Tang He was warmly welcomed by everyone as soon as he got off the horse. This enthusiasm made Tang He, who had been wandering outside for more than two years, a little flattered.
He sat comfortably in the open pavilion in the backyard of the county government office, held a wine glass and let out a long breath, "I have been to other counties and received such a warm welcome, but the love was false, and the intention was also false, and
You are the only ones who sincerely welcome me here."
Bai Shan also leaned comfortably on the couch behind him, crossed his legs and said: "Back then, senior fellow student promised Man Bao to come to me as soon as he left the capital. As a result, we were waiting here and there, but you diverted to Jiangning.
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"It's not my fault," Tang He said immediately: "I originally came to Qingzhou, but when I visited Jizhou, His Majesty asked me to go to Jiangning to check the money for embankment construction, so I had no choice but to go to Jiangning. Fortunately, there is a Grand Canal.
We had to take a boat all the way down, otherwise I would be exhausted from Jizhou to Jiangning."
Because of this, Mrs. Tang couldn't even follow him, and only went to Jiangnan to play with him after the New Year.
However, because of Jiang Ning's case, Tang He has been wandering around Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road and Henan Road in the past two years, and has seen many cases, which can be described as strange in the world, so ridiculous that they cannot be written down in words.
Bai Shan had already been coveting Tang He's abilities, and said hurriedly: "Brother, you are here just in time, why don't you help me investigate the cases in the county? It would be best if you can investigate all the old cases together."
Tang He asked: "Is there any strange case?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "There are no strange or serious cases, but there are quite a few."
Yin You said with a smile: "Beihai County used to be poor, but after Bai Shan took office, he had great prestige, and the officials governed the Qingming Dynasty, so there were no major cases. In the past two years, because of Longchi Wharf, there were many business travelers from various places, and there was the largest salt transportation in Jin Dynasty.
There are many cases involving money here."
Yin You looked at Bai Shan with a half-smile, "We, County Magistrate Bai, have nothing to do with the rest, but we have investigated the case. It always takes a long time to find out the result of the case. In the past two years, we have been reprimanded by Governor Guo for this."
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Bai Shan: "...Am I slow? It's obviously very fast, okay? A case always requires evidence and needs to be reviewed. In the last robbery and murder case, I only took two months to catch the murderer. This time
Is it also called slow?”
Tang He nodded and saw Bai Shan turning to stare at him. He stopped mid-nodding and said reluctantly: "It's not very slow. It is at the upper-middle level among many county magistrates. As long as it is not an unjust case or two murders,
We cracked the case within a month and arrested another person, so that’s good enough.”
Bai Shan glanced at Yin You contentedly.
Tang He took a look outside Changxuan and said with a smile: "Look at your garden, which is full of flowers. When Manbao and I came over, we saw many business travelers along the road, and many people carrying burdens hawking on the official road. It's a folk custom.
So, it seems you are managing well."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Brother Tang, do you want to go to Longchi Pier? It's prosperous there now. Because it's newly built, there are many people coming and going, so it looks more like a county town than my county town."
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Tang He raised his eyebrows, "Okay, let's go take a look sometime. Is Longchi far away?"
"About seventy miles."
"It's not close," Tang He asked, "Since it's so prosperous there, there must be a lot of affairs. There are a lot of general conflicts, even thefts, etc., will they all be reported to the county government?"
"No," Bai Shan said, "I sent two teams of government officials there to give them the power to act easily. Unless there are major cases, all the minor disputes and cases will be handled there and then sent to the county government.
Come, we will take the prisoner into custody after checking here."
"Are you here in charge of those two shifts of yamen servants?" Tang He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "There are only three shifts of yamen servants in a county government office. If you assign two shifts at once, the county government will keep one shift?"
"No, Yin is in charge over there. I've recruited another team here at the county government," Bai Shan said, "I have applied to the governor's office to upgrade Beihai County from a lower county to a middle county."
"So fast?" Tang He sat up slightly, "In those days, Changbo had been operating in Luojiang County for several years. When he left, he did not upgrade Luojiang County to Zhong County. Until these two years, because of the large output of new rice seeds,
That’s how it went up.”
Bai Shan nodded and said: "Beihai County now has Longchi Wharf and such a large salt farm. The economy has reached its peak and will not fall back in the future. It is enough to be promoted to Zhong County."
If he hadn't suppressed him, Governor Guo would have wanted to be directly promoted to the county level.
However, although being promoted to the county was beneficial to Bai Shan's career, it would put too much tax pressure on the local people and the county government, so he did not agree and kept suppressing it.
As soon as Tang He looked at his expression, he knew that there might be something he didn't know about. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Guo Governor's proposal?"
Bai Shan smiled.
Tang He clicked his tongue, then looked at Yin You, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that junior Yin would participate in political affairs." Then he looked at Bai Shan, "Since he is already in charge of the government officials for you, why don't you give him a county captain?"
Dangdang?”
Before Bai Shan spoke, Yin You had already shaken his head and said: "I just help out when I'm very bored. I don't go to the county office every day. Besides, there is a county captain in Beihai County. I can't just do it when I come here."
People squeezed away."
Bai Shan smiled and said: "He not only does the work of the county captain, he also does the work of the county magistrate."
Tang Hele, "Isn't that the magistrate of a county? What have you done?"
Bai Erlang on the side immediately raised his hand, "I also do the work of the county magistrate."
He said: "I don't know where there are so many things in Beihai County. How do you think other counties can do it with only one county magistrate? Anyway, there are so many people in Beihai County, and we still feel that there are not enough people."
Tang He smiled slightly and said: "You have spent three years doing what others can do in ten years. Aren't you busy?"
Wu Yue came over and asked, "Mr. Lang, I want to ask if the food will be served in the open pavilion or in the dining room?"
Bai Shan glanced at Tang He and said with a smile: "Let's put it in this open pavilion. The wind is good today, so it's cooler here, and you can also enjoy some scenery at the same time."
May agreed and turned around to deliver the message.
After a while, Zhou Man and Ming Da came together and brought the food up with the maids. Tang He quickly stood up and glanced at Zhou Man.
He asked the princess to serve the food. Could it be more reliable? He was afraid that he would not be able to digest it.
Zhou Man returned him a puzzled look, "Now is a good time to eat abalone. It's rare for my senior to come to Beihai County, so I sent people to buy a lot of seafood. Today's dishes are half of the Beijing flavor and half of it here.
These local products, senior, do you like them?"
Tang He's eyes brightened slightly, "Abalone..."
"Yes, there are also sea urchins and mackerel, you can try them all," Zhou Man said: "If you stay long enough, we can go to Longchi to eat seafood later. The ones there are fresher and better."