Su Qi'an's motorcade left Danyang County and headed towards the other eight counties. As for the eight county guards in the county, just leave them to Fengqing and Han Cheng. I believe they know how to deal with them.
As soon as the convoy left the county town, Su Yong asked from the sidelines, "Sir, are our first stop going to the local county town?"
According to the rules of Su Qi'an's previous inspections, if you want to know the true situation of a local county, you have to go deep into the border counties. You only need to take a brief look to get a glimpse of the leopard and know something.
But when Su Yong asked this question, Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "No, we will go straight to the eight counties this time. As for the local counties, we will not go."
Su Yong was a little surprised by Su Qian'an's answer, but he would not ask more questions, nodded slightly, and sat beside him without saying a word.
Su Qi'an glanced at everyone and said softly, "We have seen the same things that we should see. In fact, you all know in your mind that our every move during this trip has already been seen by the officials from the eight counties."
"There is no need to deliberately hide your whereabouts. Just like when I summoned eight county guards this time, even if I used my power to overwhelm them, the eight of them remained calm and composed."
"Because they know that what they do is in compliance with the imperial system, and there is nothing in their hands that can be used by others. Even if they face me, they will not feel afraid."
"Let's take a look. This time we go to the county, I think we can see something more real."
Su Qi'an's last words were a bit playful. Everyone nodded slightly, said nothing, and looked out the window.
When Su Qian said these words, the sights along the way probably made them realize something.
Leaving Danyang County, the official road passing along the way is not dense woods, but fields. These fields have no end at a glance.
In the fields, there are people busy from time to time. These fields are serious grain fields, but most of them are private land.
After all, whose fields are so lush with rice paddies, it looks like good land at a glance, and the busy figures can be seen as long-term workers or tenants of a wealthy family.
With so many long-term workers and tenants, the owner of the land must be a local aristocratic family without even thinking about it.
Owning your own private land is very common in the Daliang states. Some are rewards from the emperor for their ancestors' meritorious service, and some are developed by their ancestors over the years and have grown through buying and selling.
These are legal and legal in Daliang, but I am afraid only the person involved knows how many of them are legal and legal behind the scenes.
Knowing that Su Qi'an came to Dongzhou with a mission, the aristocratic families in these places still put what Su Qi'an wanted to see most on the table, which is enough to show that they have considerable confidence.
Therefore, even if Su Qi'an is using his power to suppress others, he must abide by the law. If he attempts to seize the grain fields of a local family, he can directly appeal to the court. Even Su Qi'an will find it difficult to bear it.
The countertops along the way are all visible, and it doesn't seem that important to patrol secretly like before.
Su Qi'an's motorcade drove all the way without any stop, and headed straight to the first stop, Zeng Mo's territory, Luyue County.
As expected, as soon as they left Danyang County and entered Luyue County, the local county magistrate in front led people to greet them.
In this way, they were escorted all the way, and in about two or three days, they arrived at Luyue County.
It is not unreasonable for Zeng Mo to be honored as the head of the last nine counties together with Han Cheng. Considering the size of Luyue County in his territory, it is quite impressive.
The city wall is as high and thick as a city in a state, and it covers a large area, almost equal to two counties. It has a population of at least 7 to 8 million, which is two-thirds of a city in a state.
The local magistrates and lieutenants greeted him at the city gate as if they had received the news.
After some simple polite greetings, Su Qi'an, the Luyue County Magistrate, the County Lieutenant and other officials entered the city.
Everyone entered the city. Along the way, Luyue County Magistrate introduced every place in the city to Su Qi'an. Su Qi'an looked at it and nodded slightly.
The city is still very lively. There are a variety of shops on both sides of the street, and there are even vendors walking in the streets. From time to time, you can see patrolling soldiers, which gives people a very good atmosphere.
Stable peace.
As they walked along, Luyue Juncheng introduced them without any intention of stopping and kept talking.
Others may not be able to tell and just think that Luyue County Magistrate is more enthusiastic, but Su Qi'an knows his inner thoughts at a glance.
In the middle of a conversation, he interrupted Luyue Jun Cheng, "Okay, I almost know what you need to know. Go on, tell me what you want to ask. If you miss this time, you will be able to do it next time. It’s hard to have a chance.”
After being reminded by Su Qian'an, Luyue County Magistrate's face showed a bit of embarrassment, "Since the supervisor has said so, if the official is dragging his feet, it is indeed the official's fault."
The voice paused for a while, and then the Luyue County Magistrate continued, "I dare to ask the Supervisory Envoy, where is Mr. Zeng of our county now? Luyue County is busy with official affairs, and we can't contact Shangguan. Many things cannot be solved. I hope the Supervisory Envoy can Let me know, I am very grateful."
"Haha, so this is what you asked about. Don't worry, your Lord Zeng is doing well now. He and several other county guards are in Danyang County. I have something to trouble them, so it will be delayed for a while. "
"When this envoy completes his inspection of the eight counties, it is estimated that your Lord Zeng will return to Luyue County soon."
Su Qi'an's explanation made Luyue County Magistrate nodded slightly, with a grateful look on his face, but no one knew that there was a strange look flashing deep in his eyes.
The carriage was driving slowly in the city. Halfway through the journey, suddenly, there was a commotion at the end of the street, and the commotion was accompanied by a burst of beatings and scoldings.
Everyone looked around and saw a thin, poorly dressed, unkempt man being severely whipped by a butler.
"Damn you slave, you are so brave that you dare to steal the master's granary. I think you want to die. Come on, bring this slave back to me. Otherwise, I'll beat him for three days. You don't know what you are." .”
Behind the housekeeper, several strong men grabbed the house slave without saying a word and dragged him away from the street.
The passers-by watching this scene shook their heads slightly, then sighed and dispersed, as if they felt relaxed and normal about what happened today and had become accustomed to it.
After taking the slave away, the leading housekeeper seemed to be still angry and followed behind, waving his whip and cursing as he walked.
When the news came, Su Qi'an looked very calm, but Su Yong, on the other hand, looked a little ugly.
He had a deep understanding of this scene. His original identity was very different from that of this slave. If he hadn't met Su Qi'an and changed his fate, he would probably end up like this slave in the future, beaten to death.
Hearing the butler's curses, some of the words seemed to irritate Su Yong. He frowned slightly. Just as he was about to take action, he was stopped by Tong Zhan on the side.
Tong Zhan knew very well what Su Yong was thinking. It was probably because he had experienced similar feelings, and he couldn't control it for a while.
Tong Zhan can understand this. They have never encountered something like this before, and they would usually come to help, but not this time.
If Su Yong was overcome by emotions, Tong Zhan was more good at observing his surroundings.
What happened in front of him was probably done deliberately by someone just to see Su Qian's reaction.
After stopping Su Yong, Tong Zhan became more and more confident in his prediction because he never received a signal from Su Qian in the car.
Even Xie Cang, who has always been jealous of evil, didn't react at all this time. He has been following the two of them for many years. Basically, Tong Zhan is sure that this is a trap, or more accurately, it is a coup.
As the housekeeper's cursing voice faded away, in the car, Luyue County Magistrate hurriedly clasped his fists.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for making the Inspector and Lingdong Marquis laugh. Such trivial matters will always happen in the county. We have stepped up inspections in accordance with Master Zeng's orders, and also ordered local noble families to control their servants. Unexpectedly, we still swept away Sir interest."
"This is what I did wrong. I hope the supervisor will forgive me. I will guarantee that this kind of thing will never happen in the future."
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What Luyue County Magistrate said was so sincere that he just knelt down and apologized.
Su Qi'an's face was calm and meaningless. He waved his hand and said softly, "Hai, Jun Cheng has said it before. I am not an unreasonable person. Local management is the most difficult thing. I still know it. As long as you are aware of this matter, I will not blame you."
"Okay, let's keep going. It's hard to come to Luyue County. How can this trivial matter ruin my mood?"
"The supervisor is right." Luyue Commandery nodded repeatedly.
Then, the stopped carriage continued to drive towards the city, and it took about a quarter of an hour before it arrived at Luyue County Mansion.
After bringing Su Qi'an and his party to the residence provided by the county government, Luyue County Magistrate and Su Qi'an said a few words, then turned around and left in a wise manner.
As soon as he stepped out of the county mansion, Luyue County Magistrate's smiling face changed and returned to his usual indifference.
In front of him, the local officials seemed to have been waiting for a long time, pacing back and forth outside the door, watching the appearance of the Luyue County Magistrate.
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, and one of them said, "Master Jun Cheng, what do you mean by this inspector? His reaction is not what we thought."
"He didn't change his mood at all from the beginning to the end, and he didn't care at all about your testing of him, Sir. The information provided by Sir Zeng was wrong."
"Yes, and instead of going anywhere, this man went straight to the county town. He didn't mention anything about food and grass. It seems that he just came to enjoy the mountains and rivers. What does this supervision make him want to do?"
Everyone was talking to each other, Luyue County Magistrate's eyes flashed, and then he waved his hand to signal silence, and said coldly, "It doesn't matter, anyway, this person can't control us, everything will be done according to Master Zeng's plan, so that Stop playing quietly and let him play whatever he wants. Anyway, the longer we stay, the better it will be for us."
