As soon as he wrote a submission to the state government in front of Dean Gu and others, he was about to send someone to call Wang Ruhai, and Wang Ruhai sent an official letter from the state government. When I opened it, it turned out to be a transfer from the Taizhou garrison to Mr. Zhang Da of Zhizhou, saying that Langshan Town would send troops to help Jiangning, not only to abolish the Hai'an Foreign Affairs Commission, but also to withdraw all the flood soldiers and Tang soldiers who were guarding other places.

Wang Ruhai took the submission that Han Xiufeng had just written and left, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, because there were a lot of official documents in the past few days, some of which were sent to Langshan Town, some were sent to Haizhou, some were sent to Dongtai, Yancheng and other counties, and some were sent to Anfeng, Fu'an, Jiaoxie, Zhangcha and other salt farms by the Yamen of Yunsi.

Although I don't know what is written in the official documents, it can be seen from Hai'an, a small post shop that is really not to be rushed, that there are so many official documents to be mailed during the New Year!

Dean Gu didn't dare to take his life as a child's play, and was about to get up to say goodbye, when his most proud student actually found the yamen and brought a Confucian student in his forties.

Han Xiufeng had neither seen nor heard of it before, and only after Dean Gu and Wang Jiansheng introduced it did he know that this Confucian student was originally a gentleman hired by these gentry from Yangzhou years ago, and he came to replace Chen Youdao, who had no way to teach his son, to teach Mingdao Academy.

As soon as Dean Gu and Wang Jiansheng finished speaking, Yu Jiansheng couldn't help but add: "Master Han, Brother Ren is full of economy and learning, and he is not only the tribute of our Yangzhou Mansion, but also the candidate Confucian training from the eighth grade!" ”

Confucian discipline is a scholar who assists professors, scholars, and scholars, and is also one of the few official positions in the Qing Dynasty that can serve as officials in this province.

Han Xiufeng didn't expect them to invite someone with real talent and learning, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

"A sour Confucian, let Master Han smile." Ren Yaen didn't care about being polite, and saw that his old friends and old friends were all there, and said eagerly: "Master Han, Brother Gu, don't hide it, I originally planned to come back after the first month, but after thinking about it, Yangzhou really can't stay for a long time, this year has been three shocks a day, so I brought my family to come in advance." ”

"Yangzhou can't stay for a long time, why did Brother Ren say this?" Dean Gu asked knowingly.

"Brother Gu, don't you know that the Taiping bandits have captured Wuchang, and you don't know that the hundreds of thousands of bandits are coming to Jiangsu?"

"I've heard of some, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"It's true!" Ren Yaen put down the teacup and said worriedly: "Compared with Hai'an, the news of Yangzhou is finally better-informed, and the people who heard from the government said that on the fourth day of the lunar month last year, Lu Zhongtang was ordered to lead his troops to the upstream defense, and Yang Zhongcheng moved from Suzhou to Jiangning in the month, and the Qi Fantai who was in northern Jiangsu for disaster relief has also returned to Jiangning. ”

"Do you know where the bandits are now?" Han Xiufeng asked eagerly.

"It is rumored that the bandits have arrived in Anhui, and it is said that Lu Zhongtang has retreated to Jiangning, and the chief soldier of Shouchun Town, Lord En Changen, has been killed." Ren Yaen thought for a while, and said solemnly: "Before I came, I heard that Yang Futai and Lu Zhitai have always been at odds, and when I saw Lu Zhitai retreating to Jiangning, I actually led the troops to retreat to Zhenjiang. Repeatedly divided the troops, Jiangning is in danger! ”

Dean Gu muttered: "So you don't need to wait until the end of the month, the Taiping bandits will be able to attack Jiangning City. ”

"Yes, that's why Yangzhou can't stay for a long time."

"Brother Ren, what's the situation in Yangzhou now?" Han Xiufeng asked in a low voice.

"How do the people know this, and they are all celebrating the New Year with joy? Futai, Yunsi and Xuezheng must know, but what can they do? Those big salt merchants are well-informed, and it can be said that people are panicking, but their foundation is all in Yangzhou, and their family is big, so they can't leave for a while, even if they want to go, where can they go? ”

Wang Jiansheng groaned: "Think about it, most of the salt merchants are from Anhui, and they can't go back to their hometown in Anhui, let alone Jiangning." What's more, the Yunsi Yamen is in Yangzhou, if they really leave, how to buy and sell official salt in the future. ”

Han Xiufeng didn't recognize a few salt merchants, and was not interested in those salt merchants who were in a dilemma, but asked: "Brother Ren, what about Yangzhou's city defense?" ”

"I'm not afraid of Master Han's jokes, what Ren is most worried about is this, if he hadn't seen the prefect's yamen and the Yunsi yamen, the pot would not have been moving, and he would not have been in a hurry to pack his luggage and bring his family to the treasure land."

"The government and the Yunsi yamen are not prepared at all?"

"There are preparations, but they are all preparing for Jiangning, and most of the green battalion soldiers who can be summoned have been transferred to Jiangning. It is said that when Yang Zhongcheng moved to Jiangning, he also urgently asked the emperor for 600 taels, planning to transfer 2,000 troops from Shandong to Jiangning. Not to mention the Chinese New Year, Shandong can't gather so many soldiers for a while, and even if it can gather Qi, I think it will be far from quenching the thirst. ”

Ren Yaen paused, and then said: "The old men of the yamen have not moved, the salt merchants are all waiting to see what happens, the gentry in the city are a little worried that going like this will damage the reputation of the Qing Dynasty, some are indeed difficult to leave their homeland, only some like me have no plans in advance, some along the canal north to Huai'an, and some to Taizhou." ”

"So Taizhou City is very lively at this time?"

"There are a lot of people in Taizhou."

Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked, "Brother Ren, you brought your family here, how many people came?" Xiufeng didn't mean anything else, but he didn't know how to help your family settle down without asking. ”

"Let Master Han bother, the insider left early, and there are no children under his knees, just a little girl and a girl."

"Since there are not many people, let's live in the academy, Dean Gu, I bother you to help Dean Ren's family settle down."

"It's not about labor, it's my job."

Seeing that everyone was about to get up and say goodbye, Han Xiufeng said again: "Dean Gu, Brother Wang, Brother Yu, there is one more thing. You have to train the village warriors next, and you can't have a few errands under your men. From today onwards, I will ask Chu Chenggui, Jiang Huai and other soap archers to go to the soon-to-be-established armor protection bureau to listen to them. I will make it clear to them that if anyone dares to disobey the greetings of the three of them, they will not blame the official for being ruthless! ”

"Master Han, let them all go and help train Xiangyong, what are you going to do here?"

"Didn't I just take in three family members, and when the three regiments of Xiangyong are compiled, I will pick a few more honest and reliable ones to come to the yamen to listen to."

Thinking that the training of Xiangyong is to put it bluntly, it is training soldiers, and there are few archers who are not willing to deter those splashes, that is, those people who want to listen to you will not listen, Dean Gu arched his hand again and said: "Master Han trusts us so much, we will not disgrace our mission, if Xiangyong can't make up and practice or the drill is not good, you can ask us!" ”

"Why do you say this, in the final analysis, Xiufeng has to rely on the three of them."

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The Taiping bandits are about to be killed in Jiangning, and the city defense of Yangzhou is in vain, Han Xiufeng did not dare to delay his work any longer, so he simply went out to gather Chu Chenggui and other soap Li archers, and announced in front of Dean Gu and other gentry that they would organize and train the three regiments of Baimi, Qutang and Hai'an, and ordered them all to go to the Foreign Affairs Department that was about to become the Baojia Bureau, and all of them would listen to the orders of Dean Gu and other gentry for the next period of time.