Xu Ping was half lying on the chair in the rear yamen of the stewards, listening to the cicadas and insects on the big trees not far away, and the mulberry beside him.

Seeing Xu Ping half-closing his eyes, not knowing whether he was sleeping or waking up, Sang Yi said, "Are you listening?"

"I'm listening, you keep talking."

"I've finished talking, what else can I say!"

Seeing Xu Ping's eyes closed, Sang Yi hurriedly said, "You are talking! Those who are thieves in this kind of thing are the elderly and children. They should be punished according to the law, but how can they do it!"

"If you can't do it, you'll be exempted-"

Listening to Xu Ping's voice lazily, Sang Yi sighed: "You said lightly. I was sitting in the court and accidentally neglected something. It was me who made people laugh at!"

Xu Ping opened his eyes and looked at Sang Yi and said slowly: "It's clear, people and physical evidence are there, what's the point of negligence?"

"Yes, the evidence is conclusive, and you should fight according to the law! Why did you say you were exempted?"

"The law is nothing more than human favors. How can it be so rigid? The law says it is to be beaten, but it does not have to be beaten. Can it be fined for copper?"

"That old and a young man, seeing that the family can't even eat, where can I punish him?"

"As long as people are alive, they have hands and feet, are you afraid of having no place to punish them?"

"Do you think they can make money?"

"Why can't it work? Isn't there any sugar service? The elderly can still chop wood, but they can't do anything else. They can get hundreds of cents a month when they burn the sugar service."

Sang Yi looked at Xu Ping and looked up straight: "You don't really want them to join the sugar service, right? This is not a joke! They are Jiaozhi people!"

Xu Ping said: "I care where he is. If you can't beat you, you will have to be fined. How can you pat your butt and walk when you owe money from the government? Where is such a cheap thing in the world!"

"Don't say it so easily! One is that they are not registered households under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty. When you receive sugar, someone must be talking about it. Moreover, they cannot even break the pot in Jiaozhi. When you receive sugar, they do not punish them. They cannot ask for food and drink. Do you think this is appropriate?"

"Haha--What's wrong with it? You are used to staying in Central China and are a little timid in doing things. You are afraid that Jiaozhi people will cause trouble? How idle is the Jiaozhi people to make trouble for these two people! As for whether Sugar Sugar Service is good or bad for them, why are you doing so much? As long as Sugar Service really saves money, they can really make money to offset the slaughter? You are off-sighted!"

"It's not that I think it's just that you are lying to yourself! In this way, two people who crossed the border and stole the sugar business, and once the matter was transmitted back to Jiaozhi, I wonder how many people who couldn't eat enough crossed the border and came to Sugo business, would you accept it?"

"Cache! This year, the sugar service is short of people!"

"A lot of people are collected. Will Jiaozhi or Jiaodong send people to negotiate with you?"

Xu Ping shrank his body on the chair and closed his eyes: "Come on, I'll wait here."

"Yunxing, I don't know what you are thinking, but I feel that you are deliberately making trouble with Jiadong in the past two months, for fear that they will not get involved. If you are sensitive to the border, you should be careful."

Xu Ping said nothing, as if he was asleep.

Since Wei Dalang and Ding Xiaoniu received the first reward, the reward for the Tijutsu has changed. Unless a fight occurs, people must not be injured without any injury. Even if the thief was killed during the fight, they could only receive five stakes of money, while the living would be raised to ten stakes. After discussing this, the people in the Tijutsu felt that if they did not change, those who were greedy for the reward would only attack the old and the weak, and no one would care about the real thief.

Xiao Mati and his grandfather were recruited into the sugar sugar business and burned fire and cooked food at a construction site near Pingxiangdong. Although the wages were not included in the government as a fine for the punishment of a broken stick, the grandparents and grandchildren also lived a life of full food and clothing. Even if the fine was paid one day, they would not leave again.

The story of the grandparents and grandchildren spread. More than one day escaped from Jiaozhi. The sugar sugar business is short of manpower, so Xu Ping is coming to collect as much as he comes.

The closest Menzhou was the first to be hit, but looking at Zhennan Pass that was strengthening day by day and the more imperial army gathered in Pingxiangdong, Huang Guanshou and his son of Menzhou finally endured it and quietly watched the situation develop.

In August, the regular army of Xu Ping transferred to Pingxiangdong had reached more than 3,500, including the newly-sold commanders Zhongrui and Anyuan. In addition, the two commanders of the Sugar Sugar Service had reached nearly 5,000.

With the courage to strengthen the scale of the sugar sugar business, the pace of expanding the scale is getting faster and faster. Xiangnan Road has been built to Zhennan Pass, and the southeast direction has begun to extend to Luzhou. The sugar business is not only reclaiming the land, but also absorbing the surrounding population like a sponge. The original servants and servants of Tuzhou around him, some idle population, and even people as far as Liangzhou were sucked in.

Menzhou is a small place after all. The Huang family is a little more concerned about its own people and can still hold on to it. However, Liangzhou, as the center of the northern part of Jiaozhi, cannot hold on to it.

The mountains are vast and sparsely populated, and the population is the greatest wealth. For the sake of population, various forces have fought countless wars. Which land can be seen as their population is sucked away?

On the tenth day of August, the Jia family first sent someone to come to Xu Ping in the name of Liangzhou.

After receiving the report, Xu Ping turned to the Chief Officer's Hall and saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing in the hall, of a medium figure and looking a little rich.

When he saw Xu Ping coming out, the man hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Secretary Li Qingcheng, I have seen the official recruitment officer."

Xu Ping looked up and down at Li Qingcheng and said, "Master Li is a distinguished guest. He has been serving as Zuojiangdao for several years since he was appointed as the Zuojiangdao. He has only met you this year."

Li Qingcheng looked embarrassed: "The officials were plagued by ordinary things, and they had never had time to pay their respects to officials, which was rude."

Liangzhou also nominally praised the Song Dynasty and also served Jiaozhi, but was actually controlled by Jiaotong. But no matter what, he was nominally a subordinate of the Song Dynasty, but he did not pay homage to Xu Ping, the immediate boss, which was unreasonable.

Xu Ping said lightly: "It's really not easy to wait for you to have free time. Since you are here, then sit down."

After saying that, I sat down first in the main seat.

Li Qingcheng smiled and said, "In front of Shangguan, there is no place for Xiaguan to sit."

"It's better not to sit. I am a man who is not polite. All local officials below come to meet. They have seats. But you are an exception. You haven't come to see me for several years. I think you are very busy. If you have something to do, just stand there and finish and don't delay your business. We, the officials sent by the court, are not easy to harass the place."

"The official has a heavy word."

Sweat beads of water were already seeping out of Li Qingcheng's forehead. When he came here, if Xu Ping treats him as a local official in Jiaozhi, it would be easy to do, but Xu Ping treats him as a minister of the Song Dynasty. Then he can't say anything. As a direct boss, Xu Ping didn't even say hello for several years in office, and suddenly came to negotiate. What's there to talk about?

Seeing that Xu Ping sat down and ignored him, Li Qingcheng didn't know how to speak, and the scene froze for a moment.

The soldier brought the tea, and Xu Ping signaled to put both cups of tea on the table beside him, picked up a cup and drank it slowly, ignoring Li Qingcheng.

Seeing Xu Ping's calm look, Jia Chenggui's explanation when he remembered him again. Li Qingcheng sighed in his heart and said, "Officials. I'm going to be a little bit of a matter to say this time."

"Oh, then let's talk." Xu Ping put down the teacup in his hand. "You don't have to be polite to me. Just say something. Everyone is very busy, don't go around and around."

Li Qingcheng said: "That's right. In the past two months, I have doubts about the fact that many local people have fled under the prefecture. I heard that they have all gone to the officials and have entered the sugar workplace."

Xu Ping said lightly: "Oh, is there?"

"Yes, of course there are, and there are quite a few! My subordinates reported that there were hundreds of people in two months!"

"Well, when will I have time to have free time? I'll go to Sugar Service to ask, don't worry."

"Officials, why are I not in a hurry? If this continues, no one will grow the fields in my state! How can sugar services attract the population I govern?"

Xu Ping was so stern: "Why can't you recruit the population to rule you? Could it be that I also collected your money and food?"

"No, official, I don't mean that!" Li Qingcheng was so anxious that he said it was unsuccessful. "My place is Huawai Tuzhou. All the people should use it depends on the support of these local people. How can it be if the population is reduced? The imperial court originally granted rewards, but the Li family allowed me to inherit from generation to generation and pay for money, grain and taxes."

"Can I ask you now? Or do you want it if you feel sorry for it?"

Li Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that it was boring to fight with Xu Ping according to the court's words. The Song Dynasty allowed their family to inherit the magistrate, but there was no guarantee that he would ask for people and land.

"Anyway, I think the court shouldn't compete for population with our local officials."

In the end, Li Qingcheng had no choice but to say this.

Xu Ping said coldly: "It is all the people under the rule of the Song Dynasty. Wherever they are willing to go, as long as they do not violate the law, why should I stop those people? Wherever they eat and wear warmly, they will go naturally. The court asked you to guard the place, but you let the people under the rule not cover their stomachs and clothes, and you also felt that the court owe you? Do you think, do you think the court wants to do things according to your wishes?"

"What the officials said makes sense, but no matter how reasonable it is, we local officials cannot suffer. Otherwise, who would guard the court? Without us local officials, will the court have to take care of everything?"

Xu Ping didn't say anything, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea, then slowly spoke: "Do you know that Zuo Jiangdao has already practiced the Kuo Ding method? I remember that the notice has also been sent to you."

"I know, but what does it have to do with me?"

"The announcement clearly stated that only the Bozhou and Hotan Prefecture and several related places will not be implemented for the time being. How could you think it is not your business?

Li Qingcheng was surprised: "Officials still want to raise Ding in Liangzhou?"

Xu Ping slapped the table suddenly: "Do you think the notice issued by the Tijusi was to coax the child to play with? I didn't look for you before, so you didn't have to spare, and I didn't have to spare. Since you are here today, you can go back and prepare."

"The official really wants to promote Ding Fa in Liangzhou?" Li Qingcheng was so surprised that his eyes almost fell out. Where is Liangzhou? It was just a subordinate of the Song Dynasty in name, and this official took it seriously!

"You are an official in the Song Dynasty and using the official seal of the Song Dynasty, you should be honest in serving the Song Dynasty court. Why do you think the Chief Secretary can't manage you?"

Li Qingcheng shook his head and found Xu Ping incredible. Does he think that just by virtue of this title can he annex an important large place like Liangzhou?

Xu Ping was too lazy to pay attention to him. He knew that he had to listen to Jiadong in everything, so why should he say more? Now Ping Xiangdong is equipped with troops, and Xu Ping was just waiting for Jiadong to come to him, and the two sides showed up.

(Two updates will be resumed tomorrow.) (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!