Xiang County.

The seat of Sishui County.

The county temple is more luxurious than the county temple, but it is not magnificent. What you can see is a wooden screen with dragons and phoenixes on it writing "The Way of Being an Official". From time to time, people with seals come in and out.<

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Ye Zhuang is holding the scrolled bamboo slips and is worried. He is already fifty years old this year, and his temples are already as white as snow. He has a short beard, is wearing black brocade clothes, and his face is covered with deep and shallow wrinkles. He wears a dignified look.

The crown is worn with a plain veil (bi), and a green ribbon hangs on the waist with a silver seal.

As the governor of Sishui, he has great power. Except for the censors, county captains and county magistrates who are directly appointed and removed by the internal historian Qin Ting, other officials are appointed and dismissed by the county governor. He only needs to write a report and then submit it to the general public.

That’s it.

Ye Zhuang is just a middle-aged man. He has not achieved any political achievements since he became the governor of Sishui County. He may only be able to stop at the position of county governor in this life.

But under the influence of his eldest brother Nei Shi Teng, he was extremely upright and believed that the way of being an official required himself. No matter what he did, he was extremely cautious and careful, and at the same time he would never violate the laws of Qin. Because Ye Zhuang knew that if he was punished, his elder brother would be punished too!

Three days ago, Shangqing Wang Wu came to Xiang County in person.

Wang Wu is Wang Ben's younger brother and the second oldest. He is similar to Meng Yi. They were both Langguan and assisted the emperor at home. On this eastward tour, Wang Wu also personally accompanied him and wrote many eulogies along the way, which were written by skillful craftsmen.

Lean stone to praise merit.

For example: Within Liuhe, the emperor's land stretches across the quicksand in the west, ends in Beihu in the south, has the East China Sea in the east, and crosses Daxia in the north. Wherever people go, there are all ministers. Their achievements are as great as those of the five emperors, and their wealth is as great as that of cattle and horses. Everyone is virtuous, and everyone

An Qiyu.

He brings big news.

The First Emperor was not assassinated, but disappeared. Currently, his whereabouts are related to two children. This matter needs to be kept strictly confidential and must not be leaked. The Yi tribe will violate the order.

According to the clues, it is speculated that these two children have most likely arrived in Surabaya County. Therefore, it is necessary to search Surabaya County, even if the mosquitoes are not tested, they must not fly out!

At that time, Ye Zhuang couldn't understand why it was so troublesome. He informed his county magistrate to distribute rubbings of the children's portraits to various checkpoints. It might only take half a month to find the two children.

Of course, he took this for granted. If it were so easy to find, there wouldn't be so many wanted criminals. Even in later generations, many living people disappeared out of thin air, and even if tens of thousands of police and civilian personnel were deployed, they could not be found.<

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According to Wang Wu, although they tried their best to cover up the matter, they could not make it too public. It was natural for them to find assassins and would not arouse suspicion. But it was very strange to find two children in such a big way. Ruoliu

The remnants of the country also stepped in to find him first, and then they found out that the First Emperor was missing, and it would be complete chaos!

There is no wall in the world that is impermeable to wind.

They can only reduce the impact as much as possible.

Well...you are a powerful official and you are right!

Therefore, Ye Zhuang has been extremely busy these days. Going to Sishui County is no small matter. Everything else is easy to say, but his biggest headache is the food problem.

On a hot summer day, even though there was ice in the house that gave off a slight chill, Ye Zhuang was still sweating profusely. He quickly passed by a roll of bamboo slips, his face full of worry.

"The Lord is in a hurry for food?"

The old man with a white beard is the county magistrate, and his power is not low. He is mainly responsible for assisting the county magistrate in overall management of county affairs. When the county magistrate is absent or unable to govern, the county magistrate can perform the duties of the county magistrate.

"That's right."

Ye Zhuang put down the bamboo slips and let out a long sigh of relief.

There are many things hidden in his heart, but he can't talk about them. At the moment, he doesn't care about finding anyone. This matter has been handed over to the county captain. What he cares most about is whether there is enough food?

The news about Dasuo Surabaya County has spread, and the number of grain buyers has increased by a hundred times. Even if the price of grain soars to 300 yuan per meter, it is still uncontrollable. Especially the wealthy Lu You family in the city are hoarding grain at the risk of their lives.

.In less than three days, the price of food will rise to 800 yuan!

If the head of Guizhou has nothing to eat, he will look for ways to find food. In the past, there was an attack on the county temple in Xiao County, and many heads of Guizhou risked their lives to snatch food. At that time, it would be that he, the county guard, had neglected his duty!

"Report to the county governor, the magistrate of Peixian County asks for an audience!"

"What is he here for?"

"Said we came here for food."

"No, let him go back!"

Ye Zhuang waved his hand impatiently.

In the past two days, various county magistrates have come to him, saying that they need to mobilize food. Each one said that the local area is in chaos and that everything is in trouble. It makes him seem like a magician who can conjure food out of thin air.

!

"He didn't come asking for food."

"That is?"

"I came here to relieve the predicament of the county governor."

The old man with the goatee immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please don't forget that although Hu Wancang is dull in qualifications, the chief officials under him, Xiao He, the jailer, and Cao Shen are all capable people. In last year's assessment, Xiao He was rated the best, and

The commander-in-chief wanted to promote the best of the hundreds of county officials in the county to the position of county chief, but he was declined."

"If that's the case, let it come in."

Ye Zhuang stroked his beard and nodded.

After a while, Hu Wancang came closer.

"Cang, I have met the governor and the governor."

"There is no need to be polite." Ye Zhuang sat upright and said with a flourish of his sleeves: "The Japanese governors are busy with government affairs these days. If you have any good ideas, please tell me directly."

Hu Wancang raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face.

He is worse than a county magistrate!

Cao Xiu, the little pavilion chief, is almost able to command him. But he is also happy and sad. After all, Cao Xiu has made contributions and he can also take credit for it, and he can add to his achievements at the end of the year.

"When I heard about the difficulties of the county governor, I came here to share your worries. There was a pavilion chief named Cao Xiu under his command. He said that the price of food will rise sharply in Sishui County now. This will harm the people and the country, so I offered some suggestions to solve the problem.

."

"Cao Xiu?" Ye Zhuang frowned, "Is that the pavilion chief of Sishui? Last year you held a birthday banquet, and the millet wine you drank was a gift from him?"

"That's him."

"He has been the director of the pavilion for three years, and he is nothing special. This time he has a good idea to help me. I want to take a closer look and submit it to him!"

Hu Wancang handed over the bamboo slips with both hands.

After it was handed over by the subordinate, Ye Zhuang opened it.

He had heard of Cao Xiu's name. He heard that he was Cao Shen's cousin, who used to be from Shanfu County, Dang County, but was later moved to Pei County.

As for ability?

Apart from being good at brewing wine, he didn't see it.

"A correct letter of remonstrance?"

"The lower officials heard that the governor of the county had made a big trip to Surabaya for three hundred rice and stone, and thought it was too much. Although Xiu was a petty official, he was in such a low position that he did not dare to worry about the country. Guan Yiwu once said: The king regards the people as his heaven, and the people are his heaven.

With food as the heaven, those who can know the heaven of heaven are incredible..."

As he watched, Ye Zhuang was shocked.

The handwriting of this article was elegant and every word was exquisite. It was clearly organized and could be regarded as a model of memorial. He even wanted to print out this model article and give it to other county magistrates to take a good look at it!

Take a look at how other people wrote memorials?

The little pavilion chief actually has such talent?!

"Purchase in limited quantities, even if you lose! I dare not forget about the country despite my humble position. This person is really an example of our Qin officials. Hahaha... great kindness!"

Ye Zhuang held the bamboo slips and laughed heartily.

The haze of many days was swept away in an instant!

Surabaya County...is saved!
Chapter completed!