According to Qi Wen, they really arrived in Xiangshan County before sunset.

As the county under the southernmost governor of the Empire, Xiangshan County is extremely important.

If you take it out alone, it seems that it is not conspicuous, after all, it is just the next county in Guangzhou Prefecture.

But it was near Maau, the place where Folang Jiren rented in the Ming Dynasty.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, that is, in 1553 of the Western Calendar, Folang Jiren (Portuguese) begged the Ming Dynasty and obtained the right to live in Macau. Later, in the 36th year of Jiajing, that is, in 1557 of the Western Calendar, Folang Jiren officially rented Macau.

But renting does not mean a colony. The Ming Dynasty court enjoyed absolute sovereignty over Macau. Macau became a colony in the late Qing Dynasty.

Ning Xiu was still a little happy when he saw the map of Xiangshan County.

As the first Europa who traded with the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese were obviously very suitable as partners. Compared with several other maritime overlords, such as the Dutch and the Spanish, they tended to plunder by force rather than cooperate.

Of course, Ning Xiu has not yet figured out how to cooperate with the Flang Jimen in Macau, but he can't avoid firearms.

When the carriage arrived at the north city gate, Ning Xiu noticed several officials wearing civil servant uniforms standing in front of the city gate.

He heard a man bowing to the carriage and bowing loudly, saying, "Huang Sidao, the county magistrate of Xiangshan, Xiaguan, paying homage to the county magistrate."

The other two also said politely: "He Xian (Xiangshan County Dianshi Cui Yan) of Xiaguan, who visited the county master."

It turned out to be the leadership team of Xiangshan County!

Ning Xiu said in his heart, calmed down and lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage.

Qi Wen wanted to help Ning Xiu get off the car, but Ning Xiu refused.

Although he is not a person with high military power, he is not a scholar with no power. How could he ask someone to help him get off the bus?

Besides, Qi Wen and others were sent by Ling'er to protect him from his safety, and they are not old mothers who serve others!

"I am the new Xiangshan County Magistrate, and my colleagues are polite."

Ning Xiu had just got off the carriage, and Huang County Magistrate He Zhuan, Cui Dianshi looked at each other.

They all heard that the new county magistrate was very young, but they did not expect to be so young.

The county magistrate looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen? Look at him, he became the seventh rank official of the court, but they are all forty or fifty years old, but they are still second-level officials. They are so angry that they are so angry.

Of course, these three people dared not show any unpleasantness in their expressions. They were all old foxes in the officialdom, and they all made a decent statement, ready to listen to the teachings of the county master at any time.

Of course Ning Xiu was not going to say too much.

When he first arrived in Xiangshan County, he didn't know the situation in the whole county. If he asked a rashly, he would seem to be less than Zhang Chi.

It would be good to communicate with these subordinates after he had some understanding of the situation in Hexian County.

"Ahem, the officials prepared a banquet in the city to welcome the county masters, and asked the county master to move forward."

Ning Xiu nodded: "Okay."

After entering the county town, Ning Xiu and his group went straight to the county government.

This is not difficult to find, and most county governments are located in the north of the city.

What's more, Huang County Chenggong and others led the way.

The layout of the county yard is similar. The front yard is the place for office, and the back yard is the residence for the county magistrate to rest.

As for the county magistrate, chief clerk, dictionary and other officials, there are also official offices, but most of them only work in the county government office and rarely spend the night in the county government office. This is a hidden rule in the officialdom, and the back hall of the county government office is left for the county magistrate to rest.

However, Ning Xiu could not rest at this time. He wanted to attend the welcoming banquet prepared by Huang County Cheng and others for him.

After putting down his luggage for a while, Ning Xiu changed into a lake blue Shu brocade robe and left the county government surrounded by his subordinates.

The banquet is not in the back hall but in the middle of the largest restaurant in Xiangshan County, Zuichun.

Huang Sidao had already greeted the restaurant shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper saw the county magistrate coming, he immediately smiled and said, "Please, please, all the masters."

He also knew He Zhubu and Cui Dianshi, but the only one he didn't know was a young man.

But seeing several adults surrounded him like stars and moonlight, it was enough to see that this person was the newly appointed county magistrate.

The adults didn't say anything to him, just nodded slightly, then walked into the restaurant with their heads raised.

The first floor of the restaurant is the lobby, which is for individual guests to eat, and the second and third floors are all private rooms.

But because the adults from the county government had already booked the restaurant, there were no other diners in the entire restaurant.

The shopkeeper led the adults to the largest private room on the third floor, greeted him and then stepped out.

He naturally understood the rules when he received more official banquets. He did not ask for things that should not be asked, and did not look at things that should not be seen.

Ning Xiu, as the county magistrate of Xiangshan County, was naturally invited to the upper head.

Later, according to the order of official positions, Huang County Magistrate, He Zhuanzhu, and Cui Dianshi took the seat one after another.

Although this is just a small table, it fully expresses the ecology of the officialdom.

After Ning Xiu sat down, he was also observing the expressions of his subordinates.

Although the two officials all laughed at each other, they could still see the difference in detail.

County Magistrate Huang Sidao was the real chief of Xiangshan County at first glance. Moreover, because the former county magistrate suddenly died of illness, Huang Sidao also served as the acting county magistrate for nearly a year. His expression seemed not very surprised that he had taken office.

As for He Zhubu, he looked a little panicked. Although this panicked look flashed by, Ning Xiu was still caught.

Ning Xiu knew that the chief clerks were generally the leaders in charge of civil affairs in the county. Civil affairs are the easiest to produce money. Could it be that the chief clerk had been corrupt and was guilty of being a thief?

Cui Dianshi is like a martial artist, and he sits there with a big golden sword, which is in line with his identity as a divine history.

Seeing that Ning Xiu was silent, County Magistrate Huang secretly complained in his heart.

He thought to himself that this kid was a tough guy at first sight, and his skill in nourishing qi was really first-class.

"Mr. The county master went to Xiangshan County to take up his post. The officials prepared a banquet to welcome the adults. Come on, the officials first wished him a cup!"

County Magistrate Huang filled himself with wine and held it high, his face full of smiles.

He Zhubu and Cui Dianshi also reacted and raised their wine glasses one after another.

Ning Xiu thought to himself that these officials are still very sensible and knew that they should toast together. Otherwise, each person would have to drink three cups?

Ning Xiu also raised the wine glass: "In the future, we will work together, and we hope to work together to handle the government affairs of Xiangshan County well."

Everyone kept saying it was certain.

Ning Xiu drank all the wine, raised his glass and smiled, and then everyone sat down and started eating.

County Magistrate Huang originally planned to invite a few singing girls to accompany him, but because he couldn't figure out Qingning Xiu's temperament, he did not ask them to come to be safe.

After drinking for three rounds of dishes and five flavors, County Magistrate Huang asked tentatively: "Sir, do you want to find someone to sing a song to relieve boredom?"
Chapter completed!