Civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty, begging me to ascend the throne

Luo Xunzhi, the magistrate of Suizhou, was very panicked. When he heard Jiang Sile say this with his own ears, he panicked to the extreme. His already skinny body trembled, as if it would fall apart in the next second.

Jiang Sile didn't make things difficult for the old man, Suizhou...it was really hard.

Suizhou is geographically close to the border, but due to its terrain, Suizhou is extremely unsuitable for defending against foreign invasion.

It has no dangerous terrain and is not suitable for ambushes, but its flat sand dunes are very suitable for Qingyi cavalry to gallop.The emperor has always only sent a large number of garrisons in Chengzhou. For Suizhou, most of them asked it to collect food to ease military supplies.

Therefore, the tax in Suizhou is the highest in Daxia. Even Jiangzhou, Jizhou, Mingzhou and other rich regions with rich geographical resources and many merchants, the tax required by the state every year is not as remote and barren as Suizhou. There are many cities.

In addition to being ignored by the Ministry of War because the geographical location is not suitable for defensive operations, there is another reason why the imperial court did not value it-the dune area.

The terrain of Suizhou mostly has small sand dunes, which is extremely unsuitable for growing food.Rice and other crops that require a lot of water cannot be grown in Suizhou.

The habit of growing agricultural products also affects people's diet, Suizhou is like a dividing line.

Most of the other prefectures in Daxia eat rice, while Suizhou and Chengzhou after Suizhou, as well as other towns without the benefit of big rivers, mostly eat pasta made of wheat.

Coupled with taxes, many Suizhou people either moved south or went north to join the army.

The population of Suizhou is also the most sparsely populated in the country.However, the elders of the imperial court have always kept silent about the population loss of Suizhou.

Suizhou has also become a place of suffering in the minds of Daxia people.The non-local officials who can serve as officials in this place say that none of them are dispatched normally, and all of them have been demoted to this point.

The previous magistrate of Suizhou used to be the prime minister of the previous dynasty, but he was suspected by the late emperor and demoted to this point.

The previous magistrate of Suizhou was even a veteran of the three dynasties, but he was disgusted by the first emperor and demoted to this point.

Although the prefect of Suizhou this term is not as legendary as the previous two, he was also a political adviser, a scholar of Jiawenyuan Pavilion, and a magi with a good reputation among academicians.

It's a pity that it has been 13 years since he was detested by the current sage.

In the past 13 years, the situation in Suizhou has been much better. The excessive collection of taxes has been stopped. Even the one-tenth of the tax set by the imperial court for Suizhou has been obtained for two years under the active efforts of the prefect Luo. tax relief.

Although this move by the imperial court is just a drop in the bucket, it is to ease the pressure on the people of Suizhou.

But these are actually far from enough. When Jiang Sile entered Suizhou City, he discovered that the decline of all industries in Suizhou was not just a lie on paper.

Compared with other state capitals, the stalls and hawkers in Suizhou are almost invisible.Merchants are even less pitiful.

Because the imperial court collects a lot of grain every year, people almost bury their heads in growing grain collectively. Most of the local merchants sell the necessities of life. Fortunately, the prices of these commodities are not inflated under Lord Luo's governance.

Although this allowed the common people to buy goods more cheaply, it also greatly affected the interests and enthusiasm of businessmen.

In Suizhou, it is difficult to make a lot of money as a businessman.The following is that the consumption power of the people is very low. Because of the annual tax and the additional military rations mobilized, the people of Suizhou can only tighten their belts to live.

However, the above is the strict management of the magistrate, so that their items cannot be sold at a high price, nor can they be sold at a high price.

Many people who choose to do business are mostly far away from their hometown Suizhou.

Because of their colleagues who insisted on doing business in Suizhou, many of them starved to death during the years when the harvest was not good.

It is precisely because of the slump in business that merchants left one after another, which led to the poor economy of Suizhou.

The hair on Lord Luo's head was so bad that it was about to fall out.It's really 'shorter bald head scratching, lustful hairpin'.

Now that there is another "flying calamity", Master Luo is really suffering in his heart at this moment.

Jiang Sile didn't stay in Suizhou government office much, but simply told the prefect Luo the ins and outs of the matter, and dispatched seven or eight government servants to help find the assassin, then bid farewell to Master Luo and left in a hurry.

The little Taoist's investigation has also made progress. When Jiang Sile went to the government office, he had already asked about the origin of the flute in a shop in Suizhou.

The businessman is also an expert at manual work, and most of the items in the store are self-produced and sold on weekdays.

According to him, this flute does not look like a finished product bought in a nearby shop.Because most of the flutes bought in the world are made of bitter bamboo, water bamboo, purple bamboo, etc. These bamboos are not very rare, and most of them are popular materials for making musical instruments on the market.

If they are rich, they will choose to use mahogany, sandalwood, ivory, and serpentine jade to make them.

However, whether it is custom-made or sold in a store, if bamboo is used to make flutes, the bamboo used in the coming year will always be selected.Only this kind of flute can become more compact and firm in texture, and it is not easy to go out of tune, change the tone, and is not easy to wear and tear.

But the one in the little Taoist's hand is obviously Hsinchu. It looks bright and bright in color, and the green one is refreshing, and it is quite shiny.

In the eyes of knowledgeable people, this is not a good flute.

The merchant deduced to the little Taoist priest: "This man probably hasn't learned how to make flutes. It's mostly because he came first and has nothing to do. The people who do this are not very old, and they have a childlike heart."

"And it doesn't look like someone from a poor family... Even herdsmen's families can make flutes."

"My lord, look at this hole..." The merchant in plain clothes pointed to the round holes arranged on the flute.

"The distance in the middle is also different, it should be a novice."

The little Taoist raised his eyebrows, and thought: Interesting, when did this assassin have leisure time?
He also made musical instruments by himself, quite like the style of a romantic scribe.

Immediately afterwards, the little Taoist asked a few more merchants, but most of them said the same thing.

Although there was no surprise, the little Taoist could already see a lot of things just here.

There was a dangerous smile in his peach blossom eyes which were slightly narrowed.

The guards who followed him couldn't help shivering when they saw the little Taoist's rather piercing smile.

Why is it still a little cold today?The guard touched his back involuntarily, stepped back a few steps, and felt his body being wrapped by the summer heat wave again.

"Xiao Daoist, did you find something?" the guard asked naively.

The Taoist leader nodded, looked up at the sky, his face was full of confidence, and said: "Don't worry, they can't escape the palm of the poor Taoist..."