Section 1624 Wang Clan

The city lord is a nobleman, and his nobleman is different from other nobles. His father is a prince, his younger brother is a king, and he and the emperor are cousins. It is also very frightening to say this name. In the eyes of some low-level officials and ordinary people, this city lord is different from other city lords. Indeed, at this age, there is basically no possibility of promotion, but it is impossible for him to become the chief executive of the region. That's right, the empire stipulates that your title will only be promoted unless it is on the battlefield or in other places that have made significant contributions to the empire. Otherwise, it is impossible to raise this title. The leader also gave a lot of face. Regarding Kahuan County, his private land, all the chiefs in the area did not make a gesture of reaching out. You must know that this is a county, one-fifth of the area, they It's not that he doesn't want to reach out, but he knows that it's impossible for them to reach out to this place that he has been in business for decades, so it's better to be a favor at this time, and the city lord Long Yun obviously has his own arrangements, Long Yun There is a deputy city lord in the city. According to his idea, let this deputy city lord become the city lord, and then take care of his own business. With Li Cong and others, he also has to continue to fight with Cui Changsheng and others. There are two fronts, and it is impossible to change. Although Cui Changsheng reported the letter, it is uncomfortable to forgive him, so Long Yun's face was unhappy after hearing Li Cong's suggestion. There are five or six million people in the city, and there must be thousands of people who are eligible to be the city lord, but this Cui Changsheng is the last person in Long Yun's heart who cannot be the city lord. m

"Hehe, Lord City Master, I know that you are very prejudiced against Cui Changsheng, but that was in the past, when you were both in the county town, and you were the two people with the highest positions. It is impossible for the two of you to be in harmony. No one will believe it. It is precisely because of the disharmony between the two of you that the higher authorities are very reassured about the two of you. No matter how much trouble you two have They don't care about it, they can feel at ease when their subordinates make a lot of noise, but the situation is completely different now from that time, and now our place has changed a lot. Now there are no other voices in the county, The thing he reported to us is that we can hold him. This kid will be ours in the future. Although I have not met the deputy city lord you arranged, I dare say that person must not have Cui Changsheng. That brain. Why don’t you use a capable person? Do you want to push this person out because of some face problems in the past? This is not acceptable, Lord City Lord, and this Cui Changsheng does not have his backstage support. Now He couldn't do anything, he was very afraid that he would be implicated in that matter, if the city lord stood up and said something nice to him at this time, and made him the city lord, then everything would go in two directions. He can only rely on you and the forces behind you. Although Kahuan County City is no longer your city lord, it is more stable than when you were the city lord." Li Cong said with a smile, he wanted the entire Kahuan The county town is regarded as his own base, so this place must be well managed. It's not that Long Yun's deputy is not good, but that guy will definitely have great conflicts with Cui Changsheng after he becomes the city lord. One's own development requires the stability of this area, if they fight in this area. The person who suffers in the end is his own, so such a situation cannot happen. This is why Li Cong said good things to Cui Changsheng.

The city lord took a look at Suoye, he was not used to making up his own mind many times,

Instead, look at Suo Ye's face. Suo Ye has helped me get many ideas over the years, and I have survived well by relying on these ideas of Suo Ye, especially in this matter with Li Cong. If it weren't for Lord Suo, I'm afraid I would have confronted Li Cong now. Look at the fate of those who confronted Li Cong. At this moment, I can only watch the white money running around, but I can't get into my own pocket.

"Mr. Li, in fact, why are you pushing Cui Changsheng so hard for the position? Kahuan County can be said to be just a small county town. There is no need for an ambitious person to sit in the town. If necessary, I will see you He is a very nice person. Now that you are a county magistrate, you will have a chance to be promoted in half a year or even a year. At that time, I can help you to do a good job. The seat of the city lord of a county town will be handed over to you. You still have no questions, don’t you think that Cui Changsheng might become your stepping stone at that time? Of course, if you have any questions, you don’t have to answer me, we can help you with this matter as well.” Suo Ye He is scheming, he doesn't want to offend Li Cong, who is not satisfied, but if Li Cong doesn't say it when it comes to this point, it means that Li Cong is not close to them. As a partner, it is best not to have such a thing happen It's better, the old fox is an old fox, and he cornered himself with a few words.

"Suo Ye, this matter is actually very simple. I have confidence in Cui Changsheng. Now our tea industry is on this scale, but what about in the future? The scale will definitely be bigger. I need a chief executive who can help me. , As for whether this kid is willing or not at that time, we have the final say. There are the powers of the county prince's mansion and Yitiandang on the top, the power of the city lord in the middle, and me on the bottom. I think it is impossible for the deputy city lord you introduced to catch up with Cui Changsheng in ability." Li Cong thought for a while and said, of course he couldn't say It is because I want to develop this place into my own base. In that case, let alone them, even ordinary people would not be willing. No one wants to become a subjugated slave, right? Although the reasons Li Cong said could not convince them, the biggest reason for their opposition was that they were afraid that they would not be able to control Cui Changsheng in the future. Now that they had these reasons, if they could not control Cui Changsheng, then they would really be Some idiots, Suo Ye nodded, even if this matter is settled in this way, Cui Changsheng can become the new city lord, as for how long to sit, it depends on his luck.

"Master City Lord will go to the region to take up his post after finishing the arrangements recently. I think there are a lot of places that need to be taken care of after the past. It's a trivial matter, and it's not a respect." Li Cong handed over some golden tickets with a smile. They were all 50,000 gold coins, and there were more than a dozen of them. 700,000 gold coins was not a small amount. The money can do a lot of things, and the money is just an amount at this moment, an amount that can help Cui Changsheng buy the seat of the city lord. Originally, Long Yun was still a little uncomfortable. His old subordinate just sent 200,000 gold coins. Although it was not a lot, he knew that this was his old subordinate's entire net worth. Now he saw the 700,000 gold coins. Naturally, the old subordinate put it to the back of his mind, it was so realistic.

"Mr. Li is really too polite, so I wish Mr. Li can work hard in the position of county magistrate. As long as there is a little achievement, I can transfer Mr. Li to the county seat. Here we come." The city lord said with a smile, and he also felt that 700,000 gold coins is actually not a small number, although the profit of tea is huge, but these things cannot be in his hands. Most of them went to the capital. I left very little, not less than 700,000.

After walking out of the city lord's mansion, Li Cong saw the trembling Cui Changsheng at the door. This person is not only the long history here, but also the Chengnan Gang. If the deputy city lord becomes the city lord, the Chengnan gang may not be able to subdue of. At that time, if the two of them have some kind of fighting method, it will be unstable here. That will greatly affect my sales work, besides, I have to do some things in this county. That guy will definitely report everything to the above. Long Yun may not be clear about himself, but Mr. Suo is definitely not a fool. He will soon understand what's going on, and when the time comes, he will It’s really hard to eat and walk around. The biggest role of Cui Changsheng after becoming the city lord is that this guy listens to his own words, because a bottle of genetic medicine has gone down, and he may not be aware of it, but from the heart In fact, he already understood that he had to follow Li Cong. As for things like betrayal, there would never be any such thing.

"Mr. Li, something...?" Cui Changsheng was a little hard to say. Half a month ago, this person was still in his own calculations. After half a month, his future wealth and life will be controlled by this person. People are the same.

"Don't worry, the seat of the city lord is yours. It just cost you a little money. You will reimburse it." Li Cong would not pay for it himself. He knew that Cui Changsheng had a family property of nearly two million gold coins. There are millions of gold coins in income every year. Sometimes being an official is much better than doing business these days. Cui Changsheng’s money has to be used for his own affairs. There is no reason for him to give it to him. He posted money, but there are many places where he spends his own money.

"Thank you Mr. Li for your cultivation. I will definitely do things well in the future. Mr. Li, you can just open your mouth about things in the future. I will do what you say, and Cui Changsheng will follow you from now on." A future city lord told him It is unheard of for one of the subordinates and a future county magistrate below to say such a thing, but if you are at the scene, you can know that this is actually a completely real situation, and this is definitely not a dream. .

Li Cong and Cui Changsheng got into the car, and the two of them wanted to go to the best teahouse in the city, which is Bamin Tea House, to have a good drink. Li Cong was about to become the county magistrate, but he had never been a county magistrate. Cheng's, this needs to be taught by Cui Changsheng.

What Li Cong wants to know most is military issues. The matter of the Shenjian Army let Li Cong know what he is doing here. If he doesn't understand it clearly, it may bring great harm to his future deployment. It's troublesome, so now we have to understand it carefully. Cui Changsheng is like a slave of Li Cong at the moment. He will say anything Li Cong asks, and he doesn't have any reservations. This guy himself I just don’t know. In fact, some of the situation in Kahuan County that Li Cong learned from the beginning are not true. Many things will not be disseminated, and even many things that Li Congting has never heard of have appeared. That's right, an army of thousands of people in a county can't justify it.

The military system here is also very strict. Although the city lord has the right to mobilize the army in name, it is only in name. The real situation is that the city lord and Chang Shi jointly can mobilize the army. Sir, he is the real holder of military power. It can be said that he and the local government only have the right to ask for money, but have no due obligations. The imperial law stipulates that all troops are supported by the locality, but his All actions do not have to inform the local government. This also makes the army a corrupt system. If the local government does not meet the legitimate requirements of the army, then they will have to check whether the black hat on their heads is safe. The chances of replacement are very high.

The empire was established by force, so the importance of the army is very important, even children know the importance of the army. The army in Kahuan County is divided into three parts. One part is the army directly under the empire, and this part of the army is also the most elite. In Kahuan County, they are stationed on the communication line from the county to the area. They are all cavalry, not without infantry. But very few. Such troops can be said to be the most important main force in the war. There are not many people, only more than a thousand people. At the beginning, they were the only ones Li Cong knew about. It was only through the introduction of Cui Changsheng that Li Cong knew. They are not as simple as they seem in front of them at all. There are several main traffic arteries in the empire, and the areas around the traffic arteries are where their troops are stationed. It was as if they were only two hundred miles away from the army in another county. If they advance at full speed, it will only take three hours to gather. When something happens, their two armies will concentrate in one direction, and then the time can be doubled. This is the first time Li Cong knows. , I was a little scared in my heart, don't look at them on the surface, there are only more than a thousand people. But if it was wartime, they would immediately become more than 2,000 people, if calculated according to their assembly speed. At the end of the day, there can be tens of thousands of people, and these people's brains are also very smart. It's no wonder that an elite army with only a thousand people in a county can guarantee safety. This is the reason.

In addition to these elite troops of the empire, there are two other parts of the army. These troops are not so important. One is the army directly under the county. Do whatever you want, the empire only gives you a certain salary, 200 silver coins per year, and they don’t care about the rest. Anyway, you join the army, unless it’s three years later, if you don’t If it appears, it will immediately become a slave. This has caused many people who joined the army to complain. Originally, they joined the army to support their families. Who knew that people would not want to hire them when they heard that they were county soldiers. Such people, who doesn't know that these people may be called away at any time, but the empire also stipulates that everyone who fails to participate in the imperial army at the age of twenty must join the county army for three years, unless they are physically ill Problems, physical problems here are very strict, it is not enough for Li Cong to just find someone to open a medical record certificate, as Li Cong knows, unless there is a real problem here, if it is found out, it will be executed immediately, this part It is also the largest number, just like Kahuan County. There are about 300,000 troops in this army, but the combat effectiveness of this part of the army is not very strong. Recently, the imperial law has promulgated a new law. It only takes four months to serve in the military. After all, it is not a small expense to support so many people in peacetime. The 300,000 people used to pay 200 silver coins per year, but now it is less than one-third. 150 silver coins, such a person can save 0.5 gold coins every year, which is 150,000 gold coins a year. There are so many in a county, and more than 100 counties in an administrative district can be more than 10 million gold coins. Yes, in the entire empire, it is worth hundreds of millions of gold coins. Even the emperor of the empire should take a good look at this amount, and he can't do it randomly, but the direct result is that the combat effectiveness is even lower.

The third part is the standing army of the empire. The difference between this part and the elite troops of the empire is that they are not all knights. They are professional soldiers selected from the army of those counties and cities. Their salary is about twice that of those people, of course. , There are not many of them. There are only more than 10,000 people in Kahuan County. They are the best auxiliary troops in wartime. In the nine administrative regions, in addition to these three parts called the army, there are also many personnel that can also be called the army, such as the guards of officials at all levels, which are all strictly limited in number, and all They are selected from the standing army. After they go out, in addition to getting a salary from the empire, the official they are responsible for protecting will also be paid some salary, which is usually about double the salary of the empire. Many people I like that they can be selected by officials. But officials also look for the best of them.

Cui Changsheng still knows these things very well, just like Kahuan County, the biggest person in the county is naturally the city lord. The city lord's guard team consisted of five hundred people, including one captain, two vice captains, and five small captains. Each team has one hundred people. Usually, three teams are at work, and the other two teams are resting. Anyway, no matter how they arrange it, as long as it can ensure that there are three teams around the city lord when he is in the city, and five teams when he is out of the city. All the teams followed. In addition to their annual salary of 400 silver coins, the city lord also gives them a salary of 400 silver coins every year. Sometimes there are other rewards on the city lord’s birthday or something. It can be said that their life is very good. An ordinary soldier can For those earning more than 20 gold coins, it will be even better if the city lord asks him to do something, and their family members are also fed by the city lord's mansion. This is also a lot of expenses.

Li Cong's county magistrate also had his own guard. It's just that the number is incomparable with the city lord. In addition to the eight bearers, Li Cong only has 42 guards, making up 50 people. Li Cong can also have two masters and four clerks. Five servants, this is all the team Li Congneng has. The salary of the county magistrate is acceptable, 400 gold coins per year. And the empire provides a house with an area of ​​500 square meters to live in. Of course, if it is on the earth, this house will be very good, but the most important thing here may be land. Just find an old farmer's home. There are two or three 100 square meters, so after the general county magistrate takes his position, he will always buy the houses of the surrounding people and start to expand. Although the salary for the county magistrate from the empire is only 400 gold coins, the county town and the county town There is still a salary, it depends on how the taxation work was done that year, just like the county magistrate who has a good relationship with Mr. Hu, he can get two thousand gold coins every year, plus some people below Filial piety, five thousand gold coins per year is no problem, so officials are absolutely not short of money, and the empire will not pursue these, as long as they do not do anything that violates the law, no one cares about human relations.

Cui Changsheng told Li Cong that this is the income of a well-regulated county magistrate. If a person who can make money becomes a county magistrate, there are too many things he can get. Tens of thousands of gold coins are possible. After all, even a person like Mr. Hu can have tens of thousands of gold coins a year. This county magistrate has more contacts than him. Making money is no problem. It sounds like The officials here are also very good, even better than Li Cong's hometown.

The county magistrate is the second-in-command of a county, except for the county magistrate. Generally speaking, the county magistrate doesn't care much about things. He just takes care of some major issues. The county magistrate manages small matters. Li Cong I also don't like such trivial matters the most, but it doesn't matter. Cui Changsheng told Li Cong that it's okay if you don't like to take care of things. In a county with one million people, these are Li Cong's masters. They are just a follower in front of Li Cong, but they are great people outside, and they will become the leading figures in this county. Of course, Li Cong can't leave all of them behind. If that's the case, people in the county may not know the original county magistrate, and instead praise the entire master. Cui Changsheng is not worried about this. Well, the master who can fool Li Cong probably hasn't been born yet, so it's better to worry about that master than to worry about his boss.

Time is running out and Li Cong needs to take up the post within three days because of Cui Changsheng's problem. Li Cong has already been delayed for two days. He is here to say goodbye to the big shopkeeper and city lord of Yitian, and he is about to take up the post. Who knows When Li Cong left the city the next day, several big families in the county sent their children to send Li Cong off. To save face, the county magistrate he went to is not close to here. It is two hundred miles away. If the horse gallops away, it may take a few hours to arrive. But now Li Cong is an official of the empire. If there is an urgent matter, it will be illegal to gallop on horseback. Li Cong can only sit in his eight-carried sedan chair and walk over step by step with dozens of his entourage. It took a genius to arrive, but Li Cong was not bored. Along the way, several masters were telling Li Cong everything about the place he was about to go to.

Li Cong and his team had just left the county town less than twenty miles away, when a huge welcome team appeared in front of them, the city lord. No, he will soon be the person that Long Yun, the chief executive of the district, pays attention to. Can this be an ordinary person? Is it a joke that people pass through our county and want to take up posts in other places? If the following officials don't even know this, they are a bunch of complete fools. How can everyone not see this clearly? They don't know about Li Cong and tea, and the people below don't have so many sources of information, but they know things in the officialdom very clearly. A welcome team of hundreds of people? Go away. This is someone who can talk to the city lord face to face, can this fucking be a simple person? Can he take out a team of hundreds of people? No matter what, it must be a team of several thousand people. What Li Cong sees now is a huge welcome team of thousands of people. This formalism is really a bit...a bit too much...

Looking from Li Cong's eight-carried sedan chair, several people in official uniforms walked towards Li Cong quickly. Said that this guy should be the same as himself and the county magistrate here, and the guy in front of him should be the county magistrate here. "Lord County Chancellor. The magistrate of Xuyang County is here. According to the rules, you have to go there first." Master saw that his chief didn't know anything, so he hurriedly reminded him.

It turned out to be like this, there were too many things, Li Cong got off the sedan chair cursing. This fucking welcome fart, I'm trying to sleep here. You came out one by one, aren't you looking for trouble? However, Li Cong also knew that he would be regarded as a person in the officialdom in the future, and he couldn't be such a mess, he had to have some face, so he hurried up to say hello, this place is different from Huaxia, there is no need to kneel down, but I have to nod and bow, but these people are obviously giving Li Cong a lot of face, and they keep praising Li Cong. If Li Cong didn't turn down quickly, maybe these people would still keep Li Cong here to eat. After the meal, Li Cong looked at this posture and decided to forget it. After an hour of delay, he was on the road again, but the team was a little different from before. Because they had to pass through their jurisdiction, they added some defensive troops. With hundreds of people, Li Cong's team has doubled in size, grown longer, and has several more boxes of gifts.

Li Cong thought that he knew this gift-giving culture very well in Huaxia on Earth. Who knew that the gift-giving culture he knew before was nothing here at all, and they could even send gifts for their birthday next year in advance , The master next to the receiving gift also reminded Li Cong that if the gift from the subordinate is not what you ask for, you can put it away, and there is no need to return the gift, but if you are at the same level, you must remember it. Come down, you need to pay it back when it’s time to pay it back. In addition, if the boss gives you a gift, it will be a great thing. This should be regarded as the top priority. On some special days, you have to go back twice. So in the officialdom of this empire, there are many people who are frowning. They are the people that the boss likes. The boss may like you for various reasons, but as long as they send it to you, you have to count. After finding the value and then going back to return the gift, Li Cong thought that this thing was already asking for bribes in disguise, but no boss gave him a gift. He also saw the gift list just now. I am tall, and the other county magistrate is on the same level as him, but what Li Cong doesn't understand is that the names of these two people actually gave Li Cong an item of less than one hundred gold. Some of the subordinates of the company give gifts that are hundreds of gold coins at every turn, and there are things with thousands of gold coins. Are they too stingy?

At the beginning, Li Cong thought so too, thinking that these people were too stingy, don't look at those who are so enthusiastic on the surface, but in fact they have nothing, but after being reminded by the master, Li Cong understood, and they also Everyone knows the rules of gift giving. If they use their names to give gifts, it is basically the same as not giving gifts, so they put all their gifts in the list of subordinates, so that Li Cong can accept them. It's very relaxed. In the coming year, Li Cong will not be able to send gifts to the homes of these subordinates. Of course, if Li Cong really sends them, it will hurt them. Li Cong shook his head with a smile, and looked at the gift list. The following small officials are the most vicious in giving gifts. The most interesting thing is that a small official who manages several streets actually gave a gift of 3,000 gold coins. Even a fool can see that this person cannot afford the money. of. As far as his salary is concerned, he can't get it out without eating or drinking for decades, but now he has it. Generally speaking, such a salary is a gift from the county magistrate and the county magistrate. And one of the masters who followed knew this small official. It turned out that this guy was a distant nephew of the current county magistrate. The whole person appeared in the gift list. That means it was arranged by someone with a heart, and the person with a heart is probably the county magistrate. Another small official over there seems to have some relationship with the county magistrate, so I understand.

Fortunately, Li Cong only passed through two counties to the territory under his jurisdiction. If there were too many passes, it is estimated that Li Cong had not arrived yet. These people would not be enough. Maybe all of them could not pull gifts. , Li Cong had already hired more than a hundred civilian husbands from the previous county when he reached the boundary of Li Cong. Otherwise, these cars would never be able to move these gifts. Fortunately, there are many strong slaves among the gifts given to Li Cong. They can work, otherwise Li Cong might have to ask his bearers to work. If there are too many, the speed will naturally slow down, and it will be more than a day later than the original time. Li Cong also just found someone to report in the past, without the slightest awareness of doing something wrong. It is estimated that the county magistrate also knew Li Cong's identity a long time ago, and the county magistrates and county magistrates along the way were all very friendly to him. Does this county magistrate really dare to punish himself for his crime? Are you really brave?

However, Li Cong really thought he was wrong about this matter. When Li Cong arrived at the county where he was located, he found that there were only a few people on the border to greet him. The leader couldn't catch up. Seeing the shadow of the official sedan chair in the distance, four people galloped over on fast horses. After saying a few words to the steward in front of the team, the four people immediately got off their horses and ran towards Li Cong. It seemed that there was still someone here to greet him.

"Yu Yan, the subordinate Yuncheng County Administrative Office, has seen the county magistrate. We should have gone to the front to greet him earlier, but because the imperial law stipulates that we are not allowed to leave our county without regulations. Please atone for your sin." A dry old man came over and said that he knew Lao Yang. He was taken aback when he saw Lao Yang, but he didn't show it much. Li Cong smiled faintly. It seemed that this person was here to greet him. Yes, doing things is quite standard. The master told Li Cong that Li Cong also understood that this administrative office is actually the office of later generations, which is commonly known as the big housekeeper. It seems that the county magistrate is going to do serious business with him. When I looked at his information, I knew that the county magistrate had no foundation, but he had a very solid foundation among the people. His family was a family of the county, and this Yuncheng County and several other people under the city of Kahuan County There is no communication between the county towns. It is close to the sea, and usually communicates with the neighboring county towns by land. As for the knives of county towns and provincial capitals, they can say nothing here, but the taxes they pay every year It's not a lot of things, so there is no intention to change this situation on the county side, so let's do whatever we want.

"Hehe, thank you for coming to welcome me. Let's go to the county seat now. I don't know how far it is from the county seat." Li Cong looked in front of him, there was no city at all, and it shouldn't be very close Yes, the county magistrate didn't come alone, and the officials in the city didn't come either. Damn, this is to give yourself a blow. I don't want to follow their set. If you want to come here, let it go Come here and try your skills, if you don't happen to be lucky, you will be turned upside down.

"If you go back to your lord, it is still 30 miles away from our county seat, and there are two small towns in between. If your lord wants to rest, can you explain it to me in advance?" very satisfied.

"No need, I have everything I bring here, your name is Yu...Yu Yan, right?" Li Cong said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a blessing for a villain to be a villain. What orders do you have?" This guy was still raising his hands and bowing to each other on horseback. This guy seemed like a real slave.

"It's okay, let's chat casually. I saw their lords in the previous counties, but I didn't see them in our own territory. Did something happen in our county? Or those lords. Are you really too busy at work? So busy that you don’t have time to meet me?” Li Cong said with a smile, but there was a hint of sternness in his words, and it seemed that Li Cong was very satisfied with the majesty given by the county magistrate. Uncomfortable, this Yu Yan also smiled wryly.

Speaking of which, Yu Yan only came to this city to take up this position the year before last. He used to work in the county town all the time. He also suffered from the xenophobic practices of this county town. The county town can be said to belong to the Wang family. The world, in fact, is not only the county seat, but the Wang clan also owns the dozens of villages and towns below. There are a total of 950,000 people in this county, of which 300,000 are surnamed Wang, which is not a small number. It is also a common practice for people from the Wang family to be county magistrates. Since the first Wang family magistrate hundreds of years ago, there have been more than 20 Wang family magistrates. This seems to be hereditary like the emperor of the empire. That's right, not only the seat of the county magistrate, but also some other important seats are filled by people from the Wang family. The county magistrate Li Cong is doing is a different kind. The Wang clan received the news that Li Cong was coming Afterwards, they began to discuss how to deal with this matter. In fact, this is not the meaning of the county to intervene in their place at all. The city lord just took a look at it casually. They gave it to Li Cong when the county magistrate was vacant, and there was no such thing at all. Other meanings, but in their view, that's not the case. They want to keep their royal family's century-old foundation, so they must first show off their power to Li Cong. . . )

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