Reborn as a bride, pretending to be virtuous, the prince held his waist and regretted

Gu Xiling ate a small snack and drank a sip of milk.

She was so beautiful that she squinted her eyes and hummed.

After a while, Gu Xiling had eaten all the snacks and milk.

Xiufang was stunned. "Madam, do you feel a little full?"

Gu Xiling shook her head. "I'm not full at all. I think I can still eat another plate."

Xiufang was shocked. "Madam, please don't do this. Although you are pregnant and your appetite may increase, you can't increase it so much all at once."

Gu Xiling thought about it and nodded, "Xiufang, you are right. Actually, I am full, but I don't know why I don't feel full."

Xiufang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's right. Madam, let's go walk in the yard and visit the backyard of the county government office."

"Okay!" Gu Xiling stood up and, with Xiufang's support, went for a walk in the yard.

The county government office is a three-courtyard building, large enough for a master.

The former magistrate of Dai County must have been a man who enjoyed elegance and refinement, and he kept his yard quite nicely tidied.

Left in a hurry, not much was destroyed.

On the contrary, the lobby of the county government office in front is not only dilapidated, but also has many cobwebs, as if it has not been used for many years.

While Gu Xiling was strolling in the yard, Zhou Jin found Yuan Zhen and Wang Shiwen in the tidied side room of the county government office to arrange the following matters.

Zhou Jin quickly assumed the role of the county magistrate of Qingshui County and looked at Wang Shiwen: "Brother Wang, you are the chief clerk. From today on, your task is to count all the people in Qingshui County and compare them with the roster of the county government."

Wang Shiwen looked bitter, "Brother Zhou, I just looked everywhere, but I couldn't find the list of citizens. We are completely in the dark about the county."

"House deed, land deed, and property deed, you don't have these?" Zhou Jin was stunned and asked hurriedly.

Wang Shiwen nodded. "Nothing at all. These bastards took all these things away. I saw them in the charcoal basin this morning. The burning ashes were still warm."

Hearing this, Zhou Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then write a notice and tell the people in the county first. Because of the bandit attack, the county government documents were burned."

"We are now counting all the real estate and deeds of each family. Please come to the county government within half a month to count them, and the government will recognize their ownership. If you do not come to count for more than half a month, the government will not recognize their ownership of real estate and slave deeds."

When Wang Shiwen heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "Brother Zhou, this is a huge and complicated project!"

"It's a huge and tedious task, but it has to be done. This is a good opportunity to find out the details of Qingshui County." Zhou Jin replied, "This task must be done. Brother Wang, can you complete it?"

Wang Shiwen thought carefully based on the information his father found in Beijing and replied, "We should be able to come up with statistics for Qingshui County in half a month."

Zhou Jin nodded, "Let's first count who lives in each household in the city. Brother Wang is responsible for all of this."

"Yes, Brother Zhou." Wang Shiwen agreed and took on this difficult task.

Yuan Zhen hurriedly asked: "Brother Zhou, what about me?"

Zhou Jin smiled and said, "You are the county magistrate. There is only one constable in the government, Wang Neng. This constable is most likely a spy for the bandits and probably won't do his job sincerely."

"Choose two hundred smart and skilled soldiers to serve as detectives to maintain law and order. Remember, never act alone. Patrol in groups of at least ten. The groups should not be too far apart so that they can support each other."

"Brother Yuan, you will be responsible for the county's public security and case trials. If there is anything you are unsure about, you can discuss it with me, and we will make a final decision after a careful investigation."

Yuan Zhen agreed, "Yes, Brother Zhou."

Wang Shiwen looked at Yuan Zhen with envy, but this was indeed Yuan Zhen's area of ​​management. "Brother Zhou, Brother Yuan and I both have things to do, what about you?"

Zhou Jin smiled and said, "I'll take people to farm outside the city!"

"Ah?" Wang Shiwen was stunned. "Farming? Sir, you are the county magistrate, not a farmer. Farming, are you addicted to it?"

Yuan Zhen frowned, "It's not that easy. Those bandits can't make the crops grow. What if we work hard for a whole summer and end up getting burned down by the bandits? It would all be in vain."

Zhou Jin smiled, "That's why I have to farm even more. I have a tip that since the number of caravans has decreased, the tolls have also decreased. Now only the bandit leaders can eat and drink well, and the ordinary people who are forced to become bandits often go hungry."

"Originally, these people were farmers, and they spent most of their time farming. It's just that the government confiscated their grain and used it as taxes, but used it to feed the upper-level bandits. The lower-level bandits not only couldn't get enough to eat, but they could also lose their lives if they followed the bosses to fight. Many people didn't say it, but in their hearts they didn't want to be bandits."

"This time I not only brought high-yield corn seeds, but also a high-yield crop called sweet potato. I heard that the yield per mu is more than 2,000 kilograms! Oh, and there are also pumpkins, which can produce several thousand kilograms per mu. Not only do I want to farm, I also want to farm under their noses."

Yuan Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Brother Zhou, that's a smart move! This move directly digs out the roots of the bandits. So where are you going to plant these high-yield crops?"

Zhou Jin smiled and replied, "I see that the fertile fields along the official road have all been abandoned! Tomorrow I will lead people to remove the weeds and plant the seeds I brought back."

"I will have troops guard the area heavily later. It will only take three and a half months. After the high-yield crops are harvested, I cannot say that all the people will be won over, but I think at least half of them can be brought back to the court."

"Once we have the support of the people, everything will be easy! The early stages were very difficult, and there were many people who took the opportunity to cause trouble, but all the difficulties could not stop our determination."

Yuan Zhen was quite excited. "Brother Zhou is right! If Qingshui County is not well governed this time, I, Yuan, will not go back!"

Although Wang Shiwen didn't like it here, he knew that if he couldn't complete the mission, he would have no chance of returning to the capital.

No matter how much he disliked Zhou Jin in his heart, Wang Shiwen forced himself to hold it back and do the task at hand well.

The next day, the notice was posted, and Wang Shiwen and Yuan Zhen were working in the county government office.

Zhou Jin led the farmers who followed him from his hometown, some low-ranking officials from the Agriculture Department, and thousands of soldiers carrying hoes, shovels, new plows, and dozens of horses, and marched out of the city in a mighty procession.

In Qingshui County, countless eyes were staring at these officials from the capital.

Many people are hiding at home and dare not go out on the streets.

I thought they would conduct a house-to-house inspection, but I didn't expect the county magistrate would not do that at all.

They just posted a notice and asked people to bring their real estate and other things to the county government to register. If the deadline was exceeded, the county government would not recognize their ownership.

In addition, some detectives were arranged to patrol the streets, but no indiscriminate killing was carried out and no large numbers of troops were mobilized.

The county magistrate, in particular, actually took many people out of the city to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land along the official road.

He was completely different from the previous two county magistrates, which left many people confused.