Chapter 93 The Imperial Decree 2

Du Long listened to it for a long time before he realized that in order to occupy those gold mines privately for a long time, this unscrupulous county guard deliberately operated according to the method of collecting land taxes from the outside world, forcing the people of Fengli County not to cultivate those fertile fields. The population of the entire Fengli County was gradually exodus, and the county's income and public expenditure were seriously out of balance. Only then did the feudal lords not only have no money to earn, but also pay back money!

What's even more funny is that the sheriff actually took out his own pocket to pay part of the expenses in the county, and then the entire county finance actually owed him a large sum of money to the sheriff. As for the amount, how could these villagers know, I only heard that it was astronomical. number!

Thinking of him as a county guard, he is only a high-level migrant worker in the country, and his annual salary is limited. If he is not corrupt, how can he lend so much money to the county for expenses? There will be a joke that the county finance owes him a mere sheriff!

"It's really unreasonable!" Du Long heard that he was so angry at the end, he said angrily on the spot: "I'm going to kill his corrupt officials!"

"Du Long! Don't be impulsive! The sheriff is an official of the empire, and he is not under the control of the lord at all. You have no right to judge him! Let alone beheading him!" Zeng Wan'er saw that Du Long was about to leave Immediately opened her mouth to remind her that she, the daughter of the second-rank Libu Shangshu, has a certain understanding of the imperial bureaucracy system under her long-term influence.

"Wan'er is right! Du Long, don't be impulsive, or you will not only harm yourself, but also implicate the Du family!" Du Caini followed suit and reminded.

Looking at the disappointed villagers, the anger in Du Long's chest was about to explode, but he knew that he really couldn't be impulsive because he had memories before rebirth!

At this time, Princess Huofeng whispered a few words in his ear, and Du Long, who was originally ashen-faced, immediately showed an expression of disbelief: "Is this true?"

"Nonsense! Can I still joke with you about this kind of thing?" Princess Huofeng replied coquettishly.

"Haha, God helped me too! Let's go, let's go straight to Fengli County! Fellow villagers, just wait for my good news!" Du Long swept away the initial anger, laughed and fucked himself The war horse, then took the lead and galloped towards the guard team in the distance.

Gathering two teams, more than 200 people rushed towards Fengli County City under the doubtful gaze of the villagers, stirring up smoke and dust all the way!

It was originally at the boundary of Fengli, and it only took more than an hour to see an earthen city appearing on the horizon. Just by looking at the disrepair of this earthen city, you can tell that there will be a lot of people inside. How dilapidated!

From a distance, I saw dozens of people waiting outside the gate of the county city, as if they were waiting for the arrival of Du Long and his party. After all, it was the princess consort who arrived. Some of the nobles went out of the city to meet them.

Du Long rushed to the gate of the county city first. After gathering his horses and stopping, he scanned the group of fat-headed figures outside the gate with burning eyes.

"Qian Jinlong, guard of Xiafengli County! I don't know if Princess Huofeng and Lord Consort Du are here?" In the crowd, a fat middle-aged man surrounded by everyone came out and asked with a flattering smile on his face.

"This is His Royal Highness Princess Huofeng, and I am Du Long, the new lord of Fengli County!" Although Du Long was full of anger, he could only reveal Huofeng and his identity first.

After confirming his identity, the county guard Qian Jinlong's small eyes lit up, and the obsequious smile on his face became even more flattering. He led the crowd to kneel down on the ground and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, Qian Jinlong, sees His Royal Highness Huofeng Princess and sees the son-in-law. Lord!"

"Let's get flat!" Princess Huofeng waved her hand impatiently, seeing the puddles of fat on the ground made her sick to her stomach.

"Thank you, Princess! Thank you, Concubine!" Qian Jinlong then led the crowd to thank him and stood up. After kneeling down so simply, this guy's face was already sweating!

"Your Majesty has prepared a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion, and I invite the Princess and Concubine Du to treat you!" Wiping the sweat from his brow, the obese Sheriff sent out an invitation with a flattering smile on his face.

"No need! Please ask County Guard Qian to take us to the county government office immediately. I'm running out of time for this trip, and I have to take over all the affairs of Fengli County!" Du Long refused on the spot. The disgusting guy with a fat intestine doesn't have any appetite.

"This..." Fatty Qian obviously didn't expect Du Long to be so shameless, and he didn't look like he was joking. He glanced at the team with bright helmets and armor behind him in shock. The appearance made his heart tighten for no reason: "In this case, let's go to the mansion first! Anyway, the mansion is next to the city lord's mansion. After the subordinates are arranged in the mansion, it will not be too late to go to the city lord's mansion for a banquet!"

Du Long didn't explain much about this. After Fatty Qian got on the sedan chair with great difficulty, a group of people entered the city gate and headed towards the government office. It looks like Du Long and the others are angry and want to laugh!

The street the pedestrians walked on should be the main commercial street of Fengli County, but there were obviously very few pedestrians on the road, and the houses they saw were also dilapidated. Only a few shops opened their doors for business. All the doors are closed, a scene of depression!

Moreover, the eyes of the people I saw along the way were dim, with expressions of no hope for the future, looking at those officials with eyes full of disdain and hatred, seeing that their clothes were also coarse linen, and the clothes I saw along the way There are only a handful of bright ones!

The people in these counties and towns are all sallow, emaciated, and obviously malnourished, which is in stark contrast to those officials and nobles with fat stomachs!

After finally following the sedan chair to the gate of the county government office, the anger in Du Long's heart surged up again. There were two mansions in front of everyone, and the one on the right was the city lord's mansion, which was the mansion where the sheriff usually lived. , it was a bustling mansion, it could be regarded as the most prosperous mansion seen in the entire county!

The county magistrate's office next to it is in dilapidated condition, and the gap between the two cannot be described in words!

Suppressing the anger in his chest, Du Long glanced coldly at Fatty Qian, the sheriff who just got off the sedan chair, and then looked at the curious people gathered not far away.

"Sun Lin, Wang Shun!" Du Long roared abruptly.

"The last general is here!" Sun Wang and the two captains really deserved to be the elite of the elite, they directly clapped their hands and responded loudly.

"Immediately lead a team to take over the county guard's office. No one is allowed to move without authorization, and wait for my summons at any time!" Du Long ordered with a sullen face.

"Obey!"

The second general Sun Wang led his subordinates to rush into the county sheriff's mansion immediately. Their vicious appearance shocked the county shepherd Qian Fatty, and he hurriedly greeted Du Long and said, "My son-in-law, you Why?"

"This is not a place to talk, let's go! Sheriff, we have something to say in the government office!" After Du Long threw down a sentence, he took the lead and walked into the sheriff regardless of what Fatty Qian was thinking. Fuya!

Entering the main hall of the government office, Du Long unceremoniously sat on the seat of the head of the government office, which is the chief seat of the county guard on weekdays. It stands to reason that he, the lord, cannot sit casually, but Du Long, except for the lord The identity, and the identity of the son-in-law, with Her Royal Highness Princess Huofeng right next to her, who would dare to speak out to stop it?

"Come here! Arrange a chair for Her Royal Highness to come to me!" Sitting carelessly on the main seat in the lobby, Du Long pointed to his side and said loudly, soon a general from Du's family brought a chair over , Princess Huofeng sat there unceremoniously.

"Hey, everyone! I'm afraid I have to work hard for the time being. You can go shopping, or you can stay here and watch me work!" Du Long said with a dry smile to his friends.