Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 441 The last one

Meng Changqing always has things to do. After settling Mo Lixiao, she goes out early and comes back late every day and hardly runs into Mo Lixiao.

In the blink of an eye, it was September and the autumn harvest was coming to an end. The people were almost busy, and the next step was the connection between the county government and the prefectural government.

Normally, he should have had more free time, but since Cheng Guangchu took over, he was inevitably busy and flustered. Fortunately, Meng Changqing was there to back him up, so he could boldly do it.

At noon that day, Cheng Guang found Meng Changqing with dark circles under his eyes and said, "Sir, I have checked these account books again and again."

Meng Changqing nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Cheng Guang didn't dare to accept these three words, "I am the one who caused you trouble."

"There's no need to be polite between you and me. You're busy in the fields and warehouses, and it's really hard work. It's normal that there are some unclear points in the account records. After all, I've never been involved in this before, and I just took over. I can understand." Meng Changqing said, "I see that you are making progress every day and you don't make the mistakes I pointed out again. I know that you are dedicated to this job."

Hearing Meng Changqing say this, Cheng Guang's eyelids, which were almost closing, instantly returned to their original position.

Meng Changqing checked the account book handed over by Cheng Guang again, and after confirming that it was correct, he asked someone to send it to Liangzhou Prefecture.

However, the new prefect of Liangzhou had not arrived yet, and after the account books were submitted, there was no further response.

It was not until the eighth day of September that the yamen runner in charge of gathering information sent back a letter saying that the prefect of Liangzhou would soon take office.

Meng Changqing set off immediately and rushed to the Liangzhou government office.

When she arrived, she found that several other county magistrates had arrived earlier than her.

"Master Xiao Meng." Hua Rujin made room for her. "I was just about to send someone to inform you."

"Thank you for your concern, Lord Hua." Meng Changqing said with a smile, "I am the last one again. Where is the prefect?"

"According to the report from the front, they have just left Hongzhou and it will take at least two hours to arrive. We just need to go to the city gate half an hour in advance to welcome them." "Sir Meng, what you said just now is not right." Cao Hongxing said, "You are not the last one, look who else has not come yet?"

Meng Changqing had just noticed that Mao Chunfang was not there, but he still pretended to look around before saying, "Did Lord Mao receive the message?"

"You received the news in Beishan County, how could he not receive it?" Hua Rujin obviously did not agree with Mao Chunfang's approach.

"That Lord Mao...I'm afraid he was delayed by something urgent." Meng Changqing also found an excuse for Mao Chunfang.

Cao Hongxing looked at her and smiled, but said nothing more.

Hua Rujin sighed, "Let's not talk about him. We are both officials in Liangzhou. We should keep each other informed if there is anything. Who knows more about the new prefect?"

Meng Changqing picked up the teacup beside him and didn't intend to say a word more.

It was Cao Hongxing who spoke first, "The person with the most up-to-date information in our county is Lord Mao. Now that he hasn't arrived, who else can we ask?"

"I have heard something." Ding Aixue opened his mouth mainly to tell Meng Changqing, "The new prefect was originally a county magistrate in a certain place. He also studied hard. He can probably understand the difficulties of us officials."

Zeng Jing agreed, "That's all I've heard."

Ding Aixue added: "If a county magistrate can be promoted to prefect, he must have achieved some success in the past."

"Then our future will be difficult," Zeng Jing said.

"What's good or bad, just do what you need to do." Cao Hongxing said, "Are you here officials working for the prefect?"

Zeng Jing smiled and said, "Master Cao is right."

There was an awkward moment, and no one spoke. After a cup of tea, Hua Rujin asked, "Should we send someone to call Master Mao?"