The gentry and people of the city were sent from the state government to the gate of the city.

From the city gate, it was sent out ten miles to the Yangtze River ferry.

Seeing Lao Zhizhou get on the boat, the ship gradually drifted away until it was gone.

The gentry and the common people helped the old and the young to return to the city.

Then he found that the gates were not closed.

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't think about it.

Well, it's not about it, this is Hezhou.

Peaceful, the days are back to peace.

On the ferry, Lao Zhizhou returned to the cabin and looked at the colorful "Wanmin Umbrella" in front of him, and his heart was agitated.

It is different from the neat and neat "Wanmin Umbrella" that is made of ribbons.

The top of this Wanmin umbrella is densely packed with countless layers of straps, which are varied.

There are clusters of new satin, there are more delicate silks, and more strips of cloth, one finger thick, more than two feet long, and even some strips of cloth have faded, which are two or three short strips of cloth connected, mixed in them, and do not appear abrupt, but very harmonious.

Several elders said that this is the children of the gentry of Hezhou, and they visited every household in the city overnight, and said that the old Zhizhou was going to return to his hometown, and everyone was preparing for the affairs of the people's monks, but none of them refused, and they were all out of the cloth belt.

Lao Zhizhou touched the cloth belt joint, and sighed with the eldest son next to him: "I have been a eunuch for my father for 30 years, traveled in four states, and been a parent official in three places. ”

The eldest son said proudly: "Hezhou's father is sincere, and it is not in vain that my father has worked hard to run this family for ten years!" ”

Lao Zhizhou was dragging, dragging Wanmin's umbrella out, walking to the bow of the boat, and gently pushing.

The umbrella bone is heavy, and the silk ribbon on it is heavier after absorbing water, and after hitting a few Xuan'er, it slowly sinks into the river.

"Father!"

The eldest son was surprised.

The old Zhizhou does not speak, looking at the direction of the state.

Hezhou did not live up to him, but he failed Hezhou.

Obviously, he could stay and deal with the Chuzhou army and better protect the people, but he could save himself.

"Grandfather, father, come and see, what is here?"

The eldest grandson's voice came from the cargo hold with surprise.

When the father and son heard the movement on the board, they both had doubts.

"Two more boxes!"

The eldest son was in charge of packing the luggage, and he was not surprised: "Xu is a ceremony sent by Huo Shuai!" ”

There were too many gentry and people before, and Huo Wu and the others went back when they were sent outside the city gate, and they did not send the ceremony.

These two boxes, the big one is one foot square, and the small one is only the size of a palm.

The grandson looked around, and there were no outsiders, so he opened the big box and showed it to his father and ancestors.

The golden light is brilliant, all of them are gold cakes, full of boxes.

Lao Zhizhou was stunned.

The eldest son was very nervous, and looked at the old father uneasy.

I haven't been back to my hometown for decades, and I want to buy property and land when I go back, and my children and grandchildren will have to study and live in the future, and I need silver everywhere.

There are more than a dozen people in this family, and it is the time when there is a shortage of money.

Father won't Geng Jie, will this also sink into the river, right?

The eldest son didn't react to the Wanmin umbrella just now, but this time he had to stop it no matter what.

Even the eldest grandson, looking at his grandfather, was also worried.

Lao Zhizhou is an honest official, and his family is really not rich.

All the family property is not as much as this box.

It was when Huo Wu heard about this that he asked someone to prepare this.

Lao Zhizhou sighed, didn't say anything, picked up the Xie Zi and opened it, inside was a slightly simple cast iron card, the front was "Chuzhou Huo" three words, and the reverse side was "1".

Whether it's heads or tails, it's a new notch.

"What kind of symbol is this?"

The children and grandchildren came over, all with doubts.

"This is the Great Food Text, Tang Duhuan recorded it in the Xingjing Ji - Great Food Country, it is the number used in the accounting of the Great Food Country, it is 'one'!" Lao Zhizhou groped for the iron plate and said.

"This is a token given by Marshal Huo?"

The eldest son brought the heart.

Lao Zhizhou looked at his son, saw that his eyes were glued to the iron plate, sighed in his heart, closed the box, and handed it over: "Put it away!" ”

"Hey!"

The eldest son was afraid that his father would regret it, so he hurriedly put it away.

Now that the world is in turmoil, who knows what will happen in the future.

No matter how far Quanzhou is, it is also in Daning.

Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs?

It's always good to have an extra back road.

and the state governor of the state yamen.

The main book and the scribes of each section have their hearts.

The people are ignorant and do not know that Hezhou is now in a dangerous situation; But they understood.

Hezhou is no longer the Hezhou of the imperial court, so if they continue to be on duty in the state capital, they are "rebellious".

If the commander of Chuzhou stands for a long time, it will be fine, otherwise when Hezhou is "recovered" by the imperial court and liquidated, none of them will be able to escape.

The key is that even if they want to "rebel", it depends on whether the Chuzhou army is willing or not.

There is no life-and-death crisis, and what remains is a career crisis.

Old Zhizhou is gone.

Will they also be driven away?

I don't want to work hard for half a day, and no one will pay attention to them at all.

Mr. Lin, who took over the state affairs yesterday, only sent someone to pass the word "as usual".

So it's business as usual?

The three classes of officials crowded in front of the head catcher.

What is the charter after this?

Those Xing Ye in the yamen are as usual, are the three classes of officials also the same?

The headcatcher's eyes were red.

No one knew that when tens of thousands of people sent Lao Zhizhou to each other, another person quietly left.

Luo Qian bribed.

One man and one ride, all the way north.

This head catcher knows that his old friend is going to die for a lifetime, but he can only offer Zhuangxing wine.

"Bastard, what's the question? As usual, this is Hezhou, the war is over, and there will be no life? ”

The officials were scolded, but their hearts were steady.

So be it.

There are many things in the yamen, and they are not idle at any time, for a while the Zhang family came to post the newborn grandson, and for a while, the Li family pulled the gangsters in the backyard and pointed him for stealing his own chickens with chicken feathers.

A peaceful scene.

This is Hezhou.

Comfort and peace.

Huo Wuyi and his entourage, walking on the street, looked at the people coming and going.

The cry of the crab.

Buyers counter-offer.

It's very lively.

The shops on both sides are thriving.

I can't see it at all, this place has just gone through the siege of the city, and several chief officials have died and walked.

The whole Hezhou has changed owners.

"Is this a big heart, or a lack of eyes?"

Tang Guang was amazed.

Huo Wu saw it in his eyes, but he frowned slightly.

Huo Shan was in front of his father and asked, "Dad is worried about the affairs of the base camp."

Huo Wu nodded and said: "One side of the water and soil raises one side of the people, and the people of Hezhou have a soft personality, they don't like war, in order to extinguish the war, they can unite once, and they can unite a second time."

According to the original plan of the Chuzhou army, after taking Hezhou City, it will move its focus from Chuzhou to Hezhou City, and use it as the rear for attacking Luzhou and future expeditions.

The city wall that was repaired by Hezhou City is much easier to defend than Chuzhou.

Huo Bao pondered.

In the position of Hezhou, I don't worry about the imperial court sending troops, and I need to be prepared when the white-shirts in various places are in a scuffle.

After thinking for a while, he proposed: "Then the state soldiers will be transferred, and if it is not possible to fight, they will all be used as auxiliaries, and the civil and military officials will also be transferred from Chuzhou."

"That's all there is to it!" Huo Wudao.

As they spoke, the group arrived at the gate of the city.

Seeing this, the gatekeeper riveted up.

Huo Wu took everyone directly to the city tower, and they came to see the strong crossbow.

These crossbows are not only suitable for defending cities, but also for battlefield attacks.

The first thing Deng Jian did when he entered the city was to make people optimistic about these strong crossbows.

The disadvantage of this strong crossbow today is that there are not enough crossbow arrows.

This is easy to solve, the pig iron stored by the Xue family in the Changzhou villa will be transported back with the ship in a few days, and more crossbow arrows will be made, and with this strong crossbow, it will be a big killer.

and Huo Bao brought those two cannons, which also gave Huo Wu inspiration.

He wrote a letter and sent someone to Jinling.

Looking for Jia Yuan to be a middleman, he mentioned the matter of the crossbow and this artillery.

In the past six months, Jinling officials have scraped the ground, and for the sake of silver, they have done everything they can, and they have the opportunity to get their hands on it at a high price.

In the afternoon, the leaders of the Chuzhou Army gathered in the Hezhou Chamber.

Huo Wu talked to everyone about conscription: "According to the size of the population, Hanshan County and Jiangpu County each recruited 4,000 soldiers, Wujiang recruited 6,000 soldiers, and Hexian County recruited 9,000 soldiers, a total of 20,000 plus the existing 7,000 Hezhou soldiers, a total of 30,000 soldiers recruited by various departments, and 2,000 were kept for themselves, and the rest was sent to the Binjiang battalion to practice Shuijin This time he did not catch up with the siege, but he could help Bozhou to have merit, half of it, and 1,000 people, and the sixth one, it was also half of it, and 1,000 people."

Speaking of this, Huo Wu looked at Monk Feng: "The monks stayed in Chuzhou for the two thousand people, and Xiao Biao and the sixth child all boasted that I wanted them to move to Binjiang and bring the state soldiers well, and the monks kept two more people this time to make up for the number."

Monk Feng's seat was after Tang Guang and before the water entered.

He got up and said, "Fifth Master Xie!" "My heart is touched.

He surrendered to Chuzhou for less than half a month, and he didn't know the distribution of Chuzhou's soldiers before, but he knew about it when he came to Hezhou this time.

Deng Xie ordered 8,000 people, the crown of all generals.

This time, he brought 7,000 to Hezhou, and 1,000 remained in Quyang.

Du Lao has eight or five thousand people, and Tang Guang has five thousand people.

Du Laoba was originally 3,000 people, and then added the 1,000 people led by Lin Jin, which was 4,000 people.

Before Tang Guang, there were 4,000 people.

The two of them fought on the mountain, recruited 2,000 mountain bandits, and now they are all practicing in the Binjiang camp.

According to the example of Deng Jian and Shui Jin's previous suppression of bandits, the two thousand people were divided equally between two people, and there were 5,000 people in each department.

Huo Wu's soldiers under the direct command were 10,000 before, and 3,000 were allocated to return to the water, but only 7,000, less than Deng Jiao.

Among them, many recruits only brought 3,000 people with them to Wujiang this time.

Before, he thought that Huo Wu was reducing his power, so he only accepted 2,000 men and horses, and he would limit the number of soldiers under his command in the future.

But with Deng Jian, Du Laoba, Tang Guang and others in front of him, he knew that he was thinking too much.

Compared with Marshal Sun and Marshal Liu of Bozhou, who are dead in military power, the fifth master's actions are really extraordinary.

Presumably, the Hezhou soldiers who were planned to be sent to the Binjiang Battalion for training were also used for another purpose.

Sure enough, Huo Wu said to everyone: "The Hezhou soldiers are too soft-minded, they are not at ease in the war, and it is estimated that it is difficult to see if they can be trained to defend the city, and if they can't do it, they can only be used as auxiliaries in the future, and when there is no war, they can build roads and canals to improve people's livelihood, and temporarily serve as various departments during the war to transport grain and grass logistics."

Of the four counties in Hezhou, only Wujiang County and Hezhou City fought twice before the local surrender.

Hanshan County and Jiangpu County are all falling from the wind.

The internal response arranged by the Chuzhou army in the two counties was useless at all.

It can be seen that the state army is weak and weak.

There was no objection from everyone.

Huo Wu said again: "The county lieutenant of the three counties, you are virtuous and do not avoid relatives, you can choose people from your command to serve just to set a rule, who recommends, who is responsible, if there is any oppression of the people and betrayal of the Chuzhou army in the future, I will only ask you to talk."

"This is used, the fifth master trusts us, so he asked us to recommend people, but we can't guarantee it!" Tang Guang happily agreed.

In the early years, the old guys of the Green Snake Village, some of whom did not like to move in their old age, could be placed in Hanshan for the elderly.

The fifth master's move is also sympathetic to everyone.

Du Laoba scratched the back of his head: "I'm almost the same over there, I can't leave Lin Xing over there" Speaking of this, he looked at Master Lin: "Mr. Lin has to help Lao Ba refer to the details and see which one to leave back"

He doesn't like to use his brain, and he asks Mr. Lin or Huo Wu in case of trouble, which is an old habit in the early years.

Monk Feng saw it in his eyes and was shocked in his heart.

This Mr. Lin has been "betraying the master" one after another, but he is still being reused, and his seat is still in front of the two leading generals Du Laoba and Tang Guang.

What's even more difficult is that this Du Baye is also his "old master", but the two of them still have no suspicion.

Master Lin's only grandson, who follows Du Laoba, is Du Laoba's righteous son.

Du Laoba did not marry his own son, and this righteous son is the closest junior.

If there is no accident in the future, Du Laoba's subordinates will be succeeded by this righteous son.

Is this what Mr. Lin's confidence is?

Master Lin said with a smile: "There are several thousand households under the eighth master, and the eighth master can ask if there are any who take the initiative to stay." ”

The thousands of households under Du Laoba are the leaders who betrayed Ma Laoliu and followed him.

Those are all the brothers of the owner of the horse village in his early years, and they are not young, and they don't want to be peaceful and old-fashioned.

Du Laoba nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll ask them and let them make their own decisions!" ”

It turned out to be Master Lin's words and obeyed Nirvana.

Monk Feng really couldn't understand it

Chuzhou Army is really a happy family.