In front of the fairy building, the flow of people is like weaving, everything is like the old time, but the scenery is still the same, but the people are no longer the same.

Along the street under the willow trees by the river, Xu Ping walked all the way, and his heart was full of emotion. When he first arrived in Yongzhou, he built this restaurant with Cao Keming, the governor, but he didn't expect that after only a few years of hard work, it would become the center of Yongzhou City, and Cao Keming was thousands of miles away.

When he arrived at the front of the building, Xu Ping got off the horse and saw Chen Laoshi and Qiao Datou sitting in front of the restaurant at a glance.

These two people were specially ordered by Xu Ping to be raised here, although later Xu Ping was mostly in Ruhe County and Taipingzhai, but no one dared to change his arrangements without authorization. Even with the improvement of Xu Ping's status, the treatment of the two has also risen. After a few years of raising, Chen Laoshi and Qiao Datou are no longer the down-and-out appearance when they first met, and now they are brightly dressed and full of red faces.

Seeing the two of them looking at him, Xu Ping smiled at them and walked upstairs.

Tan Hu brought two soldiers to follow, and asked several other people to watch the horses outside. Due to the lack of tranquility in the place, almost all of Xu Ping's entourage on this trip was dispatched, and more than 100 people were dispatched. After arriving in Yongzhou, most of the people were left in the state government, and only Tan Hu and a few people were brought to see Feng Shenji.

When I got to the second floor, I saw that it was crowded with people, almost crowded, and there were even small women selling all kinds of fruits and snacks walking through it, a lively scene.

For no reason, Xu Ping remembered that he came here to see Cao Keming, when Zhongzhou made trouble, Cao Keming took advantage of the trouble, Cao Keming felt that he had reached his twilight years, and a Zhongzhou dared to bully him, and there was no way.

Cao Keming's helplessness back then was almost in front of him, the twilight of the martyr, with heart but powerlessness.

Cao Ke will be in his sixties next year, and he will sigh in his twilight years, but he is only in his early twenties today, how can he have Cao Keming's state of mind back then?

Xu Ping exhaled, raised his head and walked to the fixed pavilion.

Feng Shenji sat by the window, his eyes narrowed slightly, he opened his eyes when he heard the footsteps, saw Xu Ping coming, and hurriedly stood up and said, "The general judgment is here, how are you doing along the way?" ”

"The journey is peaceful, and the thief's courage is not big enough to dare to bully me."

After speaking, Xu Ping sat down, and his own little servant came over to fill it with wine.

Outside the pavilion, Tan Hu greeted Cao Shenji's personal leader, and stood at the door on the left and right.

After drinking three cups, Xu Ping said to Feng Shenji: "Recently, I have been busy with affairs, and I haven't seen Zhizhou for some days, so it's always good?" ”

Feng Shenji shook his head: "I can eat, I can sleep, and my body is very good." It's just that the general judgment has been looking for too many things in the state recently, but I have a bit of a headache. ”

"Zhizhou, this is my fault?"

"What do you blame for? I have been a local official for many years, and there is nothing like the days in Yongzhou, I eat well and live well, and I can't run out of money in the treasury, all of which are beyond the imagination of other state soldiers, and this is not all earned by you. As he spoke, Feng Shenji took a piece of tender beef and chewed it in his mouth, "It's just that you don't let me live in peace, I have to toss with those barbarians, but I've been dealing with them for a decade or two, and I'm a little tired." ”

The recital was jointly signed by Xu Ping and Feng Shenji, although Feng Shenji was unwilling in his heart, but he couldn't say a word of objection. Feng Zheng, who was the first to practice the "Kuoding Method" in Lingnan, but Feng Shenji's father, the son did not change his father's will, and Xu Ping had to agree to it at all. As for the other articles, they are all subsections.

However, the joint name is a joint name, and Feng Shenji is against this matter in his heart. Since he became an official, he has dealt with barbarians for more than 20 years, but Shuang Xu Ping understands the troubles of barbarian affairs better.

After chatting a few words, when it came to official affairs, Xu Ping said: "In the area of Youjiang Road, the imperial court has always been negligent in governance, and most of the local officials are domineering, so I am afraid that there will be a backlash." ”

Feng Shenji said: "If it was a few years ago, things would have been difficult to do, but fortunately, now the road has been built, and you can go from Yongzhou along the road to Wuyuan County and Tianzhou." There is a way, it is easy to do, and the barbarians can't make waves in my hands. ”

After a pause, he said: "Although Tianzhou and Bozhou are not involved this time, these two states will also be suspicious in their hearts, and they will not watch from the sidelines." I'm here to rebuild Hengshanzhai near Tianzhou, watch Tianzhou, and you should also pay attention to the movements of Bozhou there. If Bozhou has different aspirations and falls to Guangyuan Prefecture, it can go straight to Taiping County. ”

"I understand that a stockade has been built at the intersection, and in a few days I will be transferred to command the people to come over."

Bozhou is stuck on the road between Guangyuan Prefecture and Taiping County, although it is only a mountain road, which can only be passed by small horse gangs. But the age is long, there are many villages on the road, and they can be supplied at any time, and in a place like Yongzhou, where the mountains are continuous, it is already a key road, and Xu Ping does not dare to be sloppy. made a mistake, and he made a fuss in the south of the left river, but he was embarrassed when he was taken out of his nest.

Although the Li family in Bozhou has always been respectful, the matter of life and death cannot be pinned on his attitude. Besides, since the road from Yongzhou to Tianzhou was built last year, most of the horse selling business was robbed by the Huang family in Tianzhou, and I heard that the Li family was dissatisfied.

As for the place north of the Youjiang River, although there are many barbarian mountains, there has never been a big force, and it is connected to Yizhou, Feng Shenji has been the governor of Yizhou for many years, and the name is enough to suppress there.

The key to Feng Shenji in Youjiang Province is in Hengshanzhai, as long as there is enough deterrence, everything will be peaceful, and no one will be able to make waves.

Xu Ping's difficulty lies in Qianlongzhai, which is located between several of the most independent large Tuzhou, which affects the whole body. However, the road from Taiping County to Qianlongzhai has not been repaired, and the straight-line distance between the two places is only seventy or eighty miles, but the mountain road is nearly two hundred miles, and the march of the large army takes nearly ten days. Ten days is full of variables, and without careful preparation, no one dares to say that they can go down in one go.

In other words, as long as Xu Ping deployed enough troops in Qianlongzhai and took root, all problems would be solved, and there would be no rebellion south of the Zuojiang River. The number of people should not be too much, as long as there are two commanders and a thousand regular van troops, all the prefectures must be obedient and obedient.

Feng Shenji and Xu Ping both knew this kind of thing, reminded each other, and knew that the other party had not missed anything, so they skipped it and didn't talk about it.

Feng Shenji thought for a while, and then said: "From Taiping County to Qianlongtong, after all, it is difficult to travel on the mountain road, and the general judgment must spend some effort on Siming Prefecture." There is a road that can lead to Taiping, and there is a Ming River to Qianlong, although the Ming River is turbulent and shallow, and the big boat cannot be walked, but even the sampan is better than the horse pack man. ”

"What Zhizhou said is, I understand. Half of the road to Siming Prefecture has been opened, and it will be repaired in the next two months. The barbarians live scattered, and where there are roads, the government decrees are unimpeded, and where there are no roads, there is lawlessness, which is a matter of no choice. However, it is easy to build roads, but it is not easy to transfer manpower. ”

The two drank a glass of wine, and Feng Shenji sighed: "Speaking of which, my Youjiangdao area here is backed by Yizhou and Pennzhou, and those local officials can't make waves no matter how much trouble they make." But you are there, as long as you are careless, let Guangyuan Prefecture or even Jiaozhi get involved, things will not be able to be cleaned up. Yunxing, you are still young, you must think twice before doing things, and don't cause trouble that we can't afford. ”

"What Zhizhou said is, I understand."

Since the day he agreed to fulfill Liu Xiaomei's wish, Xu Ping has carefully considered the difficulties he will face. This is not an easy task, if it is really a gesture, Xu Ping has done it before, why wait for a barbarian woman to put forward it as a dying wish.

The most difficult thing for Xu Ping now is not that the military strength in his hands is not enough, but that he cannot be arranged where it is needed. How many barbarians can live scattered in the mountains? The scale of a thousand people can destroy the state and the county, in the history of Xu Ping's world, the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, which shook half of the Great Song Dynasty, started with only 5,000 rabble, and it was able to go down to Yongzhou to surround Guangzhou and sweep Lingnan. As for the hundreds of thousands of troops in the commentary, they just listened to the laughter, the two thousand well-supplied troops in the mountains could go sideways, and if there were tens of thousands of people, then they could be leveled and wiped out, and they would be frightened by a group of barbarian rebels.

The most difficult thing is the road, this piece of continuous mountains, it is too difficult to build a road, crossing the mountains and rivers, even if Xu Ping has enough gunpowder in his hands, it is still extremely difficult. You must know that Xu Ping's world, it was not until the Anti-Japanese War that the first road was opened to traffic.

The night is getting deeper, and lights are lit everywhere, illuminating the road as bright as day, and Yongzhou City is full of singing and dancing. The population town here can no longer live, and several grass markets have been formed by the Yujiang River outside the city gate, and this small frontier city has also learned from the Beijing master to engage in the outside of the city, and has a bit of a prosperous city flavor. Xu Ping has been here for four or five years, and he has unconsciously changed the appearance of this place.

Feng Shenji sat for a long time and left to relieve himself,

Xu Ping sat alone, looking out the window, looking at the pedestrians who were leisurely wandering on the road, and unconsciously became distracted. I came to this world and changed this world, and I don't know if this change is in line with these people's wishes.

Feng Shenji came back, Xu Ping was pleasantly surprised from his contemplation, waited for him to sit down, and asked: "By the way, Huang Shimi, the Guangzhou Jinshi who I talked about a few days ago, and his brother Huang Wei, I don't know if there are any results." ”

Feng Shenji put down the wine glass he was holding again, and sighed: "I have already checked in Qinzhou, and there are also literary shops in Guangzhou, we checked a little late, most of this family's industries have been emptied, and only a little decoration is left to cover people's eyes and ears." Their home was originally a gold and silver shop, Huang Shimi Dazhong Xiangfu years have passed the Guangzhou Liberation Test, and passed the provincial test, the palace test failed. He thinks very highly of himself, and feels that he has the talent of a general, but the court does not use it, because some people in the court are jealous of the virtuous and talented, and they are dissatisfied with the court. Nong Cunfu occupied Guangyuan Prefecture, and Huang Shimi got acquainted with each other because of selling gold, hooked up together, and had different aspirations. Most of Guangyuanzhou's actions in the past few years have been made by Huang Shimi. ”

"I see, no wonder Guangyuan Prefecture does not act like the style of ordinary barbarian chiefs. It's just that after a little setback in the examination room, Huang Shimi had different ambitions, and this person lived up to the wolf's ambitions. ”

"Say he's a wolf? Yun Xing didn't know that this time you were in Yongzhou, and that group of barbarian officials called you a tiger. Your tiger is a good match for his wolf. ”

Xu Ping smiled when he heard this: "They see me as a tiger, and I see them like jackals!" This time, it is a tiger into the wolf pack! ”