On the morning of the second day, the holy decree arrived, Xiao Fan was named the general of Shenyong, the generalissimo of Yuyan, and all the generals under him were promoted to one level.

Soon after, the military rations and salaries arrived one after another, and Xiao Fan distributed one million taels of silver, and when the soldiers held the white military silver, their eyes were filled with tears. After being in the army for so many years, it would be good to have food to fill your stomach, but as for the military salary, you don't even think about it, it was all swallowed by those traitors.

In Jingzhou City, Xiao Fan walked through one street after another, and saw that people were hungry and unbearably hungry, grabbing food everywhere, and there were countless displaced people in the entire Jingzhou City.

Xiao Fan called a lieutenant who had been guarding here before, and asked some information only to learn that because Jingzhou City had been in the war, the military rations in the rear could not be supplied, so General Liu had to ask the people for righteous food. In addition, the people loved him very much, and took out all the food they had in their house. They understood that Jingzhou City could only survive if it held them, and once the city was broken, they would be slaughtered by the Great Yan Iron Cavalry.

Back in the mansion, Xiao Fan ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain, and only 100,000 quintals of the 300,000 taels of good grain were left, and the remaining 200,000 taels were used to distribute to the people in the city.

When the news of the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain spread, the people were surprised and happy, and some of them even burst into tears.

"General, you can't give us military rations, these military rations have to be left for the soldiers, and they have the strength to kill the enemy when they are full!"

A dense crowd gathered outside Xiao Fan's temporary residence, and many people said so.

For a whole day, 200,000 loads of military rations were distributed to the people of the city. The people are grateful to Dade, and Xiao Fan's image in their hearts is several times taller.

The matter of opening the warehouse and releasing grain soon spread, and some other people inside and outside the city that had been devastated by the war went to Jingzhou City one after another, and a large part of them came to join the army, and Xiao Fan's army gradually grew.

More than ten days have passed, Xiao Fan has not been idle, and most of the time has been cultivating in the Time and Space Sacred Domain. From time to time, he went out to inspect and instructed his generals to send people to repair the damaged city walls and gates.

On this day, Xiao Fan called the lieutenant under General Liu and asked about the situation of the rich merchants in the city.

In the hall of the General's Mansion, there were more than 100 people seated, and these more than 100 people ranged in age from 30 to 70 years old, and each of them was wearing expensive clothes, and they were the richest people in Jingzhou City.

"I've heard that some of you never pay your taxes?"

Xiao Fan looked at more than 100 people, and his eyes swept over the dozens of them.

"General Xiao, how dare we not pay taxes, please don't listen to rumors. ”

Some of them immediately defended themselves.

"Really?" Xiao Fan smiled faintly, and then said: "Over the years, the soldiers have been guarding Jingzhou City, and when the military food supply in the rear is not available, have you rich businessmen taken out food to relieve their urgent needs?"

"This ......," some wealthy businessmen opened their mouths.

"Since you don't, what qualifications do you have to enjoy the glory and wealth in the city they have guarded with their lives?"

"General Xiao, what do you mean?"

There was an old man in his fifties who looked at Xiao Fan.

"What General Ben means is that from now on you must pay taxes in accordance with state regulations, and take out an extra amount of money every month to run private schools and colleges and provide relief to beggars and homeless!"

"General, don't you think your demands are too unreasonable? What do those beggars and outcasts have to do with us, why should we give money to help them? The old man in his fifties said, paused, his voice raised slightly, and said, "How much we pay taxes, that's a matter that the prime minister and the master both nodded over, does the general really care?"

"Tai Xuan and Zhao Tie?" Xiao Fan smiled and said, "It turns out that they are the backers behind you, but unfortunately Tai Xuan and Zhao Tie are nothing in the eyes of General Ben." You have to pay the taxes according to the rules, and you have to take out a sum of money every month. ”

"What if we don't agree, can the general still kill us?"

Some wealthy businessmen stood up and looked at Xiao Fan with a sneer.

"It seems that with Tai Xuan and Zhao Tie behind you, there is no one else in your eyes. Xiao Fan shook his head, and then said to Qin Han, the deputy general beside him: "Qin Han, immediately lead troops to block all the shops under these people." ”

"Yes, General!"

"Come on, put these tax evaders in custody, put them on death row, and behead them at noon tomorrow!"

"What are you doing, let go of me, let go of me!"

More than a dozen of the more than 100 people were taken into custody.

"Xiao Fan, do you think that as a general, you can do whatever you want without taking the prime minister and the princess in your eyes? You, the general, have also done it! You want to kill us, come, when the time comes, see how the prime minister and the princess deal with you!"

"Noisy! Threatening General Ben, his attitude is extremely bad. No mercy!!"

"Poof!"

A puddle of blood immediately sprayed out, and the rich merchant didn't even have time to scream, and his head had already fallen to the ground, which frightened the rest of the rich businessmen and made them tremble, and they didn't dare to be arrogant anymore.

"General Ben has never forced others, if you are willing to do what I said, then stay, if you don't want to, you can leave Jingzhou City and go elsewhere.

The corners of everyone's eyes twitched, this is still called not forced, everyone is dead. In this case, who would dare to say a word, unless the head wants to move.

"We do, we do!"

The dozens of wealthy businessmen who were detained nodded their heads again and again.

"That's right. Xiao Fan nodded and smiled, and then said: "I almost forgot to remind you that in this city, I don't want to see things happen that bully men and women and oppress the weak." Take care of your own family and children, and if I find out that they have done despicable things, I will blame General Ben's men for showing no mercy!"

"Yes, yes!"

Some wealthy businessmen were panicked and nodded their heads like chickens pecking at broken rice. In the past, when General Liu was there, although he also told them this, they were not afraid, because there was someone behind them, and General Liu couldn't move them. However, Xiao Fan is different, he is now a first-class general, and his style of action is also unscrupulous, and he is not afraid of Tai Yi and Zhao Tie at all.

After those rich businessmen left, Qin Han and the others looked at Xiao Fan and said, "General, if you do this, then Tai Yan and Zhao Tie are afraid that it will be unfavorable to you." ”

"It's okay, they've already dealt with me, but they didn't succeed. They still need me right now, so there's no obvious move, don't worry. Besides, they can't help me. During this time, there were many new recruits who enlisted in the army, and the pill remembered to give them and let them strengthen their training. ”

"Yes, General!"

"I'm leaving Jingzhou City in the afternoon, don't tell anyone else about this matter, if someone comes to look for me, it will say that I am inconvenient in my cultivation. ”

"Zhilu said, the general can rest assured. ”

Qin Han and the others retreated, and Xiao Fan returned to the study and began to sit and cultivate. In the evening, Xiao Fan left the mansion and soon left Jingzhou City and went straight to the imperial capital.

Now, after the First World War, the army of the Great Yan Empire has not yet come to the city again, Xiao Fan wants to go back to the capital, meet Shangguan Lanruo and them, and ask Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng some information by the way.

After entering the imperial capital city, it was already dark, Xiao Fan returned to the general's mansion and summoned everyone as soon as possible.

"Hahaha, junior brother, tell my senior brother quickly, how did you use 20,000 heavy cavalry to kill 100,000 iron cavalry in Dayan?" When Cai Hexuan saw Xiao Fan, he immediately laughed, and walked quickly to Xiao Fan's side and looked up and down, left and right carefully. "Yes, a little stronger. ”

"It's a long story, it's just a matter of using the formation change. During this time, has there been any change between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Taishi's Mansion?"

"Nope. Cai Hexuan shook his head and said, "However, something happened to the Marshal's Mansion. As the junior brother expected, a man in black lurked near the Marshal's Mansion and wanted to assassinate Yang Fenglan, but several attempts were unsuccessful. There is a master of the Grandmaster realm in the Marshal's Mansion. ”

"A master of the Grandmaster realm?"

Xiao Fan was very surprised, he only knew that there were masters of the Grandmaster realm hidden in the Ludao Palace, which was designed to protect the emperor, but he didn't expect that there were also Grandmaster realm figures in the marshal's mansion.

"Yes, it was an old man, but he seemed to be lame. Zhang Peng nodded, and then as if he remembered something, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said: "There is no movement in the Taishi Mansion, but there is an abnormal phenomenon in the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

"What anomaly?"

"That night, I lurked outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was about two watches in the morning, when I saw a black-robed man who crossed the courtyard wall like a ghost and went directly into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the black-clothed man made me feel very strange. ”

"The man in black, the man in black with fast body skills, has the senior brother ever remembered what other characteristics this person has?"

"I didn't see it, it was dark, and he was so fast, I couldn't see his face. However, there is a blood-colored half-moon embroidered on the back and chest of his black clothes, which should be a symbol of his status. ”

"Scarlet Half Moon?"

Xiao Fan muttered to himself, shocked, and then set his eyes on Lu Qingya and Lin Caixuan.

"Uncle Shi, your face seems to be a little wrong, what's wrong?"

Xiao Fan saw Lin Caixuan's changes, and the rest of the people reacted in a daze, only her reaction was different.

"I remembered what Master once told me, it was about the legend of the Scarlet Half Moon. ”

"Could it be that the man in black still has a great background?"

Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng were extremely surprised, and everyone turned their eyes to Lin Caixuan.

"Thousands of years ago, our continent was hit by a catastrophe. A mysterious force wants to conquer all the sects of the entire continent and instill faith in them. Later, the large and small sects of the mainland joined forces to hit it hard, and some people in that mysterious force had blood-colored half moons embroidered on their clothes. ”

"That mysterious force is so powerful?" Xiao Fan and the others were surprised.

"Yes, no one knows how strong their foundation is. But don't worry, they are hiding in the shadows right now, with the aim of penetrating into the empire and making the empires go to war, so that they can benefit from it. It's just that the people they sent aren't too strong, and it's just a snap of our fingers to deal with those men in black. ”

Lin Caixuan said this, which made Xiao Fan's heart gradually relax.