"This..."
Liu Hongji's words scared the fat county magistrate until he turned pale again!
He originally thought that by explaining clearly that these people defending the city were not soldiers, but civilians, he would be able to get a lighter sentence from the superior officer.
But now looking at the Duke's intentions, he doesn't seem to be a generous person!
"This is tragic..." He secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although the fat county magistrate was anxious, he did not dare to acquit those people. He had to ask Xiao Han and others to go to the county government office more humbly.
As for the plan to kill the Duke and the Marquis at the beginning, now he doesn't even dare to think about it. Apart from other things, these two dozen burly generals alone are not as good as him.
Ningcheng is something that can be dealt with.
Ningcheng is really small.
The city had a population of less than 10,000 residents, which was incomparable to the hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of counties in later generations.
Of course, this was quite normal in ancient times.
Because at this time, most people still relied on farming and mulberry farming as a means of survival, so living in the city was naturally inconvenient.
Only some wealthy landlords or businessmen can live in the city and become "city dwellers" who are envied by other people.
As for a small county town with only a few thousand people, just think about it and you will realize how pitiful its scale is. The east-west wall is only 2 miles long, and the north-south wall is just over a mile. Even if you walk on foot, it won't take long.
It can turn the entire county in a circle.
"Is this your county government office?"
Along the street opposite the city gate, after walking through a few alleys, the group arrived in front of the county government office.
It's just that this county government is really broken and has some characteristics!
Standing at the foot of the steps and looking up, I saw that the door that was originally made of vermilion lacquer and inlaid with copper nails, not only had most of the copper nails fallen off, but even the vermilion paint looked mottled by the wind and rain.
Inside the gate, there is no courtyard that you can enter, but you can directly see the lobby where the case is being heard! But it should be said that the county government lobby looks extremely bright!
Of course, this is not because the county government lobby is well designed and has sufficient lighting, but because the roof of the lobby has several holes. Through these holes, the blue sky is so clear!
Tsk tsk, you are indeed worthy of being the master of the blue sky. Sitting in the lobby, you can directly see the blue sky. If the case is wrongly judged, you don't have to worry about it being struck crookedly.
Looking at the extremely shabby county government in front of him, Xiao Han dared to bet that he saw an injustice drum standing at the door. Without this drum, he would definitely regard this place as an abandoned Hu Temple Night Temple.
"Ahem, Ningcheng is relatively poor, and it is not easy to collect all the taxes paid to the court every year, so the county government has been putting off repairs."
Seeing Xiao Han and Liu Hongji looking up and down the county government office, the fat county magistrate gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and explained, "But the front hall can't live in people, so if it is dilapidated, it will be dilapidated. The back hall is not bad, please go to the back hall."
Sit down in peace!"
"Is the back hall okay?" Hearing this, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji looked at each other. He didn't believe that if the front hall was so shabby, the back hall could be any better!
However, now that we are here, it seems unreasonable not to go in.
"Let's go!"
sigh
After taking a breath, Liu Hongji threw off his sleeves and was the first to enter the county government office.
County government hall.
This place is just as Xiao Han thought. Compared with the previous one, there is not much change. If it is stronger, it is better because there are no holes.
It is said that if you clear the prefecture in ten years, you will get one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver!
Seeing how miserable the county magistrate in front of him was, Xiao Han felt that if he was not an honest official, he must be a treacherous and evil person!
The fat county magistrate didn't know at this time that he was already swinging back and forth between being a loyal person and a traitor in Xiao Han's heart.
When they arrived at the back hall, they first politely asked Xiao Han and others to take a seat.
It's just that there weren't enough benches in the room, so Lunzi and the others could only stand behind Xiao Han. Seeing this scene, the fat county magistrate scratched his head in embarrassment, turned to the master outside the door and shouted, "Go to the restaurant to order a set."
After dinner, go to the carriage and horse shop and ask shopkeeper Cao to get some fodder to feed the horses!"
When he saw the master running away in a hurry, the fat county magistrate turned around and said repeatedly, "There are always few guests at home, so I didn't prepare so many things. Shangguan came all the way, so he must be tired. Let's go to the restaurant later. First,
Get something to eat."
It has to be said that the fat county magistrate's arrangement is quite in line with Xiao Han's mentality. It has been almost a morning, and they are indeed hungry at this time.
"There is no one else here. What the county magistrate couldn't say just now can be said now!" Looking away from the shabby back hall, Xiao Han suppressed his curiosity about the fat county magistrate and prepared to figure out the disaster relief first.
Let’s talk about personnel related matters.
"Here!" When the fat county magistrate heard Xiao Han mention this issue again, the smile on his face froze obviously, and then he sighed and explained, "Don't blame me, Mr. Marquis. I was outside just now. I was afraid that some things would be reported to the city."
If the people listen, it will cause unnecessary trouble."
After saying this, the fat county magistrate paused, as if waiting for Xiao Han to continue asking, but after waiting for a while, no one spoke, so he could only smile awkwardly and continue.
"To be fair to Mr. Hou, in fact, as early as a few days ago, Xianguan received the news that Huazhou's embankment burst again and that a large number of rescue workers were killed and missing. However, Xianguan blocked the news and did not let the people in the city know it.
, Otherwise, this city would have been in chaos right now!"
"Oh, where did your news come from?" After hearing this, Xiao Han finally broke the silence and asked.
"I learned about it from the refugees outside." The fat county magistrate looked at Xiao Han carefully and quickly replied, "The refugees outside had just arrived at the city. Seeing how pitiful they were, the official organized people to give porridge outside the city. As a result,
It was okay at first, but then gradually these rumors began to spread among the victims. At that time, the subordinates realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped the porridge team and closed the city gate."
"You don't believe this rumor?" Xiao Han continued to ask without commenting on the fat county magistrate's remarks.
"I was somewhat convinced at first," the fat magistrate replied honestly, "but later, when I saw that the refugees spreading rumors were inciting trouble and even attempted to invade the county, I didn't believe it anymore."
"Oh? Are they still attacking the city?" Liu Hongji was still more interested in fighting and killing. Hearing this, he stared at the fat county magistrate suspiciously and said, "You are the only one in this small and broken county that was not captured by them?"
(Ancient counties were really small. For example, the ancient county of Taiyuan covered an area of 0.8 square kilometers, was about 1120 meters long from east to west, about 670740 meters wide from north to south, and the total length of the city wall was 3732 meters. This is a relatively famous county." "This...
…”
Liu Hongji's words scared the fat county magistrate until he turned pale again!
He originally thought that by explaining clearly that these people defending the city were not soldiers, but civilians, he would be able to get a lighter sentence from the superior officer.
But now looking at the Duke's intentions, he doesn't seem to be a generous person!
"This is tragic..." He secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although the fat county magistrate was anxious, he did not dare to acquit those people. He had to ask Xiao Han and others to go to the county government office more humbly.
As for the plan to kill the Duke and the Marquis at the beginning, now he doesn't even dare to think about it. Apart from other things, these two dozen burly generals alone are not as good as him.
Ningcheng is something that can be dealt with.
Ningcheng is really small.
The city had a population of less than 10,000 residents, which was incomparable to the hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of counties in later generations.
Of course, this was quite normal in ancient times.
Because at this time, most people still relied on farming and mulberry farming as a means of survival, so living in the city was naturally inconvenient.
Only some wealthy landlords or businessmen can live in the city and become "city dwellers" who are envied by other people.
As for a small county town with only a few thousand people, just think about it and you will realize how pitiful its scale is. The east-west wall is only 2 miles long, and the north-south wall is just over a mile. Even if you walk on foot, it won't take long.
It can turn the entire county in a circle.
"Is this your county government office?"
Along the street opposite the city gate, after walking through a few alleys, the group arrived in front of the county government office.
It's just that this county government is really broken and has some characteristics!
Standing at the foot of the steps and looking up, I saw that the door that was originally made of vermilion lacquer and inlaid with copper nails, not only had most of the copper nails fallen off, but even the vermilion paint looked mottled by the wind and rain.
Inside the gate, there is no courtyard that you can enter, but you can directly see the lobby where the case is being heard! But it should be said that the county government lobby looks extremely bright!
Of course, this is not because the county government lobby is well designed and has sufficient lighting, but because the roof of the lobby has several holes. Through these holes, the blue sky is so clear!
Tsk tsk, you are indeed worthy of being the master of the blue sky. Sitting in the lobby, you can directly see the blue sky. If the case is wrongly judged, you don't have to worry about it being struck crookedly.
Looking at the extremely shabby county government in front of him, Xiao Han dared to bet that he saw an injustice drum standing at the door. Without this drum, he would definitely regard this place as an abandoned Hu Temple Night Temple.
"Ahem, Ningcheng is relatively poor, and it is not easy to collect all the taxes paid to the court every year, so the county government has been putting off repairs."
Seeing Xiao Han and Liu Hongji looking up and down the county government office, the fat county magistrate gave a wry smile, cupped his hands and explained, "But the front hall can't live in people, so if it is dilapidated, it will be dilapidated. The back hall is not bad, please go to the back hall."
Sit down in peace!"
"Is the back hall okay?" Hearing this, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji looked at each other. He didn't believe that if the front hall was so shabby, the back hall could be any better!
However, now that we are here, it seems unreasonable not to go in.
"Let's go!"
sigh
After taking a breath, Liu Hongji threw off his sleeves and was the first to enter the county government office.
County government hall.
This place is just as Xiao Han thought. Compared with the previous one, there is not much change. If it is stronger, it is better because there are no holes.
It is said that if you clear the prefecture in ten years, you will get one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver!
Seeing how miserable the county magistrate in front of him was, Xiao Han felt that if he was not an honest official, he must be a treacherous and evil person!
The fat county magistrate didn't know at this time that he was already swinging back and forth between being a loyal person and a traitor in Xiao Han's heart.
When they arrived at the back hall, they first politely asked Xiao Han and others to take a seat.
It's just that there weren't enough benches in the room, so Lunzi and the others could only stand behind Xiao Han. Seeing this scene, the fat county magistrate scratched his head in embarrassment, turned to the master outside the door and shouted, "Go to the restaurant to order a set."
After dinner, go to the carriage and horse shop and ask shopkeeper Cao to get some fodder to feed the horses!"
When he saw the master running away in a hurry, the fat county magistrate turned around and said repeatedly, "There are always few guests at home, so I didn't prepare so many things. Shangguan came all the way, so he must be tired. Let's go to the restaurant later. First,
Get something to eat."
It has to be said that the fat county magistrate's arrangement is quite in line with Xiao Han's mentality. It has been almost a morning, and they are indeed hungry at this time.
"There is no one else here. What the county magistrate couldn't say just now can be said now!" Looking away from the shabby back hall, Xiao Han suppressed his curiosity about the fat county magistrate and prepared to figure out the disaster relief first.
Let’s talk about personnel related matters.
"Here!" When the fat county magistrate heard Xiao Han mention this issue again, the smile on his face froze obviously, and then he sighed and explained, "Don't blame me, Mr. Marquis. I was outside just now. I was afraid that some things would be reported to the city."
If the people listen, it will cause unnecessary trouble."
After saying this, the fat county magistrate paused, as if waiting for Xiao Han to continue asking, but after waiting for a while, no one spoke, so he could only smile awkwardly and continue.
"To be fair to Mr. Hou, in fact, as early as a few days ago, Xianguan received the news that Huazhou's embankment burst again and that a large number of rescue workers were killed and missing. However, Xianguan blocked the news and did not let the people in the city know it.
, Otherwise, this city would have been in chaos right now!"
"Oh, where did your news come from?" After hearing this, Xiao Han finally broke the silence and asked.
"I learned about it from the refugees outside." The fat county magistrate looked at Xiao Han carefully and quickly replied, "The refugees outside had just arrived at the city. Seeing how pitiful they were, the official organized people to give porridge outside the city. As a result,
It was okay at first, but then gradually these rumors began to spread among the victims. At that time, the subordinates realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped the porridge team and closed the city gate."
"You don't believe this rumor?" Xiao Han continued to ask without commenting on the fat county magistrate's remarks.
"I was somewhat convinced at first," the fat magistrate replied honestly, "but later, when I saw that the refugees spreading rumors were inciting trouble and even attempted to invade the county, I didn't believe it anymore."
"Oh? Are they still attacking the city?" Liu Hongji was still more interested in fighting and killing. Hearing this, he stared at the fat county magistrate suspiciously and said, "You are the only one in this small and broken county that was not captured by them?"
(Ancient county towns were really small. For example, the ancient county town of Taiyuan covered an area of 0.8 square kilometers, was about 1,120 meters long from east to west, and 670,740 meters wide from north to south. The total length of the city wall was 3,732 meters. This is a relatively famous county town."
This chapter has been completed!