"Dou Haiyang, the magistrate of Haiyang County in Chuzhou, Xiaguan, has met your Excellency."
That county magistrate, as Chief Shi Gang of Zhechong Prefecture came out, hurriedly stepped forward to salute Xu Yunyan, and Xu Yunyan was not ungrateful. Even though his rank was indeed higher than the county magistrate of Haiyang County, he hurriedly stepped forward from his horse. Turning over and dismounting, "It turns out that Magistrate Dou was disrespectful and disrespectful to his face."
Xu Yunyan was polite to the county magistrate, and the magistrate immediately felt bright in his face and started talking here.
"It is an honor for our county that your Excellency can come to Haiyang County. I have specially prepared a banquet in the city for you to welcome and wash away your dust. What do you think of this?"
When the Haiyang County magistrate said this, how could Xu Yunyan agree?
"I told my sergeants that this food and grass matter is of great importance, and there can be no mistakes. The general will not be able to go to the city for the banquet, but I still want to thank County Magistrate Dou for his kindness."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Chang Shi next to him did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he waved his hand hurriedly at the county magistrate, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry back and transport the prepared meals to the military camp?" "
Although the Changshi spoke like this, he was not very polite, but he had the confidence to speak. The Haiyang County Magistrate was only a seventh-grade official, but the Changshi of Zhezhong Mansion was also a sixth-grade official similar to Xu Yunyan.
Once you get to the next level, you can do whatever you want.
Magistrate Dou didn't take it seriously when he heard this, and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes! I will go back and prepare to move all the food preparations to the military camp. I also asked a few adults to wait a moment. Pan Changshi will wait a moment." , I will come back as soon as I leave the official position."
Xu Yunyan nodded and raised his fist towards Dou Xianling, "Then there is County Magistrate Lao Dou."
After County Magistrate Dou said this, Xu Yunyan knew that the surname of the chief of Zhe Chong Mansion who had been accompanying him was Pan, but what was his surname? What does it have to do with myself?
Not long after, when the camp was almost set up, dozens of government officials and Haiyang County guards arrived pulling a cart full of food, including some fine wine and delicacies.
Xu Yunyan, who happened to be at the entrance of the camp, couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this scene.
"I didn't expect that Magistrate Dou was so hospitable and prepared so many fine wines and delicacies for us. However, the military situation is urgent, so we asked Magistrate Dou to transport the fine wines back. We don't dare to drink them here again. We are waiting for this delicacy. I have left the shamelessness behind, how can Magistrate Dou be so kind?"
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Magistrate Dou nodded and bowed as if he was the boss and had the final say.
"Whatever you say is what you say. Since you are not allowed to drink alcohol in the army, I will put this wine here and wait for you to get drunk when you return in triumph. How about that?"
Xu Yunyan, the magistrate of Dou County who could not refuse the hospitality, could only nod his head, "Then Magistrate Lao Dou is responsible for everything. After the army returns, I will definitely come and ask for advice if I have the opportunity."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Magistrate Dou smiled brightly, "Then it's settled, I'll wait here for Mr. Xu to visit, and we'll get drunk at that time."
Xu Yunyan exchanged a few polite words with him again and then started eating together in the Chinese army tent. In order not to be embarrassed, Xu Yunyan also asked some questions about Chuzhou's customs.
Magistrate Dou answered fluently and gave several examples during which Xu Yunyan couldn't help but feel that Chuzhou was really very different from Beidi.
After having had enough wine and food, Magistrate Dou took his officials back to Haiyang County, and Xu Yunyan also went back to his tent to rest. But just as he arrived at the door of the tent, Xu Yunyan suddenly heard something moving in his tent.
Under such circumstances, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but be shocked.
"What's going on? Who would sneak into my tent at this time? What do you want to do without a march map and military secrets? Is there someone who wants to assassinate me?"
With Xu Yunyan thinking like this, he unsheathed his sword at his waist, raised the tent curtain and rushed in. What Xu Yunyan didn't expect was that two pretty little beauties were sitting quietly in the tent.
Seeing Xu Yunyan rushing in, the two of them were startled, but they immediately bowed their heads and said, "Sir, we are here to serve you on the order of the county master."
Is there such a good thing?
As soon as he looked like a pig brother, Xu Yunyan immediately shuddered and made a stern face, "What are you doing? Who do you think I am, and you come to serve me? Women are not allowed to stay casually in this army, you don't know Really? Go back as soon as possible. If you dare to talk nonsense in this army again, be careful of our military law."
Xu Yunyan felt a little regretful when he said this, but he couldn't let anyone take advantage of him, and he couldn't delay important things because of this thing at this time. Otherwise, if Li Jing was unkind, his head would be in a different place.
Xu Yunyan wanted to drive the two women away, but the two women were immediately frightened and started crying.
"Sir, please don't drive us away. If you drive us away, there will be no way for us to survive even if we return to Haiyang County."
When the two women said this, Xu Yunyan became curious, "Why do you two have no way to survive? Could it be that the Haiyang County Magistrate can still kill you? I saw that the Haiyang County Magistrate looked so knowledgeable and reasonable, why? Would you be so heartbroken?"
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, the two women started crying again, "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts. The county magistrate asked us to serve the general well. If the general is dissatisfied, not only will we not be able to eat, but we will have to walk around." Even our families will be implicated.”
What these two women said made Xu Yunyan interested. "Then tell me what is going on? Who are you and why did you end up in such a situation?"
After Xu Yunyan asked the question, the two women hurriedly started talking to each other.
"If you tell me, we are just ordinary farm girls in Haiyang County.
My parents were in poor health, and when I got married and took care of the housework at home, people from all over the country thought we were a burden and were unwilling to have us.
Even if we were sent by the government, no one dared to marry us, so we had no choice but to be forced by the county master to serve you here under various excuses.
The county master said that as long as the adults are happy to serve, he will no longer make things difficult for us, and will no longer send us to get married, so that we can take care of our parents at home. "
Xu Yunyan now knew the ins and outs of this matter, but it was indeed a bit embarrassing.
I originally thought that the Haiyang County Magistrate was a good official, but I didn't expect that he was forced by the situation. But how can we define his right and wrong in this matter?
When a woman gets married when she reaches the age, the government is obliged to distribute it to those who are not married. Who said that productivity is low at this time and population is the most important thing?
But looking at the two charming girls in front of him, Xu Yunyan suddenly clapped his hands.
"By the way, I'll find two good families for you two. What do you think?"
