The first county magistrate in history

Qin Zheng was puzzled at the moment. Miss Xia just left like that? Then what happened between us would be forgotten?

What a responsible woman!

"Sir..." Tian Fuan seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Qin Zheng saw that he was worried and said, "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have to fart, fart quickly!"

Tian Fuan then said, "Your Excellency has signed an agency contract with Boss Xia for soap, perfume, and silk, but Boss Xia hasn't paid the agency fee!"

Qin Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he sighed, "Forget it, she saved me. How can wealth compare to the grace of saving my life?"

Tian Fuan said with a pained look on his face: "That's the case. But even if it's just the down payment, it's still three hundred thousand taels, not to mention..."

Qin Zheng waved his hand: "I'll just invent something else."

Tian Fuan was overjoyed. "Master, you still have some valuable information? Hasn't it been emptied yet?"

Qin Zheng added, "Just ship it to her on the agreed date!"

At this time, Xia Mochu and his party had already left the city.

The road was bumpy and Xia Mochu felt very uncomfortable in the carriage.

Li Qiuhan sighed: "The roads in Hongtong County are still the best!"

Suddenly he exclaimed, "Miss, we forgot something important!"

Xia Mochu was startled: "What's the matter?"

Li Qiuhan quickly said, "It seems we didn't pay Qin Zheng the agency fee!"

"Humph!" Xia Mochu curled her lips and snorted coldly: "I didn't mean to give it to you!"

I thought to myself, you’ve slept with me twice and I haven’t asked for money yet, what money do you want?

Li Qiuhan looked at his master in surprise. The master never took a single needle or thread from the people, so why did he like to take advantage of them?

Xia Mochu rolled her eyes at her and said faintly, "I've already made an agreement with him. I'll owe him the money for now."

She had to lie, otherwise, if the news got out, she would become a complete mess.

Given her relationship with Qin Zheng, why would she ask for agency fees? Of course, the cost of the product still had to be paid.

Li Qiuhan was shocked: "He agreed?"

Suddenly, he seemed to have suddenly realized something: "Young lady is willing to give up the first pill of Daqian, so how could he not agree? Damn Qin Zheng, even if he gave the entire Hongtong County to Your Majesty, he couldn't exchange it for the first pill of Daqian."

Xia Mochu remained silent, thinking, "I didn't give him the Daqian No. 1 Pill; it's still in my arms. Am I stupid? Last time, that guy slept with me, and this time I slept with him. Hehe, we're even!"

She really didn't want to take Qin Zheng's things for free, but the palace was short of money. It couldn't afford the deposit of 300,000 taels.

I just don't know if that guy will be ungrateful and refuse to ship the goods to her.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves behind the caravan, and a fast horse came galloping, with a woman sitting on it.

From a distance, he shouted, "Boss Xia, please stay!"

"Zhao Suhong?" Li Qiuhan was shocked: "Why did she follow me?"

"Stop the car!" Xia Mochu smiled bitterly. "She must be here for agency matters. I haven't even signed a contract with her yet, and she's gone just like that. She must be worried..."

Sure enough, Zhao Suhong urged her horse to the front of the carriage and asked directly, "Boss Xia, our contract..."

Xia Mochu smiled and handed her a white jade pendant: "This is a token of trust. Take it back to the capital to find me. Also, my identity must be kept secret!"

After saying this, the carriage left.

Zhao Suhong was anxious. "You sent me away with just a jade pendant? Who are you? Aren't you just a businessman?"

Just as he was about to spur his horse to stop the enemy, he suddenly caught sight of the words on the jade pendant...

Gudong!

Zhao Suhong fell off her horse: "Empress?"

After a long time, Zhao Suhong crawled up from the ground, her body trembling.

I have a mother-in-law!

Is she the empress?

The empress has arrived in Hongtong County?

Lord Qin also signed a contract with her?

"My Lord Qin, you are finished, you have killed yourself!" Zhao Suhong was anxious. She jumped on her horse and galloped back, wanting to tell Qin Zheng.

But after a moment, she pulled the reins.

The Empress had just warned her to keep her identity secret. If she revealed it, she would be punished with the death penalty and the extermination of her entire clan!

"Wow, Master Qin, I'm so sorry..." Zhao Suhong cried anxiously...

……

Hongtong County.

Qin Zheng rested for a while and then had to get up and go out.

Tian Fuan said that almost all the people in the city had come. Not only was the ten-mile-long street in front of the government office crowded with people, but several nearby streets were also filled with people who cared about him.

When the people saw Qin Zheng coming out, they cheered.

The people behind couldn't see Qin Zheng, but when they heard that Sir Qin was fine, they cheered even more...

Qin Zheng bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your concern, fellow villagers. I am fine now. Please go back!"

"Master Qin..."

Suddenly, a few people squeezed out of the crowd, both old and young.

He fell to his knees in front of Qin Zheng.

"Thank you, Lord Qin, for saving my life." A middle-aged man kowtowed with tears streaming down his face.

He is the herbal farmer that Qin Zheng rescued.

"Lord Qin, thank you for saving my husband..." The woman behind him bowed.

"Master Qin, you are such a good person!"

"If it weren't for Lord Qin who sacrificed his life to save my son, he would have died..."

An elderly couple kowtowed and cried.

Qin Zheng hurried forward and helped them up one by one.

"That's not necessary. This is what I should do..."

Before Qin Zheng finished speaking, a white-haired old man in the crowd said, "Sir Qin, you developed the medicinal base for the benefit of our entire county! These days, it's hard to find an official as kind as you... If you hadn't built the nursing home and orphanage, I, an old man, would have starved to death long ago, and those orphans would have had a harder time. People, we should all kowtow to you!"

After saying that, he fell to his knees and kowtowed.

Then, all the people in the ten-mile-long street, including the surrounding streets, knelt down.

At this moment, Qin Zheng's eyes were filled with tears and he felt very satisfied.

Before he traveled through time, he knew that the common people were the best, but he never imagined that one day, more than 500,000 people would be so close to him.

This was the real reason why he was unwilling to leave Hongtong County and serve as an official in the court. He couldn't bear to leave his relatives!

Once he was gone, the next county magistrate would take office. He didn't even dare to imagine what would become of the Hongtong County that he had worked so hard to build, and what would happen to his relatives.

……

Xia Mochu and his group left Hongtong County and entered Xuanzhou.

I didn’t visit here when I came here, so when I go back, Xia Mochu wants to visit some other places along the way.

The road was even more difficult to walk on and was very muddy.

We finally reached Xuanzhou City.

Xia Mochu was about to be dispersed and ordered to go into the city to rest.

Xuanzhou City, the city walls are ruined.

The roads and houses in the city were in a dilapidated state.

There is garbage everywhere and the stench is overwhelming.

There were few pedestrians on the street, and those who did were often half-naked and looked pale.

You can often see beggars in ragged clothes wandering around.

Suddenly, Xia Mochu focused his eyes and saw that all the trees around him had lost their bark, which looked very strange.

Xia Mochu frowned. "I remember now. Some time ago, when the Ministry of Personnel impeached Hongtong County, they also praised the Xuanzhou prefect. They said he governed well, and the people were prosperous, living and working in peace, and even left their doors unlocked at night..."

"Miss, this is outrageous. How dare the Ministry of Personnel deceive His Majesty? Even the bark of the trees has been eaten up, and you still think we are rich?" Li Qiuhan couldn't help but said angrily.

Xia Mochu was suspicious: "Could this be the second Hongtong County?"

Li Qiuhan was stunned: "It's also a disguise? That's even better than the disguise in Hongtong County. Miss, look, there are actually people selling themselves to bury their fathers..."

Xia Mochu was so exhausted that he lowered the curtain of the sedan chair and said, "Let's go to the inn to rest first, and then we will conduct a secret visit!"

The posthouse was very dilapidated and had a strange smell.

There were two waiters in the front hall, one was dozing on the table and the other was drinking at the counter.

"Stay in the hotel!" Li Qiuhan walked to the counter.

Xia Mochu and others sat on the stools.

"Fifty taels of silver." The waiter with a fat face at the counter looked at Li Qiuhan lustfully and said.

Li Qiuhan was shocked. "I've never heard of a post station asking for money from a caravan. The imperial court has issued a decree that all prefectures and counties seeking to attract investment must provide free post stations to merchants. Besides, isn't this too expensive?"

The waiter sneered, "Sir, you can choose not to stay here. This is the rule of our inn. However, I have a piece of advice: once you leave here, no one in the entire Xuanzhou will dare to take you in."

"There is no law yet?" Li Qiuhan was furious.

The waiter scoffed: "The law? We are the law!"

Li Qiuhan was so angry that he reached for his waist and was about to draw his sword to kill the waiter.

Xia Mochu said: "Let's take a look at the room first!"

She was really too tired and had no energy to deal with this matter. She would deal with it after she had a good rest.

Li Qiuhan had no choice but to suppress his anger.

"Pay ten taels of silver first." said the waiter.

Li Qiuhan said angrily: "Why?"

The waiter suddenly looked at Li Qiuhan lustfully: "Why should I take you to see the room, and why should you see my room? You are not my wife."

As soon as the words fell, Xia Mochu's face darkened and he uttered a word through his teeth: "Kill!"

Dare to insult her female official?