Chapter 1947: The Big Pit That Can't Get Out

It is difficult for future generations to imagine the difficulty of transportation in this era. Whether it is land or water, it can be daunting.

The same is true for Shaanxi. Many people who live in the mountainous Huan County only walk around the village all their lives, and have never even been to the county seat.

Once people live in a certain place for a long time, they will be attached to it.

This nostalgia is not nostalgia for this place, but a habit. And habit can lead to fear of trying.

They are afraid of losing the familiar environment, and even more afraid of losing the rules they are already familiar with, so unless it is of great benefit, don't let them move.

Xu Yuan and Jiao Quren sat outside the cave dwelling, and said in high spirits: "Xinghe City has been built, it's so big, and a lot of cannons have been sent to the court, it's the kind of gun that can shoot out flesh and blood The firearms in the alley, as long as those foreign races dare to come, they are guaranteed to be driven away."

There were dozens of people sitting in front of him, and these people listened in boredom, as if they were listening to a book, which made Jiao Quren feel deeply helpless.

"Gone?"

In order to show humility, the old man sat on the ground. He yawned, rubbed the tears from the corners of his eyes, got up and said, "Lord Jiao, shall we have dinner in the village today?"

Jiao Quren knew that his visit was for nothing today, he got up and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have to go back."

"Master Jiao, go slowly!"

These villagers probably thought they had just listened to the storybook, and got up lazily to see them off.

Watching this scene, Jiao Quren suddenly felt a little sour in his eyes, and a sense of grievance rushed left and right in his chest, but he couldn't vent it.

He suddenly shouted: "Why would you rather eat your fill here than go out to live a good life? Do you want your children and grandchildren to be poor? Look, look at these children!"

Jiao Quren pulled a child who was following him, pointed to his feet and said, "Look, look, what is this?"

The child was frightened, and looked at his mother with a flat mouth and asked for help.

But Jiao Quren's appearance was a bit scary, and his mother didn't dare to come over.

"I've been here dozens of times. I've said all the good things. I swear that I'm telling the truth, but...but why are you all indifferent? Why?"

Jiao Quren's emotions had collapsed. He wiped away his tears and choked up, "I don't care if your life is good or bad? The county forced me to relocate you. It's a good thing, but...but you just don't recognize it." ! What can I do?"

"I know I'm stupid and not good at bewitching, but what I say is from the bottom of my heart. I swear, if the life of migrating to the past is not as good as here, then I will fall off my horse and die!"

"Don't don't!"

Seeing Jiao Quren weeping, the old man remembered that he came here every now and then, and even brought the water by himself, so he didn't take advantage of the village, so he couldn't bear it and said, "Master Jiao, our ancestors lived here, and the graves of our ancestors are also here. , relatives are here too, where can we go! You go back, don't come, we are like this, it has been like this for thousands of years..."

Jiao Quren's lips trembled, his frustration made him weak.

He cupped his hands, then went to lead the donkey, and staggered away.

Looking at his back, a villager said, "This is a good man."

The old man sighed and said, "Our life in Huan County is easy.

Who wants to go! "

...

Jiao Quren went all the way back to the county town, and stood still in front of the shadow puppetry booth, staring blankly at the joys and sorrows displayed on the small stage with puppets.

A desolate singing voice came from behind the curtain, and a few children were laughing at the puppets that were manipulated to move on the stage. They didn't know what joys and sorrows were, and they didn't know what...a bad fate...

An old woman was so absorbed in watching the play that she suddenly sobbed, which attracted the attention of many people around her.

"good!"

At this time, the movements of the puppets on the stage became more intense, and their singing voice gradually increased. There was an idle man beside him who shouted "Hello". Seeing the excited appearance, it was clear that he hadn't seen anything worthy of emotion from the play.

Jiao Quren led the donkey away slowly, remembering what Fang Xing had said.

Life is like a drama, drama is like life!

There are some in the play, no matter how rare and jaw-dropping, there will definitely be in life! Some in life, not necessarily in the play!

In the county government office, when Jiao Quren put the donkey in place and was about to go back to the guard house, a small official hurried over and said, "Jiao Quren, Master Fan is looking for you."

Fan Ying's smile had disappeared, and when he saw Jiao Quren coming in, he said with a sullen face: "I ordered you to immigrate, but it is still useless to this day. student, I dare not act rashly, you can go on your own."

This is to let Jiao Quren find his own way out, Huanxian is a small place that cannot fit his big Buddha.

Very tactful, not condescending like a Shangguan.

Fan Ying dared to say this even in front of Fang Xing. If Fang Xing dared to stand up, all the officials in the world would be his enemies.

Jiao Quren shook his head slightly, bowed and said, "My lord, I have persuaded eight households of forty-seven people to immigrate."

He didn't argue, he just wanted to tell Fan Ying with statistics that I am not without merit.

Fan Ying said coldly: "How is Xu Yuan?"

This made Jiao Quren speechless, because he was sent to Xu Yuan to encourage immigration, but in the end, the eight families were all from another place.

In other words, Jiao Quren's so-called merits are not within the scope of Shangguan's order.

This is still watertight, businessman

manage.

Jiao Quren bowed and resigned, knowing that he still hadn't gotten out of this pit.

Xu Yuan is regarded as a 'rich place' in Huanxian County, he knew this after the first time he went there, and thus knew that he had encountered a Shawei stick.

He is not afraid of the killing power stick, and is willing to bear it.

But Fan Ying's purpose was to drive him away from Huan County, which made Jiao Quren unacceptable.

He returned to the duty room in a daze, and sat in front of the table in a daze.

Pan Zhi and Li Xincheng looked at each other, and then Pan Zhi said, "Hey! Mr. Jiao, you have succeeded in no time. When will the people from Xu Yuan move away? Everyone in Huan County is waiting for your good news!"

Li Xincheng coughed dryly, and pretended to say, "This matter has to be taken slowly, don't worry, water drips like stone, there will always be some people who are willing to immigrate."

Pan Zhi sneered and said, "The ones that should be moved have already been removed a few times ago, and the rest would rather starve to death at home than go."

"Since you know, everyone in Huan County should know. Why do you make things difficult for me?"

Before Jiao Quren came to Huan County, he thought of difficulties, but he didn't expect that he would be tricked by the county government.

He turned around and said angrily: "Even so, I said that eight families have been moved. I just want to ask, does Xu Yuan have to immigrate to count? Which family's reasoning is this?"

Pan Zhi still wanted to refute, but Li Xincheng gave him a wink, and the two got up and went out together.

Once outside the door, Li Xincheng whispered, "He's a student of the academy, it's okay to tease him according to the rules, if he gets caught talking nonsense, can you stop that guy from Peking?"

Pan Zhi shook his head and said fearfully, "He killed me like a chicken, who in the county would dare to stop him?"

Li Xincheng said with a low smile: "He has already been fooled. If he insisted on staying in Huan County, it would be fine, but his reputation will be bad. From now on, he will be a petty official for the rest of his life. Would he be happy?"

Pan Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud, and the two of them covered their mouths and went out laughing all the way.

It's down!

Sparse people in the county government started to go home, Fan Ying went to see the county magistrate Wang Xu before leaving, the two chatted and laughed, and then Fan Ying left.

The number of people in Shaanxi has continued to decline due to immigration. With fewer people, there will naturally be fewer conflicts, and the government can do less and less.

So laziness has become the main theme.

When Fan Ying came to the front, seeing Jiao Quren's guard room was quiet, she thought he had left.

He smiled smugly, then walked to the window and took a look in.

A pair of dull eyes were looking at him at the same time!

"ah!"

Fan Ying screamed, and hurriedly stumbled back, and finally sat down on the ground.

He gasped and cursed: "What are you doing in there after you're all in office? Get out!"