Afterwards, Lei Ming was asked to recover all the stolen goods carried by Dai Lu, including 570,000 gold coins and several boxes of jewelry and valuables. After the stolen goods were processed, he asked the Imperial Guard to take the bodies of everyone who accompanied Dai Lu to the
I found a piece of dry branches and burned them together. As for the horse bandits, I ignored them. These guys had done so many unscrupulous things during their lives, and after they died, they became food for jackals, tigers and leopards. They could also be used as waste for comfort.
Those innocent dead souls.
"If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"
Lei Ming looked at the burning flames and sighed.
"I had known this before, but it was still the same in the beginning. The world is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. This is human beings."
Li Xiaotian felt this and summed it up, then mounted his horse and left.
After finishing the incident in Jinzhou, we continued heading north without stopping.
In less than twenty days, we arrived in Xuanzhou.
In Xuanzhou, the name of the state pastor is Bufu, which is a little different from other state pastors. According to the brochures of the major state pastors that Li Xiaotian obtained from the palace, he learned that this person was a general and a monk, and he had five Tongmai.
level of cultivation.
Unable to move, Li Xiaotian took a general look at the situation in Xuanzhou when he entered the city. Taxation was normal and governance was good.
After entering the city, identify yourself and go to the state pastoral office.
"Sir, the Buzhou pastor is waiting for you in the main hall."
After a while, the gangster came out and reported to Li Xiaotian.
Traveling through ten states, for the first time, Li Xiaotian met the state pastor who didn't go out to meet him. This was even more full of personality than Chuzhou state pastor Zhong Yong. Could it be that because he was a monk, he had a bad temper?
Then again, there is indeed no provision in the laws of the Qiu Kingdom that stipulates that high-ranking officials must come to visit and low-ranking officials must pick up the driver. Although it is somewhat inappropriate according to common etiquette, there is nothing wrong with not following common etiquette.
Even though Bu Fu's attitude of contempt was obvious, Li Xiaotian was really helpless.
It was not against the law, but at most it was against etiquette. Li Xiaotian was not the kind of hypocritical person, so the three of them entered the state shepherd's house.
As soon as they entered the house, everyone was quite surprised, because this state pastoral house was much more luxurious than any previous house in terms of decoration and layout. Rare flowers and plants could be seen everywhere, and there were mahogany carved railings everywhere and all the walls.
It is made of jade, especially in the atrium, where a huge golden nanmu is the most conspicuous. It is so extravagant that it cannot be added. The three of them walked around with the guard who led the way, and they had already labeled the Xuanzhou shepherd as a corrupt official.
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But, if this guy didn't increase taxes on the people privately, where would he get the money?
Could it be that like Youzhou, they discovered some kind of mine and exploited it privately?
It's useless to think too much. You'll find out later when you see someone face to face and check the accounts.
In the main hall, a man was sitting in the upper position, drinking tea. Needless to say, this man was Xuanzhou Prefecture Mu Bufu.
When Bu Fu saw the three of them, he said politely: "Everyone has come a long way and is tired from traveling and traveling. First, drink a cup of Longxu tea to relieve your fatigue."
The first-rank minister came to visit, and the second-rank governor was still sitting in the upper position. He showed no intention of courtesy and was extremely arrogant.
Li Xiaotian didn't get angry at all, because there is no provision in the law for a junior official to give up his seat to a senior official, especially in the lower official's home. It can only be said that he does not respect etiquette. In this case, let him go.
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As a result, Li Xiaotian sat down directly, gently shook the lid of the cup, and took a sip of tea.
As soon as he entered the door, Bu Fu knew that the youngest person was the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He had already heard about this Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He was not even a young man yet. He was young and quite capable, and he was investigating all the major cities and towns along the way.
, acting vigorously and resolutely, can make many state pastors frightened by the news. When I saw him today, he was indeed as good as the rumors said. He was so rude to him, but his expression remained calm and calm.
Bufu asked: "Master Shangshu, what do you think of this tea?"
"It is sweet on the tongue, refreshing and silky, and has a fragrant aroma. It is better than the tribute tea in His Majesty's Imperial Study Room. It is the best." Li Xiaotian replied, especially the fourth sentence, which was full of strong gunpowder smell, as if
Ask, where do you get so much money to drink such expensive tea?
Bu Fu said: "It seems that Master Shangshu has a lot of research on tea ceremony."
After Li Xiaotian took a sip, he drank it as if he were drinking water. He clicked his tongue and said: "I don't dare to do research, and I'm not afraid of Buzhou Mu's jokes. This is also the first time I have the honor to taste this Dragon Beard Tea. I dare to ask where it comes from. Then I will
I'll go back to Kyoto later to pretend to be a worldly person."
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Lord Shangshu. I can't pretend to be a worldly person. This tea is imported from other countries and cannot be sold in this country. If I don't have much left on hand, I will send some to Lord Shangshu and take it back to Kyoto." Bu Fu.
Destroy without mercy.
"Then there's no other way. I'd like to ask you what the price of this tea is. If it's not too expensive, I can pay Buzhou Mu first and buy another one for me when the time comes. I can ask a messenger to deliver it to you.
Me." Li Xiaotian said, obviously the drunkard didn't care about tea.
"This is a good idea, but I must be honest and say that this Dragon Beard Tea is not cheap. It costs this much per kilogram." Bufu said, raising two fingers.
Li Xiaotian said: "Two gold coins per catty?"
Bufu shook his head.
Li Xiaotian added: "Twenty gold coins per catty?"
Bufu still shook his head.
Li Xiaotian said with a look of disbelief: "Two hundred gold coins per catty?"
Bufu smiled and waved his hand.
Li Xiaotian was extremely surprised and said: "Two thousand gold coins per catty?!"
Bu Fu looked at Li Xiaotian who looked like he had never seen the world before and said with a smile: "My dear, Lord Shangshu, do you still want me to help you with the shopping?"
"Forget it, this is not drinking tea, it's clearly drinking gold...money." Li Xiaotian quickly waved his hand and brought it to his mouth. He realized that something sounded wrong, so he quickly changed his words to the word "money", and saw that Bu Fu was quite proud of himself.
, and then said: "It is said that the salary of a second-rank state pastor is half less than that of a first-level minister. I can't afford tea. Where can Buzhou pastor get the money to buy it as a regular drink?"