I have a two world clock

Chapter 109
When Li Mu was practicing, he sank into concentration, and the Nine-turn Yuan Gong slowly circulated, drawing the essence of Zhou Tian, ​​forming a vortex of human-shaped spiritual energy, exhaling and exhaling, gathering the whole body, the situation was terrifying.

Even though Gu Qingcheng is a three-generation disciple of the Tianhe Sword Sect, and his father is the current headmaster of Tianhe, he can be considered well-informed, but he has never seen a situation like Li Mu swallowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth a few times.

"Only when my grandfather was cultivating did he have such a vision, even my father didn't have such a movement."

Gu Qingcheng saw that Li Mu was surrounded by spiritual energy, Zhou Tian's essence penetrated into the pores of his body, swallowed like a vortex, sucked an infinite amount of spiritual energy into his body, couldn't help opening his small mouth, and looked shocked: "What kind of power is it? This method can actually draw the power of Zhou Tianxing and gather the essence of the void."

She had seen many talented people in the Tianhe Sword Sect, and her own parents were also among the most talented people in the world, but she was still shocked by the situation of Li Mu's cultivation at this time, and it took a long time for her to come to her senses.

"It's no wonder that Brother Li said that he has cultivated so much after only one year of practice. One day's energy like his is enough to match the aura of an ordinary monk who has practiced for a year. If he has been practicing like this , what kind of peerless genius, what kind of proud son of heaven, will be eclipsed in front of him!"

Gu Qingcheng was full of thoughts, and it took a long time to gather his thoughts and start to practice slowly in the wave of spiritual energy.

At night, Hu Yunniang also quietly came to the house, found a place, and began to rub spiritual energy.

Even the servants in the courtyard did not want to miss this opportunity, they used their martial arts mentality with all their strength, and worked hard to improve themselves under the aura of the courtyard.

Ten days passed so suddenly, Li Mu slowly woke up from the samadhi, only to see that Gu Qingcheng and Hu Yuniang were still in the samadhi, immediately got up and went out, and after closing the door, dropped more than ten puppets in the room to watch over them.

He took out a few more runes and pasted them on the doors and windows, then walked out slowly and came to the street.

In today's Qinghe County, although the county magistrate was swallowed by the snake demon, it is an ancient custom for the gentry to govern the place. Without the county magistrate, there will be no changes in the local area in a short period of time.

It didn't get better, but at least it didn't get worse.

Liu Gangdan obeyed Li Mu's instructions, held the dragon ball in his hand, and galloped his horse. Accompanied by several guards, he walked through Qinghe County. In a few days, the plague in Qinghe County was reduced by half, and almost no one died due to the plague.

On the other hand, Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie joined forces to manage the local area, using work as relief, taking part of the victims to plow fields for the rich, and burning bricks to build walls. Most of the victims built water conservancy, built toilets, built houses, dug rivers and planted trees, To mine mineral deposits, all you need to do is give them something to eat.

If the sanitary conditions are improved, the number of sick people will be greatly reduced. As long as there is a stutter, they can hang their lives. In just ten days, the entire Qinghe County has changed drastically. Furthermore, although some people looked disheveled, they were starving to death anyway.

All the troublemakers were arrested, ranging from hard labor to severe beheading. Those who deserved eunuchs were eunuchs, those who deserved to be beheaded, those who deserved to be beaten. One clear.

Even in Qinghe County, the dirty streets in the past have become clearer at this time. Public toilets have been built on each street, so that people who are good at painting in the city can draw male and female heads on the public toilets to distinguish between men and women. toilet.

Garbage baskets made of bamboo strips are also placed on the streets. If passers-by have rubbish, they must throw it into the baskets. a stick.

If you dare to resist, you will be arrested in the Yamen and fined ten coins.

If you catch someone defecating indiscriminately, you will be fined [-] cents, and if you have no money, you will be forced to perform hard labor. After three days of hard work, you will be released.

After the implementation of various policies, the wealthy gentry in the city felt very uncomfortable at first, and many servants at home did not follow them, which made them lose face.

But after a few days of implementation, everyone felt really fragrant.

The streets are also clean, the air smells better, and the entire county has a new look. Even the victims of the disaster do not cry all day long. Just giving them a bite of food is enough to calm them down.

These people contribute to building bridges and repairing roads. The rich people only need to provide some food, and they can also set up monuments to show their merits.

Land rich people also have spiritual needs.

There is no hope of getting fame in the exam, but they are naturally happy if they can leave a good reputation in the local area for being kind and good at building bridges and repairing roads without spending much money.

The disaster victims got food, and the rich man got a good name.

This move is a win-win situation.

Li Mu walked for a while in the city, when he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in front of him, bragging loudly, his heart moved: "This is the official from the imperial court!"

Turning the corner of the street, you can see a group of people and horses lined up on the street in front of you, gongs are sounded to clear the way in front, Yazao is holding a sign behind, and a carriage, under the guard of a group of officers and soldiers, drives across the street and goes straight to the Yamen.

Li Mu's thoughts turned: "Look at the sound of the gong. It rang eleven times. At least it must be an official of the fourth grade or above. Could it be that the prefect of Yunzhou came? The magistrate is also jointly and severally responsible, so it is reasonable to come to investigate."

He thought for a while, then took a step forward, and with one step, he was already in the county government office.

The county government office in Qinghe County, since the gate was knocked down by the snake demon, Zhang Shihong hastily ordered people to renovate it, which did not delay the office work.

At this time, Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie were having a meeting to discuss about farming in Qinghe County. Now that the victims were gradually stabilized and it was the season for farming, the two called over wealthy businessmen and gentry in the city to discuss temporarily borrowing seeds.

At the same time, they lent food to the victims, first through the disaster year, and then returned it in the coming year.

Qinghe County was not seriously affected, and the people who were really affected were the people of nearby Baoming County, but now the county magistrate of Baoming County has already fled with his family in order to avoid the epidemic.

The wealthy gentry and wealthy lords in the county are also dying and running away. Only the poor and helpless people have no one to rely on. Some fled to other places, and some fled to Qinghe County.

These disaster victims in Qinghe County, the gentry and wealthy lords, are more than happy to lend them food. Anyway, they are from the same county, and there will be no trouble in urging grain to collect land in the future.

However, few of the disaster victims in nearby Baoming County were willing to lend them food.

Baoming County is too far away. If the food is borrowed, it will be like meat buns beating dogs, and they will never return. No one is willing to do something that is not beneficial.

But it is inevitable that we cannot watch these victims starve to death.

The county magistrate of Baoming County can run away. Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie still have a bit of conscience. They know that if they don’t help the victims at this time, they are afraid that they will never survive this winter.

The two called the wealthy businessmen and gentry of Qinghe County today to discuss this matter, because Zhang Shihong is only acting as the county magistrate, and has a good relationship with these gentry, and the big guys are not very afraid of him, so the scene was noisy.

Some were concerned about food, some were concerned about money, and some said that Zhang Shihong was not authentic. They were joking and swearing with a few foul words. It was Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie who were swearing.

Everyone was arguing so fiercely that they didn't even notice Li Mu coming in.

It was Sun Honglie who felt a little bit of emotion. When he saw Li Mu coming, he hurriedly saluted: "Master, you are here!"

Zhang Shihong and others also stood up: "I met Brother Li!"

Except for Zhang Shihong, the rest of the gentry and scholars did not know Li Mu's ability, but Li Mu's writing about the means of dealing with the victims made them greatly admired.

Especially when Zhang Shihong respected him so much, Sun Honglie even called him master, which invisibly raised Li Mu's status a lot.

"Let's gossip less."

Li Mu looked around at the crowd: "Outside there are officials beating gongs to clear the way, and they are coming to the county government office. Did you get the news beforehand?"

Zhang Shihong said in surprise: "Is someone from the imperial court coming? Everyone doesn't know about it!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all showing panic.

They acted temporarily as officials of the government. After all, their names were not right and their words were not going well. At this time, the court lord came, and everyone was very disturbed.

Li Mu smiled and said, "We followed the ancestral law and jointly recommended Brother Zhang to govern Qinghe County. This is the law made by the Taizu. Relief of the victims and appease the local area has contributed to the country. If the imperial court orders officials to come, we should be rewarded."

Everyone laughed and said, "Brother Li is right!"

Zhang Shihong said: "So, let's go to meet your lord."

Li Mu said: "He didn't notify in advance, how are we going to meet him? It's best for the big guy to stand still and wait for the report."

At that moment, everyone sat down in the county government office, waiting for the court to come.

They said they were not panicking, but the anticipation and apprehension in their eyes were already beyond words.

After waiting for a while, everyone's eyes were sore, and then they heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, and a man came to the county government gate and shouted loudly: "The governor of Yunzhou is coming to Qinghe County. !"

Zhang Shihong and the others stood up in a panic, and looked at Li Mu: "Brother Li, shall we go out to meet the boss?"

Li Mu looked at Zhang Shihong: "Brother Zhang, you are a juren and have achieved great fame, so naturally you are here to be the leader, brothers and others, follow behind."

Zhang Shihong said: "All the strategies are done by you, how dare I be greedy for credit? Let's go out together."

So he walked side by side with Li Mu, followed by a group of talented squires, and went out of the yamen together, only to see a carriage parked at the entrance of the yamen, and a group of guards standing in front of the carriage, in the middle was an old man with long beard, wearing big purple, Stand with hands behind your back.

The old man was tall and slender, with a handsome face, and his long black beard was at least two feet long, with the roots piercing through his flesh and flowing down his chest.

Seeing Li Mu and others, the old man showed surprise on his face, took the initiative to step forward, came in front of everyone, and looked at Li Mu: "What's the name of this little brother?"

Li Mu was slightly taken aback: "But the governor is in person? Student Li Mu, I have met you."

"Li Mu?"

The old man looked Li Mu up and down: "Li Mu, have you been to Yunzhou Mansion a few days ago?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "The student recently assisted Brother Zhang in governing the Qinghe River, but he never went to Yunzhou. After two months, he will go to Yunzhou Mansion to participate in Qiu Wei. He will definitely visit the boss at that time."

The old man laughed loudly: "Really? If you can participate in Qiu Wei, it will be a blessing to the court!"

When he said this, he ordered someone to take out a drawing, unfold it in front of Li Mu, and said, "Li Mu, do you know this person?"

Everyone looked at it together, and saw that the person in this picture was exactly what Li Mu looked like, only slightly different in attire and hair bun, with a bit more fierce temperament, far less peaceful than it is now.

The old man drew a picture with his finger and said with a smile: "A few days ago, a case occurred in Yunzhou Mansion. This monk was drinking in a brothel and beheaded another monk. I used to draw pictures to look for this person, but I haven't found him yet. Today Seeing Li Mu, I almost thought Li Mu was him."

Li Muqi said: "My lord is looking for a murderer, what does it have to do with me? Just because I look like him, you can't assume that I am a murderer."

The old man looked at Li Mu with a smile: "Not the best! Not the best!"

After a while, he said again: "Even if you are him, it's really nothing."

(End of this chapter)