Lu Renqing couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard that He Tengjiao personally ordered the general to promote and reuse him.

Being able to get the favor of the Governor of Huguang is equivalent to embarking on the broad road of official career, riding a horse and whipping, and galloping, what Wang Kefan can do, he is confident that he can also do, and his future achievements may not be lost to others.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he alienated Wang Kefan, and after reporting to Niu Zhongxiao, he stayed in the East Lake military camp, and when Wang Kefan left Wuchang Mansion, he did not come to see him off.

Wang Kefan went with the flow.

In all fairness, Lu Renqing's choice is also human, but he didn't realize that he was just a pawn, and without Wang Kefan, who held the military power, the Governor would soon lose interest in him. There is no need to waste energy on this kind of personnel, everything is left to the facts of the future.

Jingliang was indignant, and he was still complaining after getting on the boat, hating this ungrateful white-eyed wolf, Zuihou provoked Wang Kefan's reprimand, so he didn't dare to say anything.

When the boat arrived in Chongyang, the group abandoned the boat and landed on the shore to find the county commander Xu Bingzhong and convey He Tengjiao's order. Chongyang is the only way to attack Linxiang, nearly 10,000 troops gathered from here to set off, a large number of people and grain and grass materials are needed, all of which must be arranged and prepared by Xu Bingzhong.

There were people coming and going on the dock, and when a small servant saw them, his eyes lit up, and he ran away. Wang Kefan and the others entered the east gate, and when they were about to arrive at the Tongjiang Commercial Bank, they saw Yu Sanlang following the little guy and greeted him with a spring breeze on his face.

Seeing that Wang Kefan had been promoted to a fifth-grade military attaché, Yu Saburo was extremely excited, and his congratulations were endless. Since taking the relationship with the Gongyi camp, Tongjiang Commercial Bank has turned over, and the business has become more and more prosperous day by day, Yu Sanlang has also become Yu Sanguan, drinking water and thinking of the source, and has long regarded Wang Kefan as a backer to rely on, and the nobleman of his life is sincerely happy to see him promoted.

"I have set up a banquet to wash the dust for General Wang, and this time I must give San Lang a face......"

"I understand it, but I still have official business, and I'll bother me another day."

Wang Kefan politely declined, and Yu Saburo saw that he was leaving, he seemed a little anxious, and stopped him.

"Oh......, General Wang has just come back, and he shouldn't have mentioned it now, but the villain has a difficult matter, and he has to ask the general to call the shots......"

"Saburo has something to say, no matter what trouble there is, I won't stand idly by." Tongjiang Commercial Bank was single-handedly supported by Wang Kefan, and it will be of great use in the future, so it must be taken care of if there is anything.

"General Qiyu, the villain has an aunt named Yu Po, who has been honest all her life, but she has suffered a ......lawsuit when she is old."

Yu Saburo explained carefully, it turned out that he had a relative of his own clan, who lived in Baini Town, Chongyang County, and a family of four opened a grocery store for a living, but unexpectedly there was a conflict with the gentry in the town, the man in the family was killed, and the shop was also taken away, leaving the old mother, wife and children to complain in the county several times, but was imprisoned by Xu Bingzhong.

"General Wang, please ask Master Xu for a favor, release the people first, some of them can't afford this crime, don't put your life in prison."

"San Lang, your words are very suspicious, they can't stand scrutiny, if the orphans and widows are not at fault, why did Xu Daling arrest them?"

"It's all to blame for the woman's ignorance, my aunt has a strong temperament, saying that the county is unfair in judging the case, hitting the pillar in the public court to seek death, and making a big fuss and bumping into Master Xu, so she was arrested and put in prison." Yu Saburo lowered his voice and said: "Please also ask General Wang to have pity on their mothers, so that they can be rescued this time, and I will take care of them in the future and prevent them from causing trouble again." ”

"Well, I got it. You can rest assured, whether it is right or wrong, at least they can save their lives. ”

Yu Po lost her son in old age, and her behavior was excessive, so Xu Bingzhong put them in prison, which is obviously unreasonable, and there must be another hidden secret. However, before figuring out what happened, Wang Kefan was unwilling to make too many promises easily......

When he came to the county office, Xu Bingzhong descended to greet him, and the two talked and laughed, and sat down in the flower hall hand in hand.

Wang Kefan took out the inscription of the governor's yamen, Xu Bingzhong took it and opened the sealed box, carefully checked the seal of the line, and only after confirming that it was correct did he carefully read the content of the document.

"This, this, is just a group of water coars, why bother so much? The grain needed by nearly 10,000 troops, let Xu raise it at a certain time! ”

Wang Kefan took the text and read it, and persuaded: "It is clear in this document that the grain and straw needed by the army are mobilized from all over the country, and only Chongyang is the gathering place. Chongyang's burden is heavier, but it is not to the point where he is helpless. ”

"Alas......, Yuntai doesn't know anything, only some rice and grain are returned, what I am most afraid of is that the army is assembled in Chongyang, and the officers and soldiers have passed this experience from the county, I don't know what the disaster will become......"

As the saying goes, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, water bandits cross the border and loot property, there will always be some omissions in a hurry, but the officers and soldiers are carefully looting with open fire, people, women, property, and livestock ......, and they rob what they see, burn, kill and loot wherever they pass, and leave no grass behind.

"Teacher, don't worry, all the soldiers and horses who came this time are from Huguang, the Inspector Battalion and the Gongyi Battalion of He Junmen, and the local ones will not go too far. Besides, my subordinates are from the Gongyi Battalion, what is the military discipline, Xu Daling still doesn't know? ”

"Well, I hope so!" Xu Bingzhong shook his head and sighed: "Your subordinates are all Chongyang's disciples, of course they won't do anything wrong, the tens of thousands of troops are uneven, I'm afraid they still can't escape this catastrophe!" ”

"Late life joined the army, just to protect Sangzi and protect the safety of my people, if someone does too much, later life will never stand idly by!"

Wang Kefan is not worried, whether it is the Supervisory Battalion or the Gongyi Battalion, they are different from Zuo Liangyu's troops, they have been trained by He Tengjiao into a group of sheep, at most some soldiers are powerful and powerful, and they want to learn from the evil wolf to drink blood and eat meat, but they really don't have that tooth.

"With the words of PTZ, I am relieved. If I can bear it, I will naturally endure it, if there is any trouble, I will go to the front of the commander to fight a lawsuit for Yuntai! ”

Once the doubts were gone, the two discussed the details of preparing the camp grain for the army.

The problem of food is easy to solve.

The county has just received autumn grain, so it only needs to allocate a batch according to the order and complete the task. The only thing Xu Bingzhong was worried about was that the officers and soldiers would not be able to win in time, and they would not be able to afford a protracted war of attrition, and they would not be able to afford it anyway.

The problem of the camp is more troublesome.

According to the practice of the imperial court for many years, except for the commander and a small number of personal soldiers who could enter the city, the army had to camp outside the city, but Chongyang had to provide the necessary tools, masonry and wood, as well as the people who set up the camp and carried grain and grass.

This requires a huge amount of money, but Xu Bingzhong couldn't take it out, and started a complaint as he spoke, scolding all the tooth merchants in the county, and scolding them for refusing to share the worries of the county, and paying a lot less in business taxes and silver. Wang Kefan was inconvenient to interject in this matter, and listened silently with a blank face.

Xu Bingzhong felt inappropriate at this time, and as soon as he changed his words, he scolded the gentlemen.

"Those tooth merchants are just okay, but it's a pity that the gentry in my county don't care about Sven etiquette and righteousness, and they have all become profit-seeking, and some of the big clans in the township are even more law-breaking and unkind, and the cases caused by them are really headaches......"

Wang Kefan interjected: "Speaking of which, the student is about to plead with the teacher, I don't know the case of Yu Po's family in Baini Town, can there be room for accommodation?" ”

Xu Bingzhong was stunned: "Where did you hear it, has this matter been reported to Wuchang Mansion?" ”

"The teacher misunderstood, and the student just heard some rumors today, and he was burdened by human favors, so he just interceded for Yu's mother-in-law's family. Of course, if Yu Po really commits a crime, the teacher will judge impartially, and the student will never say anything. ”

"Alas, if it were really impartial!" Xu Bingzhong sighed, was silent for a moment before slowly saying: "In this case, this county is indeed unfair, and Yu Po is wronged......

Yu Po's family runs a grocery store for a living, this shop is located in the prosperous area of Baini Town, the business is thriving, Baini Town's big family Mengjia took a fancy to this shop, resorted to forcible robbery, and also gave Yu Po's son a bandit hat, lynched his life.

The facts of this case are not complicated, Baini Town is located in the northwest of Chongyang, east of the Junshui River, the Songjiang water bandits have never been there at all, the so-called bandit Yunyun is just a trumped-up crime, Yu Po's son is unwilling to sell the shop to the Meng family, so he was forced to take people's lives.

In order to resist the water bandits, Chongyang implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness, and gave the squire and wealthy families the power to "make decisions and pacify the locality".

After Yu Po's son died, the family's shop was also forcibly occupied by the Meng family for "selling illicit salt", and Yu Po's ancestors and grandsons came to Chongyang County to complain, Xu Bingzhong took the case, hesitated again and again, and sentenced the Meng family to redeem the shop at the market price, and then compensated Yu Po's family for ten taels of buried silver.

This is undoubtedly biased towards the Meng family, but Xu Bingzhong also has difficulties. The government of the Ming Dynasty has always had no power to go to the countryside, and the gentry in the township are very large, and the phenomenon of lynching abounds, and the county order cannot control so much. Moreover, he said in advance that the township could deal with the bandits, and it was impossible to overturn the case for Yu Po's family.

Spend some money to appease, scare again, and just press this thing down.

Unexpectedly, Yu Po was quite bold, she couldn't buy it with money, and she couldn't be scared, so she bit to ask the Meng family to return to her life, and she didn't die!