Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 92
Xin Qiji took Li Mu back to the residence, but he didn't stay for a moment, and immediately started writing notes at his desk. Li Mu helped bring some things, and Xin Qiji's wife also came over. Li Mu withdrew in time, but stood still. Outside the door, he glanced at Xin Qiji who was writing something at his desk inside.

Today, Li Mu saw a lot of things again, and Xin Qiji's attitude had also begun to change. Although the court arranged for him to be a civil servant, Xin Qiji didn't dislike this position so much, and he was still working diligently.

Perhaps, this is because Xin Qiji knew that he could not go to the battlefield, so he thought of a different way to realize his dream.

That night, Li Mu was lying on the bed, feeling the tranquility of the ancient times, and remembered the night sky he saw in the desert. He turned his head, but saw the lights still flickering in the yard not far away.

In the next few days, Xin Qiji seemed to suddenly start to live in seclusion. Li Mu only saw many people wearing official uniforms or satin clothes walking in and out of his study. There were constant discussions every day, and Li Mu knew about it. Some people turned out to be aides that Xin Qiji had summoned from various places.

The days were quiet again, and Li Mu also went out for a walk on weekdays. Walking in this ancient street, Li Mu always felt a lot of uneasiness in his heart.

Maybe it's the understanding of the system, or maybe it's because I don't know what the system requires me to understand.

But on this day, Li Mu was about to go out for a walk, but was stopped by Xin Qiji. "Yunfan, come with me."

Xin Qiji put on a neat official uniform today, and deliberately dressed up, his whole body was radiant, and his eyes sparkled.

Li Mu's eyes lit up immediately, but he hurried to follow, and followed Xin Qiji out of the government office, turned a few turns and came to the storehouse behind the official mansion, but Li Mu saw a lot of people standing outside the storehouse .

People in all kinds of clothes were looking at this place, and when they saw Xin Qiji approaching, they folded their hands and retreated to both sides.

Li Mu looked at Xin Qiji curiously, thinking that he might have thought of a solution now, watching Xin Qiji stand still in front of the crowd, and then spoke in a deep voice.

"Dear fellow villagers, Xin has only been here for a few days, but he is deeply aware of the suffering of the people. Chuzhou has been harassed by the Jin Kingdom for many years. The people's livelihood is in decline and the refugees continue to be displaced. It is really heartbreaking."

Xin Qiji said with grief and anger, the people around him also looked lonely, and they were helpless about the current situation.

However, Xin Qiji made an astonishing move at this time. After arousing the emotions of the people, he even said that he would open the official treasury and take out the official bank to revitalize Chuzhou.

The complexions of those dignitaries standing in front obviously changed. Li Mu also looked over at the moment, but saw that Bai Juren looked calm, as if he had been prepared for a long time, and he didn't care about such a thing at all.

Xin Qiji went on to say that the silver in the official treasury should be loaned to every commoner, with extremely low interest, and they can be taken with just a fingerprint.

But with the silver taels taken, the farmers have to buy farm tools, seeds, and livestock to start farming.Those in industry and commerce need to open shops and produce various commodities.

But this was not enough, he also said to the people that the refugees outside should be settled down, the land should be divided for them, and they would also be loaned two taels of silver, so that they could settle down and start farming.

As soon as these words were uttered, the locals were in an uproar, especially some officials were very distressed when they knew about it. My black hat is about to fall off.

However, Xin Qiji was tall and powerful, and he spoke with a sense of power, and he immediately answered the questions raised by some businessmen satisfactorily. Almost in a short period of time, Xin Qiji became the object of love and affection of these people.

At this point, Xin Qiji stopped talking at the right time, he had already walked onto the stage with a knife in his hand, now that the jujube had been given, he swung the knife in his hand, the tip of the knife was directly embedded in the door of the warehouse, buzzing, Then sternly ordered everyone to take it seriously, and anyone who caused trouble for the bank or deliberately profited from it would go to jail.

This shocking blow made the surrounding people startled, and they nodded their heads when they saw the young and vigorous government servants led by Xin Qiji.

Li Mu was standing beside him, but his mind was not as simple as these common people.

These people are easy to appease, but those businessmen, dignitaries, are not necessarily easy to settle. Although the current situation is a good thing, their right to collect taxes has been deprived by Xin Qiji, and they also need to protect their own interests.

And when the common people started queuing up to borrow money and leave, finally a businessman asked Xin Qiji.

"Master Zhizhou, you want to reduce taxes for farmers, but what should we do, we have heavy taxes, and we have counted on some of the harvest in the fields to pay taxes, if we are not allowed to raise taxes now, our life will be difficult. "

Someone took the lead, and the surrounding people rushed up one after another. Li Mu was also carefully standing beside Xin Qiji, but when Xin Qiji faced this problem, he was very indifferent and took out a document from his pocket.

"This is the one that Xin sent to His Majesty a few days ago. It tells about the decline of Chuzhou. I implore Your Majesty to treat Chuzhou as a border county and exempt many taxes. Your business tax is also included. Within three years, the local business tax will be reduced. It’s only one out of ten in previous years.”

Xin Qiji took the document and showed it to the people present, and these people scanned it one by one, seeing that there was indeed a big seal from the government, they were also excited at the moment, and they all changed their attitudes immediately, and began to compliment Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji's move not only eased the burden on the farmers, but also relieved those wealthy businessmen.

But Xin Qiji ignored them, but ordered people to immediately go to various city gates to post new government articles, so that the people of Chuzhou could understand such a new decree.

Things suddenly became clearer, at least in Li Mu's view, everyone is happy now, everyone supports Xin Qiji's policy, only a few big landlords feel a little uncomfortable about allocating some land to the refugees. He was suppressed by Xin Qiji.

Li Mu didn't see the pain involved, but he expected that Xin Qiji also worked hard.

At this moment, Xin Qiji seemed to have truly become a pure civil servant, and his military aura was gone at all.

Li Mu looked at the scene that suddenly became lively around him, and suddenly understood something.

Perhaps for a person who has the world in mind, every small step is an important step.

Li Mu couldn't grasp it, but when he looked up, he suddenly felt the scene around him change rapidly again. A steady stream of people passed by him, the streets gradually became bustling, and the surrounding people gradually increased. I saw some people still talking and laughing.

This moment passed very quickly, Li Mu just glanced at it briefly, but suddenly returned to normal in front of him. At this moment, he was wearing plain clothes and standing under the sun, and in front of him was a simple but grand building. Next to it is a lively construction site.

"Master Zhizhou, this building was designed by several of our craftsmen together. It is modeled after the Yellow Crane Tower. Although it is not very tall, it will not cause any serious problems if it stands for a hundred years."

"Okay, Mr. Song, I will trouble you to worry about it. This high-rise building has risen, and the people of Chuzhou can climb up and look far away. It is peaceful." Xin Qiji's voice came, and he seemed very happy.

Li Mu turned his head and saw Xin Qiji, who was also in normal clothes, stroking his beard and saying with a smile, the leaves around him were turning yellow, but Xin Qiji's appearance had hardly changed.

Li Mu squinted his eyes and shook his head, feeling a little uncomfortable with the sudden change of scene, but seeing the busy construction site in front of him and Xin Qiji's pointing movements, Li Mu also hurried over.

"Master Zhizhou imitated Mr. Ouyang, but he made even more achievements. The existing Fanxiong Pavilion, and adding such a high-rise building on top of it, will be a good story in time."

"No, no, Xin dare not compare with Ouyang Gong. The drunken man's pavilion he built has already shown the outstanding people in Chuzhou. Besides, Ouyang Gong's inscription on the drunken man's pavilion has been seen before. It is suitable for the people of Chuzhou to live in peace. Just let Ouyang Gong's vision be proudly passed on."

"But I don't know when this building will be completed. I don't know what the Master Zhizhou will name it?"

"When the time comes to compile a poem, Master Zhizhou can also share the reputation with Ouyang Gong." The people around echoed, Li Mu had already stepped forward at this time, Xin Qiji also saw Yun Fan, but asked with a smile.

"Yunfan, what suggestion do you have?"

Li Mu was still looking up at the surrounding scene, and at this moment he heard Xin Qiji asking to himself, although he didn't know what year and month it was, but he still spoke hastily.

"This matter still needs to be decided by the young master. I don't have the ability to wait."

Xin Qiji smiled, but also looked at the impressive tall building in front of him, and said slowly.

"Since the purpose of this building is to show peace, and to allow the people of Chuzhou to climb high and look far, and rest their shoulders to enjoy the cool air, let's call it...the Pillow Building."

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　A short-lived evolution of a beast! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)