After saying this, the ninth princess is not in charge of the state envoy.

Seeing this, the state envoy stepped aside very interestingly, as if he had thought of something, and said to Su Qi'an.

"Master Suhou, there is something that the envoy has to tell you, the Qingcheng County Guard is dead, but according to the law, the county town cannot be owned by you, you must understand."

Su Qi'an nodded, he still knew this, the county seat was the same as the county seat of Tucheng, it was a symbol of Da Liang's power in Jiaozhou, and it could not be confused with the private territory of the big and small priests.

To be honest, Su Qi'an didn't have the idea of occupying the county town at all, and the high priest's territory alone was already the size of several county towns.

After occupying the land of the high priest, as for the county seat, it is the same as the county seat of Tucheng, and it has to obey his jurisdiction, but this time, the new county guard must listen to Su Qi'an's words.

As if he could guess what Su Qi'an was thinking, the state envoy lowered his voice and said softly, "Hou Ye Su, although the county town cannot be under your jurisdiction, in view of the fact that Hou Ye has made a great contribution to pacifying the chaos in the county town this time, Hou Ye can nominate several candidates for the county guard."

"I think in order not to cause chaos in the county town in the future, Lord Governor should approve Lord Hou's proposal."

The state envoy's words surprised Su Qi'an, he and the state envoy were only a few sides, and the relationship between the two sides was not so good.

But the state envoy took the initiative to make this request, somewhat with a bit of a show of favor.

Su Qi'an's surprise was obvious to the state envoy, and he said softly, "Master Su, you don't need to have such an expression, the boundary of Jiaozhou is what you value is the strength and potential of a person, but there is a premise, this person must live."

"The county guard and high priest of Qingcheng are dead, no matter how valuable the two of them were in their lives, but now they are corpses, and everything is worthless."

"It is impossible for anyone to stand up for the corpse, Marquis Su sits on the territory of the high priest, and there are His Royal Highnesses Nine by his side to support him, it is promising, although the envoy has a high status, there is no need to offend Marquis Su."

"I don't want anything in the future, I just hope that if you have the opportunity, Master Hou, in front of His Royal Highness, you can say a few more kind words for me, and I will be satisfied."

"With me on the state pastor's side, I will definitely let Hou Ye Su achieve what he wants."

Su Qi'an's face was calm, he neither agreed nor refused, and looked at the state envoy like this, his eyes flashing.

After the state envoy finished speaking, he had no intention of staying, with a smile on his face, he saluted Su Qi'an and the Ninth Princess, and after a while, accompanied by several state soldiers, he left the county capital.

Soon after, the envoy left the county with the soldiers stationed in the city.

The defense of the county town was all handed over to Su Qi'an's first and second regiments.

The state envoy's behavior of leading the troops away has already explained his position, taking advantage of the time when the new county guard has not yet taken office, all affairs in the county town will be taken over by Su Qi'an.

If Su Qi'an had the ability, even if he could control the county, the state envoy would not say a word.

Not long after the state envoy left, Su Qi'an informed the ninth princess of the conversation just now.

"What's wrong with him? Or for some purpose?" The Ninth Princess asked.

Su Qi'an shook his head, "At present, there is no big problem with what he said, everyone is here for profit, with his current position, there is nothing wrong with saying this."

"But I always have a feeling that I can't put it into words, I always feel that he is not the kind of person who does the grass on both sides of the wall for the sake of profit."

"Being valued by Li Kang and handing over the procuratorial power of Jiaozhou to him, the establishment of the Jiaozhou Priest Alliance is said to have been planned by him."

"And the first time I saw him, I obviously felt a majesty from him, which is not the kind of person who seeks profit on the wall, this person is definitely not as simple as it seems."

Su Qi'an is convinced of this, but from the current point of view, even if the state envoy's attitude towards him is disguised, it is an indisputable fact that the county is chaotic and calm.

Su Qi'an received the land of the high priest, and no one could change it.

Since the fact is settled, and no bigger conspiracy has been discovered at present, this matter is just put in the back of mind.

Now waiting for Su Qi'an, but there is one

A lot of headaches to solve.

After the defense of the county town was handed over to the first and second regiments, Su Qi'an abolished the slavery system in Qingcheng County in accordance with the previous agreement and returned the local people to freedom.

The abolition of this system was only implemented in the territory of the high priest and the county seat, and as for the six counties under Qingcheng County, except for Tucheng County, the remaining five counties, Su Qi'an did not move for the time being.

This thing is not like in the previous Tucheng County, where there were only tens of thousands of people, and all of them were abolished, even if there was resistance, but it could not stop the general trend, and it was easy to implement.

Qingcheng County, on the other hand, has jurisdiction over six counties below, and the population is at least two or three hundred thousand people.

Not to mention the large number of people, even if according to the general trend, more than half of the people agree with Su Qi'an's system, but this matter will not work out in the end.

After regaining their freedom, they had no land to survive, and the land of the entire county was basically divided among the major officials and magnates mainly the county guards.

In order to solve this problem, the first thing to solve is the many powerful people in the county town who use the vast land.

Therefore, after the county was pacified, the second thing Su Qi'an did was to invite many powerful people and officials in the city to talk about things.

Treating them, Su Qi'an did not use strong ones at first, but saluted first and then soldiers.

As long as he can agree to Su Qi'an's request and give up the excess land in his hand, Su Qi'an will not be responsible for whether these magnates have done the same hurtful things as the county guards before.

Moreover, the magnates who ceded the land could still retain the required servant slaves in their mansions.

Moreover, the industries in their hands that lead to the counties of the county, Su Qi'an can even give some protection, which is the greatest sincerity given by Su Qi'an.

If you refuse, it's okay, you can lead the whole family to move out of the county.

Su Qi'an will give them a certain amount of time, and can even provide soldiers to protect them and escort them away.

If you don't want to leave, and refuse Su Qi'an's proposal, you still go your own way, and Su Qi'an will not be polite to these people.

In accordance with the law of Da Liang, they will check and find out whether the magnates and officials of the county town have committed crimes.

If one is found, he will unceremoniously make a top punishment, not to mention cutting off his head, but confiscating the family property and sealing the family industry, Su Qi'an can do it.

This is the choice Su Qi'an gave them, if they want to be decent, Su Qi'an will give them enough decency, and if they don't want to be decent, they won't get used to it.

If you want to resist and do something like a county guard, Su Qi'an will unceremoniously send an army to directly destroy it.

The main Su Qi'an has taken over the defense of the county, and during the period before the new county guard took office, to put it bluntly, Su Qi'an was already the actual ruler of the county.

And even if there is a new county guard in the future, most of them will obey Su Qi'an's orders.

One of the advantages of these powerful people and officials is that they will always know some inside information a few steps faster than ordinary people.

Su Qi'an's strength, they have already seen it, and they did not use force against them at the beginning, but politely invited them to discuss, which has already been calculated.

You must know that behind Su Qi'an, there is also the support of His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness, and these people, even if they have no brains, do not dare to risk disapproval and die like the county guard and high priest.

After a short silence, more than a dozen powerful families, except for two or three, chose to sell their property, and left the county town with the intention that they couldn't be provoked and couldn't hide.

The rest of the people all agreed to Su Qi'an's proposal, retained part of the land, and handed over the remaining land obtained from the annexation to Su Qi'an.

Su Qi'an is still satisfied with the attitude of the powerful, only to solve the upper-level figures, as for the small wealthy families in the five counties below, sooner or later they will take the initiative to find Su Qi'an and make their choice.

The possession of land is the powerful foundation for the abolition of the slavery system.

Immediately afterwards, Su Qi'an did another big thing that caused a sensation in the entire county.

confiscate all the land occupied by the Qingcheng County Guard, and, in front of all the people, demolish the second most luxurious county government after the state city.

Su Qi'an's move really surprised the powerful officials in the city.

They thought that Qingcheng County was dead, and according to the custom, Su Qi'an accepted all his assets and could take them for himself.

This is basically the default unspoken rule, and no one will say anything about it.

But they do underestimate this Marquis Su, the private land owned by the county guard of Qingcheng ranks first among the nobles, accounting for one-tenth of the scale of Qingcheng County.

This is a lot of wealth, Su Qi'an said that it will be confiscated, and all of it will be redistributed to the low-class untouchables who have obtained free bodies.

And also demolished such a luxurious county government, the county government is not impossible to dismantle, for anyone, to get such a luxurious county government, a long time ago moved in to enjoy.

However, this Marquis Su directly ordered the demolition, and the wood and stone materials were demolished, and all of them were used to build roads in the county town and houses for those untouchables.

The luxurious and magnificent county mansion was demolished by Su Qi'an, leaving less than one-fifth of the original one, and only a piece of space in the backyard remained.

The rest of the front courtyard and the temple in the middle were all demolished.

This move, even if it was a powerful person who was dissatisfied with Su Qi's peace of mind, he still had some admiration in his heart.

They have been in the county town for so many years, and there are too many people they have seen, and some people will be like Su Qi'an, in order to win people's hearts and do something beneficial to the people.

But in private, you should enjoy what you deserve, and absolutely no one will fall.

Like Su Qi'an, who is truly dedicated to the people and the development of the city, he is definitely the first one in Jiaozhou.

Now they can somewhat understand why Su Qi'an was able to gain a firm foothold in Tucheng County so quickly, and so many talented people were willing to follow him.

If they are not powerful, but just low-level people, it is difficult not to be attracted if they meet such a lord.

In just a few days, the atmosphere in the county town under the high-pressure rule of Qingcheng County has been obviously much more lively these days.

Although there are still many bad things in the city, there are frictions and contradictions, but I can see a kind of hope in their eyes.

It was a good hope for the future, a gaze that they had never seen before.

Some far-sighted magnates, their eyes flashed, and they knew that the sky in the county town had really changed.

If you want to soar in the future of the county, you have to learn to be flexible.