Seeing one or two hundred horses coming towards the southward road and moving forward slowly, Du Zhongxiao hurriedly took people to avoid the road.

It was not until the horses passed that I said, "I used to hear that good horses were produced on Hedong Road. When I saw them today, I realized that they were not false words. Where have you seen such horses in the Central Plains? All these or two hundred war horses are in the same order, so how can you compare to the mainland horses!"

Tao Shiqi shrank his neck and said, "This is already the extreme north. The weather is cold and horses like coldness, so they naturally produce good horses."

Du Zhongxiao laughed at the ear: "There is no place here to be considered the extreme north. I don't know how many thousands of miles go along here! The land of Hu is traversing thousands of miles, and Bingzhou is still hundreds of miles away from the border. I dare to say that the extreme north!"

After saying that, I looked up north and saw a majestic city standing beside the Fen River between the valleys, which was extremely spectacular. During the Taiping Xingguo period, the Northern Han Dynasty was pacified, the old city of Taiyuan was destroyed, and the old city of Taiyuan was moved here. I had long heard that the new city was far from being compared with the old city. The new city was like this, what should the old city be? I sighed in my heart that Taizong was still a petty family. Since it had been unified, why should the old city be destroyed?

He urged the horse to move forward, and soon he arrived outside Bingzhou City. The gatekeeper checked the documents and saw that the state had signed the verdict. A small officer hurriedly ran around and took Du Zhongxiao and his party to the inn to settle down.

After cleaning up everything in the inn, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's not too early, and it's too late to visit the officials in the prefecture today. Seventeen, follow me to Zicheng and hand me a post to the prefect and inform him that I'm here."

Tao Shiqi responded and followed Du Zhongxiao out of the inn and headed towards Zicheng.

Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, their outfits were a little different from those in the Central Plains. They wore Fan Yang hats, dressed tightly, and had some Hu style. Tao Shiqi felt it was strange and kept watching. This is a major transportation route between the north and the south, and near the boundary between agriculture and animal husbandry, there were many customers selling sheep and horses.

Zicheng is the inner city of Bingzhou, and most of the government offices are here. Du Zhongxiao asked people and walked straight to the north gate of Zicheng. It was not long before the back door of the provincial office. There were few pedestrians here, only soldiers patrolling in groups of three or three.

He went forward to hand in a famous letter to the soldiers guarding the gate, and Du Zhongxiao said: "I am the new verdict in this province. I just arrived today. If you go in, please report to the magistrate and the minister to see what instructions are there."

The soldier looked carefully at the famous post and did not dare to ask any more questions, so he went in.

Looking at the full moon rising in the sky and feeling the autumn wind rise, Tao Shiqi tightened his collar and said to Du Zhongxiao: "The land is cold early. It's just August, and it's already frozen tonight. Officials, you have to add clothes tomorrow."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This is not considered a Hu land. In ancient times, this was the hinterland of the Han people. Seventeen, don't talk such nonsense in the future."

Tao Shiqi was dissatisfied: "This place is close to the border and is so cold. I only heard that the Hu people live in such places. If we Han people lived in such places in ancient times, how many clothes would we wear?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to Tao Shiqi. The knowledge he learned in his previous life was one of the birthplaces of Han civilization. If it were all considered Hu, what would be left in the Central Plains? However, now the Khitan and Dangxiang are pressing against Hedong Road, and this is already a border area.

Soon after, the soldiers guarding the gate came out and followed by an official.

The official went out and saw Du Zhongxiao's eyes lit up. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "The young Zhu Sansheng is the official secretary of the State Department and is in the official department. The minister rests in the rear yard, and the verdict follows me to pay a visit."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and asked Zhu Sansheng to lead the way.

The officials and officials in the state of the state were under the jurisdiction of the envoys, and they signed the verdicts to be responsible for their missions, rewards and punishments, and Baoming's jobs. They were the immediate superiors of these people. When Du Zhongxiao came to Bingzhou, he was hit by Zhu Sansheng, and was particularly attentive.

After entering the prefecture yamen, bypassing the Heavenly King Hall, and reaching Xia Shu's residence, Zhu Sansheng led Du Zhongxiao into the flower hall.

Xia Xu sat in the flower hall, put a charcoal stove at his feet, burning red, and waiting there. Du Zhongxiao stepped forward, and after the ceremony, Xia Xu ordered to sit down.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao looking dull, Xia Xun said: "It's hard for you to sign the verdict."

Du Zhongxiao didn't dare to do so, and bowed and said, "I just arrived in the city this afternoon. As soon as I settled in the inn, I came to see my husband."

Xia Xu nodded and said, "These few days have been the state test. Everything is busy. You should rest in the inn for two days. When everything is done in the state test is done, I will set up a banquet for you to welcome you."

Xia Xuyi said that Du Zhongxiao remembered that next year is another year of competition, and now is the time for the state examination. For local governments, the state examination is a big event and requires a lot of preparation. At this time, you must choose the time to ensure that all officials are present. The signing of the verdict is one of the most core officials in the state, and it is not comparable to the small prosecutor who just passed the Jinshi. It is logical that all officials should be there.

After asking about the situation on Du Zhongxiao's road, Xia Xun said: "Bingzhou is a big province, the first of Hedong Road, and is not comparable to other places. While there is nothing to do in the past few days, you can take a look at the city of the state and see how to do things in the future. When you get to the post, your plan is that you are in charge of the army in Baowu Township, the second is to deal with the camp, and the third is to have two supervisors in the territory. The Yongli Supervisor produces salt in the south of the state, and collects a lot of money every year, so you should not underestimate it. However, since the dismissal with the Dangxiang, you have mostly transported the green salt there with illegal people, so that the salt in the Yongli Supervisor cannot be sold. The salt in the salt farm is accumulated in a large amount of salt, and the state cannot receive money. There are always ways to find a way. Datong Supervisor produces iron, and there are also carbonites, and there are many iron classes. However, in recent years, the iron there cannot be sold, and there are illegal people who cast iron coins privately, and there are many chaos. If these two supervisors are smooth, the affairs in the state will be easy to do."

Du Zhongxiao bowed to it. Hedong Road is an area where iron coins and copper coins are parallel, but iron is produced here, so it is impossible to control the stolen castings. The money method has changed again and again, and it is extremely chaotic. In addition, the Khitan secretly cast iron coins in the north to exchange for copper coins in the Song Dynasty. Even Bingzhou is located on the largest iron smelting place on Hedong Road, but it is not good, but it is a lot of chaos.

After talking about the general situation of Bingzhou, Xia Shun said: "Bingzhou is not as good as the Central Plains. It is close to Hu land and has many troops. The first priority is to raise troops. Bingzhou has Fen River, and the land is fertile and there are many open lands. If you take effective measures, you will have a lot of profits to buy land. When you were in Bozhou, you were very good at purchasing land. If you could make a few places in Bingzhou, you would be a great achievement. If you had the land to raise troops, you would have less government affairs in Bingzhou."

Du Zhongxiao bowed: "As the instructions of my husband, I came here, and I looked over there. There were a lot of idle fields on both sides of the Fen River and watered them. It was indeed a good place to buy fields. However, Hedong is not as good as the Central Plains, and it is a sparse population, so I am worried that it is difficult to recruit manpower."

Xia Feng smiled: "I was wrong about signing the verdict. It is the easiest to recruit manpower in this area. Since the late Tang Dynasty, Hedong Road has been mostly warned, the places are destroyed, and the people have taken refuge in the mountains. Although this dynasty has been pacifying the Northern Han Dynasty for decades, there are still many people in the mountains. As long as you take effective measures, you can recruit people from the mountains, what's the difficulty? Just remember, you must not recruit Hu people."
Chapter completed!