Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Among the crowd, a small number of people left quickly and came back with more people.

"Now be quiet, and those whose names are called should come forward." Meng Changqing started calling from the beginning of the list.

Now that everyone is here, it is much simpler than when Yang Zheng and the others were doing the counting last night.

As soon as the basic name was announced, someone came forward.

Meng Changqing would always remind everyone who got the plaque, "Be sure to keep it properly. If it is lost or damaged, you will have to pay for a replacement at the government office."

After all the ID cards were issued, Meng Changqing raised his hand and said loudly: "I have just told each of you that you must keep the things issued to you properly, and you must pay for them if you lose them.

Some people will definitely not accept this. It’s just a wooden sign. If it’s lost, it’s lost. At worst, you can just not use it anymore, right?

Let me tell you what this wooden sign is.

This is the identity card of the people of Beishan County. Holding this card in your hand means that you are a citizen of Beishan County. You can get the land and seeds allocated to you. During the busy farming season, you can also use this card to borrow oxen from the government.

But if you don’t have this badge, the government will not recognize your identity.

There must be some smart people below who are thinking, if I don’t have my own, then is it okay to ask others to borrow it?
I am here to tell you, no, each of these signs is different, with your name and some important information on it, and this sign represents you as a person."

When Meng Changqing said this, he changed his tone. Although his voice was still loud, it was not as serious as before.

"Take the example of paying grain after the autumn harvest. If you borrow someone else's ID card to pay the grain, the grain will be recorded in someone else's name. It's like using your own grain to pay for someone else. Are you willing to borrow someone else's ID card?"

The people below naturally didn't want to.

Meng Changqing continued, "After hearing what I said, some of you must be thinking about lending your ID card to others, thinking that you can get a bargain. But think about it, if the person who took your ID card does something bad and leaves it on the spot, who do you think the government will arrest?"

“Then we can’t lend it out.” Originally, people just held the wooden sign in their hands, but now, after hearing this, many of them put it directly into their arms.

Meng Changqing emphasized again: "You must preserve it well. Don't think about taking other people's things, and don't let others take your things."

After saying so much, Meng Changqing's throat was a little bit tired. He turned sideways and coughed twice, then continued: "The Beishan County Government is keeping its word. The land promised to be distributed to you will be distributed now."

Meng Changqing raised his finger and pointed to the south. "Look in the direction of my finger, there are two villages that Beishan County is planning to build. There is nothing there, right?" Meng Changqing smiled and said, "When you move in, there will be something there. Let's go and see your new home."

The so-called visiting the new home actually means visiting the two wooden sticks erected by Meng Changqing, which is the center point.

Anyway, within this range, there are two villages, Anxi and Andong.

However, in such a large area, we cannot allow them to build at will, as the land will inevitably be wasted, and fights over a ridge will definitely occur.

Meng Changqing had already prepared for this.

She carried two large pieces of paper with her. When they were spread out, they contained her preliminary plans for the two villages. The locations of the fields and the villages were all drawn out.

"You can choose whichever of these two villages you like," Meng Changqing said. "Those who want to stay in Andong Village can stay here, and those who want to go to Anxi Town can follow this gentleman and walk a little further."

This gentleman was Chu Mufeng. He stood next to the horse, holding the blueprint of Anxi Village in his hand with a serious expression. When the people saw him like that, they were frightened and did not want to go over there. Many of them said they would rather stay here.

Chu Mufeng didn't care what the crowd said. He had to do what Meng Changqing told him to do.

Therefore, he mounted his horse and said to the people below, "If you want to go to Anxi Village, follow me." Chu Mufeng had already walked some distance with his subordinates, but no one followed him.

Wang Xun, who was right beside him, said lazily, "Sir, there is no one here, why are we still going that way?"

"Lord Meng once said that there must always be someone who is different from everyone else," Chu Mufeng said.

Sure enough, after he walked forward for a while and looked back, he saw several people chasing after him.

First there were a few, then a dozen, and then dozens.

Chu Mufeng slowed down and waited for the person behind him.

Wang Xun said: "Master Meng is right."

Zheng Hongyu looked at those who were leaving and actually wanted to go over there to take a look, but after comprehensive consideration, she finally decided to stay here.

Soon, the county magistrate in front gave another order, asking them to line up in a long queue.

With her previous experience, Zheng Hongyu quickly squeezed into the crowd, but she was alone and weak, so she was pushed to the back.

When it was her turn to go forward, many people in front of her had already been led by the police to mark out the land.

"You can choose the grids without words in them. The red grids are residential land, and the black grids are farmland."

The county magistrate's voice was a little hoarse, but his tone was very calm, so calm that it was hard to believe that he was an official.

"Where is your ID card?" asked the county magistrate.

Zheng Hongyu immediately took the sign out of her arms.

I only heard the county magistrate read out her name from the nameplate, "Zheng Hongyu." Then he asked, "You also have a father named Zheng Laosan, right?"

Seeing her nod, the county magistrate continued, "You two people in your family can choose two acres of residential land and four acres of farmland. Do you want them together or separately?"

"Stay together." Zheng Hongyu said quickly.

"Then take a look and tell me which side you want to choose."

Zheng Hongyu looked at the squares carefully, and she said to herself that the only ones she could choose were those without words in the squares. In fact, she couldn't see any difference between the squares, and she thought that she could just pick any two squares close together.

Just as she was thinking this, the county magistrate spoke again, "I heard that your father is in poor health, and your family will definitely rely on you in the future. So it would be best if your neighbors are not those who take advantage of you and gossip about you. Among the people who came here, do you know anyone you know and think you can get along with well?"

Zheng Hongyu said honestly: "I know some, but I'm not very familiar with them."

"Really?" the county magistrate asked, "Do you want to live with the people from your previous village?"

Zheng Hongyu shook her head, "No."

She saw the county magistrate's finger slide towards a grid and point at it, "There is a couple living here, both are very good people. If you believe me, you can become their neighbor. There happens to be two acres of vacant land next to their house."

Zheng Hongyu noticed that one of the two empty boxes pointed by the county magistrate had a red dot. She didn't know what that meant, but she was certain that the red dot was not left there by accident. (End of this chapter)