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Bidding farewell to the farmers who were enthusiastic about staying for food, Manan accompanied Qin Lei to stroll among the fields. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Taking a greedy breath of the air with the intoxicating aroma of rice, Qin Lei shook his head comfortably and chuckled, "It's been almost a year in the south, right?" How's that, are you still used to it? ”

Ma Nan touched his tanned face, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's been a year, except for the fact that I'm not used to eating rice, everything else is very good." ”

Qin Lei nodded, glanced at Feihong in the sky, and asked with a smile: "What is the difference between going from the county to the county order?" ”

Manan pondered for a moment and said softly: "There are still many deficiencies in the subordinates, especially some official things, which are very shallow. ”

Glancing at him gently, Qin Lei chuckled and said, "You have to study harder, you won't be in the position of the county commander for long, and when the next appointment comes, don't be in a hurry." ”

Ma Nan was a little apprehensive and said: "My subordinates have been promoted many times in a few months, and they have been promoted by two levels, and they are already trembling." If you are promoted again, you will be said by others to be long and short; If there is a leak and the prince's big thing is ruined, the humble position will be dead. ”

Qin Lei couldn't help laughing and said: "Others are getting promoted and making a fortune all day long, it's good for you to push the good things out of the door." ”

Manan grinned and said, "I also want to be a big official, but if a small horse pulls a big cart, not only will it not be able to pull the car, but it will also tire the horse to death." When he said this, his dark face shone with sincerity.

Qin Lei looked at him for a while, and then smiled: "Okay, this is a lonely and quick success." Just wait for the pony to grow into a big horse, and then go and pull the cart. Ma Nan smiled apologetically, and after thanking the prince for his understanding, he strongly invited him back to the county government for dinner.

Qin Lei waved his hand and said softly: "Lone came over from it this time, and he won't stay long." If you weren't passing by, you wouldn't even stop here. ”

Manan said regretfully: "That's only when the prince comes back." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said with a smile: "I'll talk about it then." As he spoke, he looked to the south and asked in a low voice, "Are you bus lords in the house?" ”

Manan scratched his head and smiled: "It's okay, I won't go to Xiangyang, I don't know the whereabouts of the prefect," he said and guessed: "But now the crops are being harvested everywhere, and with the prefect's temperament, eighty percent will not sit in the prefect, maybe he will go to which county to inspect." ”

It is said that when the bus dealer was carried back to Xiangyang a few years ago, he could not walk on the ground. Everyone thought that he would have to rest in bed for a while, but he let people carry him in a soft sedan chair and traveled all the states and counties of Xiangyang Prefecture, organized the officials and squires, revived the yamen, and successfully completed the preparations for spring ploughing. At the same time, the tax reduction and investment promotion of Xiangyang Mansion has not yet been left behind, and the Xiangyang Mansion has been renovated and prosperous.

As a result, in the first quarter statistical reports of the two southern provinces, Xiangyang Prefecture ranked first in four important categories: the comprehensive index of government affairs, the number of cultivated land per capita, the commercial contribution rate, and the economic recovery index. The other six indices are also in the forefront of the 21 provinces of the two provinces, and the performance is really outstanding.

There are only two population recovery indexes and field cultivation rates, because Xiangfan is the hardest hit area of Maitreya and the population loss is severe, so it is lagging behind for a while. But if this momentum continues, it will be two or three years at most, and we will be able to catch up.

"The revival of Xiangyang is just around the corner." Qin Lei sighed: "The time and place are favorable, and all of them are occupied." ”

Saying that, he glanced at Ma Nan deeply, and said softly: "Study hard with the bus lord, miss the opportunity for Xiangyang to take off, and your future achievements will be limited." ”

Ma Nan bowed down and said respectfully: "I understand my humble position, and I won't let the prince down." ”

While talking, the two had already arrived at the edge of the official road, Qin Lei sat on the front of the car, took off his boots, gently knocked the mud on the wheel, and said with a smile: "I have notified the Fuxing Yamen to convene an extraordinary meeting, so I will live in Xiangyang Mansion for a while, and you can come to see me when you are free." ”

Ma Nan knew that the prince was leaving, and said respectfully: "My subordinates know." ”

Qin Lei nodded, got up with his boots and smiled: "Do a good job, don't let Ma Kanbi go down, I heard that kid is about to make a general judgment." ”

Manan smiled reluctantly, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw that the prince had turned around, he stopped his mouth and respectfully watched the prince enter the car. It wasn't until the convoy disappeared and the smoke and dust settled that he straightened up, sighed, and said quietly: "I hope everything is okay." After saying that, he got on his horse and went to the county seat.

The car traveled for most of the day, and finally arrived outside Xiangyang before dark. He ordered the black-clothed guard to slow down, and he got up and went out of the carriage, standing at the front of the car and looking out at the majestic ancient city in the twilight.

A scene from a year ago suddenly appeared in front of me, at that time Xiangyang City was still in the hands of the Maitreya Sect, facing a desperate and stubborn enemy, a tall and sturdy Xiongcheng, everyone thought that a bloody battle was inevitable.

And he tried his best to defy public opinion, and with a magical performance, he almost single-handedly forced down 300,000 Maitreya disciples without blood. He also completely sent himself to the altar in the hearts of 15 million people in the south.

I remembered the high platform I once struck, 'I guess it's not far ahead.' Qin Lei said silently uncertainly. The hustle and bustle of that day seems to have passed for a long time...... In fact, it is less than a year.

And this year, in his feelings, is as long as several years, which shows how much the world has changed, how much the situation has changed, and how much his state of mind has changed.

In his silence, the convoy slowly drove to the front of the city, only to find that the gate was closed, and it turned out that it was too long to close the gate.

Shi dared to go up and call the door, and it took a long time for the soldiers guarding the city to poke their heads out, and shouted angrily: "The city gate official, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, he won't open it, so you should enter the city again tomorrow." ”

Shi Dang didn't mean to bully others, and said in his heart: "But it's also reasonable." Then he was about to turn his horse back, but he heard the soldiers of the city shouting, "Don't go, if you are willing to open the door, I will open the door for you!" Saying that, he also scared him and said: "Sleeping in the wilderness is not a joke, be careful of Maitreya's remnants killing people and goods!" ”

When Shi Dare heard this, he immediately became angry, and shouted in a deep voice: "How can this be true! "Then you must reveal your identity and punish these corrupt officials who are greedy for money.

But he was stopped by the prince in a low voice: "Ask how much it costs?" He had no choice but to suppress his anger and asked in a rough voice, "How much do you need to open the door?" ”

"Hehe, that's right, it's good to get to know each other." Feelings, they regarded Qin Lei and his party under the city as merchants from the north.

Shi Dang was patient, and repeated the question again, and the soldiers in the city said lazily: "Then it depends on how many of you are, one or two pieces of silver per person, calculate it yourself." ”

"It's too dark, isn't it?" Shi Dang said angrily: "It costs a few hundred taels of silver to enter the city, who can get in?" ”

The soldiers guarding the city laughed and said, "Don't go in if you can't afford to enter, who invited you in?" "The attitude is surprisingly bad, and I don't take the 'merchants' in the city seriously at all.

"Tell them that we are the chariot of the revival yamen." Qin Lei commanded in a low voice, and he could already hear the displeasure in his tone.

Shi Dang hurriedly said it, but the soldiers in the city didn't buy it and said: "It turned out to be the bag of the revival yamen, so one person and two taels, don't get out." ”

Shi Dangxin said: "Okay, this registration has doubled." ’

"Give it to him!" I only listened to the prince's angry order.

Shi Kang scolded and agreed to the conditions of the city, and sure enough, after a while, the gate of Xiangyang Mansion opened, and a team of untidy soldiers appeared in front of everyone.

The leader was a captain with a pockmarked face, and as soon as he met Shi Kang, he raised the whip in his hand and whipped it, and scolded himself: "Boy, are you tired of living?" Dare to scold the master ......"

As soon as Shi Dang raised his hand, he grabbed the whip and slammed it into his arms, pulling the pockmarked soldier into his arms.

Caught off guard, the captain was held in Shi Kang's arms, and before he could react, he only heard the sound of 'pop' twice, and was slapped by Shi Kang with two big-eared melon seeds.

"Oops...... Do you dare to hit me? The captain covered his cheeks, and the ghost cried wolf: "Come on...... but saw that all his subordinates were restrained by the black-clothed guards, and couldn't help but turn into horror and said: "Good man, spare your life, no matter if you are robbing money and lust, the small one is from you." ”

"Phew!" Shi Dang spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm indignantly, and sneered: "If you want to live, close your stinky mouth." The captain was honestly shut up, obviously desperate for his life.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the gate of Xiangyang changed hands; Almost in the blink of an eye, Qin Lei's good mood was gone, and he only heard him say in a deep voice: "Go to the post house and stay." With that, he dropped the window and ignored anyone.

The black-clothed guards and the accompanying master guards rushed into the city and went straight to the post house on the street with the government office. This time, he didn't ramble anymore, and directly expressed his desire to stay with a bright knife.

The attitude of the post house officials is much better, and they empty the largest courtyard without saying a word of nonsense, and ask the robber uncle to stay. This is a good example of how most of the time, knives are sharper than words.

The black-clad guards brought their own food, and they didn't need the servants to serve, so they all locked them up in a hut...... Although the officers were afraid and hated, the black-clothed guards were actually kind...... If they come out later, do you want to kill or not?

Shi dared to bring a bowl of paste to the prince, but Qin Lei didn't want to eat it at all. He stood in the patio with a gloomy face, and the clothes and shoes on his body were still the same as those on the road, and he did not change them because he arrived at the post station.

Qin Lei's anger was justified, and in just a quarter of an hour in front of the city gate, he saw three problems: First, Xiangyang was almost an undefended city, and with only five hundred people at most, he could easily take Xiangyang City, which was known as the first male city in Jiangbei...... Maybe there won't be any casualties yet; Second, the so-called upward and downward effect, looking at the greedy appearance of those soldiers, he doesn't believe that the people above can be any better, and then think about it, is Jiangbei already greedy for ink? Third, at least in Xiangyang City, the government and the Fuxing Yamen do not deal with each other, or rather...... The relationship is very poor, if the whole south is like this, then Qin Lei's hard work at the beginning has become a work in vain, which is the last thing he wants to see.

The three problems are more serious than the other, how can he show his face?

It was a long time before there was an uproar outside the door. Standing on the roof of the house and watching the wind, a harrier turned over and landed firmly on the ground. He said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, there are many officers and soldiers from outside, and this place has been fenced off. ”

Qin Lei reluctantly smiled and said, "The bus dealer can be outside?" "This master is a registered disciple of Le Buyi, his name is Gongsun Jian, and he is a native of Xiangyang.

Gongsun Jian shook his head and said, "I haven't seen a bus outside." ”

Qin Lei nodded, and said softly: "Tell you to guard the door and ignore them," he turned around and went back to the room, and when he was about to enter the door, he threw down a faint order: "Call me when the bus dealer arrives." ”

Watching the door slam shut, Gongsun Jian couldn't help but open his mouth wide, he hadn't been with Qin Lei for a long time, he had always seen him smiling, he didn't have any arrogance, he seemed to have a good temper, but today was the first time he saw him.

The black-clothed guard guarding the courtyard, seeing that he looked stunned, comforted him softly: "It's good to get used to it, but fortunately, it's not too much when the prince loses his temper." ”

"It's not too much, it's a little too ......much," Gongsun Jian swallowed and foamed, and said in his heart.

As Qin Lei expected, although there were hundreds of soldiers gathered outside, no one dared to storm the post station, except for surrounding it, it was only outside to wait and see what happened.

There was an officer-like guy who shouted and said a few nonsense things like 'you're cornered' and 'surrender quickly'. But he was shot by a cold arrow on the roof of the helmet with red tassels, which frightened him into holding his head and running away, and never appeared again.

The two sides confronted each other until dawn the next day, and the bus Shangshu, who got the news, finally rushed back. With him, there were also Xiang Yong who was transferred from several nearby county towns, plus the thugs of the big families in Xiangyang City, who also gathered more than 1,000 people, and suddenly surrounded the small post house.

Seeing that the number of people had been obtained again, the officer who had been shot in the helmet came out again, and the prefect who was in the dust opened his mouth and shouted: "My lord, you have come at the right time, the little ones have already driven the thieves into the post station, and even a fly can't fly out." ”

The bus dealer wrote Tieqing and said: "How...... Yes... Will you put the gangsters in the city? Didn't you keep the gates of the city? You... You're practicing in Xiangyang... How is it done? ”

It turned out that the officer was a regimental training envoy of Xiangyang Mansion. The so-called regimental training refers to the armies that recruit strong men from the local government and gentry to form a regiment in addition to the regular army, and give military training to defend against bandits and defend the countryside.

After Qin Lei withdrew Jiangbeiwei and Shannanwei, he ordered local governments to form regimental training to replace the original local guards...... In other words, the regimental envoy was the leader of the local defenders.

In fact, this person was originally a lieutenant of the Xiangyang Guard, and after the disbandment of the Guard, he turned into a regimental training envoy...... Without the opportunity to eat empty salary, he is naturally very uncomfortable, and naturally wants to find another way to scavenge for money.

Who would have thought that stealing chickens and rice this time would not be successful, and they actually kicked the iron plate. But this thing was done by him without telling the prefect, and he definitely couldn't tell the truth, thinking of this, he smiled weakly: "Xu came into the city during the day, you also know how lively our Xiangyang is, so many people from the south to the north, how can they all be watched, and if they are not careful, they may let them in." ”

The bus merchant snorted angrily and stammered even more: "It's not like words...... You guys... It's less and less like... With that, he parted the crowd and walked to the empty street in front of the pavilion.

"My lord, be careful, they have arrows......" The group shouted from behind, but refused to step forward.

The bus merchant didn't even look at him, stood still at the door of the post house, cleared his throat and said: "Listen to the good man inside, this official is... Xiangyang Prefect... What exactly is your purpose? Might as well... Tell me about ......"

There was silence inside, and a quarter of an hour later, the door creaked open, revealing a face that he was not a stranger to.