However, before these gentry in Changsha City could discuss the result, a letter from the capital interrupted their plan.

"These are all the properties of Liu Ximing's family, the attendant of Xin'anbo and Hanlin Academy? Yang Gong actually told us to stop? ”

Several official gentry families all looked at each other.

The several official gentry who gathered all had family members who were officials in Beijing, and not only them, but all the ground in Huguang was greeted by the Chu Party, and they wanted to give convenience to the two businesses of the Liu family.

There are naturally a series of changes brought about by Liu Ximing's return to the dynasty, but more importantly, Liu Ximing's self-worth at this time has been revealed, so that the Chu Party has to win over.

As for the two Guangzhou, Liu Ximing asked Xiong Wencan, who had already served as the prime minister of the five provinces, to ask him for help in making peace.

Coupled with the local expansion of the Han and Yuan firms and the Hengshun firms, within a few months, the Liu family's business strongholds in several provinces were all established.

For the first time, the Liu family experienced the convenience brought by the collusion of officials and gentry.

Of course, in order to avoid arousing public anger, the Liu family did not blindly suppress it, and after selling some of the benefits to attract a group of dealers, the Liu family's power quickly spread in these provinces.

By the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, cloth, silk, tea, wine, glass products and various Nanyang specialties produced by the Liu family flowed into the markets of these provinces.

Because of the low cost, especially the Liu family's cloth business, with a price of one to two cents compared to the bottom of the cotton cloth in Jiangnan, plus the quality is better, it almost occupied the market of these provinces by dumping, which greatly hit the cotton cloth business in Jiangnan.

However, the Liu family's envisioned transportation channel was not so simple, and when they could not defeat the Zheng family, the Liu family had to transport personnel to Luzon through Macao on a small scale.

For this reason, Master Long Xiang and Master Fubo all held their breath and wanted to have a big fight with the Zheng family.

However, these requirements were all suppressed by Liu Ximing, and he would not rashly start the war before the Liu family's fleet was not fully prepared.

Of course, that's all for later.

In September of the tenth year of Chongzhen, just before Liu Ximing and others went to sea, Neixiang County, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province finally ushered in a long-lost county official.

Lei Hong and his entourage came all the way west along the Yellow River, and along the way, whether it was Hebei or Henan, they were all miserable and desolate.

A large number of fields have been abandoned, a large number of people have starved to death on the roadside of the fields, and because of the continuous wars in these places, there have been many epidemics, and countless people have been killed and injured.

After arriving in Luoyang, Lei Hong and others landed from here and turned south, and the situation of displaced people everywhere became more common.

This is the main area of bandits' activities, and the rich and prosperous Henan has also been dilapidated, and robbers and bandits are endless.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing specially equipped these new recruits with a tun guard, otherwise they might not be able to reach their respective state capitals.

Entering Neixiang County, Lei Hong suddenly found that the shape in the county was even more serious than that in Luoyang and other places.

Because it is located at the exit of Shangluo Ancient Road, the inner countryside has been ravaged by thieves who come and go more than a dozen times, and it has long been starving everywhere and the people are poor.

You must know that the population of Henan was only six or seven million before, and now at least a quarter of it has been killed by war and famine.

September 12 of the tenth year of Chongzhen.

When Sun Ping, a white servant of Neixiang County, woke up early this morning and felt that the magpies in the yard were calling, he always felt like something good was about to happen.

When he told his mother-in-law about his worries, he ushered in a mockery, "You still want to think about whether you can make some money back today." ”

At present, Neixiang County is basically about to shut down, and I don't know how many people can't eat enough, but he still relies on his relatives to work as errands in the county government, so he is mixed with a white servant, so he can eat a mouthful.

"Money, where to make money", Sun Ping muttered as he drank the gruel in his coarse porcelain bowl in one gulp, threw it down and walked towards the door.

"Now that the army is in chaos, there are not even many business travelers, where can I go to make money for you, losers."

I had already known that I would ask someone to be transferred to look at the street, so that I could collect some oil and water from the shop, Sun Ping walked towards the city gate indignantly.

Fortunately, it is already September now, the sun is not so hot, Sun Ping followed a few white servants to stay in the city gate cave for a morning and did not see a few people, and it is impossible to search for tolls.

Who knew that there was a turning point in the afternoon, and Ren He, who was in the same township as Sun Ping, poked him in the shoulder with some excitement, "Brother Sun, there is a big fish coming, you see." ”

Sun Ping swept towards the main road outside the city with sleepy eyes, and among the displaced people lying on both sides of the road, more than 30 people were riding horses and driving the car towards the gate of Neixiang County.

"There's a big fish coming!"

At this time, the more than 20 white servants in the city gate cave all turned up, and a group of people looked in the direction of the comer, showing greedy eyes.

But when the team of more than 30 people gradually approached the city gate, Sun Ping's heart gradually cooled down.

What the hell is this rich family?

The dozen or so cavalrymen in front of him were all wearing blue fish-scale waist-length armor, wearing brimmed hats, holding waist knives at their waists, and carrying a shotgun behind their backs.

Sun Ping looked at the carriage behind the cavalry and the people behind him, these people were all dressed like this, and he was so frightened that he wanted to run to the city.

"There are soldiers and horses crossing the border!"

The people of Neixiang County, who had already been frightened by the thieves, all shouted wildly, and they all drilled into the holes in the city gate one by one, trying to close the city gate.

The homeless people outside the city were also made to jump by their movements, crying and screaming and trying to squeeze into the county seat.

Fortunately, a knight rushed over, and the words in his mouth made Sun Ping's hands loosen.

"The new magistrate of Neixiang County, the new branch of Jinshi Lei has arrived, and you don't hurry up to greet him!"

The new county lord?

Sun Ping looked at each other, there has been no county order in the inner township for two or three years, who would come to such a chaotic place.

I'm afraid this person is not a fool, Sun Ping has already made a conclusion to Lei Hong in his heart.

Where did a group of white servants dare to be such a master, seeing that the people who came did not seem to have the intention of robbing the city, several white servants hurriedly ran to the county government to inform them, and Sun Ping and others came out and knelt down in front of the car of Lei Hong and others.

"I'll wait to see the master"

Sun Ping took advantage of the kung fu of kneeling on the ground, and secretly raised his eyes to look at the person who came out of the carriage, only to see that he was wearing a green seven-rank county official uniform, with a short beard on his face, his eyebrows were sflat, and a strong aura came to his face.

This person is really a magistrate!

There is no need to verify the part, and his intuition tells Sun Ping that the person in front of him is indeed undoubted.

While he was thinking wildly, the young officer in the carriage pointed at him and shouted directly, "Who are you, come forward and answer." ”

Sun Ping raised his head and pointed to his nose in disbelief, "Me? ”

"Of course it's you," Rayjon waved his hand a little impatiently.

Sun Ping stood up with a cower, leaned in front of the carriage and hunched over, "Master has something to ask." ”

Lei Hong pointed to a large group of homeless people outside the city, "What's going on with these people?" ”

is a nerd who doesn't know how to do general affairs, Sun Ping despises it in his heart, does this need to be asked.

However, he still replied respectfully: "Master Hui, these are all homeless people from the inner countryside and the left and left. ”

"This official knows that they are homeless, but why doesn't the county government arrange relief, can they starve to death here?"

Sun Ping was a little embarrassed and said: "Master, there is not even an official in the county government now, it all depends on a group of scribes and old men to support it, who dares to do these things, besides, our Neixiang County government has no food to distribute." ”

"You are familiar with the county government", Lei Hong asked casually, but he didn't expect the person in front of him to be able to answer, and he suddenly became a little interested in him, and began to carefully inquire about the shape of the county government in Neixiang.

After a few minutes, a large group of scribes in blue and black uniforms rushed to the city gate, and when they saw Lei Hong's car parked in front of the city gate, a group of people crowded forward and knelt down to salute.

A scribe at the head looked at Lei Hong after saluting, "Master, I don't know if you can bring the documents of the imperial court?" ”

Jiang Baolin, the head of the Liu family's guard, stepped forward and took out the paperwork, and said impatiently: "What's the matter, do you still want the eldest lord to wait outside the city, quickly lead the way to the county government for verification." ”

"Yes, yes, please come in, big man", a group of scribes hurriedly dodged a way.