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Chapter 143 Okay

After Guan Xiang had vented his anger, Shi Xuanying picked him up and used her spiritual energy to speed up their journey.

In Guan Xiang's sight, everything was hanging upside down, everything was rapidly retreating, almost blurring out of shape. He blinked hard, wondering if his brain was shaken to make this hallucination.

When they arrived at the Tao County government office, Shi Xuanying put the man on the ground. She saw him turning around a few times on the spot, then staggered forward to support Tao County Magistrate Cao Yu and began to vomit.

The sour water splashed all over Cao Yu's feet.

After Guan Xiang finished vomiting, he touched Cao Yu's thigh with blurry eyes and muttered: "The pillar is soft, there must be something wrong with me..."

After saying that, his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the ground.

Cao Yu, who was always good at dealing with people, turned green in the face. Although he was fat, he wasn't as fat as a pillar, right? !
Yan Cui picked up the kid and apologized to Cao Yu: "I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Cao Yu smiled, "Is the young master okay?"

Yan Cui had checked on him when he fainted: "Nothing, just take a good sleep. But your shoes..."

Cao Yu said indifferently, "It's just a pair of shoes! I can change them later. The back hall has already been cleaned up and is waiting for you to come. Why don't I take you there to have a look now?"

Shi Xuanying said, "Go back and change your shoes first, and then just point someone to take us there."

"Well... okay, I will take my leave first." Cao Yu did not really call someone to lead the way, but ordered someone to invite the registrar.

Tao County is also a place where Cao Yu has the final say, but he is much more capable of dealing with people than Huang Xiancheng of Linxi County, and is more adaptable.

Everything in the rear yamen, from the tiles, doors, windows, and pillars to the teapots, cups, and plates, is not only brand new but also extremely exquisite. I wonder how much thought went into it.

This level of renovation is not something that can be done in just a few days.

Shi Xuanying walked around and asked Yan Cui to choose an empty room to settle down in. She then asked the Dianshi, "Where do Master Zhuang and the others live?"

The Dianshi smiled and said, "Lord Cao originally arranged a place for us to live, but Master Zhuang took a fancy to a house behind the street, so he paid for it himself. It's just across the street from the back yamen."

Tao County’s attitude towards Zhuang Qiqi is completely different from that of Linxi County.

Soon after she came to Tao County, she started to do a lot of business and taught the people of Tao County how to make better quality preserved fruits and fruit wine. She bought all of them with her own money, and set aside two storage bags to carry the goods to send to other places to sell at high prices. She then brought back what the people needed and sold them in Tao County at ordinary prices. The people of Tao County were truly grateful to her, and they treated her with great respect.

Now that war is raging, many goods are difficult to circulate. These seemingly ordinary things in Tao County are being sold at several times or even dozens of times the previous price.

After all, there is never a shortage of rich people in this world.

After deducting the principal, he earned more than 60,000 silver coins in a short period of time.

Shi Xuanying sent the registrar away, found paper and pen in the study, and listed some things to do next.

The war will continue to spread in the future, so the defense of Linxi County and Tao County must be well done, the city walls must be repaired, and the garrisons must be strengthened.

She had specifically studied the rules and knew that the county magistrate was a civil official and did not hold military power, but she also understood that extraordinary measures could be taken in extraordinary times. For example, now that there were no troops stationed near the two counties, she could appropriately expand the number of yamen runners.

It's not too much to charge 300 per county! Anyway, the imperial court is not allowed to support them!

In addition, the people can be trained and everyone can become a soldier.

When Shi Xuanying thought of that bunch of sour scholars, she felt a headache.

It's not really true to say that they have no ambition, because many of them are willing to risk their lives to defend their ideas, but if they are asked to fight, most of them are no better than farmers.

However, one of the six arts of a gentleman is riding and archery, so Master Xuanying plans to focus on strengthening the practice of the six arts of a gentleman for this type of people!
Fengcheng Lu Xi, Master Xuanying highlighted a key point.

He is a great master of Kyudo. If he were to give a lesson, those people would not appreciate it and would just wait for the martial artists to "point fingers" at them!

As for the farmers, they are so precious! We depend on them for food, so if we can avoid going to the battlefield, we should do so.

In addition to dealing with war, people's livelihood cannot be ignored. The world is bustling with people for profit, and the bond of interests is the most stable relationship.

If the people can only eat coarse food under her rule and see no hope, then there will be no hope for her grand plan either.

In addition, there is one more thing that is of utmost importance.

The light at the door was dim. Shi Xuanying looked up and saw Yan Cui coming in, so she asked casually, "Do you have any good ideas to incite the Northwest Army to revolt?"

According to the timeline in the dream, the Northwest Army (Xiao's Army) is now in dire straits and will die from natural disasters and the emperor's suspicion in the future. The death of the Northwest Army is the beginning of Xiao Hongfan's rebellious heart.

Although Shi Xuanying is a sword cultivator, she also knows a lot of magic. She now has a huge amount of spiritual energy stored in her body. It is not impossible for her to run to the northwest to make it rain, but what's the use of saving them alone?

The Xiao family soldiers are all stubborn. If others were suspected to this extent and had military forces at hand, they would have rebelled long ago. However, they are still stationed at the border honestly.

"What do you think the Xiao family army believes in?" Yan Cui asked back.

"Loyalty."

"Who are you loyal to?" Yan Cui emphasized, "This is a very important question."

Shi Xuanying held the pen in her hand and pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "You are right."

If the Xiao family army was merely blindly loyal to Emperor Qu, then no matter what others did, they would only be grateful but not loyal.

But is this really the case?

On the surface, they obeyed Emperor Qu's orders and defended the northwest to the death. They were indeed loyal to Emperor Qu and the State of Qu. However, a deeper look into their situation revealed the difficulty and helplessness involved.

They were well aware that Emperor Qu would not tolerate Xiao's army, and they were actively seeking ways to fight back rather than being blindly loyal.

However, after several wars, their troops were almost gone and they were simply unable to fight against the Qu army.

Since Emperor Qu only withdrew the reinforcements and left Xiao's army alone to continue guarding the disaster area, they probably understood that Xiao's army had become garbage abandoned on the "isolated island".

If we were to ask who the Xiao family army was loyal to, they were loyal to the land and people behind them, as well as their own glory.

Otherwise, with their reputation and fighting strength, once they were forced to leave Qu State by Emperor Qu, all powerful forces would compete to win them over.

"Uncle Master! You're here!"

The voice of Jiang Chuixing arrived before he did.

Shi Xuanying put down her pen and looked towards the door, then saw a tall man with a little carrot-head in front of him and a little kid behind him, carrying a load on his shoulders and entering the house.

As soon as the three of them entered the room, Shi Xuanying saw that Bai Xuexing had two big dark circles under his eyes.

"Where is Xiaozhuang?" Shi Xuanying asked.

Dongfang Zhentian pushed aside Bai Xuexing who was blocking his way and said unhappily, "You miss Xiaozhuang, but Xiaozhuang doesn't miss you. She only cares about making money."

Shi Xuanying smiled with satisfaction: "Why should she miss me? In her eyes, the best village is the one that makes money."

Bai Xuexing felt that he couldn't wait any longer, so he interrupted the two people's bickering and said, "I'm going to stay in seclusion for a few days."

Jiang Chuixing asked a straightforward question: "There is no sign of a breakthrough? Could it be that his Dao heart is unstable again?"

Bai Xuexing's Tao heart was not unstable. After going through countless trials and tribulations, his Tao heart had become numb. He just felt tired mentally.

Shi Xuanying didn't intend to force him to death in one breath, so she said, "Two days."

Before she finished her words, Bai Xuexing's figure had disappeared, leaving behind only a faint "OK".