The Golden County Magistrate

In the luxurious guest room of the Banquet Hall.

Duke Xuanguo Xun Yufei was trembling with fear.

Last night, Fenglingwei suddenly delivered the emperor's handwritten letter to Duke Xuanguo's mansion, and then he was taken to Qingshan County.

Since he came to Qingshan County, Xun Yufei naturally knew what the emperor meant.

But we have promised Chen Yan that we will never betray our brothers.

No matter what the emperor said, we must never mention Chen Yan and his brothers.

After making up his mind, Xun Yufei looked serious and asked first: "Your Majesty, I have hurriedly asked you to come here to see me. I don't know what you mean?"

It has been a quarter of an hour since he entered the room.

Tang Yun never said a word, and was always reviewing the memorials brought by Fenglingwei from the palace.

"Why, Duke Xun doesn't know?"

Tang Yun naturally knew that Xun Yufei was playing dumb.

Xun Yufei shook his head repeatedly, with a smile on his face, "To be honest, Your Majesty, this Qingshan County is good, but it is much better than other counties, but the location is a bit remote. I didn't know there was such a county in the Great Zhou before."

Tang Yun put down the brush, stood up, paced, and came to Xun Yufei.

"Mr. Xun, Chen Yan has told me everything, you still want to hide it."

Xun Yufei was stunned, Chen Yan said it all?

It's unlikely, that guy is most afraid of being remembered by the court.

Your Majesty is deceiving me?

It must be.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean, I don't understand."

Xun Yufei shook his head repeatedly, pretending not to understand.

Tang Yun was slightly angry, but could only suppress it, and said calmly: "Chen Yan wants to make money, okay, I will let him make money. He now thinks that I am a Zhou merchant, and has cooperated with him to operate salt and sugar. Next, he wants to buy his ironware. You can be a middleman."

Xun Yufei's expression froze, "Sugar and salt?"

He had recuperated in Qingshan County for half a year, and then he left Qingshan County with his men, wearing the armor made by Chen Yan, swept the battlefield, and assisted Tang Yun in the most crucial battle.

During that half year, Xun Yufei got to know Chen Yan and knew a lot of good things in Qingshan County.

For example, the salt in Qingshan County has no impurities at all, and the taste is the purest salty taste.

However, he really didn't know what sugar was.

But since His Majesty could lower his status and pretend to be a businessman to cooperate with him, it goes without saying that sugar is definitely not simple.

He was familiar with Chen Yan. Since it was Chen Yan who made it, the white sugar must be much better than ordinary maltose.

"This..." Xun Yufei groaned.

Tang Yun said this, but he didn't know how to respond.

He promised Chen Yan that he would never report the matter of Qingshan County to the court.

But now His Majesty has obviously noticed Qingshan County, and has even started to cooperate with Qingshan County as a businessman.

In this case, still hiding it from His Majesty is like covering one's ears and stealing the bell, which is meaningless.

More importantly, according to His Majesty's meaning, she is now moving around in Qingshan County in the name of a businessman.

In this case, being a middleman between His Majesty and Chen Yan does not seem to violate the original agreement with Chen Yan.

"Xun Yufei, do you think Chen Yan can really do business with peace of mind without my protection? Which of the local vassal kings and local tycoons who have ministers in the court as their backers can let Qingshan County do business with peace of mind? Chen Yan's idea is good, but it is completely a fool's dream."

Tang Yun sneered with disdain.

She really didn't exaggerate. Now the only famous goods in Qingshan County are cosmetics and tea, which is nothing.

But if sugar appears in the market in a while, I don't know how many merchants will focus on Qingshan County because of its huge profits.

Merchants pursue profits, especially those backed by powerful forces.

Xun Yufei's expression froze at first, thinking that His Majesty's worries were unreasonable, but His Majesty obviously underestimated Chen Yan.

"Your Majesty really underestimated Chen Yan."

Tang Yun was slightly annoyed, raised her eyebrows, and her cold face seemed to add a little frost.

"If that's the case, Xun Qing has admitted that he has been friends with Chen Yan for a long time."

Xun Yufei finally realized it, and now he couldn't help but admit it.

"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. I have already promised Chen Yan, so..."

Tang Yun waved her hand, "I am too lazy to listen to your explanation. What do you mean by saying that I underestimated Chen Yan?"

Xun Yufei thought for a while and sighed helplessly.

It's not that my brother is disloyal, it's just that Your Majesty is forcing him too hard.

Now that Your Majesty knows about Qingshan County, there is no point in continuing to hide it from Your Majesty.

"Except for Your Majesty and the court, other people covet things in Qingshan County. It's tantamount to seeking death to provoke Chen Yan."Tang Yun raised her eyebrows and immediately became interested.

She understood what Xun Yufei said, which meant that as long as the court did not use the official power of the Great Zhou, no one could do anything to Chen Yan.

"What do you mean?" Tang Yun asked.

Xun Yufei continued: "When I was recuperating here, there were many mountain bandits around Qingshan County, about four or five groups, with a total of five to six thousand people."

Tang Yun nodded slightly. At that time, the battle of Longzhou was the most intense. While the people's livelihood in Longzhou was declining, there were also many deserters, and many people entered the mountains and forests and became bandits.

Qingshan County was surrounded by mountains and forests and was located in a remote area. At that time, it was not uncommon for five to six thousand mountain bandits to gather around.

"Go on."

"One of the bandits knew about Qingshan County and found that Qingshan County seemed to be very prosperous, so they joined forces with several other families around them and wanted to rob Qingshan County."

"What was the result?"

Xun Yufei glanced out the window and smiled contemptuously, "The result was that the five or six thousand bandits, except for a small number who were killed on the spot, the rest became strong laborers in Qingshan County, perhaps working in tea gardens or other workshops."

Tang Yun was slightly shocked, "Are there really five or six thousand people?"

Xun Yufei smiled and said, "I dare not talk nonsense."

Tang Yun took a breath. You know, Qingshan County's military strength is very weak. There should be only a few hundred people in the Nafu Camp and less than a hundred yamen runners. With such a small number of people, they faced five or six thousand bandits and won in the end?

And from what Xun Yufei said, this battle didn't seem to be very thrilling. Qingshan County won very easily.

"How did he do it?"

Suddenly, Tang Yun thought that Xun Yufei's defeated army of nearly a thousand men should have been in Qingshan County at that time. Could it be that they also took action?

"Did your people help?"

Xun Yufei shook his head, "Of course, I have ordered my men to help Qingshan County defend the city once the bandits attacked the city, but in fact, Chen Yan didn't intend to rely on the towering city walls to refuse to come out."

Tang Yun was shocked, "You mean he took the initiative to attack with the hundreds of people in his hands?"