180, Chapter 180

Qin Fang was stunned: "Mr. Hedong Prefecture Prefect?"

The yamen runner said: "Today, six prefects of Renzhou have arrived and stayed at the post station. Lord Du has discussed the details of the imperial grain franchise plan with you. Since Yunxiang County is under the jurisdiction of Hedong Prefecture, the prefect will not discuss the imperial grain franchise plan with you. So Lord Yang said that he would host and invite you to his house. What do you think? Lord Yang said that if you are busy, you can go there another day."

Qin Fang was surprised. He was at the Shoushan Taoist Temple during the day. No wonder County Magistrate Yang sent someone to wait for him here. "It's okay, let's go."

"Yes."

Qin Fang said to Tao Shan: "Tao Shan, go back and tell the village master that you don't have to wait for me for dinner. I'll go to County Magistrate Yang to discuss the matter."

Tao Shan: "Yes."

Qin Fang followed the yamen runners to the county yamen. County Magistrate Yang and the prefect of Hedong Prefecture were discussing the matter in the hall. They didn't know whether Qin Fang would come today, so they could only wait. When they heard the servants come to report that General Qin was coming, they stood up.

The prefect of Qiguo was a regular fourth-rank official. County Magistrate Yang went out of the hall to pick up Qin Fang. The prefect of Hedong Prefecture naturally would not go. After all, his rank was higher than Qin Fang, and there was absolutely no reason for him to pick up Qin Fang.

When County Magistrate Yang came out of the hall, he saw Qin Fang coming in, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "General Qin."

Qin Fang bowed again: "Master Yang, I'm late."

County Magistrate Yang said: "Not late, not late, you are very busy." He knew that Qin Fang was on the Beast Mountain every day, and it was just time for him to get off duty. He came as soon as he got off duty, which was already a great honor for him. "General Qin, our Hedong Prefecture Governor Master Liu is in there, I will introduce you to him."

Qin Fang: "Thank you Master Yang, to be honest, I haven't visited Master Liu since I took office, but the emperor gave me a secret mission, so I can't leave Yunxiang County, so I can only say sorry to Master Liu." Logically, Qin Fang should go to pay a visit, but after a series of events, Qin Fang had long forgotten who the boss of Hedong Prefecture was. Even Yang Haiyan, who is always very careful, didn't notice it, otherwise she would have reminded him long ago.

Qin Fang followed County Magistrate Yang into the hall. Lord Liu, the prefect of Hedong Prefecture, had already stood up. He heard what Qin Fang and County Magistrate Yang said outside. Qin Fang's voice was not light when he said it, and he must have told him that he was not particularly unwilling to pay a visit to him.

However, no matter what Qin Fang's reason was, Lord Liu was always uncomfortable. Although he knew that Yunxiang County had a new city defense general before, he didn't see him, so he didn't care. Now that he saw him, the other party didn't go to pay a visit to him, and he had a subtle idea in his heart. However, the other party's teacher was Du Ke, and he didn't have the courage to go with Du Ke.

However, he already had a bad impression of Qin Fang.

Qin Fang didn't say so much. When he saw Lord Liu, he bowed: "This general greets Lord Liu." This kind of courtesy is just to clasp fists and bend over. Military generals don't kneel down in courtesy unless it is a special case.

Lord Liu said: "General Qin, there is no need to be so polite. Please sit down."

Qin Fang said: "Thank you, sir. This general has just entered the officialdom and doesn't know much about some of the etiquette in the officialdom. My family is from a poor family and no one taught me these. In addition, not long after I took office, the emperor sent a secret order that I could not leave Yunxiang County, so I didn't report to you. Today, I apologize to you." Qin Fang apologized sincerely. This matter was indeed a negligence. So, he told him frankly that later the emperor sent a secret order to monitor those people in the Ministry of Industry who were researching medicine in the Shoushan Taoist Temple. He didn't even have a day off, let alone remember the situation of the prefect of Hedong Prefecture.

However, Qin Fang overlooked one point. Du Ke and the emperor would listen to some of his details, but Lord Liu would not. In Lord Liu's opinion, Qin Fang was just arrogant, telling him that he had the emperor's support.

Lord Liu's face sank, but soon he smiled and said, "General Qin is busy, so I won't come."

As a bystander, County Magistrate Yang clearly saw Lord Liu's expression. He had not been with Qin Fang for a long time, but he had some understanding of Qin Fang's character. He was not the kind of arrogant and presumptuous person. In addition, as soon as Qin Fang arrived in Yunxiang County, he was busy with the military camp and the situation in Beast Mountain. He was indeed busy all the time.

But no matter how busy he was, he should take a day to pay a visit to Lord Liu. So in this matter, no matter what reason Qin Fang had, Qin Fang was indeed wrong. But County Magistrate Yang couldn't explain to Lord Liu, after all, he was working under Lord Liu, unlike Qin Fang. Although Qin Fang was only a fifth-rank official and Lord Liu was a fourth-rank official, Lord Liu couldn't control Qin Fang, because civil officials and military generals have always been governed separately.

If civil officials were to be promoted, they needed to be assessed by the Ministry of Personnel, while military generals were promoted by military merit. Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel could not control military generals.

In Qiguo, under the emperor, the six ministries had the greatest power. In the previous dynasty, there was a prime minister, and with the prime minister, the power of the six ministries was separated. After Taiyuanzu revolted and established Qi State, he directly abolished the prime minister system in order to consolidate power. Therefore, the six ministries were at their peak.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of War controlled military power.

Here we have the issue of military power.

In Qi State, military power and military power are two different concepts.

For example, Yonghe Marquis had military power and could command 50,000 Yonghe troops.

However, as the minister of the Ministry of War, Du Ke did not have military power, but he had military power, and he had the right to be transferred to Yonghehou. To put it simply, military power manages soldiers, and military power manages military camps.

In emergency situations, the Ministry of War has the right to directly issue transfers to military camps. This is military power.

The emperor may not have military power, but the Minister of War is a ‌ person and ‌ holds military power.

Qin Fang and Mr. Liu exchanged pleasantries, and then Magistrate Yang sent someone to serve the food. Because the conversation was serious, Magistrate Yang did not send anyone to wait on them. Instead, he ordered someone to prepare a table of wine and food, and poured the wine for Mr. Liu and Qin himself. "Master Liu, General Qin, you are in charge today, I would like to propose a toast to you."

Today we were talking about business. Qin Fang did not want to drink. However, since Mr. Liu was here, it was not good to refuse, so he said, "Master Liu, drinking is harmful to your body. Why don't we just go with you?"

Mr. Liu, I'm sorry, isn't the military commander addicted to alcohol? This person is a hindrance. Although it is like this, you can't say it like this. He said: "General Qin said, we will follow you. General Qin and Mr. Yang, we will follow you." After that, he said lightly He took a shallow peck.

Qin Fang said: "Thank you for your understanding."

The three of them had a few sips of wine and a few bites of side dishes, and then started talking seriously. Mr. Liu asked: "General Qin, Mr. Du mentioned to me during the meeting today that our franchisee of Hedongfu is General Qin. So what is General Qin's next plan? I heard Mr. Du say that after the franchisee There are agents and franchisees who produce potato flour and sweet potato flour, and then the agents below sell potato flour and sweet potato flour, but is this the case? "

Qin Fang said: "That's true. I have discussed this matter with Zhuo Jing. We only produce it, and the agent below is responsible for the purchase and sale. However, the imperial grain is the emperor's brand, and now It's potato flour and sweet potato flour. There may be other kinds of food in the near future, and the price of these food will be uniform across the country. "

Mr. Liu said: "I understand this. Mr. Du mentioned that potato flour and sweet potato flour cost seven cents per catty for take-out, and the franchisee's price to the agent is five cents per catty."

Qin Fang said: "That's true."

Mr. Liu said: "We have a city in Hedong Prefecture and four counties. If General Qin's family wants to buy and sell, wouldn't it mean that they have to find five agents?"

General Qin said: "Yes, I plan to hand over the agency of Yunxiang County to Mr. Yang. As for the others, I don't know about them, and I don't know for sure. Mr. Yang, I don't know about Yang. How about going home?”

Magistrate Yang did not expect such kindness, and said hurriedly: "Thank you, General Qin." The family's life is indeed difficult, and the family relies on their salary to support themselves. Not enough, but fortunately I had some savings from the past. ‌Although he is not poor now, there are old people and young people at the top. Magistrate Yang ‌ lives a very frugal life now. Moreover, since I am not a local, I have to spend extra money to buy land here. After this operation, I have spent almost all the money I brought with me when I first came here.

Regarding the relationship between potato flour and sweet potato flour, Magistrate Yang did have this idea, but he didn't mention it because he didn't know if the Qin family wanted to do this business in Yunxiang County. Hearing Qin Fang talk about it on his own initiative, I felt extremely grateful.

Watching the interaction, Hedong Mansion decided to give Qin Fang a try, so he expressed his thoughts: "General Qin, what do you think about the remaining prefectures and other county agents? What method?”

Qin Fang said: "Everything is based on character, just like choosing a franchisee. The one you choose is a pure and good family." Qin Fang is not a fool, "I wonder if Mr. Liu has such a method in his family?" ‌, if I bypass Mr. Liu and choose someone else, I'm afraid ‌ can't make it. Therefore, Qin Fang could only ask Mr. Liu first.

Mr. Liu is convinced that Qin Fang is on his way. However, ‌ said in an official tone: "The Imperial Food Franchise Program is organized by the Emperor. It is the responsibility of the ministers to do their best for the Emperor."

Qin Fang asked himself that he was not an idiot, but as Mr. Liu said, he had to say that he was not so thick-skinned. "Then I will discuss it with the teacher after I go back. Yunxiang County is a trial camp, so I have to be extra cautious." Otherwise, I have to investigate the details of Mr. Liu.

When Master Liu heard this, he stopped and said, "That's what it should be. Master Du is careful in his actions. General Qin followed Master Du, but he just followed Master Du because he thought he was a good teacher."

Qin Fang said: "Teacher is strict with himself, I will not disappoint him."

Then, ‌‌ paid Duco a compliment, and the dinner was over.

Qin Fang said: "Master Liu, the general's mansion and the inn are in the same direction. I will take you to the inn."

Master Liu nodded: "Thank you very much."

Magistrate Yang said: "I am just in time to eat after dinner, so I will send it to Mr. Liu."

Qin Fang looked at Magistrate Yang.

Mr. Liu didn't think there was any problem with Magistrate Yang's behavior. Magistrate Yang was the prefect, and Magistrate Yang was the county magistrate. Wasn't it right to send him to the inn?