If you read the documents carefully, it is not difficult to find a pattern.
In the past few years, not all of the Hercynians who have been elected were ignorant and idle.
Whether they were appointed by the imperial court or directly arranged by local authorities, many people came to take office with the purpose of managing Haixi County well.
Among them, Feng Chao's father, Feng Yuan, was naturally included.
But almost everyone seems to have made a mistake. That is to rush for quick results... Everyone hopes to restore Haixi County to normal operation as soon as possible. To this end, they gather manpower to fight against pirates and encircle and suppress bandits.
.Including Feng Yuan, they hope to strengthen the power of Haixi County by cracking down on salt lords and controlling salt roads. It is undeniable that once they succeed, they will bring huge changes to Haixi County.
But the problem is that the problems in Haixi County have been going on for a long time and cannot be changed in a day or two.
The predecessors brought hope to the Haixi people time and time again, but plunged the Haixi people into despair again and again.
In the end, no one thought about any changes anymore and just muddle along... At least although Haixi was in chaos, it was not impossible to survive.
Even Deng Ji seemed to have fallen into this misunderstanding.
Fortunately, Cao Peng objected to his plan and allowed him to open another door and window.
Pirates, bandits, salt owl...
It sounds like it's all a disaster outside Haixi City.
For Haixi, the harm caused by these disasters may be far less than the many problems in Haixi County.
Pirates, are you a perfect fighter?
Salt Owl, can you control it?
This requires a very long process and may not be something that one or two county magistrates can accomplish.
It is gratifying that people have sacrificed a lot, but received countless disappointments. Under such circumstances, why should Haixi people still believe in the government?
Deng Ji must pay for his predecessors.
For the Haixi people, Deng Ji's arrival still attracted their attention.
However, no one took the initiative to contact the government, but watched quietly. After Wang Cheng left the county government, he returned to Xili very excitedly. He told everyone that the new Haixi Ling was an ambitious person.
It will definitely bring changes to Haixi...
"Sir, that guy Wang Cheng is very arrogant."
In a house located in the north of Haixi City, Chen Sheng was half leaning on the couch, listening to the reports of his subordinates.
He is about in his early forties, with a slightly thin build and good-looking features. He has a white face, a black beard, and the skin on his fingers is very soft.
He was playing with a white jade ball the size of a baby's fist in his hand, with a nonchalant expression.
"Why is he so arrogant?"
Chen Sheng spoke very softly, without any anger at all.
If you don't know his identity and walk on the street, you will think of him as a gentle scholar.
In the hall, a lean man in gray clothes quickly replied: "Wang Cheng said that the new Haixi Ling has a deep background and is very capable. Cao Sikong sent him here this time to solve the current situation in Haixi.
He also said that Deng Haixi will take action soon..."
Chen Sheng snorted coldly and turned over to sit up.
"Isn't it the same old thing?
Everyone who came to Haixi County said they would make great achievements. But the result? I am still here, and Haixi County has not seen any changes.
By the way, did Wang Cheng say what Deng Haixi is going to do?"
"Ha, as my lord said, it's all the same old story. I heard that slave labor was going to be recruited again, and they also said that pirates and bandits would be eliminated...
The servant also went over and listened, but found nothing new.
Master, why don't your servants go make trouble and then give this Deng Haixi a slap in the face and let him figure out who is the real boss in Haixi County?"
"Need not!"
Chen Sheng stood up and stretched his body.
"When the time comes, he will know that Haixi County is not something people like them can control.
By the way, besides these, are there any other things? I mean, are there any short-sighted people who take the opportunity to cause trouble for us? "
The lean man thought for a moment and said, "There is a little glitch."
"oh?"
"At noon, someone caused trouble in the North Market and even beat up our people. Later, a group of people came and smashed our shop. The reason is that it is said that the guy lost all his money and wanted to default on his debt...
Also, the people who smashed our shop seem to be Deng Haixi’s people. Master, do you think it was Deng Haixi who wanted to target us? So he deliberately found someone to smash our shop?"
Chen Sheng frowned, and a look of anger suddenly appeared on his face.
"If he doesn't have eyes, then don't blame me for not giving the court face."
"That……"
"Pass the word, and starting from tomorrow, the price of food in Haixi will be increased by 30%."
"Here!"
Chen Sheng smiled coldly, "If he is not honest, I will let him stay in Haixi and he will not be able to stay for even one day."
The lean man laughed, with a hint of admiration in his eyes. Chen Sheng also enjoyed this look very much! He looked complacent, playing with the jade ball and walking outside the house. As he walked, he was talking to himself
Saying: It depends on how long you can persist!
The next day, food prices in Haixi soared by 30%.
People were panicked for a while, showing extreme dissatisfaction with the sudden price increase. Why did the price increase? It used to be that a handful of corn cost about one hundred yuan. Now that food prices have suddenly increased, the lives of Haixi people have changed.
, suddenly became difficult.
Someone has spread the news!
It was Hai Xiling who had people smash up Chen Sheng's shop and angered Chen Sheng, so this result occurred.
This Haixi Ling came to Haixi County and did nothing but caused trouble. Now, life has become much more difficult.
This guy is a total jerk!
"I heard that Deng Haixi is planning to recruit people to surround and suppress the thieves."
"Then let him go...a loser, let's see what tricks he can do. Anyway, I will never apply. If I have the ability, let him catch me."
"I don't plan to go either!"
"That's right, let's not go, let's see what he can do to us."
"Yes, it shouldn't be!"
In just one day, the Haixi people developed an extremely strong sense of resistance to Deng Ji.
Many people are ready to watch the fun... They want to see what Deng Haixi has the ability to save the situation? Should he bow to Chen Sheng? Or are he ready to leave in despair. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether he leaves or not. Haixi has never
I didn't expect such a person to exist.
What's more, they even offered a bet on how long Deng Ji would wait.
"Oh? What's the result?"
Deng Ji looked at Cao Peng with a smile and asked with interest.
The person who set up this bet was actually Cao Peng.
He said seriously: "Thirty people bet that you won't last three months; 20 people thought you wouldn't last half a year."
"Isn't that pretty good? At least half of the people think I can survive half a year."
"But the problem is, no one thinks you can last more than half a year...the remaining half think you will lose your life and be buried somewhere."
Deng Ji was smiling at first, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but show a serious expression.
"It seems that the Haixi people are quite tough."
Cao Peng said: "I also made a handicap that you can survive for a year, but no one placed any bets.
Brother-in-law, this is not a good thing. Chen Sheng just made a small move and turned the whole Haixi against us."
"Yes, Hu Ban also said today that when he went to buy grain, no one was willing to sell it to him, so he had to buy high-priced rice from people in Quyang. There are so many of us. If we can't solve this matter as soon as possible, I'm afraid it won't take more than three months.
, I can’t even hold on for a month.”
Deng Ji was worried and gently stroked the short beard under his chin.
"Brother-in-law, let's do it."
Deng Ji smacked his lips and wandered around the room.
"Afu, will this make Haixi and us completely hostile?"
"Are you going to bow to Chen Sheng?"
"This... of course is impossible"
"If we don't bow our heads, we have no choice but to take action. It's a last-ditch fight anyway, and we can't allow us to back down. I don't believe that Chen Sheng can still cover the sky with one hand?"
"Then, it's as you say!"
Deng Ji pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind!
Anyway, there is no way out, either Chen Sheng is dead, or his family is unlucky...
Days pass day by day.
In the blink of an eye, Deng Ji arrived in Haixi for five days.
In the past five days, the situation in Haixi has become increasingly tense. Chen Sheng raised the price twice in three days, doubling the price of grain.
At the same time, he ordered people to buy grain from the East China Sea to give Deng Ji a good look.
Even if you want to buy grain to stabilize grain prices, I will first stir up the surrounding grain prices to see if you keep the price down.
It has to be said that Chen Sheng's move was indeed vicious. The people in Haixi became more and more resentful of Deng Ji, while the merchants in Haixi watched the joke. In their view, Deng Ji was just a free man.
With the title of Xi Ling, how can he defeat the local snake Chen Sheng?
However, on the sixth day, all the merchants in the North Market received an invitation.
The person who sent the invitation was none other than Deng Ji. He asked the merchants from the North Market to come to the county government office for a drink at night. Deng Ji had something to discuss with them.
Chen Sheng also received an invitation, but immediately threw it into the brazier.
"Do I need his glass of wine?" Chen Sheng laughed.
"How dare you go against me for just a moment? Let the news out and say that whoever dares to go to Deng Ji's place to drink will be against me."
"If Deng Ji is ready to bow to you..."
"Then let him tie up his brother-in-law and come to the house to confess."
Chen Sheng smiled coldly, turned around and returned to the house.
That night, colored lanterns were hung high above the county government office.
But the door was deserted and deserted, with no one in sight.
Deng Ji stood in the hall, looking at the deserted hall, his face gloomy, almost dripping with tears.
"Good means, good means!"
He gritted his teeth and cursed in a deep voice: "He Chen Sheng really has a good trick!"
"Wang Cheng, Mr. Wang is here!"
At this moment, a loud shout was heard from outside the county government office.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Cheng stepped into the county government office, and greeted Deng Ji from a distance: "Deng Haixi, Wang is late, please forgive me, forgive me."
"I am deeply grateful to Mr. Wang for coming. How can I blame you?"
Wang Cheng walked up to the hall, glanced around the hall, and frowned.
He glanced at Deng Ji and said softly: "Why, no one is coming?"
Deng Ji shook his head and exhaled a heavy breath.
"It doesn't matter, even if no one comes, we can still get drunk and then rest. If someone comes, please enjoy the wine and let everyone get drunk with me."
After saying that, Deng Ji grabbed Wang Cheng's arm.
"Brother Mingwei, we won't go home until we get drunk today!"
"Mai Ren, Master Mai is here!"
Deng Ji and Wang Cheng couldn't help but stop at the same time.
The two of them turned around and saw a middle-aged man in rich clothes walking in from outside the county government office.
He looks short and chubby, with a round face, like a Maitreya who always smiles. He is not tall, and he looks like he has drunk too much. This man is another giant in Haixi County.
The son of Mai Xiong, the former Taizhong doctor, is now Xiaolian Mairen in Haixi.
On the third day after Deng Ji arrived in Haixi, he visited Mai Xiong.
However, because Mai Xiong was not in good health, he did not come forward to receive Deng Ji.
Deng Ji is not upset at all!
The old man was unwell, so he couldn't force him to see him. Besides, Deng Ji's visit to Mai Xiong was just a courtesy.
That day, the person who received Deng Ji was Mai Ren.
As Feng Chao said, this person loved drinking and was drunk all day long.
Mai Ren was not polite. He just said that Mai Cheng, a member of his tribe, was imprisoned and asked Deng Ji to let him go.
Other than that, Mai Ren didn't say anything. He also hosted a banquet for Deng Ji at home on behalf of Mai Xiong and the Haixi elders.
After Deng Ji came back, he let Mai Cheng go.
Because he really couldn't find any flaws in Mai Cheng. This guy was extremely cunning and kept complaining. Deng Ji had no way to punish him, and he couldn't easily torture him. Since Mai Ren asked for mercy, Deng Ji was happy to do the favor.
, then let Mai Cheng go home.
Mai Ren said with a smile: "Deng Haixi, Mai has taken the liberty to come here and ask for a glass of water and wine. Is it okay?"
Deng Ji did not invite Mai Ren this time, so he came uninvited.
"Brother Mai, if you can come, I'm really looking forward to it."
As they spoke, the three of them walked into the lobby.
"There is so much good wine, but no one comes?"
After Mai Ren walked into the lobby, he frowned as he looked at the deserted hall.
He couldn't help but said angrily: "Does the imperial court still exist in the eyes of Haixi people? It's true, it's true, it's really too arrogant."
Wang Cheng also said with emotion: "Brother Zijin, I was talking to Deng Haixi about this just now. The head of a county invited the people under his rule to drink, but none of them refused to come. Is this Haixi after all?
The territory of the Han Dynasty? It’s so rude, so rude!”
Mai Ren handed over his hand and said, "Deng Haixi, today Mai Ren will apologize to you on behalf of Haixi's father.
Sooner or later, they will know who really cares about Haixi... It makes me angry! Deng Haixi, I will toast you a few glasses of wine today."
"This is how disrespectful I am."
Deng Ji smiled slightly, as if nothing had happened, and asked the two of them to sit down.
"Hey, Deng Haixi, where is your brother-in-law?"
"Is Mr. Wang talking about Youxue?" Deng Ji waved his hand, "He will cause trouble for me. I have ordered him to find a way to purchase grain and solve the current situation in Haixi as soon as possible."
"He... buys food?" Wang Cheng scratched his head, "Can Youxue succeed?"
"Ha, is it possible?" Deng Ji suddenly changed his tone and said with some pride: "You may not think that Youxue is young, but he is a hundred times smarter than me. Back then, if it hadn't been for some mistake, he might have been there now.
He studied under Pang Gong of Lumen Mountain in Xiangyang."
When Mai Ren heard this, he couldn't help but be startled.
"But Mr. Pang of Lumen?"
"Exactly!"
Wang Cheng and Mai Ren couldn't help but look at each other.
"Ha, let me just say, how can a person as smart as Youxue be just an ordinary person?"
After the two said this, they nodded in unison.
Deng Ji smiled slightly, with a look of pride on his face, "He said he had a way to buy grain, which would definitely solve the problem, so why should I worry? Originally... I wanted to invite merchants from Haixi to discuss some things. Today they
Since I won’t come, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy to have this glass of wine again.”
"Discussing things?"
Wang Cheng seemed to be interested, "Deng Haixi, what do you want to discuss?"
"Well, no one is here anyway, so there's no point in talking about it. Businessmen's affairs are not dignified. Both of them are men of high moral character. Speaking out will taint their ears. Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about it.
This. Drink, drink! Today we will not return until we are drunk."
Having said that, Deng Ji raised his glass and invited him to drink.
Wang Cheng and Mai Ren raised their glasses in response. The three of them drank the wine in one gulp, then looked at each other and laughed.
At the same time, in the Chen Mansion in the northwest of Hainan, Chen Sheng was sitting in the hall, drinking happily with others.
In the hall, the author is all famous figures in Haixi, including almost all the businessmen in Haixi, as well as some collaborators.
"Ha, that one-armed dog officer must be furious now."
A businessman stood up and said with a smile: "He doesn't even ask, when will it be outsiders' turn to speak in Haixi County?"
"that is!
That dog officer actually went against Mr. Chen, I think he is impatient."
"Hey, you can't say that." Chen Sheng's face sank, and he waved his hand to stop the businessmen's flattery, "After all, Magistrate Deng is also an official of the court. We commoners, even if we don't give Magistrate Deng face, why should we?
To give face to the imperial court, what kind of behavior is it for a dog official to be a dog official?"
"Hahaha, yes, yes, give the court some face."
The big businessmen claimed repeatedly.
"Then Mr. Chen said, what should we call it?"
"Uh..." Chen Sheng looked embarrassed, and after a while he pretended to be helpless, "After thinking about it, it seems that a dog officer is the most suitable... hahahaha."
The businessmen were startled at first, and then burst into laughter.
At this time, a servant came in and whispered something into Chen Sheng's ear.
Chen Sheng frowned, showing an unhappy look.
"Mr. Chen, what happened?"
"Everyone, Wang Cheng and Mai Xiaolian have gone to the county government office."
"ah?"
"Everyone, I, Chen Sheng, think that I have done my best for Haixi. But this Wang Cheng has repeatedly opposed me, which is really annoying. He treats us as if we are nothing because he has read a few books. Everyone.
We are all Haixi people, so we should work together, but he is always against us. Before, we didn't care about his reputation because of his reputation! But today, he is clearly trying to hurt me."
"This Wang Cheng is really ignorant."
Whether it was Chen Sheng or others, consciously or unconsciously, they all ignored the fact that Mai Ren also passed away.
To put it bluntly, Wang Cheng is just a small landowner and a teacher; but Mai Ren is actually a wealthy Haixi family. These people here dare to ignore the court and the government, but they cannot ignore Mai Ren... Even if they are as arrogant as Chen Sheng,
I don't dare to offend the Mai family.
"I'm going to teach Wang Cheng a lesson, what do you think?"
Businessmen, you look at me and I look at you. Some of them don’t know what to say.
Chen Sheng said: "Seeing that he has done a lot for Haixi, I won't take his life. I will just drive him out of Haixi... When the time comes, I won't want the fields in his name. Who will do it then?"
If you are interested, just buy it! I taught him a lesson, not because he is always against me. I just want to tell everyone that we are all thinking about Haixi, and whoever dares to betray us, we will not make it easy for him!"
"Yes, don't make it easy for him!"
For a time, the businessmen were excited and cheered.
When Chen Sheng saw this situation, he couldn't help but reveal a bright smile on his face.
Ha, the imperial court?
What the hell!
In this three-acre land in Haixi, I, Chen Ziqi, have the final say...
"Master, something happened!"
Everyone was in a state of high spirits when they suddenly saw a servant running and staggering all the way to the hall.
Chen Sheng suddenly felt unhappy, but it was difficult for him to have an attack in front of many people. So his face sank, and Chen Sheng stood up.