In five or six days, Yangzhou City was basically completely controlled by Xu Changqing.

Although supplies in all aspects are still in short supply, canals and river waterways have not been opened, and there are no channels for supply and exchange, the atmosphere has gradually relaxed.

There are a lot of people on the streets, and the common people have gradually adapted to the model of finding work in the model army and getting paid.

However, even if he completely controlled Yangzhou City, Xu Changqing still did not mean to take Yangzhou City's upper forces, but concentrated all his energy on the war.

Unfortunately, the war at this time is not optimistic.

In one sentence, the Qing army is too cowardly......

To what extent?

At this time, on the north, west and east sides of Yangzhou, all the units of the Qing army had retreated to a distance of about forty miles, including the various rangers of the Qing army, who had retreated to the distance of twenty miles.

They would never dare to clash with the Model Army again.

With this kind of powerful in-depth tug-of-war, it is not easy for the model army to go deep at night without receiving, so as to prevent being booby-trapped and killed, and the vast majority of the reconnaissance work is entrusted to the hot air balloon and secret airship units.

But forty miles is a bit far.

It is important to know that whether it is a hot air balloon or an airship, it is impossible to only go in a straight line, and in order to control the wind direction, it is indispensable to take a lot of detours.

As a result, the model army did still have a certain amount of reconnaissance power at this time, and it still had a strong air superiority, but this advantage had gradually been weakened and could not achieve the best results.

This made Xu Changqing also enter a state of irritability, and he was a little confused about the strategic intentions of the Qing army.

Even though he had already contacted the Great Shun Army and the Great Western Army, including Gao Jie and Mengruhu and others in Ningxia, Xu Changqing also believed that these fierce men would not waste such a good opportunity to tear off a few pieces of meat from the body of the Great Qing Kingdom.

But the problem is with ......

The efficiency of these people, ten and a half days and a half later, sending troops is already burning high incense, not to mention making substantial progress, which really hurts the Great Qing Kingdom and has an impact.

"What the hell is the dog Tartar doing? Could it be that where did you get new grain and grass? Or, what kind of tricks do you want to play? ”

Inside the big tent, Xu Changqing was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and he didn't have a clue for a while.

At this time, a small girl in a green skirt outside the tent said: "Master Hou, Lord Huang of the military department is here......

"Hmm. Let him in. ”

Xu Changqing replied a little tiredly.

"Yes."

The girl in the green dress stepped back obediently. As soon as Xu Changqing turned around, he happened to see a touch of snow white exposed at her plumbing willow waist, and couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

Soon, Huang Shu came to the big tent with a brisk walk like the wind, and saluted respectfully: "Xia Guan has seen Master Hou." ”

Xu Changqing smiled and invited Huang Shu to take a seat, and he also strode back to his tiger skin throne: "Old Huang, how is it?" What good results have you had in the past few days? ”

Huang Shu smiled confidently: "Master Hou, Xia Guan has indeed touched some achievements, but it is a little shocking......"

As he spoke, he respectfully handed the secret report he had driven out overnight to Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing opened the secret report and looked at it carefully for a while, and his brows couldn't help but wrinkle more and more.

No wonder Huang Shu said it was shocking, and it was really his mother's shocking!

In the past few days, Xu Changqing has been in charge of major affairs, and Huang Shu is grasping the 'small things' within Yangzhou, but his ability is obviously beyond the expectations of the gentry in Yangzhou City, including Shi Kefa, and in a few days, he has sorted out the skeleton.

including the intricacies of the relationships.

In a word!

At this time, the group of middle-class squires who stayed in Yangzhou all had intricate relationships behind them that were entangled and supported.

For example, the small girl in the green dress who was waiting outside the door just now was the first person from the Xiuning Zhang family to show favor to Xu Changqing.

Although her mother was only born in Yangzhou, her bloodline is not weak, and her mother, brother and sister, are all descendants of Xu Jie, Xu Ge Lao.

To be precise, it was the illegitimate son of Xu Yuanchun, the grandson of Xu Ge.

And her mother's other sister, that is, her aunt, is the concubine of Xu Hongyi, the fifth lord of the Wei State Mansion.

Although Xu Hongyi is not Xu Hong

The lineage of the lineage, but three generations up can also be regarded as the lineage, and in the Wei Mansion, it can be regarded as a person who can speak.

And that's just one of the lines.

If you continue to count, basically the wealthy families in Yangzhou and Nanjing can climb the relationship, even if these relationships may not be too important.

It's Xu Changqing's brain, and I really can't stand it after watching it for a while.

It's like an old lady's footwrap,—— stinky and long!

Seeing Xu Changqing 'snap' the secret report on the rosewood marching table, getting up and walking back and forth alone, Huang Shu also smiled a little bitterly.

comforted: "Master Hou, this matter is so complicated. This is only a part of what the lower officials have sorted out, and if you continue to dig deeper, I'm afraid it will ......."

He didn't dare to say any further, and hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Master Hou, if you really want to talk about it, say that they are guilty, right?" Not really. But if they are not guilty, there are their shadows in the entanglement of many things. I'm afraid this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. ”

After walking back and forth for dozens of steps, Xu Changqing's anger had dissipated a lot.

Huang Shu is right.

It is human instinct to 'seek good fortune and avoid evil' and 'go to a high place'.

The simplest truth, if there is a beautiful girl in the family, he must want to find a good family for the girl, and he will never want to marry a poor man who has no ability to suffer.

These wealthy families are not nouveau riche from generation to generation, they have capital and ability, and they will naturally choose better choices.

In addition, what are the entanglements of various interests such as fellow villagers and teachers, not to mention a hundred years, even if it is a few decades, how deep is the water that ordinary people can imagine?

This kind of problem is indeed difficult to deal with, and it is very likely to provoke a nest or even an interest group if it affects the whole body.

However, at this time, Xu Changqing already had some experience in this.

To put it simply, it's 'peeling back the cocoon' and keeping a firm grip on what they want most!

A wealthy son, a noble son from a poor family!

This is the most eternal topic in the world.

Suppress and use them at the same time, but you can't use the available objects of their choice.

After chatting with Huang Shu for a while, let him go down to rest for a day first, and start planning for the war tomorrow, Xu Changqing paced back and forth slowly and methodically, reorganizing his thoughts.

After a while, Xu Changqing smiled suddenly, beckoned outside, and said, "Bring a pot of wine for the master." ”

"Yes."

The girl in the green dress who was waiting outside was busy and responded obediently, and soon, it was Yingying who brought Xu Changqing a pot of wine.

Xu Changqing took advantage of her to come in, looking at the battle report in his hand, but in fact, his eyes were secretly looking at her.

At this time, there were nearly twenty quasi-concubines sent to Xu Changqing by various families in Yangzhou, all of whom were exquisite beauties among the best.

However, although they are both concubines, they are not really accepted by Xu Changqing at this time, but the rank among them is still strict.

For example, this girl in the green dress, as the representative of the Zhang family, can serve Xu Changqing alone for a day and get more opportunities to get close to Xu Changqing.

And those girls sent by small families can only serve Xu Changqing for a day together.

In this way, not only the probability has dropped a lot, but even if there is really any chance, it may be lost because there are others in the occasion.

After the girl in the green dress finished pouring the wine, she was about to retreat obediently.

"Wait."

Xu Changqing suddenly stopped her with a loud voice.

The girl in the green dress had actually faintly felt that Xu Changqing seemed to be examining her just now, and her pretty face was already a little red, but at this time, Xu Changqing stopped drinking, and her pretty face turned into a tempting red apple.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I'm not a man-eating tiger, am I? Raise your head and let you take a good look? ”

While speaking, Xu Changqing had already stepped forward, picked up the wine glass with a smile, and took a sip.

The girl in the green dress was so nervous that she almost couldn't breathe, and Xu Changqing could clearly see that there were already a lot of goosebumps on her exposed half of her snow-white lotus root arms.

But how dare she disobey Xu Changqing's orders?

could only blush with a pretty face, throbbing with beautiful eyes, and looked at Xu Changqing extremely nervously.

Xu Changqing also admired her pretty face so closely at this time.

have to

It is said that Yangzhou is definitely a blessed place in China, gathering heaven and earth and being a good place to raise people.

This green dress girl is extremely delicate.

The eyes are very big, the nose is straight, the red lips are not thick or thin, just right, and the lip shape is extremely good-looking, pure at the same time, it can make people faintly feel a trace of indescribable charm and enchantment.

Coupled with the slightly fleshy little round face and the skin of the frost race, the whole pretty face is unified, and a lot of points are added.

Rao is figure is a little smaller, only a little more than one and a half meters, but not only is it not a sin, but it adds a touch of seductive charm.

As if inadvertently, it can arouse the deepest evil thoughts in people's hearts......

“……”

The girl in the green dress didn't think that Xu Changqing had seen her for so long, and her eyes were still so aggressive, and soon she couldn't support it, she lowered her head slightly, closed her eyes, and trembled lightly as if she was resigned to fate.

"Huh."

Xu Changqing couldn't help laughing.

To be honest, this girl in a green dress is actually not the best among the many girls who were sent over.

Among them, there is a girl who likes to wear purple clothes, just like Zhang Baozhu when she was young, especially the slender swan-like neck, which Xu Changqing will never forget.

But whether it is the girl in the green dress or the swan-like girl in front of her, she is the kind that attracts the attention of men, and she stands out from the crowd.

Of course, at this time, the girl in the green dress is actually not too in line with the current aesthetics.

If the swan-like girl participates in the draft, as long as it is fair, it is not difficult to mix a side concubine, but this girl in a green dress is very likely to lose.

Because it's not dignified enough.

Xu Changqing is different, he will not let the jewel be dusty.

"What's your name?"

has reached this point, Xu Changqing no longer hides it, drinks the wine in the cup, and casually grabs her small hand.

"Master...... Slave maid, slave maid called Siyin ......"

The girl in the green dress was excited and nervous, her snow-white skin was like a cooked lobster, and the whole person was about to turn red.

She has been here for a few days, but she has never seen Xu Changqing pamper any woman, but she didn't expect that this good luck would actually be her turn......

"Siyin?"

"Zhang Siyin? What a name. ”

Xu Changqing smiled and hugged his graceful waist that he had coveted for a long time.

"No, it's not Zhang, it's yes, it's Chen, Chen Siyin. Master, slave, slave's father, inherited from his cousin's family since he was a child......"

Chen Siyin was busy explaining.

"Oh?"

Xu Changqing couldn't help but be even more interested when he heard it.

What he wants is that the more complicated it is, the better!

If it's too simple, then it's not easy for him to exert his strength.

"Chen Siyin, Yin'er, what a name. The voice is like a yellow bird, crisp and lovely. Just listening to your voice can make people feel refreshed. ”

Xu Changqing smiled and hugged Chen Siyin's small waist, directly pulled her back to the tiger skin throne, and immediately hugged her and sat on his lap.

Chen Siyin almost felt like vertigo, and he didn't know how to describe how to feel at this time.

She has had a family affair since she was a child, she is a son-in-law of the Yangzhou Wen family, and she can be regarded as a descendant of the talented Wen Zhengming, and the two are also childhood sweethearts, and they have a good relationship.

Who would have thought that at this juncture when next year's wedding is approaching, she was actually sent to Xu Changqing by her family......

The boy Wen, who had already won the show at the age of sixteen, was not bad in terms of talent and character, but compared with Xu Changqing, the powerful Haicheng Hou in front of him, he was obviously not one.

Although there is still some unspeakable entanglement in his heart, and even some pain, but it is already like this, Chen Siyin no longer thinks about it, and is ready to start accepting his fate.

However, how could her performance in this confusion escape Xu Changqing's eyes?

Seeing that she closed her eyes directly, she was a little weak when she opened them, and the smile on the corner of Xu Changqing's mouth couldn't help but get worse.

Suddenly.

Xu Changqing gently lifted her chin and said commandingly, "Open your eyes." Yin'er, who else is in your family? Are there any siblings? ”