Chapter 396

The widow Wang and her son were released unharmed. The eldest childe of the Huang family claimed that the matter was purely the child's nonsense, and the housekeeper didn't notice it for a moment, which made such a joke.

For this reason, he not only severely reprimanded the housekeeper, but also exempted the mother and son from some debts previously owed as compensation.

For a time, the people of the five nearby villages were fried. They knew that Baiyan town might really change in the future. Some people were very happy and some were sad.

The concession of the Huang family has made Xu, the newly arrived mayor, equal to master Huang in the status of the villagers.

On that day, Xu's wife and son, widow Wang, who ignored safety, also gained the full trust of the villagers. The villagers believed what she said.

For the rest of their lives, the mother and son also shed their stigma. Naturally, they are very grateful to Xu. Wang gouer finally made up his mind to become a soldier.

In just two days, hundreds of young men from five villages came to Xu to sign up for joining the army, and Xu also planned to go back to the city to help widow Wang handle the business agency.

On that day, hundreds of people gathered in zhenzikou early in the morning. Hundreds of people who were going to be soldiers were saying goodbye to their families. Most of them were 18-year-old boys with brothers at home.

Although it's dangerous to be a soldier, it's dangerous to go hunting in the mountains every day? Many people in almost every village are injured or die every year, so compared with the people in the Central Plains, these young men are naturally good materials for soldiers.

Lord Huang is also saying goodbye to his son. This time, Huang Yuan will also go to the city together. After replacing the land lease and house lease at home with a new one, he will go to Wuchang.

After more than 100 people swept over the mountain depression and disappeared, the people were empty in their hearts. They were worried that Mrs. Xu would not come back. Huang GUI and two other members were eager for her not to come back.

The two members did not take the initiative to replace the contract, but planned to wait until the people from the Yamen came. They learned from Huang Yuan that the Yamen would send people to each town to handle it.

The two families don't have scholars like Huang Yuan. They want to go to Bo Gongming, so there's no need to respond so positively. It's said that they may pay taxes in the future. The two families plan to see if the officials sent at that time can accommodate one or two and hide some fields.

"Mrs. Xu, it is said that Daqin firm is looking for two agents in every town. My Huang family also wants to represent one. Can you recommend one or two?"

Along the way, Huang Yuan and Xu Shi sat in soft chairs to be carried. Because Xu Shi had a good sense of Huang childe, they also talked a lot. Now when Huang Yuan suddenly said this, Xu Shi pondered and nodded.

"It's easy to say, but if it can be done, I can't guarantee my body. It depends on the meaning of the shopkeeper."

"That's natural. Thank you here, madam." Huang Yuan smiled and arched his hands. He knew that as long as Xu was willing to recommend, things would basically be done.

Originally, he didn't care much about the agent, but after learning the general situation of the firm from Xu, he knew that the agent was definitely not simple. Now he can't see that the agent is likely to become an invisible amulet when the king of China ascends the throne and becomes the emperor in the future.

"You're welcome, childe."

Xu smiled faintly. The reason why she didn't refuse was that it was consistent with the policy of guiding the gentry to business advocated by the king.

They hurried to Yiling city before dark. Seeing that Xu could call to open the city gate with his official seal, Huang Yuan also lamented that the great Qin state was really different from all dynasties.

Hundreds of young men were directly handed over to Liu Da Pao in the military camp outside the city. At this time, there were thousands of recruits in the camp. Obviously, most of the mayor's wives went back to the city to report on their work.

Liu Da Pao naturally couldn't close his mouth. I'm afraid he had to wait until the monkey year and the horse month to recruit by himself. Yiling is a state city. Although the garrison camp has 200 more places than the county seat, it has only 500 places, so the extra 500 people will be sent to Wuchang to join the real Chinese army.

Even the remaining 500 people, after two months of training, will have to be transferred to the National Guard in other areas.

As a nominal Shangguan, Xu naturally went to the Yamen to report to Liu mu, the prefecture magistrate, that is, he handed over the population of each village counted by Liu mu for a while, with a thick stack of paper for each household.

"Mayor Xu, why are there only five villages? In the state annals, there are fifteen villages in Baiyan town. "

Liu Mu frowned and was obviously dissatisfied. Xu not only came back last, but also counted only one-third of the population. Therefore, it was not easy to catch the handle. Naturally, he had to play a dozen official tunes.

"Back to Zhizhou, the other ten villages are located in the mountains and have little contact with the outside world. According to what the lower official heard, those villagers do not know the imperial court and are extremely exclusive. I'm afraid it will be difficult to complete them in a short time."

Xu Shi didn't care about his tone and told the truth.

"I don't care. I must complete all the population statistics within two months. If necessary, I can send several yamen servants to assist you."

Liu Mu waved his big hand and said impatiently, but he was gloating in his heart.

"All right!"

Xu nodded and left, knowing that the man was just bluffing her. He couldn't finish it by then, and he couldn't do anything about himself.

When Xu returned to Mrs. Zhou's official residence, it was completely dark, and Zhou and the other nine ladies immediately welcomed him out.

"Sister Xu, you are finally back. If you don't come back, sister Zhou plans to send someone to Baiyan town to check the situation."

"Yes, I heard that Baiyan town is poor. My sister is really worried."

A group of people talked and laughed and went into the yard. When they saw that everyone was safe, they were still in a good mood.

Obviously, to prevent someone from having an accident in the town, the news could not be delivered in time, so they had to go back to the city to report on their work once a month, and because they were new here, the first time they went back to the city to report on their work was scheduled to be ten days.

Of the ten towns divided, Baiyan town is undoubtedly the most remote, so the situation of the other nine towns should be slightly better. The population statistics of several towns near Yiling city have been completed.

Listening to Xu's story, widow Wang's mother and son were going to be burned alive and soaked in a pig cage. The villagers wanted to rush up to deal with her. All the wives were sweating secretly.

Although they also encountered all kinds of difficulties, the local gentry did not dare to tear their faces directly.

"It's hard for my sister, but I'm afraid we'd have scared away if my sister could deal with it."

"Yes, most of the people in the south are fierce."

The other nine ladies said with emotion that when they were assigned, they were divided according to their personal ability.

Those with poor ability go to nearby towns and those with strong ability go to remote towns. Xu, who once led the villagers to fight, was sent to the most remote Baiyan town.

In ancient times, the traffic was inconvenient and the information was poor. The more remote the place was, the less the people feared the imperial court, and the greater the rights of the local gentry. Almost everyone understood this.

"Hum, the Huang family is really brave. Fortunately, they stopped in time."

When Zhou heard the speech, he snorted coldly. If the Huang family really ordered the villagers to start with Xu, he said he couldn't let Liu Da Pao lead the troops.

Next, the ten ladies introduced the local conditions and customs of the ten towns and the basic situation of the people one by one, and then Zhou summarized them into a book and reported them to Xiangyang.