Bingzhou City is not as prosperous as Chang'an. If we compare it to later generations, it is probably the difference between the capital and the provincial capital.
In terms of age, Bingzhou is comparable to Chang'an.
It is said that after Dayu controlled the floods, he divided China into nine states, and Bingzhou was one of the nine states. Almost all the cities in the Tang Dynasty were named after "states", but Bingzhou was the authentic "state", which existed during the period of Dayu.
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A famous city in ancient times must be a place of outstanding people and spiritual beings.
Therefore, although the city of Bingzhou is not as prosperous as Chang'an, there are many literati and scholars walking slowly and chatting side by side on the streets.
Li Qinzai and a group of officials walked to the restaurant. This was Li Qinzai's insistence.
He had to take a look at the weather in the city, and the most convenient and intuitive way to observe a city was to look at the people walking on the streets.
There are so many living beings on the street.
Literati and scholars are certainly leisurely and unhurried, but not everyone is leisurely and unhurried.
The common people were not so elegant. What Li Qinzai saw was that the people were walking in a hurry with worried faces. Outside some shops on the street, such as grain stores and rice stores, there were always some with hungry faces.
The people wandered around.
The street is not busy, and many shops with signs have been closed for unknown reasons.
What's even more unusual is that there are so many sergeants patrolling the city. Li Qinzai left the governor's house and within an hour of burning incense, he saw five teams of patrolling sergeants passing by in the middle of the street.
This kind of high-frequency street patrols has never been seen even in the capital city of Chang'an.
After walking around the city for an hour and burning incense, Li Qinzai's eyes had seen a lot. What he saw was more vivid and intuitive than what was described in the memorial and Baiqisi's information.
The prosperity of this city seems to have been deliberately whitewashed and glamorous, like a prop board in a movie or TV series, just to fool the audience.
He continued to talk and laugh with Wang Shifu and other officials calmly, and arrived in front of a rather luxurious restaurant.
The restaurant was empty, either because there were no guests or because officials had cleared the place early. The owner of the restaurant stood at the door, saluted Li Qinzai, and ushered everyone into the restaurant diligently.
When the banquet started, there were not only delicacies from the mountains and seas, but also a group of maikos dancing in the hall to add to the fun.
In an instant, Li Qinzai actually had the illusion that he was in a banquet of dignitaries in Chang'an City, rather than a dangerous city in the grip of drought.
Everything was normal, as if there were no problems in Bingzhou City. Wine was drunk, dancing was carried out, glasses were exchanged, faces were red and ears were red.
The officials frequently toasted, and Li Qinzai finally became red-faced and swaying as he was helped back to the governor's house by Liu Asi. The officials were sent to the backyard with unfinished content, and then they each took their leave.
After stepping through the archway in the backyard and entering a bedroom on the north side, Li Qinzai, who was swaying, instantly regained his consciousness and sat on his knees in the room, frowning and saying nothing.
Liu Asi was shocked: "Fifth Young Master, are you... drunk or not?"
Li Qinzai grinned: "What do you think?"
"Are you not drunk? Were you pretending to be drunk just now?"
"Heh, do you think I'm so happy and cheerful drinking with a group of strangers? Are you so heartless?"
Liu Asi hesitated and said: "But... Fifth Young Master, why are you pretending to be drunk?"
"We have almost everything we need to see and hear. Of course we have to pretend to be drunk and leave. Are we familiar with them? Are they worthy of socializing with each other with smiles on their faces?"
Li Qinzai was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. Liu Asi naturally knew some of the purpose of his trip and asked in a low voice: "Where do you plan to start when Fifth Young Master comes to Bingzhou to deal with the disaster?"
Li Qinzai said lazily: "Don't worry, Bingzhou's officialdom is a bit interesting. I plan to see more."
Liu Asi suddenly couldn't understand Li Qinzai. Although he couldn't understand it before, this time it was too abnormal.
As soon as he entered the governor's office, Li Qinzai showed a completely different face than before, a domineering and brainless dude. There was a strong message in and out of his words, as if he was telling them that he was just a passerby with mixed qualifications.
, has background and identity but no brains.
In just a short banquet, the newlyweds established a stable and vivid atmosphere.
Liu Asi observed silently during the banquet, and found that several officials looked at each other during the banquet, showing understanding smiles. It was obvious that they really regarded Li Qinzai as a fool.
With Liu Asi's IQ, he naturally couldn't figure out why Fifth Young Master was pretending to be mentally retarded and drunk. After more than a year, he was used to Li Qinzai's new image after his rebirth, and suddenly returned to his old playboy appearance. Liu Asi was really not used to it.
I don’t know whether Wu Shaolang’s character has stood up or collapsed.
What Liu Asi couldn't figure out even more was why the Fifth Young Master still stayed in the Governor's Mansion unhurriedly and turned a blind eye to the imminent disaster, even though the drought outside Bingzhou City was severe.
"In your opinion, as soon as I arrived in Bingzhou City, I should have left the city to go to the countryside and be busy opening canals and repairing warehouses for farmers to alleviate the disaster?" Li Qinzai asked lazily.
Liu Asi nodded subconsciously: "Isn't this how officials deal with disasters?"
"This is indeed what we should do, but Bingzhou is different..." Li Qinzai breathed out softly and said: "The water in Bingzhou is very deep, and the officials in the governor's office cannot tell the loyal from the traitor for the time being. What's more, there is a Korean lady in the city.
If I go to the countryside to dig canals and build warehouses, I'm afraid there will be a fire in the backyard."
"If you want to save the people, you must first understand the officialdom of Bingzhou. Whether it is opening canals or repairing treasury, they are the ones who really do the work. If the officials are not dealt with first, everything will fail."
After all, Liu Asi was a martial artist. He seemed to understand Li Qinzai's words, but he still said respectfully: "The villain does not understand the truth. As long as the Fifth Young Master has given instructions, the villain will go through fire and water."
Li Qinzai said thoughtfully: "Send a few people out to find out how many official warehouses are in the city and where they are. Then have a hundred troops dispersed in disguise near the official warehouses to closely monitor the people entering and leaving the official warehouses.
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Liu Asi was stunned for a moment, but he was used to just obeying orders without asking the reason, so he clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Yes."
There was no other reason why Li Qinzai ordered the secret surveillance of Guancang. It was purely due to the poisoning of movies and TV shows in his previous life.
Anyway, when there is trouble anywhere in movies and TV dramas, the local official warehouse is always the first to suffer.
When an imperial envoy comes down, someone will burn the official warehouse. If the account books are wrong, the official warehouse will be burned. When there is a drought or flood, the official warehouse will be burned. Even if there are officials in the capital court that cannot be hit by eight poles, the local official warehouse will be inexplicably set on fire.
One can't help but wonder whether the place where official warehouses were built in ancient times was a place where the Five Elements were violated, specifically to deal with fire.
Since Li Qinzai became the governor of Bingzhou, he naturally had to take precautions, otherwise so many costume dramas in his previous life would have been in vain.
Liu Asi left the bedroom, and Li Qinzai rubbed his face alone in the room.
Although I was pretending to be drunk just now, I did drink a lot and was a little drunk.
When he first came to Bingzhou today, he felt that Bingzhou was unusual, especially the officialdom of Bingzhou.
At this time, what he lacked was information about Bingzhou, all kinds of information.
"I suddenly miss Song Sen, especially...more than I miss my mother-in-law." Li Qinzai murmured.
I took a nap in the room in the afternoon. Not long after I slept, Liu Asi hurriedly came to report.
"Hundred Cavalry Commander Song Sen would like to see you."
Li Qinzai opened his sleepy eyes and stared for a long time.
No matter what you were thinking, could it be that when I was missing Song Sen, a meteor happened to fly over my head?
Not in a hurry to see Song Sen, Li Qinzai started a feudal superstitious activity in the house, secretly looking up at the beams and making wishes.
"What about the next heavy rain?"
There was no movement outside, no thunder or lightning.
A wish that is too big is equivalent to praying for world peace, and God may not be able to achieve it.
So Li Qinzai decisively stepped back and asked: "...please protect me from losing my hair in this life, right?"
His scalp suddenly became numb, and God seemed to have received his wish and gave his scalp a condition.
Very good, it is enough not to lose hair. As for the drought in Bingzhou...well, man can conquer nature!
"Let Song Sen come in." Li Qinzai ordered.
Not long after, Song Sen, who had a friendly face and a humble smile, walked into the room and saluted as he entered the room, as if he was a bank teller who had attracted a billionaire deposit customer.
"I'm going to pay homage to County Uncle Li, Governor Li. Shaolangjun is a great man. He was appointed Governor in his early twenties. It's unheard of to establish the Tang Dynasty." Song Sen said with a smile.
Li Qinzai accepted Song Sen's compliments without hesitation and said, "You have to work hard. I have known you for so long, and you are still the head of Baiqisi. It is said that you are also a deputy. How do you get around?"