Qin Fang was stunned: "Master Hedong House prefect?"

The clerk said: "Today, the six prefects of Renzhou arrived and stayed at the inn. Lord Du has already talked to them about the franchise plan of the imperial grain. Because Yunxiang County is under the jurisdiction of Hedongfu, the prefect wants to talk to you about this. The royal grain franchise plan of the side. Therefore, Mr. Yang said that he was the host and invited the two to come to his house, you see? Mr. Yang said that if you are busy, he can change the day."

Qin Fang thought about it, he was at the Taoist Temple in Beast Mountain during the day, no wonder the magistrate Yang sent someone to wait for him here. "Let's go."

"Yes."

Qin Fang said to Tao Shan, "Tao Shan, go back and tell Xiangjun that you don't have to wait for me for dinner. I'll go to the county magistrate to discuss things."

Tao Shan: "Yes."

Qin Fang came to the county office with the yamen. The magistrate Yang and the prefect of Hedong Prefecture were discussing matters in the hall. They didn't know if Qin Fang would come today, so they could only wait and listen to someone coming to report that General Qin was here. The two got up.

The prefect of Qiguo is of the fourth grade, and the magistrate Yang went out of the hall to pick up Qin Fang, but the prefect of Hedong Prefecture would not go there. After all, his official was bigger than Qin, and there was absolutely no reason for him to pick up Qin Fang.

When the county magistrate Yang left the hall, he saw Qin Fang coming in. He hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "General Qin."

Qin Fang also cupped his hands: "Master Yang, I'm late."

The county magistrate said: "It's not too late, you are busy." He knew that Qin Fang was on the beast mountain every day, and it was just the time to be on duty. "General Qin, Mr. Liu, the prefect of Hedong Mansion, is inside, and I will introduce you to him."

Qin Fang: "Thank you, Mr. Yang. Speaking of which, I haven't visited Mr. Liu since I took office. Unfortunately, the emperor gave me a secret mission. I can't leave Yunxiang County, so I can only say sorry to Mr. Liu." Logically speaking, Qin Fang should have gone to see him, but a series of things happened, Qin Fang had long forgotten who the boss of Hedong Mansion was. Even Yang Haiyan, who has always been attentive, never thought of it, otherwise he would have been reminded long ago.

Qin Fang walked into the hall with Magistrate Yang, and Lord Liu, the prefect of Hedong House, had already stood up, and he also heard what Qin Fang and Magistrate Yang said outside. Qin Fang's voice was not soft when he spoke, and he must have intentionally told him that he did not deliberately not go to see him.

However, no matter what Qin Fang's reason was, Master Liu was always uncomfortable. Before, although he knew that Yunxiang County had a new general defending the city, but he didn't see it, so he was fine. Seeing him now, the other party didn't go to see him, so he had a subtle idea in his heart. It's just that the other party's teacher is Du Ke, and he doesn't have the guts to fight Du Ke.

However, his impression of Qin Fang was already bad.

Qin Fang didn't think so much. When he saw Lord Liu, he saluted: "I have seen Lord Liu at the end." Saluting is nothing more than clasping fists and bending over. Military generals will not come to kneel to salute unless it is a special circumstance.

Master Liu said: "General Qin, please take a seat."

Qin Fang said: "Thank you, my lord, I am a newcomer to the officialdom, I don't know much about the etiquette in the officialdom, and my family is from a poor family, so no one taught me this, and not long after I took office, the emperor came. I am not allowed to leave Yunxiang County, so I haven't reported it to the adults, and today I am here to sue the adults." Qin Fang sincerely apologized, and it was indeed his negligence. Therefore, he also told frankly that later the emperor came with a secret order to monitor those people in the Beast Mountain Taoist Temple who were studying gunpowder in the Ministry of Industry.

It's just that Qin Fang ignored one point. Du Ke and the emperor would listen to his little things, but Mr. Liu would not. From what Master Liu heard, Qin Fang's words were arrogant, and he clearly told him that he had the support of the emperor.

Master Liu's face sank, but he quickly said with a smile on his face: "General Qin is busy with other affairs, so it's okay to wait for the little things."

As a bystander, Magistrate Yang could clearly see Lord Liu's expression. He has been with Qin Fang for a long time, but he also has some understanding of Qin Fang's character, not such a proud and wanton person. In addition, once Qin Fang arrived in Yunxiang County, he was busy with the military camp and the Beast Mountain. He was indeed busy all the time.

It's just that no matter how busy you are, you should take a day off to see Master Liu. So in this matter, no matter what reason Qin Fang had, Qin Fang was indeed wrong. But the magistrate Yang is not easy to explain to Master Liu. After all, he works under Master Liu, unlike Qin Fang. Although Qin Fang is only fifth-rank, Master Liu is fourth-rank, but Master Liu can't control Qin Fang, because Wenchen and military commanders have always been separate jurisdictions.

If a civil servant is promoted, he needs to be assessed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and military generals have always been promoted by military merit. Therefore, the Ministry of Officials could not control the generals.

In Qiguo, under the emperor, the six divisions were the most powerful. In fact, in the previous dynasty, there were still prime ministers, and with the prime minister there, the powers of the six divisions were separated. After Taiyuanzu revolted and established Qiguo, he directly abolished the prime minister system in order to gather power, and therefore, the power of the Six Divisions was in full swing.

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of War governs military power.

There is also the question of military power here.

In Qiguo, military power and military power are two concepts.

For example, Yonghe Hou has military power, and he can order 50,000 Yonghe troops.

However, as the Minister of War, Du Ke has no military power, but he has military power, and he has the right to be transferred to the Marquis of Yonghe. To put it simply, military power manages soldiers, and military power manages military camps.

In extraordinary moments, the Ministry of War has the right to directly issue transfers to the barracks, which is military power.

The emperor may not have military power, but the Minister of War is his person, and he holds military power.

Qin Fang and Lord Liu had a chat, and Magistrate Yang sent someone to serve the dishes. Because they were talking about serious matters, Magistrate Yang did not send anyone to serve them. He asked someone to prepare a table of wine and dishes, and poured out the wine for Liu and Qin himself. "Master Liu and General Qin, the two of you are here today, I'll give you a toast."

When it comes to business today, Qin Fang doesn't want to drink, but because of the presence of Lord Liu, it is not very good to refuse, so he said: "Master Liu, drinking hurts the body, why don't we just do what we want?"

Master Liu thought to himself, are generals not addicted to alcohol? This guy is really in the way. Although he thought so, he couldn't say it like that. He said, "General Qin said, let's do whatever we want. General Qin and Lord Yang, do whatever you want." After speaking, he gave a shallow peck.

Qin Fang said: "Thank you for your understanding."

The three drank a few sips of wine, ate a few sips of side dishes, and then chatted about serious matters. Mr. Liu asked: "General Qin, Mr. Du mentioned in the meeting with us today that the franchisee of our Hedong Mansion is General Qin, so what will General Qin plan next? I heard Mr. Du say that there will be agents after the franchisees. , the franchisee produces potato flour and sweet potato flour, and then the agent below sells potato flour and sweet potato flour, but is that so?”

Qin Fang said: "Indeed, I have discussed this matter with Zhuojing. We only produce, and the sales and purchases are handled by the agents below. However, Huangliang is the emperor's brand, and now it is potato flour and sweet potato flour. Maybe soon There will be other grains in the future, and these grains have a uniform price across the country."

Master Liu said: "I understand this, Master Du mentioned that potato flour and sweet potato flour are sold for seven cents a pound, and the franchisee's price to the agent is five cents a catty."

Qin Fang said, "It's true."

Master Liu said, "We have one city and four counties in Hedong Mansion. If General Qin's family were to buy or sell, wouldn't they have to find five agents?"

General Qin said: "Yes, we plan to hand over the agent of Yunxiang County to the Yang family. As for the rest, we don't know anything about it, and we don't have a bottom line. Mr. Yang, I don't know what the Yang family wants?"

Magistrate Yang did not expect such good things to happen, so he hurriedly said, "Thank you, General Qin." Their family was indeed having a hard time. It was not enough for the family to rely on his salary to support them. Fortunately, they had some savings in the past. Although he is not poor now, there are old people and young people at the top, and Magistrate Yang is very economical now. Moreover, they are not locals, and they have to spend extra money to buy land here. After this operation, the savings they brought when they first came here are almost the same.

Regarding potato flour and sweet potato flour, Magistrate Yang did have this idea, but he hadn't mentioned it yet, because he didn't know whether the Qin family wanted to do this business in Yunxiang County. He was really grateful.

Hedongfu watched them interact and decided to try Qin Fang, so he said what was in his mind: "General Qin, what are your thoughts on the remaining Fucheng and other county agents?"

Qin Fang said: "Everything is based on character. Just like choosing a franchisee, you have to be a good person." Qin Fang is not a fool, "I wonder if Mr. Liu's family has this idea?" In Fucheng, if you bypass Mr. Liu And choose other people, I'm afraid I can't say it. Therefore, Qin Fang could only ask Mr. Liu first.

Master Liu thought, this Qin Fang is still on his way. However, he held his official tone and said: "The emperor's grain franchise plan is organized by the emperor. It is the responsibility of the ministers to do their best for the emperor."

Qin Fang asked himself that he was not an idiot, but speaking like Mr. Liu, he had to say that his face was not so thick. "Then I will discuss it with the teacher after I go back. Because our Yunxiang County is a trial camp, we must be extra cautious." In fact, we have to investigate the details of this Lord Liu.

When Master Liu heard it, he didn't care: "That's what it should be. Master Du does things carefully. General Qin followed Master Du, but he really followed a good teacher."

Qin Fang said: "Teacher is strict with himself, I must not fail the teacher's expectations."

Then they gave Duko a compliment, and the dinner was over.

Qin Fang said: "Master Liu, the last commander's general's mansion and the inn are in the same direction, and the last commander will send you to the inn."

Lord Liu nodded: "Thank you so much."

The county magistrate Yang also said: "Xiaguan just happened to digest after dinner, and he also sent Master Liu."

Qin Fang looked at Magistrate Yang.

Mr. Liu didn't think there was anything wrong with Magistrate Yang's behavior. He was the prefect, and Magistrate Yang was the magistrate. Isn't it right to send him to the inn?

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