Eight hundred miles of Mufu Mountain is reckless, and the Chu army drilled in the ravine for seven or eight days, and finally came to the county seat of Ningzhou.

This is Xiong Lichun's base, after the Ningzhou uprising last year, Jin Shenghuan's Jiangxi Green Battalion once captured the county seat, forcing Xiong Lichun into the mountains, but with the Gongyi battalion making trouble in Jiangxi, the main force of the Qing army was quickly transferred, Xiong Lichun immediately recovered Ningzhou County, and has been controlling here.

The officials and gentry of Ningzhou came out of the city to greet them, and also organized a lot of people to welcome them, which was very grand, and the people stared at Wang Kefan non-stop, and they exchanged heads and whispered to each other, and became a local magistrate in their twenties, and the commander of an army, even in troubled times, it was rare to see.

Of course, this is a bit rude, Xiong Lichun frowned, ordered the soldiers to maintain order, and came to Wang Kefan's horse to make amends.

When Wang Kefan came to Ningzhou last time, he was just a small general, but now he is a dignified admiral Cao Jiang, Xiong Lichun is always very respectful in front of him, and he never refuses to be negligent in etiquette, so as to satisfy Wang Kefan's vanity as a young man, but after a few contacts, he found that this trick is not very effective.

As soon as he entered the county seat of Ningzhou, Xiong Lichun assumed the posture of a landlord, and wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the generals of the Chu army that night and wash the dust for Wang Kefan, but Wang Kefan refused lightly.

"The army is tired from afar, the soldiers urgently need to rest, everyone has a bunch of things to do, so don't drink and feast tonight." Wang Kefan smiled: "But Lao Xiong is alone in Ningzhou, and he hasn't seen everyone for so long, so he should get closer, so let's come to my camp tomorrow night, and I invite you to drink." ”

"The military gate is a guest from afar...... Haha, okay then. I'm going to bother tomorrow night and drink a few more glasses of wine from the military gate! Xiong Lichun still wanted to compete to be the host, but the other generals of the Chu army had already agreed, he laughed and readily agreed.

The generals of the Chu army returned to the camp to be busy, and drilled in the ravine for several days, and the soldiers of the Chu army even wore out two or three pairs of straw sandals, and finally arrived at a county seat. But Ningzhou is a small mountainous county. It was very difficult to accommodate the 30,000 troops, and most of the Chu army was camped outside the city.

Despite this, the city suddenly became very crowded, Wang Kefan took the Gongyi battalion into the county seat, and the officers of the other battalions also brought many soldiers into the city to buy. This is still Wang Kefan's special order, not allowing the soldiers of all battalions to rest and play in the city. Otherwise, the city will definitely be blocked.

Cheng Wen served as the chief officer of the Chu army. Responsible for the leadership of the entire logistics department, of course, it is more busy, and the food and military needs of the infantry can be solved by the battalions themselves, but the consumption of the cavalry battalion and the firearms battalion is greater, and the things needed are relatively special, and there are some rough guys who are damaged in the march on the mountain road. It has to be solved by the logistics department.

He scattered all his subordinates, and personally ran in Ningzhou County for a long time, and there were still many things that could not be found, so he had to ask Xiong Lichun. Xiong Lichun was full of promises at that time. Then he called the promotion officer of the Ningzhou volunteers and took Cheng Wen to find the materials he needed, but the promotion officer secretly asked for bribes, and made things difficult for Cheng Wen in every possible way, Cheng Wen angrily found Xiong Lichun, and the two quarreled, and finally broke up.

Back at the barracks, Cheng Wen went straight to the Chinese military tent.

"Open the military gate, that Xiong Lichun is so cunning!"

He complained to Wang Kefan indignantly: "I asked him for some things, but he refused to help sincerely, and only let his subordinate promotion officer deal with prevarication...... Hmph, have they all forgotten, without the support of the military, can the soldiers of Ningzhou have today's situation? ”

Cheng Wen can serve as Wang Kefan's staff, and he was also entrusted with the important task of the chief promotion officer, but he is not the kind of nerd who does not understand the world, after he touched the ashes of the Ningzhou volunteers, he understood that this was all from Xiong Lichun's instructions, otherwise he would not dare to complain in front of Cheng Wen by taking advantage of the courage of the Ningzhou soldier to promote the transfer officer.

Xiong Lichun is using an excuse to pass the word, and it is he who really wants to complain, and he wants Wang Kefan to hear it. After the Chu army entered the Mufu Mountains, tens of thousands of people had to eat and drink, which brought great logistical pressure.

Wang Kefan nodded: "Then according to Mr. Cheng Wen's meaning, what should I do about this matter?" ”

"I'm on an errand to do this!" Cheng Wen took out a list and said: "The army urgently needs these things, no less at all, and ask the military gate to come forward to ask for it, as long as Xiong Lichun is willing to give, I will make amends for him, even if the military gate wants to make a bitter plan, I am willing to eat the military stick!" ”

He was angry today, and he lost his temper in front of Xiong Lichun, and he regretted it a little at this time, the problem that could be solved in another way was messed up by hitting it hard.

"Play the piano indiscriminately! In order to make Lao Xiong happy, but he wants to beat my chief promoter, what is the difference between that and slapping me in the face? Wang Kefan smiled: "You go back and wait, it is estimated that at most tonight, Lao Xiong will send everything you want, and the same is indispensable." ”

Cheng Wen was stunned: "Will he send things?" ”

Wang Kefan nodded: "He has complained, I have heard it, this matter has ended here, could it be that the old bear has really eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard, waiting for me to beg him?" ”

As Wang Kefan expected, Xiong Lichun personally came to the door that night, sent all the materials needed by the Chu army, and repeatedly begged to see Wang Kefan, saying that he wanted to thank him for his crimes, but Wang Kefan pulled him back and ordered his own soldiers to block the car directly, and he didn't see him at all.

"Brother Shi, it's still early, why hasn't the military gate come back yet?" Xiong Lichun looks like he is familiar with himself, and he is a brother to Li Yushi.

"The military gate will visit the micro-service tonight to check the people of Ningzhou, I'm afraid I will come back very late, General Xiong, please go back first." Li Yushi didn't tell a lie, Wang Kefan really went out.

Xiong Lichun left the Chu army camp stupidly, secretly slandering in his heart, what kind of micro-service to visit, check the people's situation, Bao Qi is out to have fun, Wang Kefan is a milky hairy guy who has not dried up, he can't bear hardship after drilling in the ravine for a few days, he doesn't know which kiln to go to to drink flower wine, of course, he can come back very late.

Wang Kefan did go out to relax, but he didn't go to the kiln, but took a casual walk with Li Runniang. He had this habit in his previous life, and whenever he went to a strange place, he always had to go out for a walk and see the local customs.

The county seat of Ningzhou is not big, stop and go, eat two snacks, and walk all over the county in less than an hour, the county town is clean and tidy, the front of the shops are well organized, and it is well managed at a glance.

"Ningzhou County Ling is a talent, what is his name?" He asked Li Runniang.

"It's called Fan Yuanxiang, I just saw it today." Li Runniang replied.

"Oh, it turned out to be from the Fan family." Wang Kefan nodded: "It's a pity that this person is in Ningzhou, and he will be transferred to Huguang in two months." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Wang Kefan summoned Fan Yuanxiang, and the two had a long talk.

Fan Yuanxiang is Fan Wenqin's nephew, in the second generation of the Fan family is quite good, according to the Ming practice, the magistrate generally does not appoint locals, but the war was tense at the beginning, so a qiē from the power of the change, under the recommendation of Fan Wenqin, served as the magistrate of Ningzhou.

Wang Kefan also admired him very much, and he had learned from other sources this morning that Fan Wenqin had done a good job in all aspects during his administration of Ningzhou, which could not only ensure the collection of taxes, but also organize the people to carry out production, and the volunteers in Ningzhou were able to provide food and salary for the Chu army several times, and Fan Yuanxiang made great contributions to this.

"When the Huguang war is over, you will go to Hunan to be a magistrate, for the time being, it will just be leveled, and you will be given a prisoner's fame when you go back, and then use it, what do you think?" Wang Kefan said a few words, outlining a bright future for Fan Yuanxiang.

Fan Yuanxiang only has a show of talent and fame, and serving as the magistrate is already very unusual, if you want to go further, you must make up for this shortcoming. Fortunately, when the imperial court was employing people, it was not strict with the fame card, and Wang Kefan's face was put on here, and Fan Yuanxiang could donate an identity like a prisoner if he took out some silver.

"It's all up to the military gate, and I will obey Jun's orders in my later life!"

Fan Yuanxiang is also very excited, the Fan family is only thriving with Wang Kefan, he can enter Wang Kefan's field of vision, and he will be able to soar in the future, he hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "There is one more thing in my later life, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Wang Kefan frowned slightly and said, "Don't go around in circles, if you have something to say." ”

Fan Yuanxiang felt a pang in his heart, this Shangguan was really a military general, and he didn't like this kind of secretive way of talking, so he would have to pay attention to it in the future, so he cleared his throat and said: "The late student was transferred to Huguang, but Ningzhou is empty, and the military gate will send others again, but I am afraid that I will not be able to get along with Xiong Lichun, well, it is illegal to gain a foothold in Ningzhou, which delays the major event of the military gate." ”

The civil and military system was originally the practice of the Ming Dynasty, but Wang Kefan was born as a military general, and Fan Yuanxiang's heart was a little uneasy, but he had worked with Xiong Lichun for a long time, and knew that this person was not easy to get along with.

Wang Kefan asked, "Then according to you, what should I do?" ”

Fan Wenqin said bluntly: "The military gate should send a supervisor to control Xiong Lichun, stabilize the Ningzhou volunteers, and then send a capable official to serve as the county commander of Ningzhou, so there will be no chaos." ”

"I'll think about this ...... again." Wang Kefan was a little hesitant, it was easy to send a supervising army, but if there was no military power, he would not be able to restrain Xiong Lichun, and if he forcibly grabbed the military power, he might not be able to lead the Ningzhou volunteers. (To be continued......)