Before Qin Wangren arrived, the gate of the polder courtyard in Xiashui Village had already been opened. A rich old man knelt down with hundreds of young people.

"Li Fugui, the head of Caomin Xiashui Village, has seen Lord Lieutenant." The middle-aged man in brocade clothes who called Li Fugui threw himself on the ground and shouted loudly.

Qin Forget rode on his horse and looked at Li Fugui carefully. This person is in his forties, very wealthy, and a silk round-necked kaftan can't hide the bulging fat on his body. Because of kneeling on the ground, Qin Forget couldn't see his face, but his intuition told him that this was a guy who was very good at enjoying and being sleek.

The polder behind him, a radius of about ten miles, the wall is more than two zhang high, there are many young people on it who look at him curiously and vigilantly, holding various weapons in their hands, Qin Forget even saw a few official standard foot bows, fortunately the bow and arrow are not wound, and they are also hanging low, otherwise Qin Forget really dare not come in.

When Qin Forget looked up, that Li Fugui was still honestly kneeling on the ground, not daring to say a word.

After looking at it for a while, "You are the head of this village?" ”

"Li Fugui, a grass farmer, is the head of this Xiashui Village." When Li Fugui heard Qin Forget ask this, his body lowered again, and he said more respectfully.

"Alright, get up, take me in and have a look."

Hearing Qin Forget say this, Li Fugui stood up quickly, turned his body sideways and made a gesture of please, "Lord Qin, please!" ”

Li Fugui stood up, and Qin Forget also saw his face, a big white and chubby face, well maintained, like a piece of tofu, which really gave people a slippery feeling.

Qin Forget traveled all the way through Xiashui Village, and found that this Xiashui Village was simply a heaven and an underground compared to the dilapidated village outside. The cottages are neat and tidy, and each household raises cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and other domestic animals and poultry. The land next to the house is neat, wheat has been sown, and you can see green wheat seedlings half a foot long. The people who come and go are not brightly dressed, but they are all neat and clean, and from time to time you can see children playing happily in new clothes that were torn up during the Chinese New Year.

Qin Forget nodded secretly in his heart, it seems that although this Li Fugui is sleek, he is still quite good, and he is completely qualified to be the village chief. Being able to govern a village like this in this troubled era also illustrates a kind of ability.

Li Fugui's home is not very luxurious, but it can be seen that whether it is used or placed, it is very high-grade. Qin Forget made a slight comparison, as if his mansion in Chicheng was more than a star and a half worse than others. Although he is the governor of the five counties, he doesn't even have a good place to live with a rich man in the countryside, which makes Qin Forget feel a little crying and laughing.

"You are Li Fugui? How do you know I'm coming to Chen? After looking at it, Qin Forget looked at Li Fugui and said bluntly at the beginning.

"Back to my lord, the grass people are just guessing." Li Fugui, who was sitting at the bottom, hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Oh? Guessed? Let's hear it. Qin Forget leaned back comfortably and asked with interest.

"Actually, it's very simple, the general has just taken office, and he is not familiar with the situation in the three counties at all, so he will definitely send someone to inspect the three counties. grass

The people just saw the general's entourage on the village gate that they were fierce and tough, and the general's bearing was extraordinary, so the grass people sent someone to ask boldly, but they didn't expect it to be the general himself. Li Fugui looked at Qin Forget boldly and said.

"Haha, you're a spirit." Qin Forget laughed, but he also admired this Li Fugui's mind and thoughts, "General Ben is not familiar with the situation in the three counties, and Village Chief Li is a native of Chen County, so he must be very familiar, right?" Come, tell me more about it. ”

Hearing Qin Forget say this, Li Fugui's face changed and he hesitated.

"What? Can't say? Qin Forget keenly noticed the change in Li Fugui's complexion, and his eyes became gloomy.

Li Fugui looked at Qin Wang's eyes, and his heart suddenly changed, knowing that his performance just now had caused the dissatisfaction of this newly appointed captain of Zhiguo. He gritted his teeth as if he had made a decision.

"The general doesn't know, the situation in the other three counties is not very clear, but this Chen County is no longer the Chen County of the imperial court, but the Chen County of the county commander Xu Guang."

Hearing this, Qin Forget straightened up from the back chair, "How do you say this?" Tell me about it. ”

"Yes." Li Fugui sorted out his thoughts slightly, "How did our Great Yan Dynasty come about, the general must be very clear. Since the founding of the country, the border army system in the north has been suppressed by the imperial court. Now the Great Yan border army has long retreated to the Great Wall, and although the dozen states north of the Great Wall are still in the hands of the imperial court, the imperial court's grasp of these dozen states can no longer be smaller. Now there is a saying, called 'The order of the imperial court, you can get out of the imperial city, but you can't cross the Great Wall'. Our state, county, and even county are all working in their own way. There was no imperial army to deter them, and in fact they formed princes of different sizes. ”

"You can get out of the imperial city, but you can't cross the Great Wall." Qin Forget chewed this sentence carefully, he didn't expect that the environment he was in was actually chaotic to this point. No wonder the imperial court would be so generous to seal Jinshan as the envoy of the Sanzhou Festival, and it was not a pity to give him this five-county Zhiguo lieutenant, it turned out that in the eyes of the imperial court, these are dispensable. All they want is the safety of the Great Wall.

It seems that he has to investigate the distribution of forces north of the Great Wall, these are the places he will often deal with in the future, and it will not be wrong to understand it first.

"Then tell me, what is the situation in these three counties?" Qin Forget decided to figure out the situation on his own territory first, and then think about anything else.

"These three counties, and even the entire Yunbei County, are the most remote places in Dayan. Even Yunzhou's actual owner, Yunzhou, doesn't want to see it, and naturally it doesn't fall into the eyes of others, but it doesn't have much power. But it is precisely because the government does not pay attention to it that this is also the most chaotic place in the entire Dayan. The government, local tyrants, high-rollers, green forest bandits and other chaotic forces are intricately intertwined. But they are not too big forces, and they are scattered, no one obeys anyone, and they attack and fight each other all day long, making the three counties even more chaotic. ”

"Then tell me who are the leaders of these types of forces?"

"Naturally, the government is the county order. They are only sesame green though

Douda is an official, but to be a county magistrate in this bitter cold place, there are a few brushes. Because of the background, people with backstage will not be reduced to us as county magistrates. These three county magistrates are all from poor backgrounds, and they all have some ability. Take my Chen County as an example, the county order changes very frequently. Especially five years ago, two county orders were changed in a year, the first county commander died at home inexplicably just after he took office, and the second county commander fell off a cliff on the way to Chen County and fell to his death. According to legend, they were all killed by the local wealthy people in our Chen County. Only now this Xu Guang County Commander does have some ability, and he has served for five consecutive years, and he has been peaceful. Speaking of the current situation in the three counties of the Northland, Li Fugui also frowned.

He didn't notice at all that when he mentioned Xu Guang, Qin Forget had a half-grown man's face full of hatred behind him.

"The two county commanders died unexpectedly one after another, things won't be that simple, right?" Hearing Li Fugui talk about the secrets of Chen County, Qin Forget felt a little shocked, this Chen County was really chaotic, and someone dared to do the murder of Shangguan.

"General Mingjian, they were indeed killed, I don't know who they were. In fact, the two officials who took office were both from poor families, and they were also very famous, so some people must have worried that they would come over and cut off their good life. Li Fugui nodded and guessed boldly.

"People died before they took office, but now this county magistrate has been here for a few years, come, tell me what kind of person this county magistrate is." Qin Wangchun glanced at Chen Wangchun and asked Li Fugui with words.

"The incorruptible can't even come to our Chen County, so I won't say anything about this Xu County, and the general also understands who he is. The most serious thing is that in the winter of two years ago, there were hungry people everywhere, and this Xu County Order not only did not provide relief, but also brutally suppressed those hungry people, and really killed many people. Who is he, the general just asks casually. Referring to that Chen County Commander Xu Guang, Li Fugui's face also showed serious dissatisfaction.

"You mean this Xu Guang can't stay?" Qin Forget suddenly interjected.

Li Fugui was taken aback, he didn't expect Qin Forget to ask so bluntly and so murderously. But since he had already decided to take refuge in Qin Wang, he naturally knew what to do.

"Don't talk about this Xu Guang, the county orders of the other two counties can't be kept." He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"That's a bit interesting, as far as I know, you have a very good relationship with that Xu Guang, otherwise your Xiashui Village wouldn't be so prosperous, and if I kill him, isn't it equivalent to digging up your backer?" Qin Wang's eyes immediately sharpened, and his gaze was like a knife, as if he wanted to pierce Li Fugui's heart.

Li Fugui's cold sweat broke out all of a sudden, and his big tofu-like face was soaked with sweat, "Hehe, backer? This backer was not given by him Xu Guang, but I piled it up with countless amounts of money and grain. If it weren't for him Xu Guang, I wouldn't have to risk the taboo to protect myself in Xiashui Village, and I would have lived much better than now. ”

Qin Forget stared at this Li Fugui carefully, and found that his eyes were clear and his face was sincere, so he believed eight points. "You are a smart person, as long as you follow me Akagi and work hard, I won't treat you badly."

Li Fugui was overjoyed and kowtowed again and again to thank him.