After chatting for a long time, Du Long and his entourage finally figured out why these villagers didn't farm with good farmland, but they had to come to the mountains to plan, and they all got into this situation, and those officials would come to stir up trouble from time to time!

"Isn't the official here aware of this situation? Let the people under the rule of Fengli County be so poor that they don't have anything to eat?" Du Long asked in disbelief.

"Alas, it's us ordinary people who are poor, and those of them who are officials don't expect to make money from the little grain in the fields, and they all rely on the selfish profits of stealing gold mines in the Demon Beast Forest, and they are all rich enough to make gas!" After chatting for a long time, the other villagers finally let go of their doubts, and an older villager sighed lightly.

Looking at the crops on the hillside that grew crookedly because of malnutrition, Du Long had an indescribable anger accumulating in his heart, such inaction of corrupt officials and corrupt officials was really hateful!

"Hmph! How can this be reasonable! Ladies and gentlemen, I am Du Long, the newly appointed lord of Fengli County, and I will definitely severely punish these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so that the people under my rule can have a home where they can live and work in peace and contentment!" Du Long was so angry that he actually reported his home to these villagers and made his own promise.

"The new lord?!" One of the villagers sneered disdainfully: "Hehe, we have had several lords here, but soon because the fief not only can't make money for them, but will have to post money here, but it will be too late to shake off one by one, how can anyone be willing to take over such a rotten fief?"

"Haha, Du Long! There are really no surprises in this world! I, Su Jinbao, have traveled all over the world's countless counties, and today is the first time I've heard that the fiefdom lord has been reduced to the point of posting money!" Su Jinbao laughed as if he had heard some of the most ridiculous jokes.

Being so ridiculed by this guy, Du Long, the newly appointed lord, immediately blushed and said depressedly: "It's really strange! A fief makes more or less money! How can there be a situation where money is reversed?!"

The elderly villager explained with a gloomy face: "The reason is very simple! The name of the Fengli County Warden is Qian Jinlong, and I heard that what he likes to brag about most at the wine table is how his background leads to the heavens and leads directly to the capital's Zuo Xiang Fan! With this background, he secretly colluded with others to mine gold mines privately, and this kind ......of speed of making money is not comparable to the little crops produced in the fields!

Du Long listened for a long time before he figured out that in order to occupy those gold mines privately for a long time, this black-hearted county guard deliberately operated according to the method of collecting field taxes from the outside world, forcing the people of Fengli County to not be able to cultivate those fertile fields, and without the field tax, the population of Fengli County gradually outflowed, and the income and public expenditure in the county were seriously imbalanced.

What's even funnier is that the county guard actually took out his own pocket to pay for part of the expenses in the county town, and then the entire county finance actually owed him a lot of money as a county guard, as for the amount, how would these villagers know, only heard that it is an astronomical amount!

Thinking that he is a county guard, he is only a high-level worker of the country, and his annual income is limited, so why does he get so much money to lend to the county town for expenses?

"How can this really be reasonable!! Du Long was so angry when he heard that he couldn't do it in the end, and said angrily on the spot: "Lao Tzu is going to cut down his corrupt officials!"

"Du Long! Don't be impulsive! The county guard is an imperial official, and he is not subject to the system of being in charge at all, so you have no right to judge him in any way! Let alone cut off his head!" Seeing that Du Long looked like he was about to explode, Zeng Wan'er immediately reminded that she, the daughter of the second-rank subordinate Shangshu, had been exposed to it for a long time and had a certain understanding of the imperial official system.

"Wan'er is right! Du Long, you must not be impulsive, otherwise you will not only harm yourself, but also affect the Du family!" Du Caini also reminded.

Looking at the disappointed villagers, the breath in Du Long's chest was almost about to explode, but he knew that he really couldn't be impulsive casually!

At this time, Princess Huofeng whispered a few words in his ear, and Du Long, who was originally pale, immediately showed a look of disbelief and said, "Is this true?!"

"Nonsense! I can still joke with you about this kind of thing?!" Princess Huofeng replied coquettishly.

"Haha, God really help me! Let's go straight to Fengli County! Fellow countrymen, you just wait for my good news!" Du Long swept away the anger at the beginning, laughed and got on his warhorse, and then took the lead in galloping towards the escort team in the distance.

After meeting the two teams of people, more than 200 people rushed towards Fengli County under the puzzled gaze of a group of villagers, stirring up smoke and dust all the way!

Originally in the boundary of Fengli land, this road galloped horses, and it only took more than an hour to see an earthen city appear on the horizon from afar, just by looking at the disrepair of this earthen city, you can know how dilapidated the interior will be!

From a distance, I saw dozens of people waiting outside the gate of the county town, as if they were waiting for the arrival of Du Long and his party, after all, it was the princess who drove the horse, but it was not as good as those little lords in previous years, the county guard Qian Jinlong led a group of officials and some local nobles out of the city to greet them.

Du Long came to the gate of the county city first, and after collecting the war horse and stopping, he swept his eyes over the group of fat-brained figures outside the city gate.

"In Xiafengli County, guard the money golden dragon!, I don't know if the princess of the fire phoenix and the lord of the cuckoo horse are coming?!" In the crowd, a fat middle-aged man surrounded by everyone came out of the crowd, showing a flattering smile and arching his hand.

"This is Her Royal Highness Princess Huofeng, I am Du Long, the new lord of Fengli County!" Although Du Long was full of anger, he could only shake out Huofeng's identity first.

After confirming his identity, the county guard Qian Jinlong's small eyes lit up, and the flattering smile on his face became even worse, and he led everyone to kneel on the ground and saluted respectfully: "Xiaguan Qian Jinlong has seen Her Royal Highness Princess Huofeng, and has seen the horse master!"

"Let's all be even!" Princess Huofeng waved her hand impatiently, and the puddle of fat on the ground made her sick to her stomach.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie!" Qian Jinlong led everyone to thank him and got up, just knelt down so simply, this guy's face was already sweating!

"Xia Guan has prepared a banquet in the City Lord's Mansion, and he also invites the princess and the Du Horse to enjoy the light!" Wiping the fine sweat on his forehead, the fat county guard squeezed out a flattering smile and sent out an invitation.

"No need! I also ask the county guard to take us to the county government immediately, I am waiting for this trip to be urgent, and I want to take over the affairs of the fiefdom Fengli County immediately!" Du Long refused on the spot, joking, looking at these disgusting guys with fat brains and intestines, how could they still have a little appetite.

"This ......" Qian Fat Man obviously didn't expect Du Long to be so faceless, and he didn't look like he was joking, and glanced at the team with bright helmets behind him with some shock, among which the murderous and mighty appearance of the Royal Forest Army made him feel nervous for no reason: "In this case, let's go to the mansion first! Anyway, the mansion is next door to the city lord's mansion, and after arranging the subordinates to the mansion first, it's not too late to go to the city lord's mansion for a banquet!"

In this regard, Du Long did not explain much, and after the fat man finally got on the sedan chair, the group entered the city gate and went to the direction of the government office, and saw the official sedan chair that the fat man was riding was tired and panting, Du Long and the others were angry and wanted to laugh!

The street that the group walked should be the commercial street of the lord of Fengli County, but there were obviously few pedestrians on the road, and the houses they saw were also dilapidated, only a few shops opened their doors to do business, and the others were basically closed with closed doors, a depressed scene!

And the eyes of the people I saw along the way were dim, with an expression of no hope for the future, looking at those officials with eyes full of disdain and hatred, seeing that their clothes were also coarse linen, and there were only a handful of brightly dressed people along the way!

The people of these county towns are yellow-skinned and obviously malnourished, which is an absolutely stark contrast to those officials and nobles who are full of brains!

Finally followed the sedan chair to the gate of the county government, the anger in Du Long's heart rose up again, there were two mansions in front of everyone, the one on the right is the city lord's mansion, that is, the mansion where the county guard lives on weekdays, it is a prosperous mansion, it can be regarded as the most prosperous mansion seen in the entire county town!

The county guard office next to it is in tatters, and the gap between the two is really indescribable!

Suppressing the anger in his chest, Du Long's eyes swept coldly over the county guard Qian Fat who had just come down from the sedan chair, and then looked at the people of the county town who were curiously gathered not far away.

"Sun Lin, Wang Shun!" Du Long roared abruptly.

"The last general!" the two captains of King Sun really deserved to be the elite of the elite, and directly responded loudly.

"Immediately lead the team to take over the county guard's office, no one is allowed to move, and wait for my summons at any time!" Du Long ordered loudly with a gloomy face.

"Yes!"

The second general of Sun Wang immediately led the order to rush into the county guard mansion with their respective subordinates, and their fierce and vicious appearance frightened the county guard Qian Fat Man, and greeted Du Long in a panic and said: "Master Horse, why are you?!"

"This is not the place to talk, let's go! Lord County Guard, let's go into the mansion to say!" After Du Long threw down a sentence, he didn't care what the fat man thought in his heart, and took the lead and walked into the county guard's mansion!

Entering the main hall of the mansion, Du Long unceremoniously sat on the main seat of the mansion, which is the main seat of the county guard to hear cases on weekdays, it stands to reason that he, the lord, cannot sit casually, however, in addition to Du Long's identity as a lord, he also has the identity of the master of the horse, and now Her Royal Highness Princess Huofeng is next to her, who dares to stop the officials present? !

"Someone, arrange a chair for Her Royal Highness the Princess to come to me!" Sitting on the main seat in the lobby, Du Long pointed to his side and said loudly, Soon a Du Mansion general moved a chair over, and Princess Huofeng sat there unceremoniously.

"Hehe, everyone, I'm afraid it's going to be hard for everyone for the time being, you can go out shopping, or you can continue to stay here and watch me work!" Du Long smiled dryly at his friends.

"Don't pay attention to us, I want to see how you are going to work in the classroom!" Su Jinbao replied with a smile, and several others also nodded and said that they wanted to stay and see how he worked, in order not to disturb him, a group of friends retreated to the side to watch the play!

Nodding, Du Long stopped talking nonsense, and after putting away the smile on his face, he stood up and took out a golden book and shouted loudly: "The Emperor's Holy Decree!"

Crash!

The many officials who were still puzzled and a little dissatisfied reflexively knelt on the ground, and then respectfully waited for Du Long to read the emperor's will!