He directly changed his title, calling Xiao Yuan the lord, and even more groveling, flattering and slapping horses, what kind of nice things to pick up, and Xiao Yuan's praise almost became a god.

A group of officials followed him and echoed him.

Xiao Yuan is the lord of Qin, and now he led the army to attack Shu and Yong'an surrendered, and these officials are afraid and worried, which is reasonable, and they naturally want to please Xiao Yuan.

As for their flattery, Xiao Yuan also shook his head secretly, with a smile on his face, and did not say anything.

Li Minggui's talent will not be mentioned for the time being, but Xiao Yuan wants to govern Shu, and if he wants to make the next war smoother, he must be kept first.

Subsequently, Xiao Yuan led his army into the city.

However, at this time, there was silence in Yong'an City, and there was no lively and prosperous scene like the county town at all, but there was not a single pedestrian on the street, and the people closed their windows and closed their doors one after another.

You know, this is the equivalent of the city center now.

In this situation, Xiao Yuan rode a war horse, couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, and whispered to Shangguan Wenruo: "It seems that the people of Yong'an are very afraid of my Qin army." ”

"This is inevitable, the people don't know what the lord will do after he enters Yong'an, and in the past, wars and slaughters of cities are not uncommon, how can the people not be afraid." Shangguan Wenruo said.

"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded: "As soon as possible, I posted a notice to the people, so that my Qin army must not disturb the people at will, and must not trespass on people's houses, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"Yes." Shangguan Wenruo hurriedly bowed his hand.

Along the way, Xiao Yuan led the army and walked on the street unhurriedly, and after a while, some doors and windows on the second floor were quietly opened, revealing their heads, and they looked down cautiously.

When the Qin army entered the city, it was not surprising that this would happen on the first day of Yong'an, and after three or two days, it would naturally be fine.

After the group arrived at the county government, the Qin army also quickly began to deploy defenses, and then Xiao Yuan was welcomed into the county hall by Li Minggui.

As soon as he came in, the latter naturally bent down and stretched out his hand, and greeted Xiao Yuan to the main seat with a shy smile.

The latter was not pretentious, and after naturally sitting down, he also waved his hand and said, "Please sit down." ”

"Thank you" The people responded in unison, and then sat on the ground on the left and right, with a case in front of them.

After a while, the maidservant began to serve the wine and food one by one, and in order to please Xiao Yuan, Li Minggui gave him all the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but move his index finger, and was about to move his chopsticks, but Xu Hu, who had been guarding him, hurriedly stepped forward and began to test the poison with a silver needle.

He is Xiao Yuan's guard, there is nothing strange about this action, Li Minggui saw this, and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, it should be, it should be"

When Xu Hu finished getting it, he retreated to Xiao Yuan's side and said, "Lord, please use it." ”

Xiao Yuan glanced at him with a smile, pointed to his hand and said, "You can also take a seat." ”

"No, the last will be guarding the lord's side." Xu Hu glanced at each other.

"Huh? It's okay, sit down and drink, and have a few drinks with the official. Xiao Yuan said again.

"This"

"It's an order." Xiao Yuan added again.

Xu Hu scratched his head, and after answering, he sat down next to him.

The atmosphere of this banquet was still good, during which Li Minggui naturally toasted Xiao Yuan frequently, and the latter was not disappointed, and after three rounds of drinking, he also spoke:

"Lord Li, I don't know how many people there are in Yong'an County?"

"Oh, Lord Hui, there are more than 200,000 people in the county town, and Yong'an has other counties under its jurisdiction, adding up to 1.3 million." Li Minggui hurriedly returned.

With the social background at that time, the population of a county, this number is enough to show that Yong'an is a big city.

Shu has jurisdiction over six or seven counties, according to this view, roughly estimated, there are more than 7 million people, and Sichuan and Shu are abundant, plus Qin, enough to establish a country.

When Xiao Yuan heard this, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and then he said with a smile: "Okay, the people of Yong'an are rich in life, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, thanks to the merits of Lord Li, his political achievements are outstanding and worthy of praise." ”

"Oh, princess praise, these are all things that the lower officials should do, and in the future, only the lord and the horse will be the first." Li Minggui said hurriedly.

"Haha, Lord Li has this heart, the official is very pleased, come, I will give Lord Li a cup." Xiao Yuan spoke, and also picked up his wine glass.

"The lower officials are afraid, the lord pleases." Li Minggui hurriedly stood up and held the cup with both hands.

He got Xiao Yuan's reply, and he made up his mind, and when the banquet was over, he arranged for two charming young women to serve Xiao Yuan, but the latter politely refused.

After the two maids retreated, Li Minggui was furious and said, "Stupid! Don't get out of here! ”

"Yes," the maid replied crisply, and bowed and retreated.

Then, Li Minggui looked at the staff again and said, "What Mr. said is indeed true, Lord Qin didn't move my heart." ”

"My lord, don't say that now, Yong'an has surrendered, you should be called the lord, be careful of the trouble coming out of your mouth." The staff reminded.

"Yes, yes, sir." Li Minggui also came back to his senses, and sighed slightly: "Instead of being loyal to the Yong Lord, it is better to find a Ming Lord, anyway, whoever is under him, he is an official, and this official is also for the sake of the people of Yong'an." ”

What he said was high-sounding, but in fact, he was afraid of losing his official position.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Qin army posted a notice to calm the people, at the beginning, only a few people stood in front of the notice and pointed, slowly, more and more people gathered, and finally saw that the Qin army really would not hurt them, and people began to walk out with courage, and the streets gradually returned to a prosperous scene.

Two days later, there was already a shout of selling in the market, and the shops on both sides began to open in unison, and although there were not as many pedestrians as before, they were becoming more and more lively.

After Yu Yongan rested, on this day, Xiao Yuan called Lin Chu and said directly to him: "You go to Yizhou in person." ”

Hearing this, Lin Chu couldn't help but ask, "What does the lord mean?"

"Find a way to get in touch with Fu De, listen from the side, if possible, find an opportunity to divide the relationship between the Lord of Shu and Lian Xiao, there is Lian Xiao near Shicheng, and it is always a threat to us." Xiao Yuandao.

"The lowly position understands, and this is the beginning." Lin Chu bowed over.

"Well, go, send me a message at any time."

"No!" Lin Chu retreated, Xiao Yuan was still very relieved of his ability.

A few days later, Yizhou.

The battle reports from all sides came, and in the main hall, Huang Songyuan threw the bamboo slips to the ground, and said angrily:

"Look! Look! What does he Xiao Yuan want to do!? To appease the people of Li and reduce taxes lightly, he is treating my Shu land as a Qin land! ”

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