Due to time constraints, Du He decided to take the merchants to the salt farm the next day to see the production situation there.

After the salt merchants left, Du He pressed Du Gou on his seat without waiting to return to the Houzhai and asked anxiously: "Brother, what do you mean? How can you talk about business like this? If today's incident reached Gao Ming, he would probably be labeled as disrespectful to Shangguan."

"Second brother, do you know what you are talking about?" Du Gou looked at Du He, not seemingly worried about his own affairs at all.

"It's not that I know what I'm talking about now, but whether you know what I'm doing." Du He sat next to Du Gou in anger, grabbed the cold tea, raised his head and poured it in.

"Oh, it seems that you really don't understand the situation in Dengzhou, so that's why!" Du Gou tilted his head and looked at his younger brother, paused before saying, "Do you know? The reason why I did this is due to the guidance of His Highness Qin. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I'd still be like those officials now."

"What, what? Gao Ming's guidance? Are you saying... you did Gao Ming's instruction?" Du He was uneasy now and jumped up from the chair and asked.

"What do you think?" Du Gou pointed to the chair beside him and asked Du He to sit down, then said slowly: "Do you know why Dengzhou has changed so quickly in recent years? In fact, this is the result of His Highness Qin's guidance behind his back. Moreover, Dengzhou is not as simple as you think. If you want to know the tricks, I can tell you slowly."

"Of course I want to know, brother, speak quickly, speak quickly." Du He stopped drinking tea and sat next to Du Gou and kept urging him.

"Simply put, the first change in Dengzhou was in the officialdom, which was when I just became the sect four years ago." Du Gou looked at the weeping willows swaying outside the window with a confused look, sighed and said, "At that time, I received instructions from His Highness the King of Qin and began to try to simplify administration and perform in Dengzhou."

"That is to say, the government affairs that were previously more complicated were simple. At the same time, how many official duties were required to be handled in Dengzhou every month. If it cannot be completed, no matter how high the evaluation given by the Ministry of Personnel Examination Department is, it will not be promoted. If it does not even complete the minimum standards, it may even face demotion."

"So from that time on, officials in Dengzhou gradually developed a habit, that is, as long as the government affairs that could be handled on the same day would not be delayed until the next day. In order to handle official duties faster, some officials even combined several departments to work in one local office in order to complete the assessment."

Du He had never heard of such things when he was in Chang'an. Now, after listening to Du Gou's description, he was so shocked that his chin almost hit his feet. He opened his mouth for a long time before he hesitating: "This, is this why you agreed to those salt merchants so quickly today?"

"This is just one of the reasons." Du Gou smiled faintly, and then continued the topic just now: "The other point is to attract investment, so that more merchants can come to Dengzhou to do business. We can provide them with better convenience conditions, such as venues, public security, and even more so, they can help them contact the source of goods or sales."

"What? You care about these things too? Then, that's not giving those businessmen a lot of face?" Du He could hardly believe his ears after hearing Du Gou's words.

Du Gou curled his lips and snorted, "Face is only worth a lot of money, and it is the essence of the people who live a good life. You came in from outside the city. Do you see a beggar in the city?"

Du He thought about it and shook his head slowly.

"You can continue watching tomorrow. If you find a beggar in the city, I will carry you the matter of stealing your father's fan."

"Forget it, I believe it!" Du He shook his head with a wry smile.

He knew very well what kind of person his eldest brother Du Gou was. Without absolute certainty, he would never be able to say such words, so he didn't have to look at it at all. He also knew that there should be no real beggar in Dengzhou City.

However, Du Gou did not want to let Du He go and continued: "I mean you can go and see all the cities in Dengzhou, including all counties."

"Brother, how did you do it?" Du He did not continue to worry about the beggar's problem, because he knew it would be useless to watch it.

"If you take the people to heart, you will naturally do it. I looked down on those merchants in the past, but it is undeniable that those merchants could provide a lot of work to the people of Dengzhou, so that those who were not covered in clothes could have clothes and food to eat. These alone were enough, enough!"

Du Gou's words were really heartfelt. In the past, he didn't know why his father had to deal with those official duties day and night. Now, he has been promoted to the position of a sect. Seeing the people under his rule smiling every day, he finally understood.

...

That night, Du He couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he brought four salt merchants with dark circles and led by people sent by Du Gou to the salt field.

Along the way, both Du He and the salt merchants had seen scenes that had never been seen before. Workshops were almost connected outside the city. People in the city started lined up early in the morning to leave the city and then entered those workshops. Some people even rode bicycles that were not very common in Chang'an City, and quickly passed their carriages and disappeared into the workshop area in the distance.

This scenario almost subverts the merchants' perception of Dengzhou.

Before coming to Dengzhou, these people came with the idea of ​​suffering and suffering, and even Du He was no exception.

But when I really arrived in Dengzhou, I realized that this seemed to be a paradise for merchants. No one here would discriminate against them. Even when I entered the Assassin's Mansion yesterday, some officials would even take the initiative to say hello to them.

This is absolutely unimaginable in Chang'an or other prefectures.

In the car, Du He also explained to the merchant why Du Gou was so direct yesterday, which made several salt merchants excitedly jump out of the carriage and run back to the city.

If it is really like Du He said, Dengzhou Prefecture is undoubtedly their paradise, and moving its home to Dengzhou seems to be a good choice if it is possible.

Looking at the performance of several big salt merchants, Du He suddenly felt proud. The Dengzhou that people yearn for was created by his elder brother Du Gou. His younger brother naturally felt proud.
Chapter completed!