This time they did not use official tickets to enter the city, but lined up to enter the city like other people. In fact, there was no need to walk through another passage. There were only so many people, and it took only a while to enter the city.
As soon as he entered, he saw a street. Bai Shan lowered his eyes and took a look. The road was fairly smooth, with some small stalls on both sides. There were not as many people walking around as in Qingzhou City, but it was still orderly.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man simply dismounted and walked along the crowd, observing the situation in Beihai County along the way.
The colors of the clothes worn by people here are less concentrated than those in Qingzhou City. They are mostly gray and dark cyan. Bright colors are rare, but people's faces are still vivid. People are walking slowly on the streets, and occasionally three
Groups of five gathered together to chat and laugh.
Bai Shan walked along this street until he reached the gate of the county government office.
There are fewer people in this area. The county government is facing the street, but there is a small square in front of it, with a wall erected on the edge.
Post a notice on the notice wall.
But usually very few people come to look at the notice wall.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man handed the horse to Daji and strolled up to see it.
There are many notices posted on the notice wall, including wanted notices for arresting criminals and notices admonishing people to teach farming. The paper has turned yellow, and it must have been posted for a long time.
Looking at the latest paper, it should be a notice informing the court that a new county magistrate has been assigned. The next one is the notice that County Magistrate Lu has been promoted to the county magistrate of Yidu County and will leave Beihai County in the near future.
Bai Shan looked at it and nodded: "It seems that County Magistrate Lu has indeed managed Beihai County well."
Man Bao nodded and looked at the government servants who looked at them frequently. She lowered her voice and said, "They want to drive us away?"
Bai Shan followed her gaze.
The two government officials guarding the county government office had already noticed them. They looked at each other. After a moment of surprise, the two government officials walked over menacingly, holding the swords on their waists, "What are you doing?"
Bai Shan felt that they were too fierce and were just here to see the announcement. Wouldn't such ferocity frighten his people who wanted to see the announcement.
So Jun said with a straight face: "Where is your County Magistrate Fang?"
Yamen servants also know how to look at faces, and the other party's clothes look good, and there are so many carriages, horses and servants behind them. Seeing that Bai Shan is not very talkative, they immediately change their attitude and say: "Our county magistrate is in the Yamen
, who are you?"
Bai Shandao: "I am your newly arrived county magistrate."
Their expressions went blank for a moment, and they glanced at the carriage and attendants behind them. After coming back to their senses, they immediately bent down and said respectfully: "It turns out to be the county magistrate. Please come in quickly. I'll call the county magistrate now."
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After that, one person was left to greet Bai Shan and the others, while he ran into the county office to inform the county magistrate and others.
Fang County Magistrate and the others received news from Qingzhou City yesterday. They knew that the new county magistrate had arrived. They also knew that County Magistrate Lu was entertaining their new county magistrate in Qingzhou City.
They originally thought that Bai Shan and the others would stay in Qingzhou City for two more days, so although they were preparing to welcome them, they never expected that people would arrive.
So Fangxian Cheng hurriedly led the people to welcome him out.
Fang County Cheng is a dark-faced man in his thirties, darker than the Dong County Lieutenant behind him. He doesn't seem to smile often, so when facing Bai Shanshi, he twitched the corner of his mouth and found that the smile was not very successful, so he simply kept a straight face.
He bowed his head and said, "I have met County Magistrate Bai."
A slight smile appeared on Bai Shan's face, and he nodded and responded: "I am new to this county. I will need your guidance and understanding in the future."
Of course, Bai Shan didn't say that he was the county magistrate, he was the county magistrate, and there were still necessary procedures.
After entering the county government office, Bai Shan took out his letter of appointment and official seal. After verifying that they were correct, the county magistrate looked at Zhou Man who was standing behind him and said: "The county magistrate is tired of traveling and traveling, why don't you settle down first?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Let's settle in today. I have more official duties to take care of."
Fang County Prime Minister Liandao didn't dare, so he took Bai Shan and others to the backyard of the county government office.
Generally speaking, county magistrates live in the backyard of the county government office.
There is a small gate between the county government office and the backyard, which is used by the county magistrate to go to the government office. Naturally, everyone does not go through this door when going in and out.
So everyone left the county government office and went around to the back. There was a large corner door, and the carriage could enter by removing the threshold.
From now on, people from the Bai family will come in and out through this door.
There are two courtyards inside, but the place connected to the county government office in front is a small garden, but the small garden is bare, not to mention flowers, not even root vegetables, but some grass has grown, and there are some places where plucked grass is left.
Damn, someone is cleaning it up inside.
Fang Xian Cheng hurriedly explained: "I knew that County Magistrate Bai was coming to take office, so the county government sent people to deal with it in advance. It's just that everyone acted a little slower. Please don't blame Magistrate Bai."
Bai Shan smiled and nodded: "It doesn't matter, we'll just take care of it slowly."
As he walked to the back yard, he asked curiously: "I see there are only a few trees in the garden. Why didn't the county magistrate plant flowers and plants when he was there?"
Fangxian Cheng said: "When Magistrate Lu first came here, he heard that the soil in Beihai County was not good for growing things. He didn't believe it, so he asked someone to dig some soil and spread it in the garden. Later, he planted some flowers and plants, but they didn't survive.
, Magistrate Lu simply stopped planting."
Bai Shan: ...You can also choose to pave it even if you are paving it with soil, right?
Bai Shan nodded and did not express any opinion.
The two courtyards at the back were side by side. The main courtyard was larger and servants were coming in and out. Bai Shan glanced at them and saw that they were cleaning tables and chairs, so he did not stop them. Instead, he nodded and said to the county magistrate: "
Let them all retreat, I have a lot of people with me, I will deal with them later."
Then he pointed to Liu Gui and introduced them: "This is my housekeeper Liu Gui."
Liu Gui immediately saluted them, and then followed a government servant to gather everyone in the backyard together.
The county government allocates helpers to the county magistrate, not many, usually two or three. The wages come from the county government, and they mainly take care of the county magistrate who takes office alone.
After all, some county magistrates may have poor families and may have a servant with them, and that servant may be a member of the clan.
The servants assigned by the county government are usually servants with many years of experience. Beihai County also assigned two servants to Bai Shan, a woman and an old man, but they are not from the same family. The woman looks to be in her forties, and she is doing some cooking in the backyard.
He is very versatile in washing, shopping, cleaning and cooking. He has served five county magistrates and is truly an old man in the county government.
The old man is the gatekeeper. He has been here not long, only four years, and was hired by County Magistrate Lu after he took office.
He was a lonely old man. Because he had no home, he was left in the backyard of the county government office by Magistrate Lu. He has been working as a gatekeeper for Magistrate Lu.
After seeing the two of them, Bai Shan handed over everything to Liu Gui, and Fang County Magistrate and the others set a time for Bai Shan to pick up the wind and wash away the dust in the evening, and then left.
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