On the big tree in the yard, cicadas were hoarsely chirping, as if telling the impatience of summer.

Under the tree, Xu Ping was half lying on a bamboo chair, shaking a palm fan in his hand, looking at the recent report. In the past two years, the court had no major issues, and had no life tossing about some minor issues. In the past few months, he issued two edicts to cancel the land of the local officials, and he asked to investigate the poor and barren mu, so he did not want to give the small officials a quiet life. However, the biggest rival of the Song Dynasty, the Khitan, had undergone drastic changes. Last month, the old master Yelu Longxu died, and Bazi Mubugu changed his name to Yelu Zongzhen and ascended the throne. The habit of the grassland dynasty was that every time a new master was established, it would take several years to make a move. It seemed that there was no major event in the north of the Song Dynasty in a short period of time.

In the ninth year of Tiansheng, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty was twenty-two years old and had not yet ruled. He was fifteen years old and was still a confused boy. King Li Foma of Jiaozhi was thirty-two years old and was full of energy. Li Yuanhao of Dangxiang was twenty-eight years old and had already shown his strength as the heir to the throne.

All the protagonists who have gained the power of the Taiwan power in East Asia are just young and middle-aged people, quietly brewing storms.

Xu Ping, located in Yongzhou, always pays attention to the movements in Jiaozhi in the south. With the calmness of the country there, his external momentum became more and more aggressive, and the three states of Yong, Qin and Lian were the first to be affected.

There is also a Guangyuanzhou Nongcunfu, which is a self-reliant country between the two places. It has been expanding rapidly in recent years. Yongzhou is barely blocked by two old Tuzhous, Bozhou and Tianzhou. Xu Ping is not familiar with Nongcunfu and has been paying attention to his son Nong Zhigao, who has left his name in history. Nong Zhigao was eight years old this year and was a newly sensible baby. If you want to make trouble, you have to wait for another seven or eight years.

In other words, with the idea of ​​Nong Zhigao, Xu Ping felt that Yongzhou could be calm for another ten or eight years, and that there would be no accident in his post and he had never taken any fierce actions against the surrounding forces.

However, in the past two years, the court has been too calm inside and outside, which makes Xu Ping feel uneasy. He always feels that his wishful thinking is just a mistake.

Not far from Xu Ping, Xiuxiu sat on a small stool making needles and whispering some unknown songs. Even Xiuxiu was fifteen years old and slowly took off her childish aura.

At this moment, Xiuxiu suddenly said briskly: "Brother Gao is here. Why haven't you seen you these two days? Sister Liu Xiaomei said she missed you yesterday!"

Gao Daquan said a little embarrassedly: "What do you know, a child? You are just talking nonsense!"

Seeing Xu Ping looking over, Gao Daquan hurriedly bowed and handed over a list in his hand: "Official, this is a list of road construction for Jinguang Temple. Please check it out."

Xu Ping took it, took a look at it casually, and handed it back to Gao Daquan: "All the money has doubled. These believers in Qinzhou are all rich people, don't let them down."

"Double the amount of money?" Gao Daquan asked in confusion.

"Not bad, double it." Xu Ping nodded, "Part of the extra money is distributed to let the brothers drink and eat meat. You can save the rest first as a small treasury and use it in the future."

Gao Daquan still doesn’t understand: “Why? Cultivating a Buddhist temple is to do good deeds, how can officials——”

Xu Ping smiled and said, "When did you do good deeds when to build a Buddhist temple? The lonely and young people outside, those who are young and old, who are not full or warm in food, I don't have enough food and clothing. I give porridge every day to do good deeds. The mountains here are continuous and the roads are rugged. You are doing good deeds by paving roads and bridges everywhere. Yongzhou is remote and does not know how to educate, so I print books and build schools to do good deeds. Those who have passed the examination, I take out my wallet to pay them the road fees to Beijing for the exam, which can also be said to do good deeds. Only when building a Buddhist temple is not allowed to eat or wear. That is, the monks chant Amitabha Buddha and smile and say that it is us doing good deeds. They say that good deeds are really good deeds?"

Gao Daquan touched his head: "Anyone who believes in Buddha must be compassionate, which is also a custom of education. If the various lewd temples here are cut off, isn't it a good deed?"

"I am a local chief and I have the responsibility to educate the local government. This education is not taught by monks. Everyone believes in Buddhism. Doesn't it mean that I am a official? If you want to say that it is a guide to others for goodness, the words of sages, and the laws of the country, which one does not guide to others for goodness? Why do you have to believe in monks?"

Seeing that Gao Daquan was still confused, Xu Ping said again: "What I just said has nothing to do with you, so just forget it if you don't listen. But the cost is a little more expensive, and I have other intentions."

"The official is still talking clearly, he is a little stupid."

Xu Ping put down the mansion report in his hand, took a letter from the table in front of him, and said to Gao Daquan: "That day we went to the Golden Light Ding. I always felt that those people came strangely. After I came back, I asked Feng Zhizhou to go to Qinzhou to check the secrets of these people. The great monk Zhiyun was nothing. The letter said that he was a master of Taoism and had also followed a sea boat to search for the true scriptures. There were many believers. What made me most suspicious was the big financial master, Mr. Huang Wei. The letter said that he was originally from Guangzhou, but Guangzhou belonged to the East Road and could not be investigated for a while. However, the business Huang Wei did in Qinzhou, which sold a lot of specialties of our barbarians in the mountains of Yongzhou. He also engaged in overseas trade and had a large family property. He was a great official in Qinzhou."

Gao Daquan still doesn't understand: "It's nothing?"

"Nothing? He is from Guangzhou. What are he going to do in Qinzhou for overseas business? How much business can't be done in Guangzhou? Besides, where is Qinzhou? There is a Boyichang that trades with Jiaozhi. When he doesn't do Jiaozhi business, he specializes in selling specialties from Yongzhou Mountain. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Gao Daquan had never touched these things before, and was still confused.

Xu Ping sighed and said, "Where did he come from these Yongzhou specialties? If you walk on the water route, you will go all the way to the river mouth of Guangzhou. Why do you have to go to Qinzhou? This is clear that his goods did not pass through us, but went directly from the mountains. When moving to Longdong, the line on Shangsizhou has a mountain road that leads to Qinzhou, which should be the source of his goods."

Speaking of this, Xu Ping put down the letter in his hand, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "They are all candidates who failed Guangzhou. This Huang Wei reminds people of someone."

Not long after Xu Ping arrived in Ruhe County, he once asked Li Anren to find a mainland businessman who traded with the barbarians for him. The person he found was a Guangzhou Jinshi named Huang Shimi. As a result, because he was interested in the Nong family in Guangyuanzhou, not only did his business not complete, but Xu Ping was also driven out of Yongzhou and was no longer allowed to trade in Yongzhou.

Several years have passed since the incident, and Xu Ping has forgotten what Huang Shimi looks like, but when he saw Huang Wei that day, Xu Ping always felt a little familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, he remembered Huang Shimi.

Of course, Huang Wei could not have come to change his name by Huang Shimi, as that would be too courageous. However, they are both surnamed Huang, both from Guangzhou, and they all do barbarian business, so I'm afraid they are a relative.

Xu Ping is not a petty person, but Huang Shimi's appearance made him very uncomfortable at the time, and it was also suspected of colluding with the enemy and treason. Xu Ping would not let him go easily.

How could Xu Ping make things done by someone like Huang Wei feel comfortable? Taking advantage of this opportunity, he will first scrap out a few hundred stagnant of money. I think their family is looking at Yongzhou's development in the past two years, so how can businessmen be jealous of money? Taking advantage of this excuse to get close to Xu Ping, he still wants to do business in Yongzhou.

Thinking of this level, Xu Ping would not let them relax and insist on letting them remember the lesson. Doing the price of road construction is also what Xu Ping wants to test their attitude, and then decide what to do next according to the reaction.
Chapter completed!