"Look, it's the Generalissimo's fleet back!" On the watchtower, the sentry excitedly pointed to the sea in the distance and exclaimed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On Chongming Island, which is locked and controlled at the mouth of the Yangtze River, dozens of seagoing ships are under construction, and the soldiers of the watchtower suddenly saw a large-scale seagoing ship appear on the sea.

"The generalissimo has pacified Fuso, and the fleet has all returned, so report to the prefect quickly!" The sentry flew down the watchtower.

The number of ships at the time of Hao Ren's return was greater than the number of ships at sea, so it is no wonder that the soldiers on patrol thought that Hao Ren had pacified Fusang.

The fleet of the Qingfeng army had just docked in Chongming Prefecture, and the prefect of Chongming had brought dozens of people to meet him.

The prefect of Chongming is not an outsider, it is Hu Ming, the champion of Hao Ren's first imperial examination.

"Xiaguan Chongming, prefect Hu Ming, see the generalissimo of the Qingfeng Army!" Hu Ming was dressed in Mengyuan's purple-red Mengyuan official uniform, and his face was full of joy.

Hao Ren recognized at a glance Hu Ming, the champion who opened two years ago.

Hu Ming and later, as an alternate official, sent Yangzhou Taishou Fu Youde Office for training to fill the shortcomings of the lack of officials, but he didn't know when this person had been promoted to the prefect of Chongming, let alone that Chongming, an almost barren island, was now established as a state-level administrative unit.

"Who appointed you as the prefect of Chongming?"

Although Hao Ren felt that Hu Ming was a talent, did Hao Ren's rights be hollowed out by appointing such a high-level official without his permission?

"Back to the generalissimo, the lower official has been trained in Fu Youde's Taishou, and he has been appreciated by Fu Youde Taishou, the generalissimo's expedition to the east has not returned for a long time, Fu Taishou is anxious, and the subordinate is ordered to build a sea ship here, Fu Taishou is ready to cross the sea to support the generalissimo, I never thought that the generalissimo has returned triumphantly today, and many of the work of the lower officials seems to have been done in vain!" Hu Ming said happily.

After all, Hao Ren had crossed the sea for more than half a year, and the officials in China and Turkey had no news exchange, and now he heard that Fu Youde wanted to cross the sea to support him, and he couldn't help but feel quite relieved.

"Huh!" Hao Ren smiled and asked tentatively: "You, the prefect, have not been appointed by the marshal, I'm afraid Fu Youde will only give you an empty paperwork, right?" ”

Hu Ming didn't understand what Hao Ren meant when he said this, and said with wide eyes: "The lower officials are cultivating the wasteland and building ships in Chongming Prefecture here, and they don't dare to boast of their merits, and the lower officials are not at fault, is the generalissimo going to remove the lower officials?" I have been jointly approved by your Jiangbei hand Shi Nai'an, Luo Ben, Yu Que, and Fu Youde, and if the generalissimo wants to dismiss me, there must be a reasonable reason, right? ”

After that, Hu Ming took out the letter of appointment stamped with the official seals of Shi Nai'an, Yu Que and other Quartet from his personal arms.

"Huh!" Hao Ren said with a smile: "It makes sense, the generalissimo also has to be reasonable!" Hao Ren looked at the sea boats built on the beach and the endless fertile fields, and said with relief: "On the surface, you did a good job, if you pass the assessment at the end of the year, I'm afraid you, the prefect, will be promoted again!" ”

Before leaving, Hao Ren arranged the seats for several town guards, with Shi Nai'an as the leader of everyone, this is not a dead letter, it has been firmly implemented by the cautious Fu Youde and others, and there is no situation where the four families do not lead each other, and the four of them cooperate very well, just from the appointment of an official position, it can be seen.

However, to give Hu Ming a letter of appointment, he has to go to at least four places and stamp four official seals, which is really cumbersome.

"Where is Lord Fu Youde?" Hao Ren said.

"Master Fu and Xiaguan supervised the construction of sea ships together in Chongming Prefecture, and then because Zhu Chongba attacked Zhang Shicheng's land to the south, Fu Taishou was afraid that Yangzhou and other places would lose, and he had already returned to Yangzhou to defend the army, and the lower officials guessed that Lord Fu should dispatch troops and horses in Yangzhou at this time to meet Zhu Chongba!" Hu Ming guessed.

Hao Ren originally wanted to ask Hu Ming more about the current situation of the Qingfeng Army, but Hu Ming was a middle-level local government official in the Qingfeng Army, and the military and political power of the Qingfeng Army in Jiangbei was in the hands of senior military and political generals such as Shi Nai'an, Luo Ben, Yu Que, Fu Youde, Zhang Poyu, and Wu Liujiu.

"Then please Governor Hu send a fast boat to Anqing Shi Nai'an to inform me of the news that I have returned to Luzhou, and ask Lord Shi Nai'an to meet me in Luzhou!" Hao Ren said.

Hao Ren wanted to know the specific military and political situation in Jiangbei, so he could only invite Shi Nai'an, the number one leader he appointed, to come to the meeting.

Hu Ming pondered for a long time, not knowing why Hao Ren was specially assigned to use a clipper to deliver news, if you want to quickly deliver news, now there is a more convenient way.

"If you want to deliver the news quickly, Xiaguan enters the canal with a fast boat, and takes the 'road to get rich' (asphalt road) from Yangzhou to Anqing, and the messenger can travel 800 a day on horseback, plus rapid-fire transmission, the message can be transmitted 1,200 miles a day, and the speed is many miles faster than that of a fast boat!"

When Hao Ren crossed the sea to the east, he heard that Shi Mu, the head of the marshal's mansion, reported that the road to prosperity in Luzhou-Anqing-Yangzhou was under construction. The messenger rode on horseback and shot the arrows with the letters tied to them at the station in front, and the next station guard would pick up the arrows, beat his horse and gallop again, leading to a station.

If it is necessary to use someone to deliver the knocking message, the postman can change horses at the various post stations along the way, and the horses will not stop until they reach their destination.

"Then do as you wish! Ben Shuai will set off and strive to rush to Luzhou as soon as possible and gather with the lords! Hao Ren said.

"If the generalissimo wants to arrive in Luzhou quickly and sail against the river, it is better to take the road to prosperity from Yangzhou to go fast. Marching by troop carrier, according to the generalissimo's schedule, the generalissimo arrived in Luzhou, and Shi Nai'an Taishou had already taken the troop carrier and arrived in Luzhou at the same time! Chongming prefect Hu Ming suggested.

Hao Ren rewarded Hu Ming greatly, rewarded Hu Ming with what he got from Fusang, followed Hu Ming's advice, and the army went upriver from Chongming Prefecture, led the guards and cavalry from the canal to Yangzhou, and the warships continued to go west along the Yangtze River, and landed in Hezhou and returned to Luzhou.

Hao Ren's fleet arrived in Yangzhou, 4,000 cavalry landed, Hu Ming's clipper had already sent the news of Hao Ren's return to Yangzhou first, Fu Youde, Duan Guifang and other Yangzhou civil and military had already lined up at the Yangzhou dock to greet them.

"Lord!" Fu Youde was full of spring equinox, and exclaimed excitedly: "The last general has been waiting for the lord to return for a long time, the last general has raised troops and horses, and is about to cross the sea to reinforce the lord, because Zhu Chongba provoked the war, and the last general is anxious because he can't cross the sea to support the lord, fortunately, the generalissimo has returned triumphantly!" ”

(To be continued.) )