"Okay, okay, there's no need to say these unnecessary words. Yusen, I'll leave this recruitment matter to you and Xiaoliu." Lou Zhixian is a practical person. After a few words of praise, he He quickly got back to the topic.
"According to the establishment of the imperial court, a county government office can have at most two disciples, sixteen servants, twelve grooms, eight jailers, seven sedan bearers and umbrella fan bearers, four lamp bearers, and four warehouse guards. , four warehousemen, and fifty catchers from the third squad, a total of one hundred and one people."
"Currently, in our county government, we only have one arrester, one fast arrester, one cell leader, plus seven government servants, for a total of ten people. In other words, you can recruit 91 more people." Lou Zhixian made it clear every word said.
Hearing what Lou Zhixian said, Lao Xing and Xiaoliu were both shocked. They didn't expect that a county government could have so many people. If their county government had so many people, they wouldn't have to be afraid of these bandits. .
But when Xiao Liu thought that the county government with only ten people could actually run Qixia Town well, he also understood why there was the so-called redundant official problem.
"It's Lou Zhixian." Lao Xing and Xiao Liu quickly responded with clasped fists.
"Yusen, I will leave this recruitment matter to you. I will not interfere with your recruitment. I will not ask you how many people you can recruit. But I only have one request, that is, remember not to recruit by force. If you dare to forcefully recruit someone, let me know that I will have to take your job away from you."
Lou Zhixian sternly warned that once the conscription was forced, the nature of the matter would change.
"Yes, yes!" Lao Xing responded quickly. He didn't want to forcefully recruit people from his neighborhood. Anyway, Lou Zhixian didn't limit the number of people he could recruit, so it didn't matter even if he didn't recruit ninety people.
Seeing the two people nodding in response, Lou Zhixian also nodded, and he gave instructions to the housekeeper at the door.
"Old Chen, go and call Master over and tell us that we have something important to discuss."
"It's the master!" The housekeeper responded quickly and walked towards the master's side courtyard. His calves were a little weak.
. . .
The master was currently in the room calculating the commercial taxes of various merchants in the town this month. When he heard that Lou Magistrate County had important matters to discuss, the master first asked the housekeeper what was going on, but how could the housekeeper dare to say such a thing? He could only say It's an urgent matter, so let Master hurry over.
When the master saw this situation, he immediately put down the account book in his hand and hurried over.
As soon as the master came in, he first bowed to Lou Zhixian, and then bowed to Xing Baotou. As for Xiao Liu. . .
As soon as Xiao Liu saw this scene, he knew that the next three people were going to discuss some details. He was about to leave immediately, but was stopped by Lou Zhixian.
"No need, Xiao Liu. From today on, you can also participate in the discussion." Lou Zhixian said with a smile.
Obviously, after the questioning just now, Xiaoliu also came into the eyes of Lou Zhixian.
Over the next night, the four of them began a candle-lit night talk, not only about the county government's recruitment of manpower, but also about communicating with other surrounding county governments and organizing joint efforts to guard against bandits.
There are two other counties around Qixia Town, one is Shibalipu in the southeast and Zuojiazhuang in the east. These two are also the two counties closest to Cuiwei Mountain. If there are bandits in Cuiwei Mountain, they will not Probably indifferent.
Finally, after a night of thorough discussions, everyone discussed all the details and divided the work.
Recruiting manpower and guarding against bandits was left to Lao Xing, with Xiao Liu assisting;
The master is responsible for arranging money, food, weapons and many other matters;
The magistrate of Lou County, on the other hand, wrote official documents overnight and sent them to Guangyang Mansion and surrounding county offices by the government officials!
. . . . . .
"Oh——!" When everyone came out of Lou Zhixian's backyard, it was already three o'clock in the morning, and the three of them couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.
Xiaoliu and Lao Xing clasped their fists at the master and said goodbye, and the three of them went back to each other's rooms.
When Lao Xing returned to the room, before he could lie down, he heard the sound of Xiao Liu's door opening and closing next door. Lao Xing couldn't help but smile and shook his head. Lao Xing knew that Xiao Liu was practicing martial arts again.
————————————————————————————————————After a night of silence and urgent needs, the government officials were woken up from their beds. Under the moonlight Under the illumination, urgent documents were sent everywhere urgently.
Early on the next morning, Lao Xing also rushed to the Ten Villages and Eight Stores early to convene people from each village for a meeting.
After all, although recruiting manpower is the top priority at the moment, integrating the existing forces is even more top priority.
Although Qixia Town is just a small town, in addition to Qixia Town, it also governs more than a dozen surrounding villages.
Although these villages are small, they are very scattered. If Lao Xing doesn't have many people, how can he govern such a large place.
And these people who help Lao Xing supervise each village are the so-called Li Bao.
Libao is a lower-level official than a yamen officer or a police officer who works for the government. Not only do they not have a staff, they don't even have a contract. The government will neither pay them nor recognize their status.
They are more of a mediator between the common people and the government. They are basically selected by the officials in charge of the villages here.
Um? To put it harshly, you can call a dog. . .
"Master, why don't you let me go?" Xiao Liu said with concern as he looked at Lao Xing who had packed his things early in the morning and was about to go out.
Lao Xing's injury is not completely healed yet, and most of these ten villages and eight stores are in ravines.
But this time Lao Xing sternly rejected Xiao Liu.
"Liu, these people are all personally selected for the teacher. Only by going for the teacher can we persuade them more. You, just guard the town. These are extraordinary times, and the town cannot be without people patrolling the streets."
"Remember, if anyone dares to mess around in this town at this time, you can take it down without saying a word, and the master will be there if something goes wrong!" Old Xing said resolutely.
"It's Master!" Seeing Master's determined look, Xiao Liu quickly responded.
"Okay, I'll leave this town to you." After saying that, Lao Xing strode out the door with the knife in hand.
"Hiss!" However, Lao Xing's long stride seemed to have pulled on the ligaments that were not completely healed, so he neighed again.
However, the apprentice was still watching from behind. How could Lao Xing lose his grace? He pretended to be fine and continued walking, but the pace became much smaller.
Xiao Liu looked at his master's somewhat awkward figure and smiled. Sometimes mediocrity and excellence may just lack a stage to show off.
Seeing Lao Xing disappear from sight, Xiaoliu also turned around and walked in the other direction, which was the direction of Tongfu Inn.
That's right, Xiao Liu is looking for help!
In this time of crisis, whoever doesn’t call you a fool!
