When Li Mu was practicing, he fell deeply into concentration. The nine-turn Yuan Gong slowly circulated, pulling the essence of the surrounding sky to form a human-shaped spiritual vortex. He breathed in and out, gathered around the whole body, and the scene was terrifying.
Even though Gu Qingcheng is a third-generation disciple of the Tianhe Sword Sect, and his father is the current headmaster of Tianhe, so he is well-informed, but he has never seen someone like Li Mu sucking up the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. p>
"Only when my grandfather was practicing, he had such a vision. Even my father didn't have such a movement."
Gu Qingcheng watched Li Mu being surrounded by spiritual energy. The essence of Zhou Tian penetrated into the pores of his body, sucking in endless amounts of spiritual energy into his body like a whirlpool. He couldn't help but open his mouth with a look of shock: "What kind of power is this?"
Dharma can actually draw the power of the stars in the sky and gather the essence of the void."
She had met many talented people in the Tianhe Sword Sect, and her parents were both extremely talented people in heaven and earth. However, she was still shocked by the situation of Li Mu's cultivation at this time, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.
"No wonder Brother Li said that he has achieved such a level of cultivation after practicing for only one year. A day of vomiting skills like his is enough to equal the spiritual energy of an ordinary monk who practices for a year. If he keeps practicing like this
, no peerless genius, no matter how proud of heaven, will be eclipsed in front of him!"
Gu Qingcheng had a lot of thoughts, and it took a long time before she gathered her thoughts and began to practice slowly in the wave of spiritual energy.
At night, Hu Yunniang also quietly came to the house, found a place, and began to rub the spiritual energy.
Even the servants in the courtyard are unwilling to miss this opportunity, and use their martial arts skills with all their strength, and strive to improve themselves under the influence of the spiritual energy in the courtyard.
Ten days passed like this, and Li Mu slowly woke up from his trance. He saw that Gu Qingcheng and Hu Yunniang were still in trance. He immediately got up and went out. After closing the door, he threw more than a dozen puppets in the room to look after them. p>
He took out a few more runes and pasted them on the doors and windows, then slowly walked out and came to the street.
In today's Qinghe County, although the county magistrate was swallowed by a snake demon, it is an ancient custom for squires to govern the place. Without the county magistrate, there will be no changes in the local area in a short time.
Although it hasn't gotten better, at least it won't get worse.
Liu Gangdan obeyed Li Mu's instructions, held the dragon ball in his hand, galloped on his horse, and accompanied by several guards, walked through every street in Qinghe County, inhaling all the disease, miasma, and poisonous gas into the poisonous dragon ball.
In a few days, most of the plague in Qinghe County was reduced, and almost no one died due to the plague.
On the other hand, Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie jointly managed the local area, providing work for relief, and selected some victims to work for the rich to plow the fields, burn bricks and build walls, while most of the victims built water conservancy projects, built toilets, built houses, dug rivers and planted trees.
To mine mineral deposits, just give them some food.
With improved sanitary conditions, the number of sick people has been greatly reduced. Anyone who stutters can die. In just ten days, the entire Qinghe County has changed drastically. In the past, people were starving everywhere and people fell down everywhere.
Furthermore, some people are hungry but they are still hungry.
All the troublemakers were arrested, ranging from hard labor to beheading. Those who deserved to be castrated, those that deserved to be beheaded, and those that deserved to be beaten were beaten. Under the harsh punishment, the victims suddenly became docile people, and the chaotic scene in the past became a new chapter.
One clear.
Even in Qinghe County, the dirty streets in the past have become cleaner now. Public toilets have been built on every street, and people who are good at painting in the city are allowed to paint male and female heads on the public toilets to distinguish the male toilets from the female ones.
Toilet.
Trash baskets made of bamboo strips are also placed on the street. If pedestrians have garbage on the road, they must throw it into the basket. There are well-built disaster victims on the street who act as makeshift soldiers with long sticks. If they find anyone littering, they will immediately
A stick.
If you dare to resist, you will be taken to the Yamen and fined ten cents.
If you are caught urinating in the open, you will be fined 20 cents. If you have no money, you will have to do hard labor for three days and then let you go.
After various policies were implemented, the wealthy gentry in the city felt very uncomfortable at first, and many of their servants disobeyed them, which made them very embarrassed.
But after a few days of implementation, everyone felt that it smelled really good.
The streets are clean, the air smells better, and the whole county has a completely new look. Even the victims no longer cry for their fathers and mothers all day long. Just giving them a bite to eat is enough to calm them down.
These people worked hard to build bridges and roads, and the rich only needed to provide some food, and they could also erect monuments to show their merits.
Rich locals also have spiritual needs.
There is no hope of gaining academic fame, but if they can leave a reputation in the local area for being kind and helpful in repairing bridges and roads without spending much money, they will naturally be happy.
The victims got food, and the rich man got a good reputation.
This move is a win-win situation.
Li Mu walked for a while in the city when he suddenly heard loud gongs and drums and loud bragging in front of him, and his heart moved: "This is the imperial official coming!"
Turning the corner, I saw a group of people lined up on the street in front of me. A gong sounded in front to clear the way, and the Yazao held a sign behind. A carriage, escorted by a group of officers and soldiers, drove through the street and headed straight for the Yamen.
Li Mu's thoughts turned around: "Look at the sound of the gong. It rang eleven times. It must be at least an official of fourth rank or above. Could it be that the prefect of Yunzhou is here? The county magistrate and the official envoy were swallowed by the snake at the same time. Yunzhou
The prefect is also jointly and severally responsible, so it is reasonable to come to investigate."
He thought for a while, then took a step forward. With one step, he was already in the county government office.
Since the door of the county government office in Qinghe County was damaged by a snake demon, Zhang Shihong hurriedly ordered people to repair it, which did not delay the office work.
At this time, Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie were having a meeting to discuss agricultural planting in Qinghe County. Now that the victims were gradually stabilized and it was the farming season, the two called the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the city to discuss temporarily borrowing seeds.
At the same time, we will lend food to the victims to survive the disaster year first and then pay them back next year.
Qinghe County was not severely affected by the disaster. The real victims were the people of nearby Baoming County. However, the county magistrate of Baoming County had already fled with his whole family to avoid the epidemic.
The wealthy gentry and wealthy people in the county also died and ran away. Only the poor people were helpless. Some fled to other places and some to Qinghe County.
These disaster victims and common people in Qinghe County, the gentry and wealthy people, are happy to lend them food. Anyway, they are from the same county, so there will be no trouble in collecting food and land in the future.
However, few people in the nearby Baoming County were willing to lend them food.
Baoming County is too far away. If you lend this food, it will be a meat bun beating a dog. It will never come back. It is a useless thing and no one is willing to do it.
But we must not watch these victims starve to death.
The magistrate of Baoming County can run away. Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie still have some conscience. They know that if they don't help the victims at this time, they are afraid that they will never survive the winter. When the severe cold comes, these people are destined to die of cold and starvation. The two called the wealthy businessmen and gentry from Qinghe County today to discuss this matter, because Zhang Shihong was only acting as the county magistrate temporarily and had a good relationship with these gentry. They were not very afraid of him, and the scene became a noisy mess.
Some are worried about food, some are worried about money, and some say that Zhang Shihong is unreasonable. They are laughing and joking, mixed with a few swear words, and those are Zhang Shihong and Sun Honglie who are cursing people.
The quarrel was so intense that no one even noticed Li Mu coming in.
Sun Honglie had some sense of it. When he saw Li Mu coming, he hurriedly saluted: "Master, you are here!"
Zhang Shihong and others also stood up: "I've seen Brother Li!"
Except for Zhang Shihong, the rest of the squire and scholars did not know Li Mu's abilities, but Li Mu's writings about the methods of dealing with disaster victims made them greatly admired.
Especially since Zhang Shihong respected him so much, Sun Honglie even called him master, which invisibly raised Li Mu's status a lot.
"Let's stop gossiping."
Li Mu looked around at everyone: "There are officials outside who are blowing gongs to clear the way and are coming to the county government office. Did you get any information in advance?"
Zhang Shihong said in surprise: "Is there someone from the imperial court? Everyone doesn't know about it!"
Everyone looked at each other with panic on their faces.
They temporarily acted as government officials, and after all, they had a somewhat unfair reputation. At this time, the official master of the court came, and everyone was very uneasy.
Li Mu smiled and said: "We follow the ancestral law and jointly recommend Brother Zhang to govern Qinghe County. This is Taizu's law. We have contributed to the country by relieving the victims and appeasing the local area. When the officials from the imperial court come, we should be rewarded." Everyone laughed and said, "Brother Li, what you said makes sense!"
Zhang Shihong said: "In this case, let's go meet the adults."
Li Mu said: "He didn't notify us in advance, how can we greet him? It's best for us to stay put and wait for news."
At that moment, everyone sat down in the county government office, waiting for people from the court to come.
They said they were not panicking, but the anticipation and anxiety in their eyes were beyond words.
After waiting for a long time, everyone's eyes were sore, and then they heard the sound of gongs and drums outside. A man came to the county government office and shouted loudly: "The governor of Yunzhou is coming to Qinghe County. You and the county government officials are waiting for you, why don't you come out to greet them quickly?"
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Zhang Shihong and others stood up in a panic and looked at Li Mu: "Brother Li, are we going out to greet the boss now?"
Li Mu looked at Zhang Shihong: "Brother Zhang, you are a civil servant and have great fame. Naturally, you will be the leader. Brothers and others will follow you."
Zhang Shihong said: "You came up with all the strategies. How can I dare to take credit? Let's go out together."
So he walked side by side with Li Mu, followed by a group of scholarly squires, and walked out of the yamen together. They saw a carriage parked at the yamen gate. There were a group of guards standing in front of the carriage. In the middle, there was an old man with a long beard, dressed in purple.
Stand with your hands behind your back.
This old man has a slender figure, a handsome face, and a long black beard that is at least two feet long, with roots penetrating his flesh and flowing down his chest.
Seeing Li Mu and others, the old man looked surprised. He took the initiative to come to the crowd and looked at Li Mu: "What do you call this little brother?"
Li Mu was slightly startled: "But the governor is in person? Student Li Mu has met the governor."
"Li Mu?"
The old man looked Li Mu up and down: "Li Mu, have you been to Yunzhou Mansion a few days ago?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "The student recently assisted Brother Zhang in managing Qinghe, but he has not gone to Yunzhou. In two months, he will go to Yunzhou Mansion to attend the Autumn Festival, and will definitely visit the boss then."
The old man laughed loudly: "Really? If you can participate in Qiuwei, it will be a blessing to the court!"
When he said this, he ordered someone to take out a drawing, unfold it in front of Li Mu, and said: "Li Mu, do you know this person?"
Everyone looked together and saw that the person pictured in this picture looked exactly like Li Mu, except that his attire and bun were slightly different, and his temperament was a bit sharper, far less peaceful than he is now.
The old man drew a picture with his fingers and said with a smile: "A few days ago, a case occurred in Yunzhou Prefecture. This monk was drinking in a brothel and killed another monk. I have drawn shadows and patterns to look for this person, but I have never found him. Today.
When I saw Li Mu, I almost thought Li Mu was him."
Li Muqi said: "My lord, looking for a murderer, what does it have to do with me? You can't assume that I am a murderer just because I look like him."
The old man glanced at Li Mu with a smile: "Not the best! Not the best!"
After a moment, he added: "Even if you are him, it actually means nothing."
