It's been almost two months since I came to Shaanxi, and all along, Su Tiancheng has been busy with high-rise buildings, and he has hardly gone down to see the situation at the grassroots level, which is also because of the special situation in Shaanxi, and Su Tiancheng's identity has changed.

Adhering to this idea, Su Tiancheng decided to be a hands-off shopkeeper, except for the beginning, he worried more, the rest of the time, he just looked at the big picture, such as what kind of policies to formulate, what kind of basic requirements to propose, how to do the following Fuzhou counties, etc., as for the matters involving the three divisions, Su Tiancheng is confident that he will do a good job of coordination.

Pu Kaiqiang and others, if they were smart, should have followed silently, in this process, they wanted to get some cheap, or there were some small acts of greed for ink, Su Tiancheng couldn't speak, let it go, and demanded that the officials be 100% honest, which is not in line with human nature, there is no benefit, who still wants to be an official. But if Pu Kaiqiang and the others want to find trouble, or if they are bewitched by some adults in the court and become the vanguard of singing the right play, Su Tiancheng will not be polite, and he still knows the tricks of the whole person in the officialdom.

Today's Su Tiancheng has encountered the most critical question, what kind of road should Shaanxi's reform take, whether to pave the way of thorough reform, or just start from the economy, the pros and cons are too obvious.

Su Tiancheng is not a great man, and he doesn't want to be the kind of so-called particularly noble person, after hundreds of years, he came to the Ming Dynasty, and when he can do things, try to do as many things as possible. But if it involves his own interests, and he may even put himself in danger, he still has to consider, and thousands of years of history have shown that reformers without strong support will end badly.

Su Tiancheng was in trouble. Decided to go down and have a look, of course, he could only go to the villages and towns near Xi'an Mansion to see, it was impossible to run far, Shaanxi was not very peaceful.

The nearest are Xingping County, Wugong County, Jingyang County, Xianning County, to the direction of Xingping County, you can go to Fengxiang Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion, this line is also the route of Liukou's frequent activities. The wanton plundered suffered was much more serious, so Su Tiancheng decided to go to Xingping County and Wugong County to have a look.

He carefully considered the question of how to travel, the governor's travel is a big matter, and the yamen of Fuzhou and County must be well prepared, accompanied by a large group of officials such as the prefect, Tongzhi, and Tongju. To each county, the magistrate, the county, the lord and other officials. The welcome of the road, what you see in your eyes is the good side, which is similar to the situation hundreds of years later, no one wants to see that you have not done a good job to show it.

If it is a private visit by Weifu, the impact will be extraordinary. This is all because of the practice of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, unless you have just taken office, along the way, you can understand the following situation, and you can't do any micro-service private visits on weekdays. This practice also offends the officials below, making you yourself the object of taboo and defense.

Fortunately, the officials in Shaanxi have undergone a large number of adjustments, and all the prefects are regarded as Su Tiancheng's henchmen, so he went below to see the situation this time, and there is not much to worry about.

As for the ideas of Pu Kaiqiang and others, Su Tiancheng didn't think about it for the time being, after borrowing 3.5 million taels of silver this time, Su Tiancheng gave 50,000 taels of silver to each of the three divisions and yamen, which solved their big problem, Pu Kaiqiang and others were too late to be happy, and they would never find any trouble at this time.

Safety is still the first, Su Tiancheng went down to inspect the situation this time, and selected thirty soldiers from the Jiangning battalion, these are all soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, with the courage of ten thousand people, they can definitely ensure Su Tiancheng's safety, Wang Dazhi next to him, is fully responsible for safety matters, after all these years of tempering, Wang Dazhi's understanding is also different, and he knows how to make arrangements.

Su Tiancheng took Qu Qingze with him, after all, Qu Qingze was the prefect of Xi'an Mansion.

Xingping County and Wugong County are not very far from Xianyang, fast horses only one day, you can get to Xingping County, Su Tiancheng and his party are light and simple, set off at the time, the sky is not yet dark, and they arrive at Xingping County.

Wang Dazhi had already arranged a place to stay, and according to Su Tiancheng's request, the accommodation was arranged in the market town, and the group did not enter the county seat to stay.

Early in the morning, Su Tiancheng and others walked around the market town, but in the process of wandering, everyone's faces gradually became unsightly, and the scene they saw could not be simply described as miserable.

This market town, which is only ten miles away from the county seat, should be very good.

The market town is not big, a bluestone road, and it is a bag of cigarettes after walking, but it is on this road that Su Tiancheng's heart slowly sinks.

The human market that I had only seen many years ago, Su Tiancheng saw it again.

There are several markets in the market town, some buy and sell children, some buy and sell women, on the makeshift small wooden platform, children and women as commodities, with straw ropes on their heads, and their hands tied by ropes, all kneeling on the wooden platform, look at these women and children who are sold at a price, their hair is unkempt, their bodies are full of dirt, and the bad smell comes out for a long time.

There were even more beggars to count, and all the way through, there were beggars sitting or kneeling, old people, children, and young people, unkempt and smelling like their bodies.

Su Tiancheng's face changed slightly, and Qu Qingze on the side was even more pale, although he had just taken office, but in the place under his jurisdiction, such a situation had occurred, which was intolerable.

Entering a restaurant, Su Tiancheng and the others sat down.

This is a very ordinary restaurant, it should be said that it is not a restaurant, the first floor is a place to eat, and there are several rooms on the second floor.

With so many customers coming at once, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was a little in a hurry, I don't know how many years Lu Dao has not seen such a situation, this is a big business.

Wang Dazhi ordered a few dishes and asked for three pots of wine.

Soon, the shopkeeper who had arranged everything came to Su Tiancheng.

"Guest officer, the food will be served soon, you can wait a while."

"Shopkeeper, don't worry, sit down and talk."

Perhaps it was because of the unusual temperament of Su Tiancheng and the others, the shopkeeper with a restrained smile carefully sat down opposite Su Tiancheng.

"Shopkeeper, this is the first time we've come here, and we've just walked around the market town, why are there people here, and there are so many beggars."

The shopkeeper sighed and shook his head.

"Guest officer, you don't know what to do, this kind of situation is nothing at all, if after the beginning of spring, it will be more lively here, there will be many people in the county, choose women and children here, you can't eat, there is no way to live, what else can you do."

"Oh, so in the county, is there such a situation?"

The shopkeeper looked at Su Tiancheng carefully, and was sure that Su Tiancheng really didn't know the situation.

"Guest officer, it seems that you really don't know what to do, in the county, there can be no such situation, the government is powerful, if someone does this in the county, they will be arrested as a rogue, even in this town, the officials of the county government often come to see, if those traffickers who trade and don't give the officials silver, they will also be arrested."

Su Tiancheng's face still had no expression.

"Shopkeeper, what you said is a little wrong, since the government is not allowed to have a city, then it must be completely banned, it is only ten miles away from the county seat, how can it be here, and the existence of the city is allowed."

A smile appeared on the shopkeeper's face.

"Guest officer, I see that you are young, probably a scholar, I don't know the affairs of the official government, there is nothing unusual, the officials don't love silver, the people below are going to starve to death, they can be sold to big families, they can always eat with a mouthful of food, in the county, if there is a city, the county lord is not easy to explain, as for the market town, open your eyes, as long as you can get the silver, who is not happy, don't tell you, some people are in the city, behind them are the people of the government."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"I really don't know about these things, but since the people are poor, the government always has to find a way to solve it, is it just watching the people freeze and starve to death, or the human market is rampant."

This time, the shopkeeper couldn't help but laugh out loud, but it was a bitter smile.

"Guest officer, you are really interesting, where will the government care about these things, don't treat these people as rogues, it's not bad to be arrested in prison......"

A woman with a full face walked out, walked to the shopkeeper's side, and reached out to grab the shopkeeper's ear.

"Die, say so much, beware of the government arresting you, saying that you are a rebel ......"

The shopkeeper's face was flushed, and he thought about struggling but didn't dare to struggle.

Su Tiancheng smiled, took out a piece of silver from his body, and put it on the table.

"Boss, we are outsiders, we happened to pass by here, chatted with the shopkeeper, and learned some things."

When the woman saw the silver on the table, her eyes straightened, she let go of the shopkeeper's ears, and stepped forward to grab the silver.

"Guest officer, look at what you say, what do you want to ask, we will all say......"

Without waiting for Su Tiancheng to speak, the woman began to talk cracklingly, although the woman said a lot, but this woman's thinking is still good, talking about many situations in the town, including some situations in the county, it turned out that these two people used to open a restaurant in the county, because the business was not good, coupled with the exploitation of the government, it was really impossible to sustain it, so they returned to the town, continued to open a restaurant inn, barely maintained, opened a restaurant in the town, the expenses were much smaller, at least the silver handed over to the government, it was less than half. (To be continued......)