Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chen Xingqi smiled and said: "A person who deserves to be the prince is still planning for the prince in a place like this.

No matter what you say, I can only tell you that no matter what the Chen family chooses, I, Chen Xingqi, will only do what I think is right. "

Chen Xingqi came suddenly and left simply.

He didn't want to leave before, but Meng Changqing suddenly talked about the fight for the reserve position. Chen Xingqi didn't want to cause trouble to the family, and he really didn't dare to get involved with a barefoot person like Meng Changqing.

He left with a small half bag of sweet potatoes.

On August [-], Meng Changqing and his family had a bowl of noodles together.

Then she started to get busy again. In the past half year, she had only cared about two things the most.

The first is the overall pattern of Beishan County.

The house built by each household must be within the marked line and can be retracted inwards, but must not be expanded outwards.

She asked people to supervise the house at all times. As long as it was seen that a household had the intention to expand, the yamen officials would immediately come forward to warn and stop the other party's behavior in a timely manner, which would also save the other party from losing time and money.

Now the layout of the county is completely in accordance with her previous plan, with things arranged in an orderly manner.

The houses are relatively uniform both in appearance and internal layout.

This is not Meng Changqing's request, but the people who helped build the house here are the same group of people. Unless the owner has other ingenious ideas, it will naturally be built according to the habits of masons.

Although they are all earthen huts, they have a solid structure, thick walls, and a fire pit inside, which is enough to withstand the cold.

In addition, there is the harvest of food.

The closer she gets to harvest, the longer she stays in the field.

After half a year of hard work, it’s finally time to accept the results.

Meng Changqing called Yang Zheng and Zhang Yuan to the study that day and asked them to strengthen inspections, especially in dangerous mountainous areas. If there is any abnormality, they must report back and forth in time.

Yang Zhengdao: "Are you afraid that people from the mountains will come to snatch food?"

"This has happened before." Meng Changqing said, "Until now we don't know the situation on the mountain, so we can only take precautions for everything."

Zhang Yuan stopped talking.

Meng Changqing said: "Colonel Zhang will speak directly if he has anything to say."

"Actually, yesterday, a man named Ma Laifu in a group once told me about this matter." Zhang Yuandao: "He thought that he could take advantage of the abundant food to lure people down from the mountain. What he meant was that the mountain was not Monolithic.

After hearing this, I wanted to tell you, but you were busy yesterday and had guests coming, so I never had the chance to tell you. "

Meng Changqing didn't say anything, and Yang Zheng asked her to think about it, "Everything has two sides. Those people are used to being bandits, so they will naturally not obey your discipline. But once they come down from the mountain, no matter whether they obey or not, they must act within the rules. If something goes wrong with them, it will be easy for the government officials to handle it."

"I will consider it." Meng Changqing said, "Please tell Captain Zhang to tell that person and ask him to come to the government office in the evening. I want to see him."

"I'll go tell him right now."

After Zhang Yuan left, Meng Changqing said to Yang Zheng: "Brother Yang, I have to patrol the city wall frequently during this period. You should pay more attention to the county government."

"Okay, I'll ask Zuo Datou to keep watch at all times. You should also pay attention to safety outside."

Recently, Jiemaru savages often try to climb over the city wall at night. Because only the Beishan County section of the city wall has no bricks on the outside, it is the easiest to climb. You only need to use sharp tools to climb the rammed earth wall. If you dig a hole in it, you can rely on it.

On this day, Meng Changqing rode outside the city wall and escorted the troops in Tai.

"Look at this place, it's the most severely damaged."

Meng Changqing looked in the direction of his finger and saw numerous large and small pits on the city wall. More than one Jiewan savage had been here.

Yu Tai said: "Mr. Meng, the bricks on the outside still need to be laid as soon as possible."

"This is natural." Meng Changqing looked up along the large and small pits and saw the soldiers on duty on the city wall.

"It's quiet at night, and any movement will be amplified. Why didn't the soldiers guarding the city notice the Jiemaru wild men approaching the city wall?" "You have never dealt with the wild men, and you don't know that there are those among them who are good at hiding their whereabouts, whether they are walking or not. There is still no movement at all when doing things, which is difficult to detect.

Another point is that the soldiers on duty are human beings after all, and it is inevitable that they will be distracted. If they can detect the savages in time before they get on the wall, I think there will be no problem. "

Meng Changqing looked at the pits of different sizes.

Yu Tai was still saying: "In recent times, more and more Jiewan savages have come here. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before they climb the city wall."

Meng Changqing could only promise, "I will make arrangements immediately after the autumn harvest."

"Please hurry up, sir."

Meng Changqing nodded, "Excuse me, soldiers, we must be on guard during this period."

"Master Meng can rest assured about this." Yu Tai said: "The stones on the city wall are being replenished every day. The number of people on duty has increased here, and the number of night patrols has also increased. Sir, would you like to go up to the wall and take a look?"

Meng Changqing followed Yu Tai up the wall. On the wall, there were human heads and large rocks leaning against the corners. There were plenty of arrows in the quivers, and the soldiers were in high spirits.

Meng Changqing went to the area with the most holes on the wall to take a look. There were indeed more soldiers on duty here than elsewhere.

But Jiemaru Savage is not a fool. The defense here is heavy, so he will naturally find other openings.

Meng Changqing was helpless and knew that repairing the city wall quickly was the key, so he immediately wrote an official document after returning to the county office and handed it over to Wei Fangyun.

"Sir, Ma Laifu is here." Zhang Yuan still remembered what Meng Changqing told him.

Meng Changqing almost forgot about it.

"Greetings to Mr. Meng." Ma Laifu began to kowtow as soon as he was brought in.

"Do you know why I'm looking for you?" Meng Changqing asked.

"It's what I told Mr. Zhang before."

"Then tell me, how can we lure the people down from the mountain?"

Malaifu said: "Adults can shout directly or post notices at the foot of the mountain. Most of them are literate people and can understand them."

"Is there anyone on the mountain you care about?"

Malai Fu denied it, saying that this was his sincere suggestion and he hoped that the adults would consider it carefully.

Within two days, a message came from Liangzhou Mansion saying that Master Futai wanted to see her.

Meng Changqing didn't have time to think carefully about the bandits, so he carried a bag of sweet potatoes to Liangzhou Prefecture.

The officer took them directly to the study and said, "Master Futai is waiting for you in the study."

"Master Futai." Meng Changqing opened his mouth to accuse, "I went out a little late today and kept you waiting for a long time."

"What time is it? It's not too late for you to come." Wei Fangyun looked at the sack in front of Bafang, "What is that?"

"These are sweet potatoes." Meng Changqing opened his pocket sideways and took out the washed sweet potatoes. "It's ready to take with you. I brought some for you. I want you to have a taste."

Wei Fangyun came over, took it from Meng Changqing's hand, weighed it in his hand, "This thing is a bit heavy, can it be counted as the yield per mu?"

"I dug some small fields, and calculated that the yield per mu should be no less than four thousand kilograms." Meng Changqing said: "Although the land in Beishan County has not been cultivated for decades, the soil is fertile enough, and the people are diligent, so this thing grows very well." good."

"I thought you said it was cooked and eaten?"

Meng Changqing replied: "You can cook it directly, make it into a dish, throw it into a brazier and eat it, or even eat it raw."

Wei Fangyun called the yamen servant and asked him to take the bag of sweet potatoes to the kitchen and make some in various ways. He wanted to have a taste.

After talking about the sweet potatoes, Wei Fangyun asked everyone to sit down and start talking about business, "I saw what you wrote. After this autumn harvest, the city walls in Weishan County and Hongjia County will also be repaired."