Chapter 210 False twisted into real
The big deal is to ask that kid to come back often. Anyway, they are trying to make this pair together, trying to make the two of them turn from fake to real.
She County is also under the jurisdiction of Acropolis, but it is relatively close to Beiguan.
Winter is particularly long, and Tianhe Town seems to be a watershed in temperature.
In the north, it’s been cold since October, and in the south, it’s been cold since November, a full month’s difference. Don’t you think it’s strange?
In the north, the sum of spring, summer and autumn is only five months, and there is one season of grain in a year; in the south, it is seven months in total, and there are two grains in a year.
However, based on this temperature, the imperial court collected a season's grain tax there, but the people still couldn't eat enough and wear warm clothes.
The emperor pushed him here, the first is to let his daughter forget him, and the second is to see the ability of the new champion.
When I came to She County, the old county magistrate handed over to the new county magistrate. The old county magistrate happily packed up his luggage and left without any nostalgia.
Yuan Jiaqi looked at the dilapidated county government office and his own mansion, not discouraged, and felt that he was full of combat power.
The more this is the case, the more he has to make a double result.
Fortunately, I have the money given by my wife and the helper sent by my husband. The first thing I do is to dismiss all the officials.
Then openly recruit yamen servants. Those who have resigned before can also apply again, but they must be of good character, have prestige among the people, and be capable.
Not only that, he also paid for it, and began to recruit people to repair the county government and his own mansion. The silver used was all out of his own pocket, and the tax collected was not used at all.
All workers, one day's work, one day's bills, and no wages owed to the people.
Just this point, let the common people realize that County Magistrate Yuan is a good official.
He did what he said, he did what he said, and he acted vigorously. The new official took office three times, and the fire was very strong, and it burned into the hearts of the people.
The disaster in She County was worse than that in the south. In order to support Yuan Jiaqi, Qiao Mai dug a lot of pits around She County in the middle of the night and stored a lot of water.
All of a sudden, the reputation of the Yuan family grew, and the people all said that he brought hope to this place.
The scene of the common people scrambling to get water, and the respectful face when passing him, made him feel that if he was not good at being an official, he would really be wrong to the people here.
Those who took office in late May recruited twenty yamen servants in early June, ten in groups, each led by a catcher.
After the establishment of the police team, the local ruffians, hooligans, and bullies in the county were cleaned up and subdued.
Want to file a complaint? It depends on whether Wang Zhifu will give them a chance, maybe they will be beaten back.
After taking office for one month, She County has been organized in a very orderly manner, and it is no longer as chaotic as before.
He led people around the entire county, sighing inwardly, the surrounding gates and buildings needed to be repaired, the city walls needed to be repaired, and the lives of the people in the county needed to be improved.
Thinking of the 10,000 taels of silver given by the lady, it feels like a drop in the bucket.
But there is no rush, everything has to be done slowly, and the transformation of She County will not happen overnight.
Yuan Jiaqi stood on the city tower, looking at the official road to the south. He hasn't been home for a month. He really misses them.
Through continuous efforts, Tian Sanzhuang finally won the favor of the daughter of the magistrate of Yixian County.
The two of them secretly decided for life, but Tian Sanzhuang had no other family property except the two hundred taels of silver he returned from the army.
It is really difficult to buy a house in the county seat.
Under the offensive of his sweet talk and good appearance, the girl secretly gave him two hundred taels of silver, plus his own, and bought a smaller house in the county.
Using the girl's private money, she invited a matchmaker to propose a marriage.
In fact, the county magistrate is not satisfied with this marriage, but the daughter is old and mediocre, and there are very few people who come to propose marriage. This time, someone proposes marriage, and the daughter likes it, so I just turn a blind eye. Agreed to this marriage.
The marriage was scheduled for the end of June, and Tian Sanzhuang was unable to buy another dowry gift. He had no choice but to be cheeky and coaxed half of the girl's dowry into the dowry gift and sent it to the county magistrate's house.
Qiao Mai came out for a walk when he had nothing to do. He was sitting outside his shop when he heard the old couple from the Tian family playing on the opposite side.
"Let me tell you, my son is good-looking, sweet-mouthed, and capable. He was spotted by the county magistrate's daughter, and the date has been booked. It's the twenty-sixth day of this month. What an auspicious day! .”
Qiao Mai kowtowed melon seeds, watching this scene with relish.
"I heard that the county magistrate's daughter is eighteen."
"What's the matter? It's not because she has high vision and picked her at this age."
"I said old sister, don't blow it up." Someone knew the details and said disdainfully.
"Originally, they returned the house that my son bought in the county. My family is poor, and they used dowry as a dowry. How nice do you think this girl is?"
"Ah, bah, what's so good? How good can it be if you post it backwards? I heard that the girl is not good-looking, but she is quite fat. She is lazy and doesn't do anything all day long."
Tian's mouth curled up, "No matter what, as long as the county magistrate can help my son, I am willing to marry a sow."
Qiao Mai couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.
The Tian family really dare to say it. Everyone knows it, but no one dares to say that the girl is a sow. On the contrary, they have really grown a troublesome mouth.
Just say this, and the Tian family will not get better in the future.
At this moment, Tian Sanzhuang rode a tall horse and drove over from the southern official road, and saw the old man Tian and the two talking nonsense here again.
His brows furrowed, "Father, mother, don't come to the town to chat nonsense in the future. I'm an official post now, and the influence is not good."
"Ai, Ai"
The two quickly shut their mouths, Tian Sanzhuang turned around and saw Qiao Mai.
Now she is sitting upright on the chair, and her whole body has the aura of a young lady from a wealthy family.
Not to mention, although her appearance is average, her skin is very fair, especially on her neck, hands, and wrists.
The more he thinks about it, the hotter his body becomes. He has been a monk for five years, and he has long been crazy about women.
He got off the horse involuntarily, walked towards Qiao Mai, then sat opposite her, and stared at her obsessively.
"Joe, I'm getting married."
"congratulations!"
"She is not as good as you."
"No one put a knife on your neck to marry her."
"As long as you nod your head and promise to get back together with me, I will cancel this marriage!"
Qiao Mai's face sank, "Tian Butou, watch your words!"
Her sharp voice instantly woke up Tian Sanzhuang.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I can't hold back when I think of our past."
"I warn you, I have a man, my man is a court official, a hundred times, a thousand times better than you, in the past? My past was eaten by dogs, you are not worthy to talk about the past with me, get out of my presence !"
"You don't talk about affection like this? It's easy to catch us as husband and wife."
Qiao Mai looked at him coldly, the murderous intent in his eyes slowly released, Tian Sanzhuang looked into her eyes, as if he saw a mountain of corpses and a sea of flames, he was so frightened that he immediately got up, ran to the horse, and was scared out of his wits All in a cold sweat.
It's terrible, how did she become like this, what happened to her five years ago when he was not around?
He swallowed, looked at Qiu Mai again, and found that she was like an ordinary woman, drinking tea leisurely in front of the shop, nothing unusual.
Tian Sanzhuang got on the horse and looked back at the Tian family couple.
"Father and mother, go home, my son is on an errand"
"go Go!"
He left, and the Tian family couple continued to brag.
A burst of thunder sounded in the sky, and the people looked up at the sky, and continued to chat as if nothing had happened.
Thunderstorms but no rain, they are all used to this kind of situation.
At this moment, yellow dust rose from the official road to the south, a few guards cleared the way, a luxury carriage in the middle, followed by a few more guards, driving towards this side.
There was no one else on the official road, but the guards in front still shouted.
"Everyone get out of the way, get out of the way,"
Qiao Mai raised his brows, and said in his heart, the people sitting in this carriage are either rich or expensive, and they are more ostentatious than the magistrate, so it seems that they are not easy to provoke.
(end of this chapter)