Jiaodong at the end of November of Chongzhen's tenth year has long been covered in silver, and the chill in this bone makes people not want to move, and snowflakes are about to fall in the sky from time to time.

Ninghai Prefecture is no exception, the pedestrians in the state city have changed into all kinds of clothes, and now in this year, even if it is the Wendeng camp in Jingping, there will not be many people outside the city at night.

The city wall of Ninghai Prefecture has already been renovated, the city gates on three sides have been thickened, and two watchtowers and a corner tower have been added at the west gate.

In the dead of night, because it was too cold, the night market in the state city was closed early, and at this moment there were only soldiers and salt soldiers patrolling in the city.

On the city wall of the West Gate, a group of twelve soldiers of the Wendeng battalion were on duty with lanterns, constantly walking back and forth on the section of the city wall they were responsible for, vigilantly inspecting back and forth.

The dark clouds covered the sun, and when I looked into the city, a few candles and lights swayed slowly with the footsteps of the soldiers, and the long street could not be seen at a glance.

"What's the chief, this is so cold and evil! You said you could eat a bowl of hot noodles at this time, how nice it would be! ”

After Xiao Bing finished speaking, he sighed, whether it was to quench his thirst with Mei or to draw cakes to satisfy his hunger, it would be good to relieve the bleak cold of the long night in front of him.

"You kid, it's not easy to eat noodles in Ninghaizhou, but when you pass the game, you change your guard, and when the time comes, no one cares when you go back to the camp and eat to death!" The slightly older man paused, looked around, and continued:

"Brothers, your eyes are open! Mr. Huang Qian said that now that the general and the brothers of the four sentinels are not there, no one must be missed. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly stopped, holding the lantern, and looked intently towards the mouth of an alley on the right, causing the little soldier to be nervous with him.

"What's the matter, I haven't seen anyone for an hour, who came out on this cold day!"

Although Ninghai Prefecture is now very stable, and the Wendeng soldiers who have been defending the city for a long time have also relaxed, as a veteran, this vigilance is still there.

I heard the movement ahead, it was so late, the night market had been closed for a long time, and those who were still roaming around the city were either thieves or thieves.

At that moment, the chief drew his saber and shouted, "Come out!" ”??

But there was really such a person in the dark alley, and after listening to the shouting, he ran away, and even the chief also knew that there was a thief coming out.

It happened that the salt ding who was patrolling the city arrived, and the little leader stepped forward and asked:

"Chief Zhong, what are you shouting?"

A team of patrol salts walked in front of them, there were more than 20 people, and the chief surnamed Zhong didn't care about greetings, pointed to the alley and shouted:

"That sneaky one ran in, I'm afraid of some kind of thief, quickly lead someone to chase it in and see, there can't be chaos in the city."

The little boss shouted, what else should I do.

"You can look at the hour, this little thief should be happy for the brothers, and there is a night thief under the general, which is also rare!"

Zhong Shichang saw more than 20 night patrol salts draw out knives and chase them in, this is the only way to put his mind at ease, put his eyes into the distance, and suddenly felt wrong, held his breath and leaned his ears against the female wall.

"There's a horseback rider coming!"

A few of the minions were nervous, holding their spears and listening to the movement.

It didn't take long for a person to ride a horse and run to the west gate, this person was very familiar, Zhong Shichang wiped his eyes and looked, isn't this the person who followed the general out of the four posts.

"Go back! Go and report to Mr. Huang Qian, Mr. Deng Qian, and Mr. Gao Qian, the general is back! ——”

Zhong Shi kicked a few idiot-like soldiers, and they reacted and rushed down the city with joy.

When it was ugly, the city of Ninghaizhou, which was still silent, suddenly became lively, and almost all the thousands of people in the city were alarmed, and even the general's wife came out with a cadre of the general's mansion.

A team of salt Ding walked out of the Yamen of the Inspection Division onto the street, using their bodies to pull up a long road leading to the General's Mansion.

The team of thousands of people in the distance is getting closer and closer, everyone looks carefully, and the people who went out are really back, looking at the general's expression, it is estimated that this time it is a full return!

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The main hall of the General's Mansion, which had been empty for nearly two months, was crowded again this night, and when they heard the news of Wang Zheng's return, the leaders of Yanding, the generals of the Wendeng camp and the generals of the state city came to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

Wang Zhenglai did not refuse, first exchanged a few words with Duan Tiande, Dong Qianxiao and other generals of the state city, and then sent away Qian Jingui, Hao Sicheng and other merchant gentry, and finally asked Huang Yang and others about the major events in the state city in the past two months.

Although Wang Zheng left in the past two months, the affairs of the state city were managed by Huang Yang, Guan Qingtian and others, and they were still carried out in an orderly manner.

Ninghai salt and green salt have become an assembly line, first in the magnetic kiln outside the state city to make wooden boxes and porcelain jars, to each salt field to seal, and finally transported to Jining City to coax and sell, the silver is like flowing water to earn back.

Putting aside the table full of copywriting, Wang Zheng asked:

"How is Yangma Island, but there are still pirates and pirates who have landed and harassed?"

Huang Yang came out of the ranks, clenched his fists and said:

"General Hui, some time ago, a small group of pirates landed on the shore, and they haven't been heard since they were wiped out by Yanding, but recently, there has been a sound of cannons coming back from afar, and I don't know what happened."

"Well, send someone to Yangma Island to tell Niu Pingliang, let him personally escort the craftsman master to the ochre mine for inspection, if there is an accident, ask him."

Li Yan stood quietly aside, listening to Wang Zheng's orderly issuance of various orders, and one by one the generals received the order and retreated to carry it out, plus what he saw and heard along the way, there was already an uproar in his heart.

Guan Qingtian is the one behind the left, and when he walked out of the lobby with a stack of copywriters, there was a loud rooster crowing outside, and Li Yan looked out, and it was already dawn.

"Li Gongzi has been watching it for almost two hours, what do you think of Ninghaizhou City?"

In this hall, although Wang Zheng's speech was still gentle, Li Yan could no longer be as casual as on the boat, so he was divided between up and down here, and immediately bowed and saluted:

"The general handles affairs smoothly and without any delay, Li Yan admires it, and I expect the red girl to do the same."

After Li Yan said this, Wang Zheng didn't say much, he still waited quietly, if he only said that, then he would not be Li Yan.

Sure enough, Li Yan still had something to say.

"However, according to Xiaosheng, the general has not yet failed to let everyone have land to plant, although 'water' admires 'boat', but the role of water has not been fully played."

Wang Zheng thought for a moment and nodded, "You go on." ”

"Although the squires are respectful and respectful on the surface, they are afraid that they still have contempt inside, and if they come to a critical moment, they secretly use a little action, and the consequences are unimaginable."

It is difficult for normal generals to control even the generals of the city, how dare they go against the squire scribes, after Li Yan finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zheng's reaction, but he did not see a trace of hesitation on Wang Zheng's face.

He simply walked to the Jiaodong map in the main hall, pointed to Ninghai Prefecture and Wendeng, and said:

"Actually, the general can say the same now, and it is not difficult to do this in several places in Ninghai, it depends on whether the general has that heart."