It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Zhou Shu urgently needed to find someone to give him advice, so he directly appointed Liu Pan as his advisor.

Liu Pan was not very happy, he just looked confused.

"Master, where is my godfather?"

"Dead..." Zhou Shu answered casually.

Liu Pan knelt down on the ground and burst into tears, with tears streaming down his face.

"Foster father, I am unfilial."

"Shut up!" Zhou Shu shouted.

"Now you are Wanxian's advisor, you must assume the responsibilities of an advisor."

"Xing County Magistrate Lu Xingchen sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that if the county wants to marry its daughter to him, half of Wan County's territory must be used as a dowry."

"Think of a way, how should we deal with this matter?"

Liu Pan had not yet recovered from the grief of losing his father, and he was already thinking about such an important issue. His brain was totally inadequate.

"grown ups……"

"Hurry up and come up with a solution." Zhou Shu urged.

"Zhao Long has been killed by Lu Xingcheng, and Teng County now belongs to Lu Xingchen. The next one will be our Wan County." Zhou Shu looked nervous.

"He is now asking the county for half of the land."

"Does our county have to hand over the entire Wan County to Jia Wanhe just like he did?"

He was unwilling to give up. He had been running Wanxian for so many years and was used to being a local tyrant.

Without Wanxian, he is nothing.

Liu Pan didn't know what to do, but he had heard some things from Master Liu before.

Being forced to this point, he could only try his best to save the situation.

"Master, why don't you just agree to Lu Xingchen for now and say that half of our Wanxian territory can be used as a dowry, but you have to get engaged first."

"Then you write a letter to the prefect and inform him of Lu Xingchen's annexation of Song County and Teng County."

"If we lose Wanxian, then the entire Jizhou will become Lu Xingchen's."

Zhou Shu looked at Liu Pan, his eyes lit up instantly, "Okay, this is a good plan."

“This county knows it won’t make the wrong choice.”

"You are smarter than your godfather."

So Zhou Shu asked someone to write a letter to calm Lu Xingchen down first.

Originally, Master Liu was the one who went to see Lu Xingchen every time, but this time he could only send Liu Pan. But he was worried that Liu Pan would also be abducted by Lu Xingchen, so he had no choice but to pull the old housekeeper out to see Lu Xingchen.

He did not dare to go to the prefect in person, because Wanxian County had basically not paid taxes to the prefect in recent years.

What if he went there and was detained by the prefect and asked to pay taxes?

He could only grab a personal guard to deliver the letter to Prefect Kang.

Lu Xingchen was leading his troops in training when Lu Feng received a letter from Zhou Shu's butler.

"Zhou Shu sent a housekeeper over and said that he could agree to give half of the land as a dowry, but the engagement had to happen first," said Lu Feng.

"What tricks do you think Zhou Shu will play?" Lu Xingchen asked.

"He should just be delaying the situation, because when Miss Zhou Er married Zhao Long, she was not engaged at all, she got married right away." Lu Feng said.

"Then tell the butler to bring a letter to Zhou Shu..."

"Tell him that if he agrees to the marriage, he must send all the account books, the names of the people, and the boundaries of the land to Xing County within ten days, otherwise the marriage will be cancelled."

"If you don't agree, then we will send troops to the border."

Lu Xingchen has been training his troops for half a month.

Although the time is not long, it is time to test it.

Actual combat is the most effective way to train soldiers.

What's more, a small Wanxian...

Lu Feng conveyed Lu Xingchen's intention to the housekeeper.

How could a housekeeper have done such a job? Whatever Lu Feng said was true.

So he returned to Wanxian and told Zhou Shu exactly what Lu Xingchen meant.

Zhou Shu didn't wait for a moment and called Liu Pan over.

"What do you think we should do now? Lu Xingchen is an ambitious man. He only gave us ten days."

Liu Pan was at a loss for a moment. His adoptive father only left him these few things, and he had used them all last time.

Now we ask him to come up with effective suggestions, how can he do it?

"Sir, is there no news from the prefect?"

Zhou Shu shook his head. "The prefectural government office is far away, and the bailiffs have just arrived."

The runner Zhou Shu sent to deliver the letter to the prefect did arrive in Jizhou.

He also delivered the letter to the prefect of Jizhou.

The Jizhou prefect was enjoying the kneading of the young woman.

"This Zhou Shu wants to borrow my power to suppress Lu Xingchen." Prefect Kang snorted coldly.

"I remember when we asked this Zhou to pay taxes for us, he was extremely reluctant."

"We haven't received much money in the past few years."

"Now that you are in trouble, you come to us for help."

Mr. Liao said, "What Zhou Shu meant is that Lu Xingchen already has Song County and Teng County, and the next step will be to annex their Wan County."

"When his power expands, it will be difficult to control."

"In recent years, the entire Jizhou has been in a state of mutual checks and balances."

“I didn’t expect that this young man, Lu Xingchen, would break this balance as soon as he became the county magistrate.”

Prefect Kang smiled and said, "Don't look at this matter so narrowly."

"I have always wanted to do this..."

"Now that Lu Xingchen has accomplished this, isn't that great?"

"Could it be that he still has the guts to rebel?"

"When Lu Xingchen controls these four counties, they will have to submit to me obediently."

Mr. Liao said patiently, "Sir, what if this Lu Xingchen is difficult to control?"

"Don't exaggerate. He's just a 16-year-old kid. How can he be difficult to control?"

"Besides, how many soldiers can a small county have? Only five or six hundred people."

"I have been too lazy to do anything in the past few years, otherwise, I would not have been able to let them be so arrogant for so long."

Seeing Prefect Kang's attitude, Mr. Liao didn't say anything more.

This Prefect Kang was uneducated and had no knowledge of literature. He used to be a servant. Later, by chance, he saved the life of a general. After the general led his troops away from Jizhou, he made him the prefect of Jizhou.

What’s more, two days ago, Prefect Kang had just received a generous gift sent by Lu Xingchen.

Now, Zhou Shu only sent a yamen runner to deliver a letter without even bringing any gifts, and he wanted Prefect Kang to help him deal with Lu Xingchen. How was this possible?

"You write a reply letter to reprimand Zhou Shu, saying that he is immoral for marrying a woman twice. Such an unkind and unjust person deserves to be unlucky." Prefect Kang waved his hand.

Mr. Liao stepped back.

When Lu Xingchen wiped out the bandits, Mr. Kang felt that this was a good thing for their Jizhou.

At least they could report to the imperial court that they had wiped out the bandits in Jizhou and brought peace to the people, which was also a political achievement.

But now Lu Xingchen's ambition seems to be growing. Not only did he wipe out the bandits, but he also annexed Song County and Teng County.

This is not a good thing for their Jizhou City.

Now Wanxian is also surrounded by Lu Xingchen. If she wants to take Wanxian, she can just raise her hand.

Once she has annexed Wanxian, what will she do next?