Chapter 599: A Brief Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

"Sixth Master, isn't that Mr. Lu?" Zhu Dazhuang has good eyesight. Before the boat had completely docked, he caught sight of Lu Desheng sitting in the tea shop.

The attendants around Lu Desheng should have also seen them. One of them whispered something to Lu Desheng, and then saw him looking towards them with narrowed eyes.

Then they saw Lu Desheng stand up and walk toward them, and the people behind him quickly followed.

Qin Sheng was the first to greet his Lord Taishan, "Father-in-law."

"Well, he's back." Lu Desheng quickly looked at his cheap son-in-law who had returned safely. His limbs were sound, and there were no missing arms or legs. He was very good.

"After getting off the boat, go home quickly." Let the daughter also be happy.

This proposal was exactly what he wanted. Qin Sheng agreed obediently, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked, "Where are you, father-in-law? Do you want to go back together?"

Lu Desheng waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about me." He was strolling outside happily and didn't want to go back so quickly.

During the conversation between Weng and his son-in-law, the people on the boat also learned from the introduction of Zhu Dazhuang and others that the beautiful uncle in front of them was none other than Lord Lu Deshenglu, the father of Governor Lu Songli.

Everyone greeted Lu Desheng warmly, "Hello, Mr. Lu."

Lu Desheng also greeted the people on the boat with a smile, "Hello everyone, thank you for your hard work along the way. Welcome to Pingzhou."

Qin Sheng and his crew had many people from all over Dali on this boat.

For example, Dong Jichuan rushed back to his hometown to pick up someone, and then went straight to Dongtai County, Guangling. He knew that the Pingzhou Expeditionary Force would definitely be the last to leave, and that their family would be the most likely to catch this ship. If not, there would be no use going to Jimo and Nghe An.

There were many people on the boat who had the same idea as Dong Jichuan. At this time, they saw that the father of Pingzhou Governor was so warm and kind, and they were reassured.

In fact, Lu Desheng looked at them with loving expressions.

His daughter once told him that population is the foundation of a place.

These people are all living fighting forces. When they come to Pingzhou, they have to eat, drink, have sex, get married and have children, right? In order to live a good life and continue their bloodline, they will work diligently and contribute their efforts, youth and wealth to Pingzhou.

Only when there are people can a place become alive. Only when people gather together can money flow.

To put it more bluntly, Lu Desheng felt that his daughter was the owner of the farm in Pingzhou.

These ordinary people who came to Pingzhou were either chickens in his daughter's chicken coop or good cows grazing. There are also those well-educated people who help their daughters manage these chickens, cattle and sheep. If they are raised well or poorly, the output will be different.

Therefore, they must be approachable, treat these people better, and tax them lightly, so as not to deplete the land.

When my daughter said this, of course he knew how to do it. He was the best at drawing inferences from one instance to another.

Song Mo was not good to the people, so the people voted with their feet and directly chose who would be the person to manage them from above.

Is this what my daughter said before, that power will not disappear, but will only be transferred?

After Qin Sheng got off the boat, he said goodbye to his father-in-law, took a horse from his father-in-law, and rode back.

Changli, the prefecture government office

Jiang Yizhou reported the statistical data to Lu Songli, "Governor, preliminary statistics show that as of now, our population in Pingzhou has reached 4.5 million. In the next half month, it is estimated that more people will arrive in Pingzhou. Conservative estimates , our population in Pingzhou will eventually reach five million.”

Five million!

Everyone present couldn't help but take a breath, many of them!

Lu Songli smiled and said, "Calm down."

In the small scene, Lu Songli remembered that some large counties in later generations had populations as high as one million.

Xue Xue: He can’t calm down!

"Governor, this is five million, not half a million!"

The population of Dali is more than 18 million, less than 1900. These more than 18 million are distributed in thirteen states, and they are mainly concentrated in the Central Plains.

Pingzhou is located in a remote area. Before Mr. Lu took office, the combined population of Pingyou and Pingzhou was less than one million. In just two or three years, the population of Pingyou and Pingyou states reached 4.5 million, and the density even exceeded that of the Central Plains.

"With the rapid increase in population, we must respond to all aspects, including public security. In addition, we must control commodity prices, land prices and house prices, and there must be no robbing of people!" Lu Songli emphasized.

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

"The price increase shall not exceed 5%, and the land price and housing price shall not exceed 10%." For the convenience of accounting, Lu Songli introduced Arabic numerals and percentages.

During this time, Lu Songli went to Liaodong Academy and found the mountain chief Pan Sitong. He came up with Arabic numerals and percentages and taught them to the students by the master who taught arithmetic in the academy, and then promoted them.

Liaodong Academy and Pingzhou public officials went to learn this new knowledge in batches.

At this time, Qin Sheng returned to Changli, passed through the house without entering, and went directly to the state government office not far away.

Seeing Mr. Liu, Hongluo immediately said, "Master Liu, please drink a glass of water first. The governor is discussing matters with the adults in various ministries, but he will be fine soon."

Sure enough, not long after, the door of the conference hall opened, and Xue Xu, Jiang Yizhou, Guo Chunsheng and others filed out. When they saw Qin Sheng, they were all slightly surprised, but they all said hello to him.

Hongluo sent the person in, "Sixth Master, you only have a quarter of an hour." She had no choice. Liu Ye was a temporary stopgain, and it would be good if he could spare a quarter of an hour.

Qin Sheng entered and closed the door, "Lili!"

Lv Songli suddenly looked up, and when she saw him, she immediately stood up and said in surprise, "You're back? I thought you should be home these two days."

Qin Sheng took a long step, walked forward, hugged her and turned around, then took her to sit on the chair next to him, and then lowered his head to kiss her.

Qin Sheng trapped her in his arms, and while their lips and tongues were entangled, Lv Songli's hand unconsciously stroked his well-defined abdominal muscles.

Qin Sheng's body suddenly tensed up, remembering that this was the meeting room of the government office, he withdrew with difficulty, and then held down her little hand that was igniting everywhere.

Sensing his reaction, Lv Songli obediently stopped moving.

"Li Li, I missed you so much outside, did you miss me?" Qin Sheng lowered his head, buried his head in her snow-white neck, greedily smelling her faint body fragrance, and tried to calm himself down.

"Of course I miss you." Lu Songli pulled her small hand out of his big palm, passed through his waist, and gently stroked his slightly arched back due to excitement.

The two hugged each other and whispered.

Not long after, there were three knocks on the door outside. This was Hongluo reminding them.

"Time is up, I have to leave." Qin Sheng was reluctant to leave.

"Wait for me in the evening." Lu Songli stood up and tidied up his wrinkled robe.

Qin Sheng's eyes lit up, "Okay."

After Qin Sheng returned, he went to see his mother as soon as possible.

During the period, he asked about his sisters-in-law, and his mother said that the sisters-in-law were busy and not in the mansion.

"You two brothers are back at the right time. Your eldest brother has moved your father's grave to Pingzhou. Later is a good day, and our family will go to worship together."

Qin Sheng responded without hesitation.

Qin's mother felt sorry for her son. After asking the kitchen to make a bowl of noodles for her son to eat, she asked him to go back to the yard to rest.

After Qin Sheng returned to their yard, he washed himself thoroughly from head to toe. He wanted to take a nap on the couch, but he slept until dark.

At night, after Lu Songli came back, they had a good time.

After two times, Lu Songli was so tired that she couldn't lift her fingers. She casually put them on Qin Sheng, and her fingertips unconsciously scratched.

After years of exercise, the young man had a very good figure, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, slender and strong legs, and tight and even muscle lines all over his body, and every part was full of strength. That kind of just right good-looking, super good touch.

Under her intentional or unintentional seduction, Qin Sheng wanted to do it again.

Lu Songli turned over and wrapped herself in the quilt away from him.

"Let's go to bed? I'm so tired." Lu Songli acted coquettishly.

I ate too much meat and felt full.

Qin Sheng: ...

OK, rest when you are tired, there is a long way to go.

The next day, Lv Songli went to work as usual, and Qin Sheng was looking forward to the night.

Not long after, Lv Songli's maid Hongluo came home and said that she would stay at the government office tonight and would not come back to rest.

A bolt from the blue!

This news announced the end of his days of eating meat.

Qin Sheng was unhappy, looking down at his eager little brother under him, sighed and muttered to himself, "Hey, you said Lili only tasted it lightly, she must still be hungry, she was too restrained, and we didn't eat enough."

The timing was wrong, and the seduction was in vain.

Qin Sheng looked at his big treasure and said to himself, "You said you are also a dragon among chickens, with this figure and this thickness, how can you not make Lili miss you?"

He remembered the dirty jokes he heard in the army. If they had such a treasure, their wives would definitely be very rare. Although Lili also liked it very much, she didn't want it very much.