Hepu has been an important town in the Lingnan region since ancient times.

Surrounded by mountains and seas, the terrain is relatively flat, rich in natural resources, and rich in natural resources.

During the Tang Dynasty, Hepu County was an important outlet to the sea in the south and an important starting point of the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty.

From here, Tang fleets were able to reach most of Southeast Asia and even sail as far as India.

In the Song Dynasty, Hepu County was an important port, with an extremely prosperous city, and foreigners from Tiannan and Haibei came every day to trade here.

However, by the Ming Dynasty, Hepu County began to decline rapidly.

The reason is naturally very simple, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang's ban on the sea.

However, under the ban on the sea, it is not only Hepu that is in decline, but also Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other areas in Fujian, which are also in serious decline.

After all, since ancient times, these regions have relied on port trade as a pillar industry, and through pillar trade, they can quickly accumulate wealth, which has created the prosperity of these port cities.

Since the ban on the sea, the pillar industry has collapsed rapidly, leaving only a piece of chicken feathers, and the local economy is naturally declining rapidly.

Although the sea ban has been lifted now, it is only the sea ban in Shanghu County, which has nothing to do with Hepu County, so Hepu County is still poor.

The lack of food and the floods have displaced the people here, leaving them full of refugees and victims.

These people are like locusts crossing the border, and as long as they can eat, they will eat it all, leaving nothing behind.

When Zhu Biao and Li came in outside Hepu County, they saw such a scene.

The people relied on each other and waited by the muddy road, hoping that someone would give them some food so that they could fill their stomachs.

It's a pity that this place has now lost the ability to attract outsiders, and can only roll up with each other.

Except for Li Jin and his group, he didn't see anyone walking here in Hepu County.

The victims saw someone walking towards Hepu County from the pipeline, like ants, squeezing towards Li Jin and others, with a broken bowl in their hands, hoping that Li Jin and them could give some food.

Zhu Biao was about to take some dry food from the carriage, but was stopped by Li Jin.

In this case, if you take it out to eat, I am afraid that it will be surrounded by the victims in an instant, and you will not be able to escape.

Now is not the time to show kindness, on the contrary, Li Jin has to behave more viciously, so that he can reach Hepu County smoothly.

"Come on, drive all these people away for me."

"If you dare to stop in front of this adult's carriage and run over it directly, when the time comes, there will be a life, and the official will not be responsible!"

After speaking, Li Jin's guards faithfully pulled out their waist knives and looked at the surrounding refugees with a fierce look.

When the surrounding victims saw this, they were all shocked, and hurriedly fled far away, never daring to approach Li Jin's carriage again.

After Li Jin's carriage slowly drove into Hepu County, he found that the county's environment and infrastructure were not bad.

Although the houses in Hepu County are not luxurious, most of them are made of green bricks.

The streets under your feet are also paved with stone bricks, and you can see that although Hepu County is in decline, the people of Hepu County are living a good life based on rich natural resources.

It is only possible that in recent years, due to frequent floods, the harvest in Hepu County has been seriously affected, which has led to the emergence of refugees.

Li Jin looked through the curtain of the carriage, observing the situation in Hepu County, while silently thinking about something in his heart.

He found that there were still many grain shops in the county, but they didn't seem to be open, and he didn't know if there was a food shortage, which led to the closure of the grain shops.

The carriage went all the way, and the people in the county town looked much better than the refugees, but their faces were still full of vegetables, and it seemed that they had been hungry for too long.

However, seeing such a luxurious carriage, these people couldn't help but look at it twice, and they didn't know which dignitary would choose to come to their place where birds don't lay eggs.

Eventually, Li Jin's carriage stopped at the entrance of the county government in Hepu County.

Li Jin slowly got out of the carriage, and then asked someone to go to the door to report, saying that the prefect had arrived, and asked the people inside to come out quickly to greet him.

But after Li Jin let people inform for a long time, no one came out to greet him, but a sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked official came out of the county office, and then said to Li Jin disdainfully:

"The county magistrate said that the prefect's seat is in Qinzhou, not in Hepu."

"Please move to the prefect and hurry up to Qinzhou to take office, Hepu Temple is small, and it can't accommodate the big Buddha of adults."

Seeing this person so arrogant, Li Jin was immediately angry.

He stepped forward in a few steps, kicked on the servant who was fighting with people, and then said slowly:

"After today, Hepu County, I have the final say."

"I'm going to see who's against it and who's in favor!"