Li Xin and Mu Qiyuan greeted each other hypocritically, and entered King Mu's mansion. This Mu Wangfu is really luxurious, and I don't know how much money they have spent on it for more than 200 years, like rockeries, small lakes, exotic flowers and plants, etc., and when they enter the hall, there are more treasures in the hall, and the extravagance is a bit excessive, it is even more magnificent than Zhu Youxiao's living room, which makes Li Xin feel very uncomfortable.

The two sat down separately, and Mu Qiyuan said: "Li Dudu first rebelled in Pingchuangui, and then collected Wusi Zangjingbian, and his reputation spread all over the government and the opposition. Xiao Wang sat on the edge of Yunnan, like a frog at the bottom of a well, hoping that Li Dudu would not hesitate to give advice. ”

As soon as Li Xin heard this, he felt that this Mu Qiyuan was not a straw bag, and he would also say a few words in a crepe manner, so he replied: "The lower official came to assist the prince in defending the border by the will of the lord of Long Live Lord. ”

Mu Qiyuan said: "Don't be polite to Governor Li, you are a person who has seen the world, and you have the grace of Lord Long Live, Xiao Wang has a lot of things to ask you for, what is wrong with Xiao Wang, please be magnanimous to Governor Li." ”

In short, the two of them were polite and polite, and did not say a word of substance. Of course, no one knows anyone at the first meeting, and no one dares to say too much, as long as everyone understands this meaning. Then Li Xin said goodbye, and when he walked out of the hall, Li Xin handed the letter written by the King of Shu to Mu Qiyuan and asked him to ponder it himself.

After Li Xin left, Mu Qiyuan hurriedly invited the old woman Mu out from behind the screen tent. The old woman Mu was quite satisfied with her son's attitude today, and without mentioning his rude behavior just now, the two opened the letter of the King of Shu and read it.

In fact, it is not convenient for the King of Shu to say too much, but he briefly introduced Li Xin's officialdom experience, as well as the changes that Zhu Youxiao is carrying out now, I hope that Mu Wangfu will correct his identity, don't do whatever he wants, he must keep up with the pace of change in the Ming Dynasty, cooperate with Li Xin's work, and don't make trouble for Li Xin, otherwise his family may be ruined. This is also the words of the King of Shu, he does not want to see the decline of Mu Wangfu, after all, they are all descendants of the founding fathers and belong to the same status.

Old Lady Mu saw the dangerous information from this letter, and immediately warned Mu Qiyuan that she must be careful, let go of her lofty status, and cooperate with Li Xin's next changes, and she can't be arrogant anymore, otherwise it may be difficult to keep the lord's hat. Mu Qiyuan respectfully accepted the old woman's suggestion on the surface, but he was still unconvinced in his bones, after all, he was used to the power of the Earth Emperor, and let him be a man with his tail between his legs, and he couldn't stand it at all.

Li Xin, who returned to the Governor's Palace, carefully recalled the visit process just now, and had some doubts about Mu Qiyuan's approach, but he still guessed on the good side, he really didn't want to offend Mu Qiyuan, after all, it was a group with a lot of power, and offending this noble circle would definitely have an adverse impact on his future career, and it might also make Zhu Youxiao's heart rush to embarrassment, he needed to keep peace with Mu Qiyuan as much as possible, as long as he didn't hinder his actions, try not to find trouble. Even if it's a superficial consistency.

After settling down the cumbersome affairs of the Governor's Palace, Li Xin began to sort out the archives left by the previous governor, understand the customs and customs of Yunnan, and plan to find a breakthrough for himself to reform and improve the economic situation of Yunnan. First of all, we have to improve the living conditions of the people here, in other places in the Ming Dynasty have begun to eat three meals a day, here are still two meals a day, the main reason is that most of the grain has been collected by the toasts, coupled with the land cultivation habits and the environment is not good. The second is that the roads here are not smooth, the local materials cannot be circulated, and the outside things cannot come in, which is also the main factor affecting the lives of the people, and Mu Wangfu has not made any achievements in these aspects over the years. The third is the high price of salt here, which is a question that Li Xin is puzzled about, the Ming Dynasty has opened the salt ban for several years, why the salt problem cannot be solved here.

After the red lady arrived in Yunnan, she found that Li Xin was not in a high mood, frowning all day long, thinking about the problem, afraid that he would fall into the horns of the cow and not be able to turn out, so she planned to let him go out for an activity. On this day, he invited Li Xin to go out for a walk, which can be regarded as a distraction, or a private visit, to understand some of the people here, Li Xin thinks about it and makes sense, and the couple took a few entourages to the street to walk around and experience the bottom society here.

Yunnan Mansion is the economic and political ruling center of Yunnan, relatively speaking, the construction is still relatively good, people come and go on the street, bustling, all kinds of native products are dazzling, like what Panax notoginseng, Poria cocos, Cordyceps, Gastrodia and other Chinese medicinal materials are placed in the street stalls, there are many expensive medicinal materials in it, this is a good thing to make money. For example, Panax notoginseng, also known as Tianqi, is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places, but the best quality is produced in Wenshan. The Chinese herbal medicine Panax notoginseng is used as a medicinal part with its root, which has the effect of dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and fixing pain. It is mainly used for hemoptysis, vomiting blood, hemorrhage, hematochezia, leakage, traumatic bleeding, chest and abdomen stabbing pain, swelling and pain, which are necessary medicinal materials in the army. In the tea shop, Li Xin also saw the famous Pu'er tea, which belongs to black tea, because the origin of Pu'er Province used to belong to Pu'er Prefecture in Yunnan Province (now Pu'er City), so it was named. Now it refers to the tea produced in the Pu'er tea area, which is a loose tea and pressed tea made from Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green hair tea that is recognized as a Pu'er tea area, and is processed after post-fermentation. Pu'er tea is an "imported antique", unlike other teas that are expensive in Xin, Pu'er tea is expensive in "Chen" and tends to appreciate gradually over time. These are all good things, and if you inquire about the price, it's pitiful.

After turning around for a long time, Li Xin felt a little hungry, so he entered a restaurant with the red lady, preparing to eat some local food here, and by the way to learn about the living conditions of ordinary residents, which is much more realistic than sitting in the yamen and listening to the report and looking through the archives.

"Please, please, please, please. What do you want to eat? There are fried bait blocks, flower cakes, chicken stewed mushrooms, and steamed Dianchi carp. Xiao Er at the door greeted him politely.

"Two plates of fried bait, plus a pot of chicken stewed mushrooms." Li Xin looked at this diligent junior and replied happily.

"Okay, guest officer, sit down first, right away." Xiao Er immediately went to work after receiving him.

Li Xin and the red lady sat there and waited for a while, and after a long time, two plates of fried bait and chicken stewed mushrooms were served. Looking at these two plates of delicate fried bait and chicken stewed mushrooms, Li Xin felt a great appetite, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, the red lady saw that her husband was very satisfied, and she was also very happy to eat.

"Boss, boss. Want salt? Really good Sichuan salt. Li Xin suddenly heard a somewhat suppressed greeting.

"Yes, yes, yes. How much is a pound? The voice of the owner of the small restaurant was also very low.

"Five coins and a pound of silver, authentic good Sichuan salt, crystal clear, without a little impurity, you always take a look." The voice was a little depressed, but there was excitement in it.

Listening to the hawker and the restaurant owner bargaining softly, Li Xin felt a little strange, the price of this salt in Sichuan is only a pound of silver, how can it become five dollars a pound of silver when it arrives in Yunnan Mansion, but listening to the hawker's meaning is still very cheap, the restaurant owner bargained to buy a small bag of four dollars of silver a pound, is this authentic Sichuan salt more expensive than ordinary Sichuan salt? Li Xinxin's eyes looked at the bag of so-called authentic Sichuan salt, isn't it the same as ordinary Sichuan salt in Sichuan, I can't see any difference, it's even inferior to ordinary Sichuan salt, is there anything strange in this?