Huai'an is very valued in the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the north of Mengyuan was not extinguished, Huai'an is an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, the north-south thoroughfare, is the central hub of Hecao, the distribution of important places, plus there is the benefit of Huai salt, in the Ming Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, Huaiyang is one, is an extremely important strategic and economic place.

Until the Yellow River was diverted and the Huai River entered the sea, the Huai Xu Si and other places were washed into a mess, and the sea transportation gradually rose again, and the Huaisi area gradually became a poor place of little importance.

When Liu Zeming saw the Huai'an city, it was also a large city with a radius of more than 20 miles at that time, the general city, the county seat is generally rammed earth for the city, the circumference is five to seven miles, if the state city is a strategic pass is wrapped in bricks and stones, a radius of nine miles to eleven miles, the provincial capital of Fuzhou, thirteen or four miles, no more than twenty miles, only Huai'an, Yangzhou, two Jingshi, Fengyang and other cities, is a radius of thirty or forty miles or even larger.

"It's the Major General who has returned."

Far away, I saw Liu Zeming coming with his servants, hurriedly let the soldiers guarding the city gate get out of the way, and at the same time shouted at the people around to avoid it...... In this Huai'an Mansion City, the Liu family is the only overlord of the earth, the court and the local officials are not up to the matter, if the young general's galloping horse is killed, the death will be in vain, if the horse is frightened, the young general is injured, I am afraid that the whole family will have to give people their lives.

Of course, Liu Zeming didn't pay attention to these little things, the chickens and dogs walked at the city gate, the people avoided them, and his subordinates almost bumped into a mother and son...... He ignored all these things, only a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth and lower lip, showing that his master was in an excellent mood.

When he arrived at the Zhuma Stone of the Yamen of the General Soldier's Mansion, Liu Zeming was just about to dismount, and a general manager of the house ran over, knelt down on the spot, and reported: "Third master, the uncle said that this place is narrow and narrow, and the terrain is low-lying, and recently we are afraid that we will live in Huai'an for a year or two or even longer, so we chose the address as early as possible, and it is appropriate to build a mansion to live in, so the uncle took someone to the site early in the morning, and said that if the third master came back, he asked the villain to lead him to discuss together." ”

Although Liu Zeqing kills people without blinking, and even eats people in public, he is not bad for several younger brothers, and he especially dotes on this younger brother, so whenever there is a big event, he will ask Liu Zeming to come up with an idea, as soon as he heard this, Liu Zeming nodded with a smile and replied: "In this case, you can take me over." ”

"Yes!"

The man was riding a healthy mule, his leg strength was not bad, with Liu Zeming and other large teams of people and horses, swaggering through the city, of course, it was pedestrians along the way, even if it was a few civil officials in green robes, when they saw Liu Zeming's horse team coming from a distance, they hurriedly avoided it, and did not dare to fight with him.

This was still unthinkable a few years ago, especially in the Denglai area, even if the eldest brother was a general soldier, not to mention a big official, it was an idle civil official like Tongzhi, Liu Zeming had to lead the horse to give way, otherwise he had to cause trouble for his eldest brother, and now at this time, it is already a strong reversal of civil and military, and the situation is very different.

This roared all the way, and it didn't take long for him to arrive at the place where Liu Zeqing was, this strong feudal town of the imperial court didn't know whether he was weak-hearted, or he loved to put on a show, as soon as he came out, he must put one or two hundred people on guard, and there must be dozens of cronies around him The Chinese army will stand in line, plus more than a dozen staff members and henchmen will be generals, as long as Liu Zeqing is somewhere in the city, it must be that not a single person around him can not see, only the fully armed soldiers and generals of the brigade, A large number of horses and swords, spears, and halberds that shone with a cold light, drove all the people away, and no one dared to approach.

"Big brother, I'm back."

Liu Zeming has never been very particular in front of his brother, and when he got closer, he turned over and dismounted, handed over the reins to the soldiers who rushed over, and strode forward, and when he arrived in front of Liu Zeqing, he saluted with his hands and said with a smile: "Big brother, do you have the strength to listen to me now?" ”

"I'll talk about it later, I'm choosing a location." Liu Zeqing is very tall, with a raw Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his complexion is very white, which weakens the prestige of a military general, and his eyes are also small, with a white complexion, the person is very gloomy and solemn, usually he can scare people half to death when he looks at people, only in front of this young brother, he shows a very kind and intimate smile.

"This seems to be the Academy, huh?"

Liu Zeming smiled indifferently, but also raised his face to look around, this is located in the center of Huai'an City, a little south, the terrain is very good, there are not many dwellings around, but in the middle of the position is the school palace dedicated to Confucius, there are three courtyards, the place is wide and broad, and it is also a building with years.

"Xuegong is afraid of a bird!" Liu Zeqing smiled slightly and said, "It's demolished." That is, the third child, what do you think of the terrain and location, okay? ”

"Of course, this is good, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and the lighting and feng shui are very good."

"This is it!" Liu Zeqing raised the horsewhip in his hand and said categorically: "Within a radius of 500 steps around, no one is allowed to stay, all of them will be demolished for me, and then ask someone to come out first, the gate will give me three and seven rooms, and the upper room of the main hall will enter five into nine rooms, and I will be covered tall and beautiful, if it is not good, Lao Tzu will kill people!" ”

He didn't say anything like anyone said, just casually ordered, but the Qingke staff and the people in charge standing around all listened respectfully, and when he finished speaking, he agreed like thunder.

"Dashuai," Liu Zeqing squinted and continued to look at the address, when a personal soldier trotted over and said half-kneeling: "The master of the road at the other end handed over the hand, saying that it was important to ask to see him." ”

"This disgusting thing!"

At the mention of this "Lord Lu", Liu Zeqing's face immediately became gloomy, such a face, except for Liu Zeming, everyone present was afraid. This chief military officer is saying that killing people will kill people, and it is useless to follow for a long time, except for a few people, even if they are the chief soldiers and deputy generals, they will inevitably have to worry about their surnames, so once Liu Zeqing is displeased, everyone present held their breath, and for a while, although in the vast land, hundreds of people were on the side, but they were so quiet that they could hear the movement even if they dropped a needle, and there were only a few horses that did not know how to die, still neighing lowly, plowing the ground with horses' hooves, looking for the grass that had just emerged.

"Ask him to come here!"

The splitter gave the pro-soldier a whip, but Liu Zeqing didn't move, just tilted his face and looked in the direction where the pro-soldier ran over.

That "Lord Lu" is Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huai'an, a famous Qing official, not only Qing, nor the party, but also a very famous capable minister, who pays attention to the use of the world, not those who hold books all day long or the party is the same as the rotten Confucian, so the knowledge and ability are not bad.

Because of this, when Liu Zeqing first came to Huai'an, he really planned to win over this person, but they didn't smell each other, and within a few days, he and Lu Zhenfei turned their faces, and they didn't see each other again.

If it was before, the governor could control local military affairs, although he was a high-ranking military officer, he was really Lu Zhenfei's subordinate. But now Gang Ji has long been abolished, a small four-grade governor, of course Liu Zeqing doesn't take it in his eyes, but he doesn't dare to insult him without anything, this time Lu Zhenfei came over, of course, there is something important, otherwise, he wouldn't have come to cause a boring scene.

"The students have seen Liu Shuai."

"Well, Ben will also meet adults."

The two of them didn't want to see each other, they looked at each other, and immediately turned their heads, Liu Zeqing was very rude, Lu Zhenfei just held back his anger and said to the other party: "Liu Shuai is here, is it to choose a site to build a house?" ”

"Not bad!" Liu Zeqing said in a provocative tone: "Ben Shuai still has a few dollars in his hand, and his current residence is really unlivable, so he plans to ask Tian Wenshe and build a few good houses to live in...... Why, do I have to inform adults about this beforehand? ”

When fighting with each other, Lu Zhenfei said first, it was related to the governor's duties, Liu Zeqing had to inform him in advance, otherwise he would definitely be impeached, and he would not hesitate to break his face, at this time, the other party ridiculed, but Lu Zhenfei didn't pay much attention to it, just glanced at this place, nodded and said: "The school palace is moving, and Liu Shuai must pay attention, otherwise, the people who provoke the scholars will come out to speak, I am afraid that it will also be a trouble." ”

Listening to this, although it was not very good, it was still goodwill, but Liu Zeqing was very wary of Lu Zhenfei, just nodded slightly, and refused to answer.

"Let's not talk about this matter for the time being," Lu Zhenfei looked left and right, knowing that they were all Liu Zeqing's henchmen, so he said to the other party in a very eager tone: "Liu Shuai, the students are here, there is really something important to discuss, and they want to discuss with Liu Shuai." ”

"Please!"

"I heard that yesterday Liu Shuai sent three hundred personal soldiers to protect His Royal Highness King Lu, and at the same time, moved King Fu out of his residence, and now he does not know his whereabouts. Therefore, students should ask, where is King Fu now, will your ministry continue to protect him, or will the students choose to protect the Fu Domain? Such a big event cannot be delayed, so the students hurried over, and Shang begged Liu Shuai to show it. ”

A governor came to interfere in the big things he was doing, and the murderous aura in Liu Zeqing's eyes was highlighted!

It's just that when I think that the other party is a high-ranking civil official of the imperial court after all, not a military attache or an ordinary gentry, and now that the overall situation is undecided, it is not a time to provoke without authorization, after all, I have to endure this tone.

Besides, Lu Zhenfei obviously didn't come alone, and there were more than 1,000 pacesetters in the city, not a bare-handed person.

After thinking about it, Liu Zeqing smiled and replied: "I didn't expect that the governor still paid so much attention to the relatives and vassals, he deserved to be a scholar, and he was really loyal!" This general has a handkerchief and 100,000 armor soldiers under his command, can't he protect the safety of his relatives? However, King Fu, this person, Ben will look down on him very much, after moving him out, tell him to find his own whereabouts, since the governor wants to protect him, he will explore and find by himself, Ben will be here, regardless of it, and will not interfere with the actions of adults, if there is a move, please let the adults do it! ”

(To be continued)