The county lieutenant, which means "eliminating traitors and ensuring the safety of good people", has a long history and was established as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao and Liu Bei both held this position successively.
When Cao Cao was 20 years old, he promoted Xiaolian as a prince and was appointed as the Northern Wei of Luoyang. Liu Bei had made great achievements in defeating the Yellow Turban bandits and was appointed as the Anxi Wei. Later, he had a dispute with the governor and resigned, and soon he was appointed as the Gaotang Wei.
In the Tang Dynasty, the powers of county captains became more and more complete and they were highly respected, earning the reputation of "Shaofu".
For example, Wang Bo wrote "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou" for a county captain named Du, in which there is a famous sentence: "There are close friends in the sea, and we are like neighbors as far as the end of the world."
By the Song Dynasty, the position of county captain became more complicated.
As the saying goes, "External worries are nothing more than external ones, and they can all be prevented. However, treachery has no form, and if it is an internal trouble, it is deeply to be feared." For example, in the Five Dynasties, when the envoys were envoys, the warlords sent their followers as town generals to fight against the county magistrates, at the expense of the common people.
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Therefore, the Song Dynasty consolidated the vassal towns, transferred power to the superiors, and transferred the power of township chiefs and town generals to counties.
The advantage of doing this is that there is less exploitation by warlords and the order of people's livelihood is greatly improved; there are also disadvantages.
To put it simply, local security weapons are taken back and handed over to officials like county captains who are under central control.
But it’s not that the power of the county lieutenant is greater, after all, it is still subject to multiple layers of control, but that the power of the central government is greater...
Li Xia was a county captain for the first time, and he didn't know much about the many complicated powers and duties.
He was only very clear about what he had to do as the first step, which was to build a small naval force and show some strength in the battle between Wu Lianghetai and Shu.
The first is manpower.
Yesterday he was briefly familiar with the Zao class, and in the morning he was briefly familiar with the Kuai class. Next, it was the Zhuang class that he wanted to know more about.
In addition to dozens of people in Qingfu County, there are also more than a hundred archers.
Because since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been constant foreign enemies, and border county lieutenants also have the responsibility to defend against enemies. If a county has more than a thousand households, there will be archers.
For example, when the Song and Liao Dynasties were fighting, Zang Jing, the county lieutenant who had returned to the county, liked to take the initiative and kill Liao soldiers;
During the Jianyan period, Wei Zhuliang of Haiyan County gathered more than 100 men from his unit to fight against the Jin army;
When Song Gaozong fled to Weiyang, Zhaoxin County Lieutenant Sun Rong led more than a hundred archers to fight against the Jin soldiers, allowing Song Gaozong to cross south...
Li Xia would definitely not have made such a sacrifice for Emperor Gaozong. What he wanted was to control such armaments.
After taking Han Qiaoer around the county, Li Xia also had a general understanding of the distribution of weapons in the county.
There are three patrol houses, one in the east of the city, which mainly maintains security on the dock; one in the center of the county, which is convenient for being dispatched by the county government; and one in the southwest of the city, which is convenient for leaving the city and going to the countryside for inspections.
There are 162 registered archers, which may seem like a lot, but in Li Xia's eyes, they are pitifully few.
It is enough to maintain public security in the county and take into account officialdom. It is definitely beyond our capabilities to manage the vast area outside the city.
But on the other hand, Fang Yankai is already very accomplished, while other lower counties only have more than a dozen archers.
It can be seen that Fang Yankai obviously received strong support from Shi Jun and governed Qingfu as a border county. It was not called a "tight county", but it was actually a "tight county" in terms of military equipment...
After walking around like this, Han Qiaoer also felt a little dizzy.
"Brother Li, I'll draw the map first and then walk around, otherwise I won't be able to remember it."
"Okay, let's go to the tea stall over there and have a rest, then go to the patrol house in the southwest and go back after seeing it."
"Okay, you don't have to drink tea."
The two of them talked and turned to the southwest of the city.
Han Qiaoer raised his head, glanced at Li Xia, and subconsciously wanted to pull his sleeve, but hesitated and retracted his hand.
"When you're tired, just hold me, it'll be fine."
"I'm not tired."
"The chicken is stewed in the kitchen. You can eat more tonight."
Han Qiaoer finally reached out and grabbed Li Xia's sleeve and asked, "Is that okay? That's the chicken stewed by Jiang County Magistrate's family."
"As long as you ask him, he will definitely agree." Li Xia said, "It's not like we didn't pay."
Han Qiaoer swallowed her saliva as she thought about the chicken soup. She felt a little embarrassed and said, "I've become greedy recently."
"You are too thin and you still eat too little."
"But... dad said that my daughter's family can't eat too much. It would be terrible if she eats like Brother Liu."
"Mr. Yi Ning doesn't understand." Li Xia said, "You can't be like Liu Jinsuo."
He narrowed his eyes slightly with some pride.
I used to be a fencer, not a sumo wrestler.
Those women's fencing and swimming players clearly know how to manage their figures, and how it is possible for a girl to grow up like Liu Jinsuo.
"Don't worry, you are right to listen to me on this aspect."
"Okay, I just want to grow taller." Han Qiaoer raised her head, looking forward to it but also worried.
They had almost reached the patrol room.
Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the alley and bumped into Li Xia and Han Qiaoer.
Li Xia suddenly turned sideways and pulled Han Qiaoer away.
At the same time, he punched out.
He had a dagger hidden in his sleeve and was quite confident in his own power, so he dared to wander around the county without an escort.
The figure emerging from the alley gave Li Xia a strong sense of danger. He took action without hesitation, punched out and immediately took out his dagger.
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"Damn you! You're walking without looking at the road?!"
Bao Sancai bumped into him and started shouting loudly.
Unexpectedly, it hit nothing this time.
Lieutenant Li's quick reaction surprised him.
Before he could restrain his figure, the fist wind had already hit him.
Bao San narrowed his eyes and was about to avoid it.
In the flash of lightning, an idea came to him, and he simply didn't avoid it.
"Bang!"
The power of this punch was far beyond what Bao San expected.
He felt a buzz in his head and almost lost consciousness for a moment.
When he opened his one eye again, he fell to the ground in a daze.
Prolonged nosebleeds.
Bao San raised his head and saw Lieutenant Li holding a dagger in his hand, looking at him very defensively.
After being stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses and screamed in agony.
"ah!"
"elder brother!"
In the alley opposite, Jiang Fan had rushed out.
Lieutenant Li raised his foot and kicked Jiang Fan away...
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"Team Wu! Oh no, Brother Bao was beaten!"
"What?!"
"The imperial court has sent another little traitor to attack Shuai Yu's old soldiers." Huang Shi shouted, "Just on the street in front, beat my brothers to death!"
"Hozen! Brothers, go and stand up for your brother!"
"Damn it! I don't think I'm strong enough, my brothers sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy, and they've been bullied all the time. They've all hid under this Qingfu, and they dare to come to you!"
"Let's go, kill him! Teach these bitches that I'm not someone to be bullied easily!"
Amidst the shouts and curses, Huang Shi was still crying.
"Guys, don't be impulsive! That little traitor is an official of the imperial court. Brother Bao was beaten until his orifices were bleeding and he didn't dare to fight back... Oh my god, how long are you going to force us people? They forced Yu Shuai to death and unjustly killed Wang.
Isn’t the general enough?”
"Mom, let's go!"
More than ten archers have already rushed out.
Huang Shi cried again: "The imperial court wanted to raid Yu Shuai's house, but Yu Xiaolangjun couldn't get the money. Brother Bao was exiled with a tattoo just for saying something. If the bookkeeper hadn't protected him, he might have died somewhere."
,Why don’t you let him go?!”
Someone slapped him on the head and said, "Stop howling."
Huang Shi turned around and saw Wu Ang, the leader of the archer squad.
Wu Ang was actually not as excited as he seemed on the surface.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the men who rushed out, and said: "You still dare to fight against the fire? You are not afraid that the matter will not end."
Seeing that there was no one else in the patrol room, Huang Shi said with a smile: "I feel really wronged for Brother Bao. I was beaten till blood flowed."
"Brother did it on purpose." Wu Ang said, "With my brother's martial arts skills, how could he be beaten by a melon?"
Wu Ang is one of the three archer squad leaders in Qingfu County and a confidant of Fang Yankai.
He had already expressed his anger in advance about driving away the new county captain.
Therefore, he deliberately took a few steps late to let his men make trouble first before he stepped in to stop them.
After chatting with Huang Shi for a few words, Wu Ang said: "Let's go, let's go there."
"Is it early? Let the brothers beat County Lieutenant Li first. After learning a lesson, he will realize that he shouldn't fight for power with the landlord."
"I'm afraid of causing trouble."
"You don't even have a knife." Huang Shi said, "How can you?"
"If you make the fire bigger, your brothers' fists can kill people."
With that said, Wu Ang led Huang Shi out of the patrol room.
After walking for more than twenty steps, Wu Ang heard something wrong with the howling in front of him. Wu Ang sped up and ran over, and saw a scene that surprised him.
I saw the county lieutenant wearing a blue official robe punching out an archer until he held his head and screamed.
His figure was flexible, but it wasn't that he didn't get hit, but that he was punched and kicked as if nothing happened, and his shots were much heavier than those of the archers, and he knocked down two more people in an instant.
And several people have fallen on the ground...
Wu Ang opened his mouth, but he still couldn't believe it.
"This little county lieutenant...is he so good at fighting?"