Chapter 599: A Short Separation Is Better Than a New Marriage
"Sixth Master, isn't that Lord Lu?" Zhu Dazhuang had good eyesight and saw Lu Desheng sitting in the teahouse before the boat had completely docked.
The servants around Lu Desheng should have seen them as well. One of them whispered something to Lu Desheng, and then he squinted his eyes and looked at them.
Then Lu Desheng stood up and walked towards them, and the people behind him hurriedly followed.
Qin Sheng was the first to greet his own Lord Taishan, "Father-in-law."
"Well, you're back." Lu Desheng quickly took a look at his cheap son-in-law who had returned safely. He had all his limbs intact, without any missing arms or legs. That was great.
"After getting off the boat, go home quickly." Let my daughter be happy too.
This proposal was exactly what he wanted, so Qin Sheng accepted it obediently. He suppressed his excitement and asked, "What about you, father-in-law? Do you want to go back with us?"
Lu Desheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me." He was having a great time strolling outside and didn't want to go back so soon.
During the conversation between the father-in-law and son-in-law, the people on the boat also learned from Zhu Dazhuang and others that the handsome uncle in front of them was none other than Governor Lu Songli's father, Lord Lu Desheng.
Everyone greeted Lu Desheng warmly, "Hello, Lord Lu."
Lu Desheng also greeted the people on the boat with a smile, "Hello everyone, thank you for your hard work along the way, welcome to Pingzhou."
There are many people from all over Dali on Qin Sheng's ship.
For example, Dong Jichuan rushed back to his hometown to pick up his people and headed straight for Dongtai County in Guangling. He knew that the Pingzhou expeditionary force would definitely leave last, and his family was most likely to catch this boat. If not, going to Jimo and Yi'an would be pointless.
There were many people on the boat who shared the same idea as Dong Jichuan. When they saw that the father of the Pingzhou governor was so warm and kind, they felt relieved.
In fact, Lu Desheng looked at them with a loving expression.
His daughter told him that population is the foundation of a place.
These people are all living fighting forces. When they come to Pingzhou, they have to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate, and they have to get married and have children. In order to live a good life and to continue their bloodline, they will work diligently and contribute their efforts, youth and wealth to Pingzhou.
Only when there are people can a place be vibrant. Only when people gather together can money flow.
To put it more bluntly, Lu Desheng felt that his daughter was the owner of the farm in Pingzhou.
These ordinary people who came to Pingzhou were either the chicks in his daughter's chicken coop or the cattle that were grazing well. There were also those well-educated scholars who helped his daughter manage these chickens, cattle and sheep. The yields varied depending on whether they were well-fed or poorly-fed.
Therefore, they should be approachable, be nicer to the people, and impose light taxes, instead of draining the pond to catch all the fish.
After his daughter said that, of course he knew what to do. He was the best at learning from one example and applying it to other situations.
Song Mo is not good to the people, so the people vote with their feet and directly choose who will be the one to manage them.
Is this what my daughter said before, that power will not disappear, it will only be transferred?
After Qin Sheng got off the boat, he bid farewell to his father-in-law, took a horse from his father-in-law, and rode back.
Changli, prefecture government office
Jiang Yizhou reported the statistics to Lu Songli, "Governor, preliminary statistics show that the population of Pingzhou has reached 4.5 million so far. We estimate that more people will arrive in Pingzhou in the next two weeks. Conservatively speaking, the population of Pingzhou will eventually reach 5 million."
Five million!
Everyone present couldn't help but gasp, there were so many!
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Calm down."
It was a small scene. Lu Songli remembered that in later generations, some large counties had a population of up to one million.
Xue Xu: He can’t stay calm!
"Governor, this is five million, not five hundred thousand!"
How many people are there in Dali? About 18 million, less than 19000. These 18 million people are distributed in thirteen states, and are mainly concentrated in the Central Plains.
Pingzhou was located in a remote area. Before Lord Lu took office, the combined population of Pingzhou and Youzhou was less than one million. In just two or three years, the population of Pingzhou and Youzhou reached 4.5 million, exceeding even the density of the Central Plains.
"With the rapid population growth, we must be prepared to respond in all aspects, and public security must be done well. In addition, we must control prices, land prices and housing prices, and we must not allow people to be ripped off!" Lu Songli emphasized.
Everyone present nodded in agreement.
"The price increase shall not exceed 5 percent, and the land and housing prices shall not exceed 10 percent." In order to facilitate accounting, Lu Songli introduced Arabic numerals and percentages.
During this period, Lu Songli went to Liaodong Academy and found the principal Pan Sitong. He figured out Arabic numerals and percentages, and had the arithmetic teacher in the academy teach them to the students, and then promote them.
Liaodong Academy and Pingzhou public officials went to learn this new knowledge in batches.
At this time, Qin Sheng returned to Changli, passed by his home without entering, and went directly to the provincial government office not far away.
Seeing Sixth Master, Hong Luo immediately said, "Sixth Master, have a drink of water first. The governor is discussing matters with the heads of various departments, but he will be ready soon."
Sure enough, not long after, the door of the conference hall opened, and Xue Xu, Jiang Yizhou, Guo Chunsheng and others came out one after another. When they saw Qin Sheng, they were slightly surprised, but they all greeted him.
Hong Luo sent the person in, "Sixth Master, you only have a quarter of an hour." She had no choice. Sixth Master was just a last-minute squeeze in, and it was considered good enough if he could spare a quarter of an hour.
Qin Sheng went in and closed the door, "Li Li!"
Lu Songli suddenly looked up and saw him. She immediately stood up and said in surprise, "You're back? I thought you should be home these two days."
Qin Sheng took a long step forward, hugged her and turned her around, then took her to sit on a chair beside him and bent down to kiss her.
Qin Sheng held her in his arms, and as their lips and tongues intertwined, Lu Songli's hand unconsciously stroked his well-defined abdominal muscles.
Qin Sheng's body suddenly tensed up, remembering that this was the meeting room of the government office. He evacuated with difficulty, then pressed down her small hand that was igniting fires everywhere with his big hand.
Noticing his reaction, Lu Songli stopped moving obediently.
"Lili, I missed you so much outside. Do you miss me?" Qin Sheng lowered his head and buried it in her snow-white neck, greedily smelling her faint body fragrance, trying hard to calm himself.
"Of course I miss you." Lu Songli pulled her small hand out of his big palm, passed it through his waist, and gently stroked his back which was slightly arched due to excitement.
The two hugged each other and whispered.
Not long after, there were three knocks on the door. This was Hongluo reminding them.
"It's time to go. I have to leave." Qin Sheng was reluctant to leave.
"Wait for me in the evening." Lu Songli stood up and straightened his wrinkled robe.
Qin Sheng's eyes lit up, "Okay."
After Qin Sheng returned, he went to see his mother first.
During the period, when asked about his sisters-in-law, his mother said that they were all busy and not at home.
"You two brothers have returned just in time. Your eldest brother has already moved your father's grave to Pingzhou. The day after tomorrow is a good day. Let's go and pay our respects together as a family."
Qin Sheng naturally responded.
Qin's mother felt sorry for her son, so she asked the kitchen to make a bowl of noodles for her son to eat, and then let him go back to the yard to rest.
After Qin Sheng returned to their yard, he washed himself thoroughly from head to toe. He wanted to lie down on the couch for a nap, but unexpectedly he slept until dark.
In the evening, after Lu Songli came back, the two of them spent some time together as they were reunited after a long separation.
After two times, Lu Songli was so tired that she couldn't lift her fingers. She casually placed them on Qin Sheng, her fingertips rubbing unconsciously.
After years of exercise, the young man has an incredibly good figure, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long and strong legs, and tight and well-proportioned muscles all over his body, every part of which is full of strength. It looks just right and feels great.
Under her intentional or unintentional seduction, Qin Sheng wanted to do it again.
Lu Songli turned over and wrapped herself in the quilt, moving away from him.
"Let's go to bed? I'm so tired." Lu Songli acted coquettishly.
I ate too much meat and felt full.
Qin Sheng: ...
Okay, take a rest if you are tired, there is still a long way to go.
The next day, Lu Songli went to work as usual, and Qin Sheng was looking forward to the nightfall.
Not long after, Lu Songli's maid Hongluo came to the house and said that she would stay at the government office tonight and would not come back to rest because she had something to do.
a bolt from the blue!
This news marked the end of his meat-eating days.
Qin Sheng looked down at his eager little brother, sighing and muttering to himself, "Hey, you said Lili only had a taste, she must still be hungry. She was too restrained, and I didn't eat enough either."
If the timing is wrong, seduction will be in vain.
Qin Sheng looked at his big baby and muttered to himself, "You said you are a rare talent, with such a good figure and such a nice body, how come you can't make Lili fall in love with you?"
He recalled the dirty jokes he'd heard in the army: if they had a treasure like this, their wives would surely cherish it exceedingly. Lili liked it, too, but not to the point of cherishing it exceedingly.
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