355, start work

355, start work

When they arrived at the Fu family, in addition to the Fu father and son, there were also two elders named Wang, Bai and Zhang who were invited here.

After asking everyone to sit down, Lu Mingfei told them the purpose of his visit today, "So, I would like to ask all the seniors to come out and help me, and continue to work for the people."

"I also know that asking you seniors to serve as minor managers in the government office is an injustice to you."

"But I can assure you all here that whenever I have the chance, I will report to His Majesty the changes and contributions of all of you seniors."

"Lord Lu, don't say that. You are willing to invite us because you think highly of us old guys." Fu Zheng had already learned from his son the purpose of Lu Mingfei's visit today. He was thinking about this issue on his way back and had already made a decision in his mind.

Now that they heard Lu Mingfei speak so politely and give them enough face, if they refused, it would seem a bit ungrateful.

Glancing at his three old colleagues who had also been exiled to the North, Fu Zheng was the first to agree. "It's no problem on my end. I'm free anyway, so it would be nice to have something to do."

Hearing that Fu Zheng had agreed, the other three people present naturally had no reason to refuse.

Hearing everyone agree to help him, Lu Mingfei showed a genuine smile on his face. He couldn't help but stand up and shook Senior Fu's hand, "That's great."

"With the help of all the seniors, our Li County will surely get better and better in the future. We will also strive to let the people here live a good life as soon as possible."

"Sir, you are wholeheartedly serving the people. Having you here is a blessing for the local people." Fu Zheng was stunned when his hand was suddenly held. He looked at the young man in front of him, who was younger than his son. They were no longer the ministers who were highly respected in the officialdom, but Lu Mingfei still respected them very much and even condescended to come and invite them personally, just to ask them to help the people.

At this moment, Fu Zheng recalled his youth when he followed his father who was an official in office. At that time, his father was also dedicated to serving the people.

Later, he and his mother followed his father back to Kyoto Prefecture and lived the life of a young master. Although he later entered the officialdom, his career went smoothly and he seemed to have long forgotten his father's teachings.

Now, he saw the shadow of his father in a young man, and saw that the most important thing for an official was to serve the people. The rest was just external possessions.

"Haha, you are all blessed to meet each other." Lu Mingfei laughed.

The others present also started laughing.

At this moment, all of them had pure hearts and just wanted to do things for the people, to improve the environment in Li County, so that the people who lived here and had suffered the pain of war for generations could have a place to shelter from the wind and rain and live a stable life.

If they cannot return to Beijing in the future, their descendants will have to live here for generations. So, for them, making this place better is not a good thing for their descendants.

Seeing that the matter was over and Lu Mingfei had to rush back to the county town, he declined Senior Fu's invitation to stay for dinner and stood up and said, "It's getting late today. I have to rush back to the county government office."

"Seniors, please tell your families to pack your luggage. I will arrange a carriage to pick you up and take you to the city tomorrow."

"If there are young people in your family who are willing to work as helpers in the government office, you can take them with you."

"Okay, we'll tell the younger generations at home later." Fu Zheng stood up and responded.

After leaving the Fu family, Lu Mingfei and Fu Lianxin climbed onto their horses and rode back to the city with the guards.

***

Fu Lianxin stayed in the city for one night. The next day, without waiting for his family to come, he took his men back to Tong County early in the morning.

Lu Mingfei had a lot of things to do, so he didn't go to pick up the seniors in person, but he arranged guards to help him pick them up.

After the yamen’s notice was posted, people came to the yamen to sign up and register that day.

So when Fu Zheng, Wang Wang and others followed the senior who led the way to the county government office, they saw that the entrance of the county government office was surrounded by people and heard Lu Mingfei's voice shouting.

"Everyone line up, line up, go to the back—"

"Don't push, there's plenty of work!"

Even Lu Mingfei didn't expect that a few job advertisements would attract so many applicants.

He had several tables set up at the entrance of the yamen and asked the legal advisor to sit down and register the people who came to apply for the job.

However, in such a large county government office, there were only a few literate officials, which made Lu Mingfei a little upset.

Just as he was about to sit down and register everyone, he saw Mr. Fu and others standing outside the crowd, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

After squeezing through the crowd, Lu Mingfei smiled at the few people standing outside watching the excitement, "You came at the perfect time."

"Has everyone had breakfast?"

"I've eaten." Fu Zheng replied.

"Then you can take your luggage to the residence behind the yamen and put it away first, and then come to the front to help." Seeing that Fu Zheng and the others still had packages on their backs, Lu Mingfei said.

"From now on, you will live in the dormitory behind the government office, and you will also eat there. My house is over there, very close to the government office."

Lu Mingfei does not live behind the yamen. He now lives in the house arranged for him by Zhao Lang, which is right next to the yamen.

Now that he is here, there is no guarantee that Zhao Lang will come to see him when he is free, so living behind the yamen will be a little inconvenient for him.

The vacant yard can be used as a dormitory for several seniors.

"Okay." Fu Zheng nodded, and followed the guards who led the way into the yamen with several old colleagues.

After arriving at their residence in the backyard and putting down their bags, they went out to help outside the yamen gate.

With a few more helpers, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

He selected a few of the women who had applied for the job and sent them to clean up the vacant houses in the city. These vacant houses could be arranged to accommodate the workers or rented to those in need.

The remaining male members were divided into two groups. One group went to the outside of the city to reclaim land and plant vegetables. The official fields they planted were all wasteland, and with the arrival of winter, they planted as much as they could.

The second group of people went outside the city to dig soil and build brick kilns, preparing to burn a batch of bricks to build a new city wall.

There were less than two months until the cold winter arrived. Lu Mingfei didn't expect to finish the wall before winter arrived, but he would build as much as he could and set up the construction team first.

As for the money, he could only take it out of his own private treasury first, and then return it to him when there was money in the government office's account.

And one very important thing he had to do was to design the reconstruction of the city of Li County.

After the people at the yamen gate dispersed and they had lunch at the yamen, Lu Mingfei pulled Fu Zheng and several other senior colleagues to discuss the construction of the city wall.

The few of them chatted until dark.

Even for dinner, Lu Mingfei had it with these seniors at the yamen.

It was only when he returned to his residence from the yamen that he opened the letter Zhao Lang wrote to him.

When the envelope was opened and the contents were poured out, a wooden hairpin and a letter fell out.

Taking the hairpin in his hand and examining it for a moment, Lu Mingfei knew without a second thought that it must have been made by someone with nothing better to do. While it wasn't made of precious wood, the craftsmanship looked... average.

However, when he looked at the wooden hairpin and remembered the scene of someone using a knife to cut a piece of wood into a hairpin, he couldn't help but laugh.

Perhaps Zhao Lang had not received the letter he sent yet. In the letter, he wrote about some things he had done in the army. At the end, he did not forget to write that he missed him and said he would come to see him after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It’s less than half a month away from Mid-Autumn Festival.

Judging from the current situation on the front line, Zhao Lang probably won’t be able to leave the military camp during this period of time.

Zhao Lang couldn't come out, so he could go to the front line to look for someone. However, he had a lot of things to do at home, so he couldn't just go to the front line to see his sweetheart.

In the end, Lu Mingfei could only put away the wooden hairpin and the read letter, place them properly in a small box, and then put the small box into a large box containing hidden weapons.

After taking a shower, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep almost as soon as his head touched the pillow.

When the secret guards who were on guard outside saw that the lights in their master's room had dimmed, they knew that their master had fallen asleep. They huddled in their hiding places and closed their eyes to rest.

At night in the north, the sky is high, the moon is bright, and the surroundings are very quiet.

However, the nights here on the front line are not as peaceful and relaxing as those in the rear.

"kill!"

That night, a group of Hu soldiers launched a night attack on a camp stationed on the border.

Little did they know that the people who were responsible for renovating the camp had already disappeared.

So when this group of Hu soldiers entered the camp and found that the tents were empty, they knew they had fallen into a trap.

"Let's go!" As soon as the leader of the Hu army realized that they had fallen into a trap, he quickly shouted to the soldiers following him to leave.

But before they could leave, a voice came from above, "Release!"

At a command, the archers standing on high ground raised their bows and arrows and started the first round of shooting at the Hu soldiers who broke into their camp.

No one was soft-hearted or merciless at this time, because they all knew that if it wasn't Hu Bing who died tonight, it would be them.

Arrows flew out like rain and hit the Hu soldiers who wanted to escape. Soon, one after another fell down.

Zhao Lang stood behind his soldiers and watched everything happen coldly.

Looking at the Hu Bing general who was leading the way and trying to break through, he raised the crossbow in his hand, aimed at the enemy, and pulled the trigger.

“Swoosh!”

“Bang!”

When the tall man fell, his eyes were still wide open... Author's words:

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