Interstellar female dressed as country dude

After sailing on the sea for several days, the merchant ship that Xie Ling and Wei Qiong were on finally docked in Nanyang.

Xie Ling and the others will disembark here and take a carriage to Nansha to take up their duties.

The climate in Nanyang is hot, Xie Ling and the others wore thick coats when they set off, but when they arrived here, they had already changed into thin summer clothes.

They came out this time with a total of six servants, two maids and four servants.But the two of them prepared so many salutes that even a few servants couldn't move them together, so the two of them had to go to battle in person.

Xie Ling had never done such a thing in Xie's house.But at this time, he was also sweating profusely holding a large box, which was filled with precious things such as gold and silver jewelry.

Seeing Wei Qiong, he didn't feel a little distressed, so he went over and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

"Follow me here, it's really hard for you." Wei Qiong said.

In the past few days on the boat, Xie Ling got very seasick, couldn't eat, but vomited a lot, it was really hard work.

"That's what I wanted. Is there any pain or not?" Xie Ling was very tired at first, but it was sweet in his heart to have such care from Wei Qiong, and he felt that this kind of pain was nothing.

After hearing this, Wei Qiong felt more affection for Xie Ling in her heart, and felt that she needed to work harder so that Xie Ling could live well in Nansha.

The salutes of the two were all moved off the ship, so they had to rent a few carriages in Nanyang and send them to Nansha.

However, riding elephants is popular in Nanyang, and there are not many real horse-drawn carriages, and it is difficult to find them for a while.

Wei Qiong and Xie Ling had been locked up at home for a long time. It was the first time they traveled far away, and they had no experience of going out.

Fortunately, they didn't have to be in trouble for long, and servants from the Wan family came to pick them up.

It is only said that the head of the Wan family knew that they had arrived, so they specially sent people to welcome them, so that they could live in the Zhuangzi in Nanyang for a few days.

Wait a few days until Nansha has settled down, and then ask someone to send them there.

When Xie Ling heard this moment, he also relaxed in his heart.

Although he owns the shares of Nanyang Zhuangzi, the reason why the two of them received such kind treatment from the Wan family is because of Bai Shu's previous friendship with the Wan family, and he is extremely grateful to his sister-in-law in his heart.

At the same time, Xie Ling was also very curious, wondering what Zhuangzi, who earned more than [-] taels this year, would be like.

After a while, a group of people arrived at the gate of Baiyu Villa.

Xie Ling and Wei Qiong opened their eyes wide, they didn't expect this village to have such a scale, it is really bright.

The Baiyu Mountain Villa in Nanyang is full of local customs.

As soon as you enter Zhuangzi, you will see a large lawn, and you can directly see the beach and ocean in the distance when you look back.

At both ends of the lawn are very tall coconut trees.In addition, there are various trees with fruits growing on their trunks, as well as tropical shrubs, which are eye-opening.

Before the two came here, they also saw many local strangers.

At this time, Xie Ling pointed to one of the thorny fruits and said: "I have seen that fruit in the book. I heard that although the outer shell is hard and ugly, the inside is sweet and edible. It's really interesting."

Wei Qiong nodded with a smile and said: "Ling'er has done a lot of research on the people's livelihood in Nanyang. If I don't understand something in the future, maybe I can ask you for advice."

When Xie Ling heard this, he covered his mouth with a fan and smiled sweetly.

Thinking of what Bai Shu had told him, I really admired him.

The two of them entered the lobby, and someone led them to a table and chair beside them to sit down.

After a while, I saw a brother with phoenix eyes and long brows walking down the stairs with a high expression.

That brother was dressed coolly, showing a section of his calf and arms, a little tanned, but still hard to conceal his beauty.

Seeing the two of them, he asked, "Are you the younger brother and brother-in-law of Brother Bai?"

He took one more look at Xie Ling and frowned, "You must be the younger brother of that sick man of the Xie family, and you look a lot like him."

Xie Ling couldn't help being extremely embarrassed when he heard that brother say that about his brother, so he asked: "This little brother recognizes my brother and my sister-in-law? I don't know who you are?"

"Since you have taken over this Zhuangzi, how come you don't even know about me?" The brother said with a flying look: "I am Wanruyi, and now I am in charge of this Zhuangzi. You are my partner, and we will deal with each other in the future." There are a lot of times, you have to remember me well."

Xie Ling was embarrassed, he didn't expect that this person belonged to the Wan family, and he was also his future partner.

He hurriedly saluted and said, "Hello, Brother Wan, I'm Xie Ling."

Wan Ruyi waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be polite, you have worked hard on the road. I have asked someone to arrange a room for you, you can go and rest first."

When Xie Ling and Wei Qiong finally entered the room, Xie Ling said awkwardly: "Although I have a share in this Zhuangzi, I don't understand anything. I still have to call that Wan brother to say hello, as if I'm here as a guest."

Wei Qiong comforted him and said: "It's your first time taking over, so it's only natural that you don't understand these things. The Wan family is the richest man in Daxuan, and it's only right for Wan Geer to come here for such a long time and know more than you. "

Xie Ling accepted Wei Qiong's words.Only then can I feel at ease.

They were going to Nansha again in a few days, so they didn't need to take out the salutes they brought, so they just asked the maid to fetch some commonly used light summer clothes and hang them outside.

The two of them were hot and tired, and they were sweating profusely. At this time, they called the servants in the village to come over and asked them to bring bath water for them.

Unexpectedly, the servant said: "Xie Dong's family, this bath water is already in your room."

After speaking, he led Xie Ling to a wall made of logs, and pulled the wall away to reveal a room behind.

It was only then that Xie Ling discovered that there was something hidden in this room.

"This is the bathroom." The servant pointed to a room with a wooden bathtub and said, "There are automatic hot and cold water pipes on it, which can supply water. After washing, just pull out the wooden plug in the bathtub and the water will automatically turn on."

After that, he pointed to a toilet made of ceramics and said, "This is a toilet with automatic flushing."

"This is a water pipe for washing your hands..."

Listening to the servant's introduction, Xie Ling felt his eyes widened.Can't help asking: "These things are really miraculous, and I don't know how they came up with it!"

The servant heard the words and said: "Go back to the boss, this is designed by the previous boss Bai. It is used in the main store in Jiangnan."

Xie Ling immediately blushed with shame, he did not expect that his sister-in-law personally designed such a miraculous thing, but as a family member, he knew nothing about it.

The gap between myself and my sister-in-law is really too big.

"Sister-in-law is really a great brother." Wei Qiong also sighed at the side when he heard this.

"I'm really far from him." Xie Ling said shamelessly.

"You don't need to compare with him." Wei Qiong laughed and said, "Your current knowledge is already better than many of the family members in Beijing. Don't underestimate yourself."

"If you want to talk about it, I am a man who is not as good as your sister-in-law. Wouldn't I be ashamed to death." Wei Qiong said and hugged Xie Ling gently.

Xie Ling hurriedly said: "You have your own advantages, how can this be compared?"

"As far as I am concerned, you are the same." Wei Qiong said: "Since I like you, in my heart, you are the best."

When Xie Ling heard this, he blushed and lowered his head.

The newlyweds, the love between the two is beyond words.

The two of them saw the Baiyu Villa in Nanyang, and they were also very moved. Naturally, they should not waste the excellent rooms and scenery.

After staying here for three full days, they set off for Nansha to take up their posts together.

Wei Qiong came to Nansha this time to serve as the magistrate of the fifth rank of Nansha.

For an official position like Zhizhou, the imperial court will assign them a Zhizhou capital.

However, due to the thalassemia in Nansha, the financial revenue is quite small.Zhizhou Mansion has long been dilapidated and unfit for people to live in.

So the Wan family disposed of a small house not far away for Wei Qiong, and bought a few local servants.

After everything was settled properly, Wei Qiong and Xie Ling were sent over.In this way, thousands of taels of silver were spent, but fortunately, the two of them had a strong family background, so this little silver was still worth selling.

In the Xuan Dynasty, the annual salary of the fifth-rank officials was only 200 taels of silver, and when it was apportioned to a month, it was only a hundred taels of silver.

This hundred taels of silver looks like a lot, and poor people can eat it for a few years.

But the houses and fields in the officials' homes have to be bought by themselves.If a servant is raised, the servant will also be given monthly silver, which is no less than a few dozen taels a month.

In addition, there are many officials under the local officials who have worked for many years. They have little official positions, but they have been entrenched in this place for a long time, and they are more familiar with this place than the new magistrates.He had already accumulated his own influence and became a local local snake.

If the new officials don't fawn on them well, they will be entrapped by them in turn.

To buy these local snakes, money is also necessary.Therefore, the salary of 100 taels is actually far from enough.

Of course, those who come to this remote place to be an official will naturally not just eat the imperial food honestly, and there will be some oil and water in their hands.

If the official is clean and honest, he will receive less oil and water.If the greedy person joins forces with those local snakes to exploit the people, the life of the local people will be very difficult.

When they first arrived in Nansha, Xie Ling and Wei Qiong were still not used to it.

Fortunately, there were local servants at home, so they called them to ask questions one by one, and they had a half understanding of some local customs in Nansha.

When Wei Qiong arrived home, it was Shen Shi, so he decided to wait until tomorrow to take up his post.

But he didn't expect that not long after he arrived home, the local magistrate brought the county magistrate and other officials to come together, and they all prepared big gifts and exchanged pleasantries with him.

Wei Qiong had no choice but to allow these people to host a banquet and take him out for a meal.

During the banquet, these fellow magistrates and county magistrates were all very enthusiastic and flattered him a lot, but at the end, they whispered to him: "This time we came together to congratulate the chief for coming here, only the judge Lu Tong is He refuses to come. At this time, he is a tough guy, and he only loves to oppose Shangfeng. If you are dissatisfied with it, he said that the magistrate who took office was run away by him, so you have to be careful."

Wei Qiong raised her eyebrows, then offered a toast to those subordinates, and said, "Thank you for reminding everyone. Wei must keep it in mind, and beware of that Lu Tongjuan."

When the Tongzhi and the county magistrate met, they looked at each other and smiled, drank the glass of wine with a smile, and drank to their hearts' content, before leaving one after another.

After they left, Wei Qiong was drunk and supported by the servant, and returned home.After closing the door, his face sank.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Ling said with some concern: "Look at those subordinates who are easy to get along with, but you don't seem very happy."

Wei Qiong said: "Where is it easy to get along with, they are all wolves and tigers. If I didn't know in advance, I would definitely be deceived by their appearance."

"The magistrates and magistrates of the prefectures in the running water are iron-struck with the magistrates and county magistrates." Wei Qiong sighed: "These people have been entrenched in Nansha for decades. The prefects above have been demoted one by one, but they have always stood firm. The judges are newcomers who have been here for less than three years, and they are not with them, so they can still be used."

Before Wei Qiong came here, the last official in Nansha was dismissed by the court because he hadn't made any achievements for several years, and was demoted to a more remote place.

With Wei Qiong's background, if he can't make any achievements for several years, he won't be demoted, but his original intention of doing his best for the Daxuan court will definitely not be realized.

Xie Ling was also worried when he heard the words, but he still gently wiped Wei Qiong's sweat with a handkerchief and said, "Don't worry, this matter can't be resolved in a day or two. But as soon as you use it, you can discuss it with him. And these Tongzhi and county magistrates are old fried dough sticks from Nansha, although they are greedy, but it is not impossible to use them."

"Tell me, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Although they are greedy, there is no official who is not greedy." Xie Ling said: "Think about the expenses of those aristocratic families in Beijing? But the people in Beijing It’s been a good day.”

"The poverty here in Nansha is mostly due to the fact that the people here have too little to earn and can't make any money. Instead of spending your energy fighting with them and making them spit out what they eat, you might as well think of ways to improve people's livelihood. , so as to make the life of the common people easier."

"Wait until you stand firm, and then pull them out one by one, then it will be much easier than now."

Wei Qiong was taken aback, she didn't expect Xie Ling to say such an opinion.

Feeling excited, he held his hand and said, "Ling'er, what you said is absolutely true, and you will wipe away all my depression."

When Xie Ling heard this, his eyes were bright and his face was flushed.

He is also in a hurry, so he said here, and he has no opinion.It's just that he has read many books about the people's livelihood in Nansha before, which talked about the difficulties of the people's livelihood in Nansha, which made him quite emotional.

The next day, Wei Qiong went to the magistrate's office, and sure enough, he saw Lu Tongjuan who was mentioned by the same magistrate earlier.

Lu Tongpan is a serious person, serious and unsmiling.Seeing Wei Qiong, he only saluted slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

Seeing this, Wei Qiong snorted coldly on purpose, and judged Lu Tong: "Who are you? But you haven't seen me, the prefect? ​​Why didn't you come up and report your name?"

That Lu Tongju paused for a moment, then frowned and took a step forward: "My surname is Lu, and I'm the Nansha Tongju. In the future, Wei Zhizhou's work in Nansha will be supervised by me."

"Supervisor? Are you going to give me power?" Wei Qiong said coldly: "As a general judge, you are in charge of grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy and litigation, but the grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy, etc. in Nansha look Everything is not the same, how did you pass the sentence? Is it possible that you just stared at yourself on the peak every day to pick the thorns to sit firmly?"

Wei Qiong's words were extremely ugly, and it seemed that he was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Tong's sentence and did it on purpose.But this is also the true feeling in Wei Qiong's heart.

This Lu Tong Judgment seemed fair and rigorous, but in fact he knew nothing about these government affairs. He only knew how to use the methods of the past and only focused on finding fault with Shang Feng. He was indeed not a good official.

As soon as Wei Qiong finished speaking, Zhang Tongzhi beside him pursed his lips and snickered.

I just feel that the new Wei Zhizhou is really young and energetic, he listened to their words immediately, and on the first day he was at odds with this Lu Tong.

Zhang Tongzhi and Wang Zhixian are both natives of Nansha, and they came up from the grassroots through meditation.

However, they have never participated in the imperial examination, and their official positions have come to an end, and they cannot go any further.Therefore, I am very jealous of these officials released from Beijing.

Not only did they have a bad relationship with Lu Tongpan, but they also didn't have a good impression of every governor.

Therefore, every time the magistrate came over, they first pretended to win him over, and encouraged the other party to join in with them. After a few years, that person was about to become popular, and they found a reason to squeeze him out.It can also ensure that its position in Nansha remains unchanged.

They have already inquired about Wei Zhizhou who came from Beijing.

It is said that he came from Weihou Ye's family, with some background, but he is only a third-bedroom.

For these aristocratic families in the capital, local officials like them naturally have some taboos.

But anyone who has some connections in Beijing, how can they come to Nansha without being a Beijing official?Therefore, they concluded that Wei Qiong was not a tough guy, and they didn't need to pay special attention to him because of his background as a prince.

When Lu Tongsan saw that Wei Qiong criticized him on the first day he took office, he was very dissatisfied with him in his heart, and felt that the person who came this time must be another corrupt official who was in the same league as Zhang Tongzhi.

It's just that Wei Qiong is his own superior after all, and he has no way to refute what he said, so Lu Tongjuan has no choice but to admit it.

Wei Qiong said at this time: "In the past few days, you will sort out the farmland in Nansha for me, and come up with countermeasures to improve the utilization rate of the farmland. After three days, you will report to me the countermeasures you have thought of."

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After Wei Qiong went back, he told Xie Ling about this matter, and said, "This Lu Tong's mind is like a stone, but he can't think of any good ideas. But he has a strict personality, and the management and control of this farm should be The record is good, and it can be used for reference at that time."

Xie Ling said: "Actually, many places in Nansha are quite similar to Nanyang, but Nansha is poor, while Nanyang is very rich. We can also visit Nanyang more often and learn from there."

Wei Qiong nodded and said, "Ling'er really wants to go with me. On the day when Lu Tong is judged to be on a mission, you will go with me. If there is something that can be improved, what do you think?"

Xie Ling was stunned, and said in great surprise: "I'll go...but I'm just a brother, can I go to the yamen?"

"Although you are a brother, you have studied more about Nanyang affairs than I do. Why can't you go? You are my wife who knows the state. I have already spoken. Who else would dare not listen?" Wei Qiong smiled. road.

Xie Ling was excited in his heart, never thought that he would be able to be of such great use one day.Now that Wei Qiong said so, he didn't need to refuse again and again, but it would affect Wei Qiong's plan.

It's just that when he thought that he could participate in such a big event, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night.

Still being escorted by Wei Qiong to do some strenuous exercise, he was able to fall asleep in the middle of the night.

Three days later, Wei Qiong took Xie Ling to the government office early in the morning.

For the sake of convenience, Xie Ling gave up her fine attire and dressed very lightly.

Wei Qiong brought him into the government office, and it was inevitable that he caught the eyes of all the officials in the government office.

Like Na Tongzhi, who had met him before, naturally respectfully stepped forward and addressed him as Mrs. Zhizhou.

And those like Lu Tongpan snorted coldly and made a note of Wei Qiong.

It's only been a few days since he took office, yet he dared to bring his wife to the government office, it's really absurd!

He also remembered that in order to prepare the materials of that family farm, he had spent the past few days talking at night by candlelight, checking one by one from the ashes of the family farm catalogue, and he felt even more annoyed.

When Wei Qiong called him into the office building in the backyard, and let his wife sit aside, he really couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

"Wei Zhizhou! You have only been employed for a few days, and you brought your wife to the government office, how unbecoming!" Lu Tongpan said: "This is not your home, how can you two kiss us here! You I will definitely report you to the imperial court for such misconduct!"

When Xie Ling heard that Lu Tongpan actually said that he would report Wei Qiong to the court, his face turned pale, and he felt very disturbed.

Wei Qiong secretly grabbed his hand, comforted him, and sneered at Lu Tongjuan: "When did the Daxuan law stipulate that you can't bring your wife to work in the government office? , it’s not something you can slander just by saying something wrong with your empty teeth.”

"You!" Lu Tong paused for a moment. There is indeed no such regulation in the Daxuan law, because no one has ever done such a thing.

Seeing him squeak like eating a screw, Wei Qiong said: "Lu Tongpan should be very worried about his job. You have been in Nansha for three years, but you have not made any achievements. You said that the previous magistrate came to Nansha. Nansha has not achieved anything in five years, so the court transferred people away. But you have been here for three years, but you have thought of a good way to improve people's livelihood."

"It's not easy to farm in Nansha. People's livelihood is already difficult, and there are many corrupt officials exploiting it, so it is impossible to improve." Lu Tong judged: "If we can eliminate all corrupt officials in Nansha and benefit the people, the life of the people in Nansha will be improved." It will get better."

"It's just talking on paper," Wei Qiong shook his head upon hearing this.

For example, Lu Tong judged that this kind of person who relied on the imperial examination to become an official, his family was not rich, and he didn't have much business experience, only a passion.

However, with his enthusiasm, he couldn't put it into practice at all, and in the end he was just complaining and yelling in vain.

"Take out the family information you have sorted out." Wei Qiong said.

Lu Tongpan had no choice but to take out the booklet he had compiled and show it to Wei Qiong.

At this time, Xie Ling was at the side, but he took out a large blueprint.

He spread the blueprint on the table, only to find out that it was a topographic map of Nansha.

"Ma'am, please take a look at it, and I will help you grind the ink." Wei Qiong said and handed the booklet to his wife, while he took an inkstone beside him, added water and started to grind the ink. "

When Lu Tongpan saw Xie Ling handing over the details he had worked so hard to make to a brother, his face was gloomy, and he wished he could leave immediately.

"Lu Tongpan, if you leave today, you will be negligent, and you don't have to come back in the future." Wei Qiong said a step ahead.

Lu Tongpan was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to vent it, so he could only bear it down, looking at the tender-faced brother looking at his notebook.