"Chief, Ma Xuanzi from the Mawei tribe has just arrived. Now among the eighteen tribes, only the Luo family has not sent anyone."
Ning Wu sat on the chair, closed his eyes, and nodded slightly.
The man said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "I think this economic envoy is too ignorant. Chief, you are a well-known figure in Qin and Qinzhou. Who dares not to listen to your words? Let's put down our posture and be the first to come here."
Come here, I have already given him enough face, but he turned us away. He really doesn't take us seriously. He also doesn't think about it. If you hadn't taken the lead, the chiefs of the other tribes would
It may not come yet.”
Quite a complaint!
Ning Wu slowly opened his eyes and said calmly: "Yisen, when does the economic envoy ask us to come here to meet him?"
"Twenty-one is tomorrow."
"Isn't it time yet? If he doesn't see us tomorrow, let's talk about it later." Ning Wu said and looked at Yisen again and said, "Who are we?"
"ah?"
Ethan was stunned, not knowing how to answer.
Ning Wudao: "From the beginning to the end, we are the people and he is an official. Why should we put down our dignity? In fact, if we really talk about it, he is the first person in the dynasty to specially send people like us chiefs to come here. He already thinks highly of us.
Have you ever seen him looking for those people?"
Isen said thoughtfully: "That being said, we have never dealt with the imperial court. If he treats us like this, do we deserve to give him this face?"
Ning Wu said slowly: "Just because we don't deal with each other doesn't mean we can't deal with each other. This requires an opportunity. To put it nicely, we are chieftains and chiefs. To put it lightly, we are the kings of the mountain. We are no different from those bandits.
Just like Luo Hu, he is more of a robber than a robber. But is he really that powerful? No one dares to mess with him?"
Ethan was speechless after hearing this.
Ning Wu continued: "That's not the case at all. It's because the imperial court looks down on us and thinks it's troublesome to bully us. The imperial court thinks we are poor here, so it's too lazy to take care of us. The imperial court has always regarded the great northern countries or Xixia as
Enemies, we people are simply not worth mentioning. If the imperial court is determined to rectify this place, it can use money and people to kill us. We are no match at all. This person must be self-aware.
I won’t talk about the original massacre in Jiaozhi. Nowadays, the bandits in Jiaozhi burn, kill and plunder at the Yizhou border every year. What can we do, we can only protect ourselves, but the other side is not afraid at all, because they have the state behind them.
They support us, but in fact we are the most pitiful people. No one supports us.
I have some strength and money now, but so what, any wealthy businessman in Hangzhou is much richer than us, and his life is much more comfortable than us. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places.
, We Southern Barbarians are all used to being poor, and even those who are poor think that we are rich, but in fact, in the eyes of others, we are just a group of refugees and beggars."
Ethan said: "Although what you said makes sense, chief, but what does this have to do with the economic envoy?"
Ning Wudao: "This person is amazing. I went to Hangzhou a few years ago. And last year I went to Hangzhou to see it. It looked completely different from five years ago. I almost thought I was in Bianliang."
.A few years ago, Jiangnan was still in the flames of war, but now it has become a paradise on earth, where the people live and work in peace and contentment, singing and dancing in peace, all because of the new law implemented by this person."
Isen said: "Then the chief means that he came here to implement the new law?"
"I don't know about that." Ning Wu shook his head and said: "But think about it, he is the first rank in the dynasty, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. If there is no big deal, he will come to a remote place like ours to do something. Moreover, no matter why he came, since he is here, we must seize this opportunity, otherwise we will have to die here poor."
……．
The next day.
"Privy Envoy, Privy Envoy."
Du Ming arrived at Li Qi's door early.
After a while, the door opened. Li Qi stood in front of the door and looked at Du Ming, and said depressedly: "I'm telling you, Magistrate Du, just think of me as begging you. Please don't knock on my door every morning and disturb people's dreams." , is a heinous crime."
Du Ming looked embarrassed, but felt aggrieved, and said: "Privy Envoy, I don't want to do it either, but the chieftains have already arrived."
"As soon as they come, they will come. Just let them wait. There is no need for you to be in such a hurry."
"Sorry, sorry."
Du Ming nodded awkwardly. In fact, he was full of grievances. Although he was the prefect, he was no different from the common people, and those chieftains were all local emperors. There was a big difference in levels. This person was called by Li Qi, but Li Qi has not met any of the chieftains until now. When these bandits came to the Yizhou government office, Li Qi could not see them, but he couldn't. The local emperors always forced him. He not only wanted to see Li Qi , but Li Qi ignored him. It was really hard to be a good person when he was caught in the middle!
Li Qi saw how pitiful he was, and softened his heart, saying: "Okay, okay, just wait for me for a while, and I'll go there with you later."
Du Ming said happily: "Yes, yes, yes."
This prefect is really pitiful! Li Qi shook his head and sighed, which made Du Ming almost burst into tears. Long live your understanding!
……．
"Hey, isn't this Brother Ning?"
"Brother Wei."
As soon as Ning Wu came to the Yamen, he met an old acquaintance, Wei Ping from the Wei clan in Wuyuan County.
Wei Ping leaned over and whispered: "Brother Ning, I heard that you were the first to come."
Ning Wudao: "Maybe."
"Then can you see the economic envoy?"
Ning Wu shook his head.
Wei Ping clicked his tongue and said, "What's the reason for this economy? It's so unreasonable to ask us to come here and yet you don't see us. If I had known this, I wouldn't have come."
Ning Wu smiled and said: "Who said it was missing? I can see it today after all. Let's talk about it after we go in."
"please."
"please."
The two of them entered the government office together and saw that the lobby was already full of people, and they were the last to arrive.
"Chief Ning."
"Brother Ning."
……．
When this group of people saw Ning Wu coming, they hurried forward to say hello. This shows that Ning Wu is very prestigious among these chieftains.
Ning Wu returned the greetings one by one and asked: "Has the economic envoy not come out yet?"
This question immediately aroused complaints.
This economic envoy is so unkind. He asked me to come here, but he always hides away. Isn't this making fun of us?
Just as the complaints were raging, four people suddenly walked out of the back hall. It was Li Qi, Du Ming, Niu Gao, and Drunkard.
"Prefect Du---."
Just as they were about to ask when the economic envoy would come out, they suddenly saw a young man following Du Ming. They all thought, could this person be the economic envoy?
For a moment, there was silence in the lobby. Everyone looked at the young man next to Du Ming.
Du Ming hurriedly introduced in front of the mountain: "Dear chieftains, this one is the economic envoy from the capital."
This economy is probably too young.
All the chiefs showed surprised expressions.
"Qinzhou Ningwu meets the Economic Envoy."
Ning Wu stood up first and bowed respectfully.
"It turns out to be Chief Ning, whom I have admired for a long time."
Li Qi took a look at Ning Wu and saw that he was really different, especially standing with this group of reckless men.
Ning Wu had set an example, and the others also stepped forward to register their numbers. However, compared to Ning Wu, they were less polite and were very casual.
Li Qi saw it, but didn't care at all. He returned the greeting one by one, then extended his hand and said: "Everyone, please take a seat."
Everyone sat down according to seniority, with Ning Wu and Wei Ping sitting at the front.
After they all sat down, Li Qi extended his hand to Du Ming and said, "Prefect Du, please sit down."
"yes."
Du Ming looked at the crowd of local emperors below, feeling a little nervous, and sat on the upper right seat with trepidation.
After they all sat down, Li Qicai sat on the left side of Du Ming. He glanced around and suddenly looked at the sixth person on the left and said, "Chief Ma, are you hot?"
“It’s not very hot.”
This person is none other than Ma Xuanzi, who arrived last night.
Li Qi looked around and saw that Ma Xuanzi had a piece of leather on his upper body covering half of his breasts. He was basically naked. He said, "It's not very hot. Why don't you even wear any clothes? People from your tribe are still like this."
Is this how you dress?"
When the others heard this, they pursed their lips in unison.
Ma Xuanzi shook his head awkwardly and said, "That's not true."
"It's okay if it's not, Brother Nong."
"Little---little man is here."
"Go and get some clothes for Chief Ma to put on."
"As commanded."
Ma Xuanzi blinked, as if he couldn't react. After a while, he said: "Hey, economic envoy, what are you doing? My old horse always wears this kind of clothes everywhere, and I haven't seen anyone say a word about it."
Li Qi ignored him, glanced at him, and said slowly: "Actually, I am a very easy-going person. I don't like to care about such trivial things. If you are walking on the street, even if you are all "chiluo", I will never do it.
If you say a few more words, I don’t know whether the government will intervene."
At this point, he changed the subject and said: "But this is a government office. It is a very serious and sacred place, not a wine pond and a forest of meat. Please think about whether your clothes are appropriate before coming here. Respect is relative.
If you don't respect others, you can't expect others to respect you. Chief Ma, you said you dress like this on weekdays, so I won't argue with you this time. Don't do it again. Otherwise, you won't be able to do this.
You can definitely get in."
Although Li Qi's tone was very calm, there was a hint of irresistible majesty.
Du Ming was very confused after hearing this. What did the economic envoy want to do? He ignored the business and was picky about these details. This was the first time they met. Why should it be like this? If there was a stalemate, we would discuss it later.
How can we talk about business?
After all, Ma Xuanzi was also a local emperor. No one had ever scolded him like this before. He couldn't help but look at Li Qi with bulging eyes.
Li Qili was too lazy to pay attention to him and took a sip of tea. At this time, Brother Nong had already walked over with clothes. Li Qi waved his hand and asked him to deliver it to Ma Xuanzi.
Brother Nong swallowed his saliva, walked to Ma Xuanzi with difficulty, and said respectfully: "Ma---Chief Ma." His voice was trembling, these were masters who might draw swords against each other if they disagreed with each other for even a few words.
ah.
Ma Xuanzi didn't want to pay attention to Nong Ge, but he glared at Li Qi angrily.
At this point, the two sides were at war with each other.
The rest of the people looked at me and me, with strange expressions on their faces, but they were all silent.
Li Qi put down the teacup, frowned slightly, looked at Ma Xuanzi and said calmly: "Chief Ma, if you feel that this serious place is not suitable for your casualness, you can leave now."
That's okay! Ma Xuanzi felt that he was disgraced, stood up suddenly, clenched his fists, and stared at Li Qi.
Li Qi responded with a smile, not afraid at all. No matter how cruel you are, will you be as cruel as Wanyan Zongwang?
After a while, Ma Xuanzi's momentum gradually weakened. He glanced at the whole audience, suddenly took his clothes, threw them around him, and said, "Thank you very much."
What a fool!
There are also some people who were originally sitting swaying and looking very cool, but now they quietly sit up straight, and they also take a look at their clothes and secretly adjust their clothes.
So cute!
Niu Gao looked at this and smiled to himself, "Who are you people? When the privy envoy was still a cook, you dared to challenge Wang Fu, and you didn't even know what kind of bird you were."
"you are welcome."
Li Qi smiled and nodded.
When Du Ming saw it, he let out a long sigh of relief and thought to himself, this Privy Councilor is really quite fierce.
Wei Ping suddenly said: "May I ask what the economic envoy ordered me to come here for?"
Because Li Qi is too mysterious to them, and the unknown is the scariest thing, so no one of them dared to act rashly until they knew the details of Li Qi.
Li Qi looked around and said: "Only seventeen people from the eighteen major tribes have come, and there is still one person missing. It seems that Chief Luo from Shanglin County hasn't come yet, right?"
Wei Ping chuckled and said, "Economic envoy, I don't think Chief Luo will come."
There is a thorn in this sentence!
"Really?" Li Qi smiled and said, "I said he would definitely come. Are you betting on something?"
When Wei Ping saw that Li Qi was speaking very confidently, he couldn't help but be stunned and didn't dare to accept the words.
Li Qidao: "In that case, please sit down for a while and wait for Chief Luo."
Wei Ping laughed and said: "Since the economic envoy has spoken, let's just wait."
Ning Wu glanced sideways at Li Qi and frowned secretly, but remained silent.
A group of people just sat here stupidly. They were not very familiar with each other and had nothing to say.
Nearly half an hour later, a guard suddenly ran in, clasped his fists and said, "To inform the Privy Council, Chief Luo of Shanglin County is outside the door asking for an audience."
Privy Councilor Ning Wu's eyelids twitched unconsciously.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Please come soon."
After Wei Ping and others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, thinking, is this Luo Hu really coming?
After a while, I saw a person walking from the door, his leather boots hitting the ground with a clicking sound.
Everyone looked outside and saw that the person who came was not Luo Hu, but an extremely tall man wearing black armor. There was a lot of blood on the shiny black armor. What was even more shocking was that he
There was also a bloody package in his hand.
Could it be ---!
Many people opened their eyes wide.
"The last general Yang Zaixing went to see the Privy Envoy."
Li Qi nodded and said, "Why are you the only one here, Chief Luo?"
Yang Zaixing held it with his left hand and opened the package with his right hand.