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In addition to the Yan family, Zheng Zhixun and Zhou Tong were also following, so they had a fleet of almost a dozen large vehicles.

The road from Luoyang to Dengzhou was much worse than the road to Chang'an. It was so wobbly that everyone was almost shaken to pieces.

Even Yan Xiaoer was in high spirits a few days ago, but later on he started to wilt.

"Brother, how long until we arrive?"

"It should arrive tomorrow." Yan Kai said, frowning and looking outside the car.

Desolate is the only adjective for this place.

Not to mention people along the way, there were not many fields to see.

Before coming here, he had thought about how poor it would be here, but after arriving, Yan Kai realized that he had been conservative.

I won't arrive at the county government office until tomorrow, but the post I'm staying at today is already within the limits of Kuoding County.

Although it was said to be a post house, it felt worse than a ruined temple next to Luoyang. It was leaking everywhere and there was no firewood. Li Dazui and others chopped the firewood themselves.

An old postmaster was about to lose all his teeth. When he saw Yan Kai, a young county magistrate, he almost thought that the official documents he took were fake.

Until he drank Yan's fish soup.

"Magistrate Yan, why did you come to take up the post here?"

Not to mention anything else, just the clothes of the Yan family, as well as Zheng Zhixun, Zhou Tong and the others, you can tell at a glance that they are not an ordinary family.

It’s really hard to imagine why such a person came to take office here.

"Haha, it must be a special fate." Yan Kai laughed, and then asked: "What is Kuoding County like? Tell us about it?"

"Kuoding County!" The old postmaster looked outside: "You must be poor. There have been wars for many years, and there are not many people here. Then a county was established the year before last, but the county government has not been built yet."

"This year there was a severe drought and then a severe cold. People who could run were almost able to run. Those who didn't ran were basically old people like me who couldn't walk at home."

"Although my posthouse is in shabby condition, I still have some rice for a month, but the people... more than ten people froze to death this winter."

Yan Kai didn't even close his mouth after hearing this. Although the people in Yangping Town were suffering, at least they persisted in getting through this winter.

Several elderly people died at home, and it was basically not due to hunger or cold.

And this place actually froze to death in the winter!

"The county...the county magistrate doesn't care?"

"Control?" The old postmaster chuckled: "At my age and alone, I am not afraid to tell you. The current county magistrate is Mr. Chunyu's brother-in-law. In Kuoding County, it is considered a good thing if he does not harm others. That’s it.”

Zheng Zhixun whispered beside Yan Kai: "Chun Yunan surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Wude, so your Majesty established Dengzhou here, and then made Chunyu Nan the governor."

Yan Kai frowned. The magistrate of Kuoding County was Chun Yunan's brother-in-law. He came here to take over his position, so he probably had a grudge with Chun Yunan.

This place is already so poor, and yet you have a grudge against your boss before you even take office. Is this some kind of hell difficulty dungeon?

After resting for a night and leaving some rice for the old postmaster, Yan Kai and the others continued on their way.

The official road was not as good as the small road in Yangping Town, and after swaying for a long time, they finally arrived at the Kuoding County government office.

Yan Kai asked Zhou Tong to take everyone around the county to see if there were any houses that could be rented first.

After all, Li Dazui and the others had a lot of people in their families.

He himself went to the county government office with Zheng Zhixun.

"Who is it? It's okay and go away."

When we walked to the door of the county government office, the two government officials did not stand at the door, but collapsed on the ground.

Looking at the dilapidated county government office behind him, Yan Kai could only say: "I am the new county magistrate, is Master Niu here?"

"The new county magistrate?" The two government officials were stunned. Isn't this a little baby?

But after taking a look at the official document that Yan Kai took out, he knew that no one would dare to fake it. He quickly stood up and said nervously: "Niu...Master Niu is not here."

"Not there?" Yan Kai looked at the sky: "It's not Xiu Mu today, so why is he not in the county office at this time?"

The two people hesitated for a long time before saying: "Niu... Master Niu has something to do."

Yan drove into the county government office and saw that there was a thin layer of dust on the seats. He didn't know that the county magistrate hadn't been to the government office for a long time.

Moreover, there are only two government officials in front of the entire county government office.

Yan Kai called the two of them over and said, "Go and find Mr. Niu. Where are the other people in the county government?"

"Everyone else... also went out to do business with Master Niu."

Yan Kai knew that the two were lying, but he did not expose them. He just asked them to find the others.

Zheng Zhixun waited for them to leave and asked, "Do you want to call someone to clean it?"

He never imagined that a county government office could be in such a state of ruin.

"No, this county office doesn't belong to you and me. If we need to clean it, it's our turn to call someone."

The two of them dusted themselves off and sat down directly in the county government office.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the two government officials finally called everyone back.

Yan Kai looked at eight government officials and three clerks, but no one from the county magistrate, county lieutenant, or county magistrate came.

"Sir...sir..." The two government officials said at the beginning: "Niu...Sir Niu and the two adults drank too much. I'm afraid they won't be able to come today."

"Haha, I drank too much." Yan Kai nodded: "Okay, since you are all here, please clean up this place!"

"By the way, let me introduce to you, this is the future county magistrate. He will pay your salary. If it is not cleaned up, I am afraid it will not be so easy to get this month's salary."

"Sir...this...this..." Someone else wanted to say unconvinced.

Yan Kai's face turned serious: "What is this? This is where I will work from now on, and it is also where you will work. It's so dirty and messy, how can you live here? If you can do it, do it. If you can't, just leave. When I come, You have brought so many people with you, are you afraid that no one will take your place?"

Yan drove more than ten large cars, Li Dazui and others, as well as two or three servants from the Zheng family and the Zhou family. They were really powerful.

How big is Kuoding County? Once they entered the county, everyone basically knew about it.

These government officials didn't know what Li Dazui and others who came with them were doing. They only knew that the small county magistrate took the county magistrate and the county lieutenant with him when he took office. He had never seen anything like this, so he would just take ten more people with him. It seems reasonable to have a yamen servant.

As the old postmaster said, although Kuoding County is poor, at least the rice and noodles they receive from the imperial rations every month are enough to support their families, and they dare not lose their jobs.

So everyone started looking for tools and how to clean it.

"Also, go and personally inform Magistrate Niu and the county magistrate that if you don't come here tomorrow, you don't want to come."