Chapter 622: The First Round of Contact
Su Qi'an's convoy left the Danyang County Mansion and headed all the way to the other eight counties, as for the eight county guards in the county government, just hand them over to Fengqing and Hancheng, I believe the two know how to deal with it.
As soon as the convoy left the county seat, Su Yong asked, "Sir, is our first stop going to the local county seat?"
According to the rules of Su Qi'an's previous inspections, if you want to understand the real situation of a local county, you have to go deep into the edge of the county, and you only need to look at it a little to get a glimpse of the leopard and know something.
But this time Su Yong's question, Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "No, we will go straight to the eight counties and counties this time, and as for the local counties, we will not go."
Su Qi'an's answer, Su Yong was a little surprised, but he didn't ask more, nodded slightly, and sat next to him without saying a word.
Su Qi'an looked at everyone and said softly, "We have seen almost what we should see, you actually know it in your hearts, this trip, our every move is already in the eyes of the officials of the eight counties."
"There's no need to deliberately hide your whereabouts, just like summoning the eight county guards this time, even if I overpower people, the eight are still calm."
"Because they know that what they do is in line with the court system, and they don't have any tricks in their hands to fall into the hands of others, even if they face me, they won't be afraid."
"Let's see, if you go to the county town this time, you can probably see something more real."
Su Qi'an's last words, with a somewhat playful look, everyone nodded slightly, without saying a word, and all looked out the window.
When Su Qi'an said this, the scenes along the way probably made them see something.
Leaving Danyang County, the official road along the way is not dense forests, but patches of fields, which can not be seen at a glance.
In the fields, there are people busy from time to time, these fields are all serious grain land, but most of them belong to private land.
After all, whose fields are so dense and paddy fields are so dense that they are good land at a glance, and the busy figures can tell at a glance which big family is a long-term worker or tenant.
If there are so many long-term workers and tenants, the owner of the field does not need to think about it, he knows that it must be a local family.
Owning their own private land is very common in the Daliang states, some of which are meritorious to the ancestors and rewarded by the emperor, and some are developed by their ancestors for many years and strengthened themselves through buying and selling.
These are compliant and legal in Daliang, but how many are compliant and legal behind it, I am afraid that only the parties themselves know.
Knowing that Su Qi'an came to Dongzhou with a mission, these local families still put what Su Qi'an wanted to see most on the table, which is enough to show that they have considerable confidence.
Therefore, even if Su Qi'an is oppressing people with power, he has to abide by the law, if he makes a forcible seizure of the grain fields of local families, he can directly appeal to the imperial court, and even Su Qi'an will be difficult to bear at that time.
The countertops along the way are in sight, and as for sneaking around like before, it doesn't matter that much.
Su Qi'an's convoy drove all the way, without any stops in between, and went straight to the first stop, Zeng Mo's territory, Luyue County.
As I thought, as soon as I left Danyang County and entered Luyue County, the local county commander in front of me led people to greet him.
In this way, he was escorted all the way, and after about two or three days, he arrived at Luyue County.
It is not unreasonable that Zeng Mo can be respected as the head of the last nine counties with Han Cheng, and the scale of the Luyue County of his territory is quite magnificent.
The city wall is high and thick, comparable to a state city, and the area is also large, almost equal to two county towns, with a population of at least seven or eight hundred thousand, catching up with two-thirds of the state city of a state.
The local county magistrate and county lieutenant greeted him at the city gate as if they had received news.
After a simple and polite greeting, Su Qi'an and Luyue Juncheng, the county lieutenant and other officials entered the city.
Everyone entered the city, and along the way, Luyue Juncheng introduced every place in the city to Su Qi'an, and Su Qi'an nodded slightly.
The city is still very lively, with a variety of shops on both sides of the street, and even vendors walking through the streets, and from time to time you can see soldiers patrolling, which gives people a very good feeling
Stable and peaceful.
Walking all the way, Luyue Juncheng introduced it, without the slightest intention of stopping throughout the whole process, and talked eloquently all the way.
Others may not be able to see it, they just think that Luyue Juncheng is more enthusiastic, but Su Qi'an knows his inner thoughts at a glance.
In a burst of talking, he interrupted Lu Yuejun Cheng's words, "Okay, the envoy who should know almost knows, let's say what you want to ask, if you miss this time, it will be difficult to have a chance next time."
was mentioned by Su Qi'an, and Luyue Juncheng's face showed a little embarrassment, "Since the supervision envoys have said so, if the lower officials are procrastinating, it is indeed wrong for the lower officials."
After a pause in his voice, Luyue Juncheng continued, "Dare to ask the Supervisor Envoy, where is Lord Zeng of our county now, Luyue County is busy with official business, we can't contact Shangguan, many things can't be solved, and I hope that the Supervisor can tell you, and Xiaguan is grateful."
"Hehe, it turns out that this is what you asked, don't worry, your Lord Zeng is fine now, and the other county guards are in the Danyang County Mansion, so there are some things to trouble them, so it will be delayed for a while."
"When the envoy finishes inspecting the eight counties, by then, it is estimated that your Lord Zeng will return to Luyue County soon."
Su Qi'an's explanation, Lu Yue Juncheng nodded slightly, with a grateful look on his face, but no one knew that in the depths of his eyes, there was a strange look flashing.
The carriage drove slowly through the city, and only halfway through it was suddenly there a commotion at the end of the street, accompanied by a rush of beatings.
When everyone looked at it, they saw a thin, unkempt man, who was beaten with a whip by a butler.
"Damn cheap slave, so bold that you dare to steal the master's granary, I think you want to die, come on, bring this cheap slave back to me, if you don't beat him for three days, I don't know what kind of goods I am."
Behind the housekeeper, several strong men grabbed the house slave without saying a word, and then dragged him out of the street.
The onlookers looked at this scene, all shook their heads slightly, and then sighed, and scattered away, as if they felt loose and normal about what happened today, and they were no longer surprised.
After taking the house slave away, the housekeeper at the head seemed to be angry, and followed behind, waving the whip in his hand and cursing as he walked.
When this movement came, Su Qi'an looked very calm, but it was Su Yong, his face was a little ugly.
He has a deep understanding of this scene, his original identity is very similar to this house slave, if it is not for Su Qi'an, which changed his fate, he is likely to be beaten to death in the future like this slave.
Listening to the housekeeper's scolding and scolding, some words seemed to stimulate Su Yong, his brows furrowed slightly, and as soon as he wanted to make a move, he was stopped by Tong Zhan on the side.
What Su Yong was thinking, Tong Zhan knew very well, most likely because he had also felt empathy like this, and he couldn't control it for a while.
These, Tong Zhan can understand, before, things like this, they have not encountered it, and they often help out, but this time it is not possible.
If Su Yong was rushed by emotions, then Tong Zhan was more good at observing his surroundings.
What happened in front of him was probably done by someone on purpose, in order to see Su Qi'an's reaction.
After stopping Su Yong, Tong Zhan became more and more sure of his prediction, because he did not receive a signal from Su Qi'an in the car from beginning to end.
Even Xie Cang, who has always been jealous and hateful, did not react this time, he has been following the two of them for many years, basically Tong Zhan can be sure that this is a trap, more precisely, a dismount.
As the housekeeper's scolding voice went away, in the car, Lu Yue Juncheng hurriedly hugged his fists.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let the Inspector and the Marquis of Lingdong laugh, there will always be such a trivial matter in the county, we have strengthened the patrol according to Lord Zeng's order, and also ordered the local families to control the servants of each family, but I didn't expect to sweep away the interest of the adults."
"This is something that the lower officials did wrong, I hope that the superintendent will forgive the sin, and the lower officials will definitely guarantee it," such a disappointing thing will never happen in the future.
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What Luyue Juncheng said was called sincerity, so he almost knelt down and apologized.
Su Qi'an's face was calm, he looked useless, waved his hand, and said softly, "Harm, Jun Cheng's words have passed, the envoy is not an unreasonable person, the management of the place is the most difficult, the envoy still knows, you can do this in your heart, the envoy will not blame you."
"Okay, let's keep walking, it's hard to come to Luyue County, how can I ruin the mood of the envoy because of this trivial matter."
"The Overseer is right." Luyue Jun nodded again and again.
After that, the stopped carriage continued to drive towards the city, and it took about a quarter of an hour or so before it reached the Luyue County Mansion.
After bringing Su Qi'an and his party to the residence provided by the county government, Luyue Juncheng and Su Qi'an said a few words, and then turned around and left very interestingly.
As soon as he stepped out of the county mansion, Luyue Juncheng's face changed and returned to his usual indifference.
In front of him, the local officials seemed to have been waiting for a long time, pacing back and forth outside the door, watching Luyue Juncheng appear.
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, and one of them said, "Lord Juncheng, what do you mean by this overseer? His reaction wasn't quite what we thought."
"He didn't have the slightest change in mood from beginning to end, and he didn't care at all about your temptation of him, and the information provided by Lord Zeng was wrong."
"Yes, and this man not only didn't go to the place, but went straight to the county seat, and didn't mention anything about the grain and grass, it seems that he came to visit the mountains and rivers, what does this inspector want him to do?"
Everyone's words and me, Lu Yue Juncheng's eyes flashed, and then he waved his hand, signaled quiet, and said coldly, "It's okay, anyway, this person can't handle us, everything is according to Lord Zeng's plan, with static braking, how he wants to play, we will play with him, anyway, the longer the time, the more beneficial it is for us."