Qingfeng Gorge is an important passage connecting Southern Fujian and Yue County, for more than 100 years, the Baiyi clan has controlled the entire Wuling Mountains, and the families on both sides of the Wuling Mountains have adopted a policy of suppression and resistance to the Baiyi clan, and Qingfeng Gorge has been in a state of blockade. Xu Ruyu rose in Qingjiang, Baiyi was annexed, and Qingfeng Gorge was reopened. The year before last, Qingjiang conscripted tens of thousands of laborers between Dongyang and Cuishi, and opened a new passage; After the Jinghai battles were over, the obstacles on the sea were cleared, and the sea route between Wenling and Gantang was about to be reopened, but Qingfeng Gorge still played a central role in the connection between Qingjiang and Southern Fujian. From Quanzhou in the south, through Yongjia and Dongyang, to Lishui and Xuancheng, and to Fengling, this line is the core area of the southern border of Jiangning, and a tea horse road connects these places into a whole, and Qingfeng Gorge is a vital node of the tea horse road.

Between Cuishi and Fengling, there are Lishui and Qingjiang waterways, and from Quanzhou to the south of Yongjia, there are Minjiang River and other water systems, but between Yongjia and Cuishi, only the Chi Road is built to connect with the waterways at both ends. This section of the land route is sandwiched between the three huge mountain systems of Wuling Mountain, Fujian Zhongshan and Zhencheng Ridge, although the main road section is located in the depression zone between Fujian Zhongshan and Zhencheng Ridge, but to open up a gallop road that is conducive to the passage of business travel is an unprecedented huge project in northern Fujian.

After the war, Dongyang, Yongjia area thousands of miles uninhabited, Xu Ruyu southern expedition to southern Fujian, in the Qingfeng Gorge outside the construction of Qingfeng City, in the west of the west extension of the Dazhang Valley to build Xigu City, both cities are located in the beginning of Quanzhou trade road, but at that time the construction of the city was mainly considered for military purposes, until the end of the war in Southern Fujian large-scale migration of people into these places.

The war in Jingbei and the drought in the five counties of Beidi caused a large number of displaced people to pour into the Qingjiang area, and in addition to making up for the shortage of people in the Qingjiang area, the rest moved to the area south of Wuling Mountain on a large scale as an important source of relocation from Dongyang and Yongjia. In addition to the small half of the private soldiers who were incorporated into the Nanmin garrison, these private soldiers and their relatives were all incorporated into the army and moved to the northern regions of Dongyang and Yongjia for resettlement, as another important source of relocation for Dongyang and Yongjia. The 12 counties set up in Dongyang and Yongjia prefectures moved in a total of 150,000 civilian households and 50,000 military households within a year.

Xu Ruyu implemented the system of military households in Jiangning, and once they were incorporated into military households, they could be allocated 15 acres of fertile land, and military households needed to pay one ding to perform military service. If the displaced people are incorporated into the households, they will not enjoy the benefits of land allocation.

No matter which way you look at it, the power of the Maison is at its peak, and the power of the Maison is not that it can be destroyed by determining a political system.

The Tian system is a political system with a fundamental surname, in which the family annexes the land, uses the land to absorb and control the vassals, and organizes military forces from the vassals to maintain the privileges of the family. Xu Ruyu was able to ask the family to dismiss the private soldiers, but in exchange for the dismissal of the private soldiers, Xu Ruyu had to give the family many privileges, which was the most fundamental thing after the Jiangning political system.

Xu Ruyu was sad to realize that the foundation of Jiangning's power was still those hidden clans, and in the midst of such a force, Xu Ruyu could not distribute the fertile land obtained from the reclamation to ordinary households for free, so he had a workaround of exchanging land for labor. Jiangning implements the co-governance of the family, and the land system has the characteristics of private ownership, and the characteristics of private land ownership are also applicable to ordinary households, but in order to suppress mergers, it is forbidden to buy and sell newly cultivated land within a certain number of years.

The construction of cities, roads, the reclamation of wasteland, and the construction of water conservancy all required a large amount of manpower, and the exchange of labor for land was almost an orderly organization of the millions of displaced people who poured into the territory of the Qingjiang River. In addition to the main Chi Road between Yongjia and Cuishi, through the Dazhang Valley, the Chi Road from Xigu to Jian'an will be built to connect Jian'an, Dongyang, Zhangtai, Gantang and other counties in the east of Dongyang Prefecture; Through the Hutong Gorge, build a galloping road to Longyanyi to connect the northeast of Fujian; In the past year, nearly 200,000 people have been invested in the construction of the Chi Road, which has made the Chi Road from Yongjia to Cuishi begin to take shape; Of course, the conscription of tens of thousands of troops was cheaper.

The huge military consumption has made Jiangning's financial resources nearly exhausted, Xu Ruyu from the rise of the Qingjiang River, has been in the midst of rapid expansion, large-scale military operations have never been interrupted, before that, has been relying on the support of the Yongyang family, but now sitting on the land of two counties, more than 200,000 troops, relying only on the Yongyang family is seriously insufficient. Jiangning is in ruins, and although the tuntian has achieved initial results, the huge financial pressure is a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough to make up for the cost of continuing to reclaim the tuntian. The huge amount of materials consumed in the construction of the Chi Road was promised to be raised from the Maison for the benefit of the future HNA and trade routes.

After the Battle of Nanmin, the forces of the Puji bandits could not cross the waters south of Gantang, and the first six sea ships to depart from Quanzhou Port returned to Quanzhou two months later under the escort of Quanzhou Shuiying warships, not only carrying back a full ship of goods, but also several merchant ships from Luzon arrived at Quanzhou Port together. Quanzhou HNA reached its peak two hundred years ago, and Quanzhou prospered for a hundred years, until the Lin clan fled to the sea as a criminal clan of the old dynasty, and the old dynasty implemented a ban on the sea in the southeastern counties in order to destroy the Lin clan, and Quanzhou HNA was suspended, and Quanzhou no longer had the glory of the past. A hundred years ago, the Baiyi clan moved to Wuling Mountain, the Qingfeng Gorge passage was blocked, the tea and horse trade route was interrupted, and Nanfu became a remote and barbaric place like Nanzhao.

For Jiangning, the passage between Quanzhou and Fengling would be necessary for Jiangning to control southern Fujian, but for the families who could foresee the huge interests in the sea navigation, this passage was necessary for the prosperity of maritime trade. Although it is more convenient to pass through Gantang and Wenling, it is more convenient to go north from the sea to Yongyang, but at the beginning of the construction of the Chidao, the Jinghai battles are still in the making, the Puji bandits blockade the sea area outside Wenling, and the world is divided, Jiangning only has two counties, and the sea trade can only radiate the land of the two counties for the time being, and the passage between Quanzhou and Fengling is the best way to radiate the sea trade to all parts of the two counties.

When Xu Ruyu first arrived in the Lishui River Valley, he only had hundreds of elite soldiers and more than 1,000 followers, and his power was not as strong as a cottage or village in the Qingjiang River. Mei Tierui's vision is accurate, and the fate of the family is staked on Xu Ruyu alone, and in a few years, a family that has lost almost all its combat strength has not only maintained a huge family business, but also become one of the most influential families in the southeast. Lishui built the city, Mei spared no effort, and now nearly one-third of the inner city of Lishui is Mei's industry.

The world is full of heroes, and it is not known who will kill the deer, but Nanmin is no longer a corner of the corner separated from the hinterland of the Central Plains, except for those families who want to maintain the surname of Nanmin reading, Ding, He, and Li can already see that with the continuous strengthening of Jiangning's control over Nanmin, the Nanmin family will inevitably be involved in the chaos of the group of heroes and deer, and it is just a delusion to be alone. Although they don't have the confidence that the Yongyang family has in Xu Ruyu, they can also see that they fully support Xu Ruyu at this time, and Xu Ruyu will be able to return the huge benefits to everyone in the future.

Ding Mianchen participated in the Jinghai Zhuhai, and the Ding clan also began to dissolve into the process of Jiangning, with the efforts of the Ding clan, Longyan has completed the restructuring of the prefecture and county system, and now all that is missing is that the name has not been changed. When Xu Ruyu was in Longquan, Li Yuanji suffered enough, and all the private soldiers under the clan let Xu Ruyu be incorporated into the army. With the support of Xu Ruyu, Li Gonglin achieved the status of fighting against Li Yuanji in the Li clan, influencing the Li clan to take the initiative to merge with Jiangning. He Zhou was coerced by Ding Mianchen to join Xu Ruyu in Longyan, and He Jiongyi opened the Jingyi Gate of Quanzhou Xicheng to welcome Xu Ruyu into Quanzhou.

Jiangning's military consumption could not be directly counted on these great families in Southern Fujian, but in matters such as building Chidao, the Ding, Li, He and a large number of small and medium-sized families controlled by them showed enthusiasm to satisfy Jiangning.

The easy end of the war in Nghe An made all the Southern Fujian families see that it was impossible to get rid of Jiangning's control, and also made the Ding, Li, and He families happy to win a game.

The trend of unification of the world cannot be changed, rather than letting the old clan restore successfully and the iron hooves of foreign races ravage the Central Plains, Xu Ruyu is a better choice to rule the world. Jiangning's power is weaker than that of Nanping and Hulan, but it has never been seen before it has developed to such a point in a few years.

Some people attribute it to Xu Ruyu handing over the unification of government affairs to the political affairs hall, and adding the Changshi Mansion between the purely military institution Sima Ya and the pure government affairs hall to buffer and alleviate the impact of frequent military operations on the political situation in Jiangning. Perhaps the purpose of setting up the three governments is to contain each other and avoid the disadvantages of excessive concentration of power, but it is also conducive to performing their own duties, and handing over Xu Ruyu's unfamiliar government affairs to the acting government affairs hall cannot but be said to be a very clever skill. Nowadays, it is rumored everywhere in the territory that Jiangning will set up a council hall to truly implement the system of "co-governance with the family", and those with a little knowledge can know that Jiangning's move is to alleviate the contradictions between Jiangning and the family in the process of centralization.

Jiang Ning wants to compete with the heroes for the world, but the only way to concentrate manpower and material resources in all aspects is to concentrate power in Jiangning, but the process of centralizing power in Jiang Ning contradicts the old family and clan system of scattered surnames. Under the old clan system, not only was the military power controlled by the clans, but many rights such as land taxation and personnel appointments and dismissals were controlled by the local clans, and the inner court was only the nominal co-lord of the world.

"Co-governance with the family" is just to change a family clan system with "scattered surnames" to a large family clan system with "centralized surnames".

In the eyes of some people, the level of attention to the council hall is far higher than the Liyang war, which is in full swing.

Yongjia to Cuishi this section of the road is nearly 800 miles long, six counties are set up on the road, with these six counties as nodes, there are several post roads leading to the deep hinterland, and other counties and towns are connected. The gallop road can be driven by six horses at the same time, the loess rammed base, under the fierce said, the horse gallops, the dust that can be raised is also extremely limited, the gallop road is set up every twenty miles to set up a post station, the post station is a person, ten people are killed; Fifty to eighty miles apart, if there is no county, then set up a post station, garrison a sentry, sentry captain and post leader.

Post stations and post offices have become the earliest settlements in Dongyang and Yongjia outside the county.

When the Chi Road was first built, after the route was surveyed, the location of the post station and post station was used as the distribution center for the servants. When Gu Mingchen built the houses of the service distribution center, he asked to build roads and houses according to the requirements of the market town.

Qingfeng Gorge zigzags for nearly 100 miles, is connected by three canyons before and after, the green lion is located at the beginning of Qingfeng Gorge, and Qingfeng is located at the exit of Qingfeng Gorge. The steep mountain walls on both sides squeeze the blue sky overhead into a line, and the time that can shine to the bottom of the valley is only an hour, but in the hot July, the Qingfeng Gorge is very shady. Fifty miles out of Qingfeng City, it is a big mountain pass that suddenly opens up, the right side is still lined with cliffs, but the cliffs on the left seem to disappear suddenly, and a gentle slope extends straight down for more than three or four miles. Across a clear spring, a strange peak rises abruptly, blocking the view.

The afterglow of the sunset at night shines from the lonely peak to the mountain pass, the red tong is like vermilion dyeing, the clear stream under the slope is like the sound of the piano, the Qingfeng Gorge channel will be opened for two years, the people who go back to it have a business trip that is forced to make a living, and there are also the eunuchs who went to serve as eunuchs from Qingjiang to Nanfu or the Confucian students who went to the north from Nanfu, this wonder will not be missed.

The largest post house between the green maple and the green lion is located on the gentle slope outside the mountain pass.

The road to Qingfeng Gorge is more rugged, and most of the people go out of Qingfeng County to Cuishi, or out of Cuishi City to Qingfeng, and they have to stay in this market town called Xiyan.

Xiyan Town is like a small city, in addition to the post house where there is a sentry, inns, restaurants, restaurants provide food and lodging, car dealers provide carriages and horses, and warehouses, houses, and all kinds of goods shops are gathered on the gentle slope near the gorge. In the west cliff of Jianshui, stand a two-storey blue brick eaves small building, the north and south eaves of the building each pick up a lantern with red and green yarn, but it is a memory village.

The wind lantern is wrapped in red yarn to show that the woman in the building entertains people, and the green yarn is wrapped to indicate that there are traveling artists parked in the building. Artists go to the end of the world, pick the green light to show their identity, stop in the restaurant, and those who drink can be invited to perform with a thin gold, but the artist is proud of his identity, and he is rarely willing to perform in the village; The pianists and musicians invited by Jizhai cannot hang the wind lanterns with green lights.

Xu Ruyu became the master of Jiangning, because of Youli's relationship, no one dared to mix the red gauze lamp with the green gauze lamp.

The woman wore a green skirt like a lotus, standing quietly in the west of the stream, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the green gauze lamp above the village, only to feel a tingling pain in her heart, and a tide swelled up on her face, which passed in an instant, but she could see the resentment in her heart. Breathing a sigh of relief, he lowered his eyes, looking at the reflection in the stream, and a few swimming fish pecked at the shadow skirt.

Several female guards stood on one side with swords, and they saw the red and green lanterns hanging on the eaves of the building, and their hearts were stinging, but they were inconvenient to say anything.

The woman turned around and walked to the carriage on the side, and said again and again, "Rush to the green lion tonight." "I don't want to stay here overnight. A young girl in the female guard said: "Xiyan is located in a key pass, in addition to the post Cheng, there are still Xiangcheng acting affairs, do you want to ask the Xiangcheng here?" ”

The woman glanced at the building and nodded. After a few moments, the female guard led a middle-aged man from the post house. The middle-aged man was wearing a coarse cloth short shirt, his face was wrinkled, and he glanced at the woman in front of him, his eyes were dazzling, and he secretly wondered: There are women in the world who are so beautiful? The girl found herself, and she didn't hand over the name thorn, but seeing that the women standing near the left were all holding swords, and the crimson clothes were the style of Jiangning female guards, she knew that the identity of the woman in front of her was extraordinary, so she stood respectfully on one side and asked, "What is the matter with the adults looking for the villain?" Seeing that the woman picked a glance at the brick building of Jizhai Village, she secretly exclaimed: trouble. Jiangning not only employs female officials in the internal government, but also all government offices and local government offices can use female officials, because the status of women in Jiangning is higher than elsewhere, but it cannot hide the social reality that women are vassals of men. This kind of thing is unavoidable, not to mention that the famous person who opened the village also secretly promised himself many benefits. In his stomach, he was searching for words to get rid of himself, but he heard the woman in front of him say: "There are people in the art building, I don't know which one I specialize in?" ”

At this time, Xiang Cheng saw the wind lantern wrapped in green yarn hanging on the eaves of the building, and he was frightened, sweat oozed from his forehead, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain just saw it, I don't know who is so bold in the building?" "Secret Path: Xiyan is the right way, whether you have it intentionally or not, you can't get rid of the sin of irony. Glancing at the woman, I couldn't see any changes in her expression, since I came to ask about this matter, I would definitely not be able to get rid of a heavy responsibility, I was panicked for a while, and I didn't dare to ask the woman's identity, so I hurriedly said: "The villain will lead someone to take off this lamp." "Walked and nagged," Yesterday he was still playing the piano in the restaurant on the side of the road, but today he said that he didn't know which daring person invited them to the building, and the county lord was also in Xiyan, if he was allowed to see it, it would be very bad. ”

The county magistrate is the assistant officer under the county governor. Jiangning has set up an assistant officer to place many assistants, although he is an assistant officer, he also has a certain amount of real power.

Xiangcheng summoned a few people from the post house, walked to the riverside village, walked into the building, and after a while, the green gauze wind lamp upstairs was not picked, and Xiangcheng and a few post guards walked out, dejected, and walked to this side. A young man walked out of the building with a heavy makeup girl in his arms, leaning on the dangerous railing on the second floor, looking this way.

The woman asked, "Who is upstairs who seems to have such a heart?" ”

Xiang Cheng was thinking about this explanation, and seeing that she had such an insight, she also saved herself from explaining, and said: "Upstairs is the Cuishi County Cheng newly sent by Jiangning, whose name is Qin Zhongshu, and the villain wants to ask Lord Qin to take off the green gauze lamp, but he said that the Jiangning political system did not ban the village from listening to the sound of the piano, so he drove the kid out. ”

The female guards raised their eyebrows, and the young man took off his sword from his waist, held it in his hand, and said: "When the county prince was patrolling, he stayed in Lian Ji Village, and I was afraid that I would not be able to find his crime, Miss, I will go and bring him over." ”

The woman's expression darkened, and she walked straight to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and sat down without saying a word.

The women were silent, and each mounted his horse, and galloped into the carriage.

Qin Zhongshu leaned against the danger railing, seeing the situation below, his heart was strange, and after a while, he remembered who the stunning woman was, and shouted that it was not good, knowing that he had provoked a person who should be provoked, where could he have expected that Shui Ruying would go from Qingfeng Gorge to Jiangning at this time.

Liang Bao and Sleeve Er got married, and Yue Feixue, the martial arts sect of Tiannan, unexpectedly appeared in Quanzhou to watch the ceremony.

Jiangning sits on the land of two counties, with 200,000 soldiers, and the rapid rise is rare in the world, but in the eyes of the old wealthy families, Jiangning, ruled by Xu Ruyu, is just a nouveau riche, in Jiangning, the wealthy families are still resistant to the Jiangning regime, and the Southern Fujian family wants to weaken Jiangning's control over Southern Fujian all the time.

Yue Feixue's unexpected move represents the recognition of Jiangning by the largest traditional family in the southeast and establishes the status of the hegemon of Jiangning in the hearts of the world.

Yue Feixue stopped in Quanzhou for three days and then returned to Le'an, and on June 28, the news that Youli gave birth to a baby boy reached Quanzhou, and his uncle and grandson Fangwu could not sit still in Quanzhou, so he left for Jiangning in advance. Uncle and grandson Fang Wu were still on the way, and Jiangning's text of transferring water like a shadow for the head of Qingfeng Mansion was also sent to Quanzhou.

Shui Ruying still doesn't know whether Xu Ruyu has any affection for her, at the beginning of the background, although Meng Yue Feixue is included in the door, but for the purpose of political marriage, Shui Ruying can't put aside her dignity to be Xu Ruyu's concubine, so that serving as the capital of Qingfeng Mansion is the biggest comfort for Shui Ruying.

On the way to escort the Yan clan back to Quanzhou, Luo Shanyang unexpectedly escaped dozens of Yan clansmen, including Yan Qingyi, due to unknown factors. Yan Qingyi's escape triggered a major change in the personnel of Southern Fujian, Luo Shanyang later resigned from the post of commander of the Quanzhou Water Battalion, and Jiang Ning Yunzhi transferred Mi Yusheng to serve as the commander of the Quanzhou Water Camp with the rank of General Wei, and also served as the left sign of the Nanmin Xingyuan Camp Academy. Peng Fengming, the commander of Fengzhu, was reappointed as the right signatory of the Nanmin Xingyuan Camp and the captain of the Nanmin garrison, and the station was moved back to Longquan from Fengzhu. Li Yuanji served as the governor of Fengzhu Mansion and was responsible for the government affairs of Fengzhu Mansion. The Fengzhu Water Battalion was all merged into the Quanzhou Water Battalion, and Xue Mingrui served as the captain of the Southern Fujian Guard Military Academy and the staff of the Southern Fujian Xingyuan Battalion.

Luo Shanyang resigned as the commander of the Quanzhou Water Camp because of Yan Qingyi's escape, perhaps it was not known whether he just made a gesture, but Jiang Ning's move was rare and resolute. Jiang Ning's reply to Luo Shanyang's resignation and Mi Wusheng's order arrived in Quanzhou at the same time as Mi Wusheng, and for Luo Shanyang, he either led the water camp to break away from Jiangning, or admitted the established facts and handed over the military power in his hands.

Luo Shanyang handed over the military power, stopped in Quanzhou for a while, and went to Jiangning with the cronies and generals in the water camp to take up other posts. The moment Luo Shanyang arrived in Jiangning, an order was issued to Peng Fengming, and with Peng Fengming moving his station to Longquan, there was no longer a military force in Southern Fujian that was not controlled by Jiangning.

This series of personnel transfers delayed the military action against Zhu's family, but completely relieved the worries of Southern Fujian. Ji Ziheng succeeded Mi Yusheng as the commander of the Jiangning Water Battalion and became one of the most important naval generals in Jiangning. As compensation for Luo's family, Luo Boyuan served as the captain of the Wuwei Military Academy, and Ziyang Yalan also served as the Wuwei Military Academy.

As the war with the Zhu clan approached, Jiang Ning sent Zhao Jingyun, Luo Boyuan and others away from Jinmen and recalled them to Jiangning. Wei Yu officially assumed the post of head of the Fengling camp, and the Fengling camp controlled the main forces of the Su Guards, the Xiao Guards, and the Five Schools, and the Fengling camp included many important Jiangning generals, including Feng Yuanyuan, Yang Shang, Ding Mianchen, Xing Kunmin, Shen Curling, Xiao Wuye, Ban Zhaolin, Zhou Shilong, Li Gonglin and others.

The 100,000 elite soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Fengling camp were mainly stationed in Yantan, Chongyi, Xin'an, and Fengling, with 10,000 garrisons in Yantan and 20,000 troops in Chongyi. Xin'an garrison of 20,000, together with the garrison of Jiangning to suppress the Zhu army of Lanling and Huzhou, in the south of Liyang, Fengling camp stationed in Fengling camp, Jiangning gathered more than 50,000 elites, slowly along the Qingjiang River to the north.

Zhu's three points, and the jurisdiction is in the encirclement of Jiangning, launching the battle of Yuejun, Jiangning can mobilize all its combat power, although the name of Wei Yu is the commander of the attack on Zhu, with the Fengling camp as the main force of the attack on Zhu, but it is not difficult for the world to guess that Xu Ruyu still dominates the direction of the battle, in addition to the 100,000 elite soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Fengling camp, there are still 70,000 elites on the north bank of the river, in addition, Jiangning's 30,000 military guards, Qingfeng cavalry, and the newly formed Qingfengwei are the most elite and terrifying combat power in Jiangning. The Yongyang Water Battalion has a total of 30,000 elite sailors.

The Zhu clan was divided into three parts, and Jiangning took a small number of troops to suppress the Zhu forces in Lanling and Wuzhou, and concentrated forces to attack the Zhu Tong Mountain in Liyang. Compared with the Yi'an war, the battle situation in Liyang is even more suspenseful, and Fengling and Jiangning will spread the latest battle reports all over Jiangning's jurisdiction through post stations. Unless Nanping and Donghai directly intervened, the Zhu clan would not be able to escape defeat.

At the end of July, Shui Ruying unloaded all his affairs, took several female guards close to him, and set off to Jiangning to take up his post.

It was learned from the latest report of the post office in Xiyan Town that Zhu Tongshan resolutely dispatched the main forces of each city, gathered 40,000 troops, and attacked the Fengling camp in a roundabout way, with heavy casualties on both sides. At the beginning of the Battle of Yuejun, Zhu Tongshan, Zhu Kunda, and Zhu Baiyan frantically expanded the army, and the total number of Liyang troops led by Zhu Tongshan exceeded 80,000, but the newly expanded army was very limited in combat power and could not be compared with the elite divisions. Judging from the records in the newspaper, the troops assembled by Zhu Tongshan in the military camp on the north bank of Jiyuan Canal are the elite of the Liyang Army, and most of the sergeants stationed in the cities of Dangtu and Liyang are newly recruited.

In the past few days, the fierce battles on both sides of the Jiyuan Canal have continued, and the Jiyuan Canal has entered the territory of Langxi, and the red and Yin Yin canal water exudes a faint fishy smell, which makes people dare not drink.

Shui Ruying remembered the blood mound of Kou Tomb in the eastern suburbs of Yongyang, and the cruelty of the war was unbearable to see from between the lines. The matter of Xiyan Town is just a small episode on the way north of Shui Ruying, and over the years, such grievances have also been endured. Qin Zhongshu's deviant behavior may have attracted the attention of the Jiangning dignitaries who had passed the Qingfeng Gorge Route. If he really wants to detain him back to Jiangning, he may be fulfilling his wishes.

Shui Ruying pressed the unhappiness in his heart, drove away from Xiyan overnight, and rushed to the ferry outside the Lion City at dawn. The green lion is located in the depths of the Wuling Mountains, although the county was formally established two years ago, but the Baiyi family has been operating here for a hundred years, the green lion is the largest stronghold of Baiyi, the mountain city is built according to the steep mountain, it has been decades, and the stone base of the mountain city has thick green moss. However, such a steep mountain city has never played its due role. In the past, Baiyi and the family competed, and the family was unable to attack Wuling Mountain, and Baiyi's strength was not enough for Baiyi to occupy a stronghold outside Wuling Mountain to take root, but it was not until Xu Ruyu rose to Qingjiang that this situation changed, and Cuishi became a county under the jurisdiction of Jiangning.

Starting from the west rock, the mountain stream follows the gorge, and several streams gather near the lion, and the river channel gradually deepens, and the water potential gradually increases, so that you can sail the boat. This is true in summer, and in winter, the water potential is small, and it is necessary to continue to descend for dozens of miles before there are boats to take.

The lion is considered to be a poor place in the water, the river beach is crowded with mules and horse porters, and the boats from the Lishui River stop at the green lion, so they have to hire mules and horse porters to take themselves or their luggage and goods to the depths of Wuling Mountain or along the Qingfeng Gorge passage to Dongyang and Yongjia. Go down from the lion, you can take a car, you can also take a boat, the car and horse are tired, hire a boat to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait, and the speed is slightly faster than the carriage, most of the business travelers who want to go down from the lion will change to a boat to continue the trip.

The horses of the royal car and the female guard are all excellent war horses in short supply in Jiangning, Shui Ruying naturally wants to bring one to Jiangning, hired three black boats at the river beach ferry, carried the carriage and horses to the boat together, and sailed down the river, and can go out of Wuling Mountain at night, enter Taishan District, and be able to reach Lishui at night.

Half a day later, Qin Zhongshu also appeared at the river beach ferry in the northeast of Cuishi Mountain City with a green cloth burden on his shoulder.

When Kou Zichan first entered Jiangning, he was listed among the publics, Qin Zhongshu was reluctant to be close to other people's doors, Kou Zichan laughed when he heard this, and ordered someone to give him fifty gold, let him set up his own door, and asked Xiao Yuan to issue a recommendation for him to be innocent, and recommended him to participate in the alternative of Si Xi's record.

Qin Zhongshu was a prodigal wreck in Jiangning, and he was notorious, and the people in charge of the election in the Political Affairs Hall and the Changshi Mansion were Shen Deqian and Tu Wenyong, both of whom did not like Qin Zhongshu, and saw that Xu Ruyu did not mention hiring him out of the ordinary, so he sent him to Wuling Mountain. It's just that at that time, Jiang Ning could not directly intervene in the selection of auxiliary officials in Southern Fujian, otherwise Qin Zhongshu would have been sent to a remote place to serve as a county or township official for the rest of his life.

At the beginning, Qin Zhongshu, Feng Ge'er, and Xiao Yuan returned to Jiangning with Kou Zichan, Xiao Yuan had no intention of pursuing a career and followed Kou Zichan's side, but as the saying goes, Xiao Yuan took care of the affairs of the house for Kou Zichan, and was far more popular in Jiangning than a small county in Wuling Mountain. Kou Zichan studied martial arts, but on the way back to the south, he cultivated to let the Heavenly Master Chu Shiduan be abolished, he was over fifty years old, his muscles and bones were stiff, and he could not re-cultivate martial arts. Feng Ge'er intended to join the army, so he became Kou Zichan's guard chief, but his skills were far less powerful than his guards. Kou Zichan has no children and no daughters, and he likes Brother Feng'er to be loyal, so he accepts him as a righteous son of the moth, and teaches him all the martial arts. Feng Ge'er's martial arts have not yet succeeded, and Kou Zichan will not really let him go to the army. But Brother Feng cultivated superior martial arts at the age of a weak crown, and he didn't know how young he needed to be able to enter the eyes of Kou Zichan, who was originally a master of martial arts. Kou Zichan recently talked about his family affairs again, giving birth to a son to continue the incense of his old Feng family, and another son to change his surname to Kou, but he wanted to inherit the Kou family's court. I want to marry a wife and have children, and I want to cultivate high-class martial arts, I guess I don't expect to enter the army in this life.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Qin Zhongshu's mouth, but when he thought of his situation, he couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Zhongshu has been sent to Wuling Mountain for two months, assisting the county governor to manage nearly 20 post stations in the territory, saying that the child is faint, and the whole thing is mixed, as if the county governor of Cuishi County has already been mentioned by some people in Jiangning, and Qin Zhongshu is abandoned in the corner, saying that it is to assist the county commander to manage the post stations in the territory, and there are nearly 400 post guards in Cuishi County who belong to the Qingjiang garrison system, but Qin Zhongshu has no right to transfer a person.

The county is under the county ruler, and can mobilize the post guards in the territory to catch and steal privately, which is considered an official position with considerable real power, and the authority to transfer the post guards is not subject to the interference of the county commander, but the bandits in the territory are more beautiful than the county slaughter.

However, in the counties of Cuishi, Qingfeng, and Yunxi, the Yi people are autonomous, and the county magistrate hires the Yi people, and the authority is greater than that of the county in the ordinary sense. Shen Deqian and Tu Wenyong put Qin Zhongshu in Cuishi to serve as the county magistrate, because they saw that no matter how talented he was, he would not be able to release brilliance in Wuling Mountain.

When Qin Zhongshu first arrived in Wuling Mountain, he knew the key and was uneasy, but he couldn't wipe his face to ask Kou Zichan, so he came up with a method of red and green wind lanterns and picking, and wanted the attention of Jiangning dignitaries in the past, even if he was arrested and brought back to Jiangning, it was better than nesting in Wuling Mountain for the rest of his life.

In the past month, there have been many Jiangning officials and eunuchs between Qingfeng Gorge, such as uncle and grandson Fangwu, Luo Shanyang, Jun Shushui, Mi Yusheng, Gu Mingchen, etc., all of whom are school captains and important officials above the capital affairs. However, this matter is a hidden jealousy in Xu Ruyu's heart, Luo Shanyang, Jun Shushui, Mi Yusheng, Gu Mingchen, etc., how can they say jealousy, and they should not see it when they see it. Qin Zhongshu didn't dare to let his uncle Fang Wu see it, his uncle Fang Wu's surname was Zi Lie, and he protected Youli in every possible way, if he saw Qin Zhongshu so presumptuous, he would have the heart to stab him to death with a sword, and he wouldn't embarrass his old man after thinking that Xu Ru would be foolish.

Qin Zhongshu thought that he had a bad reputation for joining foreign races in the Northland, except for Mr. Kou's willingness to introduce him, he thought that others would not cause trouble for him, if he was in Wuling Mountain, he would be unknown for the rest of his life, and he would not be able to achieve fame. Yesterday, leaning on the danger railing, I saw the peerless elegance of the water like a shadow from a distance, and my heartstrings were plucked somewhere, and I said secretly: A man marries a wife and dies in Wuling, but he is accompanied by a yellow-faced and black-toothed evil woman. Thinking about the situation accompanied by a yellow-faced and black-toothed wicked woman, he felt a chill in his heart, returned to Cuishi overnight, wrapped a stone seal representing the county and hung it in a green cloth and hung it on the hall, and came to the river beach ferry alone, wanting to return to Jiangning by boat to regain his fame.

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