On the way north, whether it is asking for gifts or pulling relationships, Shen Xi can not see it as much as possible, even if it is because he can't excuse himself, when people see it, they will directly ask for tea and send guests out, just like Wu Sheng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As far as Shen Xi is concerned, I am here to pacify the bandits, not to be a political springboard for you.

If you want to apply for the residence of the city division with the imperial court, or if you want to get the opportunity to become an official or promoted in a different place, don't come to me, what I can do is to lead troops to quell the bandits.

Whoever helps me in my work, I will make a note of him in the credit book, and I just want to say good things about everything I don't want to give, and no matter how much money or beauty temptation I give, it is futile.

Shen Xi has been poor and hard-working since he was a child, and he has also seen countless amounts of silver. Shen Xi's pursuit of money is to make his family's life better, and at the same time to help him make a difference in officialdom, he asks himself to be able to earn money, rather than relying on crooked methods to solicit bribes or corruption.

Shen Xi likes beautiful women, but he wants the kind of person who can live with him and give him children and have children, if it is purely for beauty, with his current identity and status, it can be said that there are as many as he wants, and even in the army, there are Yunliu and Xi'er, two women who have known him for six or seven years.

It's a pity that these women are not pure-minded, so he would rather stay away from him, making people feel that he is "unkind". Having said that, he never gave Yunliu and Xi'er a hint, nor did he take possession of their bodies, and he didn't feel morally indebted to these two women.

The day after the overnight stay at Thornton Harbor, the army set out again.

This time, Shen Xi still followed the people and horses by land, and continued to suffer from bumps along the way.

Fortunately, this section of the post road from Quanzhou to the north is quite smooth, and it is under the jurisdiction of the governors of Fujian, the three provinces.

But in fact, many of these local administrative and military governors are not from Fujian Province, and this relationship is somewhat inexplicable.

When he arrived in Fujian, the treatment of the soldiers of the three armies was improved, and he did not encounter any trouble along the way, and even the local thieves seemed to show enough respect for Shen Xi, and they actually did not come out to make trouble and disappeared without giving face.

And in some places, the people learned that it was Shen Xi who led the troops to the north to level the bandits, and even welcomed them on the road, even if they stayed at the post station outside the city, a large number of people went out of the city to give gifts.

This made Jing Yue and other generals realize how high Shen Xi's status was in the minds of the Min people.

The youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty is still Lianzhong Sanyuan, as a Hanlin official, he is likely to become the cabinet chief assistant in the future.

Shen Xi once helped the local people in Quanzhou to redress their grievances, arrested the corrupt official Zhang Lian and questioned him, so that the people could get rid of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes; defeated the Franco-Rang people, so that the coastal people were not harassed by the Xiyi, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment; Zi Qian and other local evil forces were punished, normal business order was restored, the prices of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea were stable, and the people of the three provinces were getting richer day by day......

All of this is the credit of Shen Xi.

The people are not ungrateful, and whoever is good to them has a rod and scale in their hearts. Now Shen Xi led the troops to quell the bandits, which can be regarded as the mastery of the people, and Shen Xi has achieved a lot of results along the way, not to say that he came out under a banner to cheat money, food and donations, the people have made a strong contribution, and it is natural for them to come to comfort the soldiers.

Shen Xi's attitude towards this is not supportive, but he does not refuse either, the little things sent by the people are just a drop in the bucket, and the amount is insignificant.

But the soldiers who marched with Shenxi on the land route below fully enjoyed this convenience, such as boiled eggs and glutinous rice balls, which are perishable and unsuitable for military rations, have become their coveted delicacies, and every time the people come to ****, they will trigger a burst of cheers.

At the same time, more and more traders went north with the official army. After the war on Nanao Island, the soldiers were rewarded for their military exploits, and they had more or less some silver money in hand, and they were willing to use the reward they had fought hard to buy some delicious things from the vendors to satisfy their appetites.

These things were not hidden from Shen Xi, the highest commander in the army, but he didn't have the heart to stop them, some things are reasonable if they exist, since the money has been distributed, how to spend it is someone else's freedom, as long as you keep the formation in place during the march.

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On 14 May, Shen Xi personally led his troops and horses to Fuzhou City, where the Chengxuan Political Envoy was stationed in Fujian.

During the previous eight days of marching, he adhered to the habit of passing through the state but not entering the city, so as to avoid the recurrence of the scene in Quanzhou Mansion.

When he arrived in Fuzhou City, Shen Xi had no reason not to enter the city, because this city was his feng shui treasure land, and it was currently an important base for his business organizations.

After all, after the fall of Zi Qian, the local government needs a strong force to preside over the situation and stimulate economic and trade development, and the chariot and horse gang with the governor's yamen as a backer is undoubtedly the most suitable.

At the beginning of Shen Xi's march, he asked Song Xiaocheng to prepare military food and materials, and Song Xiaocheng did his best from beginning to end.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of this day, Shen Xi arranged for soldiers and horses to be stationed in the camp outside Fuzhou City, and personally led 300 guards into the city. He came to the post station first, and before he had finished settling down, Song Xiaocheng had already brought his subordinates down to see Shen Xi.

The old people of the Che Ma Gang, many of them followed Shen Xi to the south and north, went to Fuzhou and went to the capital, sent cannons to the three sides, escorted the Shen family members to the north and south, etc., and now they have been promoted, which is also to commend them for their inseparability with Shen Xi and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Song Xiaocheng and Su Lian both lived in Fuzhou City at this time, Song Xiaocheng had a beard on his face, and his figure was more stocky, and he seemed to have changed in just a year, and he looked more and more like a gangster.

In addition to bringing his old men to visit Shen Xi, Song Xiaocheng also brought a large number of account books, many of which were records of grain money transferred by Shen Xi from Hui Niang and Li Jin in Guangzhou, so that Song Xiaocheng could buy military supplies in Fuzhou City and the surrounding areas.

This is also why Shen Xi was worried that the chamber of commerce run by Hui Niang and Li Jin would be too flamboyant and suspicious, so he simply asked Song Xiaocheng to do these things for him.

Song Xiaocheng itself has the background of supervising the yamen, no matter how much money is levied, others will not have too many doubts, because Shen Xi wants to pacify the bandits, how much grain is allocated by the imperial court, and what help the political envoys of the three provinces and the local yamen have provided, it is completely a confused account.

Each yamen may not even be able to calculate the part of their own contributions, let alone other yamen.

At this time, the chariot and horse gang bought grain in Fuzhou City and the surrounding areas, all of which were at market price, or even slightly higher than the market price, and the people in Fujian's political envoys would only think that the money for buying grain was directly transferred by the imperial court to the account of the governor and the yamen.

If someone frames Shen Xi as a corrupt official at this time, I am afraid that they will think that they have a plan and think that Shen Xi is not easy to defend himself, because the accounts are too complicated.

Fortunately, there is one thing that people in the local area don't know, that is, Shen Xi came from the capital to the southeast with his bare hands, and Emperor Hongzhi gave Shen Xi the authority to act cheaply and let him raise war materials on his own. In other words, Shen Xi did not ask for a penny from the imperial court, and everything was currently raised by him, and it was very difficult to sue him for corruption and bribery.

Now Shen Xi in the three provinces can be described as powerful, military, administrative and financial power in one, after this year of operation, although the Gui Province is less supervised, but Fujian and Guangdong provinces are basically under his control, to have materials, to ask for money can be Hui Niang, Li Jin and the carriage and horse gang to raise, to have people.

If it weren't for Shen Xi's feeling that bringing more soldiers and horses was not conducive to deployment, he could have requisitioned a team of 10,000 people, the imperial court gave him enough authority, the civilian officials led the troops, and there were no eunuchs under him, so it can be said that Shen Xi was a genuine feudal official, doing whatever he wanted.

If Shen Xi is allowed to operate in Fujian and Guangdong for a few more years, these three provinces are likely to become his back garden, even now, with the help of black and white forces, the officialdom of the three provinces has been operated like an iron bucket, the economy and trade are also on the right track, and everything is developing in a good direction.

This is exactly one of the characteristics of Shen Xi as an official, there is no need to accumulate any fame and achievements, because those are done for the above and belong to the face project. What Shen Xi has to do is to first strive for the maximum resources within his authority, so that his troops are strong...... It's like playing a game of primitive accumulation, first making one's money, connections and resources far superior to others, and then engaging in political achievements, then you will get twice the result with half the effort.

"My lord, here is the field house that the villain has received and leased in Fuzhou in the past year, please show me!"

Song Xiaocheng took out a thick stack of land deeds and house deeds from his arms, many of which were confiscated from Ziqian's fines and confiscations before, and some were bought...... How can a lease be obtained together with the title deed and the land deed? (To be continued.) )