Zhang Fei stayed in the ancient city for a few days and had a great time with Li Qi.

On the day before leaving, Zhang Fei thanked Li Qi and said: "Thank you Zhenghong for your hospitality these days. I think sitting in the city is not an option. I want to go around to find out about my brother."

Li Qidao: "Yide can explore the surrounding area. Don't go deep into the tiger's den. If you have nowhere to go, come back at any time."

Zhang Fei was extremely grateful. If he hadn't bowed down to Liu Bei and Guan Yu first, he would have almost wanted to bow down to Li Qi.

After seeing off Zhang Fei, Li Qi had nothing to do, so he practiced equestrianism at the school ground.

Li Qi trained carefully, feeling it was more difficult than learning to drive a car, for fear of accidentally pulling the ball.

But in troubled times, you have to learn to ride a horse!

Not to mention going into battle on horseback, there will always be times when you have to escape on horseback, right?

Li Qi was thinking wildly while riding on the horse. He accidentally fell off the horse and was fortunately protected by Zhou Cang.

So embarrassing!

At this time, Pei Yuanshao came to report and said that the new population was found to be farmers from neighboring counties. With the help of relatives and friends, they opened up wasteland, cultivated land, and bought household items. The city suddenly became more lively than usual.

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Li Qi was not surprised by this.

There is no doubt that good policies can attract population inflow.

Li Qi told Pei Yuanshao: "Although the population and fields of the ancient city are slowly growing, we have cut taxes, and the income in the coming year may not increase significantly. Besides, we still have too few people. We have to think

Find a way to make more money and recruit more troops!"

Pei Yuanshao asked: "What is Zhenghong's advice?"

Li Qidao: "You organize some people alone to mass-produce our new agricultural tools, and then sell them to other counties."

Pei Yuanshao was overjoyed. With both commerce and agriculture, the economic level of the ancient city will be greatly improved soon!

Li Qidao: "But you have to pay attention to one problem. Although these farm tools are novel, they have no technical content and are easy for others to imitate. Once others imitate the production, our products will no longer be popular. Therefore, we must produce more in the first batch to ensure the best

Sell ​​it as fast as possible. I want to earn a thousand troops."

Pei Yuanshao: "No!"

As soon as Pei Yuanshao promised, Li Qi's identity changed subtly. However, Li Qi was as polite as ever towards Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao.

In the following days, the ancient city was crowded with people and full of unprecedented vitality.

Land reclamation, land cultivation, production, commerce, if not for the fact that Hebei Yuan Shao sent General Yan Liang to lead an army of 100,000 to Baima, people would have almost forgotten that this was a troubled time.

In troubled times, there are also hidden people.

For example, there is a guy named Meng Jian in Runan. He obviously has the materials to be an official, but he only likes to wander around and make friends. He probably has a mine at home.

He heard that the ancient city was getting more and more lively, so he ran over to see what was going on, thinking that he would have more to talk about when bragging with his friends in the future.

When he arrived at the outskirts of the ancient city, Meng Jian saw two farmhouses quarreling. After asking, he learned that both of them planned to build a house here. One started building from the east, and the other started from the west. In the end, both wanted to build a house.

Make your house bigger, and don’t let anyone else get in the middle of it.

When the farmer saw Meng Jian looking at the two families with a smile, he said, "Sir, you are here to judge. I am obviously the one who practiced first, but he insists on arguing with me."

Another household was not to be outdone: "You fix yours and I fix mine. Why did you come to our yard to fix it?"

Meng Jian smiled and shook his head: "I don't know who of you is right or wrong. I heard that your county magistrate is very good at handling these matters. Why not let him judge it for you."

The farmer said: "I have reported it to the official a long time ago. I am just waiting for the county magistrate to come and deal with it."

After a while, Zhou Cang arrived on horseback and said to the two farmers: "Magistrate Li is helping Uncle Liu repair farm tools at the entrance of Nanmen Village and has no time to pay attention to you."

Meng Jian: "???"

The magistrate who repairs farm equipment?

Zhou Cang took out a silk book and asked his attendant to read it: "County Magistrate Li said: Fighting for scalps is just for the wall, so why not give him three feet? The Great Wall is still there today, but Qin Shihuang was nowhere to be seen."

The two farmers looked confused. What do they mean?

The first two sentences are understandable. They basically mean fighting for a wall, so why bother? Let’s just give in to each other. But the last two sentences are not easy to understand. What if we build a house?

You even moved Qin Shihuang out? Wake up, the Qin Dynasty has been destroyed.

Meng Jian explained: "When Qin Shihuang built such a big wall, people didn't just say it was gone. County Magistrate Li wants to tell you that living well is better than anything else. Don't end up hurting both sides for the sake of external things. By the way, your magistrate is still

It’s interesting, I have to go and see it.”

The two farmers said in unison: "Our county magistrate is very busy, so don't bother him when others are waiting."

Meng Jian: "???"

Zhou Cang ignored Meng Jian and mounted his horse to return to the city, leaving Meng Jian alone and disheveled in the wind: Lao Bao is a hermit after all, and some people want to see him but they still can't see him!

No, the more this happens, the more I want to see him.

The next time you chat with your friends, you can’t stop talking halfway through the conversation.

Meng Jian inquired all the way, and found that there were always some people who couldn't keep their words. Except for keeping silent about the origin of the county magistrate, they revealed all the other policies to benefit the people.

Meng Jian became more and more curious. The county magistrate is not doing his job properly! You said you invented farm tools, but you still want to divide the fields? Does your boss know that you are so arrogant?

When he arrived at the yamen gate, Meng Jian had someone pass the news: "Meng Jian of Runan wants to see the county magistrate."

The so-called hermits usually have a good reputation and rarely see real people. If they don't even have a great reputation, they are not called hermits, but are called anonymous people or passers-by.

Therefore, Meng Jian was very confident in his reputation in Runan and Jingxiang areas. He felt that the county magistrate might have run out barefoot.

However, when Li Qi heard the name Meng Jian, he did not recognize the character in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and asked the county magistrate: "Have you heard of this man?"

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The county magistrate said: "I have heard a little bit that this is a Runan man with a surname of Meng, a given name of Jian, and a courtesy name of Gongwei. He does not do his job all day long, idles around, and talks.

It’s all exaggerated.”

Li Qi stroked his fingers and suddenly sat up from the bed: "Meng Gongwei?"

Isn’t this Ryoko’s little friend?

The county magistrate said that his words were exaggerated, which meant that he liked to brag.

I didn’t expect you to be such a hermit, what a surprise!

"Please!" Li Qi ordered his servants to warm the wine while changing clothes and going out to greet him.

What Li Qi was interested in was not Meng Gongwei at all, he was thinking about Zhuge Liang!

Even if you think about it, this year should be a weak year for Ryoko.

Although Li Qi did not go out barefoot to greet him, which made Meng Gongwei feel that he had made a mistake, but at least he warmed up the wine and changed clothes, which can be regarded as taking him seriously.

After complimenting each other for a few words, Meng Gongwei said: "The accent of County Magistrate Li doesn't sound like someone from the Central Plains, right?"

Li Qi: "..."

Li Qi really doesn't know whether the original owner of this body is from the Central Plains area. He can only say that Li Qi's soul is definitely not from the Central Plains. According to the current division of states and counties, he should belong to Yizhou.

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Meng Gongwei traveled around the mountains all day long and saw many people. He looked at them carefully and said, "They are like people from Yizhou. I don't know why they came here?"

Li Qi repeated what he said before to deceive Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao: "My family lives in Yizhou and is quite wealthy. Later, my family offended local officials and the whole family was killed. I escaped by chance and ended up living here."

Meng Gongwei calculated with his fingers: He had a lot of wealth, so he was a wealthy family. He was killed by local officials, namely Liu Yan and his son. His surname was Li?

Meng Gongwei was surprised and asked: "Could it be that he is the descendant of Li Quan, a prominent family member in Zitong?"

Li Qi: "???"
Chapter completed!