Xi Hongdou couldn't go out when he saw it, but the business still had to be done, so he said to Rue Xiang: "Then let Liu Fu help me run an errand, let Daguli come to the Yamen this time, don't go out, you are more dangerous than me." Xi Hongdou also couldn't understand why the Guo family would attack a little girl, and if they wanted to do it, they should also attack her.

Rue Xiang nodded, and hurriedly went to Liu Fu to talk about it, this Lihong County is really terrible, and she doesn't go out these days.

It's nothing for Liu Fu to run errands, but Rue Xiang can't go out, so the kitchen procurement work has to be handed over to him.

Daguli came to the yamen at noon, and she hadn't seen Xi Hongdou for a long time, and Daguli also noticed the change in Xi Hongdou.

"It's getting moisturized, it's red!" Daguli smiled, when Xi Hongdou got married, she also asked people to bring congratulatory gifts.

Xi Hongdou smiled embarrassedly, there must be changes when he gets married.

"Sit down and talk!" Xi Hongdou pulled Daguli to sit down first, and the refreshments on Ruxiang's side were all in place, and the two began to chat.

It is true that there are bandits on the Daguli Road, but the people of her caravan also have a lot of business in the north, and they also give Dashantou a "protection fee" every year, and the passage is quite peaceful.

"This year's give?" Xi Hongdou asked, and when he saw that Daguli had finished giving, he said, "Then you may not have to pay it next year." ”

Dagul wondered, "What is this...?" ”

"The suppression of bandits is also in Xiao Zhi's plan, and in the future, merchants will not have to be threatened by bandits." Xi Hongdou said that the main reason why those big mountains have been prosperous for so many years is also because these businessmen are raising bandits, and Xiao Zhi will think of specific methods.

When Daguli heard this, she smiled: "Although it is not easy, but if it can really be done, I am also very happy, now the trade tax set by Yanyun for us has been reduced a lot, but compared to the exploitation of these bandits, the tax is nothing." "If she can really succeed in suppressing the bandits, she will naturally be able to save a lot of money, but after so many years, she has come over like this, and the court has not come forward, but she has always been scratching her boots, and after a few days, as soon as the bandit officials leave, these bandits have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and they are used to it.

Xi Hongdou and Daguli discussed the future ordering matters first, Xi Hongdou's barbecue business does not know how long it will be in Lihong County, it all depends on where Xiao Zhi will be an official in the future, so He Daguli said that he can only order for a short time for the time being.

Daguli has no opinion, after all, it is also closer to Huifu, and the delivery is convenient.

Liu Fu went to Wu Blacksmith to get the custom-made charcoal box back, Xi Hongdou was worried again, the guy hasn't recruited yet, even if he recruits now, he has to hand it over, there is only one sister-in-law Liu on the other side of the shop, I'm afraid I can't take care of it.

Xi Hongdou thought about it, it was definitely not possible not to go out, it was not safe to go out, and finally asked Ruxiang to help find a set of clothes for the officials in the yamen, she pasted her beard and then went out, no one recognized her.

When she arrived at the rice shop, Sister-in-law Liu thought it was a guest who wanted to buy food, and just as she was about to greet her, Xi Hongdou said, "Sister-in-law, it's me." ”

Sister-in-law Liu was stunned for a moment, and only recognized Xi Hongdou after she uncovered her beard, so she hurriedly asked Xi Hongdou to go to the inner hall to speak.

"You're too bold, so something happened, and you ran out again." Sister-in-law Liu said.

Xi Hongdou smiled and said, "Isn't there no way, the sister-in-law can't do it alone, so I'll come over and take a look." ”

Sister-in-law Liu asked: "If there is anything you can tell me, I will do what I can do, don't run around, what if something happens again?" ”

"I want to open a barbecue stall in front of the door, I have to find two guys, and I have to teach how to do it, and then I can open it." Xi Hongdou said.

Sister-in-law Liu said, "I saw the notice. ”

"The requirements are not high, if someone comes to ask these days, just let them go to the yamen to find someone." Xi Hongdou said: "But in the future, my sister-in-law will have to take care of both sides, and I will pay my sister-in-law more." ”

Sister-in-law Liu smiled: "This dare is good." Xi Hongdou can trust her, which makes her feel very down-to-earth.

Xi Hongdou smiled, and then said everything that needed to be done, what Daguli sent was live cattle and sheep, and the guy had to be able to slaughter them, but there was no hurry, and after finding a buddy, he had to go to the yamen to teach him, and Sister-in-law Liu would understand after taking a look.

Sister-in-law Liu felt that this matter was not difficult, so she said: "Don't worry, the owner, I will definitely do this thing clearly!" ”

Xi Hongdou nodded, although she was a little worried, but this sister-in-law Liu is very steady, and she has never made any mistakes since she came to the grain spectrum, if she leaves Lihong County in the future, she wants to see if Sister-in-law Liu is willing to follow her, such a good person really doesn't want to let go.

After returning to the yamen, Xiao Zhi happened to go out, and when he saw Xi Hongdou dressed like that, he was stunned for a moment, and then recognized it and said: "It's really getting bolder, but let's not talk about you now, there is a situation outside the city." ”

Xi Hongdou asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's march has arrived, and there is a lively fight outside the city." Xiao Zhi said with a smile, finally looking forward to it, although the prince is passing by, but he can't pass by in vain, he has to hurry up and "make waves".

Xi Hongdou felt that she couldn't help but see this excitement, so she went straight along.

The city guards at the city gate are dispatched by Taishou, as long as those bandits don't really break into the city gate, they won't care, even if the bandits sneak into the city, even if they recognize it, they won't take the initiative to expose it.

There were a lot of people in the yamen, all of them went out in a big way, and the city guards were surprised, did this yamen want to rely on such two people to crusade against the bandits?

"This new prefectural commander is also crazy...... said one of the city guards.

Xiao Zhi quickly found the prince's march, the bandits had been repelled at this time, and there were still bandits' corpses on the ground, Xi Hongdou looked at the battle behind the prince, this number was more exaggerated than the city guard.

"Wechen's escort is late, I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive his sins!" Xiao Zhi hurriedly led someone to kneel.

When the prince saw that it was Xiao Zhi, he smiled and said, "You really look good in this official body, get up!" Now his relationship with the Xiao family is also very delicate, the Xiao family is what he wants to strive for, don't look at him as the prince, but there are brothers who are close to his age.

Xiao Zheng, as Xiao Zhi's Laozi, is very supportive of the East Palace, and when no one dares to stand in line, Xiao Zheng can still go to the emperor to mention the matter of letting him come out to practice and make meritorious contributions, which shows that the attitude towards the East Palace is different. Now that I have met Xiao Zhi, this relationship is naturally not ordinary, Xiao Zheng's face is to be given.

Xiao Zhi got up and said: "The northern area of Shuo is rampant bandits, and they almost collided with His Highness, it is the incompetence of Weichen. ”

The rampant bandits in Shuobei have not been a day or two, and he has opened his eyes when he comes today, in the face of so many regular troops, those bandits also dare to rush up, it is simply mad!

"I don't blame you for that." The prince said that the matter of suppressing bandits is not within the responsibility of the county order, and in terms of the number of bandits, it is really not something that the county order can clear.

Xiao Zhi invited people to the city, although the prince was passing by, but he also had to find a way to keep the prince in Lihong County for a few more days.

Xi Hongdou followed a piece back, looked back at the corpses of the bandits on the ground, and sighed in his heart, people live for a lifetime, and they are not born to be killed by others, but the situation in Lihong County is really complicated, and she doesn't know what the reason why these people will become bandits, but if they die like this, there will be nothing, no matter what the reason, people should live a dignified life.

A large number of people returned to the city, although the regular army could only camp outside the city, but the city guards were also frightened, there were many bandits outside the city, they began to camp close to the roots ......of the city wall, but looking at the people brought by Xiao Zhi, they did not dare to interrogate, and finally they could only hurry to Xue Ling to report.

"What do you say? A whole bunch of regular troops camped outside the city gates? How many people did Xiao Zhi lead into the city? Xue Ling wondered, he hadn't heard anything about it.

"Exactly, the county master has to walk behind people, and the origin should be not small." The Protector said.

Xue Ling was even more puzzled, he hadn't heard of any big man coming to Shuobei, could it be that Xiao Zhi moved to the rescue? However, the Xiao family's household department in Kyoto City should not be able to deploy troops......

"Check it out." Xue Ling said, if it is really a big person, he can't let Xiao Zhi sue him for his black state!

Xiao Zhi asked the prince to live in the yamen first, and the prince said, "I can't stay here for long." On the way here, Xiao Zheng also said that he didn't have many opportunities to train, and this disaster relief matter should also be handled well, but when he met Xiao Zhi here, the household officials who came with him also suggested not to leave in a hurry.

This time it was still the Cao official surnamed Cao from the household department, and as soon as he arrived at the Yamen, he wanted to find Xi Hongdou, Xiao Zhengke said, this time the disaster relief food, or Xi Hongdou to raise.

Xi Hongdou hurriedly changed into normal clothes, and Cao Guan came outside the door.

Xi Hongdou was originally puzzled, but as soon as she heard Cao Guan say that Xiao Zheng still wanted to hand over the disaster relief to her, she immediately slapped her thigh.

"There's no problem at all, the last thing we lack is food!" Xi Hongdou smiled: "But there is a problem, that is, the escort thing is really difficult to handle, there will be bandits along the way, no matter how much food there is, it will not be enough to rob at that time, and the most important thing is that His Royal Highness the Prince's errand is afraid that it will be delayed." I don't have so much grain to transport myself, and it's all entrusted to the dart bureau, but now if it's a disaster relief, this amount is huge, not to mention investing a lot of money, and the dart bureau shouldn't have so much manpower to do it, so ...... "So shouldn't we also have some manpower?" She finally understood Xiao Zhi's purpose.

Cao Guan said: "This is not a problem, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also decide." ”

Xi Hongdou nodded: "So it's the best!" "With the prince here, the problem of suppressing bandits will be solved!