Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 56
It's winter and the climate is getting cooler.

Li Hongqing was dressed in light red, wearing a light red cotton-padded jacket and a light red cloak. Under the light of the lights, she looked like a fairy descending to earth.

Chen Qingsi looked at the still elegant girl in front of her, quickly put down the brush in her hand, happily stepped forward and said, "Ms. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, why are you here?"

Li Hongqing glanced at the saber on Chen Qingsi's waist, with a smile in his eyes, and said: "As a government office, what else do you need to do? You just came in with a big show. Jiangnan is poor, but such a down-and-out government office This is the first time I’ve met Yamen. Are you really not afraid of danger?”

Chen Qingsi patted the sword on her waist and said, "With the sword skills given to me by my lady, why should I be afraid of roosters and dog thieves?"

The corners of Li Hongqing's lips curled up slightly. This answer obviously suited her well.

A little silence.

"How have you been?"

"How have you been?"

The two spoke in unison and looked at each other and smiled again.

Li Hongqing said first: "According to the method given by Brother Chen, those bad things have indeed never happened. Many temples have been destroyed and many people have been offended. So far, they have not been punished by heaven. It can be seen that those so-called gods and Buddhas Blessings are all lies."

Chen Qingsi continued: "The situation in Qingxi County is complex, and the disaster here has the greatest impact. People's livelihood is in decline, population loss is serious, there are too many old and weak women and children, and there is a serious shortage of labor. There is still a long way to go..."

After briefly talking about her situation, Chen Qingsi looked at Li Hongqing, who looked a little tired, and became concerned about what she was doing now, and said: "Opening a porridge shop in the name of others to help the people, donating doctors and administering medicines is really beneficial to the local people. It is a good deed. But going too far is not enough. It will support idle people and interrupt the livelihood of normal doctors, which is not beautiful. As for the prostitution in various places, this is a major disadvantage in Jiangnan. It involves many interests and even has the support of local powerful people. . They will definitely hate you to the core for cutting off their financial resources like this. Be careful, the lady’s martial arts are indeed superb, but people’s hearts are unpredictable and her cunning methods are often hard to guard against.”

Li Hongqing said: "I know, I know! I have been working with my grandfather since I was a child. Apart from being careless and suffering losses from you, I have never been tricked by anyone."

She was a little annoyed and a little amused when she said this.

Chen Qingsi's trap was not clever, it was just unexpected. She really didn't expect that frail scholar to be so thoughtful.

Li Hongqing saw that the person in front of him was still as elegant as before, and seemed not to be bothered by the current predicament of Qingxi County, and he couldn't help but secretly admire him.

With the dilapidated appearance of the Qingxi County Government Office, one can imagine the situation in the county.

Faced with this situation, he still has such motivation. How can he give up when he encounters some setbacks?

Li Hongqing braced himself and said with some suspicion: "At the beginning, you said that with your own good deeds, you can treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It is the court and local officials who can really bring changes to the people. When you said this, Are you just thinking about this day and staring at the money in my hand?"

Chen Qingsi said seriously: "The conscience of heaven and earth, Mrs. Li said this, but she misjudged me, Mr. Chen. I, Mr. Chen, are not Marquis Zhuge Wu and can do calculations. How could I know that the imperial court would arrange for someone to come to Qingxi County?" Be a county magistrate?"

Li Hongqing hesitated and said, "Really?"

Chen Qingsi said: "Of course, it's more real than real gold. If you don't believe it, I can swear it."

Li Hongqing said seriously: "Okay, you swear."

Chen Qingsi was stunned for a while, why didn't this girl act according to common sense?
He pointed to the sky and said: "If you are interested in the money of the Li family's wife, I will be struck by thunder from heaven."

Li Hongqing said: "Okay, I believe you." She sighed with a bit of sadness: "I came to Qingxi County with my grandfather before. It was very lively at that time, with boats coming and going, but now it is dilapidated and withered. This time I brought [-] yuan this time, hoping to restore Qingxi County to its original appearance." Chen Qingsi smiled bitterly: "I'm so proud of you..." Then he said with a flash of light in his eyes: "With this [-] yuan, I can We will ensure that families who have lost their young men can survive this winter safely."

Due to the turmoil in the late Sui Dynasty, the world's population dropped by three-quarters, and the levels of prefectures and counties were set very low.

Among them, the number of registered households in upper-level counties is more than [-], and the number of registered households in medium-level counties is more than [-] and less than [-].In inferior counties, there are less than [-] households.

Qingxi County was originally a middle-level county with more than 2000 households, but after Chen Shuozhen's rebellion, it has been reduced to a lower-level county with only more than 800 households.

Under normal circumstances, there are four or five people in a household, and some may even have six or seven people.

The situation in Qingxi County was just abnormal. Some of the able-bodied men with registered residence died on the battlefield with Chen Shuozhen, and some were on the run.

Many household registrations had no young men, leaving only orphans and widowed mothers. When they were given fields, it was difficult for them to grow food.

Li Hongqing also knew that what he said was somewhat unrealistic, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I believe you can make good use of these ill-gotten gains, but you have to say ugly things first. Even if you and I are old acquaintances, if I know that you have enriched yourself, Don’t blame me for causing trouble for you.”

The milk is fierce and the milk is fierce.

Chen Qingsi said hurriedly: "If you don't dare, just because of Li Xianu's reputation, I will give you ten leopard courages and I won't dare to keep it privately."

Li Hongqing just said casually that she arrived in Qingxi County around dusk and had already inquired about Chen Qingsi, the new county magistrate.

It has good reviews from both men and women, old and young.

However, I am still very satisfied with Chen Qingsi's remarks.

"The [-] yuan is at the back door of the government office. You can get it at any time. With your ability, you don't need to use special methods to enter it, right?"

Even now, she still has lingering fears about Chen Qingsi teaching her money laundering methods.These days, she destroyed many unscrupulous temples and gained a lot of ill-gotten wealth. She used it according to the method and easily laundered the stolen goods.

Chen Qingsi said: "Don't bother me. All the money and goods in Qingxi County are in my hands. It's only fifty thousand. It doesn't matter if I pay ten times more."

"That's a beautiful idea!" Li Hongqing took a look, paused, and said, "Well, I'm leaving."

Chen Qingsi was slightly startled and said, "So urgent? Why don't you stay a little longer?"

"No!" Li Hongqing said worriedly: "I'm chasing a group of thieves here, so we can't let up. Brother Chen also needs to pay attention. Children have been smuggled and lost in many surrounding counties."

She gritted her teeth and said: "The thieves were very arrogant and vigilant. We chased them for a month, and finally ran into another group of thieves. We alerted them and eventually lost track of them."

Chen Qingsi's face was solemn: "Is it Ren Yazi?"

Li Hongqing couldn't help but cursed with red eyes: "There are more than one wave of these guys who have been stabbed a thousand times. They took advantage of the war here to bully the orphans and widowed mothers who lost their men. Some even robbed them in broad daylight. They are simply beasts." Not as good as!!!”

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