After dozens of days of traveling, Wang Li and Xiao He finally arrived in Pengcheng, and the original Pengcheng County Guard had already received the news, prepared everything and gave it to Wang Li outside the city, and explained the two major things that Pengcheng needed to deal with now.

Said: "Lord Wang Li, the old man has not been governing this Pengcheng for a long time, and it has only been a year so far, but the livelihood of the entire Pengcheng has not changed at all, on the contrary, it is a little worse than before, and the lower officials really have no face to serve my Daqin." ”

Wang Li, the old man whose hair was already close to gray, seemed to be not lying, and responded, "Why is this?" ”

The old man said slowly: "Pengcheng has the importance of water conservancy, the location is convenient, originally the people according to Pengcheng life and development, more farming, then Pengcheng must be the country of heaven in my Great Qin, but the heavenly prince is not beautiful." ”

"Now there are several big problems here that need to be solved by adults, the first is the problem of bandits in the mountains, there are many bandits here, and the people are not able to make a living, and the old man has not solved it for more than a year, which is really a big pity."

Speaking of this, Wang Li was a little puzzled, the book didn't say that the law and order of this Great Qin and how strict the laws of Great Qin were, but under such a strict law, there would be bandits, which Wang Li didn't know.

At the same time, in Wang Li's heart, naturally there is no concept of bandits, he used to live in a peaceful era, but now he has traveled over, and it is also a big family, so he naturally doesn't know much about it.

Said: "According to what the adults said, there are often bandits in this place, but my Great Qin law, for the thieves should be beheaded, maybe these people don't even want their lives." ”

Listening to Wang Li's surprised tone, the old official laughed and said: "My lord has been in Xianyang for a long time, so naturally he is not in trouble in this place, Pengcheng has been in trouble for three years, and there is no harvest in some places, but the taxes that the imperial court wants cannot be less." ”

"Under the perennial drought, these original peasant children, who were still taxed there, simply left their family affairs and went up the mountain to steal them."

"And those thieves are closely connected with the people below, and there are often people who go to ventilate and report the news, so the government's several requisitions are in vain.

Wang Li nodded, looked at the white-haired old official in front of him, and knew that this person was at the end of being an official, and said, "Thank you for the size of the seniors, and the juniors should obey." ”

Wang Li took the initiative to lower his identity, after all, this old official has also served Daqin all his life, and this kind of person is still worthy of his respect.

After hearing Wang Li's honorific title, the old official was also very satisfied, but he still said politely: "My lord is too humble, the old man is old, and after handing over the affairs of Pengcheng to my lord, the old man will go back to the mountains to study and teach apprentices." ”

"What the old man said just now is the first big thing to govern Pengcheng, as for the second thing, according to the news that the old man received, the old aristocratic Xiang clan of Chu State, as well as the original nobleman Zhang Liang of South Korea, seem to have fallen into Pengcheng, and the adults have to guard against this matter."

"The whereabouts of these two people, the old man also investigated in many ways, but he found nothing, the adult is from the gate, it is not difficult to find these thieves......"

The old official explained other things, but they were all trivial things, but they were also reflected from the side, this person was sincerely loyal to Daqin.

In the end, the old official's servant picked up the things, Wang Li originally thought that he was greedy for money, after all, Wang Li had heard of the saying of the Qing Governor's Mansion for three years, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, but when Wang Li found that all the servants were books, Wang Li bowed deeply to the old man.

The old man may be a little unsatisfactory in doing things, but he is an innocent and innocent official.

Along the way, Wang Li looked at the arid land and the sparse people, and finally found that this was the real grassroots of Great Qin.

The whole Daqin is not everywhere like Xianyang, people come and go, there is a lot of traffic, and there is an endless stream, but after arriving at the county government.

The situation is completely different, inside and outside, Wang Li feels like two worlds, outside, the farmland is barren, the ditches and water conservancy are not repaired, and there are not a few people.

After entering the county government, the situation changed greatly, and these gentry living in the county government held a banquet to entertain Wang Li.

Everyone has more or less given some filial piety, and I hope that Wang Li will help more in governance in the future, open one eye, close one eye, and everyone coexist peacefully.

Wang Li also looked at these people with a smile, all of them did not refuse, and ordered Xiao He to write down the names of these squires of the scholar clan, who gave them how much, and recorded them one by one.

And when these people saw Wang Li doing this, they all thought that Wang Li was a Taoist person, and they gave more on the original basis, for fear that they would send less, and Wang Li would give himself small shoes to wear when the time came.

In the evening, when Wang Li arrived at his residence, he recalled again the old man who had handled the handover with him, and this Wang Li finally figured out why the old man was waiting for him outside the city, not in the city.

According to the old man's innocent temperament, it is estimated that he can't get along with these people, so he handed over to himself outside the city, on the one hand, he wanted to let himself see the current situation of Pengcheng more, and on the other hand, he wanted him to stay away from these people.

Looking at the room full of money, Xiao He was a little puzzled, and said: "Childe, you have earned enough money, why do you still collect their money, isn't it in vain to tarnish Childe's reputation." ”

"If this matter is passed back, I don't know what His Majesty will do and think, Childe must pay attention."

Xiao He is indeed thinking about Wang Li, after all, when people are officials, they want to accept some bribes or something, they are all dealt with in private, so Wang Li is so open-minded.

Wang Li was a little worried, and said: "Sir, you have seen this Pengcheng County like this during the day, even the county seat, not to mention other places, I guess other places must be worse than here." ”

"As for Your Majesty's opinion, it doesn't matter, since Your Majesty asked me to come here, it means that you have full confidence in me, if Your Majesty doesn't trust me, then how can you let me come."

"Besides, Your Majesty is a smart man, and he must know that I have collected this money, and it is definitely not for myself, so sir, you can rest assured."

"But sir, the predicament faced by the people of Pengcheng is in dire straits, I don't know what we have to do, Your Majesty sent us, naturally we are not here to hang out, you have to have an idea."