Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Xiang Yuan looked at Sun Jun and grinned, inexplicably, Sun Jun felt a chill down his spine.

"According to what you all mean, you want to let the rogues do nothing, let them oppress the people and disturb the law and order? Then in the eyes of outsiders, Quzhou, and even the entire Tongping Mansion, is a place where rogues run rampant? Where is the magistrate?"

Song Zhifu slowly frowned and pursed his lips.The subordinates present and the magistrates of the counties all had a serious look on their faces. Those who have nothing to do with themselves are fine, but those who were yelling loudly before are already drenched in cold sweat.

"You are making unreasonable words and scaremongering! You are a scoundrel, but you are suffering from moss boils, so nothing to worry about!"

Xiang Yuan stared at the man, sneered at his aggression, and said: "The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest, this truth, don't you need to teach He Wenshu?"

The insinuating words made He Wenshu, who was thin and middle-aged, turn red and pale.

Xiang Yuan was a perfect person, so he sat down with a natural demeanor, his leisurely and contented posture was not at all like a fledgling who came to the magistrate's yamen for the first time to report on his work.Seeing all those present here who have been officials for many years, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Some people came out to smooth things over and said that the magistrate Xiang's actions in Quzhou were all right and that he was really doing things for the people. They were just worried because of Xiang Yuan's young age, so they questioned it, and hoped that the county magistrate would not Take it to heart.

As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yuan was fine, but Sun Jun was so angry that he couldn't hold back his kind face, and his face immediately became gloomy.Fan Tongzhi, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Sun Jun's liver-colored face, and held up his teacup to cover the sneer at the corner of his mouth.

This Sun Jun, relying on his family's ability, forcibly squeezed out his good friend and took the position of general judge.If it was a good one, maybe he wouldn't be so conflicted in his heart.However, Sun Jun is a person with high eyesight and low abilities, and he claims to be from a family of poetry and etiquette. He looks down on his colleagues who are either donated officials or Enke. He always feels that he is superior to others.What happened to Xiang County Magistrate this time was caused by several of their colleagues who secretly inquired that Sun Jun wanted to give Xiang Yuan a look.Sun Jun thinks his plan is clever, but he doesn't know that they are all secretly waiting to see the joke.None of the people who were bought by him had any real ability to do anything. They were all mediocre people who couldn't move with their eyes on the little money. What can they be expected to accomplish?

Sure enough, after only one or two rounds, the complaint Sun Jun instigated ended in an embarrassing situation.Song Zhifu is a clear-minded person, so how can he not see this tricky idea?

Sun Jun is not far from the bench!

Afterwards, magistrates from other counties got up to report their work. Xiang Yuan listened to the situation in other counties, and secretly observed the appearance of all living beings in the prefect's yamen.After a while, he came to the conclusion that his brother-in-law, grandson Hemin, was probably very unpopular, and his ability was also a little weak, so he probably had very little real power in his hands.What's funny is that he has no self-knowledge, and with a high-spirited face, he deliberately distances himself from the real power figures in the yamen as if he disdains to join forces with others.

Xiang Yuan shook his head in his heart, if this brother-in-law didn't have the support of his family, he might have stayed in the position of general judge for years.

Others talked and talked happily. Sun Jun sat on the marble armchair, but it was like sitting on a barbed wire.

He didn't understand, Xiang Yuan was just a seventh-rank county magistrate, how could he talk so freely in front of everyone without showing any timidity?Even though he came from a poor family, he behaved calmer and calmer than someone from a respectable and scholarly family.And no matter how much he hated Xiang Yuan in his heart, he had to admit that many of Xiang Yuan's words made sense, especially some of his views on business were quite shocking.Song Zhifu originally wanted to use Xiang Yuan to catch up with He Congshan, but was dismissed by Xiang Yuan's few words, and he was also persuaded by him to establish some kind of commercial interconnection in the whole Tongping Prefecture, talking about exchanging goods and stimulating consumption.In order to revitalize the business, drive the development of the whole Tongping Prefecture.

"Let's go out first and sell our Tongping Mansion's special products to Sanfu Sanjiang to make Tongping Mansion famous. The goods are sold a lot and the name is famous. At that time, merchants from Sanfu Sanjiang will also come in. , Once in and out, the business will naturally come alive, the merchants will be active, and the money will flow quickly, so that the common people can really benefit.”

Xiang Yuan was having a detailed discussion with Song Zhifu, showing off his confidence, Sun Jun was forced to listen, and he had to put on a look of pride on his face, not to mention being depressed.

Song Zhifu listened carefully, and asked some questions about the caravan organized by the government. Xiang Yuan answered them easily, and did not deny the advantages and disadvantages. Song Zhifu stroked his beard and nodded approvingly.

In this report, the magistrate's yamen didn't leave until the middle of the month.Xiang Yuan let go of his hands and feet and stretched his body after getting into the carriage. On the way, he passed by a roast goose shop that was not yet closed. He ordered Song Da to buy half a goose and came back. After opening the oiled paper bag, the unique aroma of roast goose wafted out. Xiang Yuan smiled. , the taste is good, take it back to add to my daughter-in-law's meal!

Xiang Yuan took Zhao Shen to stay in Tongping Mansion for a few days, during which time he went to Sun Jun's family banquet who had to save face, and also went to He Congshan's banquet. Neither Yuan nor Zhao Shen took it to heart.

After the debriefing, Xiang Yuan returned to Quzhou. Apart from keeping an eye on the happenings in Quzhou as usual, he started to work on the first New Year's Eve that he and Zhao Shen were going to spend outside.

Xiang Anjiu didn't go back to Lizhong, but celebrated the New Year with Xiang Yuan and the others.He wrote letters to Feng Niang and Mrs. Li about the life he had lived in Quzhou every now and then, and he felt that he was an adult, so he refused to go home without finishing his studies.

Both Xiang Yuan and Zhao Shen followed him, and they brought Xiang Anjiu and Xiang Yu along for a lively festival, and they got a lot closer to each other.

After the Waking of Insects, the spring thunder rolled and the drizzle continued. All parts of Quzhou began to prepare for spring plowing. After more than a full month of busy work, all the crops were planted. Xiang Yuan just breathed a sigh of relief. He was taking a nap on the kang with Zhao Shenwo, when he felt his body shaking, and then, the tables, chairs and screen decorations on the floor all started to sway, and within a short while, they fell down.

Shocked, Xiang Yuan turned around and hugged Zhao Shen hurriedly, leading him to rush outside.

Zhao Shen was about to give birth at this time, although her belly was not as exaggerated as a woman's, it still had trouble moving.Suddenly encountering an earthquake, he didn't react at all at first, but after Xiang Yuan blurted out that the earth dragon turned over, the worry that was suppressed in his heart rushed up, Zhao Shen turned pale all of a sudden, and then felt a dull pain in his stomach.

All the people from the county yamen rushed out, and when they saw Xiang Yuan leading Zhao Shen, they all gathered around.Taking advantage of the common sense of self-help in earthquakes that Xiang Yuan had intentionally publicized before, although people were panicked, they were also orderly, and they ran towards the open place together.

When they reached the open place outside the yamen, everyone took a breath and were shocked.The steward of the inner house of the yamen is an experienced old man, and without waiting for Xiang Yuan's order, he took the initiative to resettle the people.

Along the way, Xiang Yuan only took Zhao Shen out first, only then did he realize that his daughter-in-law's face was pale, with cold sweat dripping from her forehead, she was startled, and hurriedly said: "Jin Yan, how are you? Is your stomach upset?"

Zhao Shen closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, felt less pain, then opened his eyes and gave Xiang Yuan a comforting smile.

"Just now, maybe I was emotionally unstable, so the child in my stomach was upset, and now I feel much better."

Xiang Yuan has no experience of giving birth, and he doesn't know how to tell if his wife is about to give birth.But at this time, the ground was shaking and the mountains were shaking, and there was no way to find someone to come and watch, so I was very anxious for a while.He could only hold Zhao Shen's hand tightly, secretly praying that the little guy in his wife's womb would take care of his father and not come out to make trouble at this time.

I don't know if prayers helped, but gradually Zhao Shen's condition began to stabilize, his stomach pain disappeared, and his complexion eased.At this time, the first wave of shock ended.

Xiang Yuan looked out and saw that many people in the county ran out of their homes to open places according to the previous propaganda. Some of them didn't have time to come out, and they tried to hide in the triangle area as much as possible.For a while, the streets were crowded with people, everyone was panicking, buzzing and talking, and some people were crying and looking for a baby or an old man.

Yang Du waited for the first time to stop moving, and then came out with the yamen servants, and divided into teams to maintain law and order. The leader of each team wore the big horn developed by Xiang Zhengtang, and shouted along the way.

"Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient. Try to stay where you are, so as to avoid a second earthquake. After you are sure that the earthquake has really passed, everyone is walking around!"

This is also what Xiang Yuan emphasized when he preached on earthquake prevention.Usually, many people dodged the first earthquake, but they didn't expect that there would be a second earthquake, and they lost their lives in a moment of negligence.

Xiang Yuan felt the intensity of the earthquake just now, and found that the magnitude of the earthquake did not seem to be high. The roads in Quzhou have been rebuilt years ago, and they have become much stronger. Main roads are fine.

I don't know where the epicenter of the earthquake is, and what happened there.

Only two quarters of an hour later, the ground began to shake again. Some houses in Quzhou County that had been in disrepair for a long time could no longer withstand the shaking and collapsed. There were also some shops along the street. Because it was noon, many shops were too late to clean up. Goods, meals, and utensils all rushed to the ground in one go.

When the earthquake completely passed, Quzhou County was completely changed.Wherever one enters the eye, there is a mess everywhere.People whose houses have collapsed are kneeling and crying on the side of the street, those who have lost their children are heartbroken, those who have died are full of grief, and even those who have lost their lovers look ashamed.

Xiang Yuan and Zhao Shen walked all the way supporting them. Seeing this scene, they all felt sorry for each other and couldn't help being sad.

After placing his daughter-in-law in the Yuyingtang, Xiang Yuan felt a little relieved.He is the parent official of Quzhou and the head of a county, but he can't be with his wife at this moment. He has to go out, find the epicenter, and fight for a way out for the people there as soon as possible.

Tightly shaking Zhao Shen's hand, Xiang Yuan put his forehead between Zhao Shen's and said in a low voice, "Daughter-in-law, you must be well!"

Zhao Shen's eyes were red, but he had to smile to appease Xiang Yuan: "Don't worry, Congzi, I will definitely take care of myself and won't cause any accidents to me, I will do what I say!"

Xiang Yuan raised his head and took a deep look at him, then leaned over to kiss him suddenly, then turned around and walked out firmly.

The tears that Zhao Shen held back in his eyes fell down all of a sudden.