Beiling County Shou, named Zheng Pei, is in his forties, slightly fat, has a belly, and looks official.

When a magistrate sees a king, his behavior can be imagined.

After getting up, he hurriedly stepped forward, and with a shy smile, he was about to lead the horse for Xiao Yuan.

"Alright." Xiao Yuan frowned slightly and stopped him.

"Yes, yes." Zheng Pei hurriedly bowed down and nodded.

There was nothing to say all the way, Xiao Yuan meant to rest for one night in Beiling, and King Xuan had no opinion on this.

After arriving at the county government, for the county guard Zheng Pei, the first thing was naturally to set up a banquet and entertain.

The arrival of the king made him somewhat flustered, and he personally opened up and commanded his subordinates to be busy.

In the hall, Xiao Yuan and King Xuan are diagonally located on the main throne, with a case in front of them to show respect for King Xuan, and below are Xu Hu, Xie Hongling, and Wang Su.

After a short time, the wine and food were served one by one, and there were all kinds of things flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.

Looking at the dazzling array of delicacies, piled up with several cases, there was not even a shadow of a vegetarian dish, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Zheng Pei.

At this time, the latter was personally holding the last two dishes, which were put on the cases of Xiao Yuan and King Xuan, and stood there and bowed down with a smile and said:

"This is a small piece of meat taken from around the fish's eye, all of which are treasures, please use it slowly by His Royal Highness King and King Xuan."

Inside the plate, there are small slices of fish, which are very tender and topped with sauce, which looks really appetizing.

However, just such a dish, I am afraid that I have to kill dozens or hundreds of fish to make it.

Xiao Yuan was a little annoyed, because this was a very wasteful thing in terms of the current situation of Beiling.

However, Zheng Pei was to entertain him, and King Xuan was there, so he didn't have much to say, so he could only stretch out his hand to King Xuan with a smile and said, "Sister Wang, please." ”

"Brother Wang, please."

King Xuan picked up the chopsticks, ate Xiang Siwen, and after tasting it slowly, he also nodded and said, "Well, it's very good, thank you Lord Zheng for your hospitality." ”

"Oh, His Royal Highness King Xuan is so polite." Zheng Pei hurriedly said: "It is the honor of your life to be able to entertain the king and His Royal Highness." ”

"What are you doing standing here? Seated. Xiao Yuan frowned and glared at him again.

"Huh?" Zheng Pei was taken aback, and hurriedly saluted: "Yes, yes......"

After the banquet, that evening, the county government study.

Zheng Pei bowed his head and stood respectfully below.

Xiao Yuan was sitting in his usual office, casually flipping through some bamboo slips.

Whenever he inspected a place or went to a place, Xiao Yuan would check the official documents of the county guard, which seemed to have become a habit.

In the bamboo slips, there are reports on the work of the county orders in various places, and there are things such as the people's livelihood and taxes in the county, from which you can get a general understanding of the local situation.

Zheng Pei was a little apprehensive.

Xiao Yuan looked at it very seriously, and there was nothing wrong with most of the official documents.

But soon, a roll of bamboo slips suddenly fell from it and smashed on Zheng Pei's body with a bang.

The latter tightened his body and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"See for yourself!" Xiao Yuan's words were concise and to the point.

Zheng Pei swallowed his saliva fiercely, knelt there, and hurriedly picked up the bamboo slips, while wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with the sleeve of his official uniform.

This official letter is mainly about the existing population of Northridge County.

It stands to reason that after a series of relocation policies, Beiling should tend to be saturated, but this process is very slow.

It can only be said that Zheng Pei did not take this as the first priority, but focused on other political achievements.

He opened the bamboo slip very nervously, and after reading it, his face also cried, "The king......"

"Don't complain to this king!" Xiao Yuan seemed to know what he wanted to say, and immediately interrupted him:

"Anyone can do superficial articles! Northridge's taxes don't matter! The economy here is not important for the time being! ”

"The saturation of the population is the basis for the prosperity of a place! Without the people, you will govern Northridge no matter how good it is! It's a wasteland too! You don't understand! ”

"If you dare to do this again, you will be treated as a corrupt official!"

Under the majesty of the king, Zheng Pei was shocked: "The king is angry, the micro-ministers, the micro-ministers must remember the king's teachings......"

"And!" Xiao Yuan said again: "This king's decree has already been issued, why hasn't the Beiling Academy been built yet!?" ”

"Back to the king, Weichen is ...... Site selection is underway. Zheng Pei explained.

"Less prevarication!" Xiao Yuan was slightly angry: "Are you lazy in politics?" ”

Yes!? Hearing this, Zheng Pei immediately panicked, he may not dare to speculate on the king's will easily, but as an official of the Qin State, he also understands that the king is the most hated official who eats and waits for death and does nothing.

Lazy government is as hateful as corrupt officials!

He hurriedly explained, and even his voice began to tremble:

"Weichen received Wang Grace, and since he served as the county guard of Beiling, he didn't dare to say that he was exhausted, but he was also conscientious, and he didn't dare to slack off on political affairs, and he still hoped that Wang Mingjian——"

"That's it!" Seeing his appearance, Xiao Yuan felt a little impatient: "Doesn't Lord Zheng hear that the current kingdom of the heavens is still making fun of my barbaric state of Qin!" Laugh at my Qin people, I don't know how to be polite! Most of them are illiterate barbarians! ”

"You are the governor of a place, you must think about the people in your jurisdiction, how many young people, they want to study, but they are poor, there is no money, there is no literacy place, the country can't care!"

"The gold and silver for the construction of the school, this king did not let the treasury of your counties come out, and the court has allocated funds, and within a month, if you don't start the work, your official position will not be guaranteed!"

After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, Zheng Pei dared to hesitate, and immediately knelt down and responded: "Minister, obey the king's order-"

Outside the study.

King Xuan originally planned to come over to find Xiao Yuan and discuss some things, but when he went outside, he could vaguely hear the reprimand inside.

"I'm swearing, so don't go in." She pursed her lips and smiled, and gestured to Wang Su again.

The two returned, and on the way, King Xuan said as he walked: "Lord Wang, do you know why this king wants to come to the area of Qinguan?" ”

"The king has always done things without leakage, and Weichen doesn't dare to guess." Wang Su said smartly.

King Xuan smiled: "Outside Xiping Pass, the twelve cities were occupied and slaughtered by Xirong, and it is very difficult to restore here, but didn't you find out?" Qin State, but did it. ”

"When we came, we saw the fertile land, we saw the vitality, and there were even a lot of business travelers here."

Hearing this, Wang Su thought about it for a while, and said: "According to my country's previous exploration, it should be the policy of King Qin to immigrate to the border, and mark the wasteland as a field, so that the people can reclaim it by themselves, and at the same time suppress the strong and powerful who annex the fertile land, strengthen the centralization of power, and take the people as the basis." ”

"Such a drastic move, I have to admit that the courage of the King of Qin, this is also what this king needs to learn, in addition, the border military defense of the Qin army, we also have to take a look."

King Xuan is colorful.