The barbarians were registering all day today. There were two households in one village. Although there were more than 600 households, Qin Fang arranged 18 people to register, representing exactly 18 towns. When the quota for one person's place was full, they would go to another place to register. In other words, it was enough for each person to register 34 or 36 households. In
this way, the registration could be completed in one day.
Yang Haiyan stood beside Qin Fang, looking at the registered barbarians one by one: "Things are going very smoothly. When the mayors of those towns come to the meeting tomorrow, they will take these people away and the resettlement of the barbarians will be successfully completed."
Qin Fang: "Well, the next step is to select soldiers and build the Yunxiang County Barracks. I hope things will go more and more smoothly in the future."
Yang Haiyan took his hand and the two interlocked their fingers: "Yes, it will get better and better here in the future."
Qin Fang nodded, looked at him, and unconsciously softened his expression: "After we settle down here, I will write to my father and mother to inform them of the situation here. If they are willing, they can take them over. The general's mansion is so big that a yard can be allocated for them to live in. If they don't want to, I want to give them some money and build a big house in my hometown, so that my father, mother, grandparents can live a better life.
And I want to keep the business. He should be married now. If the family situation is better, he will have more confidence and can find a better girl. So, I want to build a house for him. If my father and mother don't come, it will be difficult for me to fulfill my filial duties in the future. All these need to be taken care of by the business. "He didn't have the conditions before, so he never mentioned building a house for his younger brother. Now he has a monthly salary of 120 taels and a bonus of 5,000 taels every month. Building a house for his younger brother is already a small matter.
Besides, his younger brother is fulfilling his filial duties to his parents on his behalf, so as the eldest brother, he should also show some consideration.
Yang Haiyan naturally had no objection. Her parents-in-law were easy to get along with. Although modern people value freedom and do not like to live with their parents-in-law, it is because they are worried about the generation gap between the two generations and that their mother-in-law will be too controlling. But that is because there are many entertainment programs in modern times, so modern people want freedom. But there were no such entertainment programs in ancient times, so Yang Haiyan did not reject living closer to her parents-in-law, as long as they were not in the same yard.
Moreover, Yang Haiyan understood Qin Fang and knew that he had a sense of propriety. Besides, this was the money earned by the man himself, and she was not the kind of woman who wanted the man to leave all his money in his small family. Because his parents are the man's responsibility, if a man only knows how to leave money for his small family and does not even care about his parents, then this kind of man has flaws in his character.
She agrees with filial piety within the financial conditions of her family and thinks it is necessary. Even if Qin Fang helps his brother financially, as long as it does not cross her bottom line, she agrees. After all, the ancient times are different from the modern times. Modern people manage themselves, but the ancient people pay attention to the same roots.
Yang Haiyan said, "Okay. If my parents don't want to live here for a long time, we can send someone to pick them up and let them stay for a few days. Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to the house in our hometown. When we bought three acres of wasteland, even if we built a house, there would still be a lot of empty space left. When the time comes, we can build the house to maintain the business next door, and then build a big wall. From the outside, it looks like a big yard, and there are three small yards inside. It is convenient for everyone to live alone, but it seems like we are a family that has never been separated."
Qin Fang: "Okay, I'll talk to my parents when the time comes."
The next day
At noon yesterday, the mayors of the 18 towns received the message from County Magistrate Yang, and they arrived at the county government early this morning.
The eighteen mayors were originally worried about what happened, because when County Magistrate Yang went to summon them, he only said that they would come to the county government office this morning to discuss something, but he did not say what it was. So every mayor was worried about what happened today. Some thought it was a good thing, some thought it was a bad thing, and there were all kinds of speculations. But they didn't know that the mayors of Yunxiang County were summoned today, so when they saw the familiar faces at the entrance of the county government office, they were really surprised.
"Isn't this Old Yu? Long time no see."
"Oh, Old Liu is here too."
"Mayor Jin, I heard that your daughter-in-law gave birth to a dragon and phoenix twin for your Jin family some time ago. It's really a cause for celebration."
A more familiar mayor chatted at the entrance of the county government office.
Others whispered, "It seems that all the mayors of Yunxiang County are here today. I don't know what happened."
"That's something I don't know. It seems to be related to our entire Yunxiang County, otherwise they wouldn't have called all of us here."
"Who doesn't know this?" One mayor said with disdain, "I just don't know what it is." With such a strong situation, everyone knew that it was related to the entire Yunxiang County.
"When the official came yesterday, I asked about it, but the official didn't know."
"That's right, I asked about it too."
"Have you heard about the General's Mansion?"
"Do I need to hear about it? Some time ago, Prince Liang's Mansion was renovated into the General's Mansion, and even the house numbers were changed. Everyone knows about this."
"That's too early, just yesterday. Some time ago, someone was already living in the General's Mansion."
"Hey, your news is too early. The general from the General's Mansion came back the day before yesterday." The mayor who spoke was the mayor of Fuliu Town, which is closest to Yunxiang County. Because Fuliu Town is close to Yunxiang County, he is the first to know about many county news. Since there was a movement outside the county city, he asked someone to observe the situation in the county city. Now, he knew about the general's return the day before yesterday.
The mayor of Fuliu Town thought that the county magistrate called everyone over the next day after the general's return, and it was probably related to the general. However, although he had this idea, he did not say it out loud. After all, it was only about the official's affairs, and it was not something that he, an ordinary citizen, could discuss.
"What do you know? Some time ago, the general's wife bought a lot of land. You didn't know, did you?"
"Is there such a thing?"
"Oh, the land in our Yunxiang County is very cheap, why did the general come to our Yunxiang County?"
"Who knows, but in my opinion, it's a good thing for our Yunxiang County to have a general. If the general can..."
Just at this time, County Magistrate Bai came out of the county yamen: "Everyone, are all here? There are a total of eighteen town heads."
County Magistrate Bai's family has been in Yunxiang County for generations. He is a genuine local of Yunxiang County. Many of the town heads present have dealt with him before, so they are quite familiar with him. So when he saw that it was County Magistrate Bai, a town chief of Bai stepped forward and said, "Cousin." Yes, this County Magistrate Bai and Town Chief Bai were cousins from the same clan. Their fathers were brothers, and they had the same grandfather.
So, among the 18 town chiefs, only this Town Chief Bai knew what happened today, but he didn't say it. This was specifically told to him by his cousin, and of course he couldn't tell anyone, what if he got his cousin into trouble?
County Magistrate Bai nodded and said, "If everyone is here, follow me in. The general and the adults are waiting for you."
When everyone heard that the general had also arrived, they quickly shut up and stopped talking.
County Magistrate Bai led everyone to the side hall of the county government office. When they arrived at the door of the side hall, County Magistrate Bai said, "General, sir, the eighteen town chiefs have arrived." County
Magistrate Yang looked at Qin Fang, Qin Fang nodded, and County Magistrate Yang said, "Let them in." The county government office was County Magistrate Yang's place, so Qin Fang would naturally not make a scene to usurp the throne. County
Magistrate Bai: "Yes."
County Magistrate Bai led the eighteen town chiefs into the side hall. As soon as the eighteen town chiefs entered the side hall, they lowered their heads nervously. They may all be the heads of a town, some of them are more or less imposing, some are overbearing, and some are cruel, but they are not stupid, and they are still very low-key in front of the officials.
When County Magistrate Yang saw them coming in, he said, "You all must have heard about the renovation of the former Prince Liang's Mansion into a general's mansion a long time ago. The one next to me is General Qin Fangqin, a fifth-rank military general sent by the court. General Qin brought the surrendered barbarians from the border of Yongzhou with him. He brought more than 3,000 surrendered barbarians. The court meant to divide these surrendered barbarians into small groups and settle them in various places in our Qi State. These are the people that our Yunxiang County is going to settle. Afterwards, General Qin will take office in Yunxiang County and become the city defender of our Yunxiang County."
Everyone had some ideas about what County Magistrate Yang said. Although they didn't know about the placement of the surrendered barbarians because it was not disclosed in advance, they knew that this Qin general was inaugurated in Yunxiang County. After all, the general's mansion had been built. If he was not going to take office in the local area, why would he build a general's mansion?
The eighteen town chiefs said in unison: "I have met the general and the county magistrate."
Qin Fang said: "No need to be polite. I just want to say one thing. Since the barbarians have surrendered, you should treat them as the common people of our Qi State. If you treat them differently and cause conflicts between Qi State and the barbarians, and the court blames you, you will not be able to bear the responsibility." The court also had a reason to place the barbarians in a place far away from Yongzhou. The common people of Yongzhou may hate the existence of the barbarians, but the common people of other places have not been attacked by the barbarians, so they basically have no hatred for them.
After all, if the hair is not pulled out of your body, you will not feel pain.
The eighteen town chiefs were shocked. They could not afford such a crime. If they were not careful, their future would be ruined. So it is indeed troublesome to settle these barbarians, but they will not show it. "Yes, thank you for the reminder, General."
Then, Lord Yang talked about how to settle the barbarians. There are thirty-four or thirty-six households in a town, and there are only two households in each village. Some may have as many as four households, which is not troublesome.
Then, Qin Fang and County Magistrate Yang took the eighteen town chiefs to the outside of the county city.
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