The county guard Uguraba is in a nervous mood at the moment! Because he was about to see the lord of the country, Li Chengji, he was inevitably worried.

Although since he took office, the development of Bancheng County can be described as coming by leaps and bounds. Like the size of the city, it has more than doubled. The area of cultivated land has also increased fivefold. According to the settlement policy issued by the Ministry of Households, the population of Bancheng County has increased several times.

There is also a good harvest of this year's grain.

But the cautious and fearful feeling of the lower official when he met the upper official could not be erased.

In the end, his time as a county watchman was still too short.

Just a year ago, he was a shopkeeper at Lee's firm. Because of David Gurion's recommendation and when he operated in Bancheng County, the performance of Lee's Commercial Bank increased several times. That's why the position of the county guard of Bancheng fell into his hands.

Therefore, in terms of seniority, he is still a novice in the officialdom.

Now that I suddenly want to see the lord of the country, I can't do it to the point of calm and wavelessness.

At this moment, "Wangwang..." Then I saw a team of people and horses, slowly approaching from the wheat field in front of them.

"Quick! Fast! Get this mad dog down. When Ugurabal, who had jumped to the extreme, heard the barking of the dog, he immediately ordered someone to drive it away.

Because it is not far from Dog City-Dieermi, there are many people who have dogs in Bancheng. So many people gathered today, and many dogs followed.

The Red Turban Army who received the order was also afraid of disturbing the Holy Driver, so they hurriedly blasted away the wolf dogs that came with them.

After a while, the carriage slowly came to the people.

"Bancheng County Shou Ugulaba to meet the lord of the country!" ，

"Cadi···",

"Grass people...", everyone crossed their hands in front of their chests and performed a Muslim salute.

Because the border army was in charge of the food and grass of the Persian army, the emir was not in Bancheng County. Naturally, there was no trace of him among the people who visited him.

"Everyone's excuse me...", Mu Erguo, as Li Chengji's companion, also came over this time. Therefore, after you saluted, you immediately asked everyone to be exempted from the salute on behalf of Li Chengji. and praised the hard work of the county guard, Kadi and others in government affairs, and let Uguraba take him to his residence to rest on the grounds of Li Chengji's hard work on the road.

The gentry and common people who were onlookers all looked at the curtain of the carriage with inquiring eyes. It's just that until the carriage went away, they didn't see Li Chengji come out.

In order to welcome the holy driver, Ugurabat gave up the county guard's mansion as the place where Li Chengji stayed. In fact, if it weren't for the ban on luxury issued by Khorasan, Uguraba would still want to give his house to Li Chengji.

There are many people who think the same way as him.

Because it's a great opportunity to tie up! No one will guard a house in vain and miss the opportunity to get close to Li Chengji.

But as soon as the ban on luxury came out, whether it was him or other people with other ideas. I didn't dare to commit a crime against the wind at this time.

After all, the ban on luxury clearly stipulates that the trading of power and money between businessmen and officials is prohibited. And there is a clear boundary between the way of life and the degree of food and clothing of officials. All aspects related to bribery should also be avoided as much as possible.

The people in the Supervision Department will keep an eye on it.

As the head of the country, Li Chengji will naturally try to be frugal. So that the extravagance in Khorasan will be greatly changed.

So before moving, he ordered the officials who received him along the way to keep everything simple. Ugulabat and the others are not good for gifts.

"The county guard, please stay, the lord of the country has something important to discuss." , Murguo withdrew all the idlers and others, leaving only Uguraba alone.

"I don't know what the lord asked?" , Hearing that Li Chengji had something to ask himself, Ugulaba chuckled in his heart and immediately said cautiously.

"It's not a big deal!" As he spoke, there were guards who closed the doors and windows tightly.

When Ugulabha saw this, he knew that something was not ordinary. But I didn't want to ask too much, so I could only be patient, and my calves trembled slightly.

"Actually, the lord of the country is not here!" , Mu Erguo said with a meaningful smile.

"That?" , Ugulaba frowned.

"The day before yesterday, the lord of the kingdom had crossed the Turkestan Mountains and entered the land of Ghul." , Murgo explained. Originally, coming to Bancheng County was just a cover to cover people's eyes. So as soon as he left Malu, Li Chengji led some of the men and horses to Bami.

"But in the carriage?" After all, at the gate of the city, so many people watched, and Li Chengji's car entered Bancheng. When it comes to the evening, how do you explain it to your guests?

In the end, in order to welcome Li Chengji's arrival, he had held a dinner party in the county guard's mansion. And the people with heads and faces in the city were invited. When the time comes, it will suddenly be said that Li Chengji has gone to Gur, and there will definitely be many people who will not believe it.

"The carriage only has a guard who looks like the lord of the country." , Murgo explained. Seeing that Ugulaba looked frightened, he said in a slightly cold voice: "This matter was decided by the lord of the country!" In order to get rid of the obstruction of the six Diwan, he had to make this decision. ”。

It was also Zhang Timing and them who also prevented Li Chengji from running to the land of Gur. So Guo Huai was sent over to prevent Li Chengji from leaving everyone and running away. It's a pity that Guo Huai can't follow Li Chengji all the time.

So halfway through, Li Chengji quietly left with the plan of the golden cicada to get out of his shell.

"Then how should the minister deal with himself?" , Ugulaba said with a sad face. After all, this is no small matter! The lord of the country is gone, and the six Diwan will definitely ask him. When the time comes, there will be no escape from the disaster of the pond fish.

Murguo originally carried Li Chengji's will to mention Wugulab. So as soon as he heard this, he smiled and said modestly: "Although this matter is a bit tricky, as long as you deal with it well, it is not a big deal." Moreover, the lord of the kingdom will not be embarrassed by you! As long as it drags on for three or five days, the six departments will never be embarrassed by you. ”。

"This?" , Ugurabat still frowned.

"The lord of the country has an order, if this matter is done. It's up to you to build the salt pans. Murgo said in a slightly seductive tone.

Before the end of the war in Khorasan, there were not many salt pans in the territory. Therefore, all the salt that the people ate was purchased by the government from other sources. It is then purified to become an expensive refined salt.

It was only in consideration of the purchasing power of the common people that the household department subsidized the salt merchants. As a result, the government has been in a state of loss in the purchase and sale of salt.

It wasn't until after the capture of Khorasan that many salt pans were discovered one after another. The government also took over all the salt pans as official ownership. It also stipulates that salt, like crude iron, is only allowed to be sold officially.

However, compared with the salt pans in Andichard, the salt pans in other places are not too small in scale and too low in reserves. It is difficult to mine and the cost of purification is high.