Su Qi'an's familiar voice sounded, making Lu Xiaowan startled, and then turned around. Her face was full of excitement, and tears were dripping from the corners of her eyes.
Running toward Su Qi'an, Su Qi'an opened her arms and the two hugged each other. Feeling Su Qi'an's body temperature, Lu Xiaowan was quite happy and murmured softly, "Sir, you are back."
Lu Xiaowan knew that Su Qi'an came to Sichuandu County, but both parties had something to do and couldn't leave.
The reclusive family's actions still put a lot of pressure on Sichuandu County. When Su Qi'an didn't show up, Zhou Qi stood in front of them.
Lu Xiaowan was sitting at the rear, and all kinds of information were constantly sent to her.
In order to make suggestions for dealing with the reclusive family, when Su Qi'an returned, it relieved her pressure.
Su Qi'an sent a message to her, asking her not to worry and leave everything to him.
After receiving this sentence, Lu Xiaowan felt somewhat at ease, but his busyness did not decrease at all.
Wanggui Trading Company in the county town required her to participate in supervising the whole process. Therefore, although they were in the same county town, they could not meet because they were busy.
Now, after finally meeting each other, Lu Xiaowan naturally cried with joy.
Now Lu Xiaowan lost all her majesty before. She was completely like a little girl, confiding her weakness to Su Qi'an.
Lu Xiaowan's gaffe made some craftsmen look confused, thinking that their leader was being bullied in some way.
After saying hello, a large number of people suddenly poured out of the business. When they walked in and saw that familiar face, everyone was very excited.
Su Qi'an and Lu Xiaowan were surrounded, and an excited noise suddenly resounded.
Being watched by so many people, Lu Xiaowan was embarrassed to separate from Su Qian and stand beside him.
Feeling the enthusiasm of the crowd, Su Qian joked, "Hey, what are you holding in your hands? What are you doing?"
When Su Qian said this, everyone looked embarrassed, some scratched their ears and cheeks, and quickly put down the tools in their hands, laughing awkwardly.
Just when the atmosphere was slightly quiet, a loud female voice sounded in the distance.
"I wonder who is so bold and dares to cause trouble in front of the trading company. Does he really think that our trading company is easy to bully?"
Everyone separated, and a young girl who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a black robe and a smart look, came over with her hands on her hips and looked like she was going to fight.
When her eyes fell on Su Qi'an, her aggressive posture disappeared instantly.
With a bit of embarrassment on his face, he said, "First... Sir, why is it you? When did you come back? I thought someone was making trouble in front of the trading house."
The person who came was none other than Li Xiaomei, one of the two people in charge of the dark web who was placed next to Lu Xiaowan.
According to Su Qi'an's arrangement, Lu Xiaowan was accompanied by Shouhou, and Qin Ziyin was accompanied by Li Xiaomei. This was also in line with the arrangement that the two were familiar with the local environment.
But this arrangement has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that they can quickly integrate into local life and develop hidden lines, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Over time, their circle will only be local.
Once you leave the place, it is difficult to survive. Like the Xizhou Incident, not only Suji Trading Company was destroyed, but the intelligence network was also destroyed.
They were forced to leave their comfort zone and travel around Xizhou because of discomfort, the accuracy of intelligence gathering, and the development of personnel was slow and imprecise.
Therefore, in order to train them to adapt to different places, Su Qi'an regularly arranged for the two to be transferred at any time.
This is just a preliminary arrangement. When the scale of the dark network gradually takes shape, other middle and high-level people in the dark network will have to come to such remote locations several times.
In this way, no matter what kind of dangerous situation they encounter in the future, they will be able to act with ease based on their past experience in various places.
Seeing Li Xiaomei appear, Su Qian stepped forward and said with a smile, "Good guy, is this still the little girl I know? Who are you going to fight with in this posture?"
"Little sister, with your temper, be careful not to get married in the future."
Su Qian's joke made everyone burst into laughter. Li Xiaomei curled her lips, glared at the people around her, and said loudly, "Let's see who dares to laugh!"
Li Xiaomei's words had some effect, even though Li Xiaomei looked like a child in front of Su Qi'an.
But as one of the people in charge of the dark web, she is still somewhat majestic.
As soon as the voice fell, everyone behind him, Mr. Hu, immediately stopped. Under Li Xiaomei's urging, the people surrounding him dispersed.
When the crowd dispersed, Li Xiaomei muttered and said softly, "Huh, if you can't get married, you won't get married. What's the big deal."
Seeing Li Xiaomei like this, Lu Xiaowan stepped forward with a smile to comfort her, and then the three of them walked towards the business store while laughing.
Su Qian's eyes moved like a tourist, looking around, then smiled and said, "Little sister, let me inspect your learning achievements during this period and introduce them to you."
After saying these words, Li Xiaomei suddenly became interested. Under her leadership, she kept talking and introduced every detail of the business.
On the other hand, looking at the county government, it was just as Su Qi'an thought, it took about an hour or two before he left the county government.
The news that the hidden family was defeated in the battle spread like the wind.
This was not enough to cause a stir in the people of Sichuandu County. It was just a shock. What really made the people in the county agitate was Luo Qingyuan, who had disappeared for nearly twenty years.
The name Luo Qingyuan is very unfamiliar to the local people, but to some elderly people, it is quite profound.
With the explanations of these old men who were familiar with Luo Qingyuan, the deeds related to Luo Qingyuan were revealed at once.
The sensation caused by this was huge, and it spread quickly throughout Xizhou like the wind.
In less than a day or two, all Luo Qingyuan's deeds swept through the entire Xizhou like a storm.
They were shocked not only by the reappearance of the state pastor who had disappeared for nearly twenty years, but also by the fact that he had said that he would decide the position of Xizhou pastor.
These words are very provocative, and the target of the provocation is Xizhou's aristocratic families.
Just when some speculators are fishing in troubled waters, waiting for a good show.
All the big and small families in Xizhou, and even wealthy families, expressed their support for Luo Qingyuan to resume his duties as pastor of Xizhou.
All of a sudden, these speculators were confused. They couldn't believe it. When did the Xizhou family, which was fearless, become so obedient?
Even though Luo Qingyuan was famous in Xizhou back then, he disappeared for twenty years. Twenty years is enough for a person's reputation to be completely erased.
But this time, the big and small families in Xizhou were like docile sheep, respectful to Luo Qingyuan.
Although they didn't understand it, they quickly found the source and found out the detailed discussion about the reclusive family entering the county.
They were quite curious about the conversation that day, but no matter how much they paid, they wanted to get some information through special channels.
But there were only four words in response to them, no comment.
The message revealed by these four words is very subtle. According to the past, even if Tang Feng was in power, as long as you paid a high enough price, even a big secret could be revealed to you.
The conversation between the county government and the hidden family this time is not a big secret, but it is like this. They can't get out any information at all, which is worth pondering.
Before these speculators could think further and find other strategies, Luo Qingyuan, the former state pastor who had disappeared for many years, directly began his drastic reforms.
Several orders were issued in succession, all of which were aimed at various unreasonable orders issued when Tang Feng was in power.
Su Qi'an came here before, but he didn't get into the details, so a lot of things slipped through the net, and some orders were not implemented in place.
But this time, Luo Qingyuan's order was so detailed that these people who had slipped through the net were frightened.
This is still the beginning. Next, the second step is to rectify banditry in Xizhou, and the third step is to rectify officials of all sizes in Xizhou. There will be a series of various assessments for each official.
There are monthly exams, quarterly exams, and annual exams. If you fail to meet the standards, you will be put on standby once, punished twice, demoted three times, and in serious cases, you will be demoted to the end.
Article 4: A thorough investigation was carried out on all the big and small families in Xizhou, and even wealthy families. The main purpose of the investigation was whether they had hidden people, occupied and annexed land, and whether they had colluded with their parents and officials in taxation to line their own pockets.
Article 5: A reform was carried out on the Xizhou soldiers within the territory. First, all soldiers under Tang Feng's authority were directly dismissed.
Xizhou entered a one-month temporary supervision period, and the 30,000 Jiaozhou soldiers and 10,000 Split Mountain troops who had recovered from rest took over the security of the territory.
As for the stability of the border, there are 20,000 barbarian Heilu who have been organized into an army after the surrender, and tens of thousands of indigenous troops brought by the two elders to guard the border.
A month later, Luo Qingyuan will reorganize the new Xizhou soldiers and hand over again to the army brought by Su Qi'an.
The series of orders issued this time not only felt drastic, but also thunderous.
It can be said that it shocked many Xizhou Xiaoxiao at once. They can survive to this day not only because they are good at taking sides, but also because they have extremely keen insight.
From the collective rebellion of the big and small aristocratic families and even wealthy families in Xizhou, to the subsequent re-appointment of Luo Qingyuan, this series of drastic changes were not only due to Luo Qingyuan's prestige back then, but also the support from the Marquis of Dongshan.
Originally, Luo Qingyuan's emergence made them look forward to whether the former state pastor would fight with the rising Dongshan Marquis.
Now it seems that their expectations were not only disappointed, but also completely wrong.
Not only could these two not fight, they seemed to be partners.
Through this series of clues, they got a surprising guess.
Luo Qingyuan was invited back by Su Qian'an.
This conjecture made these Xiaoxiao stunned for a long time.
"What kind of background does this Marquis of Dongshan have? He is so powerful that he can invite such a big shot, and the two parties have actually reached an alliance and partnership!"
Xiao Xiao sighed inwardly, and at the same time, she felt a little more inexplicable fear of Su Qi'an.
They know that from now on, no matter who it is, they can no longer shake Su Qi'an's position in Xizhou!
There is no need for anyone to teach you how to stand in line and how to choose next. They know better than anyone else.
