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Chapter 177 The Danger of Ningzhou
Zhao Xun and his party stayed in Hezhou for a few more days.

After ensuring that the governor Chu Fengnian and the county magistrate Song Liangpeng were escorted to Chang'an, Zhao Xun personally presided over the post-disaster reconstruction work in Hezhou.

The first is to build the house.

This is not difficult.

The main body of buildings in this era is wooden structures, which can be built very quickly.

Facts have proved that as long as the government can play a role model, even if it is only a guide, the efficiency of the common people will be greatly improved.

To put it bluntly, what the common people lack is only a backbone.

However, Chu Fengnian, Song Liangpeng and other officials don't even want to do such a thing, they really deserve to die.

Of course, Zhao Xun knew that relying on them alone would not do.

They will leave Hezhou sooner or later, so someone must be able to step up to them.

Fortunately, Liu Muzhi, the second official in Hezhou, is a very capable person. He was only suppressed by Chu Fengnian before, and he was depressed.

After Chu Fengnian was arrested and escorted to Chang'an, Liu Muzhi, the adjutant, took the top position as a matter of course.

Zhao Xun observed carefully for a day or two, and found that Liu Muzhi handled government affairs in an orderly manner, and was a man of great affairs.

Only then did he feel relieved and decided to set off to continue south.

Along the way, Zhao Xun traveled from the north to the south, and what impressed him the most was that the place was far less peaceful than the court had heard.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, and the common people live in extremely difficult conditions.

If the local officials don't do anything, they only need to bribe the Shangguan to get the protection of the Shangguan.

The bigwigs in the imperial court turned a blind eye, and the emperor naturally felt that he had created a peaceful world for a long time.

Zhao Xun found that what he could do was limited. After he dealt with one Chu Fengnian, there would be another hundred or so Chu Fengnian who would continue to entrap the people, domineering, and do everything except not doing business.

In the final analysis, the court still needs to make changes.

It is unreliable to rely on the so-called inspecting censors alone.

After getting along with these censors day and night these days, Zhao Xun has a very intuitive feeling.

That is, these censors don't care about the suffering of people's livelihood at all.

Those so-called deafening voices they make are actually all to win a good reputation.

The so-called selling directly sells a miserable reputation, and seeking it is to leave a name in history.

But in fact, they will not speak out for the people, because it offends people and the profit is too low.

The censor is not afraid of offending people, but he must get an equivalent.

If nothing can be obtained, Yu Shi will definitely not be the one who charges.

Zhao Xun suddenly discovered that this world is no different from those dynasties in history except for the practitioners.

Continuing to go south on the building boat, Zhao Xun obviously lost the good mood he had when he first left Chang'an.

His heart is very heavy, even Wangcai's jokes can't make him smile.

The situation along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River is probably worse than here, right?

Monsters and beasts run rampant and feed on the common people.

Local officials can't control it even if they want to.

How could a mere mortal fight against a monster?
This is also the fundamental reason why the imperial court asked Zhao Xun to go to Jiangnan Road.

Zhao Xun himself is a practitioner, but more importantly, Zhao Xun has the support of Taoism and academies behind him.

With the blessing and assistance of these two forces, it is impossible for ordinary monsters to do anything to him.

Now Zhao Xun has unknowingly become a knife in the hands of the court. Whether he wants to or not, he will be used by the court as a sharp blade to cut the mess.

I just hope to get to the Jiangnan coast soon, Zhao Xun can't wait for a moment.

I don't know whether it was Zhao Xun's prayers that helped, or the bad luck of the imperial envoy had dissipated.

In the next few days, the building boat traveled very smoothly along the way.

After disembarking and changing to a carriage, Zhao Xun and his party finally arrived at the first coastal station of Jiangnan Road - Ningzhou after a whole day of traveling.

Surrounded by the sea on three sides, Ningzhou is a peninsula.

The unique geographical location makes Ningzhou an important seaport.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not ban the sea like the previous dynasties, so the private sea trade was very developed.

Ningzhou Port was originally very prosperous.

It's a pity that the monsters that have been raging recently often hurt and eat people, so that the fleet dare not go to sea, and the caravans all go around.

Ningzhou became much deserted for a while.

Wan Yan, governor of Ningzhou, led officials of all sizes out of the city to greet him early.

Zhao Xun led the imperial envoy to the prefectural office.

Without waiting for Wan Inspector to say more, Zhao Xun asked first: "Wan Inspector, the imperial envoy heard that the entire coast of Jiangnan Road has been trapped by monsters recently, and the people along the coast have been harassed by this beast. How is the situation in Ningzhou? "

Zhao Xun was fine if he didn't ask, but Wan Yan burst into tears when he asked.

This time Zhao Xun was confused.

After all, this Wanshishi is also an official of the imperial court, and he has been trained by a serious bureaucratic system, so he can't be so fragile, right?
"My lord imperial envoy doesn't know that this monster is raging along the coast, and Ningzhou is the hardest hit area. Originally, Ningzhou Port was still a prosperous scene half a year ago, but it has been so depressed in just half a year. The officials are incompetent, I have exhausted all methods, but I just can't catch this monster. If you don't come again, the subordinate will want to commit suicide to apologize."

Zhao Xun saw that his grief-stricken look did not seem to be fake, so he asked in a deep voice: "So, this monster is definitely beyond human power."

"That's right, my lord imperial envoy. It is said that this monster has reached some kind of agreement with the members of the Demon Sect, and that's why it harassed my Great Zhou coast."

Wan Cishi cried with snot and tears.

Mozong?

Zhao Xun frowned when he heard these two words.

He didn't have a good impression of Mozong, and during the battle of Huangzhou, he fought to the death with Mozong, a big devil with a third-rank foundation.

This guy is promoted to the second rank by relying on the magic sect's skills, and even wants to break through the first rank.

Although the time he can last in the second-rank realm is limited, he is still a second-rank after all. Zhao Xun and the others worked together to kill him.

Now that he heard the word Mozong again, Zhao Xun instinctively felt vigilant.

Why did the members of the Demon Sect reach an agreement with the monster?

In Zhao Xun's perception, the Demon Sect should have a closer relationship with the northern barbarians.

As for the monsters, there is one in the Nanban, and there are beasts hidden in the depths of the sea.

It stands to reason that there can be no connection between humans and monsters in the Demon Sect, whether it is the branch of the Southern Man or the ones hidden in the sea, this is determined by geographical conditions.

If it is said that Dongyue Kingdom has a connection with monsters, it is more reliable than the people in the Demon Sect.

Zhao Xun felt that either Governor Wan was talking nonsense, or there was really some big conspiracy hidden in it.

Zhao Xun is more inclined to the latter.

After all, the governor of Wanzhou still looks very decent.

Zhao Xun tried to use the mind-watching technique to enter his sea of ​​consciousness, but couldn't succeed.

This proves that Wan Cishi at least won the hearts of the people and was blessed by luck.

"Tell me everything you know carefully."

Zhao Xun ordered without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)