Xu Ping dismounted and walked towards Heyin County Town with the commander-in-law Yao and Zhong Zhuan as the leader.

Heyin County is very small, and it looks like a soil enclosure from the outside. The rammed earth wall is only more than one person tall, and there is no moat outside. The city gate is just made of large pieces of wood boards, which is not flat.

Xu Ping felt a little disgusted. This shabby scene was not as good as Ruhe County when he was in Yongzhou.

When we arrived at the city gate, the two veterans guarding the gate almost lost their teeth, and they couldn't stand there. Their eyes were dizzy and unconscious, and I didn't know if I could see what Xu Ping looked like.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I looked up and saw the county government in front. I looked up a little and saw the city wall on the other side.

In this small county town as big as a palm, one or two thousand people would probably be crowded. It is really similar to a village.

Heyin is barely considered to be Zhongxian County, and the total number of hosts and guests has just exceeded one thousand households. Xu Ping looked at the twenty or thirty officials and officials around him, and sighed in his heart. It would be difficult to support these people just.

There was no central government transfer payment in this era. If you are poor, you would be really poor. Even those who are officials here suffer. Anyone who has some ideas will try their best to leave here. When the county magistrate Yao Zeguang and chief clerk Zhong Hui saw that they had been in the selection rank for many years and could not be promoted. They didn't think they had any background.

There is only one street in the north and south of the county town, so there is no need to worry about getting lost. Just walk straight along the avenue after entering the city gate.

The road is a dirt road. From such an important area from the city gate to the county government, it is still bumpy. Most of the houses on both sides are rough thatched houses with low eaves. Sometimes two houses open their doors to do business, while the others are just ordinary residents. It seems that the business in this county is not good, and there are not many inns, so there must be no merchants coming and going.

Xu Ping walked along the way, observing the scene in the county town and secretly estimating the situation in the county.

After walking a short distance, I arrived in front of the county government.

I don’t know when this county government built it. It looks dilapidated and even the paint on the door has been peeled off. The roof of the house behind is not only covered with weeds, but also a few small trees have emerged.

The county government office was already crowded with people watching the fun, and they all came there to watch the strange things. I think there were no big shots coming here for many years. Occasionally, one came, just like a circus.

Yao Zeguang ordered the officers to stop the people watching the fun, and while laughing, he invited Xu Ping into the county government.

After entering the door, Yao Zeguang said to Xu Ping: "After the process, I'm tired of horses and horses along the way. The lower officials prepared a small wine in the Houya Garden. I wonder if I should eat or have a rest first?"

Xu Ping said: "It's only twenty or thirty miles away from Xingze County here. It's not too tired, so let's have a meal first."

Yao Zeguang got the order and hurriedly asked the people around him to make arrangements.

Bypassing the front official hall, I entered the back yamen from the flower hall. First, there was a small yard in front of me, with some flower trees planted inside, and a few bamboos planted around a pavilion, which was the back garden in Yao Zeguang's mouth.

After leaving Xu Ping to the pavilion, he sat in the upper seat, Yao Zeguang got up and arranged to serve wine and food.

This small county is not comparable to other big places, and there is no capable man in the yamen. Xu Ping looked coldly and Yao Zeguang was two people who were in his fifties, one in his fifties, his face was dark, and the other looked in his twenties and looked fair-looking. The public uniforms of these two people were even patched, and the identity was imagined.

If you want to live a smooth life in this kind of small county, you will naturally have to be a big family and take the rich and powerful people in the countryside to serve as a job. The world's heavy service is the front of the main yamen, which is not something to say, especially in the front of the yamen. You have to do all kinds of things for the county officials and have to make money by yourself. If you don't feel happy, you will suffer. I remember that in "Water Margin" I read in the previous life, Song Jiang was a ward in the county and had to break away from his father-son relationship with his father, because he was afraid that something would cause trouble to the family.

Just this year, because the yamen front officers caused too many troubles, they had just changed for two years and if they had no mistakes, they could be replaced by generals of the Third Division. From then on, they could eat imperial grain and turn from a public official to a public official with an organization. The two Yao Zeguang used to come and go and were obviously not from wealthy families to serve, and Xu Ping felt strange.

After a while, the mistress came up with tea. Yao Zeguang said, "I'm sorry to wait for the order. There is no hospitality in the remote small counties here. This tea was sent to the state for a branch. I heard that it was the Yongzhou tea method. I wonder if it can be used to make the taste?"

Xu Ping knew that this was after Fang Tianyan practiced the new tea method, and the north of Jingxi Road replaced the old tea with new tea. Some local tributes and goods bought by the government departments were used as rewards, so he also flowed to Heyin County.

He picked up the tea and took a sip, and Xu Ping nodded: "This tea is okay, it has a clear fragrance."

Zhong Hui, who had not been talking on the other side, finally found this opportunity and said in a trembling voice: "You can speak up when you are in control, just don't dislike us vulgarity."

Seeing that he was already old and faint, Xu Ping nodded with a smile and said nothing.

Yao Zeguang worked hard for a while before the arrangement was made. The two servants held two plates of vegetables to put them on the table, took two bottles of wine and opened them, and filled them with them.

Xu Ping looked at the dishes on the table, which were common vegetables, and the tender lotus root was even put into two plates. It is not necessary to eat lotus root this season, so he is also a treasure here to serve guests.

Yao Zeguang stood up and said to Xu Ping: "I am a remote small county. Except for the magistrates in the state every year, no officials from above have come to the county for many years. When the elders of the county heard that the waiting system was coming, they were very happy. I wonder if they could let the elders in the county come and sit with them and listen to the waiting system teachings?"

Xu Ping forced out a smile and said to Yao Zeguang: "This is a good thing. This time I came here, so I should naturally ask the people for their sufferings. I was about to ask the elders for advice. Wouldn't it be just right to sit together when I came!"

Yao Zeguang thanked him and hurriedly asked the people around him to come outside to call in.

To welcome the banquet, as usual, local elders and figures must be accompanied by them. Yao Zeguang also asked specifically, this elder was probably not a legitimate way out. Xu Ping was already confused about the situation in this place, and there was a strangeness that was different from that in ordinary places. He could only be more careful.

In a moment, the so-called rural elders came in from outside.

The first one was an old man with sparse white hair and trembling when walking, and he was blown away by the wind. He didn't know how old he was, and was supported by a young young man.

The two men in their late thirties, with a strong man in their thirties, had a fat face. As soon as the May solar term came, he only wore a bare-armed vest on his body, and walked with his arms wide open, making him look so arrogant. Others looked fifty-six years old, with their heads starting to be white, black and thin, with a goatee beard, but their smart little eyes were black and bright.
Chapter completed!