The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 59 - 57 Insect Eggs

59: Chapter 57: Insect Eggs

59 -57: Insect Eggs

Lately, how come there are so many people inquiring about the houses in Lyuzhou?

Gu Beiquan felt that something was amiss.

A fool might be understandable, but why did they keep on appearing one after the other?

With a growing sense of unease, he hurriedly went to visit the next person.

Half an hour later, he received the same reply.

By then, even someone slow on the uptake would have realized someone was deliberately causing trouble!

He quickly urged the Steward to return to the Government Office, ready to take the Government Officials in pursuit.

Just as he was assembling his men, when the Educator Lyu Yiqi saw this, he stepped forward to ask, “Lord County Magistrate, where are you off to?”

“To intercept people!” Gu Beiquan had no affection for Lyu Yiqi, who loved to act senior, and that was especially because he was sent over by that Chen Qing.

Upon hearing this, Lyu Yiqi’s brows furrowed.

The Steward quickly explained a few words, and Lyu Yiqi immediately understood the situation, “It seems that this must be Chen Qing’s trickery, wanting to coax those teachers back.”

“Humph, did I need you to tell me that?” Gu Beiquan snorted coldly.

Lyu Yiqi held back his anger and analyzed rationally, “Magistrate, although Chen Qing’s method is somewhat despicable, if you go directly with the Government Officials to intercept people, under what pretext?”

“Huh?” This left Gu Beiquan momentarily stunned.

Indeed, under what pretext could he intercept people?

Those teachers were all returning to Lyuzhou to pack their things; why should he intercept them?

Even if he was the parental official, he couldn’t just do as he pleased with renowned Great Confucians.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Gu Beiquan became, “Am I supposed to just let him deceive people like this?”

“Please calm down, Magistrate…” Lyu Yiqi smiled wryly, unable to help himself, “You can’t forcibly bring people back, and Chen Qing can’t forcibly detain them either.

You know the current situation in Lyuzhou, what’s the use of playing these petty tricks?”

“I know…” Gu Beiquan said irritably, “but I always feel something’s not right.

Chen Qing isn’t a fool; having made so much fuss, could it be that he doesn’t have a backup plan?”

“You think too highly of him,” Lyu Yiqi said with a disdainful smile, “What sort of backup plan can a flatterer with neither background nor ability provide to solve Lyuzhou’s problems?

If the issues in Lyuzhou aren’t addressed, those teachers will not stay regardless of how eloquently he speaks.”

“That’s true…” said Gu Beiquan, his mood improving slightly upon hearing these words.

“All we need to do is prepare a banquet.

Once those teachers return disappointed, we’ll host them well, and surely many will stay.

Even if we can’t keep a Great Confucian like Master Feng, couldn’t we retain teachers like Master An and Master Liu who only come from the Chosen Man background?”

“Hmm…” Gu Beiquan finally nodded, thinking to himself: Although Lyu Yiqi liked to act like an elder on normal days, what he said this time made sense; I did indeed overreact.

Thinking this, he said, “Then, please arrange this banquet, Educator Lyu.”

“It’s my duty; how can it be considered trouble?” Lyu Yiqi immediately smiled courteously, “I shall not disappoint you, Magistrate.”

In his heart, however, he sneered: This guy finally willing to let me do something.

If it weren’t for the retention of these teachers being linked to his performance as Educator, he would have not bothered with him.

Once the issue of retaining the teachers was stable, he would focus solely on culture and education and distance himself from this County Magistrate.

Given the latter’s impulsive nature, trouble was bound to arise sooner or later; he didn’t want to be dragged down with him…

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Meanwhile, due to the actions of Gu Bei and others, over a dozen teachers who previously taught in the schools of Lyuzhou Prefecture were lured to Luling County.

Luling County wasn’t far from Lyuzhou, and the earliest arriving teachers reached the South Gate of Lyuzhou by dusk.

At this moment, seeing the scene at the gate, they all became curious.

“Oh my, Master Feng, you’ve come too?”

Master Feng was surprised to see a group of his colleagues as he got out of his carriage.

His wife was still talking incessantly behind him, complaining about why her master had returned to this eerie place, and she too was bewildered when she got out of the carriage.

“What are you doing?” Master Feng felt he had been tricked.

Immediately, the cluster of people bitterly smiled and shared their experiences.

Hearing this, Master Feng also bitterly smiled, “It seems that this new County Magistrate has played a little trick on us, poor us old bones.”

“Isn’t that the truth?” said another teacher nearby, “But what’s interesting is that Lyuzhou seems livelier than we imagined.

Upon hearing this, Master Feng looked toward the gate; he remembered someone saying before that after the soldiers in Lyuzhou were transferred, Lyuzhou became a dead city, and the merchant convoys from the canal all went to other docks.

It’s only been a few days, and it’s already reviving?

There were quite a few merchant convoys accumulating at the gate, at least dozens with a scale of thousands of people.

Although it wasn’t as bustling as Lyuzhou’s heyday, it was a world apart from the desolation of the previous ghost town.

“Do you know the reason?” Master Feng asked curiously.

“I’ve inquired about it.

The new County Magistrate has waived the commercial tax in Lyuzhou!” A teacher stroked his beard, “He does have some guts.

With the news spreading, some merchants originally anchored on the river chose to try their luck here, and the managers of some large trading houses also came here to buy goods with a try-and-see attitude.

Looking at the current situation, it seems rather smooth.”

“Drinking poison to quench thirst…” Master Feng shook his head after hearing that, “It might attract some return business in the short term, but it doesn’t solve the fundamental issue.

Without commercial taxes, the Government Office lacks funds, how to maintain public order in Lyuzhou?

And if public order deteriorates, with more troublemakers and evil spirits sneaking in, chaos will certainly ensue.

That’s when it will truly be a case of losing the wife and the soldiers!”

The other teachers nearby nodded in agreement, “Master Feng is right.”

Master Feng sighed, feeling a hint of disappointment in his heart.

He had thought that Lyuzhou had found some sort of turning point, but it turned out to be such a petty scheme.

If this were the case, he would certainly not move back.

It seemed he would have to push Nanming Prefecture a bit more.