Meng Yi didn't say much about the emperor's sharpening of his sword. But the meaning was enough.

Chen Sheng realized that the emperor had to sharpen more than one knife. Whether he was the one that the emperor wanted to sharpen or the one that sharpen the knife was still not sure.

Chen Shengshen exhaled a breath of turbid air and knew that the Minzhong County in the future would be a very lively place.

Two days later, Meng Yi and Fusu bid farewell to Chen Sheng together, led their subordinates to leave Minzhong County, and embarked on the way back to Xianyang. Before leaving, Fusu Zhengguan solemnly said to Chen Sheng: "After this farewell, the mountains are heavy, the river is vast, I hope you will take care of it. One day, we will see each other in Xianyang, and hope that that day will come earlier. Let go of your hands and feet here, and you don't have to pay too much attention to Xianyang."

Chen Shengning nodded heavily and expressed his gratitude to Fusu. With Fusu's words, he felt a little more confident. Fusu's simple words contained very rich meanings. Although Chen Sheng was not particularly clear about how much the promises needed to be fulfilled, he could understand that heavy weight.

"Don't worry, young master, Fujian-central county will be the most firm cornerstone of the young master." Chen Sheng also knew how to express his loyalty just right at this time.

Two smart people know how to smile, everything is indifferent.

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After seeing off Fusu and Meng Yi, Ling Suyun also told Chen Sheng that the timetable for leaving in Fujian has arrived. After following Chen Sheng in Fujian for a while, the relationship between the two became more subtle. However, Ling Suyun has a strong personality and does not like to express emotions like the children of the small family. She gives Chen Sheng more substantial support. Before, Ling Suyun had received a hidden reminder from Meng Yi, saying that Chen Sheng might be exhibited in Fujian. She understood her heart and naturally understood the meaning. She mobilized a large amount of resources, including getting some accurate information from Ba Qing, the head of the family, who was already in Xianyang, and confirmed that Chen Sheng might become one of the candidates for the county magistrate of Fujian.

Because of this judgment, Ling Suyun made a series of decisions without hesitation. He allocated a large amount of family resources to Minzhong County and invested the family's wealth in Chen Sheng.

The geographical location of Minzhong County is bordered by the former Chu and Qi states, so it has been more or less infected by the atmosphere of Central Plains civilization. But this is far from enough. Chen Sheng wanted to exhibit well in this place, and the possibility is not high, because in this poor and bad land of the barbarians, it is already a very headache to place these indigenous Yue people into the kingdom. As for exhibition, it is impossible to do without sufficient financial investment.

As one of the most wealthy families in Qin, Ling Suyun naturally knew that the Qin Empire would not have any financial investment in Minzhong County. The entire country is still a huge war machine now. War is like a huge leech, sucking on the people of the empire. Minzhong County will soon be accommodated in this system. There is only the possibility of value being extracted by the empire. Except for Ling Suyun, no one is willing to spend money on this place. Most of the picky merchants will not be willing to invest in this place where the war has just subsided. The indigenous Yue people are extremely repetitive and often rebellious. The court is not afraid of these sporadic little fires, but these unstable factors are a huge disaster for the merchants, which is enough to discourage them.

Even when Ling Suyun proposed this plan to the family, the elders of the Ling family collectively opposed Ling Suyun's bold and crazy decision. Fortunately, the patriarch Ba Qing still firmly supported Ling Suyun's behavior, so a special fund of 200,000 yuan would be transported to Minzhong County soon. Part of it was to support Chen Sheng's finances and part of it was the Ling family's business in Minzhong County. In addition, the Ling family also purchased a large amount of agricultural tools and gave it to Minzhong County for free.

Ling Suyun's actions made Chen Sheng very grateful. After becoming the county magistrate, Chen Sheng realized how poor this county in Minzhong was. The original king of Dong'ou, Zuo Wuzhu and Zuo Yao, the king of Minyue, were arrogant, extravagant, squandered, and the other was a military man, and wars were frequent. These two guys were both big money-burning households, so they did not leave much wealth at all. The finances of the governments in various places were simply deficient. In addition, in order to appease the people of Minzhong County, the emperor did not kill Zuo Wuzhu and Zuo Yao, and retained their respective palace wealth. Chen Sheng's only wealth was 300,000 stones of grain. This was the deducted part of the military rations found by Fusu and Meng Yi to give him. Such a little thing could not support the half-year expenditure of Minzhong County.

Therefore, Ling Suyun's support was particularly important at this time. But Chen Sheng still knew that even with Ling Suyun's support, it would be a drop in the bucket. Ling Suyun returned to Ling's family in Bajun to gain greater support for Chen Sheng.

Except for the county magistrate Han Dongqing, the other important officials of Minzhong County have not arrived yet. From Xianyang to Dongye, it is a very difficult road. With the influence of some mentality, the arrival of Li Shen and Yinghuo is even more distant. Chen Sheng naturally would not wait for these guys to come before starting work. Since the day he was appointed as the county magistrate of Minzhong County, he has already started to work hard.

First, he wrote a memorial to the emperor. After being grateful for the emperor's gratitude, Chen Sheng also explained his strategies for governing Fujian. Some of these strategies were conceived by him, and some of them were suggested by Fusu, Meng Yi, Ling Suyun and others. He also tactfully put forward his own requirements. In the middle of Fujian, the land of Fujian should not suppress commerce without valuing agriculture.

Chen Sheng has a very good reason. Most of the central Fujian is mountainous, and the agricultural products are not high, so it cannot give full play to its local characteristics. There are many minerals and tea resources in the area. The salt industry can be opened in the sea. These are resources that can be transformed into huge wealth of the empire. These are extremely rich commercial resources.

After the memorial was published, Chen Sheng felt a little nervous. The emperor was a paranoid in sticking to the Qin legal rules. Can he listen to his ruthless words? For this reason, Chen Sheng also wrote a secret letter to the teacher, asking the teacher to help find a solution. However, I think that the emperor may not be able to hear the teacher's opinions about the fundamentals of the country.

But Chen Sheng knew that unless the emperor dismissed his position as a county magistrate, he would still implement such a policy.

When Ling Suyun left Minzhong County, the first batch of laws and regulations in Minzhong County were officially issued.

The first batch of laws did not conflict with the Qin law. In fact, these batches of laws were the first batch of laws that Shang Yang was the Qin State when he implemented the reform. The current county of Minzhong actually had too many similarities with the Qin State when Shang Yang's reform was not implemented more than a hundred years ago.

ps        : I have been busy these days and can’t keep up with the updates. I’m sorry to everyone. I wish you all good luck in the New Year, wealth and happiness for your family...
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