Qian Junchen came to Ba County to handle the work under the order of Hubei Governor Hu Linyi, so he naturally stayed at the Huguang Guild Hall.

This time, he planned to buy salt grain worth 40,000 taels of silver in Ba County. He could imagine that he would buy more in the future. The salt merchants and grain merchants surrounded him every day, and there was no need for Han Xiufeng to worry about it.

As for the seventh regiment of Yongzhuang who was transferred back from Songkan Camp, the shooting gunman in the Firearms Camp was originally the Tea Yong of Baojia Bureau, so he has always lived in the Wu Temple. He either practices or helps the Tongxian County Government patrol night or go to those checkpoints to draw.

The remaining six regiments of brave soldiers were stationed in Chaotian, Nanji and other city gates, helping their fellow officials to overwhelm the porters, boaters and refugees who fled from Huguang.

Pan Er and Huguang Guest Changjiang Zonghai are in charge of the leadership, so Han Xiufeng doesn't need to bother.

Thinking that it would take two months for Jieyun to arrive in Ba County as soon as possible, Han Xiufeng met with the new Sichuan East Road and the new Chongqing prefect. After only three days in the county, he took his wife and children back to his hometown again. After all, Ding You had to look like Ding You. If you don’t have official duties, you have to stay at home to mourn, otherwise it would be easy to give someone a handle.

Every morning I send my children to Ciyun Academy on the mountain to listen to their children studying, drink tea with the old monk Huiming, or take Qin'er to Zoumagang to listen to books and watch operas. Life is very leisurely and time passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, April is already in the morning.

Just as I was about to go to Zoumagang, my father-in-law and Pan Er were supposed to be in the county town, and they rode a few brave men to Ciyun Village on horseback.

"Dad, Changsheng, why are you here?" Han Xiufeng hurriedly welcomed everyone into the yard.

"As soon as I received two Beijing letters from Rishengchang, the Road Administration received a document from the Military Office. Lord Wang originally planned to send someone to deliver it, but we thought we would come too, so we simply brought it together."

As soon as Duan Jiqing finished speaking, a soldier rushed forward and submitted a document to the public and said carefully: "I'll pay my respects to you and ask you to sign for it."

"Okay, go to the study with me."

...

After signing and collecting the documents, Han Xiufeng was shocked.

The official document sent by the Military Affairs Office was ordered by him to "transfer filial piety and loyalty" and quickly returned to Beijing to obtain the custody, and then went to Tianjin's acting chief Lu Yan to transport the same person.

Duan Jiqing, who was standing on the side, became more and more excited as he looked at it. He couldn't help but smile and said, "The emperor, Long'en, finally, he has lost his love! Changlu Yun is a fourth-ranked person, and under the rule of Zhili of Tianjin Prefecture, it is not far from the capital, and it is no different from being a Beijing official!"

"Yes, Fourth Brother, it's not that easy for the prefect to be able to do it. There is no shortage for the capital in Beijing. It's good to be able to do the Changluyun!" Pan Er was also happy, and thought about it and said excitedly: "Han Chen and Han happened to be the Chief Luyun deputy in Tianjin Wei. After you take office, he will definitely be your leader. This errand will be easy to handle!"

Han Xiufeng picked up the letter with a secret note of "Houyitang" on the envelope, and pondered while opening it, saying, "Is it true that there are many people watching these two missings? And these two missings can be said to be left to Manchu. Why would such a good thing take my turn? I don't think it's that simple."

"The emperor asked you to do this kind of luck, what else can others say?" Pan Er asked subconsciously.

"Let me finish reading the letter first, and then talk about it after reading it."

"Yes, yes, yes, you can see first."

I don’t know if I don’t look at it. I wasn’t shocked when I saw it, but I was secretly shocked.

Seeing Han Xiufeng frowning as he looked at him, Duan Jiqing asked anxiously: "Zhixing, who sent these two Beijing letters?"

"One letter was sent by my friend Wen Xiang, who is in Beijing, and the other letter was sent by Lord Sushun."

"What do they say?"

Thinking that there were no outsiders in the study, Han Xiufeng said solemnly: "Wenxiang said that the war in Guangdong was more intense than in the mansion. As early as two years ago, a remnant of the Tiandihui named He Liu was in trouble in Dongguan, occupying the county town, killing the imperial officials, with more than 30,000 soldiers and more than 600 warships.

Immediately afterwards, a remnant of the Heaven and Earth Association named Chen Kai responded in Foshan. Li Wenmao, Gan Xian, Zhou Chun and other heaven and Earth Association rebelled in Foling in the northern suburbs of Guangzhou, Chen Xianliang and other heaven and earth association rebelled in Yantang in the east of the city, Lin Qinglong and others gathered one after another on the southern bank of the provincial river, wrapped their heads in red scarves or red belts, calling themselves the "Hongbing Army". In just a few months, they captured more than 40 prefectures, prefectures, and county towns!"

Duan Jiqing only knew that Changmao was in chaos, that there were members of the Shanghai party to cause chaos, but that there were members of the Guangdong party to cause chaos, and that was so fierce. He asked in surprise: "Have you wiped out?"

"It's not that easy to destroy. When the rebellion was at its worst, they even besieged Guangzhou City in three groups. Fortunately, the water route was not blocked. Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, used the water route to collect food and money, finally defended Guangzhou City and defeated it in one go. But the remaining bandits actually fled into Guangxi.

Not only did he capture Xunzhou City, he also established himself as the king in Xunzhou, the fake name "Dacheng", changed the reign of "Hongde", and changed Xunzhou City to "Xiujing", and also changed his clothes to change his clothes, issued official positions, divided officials and set up guards, and opened the furnace to cast coins. Guangxi soldiers were exhausted, and Guangxi Governor Lao Chongguang was in chaos, which made the bandits grow bigger in Xunzhou and captured several surrounding prefectures and counties."

It was also the first time Pan Er heard about this, and he couldn't help but say worriedly: "It turns out that the emperor ordered Lord Huang Zhongyin and Huang to go to Guangxi to quell the rebellion!"

Han Xiufeng nodded slightly: "Mr. Huang's job is not easy to handle."

Duan Jiqing asked, "What else did that Master Wen say?"

"It is said that the British were about to be moved because of the last revision of the agreement. Not only did the British Governor and Minister stationed in Hong Kong, and other foreign chiefs clamored to start a war with our Qing Dynasty, but even the foreign soldiers and merchants stationed in Hong Kong were preparing. So he persuaded Wen Zhongtang and asked Wen Zhongtang to ask the emperor to order me to transfer filial piety and loyalty to Chaozhou, Guangdong to act as a member of the Yuntong reunion. I wanted me to use the Chaoqiao Salt Tax to recruit young and strong soldiers in various salt fields under the Chaoqiao Branch to recruit young and strong soldiers to train. If something happened in Guangzhou, even if I couldn't get in time to assist in the defense, I could clean up the mess at a critical moment."

"But the official document of the Military Affairs Office said that you were appointed as the acting chief Lu Yuntong, not to go to Guangdong to handle Yuntong!"

"That's because Lord Sushun thought it was inappropriate after he learned it. He told the emperor that the Chaoqiao salt tax was used to quell the chaos. Even if I went there, I would not have the money to recruit soldiers. Second, Chaoyun was only in the fourth rank, and it was difficult to convince the public. Even if the political situation in Guangdong was turbulent, I could not handle the mess, so I asked the emperor to order my acting chief Lu Yuntong to station in Dagukou to help with the coastal defense."

"Help in coastal defense?"

"Wenxiang convinced Wen Zhongtang to ask the emperor to order me to go to Guangdong to handle Chaoyuntong, Lord Sushun asked the emperor to order me to go to Tianjin to handle Lu Yuntong, all guard against foreigners. Even if the foreigners razed Guangzhou City to the ground, they could not get what they wanted. To achieve their goal, they could only go north to Zhili like during the Daoguang period."

Pan Er asked with a bitter face: "Fourth Brother, do you think foreigners will really go to war with us?"

Han Xiufeng sighed and said helplessly: "The twelve-year revision period has arrived. If the foreigners do not agree to the conditions, the court will definitely start fighting."

"Then talk to the foreigners as soon as possible. If you can, don't fight. Besides, what's going on in various places now? Even if you fight, you may not be able to fight!"

"How to talk about it? Even if only one of the conditions proposed by foreigners is to lose power and humiliate the country. The emperor will not agree. None of the civil and military ministers below dare to talk about it, and they even dare not mention it."

It is so dangerous to fight long hair, let alone start fighting with foreigners. Duan Jiqing said without hesitation: "Zhixing, this official cannot be done, Guangdong cannot go to Tianjin, and Tianjin cannot go to!"

"Dad, the emperor treats me well. Logically speaking, he should go to Beijing to get a job quickly and go to Tianjin to take office soon. It would be better to prepare early. But this matter is not as simple as I said just now. I can only submit a memorial to apologize to the emperor."

"How do you say this?"

"Mr. Sushun firmly opposed the matter of Wenxiang's request, which shows how tense the relationship between them is. Tianjin is too close to the capital. If I take office like this, I will only be stuck between them and the two of them in a dilemma." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said helplessly: "I will not go to Huguang anymore. From now on, I will go anywhere and stay in my hometown."

Duan Jiqing felt that it was appropriate not to go, but when he saw his son-in-law decided not to go even to Huguang, he couldn't help saying, "Ambition, you are filial piety, and it's hard to say anything if you don't call the emperor. Even after filial piety, the emperor issued another order, and you can still ask for a place to stay in the hometown to end up with the elderly mother. But this lack of official position does not wait for anyone. If you miss it like this, it will be difficult to find a real lack of the fourth rank in the future!"

"If I really can't become an official in the future and if my career stops here, I have nothing to regret. After all, even if I become an official, I can be a Taoist priest at most. But if I stay at home like this and avoid the dispute between Lord Sushun and Wen Xiang, at least the favor will still be there."

"But what's the use of favors?"

"I may not be able to use it, but they can use it in Shichangshilu!"

Han Xiufeng touched his chin and said solemnly: "Dad, you have never left Sichuan. I don't know what chaos is like now. Now, Guangdong and Guangxi are in troubled by the world, Guizhou is in troubled by the bandits, Yunnan is in troubled by the bandits, Liangjiang, Hubei is in troubled by the bandits, Shandong is in troubled by the bandits, Shandong is in troubled by the bandits, Shandong is in troubled by the bandits, it is said that the Hui people from Shaanxi and Gansu are also ready to move. England, France and America are eyeing each other, which is really an internal and external trouble! To be honest, I feel less and less confident in how long can the emperor last for this country."

"Fourth brother, isn't that true?" Pan Er asked in surprise.

"Not even, you know it in your heart." Han Xiufeng looked up at Fang Liang and smiled bitterly: "I won't go out anymore. I don't want to have a wife and a child anymore. Stay at home peacefully. It is the right thing to do to protect the safety of my wife and children. As for those major national affairs, it is not my turn to worry about me, a donor-born child."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Duan Jiqing thought of what he said just now, and hurriedly said, "It's good to stay at home steadily. If we say that we have made money, we don't need to take risks again. Besides, although you have no official position, you still have an errand to supervise the training of the Eastern Sichuan League. As long as the emperor does not issue an order to take away this errand, let alone the county magistrate and the government office, even the Taoist office will respect you a little!"

If Han Xiufeng didn't mention whether the Qing Dynasty could be preserved, Pan Erzhen would not think about it.

When Han Xiufeng mentioned it, Pan Er suddenly realized that it made a lot of sense and murmured: "Fourth brother, I listen to you, I won't go out."

"Changsheng, don't worry about whether to go to office or not, but you can't just lose the errands in the county. Whether it is the Taotai, the Futai and the county magistrate, they are all officials. They will not care so much about the safety of eastern Sichuan as we locals. They can't repay the safety of Ba County by relying on those yamen runners and the little tax and silver liquors."

Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and continued, "The world is in chaos. I, Sichuan, will be in chaos sooner or later. Once the chaos gets into chaos, you can only rely on us. So you have to hurry back to the county town and hold the Baojia Bureau with Jiang Zonghai, Guan Yunzhong and others firmly together with Baojia Bureau, Shilong, Wenjing, Dizang, Jade Emperor and others."

"Yes, yes, this is a mess, we can't lose troops!" Duan Jiqingshen agreed.

"Okay, I'll go back later!" Pan Er said hurriedly.

Han Xiufeng looked up and said, "No matter how anxious you are, you won't be in a hurry. Besides, I have to write a letter to Wu Kuixiang and Liu Shanyang, and write that you can help me take the county town to Jiang Zonghai."

Pan Er suddenly reacted and couldn't help but smile: "Songkan Camp is our soldiers, just like Yangjiao Camp!"

"It's not our soldiers, but our soldiers from eastern Sichuan." Han Xiufeng didn't want to say too much about this, and then changed the subject: "By the way, what are Qian Junchen busy these days?"

Duan Jiqing hurriedly said: "A few days ago, I was busy looking for money bank tickets, and wanted to borrow money to buy salt and grain first. I even claimed that if someone was willing to help with the custody, he would ask Lord Hu to ask someone to handle Hubei's food and salary and even the vassal treasury. But he was not only a criminal and dismissed verdict, but also had a bad reputation, so no one could believe him.

Later, he was busy visiting Hubei merchants and local gentry, saying how tight the war in Hubei was, and how cold the lips were, and how cold the teeth were, and what he said, he had to have money and work hard to protect the safety of Ba County. Unexpectedly, some Hubei merchants were really moved by him, and asked him to raise more than 10,000 taels of silver and bought more than 40 ships of salt and grain and sent them away first."

"He's gone?"

"He didn't leave, and he asked his entourage to escort the more than forty ships of salt and grain to leave first. Later, he went back to his hometown and recruited more than 300 young and strong men, including more than a dozen sons and nephews. He took the people to Ba County without money and food, so he just relied on Jiang Zonghai. Jiang Zonghai was from Hubei. Seeing that he, an outsider, was so worried about Hubei, he was embarrassed to ignore it, so he could only help summon Huguang merchants to persuade them to donate, and asked him to raise several thousand taels of silver."

Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously: "What is he recruiting young and strong people for?"

Duan Jiqing smiled bitterly and said, "I plan to take those young and strong men to Hubei to quell the rebellion. All of them are in Baojia Bureau. I practice with the Wenjing Group and Shilong Group every day. I share the joys and sorrows with the young and strong men. I don't have to sleep with them. I don't have to eat without food. I even dance with the young and strong men on the school grounds with the young and strong men. Lord Wang thought of his friendship in the same year and sympathized with his experience. He went to the Wu Temple to persuade him several times. Seeing that he was unmoved, he could only leave a hundred taels of silver to return to the yamen."
Chapter completed!