"Good news."

The sweaty messenger said loudly

"The head won five battles in Xingning, killed more than 1,000 thieves, and captured hundreds"

"I have broken the county town by the trend, and I have gained a lot from it."

"Now the captured and captured ones are being escorted back."

"Please also ask the grain station to deliver the 900 stone wheat beans and the corresponding needs, and the 200 masters will go."

Speaking of this, he solemnly showed an arrow-shaped iron talisman as a token.

"But here is the faith."

Zhou Huai'an took it, and then pulled out a small piece of paper from the bottom. It's just that the paper roll is blank when it is spread out, and then I turn around and take a candle flame to roast it, and some crooked words and graphics are suddenly displayed on it.

This is the text written with vinegar mixed with rice juice by means of anti-counterfeiting and secrecy adopted at his suggestion; The mixed figures represent the corresponding symbols, and if there is no annotation of the meaning represented by these symbols, these words cannot be interpreted normally, which is also the second means of secrecy.

In addition, there is a special fingerprint, which is covered with another botanical ingredient, and once it is roasted by the fire, it can never be recovered, which is the third guarantee that someone may leak the secret halfway.

And Wang Pan's words in it probably mean that after taking Xingning City, which has more people and wealth, and is more abundant, there are many people who defect to the righteous army; Whether it was the losses of the middle battalion or the left and right battalions, it was not only made up for but also greatly expanded its manpower; But at the cost of further dilution of equipment and training.

Therefore, he hoped to allocate a batch of supplies and manpower from his grain station to go over to the emergency, and by the way, he also sent the surplus seven or eight hundred surplus manpower that had been collected locally, together with some surplus seizures, to his rear team. Now this unarmed team, along with a convoy full of war catches, is coming towards Changle County under the escort of a pole team.

Well, it's good news that everything looks going well for the time being, and it's also a sense of accomplishment for him to run and sustain a small city here.

Because, in the past two days, someone actually went to the county government to sue the official, although they are all trivial matters, nothing more than the east family lost the chicken, and the west family had disputes and fights in the neighborhood, but it also represents a simple identity under a certain order, which is something that cannot be experienced at all in modern life.

Subsequently, the direct team that had been on patrol for a routine trip and practiced horse skills also returned, but brought back an additional capture, a man who was hung on horseback, short in stature, and with thick eyebrows.

"Camp management, this is it."

"I secretly want to get out of the city."

However, as soon as the other party pulled the gag, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately and shouted loudly.

"Da Weng, Da Weng, Da Urn is soft, even Ba is a related pull.."

"Even if I want to play the Olympic Games. Don't be tied to the evil road Junqing"

Well, it took a while for the auxiliary system in Zhou Huai'an's body to adjust, and he understood what he was begging for mercy; It was actually a Fujian person, which was the location of Fujian Province in later generations.

To tell the truth, because of the relative closure and isolation of this place, according to different states and regions, it has long been claimed that it is a hundred miles of different sounds, and the existence of chickens and ducks on the next mountain; Therefore, until the liberation of later generations, there are still many ancient Chinese relics called living fossils, and it is simply painful for outsiders to understand their words.

However, Fujian Bazhou has always been mountainous and has few lands and can only go to the sea for a long time to make a living, so it is not uncommon to widely distribute and travel to and from the coastal areas of Liangguang and Qilu in this era; In fact, according to Zhou Huai'an's vague memory, they went further on the sea route in Southeast Asia;

At one time, it even established all kinds of colonial strongholds and anchorages from the Mekong River Delta to the Bay of Bengal and the coast of Malacca; In later generations, in the Jiaozhi regime established at the turn of the five dynasties and early Song Dynasty, there is also no shortage of them.

It's just that this Fujian population is calling the "king" what the hell, obviously thinking that the rebels are a bandit leader in a sense.

According to his own account, this guy is called Wang Qinian, who is a local Fujian merchant who leads a team, and the goods he carried when passing through the city of Xunzhou were beaten by the officials and soldiers in the name of preparing for the Kou, and he was also imprisoned after arguing a few more words, and when he was released by the rebels, everyone else was gone.

"And what kind of business is your family doing?"

Zhou Huai'an's heart suddenly moved, and he had an idea.

"Back to the king's words, it's all a small deal of crude medicine and furs."

The other party said very stiffly

"What kind of herbs are best to sell at that time."

"You collect more of those medicines locally."

"Calamus, Artemisia annua and white wormwood, what is the market price now?"

。。。。。

"Do you know how to settle accounts, can you write?"

Zhou Huai'an asked a few more words and then commanded left and right

"Keep him in custody and let him go when there is a way to confirm his identity."

"What you eat and drink during this time. I will repay it by doing things for the righteous army. ”

"As for the suspicion of leaking military information or something, you have to work hard every day to clear up one or two."

"Report to the camp management."

At this time, another volunteer soldier with a strange expression came in and reported

"The head of the Martial Immortal Temple in the city asks to see you."

"And a letter of worship."

"Beile Fang and other digital fangzheng, please let me drink in Yunxiang Building, who."

Then Zhou Huai'an waved the printed greeting in his hand, and immediately refused.

"Something inexplicable, don't go."

"Besides, send someone to touch the bottom of the tooth shop in this city."

He commanded Xiao Qi.

"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief."

"It's saved."

Xiao Qi nodded solemnly and left.

Although Xiao Qi is still Zhou Huai'an's personal follower, he now has several subordinates, all of whom are street children collected from the streets, and they usually mainly receive a job to eat and do some chores; Because it is inconspicuous compared to adults, it also carries the task of inquiring and probing private information.

Then he began to allocate supplies and prepare manpower again, and prepared for the new recruits who had been sent back from the front, demarcated and requisitioned new houses and sorted out the corresponding equipment, and appointed a simple training plan, and soon kept him busy until dark.

When it was time to finish the dinner of chestnut rice stewed mutton soup, Xiao Qi came back with a runny nose and yellow muscles, and stammered and reported;

"He... He.. They all entered the Martial Immortal Temple. ”

"To. Arrive. To arrive. It's not out yet. ”

"Yes. Correct.. Then, several truckloads of rice noodles and vegetables were sent in. ”

"I, I, I. I climbed the tree and went up the wall, and I saw a lot of people. ”

"Wait. Treat.. When the lights go out, I'll be back. ”

The Wuxian Temple is located in the northwest corner of the city, which is a relatively remote place, and many people gather together and send food and vegetables to it, which is obviously a bit abnormal.

"You're doing a good job."

Zhou Huai'an smiled approvingly, and then asked someone to take over an old shirt that was washed and patched.

"Wear it, don't catch a cold in the middle of the night. Take him down for something."

"Thank you. Thank.. Thank.. Past officials... ”

The other party wiped his snot and said gratefully.

"You have something to do now"

Then Zhou Huai'an called the most trusted Lao Guan and commanded

"Put on your clothes and bring all the guys to the Martial Immortal Temple."

"Bring me back any of the people inside."

"If you dare to disobey during this period, just let it go."

For Zhou Huai'an, his peace of mind is the most important thing, even if he finds out that he is wrong afterwards, it doesn't matter, at most it is just a false alarm and a waste of preparation.

"Got it."

Lao Guan nodded without saying much and led the way.

After half a ring, in the sound of a little password, Zhou Huai'an saw hundreds of volunteer soldiers in armor and helmets assembled in the courtyard of the county government;

Immediately they carried torches and lanterns, crossbows and spears and knives, and several carts followed closely behind, loaded with red-hot coals and other objects, and headed for the northwest of the city, which was shrouded in darkness.

Next, Zhou Huai'an waited for a long time on the highest drum tower in the county government before he heard the faint noise in the city, and then he couldn't help but sigh heavily in the bright fire and noise that rose up a little bit.