The demon world I designed

Chapter 43 Bad Situation.
The South Street of Liuzhou is called Yuquan Road, which is named for its proximity to a natural mountain spring in Nanshan. The natural and sweet mountain spring tea obtained from the government is exclusive to the nobles.

This project is also a good source of income for the Liuzhou government. After all, the rich live more, so they are willing to spend more money to enjoy it. Ordinary people can’t tell the difference between drinking boiled water and spring water, but they are willing to drink it for the sweetness. There are countless sarkins.

After Chen Qing was determined to be the magistrate of Liuzhou, he had already planned for the mountain spring. He planned to develop some tea and fruits grown by the mountain spring to expand revenue. Then, the financial rights must be in his own hands, and the general judgment from the distribution Do not want to be contaminated with Tongzhi.

But now the momentum is completely different from what I thought, just like what Ma Erniang said, there is really no shadow of ghosts all the way, which makes his heart chill!

Projects such as mountain springs are luxury goods, and they can only be enjoyed by the rich if they buy them. In the end, everyone ran away. Do you want to drink your broken spring water?

Along the way, looking at the messy and desolate streets, many popular shops in the past are now empty, and Chen Qing wants to die.

"Master? What are you looking at?" The groom who was following Chen Qing asked curiously.

Chen Qing stayed for a few seconds, pointed to a shop in front of him marked Wufangzhai, and said, "This used to be the hottest pastry shop on South Street. The proprietress is said to be an imperial chef who retired from the palace. The taste is even more amazing, every day at [-] o'clock, there are servants from various wealthy households queuing up here to order pastries, if you come later, you may not be able to queue for a day."

"Such a good business?" The groom was taken aback for a moment, and said cautiously, "Is this... run by my grandfather?"

"no……"

The groom rolled his eyes, then you look like your father is dead...

"For this shop, do you know how much tax you have to pay every year?" Chen Qing's voice trembled a little.

"Um...I...I don't know how to keep accounts."

"Go and cool off!"

"Oh!"

Chen Qing looked at the silly groom, and suddenly lost her strength, she sat limply on the ground and continued to be in a daze.

In ancient times, the economic development was mainly dependent on people. Liuzhou was able to attract so many people, firstly because of business, and secondly because of the excellent educational environment here. Many people from other places in the south of the Yangtze River would send their sons here to study.

Now that the wealthy businessmen have run away, and so have the masters, what should I do?
These people are excellent resources, especially those famous wives, who went to the neighboring state capital, and the local officials will definitely try their best to win over and retain them for the sake of political achievements. I only have some townspeople who have gone to hide in the countryside, how can I play?
Sure enough... the god of thieves just can't see himself getting better! !
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"My lord... the situation is not good."

It is not only Chen Qing who has a headache about the situation in Liuzhou, but Gong Qinian, the governor of Jiangnan, is also having a headache at this time. The geographical location of Liuzhou is not just deserted. There is the best waterway wharf connecting the south of the Yangtze River to the north, and it comes from the waterway every year. All kinds of Northland leather goods, gems, and horses are sold well here, while Jiangnan's silk, tea, porcelain, and handicrafts are at least five times profitable when sold to the Northland!
This has attracted many merchants from the north and the south. Although the status of the merchants is not high, all the officials know that they must rely on these merchants if they want to prosper through taxation. Once Liuzhou is abolished, the finances of the entire Jiangnan will be greatly affected!
"My lord..." Daotai, who is in charge of one of the five major waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, shook his head and said: "After the news of Liuzhou got out, except for a few who were not afraid of death, basically no one was willing to run to Liuzhou pier, and they all went to Taizhou, Suyang, and Jincheng. However, the volume of cargo was too large, and those terminals began to reject the ship.”

"And the cost of switching routes is too high, and many merchants have lost money. This is not a good thing!"

"You mean I don't know?" Gong Qinian rolled his eyes: "What can I do now?"

The business in Jiangnan is prosperous, and the wharves in various places are already congested. After the opening of the Liuzhou route, it has relieved a lot of pressure on the Jiangnan commercial road. Now Liuzhou has been prosperous for many years, and it is suddenly abolished. If it is not restarted as soon as possible, the chain reaction caused may be not small. The turmoil, if I don't handle it well, I might lose my official title.

"Now Liuzhou is in such a horrible state that even the local residents are fleeing and don't want to come back. What can I do?" the chief envoy was extremely annoyed.

The response was still slow at the beginning, and the situation of fleeing from Liuzhou City should be put an end to it as soon as possible, otherwise it would not be as unmanageable as later. Now, all the wealthy households and wives in Liuzhou are gone, and the local officials are ignoring their own ban , Secretly win over, now I am afraid that it will be very difficult to let those people go back.

The point is that no officials are willing to manage the order there, so we can only let it rot like that. If this continues, Liuzhou... I'm afraid it will really be abolished!

"My lord..." In the tense atmosphere in the back hall of the government office, the servants outside hurriedly came to report: "Master Xuezheng has arrived!"

"Master Xuezheng is here?" Gong Qinian and the Taoist next to him hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Xuezheng is from the third rank, which is half a rank lower than Gong Qinian, the Jiangnan political envoy, but Xuezheng is an imperial envoy, and they are all warlocks. In the Jin Dynasty, warlocks and non-warlock civil servants had completely different status Different!

The Jiuqing and the governors of various places are all warlocks. Although the dynasty has only been established for 20 years, many people have realized that if they want to be promoted to that level of high positions, they can only be warlocks who compete with the blood family.

As the chief envoy of himself, he was almost the pinnacle of ordinary people being an official, but when facing a warlock official who was half a rank lower than himself, he could still only be polite and dare not show any disrespect.

"Master Mu, you've come!" Gong Qinian stepped forward with great enthusiasm, welcoming him into the room from the door, and immediately wanted to invite him to the first seat.

"Your Majesty Gong, you are welcome to take the seat!" Xuezheng Mu Hongqing seemed to be a very well-behaved person. Even though he was so sought after, he still maintained respect for the superior and refused to take the first seat.

Seeing this, Gong Qinian didn't force himself, he obviously knew the character of the other party, so after serving him a good tea, he still took the first seat by himself.

"Master Mu, why did you come here?"

"I'm sorry..." Mu Hongqing also looked embarrassed: "I was temporarily transferred back to the capital, and the subordinate officials rushed here without stopping. It seems that it is still a step late."

After Mr. Huapi's incident broke out, before he could go to Liuzhou to deal with the aftermath, he was transferred back to the capital for inspection by the court.

At that time, there were quite a few people who impeached him. After all, the entire Liuzhou officialdom was made up of puppets with human skins. This kind of appalling thing happened, and I, a student of politics, must bear the blame!

"No matter what, it's good that my lord is back." Gong Qinian said hastily.

Most warlocks have weird tempers, and this one in front of him is already the best Xuezheng he has ever gotten along with, so he really doesn't want to change partners easily.

Local officials rely heavily on Xuezheng for supernatural events. Anyone who has been a senior local official knows that supernatural events are very destructive to the local area and can most affect political performance. The Liuzhou incident is the best example.

As for an official of his level, his political performance is good enough, so he can recommend his family's qualified juniors to go to the hidden Warlock Academy in the capital. This thing happened.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if the official returns or not..." Mu Hongqing took a sip of tea and said seriously: "I went to Liuzhou yesterday and checked it out. Except for some puppets left by Mr. Huapi, There are no more suspicious things, and there will be no more supernatural events in a short time."

"The key now is not to dismiss me, but the local administrative order must be up and running first. If you want to restore Liuzhou's former role as a commercial road, you must first restore people's hearts, and let outsiders recognize Liuzhou's safety."

"That's why I'm looking forward to your return, my lord!" Gong Qinian said hastily: "You sit in Liuzhou, those big families in Liuzhou and some famous masters are willing to come back."

"The lower officials cannot guard Liuzhou, at least not for the time being..."

"What?" Gong Qinian was taken aback: "This...why?"

"After Mr. Huapi's incident, His Majesty has become suspicious of the whole of Jiangnan. Your majesty has to investigate several other sugarcane-rich state capitals in Jiangnan these days to avoid such turmoil in Liuzhou."

"This..." Gong Qinian choked when he heard this.

It's really hard to refute this. After all, although Liuzhou is important, the other prefectures in Jiangnan are even more important now, because if something like Liuzhou happens again, the whole Jiangnan will collapse.

"The lower official will send a competent disciple to station in Liuzhou, and accompany you, my lord, to discuss with those famous masters and let them go back to Liuzhou."

"Okay, okay!" Gong Qinian's face suddenly relaxed a lot: "This is Mrs. Lao Mu."

"My lord, you don't have to be polite about your duties." Mu Hongqing put down his teacup and said seriously: "But the role of lower officials is limited, and persuading a few famous masters to go back will not save Liuzhou's situation. Liuzhou wants to restore its previous role. , I still have to rely on the local officials, I received news that the new Liuzhou prefect has arrived today, and presumably tomorrow at the most, he will come to visit your lord and seek your support."

"Oh?" Gong Qinian got up immediately: "Has the magistrate of Liuzhou already decided on a candidate?" He rubbed his hands and said, "That's really great. Does Master Mu know who it is?"

"A Jinshi of the new department, named Chen Qing..."

"A Jinshi in the new department?" Gong Qinian's smile froze when he heard this.

Isn't this bullshit?

In the situation in Liuzhou, even experienced and competent officials would be extremely troublesome. What's the use of sending a new Jinshi without any experience in governing?

What's more, how can there be a new scholar who directly becomes the head of a government?

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