Han Gang stayed in Guizhou for seven days.

It took a day to discuss the current situation with Zhang Dian and what they could do to deal with it. For most of the next six days, Han Gang went to rectify and understand the current situation of the Guangxi Transshipment Division.

As the chief officer of the Cao Division, Han Gang can hand over all the affairs to the deputy to do - according to the system, the transfer envoy has to tour the place for at least half a year, and only the deputy envoy will stay in the administrative office all year round to deal with affairs - but the supervision must be done in place, and the account books and treasury must be counted and understood.

After everything was checked, Han Gang set off south without delay.

The immediate priority is to preemptively arrange all preparations for the start of the war, rather than waiting for the arrival of troops and supplies. Among these preparations, Yongzhou, the place of departure, is the biggest key.

Han Gang was far more familiar with Yongzhou than Zhang Dian, and after some discussion, the two discussed. The final decision was for Han Gang to go to Yongzhou first to rectify armaments, grain, roads, and fortifications. When Yanda arrives in Guangxi and rests for a few days, Zhang Dian will go south with the elite of the 5,000 Western Army.

Although it was possible to go directly by boat from Guizhou to Yongzhou, but it was only a slight detour, Han Gang and the two staff members who went south shook their heads and refused to get on the boat again, but said that since it was better to ride a horse faster, don't delay the time.

Han Gang was followed south by Li Fu and Chen Zhen, while Ma Zhu and Zhou Yu had to familiarize themselves with the work in the transfer division first, and then acted with Zhang Dian after a while.

In addition, when Han Gang had just arrived in Guizhou, he had first issued an order, asking the cave masters of the 36 Mountains of the left and right rivers to rush to Yongzhou immediately to listen to the order.

After robbing the country of Jiaozhi for a few months, the 36 barbarian tribes of the left and right rivers have almost reached the limit, and they have returned to their hometowns to recuperate, and at the same time, they are sorting out their harvest. When Han Gang arrived in Guizhou, Zhang Dian reminded Han Gang that there were 8,000 Han people sent back by the 36 Barbarian Tribes, so how many Jiaozhi people should they grab? This must be addressed.

Unlike the previous time, this time Han Gang sent an order to the left and right rivers, and everyone obeyed the orders in horror, and no one dared to treat them slowly. Ten days later, when he finally arrived in Yongzhou, almost all the cave masters of the 36 Mountains had arrived.

Han Gang did not delay, as soon as he arrived in Yongzhou, after freshening up, he first saw Su Ziyuan and Li Xin, who were busy and thin, and found all the more than seventy cave masters who lived in the city on the same day.

These dozens of large and small cave owners, some of them are enemies, and some are relatives, they are noisy when they meet, they greet relatives and friends a few times, and although they don't dare to roll up their sleeves in the hall and start fighting, they are also indispensable to scold, and the lobby of the state government is like boiling water.

Just heard a few gongs and drums, several guards were silent, and Han Gang, accompanied by Su Ziyuan and Li Xin, walked up to the lobby from the back door. One by one, the leaders of the barbarian tribe who were making noise were swept away by Han Gang's gentle and warm eyes, and the noisy lobby of the vegetable market was suddenly quiet.

'I don't mean that Long Xuejiwei is here. Li Fu and Chen Zhen sighed at Han Gang's majesty in the back.

Of course, they knew what kind of deeds Han Gang had done in Yongzhou, and they also saw the respect of the soldiers and subordinates in the city to Han Gang in Guizhou. But now that they saw with their own eyes the barbarian leaders with tattoos on their faces, rings on their ears, and unkempt hair, they looked like demons and monsters, and after Han Gang appeared, they didn't even dare to breathe, compared to the honest appearance of their children and grandchildren after entering the ancestral hall, then they further realized the prestige of Han Gang's establishment in Guangxi.

Walking into the lobby, Han Gang sat down first, and then invited Su Ziyuan and Li Xin to sit left and right. The cave masters held their breath one by one, first bowed and bowed, and after standing up, they bowed their heads and waited for Han Gang's fall.

Han Gang looked left and right at the more than seventy cave masters in the hall, and said straight to the point: "In the past few months, you can follow the orders of this official, clean up the northern border of Jiaozhi, and rescue more than 8,000 people of my Han family, and this official is very happy about this. ”

Hearing that Han Gang set the tone, the cave masters all breathed a sigh of relief, and their expressions relaxed a little. One of the cave masters spoke fluent Guangxi dialect and nodded: "Xianggong's order, the villain must do his best, and he doesn't dare to discount half a point." ”

"Presumably, there are a lot of people in Jiaozhi, right?" Han Gang Zhilu said, speaking to these cave masters, instead of going around, it is better to ask directly, "I heard that in the past few months, a few have obtained more than a thousand mouths in one go. ”

The words of the young Guangxi envoy seemed to have a deep meaning, and they were pressed by the gaze that swept over him as he spoke, and the cave masters were all confused and uneasy.

Han Gang didn't play dumb riddles with them either, "You haven't thought about it, if one day they have bad intentions and join forces to fight against the chaos, at that time, how much crime will you have to suffer?" ”

With these words, no one would mistakenly think that Han Gang was concerned about whether their family would be in trouble in the future, and there were no such stupid people present. But what to do, no one asked for a while, and they didn't want to hear Han Gang say what they didn't want to hear.

It's just that the silence can't be maintained forever, and after a while, the cave master who spoke before came forward and said, "After the villain goes back, he will cut them all down, so as to save trouble in the future!" ”

The faces of the cave masters were all difficult to look at, but Han Gang shook his head and reassured their hearts, "Wanton killing is harmful to heaven and peace, and it should not be like this." And this generation of servants is all recruited by your hard work, and this official will not let you all kill you all with a word. ”

'So what the hell is to do?' 'Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.' The cave master thought for a while, but he couldn't come up with an eyebrow, hooked his head and waist, and asked cautiously: "I don't know what the prince wants the villain to do, please make it clear." ”

Han Gang took a sip of tea and didn't speak.

Li Xin coughed and said impatiently, "As long as they don't make any more mistakes, it's okay, so let's think about what to do!" ”

The cave master blinked, nodded, and said, "The villain understands. When they returned, they cut off their big toes, as long as they could farm and work. He raised his head and put on a smiling face, "During the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, the south was all Jiaozhou in China, and there was no such thing as Jiaozhi." cut off their toes, and in the future, there will only be Jiaozhou, no Jiaozhi! ”

Han Gang was slightly surprised, and looked carefully at this knowledgeable cave master. Among the many cave masters dressed as barbarians, he was the only one who dressed like a Han man, or a Han man at all. But the last time I summoned the cave master, I didn't see him appear.

"The villain Long Lihe is now the owner of the frozen state. When he was a teenager, he begged for a living on the river, and he also studied for a few years, so he knew what loyalty was. Later, due to fate, he was recruited by the old cave master to be his son-in-law, and he only took the seat three months ago. ”

"I see." Han Gang nodded, "It seems that the old cave master of Frozen Prefecture has picked a good son-in-law." ”

Long Lihe kowtowed a few times, "Thank you for the compliment." ”

After standing up, he smiled, although his Hun family was the only daughter of the old cave master, the old cave master still had a few cousins and cousins who were separated by a layer. And Han Gang's words made him completely secure the position of the Frozen State Cave Master.

When Han Gang's gaze swept over the faces of the cave masters again, everyone knelt down and kowtowed one after another, and when they returned, they would cut off the big toes of all the men in the cross-toe slaves.

After this matter was settled, Han Gang had nothing to command, and after saying some words of encouragement, he set up a banquet to entertain this dry cave master.

Waiting until late at night, the banquet was dispersed, and Han Gang and the two staff members returned to the room. Li Fu asked, "Why did Long Xue have to inflict corporal punishment on that Jiaozhi person?" ”

Han Gang didn't explain, but asked the other person: "I don't know what Zixiao thinks about this?" ”

Chen Zhen said: "Long Xue doesn't want to let these thirty-six mountains be too powerful, right?" ”

"Well, that's true." Han Gang smiled, "Yongzhou's vitality has been greatly injured this time, and the household registration has lost tens of thousands, and it will not be able to recover within twenty years." If the Thirty-six Barbarian Department has an additional batch of soldiers, it will be a trouble in the future. ”

"Long Xuedang still has plans to use this as a precedent." Chen Zhen then said: "Even if there is such a precedent, after attacking Jiaozhi in the future, all its countrymen can be executed. ”

Han Gang smiled and nodded: "As Zixiao said, in the future, if you invade the territory of Jiaozhi, although I will not kill any men I catch, I have to try to make them stop doing evil." ”

"Long Xue is joking, right?" Li Fu's face changed greatly, "This time it will damage the prestige of Longxue." ”

"Do you remember what I once said, how did you treat the prisoners in the first place? It's been done a long time ago. Han Gang didn't care, how many people would care about whether the feet of the people with toes had ten toes, "One toe for a life, there are not a few people who are willing to exchange." ”

"Have you ever thought about what you should do to ensure the long-term peace and stability of southern Xinjiang after capturing Thang Long Mansion? Should it be set up as a prefecture and a county, or should it be returned to the Jiaozhi clan, or should its land be divided among the local clans? ”

"Jiaozhou is located overseas, even if it is set up as a state and a county, it will not be able to successfully attract many Han people to settle here, at least it will take thirty or fifty years to settle down." Chen Zhen shook his head, how to place Jiaozhi, a few of them had already discussed, "This method should not be taken." ”

"It is even more impossible to return the Jiaozhi clan. The crime of the king of Annan County, when the nine clans are punished, where can the person surnamed Li be crowned king again? ! Li Fu also said, "There is only the division of land." It was divided into local clans and even the official eunuchs of Jiaozhi, so that they could fight and fight, which could ensure the safety of southern Xinjiang in the future. ”

Han Gang had another idea.

"Just because you can't set up a state and county now doesn't mean you can't in the future. After more than 100 years of founding the country, the people's hearts have been alienated from China, and no matter how the country is divided, it will only allow them to re-establish order in the end. Since this is the case, it is better to hand it over to these barbarian departments first, and set up states and counties in the future, and the resistance will be smaller. Han Gang looked at the two staff members who still hadn't figured it out, and asked with a smile: "There is a grammar and there is no grammar, two different vassals, which one do you think is better?" ”