Chapter 406 Becoming a County Captain
"The Xiang army has retreated, we can go home."
Yingbao recounted the story of Zhou Fu's defeat of the Xiao brothers, and finally said: "Now that Cao Shen is dead, two of his men have defected to the Xiao family and are probably not in the county. I will go to the county in a while and will Clean up the house at home.”
"Okay, I will take your mother with me then." After Jiang Sanlang said that, he went to greet his parents and eldest brother to pack their things and return to the village.
The things in Jiang Sanlang's family are simple, only some daily necessities and food. The rest of his food and valuables are kept with his daughter.
As the villagers returned to the village one after another, everyone became busy.
The wheat stalks in the fields need to be cut, the ground needs to be plowed, and the wheat needs to be threshed and dried.
Then it’s time to transplant rice seedlings and hoe beans.
At this moment, someone from the county government suddenly came and asked Jiang Sanlang to go to the county seat, saying that the new county magistrate wanted to summon him.
The yamen servant also joked: "It's a good thing that Jiang Cunzheng doesn't need to be nervous. You'll know when you arrive. Please let me know if it's a small inconvenience."
Jiang Sanlang was confused and had to go to the county seat with the government officials.
Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang were worried and insisted on going with their third brother. Chen Zhu and several others said they were going to the county town to buy some things, so they happened to go together.
Ying Bao was not worried, because the book in her mind suddenly had new content. It said that her father would get a position, and it would be a high-level official position.
Sure enough, when Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang came back, they told everyone the good news. Jiang Sanlang was appointed as the ninth-grade county captain by the new Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, and he would stay in the county on duty in the future.
Moreover, Jiang Sanlang also chose Chen Zhu as his subordinate, and the county magistrate also approved it. Now Chen Zhu is the head of the county guard.
"Is this true?" Patriarch Chen was so happy that he rubbed his hands and said, "Finally, our old Chen family has someone who eats public food, hehe!"
Mrs. Tang was even more happy, clapped her hands and said, "Oh, God has blessed me. Our Zhu'er has finally made his mark."
He turned around and handed his daughter-in-law Shao a bunch of money: "Go to the grass market quickly and get a bottle of wine. We, the ladies, will celebrate tonight."
"Oh, I'll go right away." Mr. Shao pursed his lips and smiled, leading his little girl to the grass market outside the village to buy wine.
Patriarch Chen stroked his beard and said to himself: "Sanlang went to the county seat to become a county captain, so who will be the mayor of our village?"
Mrs. Tang rolled her eyes at him: "Of course it's Jiang Dalang. The most virtuous and respected family in our village right now is none other than the Jiang family."
Patriarch Chen nodded: "Yes! I will go and discuss with those people and let Jiang Dalang take over the village affairs."
After that, he went to find some village elders, hands behind his back, and walked to Jiang's house together.
When Jiang Dalang heard the purpose of Patriarch Chen's visit, he was a little surprised and said awkwardly: "I, I can't do it."
"Why not?" A village elder puffed his beard and glared: "Are you trying to hold your third brother back?"
Jiang Dalang:
Patriarch Chen stroked his beard and said: "The village leader of our village must be you. Don't refuse. There are so many families outside waiting to build houses. There is no time to delay."
"That's right, Dalang, don't miss your farm work." Chen Sanyou also said: "We chose you because you are familiar with Sanlang's affairs. If you leave others alone, you may not be able to be comprehensive."
Uncle Jiang thought for a while. He could only nod: "Okay."
Therefore, Jiang Dalang took over the work of his younger brother Jiang Sanlang and served as the village leader of Dongchen Village.
A few months later, the Zhou Dynasty not only put down King Cheng's rebellion, but also recovered all the lost cities. Later, it captured three major states and further expanded its territory.
Today, there are only four states left in the territory of Daqian, and they are all very barren territories with very little arable farmland.
The soldiers in Da Qian could not even eat, and how could they serve the imperial court? They fled one after another and came to the borders of the Zhou Dynasty, because many of their hometowns were here.
Those merchants and noble families also fled and took refuge in the Zhou Dynasty.
Among them was the Wen family.
Wen Jingyan brought his family into Jiankang City. With his superb medical skills, he became the imperial physician of the imperial hospital.
In the fourth year of the Kaiyuan period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty led his troops to conquer the remaining three states in one fell swoop. He brought Emperor Murong Xian of Great Guizhou back to the capital and was granted the title of Marquis of Longevity. He kept his clothes and food in the inner courtyard of the palace.
Xiao Chengjun was also brought back and lived with his brother Xiao Mo in the Earl's Mansion.
Their father was a little hemiplegic after a stroke. Fortunately, his life was not in danger. He was made an earl by the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty and lived under the emperor's nose. Like his son, he was not allowed to leave Beijing for anything.
Now Yingbao is sixteen years old, a proper eldest girl, and has moved to the county town with her mother-in-law.
Jiang Sanlang holds the position of county captain in the county government and is busy with affairs, so someone must take care of his daily life.
So Chun Niang took her daughter to live in the two-in house next to the shop.
It happened that her daughter was getting older and it was not suitable to be seen in public so often, so Chun Niang also bought two little girls and hired a woman to do chores and a coachman.
The two little girls are not very old, both eleven or twelve years old, and come from poor families.
Yingbao named them Muxiang and Xinghua respectively.
Muxiang is a little more stable, while Xinghua is lively. They were sold by their parents when they were nine years old, and then resold to Qinchuan County. They happened to meet Chun Niang and her daughter going to the dental shop to see someone.
Seeing how skinny they were, Chun Niang bought them all.
"My dear lady, the mail has arrived." Xinghua quickly ran into Yingbao's boudoir holding her skirt and handed the package in her arms to her young master.
Ying Bao took the package and used scissors to unsew the stitches.
There was a letter in the package, as well as several pieces of beautiful silk cloth and a box of beads and flowers.
This was sent by his younger brother Jiang Jie. The letter said that he would take part in the examination this year and asked his parents and sister to go to the capital to accompany him.
Yingbao pursed her lips and smiled, and immediately took the letter and went to find her mother-in-law.
She hasn't seen her two younger brothers for several years, especially Jiang Jie, who has never been home since he went to Jiankang with Mr. Wu.
Jiang Jie once sent a letter back saying that he was left by the emperor to study in the Imperial College and was not allowed to return to his hometown until he passed the Jinshi examination.
He also said that Mr. Wu was already serving in the capital and would not be able to come back.
Now that the country is unified, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty once again opened the door to recruiting talented people. No matter where they were born, as long as they are talented people with lofty ideals, the emperor will personally inspect them. If they have no bad deeds and good moral character, they will be given corresponding positions.
"Mom, Xiaojie sent a package and a letter." Yingbao read the letter to Chun Niang, and finally asked: "Should we go to the capital?"
Chun Niang took the letter and looked at it carefully, but unfortunately she didn't recognize any of them.
He sighed and said, "We'll wait until your father comes back. Let's ask him if he wants to go."
Since my husband became a county captain, he leaves early and comes home late every day. Sometimes he goes out to patrol the city and doesn't come back for a day or two.
Ying Bao: "Dad will definitely not be able to go. Then we will go."
Dad is very busy and often misses home. Moreover, he is now a high-ranking military attache. He cannot just put down his duties and go to the capital casually. If he is demoted by his superiors, it will embarrass his younger brother.