The Lingtong County Government has a large prison area, so it is no problem to lock up thousands of people inside, but there are not many people inside.
Is it because the security is good?
Naturally impossible.
There are naturally many things in places where people are tough.
Jiang Long asked a few questions and understood the reason.
It is because they are too poor that even the public officials in the county yamen cannot get their salary in time. If the prisoner is imprisoned, they will still have to take care of the prisoner's food and drink.
In wealthy places, relatives are imprisoned, for fear that their relatives will suffer in prison, so they will stuff money to the prison chief or send some eggs or something, so they ask for care for their relatives.
But here, it is definitely the man who causes trouble, the pillar of the family.
Being captured means that the family has lost its source of income.
People don't want to squeeze some money at all.
Let the family give food?
No source of income, so how can my family have food to deliver?
Therefore, when handling cases, except for those who beheaded, the other criminals usually beat them up and then drove them home.
There is one prison minister in the prison and one prison tutor in the prison.
They are all rankless officials.
When Jiang Long came to take office yesterday, it was not that they didn’t want to greet him, but that they didn’t have the qualifications at all.
In the eyes of the court officials and noble families, the county magistrate is just a seventh-rank sesame official, but after he really arrived at the local area, for the people and the minor officials, the county magistrate is already the master of Qingtian.
He is a parent official in a county!
This era is of strict hierarchy, without rank and not an assistant to the county magistrate, so naturally he is not qualified to welcome Jiang Long.
Only if someone holds the position of Si Prison, he is qualified to go.
The same is true for the Inspection Department. If there is an inspection, you must go to welcome Jiang Long yesterday.
If you don’t go, you will despise Shangguan.
It's disrespectful to Shangguan!
Shangguan will definitely wear small shoes for him in the future.
Of course, those who dare to do this have a backer.
After inquiry, I learned that there are no fixed public officials in the prison except the prison chief Teng Zhang and the prison Wenhe.
The reason is still too poor.
These two people are directly responsible for the prison.
The left and right sides generally do not detain prisoners, and the two can also take care of them.
I'm just idle on weekdays, just check whether the prison locks, wooden pillars, etc. are strong after ten or half a month.
Because they knew that Jiang Long would come to inspect, they two rarely swept the prison yesterday.
The prisoner was not detained and was cleaned again. Although the prison was dark, it did not have a smell of mold or smell.
Let Jiang Long avoid suffering from his nose.
However, Jiang Long is still not satisfied.
If you want to do things, how can you do it without a man?
The prisoners in the prison are free labor, just need to take care of the meal.
Furthermore, if you do not follow the rules, it will ruin the laws of the court.
"From today, Xiong Qing will be the prison of the qi." Jiang Long officially appointed.
Of course no one raised objections.
Teng Zhang and Wen He were somewhat disappointed. There were few people here. They thought they had the opportunity to be promoted to the position of Sizhu, but they were not too dissatisfied. They worked in Sizhu, elsewhere, even if it was just one.
Ordinary prisoners can also collect some benefits.
Here, I would have to sometimes imprison a few prisoners who caused trouble. In order to prevent the prisoners from starving to death, they would not be able to get money from the county government, so they would have to pay out their own pockets.
Therefore, Lingtong County Prison is not a good job.
Xiong Qing stepped forward and knelt to thank him.
Jiang Long asked him to get up, and then said, "The court has laws of the court, so you must not mess up the rules..." In short, if you should arrest them, you must arrest them and be imprisoned. When the county government will naturally make a platoon.
A certain amount of money and food comes.
The bear chime should be.
Teng Zhang and Wen He looked at each other, and they were also the ones they said.
Then the two stood behind Xiong Qing who had retreated to the side, one left and one right.
When they got closer, they realized that Xiong Qing was tall and majestic, giving people a sense of oppression.
Looking from the back side, Xiong Qing's face was hard and his expression was serious. He didn't look like a person who was easy to talk and didn't dare to underestimate him.
Jiang Long left the prison and took Zhou Shi and others to walk around the county town.
He also climbed up the city wall and looked away from afar.
There are no high mountain peaks nearby, and there is a plain area around the city, which is not very good for the guardians because there is no natural steepness to use.
This city stands alone here.
If you have to say that there is any benefit, it is not without it. That is, if there are troops and bandits attacking, the soldiers standing on the city walls far away can clearly see that the enemy cannot attack.
It can only be a hard attack.
After all, there are city walls, even if they are shorter and very dilapidated, they can always take advantage of them when fighting.
After a inspection in Lingtong County, it became darker and Jiang Long went back to rest.
The next day, Jiang Long got up very early to practice Xingyi gun.
After having breakfast made by the newly hired chef, Jiang Long thought it was pretty good and he left it behind.
Shuttled through the backyard of the county government and headed towards the main hall, and there were also some maids and mothers along the way.
Early in the morning, the backyard was cleaned.
However, the wind and sand are quite strong here, and by noon, it is possible to lay another layer of sand and soil. Then the mother and the maid will have to clean it again.
When he arrived at the main hall, the chief clerk Wang Gui reported the matter.
In modern times, the position of chief clerk is actually a secretary.
The demands on its loyalty are very high.
However, Jiang Long does not have a good candidate now, so Wang Gui still takes responsibility.
The position of secretary is very important. The subordinates who follow the high-ranking officials can pretend to be powerful, but if they do not fully gain Jiang Long's trust, Wang Gui has no power.
Unlike other positions, they have responsibilities.
The chief clerk has no power after leaving the official, and is empty and can easily be emptied.
After hearing that several cases were suppressed in the yamen, Jiang Long called Cheng Ze, Xiao Fan and He Bu. He sat in the high hall as a decoration and asked the three of them to interrogate.
Listen, watch and learn.
Because I don’t know when the case will be interrogated, I have to find those people to come to the lobby.
It's just a bit troublesome, delaying time.
Soon, one morning passed.
Jiang Long returned to the backyard for lunch.
Wang Gui also left. On the way he walked, he felt distressed. Jiang Long delegated power and completely let Cheng Ze and the other two handle various matters on his behalf. Even if he, the chief clerk, had no power at all.
If you want to show your loyalty, you can speak empty words and have nothing to do, it is rare to have Jiang Long's trust.
Cheng Ze, why don’t you here, and Xiao Fan is very satisfied with Jiang Long’s behavior.
Many times, I am not afraid that you don’t understand, but I am afraid that you don’t understand, but I still insist on getting involved, which will ruin things.
Jiang Long completely delegated power and let them take charge, which is right.
It takes at least a few months to be qualified for the position of county magistrate.
Many new officials who do not have ordinary family backgrounds have never learned how to deal with government affairs because they have never learned how to become officials before.
As a result, after taking office, no one helped him, and he was deceived by his subordinates.
If you pay for some money or food, you may get mixed up with the corruption and bribery officials.
If it is heavy, it is possible that even if it is removed from the black veil or even loses its head.
So at this time, if you don’t understand, it’s best not to interfere, just delegate power to the three of them.
In the afternoon, Jiang Long still came to the lobby to see Cheng Ze and the other two deal with the case.
It was boring, but the afternoon was still over.
Jiang Long didn't think anything, but after something spread, many people in the county were talking about it.
"I heard that the newly appointed county magistrate was in court for trial today and several people were put in prison?"
"I heard about it, it seems to be true."
"I wonder if I'll take care of the meal?"
"It should be possible, you can't starve to death."
"I can't say it's true. I heard that many officials are born with dark hearts."
"Look first. If I really give you food, I will stay in for a few days."
"Well, you have to seize the opportunity, otherwise you will have nothing to eat when the county magistrate reacts."
The people in the streets and alleys were talking about this.
Some of them were so hungry that they couldn't care about so much, and they just fought with people on the street and were arrested by the constable.
Early the next morning, the people knew that they were arrested and they were indeed in charge of the food.
So the security in the city suddenly became chaotic, and the county government constable went out to arrest people one after another.
Almost broke his leg.
Fortunately, these people did not escape and cooperated very well, allowing the constable to detain him and take him to the cell.
Otherwise, the constables would have to be exhausted.
When Jiang Long sat in the lobby, he could naturally see that something was wrong. County Magistrate Zhou Shi came to find him and suggested that this would not work, but Jiang Long just smiled and said nothing.
Zhou Shi shook his head and left.
In just one morning, more than 80 people committed crimes and were imprisoned.
The case was heard quickly, and it was all about fighting.
The arrested person also pleaded guilty happily, just waiting to get into the cell soon and have a full meal for nothing.
In the afternoon, Jiang Long did not go to the lobby again.
Instead, he found Zhou Shi and asked if there were any areas in the county that needed repair.
Zhou Shi explains it one by one.
So next, the people in the city saw many men with cloth strips wrapped around their elbows, and under the command of the county jail servants, repairing some dilapidated buildings and houses in the city.
Many houses are privately owned and will not charge half a penny after helping to repair them.
Although I have to work, I am not very tired. In the next two days, many people still went to the cell to have a meal.
Repairing, cleaning the streets, and cleaning up dirty and smelly garbage, Lingtong County suddenly became much cleaner with the efforts of these people.
On this day, the newly appointed inspector Sun Huan suddenly sent someone to find Jiang Long.
The sergeant looked anxious.
It turned out that the army responsible for delivering silver and salt to Lingtong County was ambushed by the horse bandits halfway, but three people escaped, and the rest of the soldiers were all killed in battle.
Silver and salt were also robbed.
Jiang Long just frowned.
Sure enough, if you work in this place, you must deal with the horse bandits.
Jiang Long took Tu Du and others to the schoolyard of the inspection department with the soldiers.
The three people who escaped were all injured, so Sun Huan did not ask them to take the initiative to find Jiang Long.
One had his left hand broken, and the other had his whole body injured. If he could not be treated in time, his life would be difficult to save.
"Mr. Jing!"
The only one who suffered minor injuries was the centurion of the team.
He had a circle-shaped beard, rough facial features, and his eyes were red at this time, and he knelt on one knee towards Jiang Long.
Originally, there was no need to perform this great gift, but the centurion obviously asked Jiang Long for it.
If he wants to avenge his subordinates, he has to recover the silver and salt, otherwise he will definitely be beheaded after he goes back.
This trip was robbed of 300 taels of silver.
Two thousand kilograms of salt were robbed.
The money is paid to county officials and minor officials.