Four days later, the army left Sichuan and came to Hanzhong.

Zu Dashou, who led the coalition troops stationed in Hanzhong, went out of the city to greet him, and Qiu Dali, Lai San'er, Li Jingting and others were even more happy.

"Stinky boy, Sichuan has been leveled so quickly!" Qiu Dali habitually patted Qin Shuhuai's shoulder and said with a smile, "Haha, now we can rush back to the helm for the New Year!"

This time it happened to be slapped on Qin Shuhuai's injured shoulder, and Qiu Dali's hand was heavy, causing Qin Shuhuai to "hiss" in pain.

Qiu Dali's face changed, "What's the matter, you're injured again?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled bitterly, "Otherwise?"

Lai San'er rushed up, "Is the helper injured?

"Hell, can I still stand? Qin Shuhuai smiled and kicked Lai San'er.

Lai San'er took a kick with a smile, not dodging or dodging.

At this time, Zu Dashou said, "Grandpa Guo, the people you want are here, please send them down." ”

Qin Shuhuai followed the direction pointed by Zu Dashou, and sure enough, he saw about four or five thousand people standing neatly not far away.

These people are naturally Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates who surrendered after the First World War of Yuantou Mountain.

Qin Shuhuai turned his head and said to Li Dingguo beside him, "Brother Dingguo, this prince will do what he says." If you decide Sichuan according to the fairness of this book, these people will be returned to you! Their life and death are now up to you. ”

Li Dingguo looked at these old ministries and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

He straightened his back and walked up to the men.

Subsequently, pull out the waist knife.

He shouted almost hoarsely, "I, Li Dingguo, have decided to be loyal to the imperial court from today onwards, and have decided to follow the prince of the country to serve the country loyally, although I will die without regrets! If I violate this oath, I will be punished by heaven!"

Raising his sword, he said, "Brothers, now there is a holy lord in the court who is working hard to govern the country, pushing grace and reducing endowments, and there are Ming ministers who are civilized and martial arts, and they are able to level the world! The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is in sight, and the peace of the people is imminent, is it not what we want?

"From today onwards, all those who return to the court and are willing to serve the court will still be my comrades, brothers in life and death! Those who are willing to take off their armor and return home will be strangers to me from now on! If anyone dares to rebel against the court and cause trouble to the world, they will be my mortal enemy.

"Brothers, if you want to leave, leave now, I will not stop you! Those who want to stay, they will puff up their chests and stand up straight like a man, let the grandfather of the country see that we are not bad goods!"

The words were loud and loud, shaking like thunder, that is, others needed to be enthusiastic when they heard it.

But he saw four or five thousand people, silent, standing still.

No one came forward!

That is, all are willing to stay.

On the one hand, there is a natural atmosphere here, so that people who want to go home do not dare to stand up, or have no face to stand up.

But more than that, it's because these people are used to marching and fighting, and they don't know what to do when they go back. On the contrary, it was a big surprise for them to return to the imperial court, which meant that they would be able to eat imperial food in the future.

Moreover, if you can follow Grandpa Guo, then maybe you can save some military merits and have a good future in the future!

Seeing this, Li Dingguo roared again, "Brothers, are you willing to submit to the imperial court?"

"Yes, willing!"

In the shouts of the crowd, Li Dingguo walked up to Qin Shuhuai, knelt down on one knee, wrapped his hands around, and said loudly, "General Li Dingguo, meet Grandpa Guo!" From today on, Dingguo and his subordinates are willing to die for the imperial court and for Grandpa Guo!"

Qin Shuhuai was very satisfied with this scene.

He picked up Li Dingguo and said plainly but solemnly, "My father knows." ”

Then, he turned to the crowd and said, "Brothers, go to the city! Presumably General Zu has already prepared good wine for us, let's eat the wind wine!"

Zu Dashou said with a smile, "Haha, Grandpa Guo pacified Sichuan without spending a single soldier, and I must celebrate such a great achievement! I have ordered Hanzhong County to do a good job of the reception banquet, and we can drink it when we go in." ”

Qin Shuhuai said to Zu Dashou, "Those who know me, General Zu is also!"

Zu Dashou smiled even more happily, "For this, I will drink three more altars at the end of the day, and no one is allowed to stop me!"

Lai San'er quipped, "General Zu is greedy for wine and drinks and said bluntly, why put his name on our gang leader!"

The crowd burst into laughter and hurried into the city.

After entering the city, he came to the county office, and the Hanzhong county commander took the central government officer out to greet him.

"In Lower Hanzhong County, Huang Jinglun was ordered to meet Grandpa Guo! Because the labor army could not go out of the city to meet him, please forgive Grandpa Guo for the crime of disrespect. ”

Huang Jinglun?

Qin Shuhuai felt that this name was somewhat familiar.

If you look closely, you can see that he is in his early sixties and his hair is slightly gray.

suddenly remembered, isn't this the rather stylish old man Huang in Dai County?

He was a jinshi in the Wanli period, and he seemed to be the alternate magistrate of Yanghe County before, but he didn't expect to be transferred to Hanzhong to be the magistrate.

Yes, Hong Chengchou is quite discerning, and he knows that he will find this person to be the magistrate of the county.

After the fall of Donglin, if the whole world was full of scholars who really had the world in mind to become officials, then the world would be really peaceful.

Speaking of which, there is no shortage of ideal scholars in this era, but there is a shortage of ideal officials!

So he smiled slightly and said, "Huang Zhixian, do you still recognize my father?"

Huang Jinglun immediately said loudly, "No matter how old and dizzy the officials are, they will never forget the heroic appearance of the grandfather of the country! When the county was in trouble, if it were not for the help of the grandfather of the country and the relief of grain, the lower officials would have starved to death! The lower officials and the people of the county would never forget the great kindness of the grandfather of the country until they died." ”

Qin Shuhuai picked up Huang Jinglun and asked, "By the way, how is Dai County now?

"Returning to China, under the inspiration of Grandpa Guo, the squires and wealthy businessmen of Dai County have generously donated food and silver to help the owners rebuild their homes. Moreover, the emperor's grace is vast, exempting all taxes on the three sides, and even Lord Hong has specially allocated 3,000 taels of silver to Dai County for reconstruction, and now not to mention that everyone in Dai County has a home, at least no one sleeps on the streets. Everyone has food, clothing, and shelter, and they are all full of energy, and they are in a hurry to rebuild their homes!"

Speaking of this, he took out a letter from his bosom again, and gave it to Qin Shuhuai with both hands, "By the way, the people of Dai County are ready to set up a merit monument in order to appreciate the kindness of the grandfather of the country, this is the inscription on the merit tablet. I was afraid that Grandpa Guo would not have a chance to go to Dai County, so everyone asked the official to bring it here. ”

Qin Shuhuai said in his heart, how can you shoot me on the back, I still have to point out the reason why the shooting is not good? It's also up to you to think of it.

Of course, this is a joke.

In this era, the monument of merit is a big deal. said that you should correct the inscription, in fact, I want to inform you of this matter, in order to express their gratitude, this Qin Shuhuai knows it.

He said, "My father is just a gesture of his hand, how dare he make any merit?" Tell the villagers to stop, the money from the repair of the monument is used to buy some food for the children, isn't it better." ”

Huang Jinglun put away the paperwork and said, "The lower official must convey the meaning of the grandfather of the country." However, whether to repair the monument or not, and let the people decide for themselves, it is not in vain for their good intentions. ”

Qin Shuhuai knew that it was useless to shirk this matter, so he smiled, "It's good for Huang County to convey the meaning of this father-in-law to them, and ask them by the way." ”

After entering the yamen, Qin Shuhuai took a good hot bath, and felt a lot more relaxed.

After coming out, Zu Dashou stood at the door to welcome him to the banquet, but Qiu Dali came over and stopped him.

"Shuhuai, Tang Sanniang is also in the inn next to the county office, you'd better go and see it first. Don't forget the affection of the rivers and lakes. ”

After hearing this, Qin Shuhuai felt that it made sense, so he said to Zu Dashou, "General Zu, you call the brothers to drink first, and my father will go out first." ”

Zu Dashou said, "Okay, the last general will go and inform the brothers, and the reception banquet will be delayed for a while." I'll do it when Grandpa Guo comes back. ”

Qin Shuhuai didn't go, which of them dared to "drink first"? So of course it had to be postponed.

Rules are rules, and Qin Shuhuai was not reluctant, so he went out first with Qiu Dali.

When I went out, I happened to run into Li Dingguo.

"Where is Grandpa Guo?" asked Li Dingguo.

"Go see Tang Sanniang. Dingguo, you go and settle down with the brothers first, they haven't eaten all day today, so the brothers outside can eat first. ”

Li Dingguo paused and said, "These have been arranged." Well, will your subordinates go with you?"

Qin Shuhuai glanced at Li Dingguo in surprise.

suddenly remembered that he used a small cart to push Tang Linger around in Panlong Town, and persuaded Tang Linger to stop crying in a few words.

This is, is there a situation?

This kid has a set of fighting wars and governing the country, but I didn't expect that he is quite flexible in this regard.

looked at Li Dingguo and smiled inexplicably, and said, "Okay, let's go together." If I don't take you there, I'm afraid you'll have to touch it yourself. ”

Li Dingguo was inexplicably stunned, "Grandpa Guo, what does this mean?"

"Haha, it's nothing, let's go!"