Compared with the previous times he left Chang'an, this time, the lively-hearted Hu Hai let himself go even more, and along the way, he only cared about having fun.

Regarding Hu Hai's unprofessional behavior, Lin Ze did not dissuade him, but took advantage of his leisure time to let people pass the news of Hu Hai's arrival to the counties and counties in Shudi.

That's right, Lin Ze's move is to announce to the officials and sects of the Shu region in a high-profile manner: Prince Hu Hai is here, and it is time to worship the mountain.

The same move is also to test the initial attitude of the large and small forces in Shudi, is it to show surrender and honestly come to visit, or do you have other ideas and deliberately pretend to turn a blind eye?

According to Lin Ze's strategy, Hu Hai served as the governor of Shu this time, which can be said to be coming with the general trend, and his own strength is extremely strong, there is no need to be low-key, except for a few top forces in Shu, if the other forces are aware of current affairs, it is enough, if they want to provoke trouble, they can solve it by thunderous means.

Under the absolute strength, Lin Ze did not want to spend too much time to subdue the large and small forces in Shu one by one like subduing the Sword Pavilion, but interrupted and adopted simple and crude means to sweep away the discordant voices of Shu, so as to accumulate strength wholeheartedly for the future.

Along the way, Hu Hai, who had been having a lot of fun, suddenly found that many local officials with local families and sects came out unexpectedly and surrounded him to offer courtesy.

Hu Hai originally didn't want to ignore it, but Lin Ze persuaded him that as the governor of Shu, he wanted to meet with his subordinates, not only to meet him, but also to show the shelf of the officials, so that they could bow down and obey orders.

Hu Hai met a few times, and he was so annoyed that he wanted to throw it all to Lin Ze to deal with, but Lin Ze resolutely refused on the grounds that "the main ministers are different, and the subordinates cannot be encroached upon".

What Lin Ze has behind him is the opportunity to perform, for the first time, such a sacred matter, it is better to leave it to the party Hu Hai to perform it himself.

In addition to Hu Hai receiving officials from all over Shu, Lin Ze was not idle, and frequently arranged for Jinyiwei to collect information on visiting officials, analyze and sort out which people could continue to be retained and which needed to be replaced immediately.

As for the "gifts" sent by those officials, Lin Ze accepted them unceremoniously, keeping them for himself if they were useful to him, and handing them over to Qianyuan who accompanied him as logistics materials if they were useless.

Of course, Hu Hai can't look down on these things, if someone has to say that some officials have given away things with ingenuity, Hu Hai can also use them, Lin Ze will definitely deny it, and even think that person is sowing discord.

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After half a month, Hu Hai and the others finally came to their destination - Shudu.

Shudu, the most prosperous city in Shu, is not one of them, and it is also the capital of Shu Province, according to later generations, it is the economic center of Shu, as well as the political center.

Just when Hu Hai and others were about to enter the city, the gate of Shudu was opened, and dozens of people came to Hu Hai and others, and an old woman led by them bowed to Hu Hai and said, "The old man greets Hu Hai Gongzi." ”

Dozens of people behind him followed and saluted: "Subordinates (below) pay a visit to Prince Hu Hai." ”

Lin Ze was behind Hu Hai, and it was clear at a glance that these people were the officials of the Governor's Mansion in Shuzhong, as well as the largest force in Shu, the Ba family in Shu.

Before the Qin general Sima Co pacified Shu and used it as a back garden, there were two countries in this place, one was Shu and the other was Ba.

After Sima Coo destroyed the Shu Kingdom, the Ba royal family thought that it would be difficult to be spared, and decisively surrendered to Sima Co and surrendered to Daqin in order to protect the family.

At that time, in order to appease the people of Shudi, the Qin Emperor gave preferential treatment to the Ba family after surrendering.

The Ba family is also interested, loyally assisting Daqin in governing Shu, helping to recruit soldiers, and helping to recruit grain, in the Qin State's conquest of the Six Kingdoms, it can be said that he has contributed a lot, and the head of the Ba family was also named a marquis by the Qin Emperor.

The Ba family, which has thousands of years of heritage, is backed by the Great Qin court, and its strength is not abundant, but it is the first force in Shu, in fact, before Hu Hai, the governor of Shu has to act according to the eyes of the Ba family.

Of course, the original governor of Shu was not afraid of the power of the Ba family, but of a person of the Ba family, and this person was the old woman who saluted Hu Hai in front of him, the actual ruler of the Ba family, the famous widow Qing.

Hu Hai saw the old woman widow Qing saluting him, hurriedly ran out of the carriage, stepped forward to support her and complained: "Aunt Qing, I haven't seen you for a few years, why do you torture me so much, my father said that in this world, you don't have to salute anyone except him." ”

Lin Ze's pupils shrank sharply behind him, Emperor Qin also said this, is it a folk rumor, this widow is the Qin Emperor's good friend, is it true?

The old woman and widow Qing followed Hu Hai's hand, stood up straight, and said with a smile on her face: "Although Your Majesty once said such a sentence casually, other people's old bodies don't care, but Gongzi is the son of His Majesty, and it stands to reason that the old body still has to salute." ”

Hu Hai shook his head like a rattle: "That's not good, if my father knows about it, you have to beat me." ”

The widow smiled when she heard this: "Your Majesty has been well?"

Hu Hai happily replied: "As a martial arts powerhouse, my father has a strong body, so Aunt Qing doesn't have to worry. By the way, let me introduce Aunt Qing, this is Lin Ze, who grew up with me, and is also the most effective military advisor under me. ”

Saying that, Hu Hai pulled Lin Ze to the widow Qing and introduced.

Lin Ze smiled and saluted: "Boy Lin Ze, meet the old lady Chenghou." ”

The widow Qing glanced at Lin Ze carefully, and under the seemingly loose eyelids, a gleam flashed out, and she exclaimed: "Master Hu Hai has a good eye, he has such a talented companion, and a martial arts five-rank intermediate rank at such an age is really rare in the world." ”

When Lin Ze heard the compliment, he replied reservedly: "Old lady Miao Zan, it's just luck to be here." ”

Then he suggested: "After all, there are many people outside the city, so the old lady and the son should enter the palace first, and then talk about the old days?"

The widow Qing hurriedly said: "It's the old man who is confused, and he even caused the son to stand outside the city with me, this little brother Lin Ze reminded me that the son should go to the mansion with me to rest." ”

Hu Hai nodded and replied, "It's all up to Aunt Qing." ”

The widow Qingwenyan took Hu Hai by the hand and took him to the city, introducing these people to Hu Hai from time to time along the way.

There are the sons of the widow Qing, the contemporary head of the Ba family, Ba Qiang, the chief officials of the departments in charge of government affairs in Shu Province, the county guard of Shudu, the county Cheng and the captain.

Lin Ze followed behind, silently thinking about the deep meaning behind the fact that the widow Qing personally went out to greet Hu Hai.