Chapter 126

With no one blocking the door, Qin Dewei was about to go out to do business.

Xu Shi'an wanted to follow, Qin Dewei ordered: "I'm going to find someone to repair the house, and you stay and help look after the house, otherwise there won't even be a door, so I can rest assured that there are reliable people around."

Xu Shi'an, who knew Qin Dewei's economic situation very well, asked, "Do you have the money to repair it?"

Qin Dewei said indifferently: "You don't need to pay for it yourself! The Shanren have their own tricks!"

Then Qin Dewei came to the Jiangning county government, casually pointed out several cases of Feng Xiancheng, and then said: "I wonder if the second master has heard about the fact that the door of the next family was smashed?"

Feng Xiancheng seemed to be very envious and replied: "I have heard about it. I heard that Gu Dongqiao has admitted to being killed. I will pay you a garden."

Gardens in Nanjing city, tsk tsk
"Leave that garden alone!" Speaking of which, Qin Dewei was worried, the garden had only just started construction, and there was an empty space, how could he have the money to continue to repair it?

Qin Dewei went to Master Feng, not for the garden, of course: "My house is dilapidated and needs to be repaired urgently!"

Feng Xiancheng's face twitched a few times, remembering that he still owed a lot to Shu Xiu, so Qin Dewei found him this time, it must be to ask for money to repair the house!
Sure enough, Qin Dewei asked immediately afterwards, "Second Master, don't you have any ideas?"

Feng Xiancheng had just withdrawn this month's salary and the meager regular silver, and he happened to have a few taels of spare money in his hand. Originally, he planned to go to Nanshilou Street to have a good time after the busy trial day.

But I didn't expect Qin Dewei to come to ask for money like a debt collector. It must be some bastard in the county warehouse or household house who told Qin Dewei about his salary payment.

Gritting his teeth, Feng Xiancheng took out an ingot of silver, patted it on the case, endured extreme heartache and said: "Take it quickly! Don't let me see it again!"

Qin Dewei looked at Master Feng inexplicably, then at Yin Zi, and asked in confusion, "Second Master, what do you mean?"

"What are you pretending to do! Don't you just want to ask me for money to repair the house!" Master Feng shouted a little annoyed, just took the money, and pretended to be innocent!

Qin Dewei nodded: "I really want to ask the second master for money to repair the house, but I didn't say that the second master should pay for it yourself."

Master Feng frowned, and said displeasedly: "Then who do you want to pay? Are you planning to ask me to come forward to exploit the craftsmen and do white work for you?"

"The county government can pay for it!" Qin Dewei said naturally.

Master Feng yelled: "You are called corrupt! This officer absolutely forbids it!"

Qin Dewei said: "We, the leader of the Nanjing Literary Circle, have testified that this house is the former residence of Yang Bangyi, a former loyalist! He was a true loyalist who died unyieldingly in the face of the barbarians!
Second master, what did you not think of?Should loyalty be praised?Should the government renovate Zhonglie's former residence to show the court's style of encouraging integrity?In particular, can you express the second master's idea of ​​advocating loyalty? "

Feng Xiancheng: "."

Qin Dewei finally concluded: "In short, you just say, can the county government pay for it?"

"Yes!" Feng Xiancheng said with certainty, the government can still pay for the construction of memorial archways for widows who observe festivals, and build a former residence for famous martyrs, so as to inspire future generations, can it be justified?
Feng Xiancheng hesitated and said: "Even if you still live there, if you build the house, it seems that it is for your use, so there will inevitably be criticism."

"Then add more ingredients!" Qin Dewei suggested: "Add a memorial archway in front of the gate, and then change the screen wall in the courtyard gate into a place dedicated to loyalty! Second master, please ask the imperial court for a commendation title, and offer it at the gate of the courtyard !
Other ancestral temples have people who are responsible for the four seasons of worship, so Yang Zhonglie will compare it, and the worship errands will be handed over to the residents of this courtyard!Or you can issue an order that the residents of this hospital will be permanently exempted from corvee, and will be responsible for worshiping the martyrs! "

What he said made sense, but Feng Xiancheng was speechless.

Qin Dewei nodded and said: "Okay, this matter has been decided so happily. Moreover, this is also an opportunity for you, the Second Master, to express yourself, and it will be beneficial without any harm.

And the second master, you are probably leaving your post soon. Isn't it good to leave such an image project as the finishing touch before leaving? "

"You're right!" Feng Xiancheng stood up suddenly, "It's not too late, I'll go and have a look now, you go and inform the ceremony room, workshop, county warehouse, and county treasury, and set off immediately to investigate the former residence of Zhonglie!"

Now that the Eldest Master is getting old, he only likes to collect money and not take power to manage affairs. The affairs of the county government are basically handled by the Second Master.When Feng Xiancheng gave an order, the servants in several places were alarmed.

Then the brigade of people left the county office in mighty force and headed east.Passers-by along the way saw it, and after a little inquiring, they knew that this was Mr. Feng from Xinqingtian running towards Zhonglie.

Arriving at the edge of Qingxi, Qin Dewei, who led the way, could see from a distance that there were many people gathered in front of his courtyard, the number was no less than his own!
Qin Dewei was taken aback, not knowing what happened at home, so he hurriedly ran towards the door of the house in three steps at a time.

When I got closer, I found that these people in front of the house were all yamen servants!Qin Dewei stopped in his tracks immediately, waiting for Feng Xiancheng to catch up.

Feng Xiancheng got off the sedan chair, walked over and frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Qin Dewei also shook his head in confusion, "I don't know either."

At this moment, the crowd on the opposite side parted, and suddenly an official appeared, he was a sixth rank!He arched his hands to Feng Xian Cheng and said, "Is Jiang Ning Feng Zuo Tang coming? This official goes to Yuan County!"

This introduction may not look simple, but it is the most excellent, and only the real county magistrate Zhengyin officials dare to use "XX County" to refer to it.Even if Mr. Feng is a director, he would never dare to say that he is Jiangning County.

Shangyuan County is another county in Nanjing City, which is separated from Jiangning County in the south and north.The person who called himself Shangyuan County was, of course, the magistrate of Shangyuan County.

Feng Xiancheng also returned a salute and asked, "Where did Lord Qi come from here?"

The magistrate of Qi sighed: "Recently, I heard that there is a former residence of Zhonglie here, and I came here to pay homage and investigate."

Qin Dewei was speechless, looking at the smell of Qizhi County, he is a real bureaucrat.Then look at my own master Feng, he had to remind himself, and in the end he was a step behind others.

It turned out that he came to snatch the deal, Master Feng was furious, and asked: "That's also about my Jiangning County, what has it to do with your Shangyuan County!"

Suddenly a few people ran out from the Shangyuan county government office, carrying a cloth bag, and then came out with lime powder sprinkled in the cloth bag, and drew a white line from the alleyway in front of the house to the bank of Qingxi River.

Master Qi of Shangyuan County stood proudly, pointed at the white line, and said domineeringly: "Jiangning County Yamen, whoever crosses the line will die!"

Feng Xiancheng was instantly full of anger, and he was about to turn into a god of war!
But I saw a small official on the other side holding up a large map, and shouted to Feng Xiancheng: "Master Feng on the opposite side, listen carefully, you guys have carefully surveyed the county boundaries. This white line is the two counties. The former residence of Zhonglie This side is in Shangyuan County!"

puff!Feng Xiancheng's God of War status was instantly broken, and he also suffered from the sequelae of a little dizziness.

Even Qin Dewei was stunned and speechless.
Speaking of which, Shangyuan County and Jiangning County are generally divided along streets.For example, the famous Sanshan Street is also a county boundary. The north of the street is Shangyuan County, and the south of the street is Jiangning County.

Of course, under normal circumstances, people don’t care too much about county boundaries. They are all in the same city, and there is me in you and you in me.Apart from going to court, taking imperial examinations, and paying taxes, they generally don't care whether you are from Shangyuan County or Jiangning County.

Generally speaking, the county boundary has been straight from west to east, that is, when it comes to Taipingfang by Qingxi, it may be slightly deflected due to the topography of Qingxi, and then the laneway in front of Zhonglie’s former residence becomes the county boundary on the map.
As a result, even Qin Dewei subconsciously felt that the house was still in Jiangning County, but in fact the house was already within the county boundary of Shangyuan County.

Shangyuan County Magistrate Qi continued to say domineeringly: "The imperial court has an order, and the local officials are responsible for guarding the land. Without an order, you are not allowed to leave the county boundary. Feng Zuotang, do you dare to come here!"

Jiangning Feng Xiancheng wondered, if a person stood on the side of the white line and took a water and fire stick to hit the county magistrate on the other side of the white line, would it be counted as crossing the county boundary?

 In one or two more chapters, the first stage will be over. It is estimated that the plot time will jump directly to next year. What stories are you looking forward to?
  
 
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