After obtaining food supplies from Huilai County, the people and horses of Shenxi seemed to have become a grain transport team, and the officers and soldiers, plus the carriages and coachmen who transported food and materials, stretched for several miles, and the speed of the march from Huilai County to Haimen slowed down, and it was supposed to arrive in about a day, but it became a two-day walk. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On March 18, the group finally arrived at Haimen.

Originally, Shen Xi planned to go to Chaoyang County to collect "protection fees", but due to delays on the road and the abundant supplies provided by Huilai County, he dispelled the idea of going to Chaoyang County.

Haimen and Jinghai are not far away, they are both thousands of households close to Nanao Island, and they belong to the Chaozhou Wei Command Division.

When Shen Xi arrived at Haimen Qianhusuo, he saw flags flying near Haimen Port at the mouth of the Lianjiang River from a distance, and Ma Jiu rode a horse to greet him, Shen Xi got out of the carriage and asked, only to know that the fleet had arrived three days ago, which shows that Shen Xi walked quite fast this way and did not delay too much time.

Shen Xi had not yet inspected the camp, and Xu Yang, a thousand households in Haimen, had already come out with people to greet him.

Shen Xi was about to ask the local generals about the situation of pirates and pirates in Nan'ao Island and the surrounding areas, so after meeting with Xu Yang and greeting him slightly, he invited him to go with him to the Chinese army's tent in the port.

Under the guidance of Ma Jiu, the group entered the big tent.

Shen Xi waved away the deputy Qianhu, Baihu and the chief flag officer who came up to meet him, and sat down at the table. Xu Yang took out the book from his arms and said respectfully:

"Shen Dufu, this is the "Ping Bandit Chronicles" of the Haimen Institute in recent years, which records the bandits around the Haimen Institute and the pirates on Nanao Island, please take a look."

Xu Yang is in his thirties, although he is a military general, he has a bit of elegance, and his way of doing things is very sleek and sophisticated.

Xu Yang used the method of civil officials and bosses to invite pets...... After meeting Shangguan, he first submitted the county records or the book of the people in the local government in recent years, and told Shangguan how much he had made meritorious contributions in governing the place.

Compared with the lack of cooperation of the local guard post when Shen Xi set out on the expedition a year ago, the Guangdong coastal guard post now welcomes Shen Xi very much, and these people are similar to Li Che, the commander of the Guangdong capital, and they all want to obtain political capital from Shen Xi for military exploits and promotion.

said that it was to cater to Shen Xi, but in fact, he used Shen Xi's status as a Hanlin official and a governor of the Qin Mission to express his merits to the imperial court.

Shen Xi looked through the "Pinggang Zhi" submitted by Xu Yang, and to his disappointment, the book listed the military exploits of the people of Haimen Institute in great detail, but only briefly mentioned the specific situation of Nanao Island, and Shen Xi even suspected that the soldiers and horses of Haimen had never been to Nanao Island at all, so that even the specific geography and hydrological conditions on the island were vague.

Shen Xi said: "This official was ordered to come to level the bandits, to know oneself and know the other, if Xu Qianhu has some understanding of the situation in Nanao Mountain, please go back and reorganize it, and send it tomorrow." ”

Although they used each other, Shen Xi maintained an appropriate amount of unkindness and put on a face, otherwise Xu Yang really thought that he was here to give credit.

Just like Shen Xi's attitude towards the yamen of coastal prefectures and counties, if you want to make military merits, you must have to pay, and you don't expect to send troops to support, because I don't have money and food to supply you when you send troops, but at least provide me with some accurate information.

If you can't provide anything, then I'm sorry, the credit is only reserved for those who are prepared, and if you want to sit back and wait for the military merit to fall on your head, please take care of everything, maybe one day the wind will blow the credit.

Xu Yang didn't expect Shen Xi to be so unreasonable, and he would give him a ride when he came up, and his preparation of this "Ping Bandit Zhi" can be said to be a waste of sleep and food, but after Shen Xi took it, he just hurriedly read it and put it aside, which made him extremely unhappy. But the status of his guard is far from Shen Xi's, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to question it, so he can only obediently go back and rewrite the situation on Nanao Island according to Shen Xi's request.

The land and water army was still in the process of rectification, Shen Xi came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, inspected the camp, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses marching on the road and the almost same number of people were camping around the old camp.

After walking a short distance, I heard a person shouting: "Don't move, I can go by myself, ask Shen Dufu to come and see this official!" ”

It's Jiang Liwei.

After Jiang Liwei learned that Shen Xi was killing in Huizhou Fucheng, he was much more honest, mainly because he knew that he was guilty, for fear that Shen Xi would find an opportunity to get rid of him, or report his sins to the imperial court, which would make his future bleak, but when he found out that Shen Xi took him as a prisoner and went to Pinggang with him, he felt that Shen Xi was going to "borrow a knife to kill people".

Jiang Liwei thought to himself: "The surname Shen has long had the intention of killing me, after all, I used to have a lot of difficulties for him, but he didn't dare to do it openly, for fear that he would not be able to explain to the court, so he wanted to get rid of me through the hands of pirates and pirates, so he had nothing to do with it, and when he reported to the court, he said that I was 'heroic and righteous' in assisting the bandits, so wouldn't I die unjustly?" ”

This idea seems reasonable, but it ignores a fundamental problem, he has shackles on his body, Shen Xi can't bring a person to fight to kill the enemy, even if he wants to be sent to death, he has to put him in front of the bandit battle formation, and then choose to withdraw the troops.

Shen Xi would never spend so much effort to kill him to vent his anger, after all, there was a risk of failure in withdrawing troops before the battle.

In Shen Xi's words, you Jiang Liwei are too much of a dish, if I want to kill you, why bother so much? What is good or not, you have interests with a prefect who is connected with bandits, I said that you are the same party, you can't argue!

The reason why I didn't kill you was completely because of the past, but I won't let you go easily, let you suffer a little, and know how bad it will be for offending me!

Shen Xi saw Jiang Liwei shouting, turned a blind eye, and continued to patrol the camp.

Jing Yue happened to bump into this scene, and went to Shen Xi's side and said angrily: "My lord, this surnamed Jiang is too domineering, do you want the brothers to clean him up?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled: "Old Jing, you know that he is bluffing, why do you still bother with him?" This will only make him more arrogant. ”

Jing Yue thought about it, and suddenly felt that he was too different from Shen Xi in terms of bearing, he expected that this was the same reason as a dog biting a person and a person can't bite back, so he immediately nodded: "It's still a big man with a big heart, and the last general is ashamed of himself." ”

Shen Xi smiled and waved his hand, and continued to inspect the barracks.

When Yu Niang saw Shen Xi, she specially came forward, this time she did not intercede for Jiang Liwei, but said goodbye to Shen Xi: "Lord Shen, I have been away from Beijing for a long time, and I have to go back to explain some family matters, and I can no longer accompany you with the army." ”

Shen Xi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Is the Jade Master leaving?" ”

Yu Niang bowed slightly: "That's right." Lord Shen, I have a reluctant request below...... There are two servants who are not angry, they are quite diligent in their work on weekdays, and they are also considerate in taking care of people, so let them stay and take care of Lord Shen's daily life, and Lord Shen will accept them, or return to Beijing in the future to return them to Zaixia, and Lord Shen will be in charge. ”

Shen Xi didn't know how many times Yu Niang had given Xi'er and Yunliu to him in front of her, at this time Xi'er was glaring at him with shame, and Yunliu lowered her head with a flushed face.

said that it was a servant, but Jing Yue and the other guards knew that these two were women, after all, they had seen Yunliu and Xi'er in women's clothes.

The women of the Teaching Workshop Division will dress up, Xi'er and Yunliu are beauties, they have received strict etiquette training since they were children, not to mention literacy, they also have a talent, in the eyes of a coarse person like Jing Yue, Xi'er and Yunliu are simply fairies in the sky, not their identities can climb.

Shen Xi said: "Thank you for the kindness of the Yu family, or leave the two of them behind." When they return to the capital in the next day, the official will personally send them home! ”

Xi'er was a little annoyed when she heard this, as if she and Yunliu were goods, first given to Shen Xi by Yu Niang, Shen Xi played with it for a few days, and then sent it back to Yu Niang, she was about to say something, but Yun Liu pulled her sleeves, and could only keep silent depressedly.

Yu Niang asked, "I wonder if Lord Shen has a letter that needs to be brought back to the capital?" ”

This is to let Shen Xi leave some words, as an "explanation" to Liu Daxia, Ma Wensheng and others, and who will end up in the hands of these letters, Shen Xi does not know, Yu Niang said that he was under Liu Daxia's orders, but Liu Daxia and Yu Niang knew each other only in Tingzhou Mansion, before Yu Niang was already a fine work placed in the local area by the factory guard, and there should be another boss and head behind it.

"No need."

Shen Xi shook his head slightly, "If this official has anything to do, he will go directly to the imperial court, and he doesn't have to worry about it." (To be continued.) )