After a day's trek, relying on early departure, light travel and the capacity of the carriage, the little sister of the Zhou family rushed to Tangxi County before closing the city gate.

Tangxi County began in the seventh year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, and was divided into four counties: Jinhua, Lanxi, Longyou and Suichang. Tangxi County was an earthen city at the beginning, changed to stone bricks to seal the city wall during the Chongzhen period, one door in the southeast and west, and was repeatedly attacked by the Japanese army during the Anti-Japanese War in later generations before opening a north city gate. After arriving in Tangxi County, the little sister of the Zhou family lived in a dilapidated inn in the east of the city, preparing to pass through the city directly tomorrow and rush to Quzhou from the west gate.

It's just that they stayed in the inn with their front feet, and the three gates of the county town on their back feet were closed. Moreover, before closing the city gate, a messenger in the uniform of the Ming army who rushed from Fucheng today also rode out of the city, as if he planned to return to Jinhua Fucheng at night.

Early the next morning, Tangxi County did not open all the city gates as usual, but only opened the Yingxu Gate in the east of the city for wood mining, and the inspection of the guards was very strict.

The father who relied on the coachman had been here, and had told him a thing or two, and the little sister of the Zhou family had heard her brother mention that Chen Wen's staff officer had drawn a map, and they knew that Tangxi County was directly west of Bailongqiao Town, and they arrived here along a dilapidated official road yesterday.

However, the local accent of Tangxi is far from the rest of Jinhua Prefecture, mainly because other counties are deeply influenced by the official dialect of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Tangxi County is located in a more remote location, so it still retains the accent of the ancient Yue dialect.

The little sister of the Zhou family was in a hurry to go to Quzhou, and she lived in Jinhua, so she didn't know the accent here, and she didn't know it. However, the incomprehension of words in the city made them not fail to notice that the people who came and went occasionally mentioned that the city gate was not opened, and they walked around the city in a big circle before leaving the county from the place where they came in. In this way, not only did it delay the hour, but it was even called out of the car by the Ming army for inspection, and even if it weren't for the garrison of this garrison from the old Nantang battalion back then, the requirements for military discipline were extremely strict on weekdays, and there was a special garrison military judge to supervise, and they had not yet developed the bad habit of making it difficult for the people to enter and leave the city for pleasure or work, otherwise I am afraid that even the matter of women dressing up as men would be leaked.

Fortunately, it was not completely locked up in the city, but it was delayed for half a day, and when the Qing army retreated last year, a large number of people were taken away, and the two places were still the dividing line between the Ming and Qing armies for half a year.

There were not many people living between the two places, and it was difficult to find a safer inn to spend the night, and spending the night in the wild was too dangerous for the women of the two large families, so they had to change their plans, and after consulting the local villagers, they went all the way north to Yangbu Town, and then they could go west along the Qujiang River, and the three Jinhua people who had never been to Quzhou no longer had to worry about going the wrong way.

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At the same time, Zhou Qingui had also completed the first day of conscription at the Fubiao Battalion in Jinhua City.

With the posting of the notice of Anmin jointly issued by Cao Conglong in the name of the governor of Zhejiang early yesterday morning, the infighting in Jinhuafu City for power can be regarded as a reasonable explanation, at least they think this explanation is very reasonable.

Cao Conglong denounced Chen Wen in the Anmin notice for being disloyal to the Lu Jianguo, unjust to the first two civil officials of the prison army, and was really a chaotic minister and thief, and everyone was punished, and at the same time, he repeatedly mentioned those loans and land requisition, trying to arouse the hatred of the local gentry and the common people against Chen Wen.

Such a ruthless rumor-mongering, if it weren't for the fact that Wang Yi sent a letter to Feng Jingdi and Huang Zongxi to explain the reasons why Chen Wen opposed the beggar to Japan, which was strongly refuted by the two, so that Wang Yi did not write to Lu Jianguo as scheduled to oppose the beggar in Japan, otherwise, this matter would have spread to Zhoushan, and it is estimated that Cao Conglong would have turned it out today to prove that Chen Wen was a remnant of the eunuch party, so what he did must have been a disaster for the country and the people.

So since Chen Wen is not a good person, representing the moon, no, Cao Conglong, who represents the interests of Lu Jianguo, can interpret the internal strife between him and the civil officials of Jinhua Mansion as a "loyal and righteous man" to unite with one heart, turn things around, strike at Chen Wen****, and contribute to the cause of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, so as to cooperate with the initial success of their rebellion to lead public opinion to the so-called evil and good.

It's just that unlike those civil officials who are complacent because they have regained their authority, Zhou Qingui, who recruited soldiers for a whole day today and almost no one paid attention to them, heard some rumors, and it seems that the local people are extremely dissatisfied with the practices of Cao Conglong and others, and there are even strange arguments such as Cao Conglong being a Manchu spy.

When Chen Wen first arrived in Jinhua Mansion, with the prestige of Qi Jiguang and Qi Jiajun, as well as his own victorious achievements, the local gentry and common people regarded him as a savior who could rescue them from Ma Jinbao, so he received a lot of support and a good reputation.

But as soon as the loans, land requisitions and other things came out, Chen Wen's reputation began to plummet, and even in the mouths of some gentry, he was already on a par with Ma Jinbao. It's just that although there are many people who "suffer losses" in loans, land requisition, and other matters, more of them are still gentry and wealthy households in various counties and ignorant villagers instigated by them, and there are many people who have nothing to do with themselves, plus a large number of Ming military families are about to benefit from this, so it can only be said that the reputation is mixed.

A few days ago, the news of Chen Wensheng's capture of Ma Jinbao came, and the gentry and people of Jinhua Mansion City were silent for a day to make sure that the news was correct, and they immediately boiled. The reason for this is mainly because Fucheng is the hardest hit area by Ma Jinbao and his Zhenbiao camp, and this dog traitor also participated in the Jinhua Massacre under Boluo's account, and the local people can be said to have a deep hatred like the sea, Chen Wen's army is mostly Jinhua's children, and after capturing such enemies, it must be used to vent his anger, and the Ming army commander who can avenge them is a capable person who can use the blade even if he is greedy for money and food, and it is naturally not the same.

The roller coaster took a round, at least the gentry and people of Fucheng were still happy to see that there was such a powerful commander of the Ming army guarding this place. And this also directly led to the fact that at the same time that Chen Wen went to Quzhou to relieve the threat to the west for Jinhua, Cao Conglong, who was a civilian official of the supervising army, actually jumped out to engage in infighting, then it must be the big white face of Qin Hui and others, and even the Fubiao battalion composed of the local anti-Qing armed Luo Chengyan Baitou Army, which was once influential in Jinhua Mansion, has completely transformed into an accomplice of Wan Qiaowei and Luo Ruji in the eyes of the gentry and the people.

After a day of sitting there, the total number of recruits turned out to be zero, and even the propaganda of beating gongs and drums was rarely cared for, and even the ruffians in the city seemed to be uninterested in it.

I heard that Chen Wen, a northern Yankee, was able to recruit thousands of soldiers in just a few days in Yiwu last year, so as to train an army to repel the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, but they were obviously an army organized by locals, and the subordinates of the leaders of the rebel army such as Xu Du and Yin Can, who were influential in Jinhua, tossed around in the city for a day and did not recruit a single soldier, which really made Zhou Qingui and others feel a trace of inexplicable chill.

Fortunately, Cao Conglong's use of the family members of the officers of the Jinhua Ming Army as a threat has achieved initial results, and the guard general of the nearest county town has given up the idea of continuing to struggle, hoping to exchange the army for the safety of his family.

The people sent to take over the county seat and the army have been dispatched, and the garrison of more than 100 people has been recruited, and then some soldiers are recruited. Of course, the governor who is good at stabbing in the back still has to be guarded, otherwise if you don't get it right, it will become a wedding dress for others. (To be continued.) )