Chapter 262 Father-in-law's Love
Houcheng can be said to be in a state of disrepair.
After Lü Desheng became the new magistrate of Houcheng County, his official duties increased.
As the saying goes, "When there's work to do, the disciples do the hard work." But for Lv Desheng, it was his daughter who did the hard work. His daughter had the time, and most importantly, the ability, to help him share some of his official duties.
Therefore, recently Lu Songli was drafted into the army by her father, and went to the county government office to help her father every day. At first, it was just some statistical work, and later, no matter what official business it was, she had to go through it first. If she couldn't handle it, her father would handle it.
Lu Songli went there early every morning, and Qin Sheng would pick her up in the evening.
Her father, Lu Desheng, would wait until she arrived before taking people out.
She went there frequently, but everyone working in the Houcheng County Government Office knew that Lord Lu had sent him to Houcheng specially for his second daughter, so it was not surprising.
The father was sent away for his daughter, so what if the daughter came to visit her parents every day?
Having said that, after Lu Songli took over her father's official duties, her father had more time to go down to the grassroots to understand the people's sentiments and solve some practical difficulties for them.
County Magistrate Guo Chunsheng once secretly sighed to his wife, "Although County Magistrate Lu is so busy and is out every day, he never neglects his official duties. He is really capable."
Xue Xu also heard Guo Chunsheng's sigh, but he just smiled and said nothing.
Early in the morning of that day, Lu Songli and Qin Sheng got up early.
Lu Songli continued to go to the county government office to help her father and handle the official business of the county government.
Qin Sheng went to the Houcheng military camp and revealed his idea of suppressing the bandits to Zhou Da and others.
Zhou Da and his brothers strongly supported his idea. They were all eager to try and inquire about the situation of bandits in Liaodong County.
You don’t know until you ask, and you’ll be shocked when you do.
It turns out there are so many bandit dens in Liaodong County?
I'm rich, I'm rich.
"Sixth Master, when are we going to take action?" They love to fight bandits!
"I'm not busy. I still need to consult Master Lu and Master Le."
When they learned that he still needed to consult his father-in-law, Zhou Dama Jin and the others refused to stop him and pushed him to the county government office one after another, saying, "Sixth Master, go and ask for instructions quickly. Don't waste time here."
This is definitely going to be a no-brainer. Who doesn't know that Lord Lu is Sixth Master's father-in-law? The bandit suppression effort does require Lord Le's approval, but with Lord Lu in the fold, it's guaranteed to succeed. Who doesn't know that Lord Lu can talk the living out of the dead?
Qin Sheng left with a frown on his face. Zhou Da and his men were simple-minded. Their eyes lit up when they heard about bandits and robbers. They had never considered that there was only one mountain stronghold in Houcheng, and the others were scattered across the other seventeen counties of Liaodong Commandery.
When he found out about this news just now, he was a little disappointed.
Could the army of Houcheng cross the border to suppress the bandits? Of course, with Lord Le's consent, they could. But would the county magistrates of other counties ask to intervene and then share the spoils?
When he arrived at the county government office and saw Lu Songli, he still looked unhappy.
Lu Songli stopped writing and asked curiously, "What's wrong? What difficulties have you encountered?"
Qin Sheng described the distribution of the bandits and expressed his concerns.
Lu Songli saw that he looked troubled, as if the eighteen bandits were eighteen pheasants, only one of which was in his own territory and could be slaughtered at any time, while the rest were in other people's territories, making it difficult for him to kill them.
Lu Songli laughed.
Qin Sheng looked at her. How could Lili still smile? Those were all her money. He was so annoyed.
Lu Songli comforted him, "Don't worry, wipe out the Black Wind Stronghold in Houcheng first. The other seventeen bandits won't be able to escape, and your wish will come true."
Qin Sheng blinked. What does this mean?
Lu Songli whispered to him, "My father might be promoted to the new governor of Liaodong County. Then the entire Liaodong County will be yours."
Qin Sheng's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Lu Songli said affirmatively, "It won't take a few days."
She guessed that Emperor Song Mo would issue his reward as soon as possible. Promptly distributing the reward would encourage his subordinates to work harder, and it would also allow the matter to be concluded and recorded in history books.
At this time, someone in the backyard brought lunch to Lu Songli.
Lu Songli greeted Qin Sheng, "Haven't you eaten yet? Come, let's eat together."
Qin Sheng touched his belly and sat down.
After dinner, someone came to report that the county magistrate and his wife had returned, one after another.
Lu Songli nodded. Her parents' return was quite coincidental. They had both gone out that morning, but not to the same place. Her mother had gone to the street. The family had moved into the backyard of the county government office. There were many things to buy, and her mother must have been busy with them. Her father had gone to the countryside to supervise the farmers' spring plowing.
Qin Sheng needed help from his father-in-law, but Lu Songli asked him to go first as she had some work to finish and couldn't leave for the time being.
Qin Sheng said "oh" and went obediently.
"Suppress the bandits?" Lu Desheng washed his hands and was just about to sit down to eat.
He has been really busy lately. He just came back from the fields with his men and had dinner. Later he has to meet the landlords and wealthy people in Houcheng to ask for some favors from them.
Qin Sheng: "Yes, to suppress bandits and train soldiers at the same time."
Just then, Jiang personally brought the food over. Seeing her son-in-law there, she greeted him warmly, "Ah Sheng, have you had lunch? If not, come sit down and have something with your father-in-law."
"Mother-in-law, I have eaten. I just ate with Lili." Qin Sheng stood and answered politely.
"Then sit down and have a bowl of soup to replenish your body." Lu Desheng said.
Qin Sheng couldn't refuse the hospitality, so he had to sit down. He had just been eating with his wife, and after making sure she was full, he bought up all the remaining food, feeling a little full.
Now his father-in-law and mother-in-law still want him to eat it. Fortunately, it’s just a bowl of soup, so it should be fine.
Lu Desheng now likes his future son-in-law much more.
He had originally thought that after he had mastered his job, he would clear out the bandits in this area. He had worked so hard to run Houcheng, not to make wedding clothes for others.
Now my son-in-law has a keen eye for work, which is great.
Lu Desheng was so happy that he couldn't help but give him some food.
With his father-in-law taking some meat from one side and his mother-in-law taking some from the other, soon there was half a bowl of meat in his bowl.
What could Qin Sheng do? He could only eat slowly, even secretly loosening his belt a little bit when they weren't paying attention.
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