The elder said with relief: "I heard that the First Military Division has gone to Yuzhou. By the time you get there, Yuzhou City will have been captured. It will never delay your governance of Yuzhou."
"I hope so!" The man in the car sighed.
Compared with Lingqiu, the Yuzhou he went to was not only a place of swords and mountains of fire, but also dire straits.
When he was on the grassland in the past, although he was also managing the place, he never encountered any trouble that was difficult to deal with, and governance was simple and easy.
Those Taiji nobles who can cause trouble have been dealt with by the Tiger Flag. No one dares to challenge the authority of the Tiger Flag. In addition, the Han people on the grassland have turned over. There are far more people who support the Tiger Flag than those who oppose it. .
But he knew that Yuzhou was different, or that every place in Datong was different from the grassland.
There are very few constraints in governing the place on the grassland, and even if Yuzhou is captured by the army, as long as all the gentry elders in the city are not cleared away, these people may become obstacles to the governance of the place.
Moreover, these people are far more troublesome than the Mongolians who go straight on the grassland. Although they are afraid of the military power of the Tiger Flag on the surface and dare not do anything, secretly they are able to stir up troubles everywhere, especially this time they go to places and take them with them. Taking on such an important task as dividing the fields.
The fields are the lifeblood of the gentry clan. If the fields are disturbed, these people will definitely fight tooth and nail.
Thinking of this, he looked at the people in the car and said, "Have you decided what to do about dividing the fields?"
As soon as he asked the question, the car became quiet.
Everyone frowned, obviously worried about the land allocation.
"What's the trouble with dividing the land? It's not like we don't give them money and use money to buy their land. This is a good thing!" Yang Jiachen said disapprovingly.
I don't understand why these people in front of me are all frowning.
At this time, the elder who went to Lingqiu to be the county magistrate said: "You have lived on the grassland since you were a child. You may not understand some things. You still don't know the importance of fields. Sometimes you may not be able to buy fields even if you have money."
"Are you worried that the big landowners won't sell it?" Yang Jiachen asked puzzledly.
The elder gave a wry smile and said, "It would be great if we just don't sell it. I'm afraid they will jump over the wall and do something bad."
Lingqiu has been the place where the Tiger Character Banner has been operating for many years. Although the Tiger Character Banner has a better foundation here than in other prefectures and counties, it is still inevitable that there are some large families with large amounts of land.
"Do they still dare to kill people?" Yang Jiachen frowned slightly, having a premonition that working in Datong might not be as good as he initially imagined.
No wonder his father tried to persuade him several times not to go to Datong before coming.
The elder snorted coldly and said: "If any of these wealthy families doesn't have a human life on their hands, they have already done a lot of killing."
"Kill us, and they won't be afraid of being punished by the owner and sending an army to destroy them?" Yang Jiachen was shocked by the other party's words. He never expected that someone would kill someone for a few acres of land.
The elder said: "Of course they are afraid, but there is no evidence to directly prove that they killed the people. Could it be that the proprietor also killed everyone? If it was really that simple, the army would have done it when they captured it. I won’t wait for us to solve it.”
"What should we do? We have to do what Mr. Zhao told us about dividing the fields!" Yang Jiachen said with a hint of worry on his face.
Having just walked out of the martial arts hall, he discovered for the first time that things outside were more troublesome than what he learned in the martial arts hall.
The elder said: "The fields must be divided. We need to think carefully about how and when to divide the fields. We must not force it."
As he spoke, he glanced at the people in the car.
He is experienced and knows that messing around may not be a good thing. The reason why he said this in the car is to give a reminder to his colleagues in the same car.
Because he knew that what he had done on the grassland before could not be copied unchanged to Datong.
"If you have any good ideas, please contact me more in the future." Someone in the same car said, "I will go to Guangchang to appoint the county magistrate. If you have anything, you can send someone to Guangchang to find me."
"I'm going to Guangling."
"I am Wangjiazhuang Fort."
"I am also from Wangjiazhuang Castle."
Everyone in the car revealed where they were going to work.
After everyone finished speaking, they discovered that their car was going to several prefectures, counties and border forts southeast of Datong.
It's normal when you think about it. If you don't go in the same direction, you won't be able to take the same car.
Sitting together in the same four-wheeled vehicle.
Among them, there were people who had known each other for a long time and some who were not familiar with each other. But after talking with each other along the way, they all became familiar with each other.
The elder and Yang Jiachen in the car got out of the four-wheeled cart with their luggage when it passed through Lingqiu County.
"This is Lingqiu County?" Yang Jiachen looked at the dilapidated county in front of him with disappointment on his face.
Before arriving in Lingqiu, I thought that Lingqiu was the place where Tiger Character Banner was founded and had been operating for many years. Even if it was not as good as Datong City, it was still better than Xinpingbao.
But the Lingqiu County town in front of us was relatively complete except for the city gate. The walls on both sides had long been overgrown with weeds, and the cracks on them were as thick as thighs.
The elder said with relief: "Our Tiger Flags used to be outside the city, mainly concentrated in Xujiazhuang and Hutuzhai Mountain. The county seat has always been in the hands of the government."
"But this is too shabby, not even as good as Qingcheng." Yang Jiachen said disappointedly.
The elder patted Yang Jiachen on the shoulder and said, "Let's go into the city."
With that said, he walked towards the city gate.
Yang Jiachen picked up his luggage and followed quickly.
Not long after Lingqiu City was captured by the First Battle Division, there were relatively few people outside the city who wanted to enter the city. There was no congestion in front of the city gate, and the two people quickly arrived in front of the city gate.
As a city captured by the Tiger-Character Banner, the people stationed at the city gate were replaced by Tiger-Character Banner soldiers.
"The two of us are officials who came from Datong City and came to Lingqiu to take office. This is the transfer order." The elder came to the soldiers stationed at the city gate and took out his transfer order document.
The Tiger Character Banner has already begun to literacy, and ordinary soldiers must also be literate. The difference is only in the amount of literacy.
The soldier guarding the city gate took the document and glanced at it, then looked at the seal below, and immediately said: "You two, please wait a moment, I will inform the captain."
"Okay." The elder nodded.
The soldier entered the city through the city gate with the document in his hand.
Not long after, a Tiger Flag captain with a gun on his waist came to the city gate with the soldiers who had gone in to deliver the message.
"I have long received the news that the county magistrate is coming, and I have been looking forward to it today." The captain said with a smile on his face. At the same time, he looked behind Yang Jiachen and the others, and then said, "It's not that many people are coming. Why are there only two people, the county magistrate and this little guy?"
The elder smiled and said: "The two of us are the first batch of officials to take office, and others will take office one after another in the future."
"I see, then let's go see the captain first and hand over the work." The captain suggested.
After Lingqiu City was captured, Chen Xunping left a brigade to garrison. At this time, the person with the highest position in the city was the brigade captain.
The elder nodded.
