"You, the governor of Zhou and the magistrate of Wang County, don't need to be polite!"

Outside the gate of Yifang County, Li Zexuan came to a group of officials and said with a smile: "I came to Lanzhou just to destroy the locusts. You don't need to worry about me. If you have official duties, just go and do your official duties!"

Li Zexuan is a pragmatist and doesn't like to engage in these empty formalisms, but Zhou Wenfang and the others went out of the city to greet them out of good intentions. As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person, so he has no reason to blame the other party.

Zhou Wenfang's eyes flashed, seeming a little surprised, but after a moment, his expression returned to normal, and he held his hands respectfully and said: "The Lord Marquis is upright and honest, and he is dedicated to serving the public. I admire him!"

Having said this, he turned around and looked at the officials behind him, and said with a serious expression: "Did you all hear that? Those who have official duties should return to the Yamen immediately to work, without any mistakes~!"

The state government of Lanzhou is located in Yifang County, so Zhou Wenfang's words were not only addressed to the officials of the governor's office, but also to the officials of Yifang County.

"yes!"

The more than thirty officials standing behind couldn't help but look at each other, and after a moment they raised their hands and said in unison.

Zhou Wenfang pointed at the hundreds of people around him, and said to Li Zexuan with a smile: "Haha! Lord Marquis! These people came to greet you spontaneously after hearing the news, and they were not asked by the lower officials to come.

, I can’t drive you away!”

Li Zexuan pursed his lips and looked around at the people who were looking at him expectantly. Li Zexuan said loudly: "Folks of Lanzhou, I am here, so you don't have to worry about the locust plague anymore! This big disaster

Sun, everyone should go back to eat! This afternoon, the Tianji Brigade will go to each village to start killing locusts!"

In fact, they met many enthusiastic people on the way here. Of course, Li Zexuan knew the demands of the people. The sun was shining brightly at noon, and it was so scorching that it was almost burning people to death. Li Zexuan had no idea.

Nonsense, just a few words will make the people feel at ease!

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

Li Zexuan's voice was so loud that the people around him could almost hear it clearly. Hearing his words, they all couldn't help but cheer loudly and expressed their gratitude.

"Let's all go back and eat!"

Li Zexuan said with a kind face.

After getting the desired reply from Li Zexuan, the people did not stay any longer and left with satisfaction.

"The Tianji Brigade is finally here! The locusts in our county should be wiped out soon, right?"

"Of course. It is said that the Tianji Brigade killed the locusts in Qizhou in just over two days!"

"Good boy! So fast?"

"Hey! We have to thank Mr. Han. Do you know why the Tianji Brigade came directly to Lan after killing the locusts in Qizhou?"

"Why?"

"Because Master Han is the father-in-law of Marquis Yong'an! These three villages, Liushu Village, Nanping Village, and Kaiyang Village, were originally bought by Marquis Yong'an to Master Han! Now we have a locust plague in Lanzhou, can Marquis Yong'an help?

?"

"Oh! I remembered it! It seems that this is indeed the case!"

"The farmers in these three villages are close to coal mines and iron mines. They can earn a lot of money every month just by working in the mines!"

"Who told the coal mines and iron mines to belong to Marquis Yong'an? Marquis Yong'an is famous for being kind to the people below him!"

Although Li Zexuan had never been to Lanzhou before, many people in Lanzhou had benefited from Li Zexuan, especially the people in Yifang County, because Li Zexuan not only had coal mines here, but also

Although mining of iron ore and aluminum mines will pollute the local environment, since Han Lizheng came here, he has been using the method taught to him by Li Zexuan to treat sewage, so after half a year, the local environment has not been polluted much.

On the contrary, the common people made a lot of money working in the mines!

"Master Marquis! Your Majesty has prepared a small amount of wine at your house. There are no delicacies from mountains and seas. It's just some ordinary home-cooked food. I hope Master Marquis will appreciate it!"

Outside the city gate, Li Zexuan and Han Lizheng exchanged pleasantries. At this time, Zhou Wenfang stepped forward and cupped his hands.

In fact, this lunch was not just a common meal, but after seeing what Li Zexuan did just now, Zhou Wenfang guessed that Li Zexuan didn't like their extravagance and waste, so he changed the lunch to a common meal!

Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Home-cooked meals are just right! Could you please Governor Zhou to prepare some simple meals for the children, as well as heat-relieving soup and throat moistening soup?"

Regarding Zhou Wenfang's character, Li Zexuan heard Han Lizheng say before that he was a smart man who knew how to work hard, but would not overly curry favor with superior officials. This kind of person cannot simply be defined as a corrupt official, because he is not corrupt, but just a corrupt official.

I know a little bit about how to maneuver. Compared with Wei Zheng, who is an upright minister, Zhou Wenfang is usually better at maneuvering. People who know how to be flexible will fare better!

Therefore, Li Zexuan has neither a bad impression nor a good impression of Zhou Wenfang, and his father-in-law Han Tianhu is still on Zhou Wenfang's territory. There is no need for him to prevent Zhou Wenfang from coming to Taiwan for a trivial matter, so after thinking about it for a while

, Li Zexuan still agreed to Zhou Wenfang’s banquet!

…………………………

Under Li Zexuan's "exemplary leadership", the luncheon at the Governor's Mansion ended quickly, taking only more than half an hour. After lunch, Li Zexuan left directly, and then left the county seat with a group of children.

Start killing locusts directly!

Well, of course, Han Lizheng was also following behind.

Not only did Tiedan stick to Han Lizheng along the way, the children in Hanjiazhuang also liked to surround Han Lizheng, shouting "Li Zhengli Zheng" non-stop. Although Han Tianhu was no longer in Hanjiazhuang, the children did not take any

As an outsider, he walked along the way, leaving behind the laughter and laughter along the way. It was so lively!

Looking at these chirping naughty children around him, Han Tianhu couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that these little bastards who only knew how to play with mud and dig out bird's nests, because they learned the art of controlling chickens from Hu Jingran, Hu Guoran, they...

Become a hero who saves the common people!"

"Haha! It's not easy for them to be heroes!"

Li Zexuan interjected at this time: "It has been eight days since the locust plague occurred, and these children have already traveled hundreds of miles! Many children's backs are peeling from the sun, and their bodies are covered with prickly heat. They can only sleep on their stomachs at night. I'm sorry.

These children, I made them suffer!"

He also felt this. This season is almost the hottest time of the year, but he is leading these children around to provide disaster relief. In the eyes of others, they are heroes, but the price of this hero is...

It was really too serious for these children. In just a few days, all the children were tanned a lot. It was impossible for Li Zexuan to say that he did not feel guilty!

"Xiaoxuan, don't say that!"

Han Lizheng said in a deep voice: "These children have suffered a bit, but what they have seen and learned along the way is enough for them to last a lifetime! It is their honor to follow you everywhere to exterminate locusts and gain experience!"

They will all be grateful to you when they grow up!"

Li Zexuan shook his head and did not answer.

Suddenly, Li Zexuan caught a glimpse of a particularly large pond in front of him. The terrain of the pond was low in the south and high in the north. The key was that its shape was very peculiar. The part near the north was built with stone dams one after another. Seeing this, Li Zexuan

He quickly reacted, pointed to the pond, and asked:

"That pond must be the sewage treatment tank that my father-in-law had someone repair, right?"

When Han Tianhu reported to Li Zexuan the serious water pollution problems near the iron mines and coal mines, Li Zexuan not only bought all three villages near the iron mines and coal mines, but also taught Han Tianhu some methods of treating sewage, one of which was the sewage treatment method.

Filter pool!

Han Tianhu followed the direction pointed by Li Zexuan and looked over, then nodded and said: "Yes! That is the sewage treatment tank! There are two such pools near the iron mine. After using this thing, the sewage has indeed become much less!

It is because of this that no common people will oppose our mining anymore!”

Li Zexuan nodded in approval and said: "Yes! That's right! We can't just immerse ourselves in mining and ignore the feelings of the local people, otherwise we will end up being a street rat that everyone shouts and beats! That should be our iron mine, right?"

While speaking, Li Zexuan pointed to a small hill in front of him on the right, and he could vaguely see a lot of people on the hill.

Han Tianhu looked at it and then replied: "Yeah! That's right! That is our iron mine, and it is also the largest iron mine in Lanzhou! Today, the iron mine is loading a batch of ore to Lantian County, Fu Bin

I couldn't get away, so I didn't come over, Xiaoxuan, do you want to go and have a look?"

After pondering for a moment, Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Yes! Of course I want to take a look!"

Nowadays, there are more and more places where iron is used in the workshop. Iron is needed to ride a carriage, iron is needed to make bicycles, and even more iron is needed to make weapons and armor. Moreover, this is an astronomical figure. Now that he came to Yifang County, he happened to be able to go there.

Let’s take a look at the mine and see if we can expand the mining volume!

……………………

"Fu Bin! Come out quickly! Look who's coming!"

Arriving at the mine, Han Li was shouting directly towards the mine.

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with dark skin and thin body quickly walked out of the shed inside.

"Uncle Han? Master Hou! Master Hou, you are here!"

The young man first said hello to Han Tianhu, and then couldn't help being stunned when he saw Li Zexuan. Then he quickly stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Master Marquis, I know you are going to Yifang County at noon, but I couldn't leave at that time.

body, so...

This young man is none other than Fu Bin!"

Li Zexuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter! You did the right thing, business is more important! There are so many people greeting me, and you are the best one, right? Hey! Your kid is now tanned and thinner than before. It seems like

You have to endure a lot of hardships here! Do you want me to transfer you back to Lantian County?"

Not to mention anything else, Fu Bin's dark and thin appearance shows that he must have suffered a lot here. If he is now fair and fat, Li Zexuan will wonder if this kid has always been

Eat, drink and be merry!

"Master Hou! I'm not suffering! I'm not suffering at all!"

Hearing this, Fu Bin shook his head like a rattle and said quickly.

Han Tianhu laughed at this time and said: "Haha! This kid has fallen in love with Master Zhang's daughter. Xiaoxuan, if you ask him to go back now, how can he be willing? I guess you can drive him away with a knife from behind, but he won't do it.

Walk!"
To be continued...