With the Lu Gui who prepared the Jinyiwei in advance, Li Xiu led a few teenagers without much effort and passed the city gate and entered the county town.
Speaking of which, this is the second time that Li Xiu has entered the city of this era. The last time he went to the capital more than half a year.
The Shanyin County in front of me naturally cannot be as noisy and prosperous as the capital, but it also has a somewhat unparalleled urban atmosphere in the capital.
The long street is not spacious, with shops on both sides, stalls and vendors shouting non-stop, and pedestrians on the streets were bustling with golden light, and a touch of golden light shone from the horizon. The vivid scenery of the ancient city was clearly reflected in Li Xiu's eyes.
After looking around, Li Xiu did not stay in this verbal place for too long. After leaving a young man to pick up other people who entered the city, he led the other two young men to the city.
At this point, the first thing to do is to find a place to settle down. This is not a difficult task. Before Li Xiu could inquire, the fan on the street came to the door by himself. Li Xiu was too lazy to be troublesome, so he followed the customer to rent a house in Shanyin County as a place to settle down.
As for silver, Qianhu had prepared a purse for each team when he left. Although Li Xiu had not looked at it carefully, there were at least dozens of taels of snowflakes, which was enough for them to live a stable life for a long time.
Of course, if you do not hide your identity this time and directly find the county government to express your identity, you may not have to spend any money.
The house is located in the northwest corner of the county town. It is quite secluded because it is far away from several main streets in the city. Not long after, the teenagers under Li Xiu came to the courtyard one after another.
The first time he performed a mission, coupled with such a big house, this group of teenagers who had never seen any world were so excited.
After looking around one by one, the boy's heart and nature were revealed a little more.
Li Xiu didn't stop anything. After giving instructions to everyone, he called Erwazi and the two left the house.
At the gate of the house, there is a narrow alley. On both sides of the alley, there are families. Looking around, Li Xiu took a step and walked towards the city.
"Brother Xiu, what are we doing?"
Erwazi walked aside, looked around for a while, and finally couldn't help asking.
“Shop around.”
"We are just a first-timer and don't know anything. Let's see what's going on."
"oh oh."
Erwazi nodded repeatedly, without asking any more questions, and followed Li Xiu honestly.
Shanyin County was not big, and it took more than half an hour to visit Shanyin County.
Li Xiu also had a rough understanding of this county town.
With the main street running through the east and west city gates as the boundary, the south is obviously richer, and the north is slightly dilapidated. After the main street, you can see a large number of shanty towns that are difficult to shelter from wind and rain. The county government is in the center of the county town, and near the east and west city gates, it seems to be the barracks under the inspection department...
"If the three inspectors..."
After walking around and on the way back to the house, Li Xiu recalled what he saw and heard in the city, but couldn't help but think about it secretly.
This trip to the Jinyiwei came for the White Lotus Sect, and in addition, he was ordered by the emperor to inspect the White Lotus Sect. As the Jinyiwei, even if it was just a small flag, he could ask for orders to mobilize the military power of Shanyin County when necessary.
With such support, Li Xiu naturally cared about the military power of Shanyin County.
According to the Ming Dynasty system, in an ordinary county town, except for dozens of yamen runners directly under the jurisdiction of the magistrate, there is only county inspection.
The county inspector takes charge of criminals, checks private salt, maintains public order, and suppresses rebellion when necessary. It can be said that it is the most important military force in ordinary county towns.
There are three inspection departments in Shanyin County, which means that there are three inspections in Shanyin County. The county inspection team is naturally not much larger. Each inspection officer should not exceed 100 people. Moreover, with the nature of this era, there must be some empty salary. The troops under the three inspection officers are probably above 200.
Moreover, only one of these three county inspection departments is in the county town, and the other two are in towns outside the county town.
This means that the garrison troops in the entire county town always have those yamen runners, and there are only more than a hundred people.
After understanding the matter thoroughly, Li Xiu couldn't help but be amazed. He finally knew why ancient peasant uprisings could easily sweep a large area.
The county towns of this era covered a very wide area, but in each county town, except for those military important areas, even if the number of soldiers is full, it will only have a maximum of two or three hundred troops.
These two or three hundred troops are still very scattered, just like this Shanyin County. With intentional calculations and unintentionality, dozens of bandits can easily capture the county town.
When the city reacted, it sent troops to encircle and suppress it, and it would be at least more than a month later.
Even if it can be easily wiped out, the impact of the war cannot be eliminated in a short time.
Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head secretly. This is the limitation of the times. It is basically impossible to change before fast long-distance communication occurs.
As his thoughts circulated, Li Xiu led his Erwazi back to the house.
At this time, the curiosity of the teenagers in the house dissipated almost the same. They sat around the yard and bragged and chatted. When they saw Li Xiu return, they all stood up subconsciously.
"Everyone is here. I just went out for a walk and probably learned a little about the situation. We should also discuss what to do!"
Hearing Li Xiu's words, the young men naturally did not dare to neglect them. They immediately trotted over and finally surrounded Li Xiu.
"In this way, Erwazi, go to the shanty towns over there, where there are poor people in distress. The White Lotus Sect likes this kind of place the most. You guys, disguise yourself and lurk there. If you find anything, please notify me immediately..."
"Wu Tie, just go to the street. If you have too many people, go wherever you are. Be careful, let's not reveal your identity for the time being..."
Just as Li Xiu was making arrangements, Wu Tie was suddenly interrupted by the side, which made Li Xiu's voice stop abruptly.
"Brother Xiu, wouldn't it be better if we go directly to the county government to reveal our identity and ask the county government to send someone to help us investigate?"
Li Xiu suddenly looked at Wu Tie. Although he had not said a word yet, Wu Tie was so scared that he shrank suddenly.
"Our identity is the Jinyiwei, and we are swaying over. It won't take long before the entire county town knows that our Jinyiwei is coming to investigate the White Lotus Sect!"
"The White Lotus Sect is not a fool. It is hidden deeper than a mouse. How can I check it after such a fuss?"
Chapter completed!