Luo Xin and others began to count them personally. There were no other clerks in the room, only six of them, and all the numbers were calculated by personal experience.

Although Luo Xin had counted one-third of the count, what Luo Xin needed to count was all the garrisons in the south. The entire north was divided into five parts, including Zhu Dashou, Zhang Juzheng, Tao Dalin, Chen Jin and Wen Yinglu. Therefore, their speed was much faster. On the morning of the third day, when Luo Xin was still one-fifth away, Zhang Juzheng and others had already completed the count. Looking at the statistics, Zhang Juzheng and the other people looked much better. They gathered together and whispered while drinking tea.

Until dusk, Luo Xin finally completed the statistics of the entire south. He rubbed his face with his hands and said:

"Get off work and go home. Tomorrow we will summarize the statistics of the entire north and south."

Everyone responded, and their expressions became more relaxed, and they walked outside together. Luo Xin returned to the mansion, and Lu Yuan stepped forward and said:

"Master, General Liu is here."

Luo Xin's calm eyes moved slightly, then nodded and said, "Where is it?"

"Flower Hall!"

Luo Xin walked towards the flower hall and stepped into the flower hall. Liu Shouyou had already stood up. The two bowed each other and Luo Xin's eyes fell on a bag on the table next to Liu Shouyou, and then looked at Liu Shouyou. Liu Shou nodded and said softly:

“Northern!”

"Let's go to the study!"

Liu Shou nodded, picked up his bag and followed Luo Xin to the study. While Luo Xin walked, he instructed his servants to prepare wine and food to deliver them to the study.

The two of them came to the study room. Luo Xin took the bag and opened it. There was a thick stack of paper inside. Luo Xin looked at it quickly on page after page. After only one fifth of it, Luo Xin's face showed a slight relaxation, and he breathed out:

"Sure enough, the situation in the north is much better than that in the south."

Liu Shouyou couldn't help but smile bitterly: "There are almost no wars in the south. Even if there were Japanese pirates at the beginning, those Japanese pirates were just making trouble on the coast, and they did not actually harm the aristocratic families in the south, and they even colluded with those aristocratic families. Now the Japanese pirates have been eliminated for several years, and those aristocratic families are even more enjoyable.

But the north is different.

In recent years, the north has experienced two troops from Altan Khan and Huang Taiji to the capital, slaughtering the north, and almost all the garrisons in the north were destroyed. Moreover, the aristocratic families in the north were not as many as the south. After two slaughterings, many aristocratic families were lifted up. Not to mention the military farms they once occupied, the fields they originally owned became ownerless fields."

Qin Shuang nodded. He knew better about the situation in the north than Liu Shouyou. In recent years, wars have continued in the north, with Altan Khan and Huang Taiji coming to the capital, and then Goryeo invading the north. The north has been under danger. In particular, a large number of clans of all sizes were slaughtered by Altan Khan and Huang Taiji. Even the remaining families sold a large amount of land and moved to the south.

No one wants to live under the butcher knife, so what is the least in the north now?

The fewest people.

What is the most?

The most land.

The land is vast and sparsely populated!

In this way, the problem in the north will be much simpler, which made Luo Xin much easier and he also had a vague idea in his mind.

He let go of his mood and ate and chatted with Liu Shouyou. Now Liu Shouyou's spirit is different, because now King Yu has basically been positioned as the crown prince. He defected to King Yu early so that he would not have to worry about his embarrassment after King Yu ascended the throne. Thinking about the beginning, he was really grateful to Luo Xin.

the next day.

As soon as Luo Xin arrived at the entrance of the etiquette department, he saw a clerk standing at the gate. When he saw Luo Xin getting out of the sedan chair, he hurried forward and bowed:

"Mr. Luo, please invite me."

Luo Xin frowned slightly. Although Luo Xin is Xu Jie's subordinate, all the civil and military officials in the court knew the relationship between Luo Xin and Xu Jie. If others ignore Xu Jie, they will be regarded as arrogant, and Luo Xin really won't. Moreover, with Luo Xin's current status, Xu Jie has no good way to deal with Luo Xin. When the clerk saw Luo Xin frowning, his heart trembled, for fear that Luo Xin would not go and he could not explain, so he hurriedly said:

"Mr. Luo, Mr. Gao is here too."

Luo Xinwen heard this and his brows frowned even more. The two old masters were going to see him together. What happened? He nodded and said:

"Let's go!"

Soon, Luo Xin stood in front of Xu Jie and Gao Gong. Before Gao Gong could open his mouth, Xu Jie smiled and said with a smile:

"No, sit down quickly. It's cold to let you come over. I want to ask you something."

"Master Xu, please ask." Luo Xin said lightly after he sat down.

"I heard that you have gathered all the files of the North and South Vaticans and investigated the quota of the garrison. I wonder what the result is?"

Luo Xin was not surprised that Xu Jie and Gao Gong knew about this. Not to mention Zhang Juzheng, even if Zhang Juzheng did not, Xu Jie and Gao Gong could not know about the transfer of files from all over the north and south. Moreover, Gao Gong and Xu Jie should be clear about their own progress. They called themselves here today, not to ask about the statistical results, but to know the next plan after they finished counting. Because of the statistical results, they should have already obtained them.

Of course, what they got was only part of it, the part that belonged to their own people. At least, they didn’t know the statistics in the south.

"I just finished counting yesterday, and I'm going to summarize it today. So the specific data has not been fully released yet." Luo Xin said calmly.

"After the data comes out, can there be a good solution?" Xu Jie looked at Luo Xin with a bright look.

"No!" Luo Xin shook his head decisively.

"No!" Xu Jie's eyes narrowed, Gao Gong's expression on the side also condensed, and he said in a shallow voice: "No, the country is in a state of turmoil now. I'm asking you here today to discuss a good idea. If you have any ideas, why don't you say it and let's discuss it."

A hint of sarcasm rose in Luo Xin's heart, but his expression was still calm: "Master Gao, our so-called Little Six Department is just doing some specific work, such as the statistics. The one who really makes the decision is His Majesty and the Cabinet. What can I have?"

"You can't say that!" Xu Jie immediately interrupted Luo Xin and said, "The specific person in charge of this matter is you, the Little Six Department. You not only have to come up with statistics, but also come up with solutions, and then the cabinet will discuss and decide."

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Chapter completed!