Li Xun first took a turn in the city to see the people's livelihood here, like other states and counties, you can still see the shadow left by the war everywhere, Xia Yuan County was greatly damaged in the second Longyou War, after the Tubo occupied here, they slaughtered and almost razed the entire city to the ground.

Seeing many new houses, Li Xun smiled and said, "Who built these newly built houses?" The imperial court didn't allocate money to come down, and the prefectures and counties also had no money, could it be that the people built it themselves? ”

Xia Yuan glanced at Li Xun strangely and said, "Dashuai, have you forgotten, you once issued an order that the people can build their own houses, and after they are built, the ownership will belong to them, and the government will not charge additional fees." ”

Orders given on your own?

Li Xun was stunned, but he didn't have any impression, and after thinking for a while, he remembered that this suggestion was made by Fan Zhongyun, and Li Xun had too many things to deal with at that time, and he didn't have the energy to take care of them, so he asked Fan Zhongyun to watch it, and he just signed and ordered.

Li Xun smiled, pointed to the new houses and said, "Do the people here think of the benefits? ”

Li Xun felt that he had indeed done a good deed, you must know that the city is not as good as the outside of the city, without the consent of the government, it is not possible to build a private building, you can also build a house if you want, you have to buy land first, and after building it, you have to pay a lot of taxes, these things, Li Xun is all exempt.

"This order of the great marshal is naturally excellent for the people, but..."

Xia Yuan glanced at Li Xun and hesitated.

Li Xun frowned: "I have something to say." ”

Xia Yuan nodded, and then said: "Ganzhou is in addition to Wuzhou, the main gathering place of the people of the Western Regions and the Dashi people, there are more than 100,000 people in this state, and the Han people only account for 30%, the vast majority of them are foreigners who believe in Tianlan Religion, these people believe in a common religion and live in a foreign land, so they are very united, after the marshal ordered the people to build their own houses, the foreigners in Ganzhou are very enthusiastic about this policy, under the call of religious leaders, the rich have contributed money, and the powerful contributions, the dilapidated Xia Yuan City was quickly rebuilt, However, recently the county order of Xiayuan County issued an order that only foreigners are allowed to build houses in the south of the city, and they are not allowed to build shops and do business, while the Han people have no restrictions. ”

The two were talking, and when they walked to the door of a restaurant, Xia Yuan said to Li Xun: "Dashuai, you shouldn't have eaten yet, the wine in this restaurant is very good." ”

The origin of wine is in the Dashi Empire, and then introduced to the Western Regions, the last two years are slowly flowing into the west of Longyou, this wine is very fresh for the Han people, wine is very cheap in Dashi, and it is not expensive in the Western Regions, but it is more expensive when it is introduced into Longyou, because it does not flow much, and it is very expensive, so there are few merchants to sell, can drink, and there are not many people who can afford to drink, but wine has been quite popular in Wu'an City, and Li Xun occasionally drinks some.

The restaurant has two floors, the first floor is for business, and the second floor is for accommodation.

After Li Xun entered, he glanced around, business was very good, and more than a dozen tables were almost full.

The owner of the restaurant saw more than ten people coming in at once, dressed well, and they were all Han people, Han people have always been generous, and the restaurant owner's face suddenly had a smile, for him, this is a big business.

Li Xun and the others chartered the last three tables.

"Order what you want to eat, I'll treat you."

Li Xun said this, and finally found a sentence: "You can drink some wine, not too much." ”

Hearing this, everyone was immediately overjoyed, these days with Li Xun out, because to ensure the safety of the handsome, but not drink, now Li Xun ordered to drink some wine, everyone is very happy.

Li Xun, Chen De, and Jiang Daxiong sat at a table, Xia Yuan felt that his position was too low and he was not worthy of sitting at a table with Li Xun to eat, and was about to sit at the table next to him to eat with the soldiers, Li Xun beckoned to him: "You sit down, let's talk." ”

Xia Yuan sat down, and at this time, the restaurant owner walked up to him and asked with a smile, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Li Xun said: "I heard that you have wine here? ”

The boss nodded and said, "I do have wine to sell here, but the price is a bit expensive, I have to make this clear to the guest officer in advance." ”

Li Xun smiled and glanced at Chen De, who understood and took out a piece of broken gold of nearly four taels from his arms.

The ratio of gold and silver is one for ten, but in fact, gold is much more expensive than silver, the general folk exchange, one or two gold can be exchanged for thirteen or four taels of silver, although wine is expensive, but it is only a pound of silver, of course, such a price is nothing to Li Xun, but for ordinary people, it is indeed very expensive, it can be said to be expensive, you know, a little bit of wine, a pound is only ten cents.

"Food, drink, you give us enough, if the money is not enough, let's talk about it."

The boss took the broken gold, was very happy, and nodded again and again: "Enough, enough, you wait, I will immediately have the best wine and dishes in the store brought to you." ”

This piece of gold was worth at least fifty taels of silver, and they were only twelve men, which was only a little more.

Li Xun's arrogance, the table opposite, a person with his back to himself, looked back again and again, Li Xun noticed him, smiled and nodded, the person also smiled, it was a greeting.

Li Xun then asked Xia Yuan: "Xia Yuan, how is the county order of Xia Yuan County for the people here?" ”

Li Xun came out this time, but also wanted to take advantage of the play, in-depth understanding of the people's livelihood in various places, although there are many people in this area to inquire about the news for him, but seeing is believing, since there is a chance, Li Xun naturally wants to see it with his own eyes.

Xia Yuan thought for a while and replied: "The county magistrate of Xiayuan County is called Zhou Xiansen, after the recovery of the western part of Longyou, he was transferred to Xiayuan County as a county magistrate, and he has been doing it for three or four years, this person is very greedy for officials, my impression of him is that he only collects money and does not do things, he is a villain and a corrupt official, and when the Tubo army arrived, Zhou Xiansen was the first to escape...."

Maybe the two had some grievances before, Xia Yuan said a lot of bad things about Zhou Xiansen, Li Xun didn't doubt it, because a low-level official like Xia Yuan didn't dare to deceive himself easily, and the secret guard had a detailed report on himself on all aspects of the officials at all levels in the seven states in the western part of Longyou, among which there was naturally Zhou Xiansen, which was similar to what Xia Yuan said, but Ganzhou was not under his jurisdiction before, whether Zhou Xiansen was good or bad, he had nothing to do with himself, and then he controlled the military and political power of the seven states in the western part of Longyou, However, the main focus is on the war against the Western Regions, and the matter of rectifying the rule of officials must be retreated, but now with the end of the Western Regions War, some things have begun to be laid out.