Xizhuang is located in a ditch in the Songyu Mountain Range, belongs to the mountain city, is really surrounded by mountains on three sides, only one big road is directly to the south of Guo County, the terrain is partial, and poor, but also because of this, so that Xizhuang has become a rare paradise in Shangyang County in this troubled world.

Earlier, when Guo Chang led the Guiyi Sect to sweep through the entire Shangyang County, it didn't affect here, and it belonged to the place where the thieves came, and they all had to leave two taels of silver.

On the rammed earth city wall, when several gray-haired guards saw Lu Xuan and his party coming violently, one of the older ones was directly scared to death, and fell from the low earthen wall, crying for his life.

Looking at the dozen or so white-haired rickety old men in front of him, Lu Xuan didn't know how to speak for a while, for fear that if he made a little louder, he would be scared to death again.

"I want to see your county order." Lu Xuan sighed and tried to make his expression as gentle as possible.

"Old ...... Lao Er is. An old man walked out with a cane tremblingly, and tried to look up at Lu Xuan: "I've seen all the heroes~ I don't know if you heroes are here, what are you doing?" ”

After saying that, he even gasped twice.

"Uncle, are you still working as a county magistrate at such an age?" Yang Chong was puzzled, at this age, I'm afraid I'm eighty, right? It's long overdue.

"Alas, the imperial court didn't send anyone to take over, nor did it give me a document to tell Xiao Lao'er to step down, so I've been here all the time." The old man sighed.

"Uncle, when did you come here to be an official?" Lu Xuan said curiously.

"Eight years of Dajing...... It seems to be. The old man said uncertainly.

Lu Xuan looked at Yang Chong a little blankly.

"It's been more than forty years." Yang Chong explained in a low voice.

"What did the strong man say!?" The old man thought that Yang Chong was talking to him, so he tilted his ear.

"The old county order, we want to enter the city, can we?" Lu Xuan has fought for so long, and it is the first time that he has attacked the city so politely.

"Okay." The old man nodded, turned around on crutches and said, "Come with me, but let's talk about it first, leave as soon as possible, it's best for outsiders not to stay here for a long time." ”

"Why is that?" Lu Xuan sensed that something was wrong.

"Don't ask, just remember Lao Er's words, Lao Guo Tou'er, go and let people prepare some food, I haven't been an outsider for a long time, recruit a few people to bury Lao Li Tou'er, alas~" The old county commander trembled and walked towards the city with everyone.

Lu Xuan gave Sandao a look, and Sandao understood, and led people to quickly occupy the city wall.

Lu Xuan took Yang Chong and the others to follow the old man to the city.

Xizhuang is a little dilapidated, there is only one main road, not the kind of bluestone paving in Sanyang County, but the kind of dirt road that is quite muddy when it rains, there are many pedestrians on the road, and there is not much fear when I see Lu Xuan's group of fierce and vicious thieves, and a pair of eyes look directly at everyone, which makes people a little frightened.

"Old county order, how many families are there in this Xizhuang now?" Lu Xuan didn't seem to notice these anomalies and asked casually.

"More than 3,000 households, that's pretty much it." The old county order recalled carefully.

"More than 3,000 households?" Lu Xuan looked at the old county commander in surprise and said: "I came all the way and saw that the terrain here is a mountain col, and I am afraid that the reclaimed fields will not be able to support more than 3,000 households, right?" ”

A household is counted as a family of four, more than 3,000 households are also tens of thousands of people, Sanyang County has developed transportation, and there are a lot of fertile fields, but in this way, there are more than 7,000 households, this is still the statistics before the uprising of the Guiyi Church, this poor mountain and remote place, there is not much arable land, can support more than 3,000 households?

"If you point to farming, people will run out long ago." The old county magistrate shook his head.

"And what do you do here?" Lu Xuanxiao asked, everywhere he went, asking about the local income composition was a habit he had developed in his previous life, and many things were actually hidden in the economic structure.

For example, people in poor places have two kinds of income, such as Sanyang County, where the economy is fast and the business is more developed, the income structure of the people is more diverse, long-term workers, short-term workers, carpenters, blacksmiths, coolies, accounting, weaving mats and shoes, of course, this refers to ordinary people, and the standard of living will be relatively high.

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, we will cut down a lot of timber here every year, and Hu Dashan will bring people to other places to exchange for grain, relying on this business to feed these many people." The old county commander sighed.

"Hu Dashanren? Local tycoons? Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

"What a wealthy family is not a wealthy family, that is a real great good person." The old county commander looked at Lu Xuan with a serious face: "I heard that the outside world is not very peaceful, but even so, Hu Dashan people have not lost everyone's food, and it is all up to Hu Dashan people to feed so many people!" ”

"How do you change the way?" Lu Xuan said curiously.

"The most ordinary oak wood, about twenty pieces can be exchanged for one pound of coarse grain, if it is the kind of beam used to make beams, that one can be exchanged for five hundred catties of coarse grain, or two hundred catties of fine grain." The old county commander smiled and pointed to the row of empty courtyards in front of him and said: "This used to be a post house used to entertain officials, but we haven't seen any officials here for many years, it's big enough, it should be enough for you to live for a day." ”

"I'm tired." Lu Xuan nodded, looked at the old county order, and said, "The old county order, I want to see this Hu Dashan man in the future, can you recommend it?" ”

"What do you want to do?" The old county commander looked at Lu Xuan vigilantly: "I can tell you, Hu Dashan is our great benefactor in Xizhuang, if you dare to bully him, I will fight for this old life, and I will fight with you~"

"No, no." Lu Xuan looked at the fierce appearance that the old guy was trying to make, and he wanted to laugh a little, and comforted: "I just heard him go south and north, and there are some things I want to ask." ”

"Really?"

"Nature." Lu Xuan nodded.

"I can tell you, don't mess around, otherwise, even if I die, the people of Xizhuang will not let you go!" The old county order was vicious.

"Don't worry, please refer on your behalf." Lu Xuan nodded.

"I'll go and talk to Hu Dashan, as for whether people can see you or not, then I can't say it." The old county commander nodded, turned around and walked out slowly.

"Big brother, according to the old county order, that Hu Dashan did not exploit it, the price of this timber is about the same as that given outside, and even if you count the road expenses, you may lose money." After Yang Chong watched the old county order leave, he looked at Lu Xuandao.

"Well, that's right, but that's weird." Lu Xuan sat down and frowned.

"What's strange?" Yang Chong was puzzled.

"This human nature is greedy, power, talent, fame, sex, he always has to take the same, according to him, this Hu Dashan man is a person who resells timber, should seek profit, there are such convenient conditions, even if he is good-hearted, he can make less money, but according to his approach, it is good not to lose money."

"Maybe it's a great good man, right?" Yang Chong wondered.

"Then the question arises, if the timber is shipped out and sold, the price given to the people is the same as the price at which it is sold, where does the profit come from? There is no profit, that is, there are thousands of family fortunes, and it will be squandered in a few years, but looking at it like this, this Hu Dashan man has been rooted here for many years, but he can still maintain it, and there must be profit channels that we don't know! Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"Also, for the sake of the people, why don't you help the people repair this broken road? If you look at this ruined city, if you pass by and take a look, you will think it is a ruined city. ”

"Big brother said this, and there is another thing that is quite strange." Yang Chong thought of the pedestrians on the street, frowned, and said: "These people don't look like they can't eat, but they are deficient in qi and blood, and it's just that one person is like this, and it's quite strange that everyone is like this." ”

Lu Xuan nodded, this is also very strange, there are a lot of strange things, it is also a county order, no one has come over for more than 40 years, this itself is very weird, the county order sounds small, in fact, the worst is also the eighth grade, Yang Ao's long-cherished wish for the third generation is actually such a small official, for ordinary scholars, this is a cross-class thing, no matter how biased it is, there should be someone to fight, and it is impossible for the court to forget how many cities it has.

"So what do we do?" Yang Chong looked at Lu Xuan.

"What to do?" Lu Xuan was puzzled.

"Does this matter?" Yang Chong asked.

"Do you know what we're here for?" Lu Xuan asked rhetorically: "Fighting, what does this kind of thing have to do with us?" ”

"Then big brother, do you still want to see that Hu Dashan?" Yang Chong was puzzled.

"I came to Xizhuang just to avoid the main force of the official army." Lu Xuan took out the map from his arms and pointed to the location of Guo County: "Forty miles to the south is Guo County, I want to ask him to help us break this Guo County." ”

"He'll help us?" Yang Chong was puzzled.

"It depends on how you ask for help, I'm very good at asking someone to help with this." Lu Xuan got up and said, "Take a rest and go see that Hu Dashan in a while." ”

About an hour later, the old county magistrate came to the post house with a chubby middle-aged man.

"Hu Dashanren, you can be careful, this place is dirty~" The old county commander walked in front, feeling like a licking dog, opening the way for the middle-aged man while walking, and complained at the same time: "You want to see them, just say let them go to the meeting, how can there be any reason for you to come to the door in person?" ”

"If you are a distinguished guest, how can you miss the courtesy?" The middle-aged man said, he had already seen Lu Xuan and Yang Chong coming out, and he smiled and saluted: "In the next nonsense, I have seen two strong men. ”

"Innate?" Lu Xuan looked at the fat man in front of him and said with some surprise.

"Fluke, fluke!" Hu Yan was quite humble and said: "I don't know if the two of you are ......"

"Lu Xuan." Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"It turned out to be Governor Lu, disrespectful, disrespectful!" Hu Yan hurriedly got up and saluted again.

This enthusiasm is a bit too much.

"Heard me?" Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes, he became the commander, it was only more than half a month ago, in this era of ill-informed information, his reputation did not spread so quickly.

"Governor Lu's bold words in Shangyang City have spread as early as in Shangyang County, and I admire Governor Lu's heart and courage very much, if I don't care about the people of this city, I really want to move my family to Governor Lu to join Commander Lu, I don't want to be lucky enough to see Commander Lu today, I am really happy!"

Lu Xuan looked at Hu Yan quietly, his fingers tapped on the table lightly, and his face showed complacency: "Don't dare to be, Brother Hu is rich but can not forget his roots, such a noble character, if he goes to cultivate Confucianism, maybe he will be the first person to set foot in the realm of destiny in the three hundred years of Daqian." ”

"Huh?" Hu Yan looked at Lu Xuan blankly: "What is the Destiny Realm?" ”

"Brother Hu is a monk, but he doesn't know the realm of fate?" Lu Xuan was surprised.

"I also got a strange book by chance, and I stepped into this realm by mistake, which is nothing." Hu Yan shook his head and said modestly.

"The path of martial arts, there is no fluke, Brother Hu can get to this realm, presumably his talent is amazing."

"Where, where~"

The next thing is that the two of them blow each other's business, and the atmosphere is quite harmonious.

For the first time, Lu Xuan was a little unsure of a person's thoughts.

It is obviously wrong for a businessman who travels south and north to tout a thief like this.

Don't say anything about righteous businessmen, all businessmen who can make their business big can't be distinguished by simple good and evil, but one thing Lu Xuan can be sure of is that businessmen generally have a strong purpose in their actions.

But the nonsense in front of me, the feeling created during this time, is like a fanatic of my own.

This is obviously not normal!

"Brother Hu, there is something I want to ask you for." Lu Xuan couldn't try out what he wanted, so he could only give up for the time being and choose a straight opening.

"Commander Lu said that it doesn't matter, no matter what, it is incumbent on you!" Hu Yan's expression was solemn, and he said with a straight face.

"I want to go to Guo County, but it's a little difficult to protect the city, can I ask Brother Hu to help lure the defenders of Guo County out?" Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

"This ......" Hu Yan hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Okay! ”

Lu Xuan looked at Hu Yan, what he said was actually a temptation, and he could be sure that Hu Yan hesitated, but in an instant, he became firm again.

This reaction is somewhat bizarre, like a split personality.

Lu Xuan quietly opened his dantian force field, enveloping the surroundings, and in this force field, Lu Xuan's perception would be greatly improved.

However, nothing was perceived.

"Then there is Brother Laohu, as long as you can attract it, there will be heavy thanks below!" Lu Xuan got up and said.

"Being able to help Governor Lu is a blessing in the future, why do you need to say thank you?" Nonsense.

"Thank you." Lu Xuan looked at Hu Yan and said with a smile: "How about we agree on the details?" ”

"Good!"

At that moment, after the two discussed the plan of how to deceive each other, Hu Yan said goodbye and left.

"Big brother, do you believe him?" Yang Chong looked at the back of Hu Yan leaving.

"How can you believe it?" Lu Xuan shook his head: "This person has been exuding a strange smell from the moment he entered the door!" ”

"Then will he calculate me and wait for this matter?" Yang Chong frowned.

"There must be calculations, but what he wants, I don't know, since entering this Xizhuang, everywhere is weird." Lu Xuan frowned.

"In this way, you and I will each bring a horse, if that nonsense is to calculate us in this matter, we will come up with a plan!" Lu Xuan looked at Yang Chong and said: "If not, then I can solve it here, then Guo County is not a city, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized." ”

This is also the best result, he is worried that Hu Yan has other calculations, which is not easy to guess!

"Good!" Yang Chong didn't think as much as Lu Xuan thought, he only felt that Lu Xuan's strategy was good and capable, so he immediately agreed without saying a word.

"Although it is unlikely, it is better to send more people out of the city to investigate, and it will be harder today." Lu Xuan got up and said, it was really that this Xizhuang gave him a weird feeling.

"Big brother, don't worry, I will arrange it carefully." Yang Chong nodded in agreement, then turned his head and left......

Then listen to everyone, rush directly, there are only twelve chapters, everyone forgive me

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