Chapter 249 Dajin's Worst Dog
Although Wang Xiaoqian was born as a coroner and his status is relatively low, ever since Zhou Yanxiu took the lead in compiling the notes of the coroner of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wang Xiaoqian has been conscientious and hardworking. His ability is also recognized in the eyes of His Majesty.
But compared to these, Zhou Yanxiu valued Wang Xiaoqian's stubbornness more. Once he made up his mind to go down a path, no one could change it. Such a Wang Xiaoqian would guard Dongping County step by step for him and nothing would go wrong.
The stubborn Wang Xiaoqian was deceived by Zhou Yanxiu, who was as cunning as a sieve, and came to Dongping County. From then on, he started his extremely difficult career as an official. It's a pity that no matter how much he regrets now, there is no way to go back to the beginning.
The staff of Dongping County's county government were all promoted by Zhou Yanxiu when he was in office. Logically speaking, Wang Xiaoqian can also be regarded as Zhou Yanxiu's direct descendant, but only he himself knows who is not adapting to the local climate.
Although his subordinates seemed to support Wang Xiaoqian's rise to power, they actually felt aggrieved and naturally felt restrained in doing things.
If an ordinary person encountered such a situation, several letters would be sent to Zhou Yanxiu's house in a month, but Wang Xiaoqian is a stubborn person. You don't want to do it, right? Then I can do it myself.
In order to prevent himself from being fooled by his subordinates, Wang Xiaoqian now does almost everything by himself. If Zhou Qi had not been watching, he would have almost burned himself out.
Cui Qingyi had the experience of being a parachuted-in small leader in her previous life, and she understood the feeling of being secretly excluded very well.
Lu Da, who was standing by, was sighing in his heart, "So this county magistrate is so frustrated as an official, and he feels so balanced in his heart. What's going on?"
Seeing Wang Xiaoqian's sinful look, Cui Qingyi had no good advice for him. She could only comfort him dryly: "Don't worry, sir. Official business is important, but you still have to take care of your health first."
She was really worried that this man would lose his life before he had even been in office for a few days.
After Wang Xiaoqian gulped down a bowl of tea, Cui Qingyi introduced Lu Da and his wife to Wang Xiaoqian.
Lu Da had been the head of Luhua Town for many years and had met the county magistrate before, but this was the first time he was introduced so solemnly, especially since the person introducing him was the village chief. Lu Da was so excited that he stood up tremblingly to salute Wang Xiaoqian.
Wang Xiaoqian shared the same feeling as Cui Qingyi and repeatedly urged people to sit down quickly.
After Lu Dahao finally calmed down, Cui Qingyi said, "Since the county magistrate is here, Lu Lizheng will explain the current situation in Luhua Town to him."
But before Lu Da could open his mouth, Wang Xiaoqian slapped his forehead and said with an annoyed look, "Look at my memory. Speaking of your fiefdom, Luhua Town, Mr. Zhou sent someone to deliver a handwritten letter a few days ago. I was so busy these days that I almost forgot to give it to you, Mr. Village Master."
He said that he had forgotten, but then he took out a letter with sealing wax from his pocket.
Cui Qingyi looked at this scene and had an ominous premonition in her heart, as if that was not a letter but a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds. She didn't want to reach out to take it at all.
Seeing Cui Qingyi pretending to be stupid, Wang Xiaoqian turned around and gave the letter to Zhou Qi. Zhou Qi immediately poked the letter in front of Cui Qingyi. Seeing this, Taozhi could only reach out and take the letter.
Seeing that the letter had been delivered, Wang Xiaoqian yawned several times in succession, and stood up with the help of Zhou Qi's arm: "Village Master, I still have some official business to deal with next, so I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."
At this moment, Wang Xiaoqian's thin body, which was said to be overworked, no longer floated. He held Zhou Qi's arm and walked very fast.
Lu Da, who had just been so excited that he almost cried because he saw the county magistrate, said nothing and sat down steadily with his wife.
Even though she was reluctant, Cui Qingyi still opened the letter from Zhou Yanxiu. Before today, Cui Qingyi had the impression that Zhou Yanxiu was a son of a noble family, but he was a fair and honest official who governed the area diligently and was a rare good official.
At the same time, he is very reliable towards his allies. However, after reading this letter, Cui Qingyi decided to completely overturn all the positive comments she had made about Zhou Yanxiu.
What a rip off, what a piece of shit...
Zhou Yanxiu said in the letter that when the Ministry of Revenue allocated a fief to Cui Qingyi, it specifically asked him, the previous magistrate of Dongping County.
Our Lord Zhou only thought for a moment before pointing with his finger, "I think Luhua Town is quite good. The people here are simple and honest, and the products are abundant. I'm sure the village lord will be satisfied with it as a fiefdom."
The people in the Ministry of Revenue had no idea what a town in Dongping County was like. After hearing what Zhou Yanxiu said, they thought Luhua Town was a really good place, so naturally Luhua Town became the fief of the Dongping Township Lord.
Originally, she thought that ordering her to plant potatoes was the worst thing Zhou Yanxiu did to her, but now Cui Qingyi realized that if you find that someone is very mean, you will definitely find an even meaner side of him.
Cui Qingyi's heart was bleeding. As a village chief, she could only earn very little money throughout the year, and now she was in big trouble.
Trying her best to suppress the urge to smile bitterly, Cui Qingyi looked at Lu Da and said, "Well, since the county magistrate has something to do today, why don't you go back and come back another day?"
At least give her some time to calm down.
But why did Lu Da come here today? How could he just leave like that?
Although he was an old man, he pulled the old woman to kneel on the ground very swiftly, his cloudy old eyes full of bitterness, "Village Master, if it weren't for God's unwillingness to give me a chance to live, I wouldn't have the audacity to come to your house.
But while life has improved in all the surrounding villages and towns in Dongping County, only our Luhua Town is still struggling.
At my age, I am about to die, but looking at you, I can’t close my eyes, I can’t close them, wuwuwuwu…”
When Lu Da started crying, his wife also started crying. Seeing the two old ladies crying so anxiously, Cui Qingyi turned her head away and couldn't bear to look.
Originally, the annual income from food and silver was not much. Cui Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "People rely on the weather for their livelihood. If the weather doesn't give us face, there is nothing we can do.
Well, I'll visit the county magistrate another day to discuss exempting Luhua Town from paying taxes to my township lord's office this year and next. You can go back and live a good life."
Duty-free is good, but Mr. Lu didn’t come here today just for the tax-free experience.
After living for so many years, Lu Da has come to understand one thing: if ordinary people like them want to live a better life, it is not enough to just be tax-free. He has to find a way to find a new way of making a living for the people of Luhua Town.
But he was just a village head, to put it bluntly, just a farmer. What else could he do?
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