The inner castle of the Silver Mountain Mansion is guarded by the castle. Sun Dejian, whose face was full of gloom, was sitting on a big chair and listened to the next thin guy with a roe head and a rat eyes reporting to him: "Now that group of bandits has suddenly disappeared, the second garrison division is looking around, but there is no news yet, the local people are very panicked, and they strongly ask the army to temporarily garrison there for a while." But now there is news of another gang of horse thieves in the north, and now the people in the north are also a little panicked and ask the troops to go to the north. "This guy is Jiao Ming, the governor of Yinshan Mansion, and he is also Sun Dejian's henchman.

"Now the army in the city is only 50,000 troops, where can it be drawn, the hateful mountain barbarians, also come to make trouble for me at this time, the army over there must not move, let the troops temporarily stay in place and do not move, maybe those bandits are deliberately creating chaos, leading the troops to the north, and taking the opportunity to loot in the east, these bandits are not worried, now the troops of our neighbor Tokugawa County are stationed on the border of our Northwest County, we have to guard against ah, at this time the army guarding Silver Mountain City must not move." Sun Dejian stood up irritably and walked around the hall.

"But the gang of the Chamber of Commerce is making a lot of trouble now, spreading the news that the caravan is afraid to go out all day long, and the people in the city are starting to feel a little uneasy." The skinny guy was also obviously a little worried that there were too few troops in the city.

"It's only like this now, let's do it for the time being, if they want to make trouble, they will make trouble, just survive this period of time." Sun Dejian couldn't come up with any good solutions.

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"Yuzhu, you just need to quietly put this thing in the corner of the wall when the target enters the room and have fun with the woman, and then leave immediately, don't worry about the rest. But you must be hidden and never expose yourself. When you get to Northwest County, go here and look for this guy. He'll arrange it for you. Note that the target has four guards with him, and his martial arts are not weak, so they must not be allowed to find out. Zhuge Fang cautiously handed a sealed porcelain bottle to Yuzhu.

It was obviously not the first time for Yuzhu to accept such a task, so she couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhuge , is this Bliss Incense in it?" ”

Zhuge Fang looked at Yuzhu in some surprise and asked. "How do you know?"

You must know that this "Bliss Incense" is a very rare poison, but few people in this world know it, and I didn't expect that a woman from my lord would know the name of this poison, no wonder my lord was so relieved that he would hand over this task to this beautiful little woman.

"This, please forgive Mr. Zhuge for this, I can't sue you." The bottle of Yuzhu walked out directly.

In the early morning of February 23, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Dejian, the county guard of the northwest county of the empire, was overly involved in sexual affairs. According to the examination of the corpse, it was determined that Sun Dejian's death was due to excessive intercourse, coupled with physical weakness, resulting in a violent death.

Sun Dejian's death training quickly spread inside and outside the Northwest County, and rumors that the bandit organization was about to sack the Yinshan Mansion City also spread inside and outside the mansion city, and even many big families had begun to leave the Yinshan Mansion City to take refuge elsewhere.

"Master Jiao, what should I do now, you have an idea. If the bandits really stormed the city. You and I are both family and family people, so what can we do? An obese businessman in a gorgeous brocade robe anxiously shouted to Jiao Ming, who was sitting on top of his head covered in sweat.

"yes. Lord Jiao, I also heard the news that the horse thieves in the north have colluded with the bandits in the east, threatening to capture Yinshan City and divide the property and women in the city equally. ”

A middle-aged gentleman sitting on the side also stood up and preached to his companions around him, as a way to show off how well informed he was.

"But Master Sun has passed away, and the main force of the army is still stationed in the south. Guarding against the mountain barbarians, there has been a lot of trouble over there lately, and our neighbor Tokugawa Prefecture has been training troops on our border frequently recently. ”

Jiao Ming was not in a hurry in his heart, but Sun Dejian had just died, and he had just sent an urgent report to the imperial court. As for when the new county guard will come, I don't know if it will wait until the Year of the Monkey, although there are 50,000 troops in the city, except for those old and young, less than 10,000 people can fight.

"Yes, you can't relax in the south, and if the mountain barbarians come in, it will be very troublesome." Another skinny gentleman chimed in.

"But you can't wait here for the bandits to come in, but I've heard that the largest bandits in the Northwest County have united, and the number is no less than 20,000, and I heard that there are still many small and medium-sized bandits who are also coming to Yinshan City, Lord Jiao, you have to have an idea." Several other businessmen in the hall also chimed in.

Jiao Ming was also full of helplessness, "I don't have any good ideas now, if you have any good ideas, please say it." ”

The merchants and gentry all looked at each other when they heard this, but only one sat silent.

"Mr. Sima, you can give everyone an idea." The fat merchant looked at Sima Yuan, who was leisurely smoking a cigar on the side, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Yes, Mr. Sima, you are well-informed, you must have a way." The thin merchant also shouted.

In the end, Jiao Ming couldn't sit still, and he really couldn't think of any way to get out of the troublesome situation in front of him. "Mr. Sima, let's all sit in the same boat now, you can show us the way."

Sima Yuan put away the cigarette pouch unhurriedly, "Actually, it's not impossible, we don't have enough troops here, so let's go to the neighboring prefectures and counties to borrow some troops temporarily." ”

"yes, why didn't you think of this idea?" Everyone, including Jiao Ming, suddenly reacted, "Then where to borrow it?" ”

And all the people began to talk about it. "I heard that the law and order in Meishan County is quite chaotic, and the army can't even manage its own side, so it definitely can't borrow it."

"Longdong County is similar, a few days ago, my caravan was still in trouble there, and now there is no news, no drama."

"I heard that the Tokugawa army has eliminated many bandit organizations, and even the 'Purple Turban Bandit' and the 'Black Tiger' have been eliminated by them."

"Yes, I was buying goods in the capital at that time, and even the newspapers in the capital were published, and I read them specifically."

"In that case, what are you waiting for, Master Jiao?"

"I just don't know if people are willing to come, but fighting will kill people."

"What's the matter, at most let's pay a little more."

"Yes, all of us here can pay, if the bandits rush in, then there will be nothing."

Jiao Ming was also considering whether Tokugawa's army would come to Northwest County, and when he heard that the merchants were willing to pay money, he immediately made up his mind to repair the book immediately, and sent someone to Tokugawa County to guard Qin Dusk in the starry night, asking him to send troops to help for the sake of his imperial colleagues.

On March 2, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Du received a letter of help from the Northwest County, and was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the first division and cavalry division, which had already been prepared, to go out to the northwest county, and he himself also went out with the army. At the same time, Qin Du also sent a letter to the imperial court, saying that due to the large-scale barbarian and bandit riots in the Northwest County, it was in danger, and at the request of the officials of the Northwest County and the local gentry and merchants, he sent troops to the Northwest County to help restore the normal order of production and life in the local area.

On March 6, Qin Du led his army into the Northwest County Town, and then on March 7, Qin Du announced that in view of the current state of emergency in the Northwest County, he would temporarily take over the power and wait for news from the imperial court.

"It is a great honour to be here. First of all, I would like to thank all of you for your trust in Qin, and I would also like to explain to you that the reason for my emergency measures is to restore normal order of production and life in the Northwest County, and that my army has set out to the east and north of the Northwest County to eliminate any bandits and horse thieves that have been left in the Northwest County. ”

"I hereby assure you that within a week all bandits and horse thieves will be resolved, normal order will be restored, and the state of emergency will be lifted, and the safety of your lives and property will be absolutely guaranteed by me and my army. At the same time, I also solemnly promise to you that the threat posed by the Gaoshan people to all of you and the people of Yinshan Prefecture will be completely resolved within one month. ”

In the luxurious banquet hall in the city of Yinshan Mansion, Qin Duan gently raised the tall glass wine glass in his hand, the bright red wine liquid shook in the wine glass, the fruit of victory was not easy to come by, it seemed that Qin Duan took the Northwest County into his hands without much effort, but who knew that such a rigorous and thoughtful plan cost Qin Dui and Zhuge Fang and his subordinate intelligence department personnel how many days and nights of hard work.

The banquet hall resounded with warm applause, of course, the businessmen and gentry led by Sima Yuan welcomed Qin Du's words, Qin Duan's measures to revive the economy in the Tokugawa Mansion, they had already heard of it, if this Qin Dui Qin could be in charge of the power of the Northwest County for a long time, this would of course be undesirable for these businessmen who were in the lead.

And the applause of those officials is much less sincere, if Qin Du really comes to power, it is unknown where they will go, and the respectful look can't hide the panic and anxiety.

However, Qin Duan is not ready to take big moves for the time being, firstly, Qin Dui is now not in the right name and his words are not good, and secondly, Qin Dui does not want to make too big changes in personnel immediately, at least for now, it will take a period of stability.

This banquet can be said to be very successful, Qin Duan can be regarded as taking root in the Northwest County, and has received strong support from the merchants and squires of the Northwest County, as well as the support of most of the original officers in the Northwest County. (To be continued......)