Two, four clerks and five servants, this is all Li Congneng has. The salary of the county magistrate is quite good, 400 gold coins per year. And the empire provides a house with an area of ​​500 square meters to live in.

Of course, if it were on earth, this house would be very good, but the most indispensable thing here is probably land. Just find an old farmer's home with two to three hundred square meters, so after the average county magistrate takes his position

, always buy the houses of the surrounding people and start to expand them. Although the salary given by the empire to the county magistrate is only four hundred gold coins, there is still a salary between the county seat and the county seat. This depends on the completion of the taxation work that year.

How about it? Just like the county magistrate who has a good relationship with Mr. Hu, he can also get two thousand gold coins every year. Coupled with the filial piety of some people below, five thousand gold coins every year is no problem, so being an official

There is absolutely no shortage of money, and the empire will not pursue these matters. As long as they do nothing that violates the law, no one will care about the exchange of favors.

Cui Changsheng told Li Cong that this was the average income of a county magistrate. If a person who was good at making money became a county magistrate, there would be so much to gain. Generally speaking, a county magistrate who was good at running a business would earn a

Tens of thousands of gold coins is possible. After all, even people like Mr. Hu can earn tens of thousands of gold coins a year. This county magistrate is exposed to more things than him, so making money is no problem. It sounds like

The officials here are also very good, even better than Li Cong's hometown.

The county magistrate is the second-in-command in a county. Apart from the county magistrate, he is generally speaking.

I also dislike such trivial matters the most, but it doesn’t matter. Cui Changsheng told Li Cong that it’s okay if you don’t like to be in charge. Some people want to realize their inner ambitions and want to become a master and manage a person.

In a county with a million people, these are Li Cong's masters. They are just followers in front of Li Cong, but outside they are great people, and they will become the leading figures in the county.

, of course, Li Cong couldn't abandon everything. In that case, people in the county might not recognize the original county magistrate, and instead would praise the entire master even more. Cui Changsheng is not worried about this.

, the master who can fool Li Cong has probably not been born yet. Instead of worrying about that for your boss, it is better to worry about that master.

Time is tight. Li Cong needs to take office within three days. Because of Cui Changsheng's problem, Li Cong has been delayed for two days. He came to say goodbye to Yitian's chief shopkeeper and the city lord. He is about to take office. Who knows?

When Li Cong left the city the next day, several big families in the county sent their own children to see Li Cong off. Even the eldest son of the city lord personally came to see Li Cong off. It can be said that Li Cong was given enough money.

For the sake of face, the county magistrate he went to was not close to here, it was two hundred miles away. If he galloped away, he might be able to get there in a few hours, but now Li Cong is an official of the empire, if not

If there was an emergency, it would be illegal to gallop on horseback. Li Cong could only sit in his eight-carriage sedan and walk over step by step with dozens of his followers. This method of walking probably took three days.

Only geniuses can get there, but Li Cong was not bored. Along the way, several masters were telling Li Cong everything about the place he was going to.

Li Cong and his team had just left the county town less than 20 miles away when a huge welcoming team appeared in front of them. The city lord. No, it was someone who was valued by the regional chief executive Long Yundu. Could this be an ordinary person?

?Is it a joke that people pass by our county and want to take office in other places? If these officials below can't even figure this out, they are a bunch of complete fools. How can each of them even do this?

I can't see clearly. They don't know anything about Li Cong and Cha Ye, and the people below don't have that many sources of information, but they know very clearly about the officialdom. A welcoming team of several hundred people? Get out of here.

Let's go. This is the person who can talk to the city lord across from him. How can he be a simple person? Can he go out with a team of several hundred people? It has to be a team of several thousand people, Li Cong

What I see now is a huge welcoming team of several thousand people. This formalism is really a bit... a bit too much...

From Li Cong's eight-carriage sedan, several people wearing official uniforms were walking quickly towards Li Cong. Li Cong saw that this group of people was saying that they were wearing the same official uniforms as himself, so there was no need to

He said that this guy should be the county magistrate here just like him. The guy in front of him should be the county magistrate here. "Master County Magistrate. The magistrate of Xuyang County is here. According to the rules, you must first

Past." The master quickly reminded him when he saw that his commander didn't know anything.

So that's it, there are really too many things. Li Cong got down from the sedan with a curse. What a fucking welcome. I was just trying to take a nap here. You guys came out one by one. Aren't you looking for trouble?

However, Li Cong also knew that he would be considered a member of the officialdom in the future. He couldn't just hang around like this all the time. He also had to have some face. He quickly went up to say hello. This place was different from China. There was no need to kneel down, but

They had to nod and bow, but these people obviously gave Li Cong face, and kept praising Li Cong. If Li Cong hadn't declined quickly, these people might have left Li Cong here to eat.

As for the meal, Li Cong looked at the situation and decided to forget it. After an hour's delay, he was on the road again, but the team was a little different from before. Because he had to pass through their jurisdiction, he added some defense troops, which was enough.

There were hundreds of people, so Li Cong's team doubled in size, became longer, and contained several more boxes of gifts.

Li Cong thought that he knew the gift-giving culture very well in China on earth. Who knew that the gift-giving culture he knew before was nothing here. They could actually give gifts for his birthday next year in advance.

, the master next to him also reminded Li Cong about receiving gifts. As long as the subordinates give gifts without asking for anything, they can accept them, and there is no need to return the gifts, but if they are equal, they must remember.

Come down, you need to pay it back when it's time. In addition, it would be a big deal if your boss gives you a gift. This should be regarded as a top priority. On some special days, you have to pay double the amount.

Therefore, there are many people with sad faces in the official circles of this empire. They are the people who are favored by their superiors. Your superiors may be interested in you for various reasons, but as long as they send it to you, you have to calculate it.

After determining the value and then returning the gift to others, Li Cong thought that this thing was a disguised request for bribes. However, no boss gave him a gift. He also saw it on the gift list just now, and only the county magistrate had a higher rank.

He is higher than himself, and the other county magistrate is at the same level as him, but what Li Cong doesn't understand is that the names of these two people actually gave Li Cong something worth less than a hundred gold. You must know that they

Some of the gifts given by some of their subordinates often amount to hundreds or thousands of gold coins. Are they too stingy?

At the beginning, Li Cong thought so too, thinking that these people were too stingy. Although they were so enthusiastic on the surface, they actually had nothing. However, after the master's reminder, Li Cong finally understood, and they also

Everyone knows the rules of giving gifts. If they use their names to give gifts, it is basically the same as not giving gifts, so they put their gifts in the list of subordinates so that Li Cong can accept these gifts.

It was very relaxing. Li Cong can no longer send gifts to the homes of these subordinates in the coming year. Of course, it would be a harm to them if Li Cong really sent them. Li Cong shook his head with a smile and looked at the gift list.

The following petty officials were the most ferocious in giving gifts. The most interesting thing was that a petty official who managed several streets actually gave a gift of three thousand gold coins. Even a fool could see that this person couldn't afford the money.

In terms of his salary, he could not afford it even if he had not eaten or drank for decades. Now people have it. Generally speaking, it is a gift from the county magistrate and the county magistrate. And among the masters who follow him, there are

There was a person who knew this petty official. It turned out that this guy was a distant nephew of the current county magistrate. This made it even more clear. Ordinarily, such a petty official was not qualified to give gifts to Li Cong, but now the whole person appeared.

It's in the gift list. That means it was arranged by a thoughtful person. I'm afraid this thoughtful person is the county magistrate. The other petty official over there seems to have some relationship with the county magistrate, so I understand.

Fortunately, Li Cong only passed through two counties to the territory under his jurisdiction. If he had passed through more, it is estimated that these people would not be enough before Li Cong arrived. Maybe they would not be able to pull all the gifts.

, when we reached the boundary of Li Cong's land, Li Cong had already hired more than a hundred people from the previous county. Otherwise, these cars would never be able to pull these gifts. Fortunately, there were many gifts given to Li Cong.

Slaves with less physical strength can still work. Otherwise, Li Cong might have to ask his bearers to work. There are too many gifts, so the speed will naturally slow down.

He arrived more than a day later than the original time. Li Cong only went to report the news, and he had no intention of doing anything wrong. It is estimated that the county magistrate had already known Li Cong's identity. The county magistrate along the way

The county magistrates are all very friendly to me. Does this county magistrate really dare to punish him? Is he really brave?

However, Li Cong really thought that this matter was wrong. When Li Cong arrived in his county, he found that there were only a few people on the border to greet him. It was incomparable to the scene in the neighboring county.

Even the leader couldn't catch up. He saw the shadow of an official sedan in the distance. Four people galloped over on fast horses. After saying a few words to the steward in front of the team, the four people immediately dismounted and ran towards Li Cong.

It seems that there are still people here to greet me.

"My subordinate Yu Yan from the Yuncheng County Administrative Office has met with the county magistrate. Originally, we should have gone ahead to greet him, but it is just because the imperial law stipulates that we people cannot leave our county without regulations. Please atone for our sins."

A dry old man came over and said that he knew Lao Yang. He was surprised when he saw Lao Yang, but he didn't show it much. Li Cong smiled lightly. It seemed that this man was here to greet him.

Now, he does things quite well. Master told Li Cong, and Li Cong also understood that this administrative office is actually the office of later generations, which is also commonly known as the big housekeeper. It seems that the county magistrate is going to do serious business with him.

When I looked at his information, I realized that this county magistrate has no foundation, but he is very well-established among the people. His family is a wealthy family in the county, and this Yuncheng County and several other counties under Kahuan County have

There is no communication between the county and the city. It is close to the sea. Usually, the only land communication with the county next door is land. As for the county, provincial and other cities, they can say nothing here, but the taxes they pay every year

It's quite a lot, so the county and town don't want to deliberately change this situation. Let's just do whatever they want.

"Haha, thank you for coming to greet me. Let's go to the county seat now. I don't know how far it is from the county seat." Li Cong looked at the front. It didn't look like a city at all. It shouldn't be very close.

Yes, no one from the county magistrate came, and neither did the officials from the city. Damn it, this is to give myself a warning. I will not accept their tricks. If you want to do this, let it go.

Come here and try your skills. If something goes wrong, you will be turned upside down.

"Let's go back to my lord, this place is still thirty miles away from our county seat, and we pass through two small towns. If your lord wants to rest, can I tell you in advance?" This man is quite conscientious in his duties, but Li Cong is.

very satisfied.

"No need, I have everything here. Your name is Yu...Yu Yan, right?" Li Cong said with a smile.

"Yes, it is a blessing for a villain to still remember his name. What do you have to say?" This guy even raised his hands and bowed repeatedly on horseback. It seems that this guy is really a slave.

"It's okay, let's just chat for a while. I saw their masters in the previous counties, but I didn't see them in our own territory. Did something happen in our county? It's still those masters.

Are you really too busy at work? So busy that you don’t even have time to meet me?" Li Cong said with a smile, but there was a hint of sternness in his words. It seemed that Li Cong was very concerned about the power given by the county magistrate.

Uncomfortable, Yu Yan also smiled bitterly.

Speaking of which, Yu Yan only came to this city the year before last to take up this position. He had been working in the county town before. He also suffered deeply from the xenophobic practices of this county town. It can be said that the county town belongs to the Wang family.

In fact, the world is not just the county, but also the dozen or so towns below are also the world of the Wang family. There are 950,000 people in this county, of which 300,000 are surnamed Wang. This is already a large number.

It is also common practice for people from the Wang family to serve as county magistrates. From the first Wang family magistrate hundreds of years ago to now, there are more than twenty Wang county magistrates. This seems to be hereditary like the emperor of the empire.

Yes, not only the position of county magistrate, but also some other important positions are filled by members of the Wang family. The county magistrate Li Cong serves as is a different kind. The Wang family received the news that Li Cong is coming.

After that, they began to discuss how to deal with this matter. In fact, this was not the intention of the county to interfere with them. The city lord just took a casual look and found that the county magistrate here was vacant and was given to Li Cong. There was no such thing.
Chapter completed!