The Nameless of the Common Clans

Juyi Township has grown from a village where refugees gathered with nothing to a current size of nearly 500 households. To be fair, Chen Jin’s job is not bad, it can even be said to be very good. After walking around in Juyi Township, he saw various It can be said that the construction of water conservancy and roads is very complete. Most villages do not have special shops, which is unnecessary. However, Juyi Township has five. Although they all receive goods from here, then sell them in the city, and then sell them in the city. The goods needed by the villagers are taken back from the city and sold, but this is not available in ordinary villages.

Chen Jin has paved the way and laid a solid foundation for the planning of the village and the future development of Juyi Township. If the future successors are not too bad and continue to follow the strategy set by Chen Jin, they may develop into a Maybe even a county.

Chen Mo believes that under his governance, the existing counties will definitely not be able to accommodate more people in the future, and the emergence of new counties is inevitable. Juyi Township may have this potential.

"Well done." When he returned to Chen Jin's home here, Chen Mo patted Chen Jin on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"My child still has many shortcomings. I hope my father will give me some advice." Chen Jin said respectfully.

"Actually, after you were here for half a year, your name was included in the first list of people promoted to the third elder, but in the end I suppressed it." Chen Mo nodded, looked at Chen Jin and said with a smile, "One year. Time is not enough for you to understand the sufferings of the people and the livelihood of the people. Now it seems that you are qualified, and those who pay attention to you may have a hard time knowing your whereabouts. "

Chen Jin nodded silently. Born in a wealthy family, although he was able to enjoy things that ordinary people could not enjoy, he was also careful at every step. Chen Mo went to great lengths to let Chen Jin quietly enter the official position without being noticed. Thoughts.

"Although there is an intention to avoid people's eyes and ears, I also hope that you can understand more about civil affairs. People are the foundation of a country. When people's lives are not guaranteed, turmoil will follow. In the past four years, you You have done well. Nowadays, many local officials in the Central Plains are not good enough. Next, a large number of officials at the level of three elders and county officials will be sent to the Central Plains to take over the positions of county magistrate and county magistrate. You have made great achievements in governing the local area in the past four years. , In addition, the court is in urgent need of people, so he will be promoted to the position of county magistrate, but the place may not be very good." Chen Mo looked at Chen Jin and said with a smile.

"Don't be afraid of hardship." Chen Jin bowed and said.

The county magistrate rather than the county magistrate means that the county is not big with only 10,000 households, but for a third elder, this is a leap.

"This county magistrate is different from the three elders. Juyi Township is well governed, with only a few hundred households, and there are at least thousands of households in a county. Things in the county are different from those in the countryside. There are also local gentry , All parties in rural clans need to coordinate. You are not bad at doing things, but you can only do things. Starting from the county magistrate, you have to learn not only to do things, but also to be a person, to be able to govern, and to look down from above. Even if you look at the same thing from below, you will see it differently. If you can fulfill your position as county magistrate, you will be able to carry more things on your shoulders." Chen Mo walked away. Talking about trivial matters casually.

Although he has never been a county magistrate, he followed Zang Hong in handling county affairs when he was young. Many things are not as simple as they sound. In Zang Hong's era, if you want to handle county affairs well, you must first establish a good relationship with the local gentry and wealthy families. Zang Hong had a reputation back then, so it went smoothly, but if he didn't have a reputation, it would be even more difficult.

The current Chen Jin is too upright, which is not to say that uprightness is not good, but as the future heir of Chen Mo, he cannot only be upright. There is too much filth and darkness in this power struggle. If you just rely on a sense of righteousness to influence people, then It's just an imagination. You still have to understand rape and compromise. It's just that you have to understand these things by yourself. It's hard for people to really understand them in words. Only by personal experience, many things can be understood by oneself without a teacher.

"My child understands." Chen Jin nodded.

"No, you don't understand." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "This time when you are promoted to county magistrate, I will give you a few things to save your life, but I don't want you to use them. After all, what I can give you is not yourself. of."

Chen Jin frowned and said, "Father, I am a big man and my government is clean and clear now. My child has been canonized by the imperial court. I won't be in danger of losing my life no matter what, right?"

"You don't understand if you ask like this. Let's talk about it then. After the things here are clearly handed over, we will return to the court and prepare to take office after the Chinese New Year. I have probably prepared almost all the things I have prepared for you." Chen Mo patted He patted Chen Jin on the shoulder and smiled.

"Here!" Chen Jin suppressed the doubts in his heart and bowed.

"Okay, your mother has been busy traveling all the way. To avoid arousing suspicion, after this farewell, we are going to go on a tour of the Central Plains. We need to rest early and continue to be your third wife. We must start and finish everything." Chen Mo smiled.

"Here!"

Chen Jin asked his servants to help Chen Mo and Cai Yan prepare a sumptuous dinner. They were used to eating Luoyang's delicacies, but now they were eating something commonly eaten in the countryside, which had a different flavor.

But what surprised Chen Mo was that the wife, who should have been tired, was quite excited that night. She pestered Chen Mo for a long time, and then she collapsed softly in Chen Mo's arms and allowed Chen Mo to help her wipe away the scent.

"What happened tonight?" Chen Mo patted his wife on the back, enjoying the aftertaste and asked with a smile.

"Husband, have you noticed that Jin'er has lost weight?" Cai Yan lay in Chen Mo's arms, looked up at Chen Mo, and let Chen Mo play with her.

"I have lost weight, but I am more energetic." Chen Mo nodded. Although he didn't spend much time talking to his son, Chen Mo knew his son's condition better than Cai Yan, and he didn't know that the mother-in-law was nagging her son. For a long time, I focused on everything.

"I know that my husband intends to temper Jin'er, but is this kind of tempering too much?" Cai Yan said with some distress.

"You, a loving mother often loses her children." Chen Mo groped for the soft dough in his hands and sighed: "If you want him to stay by your side, after a hundred years of being married, Zheng'er or Rui'er will take over my inheritance. , then I will recall him, and keep him with me all the time, Madam, will you?"

Cai Yan was silent. As the eldest wife and queen of the family, Cai Yan has been able to live happily with Chen's mother and get along well with all the sisters for so many years, not because of her background, but because she is fair in dealing with things, but no matter how fair, People are selfish after all. Although Chen Jin, Chen Zheng, and Chen Rui are all Chen Mo's sons, only Chen Jin is her son. Cai Yan is naturally unwilling to let her son give up Chen Mo's future inheritance rights.

"You and I are both knowledgeable people, where does this knowledge come from?" Chen Mo asked with a smile when he saw his wife was in a low mood.

"I came here from studying hard." Cai Yan said in a low voice.

"Yes, because we study hard, we have the knowledge that is envied by others. Everything in this world can only be gained by giving up." Chen Mo patted his wife's softness and smiled: "But the knowledge is relatively fair. I come from a poor family. If you want to achieve something in your studies, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will eventually achieve something. However, inheriting the family business is not the same, especially my family business. There is no certain foundation. Even if he is forced to inherit the business, he can't keep it. This is something that can be accomplished not only by good knowledge, but also many things that cannot be learned from books. If you want to keep the family business, even let me, Mr. Chen, do it. The door is more glorious, and what he has to endure and experience is destined to be a hundred or a thousand times more than ordinary people. What I gave him is a relatively safe path, at least it will not endanger his life. "

"What your husband said is true, it's my concubine..." Cai Yan said in a low voice.

"There is nothing wrong with mothers loving their children. Mother has never thought about my future prospects. She only hopes that I will live a safe life. But they have their own way to go. You can't stay with them all your life. You have to learn to let go. , let him walk on his own, and we will help him when he really needs help." Chen Mo smiled and helped Cai Yan pull the silk quilt.

"Husband, Zheng'er's marriage..." Cai Yan suddenly thought of something and asked.

"I think this boy has already tasted it. As for marriage, his family background is clean and his character is good. When it comes to the situation like me, there is no need to deliberately pursue a good match. Sometimes a good match may not be a good thing for him. ." Chen Mo looked at the beams above his head and sighed.

"Can this be seen?" Cai Yan looked at Chen Mo in surprise. She knew that a woman had some characteristics about whether she had been through human affairs, but she had never heard of a man being able to see it.

"Look, I specially asked my maid to try it today. No matter how serious this man looks, there are still some slight differences in his reaction to these things after being dealt with by people and without being dealt with by people. This boy has not only experienced it, but he has also experienced it. Quite a few!" Chen Mo chuckled. He has experienced some things a lot, so he can judge people with ease.

Cai Yan looked at Chen Mo speechlessly: "My husband is really knowledgeable."

"Ahem~" Chen Mo coughed lightly and said with a smile: "There are differences in the flying postures of the eagle and the young eagle that have experienced the wind and rain. These things can be easily seen by careful observation. A man who is lustful but not lewd is a man. Now It seems that Jin'er has not indulged in it, which is good. "

"Has your husband ever been addicted?" Cai Yan chuckled.

"Doesn't Madam know if my husband is addicted?" Chen Mo squeezed it, and then smiled: "But I have thought of some ways recently. If Madam doesn't want to rest, would you like to try it with your husband?"

"Sigh, my husband is always so dishonest." Although they were already an old couple, facing Chen Mo's unscrupulous teasing, Cai Yan's temperament was still a bit overwhelming.

"Haha~"

Chen Mo laughed loudly and lifted the quilt...

There was no talking all night, and early the next morning, Chen Mo and Cai Yan packed up and prepared to set off.

"That's it. There's no need to see each other off. Remember to go home at the end of the year." In Zhuangkou, Chen Mo hugged his son, looked at him and said, "Don't let your mother worry. We can discuss other matters when we get back at the end of the year." talk."

"Father, don't worry, the child has remembered it!"

"Gone."

"Congratulations to my father!"