Zhang Xuangang sent someone to send Jiang Xiaobo to his house for rest. At this time, a personal soldier in the hall reported: "Report to the general, the head of the Huang family is asking for a meeting!"

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew that Huang You would come to see him, but he didn't expect him to come so quickly. It seemed that the things he sent were very effective. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Please come in!"

The Huang family was the county of Liyang County. They were descendants of Huang Zu, a famous scholar in Jiangxia, and migrated to Liyang County during the Three Kingdoms period.

After hundreds of years of exhibitions, the Huang family in Liyang has become a big family with nine halls and twenty-three houses. There are hundreds of clans and their disciples are spread all over the Yangtze and Huai Rivers. They have become one of the three major gentry members of the Jianghuai River and are extremely influential in the Jianghuai region.

The Huang family owns thousands of hectares of land in the Jianghuai area, and also owns two iron mines and three pig iron smelting sites. In addition to the pig iron controlled by the government, the Huang family almost monopolized the private pig iron trade in the Jianghuai area. A large amount of pig iron is transported out of Liyang every year.

After Du Fuwei controlled the Jianghuai River, the Huang family inevitably had contact with Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei not only treated the Jianghuai gentry well, but also had a clear attitude to pull out the Jiangnan Association forces that invaded the Jianghuai River. This move won the support of the Jianghuai gentry, and Du Fuwei received support from the Jianghuai gentry.

Huang You, the head of the Huang family, was about 70 years old, with a thin figure and a white head. He was the prefect of Lujiang County in his early years and had a wide connection in Jianghuai. Although he was nearly 70 years old, Huang You was very energetic and in good health, but he seemed worried at this time.

But just last night, after Shi Lang went to deliver the letter, he did not come. The Sui army immediately wiped out Du Fuwei's army in Liyang County. Huang You knew that the Huang family was in trouble. He knew very well what happened in the middle. Shi Lang must have been caught by the Sui army.?

Like Jiang Xiaobo, Huang You spent a sleepless night last night. Until this morning, Zhang Xuan sent someone to send Rat Lang's body and confession, Huang You breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Xuan let them go, no matter what, he must apologize to Zhang Xuan immediately.

Huang You walked into the lobby accompanied by Changsun Huang Jing. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Xiaomin Huang Youte comes to apologize to General Zhang!"

Huang Jing was stunned and quickly knelt down with his grandfather. Zhang Xuan smiled and helped Huang You up, "The master of the hometown doesn't have to do this, please get up!"

Zhang Xuan asked Huang You to sit down and let the personal soldiers serve tea again. Huang You was extremely ashamed. "I was confused for a moment and almost made a big mistake. The general's grace for forgiveness is so grateful to the Huang family!"

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly and said, "I have been dealing with the riot bandits in Qingzhou. I understand the difficulties of the aristocratic families. The imperial army cannot destroy the riot bandits and can retreat, but the aristocratic families cannot go anywhere. They are either scouted or secretly cooperate with the riot bandits. The same is true for the government. You can't say that the aristocratic families betray the court, because the reality is here, everyone must survive. So after I wiped out the riot bandits in Qingzhou, I neither retaliated against the local government nor punished the aristocratic families, and the same is true in Jianghuai."

"The general is really a real person!"

Huang You sighed, "It is true that these aristocratic families are all landlords. If they do not obey Du Fuwei's order, they will never have a good end. We have to do so."

Zhang Xuan knew that he was a little insincere and only said the superficial reason, but did not mention Du Fuwei's removal of the Jiangnan Association for them. However, Zhang Xuan didn't want to mention this matter more. He changed the subject and said, "Although I am tolerant, it does not mean that there is no principle. I have told the aristocratic families in Qingzhou that if I am not in Qingzhou... If they want to get close to anyone they want to get close to, they will still have two sides with me, then I will never be polite, Liang Zhi will be their fate."

The matter of Zhang Xuan's killing of Liang Zhi, the prefect of Beihai County, was already known to the government and the people, and even the emperor knew it, but he did not explain it, so Zhang Xuan brought the matter out without any hesitation.

Huang You's face turned red and white. He knew that Zhang Xuan was talking about Qingzhou on the surface, but in fact he was using Qingzhou to warn him. He quickly stood up and said, "I can assure the general that the Huang family will fully support the general. If he had to choose between Du Fuwei and the general, the Huang family would definitely choose the general!"

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly. Huang You is worthy of being an old man. He first expressed his support for him, but it is not ruled out that he would support Du Fuwei. Then he said that if the two faced a choice, he would choose himself, but what if the two did not face a choice? Huang You left room for himself in his statement.

Of course, Zhang Xuan also knew that these aristocratic families would not be truly loyal to anyone, they would only be loyal to the interests of their own families.

At this time, Zhang Xuan glanced at the young man who had been silent next to him. This should be Huang You's eldest grandson. "This is," Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"This is grandson Huang Jing, Jing'er, please greet General Zhang!"

Huang Jing quickly stood up and bowed to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled, "I wonder if Mr. Huang is worthy of fame?"

Huang You smiled and said, "My grandson went to Beijing to take the imperial examination at the beginning of the year, but he passed the examination. However, there was no news from the Ministry of Personnel. I did not ask him to wait in Beijing and asked him to come first. Currently, he is temporarily unemployed and can take care of the farm for me."

When Zhang Xuan heard that he almost let it go, he laughed in his heart, saying that it was nothing to do in business, but these aristocratic families wanted to save face and refused to admit that they were doing business.

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "It just so happened that our army lacked a legal officer to join the army and was in charge of military legal copywriting. I wonder if Ling Sun could surrender?"

Huang You knew that Zhang Xuan was actually using his Changsun as a hostage, but he couldn't agree. He glanced at Changsun and saw that his eyes were lit up. Obviously, he was very willing. Huang You could only sigh in his heart and said, "General does not think that my grandson is stupid, so please take care of him."

Huang Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again, "I am willing to serve the general!"

Zhang Xuan's eyes were smiling. He didn't use Huang Jing as a hostage, he was attracted by the pig iron in the hands of the Huang family.

At noon the next day, Zhang Xuan came to the dock. He made an appointment with Qi Liang. Whether it was successful or not, Qi Liang would return to Liyang County before noon.

Qi Liang's return is very important to Zhang Xuan. It is not Qi Liang himself, but Qi Liang's return means that Du Fuwei's little power on the Yangtze River has been removed, which is very important for the Sui army to station Liyang County in the future. Even if they cannot defend Liyang County, they can retreat from the water.

The sky is blue, the waves on the Yangtze River are vast, and white clouds are piled up at the end of the river. From time to time, fishing boats and cargo ships pass by the river. A soldier suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, they are here!"

Sixty or seventy fast ships were coming towards the dock, and the bow of the ship was full of soldiers. Qi Liang, who was holding two halberds on a large ship of 500 stones, was standing on a large ship of 500 stone. Yuchi Gong glanced at Luo Shixin and couldn't help but snorted softly. Luo Shixin turned and strode away.

Zhang Xuan no longer cared about the subtle mentality between his generals, and he quickly moved forward. At this time, the dense fleet of sentry ships had stopped a mile away. Only Qi Liang's 500-stone ship continued to move forward. The ship leaned on the ashore. Qi Liang stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I am willing to let go of the general's expectations and bring all my brothers. They are willing to serve the general!"

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and quickly helped General Qi up, "From today, General Qi will be my navy general. I hope it will not only be the Yangtze River, but also enter the sea in the future!"

Qi Liang was excited and said loudly: "I will never let down the general's expectations!"

At this time, cheers came from the far ship, "Long live General Zhang! Long live!"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

After two days of rest in Liyang County, Zhang Xuan pulled out his camp and took thousands of prisoners of war back to Jiangdu on 6 routes. At the same time, Zhang Xuan appointed Zhao Liang as the chief general of the Liyang County army, led 3,000 troops to station Liyang County, and appointed Qi Liang as the navy general, leading 30 large ships and more than 100 sentry ships to station on the river surface of Liyang County, and at any time to meet the Sui army in Liyang County.

Du Fuwei suffered two defeats in the Huaihe River and Liyang County, losing nearly 30,000 elite troops, which greatly damaged his strength. Du Fuwei retreated to Huainan County, changed his strategy to a defensive, and dared not fight against the Sui Army again. At the same time, Du Fuwei also made major military adjustments, concentrating the troops scattered in Jianghuai to Huainan County to prevent them from being defeated by the Sui Army. At the same time, he strengthened the training of the army and actively controlled the military power in his own hands.
Chapter completed!