I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

A Cong's craftsmanship is well-known, and there is no one who doesn't like the monsters who come to Tangxi Yamen.

Of course, black deer are among them.

"It's not bad. The taro is soft and rotten, and the ribs are crispy. A Cong said that after winter, the quality of pork in the market is quite good. You can still eat roasted pork with chestnuts." Cheng County magistrate talked about the food, It can be said to be elated.

Heishan hummed silently, and Cheng Jin didn't care. He was almost full, so he put down his chopsticks: "If I hadn't been busy with official duties, I would have gone to the mountain to hunt chestnuts. According to A Cong, there are two pole trees on the mountain behind. Big chestnut trees, besides chestnut trees, also have small pecans. I heard that in the golden autumn of October, the persimmon trees at the foot of the mountain are covered with yellow persimmons. Persimmons are the most sweetheart."

After Heishan finished his bowl of rice, he was forced to listen to a series of mortal gourmet records. When he put down the bowl and chopsticks, he finally couldn't help but say, "You have to be so diligent about eating as an official, so why worry about entering the cabinet to pay homage to your minister."

County magistrate Cheng smiled rather immodestly: "Oh, after all, you have to give your colleagues a chance, aren't you right?"

Black Deer Deer: ...

After the meal, Cheng Jin brewed a pot of Xiaoshi tea, and leisurely looked at the official documents accumulated in the past two days.Winter is the slack time for farming, and there are relatively few government chores. Wuzhou is actually much warmer than the north, but it is located in a mountainous area, with a large temperature difference between day and night, and it is much colder at night.

County magistrate Cheng glanced jealously at Hei Lulu, who was performing his duties as a master. If you have a cultivation level, you can do whatever you want.

"Why are you looking at me like this?"

Isn't that jealous that you only need to wear single clothes in winter? Look at him, and look at him. The only people who are on the same side as him in the yamen are A Cong and Pan Maomao, who has been hiding in the warm shed since the beginning of winter. .

"It's nothing. Speaking of which, after the three bandit villages were wiped out, the remaining ones are quite safe. Even if they stay in the mountains all the time, evading taxes and evading people's heads, they can't go on like this forever."

In fact, Cheng Jin planned to start the Tangxi census after the beginning of spring.Tangxi was originally divided from several other counties, and the reason for the division was to recruit bandits for self-government.

The idea is good, but the reality is a mess. In the past few county magistrates, it was a blessing not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and to avoid unjust, false and wrong cases. As for the population files of the yamen, most of them are incomplete. Due to poor medical care, high child mortality rate, and change of family registration, most of them have passed through the clear road of the village, so they do not report to the government office.

Cheng Jin once looked through the old files, and there was a big gap between the population and household registration in it and the reality.The current taxation system of the imperial court is calculated on the basis of the head. The current Tangxi looks peaceful, but Cheng Jin still needs to work hard to manage it well.

It's just that in winter, magistrate Cheng is holding back his big moves.

Heishan didn't even raise his head, he just said: "So, are you going to go into the mountain and drag everyone out?"

"That's not necessary. They must have stockpiled their daily necessities early in winter, and they will not go down the mountain easily. Moreover, the reason why they go up the mountain is not because life on the mountain is better than that down there. Although they are bandits, they are still ordinary people. When it’s time to pass, it will naturally go down the mountain.” Cheng Jin took office three times, one burned down the Qian’s family, one burned down the three villages, and this last one, he planned to burn down the people’s livelihood, “and this one, It needs to be done by the officer.”

"You're good to know."

However, it seems that officials in this world are not as easy to be as in the drama, just like Cheng Yi'an is just a small county magistrate, he has a lot of affairs on weekdays, although they are not big things, they have to be done by himself.

Of course, if Cheng Jin knew what Master Hei was thinking, he would definitely tell him that he had to do more than that. When he was an official, especially a Zhima official, he couldn’t make friends with Shangfeng. He wrote these miscellaneous things every moonlight A lot of hair fell out of the letter folder.

It doesn't matter whether Shangfeng sees it or not. If you get what you want, in the officialdom, besides being good at running errands, communication is definitely the top priority.He is free now, and when he stabilizes in the coming year, he will have to visit Da Confucian friends for his teacher when he has time.

Not only that, but he also has to catch the small local chambers of commerce. He also has to meet them occasionally to ask about the current situation of the people's livelihood.

Sometimes magistrate Cheng just thinks about these things and thinks he should just go home and farm.

"Have you ever planted land?"

Only then did the magistrate Cheng realize that he had made complaints unknowingly, so he smiled and said proudly: "How about it, can't you tell, I came from a humble background, and when my family was the poorest, I only had three points of Susukida. If you can eat, you haven’t done anything, so what’s the value of farming!”

"……can not tell."

Cheng Yi'an's appearance is considered superior even among monsters, and he is at the clearest age, full of vigor and poetry, if he is said to be a noble son, no one else will believe him.

Returning from the underworld today, Hei Shan's mood is obviously not calm, otherwise he would not accompany these messy official duties, just to divert his attention, probably because of this, his words are much more difficult: "You mortals , Aren’t they all very face-saving? I have seen poor children who study poetry and books, and most of them don’t know how to farm.”

"They are them, and I am me. They have parents, but I don't." Cheng Jin said quite frankly, "Besides, I don't admit it. Does the past not exist?"

"Won't you resent the unfairness of God?"

Montenegro has seen too many dissatisfied people, just like Chen Li. He was bullied in the village. After fleeing the village, he only wanted a place to stay at first, but later he wanted to have a rich life and a virtuous wife. , Chengsi's son, and he is not satisfied with these, he still wants to return to the village and get the approval of his relatives.

Human greed is endless.

Cheng Jin didn't want to answer this question, because it touched his heart too much, so he chose to refuse: "I don't want to say, because if I say no, it must be false, but if I say yes, now you let me have parents, I will It’s just going to be useless.”

Even when he was first transmigrated, Cheng Jinming knew that it was much more difficult to have no relatives in ancient times, and he was more than once thankful that he was the only one in the original household registration book.

The night was getting dark quickly, Cheng Jin finished his urgent business, and put down his pen: "Go to bed early, I know you are eager to take revenge, but the future will be long."

Heishan's expression was inexplicable, but he didn't look at Cheng Jin. For a long time, Cheng Jin wanted to leave with the lantern, but finally a voice came from behind: "Then what do you think this Qingheng wants to do?"

Hearing this, Cheng Jin yawned casually. He raised the lantern, turned around and opened the door. Before stepping out, he said, "I don't know, but if you see him in the future, remember to blow his head off."

Montenegro asked puzzled, "Why?"

"Why else, my master is so good, he dares to treat you like this, you don't need to think about other things, just beat him, if you die in Tangxi territory, you will be regarded as the official."

Hei Lulu: ...I don't know, I thought you were a bandit.

Looking up again, there was no one at the door, only the cold wind came through the hall, Heishan snuffed out the candles on the table with his hands, suddenly smiled, how is he?Why doesn't he know.

**

The second day was a fine day.

Cheng Jin likes sunny days the most. Early in the morning, he could smell the smell of roasted chestnuts in sugar.

Follow the smell and walk into the backyard. Sure enough, the industrious little A Cong is processing chestnuts. The small boiler next to him is still emitting white gas, and he can smell the sweet smell faintly.

"Master, you are awake. This morning, there are soup dumplings filled with three delicacies, wonton egg noodles, if not enough, how about baking a vegetarian pancake?"

Chestnuts are difficult enough to deal with, Cheng Jin hurriedly stopped A Cong: "No, no, have you eaten it?"

As long as the young master doesn't say anything weird, Ah Cong will be the most considerate little book boy in the whole world: "I've eaten it long ago, young master, you've lost weight recently, no, you have to lay two eggs, young master, just wait!"

There is a kind of thinness, which is called A Cong thinks you are thin, and the county magistrate Cheng knows that you can't stop it, so he doesn't stop it anymore, he can eat it anyway.

"Yo, master, good morning!"

The cat in the back couldn't help sticking its head out, but because of the cold, it retracted into the jacket again: "There is me, I am too!"

"...If you didn't tell me, I thought you were growing up in a greenhouse."

Mao Mao was so angry that she wanted to show her paws, but when she thought of the opponent's force value, she immediately withered: "Hmph, be careful that I will eat all the vegetables in your greenhouse."

"Huh? Are the vegetables in the greenhouse ready to eat?"

Ah Cong just came out with a steamer and a soup bowl: "Oh, that's right, I almost forgot to tell you, young master, that the green vegetables and water spinach in it are already ready to eat, and the beans and eggplants need to wait, thanks to Pan Laotou." Keep looking at Peng Wen."

This is really good news, Cheng Jin immediately said: "Then fry an extra poached egg for our great hero, Pan Laotou!"

Pan Laotou put forward his request in a timely manner: "I want fried small yellow croakers! Crunchy, salty and sweet!"

...You are quite demanding.

But Ah Cong agreed: "This is simple, after the chestnuts are fried, fry them."

Pan Maomao immediately squinted his eyes with a smile, happily like a child weighing more than 100 kilograms. Of course, considering the age of the demon, he is indeed young.

Heishan stood aside, watching the three easy-to-satisfy people and monsters, and sat silently at the exclusive dining table.

Knowing that the greenhouse planting had yielded results, Cheng Jin had a very happy breakfast. After eating, he went to talk to Ying Qubing, who was still improving glass, about the production of glass.

Ying Qubing's health has improved a lot recently. Some time ago, their siblings and the young girl Xiaoqing had moved out of the Yamen and lived in the yard next to the Yamen. Cheng Jin didn't care too much, but Ying Niang and the others felt that it was too troublesome and insisted on going moved out.

"It has been improved again? Qu Bing, you are really a forging genius."

Ying Qubing blushed a little after being praised, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not difficult, my lord is too..."

"No, don't belittle yourself. The vegetables in the yamen's greenhouse have grown. Come to dinner tonight. Do you have any food you want?" County magistrate Cheng invited quite enthusiastically.