After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

It is said that the arm cannot twist the thigh. The city lord is now at the peak of his power, and everyone can see that the world is going to be in chaos. It is simply stupid for Xu Deyuan to go against the city lord at this time!

"Wait a moment, I'll write a letter to my fourth sister and see how she recommends handling it."

Jiang Yongkang was stunned for a moment.

Ask Xu Yinxi?

That is Xu Deyuan's daughter. Who in this world can truly destroy relatives in a just and righteous way?

Jiang Yongkang was a little puzzled, but Xu Zhenying continued: "I will write a letter to her and give my second uncle a pseudonym. Let's call him Brother Goudan. I will explain the cause and effect again and see how my fourth sister will deal with it. This stranger."

Jiang Yongkang's heart skipped a beat.

If Xu Deyuan's real name is concealed, according to what Xu Deyuan committed, at least it is betrayal of relatives, but at worst, it is collaboration with the enemy and treason!

Xu Yinxi is not as easy to get along with outsiders as she seems on the surface, and she might not be a merciful master.

If Xu Yinxi could not understand Xu Zhenying's intention and sent this letter casually, then Xu Zhenying's move was nothing more than putting Xu Yinxi on the fire.

Jiang Yongkang didn't understand Xu Zhenying's thoughts, so he reminded him: "City Lord, if Xu Yinxi finds out that you lied to her like this in the future, will it affect the relationship between your sisters?"

Xu Zhenying did not hesitate, and said with a smile: "I didn't lie to her, I just wanted to tell her, and all of you, that starting from me, the emperor's crimes are the same as those of the common people. I also hope that she can put aside her own identity to Look at this matter rationally and give my second uncle the most reasonable sentence."

Jiang Yongkang took the letter and felt a little heavy.

Before leaving, he placed something wrapped in red cloth in front of Xu Zhenying's desk and said: "Your fourteenth birthday gift."

Xu Zhenying looked up, but the man was already far away, and only his tall and thin back could be seen.

She could only shout to the figure behind him: "Brother, my birthday has passed early."

The man waved his hand from afar, "I'll make it up."

Xu Zhenying curled her lips and smiled, then opened it, and it turned out to be a dagger decorated with agate. The blade looked sharp, and the handle was just the right size to fit the curvature of her palm.

It should be tailor-made for her.

Ah, Jiang Yongkang looks a little colder, but he didn't expect that he is still a warm man.

It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.

Xu Zhenying put away the dagger and convened a meeting to discuss the next step.

Wang Sanniang, Mo Jinchun, Ming Xiaoshuang, Liu Pan'er and others took their seats one after another with notebooks and pencils.

"Although Tusi hasn't responded to us yet, we have to get our work done. Everyone, please share your thoughts."

Now the people under Xu Zhenying have developed subjective initiative. They have already thought about possible problems and measures before coming to Qianzhou.

Liu Pan'er had participated in the battle on the front line, so she knew the situation better than others. She was the first to speak: "City Lord, Qianzhou is very special. The people living here are very complicated. Even though there are only four named But there are more than a dozen factions, large and small, in total. Many of them live in the mountains and forests and have never been out of the mountains and forests in their lives. These people are difficult to win over and hate the Han people. They will not sincerely surrender in a short time. We, if they are making trouble, we can easily become passive."

Wang Sanniang also said: "I don't think the Zhaifang chieftains will give up power to us so easily. They are the local aboriginals and the largest in number. Naturally they want to occupy Shunyuan City, but I don't know what the other little chieftains think. Yes. If they join forces, we actually have no way of taking over Qianzhou Prefecture without a single blow. After all, we have just occupied Jinzhou, and we still need to invest a lot of effort in running Jinzhou and turning Jinzhou into our territory. Shortly There is still no time to deal with the affairs in Qianzhou."

Ming Xiaoshuang said: "Sanniang is right. If that is the case, our Jinzhou will face enemies on two sides. If Qianzhou and the Zhou Dynasty join forces, Jinzhou will immediately be attacked from both sides. So no matter now or in the future, we must Make friends with the chieftains."

"That's right." Xu Zhenying nodded, "So even if we haven't occupied Qianzhou Prefecture yet, we have to start deploying some things. Xiaoshuang, the people in Qianzhou Prefecture are not familiar with us. You are the best at propaganda work, so you can put us in trouble." We asked storytellers to explain the county's policies to teahouses, bookstores, and brothels in major teahouses, bookstores, and brothels. We used the Lan County pigs and farmland reclamation that they are most familiar with as an entry point to get the people of Qianzhou to accept us and stand with us as soon as possible. United front. Second, we have to guard against the chieftains rebelling against us and launching surprise attacks. I think some young people at today's meeting still agree with our views. Try to see if you can win them over. In fact, the lower class people of the Miao people are not Warlike, their biggest concern is tax issues, you use this to attract them and see if you can develop some of our comrades. Third, as I just said at the meeting, once interests are involved, the natives will also It doesn't have to be a monolith. We can unite several small chieftains. If necessary, we can let out some rumors and say that the village chieftain has been in private contact with us. They want to fully obtain the management rights of Shunyuan City, which makes the little chieftain also anxious. stand up--"

"A divorce plan? A counter-insurgency plan? Fishing in troubled waters again?" Ming Xiaoshuang nodded immediately, and then smiled happily, "The city lord is so clever. In this way, we can quietly disintegrate their internal alliance. As long as the little chieftain leads us, It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.”

"Stop flattering and do more business."

Ming Xiaoshuang was not annoyed at all by being scolded by Xu Zhenying. He couldn't tell that Xu Zhenying was the harshest to him.

What is severity? Sternness is love.

In other words, he is the one the city lord values ​​most.

"Last point, everyone should think about it in the past few days and come up with suggestions for the development of Qianzhou Prefecture. If everything goes well, Qianzhou will fall into our hands in less than half a month. By then, everything here will need development and construction. I have roughly planned a few directions. You can do more research when you go back and let the data speak for itself to see how to develop Qianzhou. Don’t let us take over Qianzhou and let the people of Qianzhou continue to be poor. It will be the same in the future. In the towns we take over, no citizen can be left behind, and everyone must at least be able to afford food and clothing!"

Everyone quickly immersed themselves in recording.

“The land in Qianzhou has high average annual temperatures, high humidity, abundant rainfall, and fertile soil, making it very suitable for growing various crops. The first is medicinal herbs, the second is tea, and the third is citrus fruits. When you go back, think carefully about how to develop these industries, and write a Qianzhou development plan as soon as possible based on our existing land, farmers, and existing market conditions."

Several people's faces fell instantly, and Xu Zhenying could even hear the wailing in their hearts.

Zhang Wanjun behind her, on the other hand, looked expectant. She really wanted to ask the city lord if the people from their bodyguards could also join.

Her family used to farm and work as a carpenter, and her maternal grandfather's family also had a tea business. She was the one with the most contacts among these people.

But Xu Zhenying was thinking: What a big paper, how fragrant it is. Her tutor used to like her to write reports the most.

What a great experience opportunity.

Xu Zhenying coughed, ignoring the bitter looks on everyone's faces, "Leave it to me before I leave. By the way, a friendly reminder, the report must include the feasibility of the plan, the conditions and resources required for the plan, and the expected results." Of course, Xu Zhenying also Don't forget to draw the cake, "If you write it well, it will be directly included in Qianzhou's five-year development plan. Then you will be the number one contributor to Qianzhou's development."

Sure enough, the ancients still ate too little cake. With Xu Zhenying's encouragement, everyone immediately returned to the state of chicken blood. Before leaving, Ming Xiaoshuang asked: "City Lord, what should we do with the prisoners we captured?"

"Stay here, help open up wasteland first, and then accept the transformation. Then we will make an evaluation and find out, and use the comrades who are willing to get closer to us, and put back those who do not accept it."

Ming Xiaoshuangli felt something was wrong, "City Lord, we can't put them back. There is no precedent for releasing prisoners in ancient times. The Tatars in the north are all about killing their enemies. Although we are not as inhumane as the Tatars, even if we don't kill them, We have to trap them here and do hard labor for us!”

Xu Zhenying smiled: "I would like to say three points. First, even if it is a war, I, Xu Zhenying, do not want to build my achievements on a pile of bones; second, if we do not want to let the enemy go, we must fully influence the enemy. Our ideological work has been done well. , I think no one wants to leave. Third, after these prisoners are released, send more people to publicize, especially to the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so that the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty know that we will treat the prisoners well. If there is another war, who would be willing to fight tooth and nail for the Zhou Dynasty?"

When he heard the third point, Ming Xiao's eyes lit up!

Yes, the people who are charging are most afraid of letting go. Now if they know that Xu Zhenying's prisoners are better off than them, they will naturally not fight with the determination to die on the battlefield.

Whose life is not life?

"What about the young general from the Zhou Dynasty, Bai Cien? Should we release him or arrest him? I heard that his father has a bad temper. I'm afraid it will be troublesome if he is held captive."

Xu Zhenyu pondered, "There are advantages and disadvantages to whether he goes or stays. It's better to look at him. Give him a set of questions and let him do it. If his score is too low, drive him away. I don't care for idlers here!"

Ming Xiaoshuang immediately geared up and couldn't hide his excitement, "I know!"

How can this make Ming Xiaoshuang not excited?

Bai Cien is a serious military general of the second rank. In the past, Ming Xiaoshuang could not even look at him, but now he, Ming Xiaoshuang, can interrogate a high official of the second rank alone. Think about it. They all find it exciting.

It's a pity that Zhao Qiaonian and the others left early. Otherwise, given the relationship between the city lord and Zhao Qiaonian, Ming Xiaoshuang wouldn't be able to do this good thing.

So, sometimes people's choices are really important.

Ming Xiaoshuang went away happily.

Bai Cien's mood in prison was not so good.

Originally, the natives were almost driven into the mountains by him, but who knew that a group of bandits suddenly appeared out of nowhere, first gave them wrong information to make them lose their way, and then used smoke to drive them into the mountains and forests. In the end, he even dared to set them on fire!

At this station, Bai Ci'en lost his troops and generals. Not counting the thousands of his brothers who died, he and several of his generals were also captured.

This time Bai Cien finally felt what it was like to be a prisoner.

At this moment, he was locked in a solitary room alone. There was only a small window at the top, but the room was still a little cold.

He has been detained for three days.

Unlike what he imagined, the people in Qianzhou did not deliberately criticize him. He did not know who was in charge of Shunyuan City now, because in his opinion, if the natives were in charge, then he would have killed so many people. The native, the native wanted to kill him immediately and would not keep him for so long.

If it were those gang of bandits——

Bai Cien thought it was impossible.

There were not many bandits in this gang, so how could they save him from the natives?

Heh, they probably all know his identity and want to use this to take advantage of his father.

But since you wanted to take advantage of him, why did you leave him here to fend for himself? From the beginning to the end, except for a guarding soldier, no one else showed up.

You thought he was the son of a military commander, but these people didn't prevent him from being kidnapped?

Is this to ignore him or to give him power?

Bai Ci'en was living a hard life in prison. On the one hand, he was worried about how he would explain to his father and the court when he returned to Beijing. On the other hand, he was worried about whether he would die here. After all, his ambition was unfulfilled, and he was still so young. His child at home had just been born. Didn’t grow up——

Bai Cien was thinking wildly, and then heard footsteps coming from the dark corridor. Ming Xiaoshuang came slowly with a few soldiers.

The jailer seemed to be extremely respectful to him, which showed that this man's status was not low.

Soon, Bai Ci'en was able to identify the person coming by the clothes of the soldiers. In fact, the clothes of those soldiers were too strange. They did not look like the Zhou Dynasty or the natives. Instead, they were in their own way.

Without exception, their hair is short. No wonder the people in Qianzhou Prefecture call them the Qingtou Gang.

But Bai Cien, who has been leading troops all year round, knew from several meetings with Jiang Yongkang that the Qingtou Gang was not a bandit at all.

He had never seen such a disciplined, organized, and absolutely obedient bandit.

All of these people are tall and energetic. Regardless of whether they are male or female, they are all very strong in appearance, and there are very few who are emaciated. Moreover, they are flexible and very particular about their formation. Whether fighting individually or in a group, they have excellent personal qualities and can act as a team.

The more Bai Cien thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Where did these green-headed thieves come from?

Who is the leader?

And why did it appear in Qianzhou?

Why did he cooperate with the chieftain to attack the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty?

Could it be that they are going to rebel?

There were too many questions in his mind, so as soon as Ming Xiaoshuang walked into the cell, Bai Ci'en's heart immediately started to ring with alarm bells.

It's not Jiang Yongkang, and the soldiers are respectful towards this man. Could it be that he is the leader of the Qingtou Gang?

Bai Ci'en looked at Ming Xiaoshuang as if facing a formidable enemy.

Ming Xiaoshuang was also observing Bai Ci'en, sighing silently in his heart: Hey, what a hot potato!

Throw it away, afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

Keep it, I'm afraid this guy's father will send troops to attack.