Chen Zilong got up early this morning, got up and saw that it was still early, and slowly walked outside the yard. I didn't sleep well all night last night, and changing the bed was one reason, the main thing is that the impact yesterday was too great.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I heard the sound of footsteps coming from the street, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard to take a look, and saw that the street was full of soldiers, and under the leadership of the general, I ran out of the east gate, and I was shocked, thinking that something was wrong. I was afraid to step forward and grab a general, and when the general saw that he was a civil official, he didn't dare to make a mistake and stopped. Chen Zilong asked, "What's wrong?" Why are you all running? ”

"Sir, we're training." The general replied, now that the title of this commander has spread among the Yangzhou army, everyone generally shouts like this to their superiors.

Chen Zilong shook his head suspiciously, he couldn't understand why he was running. He didn't know that this was the first step in intensive training, and all the troops in the city had to run to the new makeshift camp, where they had to run two more laps around the new camp before returning for breakfast. If you can't even run this out, it means that what Luo Jian said belongs to the scope of elimination.

Liu Zhaoji was already standing on the high ground outside the east gate, shouting "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Come back early and let go of the big white steamed buns this morning. ”

After listening to Luo Jian's analysis of the situation, Liu Zhaoji was also anxious. Although Luo Jian later said that the grenade was large and could be used, Liu Zhaoji knew that the training of the Ming army in Yangzhou City was too poor, and it was too far from the standard required by Luo Jian, and it was probably not enough to rely on this grenade alone.

Therefore, after returning last night, he gathered the generals of the Zhongguan Battalion, the Gansu Army, and the deputy general of the surrendered army to a meeting, briefed everyone on the grim situation facing the Yangzhou Army, and also said the requirements and specific standards for intensive training; although many generals thought that this training standard was difficult to achieve, Liu Zhaoji was unmoved, and directly said that if anyone did not want to do it, he could leave immediately, and the generals did not dare to object.

When all the tents in the temporary camp are set up today, the troops in the city will be concentrated in the camp, and Liu Zhaoji is ready to take charge of it himself, and this intensive training must be resolutely grasped.

Although Luo Jian's place of residence was far away from the street, he was also woken up by the movement from the street, and when he saw that his watch was almost six o'clock, he simply dressed and got up.

When I walked out of the courtyard gate, I saw Chen Zilong standing on the side of the street, stepped forward to say hello, and ran out of the city. Chen Zilong looked at the official robe he was wearing, and suppressed the idea of running out with him.

Running out of the East Gate Luo Jian, he saw Liu Zhaoji standing on the high platform, and went over to say hello, Liu Zhaoji asked, "Xinghua, why did you get up so early?" ”

"Being tossed by you like this, I can't sleep if I want to, the movement is too big, it's too disturbing to the people, this can't work." Luo Jian thought to himself that this army would definitely not be able to be stationed in the city.

"Xinghua, you don't have to worry about this, the tents in the temporary camp can be set up this morning, and all of them will be moved to the camp in the afternoon." Liu Zhaoji said.

Hearing Liu Zhaoji say this, Luo Jian was also relieved, ran a long circle, and didn't go back until he was soaked, and the two guards behind had to follow, and the two really didn't understand why Luo Jian came out early in the morning and ran violently.

After having breakfast in a hurry, Luo Jian went out to find Shi Kefa, there were many things that had to be coordinated, and Chen Zilong followed behind.

Shi Kefa was angry, Ren Minyu was also very angry when he sat next to him, and when he saw Luo Jian coming, the two still greeted him and asked Luo Jian to sit down.

"What's going on? So angry? Luo Jian asked.

"Xinghua, the situation is so grim now, and some officials are still drunk and dreaming of death, regardless of the lives of the people, looking cold!" Ren Minyu said.

From Ren Minyu's narration, Luo Jian knew what was going on.

Originally, Shi Kefa asked Ren Minyu to go to various places to inspect the implementation of spring ploughing, and the implementation in other counties was very fast, but when he arrived in Jiangdu County, he found that many fields were still barren and uncultivated. Ren Minyu and his entourage went to the county government to find Zhang Zezhi, the magistrate of the county, but found that the person was not there, and asked several people, only to know that after Zhang Zezhi came back from Yangzhou City, he did not go to the county government office at all, and had been living in the Qinglou.

Zhang Zezhi didn't care about the arrival of Ren Minyu and others at all, and even directly said to Ren Minyu that if Ren Futai wanted to dispose of him, he would just go to the court. Speaking of Zhang Zezhi's arrogant appearance at that time, Ren Minyu was still so angry that his face turned blue.

"Directly withdraw such a bastard, doesn't the superintendent have this right?" Luo Jian is a little strange, Shi Kefa, as a cabinet scholar and Huaiyang supervisor, is still nominally the first assistant of the cabinet, can't he even dispose of a seven-grade magistrate?

"Xinghua, you don't know, this Zhang Zezhi was a guest in Ruan Dacheng's mansion before, Ruan Dacheng recommended him to Ma Shiying after he became an official in the court, and then he went to the county governor of Jiangdu. To dispose of a magistrate, the emperor must have an order, and now this court is controlled by Ma Shiying, how can the emperor make an order? Ren Minyu said hatefully, it seems that Ren Minyu knew that this Chen Zilong was not Ma Shiying's person, so he dared to say it in front of him.

"Oh, it's still a backstage." Luo Jian was not surprised, how could an official without a backstage dare to be so arrogant? "Both, in this extraordinary period, if such officials are not dealt with harshly, the bad impact will be irreparable. I'd like to see what kind of bastard can be so arrogant? Ruan Dacheng, I will go and say that he will be dumb to eat the yellow lotus, and he can't say anything about his suffering! ”

"Xinghua, why do you need to come to this muddy water, Ma and Ruan are all people who will repay you, although they are in awe of you now, they have long known that you are not immortals, and they will hold a grudge, and Xinghua is not a person in the court now, and it is not right." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

Luo Jian knew that what Shi Kefa said was not unreasonable, after a long time, the mysterious aura on Luo Jian and the others slowly faded, and the role they played in this era will become smaller and smaller. From the beginning of his arrival in Yangzhou, Luo Jian had no intention of pretending to be a ghost, he wanted to use his words and deeds to slowly influence the people around him, and as time went by, not entering the center of the Southern Ming Dynasty would definitely bring great inconvenience to the road in the future.

In fact, Luo Jian also thought about pulling up a team by himself and laying a foundation in this troubled world. Later, in contact with Shi Kefa and others, I found that the current society has no such foundation at all, and it is impossible to unite the elites of this era, so the road he has to take will be extremely difficult, and he can only become a local warlord, and the best result is to lay down the world and be forcibly pushed to the throne of the emperor by his subordinates, but it is not Luo Jian's ideal.

Luo Jian analyzed the reasons for Li Zicheng's failure, and believed that one of the key points was that there were no intellectuals of this era around him, so he could not get the support of the entire gentry group, and until Li Zicheng died, he was always considered a thief.

Knowing Shi Kefa's good intentions, Luo Jian was secretly grateful, it seemed that he had a long conversation with Shi Kefa several times, and his thoughts were still greatly touched, knowing that Luo Jian wanted to take a different path, he began to care about him and carefully protect him.

Seeing that Luo Jian was pondering for a while, Shi Kefa exchanged glances with Ren Minyu and said, "Xinghua, how about you go to the Yangzhou Army to reorganize and train first?" With Liu Zhaoji here, your training intentions will definitely be realized, which is the most important priority at present. Zhang Ze's matter will be dealt with by Shi Ze and I, don't trap yourself in it. I plan to ask the court to confer on the official titles and positions of a few of you, so that you can participate in the government in the name of righteousness, what do you think? ”

Before Luo Jian could reply, someone came in to report that someone from Luo Jian's mansion had come to visit Luo Jian's mansion and asked Luo Jian to return to his mansion.

Luo Jian had to put aside Zhang Zezhi's matter for the time being, and simply told Shi Kefa that during the intensive training, he needed to increase the guarantee, he must ensure three meals a day, and one meal must be guaranteed to have meat, which is not a matter of money at present, but to ensure that money can buy things. Shi Kefa agreed, saying that if Yangzhou City lacked materials, he would think of buying it elsewhere, and he would not miss the training of the troops, so Luo Jian put his mind at ease and said goodbye to the two, but Chen Zilong stayed in Shi Kefa's mansion.

Luo Jian returned to the mansion, and Ruan Dacheng was already sitting in the living room drinking tea.

Yesterday, Ruan Dacheng went back from Luo Jian, and after finding some information from the relevant officials in the city, he worked overtime to write a report letter to Ma Shiying, telling Ma Shiying in detail about his perception of Luo Jian. His conclusion is that even if Luo Jian and the others are not immortals and ghosts, they are also people with great backgrounds and great abilities, and such people can play a great role in protecting half of the Nanming Dynasty. His suggestion to the Ma Ge Department was that the imperial court should reward Luo Jian and a few people as soon as possible, firstly, to reward Luo Jian and a few people for their great contributions in Yangzhou, and secondly, to entrap a few people and not use them for the Donglin people.

I hurried over after breakfast today, because I wanted Luo Jian to hand over the captured Manchu prince Geng Zhongming to the imperial court for disposal, and at the same time, I also wanted to tell Luo Jian that he had asked the court for a reward, which was regarded as a show of merit.

After a few words of chatter, the two sat down, and Ruan Dacheng spoke first:

"There were a lot of people last night, and I couldn't ask Luo Angel for advice, so I came before today's set, and I hope that Luo Angel will not hesitate to give advice."

"Brother Yuanhai, my word is Xinghua, please call me Xinghua." Luo Jian desperately hinted to himself in his heart that Ruan Dacheng's being a traitor was something that had not happened yet, and he could not look at a person with things that had not happened.

"Brother Xinghua, then I'm welcome, I don't know what Xinghua's plans are for Geng Zhongming, the captured Manchu Huaishun King?" Ruan Dacheng directly raised this question, but he still wanted to explore Luo Jian's attitude first.

"Brother Yuanhai, I was going to punish Geng Zhong Ming after the public trial, but then I put this matter on hold when I was busy, I don't know what Brother Yuanhai said?" Luo Jian already knew what Ruan Dacheng meant, in fact, it might be better to hand over Geng Zhongming to the imperial court for disposal, and it would still play a lot of role in boosting the morale of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

"Xinghua, can you hand Geng Zhongming over to the imperial court for disposal, firstly, it can deter the Qing captives, and secondly, it can boost the morale of our army and people, what does Xinghua think?"

"Okay, this Geng Zhongming was captured by the three of us, so I won't discuss it with the superintendent, I'll be the master, I don't know when Brother Yuanhai will arrange to escort him to Nanjing?" Luo Jian played a cautious trick here, meaning to tell Ruan Dacheng that he was not exactly the person on Shi Kefa's side.

"So good! So much better! I will arrange for someone to escort Geng Zhongming to Nanjing, as soon as possible. Ruan Dacheng was really overjoyed when he heard it.

"Brother Xinghua, I don't know what your plans are in the future?" Ruan Dacheng is ready to have a showdown with Luo Jian.

"Since God has arranged for me to come here, I should do my best for my Huaxia and die." Luo Jian thought for a moment and said very impassionedly.

"Good, good. Such a foolish brother has a suggestion for Xinghua Xian brother, I don't know if I should talk about it or not? ”

"Brother Yuanhai, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"If Brother Xinghua can serve the imperial court, the imperial court will not treat Xinghua lightly, I don't know what Xinghua wants?" Ruan Dacheng said that it was more winding, but Luo Jian still heard the meaning of his words, and thought to himself that he was sleeping, so you sent a pillow.

"What does Brother Yuanhai mean by this? Aren't Xinghua and the others serving the imperial court? Luo Jian pretended to be confused.

"Brother Xinghua, you didn't take the court's honor, but you shared the worries of the court, so that Jizhi admired, I should ask the court, and I will not make Xinghua brother meritorious." Ruan Dacheng's words sounded very righteous, and Luo Jian thought that a large number of martial arts swordsmen and the like could gather around him, I am afraid it had something to do with it.

As he was talking, Luo Jian's walkie-talkie rang, and when he finished speaking, he heard Liu Zhaoji say: "Does Xinghua have time?" It's not very good, so come and take a look. ”

When Luo Jian heard this, he didn't know what had happened, he was anxious, and he got up and said to Ruan Dacheng: "Brother Yuanhai, please go and see how about it too?" ”