Suddenly, Sun Zhaoyuan heard a report from his subordinates that Yao Yungui came to visit Sun Zhaoyuan in the governor's compound and was already waiting at the door.

Sun Zhaoyuan hurriedly greeted him out of the door, and as soon as he went out of the door, he saw Yao Yungui bringing a young family member. Since ascending to the position of governor, there have been countless officials who have visited Sun Zhaoyuan, but he Yao Yungui is the only one who has brought his family members.

Sun Zhaoyuan arched his hand and said, "Lord Yao, what kind of good wind blew you to the governor's compound of this official?" ”

Yao Yungui smiled and said, "Lord Sun, if there is no good wind, I can't come to your governor's compound?" ”

Sun Zhaoyuan smiled: "How could you not come? Lord Yao came to this governor's compound, and the official couldn't ask for it. ”

Yao Yungui asked his subordinates to present a gift box, and said: "Lord Sun, Yunxi Prefecture is cold and wet in autumn and winter, and I am afraid that Lord Sun will not be used to living here, so I asked my subordinates to go to Changliu Prefecture to buy good deer antlers. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Lord Lao Yao has bothered, what kind of deer antler velvet needs to be purchased in Changliuzhou?" This Yunxi Prefecture should also have deer antler velvet. ”

Yao Yungui said: "Master Sun, you don't know anything about this. Deer antler velvet is warm, the most good thing to nourish the kidneys and remove dampness and cold, but the deer antler velvet in Yunxi Prefecture is not as good as Changliuzhou, only because of the extreme cold in Changliuzhou, so only the extremely warm sika deer can resist the cold and survive here. Therefore, the deer antler velvet in Changliuzhou is naturally hundreds of times stronger than that of Yunxi Prefecture, and it is naturally the best choice for dehumidification and cold. It's just that the antler velvet in Changliuzhou is difficult to find, and the people in the house also searched for more than a month to get this box, and asked Lord Sun to smile. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I can't imagine that the little deer antler velvet is so particular about the doorway." Then the official will not be satisfied with Lord Yao's good intentions, and when he has spare time, he will concentrate on tasting the taste and effect of this deer antler velvet. He took the gift box and handed it to his subordinates to accept.

A few people walked into the back room. Yao Yungui said: "I came to visit Mr. Sun this time, but I wanted to come to Mrs. Sun for the first time in Yunxi Prefecture, I was not familiar with life, and usually Mr. Sun was too busy to be accompanied, and there was no female companion to play with, so I brought the concubine in the family to accompany Mrs. Sun. My little concubine, surnamed Li Minghua, is twenty years old, only two years older than Mrs. Sun, and is the most clever and well-behaved person. ”

When Li Hua heard her name, he smiled at Sun Zhaoyuan: "I have seen Lord Sun, although I am only twenty years old, but I have been the concubine of Lord Yao at the age of thirteen or four. ”

When Sun Zhaoyuan heard this, he called Yu Yinqiao over. Yu Yin Qiao looked at Li Hua, her eyes were sharp, and she knew at a glance that she was a delicate woman who was unique in ten thousand. Sun Zhaoyuan told Yu Yinqiao about the intention of the two, and said to Yu Yinqiao: "Since Lord Yao's concubine is sincere, you can go to the courtyard to have a good talk, and Lord Yao and I are still in this room to talk about something." ”

Li Hua took Yu Yinqiao's hand and went to the pavilion in the courtyard to sit and gossip.

Yao Yungui said: "Lord Sun has been here for a few days, and I don't know if I have recuperated well. According to the past practice, as soon as the governor arrived in the state capital, he had to meet with the officials of the various prefectures and counties, the public offices and military camps. This Yunxi Prefecture has jurisdiction over five prefectures and seventeen counties, in addition to three counties under the jurisdiction of Luyang Mansion, three counties under the jurisdiction of Huating Mansion, three counties under the jurisdiction of Ziyuan Mansion, four counties under the jurisdiction of Luwei Mansion, and four counties under the jurisdiction of Longdu Mansion. The army part of Yunxi Mansion is composed of two large battalions, stationed in Luyang Mansion and Luwei Mansion respectively, with a total of 70,000 soldiers, of which the maximum number of Luyang Mansion is 40,000, and the number of Luwei Mansion is 30,000. The total number of officials was 500, and the total number of petty officials was 1,900. If Lord Sun goes to inspect the military camps of various prefectures and counties, I will be ready to go with Lord Sun with the rest of the state officials to inspect it on a certain day. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This is very good, I also feel that I have been here for a few days, although I have discussed a few important matters, but I don't know much about the causes and consequences, and I can only deal with the affairs according to the convention, and I can't prescribe the right medicine and deal with it flexibly." If you have a good understanding of the various prefectures, counties, military camps, and officials, you will know how to deal with them properly when you encounter problems. ”

Yao Yungui said: "These five prefectures and seventeen counties, all of them are gone, I am afraid that it will take more than a month, if Lord Sun goes to all of them, I will go and prepare properly, issue official documents, and let the officials of the prefectures and counties below be ready to meet them." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Lord Yao, in my opinion, this matter is not too high-profile, if it is the state and county officials, welcome the solemnity, it will inevitably break the cost, the financial constraints, and now is the wartime, the front-line soldiers are using money, the court knows that we are so extravagant and wasteful, a lot of effort, I am worried that Long Yan will be angry, and then blame me, I am afraid that I will still be slapped in the face and disgraced." Those state and county officials don't have to greet them. And in my opinion, the government needs to go, and the county is not needed, as long as the government is managed, the county will naturally be managed. ”

Yao Yungui said: "Lord Sun is loyal to the country and abides by the way of his ministers, I really admire him very much. I will prepare an official document and will not let these officials be extravagant and wasteful, and spend too much. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "This Yao Yungui is really active and good at greeting. I said I didn't need to greet it, for fear that it would cost too much. On the one hand, he obeyed my wishes and issued documents, but on the other hand, he did not mention that there was no need to greet him, and only said that he should not spend extravagantly. Because he doesn't know whether I don't have to greet me sincerely or falsely, so I push this problem to the following, if the official does not welcome me and offends me, it is also the matter of the official below, and it has nothing to do with him, if the official greets me and reprimands, it is the official's own opinion, anyway, he will not be harmed. But if the officials below do what I want, he will also follow the light, and the skill of drilling the camp is indeed profound. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan didn't poke it either, and said: "Can you please ask Lord Yao to give a brief introduction to the situation in Yunxi Prefecture, so that I can know the situation, and I don't look like a headless fly when I go out to inspect, bumping around." ”

Yao Yungui said: "Lord Sun is really asking the right person, I have been an official in Yunxi Prefecture for decades, and I have been to all five prefectures, except for the military camp affairs, I know the rest of the matters well." First of all, this Yunxi Prefecture, the land is fertile, the people are fierce, because of the abundant products, the soldiers here are afraid to fight and dare to rush, in ancient times, there were often thousands of Yunxi Prefecture soldiers to beat away the feat of tens of thousands of enemy troops, and deep in the hinterland, attack and retreat, advance and retreat freely, so this place is the low that the soldiers must fight, and there are often the first generation of the Son of Heaven to rise here. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "I also know a little bit about what Lord Yao said. ”

Yao Yungui said again: "Let's talk about the relevant situation of the five prefectures and fourteen counties, that Huating Mansion is very close to Luyang Mansion, but it is 100 miles away, and it can only be reached by horseback riding for one day and one night. The strange thing is that the golden river and the jade river intersect here, because the two rivers intersect, the turbulent water flow, slowly subsided, so the gold and jade washed down from the upstream are here, attached to the riverbed, and the riverbed will produce gold and jade. The lower Ziyuan Mansion, which is fifty miles away, has nothing to distribute, that is, no gold and no jade. Therefore, Huating Mansion is the richest mansion in Yunxi Prefecture, and even richer than Luyang Mansion, the state capital. Besides, this Ziyuan Mansion, although there is no gold and no jade, but the flowing Jinyu River water, warm and moist, the people of Ziyuan Mansion are fair-skinned, with good faces, and it is a famous beauty in the whole state. ”