scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 292 The key to success or failure
"My lord governor, since April 120th, within three days, our Jiangning Mansion has recruited 1000 young men, and all of them have been registered and compiled into an army. In addition , the 15 to [-] artisan workshops in Jiangning City have all been organized and mobilized to forge various weapons for our Qing army. Within one month, at least [-] sabers can be made for our Qing army. Five thousand sword handles, eighteen thousand spears, one hundred and fifty thousand arrows, three thousand pairs of plate armor, two thousand pairs of bows..."

Standing bowed in front of the governor of Liangjiang, Xie Xu, Xie Dong, the prefect of Jiangning, didn't look at the official document in his hand, and recited a series of familiar numbers without blinking his eyelids, without pausing.A Xixu nodded again and again, very satisfied with Xie Dong's work, and asked, "What about the horses? How many horses can you provide for our Qing army within a month?"

"Back to Governor, right now Wu's traitors are in chaos, the horse roads are impassable, and the price of horses in Jiangning Mansion is soaring, and there are often prices but no market." Xie Dong finally showed some embarrassment on his handsome face, hesitated before saying: " However, it was the result of the emperor's blessing. The merchants of Fusang Kingdom heard that the price of horses in the south of the Yangtze River was soaring. The day before yesterday, they transported 50 high-quality war horses from the sea to Jiangnan for sale. They were all the best Kiso horses in Fusang Kingdom. This kind of war horse is strong and strong. , good at galloping and sprinting, and not easy to get sick, easy to adapt to the water and soil, but the price is a bit more expensive, a horse can cost as much as [-] taels of silver."

"As long as it is a good horse, no matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it!" Master Ashish waved his hand, and said vigorously: "At present, our army is in short supply of horses, and we have bought all [-] high-quality war horses."

"Go back to Governor, I have already bought all of them." Xie Dong respectfully replied: "There are also [-] high-quality Japanese knives sold by this group of Fusang merchants, and I have also bought all of them, and they can be sent to Hong Kong at any time. The front line was used for military use, and it was donated by the rich and powerful merchants in Jiangning, Leshu. This is the list of money and expenses. Please have a look at the governor. In addition, the humble official bought more than [-] horses of various colors from the people, and informed merchants from all over the place With overseas merchants, let them transport more horses to Jiangning to sell, and the humble workers must buy them all at a high price."

As he said that, Xie Dong held a list in front of A Xixu with both hands, and A Xixu took it and looked it over carefully, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, Mr. Xie is indeed the one that Mu Zhongcheng strongly recommends to me. As expected, you are a shrewd and capable official, and you are much better than Zhang Chaozhen, the useless chief minister! With you and Mu Zhongcheng helping me with my errands, I will be much more relaxed. Work hard, and wait for me to participate in Zhang Chaozhen's memorial and criticism. Come down, I will strongly recommend you to take over as Jiangsu chief envoy, officially replacing that useless Zhang Chaozhen!"

"Thank you, Governor, for your cultivation!" Xie Dong quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, then took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom, and said flatteringly: "My lord, I heard that my lord is planning to send someone back to his hometown in Liaodong to renovate the ancestral grave next month , It is very inconvenient to think about it at hand, this is a small meaning of a humble position, and I hope that the governor will not refuse."

"Why are you here again? My unfilial son lost more than 4000 taels of silver in the casino last month, and you paid it back..." Master Ashishu showed displeasure on his face, very upset He said unhappily: "Although it is inconvenient for me to renovate the ancestral grave, I am as clean as water and as clean as a mirror, so how can I accept your money?"

"Your Excellency, you must not say that. Isn't this killing the humble office?" Xie Dong said sincerely: "The humble office starts from the magistrate, and it can be promoted to six levels within seven years. It's not all thanks to the Governor. Cultivation and promotion? There was a vacancy in the prefect of Jiangning last year. I don’t know how many officials in the world are staring at it. If the humble position is not recommended by Meng Mufutai and promoted by the Governor, how can this position be considered a humble position? The Governor’s kindness to the humble position, the humble position will be smashed to pieces It's hard to be sure, a small gift is just a small gesture of humbleness, and I ask the governor to accept it."

"I promoted you because you are shrewd and capable and effective, so I can serve the country as a worthy man..." Mr. Ah snorted, looked at the thick bank note in Xie Dong's hand, and finally nodded and said : "Well, let's not make an example." Xie Dong was overjoyed, kowtowed quickly to thank him, carefully placed the bank note on the coffee table beside A Xixu, and then left, leaving Master A Xixu in the living room happily Count the banknotes.

When leaving the governor's office, Xie Dong happened to meet Mu Tianyan, the governor of Jiangning, in front of the gate. After paying his respects, Mu Tianyan casually asked Xie Dong about his business affairs these days. When he learned that Xie Dong had formed a new army After the progress went smoothly, Mu Tianyan was also very happy, praised Xie Dong a few words, and then explained: "I have been busy building ships and guns, preparing food, grass and military salaries, and I will leave all the recruiting of new troops to you. Take care." Do it, Zhang Chaozhen, the chief minister who is not dealing with the governor, is definitely finished, and the job is done, and when the governor and I recommend you to be the chief minister in the court, we can speak louder."

"Thank you for the cultivation of Master Taiwan, the kindness of adults who know you, the humble position will never be forgotten." Xie Dong hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

"Go ahead, I'm going to see the governor too." Mu Tianyan nodded, and just as Xie Dong turned around after saluting, Mu Tianyan suddenly called again: "Master Xie, wait a moment."

"Master Futai, do you have any other orders?" Xie Dong quickly stopped and asked.

Mu Tianyan looked around first, then whispered into Xie Dong's ear and asked, "Did your savior contact you?"

Xie Dong's body shook, and he quickly replied in a low voice: "Master Futai, the last letter contact between Beizhi and him was in the ninth year of Kangxi. Since then, Beizhi has never met him, and we exchanged only a few words, please Master Futai will investigate clearly."

"That's good. Fortunately, not many people know about this matter. You should keep your mouth shut. Don't let others know. It's not good for you." Mu Tianyan nodded, looked at Xie Dong's expression carefully, and sighed : "Speaking of which, I also met him once, and we were able to know each other back then because of him... It's a pity, you are a beautiful woman, why are you a thief?" Xie Dong lowered his head, not daring to make a sound, Fortunately, Mu Tianyan didn't continue to talk about this topic, but just waved Xie Dong to leave, while she strode into the governor's office to have an audience.

Returning to his magistrate's yamen with a lot of worries, servants and maids came up to help Xie Dong change his clothes and shoes. Cao Guoxing, Xie Dong's confidant brought from his hometown in Changsha, also came up to salute and ask Xie Dong about the situation when he was ordered to meet with Ashish. Xie Dong casually introduced a few words and everything went well.After changing into plain clothes, Xie Dong first waved away the others, and then asked Cao Guoxing in a low voice, "How is that man?"

"My lord, I have been locked in the utility room in the backyard all the time, watched by the most reliable people, and will never let the wind out." Cao Guoxing replied in a low voice: "That kid is also well-behaved, he eats as he pleases, and wears as he pleases." Don’t shout or yell, just say that you will definitely meet him, my lord, so he can wait patiently.”

"So confident." Xie Dong snorted coldly. After hesitating for a moment, Xie Dong finally ordered: "Go, take me to meet him."

Cao Guoxing agreed, and quickly brought a lantern, and accompanied Xie Dong to the backyard of the magistrate's yamen alone, and then came to the door of a guarded utility room. After Cao Guoxing asked the guard to open the door, Xie Dong gave Cao Guoxing a wink. After waiting for everyone to stay outside the door, he took the lantern and went into the sundry room alone. Behind Cao Guoxing and others had already closed the door again, guarding tightly to prevent outsiders from approaching.

The room was very dark, except for some seldom-used items, there was only a table, a chair, and a bed. There was a person lying on the bed, knocking on Erlang's legs and humming an obscene tune. It was Li Ya sent by Fatty Lu to contact Xie Dong.Seeing Xie Dong come in with a lantern, Li Ya suddenly showed joy, and said with a smile: "Master Governor, you are finally here, please sit down, sorry, the pot of tea on the table has already been drunk by the younger one, if the Governor Don’t hate it, you can do whatever you want.”

"Don't yell, I'm not the governor of Liangjiang of your Wu rebel army, but the prefect of Jiangning in the Qing court." Xie Dong snorted coldly, put the lantern on the table, pulled out the chair and sat down.

"The little one is not screaming, Governor, as long as you agree to our general's request, you will be the governor of Liangjiang for our Dazhou army." Li Ya replied with a smile.

"What if I don't agree?" Xie Dong snorted and asked: "If I not only don't agree, but also hand you over to Governor A, what will your general do to me? What can you do to me?"

"If the Governor wants to hand over the villain, he should have handed it over a long time ago." Li Ya always had a playful smile on his face, and said with a smile: "If the villain remembers correctly, the Governor has already handed over the villain. Locked up here for five days, right? If the governor really wants to dedicate the villain to Man Gou, he has already done it, so why wait until now?"

Xie Dong snorted coldly, and after a while he said bitterly: "Back then, it would have been fine if he hadn't saved me. It would be great if he went to prison to question his crimes, and if it was even worse, he would kill his head and ransack his house! It's better than now. Every day is trembling and fearful."

"It's good that the governor knows this." Li Ya said with a smile: "Although not many people know about the friendship between our general and you, the governor, there are not many people who know it. In front of Man Gou, I am afraid that not only your current good job and future future will definitely be ruined, Mr. Governor, but also whether you can keep your head and freedom are two things, right?"

"Master Futai knew about this a long time ago!" Xie Dong said angrily: "Master Futai not only knew about this a long time ago, the reason why I was able to get acquainted with Mr. Futai back then was also because Mr. Futai heard that I was with you. The general has a very close relationship, please let me see that for the sake of being an official in the same province, I can help him get some Eight Banners drug seeds for the people of Fujian, and I know everything about me and your general! Why don’t I see my head fall to the ground and I am in a big prison , the future and official position are over?"

"What about Lord Ashisha? Does he know?" Li Ya asked with a smile.

Xie Dong was completely speechless. After hesitating for a long time, Xie Dong hesitated and said: "Well, for the sake of your general, I can let you go, and I can also give you 3000 taels of silver to let you leave the city." , but I will never agree to your general's request."

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten the kindness our General has shown you?" Li Ya asked with a smile: "If it wasn't for the kindness of our General back then, would you be where you are today?"

Xie Dong was speechless again, and couldn't help but think of the scene at the New Year's ceremony that day. At that time, his own master, Geng Juzhong, just stood by and watched, and Oboi planned to use his own head to humiliate Kang Mazi, and let Kang Mazi take charge of the government. The first writing ceremony has become the laughing stock of the ages. If Fatty Lu hadn't found out with his conscience and covered up his fair words, his head would definitely have fallen to the ground at that time.Moreover, the reason why I have been able to achieve great success over the years and become the magistrate of Jiangning, which everyone covets, is due to my own talents and Mu Tianyan's strong sponsorship, but the reason is that I can get acquainted with Mu Tianyan and become a Friend, isn't it because of Fatty Lu?

"Could it be that he saved my life, so I must repay him with a Jiangning city?" Xie Dong couldn't help muttering.

"Received the kindness of dripping water, it should be repaid by the spring." Li Ya took over the conversation with a smile, and said: "And our general will not treat you badly, thank you, my lord, you helped our general take down this Jiangning City , you are definitely the governor of Liangjiang in our Great Zhou, and if you exchange a mere Jiangning City, how much advantage should you take, my lord?"

"Governor of Liangjiang? It's easy to say!" Xie Dong smiled wryly.

"Master Xie, do you think our general is just talking casually and giving you an empty title?" Li Ya finally stopped his hippie smile and said seriously: "Master Xie, you still can't see clearly the current general situation in the world? Man dog The imperial court has gone. In just three years, our Great Zhou has wiped out the Mangou army? Now the main force of Mangou in Shaanxi and Gansu has been surrounded by our prince himself. It is only a matter of time before the whole army is destroyed. The main force in the south of the Yangtze River has also been killed by our general at Poyang Lake. What else can the Mangou court use to save the defeat? What else can it use to rescue Jiangnan? Resist the 30 tigers and wolves of our general?"

"Master Xie, Conglong should be early. You are an old friend of our great general, and you have made such great achievements for our Great Zhou. How can our prince and our great general treat you badly? You join our army. Yuan Da, the foolish and loyal Man Gou will only be buried with the Man Gou court, he will not be able to afford his ancestors, he will be sorry to his Han compatriots, and he will leave behind his infamy and infamy for thousands of years, where will he go, don't you understand?"

Xie Dong was silent for a long time, and Li Ya stopped talking. The room was so quiet that Xie Dong's violent heartbeat could be heard. After a long time, Xie Dong suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Come here!"

"Here!" The door was pushed open, and Cao Guoxing and two of Xie Dong's confidantes strode up with sabers in their hands. Cao Guoxing asked again, "My lord, what are your orders?"

Xie Dong raised his right arm with difficulty, pointed at Li Ya, his lips trembled for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Take him..."

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The magnificent Forbidden City is the pride of the Chinese nation.However, now it has become an enemy, occupied by barbarian chiefs, entrenched by savage beasts, parasitized by blood-eating moths, ugly and hideous mites run rampant in it, disgusting and distorted mites live in front of the Han Dynasty, and castrated slaves prostrate and kowtow , Tatar heterogeneous mating and breeding, sowing eggs to harm China, leaving hundreds of poisons to perpetuate the world.There is no sun in the day, no moon in the night, ghosts and ghosts are in power, and the wind is raging.

This situation should not last long. On the [-]th day of April, when the news of the disastrous defeat on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi reached the Forbidden City, Kang Mazi, the supreme chief of the Qing Dynasty, stood up and stood there for more than a quarter of an hour before he almost seemed to be paralyzed. Also paralyzed back on the false dragon chair, the reason why he didn't vomit blood and fainted on the spot was also because Kang Mazi had been hit by similar news too much in the past few years, and he was almost used to it, no matter how hard he was hit, it didn't matter anymore.At the same time, Kang Mazi's confidants, headed by Mingzhu and Suo'etu, were all downcast, as if they were mourning their concubines. Until Kang Mazi asked all the officials to kneel down, none of the officials said a word, said a word-because everyone knew it in their hearts. Well, the real culprit for the fiasco in northern Jiangxi was not Hilgen, nor Hal Gaqi or Zhao Guozuo, nor even Zhangtai Beizi, but Kang Mazi himself!
Fortunately, although the northern Jiangxi battlefield suffered a disastrous defeat, there is still a ray of vitality, and the crucial city of Anqing is also firmly in the hands of the Qing army. Therefore, the Qing court is not completely desperate, but they are constantly discussing how to deploy reinforcements to reinforce Anqing. And Nanchang, at the same time, a long-suspended issue has also been put back on Kang Mazi's desk, that is, to recruit all mite people over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 in Liaodong and the capital to form an army of about 8 Human armies are thrown into battle across the country.In addition, the two proposals of recruiting troops from Mongolia and North Korea to counter the rebellion, and borrowing troops from the Raksha Kingdom to counter the rebellion were also placed on Kang Mazi's desk, waiting for Kang Mazi to decide whether to make a complete death struggle a handful.

Bad news kept coming. Tong Guogang and Zhou Peigong led a [-]-packed army to the west to reinforce the trapped army in Eza, but they were stubbornly blocked by the Wu army in Xunyang Mansion, and the current progress is slow; The main force has completely lost contact with the rear. Whether it is still dying or has been wiped out, even the Qing army and Hanzhong army who are close at hand don't know.In the Qing court, there have also been voices of abandoning Shaanxi and Gansu and retreating to Tongguan.

Immediately afterwards, there was also bad news from Henan. Wu Jun Ma Bao's army was in full swing and had already advanced into Xuzhou. However, the Henan Qing army, which was so empty that it was almost like a blank sheet of paper, was powerless to resist. He didn't even have the qualifications to defend Yicheng. Ma Bao, Zhang Xianzhong's old subordinate who was good at fighting and fleeing, recruited and surrendered all the way, sucked up dirt and filth, and frantically expanded his strength. The current strength has exceeded [-]!The entire province of Henan was shaken. Countless bannermen fled from their officials and cities, and countless Han officials, generals, civilians, and village soldiers took the opportunity to rebel. The hinterland of the Central Plains was in chaos.

At this point in the matter, Kang Mazi's little conscience was finally swallowed up by his reason. In order to prevent Ma Bao's partial division from getting more and more troublesome, Kang Mazi finally issued a secret decree for Zhou Peigong to deploy under the surprise soldiers in Luoyang City. An inhuman death order was issued—once Ma Bao's army threatened the safety of Kaifeng City, or entered the territory of Luoyang Mansion, Zhou Yimin, the younger brother of Zhou Peigong who commanded this army, immediately dug the Yellow River embankment!Turn the Central Plains into a country of Ze, and use floods to stop Wu Jun from going north!

After writing the decree in his own hand, Zhang Wanqiang also asked Zhang Wanqiang to seal the secret decree. Kang Mazi called Cao Yin, his confidant guard, and told him: "You take this secret decree to Luoyang City yourself, and give it to Zhou Yimin, the brother of Zhou Peigong. Let him destroy it in person after reading it—remember, you must watch him destroy this secret decree with your own eyes, without even blinking your eyelids!"

"Take it! Please don't worry, master, the slave will definitely watch Zhou Yimin destroy this secret decree with his own eyes, without blinking an eyelid!" Cao Yin replied firmly and kowtowed.

"Go ahead and deliver the decree within ten days." Kang Mazi weakly waved his hand and told Cao Yin to go down to do an errand. Cao Yin kowtowed three more times, and then hurried away with the secret decree, leaving Kang Mazi behind. In a daze in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

I don't know how long it took, a little eunuch looked around outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhang Wanqiang, Kang Mazi's personal eunuch, understood, and hurriedly ran to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to listen to the little eunuch's whisper, but after hearing the little eunuch's whisper Afterwards, Zhang Wanqiang immediately showed embarrassment, not knowing whether he should report to Kang Mazi immediately, and even took a sneak peek.I never thought that Kang Mazi would suddenly open his mouth and said weakly, "Tell me, is there any bad news? The sky won't fall. I am the Son of Heaven. If the sky falls, I won't be able to hit me. Tell me."

"Back to the master, I didn't say it was bad news." Zhang Wanqiang replied with a smile, "It was Suo Zhongtang who led the two ministers of the Ministry of War to ask for an interview, saying that there was an urgent military situation."

Kang Mazi didn't speak anymore, but just nodded. Zhang Wanqiang understood, and hurriedly asked the little eunuch to go down to call.After a while, Suo'etu, Mingzhu, and Wang Xu ran into the hall with small steps, knelt down on both knees in front of Kang Mazi, kowtowed and said, "Your servant (minor) sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"Tell me, what's the matter." Kang Mazi said without opening his eyes.

"Report to the emperor, Anqing is in a hurry." Suo Etu said nervously: "Lu Yifeng, that bastard, he is already crazy! He didn't attack Nanchang, nor did he forcefully attack Anqing, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to defend Jiujiang. , led more than 4 Wu rebels to bypass Anqing, and went directly to Jiangning!"

"What?!" Kang Mazi finally opened his eyes. His pair of small mung bean eyes were bigger than eggs. He stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "Lu Yifeng's bastard went directly to Nanjing? Why is he crazy?"

"The slaves don't understand either." Suo'etu's expression became even more tense, "According to the report of Zhennan General Niyahan, Lu Yifeng's army of dog thieves only carried a small amount of food and grass, and did not have any backup, so they directly attacked Jiangning. Yes, the advancing speed is very fast, as of April [-]th, Lu Yifeng's rebel army has already rushed into the territory of Ningguo Mansion!"

"Did Lu Yifeng take the wrong medicine? No food, no backup, dare to attack Nanjing? What the hell is he doing?!" Kang Mazi was even more shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Where is Hilgen? Why didn't he send troops to intercept? "

"Old general Xiergen...has died of a sudden illness." Mingzhu took over the topic and added: "In addition, General Niyahan reported that when Lu Yifeng went eastward to fight Jiangning, Mr. Xiergen The general always thought that Lu Yifeng's thief was trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and wanted to lure our Anqing Qing army out of the city for a decisive battle, but he ignored it. Who would have thought that Lu Yifeng's thief was like crazy, ignoring the food road and the retreat, and rushed directly To Jiang Ning! When the old general Hilgen realized that he had been tricked, he vomited blood and died in shock and anger. At present, the position of commander-in-chief of our Anqing army in the Qing Dynasty has been replaced by General Niyahan."

"Get the map of the whole country!" Kang Mazi yelled, and Zhang Wanqiang scrambled and crawled to get the map.Mingzhu added: "Master, after discussion, the servants believe that there may be three reasons for Lu Yifeng's dog thief to act. It is true that the rebel army going north to meet Geng Jingzhong's rebels is true, they will not really attack Nanjing, but will soon go southeast, enter Zhejiang territory, and attack our Zhejiang army of the Qing Dynasty with Geng Jingzhong's rebels back and forth."

"What about the third reason?" Kang Mazi hurriedly asked while frantically opening the map.

"The third reason may be that Lu Yifeng has full confidence in winning Nanjing City." Wang Xu finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "So for him, as long as he can win Nanjing City, the problem of food supply and backup is not enough. For fear, the financial, manpower and material resources near Nanjing are sufficient to support him to fight alone, without any reinforcements and logistical support!"

"What's even more frightening is that once the city of Nanjing falls into the hands of this thief, our Qing court's biggest source of income will be wiped out!" Suo'etu said tremblingly, "The taxes in the Nanjing area account for the whole country's tax revenue in the Qing Dynasty." More than half! The grain produced also accounts for more than half of the grain produced in the Qing Dynasty! Once Nanjing is captured by him, the slaves can no longer imagine what the consequences will be."

"I know this better than you, so don't be wordy!" Kang Mazi yelled angrily while observing the map nervously, and finally, Kang Mazi asked again: "In your opinion, how sure is Lu Yifeng's dog thief? Nanjing?"

"This..., the slaves can't predict it." Mingzhu looked very puzzled, and said after a while: "However, according to the analysis of the officials of the official department, the possibility of Lu Yifeng's gangsters being able to capture Nanjing is very small, because Lu Yifeng's dog The thieves advance lightly, even if they can successfully attack the city of Nanjing, the army is already extremely exhausted, and the food and grass are almost exhausted. It is summer again, and there are not many wild valleys outside the city. Otherwise, it is impossible to support Lu Yifeng's nearly [-] thief army for a long-term battle just by plundering the people to store food."

"In addition, General Niyahan has followed the old general Hilgen's deathbed instructions, and has dispatched [-] Anqing troops to help Nanjing City." Wang Xu added: "In addition, General Niyahan It has already sent an official document to General Mahada in Zhejiang for help. Basically, as long as Nanjing can hold for three days in front of Lu Yifeng's bandit army, General Niyahan will be able to enter the city for reinforcements. In five days, General Mahada's army will be able to return to the city of Nanjing, and together with the Nanjing defenders, they will attack Lu Yifeng's rebel army back and forth, and we will have a good chance of annihilating this exhausted and exhausted rebel army."

"So the situation isn't so bad?" Kang Mazi heaved a sigh of relief, and then asked, "How many troops are there in Nanjing?"

"Master, there are [-]." Suo'etu took out a booklet from his sleeve, and replied: "In addition, the Shang study also just received an expedited [-]-mile request from the governor of Liangjiang, Ashishu, saying that it was due to Wu's rebellion. The army committed Anqing. As a safe measure, Axixu had no time to ask for an order. He had already ordered the local officials in Nanjing to recruit new troops. …”

Speaking of this, Suo Etu, who had forgotten the number of new troops that Axixu had formed, quickly opened the booklet and read: "Axixu ordered Jiangning Governor Mu Tianyan to rush to build 150 warships and 80 artillery pieces, and at the same time prepare 150 rations. Shi, the military pay is 5000 million taels. He also ordered Xie Dong, the magistrate of Jiangning, to recruit [-] new troops, and mobilize the workshops of the whole city of Jiangning to forge all kinds of weapons needed to form a new army day and night."

"This A Xixu, he has done a good job, and he is not in vain..." Thinking of the great achievements made by Zhou Peigong's newly formed Packing Army, Kang Mazi felt a little hesitant, and praised A Xixu's action of preparing for a rainy day. Appreciate.But in the middle of the conversation, Kang Mazi suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly asked, "Wait, who did Ashish send to recruit new troops?"

"Back to the master, my lord asked Xie Dong, the prefect of Jiangning, to take charge of this matter." Suo'etu respectfully replied: "Zhang Chaozhen, the governor of Jiangsu Province, has been suspended due to dereliction of duty and corruption. My lord has arranged for Xie Dong, the prefect of Jiangning Responsible... wait, thank you... Xie Dong, prefect of Jiangning?!"

At this point, Suo Etu didn't have the courage to continue talking. When he raised his head to look at Kang Mazi in fear, he found that Kang Mazi was stunned. Dumbfounded.After a while, Kang Mazi asked tremblingly, "When did this Xie Dong become the magistrate of Jiangning? How come I don't remember it?"

"Back to the master, the slave has no impression." Suo'etu replied tremblingly: "Historically, the selection of officials at the prefect level has always been selected by the Ministry of Officials unless there is a special purpose. Please ask Nanshufang for approval. Probably Because this Xie Dong was too inconspicuous before, so the servant..., didn't... didn't notice..., forget...forgot."

"Bang!" Before he could say anything, the inkstone on Kang Mazi's pseudo-dragon case had already hit Suo'etu's head, causing Suo'etu's head to bleed and his face covered in ink.Immediately afterwards, the ugly howl of despair like a wild beast echoed frantically in the Hall of Mental Cultivation...

"Hurry up! Eight hundred miles to rush to A Xixu, and immediately suspend Xie Dong, the magistrate of Jiangning! Removal! Take it down! Cut it off——! Lu Yifeng, a thief! Xie Dong, a thief! They two thieves, They must have hooked up——!"

(End of this chapter)