Early the next morning, Huo Qubing, Huo Guang, Zhao Ponu and others, all Huo Qubing's confidants gathered at Bacheng Gate east of Chang'an City to see Gao Bushi's family farewell here.

Guanjun County belongs to the Nanyang County, which is located in Henan Province in later generations. Chang'an is more than a thousand miles away. Gao Bushi went there together, so it took more than ten days to reach it.

Gao Buzhi outside the Bacheng Gate gave him great hope because Huo Guang's analysis last night. He did not seem too disappointed at this moment, but he still felt reluctant. Not to mention that in the Western Han Dynasty, when material scarcity and communication and entertainment were extremely backward, even in later generations, if you let a ministerial-level official in the capital suddenly move to a small county town to work for unemployment, it would probably be difficult to adapt, let alone in this era, after enjoying the prosperity of Chang'an and then going to the county to live a hard life.

This is another reason why the kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty was regarded as exile, because it not only means being away from power, but also means that the glory and wealth of the past have gone far away.

Seeing Gao Buzhi go away, Huo Guang didn't know when he would see this powerful general on the battlefield again? But as Huo Guang himself said, three to five years is a big variable in itself, and no one can tell what direction the great man will go to. Such Gao Buzhi's future also has huge variables.

Gao Bushi went to the champion Hou Guo, and this matter was basically settled. Chang'an City also returned to peace again. In short, the following days were calm, and the daily court meetings were routine. Huo Guang still lived a life of a county magistrate like a hand-off manager.

Until the fourth day after Gao Bushi left Chang'an, it was a regular day of rest again, so Huo Guang naturally didn't have to go to the county government. Early this morning, he took Zhen Youcai, Li Yan, Lao Qi and Ba and four out of the city, and they were heading to Yangling.

Li Yan's current identity is Huo Xian, and Huo Guang is naturally a maid when he is with him. However, Huo Guang was worried that Li Yan would be inconvenient to ride a horse, so he simply did not ride a horse, but asked the seventh and eighth brothers to drive a carriage pulled by two horses. He and Li Yanzhen and the other three took the car directly to Yangling.

"Youcai, have you found out the place?" There was a very wide and flat road from Chang'an to Yangling. In less than half an hour, Huo Guang and his party entered the Yangling area. Huo Guang had ordered Zhen Youcai to secretly investigate the location of Li Cai's field in Yangling a few days ago. At this time, Huo Guang asked in the car.

"I have found out everything, it should be not far away. I heard that the field is near a pair of stone sheep next to the road." Zhen Youcai has been in Chang'an for more than a month, but he has established a large circle. It is very simple to find out the scope of a piece of land. Huo Guang also needs Zhen Youcai to deal with these trivial matters, after all, Huo Guang cannot do everything himself.

In ancient cemeteries, especially the emperor's tombs, not only trees were planted on both sides of the main road, but also some stone people and beasts were placed for guarding. Although Emperor Jing of Han advocated frugality, he still had the right emperor's majesty, and the things that should be found in Yangling were complete.

"A Guang, look at the stone beasts in front of you." After a while, Zhen Youcai pointed to the road ahead and said. Sure enough, pairs of stone beasts could be seen on both sides of the road.

"Lao Qi, stop the car and let's walk in." Huo Guang looked up and then quickly ordered Lao Qi to drive. Although Huo Guang had not seen the stone tablet that prompted him to dismount, he estimated that since stone beasts appeared on the road, it should be not far from the tomb. Although there are usually no people here, and no one will see him and his group, be careful not to be at fault. If someone who is interested in accusing him of driving into the tomb of the late emperor, it would be a crime of disrespect.

"Youcai, let's look for it separately. Logically speaking, there will be obvious boundary markers on the land on both sides. Look for it carefully." Huo Guang and others got off the carriage, and he and Li Yan were together, while Zhen Youcai and Laoqi and Laozi went to find Li Cai's Fengtian separately.

Huo Guang walked to the side of the main road. He looked around and found that there were indeed flat and open fields on both sides of the road. However, the fields here are different from other places. The land in other places is used as much as possible, and almost flat areas have been reclaimed. However, every piece of land in Yangling is very regular. The key is that it stopped reclaiming when it is ten feet away from the main road. The ten feet away from the land and the road is a complete open space.

It has to be said that in the feudal era where agriculture is the foundation, such idle and fertile land was indeed a great waste. Huo Guang looked at these open spaces and walked towards the edge of the open space. When he reached the edge of the open space, he looked up along the edge. On the other side of the open space, millet, the most important crop of this period, was planted, which is often called millet.

Now this season is the harvest season, and you can still see busy figures on some fields, but those who work here should not be their own fields, and these people should be slaves of some powerful people, because the land here is not owned by ordinary people.

"A Guang, where do you look?" Li Yan also followed Huo Guang, and she already knew the purpose of the trip.

Huo Guang looked in the direction of Li Yan's finger and saw a unique piece of field. Where Li Yan pointed, the field was obviously more than other fields, and the extra part naturally extended to the open space.

"That should be Li Cai's field, but this is too obvious, right? That old guy Li Cai couldn't make such a low-level mistake?" Even Li Yan could tell at a glance, which shows how serious the land occupied the open space in the cemetery? However, Huo Guang was also confused in his heart. Such an obvious problem should not have happened.

Huo Guang was suspicious, but he did not go directly to Li Cai's field, but walked towards the field closest to him, and there were just a few people here still harvesting.

"Old man, is the harvest this year okay? Is this field yours owned?" Huo Guang walked into the few people who were working. He knew that these fields could not belong to these people, but he still asked pretended not to know.

The old man who was harvesting looked up at Huo Guang. Seeing that he was dressed well and knew that Huo Guang was a person with a status, he quickly replied: "Young Master doesn't know that the fields here are all from the noble officials in the court. We are just servants in the manor."

The old man didn't know that he was the servant of the manor under the powerful manor, but he obviously had some eyesight. He was very respectful to Huo Guang and knew that Huo Guang was the kind of person they could not afford to offend.

"Oh, so that's it! I see that there are large areas of idle fields here. Why are there no other places except there? "Huo Guang asked again knowingly. His words easily make people think that Huo Guang is a powerful child. When he was bored, he took his concubine out to play.

"Haha, the young master is joking. These open spaces belong to the tombs of the late emperors. We servants are just working in the manors of adults, so we dare not cultivate these lands." The old man wiped the man on his forehead and continued to say unconsciously. In his opinion, Huo Guang was just curious and asked casually, and these questions were not a secret, so he answered very simply.

"So these lands are just managed by the manors of the Gongzhong. Then why do they dare to farm?" Huo Guang asked, pointing at Li Cai's field.

It turns out that the land here is not directly managed by the powerful people in Chang'an, but is managed by nearby manors. These manors are like industries under court officials. Each manor manages part of the industry, usually a manager is responsible, and only regular income is paid to the manor. There are no less than ten manors near Chang'an, like this, under Huo Qubing's name.

In fact, after understanding this point, Huo Guang had already guessed the trick. The old man's answer then just confirmed this point.

"Young Master, be careful! This is the land of the prime minister today. Since the manager of the Prime Minister's Mansion has changed people, it has been like this in recent years." The old man said in a low voice. Regardless of whether the word Prime Minister is useful in the court, it is definitely second only to the emperor among the people. The ordinary people think that except for the emperor, the prime minister is the biggest.

Huo Guangxin said that this was true. It seemed that this was just a manager of the Li Cai family who was acting privately. It was estimated that the proceeds from occupying the land of the imperial tombs fell into the manager's own pocket, which really hurt Li Cai.

Then he took the opportunity to say, "Haha, what the old man said is. I wonder which adult the old man's head is?"

"I wonder if the young master knows Wu Qianghou?" When the old man talked about his head of the family, he felt a little proud. Although he was just a servant, he could be related to the three words Wu Qianghou and grow his own face.

"Oh, it turns out to be Lord Zuo Neishi!" Huo Guang knew that the owner of this land was Yi Zong's boss, and Wu Qiang Hou Zhuang Qingzhai, who also had the title of Prince's Young Tutor.

"Haha, old man, keep busy, I'll go somewhere else." After Huo Guang got the news he wanted, he had no intention of staying. He found an excuse and left.

"Don't we go there to see?" Li Yan asked Huo Guang in confusion, because after Huo Guang left the old man, he did not go towards the Li Cai family's land, but towards the direction where the carriage was parked, as if Huo Guang was planning to leave directly.

"I already know everything I want to know, there is no need to see it again. Anyway, the land is there. Since it has been like this for several years, it will not change in a short period of time." Huo Guang really didn't need to see the land. And since the manager has done this, he must have gained a lot of benefits. Before the matter was exposed, he would definitely continue to cultivate this land. This is a shortage of people's hearts. No corrupt official will feel that he has embezzled enough and terminate the corruption.

When Huo Guang and Li Yan returned to the carriage, Zhen Youcai and others also returned. They also found out about Li Cai's land, but it was not as direct and effective as Huo Guang came.

"Second Master, are you going back directly?" Lao Qi asked.

Huo Guang looked at the sky, thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, it's still early now. Let's go to Maoling again. We haven't seen Aunt Sima for some days." Huo Guang said, and his eyes fell on Li Yan's face.
Chapter completed!