Ding Xiao led the Junzi Company and accompanied Zhu Renxia to the county government to take up his post.
Officials such as the county magistrate, chief minister, Dianshi, and inspection inspectors who had received the order long ago lined up to greet him, and they all clasped their fists and exchanged greetings.
It has been more than a month since Zhu Renxia led the Chang'an Army to Guiyang. His reputation has long spread throughout Guiyang. Not only has he won unanimous praise from the official circles, but he has also been praised as "Zhu Qingtian" by the people of Guiyang.
What's more, he, a young and promising county magistrate, stood behind the governor. Naturally, these county officials did not dare to wear small shoes for him, and they were all respectful and polite.
"I'll pay my respects to the county magistrate!"
"The county magistrate is young and promising, and has made great achievements. He will definitely have a bright future!"
Zhu Renxia didn't want to sit in the position of Guiyang County Magistrate for a long time, so he clasped his fists and returned the salute with a smile on his face: "My colleagues, there is no need to be polite. Thanks to the governor's respect, I can only occupy this position temporarily."
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhu Renxia got to know his officials roughly.
The county magistrate's surname was Ding, the lord Bo's surname was Li, and the Dianshi's surname was Han. As for the other officials, Zhu Renxia was not interested in remembering them.
After taking office, Zhu Renxia continued to preside over disaster relief matters, arranging for Guiyang County government officials to disperse and distribute food to the people in various places, striving to ensure that all the people in Guiyang had enough to eat, and no starvation to death occurred.
Another half month passed in the blink of an eye.
The great seal of Jiangdong was sealed, and Zhao Yun was appointed magistrate of Jinping County. At the same time, the county magistrates, county magistrates and other mediocre officials in more than a dozen other counties were removed from office for corruption, and the acting county magistrates were promoted from local candidates in Guizhou.
"Zhu Renxia, you are an official now, but don't forget to send someone to search for antiques for me."
Seeing Zhu Renxia wearing a black gauze hat and running around for people's livelihood every day, although Zhu Changan couldn't bear to add another burden to him, he still issued a decree to Zhu Renxia for his own "money path".
Zhu Renxia accepted the order from the bottom of his heart: "Disciple, I would like to follow Tianzun's instructions. I will send people back to Chang'an Town immediately, and ask the fifth person to send Yan Wen and others to continue buying antiques everywhere."
Zhu Changan added: "Let them purchase the antiques and send them to Guiyang for you, so that they can be handed over to the hands of this Heavenly Lord."
"I will obey the decree of the Heavenly Lord."
Although Zhu Renxia is now a sixth-grade county magistrate, he still respects Chang'an Tianzun with great respect.
Because he knows that everything he gets now is given by Tianzun!
After agreeing to Chang'an Tianzun, Zhu Renxia immediately put his pen to work and wrote a letter to the fifth person in charge of Chang'an Town, asking him to send five hundred taels of silver to Yan Wen, Xie Yangxin, and Deng Huaiwen each to travel to various places. Continue to acquire all kinds of antiques.
At the end, Zhu Renxia apologized to the fifth place.
He said that in order to keep the fifth person in charge of the overall situation of Chang'an Town, he did not recommend him to the governor as the magistrate of Jinping County, but recommended Zhao Yun, hoping that the fifth brother would not be offended.
After writing the letter to the fifth person, Zhu Renxia wrote a letter home to his wife Jiang Axiu to report that he was safe. He told her not to worry about herself, to raise the baby with peace of mind, and to strive to give birth to the child in her belly smoothly.
"My dear wife, don't miss me. My husband has made great achievements in Guiyang. He has been promoted to the county magistrate of Guiyang County by Mr. Futai. He has a bright future. Just wait for me at home, and I will return home in fine clothes for my husband."
Hou Jie, commander of the sixth company, missed his newlywed wife at home and volunteered to return to Chang'an Town to deliver a message.
Five days later, Hou Jie, who had been cozying up with his wife at home, returned to Guiyang with the fifth place's letter, and a letter from Jiang Axiu's family.
Zhu Renxia hurriedly opened the fifth place's letter and read it. The general meaning of his letter is as follows:
Mayor, you underestimate me as the fifth-ranked person. Am I someone with such a narrow structure? Brother Zhao Yun can take the position of county magistrate. I am sincerely happy for him. How can I be jealous?
Moreover, to put it bluntly, I am now the acting mayor of Chang'an Town, and I would not change my position as the county magistrate of Jinping County in exchange for my happy life!
After you led your army to the expedition, refugees from all over the country came in droves.
In the past two months, our Chang'an Town has added more than 3,000 people, and now it has become a large town with a population of nearly 7,000. The population of Jinping County is only more than 13,000.
If the Bozhou Rebellion continues, maybe within three to five months, the population of Chang'an Town will exceed 10,000, which will be enough to be upgraded to a county seat.
However, I think our Chang'an Town must not be upgraded to a county seat, otherwise we will be targeted by the court and appoint officials, and we will lose control of Chang'an Town by then.
In addition, due to the rapid increase in population, the food in the warehouse was decreasing day by day, so I rejected the requests of merchants from all walks of life to buy food, and only sold coal, liquor, salt and other supplies.
Although we in Chang'an Town have gold rewarded by the gods, if all the people do nothing, even the gold and silver mountains will be in vain. As the weather gradually gets warmer, the townspeople can no longer be left idle, so I organized all the people to cultivate the fields.
I have to say that there are people in the court who are good at being officials, and Brother Zhao Yun is in charge of the overall situation in the county. No one comes to trouble us in Chang'an Town. The townspeople are able to reclaim hundreds of acres of wasteland every day.
The supplies in our warehouse are gradually decreasing. I hope the mayor will take the time to tell Tianzun and ask him to send some more supplies to our Chang'an Town.
"Ah sneeze!"
Zhu Renxia sneezed when he saw this and muttered to himself: If you want to send something to Chang'an Town, you must go back by yourself, otherwise Tianzun will not be able to reward the materials.
This made Zhu Renxia a little confused. It seemed that Chang'an Tianzun was different from the immortals in mythology. It seemed that he could only appear where he appeared.
Zhu Renxia didn't know the reason for this, and he didn't want to guess. Even if he guessed, he couldn't figure it out. He was just asking for trouble.
Zhu Renxia picked up the tea bowl, moistened his throat, and continued reading the fifth place's letter.
The fifth person said at the end of the letter: In more than a month, he, Lu Buping, Ouyang Feng and others who stayed behind formed a people's strong team of more than 600 people, and according to the establishment of the Chang'an army, Assemble the team and practice it every day.
However, Ouyang Feng, Jiang Jiao, and Lu Buping have relatively low military literacy. They hope that the town mayor can send someone who is good at military management back to Chang'an Town to serve as the battalion commander to manage the family's Minzhuang Regiment.
"Not to mention, Fifth Brother's efficiency really does not disappoint."
Zhu Renxia immediately sent people to the commander's office and the Chang'an military barracks, and invited Jiang Guanjun, Jin Zhu, and Pang Feihong to come over to discuss who would be the most suitable to send back as the battalion commander?
Putting down the letter from the fifth place, Zhu Renxia picked up the letter from his wife Jiang Axiu and started reading it with tender eyes.
Jiang Axiu said in the letter: I have been pregnant for nearly six months, and my belly is getting bigger and bigger. I can eat and drink. I have a good heart and a fat body. Please rest assured, husband.
Since you have served as the magistrate of Guiyang County, you must be busy with official duties. Please don't worry about me. With Chunmei taking care of me, I will definitely give birth to our son or children smoothly.
But husband, you work hard day and night, how can you do it without a woman by your side to take care of you?
Miss Jinzhu is twenty-six years old this year. She is not only kind-hearted, but also capable of literary and military skills. She is also infatuated with you. I also hope that my husband will take her as my concubine and take care of him on my behalf.
"Haha... I, the county magistrate, am so busy that I have no time to take a concubine!" Zhu Renxia shook his head and smiled bitterly, and put the letter on the desk.
"Dong dong dong..."
At this moment, the Shengtang drum outside the county government office was beaten, and it seemed that someone was beating the drum to complain.
"Look... If you don't say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, how can I have time to fall in love?"
Zhu Renxia hurriedly ordered the hall to be raised, and told Ding Xiao to receive Jiang Guanjun, Jin Zhu and Pang Feihong on his behalf, and that he would go to the living room to meet the three of them when he left the hall.
