Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

But when his eyes fell on the car in the distance, his original curiosity quickly changed to fear, as if he was afraid of something.

Not only the old man, but even the young people around who were still busy looking at him were filled with a hint of something wrong.

It seems to be vigilant, and it seems to be a little on guard.

……

"Me? I... old man, don't you recognize me?"

"That... I'm from the Lujiang Agricultural Department. We met before. Look, this hoe in your hand..."

……

Walking towards the old man quickly, Zhang Yan first saw the other party looking at him with some vigilance, but before he could react for a while, he froze in place, as if he didn't know why the other party suddenly had an interest in him. Such hostility.

But soon, he turned his eyes and found that the old man was holding a hoe in his hand, and the handle of the hoe was engraved with the seal of the Lujiang Government Office, which was obviously issued by his subordinate Agriculture Department, and it was specially used to encourage people. Free agricultural tools for the common people to reclaim wasteland.

He had previously issued a decree last winter that for those who were willing to participate in land reclamation, the Lujiang Agriculture Department would provide them with a large number of farm tools for free.Looking at the guy in the old man's hand now, it is obvious that it was a tool that flowed out from that time.

If you look at it this way, there is no doubt that the other party should have more or less met with Lujiang's Agriculture Department, and had some intersections.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yan simply put on a smiling face, using this incident as an excuse, disguised himself as a small official of the Lujiang Agriculture Department, and started chatting with the old man like this.

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In fact, the reality is like this.For those residents living in cities such as Wancheng, the Lujiang government departments they deal with the most are probably the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Public Security.

These two departments have the most manpower, and their usual duties have the closest intersection with the common people.

Therefore, in Wancheng, many common people are most familiar with the officials of the two departments.

The people in the outer areas of Lujiang were different, or in other words, the people in the entire "non-urban" area were different from those in those towns.

As farmers, the government officials they come into contact with the most may not be the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Public Security who only meet once in a while, but the staff of the Department of Agriculture who are silent under Zhang Yan and have a very low sense of presence.

That being the case, he simply pretended to be an official of the Department of Agriculture, so that the people would be more familiar with him and trust him more, so that he could understand some things more conveniently.

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"Tsk tsk, I just didn't expect... Those guys from the Department of Agriculture have spread their influence to the border of Lujiang without making a sound."

"Unfortunately, I thought they were just step by step recruiting people from within several counties directly under the central government to reclaim wasteland. Now it seems that I have underestimated them."

"From this point of view, purely from the perspective of the ability to solve problems, the people of the Qin and Han dynasties were not much weaker than those of later generations."

……

He silently muttered to the scene in front of him. Although Zhang Yan was a little surprised that he could see traces of his subordinate Agriculture Department in this place that was about to cross the border, judging from the expression on his face, he was smiling. Natural and casual.

I saw him just say hello like this, and at the same time he didn't forget to say hello to several young people behind the old man, and there was no pretentious expression at all.

"Old man, I'm an official of the Lujiang Agriculture Department. I came to you specially this time, in fact, to ask, in terms of farming, if there is anything you need from us, we will do our best to help you solve it. "

"You also know that we are from the Department of Agriculture. Since we are called the Department of Agriculture, we must have something to do with farming. If you have any difficulties here, just talk to me directly."

While talking to the old man, Zhang Yan didn't forget to find an excuse for himself, and got close to the old man.

But not far behind him, Ye'er in light clothes saw her master talking nonsense, she couldn't help but subconsciously rolled her eyes, and then hugged the information that Zhang Yan gave her earlier Some.

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"Cut...it's really like that, the master doesn't know what to think, obviously he only needs to reveal his identity and ask directly, but he still has to hide his identity and pretend to be a staff member of the Department of Agriculture , I really don’t know what it’s trying to figure out.”

……

Subconsciously pouted her lips, Ye'er's eyes only stayed on Zhang Yan for a short while, and then looked into the distance.

As for Zhang Yan's side, judging from his current expression, he must already know Ye'er's thoughts.

His behavior of pretending like he is now may not be understood by many people, but sometimes, his character is pretending to be pretending, but for those low-level people who don’t know a single character, it’s okay to pretend occasionally. It's a very necessary thing to do.

After all, there is always someone who likes to eat this set, right?

As for the old man, after he saw Zhang Yan claiming to be an official of the Department of Agriculture, and at the same time, this man was dressed in luxurious clothes and did not look like an ordinary person, so he let go of his vigilance a little bit, and he was not there for Zhang Yan. Repulsive as before.

"Oh... people from the Department of Agriculture... I know this."

"Before the autumn harvest last autumn, you sent me a batch of 'fertilizer' to the old man. After I applied it to the field according to your method, the harvest of this batch of crops was really good."

"...Oh, that's right! We paid taxes on time, and paid [-]% of the extra harvest. I didn't..."

Talking softly with Zhang Yan, when the old man was talking about this matter, he still didn't forget to look up at the other party, as if he was a little afraid of Zhang Yan.

It was only after seeing that Zhang Yan didn't show anything else that he continued to speak intermittently.

"Well, this chief officer, are you really from the Department of Agriculture?"

"The last time your people came over, they were not as stylishly dressed as you are now... let alone traveling in such a beautiful carriage like you."

"If you want me to tell you, don't lie to the old man... I have lived for so many years, and I have some knowledge."

"You... you are not the lord of some place, are you? I haven't seen anyone else ride that kind of particularly luxurious car in our area of ​​Anfeng."

"Even our local Marquis seems to be worse than you."

Chapter 13 Waterways

I saw everyone chattering towards Zhang Yan. This time, not only the old man in charge, but also many young people started to join in. Obviously, they were still a little uncertain about Zhang Yan's origin.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he realized that it wasn't that these people had a problem with his attitude, but that the distance between his clothes, cars and other foreign objects and ordinary people was too large, which made everyone feel wary.

To put it bluntly, in this era, in the eyes of the common people, those who can afford to wear silk clothes and go out in a carriage pulled by several horses are already considered "high-class people", not even those who pretend to be powerful Local officials can be compared.

With this kind of cognition, it is definitely impossible for "inferior people" like them to not be afraid or guard against aristocratic class like Zhang Yan.

Even if this status quo is reversed by Zhang Yan during his administration, it may take several generations to change.

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"Hehe, old man, this is what you were talking about..."

"I'm really just an ordinary official. This carriage... This carriage is the driver of our prefect. He is a marquis just like the official of the Marquis of Anfeng here, so it is normal that the specification is higher."

"This time I came out with him to do business, and happened to pass by you, so I came to see how our spring plowing is going this year."

"After all, food is the most important thing for the people. The prefect still attaches great importance to the food problem of the common people in Lujiang."

A little embarrassed, he yelled at the old man. After Zhang Yan reluctantly rounded up his sentence, he simply chatted about something else and forcibly changed the topic.

At the same time, he didn't forget to wink at Ye'er who was watching the excitement, as if he was signaling the other party to help him with a few words.

But fortunately, although the old man still looked at Zhang Yan with some hesitation in his eyes at the end, at least he had uncovered the trouble.

"Oh, you said Master Zhang..."

"He is a good official. He is quite different from the previous Lujiang princes. Although he has never seen him before, he is also a good official who is diligent in governing and seizing power, and loves the people like a son..."

Quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhang Yan who was opposite him, where Zhang Yan didn't notice, the old man flattered him while showing a thoughtful look.

Perhaps in terms of knowledge or intelligence, this old man is far inferior to Zhang Yan or other aristocratic families, but under the premise of living long enough, people who are not smart... may not be really stupid .

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"Master Zhang... If so..."

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"By the way, didn't the kid from Engong's family in the village come back to his hometown a few days ago?"

……

He muttered a few words in a place that Zhang Yan couldn't notice, the old man didn't just have something wrong, as if he suddenly figured out something, he became a little talkative in front of Zhang Yan.

After he turned around and drove away a group of young people who were watching the excitement, and told them to go to work in the fields without disturbing him, the old man brought Zhang Yan and Ye'er to a place under the shade of a tree, and his attitude changed from before. Be positive a lot.

"This chief officer, speaking of it, you have really worked hard during this time."

"Last year, it was because of your help that we experienced a bumper harvest of grain, and this year was even better. At the beginning of the new year, people from our Agriculture Department gave us a large number of farm tools."

"Not only that, but you also taught us how to open up wasteland for a few days, otherwise we dig the soil for food in these days, how can we level the surrounding land so quickly!"

He said to everyone with a smile, the old man drew a circle in the direction of the river bank in front with his hand, and then turned around again, looking at Zhang Yan and others beside him.

"Look at the south bank of the Huai River, there was a bare prairie before."

"We learned from the people in the Department of Agriculture that we set fire to the land last winter while the climate was dry, and then waited until the spring to break ground, so that this entire piece of wasteland was reclaimed into fertile land. Not only is the reclaimed land fertile, but the efficiency is also higher. It was much higher than in previous years.”

As if he was very confident about this year's situation, the old man answered Zhang Yan's questions one after another, and most of his words were filled with satisfaction, which made Zhang Yan let go of his previous hanging heart. Quite a lot.

As a person who is used to many struggles in later generations, Zhang Yan is not afraid of encountering any difficulties that are difficult to solve. What he fears most is that his government orders cannot be effectively communicated to the local area, causing him to be like those peerless "faint lords". It was really unacceptable for him to leave the hall.

Listening to the old man now, it seems that some of my government orders last year, such as encouraging wasteland reclamation and subsidizing self-cultivating farmers, have been fully implemented.

For example, some aids to the bottom, although it is difficult for Zhang Yan to guarantee that he will be absolutely free from corruption in this era, but at the very least, such as some basic things, after the split of Lujiang’s municipal government, it is indeed better than before. "Lujiang Juncheng" and "Junwei" are much more efficient when they are in charge.

A result like the present one is enough to satisfy him.

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"Yeah, if we people feel better, then it's really better."

"Old man, let's see, there is still something that the Department of Agriculture has not done enough. I will help you talk to the prefect, maybe we can solve it?"

Smiling softly and nodding to the old man, Zhang Yan saw that there was no big problem in this regard, and his eyes became a little relaxed.

Just looking in the direction the old man was pointing at, Zhang Yan not only noticed the flat land in the distance, but also found that the sun had already slanted to the west, and the sky might be completely dark in the near future.

Thinking back to his official business of going out this time, Zhang Yan stopped talking, and planned to take a formality and ask a few more questions, so he took Ye'er away from this wheat field, and tried to arrive at the wheat field before the sky was completely dark. The destination of this trip is the place where the old site of the state is located.

It's just that he didn't expect that the old man, who had been avoiding talking about the difficulties he had encountered before, would actually talk to him after he said something now.

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"It can't be said that there is no trouble at all."

"It's just this... Chief Officer, if you have nothing to do, please come with me to take a look, and then you will know naturally."

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Some hesitantly said to Zhang Yan, the old man originally thought that Zhang Yan was only a member of the lord An Fenghou, asking him what request he had for the Lujiang Agriculture Department was just trying to trick him. Reluctant to speak.

Now that he found out that the identity of the other party was different from what he had expected before, maybe Zhang Yan was really willing to lend a helping hand and maybe help him a little bit.

It is definitely impossible to say that there is no difficulty in reclaiming wasteland.It's just that as a farmer, like some jobs that they can overcome by themselves, the old man must strive to overcome them by himself.

He is very clear that some "basic managers" in this era, that is, those petty officials, even if they put forward some demands to the other party, the other party may not be able to accept it.