Chapter 285 What's Wrong?

Recently, many unfamiliar faces have come to Houcheng.

According to the inspection and statistics of the pass for people entering the city by the city gate guards, there are strangers coming to Houcheng from all over the world.

Lu Songli knew that the vanguard of the first wave of people had arrived one after another.

Those people were not like Ji Wuyin, who had a clear goal and came straight to Houcheng. They arrived at this time, which was considered fast.

Lu Songli called Xu Zheng and reminded him again, "There will be many outsiders coming to Houcheng recently. You should arrange more people to patrol. If you encounter disputes between outsiders and locals, you must handle them carefully. If you encounter something involving outsiders and cannot be handled well, you can directly find Mr. Guo, Mr. Xue or me."

Lu Songli is very optimistic about the first group of people who came to Houcheng. They are definitely not those unreasonable people. Instead, they should restrain their local people. They can't bully them just because they are outsiders and lose their good impression.

Xu Zheng solemnly agreed.

Liaoxi County

The governor of Pingzhou, Shi Tao, has been annoyed by Lv Desheng recently.

This guy slapped his forehead and did whatever he wanted. He didn't want to stay in the magnificent County Governor's Mansion in Xiangping, and insisted on placing the County Governor's Mansion in Houcheng, and even directly changed the county government office into the County Governor's Mansion.

When he knew about this, he sneered and said, "Whatever he wants!"

Unexpectedly, this guy was so shameless that he took the emperor's edict that allowed him to place the County Governor's Mansion in Houcheng and ran to the Liaoxi County Governor's Mansion to ask him for money?

Shi Tao naturally couldn't agree.

Lv Desheng directly used the edict to pressure him, saying that the emperor agreed to place the County Governor's Mansion in Houcheng, which meant that he agreed to build a new County Governor's Mansion in Houcheng, and he, the governor of Pingzhou, should open the treasury to give him money.

If he didn't give it, he would complain to the emperor, saying that he was disloyal and unwilling to share the emperor's worries.

Shi Tao hated his appearance of taking chicken feathers as a token of approval.

But he had to be cautious. Lv Desheng was previously an imperial censor. His ability to give advice was well-known throughout the court. If he was reported by him, he would be dead or skinned.

In addition, this was the second year of the new emperor's accession to the throne. In the new emperor's mind, he was probably just an ordinary governor. He was not a minister during his latent dragon period. He did not have the merit of following the emperor. Now he was not in the emperor's heart, or his ability was strong enough to become a pillar of the country.

If Lv Desheng reported him, his official hat would be shaky.

After thinking it through, Shi Tao felt that he should not take risks and decided to send Lv Desheng away. So he asked the butler, "Where is Lv Desheng?"

Butler:...

"What?" Shi Tao had a bad feeling.

"Lord Lv is sitting quietly outside the governor's mansion with a small stool."

Shi Tao seemed to have heard something out of the Arabian Nights. "What's wrong with him?" Why is he acting like a rogue debt collector?

The housekeeper was also speechless. Anyway, Lord Lu just meant one thing: I want to move the mansion, give me money!

Shi Tao was so angry that he slammed the table, "Is he a rogue? He is a Liaodong prefect, does he still have any shame?" What did he think of him?

Lu Desheng: He has no shame, he wants money.

"Did he say anything nonsense?"

"Not yet, just sitting quietly." But the housekeeper thought that it might be different later.

Finally, Shi Tao took a deep breath, "Go, call him in." Don't embarrass yourself outside.

After Shi Tao called him in, he originally planned to give him two or three thousand taels to send him away.

Lu Desheng shouted, "My Lord Governor, these three thousand taels can't build the whole prefecture mansion, probably only two feet high?" He even stretched out his hand to compare the height.

Lu Desheng thought, if you hadn't insisted on taking most of the tax revenue every time you collected it, leaving only a little bit for Liaodong County, why would I have to ask you for money to build a new government?

Now that he can ask for money legitimately, why doesn't he come?

Although Liaodong County has several channels to make money, there are many places to start construction now, and there are a lot of expenses. In the words of his daughter, no matter how small the fly leg is, it is still meat, and don't let it go if you have the chance to get it.

Shi Tao knew that his three thousand taels were indeed a little too little, "Five thousand taels, take the silver and leave."

Lü Desheng continued to cry, "Sir, five thousand taels is not enough. Five thousand taels can build it high enough, but it is definitely impossible to put up the beams and seal the roof. How can people live here?"

"Eight thousand taels, if it doesn't work, don't build it!"

When Lü Desheng saw that Songkou gave this number, his face was dark, and he knew that if he continued to pull it down, he would probably fall over, so he stopped while he was ahead, and asked the butler to take him to get the money, and he wanted to go home.

The butler of the governor's mansion:... Do you want to order people around so easily? I don't know you well.

Shi Tao took a deep breath to avoid being angry to death, "Take him to get it!"

Finally, Lü Desheng got eight thousand taels of silver. He wanted to change it into gold, but the accountant of the governor's mansion treasury refused him.

Lü Desheng had to call his people in.

When he led the way and left the governor's mansion with six people carrying their loads, the door slammed shut behind them.

"Sir?"

Lü Desheng was very calm, this was normal treatment.

"Nothing, let's go back first!" It doesn't matter if it's face or not, as long as the benefits are in hand.

Later, several other county governors, such as the governor of Liaoxi County and the governor of Xuantu County, learned that he had asked for silver from the governor, and they all wrote to him for advice.

Lü Desheng told them everything he knew, and he didn't hide anything.

But unfortunately, the county governors had some shame and couldn't learn his trick.

Liaodong County, Houcheng

After entering the territory of Liaodong, Zhan Ruoshui and his party walked slowly along the wide official road, appreciating the local customs and customs along the way.

It has to be admitted that the people they met were in good spirits, better than those they met along the way.

Sometimes Master Zhan would get off the carriage and chat with the farmers working on the roadside, asking them about this year's corvée, whether there is enough food now, and so on. Without exception, these farmers all admired their new county governor, Lord Lu.

After arriving in Houcheng, Master Zhan asked his disciples to drive the carriage directly to the county governor's mansion to find the young disciple Lu Mingzhi, without any courtesy. Even the two people he picked up halfway said they wanted to leave, and he dragged them along.

When Lu Songli heard that Zhan Ruoshui and his party had arrived, she was very happy. She ordered someone to go to the north of the city to call Lu Mingzhi back, and then she and her mother Jiang came to the gate to welcome the guests.

Lv Mingzhi has been staying in the four-courtyard house in the north of the city recently, while Lv Zhiyuan goes there in the morning and comes back in the evening.

When Jiang saw them, she hurriedly greeted them, "Master Zhan, all the nephews, please come in. Master Zhan, my master and Mingzhi are not in the house now, so please don't blame me for not being able to greet you. We have sent someone to call Mingzhi, and he will probably be back soon."

Master Zhan had seen Jiang before, so he nodded slightly and led his disciples inside.

Jiang asked the people below to serve tea and snacks to greet them, and she chatted with Master Zhan.

Not long after, Lv Mingzhi really came back quickly.

After he came back, Lv Songli and Jiang went out and gave them the flower hall to avoid making them uncomfortable.