Cheng Liu originally planned to go directly to Luoyang Ling's mansion, but after thinking about it, the purpose at this time could not be expressed too clearly, so he gave up this idea.

Yu Youkui's spies soon reported that all the cities in Hanzhong except Danyang County had increased taxes, which seemed to be related to buying officials.

The county guards and local officials in various places tried their best to loot money, and they were originally officials for the people, but now they are too, but just to make a little more money.

Thinking of this, Yu Youkui suddenly spoke: "Originally, I came to Luoyang just to find out information, but now it seems that all the local officials have the same idea. ”

Cheng Liu nodded slightly: "The Han family is declining, and the current national strength is far less powerful than before, so in this case, the officials who should still be able to maintain a little integrity have been bought by money and become corrupt officials who bring disaster to the people." ”

As the two were talking, Xiudong suddenly brought a letter, which was the information that Dian Wei Feige had sent to the county guard when they set off today.

Jiangning County has been firmly taken, and the battle damage is not high, except for the loss of some siege equipment, the rest are casualties, accounting for less than 20% of the total number of troops.

The whole Jiangning County has fertile soil, pleasant climate, and a lot of plants and grains suitable for planting, so Dian Wei has begun to start urban construction and began to implement the same policy as Wanling.

Seeing this information, Cheng Liu was particularly pleased, although Dian Wei's role has not yet been reflected, but slowly developing, Cheng Liu still believes that he can carry the banner.

At this time, it was getting late, and Cheng Liu originally wanted to rush to Jiangning overnight, but according to the requirements of Xiudong and Qiuhong, he had to go directly to Spring Valley.

"The defenders of Spring Valley are in turmoil, our policy has not been implemented, the people are complaining, the original local officials seem to have been killed by mountain bandits, and now the dragons are leaderless, and there is already some turmoil."

After Qiu Hong finished speaking, she lowered her head slightly.

Cheng Liu didn't blame her, but just asked, "How far is Spring Valley from Luoyang?" ”

"Half a day is enough."

Yu Youkui estimated the time, and suddenly said: "I won't go, this is your own family's business, I won't follow it." I will stay in Luoyang first, and if there is any problem with Luoyang Ling, I will react first as soon as possible. ”

Cheng Liu smiled: "Then you have to be careful, now you don't have a care by your side, if something really happens in Luoyang City, no one can save you." ”

Yu Yukui pursed his lips slightly.

"Then you underestimate my guards too much, even if it is Gu Guan, it is a little difficult to get rid of my guards and then find me, let alone those little minions?"

Cheng Liu subconsciously looked at Gu Guan, only to see Gu Guan tilting his head slightly, maybe it was the relationship the night before, and now Gu Guan's eyes after seeing Cheng Liu have a slight change.

It was just cold before, but now I feel a little convinced.

After the sky completely darkened, Cheng Liu did not choose to speed up the horse, but rented a carriage, because the terrain of Spring Valley was not very suitable for fast horses.

Gu Guan sat on the side, looking at Cheng Liu's observation map, and slightly tilted his head to look out of the carriage.

"Don't worry, the bandits along the way here are generally informants, unless it is a large group of businessmen passing by on this official road, otherwise they will not intercept it."

"Informant?"

Gu Guan's puzzled eyes were filled with great incomprehension.

Cheng Liu coughed dryly, so he had to say in a different way: "I mean, let you relax, there is no danger here." By the way, are you familiar with Spring Valley? ”

Gu Guan nodded.

Cheng Liu continued: "Although Spring Valley is only half a day's distance from here, there are many mountains along the way, and we have to make a detour, and when we wait for Spring Valley, it should be around noon tomorrow, so I rushed overnight. ”

Gu Guan said he understood.

"You must be very strange, although Spring Valley is rich in resources, it is not a place to fight, why do you have to work so hard. But if you look at this map, Shichengjing County has just been taken, Lingyang, Wuhu and Xuanxuan are all nearby, these guards are not many, and the place where the war is continuous is easy to rebel. ”

"My influence has only expanded to half, for example, although the local officials in Xuancheng are implementing my policy, the local officials there are still the same forces, even if I buy officials to take office, these people will not give me a good face."

"I went to Spring Valley this time, first, to beat them, and second, to see how sincere these local officials can be."

Gu Guan listened attentively, and suddenly asked, "But what if they don't take you seriously?" ”

Cheng Liu sneered, connected several cities with his hands, and said: "That's much simpler, just clean them up, although there are not many people under my hands who can be used, but now they are looking for people, sooner or later, the official class here will be replaced by my people, and then others will have to go through me if they want to buy officials again." ”

To tell the truth, although Cheng Liu began to lay out the cunning and cunning, he also knew in his heart that if he took the initiative at this time, I am afraid that the turmoil in several cities would unfold at the same time, and their power was solid, but the people's hearts were not towards them.

But if Cheng Liu takes the initiative to provoke the war, then everything will go sour.

For example, Shicheng has been controlled by Gan Ning's men for more than half a month, even a full month longer than Jiangning County, but there is still no way to gather the people's hearts there.

This is like a thorn in Cheng Liu's heart, if he doesn't solve it easily, he will always respond to people.

Rushing overnight, Cheng Liu could barely sleep, and Gu Guan sat on the side with a cold face, Cheng Liu's sleepiness suddenly ran away for most of it.

He simply stared at the combat map all night, and when it was dawn the next day, Gu Guan, who had only slept for half an hour, found that Cheng Liu's eyes looked like he had been beaten.

"You watched it all night?"

Cheng Liu nodded slightly: "When I get to Spring Valley, I have to let Lao Dian take down this Jiang Cheng." ”

Although the two places are only separated by a mountain, they are constructed by different local officials, Cheng Liu thought about it, and in order to avoid long nights and dreams, it is better to let Dian Wei take over directly.

Seeing that the sun was shining, Cheng Liu directly put away the combat map, turned to look outside, and asked where the coachman was now.

"Daguanren, we just passed Danyang, and now it takes about two hours to take a detour from behind to Spring Valley."

This is a lot faster than Cheng Liu expected, but it is also because the road after this will be slightly easier.

There was nothing to say all the way, Cheng Liu closed his eyes to recuperate.