Hou Fangyu looked at this scene fixedly, and was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

This vicious scar-faced martial artist was nakedly ignored by Qin Xia! The brave martial artist in his heart, at first glance, is a martial artist who has several lives in his hands, and he can't bring a little fear to Qin Xia at all!

Is this still a literati doctor?

Qin Xia's household head uniform shows Zhu Cihong's identity, which is obviously a civil official.

And the current situation clearly shows another truth...... Zhu Cihong is obviously not an ordinary civil official.

was completely ignored by Zhu Cihong, and Liu Yongquan suddenly changed color.

The long knife in his chest was also suddenly clenched, and his right hand moved slightly, as if he was about to take the long knife to kill.

But Zhu Cihong ignored Liu Yongquan at all, and just stared directly at the main entrance of the Zhumu Draw Bureau.

Seeing this, the rough men who were blocking the road couldn't even stand Zhu Cihong's indifferent and powerful gaze, and retreated one after another.

At the same time, in the north of the city, a fast horse galloped over, and rushed straight towards the back door of the Zhumu Draw Bureau.

Just when Liu Yongquan seemed to be really about to draw his knife, on the wall of the bamboo and wood drawing station, a man seemed to move in a panic and knocked a tile off the ground, making a loud noise.

Hearing this sound, Liu Yongquan immediately frowned and retracted his movements, looking at the gate of the bamboo and wood drawing branch behind him.

Sure enough, the door that had been closed for a long time slowly opened under the gaze of thousands of people.

Zhu Cihong jumped away from the sturdy Liu Pei in the main entrance with sharp eyes, and saw Chu Lushan and Fan Wenju who hastily hid their whereabouts in the corner.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong just laughed silently.

Subsequently, Zhu Cihong officially set his eyes on Liu Pei.

When Zhu Cihong met Liu Pei's gaze, he realized that the other party had been looking at him for a while. At this time, Zhu Cihong recalled the information about Liu Pei.

The regulation of the Linqing Bamboo and Wood Pumping Branch of the Ministry of Industry is the same as that of the Household Tax Division, which is the dispatched agency of the six central ministries. Its chief official is either a local magistrate, or the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or a member of the ministry.

Obviously, the Linqing Bamboo and Wood Pumping Branch of the Ministry of Industry is a civil official position. But Liu Pei in front of him is not like a literati at all. In fact, Zhu Cihong's judgment is also good. This Liu Pei was not a civil official at all before, but a craftsman who had been burning kilns since childhood. Since the Yongnian period, the imperial court has set up a branch of the Ministry of Industry in Linqing to burn bricks in the local area. At its peak, it was able to produce millions of bricks every year, and there were more than 300 kilns in total. And Liu Pei is the head of the largest brick kiln in the camp division, and the heirloom of the lineage.

Of course, it is not a decent and powerful job for a brick kiln to be the head, although hundreds of strong men can be shouted out under his hands, but in fact, he is a craftsman, and he can't even be an official.

It is said that such a background is of course impossible to finally sit in the position of the head of the Ministry of Engineering of the sixth grade. But Liu Pei's distant cousin Liu Zeqing suddenly developed. And Liu Pei also took advantage of this to quickly set up a Wanquan business in Linqing, making a lot of profits every year, which made Liu Zeqing attach great importance to Liu Pei.

In the end, Liu Pei, under the guidance of Liu Zeqing, went from a brick kiln general to the Linqing Camp Branch of the Ministry of Industry as a nine-product experience. When Liu Zeqing personally led troops from Linqing to escort Zhou Yanru to the north the year before last, and after being reinstated as the chief soldier of Shandong, Liu Pei finally ascended to the post of director of the Bamboo and Wood Pumping Branch of the Ministry of Industry step by step.

Therefore, Liu Pei has strong muscles and bones, and he is not a literati at all.

And Liu Pei is about the same emotion as Zhu Cihong. This Qin Xia has a strange origin, and according to legend, he has a big way in the palace, but he is not stable at all to make money, but he is desperately reforming for the country and the people, and even his own duties have to be collected. How did this not make Liu Pei anxious, and finally made such a big move to close the water gate.

The two looked at each other in the air and were silent for nearly ten breaths.

For a while, with the silence of the two, the breath in front of the door of the bamboo and wood booth seemed to stop circulating, became sticky and depressed.

In the end, it was Zhu Cihong who laughed generously and said, "Lord Liu Pei! This official is here today, and he is not polite. Dare to ask, why did your company's yamen close the water gate and obstruct our company's actions? ”

This is a business-to-business lawsuit.

Zhu Cihong revealed his sophisticated methods as soon as he opened his mouth. The two are brother departments, the bamboo and wood sub-bureau occupies the water gate to collect bamboo and timber sub-points, and the tax sub-bureau sets up checkpoints to take ship materials and commercial taxes. Both of them were yamen sent by the imperial court, and of course there could be no more obstruction of the new policy on the table.

Seeing this, Liu Pei's heart sank slightly. OK...... There was a seasoned civil servant behind him who helped him sum it up.

Exhaling slightly, Liu Pei said calmly: "That official wants to ask Lord Qin Xia first, you go to the imperial court to merge the bamboo and wood lottery bureau into the tax division, is it true or false!" ”

As soon as Liu Pei asked, the field became even quieter. Everyone listened carefully, and the scene was audible.

Hou Fangyu clearly understands that this is the core focus of the whole incident!

Suddenly, thousands of eyes on the field fell on Zhu Cihong's body, and the condensed breath seemed to be like substance.

Zhu Cihong squinted his eyes, stared at Liu Pei, who was slightly proud, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Not bad!" Indeed, it was the official who wrote a letter to agree to merge the bamboo and wood extraction branch into the tax division. ”

There were many smart people present, and they instantly heard the subtle meaning from Zhu Cihong's mouth. In the work of words, subtlety can distinguish the distinction between primary and secondary. The merger of this bamboo and wood drawing branch and the tax division is obviously to focus on Zhu Cihong!

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, the audience waited with bated breath, waiting for Liu Pei's reply.

Really!

After Zhu Cihong responded, Liu Pei did not show any fear, but stared at Zhu Cihong with a solemn face: "Since Lord Qin Xia is going to merge the Bamboo and Wood Drawing Bureau, there is really no need for the Bamboo and Wood Drawing Branch and the Taxation Division. Receiving this letter is tantamount to impeachment. The bamboo and wood draw points are all panicked, and they naturally want to avoid crime. The official decided that for the sake of the country, for the court, and for the sacred, the bamboo and wood lottery bureau for such a crime will be closed from now on, and before the will of the court is issued, the bamboo and wood lottery will never be levied again! ”

"As for this closing the water gate...... Since I am guilty of the Bamboo and Wood Drawing Bureau, I should retreat and meditate up and down. All arrangements should wait for the imperial court's orders! Liu Pei said this, with a solemn expression.

Who doesn't know that at this moment, all the thoughts of the imperial court are on the thoughts of the Central Plains thieves and Liaodong Jiannu. Even if it is unprecedentedly efficient, it will take ten days to come and go.

Ten days down, I'm afraid that the entire Linqing will stir up a civil uprising!

At that time, with the traditional routine of the imperial court to calm things down, isn't it to transfer Qin Xia, an outsider, and stabilize Liu Pei, the head snake?

Thinking of this, Liu Pei's solemn expression quietly showed a little smugness.

But it didn't take long for his smile to freeze.