Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 128 Blue Sky?

The tenth day of the lunar month.

The festive atmosphere of the New Year in Qinghe completely disappeared, and life became dull and ordinary again.

Li Rui got up early, circulated his Qi in the room, and then opened the door.

Standing under the tree in the courtyard, the qi and blood in the body are harmonious and smooth, restrained and flowing freely.

The next moment!
He pushed his hands forward.

Faintly, one seemed to hear the roar of a dragon.

boom!
With a loud bang, a huge rock ten feet away was filled with dust and smoke, and exploded into pieces of rubble. When the smoke and dust dissipated, two handprints were seen on the rock, which were two feet deep.

“What a powerful force!”

Li Rui's eyes lit up.

The dragon form is slightly completed, and the power of the true energy is gradually revealed. This palm can break the bones and muscles of the enemy within ten feet. It is extremely powerful.

Not to mention that Liu Jinjing is very powerful, this true qi alone is not something that an eighth-grade cultivator can deal with.

You know, for a big gang like Tiandimeng, the three founding leaders were only of the seventh rank.

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao rushed out upon hearing the sound.

"What happened?"

"It's already the tenth day of the first lunar month, which naughty kid is still setting off firecrackers?"

Yang Yong cursed and thought it was just the sound of firecrackers.

But when he and Wang Zhao saw the huge rock standing opposite Li Rui, they both gasped.

"Lao Li, this is..."

Yang Yong looked at the two hand prints on the boulder.

"Did you take the photo?"

Li Rui nodded: "I couldn't stop practicing for a while."

Yang Yong looked at Li Rui as if he were looking at a monster: "Old Li, your skills are more powerful than those of the masters of martial arts schools in the city."

When he was in the Zhu family, he worked as a security guard.

His understanding of martial arts is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, it is clearer what the value of the stones crushed in Li Rui's hands is.

Little did people know that Li Rui didn't even touch the boulder at all, he just used pure true energy to hit the rock from a distance.

If Yang Yong and Wang Zhao knew about this, they would probably think Li Rui had become a god.

Li Rui said calmly: "It's almost time. I'll go to the armory first."

After saying that, he walked out the door.

Yang Yong and Wang Zhao were left staring at each other. What kind of opportunity did Old Li have to have such a big breakthrough in martial arts in just two years?

If we hadn't been together every day, everyone would have thought that Li Rui had been replaced.

This was still too shocking for both of them.

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Li Rui arrived at the Dingzi Arsenal.

Lianghe went there and the night was not closed.

The remaining three people were quite well-behaved and cleaned the armory early in the morning.

Just as Li Rui was about to inspect the arsenal as usual, one of his men came over timidly and said, "Master Li, we heard that the new magistrate wants to remeasure the land and guess that the land may be divided. We were wondering if we could take a day off. My family asked me to go and help out. What do you think?"

"The new magistrate?"

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

News had already spread that Qinghe was going to change its county magistrate.

In fact, this is also expected.

Although the county magistrate Zhang Linkang was conscientious in his duties, his ability was limited after all, and he was not a warrior, so he would definitely be suppressed by the An Ning Guard. This also meant that the county magistrate had lost the role of performing his due functions.

The imperial court would certainly not allow such a situation of one dominant power to happen.

An official of equal rank is often sent.

The county magistrate and the chief clerk of Qinghe County Government had all been replaced long ago, leaving only Zhang Linkang. Now the new magistrate was finally about to take office, and there was not a single old staff member left in the county government.

"Go ahead, it's okay."

Li Rui is not a black-hearted boss and would not make trouble with such a small matter.

"Thank you, Master Li."

The subordinate was about to leave when Li Rui stopped him and said, "Tell me about the land division."

"I heard that the county magistrate wants to review the household registration and determine the amount of land and acreage, and re-determine the taxes that each person has to pay."

"We need to ask those wealthy people who have embezzled land to give up their land and distribute it to those who have no land."

"The county magistrate has already sent tax officials to investigate this matter before he even arrived. He may even arrest a few wealthy households to establish his authority."

"This is great news!" This subordinate was a white-collar worker in the armory, or a temporary worker, and most of them came from ordinary families.

Li Rui nodded.

Land annexation would happen in any dynasty, and the State of Yu was no exception.

Some wealthy families seized farmers' land through lending and robbery, turning farmers into tenants or even refugees, causing social unrest and reducing the amount of taxes received by the court.

The imperial court has carried out reforms repeatedly, but with little success.

Why?

Of course, these honest and powerful officials colluded with the local wealthy people to make profits and line their own pockets.

It’s a good thing.

After all, some tenants did get their land redistributed.

However, Li Rui felt that the new magistrate was going to make three big moves as a new official, breaking up the complicated relationships in Qinghe and redistributing the benefits.

Who knows.

Nowadays, more and more forces are entering Qinghe, including some well-known and powerful sects in Anning Prefecture, such as Ming Guangzong and Qingfeng Villa.

Only by changing the county magistrate can we tame these fierce dragons that cross the river.

The fifteenth day of the first month.

In Qinghe City, bursts of exclamations were heard on the busy streets.

"What a huge chariot!"

Five majestic horses, each more than ten feet tall, came galloping towards the city gate like a small mountain.

Five horses pulled a carriage that looked like a palace. With every step it took, long streams of white air came out of its nostrils.

Fortunately, the streets in Qinghe City were expanded, otherwise it would be impossible to accommodate such a grand ceremony.

"Demon horse!"

Li Rui stood in the shadow of the alley, secretly amazed.

These five horses are all specially trained magic horses. Their endurance and explosive power are several times stronger than that of the Arabian horses.

of course.

It’s really expensive.

One horse is worth three thousand gold.

"Tsk tsk, this County Magistrate Zhuang is really generous."

If my guess was correct, the person in the sedan chair was the new county magistrate - Zhuang Renhe.

"I heard that County Magistrate Zhuang comes from a prominent family in Yunzhou. He is indeed extraordinary."

Li Rui went out today and happened to see this scene.

"Qingtian!"

"Qingtian!"

The sounds of kowtow and shouting continued to reach my ears.

Blue sky.

But not every official can be called an honest official. Only those good officials who serve the people in the eyes of the people can be called such officials.

This county magistrate, Zhuang, even sent people to measure the land and divide it, thus earning a good reputation as an honest official.

"Qingtian?"

Li Rui disagrees.

At this time.

Inside the chariot.

The unique fragrance of Yazhou agarwood permeates the air, and light smoke slowly floats out of the furnace, lingering around the furnace body.

County magistrate Zhuang Renhe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, with purple smoke rising above his head.

Not bad.

Unlike those civil servants, Zhuang Renhe himself is a master of martial arts.

In fact, martial arts were flourishing in the State of Yu. Low-level officials were fine, but high-level officials were almost all good at martial arts.

Although he was a county magistrate, his rank was not low.

A fifth-rank county magistrate is even as high in rank as a prefect, and Yunzhou is the only one of his kind.

Otherwise, if the level is too low, he will definitely be suppressed by the An Ning Guards.

In addition to County Magistrate Zhuang Renhe, there was another person in the carriage.

An old man wearing a black robe, with an exposed arm that was as dry as a stick.

"Master Qi, it seems that your demon-raising skills have improved again."

(End of this chapter)