In fact, not only the wealthy households in Jing County were secretly observing Hanjiang Tower, but also many wealthy households in Lizhou Prefecture, and even some petty officials were also secretly observing.
Officials are concerned because from now on we will all be colleagues.
Although it is said that the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank petty official, but besides the magistrate, the officials here in Fucheng are not very high in rank.
Moreover, everyone performs their own duties. Except for the prefect, who is the official leader, the others can't really tell who is the leader.
Therefore, if the relationship between superiors and subordinates can be peaceful and friendly, who wouldn't want to?
A new magistrate will usually hold a banquet to entertain these colleagues. They all eat and drink together to get acquainted with each other and make things easier for them in the future.
Of course, Jingxian County was poor, so they didn't have much hope. They just wanted to touch this noble man from the capital.
However, they didn't play by the rules and didn't even think about having a banquet.
Ah, no, they hired several subordinates from their own county.
It seemed like there was a banquet, but not quite a banquet.
I originally thought it was because Hanjianglou had just arrived and found that Jingxian County was very different from his expectations, so he couldn't accept the psychological gap for a while.
Maybe it will take some time to get used to it.
As a result, these people waited and waited and found that they were not unsuitable at all, so they went straight to make big things happen.
Even though this is such a big deal, they actually don’t understand it very well.
As for the wealthy households, their ideas and thoughts are similar to those of the wealthy households in the county. They are afraid that the magistrate will secretly entertain them and then give them a blackmail.
Hey, there is no way, who made Jing County poor? For the sake of the people, the county magistrate has started to do this shamelessly.
Anyway, Kochi Prefecture has done it several times.
However, they, the rich, have no money and no power. Even against a seventh-grade official, they have no power to resist and can only be beaten honestly.
So, everyone is worried now.
Especially those who open shops and maintain caravans.
Scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, those whose families have hundreds of acres of fertile land are fine. At least they are still in the ranks of farmers, and their status will not be looked down upon.
But those pure businessmen are in a much worse situation and are even more scared.
However, they also went left and right, back and forth, and so on.
It turned out that the newly arrived county magistrate had never thought about this matter at all and had gone to work on his own.
Naturally, the magistrates of other counties under Lizhou Prefecture also heard about Hanjiang Tower. Before he came, information about him was already on their desks.
They know the identity of the other party and that they are here to pay for the money. Of course, they don't know what can be done in such a poor Jingxian County.
But His Majesty arranges it, and they just have to listen.
Lizhou Prefecture as a whole is poor, and Jingxian County is just the poorest, which does not mean that other counties are not poor.
Those who can be assigned to be county magistrates here are either irrelevant and have no connections, or they are full of passion at the beginning, but are taught by reality to be human, and finally find that they can't live without it.
Many people are actually depressed and frustrated, and after finding out that there is no hope of being transferred, they begin to lie down.
Now that a new person has arrived, they observed it curiously for a while, and after finding out that it was quite tolerable, they didn't take it too seriously.
At this time, Hanjianglou, who was not taken seriously by them, had arrived in Fucheng and was meeting with the prefect.
When the prefect heard that Hanjiang Tower was coming, he was startled.
What the other party has done in recent months is truly earth-shattering.
The news of the founding of the mountain was spread in Lizhou for more than half a month.
Later, it was discovered that nothing was found, and the heat of the matter slowly subsided.
When I came to Hanjiang Tower before, I always came to ask if this is okay, if that is feasible, and if this can be approved?
As long as it's not excessive, Magistrate Xu will approve it.
His own brother, Xu Shangshu of the capital, wrote to him personally, asking him to take more care of Hanjiang Tower. What else could Magistrate Xu do?
Who knows, this time, I can really take advantage of Hanjiang Tower's influence or connections to be promoted to an official position or transferred to other places.
The official rank of the prefect is not low, but...
You have to decide where to place it.
Just this Lizhou...
Forget it.
Let's face reality.
This time I heard that Hanjiang Tower was here again. Magistrate Xu was surprised, but he quickly invited people in.
After the two people exchanged pleasantries, Hanjianglou explained the purpose of his visit: "Xiaguan recently opened a mountain in Huiguang Village and built a baking kiln. If something comes out later, the road out of the village is not easy to walk.
The official thought, it would be great if it could be repaired, sir, can you approve it?"
When Magistrate Xu heard this, he thought, ah, this is an attempt to make trouble.
That broken road will probably consume a lot of manpower and material resources.
Anyway, Hanjianglou didn’t mention the money for the time being. He thought everything was easy to talk about, so he nodded: "Well, this is still okay."
This is what consent means.
After Hanjianglou heard this, he held his hands in gratitude: "I'm afraid it's not enough to just build this section of the road. As you know, the county is not rich either. If there are any things, it might be better if they are transported to the capital.
Some, you see, the road from the county town to the capital city also needs to be repaired?"
This is not a big problem, so Magistrate Xu waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's fix it."
…
I applied for a section of Hanjiang Tower and also wrote an application form to show that I took this matter seriously.
Magistrate Xu felt that this was not a difficult matter, because he had asked so many questions, so he later asked Hanjiang Tower about some of its plans for road construction.
The main thing is, I asked, who will pay for the road construction?
When asked this question, Hanjianglou nodded slightly and replied with a smile: "Sir, if Fucheng can provide some support..."
Hanjiang Tower is actually just for testing.
The main thing is that there is really no money in the Jingxian county government account!!!
So, I came to have a look without any hope.
When Magistrate Xu heard this, he immediately waved his hands seriously and said: "No, no, no, no, there are some difficulties, you still have to overcome them yourself. Young people, you must be brave enough to challenge..."
Come on, come on.
Anyway, if you paint a big picture and say good things, you won't get paid.
Hanjianglou didn't feel too surprised. He nodded repeatedly to show that he understood what Magistrate Xu said: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, you are right."
Magistrate Xu:......!
Damn it, there’s no grabbing words!
While Hanjiang Tower was busy here in Fucheng, Dong Nuan was not idle in the village either.
She was currently chatting with several women who were tired from work and were resting.
At first, everyone was naturally timid and afraid of Dong Nuan, the wife of an official.
Even if Dong Nuan takes the initiative to bring up the topic, they don't dare to pick it up.
What should I do if I say the wrong thing?
However, the attitude of being unable to withstand the winter warmth is really good. As time goes by, their defensiveness becomes much less, their fear gradually decreases, and they naturally talk more.
Dong Nuan slowly got to the point of her topic, and asked with a smile, her sister-in-law, who had just boasted that she was very good at growing flowers: "Sister-in-law Dajiang knows how to serve flowers. What flowers have you served?"
