didn't drink much wine. Now he was already a little dizzy.

He threw the wine bottle on the table, set up Mu Lin and carried the person outside the house. Even though Mu Lin looked very handsome in her clothes, she was actually covered in tendons. Lu Jiu'an only felt half of his body pressed on his shoulders, as if he was carrying a thousand pounds of stone.

Seeing a young servant standing at the end of the corridor, Lu Jiu'an quickly summoned him to unload him: "Take the young marquis back to the bedroom so that he can serve you well."

At this moment, Lu Qifeng ran over in a hurry, still holding a bag in his arms. A white thing. "Sir, come and see, Wugu is so good!"

Lu Qi named the puppy they picked up earlier, Wugu, which means that Yingping County had a bumper harvest during Lu Jiu'an's reign. He has been feeding A Duo ever since he brought it back. With.

Ever since there was such a puppy in the government office, Lu Qi's wish to play with the dog was finally fulfilled. Whenever he couldn't find anyone after doing his business, he would usually go to A Duo's place to play with the dog.

"What's so awesome, yo, you've gained weight." Lu Qi stroked the puppy's head to the end, Wu Gu stretched out his little tongue and licked his fingers, his little tail wagging so fast that it almost flew into the sky.

"Sir, just watch. Don't blink."

Lu Jiu'an was aroused by his appearance, and he was not in a hurry to go back and write the plan. He relaxed his body and leaned against the big tree, watching him carefully.

Lu Qi put the puppy on the ground. The puppy hit the ground and circled around Lu Qi's trousers with joy.

Lu Qi stretched out a finger and shouted: "Wugu, sit down!"

The puppy, which was flapping its limbs just now, seemed to have been pressed by a switch. It immediately bent its hind legs and landed on its butt, with its tail still wagging. .

Lu Qi spread his fingers, pressed down, and continued to issue the command: "Get down."

The puppy got down on its front feet and crawled to the ground.

Lu Qi clenched his fist again, stretched out a finger and twisted it: "Roll."

The puppy stuck out its tongue and rolled twice on the ground.

"Okay, get up." Lu Qi spread his fingers and raised his hand. The puppy jumped up from the ground, staring at Lu Qi with round eyes, and its tail wagged. Lu Qi shook his hand and a piece fell out. The small dried meats as big as beans rolled to the door, and the grains chased them.

"How's it going, sir? Isn't Wu Gu very well versed in human nature? He's much better behaved than Xiao Huang!" Lu Qi stared at him with sparkling eyes, as if asking for praise on the puppy's behalf.

Lu Jiu'an rarely saw him look so happy. Most of the time, Lu Qi hid the innocence that a child should have and tried hard to pretend to be an adult.

"That's awesome!" Lu Jiu'an praised sincerely, "Did you train him?"

"No, it's Hodor. Hodor is so awesome!"

Lu Jiu'an nodded in agreement. It had only been more than ten days since the dog was brought to the government office. , not only fed them well and fat, but also learned to listen to commands. As far as he knew, it would take most dogs a few months to learn simple commands.

He suddenly remembered that Ado had said before that he was good at raising dogs, and the dogs liked him very much. It turns out that this kid means that he is good at raising dogs.

Lu Jiuan thoughtfully said: "Call A Duo over."

A Duo came over soon. After not seeing each other for the past few days, the child was tanned again. A skin monkey rolled around in the mud pond at the entrance of the village. , Lu Jiu'an couldn't help laughing: "A Duo, what have you been doing?"

A Duo didn't know why: "I just feed grains, ah! And Xiao Huang."

"Are you still feeding Xiao Huang?" Lu Jiu An's face changed. Hei, when he brought the puppy back, he just wanted to distract A Duo. He was always worried that Xiao Huang would become vicious and accidentally hurt the child one day. "Isn't there someone responsible for feeding that big dog?"

"You said Uncle Liu, I asked Uncle Liu to feed me. He knew I was raising grains, so I fed him together

. " He had seen some videos of vicious dogs protecting their food on the Internet.

"Xiao Huang is a good dog!"

came again. Lu Jiu'an had experienced A Duo's persistence and wisely chose to change the topic: "I heard from Lu Qi that you taught the five grain movements. How did you think of teaching a dog to do it?"

"When I was at home, I liked to teach dogs how to do things. We used to have five dogs, and they all knew how to do it." A

Duo said in a matter-of-fact manner. In his opinion, teaching dogs how to do things was just a matter of course. Sparse and ordinary things. He couldn't understand the surprise on the faces of people around him every time they saw that the dog could understand the instructions and perform actions.

Lu Jiu'an touched his nose and pretended not to see the look of disdain A Duo showed inadvertently: "What other actions will you teach?"

A Duo lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I can stop the dog from doing something."

"For example , "

For example, they are not allowed to bite."

Lu Jiu'an was surprised: "Is it okay for Xiao Huang?"

A Duo shook his head a little dullly: "Xiao Huang is a big dog, but I can't do it yet." If it does, it will listen to me."

Lu Jiuan was really shocked this time. What kind of luck did he have? He picked up such an awesome baby just by picking it up!

"What about other actions? For example, if you throw something out, can you retrieve it? There are also fixed defecation, biting, catching Frisbees,..." The majestic appearance of a military dog ​​appeared in Lu Jiuan's mind, He kept listing the actions he knew, regardless of whether Ado could understand the unfamiliar words that came out of his mouth.

At the same time, he thought with great interest that he could bring more dogs back to the yamen in the future, and let Ah Duo be responsible for feeding and training them. If the yamen servants performed well, those who scored full marks in the assessment could be rewarded with raising a military dog.

And not only the yamen servants, but in the future he can also form a team of "yamen servants' second class" and add competition events, so that the original yamen servants and the "yamen servants' second class" can compete with each other and increase the enthusiasm of the two teams.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and novel ideas kept popping up in his head, and he couldn't wait to put the things in his mind into action immediately. Fortunately, I thought that the flood period had not passed yet and the biggest problem had not yet been solved, so those ideas were stopped in time.

A Duo didn't know what he was saying, so he let the magistrate think about it in this short breath. He waved his hand honestly: "I have never done it, and what you said, I think it should be difficult. "

Lu Jiu'an felt as if he had been hit in the head, and all the beautiful visions he had held a moment ago were shattered to pieces.

Suddenly something occurred to him: "Wait a minute."

Before he could say anything else, he rushed into my country house and closed the door.

Lu Jiu'an turned on his computer and used the search function to check, and he actually found a document called "Military Dog Training Manual". This manual was not the information needed in the historical treasure column. He didn't know when it was collected in his computer. inside.

Then he was disappointed to find that his energy points were not enough: "2000 points, that's how much I need." But now he only has more than 300 points. Unlocking the air-conditioning switch previously left him with no ammunition and food, but he still worked hard to get these 300 points. It took more than ten days to get it.

If the river channel is renovated, he is confident that it can increase a large wave of energy.

He planned the construction period with his fingers. It had been raining for several days in the past few days. For safety reasons, Lu Jiuan stopped the on-site work despite his objections. The project that was supposed to be completed according to the original plan was therefore extended for a few days. According to calculations, it was probably about It's been two days.

He was thinking about this matter in his mind, but unexpectedly, Lu Qi rushed over and said that Guo Zhubo came to see the county magistrate, his face was full of joy.

Apart from river renovation, Lu Jiuan couldn't think of anything else that could make Lord Guo, who looked serious all day long, so happy. Sure enough

, as soon as the door opened, Guo Wen stepped forward to ask for credit: "Congratulations, sir, the river channel renovation is completed."

"Good!" It was a blessing. Lu Jiu'an was in a good mood and left immediately: "Lu Qi, come with me." Get up and celebrate for those men in Yingping County!"

When passing by Aduo, Lu Jiu'an patted his head and said, "Wait at the government office. I'll earn you a dog training manual."

Along the way . , Lu Jiuan was thinking, what is the best reward for the special prize? At the beginning, it was said that after the completion of the work, the workload during the work period would be uniformly calculated, and each member of the first-class team would receive a special prize awarded by the county magistrate himself.

food? It must be something that everyone is in urgent need of now, but the settlement is just food, there is nothing new.

money? Now Yingping County is in a state of poverty, with everything to eat and drink in hand, and even the money cannot buy the current needs.

Cattle farming tools? Forget it, the county government is not rich enough to have a team of 10 people.

He once summoned Director Guo and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to inquire about this question privately, and received various answers, but he rejected them without exception.

While he was thinking so intently, he unconsciously spoke out what was on his mind.

"What's so difficult about this? What better reward than following the master?" Lu Qi said after hearing this.

Lu Jiu'an laughed and scolded him: "You are the only one who supports me like this. You are my little fan. Of course you think I am good at anything."

"No, I mean following the county magistrate. This is what many people have done." You won't be able to get this blessing for eight lifetimes."

Lu Jiu'an's eyes lit up! Yes, he had just thought about forming a team of people. These people were selected and had better physical fitness than a large group of young people. In addition, they were able to get a first-class team, so they were naturally the best among them. They were very good. Meets the conditions for him to form a new team.

When the time comes, he promises some benefits, such as long-term meal tickets, and some innocuous special rights. Are these people still afraid that they won't follow him?

He not only got talents, but those people also got the rewards they wanted. It was the best of both worlds. Is there any more suitable special prize than this?

The more Lu Jiu'an thought about it, the more satisfied he became. He couldn't help but pull Lu Qi over, hold him in his arms, and ravage him hard: "Well done to you, brother Lu Qi. My cultivation during this period has not been wasted. I must reward you when I get back. "

Lu Qi's face turned red, he silently pulled himself out of Lu Jiu'an's arms, lowered his head and pretended to adjust his cuffs.