Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng, seeing Liu Jin wiping his snot and tears all over him, kicked Liu Jin away and said, both amused and annoyed, "What the hell are you panicking about!"

Then, he roared towards the door, "Someone! Prepare a table of food and wine for me!"

Liu Jin, still on the ground, cried out, "You can't kill him! That's the Prefect! !"

Fang Zheng stepped forward and helped Liu Jin up, saying, "Stop howling, I'm asking you something!"

"Besides you, who else knows about the Crown Prince forging the decree?"

"There's also Eunuch Guo and two guards by the Crown Prince's side."

Liu Jin looked at him expectantly, "Lord Fang, killing the Prefect is a great crime, you can't kill him......"

"You don't have to worry about that. Liu Xun has committed a great crime, he deserves to die. I will report this matter to His Majesty."

"I ask you, did the Crown Prince only send you alone to deliver the decree?"

Liu Jin truthfully confessed, "There are... two guards who also came to deliver the decree, they should be here soon."

"Then where is the Crown Prince? How is he doing now?"

Liu Jin shook his head, "I don't know, His Highness was still in the palace before I left."

Fang Zheng thought for a moment, "Alright, that's all."

"After you finish eating later, rest for two days and help me deliver a memorial to the palace. If you're afraid of being discovered by His Majesty, give the memorial to Eunuch Guo. He'll know what to do after he reads it."

"I'll find someone to help you deliver the imperial decree."

After saying that, he took out a fifty-tael silver note from his sleeve and stuffed it into Liu Jin's hands.

When Liu Jin saw the silver note, he wanted to grin, but he felt it wasn't appropriate, so he held it back and said hesitantly, "Lord Fang, this... is it appropriate to have someone else deliver the imperial decree?"

"From beginning to end, it's all fake, so what's appropriate or not? Go inside and rest."

"When the others arrive later, let them eat their fill, rest, and then continue delivering the decree!"

Liu Jin nodded in agreement and then went into the side room.

Seeing Liu Jin go in to rest, Fang Zheng found someone to give instructions, and then went straight to the pleasure boat to check on Liu Xun.

The old bastard had been locked on the boat for a few days, and he hadn't really asked about him, so he didn't know how his health was.

When he entered the room, Fang Zheng was surprised to find that Lu Fa was also there, sitting on a chair and staring at Liu Xun.

Both of their eyes were bloodshot.

Perhaps to prevent Liu Xun from committing suicide again, his hands were still tied up with ropes.

Fang Zheng looked confused and patted Lu Fa's shoulder, "What are you doing?"

Lu Fa immediately stood up when he heard Fang Zheng's voice, "Master, I'm keeping an eye on him for you."

"His legs are broken, and he can't even speak, what's there to keep an eye on? Has he eaten these past two days?"

"He hasn't eaten, but we've fed him a lot of sugar water."

Fang Zheng looked at Liu Xun and smiled playfully, "Eat as much as you can, there aren't many meals left. In a few days, after this official finishes the matters at hand, I'll let you be free."

Liu Xun looked at Fang Zheng and grinned sinisterly.

"Master, he's cursing you."

"? ? ?"

Fang Zheng turned his head to look at Lu Fa, "You can tell that too!? What did he curse me with?"

"I don't know, but he's definitely cursing you."

"Give him two slaps!"

"Slap!" "Slap!"

After receiving two slaps, Liu Xun quickly closed his eyes, not daring to look again.

"Go call Xie Xian over."

Lu Fa heard this and went out to find Xie Xian. Liu Xun opened his eyes again and looked at Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng said calmly, "Your hands aren't broken yet, you can still write."

"The reason you're desperately protecting the person behind the scenes now is just to protect your descendants."

"But have you ever thought that if you die, your family will no longer have any value."

"I'll give you a pen and ink, why not confess now, become a witness with a stain, and this official will find a way to help you protect your family."

Liu Xun silently turned his head away.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng frowned. Reasoning with him was useless, he could only appeal to his emotions!

"This official doesn't really care who's behind you, but I don't want to get into trouble. Even if I do get into trouble, I should at least know who the enemy is."

"If you help me, then this official will owe you a favor."

"I, Fang Zheng, guarantee with my reputation, if you confess honestly, I will definitely help you protect your family, at least protect your son!"

Liu Xun opened his eyes and looked at Fang Zheng with resentment.

Then, he spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Fang Zheng's official robe.

Fang Zheng didn't say anything, he silently pulled Liu Xun's head over and wiped the phlegm off his body.

"Since you're unwilling to speak, then prepare to go on your way in peace."

He was impervious to persuasion, and Fang Zheng had no choice.

He turned around, poured himself a cup of tea, sat at the table, and drank.

Xie Xian entered the room and asked Fang Zheng, "Master, what are your orders?"

"Have you interrogated anything from this old thing these past two days?"

Xie Xian glanced at Liu Xun and shook his head, "He's impervious to persuasion! Nothing works! He spits at people indiscriminately."

"Forget it, don't worry about him, I have other things to tell you to do."

"Those members of the Free Sect and the refugees outside the city are too dirty, and the weather is hot now."

"Go into the city and buy a few bathhouses. In the future, before these people are taken to work, they should wash themselves thoroughly and be given a new set of clothes. For the men, just a pair of pants will do, buy the cheapest ones."

Xie Xian took out his notebook and began to record.

Then, he hesitated and said, "Understood, then who's money will this be charged to."

"Of course it's the government's! You don't think it's ours, do you? We're not fools enough to spend our own money on this, are we?"

"Go and do it first, we can pay for it first."

"Also, I'll have someone send you a map of Jianjiang later, find someone to enlarge it for me."

"Isn't there a stage in the center of the Wind and Flower Tower? Enlarge it according to the standard of the stage background."

"Then you divide all the important road sections in the city and mark them on the map."

"Also, mark all the basic projects such as the Jianjiang dam."

"It will be needed in a few days."

Xie Xian kept writing with his pen. After recording, he looked up and asked, "Master, what is this for?"

Fang Zheng sighed, "To do projects, to build roads! When the Wind and Flower Tower opens and the rich people gather, we'll auction them off on the spot."

Xie Xian couldn't help but smile.

He didn't know why, but the master seemed to have an obsession with building bridges and roads... and he had extremely high standards for roads and bridges.

Fang Zheng also had unspeakable suffering in his heart when it came to building roads.

In fact, there weren't many things that those rich people could be made to do.

Even if the imperial court encouraged it, the people below might not be willing to build temples or houses.

No one is willing to do things that don't have any benefits.

In the long run, the potential benefits of building roads are not small, so choosing this is the most cost-effective.

For now, he can only make a good start and build some public facilities, and then slowly figure out the rest.

"Also, we can immediately recruit people to build a batch of schools outside the city."

"Children under the age of twelve can enroll for free, with two meals a day. Get this done now."

"Also......"