Pang Gang, Song Xinghe, Wei Tongtong and others jointly entered the hall of the commander's yamen, and the three of them sat down at a round table, which was actually specially arranged by Song Xinghe. The arrangement of seats has been a very serious problem in China since ancient times, as small as the position where the old and young at home sit down during a meal, and as large as the arrangement of the seats when the court officials get together, it stands to reason that Song Xinghe and Pang Gang are both three-grade officials, but Song Xinghe's qualifications and age are there, Song Xinghe has no problem sitting in the first seat, but Pang Gang has one more title than him as a general of Dingyuan, although this title is only a fictitious title, but this fictitious title is personally sealed by the emperor, representing the emperor's importance to him. But letting Pang Gang, a former subordinate, sit on top of him made Song Xinghe feel a little uncomfortable, so Song Xinghe simply made such a round table to show that he didn't distinguish between each other's meanings.

For Song Xinghe's careful thoughts, Pang Gang Ke is not clear, he came here today purely to go through the handover procedures, deeply felt that he was pressed for time and rushed to Qingzhou after hurriedly dealing with some matters of Lingshanwei, the current Lingshanwei pattern is still too small for him, for the future development, only by firmly controlling Qingzhou, with the commercial heritage of Qingzhou's population base, he can set up a territory and logistics base that is enough to protect himself in troubled times.

After the three of them sat down, Song Xinghe looked at Pang Gang, who was sitting on the opposite side with a calm attitude, and glanced at Wei Tongnian on the side, both of them seemed to see a trace of helplessness and emotion in each other's eyes, once upon a time, this young man in front of him was still a small military household who didn't even dare to breathe in front of them, but now how long has it been, and he is already a general who is equal to himself or even better than himself, this is really impermanent.

As if he understood the thoughts of the two opposite, Pang Gang first hugged his fists and said: "Two adults, Pang Gang has been helping the two adults for a year, and the gratitude is beyond words, although Pang Gang is now a small achievement, but for the kindness of the two adults Pang Gang has never dared or forgotten, so if the two adults have anything to say, Pang Gang, please speak out, Pang Gang must listen." ”

After listening to Pang Gang's words, Wei Tongtong and Song Xinghe suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, although they also knew that these words were just Pang Gang's kind words, but people's hearts are like this, everyone likes to listen to good words, no matter how old-fashioned and decent people are, they can't avoid vulgarity.

"Hahaha, it's huge." Song Xinghe stretched out his hand and stroked the beard under his chin, and said with a smile: "Although the old man and Lord Wei have long seen that the huge people are not in the pool, they also did not expect that you could be promoted to the general in charge of the defense of the three states on the East Road in just one year, which also makes the old man have to admire." ”

Pang Gang replied modestly: "Lord Song has won the award, the reason why Pang Gang can have the strong support of you and Lord Wei is inseparable, Pang Gang does not dare to boast." ”

"Okay, don't praise each other either, don't forget the purpose of the huge man coming today, it's better to get down to business first." At this time, Wei Tongnian, who was on the side, saw the two of them praising each other endlessly, and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Hehehe, that's nature." Song Xinghe laughed, stood up and picked up a brocade box from the case behind him, and after walking over, he solemnly put the box in front of Pang Gang and said solemnly: "Huge man, Song is incompetent, he has been guarding Qingzhou's defense for more than ten years but has made no achievements, resulting in Qingzhou's defense being useless, and this official is ashamed of his trust in the emperor!" Huge man, here is the big seal of the commander of Qingzhou and all the seals in the yamen and the distribution and defense map of the three subordinate guards in Qingzhou, and this official has handed them over to you. ”

Pang Gang stood up and took the brocade box and said solemnly, "Please rest assured, Lord Song, Pang Gang will definitely live up to your trust!" ”

Taking over this small brocade box, Pang Gang also felt an invisible pressure on his shoulders, and he knew that from now on, the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the Qingzhou Mansion had been completely tied to his body.

After handing over the brocade box to Pang Gang, Song Xinghe seemed to let go of a heavy burden on his body, and his whole body was a lot easier, he smiled at Pang Gang: "Okay, the old man has finally let go of this burden, and the old man can easily go to work." ”

After Song Xinghe said this, Pang Gang couldn't help but ask, "Lord Song, I don't know where you will serve?" ”

Song Xinghe smiled and said with satisfaction: "The old man rushed to Suzhou to take office and serve as the commander of the Suzhou Prefecture!" ”

"Oh, Suzhou is a good place, it is the real land of fish and rice, the world's first-class prosperity, congratulations to Lord Song!" Pang Gang couldn't help but be really happy for this old boss, the proverb that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou is not called in vain, if you pick up the prosperity of Suzhou, it is more than a step stronger than Qingzhou.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to the emperor and the huge people." Song Xinghe was also very happy to be transferred to Suzhou as the commander of the capital, although it was only a flat transfer, but in any case, it was not in vain to be able to serve as a commander in such a prosperous place in Suzhou.

After finishing speaking, Song Xinghe said to Pang Gang in a serious tone: "Huge man, from now on, you will be responsible for the defense of Qingzhou, and the old man has something to say to you before leaving." ”

"Lord Song, please speak!" Pang Gang suddenly bowed his hand solemnly.

Song Xinghe stared at Pang Gang and said: "Huge man, you have the ambition to suddenly ascend to a high position as a young man, and it is inevitable that you will be a little complacent, but you must remember that the water in Qingzhou Mansion is very mixed, and you as the commander of the capital, you only need to do your own thing, don't get involved in the civil affairs of Qingzhou, after all, that is the responsibility of the Wei Governor's Mansion, if the Wei Governor's Mansion has something, you should also help each other, and you can only do Qingzhou's affairs well by supporting each other." ”

Pang Gang also knew that what Song Xinghe said was his heartfelt words, it seemed that Song Xinghe was indeed heartfelt to himself, and he said gratefully: "Master Song's golden and jade words Pang Gang remembered in his heart, but Pang Gang believes that the cooperation between Lord Song and Lord Wei will be very pleasant." ”

"Hahaha," the three of them laughed after Pang Gang finished speaking.

After handing over the official seal, Pang Gang held a banquet in Qingzhou's largest restaurant in Qingzhou's Drunken Xianju as the commander of Qingzhou, and entertained Song Xinghe and Wei Tongyi, which can be regarded as a send-off for Song Xinghe. For them, today is not only a send-off for Song Xinghe, but more importantly, a meeting with the new boss, from now on, they will have to beg for a life under Pang Gang's hands, who dares to be absent.

In this formal occasion, Pang Gang, who has the highest status, sat on the main seat, Wei Tongnian and Song Xinghe sat on either side of him respectively, and the officials below the banquet took turns to toast the three of them, Song Xinghe was just that, after all, he was going to be transferred to Suzhou tomorrow, but Wei Tongtong and Pang Gang were different, one of them was the prefect who held the civil power of Qingzhou, and the other was the general and Dingyuan general who was in charge of the defense power of Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou. But the officers of those guards and the tun army were all desperately moving forward in front of Pang Gang, and they all wanted to leave a good impression in front of Pang Gang.

No, now the thousand households of Anton Wei and Qianniuwei are taking turns to toast Pang Gang.

Anton Wei and Qianniuwei are called Crepe Guozheng and Liu Changyou, the two of them are hereditary thousand households, but the age of both of them has entered the age of not being confused.

These two people saw that Pang Gang was very face-saving and took a shallow sip, they all had smiles on their faces, they didn't dare to expect that they could enjoy the same treatment as the prefect and Song Xinghe, the commander of the people can already give you face if he can touch a glass with you, do you still want the commander to drink with you?

However, although Pang Gang didn't like these two thousand households in his heart, he would not be stupid enough to show it in public, he also smiled and touched a glass with these two, but it was also a shallow taste.

When the officials came to toast, Pang Gang also carefully observed these subordinates, Qingzhou commanded the yamen to have two commanders from the three products, four commanders, and four people; Zhenfu Division Zhenfu two people, from the fifth grade, one person from the judgment division, is the sixth product, the experience of the division, from the seventh grade, the governor, the eighth grade, the official, from the ninth grade, one ambassador and one deputy envoy, dozens of officials, these people took turns to come up to toast, which made Pang Gang a little dazzled.

The send-off banquet lasted until the end of the morning, and the somewhat drunk Pang Gang returned to the inn that had been prepared earlier to rest.

Second, when the morning sun had just risen, Pang Gang led dozens of soldiers to the south gate in a hurry to bid farewell to Song Xinghe, but when he arrived outside the south gate, he found that Wei Tongnian and Song Xinghe were already standing outside the city gate waiting for him.

Pang Gang, who realized that he was already late, hurriedly confessed to the two, and Song Xinghe smiled disapprerovantly: "Don't worry, I'm already very happy that a huge person can come to this official." ”

While Song Xinghe was speaking, Pang Gang took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Song Xinghe with both hands, and said sincerely: "Pang Gang has received a lot of favors from adults for more than a year, and the expenses on the way to Suzhou must be not small. ”

Song Xinghe stared at Pang Gang for a while, and finally took the envelope, and the corners of his mouth squirmed a few times and said something

(To be continued)