Gao Pragmatic said these words very easily, but Huang Ma's scalp went numb when she heard them.
In fact, he had known for a long time that Cen Ling came with Gao Jintai this time, and based on the relationship between Cen Ling and him, it was impossible not to slander him in front of Gao Jintai, but he did not expect that Gao Jintai would do it in front of him.
Make a show of your own power.
After all, this is Lingyun City!
Did Gao Yuntai think that he could walk sideways in Lingyun City with the three hundred servants behind him and Cen Ling's three hundred personal guard wolf soldiers? Or did he not realize this at all?
Or is it that he just wants to show the majesty of the patrol and is essentially just giving himself a warning?
After all, Huang Ma is a character who can endure for many years and deceive Cen Shaoxun's trust before suddenly launching a "coup". The situation is unclear at the moment. Although the high patrol officer's attitude is cold, after all, there is no obvious murderous intention. Huang Ma's thoughts kept turning, and finally he bowed his head to plead guilty again.
: "The lower official is aware of his guilt."
This time, he really didn't dare to say anything that deserved death.
Gao Pingshi glanced at the wolf soldiers on the road ahead. It was obvious that they were all a little angry. Although they were kneeling, they all secretly looked this way.
Seeing Huang Ma, who was subdued again, Gao Qingshi said calmly: "Since you know your guilt, get up first, and don't show off your rhetoric in front of me in the future."
He paused and then said: "I am inspecting the whole of Guangxi. What I want to see is whether the local officials abide by the rules and laws and act in accordance with the court system. I don't have time to care about other things. Do you understand?"
Hey, what does this mean?
Huang Ma quietly raised her head and glanced in surprise, but she saw Gao's pragmatic eyes looking towards Cen Ling at this moment. Huang Ma couldn't help but feel happy and said secretly: It seems that it was Cen Ling who encouraged Gao to perform surgery on me, but
Gao Zhitai didn't seem to want to cause trouble, so he just warned me and expressed his intention to Cen Ling.
Ha, let me just say, this matter of Cen Shaoxun is just an internal matter of Sicheng. Why should Gao Yuntai help Cen Ling? This is not in line with the consistent practice of the imperial court and makes no sense!
Isn't the consistent style of the imperial court to restrict the chieftains, support the chieftains, and fight for power between the chieftains and the chieftains?
It seems that this high-ranking official is acting so coquettishly in front of me just because of Cen Ling's affection. His most fundamental attitude has not changed, and he still does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of Sicheng Prefecture.
In this case, you might as well give him some face, hehe... a civil servant.
"I understand. I must abide by the rules and laws and cooperate with the inspection." Huang Ma put on her honest look again and responded politely.
Gao pragmatic nodded with great satisfaction, but he still looked like he was invincible in the world, pulling him as hard as 258,000 yuan, and said calmly: "Get up, lead the way."
I don't know if he said "get up" to Huang Ma alone or to the seven earth eyes together, but everyone knew how to pretend, so when they heard this, they all got up quickly, and fortunately they were high on the stage.
No more words were said.
Huang Ma was stunned just now, and the others didn't want to know how bad Gao Zhantai's temper was. They just stood aside and bowed obediently, not daring to say more than a word.
Gao pragmatically waited for Huang Ma to lead the way, but he didn't even get off the horse. He lightly patted the horse's butt and walked forward slowly. He didn't even tell his servants to dismount.
In this way, Huang Ma and others led the way. Because Gao was pragmatic and did not dismount, he looked like a servant leading the horse with the stirrup hanging down. How could he have any earth-eyed style?
But since Huang Ma had endured it, the wolf soldiers under his command had no choice but to follow dejectedly. How could there be any momentum at all?
Silent all the way, the group gradually went up the mountain. Only after going up the mountain did they realize the magic of Lingyun City. It turned out that this city was exactly what Cen Ling said before. There was a river passing through the city. After passing the city, the river slowly began to flow.
Flow down the mountain.
The magic of this city is really rare. From this situation, it seems that Lingyun City is not easy to be besieged to death, unless the river water is poisoned on a large scale. However, this kind of thing is too inhumane on the one hand, and it is actually very difficult to do on the other.
——How many poisonous sources are needed to pollute a river and maintain its toxicity?
No wonder Huang Ma was so confident that she almost had a breakdown just now.
After entering the city, a large number of Guixi chieftains, big and small, were already waiting in the state government office. Huang Ma had already arranged for Cen Shaoxun to "recuperate during his illness". Naturally, he was not in the state government office. The state government office happened to be free to receive Gao Xunjian and other chieftains.
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When facing the chieftains, Gao's pragmatic attitude was better than before. Although he was still reserved and put on airs, at least he was not expressionless forever.
The chieftains have long been accustomed to the virtues of civil servants in the imperial court, especially the young patrol officer Gao Jingshi. They think it is natural to have a temper, but they don't think it is wrong at all, and they all come forward to introduce themselves.
Gao Pangshi followed the rules and greeted them with courtesy - of course, since he was a superior official, he could just sit down and answer the courtesy.
Cen Ling and Huang Ma have never spoken. They rarely even look at each other in the distance. Occasionally their eyes meet, but they always snort and look away, with a look of "I don't want to see you."
Really disgusted with each other.
When everyone met, Gao Jingshi took the inspection seriously. He ordered each chieftain to briefly describe the important aspects of their governance and submitted some files to Gao Jingshi for review.
In fact, their files are pitiful. In places where officials from the imperial court are in charge, most of the things are recorded in files, which is very convenient for verification. However, these chieftains are different. If the records are not recorded, it is really bad.
It all depends on your mood, after all, the court didn't check in the past.
Fortunately, Gao Pingshi didn't really intend to find out anything from the case files. After receiving these files, he said that he was tired from the journey and would stop here for today. For other things, he would invite all the chieftains to come one by one tomorrow.
Inquire for details.
Huang Ma hurriedly came out and said that the reception banquet has been prepared. Please go to the stage and move with the chieftains. Although the governor of Lingyun City is not here today, he still has to show his loyalty to the landlord.
Gao pragmatic seemed to have expected this scene, and he easily agreed without making any fuss, which made Huang Ma, who had always been nervous, breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Gao Pragmatic's high airs still made Huang Ma a little annoyed, because this patrol manager was surrounded by a large number of servants even when he went to have a meal, which was simply inexplicable.
However, a person behind him smiled and explained to him: "Brother, don't worry. When I went to Guilin last time, I heard someone said that this Gao Xun's family is very rich. Not only is he worth millions, but his uncle is even richer."
It's amazing - the Changlu Salt Farm belongs to his uncle's family, brother, this is a business worth millions of taels of silver a year."
Huang Ma was really shocked: "How many millions? How much money can we pay in various tributes in a year in Sicheng Prefecture?"
How much silver? Sicheng Prefecture is a native Zhili Prefecture. Every three years, sixteen high-quality horses are presented to the court, with each horse being converted into twenty-four taels of silver. The silver incense burner is fully paid. The annual grain payment is one thousand six hundred and forty-six shi nine.
Dou, it was shipped to Changpingcang, Pennsylvania, at a discount of seven coins per stone.
If you add it all together, the total is less than 1,300 taels per year. Even if you add in the silver incense burner and so on, it will be more than 1,400 taels. The only thing worth mentioning is that sacrificing a horse is not a sacrifice.
The war horse is a pony horse that is a specialty of Yunnan, Guangxi and other places. It eats less and does much more work. It is also extremely docile and very useful in mountainous areas. The only drawback is that this kind of horse is not very good as a war horse.
Therefore, Huang Ma, a Tumu who had never seen much of the world, naturally felt his liver tremble when he heard the transaction of several million taels of silver. When he thought about it, Gao Xun's family was so rich, so it would have been more grand.
Indeed, it should be true. If someone like him, Huang, were as rich as him, why would he have to have someone spread the carpet when he went out?
He no longer had any doubts and honestly led the way to the place where the banquet was being held.
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