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Chapter 53: Beginning to take shape

"Sir, try the side dishes that Zhenniang cooks herself."

"It tastes good." Ouyang Zan asked in confusion after saying a little, "Zheng Niang, your skills are not worse than those of Fumanju, but why is the business worse than several levels?"

"There is a small shop. Besides, I, a widow, brings a ten-year-old doll. The business is so good, and I can't make any time." Zhenniang said: "Sir, use it slowly, and you need to greet me."

"Yeah! You're busy with yours." Ouyang drank and thought about things. If he wanted to think too much about things, he had been busy planning with Liu Sinu these days, so he didn't calm down and think about it carefully. The most important thing was whether the princess usurped the throne could be achieved. The second thing was that she was not very well-off. The third thing was that she lived too much. As for Liu Sinu, Ouyang didn't think much about it. It was not worth dealing with such a rich nouveau riche to harm her brain cells.

He didn't hurt his brain cells, and Liu San and Liu Sinu were injured. I thought that this Tai Chi was good, but there was no way for someone to stay in the door and ignore him. Although it seemed that Yang Ping still made the decision by himself, it was because he had not recruited anyone yet. The more he thought about it, the less he could not do anything so openly. The previous magistrate came to argue with him foolishly. However, this man was small but smart, and did not argue with him. He first burned the list, making the group of people he thought he had controlled became people without status. Then he recruited people to increase the salary of the yamen runners ten times. When he increased, he would have to pay these salaries to the yamen runners. But if someone really recruited people one day, what's the use of raising a group of rogues himself? But if these rogues were not raised, they would definitely have to bite themselves back then.

Liu San also felt that it was reasonable. He also understood that his master was taboo to control the county government. It was not Ou County Magistrate, but Wang County Magistrate Li County. In addition, this kid was too difficult to fight.

So an invitation was delivered to the Wang Family Restaurant.

"Master Liu invited me to the banquet?" Ouyang smiled and put the invitation on the table: "Sorry, there are still a few families here who have not visited the appointment." This is the truth. Even the short magistrate is also a magistrate. The day after he arrived, he received four invitations. Either they were a big family in the city or an influential family. He tactfully stated that he would visit the door after the county affairs stabilized. These people also expressed their understanding. Now the Liu family sent the invitation... Ouyang was not interested in dealing with the Liu family.

When Liu Si Nu heard that Ouyang was so disrespectful, she was very angry. Liu San's eyes turned and a vicious plan was immediately released.

...

The next afternoon, Ouping returned from a nearby township. The head of the household and the elders cooperated very well, but it was very difficult for Ouyang to know a thousand words. Here, if you want to know so many words, you are usually scholars. Scholars can do some accounting, but they are absolutely unwilling to be yamen runners. You must know that after becoming a yamen runner, no three generations can participate in the imperial examination. Even if scholars cannot pass the imperial examination, they still want to be descendants of their descendants.

Ouyang didn't expect that Ou Ping would come back alone, which made him face this problem. But he didn't want to lower the standard. Fortunately, many people participated in the interview two days later.

If you say that the education level in the county is high, and you have generally studied in private schools. Many of them are two or three years later, when parents find that it is not a material for studying, they stop studying. However, no one applies for a female yamen runner. It is difficult to find a few women who are willing to be yamen runners and who are literate. Of course, there are also some small places that want to mix in.

Ouyang looked at the twenty-something young people selected and said, "Everyone knows that the salary of the yamen runners was very low. The most of the extra ones were paid by the county themselves. So only ten people were left for the time being. As for how to choose these ten people, the county also has a constitution that convinces everyone. Come with me."

When he arrived at the inner courtyard of the yamen, Ouyang took more than 20 people to visit his dilapidated residence, which he had three in and three out, and said: "Being a yamen runner is a good person. I have more than 20 paper balls here, and each paper ball has a responsible area. Whoever can organize the area on the paper ball the fastest is the person that the county wants to stay. Of course, due to the different regional difficulties, this county will give extra points as appropriate."

Ouping took out a basin, and there was a pile of paper balls in the basin and said, "Those who repair the roof should not leak rain, and those who clean the room should not have dust. It is best to perform on the spot to reward 500 ci, the second place should be 300 ci, and the third place should be 200 ci. The materials required for repair can be registered with me."

"I'll leave it to you." Ouyang explained to Ou Ping and went out. He believed that Ou Ping would do a good job. Ouyang is now going to see the temporary cell next to the county government.

After watching a lot of TV, the county magistrate threw the sign and shouted, "Behead!" It is actually unreasonable. In the Song Dynasty, the county magistrate's profession was actually quite a police station. It can be detained and fined. However, it is decided by imprisonment, exile and beheading. If there is such a prisoner, the county will send a toll-man escort the prisoner and bring documents to the state to submit the work. The state has a criminal department and will review and conviction. If it is above the "repeated" sentence, it must be handed over to the criminal court for review. Not to mention the county level, even the state level does not have the right to directly cut people.

The temporary prison is a detention center, where prisoners who have not been handed over, or prisoners who need to postpone the investigation of the crime and decide whether to send it to the state. Ouyang went in and saw that it was dilapidated and had become a paradise for rats. Ouyang turned around and waited to hire the next group of people before cleaning up.

Then Ouyang went to the blacksmith shop. After looking at the handcuffs drawn by Ouyang, the blacksmith said that this thing can be made, but he can't get the lock. And if it's good quality, the price will be very high. Ouyang said that he can do no locks, and the quality must be good, so he customized two pairs. Then Ouyang went to a few casinos, played a few casually, and left after winning a few hundred cents. He won't attack these places yet, so he just came to take a look, and his professional name was Tranquility.

Then I went to two brothels, Fengyang Building. It sounded like a restaurant, but every time I opened it, I understood the meaning. There were two brothels in Yangping. I had been to the previous one when Ou Ping was not here, which was quite ordinary.

There are no official slaves on both floors, but there are many slaves in the civilians. After asking, Ouyang found out that most of them were unable to pay off their gambling debts or other reasons, selling their daughters to brothels. Some were selling themselves to support their families, and some were voluntarily pursuing a more comfortable life. Although the two families were ashamed that they could not compare to Li Shishi and Mingqing in big cities, they were still pretty good.

On this day, I also visited various rice shops, shops, and even charity houses in the suburbs. From early morning, Ouyang returned to the county government office at the first light. When he arrived at the inner hall, his eyes lit up. Or he was all talented, and more than a dozen large and small houses were neatly repaired, the pond was expanded to the back door according to the requirements, and all the debris in the well were tidy.

Ouyang explained to Ou Ping: "The ten people who have been selected will go to work tomorrow, and each person who is not selected will be paid 300 documents."

In this way, the prototype of the yamen was finally established. The next day, Ouyang arranged a two-shift system, announced some bottom lines, and fired on the spot after the bottom line. All the yamen runners were convinced.

On the third day, Gan Xin, who had finished healing, began to take on the role of chief clerk. In this way, Yangping County Government finally took shape.

"Young Master, it's not a solution to pay for money like this." Although he had some savings, and even before the end of the month, Ou Ping began to worry first, the wages of the yamen runners were too high.

"What's the hurry? Let's hold on for a few months first." Ouyang said slowly.
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