At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

But soon, Yang Wenzhao's expression changed, and a hint of reprimand appeared on his face again.

"How many times have I taught you two? You have to do things more cleanly!"

"Why should Xia Yun be blamed for Xiao Zongnan's death? There are so many Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, can't we just arrest a few and frame them?"

"After so many years, you two haven't made any progress at all! You still need me to come to Zhejiang to clean up your mess!"

Yang Wenzhao scolded continuously.

Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning smiled bitterly.

In terms of cunning and ruthless tactics, they were indeed no match for their teacher.

Before Yang Wenzhao arrived in Zhejiang, he had already determined that Xiao Zongnan's death was related to the two of them, which was something no one else in the court could do.

"Teacher, what should we do now? What on earth did His Majesty send you here for?"

Zhao Gongming spoke again, and his words changed to the way he addressed Yang Wenzhao.

"Your Majesty intends to send people to Zhejiang to collect Xiao Zongnan's body, but secretly he probably intends to investigate the cause of Xiao Zongnan's death."

"I took the initiative to get this job. If it were someone else, I'm afraid you wouldn't have a very easy time getting through this stage."

Yang Wenzhao responded and stated the purpose of his trip.

Hearing this, Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning both breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Wenzhao's arrival means that Xiao Zongnan's death will be completely over.

But then, the two of them suddenly remembered something, and a look of embarrassment appeared on their faces.

"Collecting the bodies... may be a bit difficult..."

Lei Zhenning spoke hesitantly.

"Why is it so difficult?"

Yang Wenzhao raised his eyebrows, not understanding what Lei Zhenning was saying.

"Teacher, it's like this. After Xiao Zongnan was killed, his head was chopped off by a general under Xia Yun and taken to Nanzhili."

"The body of Xiao Zongnan in Zhejiang is still missing a head..."

Zhao Gongming explained with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Yang Wenzhao was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The man is already dead, why did they take the head away?"

Yang Wenzhao was puzzled.

Since he came to collect Xiao Zongnan's body, he would naturally bring both the head and the body back to the capital.

Otherwise, if they only brought back the body, no one could guarantee whether Xiao Zongnan was dead or not.

"Maybe... it's to prove that Xiao Zongnan is indeed dead."

Zhao Gongming smiled bitterly.

It was only afterwards that he learned that Qin Tianye and others had taken Xiao Zongnan's head to Nanzhili.

Now it seems that we have to get the head back from Nanzhili.

……

"Sir, all the wealthy merchants in Ningdu City have paid their business taxes, a total of 760,000 taels of silver."

In the court of Ningdu Governor's Office in Nanzhili.

Xu Wan'er came to Xia Yun with a stack of banknotes to report.

"Only 760,000 taels?"

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows.

When he was in Hangzhou, the business tax he collected was more than just 760,000 taels.

"There's nothing we can do. This place can't compare to Hangzhou. Most of the wealthy merchants in Ningdu City rely on their wealth accumulated over generations. Now it's a disaster year, and their businesses are all very bleak."

Xu Wan'er immediately told the truth.

Although Ningdu is the capital of Nanzhili, it is indeed far inferior to Hangzhou in terms of economy.

"Never mind. Seven hundred and sixty thousand taels is seven hundred and sixty thousand taels."

Xia Yun waved his hands helplessly.

After killing so many people, he only collected 760,000 taels, which made him somewhat disappointed.

"Sir, does the infrastructure in Ningdu City need to be rebuilt?"

Just as Xia Yun shook his head and sighed, Xu Wan'er asked cautiously.

Although they have been in Ningdu for some time, their feelings for this place are still not as strong as those for Hangzhou.

In Xu Wan'er's view, Dai County and Hangzhou City are their base camps.

Hearing this question, Xia Yun hesitated for a moment.

Indeed, the question raised by Xu Wan'er is a bit tricky.

"Ningdu City will focus on economic development for the time being, and infrastructure construction will be carried out later."

After much deliberation, Xia Yun made a decision.

The economy in Ningdu City is already weak, so even if large-scale construction is carried out at this time, it won't make much sense.

This place is not like Hangzhou, which has a natural economic foundation. As long as the infrastructure construction of Hangzhou City is completed, the economic prosperity can be directly increased several times.

Even if Ningdu City has completed its infrastructure, it will not have much effect on the current economic development.

Instead of doing this, we should invest more energy and money in economic development.

"My lord, I have a suggestion."

After a moment, Xu Wan'er suddenly spoke.

"explain."

Xia Yun nodded, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"There are mostly large areas of farmland in Nanzhili. We can set up a Ningdu Agricultural Bureau to make comprehensive use of large areas of land. In this way, we don't have to open up new fields."

Xu Wan'er responded immediately.

Hearing this, Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction.

This was also his idea when he first came to Nanzhili. The biggest advantage of Nanzhili is that there are many plains areas in the territory and a large amount of land is connected.

This means they can centralize large amounts of fill and use them to increase production and efficiency under a centralized management approach.

"Okay, you can handle this matter yourself, and you will be the director of the Ningdu Agricultural Bureau."

Xia Yun agreed to it without giving it much thought.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xia Yun finished speaking, Xu Wan'er suddenly shook her head.

"Sir, the position of Director of the Ningdu Agricultural Bureau should be held by Sir Gu."

Xu Wan'er smiled bitterly.

He now holds too many positions. In addition to being the governor of Zhejiang and Nanzhili provinces, he is also the director of the Hangzhou Construction Bureau, the director of the Washing Clothes and Weaving Bureau, the director of the Hangzhou Shipyard, the owner of the Blackwater Tower, and so on.

If she is asked to take on other part-time responsibilities, it will not only affect her work efficiency, but it is also likely to cause work mistakes.

At this time, Xia Yun also heard the deep meaning in Xu Wan'er's words, and then smiled.

"Alright, let Gu He concurrently serve as the director of the Ningdu Agricultural Bureau. It just so happens that he is currently promoting the policy of allocating land tax to each acre."

Xia Yun nodded in agreement.

……

Time passes slowly, and the summer heat has gradually dissipated in the Jiangnan region.

As autumn slowly arrives, the city of Hangzhou becomes more and more lively.

On this day, seven or eight extremely luxuriously decorated carriages slowly drove in from the East City Gate of Hangzhou.

And around these carriages, there were many servants on horseback guarding them.

When the carriage entered the city of Hangzhou, it quickly attracted a lot of attention along the way.

The people in the carriage also stuck their heads out of the windows, looking curiously at this city that was rumored to be like heaven.