First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 298 Let’s Choose a Place

Although Xie Yingfeng doesn't look serious, he is very reliable when it comes to doing things.

The next day, after learning about Su Jixiang's proposal, he immediately agreed.

Mangcheng was a border town, and there were often wars in the past. It was only after Wei Ling guarded Mangcheng that the attacks by the Turks became less frequent, and they gradually retreated to the more remote cities and counties. Mangcheng became relatively stable.

However, due to years of war, many people were killed or injured, and many children became homeless because they lost the care and protection of their parents and relatives.

Most of them will naturally form groups in order to survive.

These children grew up eating at many people's homes. Some of them understood some principles of life, but others became hooligans and were exploited by some evil forces, becoming a hidden danger to the public security in Mangcheng.

In the past, Mang City was in chaos, with murders and robberies happening from time to time.

Rich families would hire someone to protect their safety, but poor families naturally would not be protected. At that time, the Mangcheng government did nothing, so they naturally did not bother to get involved in things that had no benefits.

This made the atmosphere in Mangcheng increasingly worse.

Later, after Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng took over Mangcheng, they also spent a lot of effort to rectify the atmosphere in Mangcheng. They defeated several big bosses of the underworld forces in the city, which gradually improved the public security in Mangcheng.

Later, Wei Ling led his men to leave Mangcheng to attack the capital, and although Nangong Rui, who stayed here, was a little confused in managing Mangcheng, he did absolutely nothing wrong in protecting the people. Over the past few years, the public security in Mangcheng has been getting better and better, and the Turks can no longer break into Mangcheng, so the people can live and work in peace in Mangcheng.

But the problem of these orphans has indeed not been solved yet.

Now that Su Jixiang proposed such a solution, Xie Yingfeng immediately felt that this was a good way to solve the problem of homeless children in Mangcheng.

So he took out the topographic map of Mangcheng and gave it to Su Jixiang, asking her to find a suitable place to build Guangjitang.

While Su Jixiang was choosing a place, Cui Yushan also brought Zheng Wenxiu to Xie Yingfeng.

Originally, Xie Yingfeng was unwilling to live in the prefect's mansion. Although he had always held the title of acting prefect, the mansion had always been empty.

It was only because Cui Yushan came that Wei Ling allowed Xie Yingfeng and Qu Wanning to live in the prefect's mansion.

If Xie Yingfeng didn't occupy this place first, Cui Yushan, who is a bold man, might have his eyes on this prefectural mansion.

The prefect's mansion was originally in a state of disarray by Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng. Now, after some repairs, there are only two complete courtyards for living. However, it is enough for Xie Yingfeng and Qu Wanning.

This time, Cui Yushan came to see Xie Yingfeng for his own residence and the Foundry Office.

He brought Zheng Wenxiu along because he wanted her to help him.

After hearing Cui Yushan's intention, Xie Yingfeng smiled and said, "The place that Lord Cui wants to live in is also simple. If there is no place in the city that you like, you can buy a piece of vacant land and build it yourself. Lord Cui and his wife want to continue living in Li Garden, but Li Garden belongs to the Black Tiger Army, so they may have to pay some rent to the Black Tiger Army. I am the governor's mansion in Mangcheng, and I cannot be the master of the Black Tiger Army! Although I have the title of military advisor, you know that there are many military advisors in the Black Tiger Army, and I am nothing!"

As soon as Zheng Wenxiu heard it, she knew it was Xie Yingfeng's excuse.

Everyone knows that Wei Ling and Xie Yingfeng have a life-and-death friendship. Wei Ling has the highest reputation in the Black Tiger Army, followed by Xie Yingfeng.

But Xie Yingfeng had already said this, and it was clear that he didn't want them to live in Li Garden for nothing.

"Thank you, sir. Do you have the emperor's appointment order for the position of acting governor of Mangcheng?" Zheng Wenxiu asked.

"Madam, are you joking? If I don't have a commission, can I give myself a title?" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile, "Your Majesty said at the beginning that since Mangcheng was saved by the Black Tiger Army, all matters in Mangcheng should be handled by the Black Tiger Army at their discretion. I am the person sent by the Black Tiger Army to handle matters at their discretion."

He did not really appoint himself as the acting governor. In order to win over Wei Ling, Emperor Longchang once wrote him a letter to talk about Mangcheng.

Therefore, Emperor Longchang also knew that he had written this letter to Wei Ling, which was equivalent to letting him take the position of the prefect of Mangcheng. So even though he wanted to find someone to be the prefect of Mangcheng now, he was hesitant to send anyone because of Wei Ling.

Otherwise, why would he arrange Cui Yushan to be the clerk of the Foundry Department? Wouldn't it be better for him to directly be the prefect of Mangcheng?

Zheng Wenxiu also knew that she had said the wrong thing. Although there was no formal appointment, since Xie Yingfeng was the current prefect here and even the one in Dongdu did not say anything, it basically meant that all the affairs of Mangcheng would be managed by the Black Tiger Army.

She lowered her eyes slightly, "Since my husband came to Mangcheng to serve as an official, the government should at least give him money to settle down."

"Give it, of course!" Xie Yingfeng nodded repeatedly, "In theory, Lord Cui and his wife should live in the Foundry, but now the Foundry has been razed to the ground, and you two really have nowhere to stay. How about this, you two, our Mangcheng has now expanded twice its size, and there are still many vacant lots. I can grant you a piece of vacant land at my discretion, and only charge a few taels of silver symbolically. Do you want to choose a place to build a yard for yourselves?"

This method is good, but Zheng Wenxiu thought that they would not stay in Mangcheng for a long time. Cui Yushan would definitely be promoted in the future. Once he left Mangcheng, wouldn’t this yard be built in vain?

"My husband and I are here on the emperor's orders, so we can live anywhere." Zheng Wenxiu said. After she finished speaking, she looked deeply at Cui Yushan, who had remained silent.

Cui Yushan then coughed lightly and said, "I brought my wife here today because I wanted to pay my respects to your wife and also to discuss with Lord Xie whether the Foundry Office can be rebuilt in another place."

"What's wrong? Is the original place not good?" Xie Yingfeng asked with a smile.

"It's good, but the location of the Foundry Office is not very good. It has to be rebuilt anyway, so I want to move to another place." Cui Yushan said.

The original Foundry Office was outside the city, and even though the scope of Mangcheng has expanded, it is still not included in the city walls of Mangcheng. Therefore, Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu thought about it and felt that the location of the Foundry Office was really unsafe. That's why they came to Xie Yingfeng to ask for the land!

"Master Cui, your foundry was previously located outside the city because it was used to burn slag to make iron." Xie Yingfeng said, "If Master Cui wants to move to another location, I'm afraid the sound of the casting will affect the people around."