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After two or three days, Ren Ning stayed in the mansion with his wife and hardly ever went out, except for being rushed to the opposite Li's house by Yingpan.

This morning Ren Ning had just finished practicing martial arts, but the housekeeper Zou Dahe was already waiting by the side of the school field.

"General, County Guard Qin Pengju Mr. Qin arrived at the mansion early in the morning and is now in the living room."

Ren Ning nodded, and he was not surprised.

Guangxin is located in southern Xinjiang, with a humid climate, high mountains and dense forests, and many mosquitoes. In the past, many small countries in the south often went north to make trouble, and few wealthy families set their sights on this place.

It can be said that the only influence in the past was General Li's Mansion on the opposite side.

Now that my family has moved here, I have joined forces with the Li family to purchase land, recruit refugees from all over the country, expand post road urban construction, and run rubber factories to vigorously develop the people's livelihood economy.

Such a big family can be said to be very important.

As the highest officials of the place, the Sheriff's Office would naturally look at them more.

Ren Ning came back from Baekje all the way to visit his relatives, but Qin Pengju might not know about it.

But two days ago, when they hired Li's family, there would definitely be an uproar in Nanshu City.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Ren Ning will come to the door in person at this meeting.

"Butler, go and tell Lord Qin that I'm sweating all over after practicing martial arts, and I'll see him after I wash up."

Zou Dahe should leave.

Qin Pengju?
Ren Ning silently thought about this person's information as he walked back.

Except for a few of Yunchui's [-] prefects, such as Ren Jie, the current prefect of Miwu County, almost all of them were from Juren.

Qin Pengju is no exception.

Speaking of which, he and Zhu Jialiang, governor of Dingxi County, were both Jinshi in the same class.

The fate of the same two people is roughly similar.

Despite their devotion to their duties, neither of them had a backer, nor did they learn how to find a backer like others.

The last one went to the western frontier where the land was desolate and war-torn, and the other worked in the southern border where there were high mountains, dense forests, dense mosquitoes and many mosquitoes.

Front yard, living room.

Holding a cup of tea, Qin Peng looked around the room in front of him with emotion.

It was the end of September at this time, traditionally the time for harvesting crops in the Central Plains and the time when the taxes of the counties were turned over to the treasury.

In other words, it is time to evaluate the achievements of the prefectures in various places for one year.

Generally speaking, in previous years, except for the wealthy upper-class counties in the central and eastern regions, the tax payment in other places was more or less uneven.

Of course, some special middle counties are also exceptions.

For example, Yingling and Jiuyuan, where the Yunchui horse farms are located, Baihua and Canglan counties, which are rich in medicines, and Qingshi county, which is rich in iron ore, can also collect the tax revenue of the year under normal circumstances.

As for the ten inferior counties such as Laigu, Miwu, Dingxi, Guangxin, etc., it would be good if the central government did not pay back their finances, let alone collect all the taxes they should pay.

But in the past two years, a low-level county suddenly appeared, which made the household department and the county guards all over the country look at it with admiration.

Not only can the county's tax money be collected on time, but the local government still has a surplus in addition to the amount handed over to the central treasury.

This inferior county is of course Guangxin under his supervision.

Qin Pengju shook his head.

At first, he and his master thought it was because the neighbor Nanfeng was knocked down, the environment around Guangxin improved greatly, and the people began to live and work in peace and contentment.

Later, I thought it was the General Li's Mansion across the street that played a role.

It was finally realized that the main factor was the Xuanwu General's Mansion, which had just moved to Guangxin less than a year ago...

Ren Ning didn't have the habit of making people wait, and he arrived in the living room not long after.

The moment he heard the door knock, Qin Pengju stood up respectfully.

"This is General Ren. Sure enough, he is young and promising, and I have admired him for a long time."

"By the way, I heard that the general will soon have a double happiness. I will say congratulations first, and then I will ask for a glass of water and wine."

Ren Ning smiled and nodded slightly.

He has all the information about Qin Pengju and what he has done in these years. Although it is the first time for the two to meet, Ren Ning has a good impression of this sheriff.

"What is the identity of Mr. Qin, as long as you are willing to come, the whole house will welcome you. Please sit down."

The two exchanged polite compliments.

Ren Ning quickly turned to the topic, "Your Majesty is here this time, do you have any advice?"

"Don't dare." Qin Pengju carefully glanced at the overly young general in front of him, "I wonder if General Ren has read the recent newspapers?"

Ren Ning's eyes flashed.

In order to get home as soon as possible, he and Lei Er drove all the way.

Try not to stop unless necessary to resupply and rest.Even the accommodation at night is easy, and it is not demanding that you have to go to the villages, towns and cities to stop.

Therefore, he really didn't pay attention to the recent newspapers.

And when he got home, he talked about all kinds of affairs in the big general's mansion, no more, no less.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and he also didn't pick up the newspaper.

"I didn't pay much attention," Ren Ning shook his head and smiled, "I don't know what happened to Yunchui recently?"

It was so serious that the magistrate even mentioned it specifically.

Qin Pengju was not surprised, he took out a newspaper and handed it over, "Why don't you read it first, General?"

Ren Ning quickly glanced at the headlines on the front page, his face changed slightly.

A large number of Japanese pirate fleets appeared in the ocean east of Huayang County, and Mo Canghai urgently asked for help from all directions.

The news is not long, just a few words.

Ren Ning read it carefully.

Complimenting each other based on the situation he learned, he suddenly figured out the cause and effect, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was better for Japanese pirates to be lured out by Lu Yulong than for them to come out suddenly and attack them.

Ugh.

Ren Ning sighed.

"There are wolves in the east and tigers in the west. The grassland people in the west have just been beaten back, and the Japanese pirates are about to move in the east again. Yunchui is really unlucky."

"However," he waved the newspaper in his hand blankly, "the general is on vacation, and the distance between Guangxin and Huayang County can be said to be unreachable. I don't know why the county governor is looking for me?"

Qin Pengju didn't answer this question, but took the newspaper and flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Ren Ning again.

"General Ren, please read this royal anecdote. It has been widely circulated throughout Yunchui recently."

secret?

Ren Ning pouted.

Royal anecdotes or unofficial histories on the market are the same as the marketing accounts of later generations. Most of the contents of the opening picture are all made up, and they are made up to attract attention.

Anyway, the content is true or false, and no one can verify it.

However, the common people are flocking to this, and occasionally they are not convinced when they hear it.

But such stories also have advantages, such as greatly increasing the sales of newspapers.

Ren Ning glanced at it disinterestedly.

"Master Hongguang spoke out in the palace, and some princes have been living among the people since childhood."

The following is a story told by a maid who has left the palace, which is tortuous and touching.

However, the author is an ordinary person after all, and does not know the living habits of noble families, let alone the situation in the palace. The content is all based on personal imagination.

Ren Ning only glanced at the first two lines of literature, and found many common-sense misunderstandings, and immediately put down the newspaper.

His tone was light and cold.

"Lord Qin, the majestic sheriff should worry about the county's official affairs. Now that he came to my house specifically, is this what the general is looking at?"

"Ridiculous!"

However, Qin Pengju's face remained unchanged.

"General Ren, this story seems a bit ridiculous. But you must have not read the content. The prince living among the people mentioned above is vaguely pointing to you, General."