Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 175
The princess went to the yamen for a stroll, just like shopping in a shopping mall, and placed a lot of orders.

Qin Feng made a small fortune, and everyone is happy.

Qin Feng also arranged the rooms for the imperial envoys and personal guards.

The imperial envoy also went to take a shower, changed his clothes, and then it was the turn of the personal guard.

In fact, the yamen has enough rooms, and there are five wooden barrels for bathing, which can be washed at the same time, but the imperial envoy obviously dare not entrust the safety of the princess to others, just as Qin Feng is also afraid that something will happen to the princess on his own territory.

The three personal guards took turns taking baths.

By the time they all finished washing, it was almost noon.

"Your Highness, it's already noon. Qin usually eats relatively simple, and the cooks in the yamen are so skilled. Why don't we go to the most popular Chunxiang Building in Ninghai for lunch at noon?"

Qin Feng proposed.

The princess had no objection, she nodded lightly and said, "Okay. The snacks I ate this morning were good, and I would like to have some at noon."

"dessert?"

Qin Feng frowned, he didn't remember any snacks in the refugees' meals.

The imperial envoy carefully reminded: "It's corn bread."

After thinking about it, the imperial envoy also commented: "The corn bread is really good. What's the secret recipe, Mr. Qin? Why is the taste so soft?"

"I see."

Qin Feng didn't expect that even the princess and the imperial envoy would find the cornbread made by himself to be delicious, so he couldn't help being a little proud.

"There is no special recipe, just remove the husk and finely grind the rice, and then grind it into flour and noodles. In this way, the taste will naturally be better."

The imperial envoy raised his eyebrows straightly: "The resettlement of the refugees has been done so meticulously... Hasn't the locust plague this year affected Ninghai County?"

"I heard from the magistrate that you, Qin Feng, disobeyed orders and disrespected you, and you refused the imperial court's order to harvest early!"

Qin Feng hurriedly cupped his hands: "Master Imperial Envoy is a clear lesson! Qin Feng was just trying to keep the harvest in the field! At that time, the locust plague had been controlled by Mr. Qin, and the grain could have been harvested normally. If he had really listened to the words of the prefect, it would have been wasted in vain. A year's labor of the people."

"Oh? There is such a thing? The locust plague has spread to so many places, and it has been affected everywhere. So many officials are helpless, and you falsely claim to have contained the locust plague? Are you being an imperial envoy to be fooled? I want to see , How is your harvest in Ninghai County this year, and how much tax and grain you have paid! Bring the grain book!"

The imperial envoy wanted to give Qin Feng some color to show his majesty.

But as the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.

Qin Fengxing sat upright, and everything he said to the imperial envoy and the princess was true, and he was not afraid of investigation at all.

He nodded to Wan Kunming, and Wan Kunming immediately fetched the account book and showed it to the imperial envoy.

For things like taxes and food, after they are handed in, there will be a receipt from the state government on file, and it is clear at a glance how much has been paid.

Opening the account book, the imperial envoy couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the number written on it.

"Hiss? Why did you pay more food taxes than in previous years despite the disaster this year?"

Qin Feng replied with a smile: "The county has collected grain taxes in proportion to the farmers' harvests since last year. Naturally, more grains will be paid when there is a good harvest."

"How much did you pay?"

the princess also asked curiously.

She thinks Qin Feng is very interesting. There are so many strange things in the house, so she takes a high look at Qin Feng.

But she is a princess, and she has not forgotten why she came all the way with the imperial envoy.

In her opinion, if a person is busy doing these messy things, he must have no energy to focus on political affairs and people's livelihood. She has doubts about Qin Feng's words.

"Princess Qi, the food tax paid by Ninghai County is about twice that of previous years, and it is also twice the amount paid by other counties in Dengzhou..."

"There is such a thing? Is the account book real?"

"The receipt is genuine, with the seal of the prefect of the state."

The imperial envoy couldn't believe it, but he had to respond in disbelief.

The princess nodded slowly: "That's really strange, can I ask, Mr. Qin, why did Ninghai County harvest more food when it was hit by disasters?"

"You don't want to extort money and forcefully grab food from the people, right?"

The princess's tone was flat, but she was questioning Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was neither humble nor overbearing, calm and unhurried, and said calmly: "Of course not. The farmers in this county, under the leadership of Qin, have improved the means of farming, which has increased the harvest."

"Farmers in Ninghai County used to not have enough food every year, but this year they will still have a surplus. If the princess doesn't believe it, she can call open the door of any common people to check to ensure that everyone has enough food at home."

Seeing Qin Feng's self-confidence, the princess immediately felt that she might have guessed wrong, but she couldn't admit defeat. She said, "You don't need to tell me, I will check it myself."

After finishing speaking, she took out a folded piece of paper from her cuff and unfolded it. It was the notice that she tore off.

"How do you explain this?"

"Other local officials are afraid to avoid the refugees, but you do the opposite and invite the refugees to come to you. My palace and the imperial envoy suspect you. You are taking advantage of these refugees to be displaced and deceive them. Do coolies here."

"Hehehehe."

Qin Feng smiled, looked at the princess, shook his head and asked: "His Royal Highness slept in the dormitory of the refugees last night, and had dinner with them this morning. Is Qin enslaving them and treating them as coolies?" Squeeze, don't you judge?"

"As for this notice, it was indeed Weichen who asked someone to post it. Leaving aside the reason, I will show Her Royal Highness something interesting."

Qin Feng called Wan Kunming and whispered a few words, Wan Kunming immediately went to the lobby of the yamen, came back soon, with more than a dozen notices in his hand, and spread them all over the floor in front of the princess.

Qin Feng pointed to these notices and introduced them one by one: "Princess, please look, this is torn from the notice board of Laizhou County, this is torn from the notice board of Weiyuan County, this is..."

Qin Feng identified each of them one by one, and finally concluded: "These are all posted by the magistrate."

The princess looked at the content, and it was basically the same as what Gao Lili wrote in her hand. They all said that Ninghai County had food and a place to live, and told the refugees to come here quickly.

The only difference is that the one written by Qin Feng himself is an upgraded version, which not only accepts refugees, but also accepts civilians.

"Prefect Jia? Why did he post these? Why did he gather all the refugees here with Mr. Qin? From what he said, he probably has a quarrel with you, Qin Feng. How could he help you?"

The imperial envoy asked suspiciously.

"Prefect Jia is helping me!"

Qin Feng revealed the truth: "He may have originally planned to drive all the refugees to Xiaguan to disturb the order in Ninghai County. He wanted to make Ninghai County into chaos so that he could retaliate against Xiaguan for beheading his distant relatives!"

"What's going on here?"

The imperial envoy was in a daze, why did he take a life out of him?
(End of this chapter)