Chapter 3: Before Returning to Beijing (3)

"What if Yan Ku and they come, Zhao Lu happened to come from Nanpi, but you went to Nanpi......

Xu Qing lowered his head and kissed Xiao Yue on the mouth, stopping her words. After leaving, he said to her, "When they come, let them wait." ”

One day, when they arrived in Nanpi, at the same time, Zhao Lu and others also arrived in Cangzhou City. However, they were told that they would have to wait two days to see Xu Qing, and although they were puzzled, they also obediently stayed.

When Xu Qing arrived at Nanpi, he didn't see anything, but just walked around the street. Look at the store where I lived when I first came, the shopkeeper has changed, and the errand runner has not changed, but I can't recognize Xu Qing anymore.

Look at the wall that reads "Boundless Night, River World", which has been repainted. The once rugged streets have become smooth and clean, and the crooked houses and wild dogs on the ground are gone, replaced by rows of small traders and hawkers and bustling crowds.

The prosperity of Nanpi seems to be on par with Cangzhou City, Zhao Lu is talented!

Pointed his ears to inquire, but heard the people say that Zhao Lu imitated the development of Cangzhou City, and took advantage of the advantages of Nanpi being south and being a traffic artery to create a small Cangzhou.

After reading the Department of Commerce and Taxation, the State School and other places, Xu Qing has only one word in his heart - "good". Even if he did it himself, he wouldn't be able to do such a good job. After all, the appearance of Cangzhou City is there, and it is not easy for Nanpi to compare with the prosperity of Cangzhou City as a county seat.

At this time, the big stone in Xu Qing's heart finally landed.

The next Cangzhou assassin will be appointed to Zhao Lu!

In Xu Qing's view, Cangzhou at this time needs a history that can continue to implement Xu Qingism, so that time can promote the progress of commercial reform, fermentation, and then get rich, succeed, and become a model. Then radiate the surroundings and drive the entire southern Hebei to carry out commercial transformation, so as to achieve ideological awakening.

And this personal choice, Xu Qing thought about it for a long time. Although Yan Ku and Qin Shi are also loyal fans of Xu Qingism, judging from the current situation, they are not old enough and flexible enough to know how to adapt to local conditions. If the mode set by Xu Qing in the future is not only faulty, but the person who can repair it is probably Zhao Lu.

Coming back from Nanpi, Xu Qing was thinking about the personnel transfer arrangements in Cangzhou all the way. In addition to considering the development of Cangzhou, Xu Qing also had to consider the development of his protégés, who were all part of Xu Qing's forces.

Haixing County Ling Yan bitter. Although Haixing County is a little poor, after Xu Qing's guidance, the salt industry has flourished. Every year, a large amount of high-quality salt is paid to the government and the frontier, which is really a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty, which is relatively poor in salt. Yan Ku only needs to boil up his qualifications, and when the emperor sees Yan Ku's name on the "person in charge of delivering salt", his promotion is just around the corner.

When Cangxian County ordered Qin, Cangxian County was attached to Guo County, and there was an unwritten rule in the officialdom, not that the talented did not go to the attached Guo County, and if they did not make a big mistake when they arrived in the attached Guo County, they would move down to the governor's history, and there would be no big mistakes. It can be said that Qin Shi's promotion is not to worry about.

Huanghua County Commander Zhan Zeng, this person is not Xu Qing's protégé, but he is the only one left in the former Cangzhou County Order, and he is also one of Xu Qing's admirers. Since this is the case, Xu Qing also wants to help him and develop him into one of his own forces.

Zhao Lu can implement Xu Qing's model, but after all, he is a newcomer to officialdom, and if there is an old man like Zhan Zeng to assist, it will just complement each other.

In this way, it is Zhao Lu, the assassin of Cangzhou, don't drive Zhan Zeng, Haixing County Ling Yan Ku, Cangxian County Ling Qin Shi.

There are still two vacant seats left in Huanghua and Nanpi. Xu Qing thought about it, let Han Zibang be the commander of Nanpi County, he is the head of the Commercial Tax Division, and he must be able to maintain the prosperity of Nanpi even more, and will not let Nanpi decline after Zhao Lu leaves.

There is also Huanghua County, where Xu Qing's heart is most appreciated by Huanghua Port, the throat of the third trade route. After rummaging through everyone in his mind, Xu Qing finally put his heart on one person - Chu Jiang.

Since Chu Jiang is the head of the naval army, guarding this Huanghua port, it is better to simply promote him to the position of the county commander, and he will not have to be constrained by local restrictions when carrying out trade and building ports in the future.

The carriage ran fast and smoothly on the newly built road. Xu Qing, who was sitting in the carriage, was silent in thought, and gradually his eyelids fought, and when he woke up, he could already see the walls of Cangzhou City.

"Arrived?" Xu Qing noticed that the carriage had stopped, and opened the curtain to ask the coachman.

"Master, Cangzhou City has arrived, but I can't enter the city!" The coachman steadied the horse and returned.

"What's going on?" Xu Qing looked at Xiao Yue, who was still asleep, put clothes on her, and got out of the car to take a look.

The coachman walked up to Xu Qing and bowed over: "Master, there are too many people at the city gate, our car is too big, and we can't get in......"

Xu Qing frowned when he heard this, seeing that the city gate was indeed crowded, whether there were trucks and horses, I didn't know what they were doing. So he said to the coachman, "Go and inquire what the moth is." ”

"Whoa!"

"Young Master, what's wrong?" Xiao Yue rubbed her sleepy eyes and got out of the car, leaning on Xu Qing's arms and asked.

"I don't know, I asked the coachman to ask." Xu Qing returned softly.

At this time, three people came over next to him, who seemed to be a family of three, and they said as they walked: "Hurry up, go quickly, Lord Thorn Shi is going back to Beijing!" ”

Xu Qing didn't know why he heard it, and turned his head to see that there were several old people walking on the other side with their stomachs propped up, and they seemed to be too tired to do anything. Xu Qing walked over and said, "Old man, what are you doing in such a hurry?" ”

"Oh, little doll, don't get in the way of the old man, I'm going to see Thorn Shili!"

"Don't be in such a hurry, take a break......"

"It's okay, little doll, you don't know......" The old man said: "I have lived all my life, and it is the first time I have seen such a good official as Lord Xu, and for the first time in more than ten years, I have eaten all year round!" ”

"I didn't expect it, in just two years, Xu Tingshi is leaving...... another old man said: "Before I die, I must go to see the Dharma Body of Assassin Shi, even if the next Assassin Shi is a bastard, I will admit it!" ”

The last old man said with tears in his eyes: "When I see the history of the assassination, I am willing to go to the Nine Hells!" ”

Seeing that Xu Qing was not moved but laughed a little, several old men said unhappily:

"Little doll, you young people don't understand, we older generations only know how good an official Lord Assassin is. Widow Liu of Donghe Village, no one can be hungry or frozen, the world is good! ”

"Tell you little doll, the bridge we crossed is longer than the road you have walked, and it is next to the county, thirty miles away from our village, which is a day and a place. Hmph, you have to come to our village to beg for rice! ”

The three old men rested and began to hurry again, leaving Xu Qing proud in the autumn breeze.

That's what I do!

At this time, Xiao Yue also looked at Xu Qing with admiration: "Young master, you are really powerful, when I was still at home before, I was often hungry, if I met an official like the young master." ”

"Satsuki, do you think it's really my reason? I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't make something out of nothing, and I can't turn stones into gold, how can I feed so many people? ”

Xiao Yue was puzzled: "Young master, I don't understand, I think this is the most powerful thing about the young master." ”

"Hehehe......" Xu Qing just laughed, he couldn't say that I have thousands of years of successful experience.

The coachman came back, and what he heard was the same as what Xu Qing knew, and the people heard the news that the assassin was leaving, and they were all boiling, and they wanted to run over to see the truth.

In ancient times, good officials were hard to come by, and once the people met and were happy to win the 5 million jackpot, they would spontaneously "beg" when the official left, and then the higher authorities would order the magistrate to be re-elected and rewarded.

It's just that this number is a little too much, and at every gate, there are seven or eight thousand people waiting for Xu Qing to appear. The Cangzhou city guard did not dare to put all of them in, so he closed the city gate, causing congestion at the city gate. The people are not in a hurry, anyway, they are here to ask to see the assassin, and they are not here to shout grievances, so let's go outside on the outside.

In Cangzhou City, it is another scene.

The people outside the city surrounded Cangzhou City, and the people in the city surrounded the Thorn Mansion into an iron bucket.

At this time, there was also chaos in the Assassin's Mansion. The four county orders, the cattle eating grass and others were all in a hurry in the Thorn Mansion. They didn't dare to open the door and let people outside in, because it would be too much of a sin if they collided with "Master" and "Madame".

Fortunately, although the people outside are lively, they are not radical, and they have not slapped the door until now, but the discussion outside the door is hot.

After listening through the door, the people inside knew that they had all come to see the history of the assassins. The reason was found, and the people inside were even more anxious, because Lord Thorn Shi had not been seen for a day!

How to pay the errands of the people outside?

Do you want to get out and fool around?

Who's out? If someone sees it, can it come back completely?

In the end, everyone decided to tell the truth. First of all, Qin Shi was the county magistrate of Cangxian County, and the people in the city knew him, so the people outside the Assassin Mansion were persuaded by him.

As soon as Qin Shi went out, he was recognized by the people and knelt outside the Assassin's Mansion. Qin Shi explained the situation, and the people were entangled for half an hour, and they were reluctant to leave.

Everyone in the Assassin's Mansion was overjoyed, so they discussed countermeasures again, and decided to divide the troops into four routes, one from each of the south, east, and northwest gates, and went out to persuade the people to go home. The people outside the city, in addition to the people from Cangxian County, also have people from the other three counties. Fortunately, Yan Ku and others are also good officials close to the people, and as soon as the three county orders came out, many people recognized them.

Since they recognized it, Yan Ku and the others did not hold the shelf of the county order, and they all claimed to be Xu Qing's disciples and protégés. When the people heard this, oh, it was Lord Xu's true disciple, that was amazing, and he was also a good official!

So, with the help of Xu Qing's reputation, he persuaded many people at the gates to return. But there are still many people who say that they want to go into the city and wait for the assassin to return.

Several people weighed the pros and cons, and felt that there were not many people outside the city, and the people had no ill intentions, so they opened the gate and let the people in.

Xu Qing also entered the city.