"Open the door."
Within Yanzhou City
The sky is hazy
On the streets, the rain from last night had not dried up yet. The sky was still drizzling, and the morning wind reverberated, mixed with a little coolness.
In an alley in the eastern part of the city
Two groups of fiendish prefecture soldiers were knocking on the door of the courtyard. Hearing the commotion, the servants hurriedly came to open the door.
"What are you doing?"
"This is Lord Gong Cao's residence.”
The servant rebuked angrily.
"Bang!"
In the next moment, he was hit hard by the rod and knocked to the ground.
Dozens of soldiers rushed into the courtyard and tied up the Duke of Duty, who was still sleeping with his concubine in his arms. All the servants and servants in the manor were taken away.
The centurion stood in the courtyard and read out Lin Xuan's official document in front of everyone.
"Lord of Duty Bao Fu, embezzled, sold armor, and colluded with the Hu Qiang. The evidence is conclusive. Take him to prison and execute him three days later.
All the family's assets were rushed into the treasury.”
The same thing happened in many places in the County of Yan. Zhang Song set off overnight and personally led people to various counties to capture people.
With the power of thunder, the entire Yanjun was instantly cleared out, and all the official roads leading to Yanzhou City were blocked.
Every now and then, he would see prison carriages and prisoners in shackles.
The citizens of Yan County were shocked, and the officials of Yan County were also panicking.
Who would have thought that on the second day after Lin Xuan, the new governor, took office, three fires had already started.
Other than the personnel provided by Zhang Song and Wen Cheng, there was also the information that Jingni had obtained through the network.
As a result, although Lin Xuan had only been in Yan Prefecture City for two days, he had already figured out all the details of the officials here.
When they grabbed people, they were precise and agile. In order to express their loyalty, Zhang Song and Wen Cheng did not stop. They grabbed this and that, and robbed this and that.
Carriages filled with goods, gold, silver, and jewelry were transported from all over the country to the state capital. The originally empty treasury was filled in just two days.
They couldn't even store it, so they specially cleaned up two warehouses in the backyard to store the money.
In just four days, sixty to seventy officials and wealthy merchants were locked up in prison.
The entire County of Yan was in a state of panic.
For the empty seats, Wang Qing followed the list given by Lin Xuan and arranged suitable positions after assessing their talents one by one.
"Milord, the silver in the treasury has been counted.”
backyard
Lin Xuan was discussing with Huyan Lie, Tian Hu, and Meng Jiao about sending troops to attack the He Lan tribe.
Wang Qing walked in excitedly.
"Alright, looking at you, I know you have a lot of things.”
Lin Xuan raised his head.
"Tell me quickly, how much money did you steal?”
Tian Hu and the others also had burning gazes.
The war was imminent. As the saying went, before the troops moved, the food and grass would move first. Now, everything was ready, only silver was missing.
If there was no money in the treasury, it would be good enough if they could maintain the current situation, let alone attack the He Lan tribe.
"Guess the number."
Wang Qing kept him in suspense.
"A hundred thousand taels."
Zhang Long said.
He had returned yesterday. Zhang Wei had stayed in Broken Dragon Pass to train the soldiers and guard against the Northern Python.
Now, all of these generals had obtained the position of commandant. Although they were not as famous as the thousands of soldiers in Shuo Yin.
However, in the Northern Liang, there were still people above them. In the County of Yan, they were the most powerful.
"Are you looking down on me?"
Wang Qing pretended to be angry.
"Two hundred thousand taels then."
Huyan Lie was somewhat uncertain.
"Useless."
"These few days, I'll be in charge of the inventory."”
He raised three fingers and said,"At least this number."”
"Hiss!"
Everyone gasped.
"It is said that the County of Yan is a bitter and cold place, but there are many fat sheep.”
"380,000 taels of silver."
"This doesn't even include the many antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, and jade items that we obtained from the raids."”
"Good boy, I'm rich."
Meng Jiao looked at Lin Xuan and said,"Lord, why don't we start recruiting now?"”
"Train until next spring, and I guarantee that I will train a strong soldier for you.”
Lin Xuan shook his head.”
"At that time, the first batch of warhorses, armor, and weapons that Godfather promised me should have arrived.”
His eyes were filled with a cold light. He drew a circle on the map with his finger and said,"If you don't want to fight, then fine. If you want to fight, then fight big to prevent future troubles.”
The few of them looked at the circle Lin Xuan drew on the map in unison. It was a large piece of land east of the Chang River that belonged to the Qiang tribe.
There was no lack of grasslands with abundant water and grass, as well as land that was suitable for cultivation. For the past few hundred years, it had been in the hands of the Qiang and Hu.
Because of the special terrain of Yan County, it was the border between the Cold Python and Qiang Qing.
With the Great Hidden Mountain Range obstructing them, it was not easy for the Northern Liang's cavalry to go east. The Central Plains did not lack this piece of land, so they did not choose to attack the Huqiang.
Another reason was that although the Huqiang tribe was scattered, they were not weak. If they started a war rashly, the gains would not make up for the losses.
"In the future, after we conquer this land, we will directly build a city.”
Lin Xuan said.
"In this way, the territory of the County of Yan will stretch for thousands of miles from east to west.”
Wang Qing's eyes widened as he muttered to himself.
"That's right."
? Lin Xuan crossed his arms in front of his chest." The He Lan tribe is just the appetizer. My real goal is the Duoyan tribe."”
"At that time, there will be the Great Hidden Mountain Range in the north. As long as we have Broken Dragon Pass, the Northern Python will no longer be a threat.”
The few people present were all brothers who had followed Lin Xuan for many years and had rolled around in piles of dead people together. Other than Jingni, they were the people Lin Xuan trusted the most in this world.
"Then let's fight."
Meng Jiao's chest rose and fell, and his heart surged. Although Lin Xuan did not say it explicitly, they already understood.
If they could conquer the three tribes of Duoyan and expand their territory, they would have the right to conquer the land and become an existence like the King of Beiliang.
And they would also soar along with him.
"Recruit soldiers and buy horses to destroy Duoyan's three tribes," Meng Jiao said.”
"Don't be too hasty."
"The most important thing now is to stabilize the County of Yan and attack the He Lan tribe. We need to shock them and ensure that the autumn harvest goes smoothly."”
"Yes."
Lin Xuan nodded.”
"Meng Jiao, you have to train the fighting strength of the prefecture soldiers as soon as possible.”
"If you want me, I'll give it to you. If you want money, I'll give it to you.”
"Milord, I don't lack manpower, and I have enough money.”
"What we lack the most right now is armor and crossbows, especially crossbows."”
"If I can get Shuo Yin's 30,000 tiger leopard cavalry over, I can even wipe out the three tribes of Duo Yan, let alone the He Lan tribe.”
"Wang Qing, go pick some gifts. I'm going to Qi County tomorrow.”
Lin Xuan said.
"Qi County?"
The generals were confused.
"Milord is going to the Lin family?"
Wang Qing's expression was solemn.
"That's right."
Lin Xuan smiled and said,"No matter what, it's still the main family. If I don't pay a visit, wouldn't it be rude?"”
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