The two sneak attacks caused a lot of losses to the Qiongzhou capital, especially the problem of food shortage and the reconstruction of the port are things that need to be solved urgently. After Mao Wenlong left the cell, he went directly back to his residence and fell asleep.

As a result, he slept directly until dark, and after waking up, he was still a little confused, and Haoda had already bowed his hand in front of the bed: "Chief soldier, the prefect of Qiongzhou outside has come to ask for a meeting since the afternoon, and now he is still waiting outside the door, do you want to see him?" ”

Mao Wenlong rolled his eyes, and the prefect obviously had something important to discuss with him. Haoda didn't wake himself up. After glaring at the guy viciously, and after seeing the guy panicked, Mao Wenlong spoke: "Bring him in." ”

The prefect of Qiongzhou is a kind old man, and he always has a smile like a spring breeze on his face. Looking at his smiling face, the first impression will be that he is a very good talker. But if you think so, it is very likely that you will be sold by this old man and help count the money in the future.

Li Tai, the prefect of Qiongzhou, is a complete smiling tiger in the eyes of the local people in Qiongzhou. If you offend him, you will inevitably be severely retaliated, these are the personal experiences of many people.

It stands to reason that such a hearted person will definitely not be able to become the prefect of Qiongzhou Mansion, but he sits firmly in the position of this prefect and has never been shaken.

Walking into the house, Li Tai gently bowed his hand to Mao Wenlong: "Li Tai, the prefect of Qiongzhou, see the general soldiers. ”

The tone is not light or heavy, just right, it is said that speaking is an art, and at this moment, Li Tai seems to have studied the knowledge very thoroughly. As soon as he opened his mouth, his words were very plain, but they were very comfortable to listen to, and there was no sense of disobedience.

Mao Wenlong has never met this prefect, and he doesn't know his details. But seeing that the prefect was so gentle, he smiled and waved his hand: "Master Li doesn't need to be polite, just say anything directly, don't beat around the bush." ”

Li Tai still had that gentle and elegant expression, and replied lightly: "After the subordinate heard that the general army was coming, he had already come to ask for a meeting, but the general army was busy with things and couldn't see it. There are some things that Xia Guan can't decide here, and General Hao Xiao is in prison again, so Xia Guan can only come to bother the general soldier to get an idea. ”

Mao Wenlong said first, and asked Li Tai to speak concisely, but this guy began to run the train with his mouth full of mouths. After saying a lot of things, I still didn't get to the point in the end.

Mao Wenlong put away the smile on his face and said in a dark voice: "Let's talk about the point." ”

Li Tai only noticed that something was wrong with Mao Wenlong at this time, he saw Mao Wenlong for the first time just now and knew that he could directly promote himself. Li Tai had a mind to show off the ink in his stomach in front of Mao Wenlong. In order to leave a good impression on Mao Wenlong, but before his real performance began, Mao Wenlong's impatience was already seen.

Hurriedly put away his careful thoughts, Li Tai bowed his hand and said: "The granary of Qiongzhou Mansion has been robbed by the Japanese invaders, the granary is empty, and there are still more than three months before the grain harvest. Previously, although General Li asked for some food from Leizhou Mansion, as well as the food sent by the general army, it only lasted for this month at most. Commander, please ask the general soldier, but there is still food that can be delivered within this month? ”

Mao Wenlong frowned, according to previous estimates, the food he sent was enough for Qiongzhou Mansion for two months. But this Li Tai opened his mouth and said that it could only be used for one month, and the gap was so big that Mao Wenlong had to wonder if this Li Tai had swallowed the grain privately.

"I'll give you an answer to this matter tomorrow, and tonight the chief soldier will personally go down to inspect it." After a little hesitation, Mao Wenlong said bluntly.

"Yes, Chief Soldier, the subordinate will retire!" Li Tai didn't dare to stay for a long time, and turned around and left after saying goodbye.

When Li Tai's figure disappeared outside the door, Mao Wenlong said to Hao in a deep voice: "Notify the secret guard camp and let them investigate this Li Tai thoroughly." ”

Hao Da replied: "Yes!" ”

At the beginning of the lanterns, Mao Wenlong had just eaten dinner, and he had not yet tasted a cup of tea after the meal, but he had already seen a huge figure hurrying over.

Haoda didn't say much, and directly sent a booklet to Mao Wenlong and whispered: "Chief soldier, this is the situation of that Li Tai." ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and looked directly at the booklet, the information in it was very detailed, and no matter how big or small it was, it was recorded. This is the rule that Mao Wenlong set for the secret guard camp, and every official in the state capital must establish such a file. As long as Mao Wenlong needs it, he can immediately know everything about any official.

It can be said that the establishment of this system directly made many local officials in the Ming Dynasty no longer so corrupt. As long as the local officials are corrupt to a certain extent, the secret guard camp will always report the matter to the emperor as soon as possible. Then the emperor decided the life and death of this official, which to a large extent gave some deterrence to those corrupt local officials.

"It seems that this Li Tai is indeed not simple! This guy's corruption is very good, and he doesn't go beyond the norm, just below the set corruption line. Mao Wenlong smiled and put down the booklet in his hand.

"Then what should the chief soldier do if he wants to take this Li Tai?" Haoda's face was confused, and he didn't know what Mao Wenlong meant by what he just said.

"Since this guy is so knowledgeable, then don't touch him yet, they have secretly guarded the camp, and in the future, just take this Li Tai as the focus to catch it. At present, it is an eventful time in Qiongzhou Mansion, and any uneasy situation should be avoided as much as possible. Besides, this Li Tai should still have some ability, let him finish the affairs of Qiongzhou Mansion first, and then find him to settle old accounts in the future. Mao Wenlong said softly.

Haoda nodded and agreed with Mao Wenlong's point of view, but now that the real problem has not been solved, Haoda is still a little anxious in his heart: "General soldier, what should be done about the shortage of food?" ”

"The cold winter of the Ming Dynasty has just passed, and the grain of the whole country has been transported out in Qiongzhou Mansion before. At present, there is no grain in stock everywhere, and some places in the south still have some grain in stock, but it cannot be delivered in time, and the matter of raising grain is still quite a headache. Mao Wenlong sighed lightly and said helplessly.

"Chief soldier, we might as well let that Li Tai prefect come and come up with ideas." Haoda suddenly thought of that Li Tai's calm appearance before, and knew that he should have a solution.

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he laughed and said, "Good way, you can bring him now." ”

Hao Da chuckled twice, and then walked away quickly.

Mao Wenlong didn't wait long, and Li Tai, who was full of confusion, was forcibly brought to Mao Wenlong by Haoda.

"Qiongzhou Mansion is short of food, can Lord Li have a way to break the siege?" Mao Wenlong said slowly.