Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 387 - 288 Si Maheyu

Chapter 387: Chapter 288 Si Maheyu

Mr. Tang Weiting, the Eldest Young Master of the Tang Family, actually had plans to go out and have fun with friends today.

However, he suddenly received news that the new County Magistrate had arrived; people learned that this new County Magistrate had arrived just last night.

It happened on the eve of the New Year, during midnight. Although everywhere was bustling, their midnight arrival still seemed unnoticed by the spirits and ghosts!

If it weren’t for the Tang Family’s spies within the government office, they truly wouldn’t have been able to meet the new parent official without anyone noticing.

Tang Weiting somewhat regretted making previous arrangements with friends, as he couldn’t go to the government office to meet the County Magistrate alone and had to invite the Magistrate to come here for a visit instead.

Although hosting the parent official in his own place might favor his friends.

However, as they all had interests to attend to, meeting the parent official together allowed everyone to understand what kind of person the parent official was in their own way.

Though Tang Weiting had received some information, this time’s County Magistrate was also a figure from the Capital City; he only hoped that the new Magistrate would not be someone opposed to them.

County Magistrate Sima Heyu was summoned back to the Capital City suddenly. Coming from the grasslands in the North to the Southern region, he spent just one day in the Capital City and hadn’t even had a chance to rest before he had to bring his entire family to this place.

Every day after the New Year’s Day, he knew he would be very busy.

As a physically strong man, he could just bear the hardships, but his Madam couldn’t endure the long journey and had been sick the whole way. So on New Year’s Day, he closed the doors and declined any visitors.

Originally, he thought that coming here quietly, no one would know, and especially during the new year, he could rest for a few days with his family. But he hadn’t expected the well-informed Tang Family to invite him out here to enjoy the lakeside scenery.

County Magistrate Sima Heyu had no choice but to leave his sick Madam behind, instructing his people to take good care of her, and go out to the banquet.

He did not know that as he went out to the banquet, his daughter also arranged for someone to rent a carriage to go out and enjoy herself.

His daughter, Si Ma Roumei, was actually his youngest daughter. He had a wife who bore two sons; the eldest was eleven, and the youngest was nine years old.

Because his wife was rather frail and often unable to accompany him, he took on a concubine.

He was a very robust man, a northern man with strong vitality; if it were not for the numerous official duties, one wife and a concubine would hardly be enough.

The concubine was also commendable and bore him a son over one year old, who also came with him this time.

Although his legitimate wife was weak, his sons and daughters were all strong, and his daughter grew up sturdy.

Before becoming County Magistrate here, County Magistrate Sima Heyu’s children had also learned equestrian and archery skills in the North.

Now that he had been appointed to the Southern region as County Magistrate, he was unsure of the official decision-making, but he had no choice but to comply, and it might also be a result of family action.

County Magistrate Sima Heyu felt that his family was starting to become active. They sought not only to firmly grasp control of the North but to extend their reach to the South, and he was the pioneer in this effort.

Arriving with a heavy responsibility, as for why out of numerous counties and cities in the South, he was stationed in the new county.

Having talked with his elders in the Capital City, he was aware of some ventures his family intended to undertake.

It was the wealthy Tang Family stationed within this county.

As for whether his family and the Tang Family were friends or foes?

Previously, the Tang Family served as Imperial Merchants without taking sides nor having hostile relations with any court officials.

The orders County Magistrate Sima Heyu received were to foster good relations with the Tang Family and to leverage his potential to help his relatives gain higher positions.

As for whether they would become relatives by marriage and whether the two families would form alliances, that was precisely what they were considering.

It was also known that the Tang Family had become the target for many wealthy families to reach out to.

As for the Imperial Ministers, the Tang Family members had mysteriously become either good friends or relatives with these officials.

Riding a horse, County Magistrate Sima Heyu only brought one attendant with him and dressed casually, without putting on his official uniform.

His family had just arrived yesterday, and next time had not yet paid a visit to him, especially the steward, as well as other subordinates.

Observing from the street all the way here, the mood before his arrival was heavy; he had not clearly seen the streetscape last night in the midnight darkness.

Now, looking around, this county, though a bit remote, was still rather prosperous.

When he came here to arrive quickly, he had looked at the map for routes and heard there were two roads that led directly here.

One was more secluded and less safe, so for the sake of security, he took another, safer route.