Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 297
Ding Ning, who had been sneaking into the carriage, joined Qin Feng's team openly.

The group of four continued on and arrived at Jiqiu, a small town not far from Beihai that night.

Jiqiu is a small town, which is about the same size as Ninghai County in terms of size, but it is much deserted than Ninghai County.

There are fewer soldiers guarding the city gate than in Ninghai County.There were only two people, and when the city gate was closed, they even asked Liang Xiu and the others to help.

Qin Feng looked surprised, and stepped forward to ask: "According to my Dazhou practice, even in a county town, there should be at least 12 people at each gate, and groups of six take turns to guard. Why are there only two of you here?"

It stands to reason that most people don't pay attention to such things.

The city gate soldiers should be more vigilant to those who ask such questions. After all, Jiqiu is close to Beihai and already belongs to the border city. The barbarians are likely to send spies over.

But the soldiers at the city gate looked gloomy, and without even looking at Qin Feng, they replied directly: "A group of six? People in our city, whoever has any money, are about to leave. We are the only ones left at the south gate." There are two, and it’s a good thing that you don’t even have to think about it.”

"Go? Where are you going?"

Another soldier sighed: "Maybe they went to the southwest. It is rumored that the barbarians are about to go south in a big way, and they are all running for their lives."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Qin Feng and others, his eyes full of strangeness: "These days, only those who leave the city never enter the city. You guys are strange, what are you doing in this poor place like Jiqiu at this time?"

Qin Feng didn't need to hide his identity, and directly stated: "I am Qin Feng, the county magistrate of Ninghai County, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. I am here to rush to Beihai to support the front line under the order of the emperor."

The two city gate soldiers were surprised when they heard this. The guy who suddenly entered the city is actually a county magistrate?
The attitude of the two of them changed immediately, and they bowed their waists and bowed their fists to Qin Feng to salute: "It turns out that it is Mr. Qin from Qinzhi County... His Excellency is wearing casual clothes. I didn't know his identity, so I just spoke and wrote casually. Please don't blame him... "

Although the county magistrate is small and not a local official, an official is an official.

The first level of the official ranks crushed people to death, and the two city gate soldiers naturally did not dare to neglect.

However, Qin Feng didn't mean to embarrass them, and directly forgave the two of them verbally: "Those who don't know are not guilty. It just so happens that you have also closed the city gate. Where is the government office in Jicheng? You two will take us there?"

We are approaching the border, and Qin Feng wants to know the situation of the border in advance. The magistrate of Jiqiu City should know some information, so Qin Feng does not plan to stay in the inn this time, but wants to find the magistrate directly and ask him to arrange it Arrange and stay overnight.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

The two city guards frowned and looked at each other, and replied: "Master Qin, it's useless for you to go to the government office of this city. Our parents and officials in Jiqiu, after knowing the news that the barbarians are going south, died half a year ago." He ransacked the people's fat and anointment, took a lot of money, resigned and ran away."

"Our Jiqiu can now be regarded as a group of dragons without a leader!"

This answer really made Qin Feng feel incredible.

A parent officer in a city is afraid that the barbarians will climb to this level?He only heard that the barbarians wanted to go south, but he didn't even become an official and just ran away?

Is this operation okay?
Qin Feng glanced at the two of them again, and asked, "Then who is in charge of Jiqiu now?"

The two soldiers shook their heads miserably.

"No one is in charge, and the imperial court has not yet said that another official will come over. Just because he ran away, the servants below us are also dispersed. There are still three people in the government office patrol room, and there are only seven people in total at the four gates. We are all on duty for the few remaining people in Jiqiu, so that there will be no chaos in the city."

"Oh, it's just that we can't last too long. We haven't received our salary for several months. In two months, I should leave this place where I grew up..."

Speaking of this, one of them suddenly knelt down: "Lord Qin, since you are the county magistrate, there must be a way to send a message to the imperial court. Please think of a way to see if you can call the imperial court to send an official here, at least... Give us the salaries of these people, so that we can survive."

Another person also plopped down on his knees: "My lord, we have never heard that the county magistrate is going to support the front line. I think it's better for your lord to stay and make decisions in our government office. There are at least [-] people in this city. There is no parent official in town, the city is in chaos, and the lives of the people are so inconvenient!"

Qin Feng hurriedly helped the two of them up, smiled at them awkwardly, and said: "It is the emperor's order to go to Beihai, I have to go, I really can't stay here. But... I see your heart If you are a common people, you can still perform your duty without money, and you deserve to be commended, so let’s pay your regular silver for the imperial court first.”

"Old Wan."

Qin Feng turned around and greeted.

Wan Kunming heard the conversation they had just seen, and knew that Qin Feng was going to spread the money, so he took the money bag directly.

"How much, my lord? We don't have much cash."

Qin Feng also knew that there were not many people who came out to find silver belts this time.

However, apart from the cash, there are tens of thousands of taels of bank notes, but these bank notes are all in large amounts, the smallest is 500 taels, and under normal circumstances, it is not costly at all.

"The soldiers at the city gate should pay 3 taels of silver for a month, and 18 taels for half a year. There are so many people at the Sifang City Gate, and there are 3 people in the patrol room...you... just give them 200 taels of silver and tell them to divide it among themselves. Bar."

Qin Feng calculated and said.

Wan Kunming took out four large silver ingots in pain and handed them directly to one of the soldiers.

The two were so moved that they kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Mr. Qin! Thank you, Mr. Qin!"

"With this money, the brothers can finally have a good meal..."

Qin Feng looked at their happy faces, and nodded in relief: "Jiqiu is not far from Beihai, if you still encounter any troubles in the future, you can come to my official, if you can help me, I will never stand idly by .”

"Okay! Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

"Do you know anything about the movements of the barbarians?" Qin Feng inquired.

The two shook their heads blankly: "We are just soldiers guarding the city gate. How can we know anything about the barbarians? I just heard that they are going south soon, that's all..."

One of them suddenly thought of something, and said: "If you want to know about the front line, you can go to the Fuxiang Inn in the north of the city and ask. People who live there should know."

"Well, good. Then I will go over and have a look. The two of you close the city gate, so go and do what you should do."

Qin Feng asked Wan Kunming to get into the carriage again, and the four of them drove away in the carriage.

"Master Qin gave us money, how can you tell him to go to the Fuxiang Inn? Aren't you... harming him?"

(End of this chapter)