The Submissive Emperor - Chapter 70

The hundreds of people in Jiuqi Mountain, because they were bandits recruiting security. Although they were registered in the military, they were still a little nervous. Lou Jing waved his hand and asked Lin Dahu to take care of the group. The bandits felt that the original leader A lot of peace of mind, Lin Dahu was also very grateful for Lou Jing’s generosity, and gradually integrated into this barracks and became a qualified teenager.

Lou Jing’s arms were almost healed, so he took the soldiers who had been gearing up for many days and began to raid the bandits in the Southern Fourth County. The terrain was complicated, starting from the nearest Jiuchang.

The Jiangzhou mountain bandits are rampant, largely because they are in a row. Once the officers and soldiers attack the mountain, they will run away and wait until the officers and soldiers have left and then come back. This repeatedly seesaw.

Every time Lou Jing went to a cottage, he must first seal all the roads, and catch the turtles in the urn. For those cottages with too many forks and easy to escape, they directly attacked the mountain and demolished people to the empty cottages, just waiting for them to run to other cottages, and then go to catch them all.

In the usual warfare, the officers and soldiers are always called elaborate tactics. Otherwise, Lou Jing can use any detrimental trick. He poisons the water, burns the mountains, robs the grain and grass of the mountain bandits, and even uses the money to buy the cottage cooks to put laxatives in the meal. The bandits in the mountains were so devastated that they yelled.

Within a month, the cottage in Jiuchang County was already under a great threat, and several bandit leaders gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

“This Zhennan general is too shameful, and I am not his opponent at all.” Several bandits frowned. They can still see this kind of generals for the first time. Not to mention that the court is decent, they are just as shameless as they are. Face.

“The day before yesterday, he caught Xiaoyin Mountain’s boss’s family, tied it down to the mountain and set a fire. If he doesn’t fall, he will burn his old man.” One said dejectedly. They fell grass for various reasons, but they weren’t shutting down. The family has fallen out of grass, and many of them have family members living in Jiangzhou, relying on the blessing of the bandit relatives to live steadily.

“Head-to-head is not enough,” one person said, “Let’s surrender!” He had surrendered before, and it might be a matter of time before he runs away from the army.

So, on this day, the remaining few big mountain bandits in the Southern Fourth County came to the camp in a mighty manner.

There were two platoons of officers and soldiers in the middle tent, each holding a big knife with a cold expression.

Lou Jing looked at these bandits of various colors, some with sturdy backs and waists, and some with sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks. Looking at their faces alone, they could not see the truth or falsehood, and simply stopped looking. “You are willing to surrender. I am happy.”

Several people were happy, and it seemed that this trick was used correctly, this young second-rank general was good at talking.

“But…” Lou Jing tapped on the table with one finger, and the hearts of the people on the ground hung again.

General Wu Wei Huaxicheng took a ledger and presented it to Lou Jing.

Lou Jing opened the account book, stopped on one of the pages, and read out several names slowly, “Li Ce, Xu Yuan, Lu Ke, where are the three?”

The named three looked at each other and took a step forward, not knowing why.

“Drag it out and cut it.” Lou Jing closed the account book and leaned on the tiger leather chair.

“What!” The three of them were startled, but had not yet reacted. The soldiers on both sides had already closed up, grabbed them, and tied them firmly.

“These people pretended to call for peace in the past, and then fell to the grass,” Lou Jing curled his lips coldly. “

“Spare me, general, general, I’m here sincerely–” The three were dragged out, and their heads were chopped off in front of the generals.

The few bandit leaders who were still kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they did not dare to give birth to any other thoughts.

In this way, in just one month, the bandits in Jiuchang County and the six subordinate counties were basically eliminated by Lou Jing’s thunder methods, and nearly 2,000 bandits were recruited in the barracks.

After setting up the bandits who came to surrender, Lou Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The army’s grain and grass were not very abundant, and the cost of fighting was twice as much as usual. The army’s salary was directly allocated to the Jiangzhou provincial governor. The old boy was unable to fight battles these days, so he opened a warehouse to release food to settle refugees, and deducted the military pay of the four southern counties on this ground. In fact, if these people don’t come to surrender, he won’t go to the mountains anymore in the near future.

The people couldn’t believe it. The mountain bandits who had harmed for many years were gone. It took half a month before they really dared to go on the official road. Jiuchang County became lively for a while, and some closed shops were reopened. Opened.

The last sum of money from the Zhao family for selling salt was finally sent, followed by a letter from Zhao Xi.

“Hanlin has many bookworms and is quite boring. Recently, he has compiled history books. I am envious of Taizu’s victory in the Southern and Northern Wars. I can also fulfill my long-cherished wish…” Lou Jing put away the letter in his hand amusedly. This Zhao Jiu, what he said to be a military officer, must be because he felt that promotion in the Imperial Academy was too slow, and he made some crooked ideas.

“My son, what kind of candy do you want?” The shopkeeper who bought the candy shop asked with a smile.

Lou Jing looked at the candies in the store, except for the white sugar, the snacks were mainly caramel and weighing candies. Jiangzhou produces sugarcane, but there are a lot of sugar buyers here. Now the bandits are cleared out, the shops in Jiuchang City are also prosperous, and sugar buyers are also thinking about doing more tricks.

“If you want more candy, I have the amber candy that I just made today. You can try it.” The shopkeeper opened a wooden drawer with a layer of rice paper covered with rows of crystals. The amber candy looks very beautiful.

Lou Jing took one and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and delicious. It should be made with honey and caramel. “Weigh this two catties for me and put it in a sugar jar.”

“Good!” The shopkeeper smiled. The price of amber candy is high. Only the rich in the city will buy some, and it will sell for two catties at once, which is a big deal.

“Can the store make milk and honey?” Lou Jing held the sugar jar to Yun and asked about the nougat. He wandered around the streets and alleys of Jiuchang City and didn’t see anyone selling this kind of sugar. This shop is the largest, and it doesn’t have one.

“I’ve heard of this, but I haven’t done it,” the shopkeeper thought for a while, “If the guest officer wants it, I can try to do it.”

“That’s great.” Lou Jing finally smiled and paid the deposit readily.

Back at the barracks, someone reported that Mr. Yang, the county guard, was here.

“Can the general come in?” Yang Xing got up to meet Lou Jing.

“My lord came just right. I really want to trouble you.” Lou Jing smiled and let Yang Xing sit down.

“You don’t have to be so polite with the young man if you have something to your son.” Yang Xing smiled. Because the bandits were cleared out, the people were happy and well. They wanted to give gifts to the general but didn’t know how to deliver them, so they all sent them to the official parents, please. He forwarded it on his behalf.

Lou Jing looked at the gift list. There were eggs, grains, cloth, and even steamed buns, steamed buns, and bacon. He couldn’t help but chuckle, “Master Yang is really trusted by the people.”

Yang Xing smiled helplessly. He has always treated the people kindly. People in Jiuchang City often don’t treat him as the county guardian, as if he were an ardent neighbor, “The little girl has arrived in Beijing, and fortunately, the son of the elder has taken care of him.”

Wei Clan had already returned to the mansion, and he squinted his nose and eyes with Yang Clan. At first, Yang Clan didn’t dare to disobey Wei Clan and waited carefully every day. Although Lou Jianyu is quite new to the side room, he doesn’t care much about women’s affairs, and the Yang family is not talkative, so he has been wronged for several days.

Until the maid of Suzakutang looked for an opportunity to say something to her, “The Lord of the Country is a straight-natured man, regardless of the inner house.”

The Yang thought carefully for a while, and understood the meaning. When the next morning was set, he deliberately went a while late. Wei Shi really had a seizure, and she was very reprimanded. It happened that when she saw Yu in the building, she rested in the main room, and said “what a big deal” impatiently when she heard that, Yang was relieved. Wei’s is just a stubborn wicked man, and An Guogong did not fully support the main room. This gave her some breathing room. After groping for the doorways, her life was a lot better.

Lou Jing waved his hand and didn’t intend to talk more about this matter. He knew the affairs of the Anguo Government better than Yang Xing. “There are two things to be handled by the adults. One is to ask the adults to help me set up some fields in Jiuchang. The second is to help build a Zhennan General’s Mansion.” With that said, he pushed a box of silver bills to Yang Xing.

“How dare you not follow the trust of the son of the world, but this bank note must not be received first, and when the next official returns, let the master look at the field, calculate the materials, and then give it to it.” Yang Xing hurriedly pushed back. But now he doesn’t dare to ask for more money from Lou’s family.

“It’s good,” Lou Jing didn’t insist, “I’m leaving for a few days, and the bank note will be placed at the personal guard. The adults have a look, just discuss it with him.” He said, pointing to Yunba.

After explaining all the trivial matters, Lou Jing took two sugar jars and set off for Minzhou.

The affairs in Minzhou are very heavy, but it is much more difficult to manage than Lou Jing’s four counties. Xiao Chengjun has been very busy this month. The two have obviously only been away for three days, but they have not seen each other.

The Minwang Mansion started to be built a year ago, and now it is approaching June, it has finally been repaired. Lou Jing took a few Youyun Guards, rushed all the way, and rushed directly into the Mansion of Minwang, but he didn’t see anyone.

There was silence in the palace, and it looked deserted. The people underneath were dressed in plain clothes, and the tablecloths and curtains were all replaced with plain colors. This gave Lou Jing a bad feeling in his heart.

“What’s the matter? What about the prince?” Lou Jing asked Lexian, who came to dress him anxiously.

“The prince has gone to the beach,” Le Xian looked around and whispered quietly, “Yesterday there was news from Beijing that the fourth prince died.”

“Who?” Lou Jing’s heart twitched, the prince, died…

“It’s the four princes,” Le Xian put away the joy on his usual face, and said in a low voice, “fighting with Tarzi last month, was caught in a trap and was shot.”