Liaodong Bo, please accept this.
After the young eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, he folded it and handed it to Fang Er with both hands.
"Thank you!"
Fang Er took the imperial edict, took out a silver ingot from his pocket, and slipped it to the eunuch.
"Lord Liaodong is too kind. I shall return to report now."
Silently tucking the silver into his sleeve, the young eunuch bowed to Fang Er and then turned to leave.
"Congratulations, Lord!"
"Congratulations, Lord!"
Outside the door, Guan Chang, Ma Chao, Liu Meng, and others, along with Zhu Zi who had returned, entered to pay their respects to Fang Er.
"Keep it low-key, keep it low-key!"
Fang Er waved his hand and then continued,
"Go and prepare some wine and food to welcome everyone."
The wine and food arrived quickly.
The people also arrived quickly.
As soon as the wine and food were laid out.
Cheng Yaojin and Chai Shao arrived at the Armaments Department with a large group of people.
"Greetings, Liaodong Bo!"
As soon as Liu Dacheng saw Fang Er, he quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
The few people behind him also paid their respects.
"Greetings, Liaodong Bo!"
"Lord Liu, long time no see! In the future, I will have to rely on you for support."
Fang Er said to Liu Dacheng.
"Lord Liaodong, you flatter this humble official too much. This is my duty, and I will do my best!"
Liu Dacheng cupped his fists and then continued.
"Lord Liaodong, these are officials selected by the Ministry of Personnel. I will introduce them on your behalf."
"This is Sima Zhu Yuze."
"This is Lu Jun Canshi Liu Wenhua."
"These two are Lushi Ma Shaoyuan and Wang Xiu."
Liu Dacheng introduced each of the people behind him.
"Everyone, I will trouble you to take care of things in the future."
Fang Er clasped his fists and bowed to them.
The few people quickly returned the bow.
"Lord Liaodong, you are too polite. This is all within our duties, and we are honored."
"I say, is it over yet? My craving for wine has been rumbling all the way!"
Cheng Yaojin was somewhat impatient.
"These scholars are so pretentious!"
"Hahahaha, please sit, everyone be seated!"
Fang Er smiled and invited them to sit around the banquet.
Of course, the main seat was for Chai Shao.
By rank, he was a Duke.
And he was also Fang Er's father-in-law, so this was only natural.
The welcoming banquet was a joyous occasion for all.
Cheng Yaojin was carried back directly.
Chai Shao was a little better, but he was helped away.
When Fang Er woke up, it was already the next day.
He rubbed his still throbbing head.
"Damn!"
"All of you are wine barrels!"
"I don't even know how much I drank yesterday!"
"Young master, you're awake."
Seeing Fang Er wake up, Xiao Qing, who had been guarding his bedside, quickly helped him get dressed.
"What time is it?"
Fang Er was a little groggy.
"Young master, it's almost noon."
After helping him dress, Xiao Qing brought the washbasin prepared by the door.
After washing up, Fang Er thought for a moment and said to Xiao Qing.
"There are mostly gentlemen here, so it's not convenient for you to stay here."
"Let's go to Xue Lian's place."
"Okay."
For Xiao Qing, as long as she was with her young master, she could live anywhere.
Therefore, she just responded with an "Okay" and began to pack her things.
In Shenyang City, at the former site of the Shenyang County Yamen.
Liu Dacheng was somewhat bewildered.
He had asked many civilians and confirmed that the former County Yamen was at this location.
But what was this mess of pits in front of him?
Let alone houses, there wasn't even a single brick!
He had been transferred from Chang'an to Shenyang.
And now there wasn't even a place to clock in for work?
What was going on? Where was the County Yamen?
Liu Dacheng asked a Tianhuo Army soldier behind him.
"Uh, this should have been hit by cannonballs during the siege."
The soldier scratched his head.
Feeling somewhat awkward!
He was from the artillery battalion!
It was possible that these shell craters were made by him.
Liu Dacheng was speechless.
"I asked the Emperor for people, and you guys didn't even prepare an office for them."
"This Liaodong Bo is a bit unreliable!"
Just as Fang Er brought Xiao Qing to Chen Xuelian's residence.
Zhu Zi led Liu Dacheng to find him.
Looking at the intact residence.
Liu Dacheng was even more speechless.
"When you were firing cannons, did you deliberately aim at the County Yamen?"
The two-entry County Yamen was reduced to rubble.
Yet this spacious three-room courtyard was completely unharmed?
"Steward Liu, is something the matter?"
Fang Er heard footsteps in the courtyard and came out, seeing Liu Dacheng with a look of grievance.
"Liaodong Bo, where is the County Yamen?"
Liu Dacheng's tone was somewhat displeased.
"County Yamen? Zhu Zi, what's the situation?"
Fang Er asked Zhu Zi.
"Uh, young master, during the siege, the County Yamen should have been destroyed by cannonballs."
"So, the County Yamen is gone."
Zhu Zi spread his hands and said.
"What the heck!"
Fang Er had not expected this at all.
After entering the city, he had not been to the County Yamen.
Who would have thought that it would be blown to smithereens?
"Heh heh, Steward Liu, this was Fang's oversight. You can take people to find an empty house in the city to make do with for now."
"Zhu Zi, take Steward Liu to find an empty house, and then immediately gather laborers to build a new one."
Fang Er was very apologetic.
He had brought people here but hadn't prepared a place for them, which would be awkward for anyone.
"Steward Liu, please bear with us for now."
"Alright, let's do it this way. However, if we rebuild, it shouldn't be called the County Yamen anymore. It should be called the Provincial Governor's Yamen."
"I'll take care of this. You just need to gather the laborers."
Liu Dacheng saw that Fang Er's expression didn't seem feigned, so he could only accept this reality.