Chapter 164:

The original name of Dinghai County was Wanghai County. After several names change, it was changed to Dinghai until the previous dynasty.
Haiding can only Boning, and its meaning to Ningbo House is self-evident.
But now Dinghai County has changed the prosperity of the previous dynasty, but it seems very depressed.
Xue Tingyan and his entourage went from Tongzhou to Zhejiang south via the canal, and stayed in Shaoxing for a while before changing their boat to Dinghai. When I arrived in Dinghai County, there were a few days before March, which was not too early or too late.
Now that the county officials are transferred, the former county officials can leave after the officials of both sides have handed over the seal. When Xue Tingyan and his party arrived at the place, Hu San originally told people to go to the county government office to inform him, but he was blocked by Xue Tingyan.
A group of people walked side by side and walked along the road to see the scenery of this strange place. After walking for three or four days, they arrived at Dinghai County.
Dinghai is a large county with 96 villages in ten townships, more than 30,000 households and hundreds of thousands of people.
Local people make a living by fishing and farming. There are four salt farms in Dinghai. The salt produced in the county of Guangdinghai accounts for nearly 40% of the entire Ningbo government and is known as the township of salt. Therefore, the people under the rule of life are still wealthy.
Of course, this is only superficial. In fact, since the establishment of the Dachang Dynasty, the imperial court has ordered several inward movements. First, the people near the Zhoushan Islands were forcibly moved to the land, and then in the 25th year of Chengtian, the inward movement was fifty miles. Today, fishing boats are no longer seen along the coast, and even the saltworks have been forced to stop at two places.
Traveling along the way, I saw that most of the people were doing nothing. Some of them wore rags in ragged clothes, while others were dressed in bright clothes that did not leave the city.
Even if it is a move, I can see some clues, and there is always someone in the market who carries the sword with him, which is not good at first glance.
If you want to learn about the customs of the people, it is useless to go straight to the county government office.
This suggestion was proposed by Bao Yixing, the master of Qianliang, who was invited by Xue Tingyan in Shaoxing. Xue Tingyan listened to him and listened to it all the way, and did not rush to the county government office to hand over.
Looking at it this way, it really paid off. After all, neither in dream nor in reality, Xue Tingyan had never been to Zhejiang.
For Zhejiang, Dinghai County, and even those smuggled sea merchants, he just listened to what people said. Even in that dream he had received many benefits from these people, but he only saw the silver, but he did not know what was in it.
Now that he was born as a parental official, Emperor Jiacheng would throw him into such a place without saying a word, which must have a deep meaning. And this deep meaning must be solved by Xue Tingyan himself, in order to kill a blood from all sides.
As for the master Bao Yixing, Xue Tingyan specially went to Shaoxing to invite him.
In Shaoxing, there are many masters in the local area. There are many local masters who are active in the local officialdom. It can be seen.
In that dream, Xue Tingyan had eaten the bitterness of a newcomer who had just arrived, and he would never make the same mistake again.
So before I came to Dinghai County, I went to Shaoxing. I was not afraid of myself. Anyway, no one expected that he would make a detour to Shaoxing. The world is full of profits, as long as it can afford a large price, it has a good future, and there are enough vassals to swarm.
Xue Tingyan is not short of words. As for the fame, the six yuan and the first, which is the second in the world, are enough to attract many people.
So don't look at Bao Yixing standing here at this time. In fact, he can come to Xue Tingyan and still have some battles before he can win the title of Master Qianliang in Zhixian County, Dinghai County.
There is also a forensic teacher named Hou Wanqian, who is also a talented man in Shaoxing. Now that these two masters are here for the first time, they are also fighting very hard. It seems that there is no mountain and dew. In fact, in order to the first person around Xue Tingyan, the two have fought a few rounds.
All of this is probably in the mind of Xue Tingyan. As for Zhaoer, I saw that this fat master is here, and Minger is the thin master.
In order to win the appreciation of the new owners, these two masters spent a lot of time on the past, from the past to the past, to the local people's livelihood, and various current affairs.
Anyway, let Zhao Er look at it, and this month twenty-two silver is worth it.
Yes, these two masters are invited at a high price. The price is higher than that of Xue Tingyan, a county known as a county. To know that his seven-ranking imperial court official, the monthly salaries are equivalent to these two masters.
"Ordinary people can carry swords at will, is there no official government?" Zhaoer wondered.
Bao Yixing explained: "My wife doesn't know that this place is different from the mainland. From time to time, there are pirates harassing the border. This carries swords for self-preservation. There is no government office to manage these."
"Sea harassment?" This is the first time Zhaoer heard about the sea pirate. She looked at Bao Yixing and then went to Xue Tingyan.
Xue Tingyan glanced at Bao Yixing secretly, and then said to Zhao'er: "Don't listen to him, this is just an individual phenomenon. In the broad daylight, how can there be so many pirates ..."
Before this remark, there was a commotion in the crowd.
"The pirates are here, run quickly ..."
In a state of dull face, the group saw the shop behind them all closed, and some small vendors picked up the important things on the stall and ran away.
But in a short time, the people on the street disappeared without a trace, leaving only the messy ground and the shaky guise, indicating that there were many people before.
"All ran, shall we also run?" Zhao'er said, reaching for Xue Tingyan.
But it was too late at this time, and I heard a sound of horseshoes, together with some strange weird sounds, galloping from a distance.
These people are dressed strangely, and most of them are disheveled and can't see their faces, wearing strange clothes, and shoes that are made of wood and pedal. They have all kinds of weapons in their hands, swords, sticks and everything, and a few kitchen knives that are estimated to be robbed by someone.
Only the two headed by the horses were armed with sharp slender Japanese swords.
Finished! Zhaoer thought to himself, subconsciously squeezed Hong'er in his arms, and reached out to pull Xue Tingyan to his side.
On this street, their team is striking.
A group of more than ten people, old and small, a dog and a few girls. Zhaoer saw the people stop and looked over with terrible eyes.
"There is a flower girl here ..." The group of people, who didn't know who it was, said in a weird accent.
Bao Yixing frightened his legs.
Shaoxing is adjacent to Ningbo. On weekdays, I only heard that there were harassment by pirates ashore from time to time. Who would have thought that it was so unlucky. When I first arrived at the place, I encountered such a case.
However, he also knew that it was too late to run, so he had to be brave and stepped forward: "If you are interested, you should go quickly and know who my lord is?"
The other person laughed. These people are also different from ordinary people in laughter. They are extremely unpleasant, some are like old crows crying, and some are like night owls crying. Zhao'er was afraid of frightening his son, so he quickly reached out to cover his ears, but unfortunately he lost one hand.
Besides, Hong'er won't let her hide, and she grabbed Niang's hand, only showing a pair of big eyes, and looked at those strange people with energy.
Laughing, someone said in a weird tone: "Do you know who we are? The courage is quite big. I think you are quite fat. If you kill the stew, you will be able to eat enough."
Bao Yixing's face was brushed white, and there were several female families including Zhao'er. As for Hu San, they stared at these people with a staring gaze. Apart from Hu San, the other followers were also a bit timid, but they knew that they might not be able to solve the problem now.
Only Xue Tingyan didn't seem to hear these words, nor looked at them, but looked at the street not far away, and said in his mouth why he hadn't come yet.
He was naturally seen by those opposite him, and one of them couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"
This man spoke Chinese, but as soon as he spoke, he was glared at by the leader.
Soon they knew what Xue Tingyan was looking at.
At the intersection there was a hurried man wearing an official uniform of Lulubuzi.
This person is Liu Bichang, Zhixian County, Dingyuan County, who was followed by the squad of the brigade and squad, almost 34 people.
Liu Bichang ran out of breath, and when everyone stood still, he stared fiercely at the pirates and said, "Xue Zhixian, the late arrival of the officer makes you frightened."
At the same time, the servants behind him were desperately anxious: "Don't fight me yet! These people dare to disturb Master Xue, and they will not be spared when they seize it."
With his scolding, those servants shouted and killed, withdrawing the big knife from their waists, rushing towards the pirates.
The two sides will be in one place and they will not be able to fight.
A Japanese man fell heavily on the roadside stall and made a huge bang, he shouted, "I'm injured!"
At the same time, there were many others shouting like this. The leading Japanese pirate looked at these officers and men with a pretentious glance and ordered: "Withdraw!"
Then the group of pirates evacuated.
The government of Dingyuan County chased for a long time. Until Xue Tingyan and Liu Bichang had set a few trips back and forth, no one came back and said, "Master Ma, those pirates are so cunning that they have hidden their horses outside the city. Incompetence, let them run away. "
He limped behind and followed a few bureaucrats, who seemed to be quite injured, and at first glance did his best.
Liu Bichang sighed: "Yes, you are also working hard. It is not that you are incompetent. It is really a pirate who comes and goes like a wind. Afterwards, I will report this to the Dinghaiwei Institute and let them send troops to suppress these people."
After a long sigh, he said to Xue Tingyan: "Master Xue, come back to the yamen with me, this time you are frightened, I have to set up a table to catch the wind and dust for you."
Xue Tingyan gave Hu San a look and asked him to take care of the children and mothers, and then took the lead to the county government office along with Liu Bichang.
Yamen, Dinghai County is not far from here, the two said while walking.
Xue Tingyan asked: "Sir Liu, do such things happen often here? I saw that they were as if they had entered a land of no one. The evasion of the ordinary people could not be seen for the first time. This is Dinghai County. , Not the small township below. "
Liu Bichang sighed: "Sir Master Xue, you don't know, these people just grab something, generally it won't hurt people. This Dingyuan County is close to the seaside, so some maritime fighters who can't live a day are going to grab one Fan. Speaking of this, the official is also a magnificent county, but it is a pity that Yali County has limited military strength, which is really stretched. "
"Oh, that's what it is." Xue Tingyan's eyes flashed without asking more.
After that, Liu Bichang briefly introduced things such as local people's livelihood and current affairs with him. Halfway through, I arrived at Dinghai County Government Office.
This county bureau is no different from the general county bureau. It may be because it is located along the coast, and typhoons and tsunamis are indispensable. Therefore, the county bureau is very strong, and at a glance, it is a great effort.
There is a photo wall in front of the county government office, and a archway behind the photo wall. The archway is the gate, and the walls on both sides of the gate are in the shape of a figure. The eight-character wall is used to post some notices, posters and other official documents.
Going further is the Yimen, the middle is the main door, and the sides are corner doors. Behind the Yimen is the largest yard in the county government. A small pavilion named 'Ji Shi Pavilion' was set up on the courtyard, on which was engraved 'Erluerlu, the people anointing the people's fat, the people are easily abused, God It's hard to bully 'sixteen characters.
There is a Yongdao road north under the stone stele. When it reaches the platform, the platform is the court where the county magistrate handles the case.
After the public hall, there are also two halls and three halls, on both sides are the county office and six houses, as well as Marco, Chengfafang, and the shop director. As for the three churches, it is the inner government, which is where Zhixian lives. The residences of county officials, masters and other officials are also here, generally attached to the left and right sides.
Liu Bichang greeted Xue Tingyan to the three halls, where he had already prepared a sumptuous table.
Dingyuan County Cheng Cheng, Zhu Rong, and other officials are on the left and right sides. In addition to Bao Yixing, two masters and Hu San, Zhao'er and others have been taken in and placed in the local government.
After a few dishes, Xue Tingyan has been fighting with these people.
He drank a lot of wine, and Sven's face was flushed. Seeing this, Liu Bichang was not good enough to persuade him, and he was ordered to help him to the inner government to be settled. As for the handover of the Great Seal, we can only wait for tomorrow.
After Xue Tingyan left, Liu Bichang turned into a gloomy face.
"These people don't know how to do things. When Xinzhi County stepped down to take office, he made such an outburst and caused the official to spend a lot of time before perfunctory."
Xian Cheng said bitterly, "Sir, this matter is not under our control. Who knows that this surnamed Xue suddenly made such a sudden appearance, and the person came to the county town before he ordered people to come to spread the word."
"That is, we are simply not prepared."
Liu Bichang glanced at these people: "You will take care of this matter yourself, anyway, tomorrow will be, the official will leave here. As for the future days in Dinghai County, whether it is sunny or cloudy, or collapsed or sinking, all with the official Irrelevant. "
The following people looked at each other and retreated silently.