After checking several villages, Xia Feng returned to the yamen with satisfaction, and his mood became much happier.

People are very complicated. Du Zhongxiao's memory of his previous life, Xia Shu was a villain who opposed reform. He was incompetent in leading the army in the northwest and falsely accused officials. Such officials naturally would not care about the suffering of the people. After contacting him, he found that this was not the case at all. Xia Shu was a local official and cared for the people very much. This time, Du Zhongxiao paid the tax in advance, and Xia Shu came to investigate repeatedly, but he suspected that Du Zhongxiao was harsh on the people. At least now, Du Zhongxiao was very clean in the field affairs, and the people were praised by the people under his rule.

After returning to the yamen and having a happy banquet, Xia Shu returned to his residence to rest.

As soon as I washed up and changed into casual clothes, someone came to report that Xia Gui, a worker in my hometown, asked for a meeting.

When Xia Gui arrived at the flower hall, he saw Xia Feng sitting there without anger and was imposing himself. He was nervous and hurriedly stepped forward to see him.

After saluting, Xia Shu said in a deep voice: "You went to Yongcheng County to buy goods. I repeatedly reminded you not to see local officials. Why did you still reveal my whereabouts? This time I was visiting in a miscellaneous manner. Because of you, the officials of this county should welcome you here early!"

Xia Gui hurriedly crossed his hands and said, "Blame Xiao Jin, don't blame me. That day, the pier stopped the head and saw that I bought a lot of wine and wanted to cause trouble. To avoid accidents, I told him that it was a boat in my husband's house. I didn't expect that the stop was so trauma, so I turned my head and reported to the magistrate of the county."

Xia Xu nodded, his face still gloomy. Wine is a forbidden item. His family bought a lot of wine from Yongcheng, and he didn't know whether he would go back to drink it himself or sell it out. How could he know everything about these small things at home?

After asking Xia Gui to stand aside, Xia Shu asked about the situation at home, and then said, "You have been to Yongcheng for many days. Have you ever heard the local people discuss the magistrate Du? What is his reputation among the people?"

Xia Gui said: "From the young man, according to what I saw and heard at the wharf these days, Du County Magistrate has a very good reputation for the people's stroke. Before Du County came, there was a Yaman Mameng at the wharf, who controlled the place, killed people and set fire, and did everything he wanted. Du County eliminated Mameng and his gang, and now it is very convenient to do business at the wharf. Moreover, a commune has been built in the county, and there are several shops under it, which is extremely profitable. Now the county has paid for all the miscellaneous taxes and the salaries of public officials and servants. He can get his salary every month and will not lose money, and the public officials are much more harmonious in their work."

Xia Xu nodded and said in a deep voice: "If the public officials and servants are doing well, they will naturally say good things to the officials. What about ordinary people?"

Xia Gui said: "This year, Yongcheng County only collects regular taxes and miscellaneous money. The rest should be exempted from the legal contributions, miscellaneous donations, etc. The people paid a lot of money less, so naturally everyone was happy and praised the sacred affairs of the court. County Magistrate Du did this, and the people were naturally grateful."

Xia Shu thought for a while before saying, "This magistrate Du cannot make money out of thin air. The county government has money to pay the salary to the public officials and can make up for the people. There is always a source for this money. You said that the shops were made, but before the magistrate Du came, those shops always had owners. It's okay for others, but the original owners of those shops had no complaints in their hearts?"

Xia Gui smiled and said, "I don't know what the Enxiang is. Before Magistrate Du came, there was no business there. Several families bought their houses with money and moved them to other places. I heard that they are all fair transactions and cash transactions. What are the things you can do to repay?

Xia Shu frowned: "There is a lot of wealth in the world. If it is not here, it is there. Du Zhongxiao went to Yongcheng and made money everywhere. Everyone gained money. Where did this money come from? He never had the ability to make it out of thin air!"

Xia Gui shook his head: "The little one has limited knowledge. I ask these things, but I don't know. I only know that before Du Zhixian came, Yongcheng was just a small county on the edge of the Bian River, and there was nothing strange about it. Now, Yongcheng County is very famous among the people who do business in the Bian River, and everyone knows the boats on the Bian River. Many goods are only available here, which is more convenient than purchasing in many big cities."

Xia Xu nodded and waved his hand and said, "You go down. If the goods are purchased, you will set sail very early. I will gossip when I go to the county to inspect. If you don't leave there, there will inevitably be people talking about it."

Xia Gui crossed his hands and said yes and stepped back.

What I asked Xia Gui just now was what Xia Qian was confused about. The land management was well managed, and Xia Qian understood the truth. That area was originally a wasteland, and Du Zhongxiao recruited people to reclaim it and became fertile land. On one side were good people without land, and on the other side were wasteland. When combined together, money and grain were changed. But what happened in Yongcheng County? The land was still the land, the people's households were still the people's households, where did Du Zhongxiao make money?

Xia Shu had always thought that Du Zhongxiao had embezzled the money and grain of Yingtianfu to fill the gap in Yongcheng County, which was not allowed. Yingtianfu did not belong to Yongcheng County, but to the Bozhou industry, and Du Zhongxiao was just a part-time recruitment. Now it seems that Yingtianfu has clear accounts and abundant savings, so Du Zhongxiao did not embezzle it. Xia Shu had lost his head, but could not think of any tricks Du Zhongxiao had changed in Yongcheng.

There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, Xia Shu had breakfast and ordered someone to call Du Zhongxiao over.

After the ceremony, Xia Xu said, "I heard that in addition to managing the land, there are also several farms, which are quite profitable. Let's go and take a look today."

Du Zhongxiao bowed and said, "The most important thing about the field business is to make farm tools and a wine business. In addition to selling wine in the field business, wine is also sold to the surrounding military camps."

Xia Feng frowned: "I think the people who are doing farming are simple, so why do you need to build wine? If you want to drink wine, it's better to brew some of your own drinks. Wine is a yamen to make money. If you don't lack money in farming, you don't need to build wine."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What my husband said makes sense, but the wine service in the field business is not to make money, but to digest the old grain. The field business is small and there is a lot of surplus grain every year. As the warehouse is stored for a long time, it accumulates more and more, and it will inevitably turn into dust. The wine service uses the old grain that is difficult to enter, which can also be regarded as waste utilization."

Xia Xu nodded without saying a word. He knew that the wine from the camp was not only sold to nearby military camps, but also to merchant ships on the Bian River, with a large number of them every year. There were so many merchant ships on the Bian River, and everyone bought them and consumed a lot of wine every year. This is the case with Xia Xu's own family.

This is not an important thing, and Xia Shu is not entangled. The field business is still recruiting people, expanding every year, and there are more households, and these needs will naturally come out. It is inevitable to make wine by yourself. You can’t put a lot of grain outside to buy wine.

They rode their horses first and left the Yingtianwu Office. The group walked north. After walking for about two or three miles, they suddenly heard a huge roar coming from the front, like thunder. Xia Shu and his followers were puzzled, was there some monster here in Yingtianwu?

Xia Shu stopped the horse and asked strangely: "Magistrate Du, what monster is in front of him? Such a loud noise?"

Du Zhongxiao bowed and said, "When I returned to my husband, the lower official brought someone to make a steam engine that can burn coal and make a car and move forward by himself. They tried it effectively these days, and they kept stopping every day. The sound of this thing was ahead."
Chapter completed!