Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 294
Bingzhou City is not as prosperous as Chang'an. If we compare it to later generations, it is probably the difference between the capital and the provincial capital.

In terms of age, Bingzhou is comparable to Chang'an.

According to legend, after Dayu controlled the floods, China was divided into Kyushu, and Bingzhou is one of Kyushu.Almost all the cities in the territory of the Tang Dynasty are named after "states", but Bingzhou is an authentic and original "state", which existed during the Dayu period.

A famous city in ancient times must be a land of outstanding people and spirits.

Therefore, although the city of Bingzhou is not as prosperous as Chang'an, there are many literati and scholars chatting side by side and walking slowly on the streets.

Li Qinzai walked to the restaurant with a group of officials, which was what Li Qinzai insisted on.

He had to take a look at the weather in the city, and the most convenient and intuitive way to observe a city was to look at the people and pedestrians on the streets.

The streets are all living beings.

Although literati and scholars are calm and unhurried, not everyone is calm and unhurried.

Those ordinary people are not so elegant. As far as Li Qinzai saw, the common people were hurrying along with worried faces, and outside some shops such as grain shops and rice shops on the street, there were always some people with hungry faces. The people are wandering and cruising.

The street is not prosperous, and many shops with signboards have closed their doors for some reason.

What was even more unusual was that there were so many sergeants patrolling the city. Li Qinzai went out from the Governor's Mansion, and after less than an hour of walking, he saw five teams of sergeants patrolling the city passing by the middle of the street.

This kind of high-frequency street patrol has never existed in Chang'an, the capital of the country.

After walking in the city for a stick of incense, Li Qinzai's eyes had already seen a lot. What he saw was more vivid and intuitive than what was described in the memorial and Baiqisi's information.

The prosperity of this city seems to have been deliberately whitewashed, glamorous, like a prop board in a film and television drama, just to fool the audience.

He continued to chat and laugh with Wang Shifu and other officials calmly, and came to a rather luxurious restaurant.

The restaurant was empty. I don't know if it was because there were no customers, or because officials cleared the venue in advance. The restaurant owner stood at the door with a smile and saluted Li Qinzai, and led everyone into the restaurant graciously.

When the banquet started, not only delicacies from mountains and seas were served, but also a group of maikos dancing in the hall to add to the fun.

In an instant, Li Qinzai had an illusion, as if he was in the night banquet of the rich and powerful in Chang'an City, rather than the dangerous city where the drought was imminent.

Everything is normal, as if there is no problem in Bingzhou City, the wine is still drunk, the dance is still danced, the cups are mixed, and the face is red.

After the officials toasted frequently, Li Qinzai finally blushed from drinking, and was swayed back to the governor's mansion by Liu Asi's support, while the officials sent them to the backyard with still unfulfilled intentions, before they each said their goodbyes and left.

After stepping through the arched door in the backyard and entering a bedroom on the north side, the swaying Li Qinzai instantly regained his sanity, knelt in the room, frowning, without saying a word.

Liu Asi was stunned: "Fifth Shaolang, are you...are you drunk or not?"

Li Qinzai grinned: "Guess?"

"Aren't you drunk? Did you pretend to be drunk just now?"

"Heh, do you think I'm so happy and forthright drinking with a group of strangers? Are you heartless?"

Liu Ahsi hesitated and said, "But... Wu Shaolang, why are you pretending to be drunk?"

"What you need to see and what you need to listen to are almost the same. Of course, you have to pretend to be drunk and leave. Are you familiar with them? Squeeze smiles and socialize with you, are they worthy?"

Li Qinzai served as governor of Bingzhou, so Liu Ah Si naturally knew some of the purpose of his trip, and asked in a low voice, "Where does Wu Shaolang come to Bingzhou to deal with the disaster?"

Li Qinzai said lazily: "No rush, Bingzhou officialdom is interesting, I plan to see more."

Liu Ah Si suddenly couldn't understand Li Qinzai a little bit. Although he couldn't understand Li Qinzai before, this time it was really abnormal.

As soon as he entered the Governor's Mansion, Li Qinzai showed a completely different face from before, a domineering and brain-dead dandy image, and a strong message was revealed in his words, as if telling them that he was just a passer-by with mixed qualifications , with background and identity but no brains.

After a short banquet, the newcomers set up steadily and vividly.

Liu Ahsi observed silently during the banquet, and found that several officials looked at each other during the banquet, showing understanding smiles, obviously really regarded Li Qinzai as a brain-dead dude.

With Liu Ahsi's IQ, he couldn't figure out why Wu Shaolang pretended to be brainless and drunk. After more than a year, he got used to Li Qinzai's reborn new image, and suddenly returned to his old dandy appearance. Liu Ahsi was really not used to it. I don't know whether Wu Shaolang's character design will stand or collapse.

What Liu Ah Si couldn't figure out was why Wu Shaolang still calmly stayed in the governor's mansion and ignored the imminent disaster even though the drought outside Bingzhou was severe.

"In your opinion, when I first arrived in Bingzhou City, I should rush out of the city and go to the countryside to open canals and storehouses for farmers to alleviate the disaster?" Li Qinzai asked lazily.

Liu Asi nodded subconsciously: "Isn't that how officials deal with disasters?"

"It's true that we should do this, but Bingzhou is different..." Li Qinzai exhaled softly, and said, "The water in Bingzhou is very deep, and the officials in the Governor's Mansion can't tell the traitor from the loyal for now, not to mention that there is a Korean lady in the city. If I go to the countryside to build canals and storehouses, I’m afraid the backyard will catch fire.”

"If you want to save the people, you must first find out the officialdom in Bingzhou. Whether it is opening a canal or repairing a treasury, they are the ones who really do things. If you don't control the officials first, everything will fail."

Liu Ah Si is a martial artist after all, he seemed to understand Li Qinzai's words, but he still respectfully said: "The villain does not understand the principle, but Wu Shaolang has orders, the villain will go through fire and water."

Li Qinzai said thoughtfully: "Send a few people out to find out how many official warehouses there are in the city and where they are located, and then let a hundred people pretend to be scattered around the official warehouses, and closely monitor the personnel entering and leaving the official warehouses." ..."

Liu Ah Si was taken aback, but he was used to only obeying orders without asking why, so he clasped his fists and said solemnly, "Yes."

There was no other reason for Li Qinzai's order to secretly monitor Guancang, it was purely poisoned by film and television dramas in his previous life.

Anyway, if there is any trouble in any place in the film and television drama, the local official warehouse is always the first to be unlucky.

When the imperial envoy comes down, someone will burn the official warehouse, if the account books are wrong, the official warehouse will be burned, and if the drought or flood disaster occurs, the official warehouse will be burned. Even if officials are transferred from the imperial court in the capital, the local official warehouse will be inexplicably caught on fire.

People can't help but wonder if the place where the official warehouse was built in ancient times was a violation of the Five Elements, specifically to fight against the fire.

Since Li Qinzai became the governor of Bingzhou, he naturally had to plan ahead, otherwise so many costume dramas in his previous life would be in vain.

Liu Ahsi left the bedroom, and Li Qinzai rubbed his face alone in the room.

Although she was pretending to be drunk just now, she did drink a lot and was a little over the top.

When he first came to Bingzhou today, he felt that Bingzhou was unusual, especially in the official circles of Bingzhou.

At this time, what he lacked was information about Bingzhou, all kinds of information.

"Suddenly I miss Song Sen, I miss... more than I miss my mother-in-law." Li Qinzai murmured.

In the afternoon, he took a nap in the room, and not long after he slept, Liu Asi came to report in a hurry.

"Hundred Knights, Song Sen, please see me."

Li Qinzai was dazed for a long while with his sleepy eyes open.

What do you think, could it be that when you miss Song Sen, a shooting star happens to fly over your head?
Not in a hurry to see Song Sen, Li Qinzai started feudal superstition activities in the house, secretly staring at the beams of the house and making a wish.

"What about the next storm?"

There was no movement outside the house, neither thunder nor lightning.

Wishing too much is equivalent to praying for world peace, and God may not be able to do it.

So Li Qinzai resolutely retreated and begged for the next step: "... bless the head office that I will not lose my hair in this life?"

The scalp suddenly went numb, God seemed to have received his wish, and added a condition to his scalp.

Very good, no hair loss is enough, as for the drought in Bingzhou... Well, man can conquer nature!
"Let Song Sen come in." Li Qinzai ordered.

Not long after, Song Sen, with a friendly face and humble smile, walked into the room and saluted as if a bank teller had won a large customer with hundreds of millions of deposits.

"I'm paying my respects to Li Xianbo, Li's governor, Shaolang Jun is amazing, he's a governor in his early twenties, I've never heard of it since the founding of the Tang Dynasty." Song Sen said with a smile.

Li Qinzai accepted Song Sen's absurd praise without hesitation, and said, "You have to work hard. I have known you for so long, and you are still in charge of Baiqisi. It is said that you are still a deputy. What are you doing?"

Song Sen's smiling face froze instantly.

It's too much to get stabbed at the first meeting.

(End of this chapter)