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If there had been no war, the busiest among the six departments would have been the Household Department. They have to measure the land and manage the land tax. If there is a need to distribute young crops and cattle, they will naturally be responsible for it.

Standing on the ridge of the field, Cheng Jinzhou was not surprised that someone from the Ministry of Household Affairs would get involved, but he was surprised that there was someone who was in charge of his one-third of an acre of land.

Who is leading? Cheng Jinzhou tapped the horse's belly.

I don't know. The village chief who reported the news looked about forty years old, but considering the weather and weather, he was only thirty years old at most, and he probably had never seen many officials.

Cao Feng flew closer and said in disbelief: Which idiot dares to care about the affairs of the peripheral peninsula?

Cheng Jinzhou asked thoughtfully: What color is the leader wearing? Is it an official uniform?

It's a blue official uniform.

Cyan is from a third-grade, seventh-level position. How is that possible? Could it be that he is Si Yuan's household inspector? Cheng Jinzhou frowned.

Among the four departments of the Department of Hubu, including Duzhi, which has been taken out, only the Siyuan department has two inspectors of the Department of Hubu. They are of the third rank, and their status is naturally higher than that of the other three departments. In the entire household department, below the minister-level household minister, there are only two vice-minister-level ministers whose status is slightly higher than that of the household inspector. They are both from the third rank, which is a full three ranks higher than Cheng's father's chief minister. wait.

A seventh-level position is considered a quasi-senior civil servant. If one has a good family background, one may not necessarily be intimidated by the status of a star warlock.

Idle star warlocks also don’t want to provoke government officials. As a state power, it has the ability to put pressure on the Star Warlock Association. The effect will naturally be related to the identity of the Star Warlock himself.

Cheng Jinzhou looked at Warlock Cao Fengxing and said, Let me go and take a look alone.

Cao Manmang said nonchalantly: I would like to see who is so brave and what kind of seventh-level official is he?

In addition to studying various plants, Cao Feng actually has some star warlock-like arrogance, a sense of superiority derived from his status, and confidence in his own force, which makes him appear to be quite unreasonable outside the peripheral peninsula.

Cheng Jinzhou liked such a friend very much. He smiled and had no objection, and he did not take the mere household inspector in his eyes.

In fact, both of them believed that the other party was probably a stupid official who had found the wrong target.

However, when he arrived at the end of the field, Cheng Jinzhou discovered that the other party seemed to be prepared.

Just at the previous fork in the road, three sides were first surrounded by cloth curtains, and then soldiers with horns hung in a horizontal line, holding short sticks with eyebrows, and every three people hung a knife on their waist, a standard posture to deal with farmers' resistance.

And behind the soldiers, there was a star warlock floating in the sky.

Seeing the Star Warlock in mid-air, Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help but slow down his horse and looked at the Star Warlock Cao Feng.

A mere seventh-level civil servant can definitely drive the Immovable Star Warlock. Even a first-level star warlock is impossible.

The person in front is Mr. Cheng Jinzhou. As expected, the official standing in the crowd was wearing a blue official uniform with a dark red belt around his waist. It's just that his face is childish, and he looks like he's in his mid-twenties at most.

May I ask who your lord is? Cheng Jinzhou cupped his hands with a cold expression. Knowing his identity and still doing things like this, there is no need to be more polite on the surface.

I'm here, Inspector Hou Wenwu of the Hubu Department. Hello, Warlock Cheng Jinzhou. The person next to me should be Warlock Cao Wenxing. Mr. Inspector hummed with a smile on his face, looking fully prepared.

When Cheng Jinzhou heard the other party announcing his home address, his pupils shrank sharply. When he was reviewing for the imperial examination, he heard this name several times. It is said that he was a talented man who passed the imperial examination at the age of 14. Emperor Lizong loved his talent and made an exception when he was 18 years old. After that, he served as a censor for several years, and now as an inspector of the household department, he seems to be training a prime minister.

More importantly, although the Hou family is not a wealthy family, they are also a family of officials, and their influence in Beijing cannot be underestimated. Since Hou Wenwu became a Jinshi, he has been regarded as a star of hope by his elders. His rising path is extremely smooth, but he can be said to be a political star in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Facing such a person, Cheng Jinzhou also put away his cold expression, smiled gently, and said: I don't know why Mr. Hou came here. This place seems to be my territory.

Unless it is Mr. Cheng's fiefdom, Hou Mou can still set foot on it. Hou Wenwu was as sharp as the rumors. The lingering sound of his polite words was still there, and the next sentence began to sharpen the radical.

Warlock Cao Fengxing obviously did not know Hou Wenwu. He looked at him with contempt, raised his head and asked, Warlock Duan Mingxing, when will you be driven by a seventh-level civil servant?

Duan Ming was still floating high in the sky, and said with a wry smile: You can just discuss it, I will not participate. Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock, long time no see.

He gently placed his right hand on his left chest and performed a knightly salute commonly used by star warlocks. Etiquette from the far west is often simple and easy to use, suitable for daily social interactions.

Hello, Warlock Duan Mingxing. Cheng Jinzhou also felt that the other person looked familiar. Now it seems that he must have met in Warlock Jiang Huangxing's mansion, but the name didn't match up.

Duan Ming said with a smile on his round face: I have studied Mr. Cheng's equation that day for more than two months, and I have gained a lot. Thank you very much. I and all the star warlocks miss you very much. If you have time, please come to Miyagi to play.

When away from home, the Royal Star Warlocks often like to use Miyagi to refer to the Royal Star Warlock's official residence, just like garbage pigs like to use environmental pigs to refer to them, joint defense likes to use police to refer to them, and gangsters like to use urban management to refer to them.

Duan Ming's existence is more like balancing the violent methods Cao Feng possesses. The two star warlocks couldn't simply fight, so Hou Wenwu had a basis for speaking.

But he didn't know what means he used to attract a star warlock to escort him.

Several people, including Tang Zheng, were forced to kneel on the ground. Hou Wenwu noticed Cheng Jinzhou's gaze and laughed and said: Mr. Cheng, where is the responsibility, forgiveness is the only one.

What duties?

It is our duty to ensure the food supply of Daxia. Hou Wenwu seemed to know what Cheng Jinzhou wanted to say, and the smile on his face calmed down and said: Mr. Cheng will be a farm steward, and I can't take care of it, but Mr. Cheng wants to transfer ten thousand Converting acres of fertile farmland into experimental land goes against the original intention of the Holy Spirit in giving the land.”

Cheng Jinzhou stared: Do you have any control over what I plant on my own land?

Hou Wenwu said calmly: I have just said that I have no control over what Mr. Cheng grows on his fief, but this piece of land was given to Warlock Liu Kuangxing by the Emperor, that is, it was a land grant. It is not a fiefdom. The country is currently in short supply of food. Please consider the overall situation, Mr. Cheng, and do not reduce rice planting, lest the nobles in the capital follow suit.

According to the prevailing norms of this era, food security always comes first. Therefore, when food is scarce, the government often issues many administrative orders, regardless of whether they will interfere with people's normal lives. The most commonly used ones are prohibition on alcohol and prohibition on slaughtering cattle, and prohibition on changing the nature of farmland. It is often one of the key points.

When it comes to eloquence, ten Cheng Jinzhous are no match for the talented boy. He was not familiar with Daxia's laws, so he simply said, I'm going to change seeds, what should you do?

Hou Wenwu suddenly changed his expression and said: As long as Mr. Star Warlock openly admits his mistake, I will pretend that I have never heard what you said. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude. Take him away!

The last sentence was directed at the soldiers.

Cheng Jinzhou wanted to urge his horse, but was stopped by the helpless Duan Ming. He whispered: Mr. Cheng, please don't make things difficult for me. This matter was done by Hou Wenwu in private. Why don't you think about it first?

Does Warlock Jiang Huangxing know?

Duan Ming shook his head slightly and added: I didn't know what happened when I came down, but now, I can't help myself.

Royal Star Warlocks, while receiving high salaries and expensive materials, inevitably have to do some things. Duan Ming is just an ordinary first-level star warlock. Naturally, his behavior will not always be repaid by Jiang Huangxing warlock.

There were more than a hundred soldiers brought by Hou Wenwu. Without the help of the warlock Cao Fengxing, and only two men and two men, Cheng Jinzhou knew that he could not take advantage. He stared at Hou Wenwu for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said: Master Hou is here. There seems to be no more amazing things during the tenure of Inspector Hubu, right?

Mr. Cheng cares about Hou very much, and I accept it with my heart. Hou Wenwu cupped his hands, and with a smile, directed his men to remove the curtains. After a lot of trouble, it seemed that they were all prepared for Cheng Jinzhou.

Classmate Xiao Cheng nodded funnyly and said: If there are no new ideas, people can only repeat themselves. Master Hou, do you want to use me as a stepping stone to become famous like the Minister of the Ministry of Industry? Who successfully suppressed the Star Warlock? Inspector of the Ministry of Revenue, Mr. Hou is indeed very resourceful.

As soon as these words came out, not only Hou Wenwu, but also Cao Feng and Duan Ming also changed their expressions.

Hou Wenwu was a smart man and knew that he could not argue with Cheng Jinzhou here, otherwise Duan Ming would suffer the consequences if he stood by and watched. Therefore, without waiting for the curtain to be removed, he stepped onto the sedan chair and said, There is no need to argue with words, Mr. Cheng has If you are able, you can just come to the Ministry of Revenue to mention him, otherwise, please apologize publicly and I will release him.

After saying that, the sedan bearer shouted, and the green cloth sedan carried by four people started slowly.

Duan Ming's face was even worse than that of Cheng Jinzhou, his anger disappeared in a flash, and he said sincerely: Mr. Cheng, Hou Wenwu applied to the province to accompany me. I didn't know the purpose before, but now it's like this... well.

The number of star warlocks is small, so they have implicit responsibilities and obligations to take care of each other. Duan Ming is not sure about Hou Wenwu's thoughts, and he is worried about being picked on by Cheng Jinzhou, which is quite contradictory.

Cheng Jinzhou laughed instead and said: I want to keep a low profile, but looking at the current situation, it seems that I have to keep a high profile so that everyone knows what is going on. Is Warlock Jiang Huangxing in the capital?

Yes. Duan Ming said affirmatively.

Cheng Jinzhou flipped the horse's head, turned to Cao Feng and said, I'm going back to the capital first, and I want to see what Hou Wenwu has with three heads and six arms.

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