At the end of August, the sun was already blazing, and the hot head was pouring heat violently, as if trying to vaporize everything, and the gravel road emitted a scorching smell, and the sweat droplets of walking passers-by poured down, making an inaudible snort, and disappeared in an instant.

In this scorching heat, not to mention people, even dogs stuck out their tongues, and lay down in the shade of the trees, and when they saw someone coming, they raised their heads and barked a few times, and then lazily lay down.

But in such weather, Luo Daoming, the county commander of Xinyang County, Dingzhou, wore a strict official robe, led a group of officials and gentry in the county, and respectfully stood in the shade of the roadside trees, looking forward to it. The weather was so hot that everyone here was dressed in sweaty robes, as if they had just been fished out of the water, but no one was clothed in order to cool down.

Today is a very important day for them, the marshal of Dingzhou, when Li Qing returned to Dingzhou from Luoyang, he decided to inspect Xinyang County on the return journey. This made Luo Daoming very nervous, although Xinyang County is a subordinate county of Dingzhou, but because it is far away from the border, it has not been invaded by barbarians, but also because he is connected with Fuzhou, it is the main road of Dingzhou traffic Fuzhou, and the rich and prosperous is even Dingzhou City, the capital of Dingzhou, is also stunned, after receiving the official letter that Li Qing wants to come to inspect, Luo Daoming summoned officials, repeatedly confirmed that there is absolutely nothing in the county that can make Li Qing find out the problem, and then summoned some gentry, and turned over the strict precepts, and extinguished all possible signs before relieving his heart.

Luo Daoming thinks that he has done a very good job in Xinyang, not only the officials are clean and clear, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the taxes and silver paid to the state every year Xinyang is also the highest in the state, although he is still very worried, because he is not Li Dashuai's descendant, but the predecessor Xiao Dashuai was promoted, although after Li Dashuai took office, he did not involve himself in the last personnel adjustment, but Luo Daoming believes that such a good place, if Li Qing finds out what problems he has, He would have been more than happy to pull himself aside and replace him with his own henchmen.

This time Li Qing returned from the capital, and did not go back to Dingzhou directly, but went around to Xinyang, which exacerbated his worries, what is Li Qing doing here? . Luo Daoming waited for Li Qing's arrival in such a mood of fifteen buckets to fetch water, seven up and eight down, and suffer from gains and losses.

In the distance, someone galloped on a horse, Luo Daoming was in a good mood, it was the yacha who went to investigate, it seemed that Li Qing's car was not far from here.

Sure enough, the yacha jumped off the horse, trotted all the way to him, and arched his hand: "My lord, the team of the handsome will arrive soon." ”

When they heard this, they came out from under the shade of the trees, straightened their clothes, and stood with their hands tied, and then a large number of horses appeared in their eyes, splashing clouds of smoke and dust, and coming straight to this side.

The weather was too hot, Li Qing only wore a plain clothes, and walked on a horse, and behind him, Yang Yidao and the accompanying guards were all dressed neatly, wearing armor, although it was really a great crime to wear iron armor to march in the head at this time, but Yang Yidao did not allow the guards to unload their helmets and hang them, even if Li Qing spoke, he also let him take back. Since eating Shang Haibo's board, Yang Yidao has not allowed himself to make even the slightest mistake.

Qingfeng was still sitting in the carriage, but the curtains around the carriage had been removed, and like Li Qing, his face was also dripping with sweat, and his face was red. When everyone saw the crowd in front of them, they were all relieved, and they were finally coming.

"Xinyang County ordered Luo Daoming to lead the officials and gentry of Xuxian County to welcome the marshal." Luo Daoming bowed deeply, and everyone behind him also saluted.

Li Qing laughed and jumped off the horse, and pulled Luo Daoming up casually, "Luo County Ling and everyone don't be polite, this ghost weather is so hot that it makes people panic, and you are still waiting for me under the sun, isn't this looking for guilt?" ”

Luo Daoming said: "It is an honor for the county to come to our county, not to mention that it is just a little sun now, it is a knife, and the big guy has to come to greet the big handsome!" ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "Luo County Order, this way, Xinyang Baixian lives and works in peace and contentment, and is rich, it can be seen that you are indeed a capable official, but I didn't expect that your kung fu is not bad, looking at you, it looks like you have just been fished out of the water." ”

Luo Daoming smiled: "It's also a great honor to be able to shoot a handsome fart, some people want to shoot, but they can't find a way!" ”

This sentence made everyone laugh, and even Yang Yidao, who was not smiling, laughed out loud. Li Qing glanced at Luo Daoming with some surprise, this person is not simple, not only can he do things, but he is also a first-class shrewd, three or two sentences, not only made himself feel good about him, but also made everyone present relaxed.

"The lower official has prepared wine and food in the county seat to wash the dust of the general." Locke said.

"Okay, let's go, it's too hot this weather, standing on the side of the road, the big guys are also guilty, so let's hurry into the city, find a shady place, drink iced tea, and fan to cool off." Li Qing laughed and jumped on the horse, Luo Daoming and others also hurriedly got on the sedan chair, got on the carriage, led the way in front, and the group rushed towards Xinyang City.

Li Qing's visit to Xinyang this time is indeed a disguise, his real destination is Fuzhou on the border with Xinyang, and the inspection of Xinyang is just to cover everyone's eyes and ears, and Mingyan has been waiting for him in Xinyang, his long-planned plan for the Wei people of the Western Union Room, Mingyan has come up with a complete plan of action, and this time he came, it was to be officially implemented.

Li Qing did not live in the county office that Luo Daoming had cleaned up, but lived in the home of Cui Yicheng, a wealthy man in Xinyang, which made the gentry in Xinyang very hot to Cui Yicheng, looking at this style, Cui Yicheng has long been in contact with Li Qing, otherwise at today's reception banquet, Li Qing would not be polite to him, and even toasted him with a glass of wine, it seems that he will have to make friends with this Cui Yicheng in the future, with Li Qing's big backer, he will not go sideways in Dingzhou in the future.

Luo Daoming was puzzled, this Cui Yicheng was purchased in Xinyang after Li Qing took power in Dingzhou, and as far as he knew, this Cui Yicheng was a big salt merchant in Fuzhou, and he was also a figure with hands and eyes in Fuzhou, and it was not surprising that he was in contact with Li Qing, but as a businessman, why did he have such a big backer in Dingzhou, but he had never informed himself in the past few months? As long as he makes a noise, he will give him some face if he is reasonable.

Li Qing ignored Luo Mingcheng's incomprehension, and after eating the reception banquet and listening to Luo Daoming's report hastily, he hurriedly lived in Cui Yicheng's mansion, which made Luo Daoming understand that Li Qing came to Xinyang for another purpose. As for why, since Li Qing didn't tell him, he wouldn't be stupid enough to ask for clarification. As long as Li Qing didn't come to him, no matter what he did, it had nothing to do with him, as long as he did his part.

When he arrived at Cui Yicheng's mansion, after some washing, Li Qing, who was already refreshed, was sitting in the room, and opposite him, he was sitting with Mingyan, while Li Qing was looking through the stack of copywriting handed to him by Mingyan.

After reading it carefully, Li Qing handed the copywriting to Qingfeng and said: "It is good to cross from Fuzhou to the west, but the sea is stormy, and pirates are rampant, and the danger is extremely great. ”

Mingyan said with a smile: "Dashuai, I naturally made up my mind, otherwise I wouldn't have invited Dashuai to Xinyang, but the problem of this ship still needs to be solved!" ”

Li Qing nodded and said, "I understand that if you want to ensure your safety and not be harassed by pirates as much as possible, the best plan is to get a warship of the Fuzhou Navy Division to go to sea." I came this time to solve this problem, and by the way, I also got to know the owner of Fuzhou! ”

Mingyan said with a smile: "Seeing the handsome meeting me in Cui Yicheng's mansion, I knew that the handsome was already confident." ”

"Well, Cui Yicheng is a big salt merchant in Fuzhou, you know this, I don't allow private salt sales in Dingzhou, but I handed over all the salt trading to him, and he transported the salt from Fuzhou to the Dingzhou government, this is a unique business, and he naturally has to focus on it."

"Since ancient times, salt has been a huge profit, and there are many salt merchants in Fuzhou, but the marshal has given him all the salt supplied to a state, can he not try to please him? I'm afraid this house is also in your name, right? ”

Li Qing smiled, "Then you guessed wrong, but he gave this house to Qingfeng." ”

Mingyan glanced up at the breeze on the side, the other party was looking at her with a smile, Mingyan was stunned, Qingfeng seemed harmless to humans and animals, but her mind was very powerful, just look at the means she used to set up the statistical survey department, after using the original Dingzhou Shadow System to set up the shelf, quietly in a short period of time, let all the people in Dingzhou Shadow stand aside, and were completely excluded from the Dingzhou Intelligence System, otherwise they would not be forced to be helpless, so they could only go west, and find no other way.

While speaking, Li Qing sent someone to summon Cui Yicheng, looking at the three people in the room, Cui Yicheng looked humble, although he was rich and rivaled the country, but in the eyes of these powerful people, it was nothing, a word can let himself go to heaven, a word can also let himself go to hell, Dingzhou changed hands, he saw the opportunity quickly, and soon found the way of the Statistical Survey Division, the return is naturally amazing, all the people who originally sold salt to Dingzhou were banned, and only he got the exclusive monopoly, All it took was to provide Dingzhou with some information about Fuzhou on time. However, Qingfeng put him on the roster in the Statistical Survey Department, and gave him the title of Captain Eagle Yang, which made him a little apprehensive. Although it has always been the dream of these businessmen to be an official, he is also clear about what kind of department the Statistical Survey Department is, and he can't find out how deep the water is here, but the businessman's idea of profit-seeking still prevails, and he thinks that it is not a big deal to become a person in the Statistical Survey Department, maybe he can really wear this tiger skin in the future and make a bigger career.

So after he came in, he treated Li Qing and Qingfeng as a subordinate courtesy. This surprised Mingyan. Only then did I understand that Cui Yicheng had already boarded Qingfeng's boat.

"Let's talk about Fuzhou!" Li Qing asked him to sit down and said.

"Yes!" Cui Yicheng owes his body and said: "Fuzhou Marshal Xiang Xianhe is a relative, he is the family of today's Empress Xiang, it is precisely because of this relationship that he has become the Marshal of Fuzhou, he is not capable, and he is extremely greedy for money, we Fuzhou businessmen have suffered from him." ”

Li Qing smiled and said, "Tell the point!" ”

"Fuzhou produces salt, and the salt itself is extremely profitable, but because it is a material controlled by the imperial court, in addition to selling official salt, Xiang Dashuai also sells private salt, speaking of which, most of the salt we sell is these private salts. The price of this illicit salt is only half that of official salt. ”

Qingfeng smiled and said: "Captain Cui, it seems that you have earned a lot in our Dingzhou, but what you gave us is an official price!" ”

Cui Yicheng shuddered, but Li Qing said: "Well, you must have paid a lot of price for getting these private salts, it is understandable, selling private salt to the marshal like this, didn't the imperial court notice it?" ”

"How could that be? The officials of the imperial court are very powerful, but most of the illegal salt sold to the marshal has flowed to Empress Xiang's family, and a small number of them have entered the palace and into His Majesty's pocket, of course there will be nothing wrong. ”

Li Qing shook his head, it turned out to be like this, I really don't know what the apocalypse thinks, others stole his things, and then stuffed a little benefit into him, and he actually ignored it.

"Not only that, Xiang Dashuai also uses the Fuzhou Sailor to sell salt overseas, which is more profitable, this time the Commander wants to use the Fuzhou Sailor, I thought of this, the Sailor often has a ship to go to sea to sell salt, we can use it."

"The Sailor has been in chaos to this point? No wonder piracy is rampant and repeatedly banned. ”

"Not necessarily!" Cui Yicheng shook his head, "It's not bad to be the commander of the water division, Deng Peng, but over the years, he has gradually given Xiang Dashuai a vacancy, and only one battalion of water divisions is available in his hand, and the other three battalion water divisions are all Dashuai's henchmen, what can he do is to restrain his own pro-army and not mix these things." ”

Li Qing nodded, "This is a bit interesting, out of the sludge and not stained, this Deng Peng is very remarkable, so let's do it, Cui Yicheng, can you arrange a chance for me in Huai'an Mansion, I want to meet this Xiang Dashuai." "Zhun'an is the capital of Fuzhou.

Cui Yicheng looked at Li Qing in surprise: "Dashuai, are you going to Huai'an?" ”

"Well, go quietly, go back quietly, since you love money to the handsome, I have a way to ask him to send someone to escort Mingyan Xidu."

I'm tired to death, so spare me a lot! Two chapters a day thereafter. This chapter is more than 3900 words, hehe, it's strong enough! I deliberately pressed it to less than 4,000 words!

(To be continued)