In the Jin Family Restaurant in Zhaoqing Prefecture City, the leading figure in Zhaoqing officialdom is welcoming the new Tongzhi Tong Tuchang.

I have different personal views on this new Tongzhi. The prefect Chen Zilong is nothing, but the others are different. Most of the others are from Jinshi, and the highest status is the magistrate Chen Bingwen, who is also a juren, but this Tongzhi Lord Tong is not even a scholar, but he is just a child.

These people came today because they had to come for the sake of the prefect Chen Zilong, so of course they didn't have any good looks when they came.

Seeing that it was going to be a cold day today, Chen Zilong quickly said, "My colleagues, let us drink this cup full of money. Welcome Lord Tong to take his new home!"

After everyone finished drinking, Chen Zilong continued to ask, "Mr. Tong, I heard that you used to be the Promoter in Qiongzhou Prefecture?"

"Reply to the magistrate, that's the case, but Your Highness of the Superintendent ordered me to be responsible for the iron ore in Changhua, so I haven't done it for a day!"

The officials were promoted to Tongzhi, the seventh grade to the fifth grade, and the sixth grade were promoted to the sixth grade. The King of Chu really had nothing to say about his care.

The magistrate Chen Zhongwen said: "Mr. Tong, from the seventh rank to the fifth rank, Your Highness of the Superintendent has a deep trust in you!" Chen Zhongwen said something here, sarcastically, sarcastic, Tong Tuchang was promoted by his uncle's relationship.

Chen Zhongwen is from Huguang and from Wuchang County. When Zhang Xianzhong came, he fled to Guangdong with refugees. When he came to Guangdong, he naturally defected to Ma Mingyuan, who was also a scholar, so he was a slander for the Tong family.

The officials here also hate the upstarts in the officialdom like Tong Tuchang very much, but they all know that Tong Yangjia is not easy to mess with now, so they just hate it in their hearts and dare not express it like Chen Zhongwen.

Tong Tuchang narrowed his eyes and asked, "Mr. Chen, what do you mean?"

"Mr. Tong, don't you know what it means? I was born with fame and fortune, and I was actually an official in the same court as you, a flatterer. It's really a misfortune for all my life!"

"Mr. Chen, don't think that if you surrender to Mr. Ma, I'm afraid of you!"

"My official position is appointed by the State Supervisor. Why is Mr. Tong your official position not? Or is your official position made by your uncle?"

When Chen Zilong saw the two of them talking more and more, he quickly turned his face darker and said, "Okay, okay, don't argue!"

Everyone dared not to give Chen Zilong's face, and his fame and qualifications were above them. What's more, Chen Zilong heard that he was still a good friend of the King of Chu, so they quickly stood up to apologize.

When Chen Zilong saw the banquet tonight like this, he was not in the mood to drink it. He ended up quickly and went back to his own house.

Tong Tuchang also returned to his home. When he became an official in Changhua, his family stayed in Guangdong due to the harsh conditions. Now he is in Zhaoqing to become an official, so naturally he cannot be the same as before.

When Tong Tuchang's wife Jia saw the master coming back, she quickly asked someone to fetch water to wash the master's face.

This Jia family is Tong Yangjia Xuxian's personal maid. When he was in Dongjiawu Fort, Henan, Dong was taken by Tong Yangjia. Seeing that his nephew had no wife, he gave Dong's personal maid to Tong Tuchang.

Because Dong is not popular in the Dong family, the maid Jia is not very outstanding in appearance. She is still old and is already an old girl in her 25 years when she married Tong Tuchang. However, the Jia family has a good relationship with the Dong sisters of the Princess of Chu. When they were young, they were raised by Jia, so Tong Tuchang was very respectful to the Jia family.

"Master, aren't you going to have a drink? Why did you come back so early?"

"Don't mention it, I didn't expect that the small Zhaoqing Prefecture also had Ma Mingyuan's minions. Chen Zhongwen, the local Gaoyao County Magistrate, was Ma Mingyuan's disciple. He ate this wine just now and was very breathless."

"Chen Zhongwen? Is that Juren in Wuchang County before?"

"Yes, it's that Mr. Chen. He didn't expect to come to Guangdong. He didn't know what Ma Mingyuan went, but he actually became the magistrate of Gaoyao County."

"Then you must be careful in the future, and don't have any handles on his hands!"

"Don't worry, no matter how I say it, I am a Tongzhi. He is more than five or sixth level than his county magistrate. He doesn't dare to do anything in the officialdom! But he just doesn't know the attitude of the prefect Chen."

Jia wiped Tong Tuchang's feet dry, asked his servants to come into the house to clean up, and then served Tong Tuchang to take off his clothes and sleep.

Jia said, "I heard that this prefect Chen and the King of Chu have a close relationship, and they are friends with Ma Mingyuan. What should I do?"

"I'm also worried about this. I'm not afraid of working, but I'm afraid that Chen Zilong will stab you behind the scenes!"

The two of them discussed for a long time but had no good idea, so they had to take one step at a time.

Just when Tong Tuchang and his wife were worried, there were two people in the prefect's yamen talking about Tong Tuchang. These two were the prefect Chen Zilong and the county magistrate Chen Zhongwen.

Chen Zilong and Ma Mingyuan were in the same year, and Chen Zhongwen was Ma Mingyuan's disciple, so as soon as Chen Zilong arrived in Zhaoqing, Chen Zhongwen immediately posted it on.

"Master, this Tong Tuchang has no fame and honor, why did he still appoint him as a Tongzhi? I really don't know what the cabinet masters of the cabinet think?"

In fact, Chen Zilong didn't like Tong Tuchang very much, but there was no way. Tong Tuchang was the Tongzhi appointed by the King of Chu. Chen Zilong was deeply favored by the King of Chu and handed over the land of a mansion to Chen Zilong for management, so Chen Zilong could never say that the King of Chu was not.

"Mr. Chen, don't talk nonsense. No matter what Tong Tuchang's background is, now that he has come to Zhaoqing, he is our colleague. The King of Chu has ordered that he must handle the resettlement of millions of refugees in Zhaoqing, so I hope that Lord Chen will not bring personal grudges to his work, take the safety of refugees as his own responsibility, and do not let down the trust of the King of Chu in the regent!"

Hearing Chen Zilong's words of great truth, Chen Zhongwen didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't even dare to say anything. After the two talked for a while, Chen Zhongwen said goodbye and went back.

Chen Zilong also hated the Tong family's uncle and nephew very much, but now his party struggles are still secondary, mainly to handle the tasks assigned by the King of Chu.

"It seems that Tong Tuchang will be sent out tomorrow, so he can't stay in the city."

The next day, it was dark and Tong Tuchang was preparing to go out to work at home.

Jia served him and put on the government house. Looking at his husband wearing green robe, Jia said, "Master, you have to work hard. The fifth-grade green robe, just when can you change into the red robe!"

In the Ming Dynasty, the fourth rank or above was a red robe, which was a serious high-ranking official, and the fifth rank was a green robe, but it was one level different from the fourth rank, but the treatment was much worse. When the fourth rank went out, there were four-person sedan chairs, while the fifth rank was just two-person sedan chairs.

Tong Tuchang smiled and said, "That's simple, madam, please wait. I will definitely earn a royal for you!"

Listening to her husband teasing her, Jia was also very happy. After all, who doesn’t like getting promoted and getting rich?

Tong Tuchang went out and got into his sedan chair, came to the prefect's office to visit Shangguan, and prepared to start his first day's work.

After meeting the prefect Chen Zilong, the two sat down in the second hall of the prefect's office.

Chen Zilong said: "Mr. Tong, the King of Chu wrote in your appointment that you, Tongzhi, are full-time refugee resettlement work. So I want Mr. Tong to be responsible for the refugee work in Guangning, the four consortiums and two counties. After all, 80% of the refugee in the prefecture are concentrated in these two counties. This requires you to work hard."

Tong Tuchang didn't expect that he would be sent downstairs on the first day. Isn't this the same as in Changhua? But there was no way. The King of Chu wrote clearly in the edict of the emperor that he was responsible for the work of refugees' farming. Fortunately, the Sihui and Guangning were not far from Zhaoqing, and he could come back every three days.

"My lord has an order, no one dares to refuse to obey. However, I just came to Zhaoqing and my eyes were dark. Can you tell me about the situation in Guangning, Sihui?"

It wasn't two months since Chen Zilong came, and the situation in Guangning in the Sihui was heard by Xu Dali, the prefect of the Sihui, but this did not delay Chen Zilong's retelling of Tong Tuchang.

Sihui County is named "Sihui" because the Sihui River (Xijiang, Beijiang, Suijiang and Longjiang) flows in its territory. It is precisely because it is the Sijiang River, which is a large number of alluvial plains and river valley basins in the south and east, and there are a large amount of wasteland in the south and east. Guangning was separated from Sihui during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and its geographical situation is similar to that of Sihui.

Until now, there was a turmoil in the north and refugees went south. The King of Chu chose a large number of alluvial plains to be the land of military farming. After three years of construction, he had already collected 2.18 million refugees in Zhaoqing Prefecture, and more than 1.6 million were collected in the two counties of Sihui Guangning, accounting for 70% to 80% of the refugees in the prefecture. Therefore, these two counties are the top priority in military farming and there is no mistake in any error.

Tong Tuchang managed more than 100,000 people when he was in Changhua, and he still had certain work experience in how to manage and store refugees. This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Hongsan sent him to the farm.

After listening to Chen Zilong's introduction, Tong Tuchang said: "Since that's the case, I'll set off today. Please rest assured that there will be no mistakes in the farming matter!"

The next step was very simple. Tong Tuchang rushed to Sihui under the guidance and continued to work hard for the military farming of the King of Chu.

A big stone fell in his heart when Tong Tuchang left. He didn't want to roll it into the party struggle between Ma Mingyuan and Tong Yangjia, but he and Ma Mingyuan were in the same year, and naturally had the symbol of the Ma Party. Now that Tong Tuchang has left, Chen Zilong seems to have put down a big stone, but his work is not easy. In addition to the military farming work, there is also a note issued by the cabinet yesterday that the King of Chu was going to set up a development zone in Gaoyao County.

Chen Zilong didn't know what the development zone is, but Chen Zilong had seen it. The cabinet's note was written very clearly that Gao wanted this development zone to be mainly silk manufacturing, and craftsmen and equipment have already set off from Dongguan and are expected to be transported to Zhaoqing in half a month. What Chen Zilong has to do is to select a site and acquire land.

Chen Zilong looked at the cabinet's orders and seemed to have to handle this matter himself. Gaoyao County is a subsidiary of Guo, and there is also a Governor's Office in the prefecture. Although the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is now vacant, there are still some left-behind personnel from the Governor's Office. They are not something that Chen Zhongwen, a seventh-rank magistrate, can handle. Chen Zilong said to the outside after thinking about it: "I will inform you and let the magistrate Chen come here in the afternoon."
Chapter completed!