As the political envoy of Shandong, that is, the seat of the provincial capital, and the "central city" of Shandong, in fact, Jinan's vitality has recovered well.

Although 150,000 of the city's 200,000 people were slaughtered, 80,000 were driven to the northeast as slaves, or only 12 out of 12 arrived in the northeast, there were still lucky ones left, and many people returned.

Therefore, this Jinan city can be regarded as prosperous.

There are a lot of shops outside the city gate, mainly in the carriage and horse shops and soup shops, mainly convenient and cheap, after all, there are always unlucky eggs who did not catch up with the opening of the city gate, at the same time, entering the city is not like the imperial capital, the city wall is demolished, the city tax does not have to pay, it saves some money, after all, in this era, the city is a consumption-oriented city, does not participate in production, and needs to let those fart people produce various materials to support.

After all, the soldiers guarding the door are not immortals who don't eat fireworks in the world, but they have to pluck the feathers of geese and grab them.

Therefore, there are also some poor people who covet the preferential treatment of not having to pay taxes outside the city gate, and come here to eat and sacrifice their teeth.

Of course, this kind of prosperity is a false prosperity, but Li Xiangqian looks at it in his eyes, but he doesn't feel anything, the city wall, like some petty bourgeoisie in later generations, feels that it has been destroyed, as if it has dug up their ancestral grave, but he doesn't know how this is something that hinders production.

In fact, if foreign invasion and public security problems are excluded, then there is really no need for the city wall to exist.

The "I Qing Dynasty" of later generations preached that they did not build the Great Wall, which led to countless "brain-dead" cheering for the Wencheng martial arts of my Qing Dynasty, they couldn't think about it, my Qing Dynasty had already entered the Great Wall, and the Great Wall was guarding against "I am the Great Qing".

Several carriage and horse shops are already occupied, but fortunately, since such a shop is opened, it must occupy a large area, Li Xiangqian didn't plan to enjoy it much, and wrapped up the rest of the house, but he didn't have any single room as the boss, and he lived in a smaller house.

After drinking the horses and washing, the sky gradually darkened, and arranged to take turns to stand guard without mentioning it, Li Xiangqian recorded what he saw and heard today, and rested by himself.

He didn't know how much of a stir he had caused.

Before, there were also some hair-cut thieves in Shandong, that is, some deserters, fugitive slaves, fugitives or other idlers, after shaving their short hair, they pretended to be people from the imperial capital, robbing and doing evil, and when the news came, the people in the imperial capital naturally stopped doing it, so they supported the Shandong people to completely exterminate it, which was nothing more than intelligence support behind the scenes.

The relationship between the two sides is so ambiguous, first of all, the bureaucrats in Shandong have no intention of resisting at all, and they are also the biggest supporters of "running the department to make money", after all, as long as you look at the map, the territory that originally belonged to Li Zicheng's subordinates is basically slowly integrating into the activities under the rule of the Council of Elders, if the people in the imperial capital want to expand, the first and only option is almost Shandong.

In this case, the posture can be imagined to be low, but since the people in the imperial capital are not too interested in bringing Shandong under their rule so quickly, then they will also push the boat along the river, while currying favor and enhancing their own strength.

Friendship is above, love is not full, oh no, it is impossible to resist, and it is unwilling to take refuge.

Although the city gate has been closed, but the news of the arrival of the imperial capital has spread all over Jinan, although there are only thirty people, but the Celestial Empire itself has the literati kind of ability to say ten points, ten points to change one point, so after the news arrived in Jinan, it was already an army of nearly 1,000 people with all cavalry in the imperial capital crossed the border and came towards Jinan.

Of course, this is the result of layers of water injection, thirty people first become two hundred, not surprisingly, two hundred people become five hundred, it is not surprising, then five hundred people become a thousand people, it is normal.

You must know that the prefect and the political envoy have all written the apology form and the reduction table, and the money and beauties to please the receiving officials have also been prepared.

This kind of preparation for the N-year big move, but hit the air is very bad, and the team of political secretary, although they dare not enter the city, but after they arrived at the city gate, they hung a person with a basket, and soon reported the situation to the adults who were looking forward to it.

"What kind of person should I be, fortunately, there are only 30 people, and it is estimated that they are a team of heralds, so I will find a way to send them tomorrow."

"Zhang Ke said that there is likely to be a real elder inside."

"What, it can't be."

"What Zhang Ke said, the leader and the horse he rode were different from the rest, and the soldiers brought by that person were also a group of boy scouts, looking like they were all descendants of less than twenty, different from ordinary armies."

"It's not going to be a liar again."

The officials in Shandong, however, suffered a lot and spent money entertaining the false elders.

"Those people's horses, and the Mauser guns that everyone carries, but they are all real, and they can't be faked, I'm afraid that there will really be a real Buddha coming into the world."

"Then why don't they go into the city, here, this is Jinan, just shout casually......"

According to the rules, the city gate is not allowed to be opened after nightfall, unless there is an urgent matter, you can leave under the special token seal of the big man, and those who have this kind of power are only a few people in Jinan Mansion, and they are all in this house.

They couldn't help but think that if it was really a person from the imperial capital, they would bring such 30 people and ask them to surrender, so it would be a little ...... I despise it too much, even if you send a thousand people, we have the confidence to resist...... One day!

They know their own affairs, in terms of strength, today's Jinan Mansion is far less than ten years ago, before the Tartar massacre, it was a bustling spring city, and the spring city was not able to withstand the blow of the Tartars, and the Tartars were really destroyed by these elders.

The people of Jinan Mansion, who are at the bottom of the chain of strength, contempt and food, are also so difficult.

Suddenly, someone muttered: "Maybe they came to me to fight the autumn breeze, according to reason, it should be like this." ”

"Yes, yes, how can a cat not eat fishy."

They are here in Shandong, but Shandong has been a small official for a few years, and Song Jiang, who has been corrupted to the point of being a good Hu Baoyi, timely rain, and filial piety Hei Saburo, believes in this set, and naturally does things when he gives money.

For a long time, it has been almost a super difficult subject to get through the elders.

Gift-giving, but a university asks, in later generations, the imperial capital is major xxx, but it has collected who likes plump women, who likes Lori, who likes cultural relics, who likes money, who likes ...... But they are all tunnels in each village, and they have the tricks of each village.

It has reached the point of using big data, humanities, artistic taste, and psychological analysis to determine how to give gifts, and how to be awesome.

But the elders have always been, money is not wanted, cultural relics are willing to taste a product, but unfortunately they are all blind, handsome little guy drove away, the thin horse sent is willing to take a look, but most of them can't look at it, counting on the elders to like these thin Lori, it is a thousand difficulties, the saddest thing is that it did appear, do not accept "beauties", and ecstatic, shouting despicable, the maid directly to bed.

If the elders really deigned to collect the money, it would be a great thing.

"That's good, don't invite ...... No, let's wait for tomorrow, and then invite the elders into the city to enjoy it, but tonight, I will inform you, the famous prostitutes and cooks in the city are not allowed to open, waiting for the adults to come tomorrow, well, I remember, the courtyard in the annex can still be used. ”

"Yes, I'll wait tomorrow to serve, and I'll order you to pay attention."

In the past, people from the imperial capital had not been to Jinan, nothing more than to summon Enke, or to announce that they would lead unemployed homeless people from Shandong to Liaodong Korea to reclaim the famine, and even issued such amazing words as immigrants sending women, but they were all former Jinyi guards, and they could communicate with each other, and they could also climb a little bit of distance and proximity.

But it was said that after the prefect gave the order, it was natural that the master began to be busy, and the officials of the government also acted one after another, although they had to run around in the middle of the night, but they also had to work hard.

Here, the most happy thing is to go to a few Qinglou to pass the order, although it is already night, it is the best time for Qinglou to do business, but it can be quite unreasonable, ordering a few well-known kiln sisters in the city to prepare, tonight is not allowed to pick up guests, waiting for tomorrow to entertain nobles, as for the deposit ah or something, hehe.

Naturally, you can eat and take a card to ask for a batch, but no one dares to provoke those women who are ready to leave it to the nobles.

Naturally, there is no need to go into detail about the in this, but there are also people who go to notify the famous chefs in the city to prepare food in advance, and so on, but fortunately, after figuring out that there are only 30 people, no one is so surprised that everyone is surprised.

One of them went to inform a coal merchant, which was naturally small and dirty, but after he entered the merchant, he didn't say much, and quickly entered the inner hall.

The official didn't put up any big shelves, and said respectfully to an old man sitting on the bed with his eyes closed: "Old master, you really expected it, there is really something big in this Jinan City!" ”

The old man looked unfazed and said, "It's nothing more than some evil demons outside the city." ”

"Exactly, it was from the imperial capital, and he was living in a carriage and horse shop outside the city."

"Hmph, what do you think, that is knowing that this master is in the city, and he doesn't dare to offend me!"

Why do you think the old man was originally a person of the Wenxiang Sect, and after coming to Jinan Mansion, he claimed to the believers who were pitted here that something big would happen in Jinan City soon, and he had to give him treasures, wealth and women, so that he could be guaranteed to live, otherwise there would be a rain of knives in the sky, and everyone would be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell.

But he had just enjoyed a few meals of white women in the enshrined shop, and he had not yet launched his "big plan" before he ushered in such an opportunity.

This is also the advantage of the successful plan, but this "guru" is not surprised, but more worried.

As the elders gradually put their roots into the people, the small-footed old ladies of the neighborhood committee began to exert their power, and there was no white face value from the elders' rewards, and their income in Hebei became worse and worse, and the organizations were destroyed one by one.

"How many came...... Devil? ”

Well, demons are naturally the pronouns of the elders, basically the elders have drunk blood from Ru Mao, arrived at collecting people's souls, and then refining all kinds of monsters, otherwise, how did those terrible movies appear? That's the soul of a man.

"There are 30 of them, but they are just outside the city, and tomorrow the envoy and the prefect will say that they will have a banquet."

"You say, is there a chance, find a way to blend in."

"This ......"

"If you can get rid of the demon guard, then you can go straight to the holy land of Sumeru, enjoy the fragrant milk river, the pure honey spring, and all kinds of fresh fruits that can be picked at your fingertips, endless delicacies from the mountains and seas, and one hundred and eight virgins for you to enjoy, why don't you think of a way?"

"It's better to be like this, old ancestor, this city is too dangerous to start, if you wait until the demons leave the city, use ......"

Li Xiangqian slept soundly this night.

The time to get up early is fixed, and after many years of self-discipline, he rarely sleeps lazy, not to mention that he has to take the soldiers, even if he lives in someone's store, these soldiers also get up on time, although the place is not enough to run and exercise, or start the whole team, tidy up the housekeeping, take care of the horses, maintain the weapons and carry the utensils.

Of course, this caused a shock, in fact, the owner of the shop didn't dare to accept them last night, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, Li Xiangqian didn't bother to make any deal in front of him, in this era, the standard of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness is extremely low, you don't have to care about any face, just use it directly.

Li Xiangqian was extremely satisfied, looked at these children who were already at least in the queue to participate in the parade, and said: "Okay, one hour, half of the people will go shopping, half of the people will sort out and prepare, and we will leave on time in the next hour." ”

Everything that should have been prepared last night has been in place, naturally there is nothing to say, what to buy, how to spend money and how to verify it, there are rules, if there is money saved, it will be distributed to everyone as food at the end of the month, which is also something that other warlords can't do, it's very simple, someone will teach soldiers to read and write.

The following work is naturally to talk to the little soldiers separately to understand their recent gains, and do they have any ups and downs in their mentality?

Suddenly there was a lot of noise outside.

"Excuse me, are there any friends from the north?"

When Li Xiangqian heard this, he also knew that it was people from the city who came, and he and others made a big fanfare, unless they were dead people, they would definitely come to investigate.

However, long-term intelligence infiltration is not covered, and their understanding of Shandong's military and economic intelligence may be higher than that of these so-called commanders, and they already have an understanding of its war potential, so they don't need to bother too much.

Li Xiangqian also honestly received the visitors, "I brought these brothers here on business, I will set off to the south later, but I don't have to trouble the brothers." ”

"How can it be, in the past, the elders entertained me and waited, but this time I want to return it."

(End of chapter)