"Are you talking about the old department of King Chuang who betrayed Gao Yingxiang?" Xia Nan had an impression of this leading party, when the battle of Qiu Yushan was fought, Gao and Zhang's combined forces were defeated, Gao Yingxiang fled into the dense forest, drilled the cave, it was this Huanglong who took the initiative to surrender, revealing Gao Yingxiang's traces, and the pursuers could easily catch this big fish.

Wang Qinian explained: "After this person surrendered, he could not be reused in the army, nor could he be abandoned like a shoe, so it was difficult to resettle. This time, it is more appropriate to send a liaison officer to the capital, and it is best to do something, even if it is not done well, it will not have much impact. ”

"That's a good idea, it's settled." Xia Nan agreed. For this kind of person who has no discipline and does not hesitate to betray the old master, he cannot be reused, who knows if he will betray the new master next time? But keeping this person can serve as an exemplary example, allowing future opponents to see the benefits of surrender and weakening their will to fight. Then it is a good arrangement to appoint him to the idle post of "director of the Beijing Office". Anyway, he is only responsible for delivering the news of the capital, and he can't reach the decision-making level of the Qiong Navy, so even if he is a vegetarian or even defective, he won't lose much.

Huanglong's future was thus decided. However, he himself is very satisfied with this decision: when he followed Gao Yingxiang, didn't he just want to mix up his appearance? Now take the moon of the Qiong Navy to the capital to "check in and go to work", see the world of flowers, relaxed and comfortable, why not? The next day, he happily took a few people from the Intelligence Department and set off by boat, even earlier than the people who went to the northwest and Liaodong.

Liu Heizi was the second group of people to set off, and he did not travel lightly like Huanglong, but brought with him a fleet that was not too small. In addition to cotton cloth, medicinal herbs, soju, munitions and other materials, there are also 200 people led by Huang Kang, deputy of the special combat team, these people were sent by Xia Nan to protect this batch of materials, and by the way, he was given a strong momentum as a special envoy of the Navy Qiong.

The flotilla arrived in Shandong more than half a month later and landed in Dengzhou.

At this time, Su Thick Leg was the time to reorganize the officers and soldiers of Shandong and train the new army, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, Xie Sanbin in order to cooperate with Xia Nan's plan to gradually control the whole territory of Shandong from the army, and help Su Thick Leg coordinate the relationship between the Yamen of Shandong Governor and the garrisons in various places, he was also very busy - even if there was a holy decree granting Xia Nan the power to control the soldiers and horses of Shandong, and the Qiong Navy was notorious, but the reorganization plan involved the military power of the Shandong governor and the jobs of the generals in various places, naturally it would not be smooth sailing, and Mingli's resistance was not, There were many hidden constraints, and even large and small frictions that appeared for various reasons, of course, they were all ruthlessly suppressed by the independent regiment.

In the face of this task force going to northern Shaanxi, although Xie Sanbin and Su Thick Leg could not contact in person, they still sent their own people. After Liu Heizi went ashore, the people of the Yamen, the governor of Denglai, entertained them to rest for the night, and then arranged for a guide, and Su Rough Leg sent two companies of the Independent Regiment to escort them all the way to the vicinity of Puyang in Henan.

Although Shandong has experienced the rebel rebellion and the Tatars entering the army, it is currently under the "protection" of the Qiong Navy, and the road is quite stable, and it is rare to see bandits haunted, although the prefectures and counties along the road are a little dilapidated, but the spiritual outlook of the people is not bad.

When Liu Heizi passed through Liaocheng, he chatted with the people working in the fields, asked them about their current situation, and wanted to compare it with Qiongzhou.

An elderly man told the "military master" who led the troops: "The government is now persuading farmers to teach agriculture, and those who fled during the military disaster and the Tatars have come back one after another, and now they are reclaiming the land that was originally abandoned." Although the imperial court has added some training and repression this year, and the taxes are heavier, but the whole family goes into battle together, as long as God opens their eyes and there is no drought or flood, they can still barely survive......"

There are also well-informed people who interject on the side: "I heard that there is a marquis in Shandong, who wants to meddle in the matter of paying taxes, saying that he wants to pay taxes on his behalf, which is equivalent to letting us all be tenants for him, and the grain and taxes paid are not as good as half of the imperial court, if it is really done, our good days will come." ”

It turned out that Qiongzhou's tax payment model had been exported to Shandong, and Liu Heizi thought that the general was really resolute. He asked, "Do you think that's reliable?" ”

The people didn't know that this military master was Hou Ye's subordinates, and they talked nonsense:

"I've lived most of my life, and I've never heard of anyone who can do it against the court. It's not reliable to listen to......"

"Why is it unreliable? I heard that he was the one who drove the Tartars away from Shandong, and he also made great contributions to quelling the rebellion at the beginning, such a person is powerful! I thought he could do it. ”

"Actually, you don't know that the court takes a lot of money to pay taxes, but those grain chiefs, the people who work in the government door, the fire consumption and floating income of the official are gone, and these intermediate links are the big ones, and the marquis has to deal with not the court, but these people. These guys are showing off their might in front of us, and they don't dare to put one of them when they see that they are not soldiers yet. ”

Liu Heizi gave a thumbs up to the person who said this and praised: "Brother understands people!" See it thoroughly. ”

There are also young people who are eager to try: "I heard that Hou Ye's subordinates are recruiting troops in the east, but I want to try it......"

There are elders who are old and respectful to teach him: "As the old saying goes, 'a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail', and working honestly in the field is the right ......"

Liu Heizi laughed: "Uncle, being a soldier for Hou Ye is not called Huazi soldiers in those guards, the salary is very tight, and when the soldiers arrive in a year, your whole family will plant land for two or three years!" ”

After learning about the local situation and advertising Su Thick Legs by the way, Liu Heizi left the chattering villagers and continued to move forward.

After entering the territory of Henan, the surroundings gradually became barren. Sometimes when I walk for hundreds of miles, there are no people, and there are a lot of dry bones along the way.

Huang Dare said: "When I got here, I knew that Lingao was simply a paradise, and it was all the world of the Ming Dynasty, why is there such a big gap?" ”

Liu Heizi said: "So this country has to let the general sit, so that the people of the world can live the life of the people of Lingao." ”

When the team arrived in the Xinxiang area, scattered riders gradually appeared around, looking over from a distance, and when they saw the heavy boxes on the carriage, they showed greedy eyes. The accompanying guide said: "Master Jun, this is a horse thief spy entrenched in the vicinity, they are picking on the passing merchants and civilians, as long as there are not enough guards, the army of horse thieves will arrive soon." ”

Although Huang Kang believed that the two hundred special combat soldiers would have no problem dealing with the horse thieves, he was careful and ordered: "Set up camp on the spot before dark, and those with weapons will be on guard on the perimeter and stand guard in shifts." ”