Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 397

Along the way, he met five or six waves of people who came to report in succession. Li Shanlue didn't ask questions, but he felt at ease.

At most, the aborigines rejected the outsiders, and the outsiders just wanted to form a group... Li Shan also thought about this, but he didn't expect that Ma Zhou could not deal with it decisively.

Li Shan didn't go directly to the incident, but turned to Beishi on the way. If he wanted to know the inside story, he had to find Ma Zhou, and Ma Zhou was basically in Beishi.

Today, this northern city is well-known throughout the entire Hedong Road, and some people even compare it with the eastern and western cities of Chang'an.

Of course, there is no comparison in terms of scale, but because the Eastern and Western Turks have cut off the commercial route of the Western Regions and Chang'an, and the Western Turks are in civil strife, frequent wars have led to the severance of commercial routes. Beishi not only provides goods for export, but also Hu merchants from afar.

Riding horses is not allowed in the city, so Li Shan got off his horse and entered the market on foot, thinking that after the long-term war, perhaps other industries such as farming would stagnate or even regress in the short term, but business would definitely take advantage of the momentum, which was determined by the market itself.

"Lang Jun."

A shout came from far away, Li Shan smiled and waved: "How?"

The person who came was He Lou Xingshu, who was able to become an official after serving as Li Shan's personal guard for just over a month. He went to Chang'an some time ago and awarded You Xiaowei Sige. The clan saw hope.

"Lang Jun, everything is as usual, and Mr. Ma has made all arrangements." Although He Lou Xingshu has entered the official position, he is now in charge of horse affairs, pointing to various places and introducing: "The west entrance of Beishi is the grain entrance, and the grains transported from various places are all there. Weighing and weighing, judging the fineness, went through three steps in total, and finally Mr. Ma issued the horse guide."

"It's really a loss to Brother Bin Wang." Li Shan was a little guilty.

Just as he was talking, Ma Zhou walked over from there... Li Shan felt even more guilty when he saw it. Although he had been traveling in Shandong in the past two years, in general, Ma Zhou had a good life as a child, and he grew fat . . . and now lean and lean.

Thinking about it, Li Shanshou was at Yanmen Pass, and almost left such a big deal to Ma Zhou... He pondered, it was just a piece of cake to deal with these government affairs during the Zhenguan period, and Ma Zhou was in the military. There is nothing special about it.

"Hey, isn't this Guantao county magistrate?" Ma Zhou said eccentrically, and even made a special salute, "Wansheng pays his respects to Mingfu."

"There are so many people..." Li Shan coughed twice, "Brother Bin Wang, enough is enough."

Ma Zhou said with a sneer, "If something had not happened, I don't know when Ming Mansion will be able to return!"

"It's just a trivial matter." Li Shan said shyly, "The main thing this time is to thank Brother Bin Wang for his great help."

Ma Zhou was still sarcastic, "I don't dare to be the Ming Dynasty's thanks."

Li Shan was a little surprised. Although Ma Zhou had always spoken harshly like Ling Jing, he was not the one to hold on to him. Why did he look so angry today?
Pulling Ma Zhou to find a place to sit down, Li Shan accompanied him carefully, and it took a while for Ma Zhou to vent his anger.

During this period of time, Ma Zhou was very tired. On the one hand, he had to be responsible for the transactions in Beishi. In some places, he used the personal guards he brought, but in other places, he used the children of the local powerful clan, so Ma Zhou dared not To the effect that pumping water in Beishi is a major source of income for Li Shan, and it is also the most direct and stable base.

On the other hand, Ma Zhou is responsible for handing over Ma Yin to Chai Shao, counting food and grass, distributing Ma Yin, and checking for omissions... If Li Shan hadn't trained a group of people who are proficient in mathematics, he would have been too busy. .

In addition, Ma Zhou has to manage the accounts of Yuhuchun Winery. The caravans of Daixian and Hedong dynasties, some buy wine directly with cash, some buy wine on credit, and some use grain as a deduction, plus the good horses brought back last time. Quota quantity... Fortunately, Li Shan made a special form at Yanmen Pass, and Ma Zhou only needed to fill it up according to the gourd drawing.

Listening to Ma Zhou's slow narration, Li Shan looked at it carefully. Although these things took a lot of time and effort, they should not be the cause of Ma Zhou's anger. There should be other things.

"Qi Lao San has never stopped there. The red bricks have been sent to various places as soon as they leave the factory to build new houses." Ma Zhou spread a map on the table and sighed, "You can't choose a place at will. In order to cooperate with the granting of land, the voters should be dispersed as much as possible in the future and separated in different places to prevent gathering and causing trouble."

Li Shan blinked, isn't this what we discussed before?
"What's missing?"

Ma Zhou sighed again, "Although Dai County is still dilapidated, it has sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain, and it seems to be rising..."

Li Shan raised his eyebrows, "Which families are making trouble?"

Ma Zhou didn't understand this word, but he knew what Li Shan was asking... They had discussed the possible greed of the powerful clan in Dai County two months ago.

Whoever wants to die, beat him!

The next moment, Li Shan reacted immediately, and he granted Ma Zhou the power to manage Beishi and Ma Yin, but the collision with the powerful clan in Dai County... Ma Zhou is not qualified for this, not even Li Shan's authorization. possible.

I used to complain that Ma Zhou was not decisive enough to deal with it. In fact, Ma Zhou had no way to deal with it, and he didn't have the power... In Li Shan's view, this is the name of the future, but in the eyes of others, he is just a down-and-out scribe.

Presumably, Ma Zhou has suffered a lot during this period of time... Li Shan couldn't help feeling guilty when he thought of this, and said with a dry smile, "Brother Bin Wang, just send a letter to Yanmen Pass for such things..."

"Speak lightly!" Ma Zhou glared, "Except you, who can suppress them?"

"not to mention……"

Ma Zhou's cheeks moved, "In your words, none of them are good birds!"

"Tell me."

"Take this matter as an example. It's Sanlizhuang...you have been there twice." Ma Zhou explained in detail: "The first group of people who moved from Yunzhou, 40 people were arranged in Sanlizhuang. Eight new houses were built."

Li Shan squinted and interrupted suddenly, "Is it the Li family?"

"That's right, the patriarch has a son who is your personal guard. I remember that Wang Junhao valued him very much, and his shooting skills are very good." Ma Zhou nodded, "The Li family robbed those eight new houses, and granted them a total of more than 200 mu of land. The ripe fields were also taken away by the Li family."

"When the news came up, a certain person went there three times, but the persuasion failed."

"Afterwards, the people of Yunzhou gathered hundreds of people together. The two sides have fought twice. Fortunately, no one has been killed. However, they have also robbed several houses of the Li family, even the Li family's ancestral house. .”

"Until last night, when the partial division sent by King Huaiyang arrived in Dai County, Du Xiao went to borrow three hundred horses to suppress the situation... Waiting for you to deal with it."

After listening, Li Shan immediately said: "In short, the Li family broke the rules first, and the people of Yunzhou are not easy to bully, right?"

"En." Ma Zhou paused, and said in a low voice, "Now the voters are determined, they must live in groups, otherwise they would rather leave."

Li Shan sneered and said: "Since ancient times, there has been a road in Huashan. If you enter my nest, you will die in Dai County!"

Looking at Li Shan with cold eyes, Ma Zhou reminded: "If you use the thunderbolt method, no matter who you target, there may be instability in the future."

Li Shan said: "But if we only use Huairou, the two sides will inevitably have disputes again in the future."

"Therefore, both kindness and might will be given."

(End of this chapter)