The Xing'an County magistrate and the county lieutenant entered the room, and when they saw Qin Guan, they all bowed and saluted, "Xing'an County Magistrate Ye Jing, Xing'an County Lieutenant Laifeng have met the magistrate."

"You two don't need to be polite. We met for the first time, but unexpectedly we met at the inn. Let me introduce you to you. This is the newly appointed Lin'an County Magistrate Shen Yichen. We are Jinshi in the same field and from the same hometown, so we came to take office together. .”

In one sentence, Qin Guan contains a lot of information.

Ye Jing and Lai Feng turned to meet Shen Yichen again.

Magistrate Ye said: "Sir, this place is only twenty miles away from Xing'an County. We have arranged a place for you to stay and rest in the county seat, which is better than this inn. At the same time, we have arranged the best restaurant to welcome you. .”

Qin looked at each other and said with a smile: "I will go to Xing'an County, but forget it today. You guys have come in a hurry and you probably haven't had dinner yet. Let Cui Yicheng prepare more, and we will set up a table here. Let's meet for a banquet, and you two will tell me about the situation in Xing'an County."

Ye Jing and Lai Feng looked at each other and had no choice but to stay.

After the food and wine were put on the table, several people ate and chatted. Ye Jing gave Qin Guan an overview of the situation in Xing'an County. Xing'an County has 16,751 households, a total of more than 136,000 people, and a land area of It is about a hundred miles wide and is a typical example of vast territory and sparsely populated areas.

If it were a prosperous place in the south, with a radius of a hundred miles, the population would not be less than one million.

The situation in Xing'an County is not that good. During the last military disaster, nearly a thousand people died and thousands of people were kidnapped, including many women. It is thought that most of these women fell into the hands of the Liao people as slaves and concubines.

Hearing these cold numbers, Qin Guan felt very unhappy.

"Have those people returned to their hometowns and resettled now? How many are still displaced?" Qin Guan asked.

"Most of them have gone back, but some have lost their houses and fields, and have lost their food and money. These people still stay in the county or go to Xiongzhou City. There are about three to four thousand people in this group."

After saying this, Magistrate Ye raised his eyes and looked at Qin Guan, and when he saw that Qin Guan showed no signs of getting angry, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Spring plowing has passed, how will they live in the second half of the year and next year?" Qin Guan asked.

"This... I haven't thought of any good solution yet. We have been waiting for the prefect to take office and wait for deployment." County Magistrate Ye replied in a hesitant manner.

Qin looked at him and saw that he was another loser.

Qin Guan asked again if he knew the situation in Lin'an County. Magistrate Ye said: "The original magistrate Qu was killed by the Liao people. Now Yan County Cheng is in charge of the work. It should be even better there than in Xing'an County... ...Worse."

Qin Guan now has a general understanding of the situation in his jurisdiction, which is that it is a huge mess.

Zeng Yu is an old bastard.

I found such a place for my brother. I don’t think there is anything worse than here in the whole country of Zhao, so it’s really hard for him.

Why didn't I vomit you to death that day?

Qin Guan now has an impulse. If he still has the explosive charm in his hand, he will definitely stuff it into the old guy's buttocks.

Then it exploded directly on the Golden Palace.

After dinner, Qin Guan asked Magistrate Ye and County Lieutenant Lai Feng to leave. After they left, Qin Guan asked Shen Yichen, "What is the surname of the magistrate of Xing'an County?"

"The surname is Lin, Lin Tong."

Qin Guandian nodded. Magistrate Ye did not bring the county magistrate to see him, but brought the chief of public security. It seemed that County Magistrate Lin was probably not in the same group as Magistrate Ye.

Maybe Lin Tong didn't even know that he was in Xing'an County today.

It’s true that there are little demons in the temple but strong winds, and there are many bastards in the shallow water.

After Magistrate Ye left the inn and got into the car, his respectful expression immediately disappeared, his face became solemn, and his eyes became confused.

County Lieutenant Laifeng came over and said, "Sir, our new prefect seems to be difficult to deal with."

Ye Jingjing nodded, "Although he is young, he doesn't feel like a young man to me. He doesn't look like a high-ranking official, but he is very calm. He is indeed not an easy person to deal with. It seems that we should deal with him carefully in the future. "

"But he has just arrived. There are so many things waiting for him to deal with in Xiongzhou. None of them are easy. Haha, he is busy. Let's see how capable our new No. 1 prefect is."

"Where is Prince Xiongan?" Lai Feng asked.

"The prince should still be at Manxiang Tower, let's go there now."

The carriage drove quickly and soon returned to Xing'an County. At this time, the county was dark and quiet, and there was no sound of people. The carriage came to a street in the north of the city. On this street, there were several houses with large lanterns hanging, and people came in and out from time to time, which seemed a bit strange. angry.

Looking up at these places, they were either restaurants or brothels. The carriage stopped in front of a brothel with a plaque of Manxianglou. This brothel was the largest and busiest on this street. When the county magistrate and the county captain got off the bus, , the two of them had already changed into casual clothes.

On the third floor, the decoration is very luxurious. A man in his thirties is sitting in the middle. He has a very handsome appearance, especially his pair of narrow eyes that attract the most attention, making this man look even more heroic.

Four women were kneeling around him, serving him wholeheartedly.

There were more than a dozen people sitting around the room, each with a beautiful woman in their arms. The room was very lively, and teasing laughter could be heard from time to time.

Seeing the county magistrate and county captain coming in, these people all looked over, but no one got up. Magistrate Ye seemed to have been used to it for a long time. He walked up to the man who was sitting, raised his hand and saluted, and said: "Prince, we went to invite the new man." Magistrate Qin came, but Magistrate Qin did not come because he was tired."

The man called the Prince of the County twirled the wine glass in his hand, then drank it down in one gulp, and asked, "Didn't you say I was here?"

"How can I dare to say anything without the order of the county king?" County Lieutenant Lai Feng said with a charming smile.

The prince threw the cup away, and a woman quickly caught it. The prince said: "Haha, if you didn't come, you didn't come. Come, prepare two best girls for each of Magistrate Ye and Lieutenant Lai. Okay, let's play music." , let’s dance and enjoy ourselves.”

Music and lewd laughter suddenly rang out in the room again.

The next day, Qin Guan's team set off again.

Today, both Qin Guan and Shen Yichen were riding on horses, looking at the situation on both sides as they walked. There are many hills in Hexi, especially in Xiongzhou. Almost half of the place is hilly and mountainous. Even if you can see fields on both sides of the official road, Most of it is also dry land.

Shen Yichen said with some worry: "The output of this kind of dry land is very limited. In the north, millet is the main product, that is, millet. One acre of good land can produce about 260 kilograms, and dry land can only produce about 160 kilograms. If there is a drought, , maybe only a hundred or ten kilograms of output."

"With 10 acres of land for a family of five, excluding the imperial tax burden, they will be able to feed themselves. This is also because they own the land. If they are tenant farmers, they will not even be able to feed their stomachs after being busy for a year."

Qin Guan asked: "How did you know?"

"That's what it looks like in the book."

Thinking about future generations and thinking about the present, Qin Guan suddenly felt very heavy.

At this moment, a huge team suddenly appeared in front of the road blocking the road, surrounded by hundreds of domestic slaves and maids, and surrounded by a very large carriage in the middle. Qin Guan estimated that this carriage was four meters wide. It is about the size of a room, surrounded by a shed made of dark yellow silk, embroidered with cloud and dragon patterns, and a carriage with eight pure white horses. Each horse has a red golden pheasant feather on its head, which keeps swaying in the wind. , very cool.

Seeing this carriage, Qin Guan's first reaction was,
Chapter completed!