However, in addition to the officials in the county, Liu An also has a higher-level opponent, that is, the Taishou of Wuyuan County.

Gohara County is Jiuyuan County, and naturally, the Shouxiang Mansion of Gohara Taishou is also in Jiuyuan County.

The Shouxiangfu is the place where the county governor or the princely minister of the state office and residence, and is generally located in the northeast of the county seat.

Liu An's county government is also located in the northeast, not far from the Wuyuan Shouxiang Mansion.

After arranging for someone to look for Lu Bu, Liu An went to the inner hall of the county government and took out the twenty pieces of silk from the inventory.

After choosing one of the black and red silks, Liu An asked Liu Bei to accompany him and went to the Shouxiang's Mansion together.

When chatting with Fei Guang just now, Liu An asked about the situation of Wuyuan Taishou by the way, this kind of thing can be found by someone casually when he goes out, Liu An doesn't believe that Fei Guang still dares to lie to himself.

From Fei Guang's mouth, Liu An learned that when Xianbei buckled the border last year, the original Wuyuan Taishou also died in Xianbei's invasion.

The new Taishou is named Lin Fang, the word Shou is a good man, he is a son of a poor family, and he arrived in Wuyuan a month earlier than Liu An.

It is reported that the new Taishou arrived in Wuyuan a month ago, and he was drunk in wine, and he did not go out every day, and the singing and dancing in the house were leveled, and the wine banquet continued.

When Fei Guang said this, his face was full of smiles, as if he was very satisfied with the new Taishou's performance.

Liu An could hear that he hoped that he would also be as knowledgeable as Lin Taishou, indulged in enjoyment and did not ask about political affairs.

Riding in the only remaining carriage in the county, Liu An and Liu Bei came to the Shouxiang Mansion.

Liu An handed his name thorn to the doorman, and the doorman saw the seal ribbon on Liu An's waist, and did not dare to slack off, so he took the name thorn and bowed and trotted into the prime minister's mansion.

Liu An waited outside for a while, and the doorman came back and said respectfully to Liu An: "Please make the gentleman inside." ”

Then the doorman led the way and took Liu An into the Shouxiang's Mansion.

In front of the Prime Minister's Mansion is the office, and the backyard is where the Taishou lives.

Before the doorman entered the backyard, Liu An heard the melodious sound of the pipa coming from the courtyard.

Stepping into the backyard, I saw that the main hall gate was open, and many dancers were dancing inside, and there were singers playing the pipa and singing a little song next to them.

Among the many dancing girls, Liu An also saw a brightly dressed young man wandering among them, holding wine in one hand and slashing the waist of the dancing girl with the other, his expression was extremely happy, so happy.

Liu An quietly entered the hall, and bowed to the young man who was playing among the dancing girls: "Xiaguan Liu An, the word Changsheng, is the new magistrate of Jiuyuan County, and he has seen Shangguan. ”

The young man was Taishou Lin Fang, and it was only at this time that he turned his head to look at Liu An, but then he was attracted by the two silk horses that Liu Bei was holding next to him.

He put down the wine jug, came to Liu Bei flutteringly, looked at the excellent silk, and touched it lovingly.

After letting the little guy next to him take the silk in Liu Bei's hand, Lin Fang took Liu An's hand and said with a smile: "County Magistrate Liu is here, why do you bring such a valuable gift?" ”

Liu An noticed that when Lin Fang saw the silk in Liu Bei's hand just now, a trace of disdain seemed to flash in the depths of his eyes.

The silk he brought was the best of the best, and there was no dislike for it, so there must be another reason.

It's just that Liu An couldn't be sure if he was wrong, so Liu An took out ten gold cakes from his clothes and tentatively stuffed them into Lin Fang's arms, while paying attention to his eyes and said:

"A small gift is not a tribute, and the lower officials are still a little cautious and want to offer it to Lin Taishou."

These ten gold cakes are a full 100,000 yuan, and the children of the family naturally look down on them, but Liu An knows that this Lin Fang is a poor child, and his family is not rich.

And these five plains are a bitter cold place in the bitter cold, and it is not easy to loot 100,000 yuan of people's fat and people's ointment, and this time there will definitely be no situation that Lin Fang looks down on.

But when Liu An took out the golden cake, he still noticed the fleeting hatred in Lin Fang's eyes.

So Liu An stopped the action of stuffing the gold cake and asked Lin Fang: "Lin Taishou dislikes the official etiquette too lightly?" ”

A look of astonishment flashed in Lin Fang's eyes, and then he laughed, held Liu An's hand with both hands, and said with an exaggerated smile: "What did County Magistrate Liu say?" This thing is loved very much, loved very much! ”

Liu An was unmoved, and said calmly: "Lin Taishou, what is the problem? ”

Lin Fang was surprised: "Where did County Magistrate Liu start with this?" ”

"The servants in Xiaguanguan County respect and love Lin Taishou, from this point of view, Lin Taishou should not be a harsh subordinate, and the doorman is still well-behaved and polite, and he does not take advantage of Lin Taishou's momentum to arrogant others, which shows that Lin Taishou is in a good way on weekdays."

Then, Liu An pointed to the wine bottle placed in the hall to warm the wine and said: "Although the wine bottle is warm, it is not hot, obviously the wine in the bottle is not hot, if Lin Taishou is addicted to wine all day long, the wine will not be like this at this time." ”

After saying the wine bottle, Liu An looked around at the singer and the dancer and Lin Fang's clothes, and said: "Lin Taishou and the dancer are still in untidy clothes, why are the singers sitting on the side playing the piano and singing the same way?" If it is not for the urgent dressing in a hurry, how can it be explained if it is not checked in time? ”

"This ......" Lin Fang was speechless by Liu An's words, and he didn't know how to explain it.

He really didn't know that he had so many flaws, and the officials in the county came to the Taishou Mansion before, and they were all satisfied with what he had done, and no one pointed out his mistakes like Liu An.

Seeing Lin Fang like this, Liu An knew that he had guessed correctly, so he said to Lin Fang: "Don't be surprised, the lower officials are not the same as those *****, and the silk gold cakes here are also the income of the lower officials from doing business in their hometowns, and they have not oppressed the people in the slightest." ”

Lin Fang looked at Liu An in astonishment, and was stunned for a moment before he apologized to Liu An: "I don't want to misunderstand County Magistrate Liu." ”

With a heavy sigh, Lin Fang retreated from the hall and told the truth.

It turned out that he had been in Wuyuan for more than a month, and he had been fighting openly and secretly with local giants for many days, but he had no results, but the power in his hands was becoming more and more hollow.

He was worried that if he continued like this, he would lose his life here, so he no longer cared about business, locked himself in the Taishou Mansion all day long, and handed over everything to the county governor Shi Gongcao and others.

It's just that he was originally a disciple of the poor family, and he was used to seeing the suffering of the world since he was a child, and he himself was not a person of luxury and waste.

The only girl in the hall is the singer who is invited, and the dancing girl is pretending to be the maid in the house, and the singer will teach the maid to dance when there is no one on weekdays, in order to confuse the truth.

Since he didn't ask about politics, there were many wealthy families who came to the mansion to meet and give gifts by the way, and Lin Fanggu accepted them, but he hated the group of people who looted the people's fat more and more.

However, he is not capable enough, and he only has a heart of love for the people, but he can only lament again and again in this Taishou Mansion.

After listening to Lin Fang's experience, Liu An stepped forward to hold Lin Fang's wrist and said sincerely: "If Lin Taishou trusts the lower officials, he can hand over this matter to the lower officials with full authority, and the lower officials will let the group of corrupt people bow down!" It's just that...... At the critical moment, Lin Taishou still needs to cooperate with one or two ......"

Seeing Liu An say this, Lin Fang took two steps back, and bowed deeply to Liu An: "I don't ask for high-ranking officials, nor do I have the luxury of holding power, I just hope that County Magistrate Liu can return the people to a prosperous future, and it is enough for him to return to his hometown to serve his mother for the rest of his life." ”

Liu An hurriedly avoided Lin Fang's big gift, stepped forward to help Lin Fang and said: "Lin Taishou has tormented the lower officials, punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and protecting the territory and the people is within the responsibility of the lower officials, how can he afford such a big gift from Lin Taishou?" ”

Lin Fang got up and asked his subordinates to return the silk he had just put away to Liu An, and all the golden cakes that Liu An stuffed into his arms were also returned.

"Such valuables should not be used on such an incompetent person, and I ask County Magistrate Liu to take them back."

Liu An refused, but Lin Fang insisted on not accepting it, Liu An could only take back the gold cake and leave the silk, Lin Fang saw this, so he no longer refused.

After that, Liu An introduced Liu Bei to Lin Fang, saying that he was his nephew and could be outstanding, so the three of them had dinner together.

During this period, Liu An inquired a lot about Wuyuan County from Lin Fang.

Wuyuan has been harassed by Xianbei for many years, and there are no worldly families here at this time, but there are still many wealthy families entrenched in it.

And although there are few people registered in Wuyuan County, there are many people hiding in wealthy families, and if all the hidden households are counted, the population of Wuyuan County can at least double again.

In addition to finding out the news, Liu An also agreed with Lin Fang on many things that need to be paid attention to, such as Lin Fang continuing to confuse outsiders behind closed doors, and the two sides have since reduced their open contact and pretended to be just an ordinary relationship.

After dinner, Liu An went back to the county office.

After many days of traveling, Liu An was also very tired.

After making sure that everyone he brought with him was settled, Liu An went back to the room that his subordinates had cleaned up for him and slept.

On the second day, Liu An got up early and went to look around the county office.

The backyard, like the Shosho's Mansion, is where the county magistrate and his family live.

The whole county government is in the shape of "Hui", and within the "mouth" character in the middle, it is the place where all officials work.

There are many adjoining rooms on both sides, which are collective dormitories for officials and servants in the prefecture except for the prefectural magistrate, the prefectural magistrate, and the prefectural magistrate.

In the absence of the county magistrate, the county magistrate is the supreme governor who handles all affairs in the county, and there is also a separate courtyard in the county office for him to live in.

In addition to this, all officials were to live in collective dormitories.

Of course, those who have a house in the city or those who do not want to live in the county government can stay overnight.

There are two places where the county magistrate deals with government affairs, one is the largest building in the word 'mouth', and it is also the lobby facing the gate after entering the county government gate, which is the place where the county magistrate is promoted to the hall to handle important government affairs.

The other is the wing room located on the side of the main hall, which is the daily office of the county magistrate or the place where confidential affairs are handled.

Liu An didn't know these things before, but before coming from Zhuo County, Xiahoulan gave Liu An a make-up class at night to step up tutoring.

Sitting in the wing, Liu An received many county officials in the morning, the county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper, and the chief of Cao came one by one, Liu An opened the window of the wing, blew a small breeze, drank tea and sat in it, and played Tai Chi slowly with the visitors.

After lunch, Liu An wanted to go back to his room to take a rest, but he saw Liu Bei coming in a hurry, saying that he had found a person named Lu Bu.

I didn't expect to find it so quickly, Liu An, who heard the news, was suddenly in good spirits, and he didn't want to take a nap or anything.

"Where are the others now?"

"I have taken it to wait outside the county yamen." Liu Bei replied.

"Can you find out the details of this person?" In his previous life, Liu An knew that Lu Bu was a native of Jiuyuan and had extremely high military strength, but he didn't know what his family background was, whether his parents were safe, and how many brothers and sisters he had.

"Uncle Hui, this person is thirty years old, and his momentum is not bad, and his force should be extremely high. His family is a large family in Jiuyuan, and there are dozens of slaves in the family. Liu Bei replied.

The big families are not considered wealthy, and the wealthy often enslave hundreds or thousands of people.

Liu An asked again: "How is his family situation?" ”

"His father died early, his mother is still alive, and his wife Yan is pregnant."

"......" Liu An didn't expect Liu Bei to investigate so clearly, and even found out that his wife was pregnant, "Okay, take it to the wing, I'll come right away." ”

"No!" Liu Bei left in response.

Liu An closed the doors and windows, and extracted the Overlord Bow and the two Jinluan Battle Armors in the system respectively.

According to the system description, the reason why this bow is named Overlord Xiang Yu is because it can withstand the great power of the Overlord and continue, and the bowstring is extremely tough.

Liu An tried to pull out the arrow and put it on the overlord's bow and pulled it a few times, but found that he couldn't pull much at all, so he put it aside.

The Golden Luan Armor taken out was the same as the prizes from the wartime lottery plates, and they were placed in large boxes, and there were small boxes inside the large boxes that contained a set of armor.

Liu An opened a box to check, and as soon as he opened it, he was flashed by the golden light reflected in it.

Opening the entire box, Liu An found that there were a lot of internal parts.

At that time, the pearlescent scale armor included helmets, neck guards, arm guards, battle robes, chest guards, battle skirts, and combat boots, and so many parts had shocked Liu An, and he could guess that the Jinluan battle armor would definitely be more luxurious, but he didn't expect it to be so luxurious.

Among them, the head is full of scarlets, red tassels, phoenix wings, eyebrows, face armor and stun, and the lower yaxia, shoulder swallow, arm cover, breastplate, belly swallow, robe belly, robe armor, falcon tail, skirt armor, hanging legs, and combat boots.

As soon as he looked at the parts, Liu An felt that his head was big, and it was extremely troublesome to wear this armor, but the protective effect was far from being comparable to other armors.

In particular, the head is very well defended, even the face armor is there, and the neck is also impermeable, so that even the dark arrow is no longer afraid.

A person as strong as Lu Bu has extremely high combat effectiveness, but the flesh is mortal, and he can't be invulnerable to the sword, and if he can have a piece of armor that is both strong and has strong protective ability, he must be extremely happy.

Lu Bu, a repeated villain, is mercenary.

At the beginning, Dong Zhuo was able to buy it with only a red rabbit horse and a little gold and silver treasures, kill his father-in-law Ding Yuan, and surrender with his subordinates.

Liu An didn't believe it, he invited him to join the gang with the overlord bow and Jinluan battle armor produced by the system, and he didn't have to kill his father-in-law with infamy, could he disagree?

Summoned two dead soldiers outside the door, and Liu An asked them to carry the overlord bow and the box containing the golden luan armor respectively, and follow him to the wing.

When they came to the outside of the wing, Liu An asked the two to wait at the door, and he pushed the door and walked in.

Liu Bei was talking to a burly, but slightly restrained young man, when he saw Liu An coming in, he hurriedly got up and introduced to Liu An:

"Uncle, this person is Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian."