Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng Yi chuckled, realizing he had forgotten that the people around him wouldn't know about these things.

So he explained, "This telescope is similar to a cylinder, either monocular or binocular, with lenses arranged inside. Through this cylinder, you can clearly see things thousands of meters away."

"A microscope also has different lenses arranged, but it looks at extremely tiny things. Tell the research institute that it will be considered qualified if they can see bugs in the water that are invisible to the naked eye, understand?"

"Understood!" Ao Chen didn't question it at all. In Taoyuan County, Fang Zheng Yi's words were the truth.

If he said there were invisible bugs in the water, then there definitely were!

"Very good, any other questions?"

"Yes! Recently, a group of unusual people have infiltrated Taoyuan County. They have been asking about you. I thought that perhaps Master had offended someone in the capital, so I didn't dare lock them up."

"However, there was a group of six people who seemed to be cultists... We locked them up for interrogation for a while, but after getting nothing, we released them all."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng Yi immediately perked up.

Interesting, it seems quite a few people are making moves behind my back.

"Where are those people now?"

"After being sent to the re-education center, they settled down in the county! Master, don't worry, they are all very honest and there are no problems. Do you want me to bring them to the county office for you to meet in person?"

Fang Zheng Yi nodded, "Okay, bring them all over, I want to see who they are."

"Oh, Master, also, the circuit inspector of Hengjiang Prefecture, Wu Sheng, has moved to the county."

Fang Zheng Yi sneered, "Heh, traitor. I'll deal with him later, let's go to the county office first!"

............

Inside the county office, Fang Zheng Yi sat in that familiar chair again.

Although he used to hate working here, after not sitting in it for so long, a sense of familiarity arose in his heart.

Looking at the eleven people standing upright in the hall, Fang Zheng Yi couldn't help but find it a little funny.

It wasn't like people hadn't been sent to Taoyuan County to investigate information before, but the living standards in Taoyuan County were high, and the county residents spoke so pleasantly that they were generally easily assimilated.

Add a little chicken soup for the soul, some outward bound training, a bath, and brainwashing, and you couldn't drive them away even if you wanted to!

I wonder which two unlucky kids sent me spies.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ao Chen opened his mouth and shouted, "Stand properly! The Master Fang you've all been longing to see has arrived!"

The eleven people snapped to attention!

"Greetings, Master!"

Ao Chen looked at Fang Zheng Yi with a smug expression, then shouted to the crowd, "What is our goal!"

The eleven people shouted in unison, "To strive for the lifelong construction of Taoyuan County into the first rich, civilized, and harmonious county in Jing Country!"

As soon as the words fell, six of them shouted again, "To dedicate our hearts to Taoyuan County!"

Fang Zheng Yi's face fell, and he turned to look at Ao Chen, "What's going on? Did you guys change the teaching materials after I left?"

Ao Chen was sweating profusely, and quickly said in a low voice, "Reporting to Master, we didn't change them! We're still using the second edition of the teaching materials. These six people are those cultists. I don't know why these few people are always so excited... I didn't teach them to say this either..."

Fang Zheng Yi stroked his chin, staring at the six people with excited faces, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, maybe this is the common problem of low-end cultists....

They're in good spirits, but their intelligence isn't that great....

Fang Zheng Yi pointed at the group of six and said, "I ask you, where did you come from, who sent you, what is the name of the sect?"

The leader stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Master, we are from the Water God Sect. Our superiors sent us to investigate Taoyuan County, but we don't have a specific contact person. We are rotated irregularly, so we don't know who sent us."

"We only know that we were told to stay here, wait for news, and then go back to report!"

Water God Sect?

Fang Zheng Yi smacked his lips. It seemed like he had heard of it somewhere, but he didn't care. It was probably a small cult that accidentally came to Taoyuan County and took a fancy to it...

So he nodded and said, "Well, good, everyone who comes here is a Taoyuan person. This official will not pursue the past. Since you like it here, live well here."

"If anyone from the Water God Sect contacts you again, remember to report it in time, understand?"

"Thank you, Master! Understood!" The cultists shouted excitedly, as if they were talking to the sect leader.

"Well... very good! Very good! Work hard, earn more money, and pay more taxes! Maybe this official will personally reward you as tax-paying models in the future!"

After Fang Zheng Yi finished speaking, Ao Chen leaned close to Fang Zheng Yi's ear: "Master... these few people, except for food and rent, hand over all the rest as taxes..."

"What! Aren't these guys crazy?" Fang Zheng Yi was angry.

"You six! Stop working, go back for a remake. When you learn to be normal people, then let them participate in work again. Damn, if we do this, won't it lead my Taoyuan people astray?"

Ao Chen held back his laughter: "Understood, Master."

"You six! Go back first, don't work anymore, Master will give you a vacation to rest. We'll arrange things and notify you in a few days!"

The six people snapped to attention again, gave a salute, and walked out in a row.

"Be sure to train these six people well. In the future, if this Water God Sect comes again, send them out as internal spies."

"Understood, Master!"

Fang Zheng Yi squinted his eyes, looking at the remaining five people: "Speak, where did you come from?"

The leader of the remaining five people stood up and said, "Reporting to Master, we six came from the capital, under the orders of Minister Zhang Shi of the Ministry of Revenue, to investigate you. He wants to seize your weakness!"

Hiss... This old bastard, so insidious. I just beat his son up, and he's so petty....

"Wait a minute... six? Aren't there five of you?"

"Reporting to Master, there are six of us. One of them has returned to the capital to pick up his mother."

Fang Zheng Yi nodded. Life in Taoyuan County is really good. Once you come, you don't want to leave.

"Don't the rest of you have mothers? Why don't you go back?"

"We wrote letters. His mother is old and frail and can't walk. She was worried and went to pick her up in person."

At this time, one of them suddenly cried out.

"Master... I don't have a mother... sob sob sob..."

"Uh... condolences. Then have you also decided to settle in Taoyuan County in the future?"

The leader said emotionally, "Master, we only knew why we were alive when we came to Taoyuan County. Everyone who lives here is very happy. We are just Zhang Shi's servants. There are no good days to go back to. It's good to stay here. We will never leave in this lifetime!"

Fang Zheng Yi clapped his hands and laughed: "Good! Excellent! To err is human, to correct is divine. Does any of you know Zhang Shi's weakness? Tell me."

"This... Master, we really don't know...."

Fang Zheng Yi just asked tentatively. He didn't think there would be any gains from the minions, so he wasn't disappointed.

"Okay, it doesn't matter. You may step back now, do whatever you need to do."

The five people thanked him in unison and turned to leave.

After everyone had left, Fang Zheng Yi's expression returned to normal, and he said lightly, "Keep an eye on them. The two-year probationary period has not passed, so don't relax."

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