Sword comes

Chen Ping'an had already felt the earth-shaking changes in the town before he left the mountain. In addition to looking at the town on the top of Dizhen Mountain and found that the dust was flying everywhere, he also saw nearly a hundred young men, mostly kilns, in the area of ​​Yuanmu Peak. Worker background, outstanding physical strength, hard-working, is cutting down giant trees in full swing.

Chen Ping'an leaned over and found an acquaintance who turned out to be the same kiln firing porcelain. After asking, he realized that the town was going to build four large buildings in one go, namely the Xianya, Wenchang Pavilion, Wusheng Temple and Chenghuang Temple. The leader was an old man. The newly appointed superintendent, the surname Wu Mingyuan, as for the title of the other county magistrate, what kind of official body is it, and what kind of place is the county government office? Knowing that there is an extra iron rice bowl for the time being, the wages are very attractive, and the surplus is more abundant than that of firing porcelain in the dragon kiln in the past.

In the past, the kiln service was cut off and the kiln fire was extinguished. The young kiln workers faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky all year round. They could only deal with the crops. It was no longer easy to support a family, and it was impossible to earn a few copper coins. So now the town is up and down. The hearts of the people were so excited that they regarded Mr. Wu Yuan and Wu as the God of Wealth.In addition, the wealthy and noble men of the four surnames and ten clans who lived in seclusion, compared with their younger generation or even two generations of Mr. Wu, their behavior was particularly respectful, and their words also revealed the closeness of the officials and the people. As for the more subtle eyes and sights, Hidden to please, the people of the town are not blind, even if they are frogs at the bottom of the well, so their knowledge is deep, but their ability to observe words and expressions is not bad.

Now the county magistrate Wu Yuan asked the heads of the four surnames and ten clans to come forward and hired [-] or [-] young people from small towns to enter the mountains to cut wood and carry them out of the mountains. It is too time-consuming and labor-intensive to carry the huge tree of the column down the mountain only by manpower, so it can be put into the slide, and a large tree will slide to the foot of the mountain by itself.However, as a result, Yuanmufeng was like a scar was artificially cut on its face.

In addition to entering the mountains, there are also entering the water. Many men in the town work hard, pick sand and transport stones from the stream, and select the site for the county government at the east gate of the town. They knocked down Zheng Dafeng's yellow mud hut and re-consolidated The foundation, even the wooden fence gate that had endured many storms, was completely dismantled.

When Chen Pingan came out of the mountain, he did not choose the winding mountain path, but stepped directly on the rocks of the stream and jumped downstream, which saved a lot of time.Some people in small towns don’t make a fuss when they see a young man with a basket on his back. Most of them know that there is an orphan in Ni Ping Alley. .

Chen Ping'an stopped at the confluence of the two streams. It turned out that after walking down more than two feet, there was a rocky cliff with bumps and pits. A burly young man with a sabre with a golden silk scabbard hanging from his waist, wearing a neat black robe, covered with a layer of cyan tulle, with his hair tied in a pin, the two of them exuded fierceness. breath.

At the moment when the straw-shoe boy appeared, the two suddenly shifted their gazes in unison, staring at Chen Ping'an, who was born in the sky, with their hands on the hilt of the knife.

Chen Ping'an, who was carrying a basket of herbs, stood still, his face as usual.

The teenager has experienced two alley battles with Cai Jinjian and Fu Nanhua successively, wandered around under the pursuit and killing of the mountain guards in Zhengyang Mountain, and finally added the fight with his peers, Kuxuan, in the immortal tomb. The opponent is not high above. The celestial beings are either the wild aliens who have experienced hundreds of battles, or the lucky ones who are destined to return, but Chen Ping'an still survived in the end.

Therefore, the gloomy gaze of the two men with swords can make the people in the market tremble, but it cannot make Chen Ping'an have too many emotional ups and downs.

However, Chen Ping'an was reluctant to make troubles. Just as he was about to walk to the shore, and then return to the town along the mountain road along the stream, he found a young man surrounded by the stars, smiling and saying something to the saber squire standing in the creek. Then, the latter immediately released the hand holding the hilt.The young man who was sitting cross-legged slowly got up, and he was half a head taller than the two saber squires. His skin was as fair as a woman's, and his face was slightly feminine. He waved to Chen Ping'an and changed to the one from the town. Local dialect, with a gentle expression, smiled: "Don't be afraid, you can just continue to follow the original route, we are not bad people."

The small town dialect was slightly obscure and stagnant, but Chen Pingan heard it clearly, hesitated for a while, Chen Pingan smiled at the tall man, then pointed to the shore, indicating that he would go ashore soon and would not disturb their chat.Without waiting for the man to say anything, Chen Ping jumped a few times vigorously, and landed on the shore without muddling.

Some female-looking men withdrew their hands angrily, and the servants around him held back their laughter, and the man said embarrassedly, "Well, the young man who collects medicine is very skilled, look, I will say that the people here are outstanding, so don't complain about the comparison here. There is no such thing as a prosperous capital in the capital, and Zhongling Yuxiu in a small place has a unique taste."

Not to mention it's a good thing, the parent official here has no silver 300 taels, which immediately caused a burst of unscrupulous laughter.

The tall man is Wu Yuan, the God of Wealth in the eyes of the town people, the kiln supervisor and the first county magistrate of Longquan. Facing the ridicule of his subordinates, he is not annoyed. He sat down and continued the previous topic, "Longquan County Government Office. , Wenchang Pavilion, Wusheng Temple, Chenghuang Temple, and the four buildings, the plaques alone cost at least [-] or [-] pieces. Your Majesty is safe and sound for the Lizhu Cave this time. The overall geographical picture of the points, there was not a single big cow turning over, so Longyan was very happy, and the royal gave a plaque of 'Revising the old and knowing the new' to Wenchang Pavilion..."

When Wu Yuan said this, an elegant and elegant young man smiled and said: "Master Wu, you didn't help our county government and His Majesty to ask for a calligraphy treasure?"

Wu Yuan sighed and said, "I beg, why don't you ask, but Your Majesty doesn't agree. What can I do? I can't blame Your Majesty. How can I live as a provincial governor? Do I still want to be in officialdom in the future?"

Everyone smiled.

Wu Yuan comforted everyone, "Fortunately, Mr. Liu and Guozijian Qi Da sacrificed wine respectively agreed, and then people will send two sets of plaques, which will be hung in the county government and Wusheng Temple. The problem now is that Wenchang Pavilion is still three pieces. The City God Temple is also short of two pieces. Otherwise, everyone here, think about it? Is it true that I can’t do it myself? The words that I have crawled with earthworms will make even my husband feel despair. Of course, you are not ashamed. Of course, I don't care, the only chance in my life to make my calligraphy into a plaque is finally here!"

The young man with a good temperament thought for a while, "Then I will write a letter to my grandfather, my grandfather has a good relationship with the reclusive Mr. Bai Qiu, let's see if we can find a way to give us Master Wu face. Glory."

Wu

Yuan patted him on the shoulder, "Then I will give you the face of the official. If there are not enough plaques, the face of the county magistrate will be thrown on the ground and cannot be picked up. You will be the only one to ask."

The young man's face froze, feeling that he had dug a hole for himself.

The rest of the colleagues who were not very different in age all showed sympathy. The character of our Master Wu is famous for climbing up the pole. If you give a little color, you will dare to open the largest dyeing workshop in the capital. Who has the thicker skin to compete with him?

These young people who are not very official have an official position that prevails in the northern dynasty of East Treasure Pingzhou, secretary.

This official position is divided into civil and military. Secretary Wen is like a staff adviser, who advises the mastermind and solves problems. Secretary Wu is the two strong young men with gold sabers hanging from their waists, serving as personal servants and guarding the chief officer. Safety.However, the position of Secretary Lang belongs to the class of subordinate officials, and is not included in the imperial court's Qingliu official. People ranging from 20 to [-] people can all receive Dali's salary.

Wu Yuan was from the Han family and could not afford to hire secretaries without permission. These secretaries were all allocated by the imperial court, but Longquan County was just a big county on the map of Dali, not even a county. Originally, it could only be allocated to secretary of civil and military affairs. There is only one person, but the two military secretary-laws with golden threads wrapped around the scabbard are clearly military masters of Da Li who have won outstanding merits, otherwise they would not be qualified to wear this sword at all.

In fact, Wu Yuan's ability to serve as the first parental officer of Longquan County, Dali, has been able to explain a lot of problems.

The mentor of the young magistrate was the National Teacher Dali, nicknamed "Embroidered Tiger".

His future father-in-law is a certain Shangzhu Kingdom who has been fighting for half his life in the battlefield at the border of Dali.

After joking, Wu Yuan said seriously: "These four buildings are already a lot of work, and the location of Shenxian Tomb and Laoci Mountain, here in the town, from the sage Ruan Shi to the peach leaves on Fulu Street, where four surnames and ten ethnic groups gather. Lane, tacitly and perfunctoryly dealt with it, obviously the next thing will not go smoothly, and it will be hard. But the real major and troublesome matter, or the three parties of the court's Rites, the Qin Tianjian and the academy will gather here to seal the mountain, the gods and the rivers. If it wasn't the matter of the righteousness of the mountains, the resistance was too great, making Your Majesty hesitant, or even His Majesty would visit our Longquan County in person."

Seeing that their faces became more solemn, Wu Yuan took out the dry biscuits and took a hard bite, then jokingly said, "Can this great temple of the Great God of Mountains finally be built on the Piyun Mountain within our jurisdiction? The new Dali Beiyue is really not something we can mix with, we are the small fish and shrimps in the county government, so don't gnaw on the dry biscuits to disturb the hearts of the central ministers, and follow those officials dressed in yellow and purple. They toss."

The mood of the people around them improved slightly.

Wu Yuan gnawed on the dry biscuit silently, hesitated for a moment, and said vaguely: "There is news, both good news and bad news. After the collapse of the Lu Dynasty, how to resettle the survivors of the subjugated country has always been a big problem. We in Longquan County will It will accept 1 to [-] prisoners. There will be a mixture of fish and dragons, and there will be all three religions and nine streams. Therefore, the Dali military will closely supervise all the way and be responsible for relocating these prisoners who are guilty of crimes. This move is beneficial to us. There are disadvantages, the advantage is that Longquan County has finally become a prototype of a big county, and the disadvantage is that it is a miasma, which makes it even more difficult for us who are not familiar with the place to start, and have to work hard to win over those local snakes who choose to stay in the small town."

The young man who came from an aristocratic family but became a secretary asked, "Can you divide and rule those big clans?"

Wu Yuan shook her head without hesitation and said, "It's difficult. When we first arrived, who would believe us?"

Wu Yuan said solemnly: "Instead of being self-defeating and frightening the snake, it is better to take it slow. We have come to this place with extremely complicated historical origins. You will naturally follow me, Wu Yuan, to gain a splendid future, but we must be clear about one thing. Great hard work in a difficult situation can be exchanged for great wealth, so if any of you want to get promoted in a year or two and get rich, I think you can turn around and leave now, and I will help Wu Yuan to pay for the travel expenses."

The six civil and military secretaries looked firm, and none of them were afraid to retreat.

Wu Yuan whispered: "Remember, don't act impatiently."

This is by no means Wu Yuan's rhetoric, but not long after he entered the town, he suffered a loss. At that time, the official forces of Da Li were dispatched to suppress the Ziyanhe Qi practitioner. Taking the risk of being held accountable by the imperial court, he decided to cut it first and then play it out, trying to break the deadlock and win the favor of Master Ruan first, and then use the power of the saint to suppress the four surnames and ten tribes in the town.

Facts have proved that His Majesty the Emperor was not held accountable, but the reaction of the sage Ruan Shi at that time made Wu Yuan sweaty and could not wait to slap herself hard.

Someone asked curiously: "Are those prisoners used to be coolies for the Qi practitioners and help open up the barren mountains?"

Wu Yuan nodded and said: "In addition, the imperial court officials will also let Qi practitioners drive two young golden-threaded apes over, together with the Taoist Talisman Sect's Xiling soldiers and Kaishan puppets, we will strive to bring all of them together within ten years. The more than 60 hilltops have all been opened up, and there are Taoist temples, pavilions and pavilions, everything that one expects to find."

The young people around Wu Yuan all showed fascination.

On the other side of the town, high-rise buildings rise from the ground everywhere, and in the deep mountains, there are many more immortal mansions.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.As the first group of officials in the history of Longquan County, Dali, they are destined to be recorded in the history. How dare they not work together and serve the backbone of Wu Yuan, who is destined to have a great future?

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At the top of Piyun Mountain, a handsome young man with a mole on his eyebrows waved his sleeves casually, and the sea of ​​clouds halfway up the mountain was pushed aside from left and right, trying his best to look into the distance.

He happily smiled and said, "I'm going to start a bet. Qi Jingchun, if I win this bet, then the two sticks of incense that you painstakingly left behind will be completely cut off. It's pitiful."

The young man held a seal with two fingers, and the seal script reads "The world welcomes spring".

The smiling young man's fingers suddenly exerted force, the seal cracked, turned into powder, and quickly dissipated between the heavens and the earth.

The reason why it is so easy to crush the seal comes from the true meaning of the four characters in it, such as people's heartache and disappointment, so they have long since dissipated.

He quickly retracted his gaze, and finally saw a young man with a basket on his back walking towards the town alone.