Chapter 52 Gold (Two)

The people Wang Hongyi is thinking about naturally have their own circumstances.

Last month, an appointment document was issued by the General's Office. In the afternoon of the same day, the content of the document had been spread among the officials of Wenyang Office.

Wang Hongyi's confidant Lai Tongyu was appointed to Shunyi County as the county magistrate.

As we all know, the county magistrate is a leisurely profession. Is this favored or lost favor?

Before leaving, Wang Hongyi summoned Lai Tongyu again. This time, the content of the conversation was not criticized by outsiders.

Then Lai Tongyu and his group watched as Wang Hongyi watched them get off the boat.

At the same time, there are undercurrents in Shunyi County. This county is located in the upper reaches of Jishui River. Because it is mostly hills, it has always been famous for its poverty. Among the counties in Wenyang Prefecture, this county is the poorest.

Not only is the place adjacent to other counties, it is often invaded, resulting in the miserable life and the population being sparse, but also the location is the most desolate in the two counties, and some are mountain people. These mountain people are real mountain people, and can even be said to be foreign races.

There are few fertile lands and a lot of wasteland. Not to mention these, those who have been re-elected for several terms of county magistrates have mediocre abilities or are excluded from this place. Even if they have talent during their reign, they will be difficult to display even if they have talent.

So many reasons gathered together, making Shunyi County the most inconspicuous small county in Wenyang Prefecture, which is this ordinary small county. Lai Tongyu's trip was actually for this matter.

Shu is relatively gentle. In October, children digging wild vegetables can be seen everywhere in the fields and on the mountains.

These children were all wearing short clothes, and their clothes were washed with white hair. Although they were not so broken that they could not see anyone, they also had patches.

At this time, adults were busy with work and were busy with their family's livelihood, while children had to look for edible things to fill their stomachs.

You know, it’s the cold winter season in a blink of an eye, with heavy snow on the ground, and looking at it, it’s deserted, and I’m afraid even a wild vegetable can’t be easily dug.

Even if the family has surplus food at this time, they should keep the food for later use.

In Shunyi County, except for a few rich families and children of large families, the people eat more vegetables and porridge for three meals a day. This kind of food saves money and food. It can also relieve the fullness. It only makes these children suffer. They all eat noodles with vegetables, but in order to fill their stomachs, they can only continue to dig wild vegetables.

Near the Jishui River, there are a few children who are digging wild vegetables hard.

In the afternoon, most of the older children have gone back, and only these few are still young and are always bullied by those older children. Only by this time can we dig more wild vegetables in the countryside.

After a long time of busyness, the wild vegetables in the basket were getting full, and the children relaxed and started to talk while digging.

"Dog, is your father's injury better?" One of the children asked suddenly.

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

Compared with the other two children, they looked thinner and smaller. Their arms were as thin as numb stalks, which was so thin that they were quite powerful. They pulled up wild vegetables, and their eyes were also bright and energetic.

When the friend asked about this, the dog lowered his head and digged wild vegetables, saying, "It's still the same, but with some food filling, it's probably after the New Year, you can go to the ground."

"That's good, otherwise your family will be sick, and you will be very sad in your future."

"By the way, my parents said that when your family gets harvest, my family will be done, so I will go to help your family. Don't worry too much."

"Well, so is my family. You can rest assured. Then I will go and help your family."

The poor child was already in charge. After hearing what Gouzi said, the other two children were immediately happy for their partners. At the same time, they also conveyed their parents' words and patted their small breasts.

Hearing this, the dog looked up and smiled at the two partners, but when he lowered his head, he felt a little sad.

Gouzi's father is now bedridden at home. He is a man in his thirties. He is very tough and works in the county stone mine. Although he makes a good fortune on weekdays, he can still raise his family.

But at the beginning of the year, something happened at the stone mine, and several of them died in one go. His father was also injured and the collapsed stone hit a leg.

Because he had no money to seek medical treatment, his wounds gradually worsened. Now, he can only lie on the collapse and sigh.

If the harvest was not good this year, I was afraid that I could survive this year and I was not able to do so.

With these surplus grains at the bottom, you may not be able to recover after winter, but no matter what, your body may not be able to recover.

When someone mentioned this, the more angry he became. He could still say some comforting words before, but while digging wild vegetables, the dog's heart was so angry that it rushed up.

Finally, he couldn't help but curse: "I hate those officials. The mine is the official family. After such a thing, they only used a bag of rice to beat them. My father had been lying on the bed for a few months and had not yet gone to the ground. He really was a group of bastards!"

Although there were two young children on the other side, they still had conditioned reflexes when they saw that there was no one, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and immediately resumed the conversation.

"Dog, don't be sad. This is the case with poor people in this world... However, I heard that the county magistrate had been dismissed from his official position before, and now he has changed his name to a new one. I wonder if the person who came this time would be a good official."

"Will the good official come here?" Gouzi burst out laughing, disagreed.

The child said before, but he seemed to hear something and said, "It's not certain. I heard that the new general is a good official. Perhaps the one he sent is also a good official?"

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

"Erga, that new general, is such a good official? Who did you hear?"

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

"I don't believe it. There will be good officials in the world. It's better to dig more wild vegetables and cook them into porridge when you go back." After hearing this, Gouzi still didn't believe it, just refuted.

Erga wanted to say something again, but suddenly the child next to him pulled down his sleeve: "Shh! Stop the sound, someone is coming over there, don't let them listen."

Gouzi and Erga looked over the river, but saw a small boat stopping on the shore beside them.

There were a few people on the boat, one horse, and a man stood on the bow.

The man was about thirty years old, and his clothes looked ordinary and elegant, but he faintly scattered. Even if he was wearing a cloth, it was difficult to hide it. Two followers were followed.

The man rode a horse and observed the surrounding situation all the way. The more he looked, the more gloomy the face became.

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

Unlike outsiders' speculation, he came here to work, but he was not just on the scene, but on a major mission.

This Shunyi County is located in the upper reaches of Jishui. Although it is a small county, it has a golden vein. It was famous all over the world after Wang Hongyi's defeat in his previous life.

This golden vein is not big, but it is almost the same as the open air. It is hidden in a stone mine. Just dig a little more and you can see it in the sun.

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

Now Wang Hongyi has great power and will never let this gold mine go. He appointed his confidant to be an official here, and the plan is this gold mine.

However, what Lai Tongyu saw along the way shocked him. This was not only explained by the relative poverty of the land. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that I am only a county magistrate, not a county magistrate, and cannot interfere in the civil affairs. However, after mining, if I make little contributions, I will be invited to be the county magistrate. I will be managed for three years to eliminate the beauty of the villagers!"

Shunyi County, county town.

In front of the slightly dilapidated county yamen, there were several yamen runners standing on the stairs and looking at the city gate.

Among them, there was one person who was obviously an order official who was getting angry, and the people around him replied with a respectful tone.

The pedestrians on the road knew them and all took a detour.

After a while, the official side ordered the gaze to withdraw, and then sighed again.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the others quickly persuaded him, fearing that this person would be unhappy and spread his anger to them.

"Zhao Lingli, don't be anxious. When will the county magistrate come? I haven't told us a few of us. Even if we get late, he won't blame us."

"Yes, Zhao Lingli, you are too nervous."

"What do you know? There is no county magistrate in the county government office now, and the magistrate has run away. We are the old people here. If the new master is unhappy, we have to put on the bed and get out of here! If you want to continue to do it, you have to please the master!" Zhao Lingli scolded.

After hearing what Zhao Lingli said, the others understood, and their faces were filled with anxiety.

"Zhao Lingli, what should we do now?"

"Nonsense! What else can I do? Keep waiting for news for me. Xiao Liuzi is watching there. If he comes, he will send someone to tell us." Zhao Lingli looked at the direction of the city gate and said, waiting for a while, looking at the sky, even Zhao Lingli was a little discouraged.

"Following this situation, this new master is afraid he can't come today. The sun is almost set. If he had arrived, he would have arrived long ago."

"Yes, if it really arrives, there should be a message from the city gate. If this news is not available, I'm afraid it really won't arrive today."

"Since that's the case, let's go in and wait until tomorrow." The other people had been waiting a little sore, and took advantage of the situation and wanted to walk inside.

Zhao Lingli was working hard and wanted to follow in.

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

Hearing someone calling them, but the sound was not an acquaintance, the people stopped immediately and turned around at the same time.

Seeing that they were called a scholar, dressed in a literati, with bright eyes. They were following them, following them, and it was the situation of three masters and servants.

Although he was a little unhappy at this time, his temperament made Zhao Lingli not careless. He stopped a reckless man next to him from rushing to the storm. Zhao Lingli smiled and took the next step.

He bowed to the other party and said, "I don't know, the three of you call me to wait, what's going on?"

Although he is a ruffian, he is not likable in appearance, but he is still okay in treating people and things.

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

"Don't this plaque read... Huh, where is this plaque?" I wanted to point to the plaque above and say something, but when Zhao Lingli looked back, he frowned.

The plaque that was originally hung here disappeared.

"Zhao Lingli, I'm afraid there is no master in the county, so I took off the plaque for those unruly people?" Several people just discovered this and were a little stunned when they saw it.

I thought of who was doing it in a blink of an eye, and it must be those unruly people!

"This group of troublemakers! If I find out who did it, I have to kill them!" Zhao Lingli said hatefully, but found that before he finished speaking, the person he asked just now had stepped up the steps.

But with a faint sneer on his face, he walked past him and walked straight into the county government.

Zhao Lingli was about to stop him. Suddenly, when he thought of something, he was dead. Could it be... Zhao Lingli reacted first?

If you can get to such a position with Bai Ding, you will be very slow.

Zhao Lingli hurriedly followed, and as soon as he entered, Lai Tongyu showed his identity, and it was indeed the new county magistrate Lai.
To be continued...