"The power of the small Qinghe county is so complicated!"

Coming out of Wang Mazi's small courtyard, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

I don't know if I don't ask, even he was shocked when he asked, and even retreated from doing business in his heart.

Qinghe County is not large, the city wall is only two or three kilometers longitudinal and horizontal, the permanent population inside and outside the city is only more than 30,000, plus the surrounding villages and towns, under the jurisdiction of only more than 50,000 people.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of prefectures outside, it is indeed sparsely populated.

But compared with his previous life, this number is not less, and he clearly remembers that the population of his hometown in the mountains in his previous life was only about 100,000.

But the ancient times of this world and the previous life through peaceful development to encourage childbirth are very different, and the county seat of 50,000 people is really not small.

But in this world, this kind of county is very small, so isn't the population of the Great Xia Kingdom very large?

He thought to himself, but soon he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Judging by the news from Wang Mazi's mouth.

There are five forces in Qinghe County, the first party is the imperial court yamen, the county lord's surname is Zhao, and there are three subordinates: the lord Bo, the county lieutenant, and the county Cheng.

There are more than 100 people in the three heads and three classes, one city guard school, two deputy inspectors, 500 guards, and 300 village soldiers.

This is the official strength of the imperial court of a county seat.

The second is the largest family except for the Yamen-Lin family!

The Lin family can be regarded as the soil emperor of Qinghe County, occupying seventy percent of the business in Qinghe County, and even the county lord has to be polite when he sees the head of the Lin family.

Moreover, the hands of the Lin family have also been stretched into the yamen, Wan Yufeng, one of the three major head hunters, was secretly cultivated by the Lin family, and there are many other official officials, controlling the prison and taxation, which has also developed a situation where the Lin family covers the sky with one hand in Qinghe County.

Therefore, the Lin family ran rampant in Qinghe County, forcing other traders and ordinary people to be miserable.

The third party is the Zhenshan Martial Arts Hall, the owner of the museum, Liu Zhenshan, is rumored to have entered the realm of six products, and there is a dart game under the martial arts hall, which has cultivated many people who practice martial arts.

Even the young men in the yamen who need to serve in the yamen every year have to practice in the martial arts hall for three months before they are eligible to enter the yamen to serve.

A small number of the guards of each family also came from the martial arts hall.

Although the power is not as good as the Yamen and the Lin family, its strength should not be underestimated.

It is rumored that there is a backer behind the Zhenshan Martial Arts Hall, but it is unknown which force it is.

The fourth is the small platoon gang that controls the river transportation, it is rumored that the backer behind it is the Cao Gang, and the caravan in Qinghe County has only two roads to transport a large number of goods in and out, one is to be escorted by land through the Dart Bureau, and the other is to pass through the Cao Gang by water.

Even the Lin family had to be polite to these two.

In the end, the fifth party is somewhat dispensable, even if it is other gentry landlords who survive in the cracks, their family backgrounds are not as good as the Lin family, and they are squeezed and annexed by the Lin family everywhere, and now they are struggling to support.

These are considered a consortium, there are more than a dozen gentry landlords, and the largest of them are only the Wang family, the Zhou family, and the Yang family.

Originally, these three families were also prosperous, and they were no less than the Lin family in their heyday, but they gradually declined with the passage of time, and now they are facing the danger of being suppressed and annexed by the Lin family.

Wang Mazi can know that there must be a backer behind him, otherwise where could he get this news?

Jiang Xuan guessed that it was very likely that Wang Mazi's bag was supported by the yamen or other three forces.

And in the end, he learned that Qinghe County is located in a remote area, and there are actually very few outsiders, but this month, there are indeed more and more tourists from the rivers and lakes, which seems to be related to monsters.

No wonder he went into the city the day before yesterday, and today he saw a lot of people on the streets, and his strength was not low.

"With the intricate distribution of power in the city, and the Lin family controlling most of the commerce in the city, it is not easy to open a restaurant between them!"

Jiang Xuan thought in his heart that with the Lin family's way of doing things, it would never be possible to see others competing with him, and the suppressed gentry landlords were the best examples.

"It seems that it is impossible to open a store on my own, but I can cooperate with the three major families and secretly support them, which is equivalent to having my own power in disguise.

And the Lin family dominates one side, and the evil things are done, if they can find a way to bring it down and support the rise of the three families, they will be able to gain a firm foothold in Qinghe County, and then begin to radiate outward.

However, before making a move on the Lin family, look at the county master's attitude towards the Lin family, if the two families are in a pit, it will be difficult to do this! ”

He thought in his heart, the attitude of the county lord is the key, if it were not for his indulgence, the Lin family would never dare to do those evil things.

From Wang Mazi's mouth, he knew that the people of Qinghe County complained about the Lin family, and they dared not speak out.

"It seems that Wang Mazi should not be supported by the Lin family, otherwise he will not discredit the Lin family, that is the person of the other three forces, I will definitely send the news back today, and I don't know what movement will be!"

Out of the alley, looking at the dim sky, the city gate was about to close in half an hour, thinking that the lady at home was still waiting, he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

However, just as he rushed to the city gate, a sudden sound of breaking the air came from behind him!

He frowned, his body swayed slightly, reached out and grabbed a dark arrow about half a foot long, and looked back behind him.

I saw that at the end of the city gate street, a figure flickered and rushed towards the distance.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and a touch of killing intent surged in his heart, and he didn't care about introducing pedestrians, so he didn't use his body, but hurried to chase after him.

"I want to see who you really are. Three times and twice, it is a frame-up and an assassination, obviously I don't want to live, even if you are sent by the lady's family, you will be killed tonight! ”

He was ruthless in his heart, full of anger, and the mud bodhisattva still had three points of anger, let alone a human being?

Even if he knew that the other party's move was most likely to lead him over, he was not afraid.

As long as his current cultivation and strength are not two or three great realms above him, and he has supernatural powers in his hands, he may not be afraid of these people.

Unless the other party is of the same level as the middle-aged man he met during the day, and there are quite a few of them.

But judging from last night and the induction just now, the other party's strength is obviously inferior to his own.

The figure galloped like a galloping horse, but after a few vertical steps, he chased into the street, and saw a figure disappearing into the farmland.

Only then did he use his body to chase after him.

chased and fled, until they were far away from the suburbs and entered the barren mountains and forests, and finally the figure in front of them slowed down.

And Jiang Xuan always fell behind him and did not directly catch up with the other party.

Until the man stopped by the river, turned his head and looked at Jiang Xuan, as if waiting for him.

Jiang Xuan was not afraid at all, stopped outside the other party, and looked at the other party with cold eyes.

"Who are you, framed, assassinated, and attacked, do you really think I don't have a temper?"

Jiang Xuan asked coldly, but the person on the other side didn't speak, and another voice came from the side!