allonlinenovel Chapter 144: Seeking a Position by Getting Close
Chapter 144: Seeking a Position by Getting Close
Luo Xi looked him up and down before asking, "What's going on? Why are you here to offer the city? Where is the county magistrate? Where are the government officials?"
Speaking of this, Dong Wen was furious: "Go back to Luo Da's house, the officials headed by County Magistrate Zhao have already packed up their belongings and fled through the secret passage."
"Run away?" Although Xia Zhong had long lost hope in the Tianqi officials, he was still very angry at the fact that they abandoned the people and ran away without even a face-to-face meeting.
"Dog official!" Xia Zhong cursed with gritted teeth.
"This military officer scolded us well." Dong Wen was also very angry: "It's ok that he squeezed us to death at ordinary times, but when the critical moment came, he ran away without saying a word, so..."
He bowed respectfully to Luo Xi and said, "We have decided to offer the entire Shihua County to Master Luo. We beg you to take us in."
The people who were still kneeling on the ground also shouted loudly: "We beg the boss to take us in."
Luo Xi: "..."
With such a good thing coming to her door, Luo Xi naturally couldn't refuse it. She accepted it without saying a word.
When we arrived at the county government office, it was indeed empty.
This is good, otherwise she would have to think about how to arrange those people now?
"Qi Lei, send someone to Tongning County to tell Wei Qing to hand over all matters over there to Rong Bai, and then take Gu Yuan, Wen Hao and other scholars to Shihua County."
"Remember, bring over anyone he thinks is capable of serving as a county magistrate or county chancellor."
Luo Xi remembered that there were exactly sixteen counties in Nanyue County. There were county magistrates, county secretaries, and county lieutenants in each county, so a lot of talents were needed.
When Wei Qing, who was still busy with post-war appeasement, received such an order, he was completely stunned.
"Is this true? Isn't this happening too fast?"
He thought that it would be good enough for the boss to catch up with Du Hong in such a short time.
The young Red Soul Army officer who delivered the letter smiled and said, "Of course it's true."
"When I came here, Shihua County had already been captured. The boss only left some soldiers to garrison, and took General Xiao, General Xia, and General Qi to attack other counties."
"I believe that in a short time, all the counties in Nanyue County will belong to our Chaoyang Villa, so Lord Wei, you should take people over as soon as possible to take over, so as to avoid unrest among the people if there is no one to manage them for a long time."
Wei Qing felt like he was dreaming, and it took him a long time to react.
He took a deep breath, bowed to the Red Soul Army soldier and said, "General, please go back and tell the leader that Wei Qing will definitely fulfill his mission."
"I understand." The Red Soul Army soldier returned the salute and rode away on his horse. Attacking the city was a good time to achieve success and he didn't want to miss it.
After the Red Soul Army soldiers could no longer be seen, Gu Yuan, who had been silent, said with mixed feelings: "Sanlang, the boss is going to give you the power to appoint county officials."
This shows such great trust and respect!
What are the reasons for these scholars to study hard for many years? Isn't it to do more for the people and gain the favor of those in power and be remembered for generations?
When they were still in Tianqi, both he and Wei Qing were frustrated and became bandits unexpectedly, but...
But the person involved, Wei Qing, didn't think so much, but worriedly asked: "Where can we find so many people?"
There are not many people in Tongning County who can read, let alone those who are qualified to be county magistrates.
When Gu Yuan heard this, he was no longer happy: "It's true."
"Our fellow disciples are barely qualified, but it's not enough. Some of them can't even be county magistrates. They can only be county chancellors at best."
Wei Qing didn't have any good ideas at the moment, so he said, "Let's go back to the county government office first and make plans later."
However, not long after they arrived at the county government office and sat down, the gatekeeper came to report: "Sir, Mr. Sun from the silk and satin shop is waiting outside with his son. He said he wants to see you for something."
"Mr. Sun?" Wei Qing didn't remember knowing such a person.
"Yes." The yamen runner nodded: "Their family is the best silk and satin family in Tongning County except for Lord Rong's family. I heard that their eldest son is a scholar."
Wei Qing still had nothing to understand: "Just say I'm busy."
"Wait." Gu Yuan shook his head at Wei Qing, and then ordered the yamen runner: "Go and bring the person over."
The yamen runner glanced at Wei Qing carefully, and seeing that although Wei Qing looked very unhappy, he didn't say anything, he went out nervously.
After the yamen runners left, Wei Qing said in disgust: "Brother Gu, they came here, they must have heard the news and came here to get close to you and ask for an official position."
"Why should we meet such a profit-seeking villain?"
"I know." Gu Yuan sighed: "Sanlang, I know you are now trusted by the boss and are not afraid of anyone, but we should not be so decisive when doing things and leave some room for maneuver."
Wei Qing just looked at him and said nothing.
Gu Yuan sighed again and wanted to persuade him again, but at this time, the yamen runners had already brought people in. There were not just two people, but at least a dozen people, old and young, and each of them was followed by a few servants carrying things, with extremely fawning expressions.
As soon as we entered the room, we started to praise each other, which was a complete difference from our previous attitude.
"The eldest lady is indeed a heroine of our time. She defeated Du Hong in a short time and now has taken over most of Nanyue County. It's true that women are just as good as men."
"Yes, yes, I have long known that the boss is no ordinary person, so I joined her early on. Sure enough, my guess was right, haha--" While praising Luo Xi, he did not forget to praise himself as well.
……
After praising Luo Xi, they looked at Wei Qing above with a smile and said carefully: "Sir Wei, I heard that the boss is in urgent need of manpower now?"
"Although we don't have much talent, we can still recognize a few words, you see..."
As they talked, they asked their servants to place the gifts they had brought in front of Wei Qing and spread them out one by one.
Good guy!
There are gold and silver jewelry, jade, coral, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Wei Qing's handsome face suddenly turned dark blue.
Who do they take him for?
"you……"
Just as she started talking, Rong Bai, who had just stepped into the room, took over: "Hahaha, you guys are really good. You didn't let the boss down. I'll take the things for her first."
He didn't even bother to look at Wei Qing's murderous gaze, and asked his servants to move all the things downstairs.
When those people saw this, their expressions relaxed immediately: "Then... why can we take up the post?"
They thought it would take some effort, after all, Wei Qing was a well-known honest official.
"Wait for notification, wait for notification." Rong Bai smiled but didn't say when.
He kept praising several people, even more so than those people just now, and fooled them until they were dizzy and didn't know how they walked out of the county government office.