Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

"Okay." Jiang Xiaoyu was still confused, but he stood up sensibly and walked towards Queqi.

Seeing that she had forgotten the chair, Ma Ziliang stood up and helped send the chair over.

In his heart, he was thinking secretly, wondering, how did Jiang Benlei and his daughter get involved with the Queen Mother?

Jiang Benlei used to be a gangster, but he has been retired for more than ten years.

I have been living in Wushan Town for more than ten years. Logically speaking, I should not have any interaction with the Queen Mother who is far away in Kyoto.

"County Magistrate Wu, you are so attentive, but do you need my help with anything?" Ruan Qing's voice rang out while he was distracted.

Ma Ziliang immediately calmed down and turned his attention to Ruan Qing:

"Madam, you also know that the county magistrate of Xiaguan was donated, and there is no master above me to support me. After learning about your identity, Xiaguan did have the idea of ​​clinging to you."

Having been in ancient times for more than half a year, Ruan Qing had never seen such a straightforward speaking style, and he couldn't help but become interested.

She looked at Ma Ziliang with a smile: "How do you plan to cling on?"

"Madam came to the county government office to see me. She must be curious about the law promulgated by her subordinates, right?" Ma Ziliang asked rhetorically without answering.

As the Queen Mother, if she just wanted to save Jiang Benlei, it would be enough for Zhang and Yu to catch the head and send just one person here.

"Not bad." Ruan Qing nodded.

"I want to use this decree as a pledge to gain your support." Ma Ziliang continued.

"Using the decree you promulgated as a form of surrender?

You should know that according to the Daxi Law, the law you promulgated after taking office is obviously illegal.

Although our Daxi government has strategies for local officials to adapt to local conditions, we cannot deviate too much from our principles.

If someone uses this point to criticize you, it will be difficult for you to justify it. "Ruan Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The official knows that this law is indeed inconsistent with the laws and regulations of the court in other places, but it is perfectly suitable to be used in Qingsha County.

If it weren't for this law, the officials would not be able to tear apart the county's impregnable defense system. Ma Ziliang said.

"Huh?" Ruan Qing was puzzled and signaled him to continue.

“Madam also knows that Qingsha has always been relatively prosperous due to its unique geographical location.

The population here exceeded 500,000 at its peak, and even now, it is around 400,000.

A high-class county with a large population and affluence, after more than a hundred years of accumulation, naturally gave birth to countless powerful nobles.

As their roots become deeper and deeper, these people want more and more privileges and benefits.

Today, Qingsha County has almost become their world.

Under normal circumstances, a county's people's livelihood, order, finance, prison litigation, etc. should be managed by the county magistrate.

But this place is jointly controlled by powerful nobles, and the county magistrate is just their agent.

The powerful nobles in Qingsha have similar local privileges to the royal children in the capital.

No matter whether you kill someone or set a fire, no one will ask.

Those who have served as county magistrates and understand the rules will tacitly align with them.

Work happily for three years, get good reviews, and then leave happily.

Those who were stubborn and unwilling to join their ranks were either thrown into jail for corruption or died.

In the past thirty years, not counting lower-level officials, Qing County has had a total of thirteen county magistrates.

Three of them were dismissed from office and sent into exile, two died, and the rest were all smart people.

If the lower officials hadn't promulgated new laws when they came up and took action on the dandy of the He family, they might not even be able to issue a single decree. Ma Ziliang continued with a wry smile.

"The nobles in Qingsha are so powerful. Whether the head of a county can gain a foothold here depends entirely on their faces? But the imperial court knows nothing about it?

If I remember correctly, Qingsha has always been an important county of concern to the imperial court. It is the transportation hub of the north and south docks, and it is also a county with a large population. Most of the county magistrates sent here are officials. Ruan Qing frowned upon hearing this.

"Madam, it's really hard to convince you based on my words alone." Ma Ziliang said, turning to look at the sand carvings placed on the screen.

"The current time is about Shenshi quarter. Madam, if you don't mind the trouble, I will take you to Jingping Town to have a look. By then you will know everything."

"How far is Jingping Town from the county seat?" Ruan Qing asked.

"About thirty miles, if you ride a horse, it takes three to four quarters of an hour." Ma Ziliang replied.

"Then let's go, Jiang Yuan. If your injury is not healed, don't run away. Stay here with Xiaoyu.

Liang Fan and Queqi can just follow. Zhaoping, Yang San and Mu San, don't go either. "Ruan Qing stood up.

"Okay." The people named didn't insist.

After coming out of the living room, Ma Ziliang called Capt. Wu over: "Capt. Wu, since Jiang Benlei is not guilty, go and release him later.

His daughter was in the living room. After releasing him, she took him to the living room. "

After saying that, he asked people to bring the horses and recruited two guards. He and Ruan Qing ran towards Jingping Town at lightning speed.

Qingsha is indeed a famous and prosperous county, and the official road from the county seat to the town is very smooth.

It took a group of eight people more than three quarters of an hour to reach the site of Jingshan Town.

Entering Jingshan's territory, the first thing that catches Ruan Qing's eyes is the endless golden waves of wheat.

The golden wheat ears exude a joyful light in the sun.

It is the winter wheat harvest season at this time. The wheat in some fields is being harvested, and countless farmers are sweating like rain and waving the sickles in their hands.

"The wheat is growing well. Are these fields high-quality?" Ruan Qing reined in the reins and asked Ma Ziliang with a tilt of his head.

"good."

"Did you ask me to come here just to see how the local crops are growing?"

"No, I let you come and see it because I want to tell you that this large piece of fertile land used to belong to the people of Jingping Town.

Now they have become the fields of Qingsha powerful people, and the people working in the fields are all tenant farmers. Ma Ziliang said.

Ruan Qing was stunned, and she almost thought she had heard wrong.

Are the powerful nobles of Qingsha so bold? He actually annexed the entire town's farmland into his own?

She was about to speak, but the sound of horse hooves sounded behind her.

After a while, two men in bunts came running over on horseback.

"Hey, isn't this Magistrate Ma? You are here to inspect the crops.

Why are you bringing so many people with you when you go on patrol? Could it be that you have done too many things to your detriment and are worried that someone will do something bad to you?

Oh, there are still women accompanying me..." One of them looked at Ma Ziliang with a smile.

When his eyes fell on Ruan Qing Qingqi, who was wearing a hat and jacket, he subconsciously wanted to say a few obscene words.

"He Jun, shut up."

Ma Ziliang was afraid that his dog would not be able to spit out any ivory from his mouth and would say something offensive to Ruan Qing, so he immediately started to stop him without waiting for the next words to come out of his mouth.

"You..." He Jun was furious, pointing the riding whip at Ma Ziliang.

Unexpectedly, before he could say a curse word, the whip in his hand was already grasped by someone.

Then with a slight movement of his body, the man flew up from the horse. With a crash, he fell heavily to the ground a few meters away, sending dust flying into the air.