The Dayong Dynasty had just ended years of war with Beigan, and the world was nominally unified. However, famines occurred frequently in various places, officials were corrupt, and people's livelihoods were in decline. In order to understand the real people's sentiments, Emperor Yong Xiao Chengyao took his personal servant Han Shou'en on a tour incognito without telling the court, and passed through the inconspicuous Qingwu County on the map. Qingwu County is located between mountains. It was originally poor and isolated, but under the management of County Magistrate Shen Yanzhou for several years, it has become a strange county with smooth roads, prosperous markets, novel inns, complete industries, and wealthy people. There are government-run inns, government-run wine shops, tea brick workshops, porcelain workshops, health inspection teams, mediation offices, document rooms, investment promotion offices and other special institutions in the county. They appear absurd and chaotic, but in fact operate efficiently. The outside world's dignitaries had only heard of Qingwu Liquor, but they did not know its true source. The imperial court had never realized that such a wealthy county was hidden under the emperor's feet.
