Li Chengqian showed his identity perfectly, but neither the soldiers nor the government officials in front of him believed that the frail young man in front of him was actually the crown prince.
Just when these people were about to step forward and teach Li Chengqian a lesson to see whether His Highness the Crown Prince was real or fake, the sound of galloping war horses rumbled in the distance.
As this voice sounded, a Tang army with absolutely gorgeous equipment, absolutely strict military discipline, and absolutely high morale rushed into the county town, and quickly surrounded the teahouse where Li Chengqian was.
After a large number of elite cavalry protected the teahouse, more infantry rushed in from outside the city, followed the corridor to the top of the city, and guarded the city tightly.
After doing this series of things, the endless Tang army continued to rush in from the city gate, stood on the street and controlled all entrances and exits, making the people who were eating melons couldn't help but be stunned.
"How is this going?"
Soon, he was walking through the ranks with a big word "Hou" on his face. Below him was a general with a helmet on his head. Looking at the golden armor, everyone couldn't help but gulped.
This is the main force of the Tang Army, and this is the general of the Tang Army. They are absolutely unmistakable.
That golden armor, that huge battle flag with the word "Hou" in it. Could it be that what the person just said was true, that he was His Highness the Crown Prince?
Someone thought of this and involuntarily knelt down in front of Li Chengqian with a plop. Whoever knelt down first would be followed by the second and third.
The melon-eating crowd immediately knelt down. The government officials looked at the many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who rushed in, and their livers and gallbladders burst.
"Is this true? One is His Highness the Crown Prince, and the other is the son of the Duke. This seems to be a fatal iron plate."
When everyone kept exclaiming, Li Chengqian looked at the people in front of him and said.
"You haven't put down your weapons yet, do you want to regret it when you are dead clean?"
Li Chengqian's words showed the prince's majesty without a doubt. Although it was a light word, it made those soldiers who looked bad at first sight take a step back. And in the crowded situation, they took a step back and held the weapons in their hands. It is easy to hurt the other party.
"Oops, you stabbed me."
"Oops, you paddled me."
Under this series of farce-like actions, Hou Junji waved his hand, and soon hundreds of Tang troops came forward and tied up the soldiers tightly, then turned over and dismounted.
"His Royal Highness, the old minister, escorted me for being late. I hope Your Highness will forgive me for being late."
Li Chengqian waved his hand indifferently
"General Hou, please rise. General Hou came just in time, why did he come late?"
After Li Chengqian spoke, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was now under control, and Li Chengqian took a step forward and looked at the people outside the door.
"Everyone, please get up. This is Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. I am here to promise you that if your county magistrate does anything wrong and oppresses you, I will definitely uphold justice for you. Now I will take over the county seat and appease the people."
"The general has his orders!"
After Li Chengqian made the arrangements, Hou Junji quickly took over the county seat according to the method he used last time to take over the county seat without disturbing the people or disrupting the order of the county seat.
When all the officials in the county were escorted in front of Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian was still sitting in the teahouse with Qin Huaiyu standing next to him. As for the two sisters of the Mi family, they were not standing next to Li Chengqian, nor were they sitting, nor were they walking. I didn't know what to do for a moment, so I just stood beside him, acting as two maids.
Although they wanted to leave, Tang Jun was blocking her at the door. They wanted to sit down, and their identities were a bit different.
Except for the prince Li Chengqian who was sitting, everyone else was standing. But they stood and didn't dare to move around at will, so they ended up like this.
Li Chengqian, Qin Huaiyu and others were discussing matters in the county, so they paid no attention to the two girls and allowed them to do their own thing.
After the officials knelt in front of Li Chengqian, they spoke
Screaming injustice, so that Li Chengqian could forgive them, the corner of Li Chengqian's mouth was a little ferocious.
"You said you were unjust, but what happened to this government official? Why did he arrest these two girls for no reason?"
At this moment, Crown Prince Li Chengqian showed his majesty. The people who shouted that they were wronged immediately fell silent and did not dare to say anything in front of Li Chengqian. Looking at the crowd, Li Chengqian knocked on a table in the teahouse with one hand, making a thud. The sound seemed to hit the hearts of these officials.
After his heart matched the beating sound, Li Chengqian suddenly stopped banging his hands on the table. The officials immediately turned pale, breathing heavily, and looked at Li Chengqian begging for mercy.
"Forgive me, Your Highness, we are really not doing anything wrong, but they are mining copper and iron ore. This ore belongs to the Tang Dynasty, how can we let them mine it at will?"
After the official said this, Li Chengqian looked at Hou Junji behind him, and Hou Junji nodded.
"Those shiny stones are indeed copper and iron ore."
At this moment, the expressions of the two sisters of the Mi family became a little unnatural. "No way, what we are mining cannot be copper ore and iron ore. Are you mining in the wrong location? This is what we are mining."
While talking, Mi Li, as her sister, pulled out a heart-shaped stone hanging on a string from her body. Seeing that the stone was a little translucent, Li Chengqian looked at it curiously, and Mi Li hurriedly spoke. .
"This is not jade or emerald, it is just some translucent stone. How could it be that we mine copper and iron ore."
After Mi Li said this, Mido hurriedly said, "Yes, there must be such stones among the ruins of our home. We mine all such beautiful stones and carve them into various shapes. I hope It can be used to exchange some money to support the family. After all, the taxes arranged by the county magistrate are too heavy. We have to hand over all the food, but we can't pay the taxes. We have no choice but to go out to increase our income."
"Is that what happened?"
Li Chengqian still had some faith in the two weak women, while Mi Li and Mido nodded hurriedly, and Hou Junji did look a little embarrassed.
"But where I went I mined a lot of things but there was no such stone.".
But just as Hou Junji finished speaking, the old man in the teahouse did say something.
"I think I've seen this stone before. It's only found at a depth of two or three meters. If you dig any deeper, you won't be able to dig it."
"Is that what happened?"
The old man suddenly said that Li Chengqian and Hou Junji made a big blush. Hou Junji waved hurriedly, and immediately a general nodded, retreated from Hou Junji, and quickly led a group of cavalry towards the Mi family. Rushed to the village where the sisters were.
Since there are such stones two or three meters below the surface, there is no need to dig too deep. But the depth of the place Hou Junji and the others dug was a bit deep. What surprised Hou Junji even more at the time was that during this work, not a single bit of iron ore or copper was found, which had already cast a doubt on Hou Junji, but as a general, everything must be based on evidence. , one cannot indulge the two girls just because they sympathize with them.
What if there are other secrets?
Li Chengqian temporarily suppressed the mining matter and then looked at the officials in front of him.
"Then let's not talk about the minerals first, let's talk about the auspiciousness of your place. Isn't your place suitable for planting auspiciousness?"
"Not suitable."
The official spoke without thinking, but Li Chengqian smiled as soon as he finished speaking.
"Interesting, you don't know what I have a soldier under my command for, right?"
When Li Chengqian said this, the expressions of these officials suddenly became hesitant. I don’t know what Li Chengqian meant by this sentence.
Li Chengqian saw that the official was still holding on in front of him, and he immediately started talking.
"Before my subordinate Tiance Guard went out to conquer the Turks, he planted auspicious seeds all over the world. Where is the best place? What is the worst place? It's all recorded. What a coincidence. You are southwest of me
I have come here to plant a few times, but you actually dare to say that you are not suitable for auspicious planting, but you are suitable for Jixin? "
After Li Chengqian said these words, the official even shouted, "It's unfair, it's unfair, we are planting auspiciousness. Many people know that they have opened a field to plant auspiciousness outside the city. But after this continues, They are all dead, they can’t live, they can’t live.”
"Then you didn't check carefully. Why can't they survive?"
"This soil and water cannot support auspicious seeds."
Without thinking, the official said in front of Li Chengqian that auspiciousness could not be grown in the southwest. This made Li Chengqian very angry.
"Idiot! I don't even know what is man-made. This is man-made. What about the benevolent government that the imperial court issued to you? Why is it not implemented here?"
The official was a little uneasy when he heard Li Chengqian's question, but he still kept his head and spoke.
"Your Highness, this is the benevolent policy of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty towards our Han people. Since there are many barbarians in the southwest, we feel it is better not to implement it."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian patted the table.
"You are brave. This is a decision made by the imperial court. As long as it is within the territory of my country, no matter what race they are, you dare to say that they are not my people of the Tang Dynasty. What are your intentions?"
After Li Chengqian got angry, people from Tiance Guard hurriedly came out of the teahouse under the arrangement of Qin Huaiyu. They caught people outside and started asking about benevolent governance. However, these people didn't know anything about the question, and then explained to them that these People immediately cheered with emotion.
Just looking at the cheering immigrants on the street, Li Chengqian once again looked at the officials in front of him.
"Now I will give you another chance. Who is causing the obstruction and actually obstructing the implementation of benevolent government? If you recruit them honestly, I can still save your life. If you go all the way to the dark side, there is no need to say, I can only You kill, and the responsibility for your crime is not just killing you."
Li Chengqian had already said it very clearly, but the official in front of him really looked at Li Chengqian and shouted again.
"Your Highness, you must be aware of everything. We are here for the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty. How can these people comment on us Han people?"
Seeing that this official was deliberately trying to sow discord between the Southwest people and the Han people under such circumstances, he became extremely angry.
"Talking nonsense, gag him, drag him out, behead him, and put all nine of his clans under my control. When my father's order comes, I will kill all nine of his clans."
Li Chengqian's words completely frightened the official in front of him, and now his mouth was blocked, and he couldn't tell who supported it.
But now Li Chengqian doesn't want to hear this. He just wants to kill this man and take his head and the heads of his relatives to calm the anger in the southwest.
