The Golden County Magistrate

Tang Shuo was somewhat shocked.

A small county town, but its scale far exceeded his imagination.

When he first entered the city, the broad city wall had already astonished him.

After entering the city, it was even more amazing.

The roads on the ground of the entire county town were also hardened and very smooth, no worse than the stone roads in Luocheng.

"There is such a county town in Da Zhou?"

Tang Shuo was a little puzzled.

But after thinking about it, he understood.

"No wonder the yamen runners and soldiers of a mere county town regarded all of our remaining people as bandits."

"Now it seems that Qingshan County has indeed developed unusually, otherwise it would not be equipped with such good armor and weapons."

Five years ago, the late emperor died. Before his death, he passed the throne to his most beloved daughter Tang Yun.

At that time, in fact, not many people opposed it.

The late emperor had no direct biological children, so he could only pass the throne to his daughter.

Moreover, Tang Yun has been a talented woman since she was a child. She has been with the late emperor since she was a child, and when she grew up, she helped the late emperor deal with some trivial matters.

Almost the entire Great Zhou Dynasty has been mentally prepared that there may be an empress in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, just as Tang Yun ascended the throne, Tang Yun's cousin, Tang Shuo, the King of Yan who was far away in Yan, raised the flag of rebellion.

The banner of the female emperor's violation of etiquette was naturally fought.

Although Tang Yun showed great ability since she was a child, she was a woman after all.

Becoming an emperor still made many people dissatisfied.

Not long after Tang Shuo raised his army, he gathered many people.

In just half a month, the scale of the rebels reached more than 500,000, which was able to compete with the army of the court.

The civil war in the Great Zhou Dynasty also broke out.

In the end, although Tang Yun won, the entire civil war lasted for five years, and all parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty were spread by the war and were quite devastated.

It can be said that the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are living a difficult life now, largely thanks to Tang Shuo.

After Tang Shuo was defeated, he led his thousand men to live in seclusion in the forest, set up three camps, and barely survived by robbing.

At least, in the short term, he didn't have to worry about being caught by the court.

But the good days didn't last long. Not long ago, the three bandit camps under Tang Shuo were all destroyed.

Fortunately, during that time, Tang Shuo and his confidants were sent back to Yandi, otherwise Tang Shuo might have been involved.

Originally, Tang Shuo thought that his hiding place was known to the court and his men were arrested by the court.

But after investigating everywhere, he found out that the court had no time to suppress the bandits, and the three camps were actually captured in Qingshan County.

Tang Shuo is now only in his early twenties and is ambitious.

Although he was defeated, he was still unwilling to accept it.

How can a mere woman convince the public to take the throne?

In his opinion, Tang Yun's throne was not stable at all. It would not be long before the Great Zhou would be in trouble. By then, he would still have a chance to rise again.

However, to seize the opportunity, strength is still needed.

And his greatest strength now is the people who follow him.

Since these people were not arrested by the court, Qingshan County did not know that these people were rebels, so there was a chance to get them back.

So, Tang Shuo came.

"If it weren't for Qingshan County arresting our people, I would not have known that there was a place called Qingshan County in the Great Zhou."

Tang Shuo sighed, feeling depressed.

He was once the dignified King of Yan, the most beloved nephew of His Majesty, and he was just one step away from being adopted by His Majesty and becoming His Majesty's only son. It was just a pity that His Majesty died too early.

Now, he had to negotiate with a small county magistrate.

Maybe he would have to bear a large sum of silver.

Tang Shuo naturally did not dare to reveal his identity. Now he only had five people under him, and it was impossible for him to use force against Qingshan County.

There was only one way to get back the nearly 1,000 people, that is, to talk to the magistrate of Qingshan County, and if possible, to pay a sum of money to buy the lives of nearly 1,000 people.

"Have you found out who the magistrate of Qingshan County is?"

Tang Shuo asked.

The follower Wu Handong behind him said: "Your Highness, I heard from the passing merchants that the magistrate of Qingshan County is very young and very capable. Several popular products recently are all from the hands of this magistrate."

Tang Shuo immediately became interested, "You mean lipstick, perfume, and tea."

Tang Shuo secretly returned to Yandi and found that lipstick and perfume were very popular in Yandi now. Most of the women on the street talked about these two things.

In addition, tea brewing has also become popular in Yandi.

He did try the brewed tea, and the taste was pure, especially the bitter taste followed by the sweet taste, which made him feel that the taste of the tea was like his life.

Wu Handong nodded: "That's right."

Wu Handong, once a guard at the Prince of Yan's mansionThe leader is also Tang Shuo's confidant.

"Your Highness, this county magistrate may be able to win over."

A middle-aged scholar on the other side of Tang Shuo spoke lightly.

Tang Shuo was puzzled after hearing this. He hadn't even seen the face of the county magistrate of Qingshan County. How could Bai Xiang conclude that this county magistrate could be won over?

Besides, what's the point of winning over a small county magistrate?

As if seeing Tang Shuo's doubts, Bai Xiang chuckled and said, "Your Highness, now in Yandi, things produced in Qingshan County are becoming popular, but we have never heard of them here in Longzhou. Why is that?"

Tang Shuo didn't feel it before, but now that Bai Xiang said this, he really felt a little strange.

"Well, it's indeed a bit unreasonable. Why do you think this is?"

Bai Xiang smiled lightly. Although his clothes were torn, his expression seemed to be in his eyes.

"It's very simple, because the magistrate of Qingshan County doesn't want to be noticed by the pseudo-emperor."

Tang Shuo suddenly realized, "Master Bai means that this magistrate deliberately keeps a low profile and doesn't want to be promoted under the pseudo-emperor's court?"

Bai Xiang gently stroked his beard. It might be too dry because he hadn't taken care of it for too long, so it hurt a little to stroke it.

"It should be so."

"Besides, this person is not only a talent, but he also has what Your Highness needs."

Tang Shuo didn't understand for a moment, thought about it, and reacted, "Yes, this guy must be rich, cosmetics and fried tea are selling so well."

Bai Xiang nodded: "If you can win this person, Your Highness, you don't have to worry about money in the future."