With the announcement of the appointment of the county guards, Zhou Haichen suddenly entered the public eye and became the hottest figure in the territory, and Zhou Haichen's background and resume were even checked out. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cui Shouhei, who was previously promoted to the county guard, has the Cui family behind him, and Cui Yingyu, the chief county lord, mediating in the Metropolitan Protectorate, and his career is already favored.

Zhou Haichen is different, he came to the territory as a homeless person, he has no relatives and no reason in the territory, and it is all by personal efforts and the appreciation of the monarch that he has come to today's position step by step.

The only connection is probably that he was cultivated by Fan Zhongyan when he was in the Administration Department.

Ouyang Shuo still remembered that when he set up the affiliated territory of Friendship County, he also had a trade-off between Zhou Haichen and Qin Shijian.

The final result was that Zhou Haichen was appointed as the commander of Youyi County, and Qin Shijian was appointed as the director of the examination department of the Administration Bureau.

Today, Zhou Haichen has become a feudal official, and Qin Shijian is still the director of the examination. However, at this time, the examination department was already a division under the General Administration of Administration.

In this way, it is better to go down to the local experience, and you can reap the achievements and get promoted.

As for the twists and turns in Lei Fan's appointment, out of the protection of Lei Fan, except for a few people such as Ouyang Shuo and Xiao He, Zhang Tingyu, outsiders do not know the inside story.

Even Lei Fan himself didn't know much about this.

Ouyang Shuo considered letting Lei Fan be promoted to the county guard of Yizhou, one is that when Shanhai City won the [Yunnan City-State], he did not find any outstanding historical talents.

The second is that Lei Fan was born in the mountain barbarian clan, and he has a very thorough understanding of the multi-ethnic policy of the territory, which is conducive to carrying out work in a county like Yizhou County, whose population is dominated by indigenous Gaoshan people.

In addition, Ouyang Shuo also had political considerations to appease the Shanban clan. Ouyang Shuo, as the [Barbarian King], and the mountain barbarian warriors have made contributions on the battlefield, it is time to give the mountain barbarian clan a greater right to speak.

Lei Fan's promotion will undoubtedly further enhance the centripetal force and cohesion of the mountain barbarian clan to the territory.

In this way, it will also lay a solid foundation for subduing the mountain barbarians of Shu in the future.

Of course, Xiao He's concerns are not unreasonable. Before he became the commander of Gushan County, Lei Fan was just a tribal leader, who had not received an orthodox education, and had natural defects.

Just on this basis, there can be no veto of Raven.

Historically, there are only a few people who were born recklessly and eventually entered the phase. Even Xiao He himself was just an inconspicuous county official in Pei County at the earliest.

Meritocracy refers to talent, not origin.

Ouyang Shuo has confidence in Lei Fan, and the evaluation team led by Zhang Tingyu is afraid that it will bring unexpected joy to Xiao He.

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January 15, 4th year of Gaia, Dongchuan County.

Dongchuan County was plowed by the Praetorian Guards, destroyed by the Allies and the Coalition again, and then the army of Swordsman City was making trouble in the territory.

The army of Swordsman City did not stay long, and the Praetorian Guard went and returned.

The people of Dongchuan County are miserable. Due to the lack of information in ancient times, the people did not know the war situation in Yunnan, and every morning when they woke up, they did not know which heroes ruled this city.

On this day, Huo Qubing led the Praetorian Guard to come outside Yongren City again.

The corpses outside the city have been systematically swept away, leaving behind a land stained red by a sea of blood, proving that there was a monstrous battle on this land not long ago.

The soldiers of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard were even more in a trance, many of them had been buried here, and then miraculously resurrected to set foot on this blood-stained land again.

Yongin City, a place of shame that the Praetorian Guard cannot erase.

As early as when the Praetorian Guards had just set foot in Dongchuan County, the lord of Yongin City had already abandoned the city and fled. [Yunnan City-State] has disintegrated, and the [Yanhuang League] has also been beaten by Shanhai City to lose his temper, and in the face of the menacing and vengeful Shanhai City Janissaries, the lord of Yongren City really can't think of anyone else who can help him.

Don't look at the arrogance of Feng Qingyang's shouting, the army of Swordsman City didn't even stay here, and retreated to Shu with a smoke, stationed fifty miles away from the border, obviously not wanting to engage with the army of Shanhai City.

At this time, relying on this is tantamount to waiting for death.

The lord of Yongin City was also dry, rolled up softly, and ran clean. As for the promise given to him by the [Yanhuang Alliance] before the war, he was not ready to redeem it.

At this time, if you go to reason with [Yanhuang League], I am afraid that you will be eaten by Emperor Chen and others.

Since the end of the Wenshan City War, the China Forum has not stopped, and the discussion of the Great War, the post-war pattern of the China Region, and the future fate of the two alliances are endless.

Just a little bit of surprising consistency.

No matter what everyone discusses, they are unanimously optimistic about the future of Shanhai City and sing the decline of [Yanhuang League].

The navy hired by the [Yanhuang League] wanted to brush up on its presence, speak out for its master, and change the direction of public opinion, but it was immediately overwhelmed by the tap water players, and they couldn't even bubble up.

Such a grim situation is something that Di Chen and others have never encountered.

Some people are well-informed, saying that the members of the [Yanhuang Alliance] have met frequently in the past few days, thinking that they should be trying to find a way to resolve the current crisis.

At this time, if the lord of Yongren City touches the moldy head of Emperor Chen, isn't he looking for death?!

Therefore, seeing that the Praetorian Guard was coming outside the city, the only remaining city guard brigade in Yongin City immediately went out of the city and surrendered. Along with the city guard brigade, there were also gentry and wealthy merchants in the city, hundreds of people.

The first sentence they asked made Huo Qu sick and couldn't laugh or cry.

"General, you're here, aren't you leaving?" When I asked this, I looked nervous.

Huo Quzhi smiled in his heart, he didn't have a good impression of Yongren City. It's just that as the commander of the army, he must not only be familiar with military affairs, but also always consider the interests of the territory.

The commander represents more than just military power.

"Rest assured. The entire [Yunnan city-state] has been taken by our army, you say, are we still leaving? ”

As soon as the news came out, the gentry and wealthy businessmen present trembled again.

"Good guy, it turns out that Yunnan Province has really changed." Thinking so in their hearts, the gentry and wealthy businessmen finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer feared.

For them, who rules the city is not the most important thing, the most important thing is stability.

"The general is mighty, please inside, please inside!"

The gentry and wealthy merchants immediately changed their smiles, and that was called a brilliant one.

Huo Qubing didn't eat this, he was noble by nature, and he didn't want to associate with businessmen. Moreover, "once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope", Huo Qubing would not have entered the city so recklessly.

Although it is said that the Military Intelligence Department has confirmed that the Lord of Yongin City is indeed gone, the Territory Stone Tablet is still standing in the City Lord's Mansion, and the teleportation array is still operating effectively.

No one dared to guarantee that the [Yanhuang Alliance] would not have another raid.

Huo Qubing arranged a battalion to enter the city first and destroy the territorial stele. In this way, he was relieved to lead his troops into the city and officially complete the occupation of Yongin City.

But Huo Qu was sick and thought too much, and Di Chen and they really didn't have this mind at this time.

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That night, the gentry and wealthy merchants in the city jointly hosted a banquet for the generals of the Praetorian Guard.

Huo Quzhi can't shirk it, don't look at these gentry and rich businessmen with a humble attitude now, it doesn't mean that they are really insignificant. The officials sent by Shanhai City must have the support of these people if they want to govern Yongren City well.

The wilderness has been Gaia for four years, not Gaia for a year, and even the player's territory has spawned various classes with intricate entanglements of interests.

Now is no longer the era in the past when new officials could wipe out all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods as soon as they took office.

Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would not have launched a month-long inspection campaign as soon as the Battle of Lingnan was over and after dealing with urgent affairs, in order to appease the people and at the same time deal with the gentry and wealthy businessmen in various places.

When the wine is hot, the true face of the merchant is revealed.

A businessman came to Huo Qubing with a wine glass, with a signature businessman's smile on his face, bowed down and said: "General, the small one is Zhu Jin, do some small business in the city, I salute the general." ”

As he spoke, he was the first to drink it all.

Huo Quai's demeanor was calm, and he raised his glass and said: "Zhu Jin, Zhu Bancheng, monopolizes more than ninety percent of the cloth, sesame oil, and rice and flour business in Yongren City, and can personal wealth buy half of Yongren City, this is also a small business?" ”

came to such a Hongmen banquet, how could Huo Qubing not do his homework in advance. Although Huo Qubing doesn't like to associate with businessmen, it doesn't mean that he can't cope with this situation.

On the contrary, the other generals of the Praetorian Guard were very cramped one by one under the praise of the merchants and the greetings of fine wine and delicacies, but Huo Quzhi sat leisurely on the main seat, with the demeanor of a noble son.

When it comes to dealing with businessmen, Huo Qubing is at ease.

During the day, Shanhaiwei sent detailed information to Huo Quai. Zhu Jin is even more highlighted, and the information is also the most detailed.

This person is not a homeless person from Yongren City, but the president of the Chamber of Commerce recruited by the lord of Yongren City from Dali Wangcheng at a great cost. It is precisely in this way that Zhu Jin can monopolize the cloth and rice noodle business in the player city.

Undoubtedly, this person is the representative of the merchants of Yongin City.

For such a God of Wealth, how could Huo Quai's illness be underestimated.

was exposed, and Zhu Jin didn't care, which was expected.

Seeing that Huo Qu was sick and drank a glass of wine, Zhu Jin smiled even more and said: "The general is too famous, don't dare to say anything else, what materials are needed in the army, the small ones can still help a little." ”

Saying that, Zhu Jin's words suddenly changed, and his face was crying, "Don't hide it from the general, before the damn Swordsman City army left, they ransacked us and emptied our vaults and warehouses. We can't even pay our guys' salaries, and we're about to close down. Now that the Metropolitan Protectorate is in power, do you think the Metropolitan Protectorate wants to compensate us? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The people around immediately chimed in.

Obviously, this is the purpose of their banquet for Huo Quai, not the condolences to the soldiers on the surface.

Huo Qubing heard this, and cursed in his heart: "Shameless profiteer! ”

They thought of it and were sacked by Swordsman City, and they also counted on Shanhai City to compensate.