The Golden County Magistrate

On the side, Xueyan was stunned!

Even before, Chen Yan had been polite before using force when dealing with Jin Ze and others. He only turned against them when they provoked him.

But he didn't expect that he would be so angry when facing Gu Wei!

It felt like Gu Wei had touched something that he couldn't tolerate.

Gu Wei was frightened and knelt down hurriedly: "Absolutely not! Your Excellency is wise, I have always been an honest official, just like you, how could I do something against my will and embezzle the money for disaster relief?"

The people behind him also knelt down hurriedly, all of them were terrified.

Not far away, Jin Ze and others watched the whole process, all of them were stunned.

Chen Yan's reaction was a perfect imitation of Jin Ze!

Jin Ze has always been known for his integrity, so naturally he is particularly disgusted with such things.

But the problem is that he is Chen Yan, not Jin Ze!

Chen Yan snorted and said, "You know what to do, right?"

Gu Wei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said in panic, "Yes, I will remove the banquet immediately! No, let someone distribute the banquet to the people immediately!"

Chen Yan's anger disappeared immediately, and he said happily, "That's right! Come on, let's go to meet Lord Jin quickly, he must be impatient to wait."

Gu Wei hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, eh? Lord, you just said..." But after agreeing, he suddenly reacted and looked up at Chen Yan in surprise.

Chen Yan pointed to Jin Ze and others not far away as if nothing had happened: "Didn't you see Lord Jin? He has already landed."

Gu Wei and others turned their heads and were instantly petrified!

On the dock, there was a moment of silence as if death.

A gust of river wind blew by, blowing waves of shock and embarrassment.

After a long time, Gu Wei turned back and said in disbelief: "You...you are not Lord Jin?"

Chen Yan straightened his chest: "I am Chen Yan, the magistrate of Qingshan County."

Xue Yan beside him didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It was the first time in her life that she heard someone say "your humble servant" so proudly!

Looking at Gu Wei and others kneeling on the ground, a strange feeling surged up.

Not to mention Gu Wei, just the officials behind him, I'm afraid the lowest official rank would not be lower than the sixth rank.

As a result, he knelt in public to a mere seventh-rank county magistrate!

"What! You are not Lord Jin, why do you let me kneel!" Gu Wei said in surprise.

"Your Excellency's words are a bit too much. When did I ask you to kneel? You all knelt on your own." Chen Yan spread his hands and said.

Everyone woke up as if from a dream, hurriedly got up from the ground, and patted the dirt off their official uniforms.

"How can this be! How dare you scold me!" Gu Wei said angrily.

"Your Excellency is too kind. I just repeated what Lord Jin would say." Chen Yan said with a smile.

Gu Wei was furious, but what was more important at the moment was that he had just ridiculed Jin Ze, and his heart was in turmoil. He could only glare at Chen Yan awkwardly, then turned around and ran to Jin Ze and others.

"I am blind and did not recognize the true face of Lord Shilang. Please forgive me!" he said in panic.

"Even I can admit my mistake. Lord Gu's eyesight is really rare." Jin Ze said coldly.

"Yes, yes, I am blind." Gu Wei said with a bitter face.

How could he have imagined that a seventh-rank county magistrate would actually take a ship alone with a maid to serve him, and a first-rank official would actually stay in a smelly and stuffy place like a cargo ship cabin?

"Forget it, business is more important. Unload the cargo first." Jin Ze said with a stern face.

"Yes!" Gu Wei responded immediately and ordered the people behind him to gather the workers to prepare for unloading.

Hundreds of pale and hungry workers came forward one after another, and when the gangway of the ship was set up, they were going to go up to prepare for unloading.

"Wait! They can't!" Chen Yan shouted, commanding the soldiers to stop the workers.

"Mr. Chen, what do you mean?" Gu Wei said unhappily.

"These goods must be carefully lifted and placed. These workers look like they didn't eat enough last meal. If there is a bump or even a drop, the consequences will be disastrous! We must replace them!" Chen Yan said firmly.

This place can't be compared with the port of Qingshan County, but at least we need to find some strong workers to ensure the safety of gunpowder.

"We only have such workers in Jizhou!" Gu Wei couldn't listen to him, and said toughly.

"Then don't unload the goods! When you find the right people, we can move it again." Chen Yan rolled his eyes.

"You! Humph, I won't talk to a mere county magistrate like you." Gu Wei turned around angrily and went to find Jin Ze, "Sir Jin, this county magistrate is too much, he is still nitpicking..."

"Everything is up to him." Jin Ze interrupted him directly.

"Ah? This..." Gu Wei was dumbfounded.

Little did he know that Jin Ze had already made plans to deal with Chen Yan, but it would definitely not work now, so he had to wait a little longer.

This project is of great importance, and the emperor has also ordered that everything must be discussed with Chen Yan, and even his suggestions must be listened to.

Only in the futureProve that this method of breaking through the sky and hanging mountains doesn't work, then we can take action to deal with him!

Before that, just be patient.

Gu Wei had no choice but to have the laborers sent away.

Chen Yan's mind moved, and he grabbed one of them and asked, "This old man, how much is the salary for the government to hire you to move goods here?"

The laborer was about forty years old, but skinny, haggard, and hungry.

Hearing this, he was stunned and stammered, "Sir, is there a salary for this job? I heard that two full meals a day are provided."

Not only Chen Yan, but also Xueyan beside him reacted at once, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

For this matter, the court had already allocated silver, and all the expenses involved were calculated.

Including hiring laborers, not just unloading, but also transportation, entering the mountains, digging stones, ditching, etc. in the future, in addition to the government troops, laborers are needed to follow for a long time.

Each laborer is provided with food every day, and there is also a salary of 20 coins.

Calculated based on 1,000 laborers, it is 20 taels of silver per day.

And this matter is estimated to take at least a year, which is more than 7,000 taels of silver!

But now Gu Wei hired them, but only provided two meals.

Needless to say, the silver must have fallen into his and other officials' pockets!

"The people are so hungry and miserable, but they are still lining their own pockets, they deserve to be killed!"

Xueyan was secretly annoyed, and suddenly heard Chen Yan say something, and couldn't help looking at him in astonishment.

I saw Chen Yan change his laughing attitude, and his eyes showed a fierce murderous intent!

Xueyan trembled.

Even in Chengtang Lake, where thousands of river pirates were killed in one battle, Chen Yan's eyes had never had such murderous intent!

The worker was frightened when he saw him getting angry, so he left quickly.

Chen Yan took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, turned to Xue Yan and said, "Let everyone remove the gangplank. Before my permission, even if Lord Jin asks, they can't move even one thing!"

Xue Yan hurriedly said, "Yes!"

After hesitating for a while, she said, "Lord, the goods can't stay here for long, what should we do?"

Due to various reasons, this trip to Jizhou has exceeded the original plan and took more than ten days.

If it is delayed any further, the subsequent construction period will be delayed even more.

Chen Yan said calmly, "Don't worry, I will find a suitable candidate tomorrow at the latest, and it won't be too late to unload the goods and set off at that time."