Soldiers come to the world

Liu Jing was startled, not understanding what he meant, he was about to ask a few more questions, but at this time they had already arrived at the official office of the Youpay Office.

The government office covers an area of ​​about five acres, with more than twenty houses, consisting of two courtyards, the front and the back. The large courtyard in the front is a place for soldiers to eat and rest.

As soon as he entered the gate, an official came out with a dozen of his subordinates, lifted up his robes, knelt down in reverence, and said, "I pay my respects to the magistrate!"

"Everyone, please get up!"

Wang Ji made a plea, and introduced Liu Jing to them with a smile, "This is your new governor, you should have heard of Mr. Jing's reputation!"

Everyone was overjoyed, and knelt down again to salute, "Meet Du Cao!"

"Brothers, you are welcome, everyone, get up quickly!"

Liu Jing was very popular in his previous life and was very good at dealing with people, so it was easy for him to communicate with these low-level soldiers. Not long after Wang Ke left, Liu Jing became friends with his subordinates.

He has three assistants in total, one is Zhang Ping, who is the thief Cao, responsible for catching water thieves, one is Li Jun, who is the thief Cao, and is responsible for inspecting the tax money, and the other is Lu Sheng, who is the secretary. , in charge of internal affairs.

Zhang Ping and Li Jun took their brothers out to inspect. The only official in the government office was Shu Zuo Lusheng, and there were more than [-] soldiers on rotation.

Everyone felt that Mr. Jing was good. Although he was Zhou Mu's nephew, he didn't have the slightest airs. More importantly, his words gave them a sense of intimacy, and he knew the rules very well, as if he was a fellow.

Liu Jing took out an ingot of five taels of gold from his bosom, threw it to a big man and said with a smile: "According to the rules, you should chip in the money for the treat, but the new official is taking office! You have to show the brothers, and I will do it tonight." Here comes the treat, everyone can drink and eat meat, and never get drunk!"

Everyone was overjoyed. They all felt that the new leader was generous, and it would be easy to follow him in the future. First impressions are very important. life will not be easy.

On the contrary, if you sell five taels of gold, and call everyone brothers and sisters, such a person will be sympathetic to his subordinates. When everyone heard that Mr. Jing took office, they were nervous at first, but now everyone feels relieved and has become unrestrained.

Shu Zuo Lusheng waved to everyone, "I want to have a few words with Du Cao, everyone go! I will toast Du Cao tonight."

Everyone dispersed, leaving only Liu Jing and Lu Sheng in the room.

"The governor thinks it's a big head! Mixing with this group of reckless people."

Lu Shengnian is about [-] years old, a scholar, with a gentle and fair appearance, but after being with everyone for a long time, he has a bit of boldness.

"No, I like these brothers very much. I laugh and scold them freely. They are all gentlemen. When I stay with them, I feel very comfortable and there are not many intrigues."

"That's true. In fact, everyone used to be a soldier in the navy. It was only transferred to the jurisdiction of the local government last year. Didn't the governor notice that everyone has a strong military spirit?"

Liu Jing nodded, and he felt it too. All of them were tall and fast, obviously trained in the army.

He pondered for a while and then asked: "I want to ask, what is the official position of my Tourist Governor Cao?"

This is what Liu Jing wants to know the most. What is his official position and status?He is still confused.

Lu Sheng smiled wryly, "This is a bit complicated. The imperial court does not have this position. We in Jingzhou set up it ourselves. The official name is You Pao. In fact, it is the same as You Pao among the township officials, but the duties are more important than the township officials, and the status is also higher. Slightly higher, I think it is half a grade higher than the township official."

"What about in the army?"

"It should be a military lord. Our former Ma Du Cao was a military lord."

Junhou is Qu Zhang, similar to the battalion commanders of later generations, Liu Jing nodded, only then did he realize that when he followed Liu Bei to Jiangxia to exterminate Zhang Wu, he was temporarily appointed as a general. It seems that he was promoted to a higher level.

Lu Sheng got up and closed the door, and then said in a low voice: "I have something to tell Mr. Jing, our former governor Cao was killed."

Liu Jing was taken aback, "Why?"

Lu Sheng looked outside and saw that there was no one outside, so he lowered his voice and said, "Because it's too easy to get rich in this position, the former Madu Cao made hundreds of taels of gold in just two years, but was accused , the evidence is conclusive, he lost his head last month."

"Who reported it?" Liu Jing recalled a little. I am afraid that only insiders can grasp the evidence of this kind of thing.

Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Master Jing, does Mr. Cao know the background of the thief Cao Zhangping?"

Zhang Ping is one of Liu Jing's deputies. He served as Youjia thief Cao, but he did not return from his tour. Liu Jing only heard Wang Kai mention that this person is the oldest person in the Youjia office. It was to promote him to be the governor, but he didn't expect that Lu Sheng had something to say.

"You mean to say that the former Madu Cao was sued by this person, right?"

Lu Sheng smiled wryly, acquiescing to Liu Jing's question.

"Tell me, who is this Zhang Ping?"

"He is not a simple person. His elder brother is Zhang Yun, the nephew of the state shepherd. He is the captain of the Jingbei Water Army, and his sister is married to Cai Zhong. Zhang Ping himself is also very skilled in martial arts, especially in water. Jiang Lang."

Liu Jing was a little stunned, why is it Cai Zhong again, it really is a narrow road to enemies, it turns out that Zhang Ping is Cai Zhong's brother-in-law.

After pondering for a while, Liu Jing asked again: "Since his back is so deep, why is he only a little thief?"

Lu Sheng shook his head secretly in his heart. It turned out that Mr. Jing didn't know what position he had got, and he didn't know whether he should say some words, but when he thought that Zhang Ping would be the next person to clean up, Lu Sheng no longer hesitated.

"There are three tourism payment offices in the Han River, and only the second tourism payment office is in charge of Fancheng and Xiangyang. It is conceivable that the benefits are great, so Cao, the supervisor of the second tourism payment office, is also known as the number one in Jingzhou. Haven't you heard of it, son?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I don't know anything."

After a pause, he asked again, "What else?"

Lu Sheng also went all out, and continued: "Young master Jing may not know that Zhang Ping was originally the number one supervisor of the police station, and he was only transferred half a year ago, and he was actually demoted to become a thief Cao, which is surprising! "

"Humph!"

Liu Jing sneered, "At that time, he probably planned to kill the former governor."

"Yes, at that time we all thought that he made a mistake and was demoted. He was very low-key, but three months later, Ma Du Cao was arrested for embezzlement and was beheaded shortly after. Only then did we know that Zhang Ping There are already plans."

It was only then that Liu Jing understood the deep meaning of what Wang Ke said, 'talk less and pay more attention'. It seems that although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs, and there are so many fights in a small travel agency.

Logically, it should be Zhang Ping who succeeds the position of Governor Cao and enjoys the delicacy of Jingzhou's number one hunk, but he didn't expect that he fell from the sky and made his hopes come to naught. This Zhang Ping doesn't know how to hate himself now.

Then who installed himself in this position?What kind of inside story is hidden behind this, Liu Jing only feels that the fog is so thick that he can't see through it for a while.

And Wang Ke's meaningful words made him have a faint feeling that the water in Jingzhou's officialdom is deeper than the Yangtze River. He didn't realize it before. Only when he stepped into this threshold, he slowly felt it.

At this moment, there was a loud noise in the yard, followed by someone yelling: "You bastards, how dare you close the gate and lick the new master's feet one by one, do you think I'm gone already?"

The voice was thick and ruthless, like the sound of a broken gong, and it was extremely ear-piercing. Lu Sheng smiled wryly, "He's back."

Liu Jing didn't expect Zhang Ping to be such a vulgar and shallow person, but he has such a deep background, but he only got one song director, which shows that he is unbearable.

"Lu Shuzuo go and have a look first! Let's see what he says."

Seeing that Liu Jing refused to accept the move, Lu Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and go out.

At this time, a burly man had already walked into the backyard quickly. This man had a face full of flesh, his eyes protruded like crabs, and his eyebrows were rougher than a brush. Vicious and abnormal.

This person is the thief Cao Zhangping, the younger brother of Zhang Yun, the lieutenant of the navy, and the brother-in-law of Cai Zhong. He is about 20 years old and is also a well-known figure in Xiangyang. 'It's a bad name, but it's a household name.

Zhang Ping wanted to seek the No. [-] fat job in Jingzhou, and he did not hesitate to demote himself to one level. Just when he killed the former Ma Du Cao, he thought that he would be guaranteed a promotion, but unexpectedly Liu Jing was killed in the end, and he was planted after all the hard work. The peaches that came out were picked away.

This almost exploded his chest, and he just found out about it, and when he heard that the new governor had taken office, he rushed back furiously.

Behind him followed more than [-] soldiers who watched the excitement, and the small courtyard was immediately crowded. Everyone's eyes were both nervous and full of expectation.

"Thief Cao, why are you so angry?"

Lu Sheng saw that Zhang Ping's face was purple, he was furious, and his fierce look was on display. He had never seen him get so angry, and Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel trembling.

Lu Sheng was the former Ma Du Cao's man. After Ma Du Cao was killed, he was the next person Zhang Ping wanted to deal with. Zhang Ping hated him very much. At this time, all his anger was directed at Lu Sheng.

Without saying a word, Zhang Ping rushed forward and punched Lu Sheng hard in the face. Lu Sheng was just a frail scholar, so he couldn't escape. Rolling in pain on the ground.

There was an exclamation in the courtyard, and then there was no sound. It was so surprising that he actually beat Shu Zuo.

"I beat you, a slave dog!" Zhang Ping pointed at Lu Sheng and cursed.

At this time, the door of the room opened, and Liu Jing stood at the door and looked at him coldly. Zhang Ping didn't pay attention to Liu Jing at all. What about my nephew?

"I forgot, beating a dog depends on the owner, dog Lu, do you want me to apologize to your new owner?" Zhang Ping glanced at Liu Jing coldly, and continued to curse Lu Sheng viciously.

Liu Jing snorted heavily, "Are you Zhang Thief Cao?"

"I am, what do you want!" Zhang Ping didn't show any face, and opened his mouth to tear his face.

"Since you are a thief Cao, why don't you bow down when you see your boss?"

Zhang Ping looked Liu Jing up and down, and grinned grimly, "Boy, don't think you have a backer, but the rule in the army is that the strong are the master, if you want me to kneel down to you, that's fine, show me what you can!"

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