The sun is so brilliant, pouring its unique warmth on the earth at a height of thousands of feet.

In the middle of the great woods is a small plain, and in the midst of this great valley, this small plain is tightly surrounded by the mountains of you.

"The reason why we have fallen here today is only because the acting lord of Annan has the idea of rejecting the Chinese people in his heart. I think that the reason why the lord of the country let many Annam locals evaluate their scores through written examinations and interviews is to select those who have a close connection with the culture of the Chinese Empire and have a soft spot for them from among these tens of millions of people, so that they can always be of the same mind as the Chinese Empire. ”

Xiao He sighed, looked up at a small stream that was flowing slowly not far away, and then continued:

"In fact, at the beginning, the acting lord of the country was quite honest, perhaps because he was worried that the lord of the country would send someone to supervise him, so this person searched around for those he did not trust at the beginning, but all suspicious people were either deposed or expelled, and there were countless people who were seriously assassinated. In this way, this acting lord will be so unscrupulous and indiscriminate, so that hundreds of thousands of newly relocated people from the Chinese Empire can only choose to continue to migrate north, or take the risk to hide in some mountains and wilderness in Annan, or fall into the grass, or rise up by himself, occupy a few small county towns, and want to fight against the new imperial court of Annan."

The sun shone on Xiaohe's face, and the crystal clear little face was becoming more and more delicate at this moment.

"It's not easy for you to arrive, this thing, in fact, is inevitable, at any time, you need to still be vigilant about these many things, since you have returned to the Chinese Empire, you will be safe, all you have to do is to stay on the spot, set up a special temporary station here, about things like identity, this is not a problem, it will help you solve it"

This large expanse of woods is so quiet and peaceful.

At that time, one or two bird calls from time to time made people feel quieter.

Between heaven and earth, it was covered by those dense branches and leaves, and the sunlight passed through the gaps of many branches and leaves, which could be vaguely sprinkled on this road.

"Stop, who are you? Where to go? ”

A checkpoint blocked everyone's way, and on this checkpoint stood five or six soldiers wearing Qing armor, holding a spear in their hands, blocking Runzhi and his party at this level.

"This is our official credentials, we are the subordinate officers of the three provinces sent by the capital to inspect here, which department do you belong to?"

"It turned out that the adult's subordinates arrived, and they missed the welcome, and they were guilty of sin, please wait for a while."

Among the soldiers in white armor came the leader of a soldier, who saw that there was an official here, and knew that it was a high-ranking official, but he was not afraid at all.

It turned out that these people were not really the soldiers in charge of the checkpoint, these people were all bandits from a nearby mountain.

These bandits, with the help of soldiers' clothing bought from the black market, pretend to be officers and soldiers, set up checkpoints here to intercept many rich merchants in the passing places, and set up all kinds of so-called non-qualifying conditions for these people who are in a hurry to pass in various ways, and then force these people who want to pass to spend a lot of money to pass here.

"Who are you? Which department? Why is there a level here? ”

When Haozi saw the style of these people, it was almost not what an officer and soldier should be, a real officer and soldier were all the kind of well-trained, standing and sitting and walking, all because of the long-term strict and high-intensity training, and there was a clear difference from ordinary people, so Haozi almost recognized these people at a glance as fake bandits.

Haozi didn't point it out directly, as if he wanted to see what was sold in this group of people's gourds.

"We are the officers and soldiers in charge of the checkpoint here, so it is inconvenient to disclose the details"

One soldier said, almost impatiently.

"Our chief said, let their leader, one person go and talk to him, and the others will wait in the same place"

The man who had originally said that he was going to inform the chief appeared in front of everyone again after leaving less than a quarter of an hour, and this time there was a beautiful woman by his side.

Among these bandits, there is such a beautiful woman, it is also very strange, these bandits, really a very special group of bandits, this is very interesting.

Haozi thought so in his heart.

"My lord, I have something to say to you!"

Haozi approached Runzhi, and then whispered, and Runzhi immediately understood what was going on.

"My lord, don't go!"

Cheng Hanyun and his entourage all persuaded Runzhi not to leave here.

For these people, Runzhi is the most important person among them, if Runzhi goes alone and has a safety accident, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

"It's okay, I'm just going to meet their chief, you guys put ten thousand hearts, I'll be fine"

Runzhi said to his subordinates.

So many of the officials stayed where they were.

"Why don't you go with me?"

Along the way, Qing'er, who had been sitting in the carriage with the maid, suddenly said to Runzhi.

"Don't go, I'll come if I go, just wait where you are!"

As he spoke, Runzhi rode his horse and followed the white-armored bandit in a soldier's suit.

"My lord drove to the cold house, and he missed the welcome, and he was guilty of sin!"

He was greeted by a small general in yellow armor.

In fact, Haozi has already whispered to Runzhi, telling Runzhi that these people are not real soldiers, but are very likely to be bandits or some outlaws, so Runzhi should be more careful with these people.

The official certificate that Runzhi asked the official officer in front of him to show was just the official certificate of an ordinary governor's master.

It turns out that all along, although Runzhi has always been in the position of governor of the three provinces, but in fact, Runzhi has not had a suitable talent around him to serve as the master of the governor of the three provinces, so in fact, the position of this master is vacant, or it is temporarily concurrently held by Runzhi himself, so Runzhi naturally has the official certificate of the governor Yamen master in his hands.

The governor and the other masters must be the biggest masters in all the yamen within the three provinces.

The reason why he didn't directly show these people the official credentials of the governor was just because Runzhi was worried that once these people knew that Runzhi was the governor of the three provinces, they would detain themselves, and then they would have to blackmail themselves into leaving a huge "road money".

After all, in the eyes of the bandits, power equals power, and power equals money, so power equals money.

However, since ancient times, the master only has the right to suggest, report and participate in decision-making, but he does not have the right to directly decide cases at the grassroots level, and this right is not something that ordinary people can have.

"I wonder why you invited me here?"

Runzhi said with a smile as he walked up.

It stands to reason that although the identity currently shown to the other party is a master, even if it is a master, it is not a small official.

According to common sense, if the superior comes, usually the subordinate should come out to greet him, so Runzhi actually confirms the previous judgment here.

In fact, people who don't know each other always establish or confirm their relationship from the other person's etiquette towards themselves. --- blood poured into the heart

"Lord An, we've been waiting here for a long time, do you know what I do?"

"I don't know, why don't you introduce yourself?"

"You don't know you're tight, but I know you."

"Oh, how do you know this officer, can you tell me about it?"

Runzhi is also approachable, which makes this mysterious secret feel very surprised, in fact, he is not too surprised.

After all, when she came, she had already heard that Lord An was famous for never pretending to be a good official who was dedicated to doing practical things.

In fact, in the eyes of many people, what kind of official is a good official?

As far as the people are concerned, it is natural that those officials who are upright and can continue to seek practical benefits for the people in a down-to-earth manner can naturally be regarded as a good official.

Runzhi naturally saw that this group of people didn't seem to be bandits, although they didn't look like soldiers, but if they were bandits, they didn't seem to look like them, so he agreed to risk coming alone.

"This, can Lord Annan remember Annan?"

"Naturally, Annam is located in the south of China, has always been a subject country of China, famous for being able to grow rice three times a year, and the northern part of Annam, the interweaving county is our county directly under the Huaxia for a long time. It was only later that considering that the management of this place was very inconvenient, and the number of Han people who migrated here was not enough, some Annan natives often came here to make trouble. This made the county officially assigned to Annan, a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, during the reign of Mingshenzong, on the premise that Annan needed to pay an additional tribute of 5,000 taels of silver every year, and the period was indefinite, and it was clearly stipulated that Annan would be a vassal state of the Chinese Empire forever, and the final interpretation right belonged to the Chinese Empire."

"Your Excellency really has a very good memory, it is true, Annan was sacked by the joint piracy and the Japanese pirates before, if you hadn't led 50,000 soldiers and brought military food, materials and weapons that can supply hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the rescue, Annan would have become a place where the Japanese bandits were raging. The lord is already the lord of Annan, but there have been some problems with the acting lord recently. These problems are very serious, and serious social problems have occurred in Annam, which has caused great public resentment to boil, and it is hoped that the lord of the country will personally go to command. Because you know, most of the important positions in Annan are in the hands of the officials and generals you appointed, and at present, Annan is experiencing unprecedented chaos, which has led to many Han Chinese people who originally migrated to Annan have to relocate back, and we are one of them. ”

Runzhi smiled slightly, and then said:

"If I'm not mistaken," Runzhi paused deeply, and then continued, "You're already a last resort, aren't you?" ”

This young man who looked like a general in yellow armor had already seen the clues when he saw Runzhi, and felt that there was no need to hide it at all, so he said:

"Don't hide it from the lord of the country, indeed, it's a long story. Our ancestors and others were originally residents who migrated from Luoyang, Henan Province to settle in Weaving County. Of course, there are also many people who have just migrated in the past, as well as Han people who were born and raised in the local area, and some native people who migrated from the south of Annam, and these people are not much different from ordinary Han people. It is only because of the abundance of rice in the southern part of Annam, that the population of the southern part of the subject state of Annam has increased rapidly. These populations were later transferred to our interweaving counties in a variety of ways. Now, because of the acting lord you have elected, the Han people have adopted a different clause for the Han people, which makes life more and more difficult for the Han people in the subject country of Annam. As a last resort, they had no choice but to migrate north in large numbers. It's just that after re-migrating to the north, the government in the north does not recognize any documents of our subject state of Annan at all, only the documents issued by Huaxia Prefecture and counties. Because I can't prove a valid identity, it is almost impossible for me to gain a foothold in society, so many people do not hesitate to fall into the grass, and we are one of them."

The man in the yellow armor in the general's armor continued:

"The new acting lord of the country, although there are some achievements in the country of Annam. However, this person does not seem to be friendly to the local Han people in Annam, in the past, the Chinese and the Annamite people intermarried, and they could be brought directly to the man's house to worship a church, and there was no need for any troubles such as dowry and dowry. This is because there is a difference between the customs of the subject country of Annam and the Chinese Empire, and this set of troubles is not prosperous. Second, because Annan, as a subject country, its status is naturally lower than that of the people of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, the people of Annan are proud to be able to marry women to the Chinese people, whether they are wives or concubines. Or maybe the men of Annam feel extremely honored to be able to marry the daughter of China, and even the society will be greatly improved because of this. Therefore, when men from the Chinese Empire go to Annam, they can often easily attract very beautiful women and bring them back to the Chinese Empire. Therefore, many people from the Chinese Empire who have no wives come to Annan to find wives, and they can often get their wishes, but recently this acting lord issued a new rule, saying that in the future, Annan women who marry people from the Chinese Empire as wives and concubines need to be registered and reported, which invisibly sets up many obstacles for us Chinese people. ”

Runzhi then said:

This is indeed very undesirable, because this person of Annam's subject country has always used Chinese characters. Annan's ancestors have used Chinese characters since ancient times, after all, Annan is a subsidiary country of the Chinese Empire, similar to the vassal states, but compared with the vassal states, this place is more like a chicken rib that is tasteless and abandoned for us Chinese people. The most distinctive feature of this place is its large population and the fact that it has two huge plains close to the ocean, which are ideal for rice cultivation. This plain area is amazing, if you grow rice, you can grow it three times a year, which is one of the few treasures in China. It's just that Ming Dynasty Mingrenzong at that time made a wrong decision. At that time, when Annan should be directly incorporated into the Chinese territory or as a vassal state, a minister named Hou Tinghui wrote that the Chinese Empire did not need this subject land. After all, the Chinese Empire is already rich in products and is the place where the first-class heavenly kingdom is located, and in the land of fish and rice in the central part of China, the rice produced in one year is enough for all of us to eat for more than a year and a half, not including the vast Central Plains treasure land in the north that produces wheat, and the wheat, sorghum and corn produced are enough for everyone to eat for more than a year and a half. Therefore, even if you don't do anything for three years, you can still have food and drink. Therefore, the superiority of rice production in this Chinese subject country is not enough to justify us in letting it into our territory. Secondly, in many parts of this land, the people are fierce and it is very difficult to manage. Above all, many of our officials are reluctant to leave their homeland and serve in this subject land."