Li Xukong rushed to Ichuan City in the evening, Ning Yue personally went out of the city to greet him, the two looked at each other and smiled, both of them were calm in their chests, and they did not directly talk about the things that the two of them cared about in front of everyone.

Ning Yue learned that Li Xukong seemed to have a cold personality, but he was a good official who did practical things for the people's livelihood, so he politely led Li Xukong to wander around Ichuancheng, whether it was the military camp in Beicheng or the bustling streets in the other three urban districts, none of them hid anything in front of this Qianzhou Mu.

Along the way, Li Xukong also witnessed the strength of the army in Irichuan City, and more importantly, he saw the prosperity of the market, and gradually showed a thoughtful look.

When the Qiankun Sect appeared in front of Li Xukong's eyes, Yunzhou Mu's face changed, although the Qiankun Sect's sect was not even as grand as the original Eight Sects of the Qianguo, but the soldiers stationed inside and outside the sect all showed that this was the only sect in Qianzhou at the moment, and the relationship with Ning Yue was also very close.

Li Xukong stopped in front of the Qianyuan Sect Gate and glanced at the huge sectarian building in the center of Ichuan City, he knew that Ning Yue was showing him the strength of the garrison, but he was not sure if Ning Yue was taking the opportunity to demonstrate.

Li Xukong glanced at Ning Yue deeply, thinking that although the governor of Qianzhou had not cooperated with his civil and political implementation, he had not secretly stumbled, and the only conflict between the two now was the use of taxes, in the final analysis, there was only such a crux for the time being.

Thinking of this, Li Xukong spoke directly and said: "Manager Bai, this time Li is looking for you, there are indeed some things to discuss, you and I are in charge of the military and government of Qianzhou, if some things are not discussed clearly, I am worried that there will be some contradictions in the future, which is not conducive to the development of Qianzhou." ”

Ning Yue had been thinking about when Li Xukong would open his mouth to him, and when he waited for Li Xukong's expression, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he naturally knew the crux of the contradiction between the two sides, but if he wanted him to give up some large-scale taxes in Qianzhou, he would definitely not agree.

The army needs to be supported by large taxes, and he has always made it a top priority.

Although Ning Yue was thinking like this in his heart, he was still very polite to Li Xukong, and replied: "I know what Li Zhoumu wants to say, but I have already asked people to prepare a dinner party, so let's talk about these things in detail at the dinner." ”

When Li Xukong heard this, he also replied lightly: "The guest is as you go, I didn't expect Mr. Bai to be so reasonable, I want to come to tonight's dinner party will definitely be quite enjoyable." ”

Ning Yue politely led Li Xukong into the Qiankun Sect, and Luo Yaoji greeted him and led the two to the welcome hall.

The dinner party has been prepared, in the huge hall, there is only one table of banquet, there are no guards and attendants, in Luo Yaoji's order, several maids sent the dishes and wine, all retreated, only she left.

Li Xukong walked into the main hall and praised a few times before feasting with Ning Yue on both sides.

Luo Yaoji poured wine for the two of them, and then knelt down on the side of the banquet, responsible for pouring wine for cloth vegetables.

After Ning Yue invited the wine, he drank a glass with Li Xukong, Li Xukong was open-minded, without the slightest concern, he drank a glass of wine lightly, and then sighed: "Good wine, good wine, especially the wine poured by Luodu Wei, I think few people in this world can taste it." ”

Luo Yaoji's eyes flowed, she looked up and glanced at Ning Yue, seeing that Ning Yue's expression was as usual, she couldn't help but smile at Li Xukong: "Li Zhoumu has a good reputation, on weekdays, Luo Yaoji just handles some trivial matters for the general manager, and today the chief manager said that he would invite the state pastor, and this kind of thing is naturally in charge of me." ”

Ning Yue also smiled and said to Li Xukong: "I know that Lord Zhou Mu wants to discuss some things with me today, but I have too many things to do by Yao Ji on weekdays, so she is here, if there is anything, she can have a more detailed explanation." ”

Li Xukong glanced at Ning Yue and Luo Yaoji, and the cold look of the sword also showed a meaningful smile, and said bluntly: "Since Manager Bai understands why he is here, I might as well say it bluntly......

Li Xukong coughed lightly and continued: "Manager Bai also knows that now in the post-war reconstruction of Qianzhou, financial taxes are the top priority, if they are used in the right place, they will get twice the result with half the effort, and now that Qianzhou is becoming more and more stable, I think these taxes should be used for industrial and commercial trade, so as to make Qianzhou prosperous faster." “

Luo Yaoji poured wine for Ning Yue and Lu Void, and Ning Yue couldn't help but raise his hand to ask for wine after hearing this, and drank a glass with Li Void.

Ning Yue looked at Li Xukong and put down the wine glass, his eyes looked directly at him, he couldn't help but take the wine glass in his hand, turn it a few times, and then looked at Li Xukong with a smile and said: "Lord Zhou Mu is right, now financial taxes are the top priority of Qianzhou, and I also agree with your lord to use taxes for the purpose of making Qianzhou prosperous......"

Li Xukong didn't expect Ning Yue to express his position so bluntly, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and the smile on his face became more natural.

He looked at Ning Yue across the table and said, "Manager Bai really understands the righteousness, please have a drink together." ”

Ning Yue watched Luo Yaoji pour wine for the two of them, but raised his hand to stop Li Xukong, and said softly: "Although I agree with some of the views of Lord Zhou Mu, I feel that there will still be some drawbacks just by focusing on taxes. ”

"Oh?" Li Xukong's expression froze, and he said, "The chief manager doesn't know what to think, can you tell me about it?"

Ning Yue smiled: "Of course you can." ”

After that, Ning Yue gave Luo Yaoji a look, Luo Yaoji took out a wooden box from the side of the case, walked slowly to Li Xukong's side, put the wooden box on the table, raised his hand to open it, and took out a stack of papers from it, which were all densely written with handwriting.

Li Xukong curiously picked up such a stack of papers to look at, but after just looking at it twice, his brows couldn't help but condense.

Luo Yaoji's explanation sounded at the right time, and she said slowly: "This is a list that my family has asked me to prepare, which sorts out how much fertile land there is in Qianzhou, and how much wasteland can be developed into fertile land in various places, and also makes a demographic of agricultural civilians. ”

Li Xukong carefully glanced at the list in his hand a few times, and nodded while listening to Luo Yaoji's explanation, and finally he couldn't help but look at Ning Yue and asked: "Manager Bai can sort out these useful data, and it can be seen that he is not an ordinary person, if you want to make Qianzhou prosperous, you really have to start from these foundations, if you can add more immigrants from the Xia Kingdom, maybe you can add more farmers in Qianzhou......"

Ning Yue interjected abruptly and said with a smile: "My lord's thinking is a little wrong, I will give this list to my lord, just to ask my lord to preside over this matter, there are too many wastelands in Qianzhou that are very suitable for farming that can be reclaimed, so if you can make use of these wastelands, you can increase taxes a lot." ”