When the first ship of the Manufacturing Bureau ran like flying on the river surface of the Xijiang River, drew waves on the water surface, and caused crowds to be empty, there was actually another major event in the county of Qiyun County that was happening quietly, but that major event was not published in the newspaper under Yan Liqiang's instruction. Therefore, except for the local people and officials of Qiyun County, there were not many people outside who knew and paid attention to it. Even Yan Liqiang himself deliberately dealt with the matter in a cold manner and did not want to cause too many storms for the time being. In the words of Fang Beidou, he just did it and didn't say it. Even for the local people and officials of Qiyun County, those who knew about it only felt fresh and fun, and felt that it was a whimsical act and attempt by the supervisor, and did not think too deeply.

But for Yan Liqiang, his attention to that matter was ten times more than that of the Manufacturing Bureau ship, because for him, compared with the trial sailing of the first ship, the real evidence of that matter can be called a world-renowned and far-reaching impact. Even the reason why the trial sailing of the first ship caused such a big noise was to some extent, Yan Liqiang deliberately arranged it to attract public opinion and everyone's attention, and could make the matter go smoothly.

Not many people paid attention to that matter, but there were still people who came to Qiyun County from thousands of miles away. It was not because of the ship, just to see how that matter was carried out. The people who came to Qiyun County from thousands of miles away to see how that matter was carried out. It was Hua Ruxue and his group.

Like Feng Qinghe and the others, Hua Ruxue and his group arrived in Qiyun County as early as July 10th, but they did not come to Pingxi City, but went to Jia'an County under Qiyun County.

Jia'an County is one of the fourteen counties under Qiyun County. This county ranks below the fourteen counties in Qiyun County. It has a large population, is not well developed, and has no special output. Like many ordinary counties in the Han Empire, it is not very eye-catching. When Yan Liqiang opened the prefecture and established Qiyun Supervisor's Mansion, the county magistrates and officials of this Jia'an County and five other counties, a total of six counties, were taken away by Wang Jianbei and vacant.

In the past two years, Yan Liqiang has successively appointed county magistrates and chief officials of two of the six counties, but the county magistrates and chief officials of four counties have been vacant. It is fun to say that although the county magistrates of these four counties have been vacant, everything has been running smoothly in the past two years, and taxes can be collected as usual. The criminal arrest yamen of each county have also handled it on their behalf. Grassroots officials, such as the heads of pavilions and chiefs of towns under the four counties, can also perform their duties normally. Yan Liqiang does not speak, and the county magistrates of these four counties have never been held. People in these four counties have gradually gotten used to it, and the same is true for the people in Jia'an County.

But just after Yan Liqiang came back from the Imperial Capital this time, everything gradually changed. In May, a document covered with the official seal of Qi Yun’s Supervisor’s Office was sent to Jia'an County and posted in the notice of the government in Jia'an County, making the entire Jia'an County lively.

The official document of the Supervisor said that the Supervisor knew that Jia'an County had not had a county magistrate for a long time, but in this case, everything was still normal in Jia'an County. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The Supervisor was very happy. The Supervisor said, "No official can govern the local genius, it is necessary to ask the people of all villages, towns and towns in Jia'an County to select 100 representatives of the local genius, put them on the registration list, and then go to the Supervisor to give a banquet to commend the reward.

The same official documents were also sent to the other three counties, making the three counties a bustle all of a sudden. Because they were just electing local sages, each county asked the people in the county to elect local sages according to Yan Liqiang's wishes.

In May, 400 local geniuses elected from these four counties went to the Supervisor's Office to receive a banquet. Each local genius also received a silver medal at the banquet, and returned home in a grand manner, which was inspiring.

In June, Yan Liqiang had just won a great victory at Baishiguan and beheaded 50,000 elite troops of the Shatu tribe, and the second official document with the seal of the Supervisor's Office came.

The general meaning of the official document is that the supervisor has noticed that there is no county magistrate in Jia'an County for a long time. Naturally, a county cannot have a county magistrate for a long time. The supervisor has not found a suitable candidate for a while, so he came up with a way to select the county magistrate. Any man with a household registration in Jia'an County, over 20 years old and who has passed the twentieth year of twenty years old, whether officials or gentry, as long as he is elected by two county geniuses, can sign up for the selection of the county magistrates of Jia'an County. How did this selection come about? It is not designated by the supervisor. The supervisor only confirms the qualifications. In the end, who can become the county magistrate of Jia'an County, the village geniuses elected by the people of Jia'an County to vote for the selection.

With such official documents and orders, the entire Jia'an County and three other counties that had not yet had a county magistrate suddenly became excited. Originally, everyone thought that this local sage was just a glorious title, but they never thought that the supervisor would actually let the local sage vote for such major events as appointing and selecting county magistrates. The value of this local sage was suddenly highlighted.

It has never happened in the Han Empire and even the entire Silver Continent. But since the official documents of the Supervisor's Office have been posted, it is naturally not a joke. So in the end, although many people are still watching this matter with the mood of watching the fun, taking Jia'an County as an example, after confirming that the official documents of the Supervisor's Office were not posted incorrectly, someone took the initiative to stand up and wanted to eat this crab. No matter what, the position of the head of the county is very tempting for many people. Those people have no chance on weekdays. But now that the Supervisor wants to select officials with a unique mindset, you can naturally compete with the mentality of giving a try and see what's going on.

In the entire Jia'an County, most people treated this matter with a mentality of watching the excitement and curiosity, but some people also took the initiative to jump out. In the end, there were three people who signed up for the unprecedented selection of county magistrates. One was Shao Yuanjie, the chief magistrate of the criminal arrest yamen in Jia'an County, the second was Wang Dou, a famous gentry in Jia'an County, and the third was Su Youlun, the director of the National Museum of Jia'an County. These three people were all famous people in Jia'an County. Wang Dou and Su Youlun were also elected as local geniuses and participated in the banquet of the Supervisor's Office. As soon as the names of the three people were reported, the Supervisor's Office immediately approved the qualifications of three people to participate in the selection of county magistrates. The selection of county magistrates in Jia'an County was held among the three, and the time for Jia'an County to elect local geniuses was July 11th.

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On the afternoon of July 11, when the excitement on the edge of the river had calmed down, the excitement in the Jia'an County National Museum had just begun. After lunch, many people in the Jia'an County County all spontaneously gathered around the county's National Museum, crowding the surroundings of the National Museum, just waiting for the result of this unique selection of the magistrate of Jia'an County...

The person who presided over the selection of county magistrates in Jia'an County was Shi Changfeng. Originally, the selection of county magistrates should have been arranged in the county government office, but the county government office was too small and it was not convenient to arrange the venue. It was not convenient for more than 100 people to flock in at once. Therefore, Shi Changfeng finally decided to arrange the selection of county magistrates in the National Museum of Jia'an County.

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