On July 21, the third year of Chongzhen, Bai Chong'an, then the governor of Ulzhou City, went to Taohua Fort, and the defensive officer Xiao Yi led a cadre of civil and military officials in the fort to greet Bai Chong'an and his party outside the West 'Zhenning Gate'. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This Zheng Zhong and Dong Yinghua are full of confidence, the two of them discussed for a long time yesterday, and sure enough, the reception will be done in an orderly manner today, although Peach Blossom Fort is still poor, but it is much richer than before, and a group of drummers and flag bearers are all ready.

Although there is no army that Xiao Yi pays attention to to greet him, he can't find fault with the etiquette at all.

This is also the difference between the focus of civil officials and military generals, if Xiao also arranges, Xiao also pays attention to martial arts, then will arrange soldiers to line up to greet each other, although this makes people's blood boiling, but for the civilian officials who are not very satisfied.

But if Zheng Zhong and Dong Yinghua are asked to arrange it, it will focus on etiquette, and the civil officials who are traveling with them will nod their heads again and again after seeing them, and then they will look at Peach Blossom Castle with less unhappiness and more pleasing to the eye.

For Bai Chongan and others, what they saw along the way, including the soldiers on duty at the piers, the artisan households building everywhere, and the farmers who were constantly working in the fields, were enough to explain a lot of problems, and whether they greeted the etiquette or not was not an aspect they focused on.

After this greeting, Bai Chong'an's civil and military officials in the state city were very satisfied, and many people were even a little amazed in their hearts.

On the military attaché's side, Xiao also saw the familiar Li Erniu and Xu Feng, and greeted the two slightly, while Xiao also noticed two people on the civilian official's side.

These two people are wearing a six-grade cyan official uniform, with a heron complement painted on it, and a beard that is not long or short is glued to the chin, giving people a sour feeling, it is Zheng Wenju who knows Zheng Wenju from the sixth grade.

Zhou Youcheng, the commander beside him, was also dressed in a Tsing Yi official uniform, and the two were smiling and saying something, constantly pointing around, Xiao also didn't want to talk to these civil officials, and glanced at Zheng Zhong.

Zheng Zhong Laocheng, when he saw Xiao Yi's eyes, he knew what Xiao Yi meant, and immediately greeted those civil officials with Dong Yinghua, who also smiled and talked.

Bai Chong'an immediately dismounted with a smile in front of the gate of Peach Blossom Castle, and the people who dismounted were Xu Feng, Li Erniu and the guards of the first class.

Bai Chongan didn't have the official frame that Xiao Yi had seen at first for Xiao Yi, and he stepped forward as soon as he arrived at the door.

When Xiao Yi introduced everyone in the fort to him, Bai Chongan only smiled at those civil officials, and smiled at Shi Lu, Huang Yang, Shi Gang, Wang Dayong, and Liu Tong on Xiao Yi's side.

Xiao Yi quietly welcomed Bai Chongan and his party into the fort, and after Bai Chongan and his party came in, they saw that the fort was very clean, almost spotless, and there was not a single homeless or beggar on the street, and there were groups of old people and women chatting together outside the house.

Not to mention that Bai Chongan and the others were surprised, Xu Feng and Li Erniu, who had come once, were separated from each other, is this still the Peach Blossom Castle from three months ago?

Although Peach Blossom Fort is not as lively as the state city at first glance, and the stalls and shops on the street are not as rich as the state city, everyone is laughing and laughing, and there is no shadow of starvation from one person.

Bai Chongan also saw that there were deep brick and stone wells in many places in the streets and alleys, and when he thought of it, he saw that there were many wells on the road and many waterwheels, and he sighed about it at that time.

At this time, he said: "I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money and food to dig wells and build waterwheels inside and outside the fort, right?" ”

Without waiting for Xiao Yi to reply, Zheng Wenju interjected on the side: "I heard that Lord Xiao also issued salaries to military households, I don't know where these money and food come from?" ”

Xiao also heard the sarcasm in Zheng Wenju's words, didn't even look at him, and said to Bai Chong'an with self-care: "When Xia Guan was the official of Peach Blossom Fort and the management team of Changning Town, he suppressed bandits in the territory, and was loved by Lord Ethics, and he served in Peach Blossom Castle to clear the bandits in the territory. ”

Suddenly, Li Erniu on the side said with a smile: "Yes, I have heard a ballad in my humble position, and my humble memory is not very good, I only roughly remember a few words, there is a saying that 'you don't have to be afraid of disasters and suffering, under the rule of Gong Xiao, the thieves are as hateful as tigers and wolves, and they ...... flee everywhere when they see the Yong'an Army'." ”

Xiao Yi really didn't know that there was such a ballad, he really didn't expect his reputation on the East Road to spread so far, he was very moved in his heart, but his face was frightened, and he waved his hand again and again.

"This is the love of the fathers and villagers, the lower officials have never heard of this ballad, there are still many people in dire straits, Xiao Yi just wants the people to live a life where they can be fed and clothed, and that's enough."

At this time, Xu Feng also smiled: "I have also heard of the humble position. ”

Bai Chong's peace of mind was not small to hear the surprise, Xiao Yi bravely dared to fight, every time he has military exploits and outstanding political achievements, how many years can a talent like this come out, and now that he is under his hands, he must hold him firmly in his hands, and he is so good.

He laughed, patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder, and said, "Xiao Yi, are you really just a tun official who built a new tunbao at first?" ”

Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Only by the love of the Lord did he get the position of the current defensive officer, and he was loyal to his duties to repay the grace of the Lord's promotion." ”

Xiao Yi's words gave Bai Chongan great respect, which also made him full of face in front of those civil officials, and the group kept greeting each other and came to the front of the Qianhu official hall.

Xiao Yidao: "My lord has worked hard from afar, and the lower officials have prepared a banquet in the mansion to wash the dust for you!" ”

The group hugged Bai Chong'an and entered the main hall, at this time the main hall was already full of wine and food, servants and maids stood on both sides, everyone took their seats, and the wine was more than half of the tour.

Bai Chongan asked, "Xiao Yi, I heard that you won a victory in Yang Wuyu a few days ago?" ”

This question can be regarded as the main topic here, and the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone looked at Xiao Yi.

I saw Xiao Yi smile slightly, and said: "The soldiers can fight to the death to kill the prince Meng, and it is also the work of all the soldiers to kill 1,802." ”

Zheng Wenju and Zhou Youcheng glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that Xiao Yi's killing of the prince and slashing nearly two thousand was true, this was not a small victory, enough to reach the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, and it was only a matter of time before Xiao Yi was promoted again.

At this time, everyone is happy and worried, and the joy is naturally Bai Chong'an's faction, Xiao is also a great meritorious, Bai Chong'an naturally has the merit of observing people, and then he and others will be praised.

Xu Feng and Li Erniu were shocked, originally everyone thought that this was just a rumor, Xiao Yi really used those 600 people to exterminate more than 2,000 peasant troops!

The worry is about those civil officials, most of them ignore Xiao Yi when they come, and although Xiao Yi is still kind and pleasant on the surface, he can show some differences.

Bai Chong'an finally made up his mind when he heard this, and he laughed and said.

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Then there was an endless stream of people toasting Xiao Yi and the others, and Xiao Yi was also laughing again and again, but he was still too busy.

Some people also saw that there were many people on Xiao Yi's side, so they paid attention to the Shi Lu people on Xiao Yi's side, according to them, Xiao Yi was so close to him, these five people must be Xiao Yi's confidants.

Shi Gang's rough appearance became the object of many petty officials, and they all went to toast Shi Gang, wanting Shi Gang to say a lot of good things, but Shi Gang refused with words.

Most of these people were embarrassed, holding wine glasses at a loss, thanks to Wang Dayong stepped forward to relieve the siege, he pretended to be drunk, and drank these people one by one, these people glanced at Wang Dayong with gratitude, and returned to their seats with a few words of greeting. (To be continued.) )