The Yicheng County Commander was talking to Bao Zheng, and the official suddenly came to report:

"My lord, the soldiers and horses of Jiangling Mansion are camping outside the county with three thousand men and horses!"

The Yicheng County Commander was puzzled: "Jiangling soldiers and horses, how did they arrive?" ”

The official said, "They said they came on the orders of Uncle Cao......

Before he could finish speaking, another official came to report:

"My lord, the people of Jingzhou rushed to ...... outside the city."

Yicheng Zhixian was shocked and said: "Could it be that the soldiers and horses of the nine counties have arrived?" ”

Bao Zheng said majestically: "Nonsense, but a small group of mountain bandits, why do you have to work so hard?" ”

He is a high-ranking and powerful prefect of Kaifeng, but he does not have the right to mobilize local troops, so he can only borrow troops from the local government.

As a bigwig of the court, anyone will give some face.

However, Cao Bin gathered all the soldiers and horses of the nine counties, which made him feel that it was a bit of a fuss.

The magistrate of Yicheng suddenly laughed and said:

"I didn't expect Uncle Cao to respect Lord Bao so much, and when you gave an order, Uncle Cao actually transferred all the soldiers and horses in the nine counties."

Although Bao Zheng felt that Cao Bin was a bit wasteful, he couldn't help but become very ironing in his heart.

He stroked his beard, shook his head, and said:

"The armor is a national weapon, Zhongjing Bo is so easy to call, but it is a little frivolous, after seeing him, this mansion will talk about him again."

Gongsun Ce's face showed a smile and said:

"It's not in vain that the adults have good intentions, and now Zhongjingbo seems to have not changed on the surface."

"But judging from today's attitude, it can be regarded as a wake-up."

"Whether it is Shandong disaster relief or the envoy to Western Xia, you can see one or two."

"Especially in the governance of Xiangzhou this time, the governance is whimsical, and it moistens things silently, without traces, which can be described as a gift."

Bao Zheng nodded and said with emotion:

"That's right, the construction of a port in Nuoda did not hurt the people or labor the people at all, and it also benefited several states and counties."

"Such a perfect means of governance is an unattainable vision for us scholars.......

In fact, what he sees now is only whether the port brings prosperity to the "local", or whether it is a short-term effect, and the future development is the focus.

And what he said is also a bit conservative, in fact, what is the role of the exchange?

The world's first exchange was established to strengthen the ties between big businessmen and solve the imbalance between supply and demand.

With the Xiangyang Exchange, it is equivalent to linking the important business activities of the entire Great Song Dynasty.

For example, if the people of Jingxiang want to plant cash crops, they can sign a contract with the merchant before planting, and after they are mature, they do not need to sell them laboriously, and they can be purchased by the merchant according to the prior agreement and sold to the place where they are most needed......

This model was very common in later generations, but it was extremely advanced in the Great Song Dynasty.

The basis of its existence lies in the mastery and transmission of information, and Cao Bin also values this.

It may be that this information may be less accurate, such as weather forecasts, but there is always an extra reference.

After all, even in later generations, the weather forecast will not be accurate.

In this era, an accuracy rate of five or sixty percent is enough.

"My lord, if you want to purge the court and change the position of Zhongjingbo, the key is still in the marriage with him."

Seeing Bao Zheng in deep thought, Gongsun Ce shook his feather fan and said.

Bao Zheng said helplessly: "It's hard to say, after all, the friendship between the two generations of Pang Cao's two families." ”

Gongsun Ce laughed confidently:

"It's not difficult for Gongsun, as long as a few discordant strategies are enough for Uncle Cao to recognize the true face of Master Pang......"

"When the time comes, whether the adult accepts him as a disciple or for him to do his own business, it will be a very simple matter."

Bao Zheng glanced at him, waved his hand and said:

"Don't say this again, how can the affairs of the court involve his marriage?"

"Besides, this government is just a pity for his talent, not to form a party."

"Why should I take him as a disciple? Teach him martial arts? ”

Speaking of this, even he smiled a little.

When the Yicheng County Commander heard this, he was thoughtful.

This Zhongjing Uncle seems to have a good relationship with Tianbo Mansion and Lord Bao, his position is a little ambiguous, and he seems to be quite talented.

I don't know if my mentor Kou Xiang has any intention to woo him.

Thinking about the speed of Cao Bin's promotion, he may soon grow into the backbone of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, he planned to write a letter to Beijing as soon as he returned home.

On this day, all the people and horses of all the state capitals of Jingxiang Nine Counties are gathering in Yicheng County.

At ten o'clock in the evening, there were already military tents outside the county, and there were more than 30,000 or 40,000 people.

The people rarely saw so many people, and they thought that there was another war, so they were so frightened that they didn't dare to go out.

Yicheng County Ling smiled bitterly:

"It's also thanks to the good military discipline of these soldiers, otherwise I'll be unlucky in Yicheng."

The soldiers who rushed to the outside of Yicheng County did not ask to enter the city, but only buried the pot to cook by themselves, and began to engage in collective activities after eating, and some even took time to train.

This kind of military appearance made Bao Zheng and the others quite sideways.

Such a self-disciplined army, not to mention the forbidden army and the box army stationed in the place, even the upper four armies in Bianjing are very rare.

As the saying goes, what kind of general, what kind of soldier to bring.

Of course, it's not about people like Cao Bin, but because of his method of organizing the army.

In order to save energy, he directly asked Yang Zhi to send more than 1,000 Xiangyang garrisons to serve as officers in the garrisons of various states.

Anyway, all the generals and colonels in those armies have been removed, and they just happened to make up for it, and even the reward system was brought over.

In this case, those armies have become the same character as the Xiangyang garrison.

"Not bad! Very good! This kind of sergeant can be called the elite division of the Great Song Dynasty! I didn't expect Cao Bin to have such the ability to govern the army! ”

A few people stood on the city wall and watched from a distance, and Bao Zheng couldn't help but say.

It can be seen that he is very happy in his heart, and even the name of Cao Bin has become casual.

When the Yicheng County Commander heard this, he made up his mind even more and must write a letter to the teacher as soon as possible.

At this moment, I only heard the sound of golden drums in several military camps outside the city.

Countless sergeants quickly lined up and shouted in unison.

"Ho, ho, ho......"

"Great Song Wansheng!"

"Uncle is mighty!"

Yicheng County Ling was so frightened that his legs and feet were weak, and he panicked: "What's wrong?" What are they going to do? ”

Gongsun Ce chuckled, and pointed into the distance: "Don't worry, Uncle Zhongjing is here!" ”

I saw countless smoke and dust flying in the north, thousands of men and horses were coming, and a general in front of him grabbed his horse and led a team of knights straight to the barracks.

At the same time, a red-clothed figure drove his horse to the city gate.

Running near, he flew up from his horse, took a few steps in the damage of the city wall, and jumped directly onto the city, and arched his hand with a smile on his face:

"My lord, Uncle Zhongjing personally led five thousand men and horses to listen to the dispatch!"

Gongsun Ce smiled when he heard this: "My lord, as we expected, it is only one step away......

Bao Zheng shook his head and said, "Let Cao Bin come to see this mansion, it's a bit too much!"