PS: Another chapter

A trace of sunshine shone on the broken walls of Jinling City, and under the golden glow, the corvets responsible for repairing the walls were sweating profusely.

Although autumn has begun, Jinling City is still hot, and the clothes of the corvee laborers are wet after only one hour of work.

"Old Master Fei, is the news of Your Highness ascending the throne true?"

Fiji stood in front of the city wall with his hands behind his back. The Jinling wall was seriously damaged by the war. Since he arrived in Jinling City, he had the first thing he did. After all, opposite the Yangtze River was the king of Chu's fiefdom.

Although Xiao Ming and the King of Chu signed a covenant, this was just a temporary stopgap solution for the firearms, so repairing the city wall seemed to him to be an important matter.

"Of course, can this matter be false? When the late emperor was dying, he handed over the will to Du Heng."

Fiji stroked his beard and smiled. The news of King Qi ascending the throne yesterday reached Jinling City, which made him so happy that he never fell asleep all night.

For him, if Xiao Ming fails to ascend the throne for a day, he will be the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom. The longer he delays, the more he will be questioned. Now he immediately recovers the thirteen states of Wei, and his strength has increased greatly. This is the best time to ascend the throne. Xiao Ming's quick decision also greatly appreciates him.

Moreover, once Xiao Ming ascended the throne, Fei Yue'er would be the queen of the current dynasty, and this would make the Fei family's status in Qingzhou stable.

The man in Fiji is an old man wearing a long blue silk gown, and his age is similar to that of Fiji. He said: "If this is the case, our Tong family should also go to Qingzhou to congratulate His Highness on the ascension of the throne. Your Highness is kind and generous. The great families in Jinling City are all grateful to Your Highness. If Master Fei does not dislike Master, Tong is willing to go to Qingzhou with Master Fei, what about?"

"Official Tong is indeed a sensible person. The rumors outside that Your Highness will kill all the nobles without mercy are false, so you should not believe it partially!" Fiji said with a smile.

After coming to Jinling City, he intervened in dealing with the affairs of the rich. He showed no mercy to the Zhang family, which was related to Jinling City and the King of Wei. He killed what should be killed, exiled what should be exiled, and exiled what should be exiled.

Because of this, all the wealthy families in Jinling City were ready to rise up and fight him to the death.

But after dealing with the Zhang family, he suddenly summoned the Tong family. After a talk, the head of the Tong family walked out of the government office with a smile on his face. Then the government orders for dealing with the rich family spread among the rich family. The rich family, who had originally held the battle, immediately threw down their weapons and came to visit Fiji.

Tong Hongchang smiled and said, "If it weren't for the Master Fei Ge, we would have believed the words of the King of Wei, which would have made a big mistake. Now, in order to prove the loyalty of the Jinling family to His Highness, Tong should have gone to Qingzhou."

Fiji nodded, "Actually, the most important thing for Your Highness is the stability and taxation of the Thirteen States. Your Highness has experienced too many things that are empty talk. Mr. Tong needs to show you some effective things."

Upon hearing this, Tong Hongchang showed an embarrassing smile. Although Xiao Ming's government order did not kill all the nobles, the nobles disbanded their tribes and returned the illegal occupation of the people's land. Whether these two items can be implemented requires the cooperation of local tribes such as the Tong family.

"Ge Master Fei is at ease. Tong will definitely get this done. Tong who does not obey His Highness's orders will not be let go." Tong Hongchang said firmly.

Fiji nodded after hearing this, "Since that's the case, Mr. Tong, please go back and prepare."

When Tong Hongchang heard this, he bowed and chose to leave.

Seeing Tong Hongchang walking away from Fiji, his eyes became cold. As he said to Xiao Ming, the tyrants of the Thirteen State were deeply rooted and the trees were deep. Even though the Southern Expedition Army captured one city after another, the influence among the folk tyrants was still huge.

If it weren't for fear of the fierceness of the Southern Expedition Army this time, the civil strife in the Thirteen Prefectures would not have subsided so quickly.

But even so, it would take some time to solve the tyrants of the rich without bloodshed. For this matter, he chose a strategy of pulling and fighting. Tong Hongchang was the local rich family he won over. Now he is using this Tong Hongchang to intimidate other rich families.

And it is about to reach the autumn harvest season. Now the government office only controls Jinling City and its nearby counties, and there are many villages without officials from Qingzhou.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to send, but that the Thirteen State has basically exhausted their idle officials. Most counties and villages now have to rely on these local tyrants and local officials to take charge.

Although the people of Wei have been influenced by some Qingzhou ideas, traditional concepts cannot be changed every day or two. If no one supervises the tax collection, the loss will be huge today in autumn.

The Southern Conquest Army worked hard to conquer the Thirteen States to pay taxes. Fiji saw this issue very clearly, so he just mentioned Tong Hongchang, and this effective thing was taxes.

He was thinking, suddenly, the governor of Jinling Wei Yuan walked towards him.

Wei Yuan was originally a sixth-rank official in Chang'an, but he had excellent written tests in the Bowen Academy exam and withstood Xiao Ming's personal test, so he was sent to Jinling City to take charge of the role of governor.

"Gei Master, the King of Chu's navy appeared on the river." Wei Yuan said nervously.

"The Navy of King Chu?" Fiji frowned, "When did it happen?"

"The news from the guards on the dock just now, the Dengzhou army has already climbed onto the city wall for alert." Wei Yuan said.

When Fiji heard this, he immediately walked towards the south wall. It was not a good sign that the King of Chu's navy suddenly appeared here. Even if it was not for the opportunity to stab a kick in Jinling City, it was probably to guard against them. As he thought, the King of Chu had never trusted them.

The two arrived at the south city and climbed the city wall. At this time, Ye Qingyun was looking at the river with a telescope. This time, the warships sent by the King of Chu were all warships loaded with artillery, and were moving from west to east.

The battleship led by the leader was slightly larger, and someone could vaguely point fingers at Jinling City.

"I'm a missionary." Ye Qingyun put down his telescope and said to Fiji.

Fiji took Ye Qingyun's telescope and looked at the river. Sure enough, he saw a blond man wearing a black robe and a cross hanging in front of him on the battleship headed.

He said: "Your Highness sent me news that the King of Chu had contact with the French. The King of Chu was beaten by the Dutch. Since then, he was very eager to contact other Western countries to obtain firearms. He may have said that this was a missionary from France."

"But why are they here?" Ye Qingyun frowned.
Chapter completed!