"Qianzhou General Judge Xiao Cheng, I have seen the transfer envoy!" Xiao Cheng, who was dressed in a sixth-grade official robe, bowed to the old man in purple robes above him and saluted solemnly.

Speaking of which, this was the first time for him to wear this blue official robe.

And this old man in purple robe is the top leader of Kuizhou Road, the transport envoy Li Fang.

Li Fang, who is over sixty years old, has already worked on Kuizhou Road for two terms and is a real talker on Kuizhou Road. When Xiao Cheng took office, he naturally wanted to visit him first.

Kuizhou Road is in charge of one prison, three armies and ten states. Li Fang is a second-grade imperial official and a feudal official. A small sixth-grade official is originally visible or invisible. Under normal circumstances, such a new official takes office.

, Li Fang probably asked other officials to see him and dismiss the matter.

How precious his old man's time is! He has no interest in such boring things as meeting new officials. It would be nice to have this time to listen to the new poems and poems written by literati and poets, and appreciate the graceful figure of the beauty or the smooth singing voice.

More appropriate?

However, the person who came this time was unusual and could not be dismissed casually, so Li Fang took some time out of his busy schedule to meet this new scholar.

First of all, this person is the son of Xiao Yu, the then Prime Minister of Finance. Although Xiao Yu is now in a precarious position, but as long as he is still sitting in this position, he cannot be negligent in the slightest, otherwise he will be in trouble.

If you come, you will have troubles that you cannot tell.

Secondly, this Xiao Cheng is extraordinary. He is a person who is very good at making troubles. He was not an official last year, so he went to the northwest and caused a lot of trouble.

It's a trick done by a kid.

For many things, ordinary people don't know the specific situation. They can only believe what is said in the imperial newspaper. But a high official like Li Fang naturally knows many secret things.

Even if officials want to hide some things, they have their own sources of information.

Li Fang doesn't like this kind of trouble-making temperament at all.

Keeping it quiet is the way to go.

Kuizhou Road is no better than other places, but Qianzhou, where Xiao Cheng is going, is special. Even though Qianzhou is just a lower state, it commands forty-nine Jisuo states.

These Yi people usually have nothing to do, but they are still thinking of causing some trouble. How to prevent them from fighting and killing has been Li Fang's biggest headache all along.

And for people like Xiao Cheng, if he doesn't wake up his head in advance, he might cause some troubles after he takes office.

When the Xiao brothers made trouble on the road in Shaanxi, Ma Xing had to bite the bullet and come out to wipe their butts. It was also Ma Xing's good luck. In the end, Xiao Ding succeeded in the battle and beat Li Xu to a pulp.

And Ma Xing became the hero of the country's strategy to pacify the northwest, and he was able to return to Bianliang and enter the two mansions before his eyes.

But Li Fang is not envious at all!

What if Xiao Ding had failed? Xiao Ding only had one head to lose, but Ma Xing, with the infamy and responsibility he had to shoulder, would be terrible.

How could such luck happen again and again?

Moreover, at his current age, Li Fang does not want any accidents beyond his control to happen. He can just stay calm until he becomes an official.

I am already sixty-three years old. If my body can still hold on, I can become an official when I reach seventy. With my merits, the official family will no doubt make me the Duke of a small country. This is excellent.

Something happened.

"Chongwen, Ma Liang, the governor of Qianzhou, is highly virtuous and highly respected among the barbarians. When you go to Qianzhou, you must follow Ma Zhizhou's lead in everything you do, and learn more about how to be an official and how to govern the local area." Li Fang said seriously.

Authentic: "These things cannot be learned from books."

"Yes, I have remembered it!" Xiao Cheng nodded repeatedly.

"The political affairs in Qianzhou are very different from those in the places you are familiar with!" Li Fang then warned: "Qianzhou itself only controls two counties, Pengshui and Qianjiang, but it also controls four counties.

Nineteen Jisuo Prefectures. These Jisuo Prefectures do not know what etiquette is. They have always been overbearing and do not know etiquette. They are always at war with each other. Over the years, I have spent a lot of effort to make those places

The swords are gradually subdued. Wherever you go, you must remember that peace is the best and tranquility is the best in all things."

"Don't worry, the transfer envoy. It's okay for you, the official!" Xiao Cheng looked at the wrinkled and lifeless face above, and nodded sincerely in agreement. "The official will never look for trouble, and he will never cause trouble. Everything will be done according to the regulations.

Just follow the old rules."

Hearing what Xiao Cheng said, Li Fang finally showed a smile and nodded happily: "Well, that's right. I met Xiao Cai once when I went to Beijing last year, and now in the blink of an eye, we met again

It's been a year, how is Mr. Xiao doing?"

Xiao Cheng stood up, crossed his hands and saluted: "Thank you so much for remembering my lord, my father. My father has always been in good health, but he has too many things to do. When he gets busy, he doesn't see anyone for three to five days."

"You are the finance minister of the country!" Li Fangqian smiled: "The financial plan of a country depends on your father. The stakes are so important, how can you not be busy? However, your father is indeed the leader of the country. In the year since he took office, the national plan has been very important.

It is much more prosperous than when Zhou Ting was in power."

"Being able to share the worries of the official family and serve the court has always been my father's greatest wish!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

"Well, yes, why shouldn't we?" Li Fang smiled and picked up the tea cup: "Come, drink tea, drink tea!"

After taking a sip of tea, Xiao Cheng said goodbye and left the house.

This was just a routine visit. As for what Li Fang said about keeping calm, I just listened to it.

How could Xiao Cheng calm it down?

The officials didn't even want to lose face. They threw him into Qianzhou. They wanted to use the complexity here to wear down his spirit. They wanted to bury all his youth in this place. If he didn't come up with something,

How can you deserve the officials’ painstaking efforts?

After walking out of the transfer embassy, ​​Xiao Cheng looked back at the center of power that ruled the entire Kuizhou Road. Just like the top official here, Li Fang, he was as sullen as ever.

It is really a dream to want to be like them.

Just wait, wait for yourself to let this lifeless Kuizhou Road ring with thunder, and then the violent storm, thunder and lightning sweep away all the monsters and monsters. If you can't let the old look of this place change to a new look, what are you doing here?

He raised his head and smiled silently, then turned around.

"Hammer, let's go!"

The hammer that was usually always at your call did not answer the call today. Xiao Cheng looked up at the place where the horse was tied with some surprise.

He didn't see the hammer, but he saw a man in moon-white robes holding his big black horse and looking at him with a smile to himself.

"Yingxue, why are you here?"

Xiao Cheng was surprised and happy. He hurried forward and held the opponent's hands.

The young scholar dressed in men's clothing and standing on a horse turned out to be Jiang Yingxue who had gone to Jiangnan a few months ago.

In the past two years, Xiao Cheng has been placing chess pieces in Jiangnan, but these chess pieces are still individual individuals. Jiang Yingxue's visit this time is to connect these individual individuals into a tight network.

From point to line, from line to surface, such a major event naturally has to be controlled by people with high enough status to control the overall situation. Xiao Cheng believes that even with Jiang Yingxue's ability, it will take at least more than a year to complete this matter.

Little success.

"I arrived at Jinghu North Road a few days ago and received news that you were going to Qianzhou. I thought you must be going to Kuizhou to meet the transfer envoy, so I rushed all the way here." Jiang Yingxue said with a smile, "I just arrived today.

, Fortunately, we caught up. If you had arrived two days late, you would have left again."

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Cheng smiled so much that he couldn't even mention how happy he was: "I haven't seen you for several months, and I really miss you. Hey, you have worked hard these past few months. Look, you have lost a lot of weight.

, the face is even smaller!”

Seeing Xiao Cheng reaching out to touch his face, Jiang Yingxue blushed and shrank back, shaking her head and saying: "Erlang, this is the street, people are coming and going, and you are wearing a sixth-grade official robe, so you are going to let the people here

Do you think you are a good man? Believe it or not, it won’t take long for this news to spread back to Bianliang.”

Xiao Cheng laughed: "Let's go back to the post house."

"I rented an inn!" Jiang Yingxue said with a smile: "I went to see that inn. It was shabby, dirty, small, and messy. How could it be accommodated? Tangtang transferred the envoys all the way. He was so stingy! It's not like he didn't have money.

!”

"People who are officials and people who are doing business have different ideas!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "No matter how rich the officials are, they will not use it to repair government offices and build post houses, so you often see that government offices are in tatters.

It’s so rotten.”

"It's all superficial!" Jiang Yingxue said disdainfully: "I've traveled a lot this time, and it's exactly what you said, Erlang. However, the houses these people live in are shabby on the outside, but extremely luxurious on the inside.

And all of them are very good at enjoying themselves, and they are even more particular than the people in Bianliang!"

The two held hands and walked slowly along the stone street.

"Jiangnan is a rich place! After years of development, the political center of the country is indeed still in the north, but when it comes to the economic center and the richest place, it really has to be the south!" Xiao Cheng said.

"So Erlang has been quietly laying out plans in the south these years, and wants to get a share of the pie here?"

"It's not just that!" Xiao Cheng shook his head and said: "This is just one of the goals. What's more important is that if something happens, the north will bear the brunt. By the way, you are making a public appearance in the south this time. With your appearance

, I’m afraid there are quite a few people who covet you, so you’re not at a disadvantage, right?”

"At least I still have the title of County Lord!" Jiang Yingxue giggled: "There were a lot of temptations, but after I was choked back, I stopped nagging me. Now I am both rich and noble, and I have a lot of people under my command.

Among the gang of desperadoes, who dares to seduce me? Erlang, are you jealous?"

Xiao Cheng smiled and held his opponent's hand a little tighter: "After your trip to Jiangnan, you have become a lot more courageous. Do you even dare to make fun of me? But you are right, let you be like this

I'm really worried about the hard work of a beautiful lady showing off in public. Just wait, in a few years, everything will get better, and by then, you won't have to work so hard!"

"Then I'll wait until then to stay at home every day and wash Erlang's hands and make soup!" Jiang Yingxue smiled sweetly.

When people have money, anything can be done easily!

The best inn in Fengjie was booked by Jiang Yingxue.

To be precise, I threw money at it.

The people who lived there left the inn with several times the compensation. Of course, they were not unwilling to leave, but these people were immediately thrown out by their necks.

The news naturally reached Li Fang's ears very quickly.

"The person who booked the inn is said to be a businessman from Bianliang, and he is also an imperial merchant. He probably wants to please Academician Xiao!" The person who reported the report inquired carefully. "If you want to become an imperial merchant, you can't avoid it.

Third Secretary."

"Then Xiao Chongwen just moved in like this?" Li Fang asked without even raising his eyelids.

"Yes, we moved in right away." The visitor said with a smile: "The young master from Bianliang has always been a pampered man who can't bear hardships. With the conditions of our post house, it's already great that he can live in it for one day.

.”

"That's it!" Li Fang muttered in a low voice, but there was a smile on his lips.

This Xiao Chongwen also seems to be shallow. Such a person is easy to deal with.

Xiao Cheng naturally didn't know that Li Fang had underestimated him several levels now and didn't take him into his heart at all. But even if he knew, he would only be happy that he would be remembered by the transporter all the way.

It's not a good thing to be on guard all the time.

It’s inconvenient to do things!

No one cares about it anymore. He can just move his hands up and down. By the time a thunder sounds to scare these people, it will be too late. By then, everyone will be led by his nose.

Just like on Shaanxi Road in the northwest, Ma Xing was led by Tangtang's comfort in the end.

In real comparison, Li Fang is still not up to Ma Xing's level!

Even if Ma Xing can be manipulated by him and applauded, who is Li Fang?

Sitting in the luxurious room, looking at the yellow fruits on the plate brought by Jiang Yingxue with a smile, Xiao Cheng's eyes were as big as copper bells, and it took him a long time to reach out and take out a fruit.

Put it in front of your eyes and look at it carefully.

"Three years ago, Erlang said that by crossing oranges and grapefruits, a new variety called oranges could be produced. I asked people to try planting them in the south. There were dozens of trees in a garden, but in the end only two trees bore fruit.

The fruit tastes pretty good, but the rest is inedible."

"You spent a lot of money, right? Aren't you afraid that I'm just talking nonsense?" Looking at the familiar appearance of the fruit in front of him, Xiao Cheng was filled with emotion.
Chapter completed!