The continuous green mountains are like screens, covering this beautiful mountain dam in your arms, so that you can't easily see her peerless face.

Streams flow down the hillside, pounced on here, lingering among the hills, singing happily. When your eyes swept there and followed her footsteps, the stream disappeared mischievously. When you turned around in disappointment, she sneaked out somewhere.

This is a typical limestone geological mountain dam. Rivers gather, but neither lake nor big rivers are formed. The stream flows here and sneaks away from the ground, like a hurrying passerby.

There are swamps everywhere among the hills, with plants and trees full of strength, and it is difficult for people to move.

Between the plants and trees, there are piles of cultivated paddy fields, and the sparse rice inside is at the harvest season. This is the second-season rice that has been re-tilled after the first season of rice harvest, and the yield per mu is considered to be sparse. If it were developed places like Jianghuai, farmers had already plowed and changed wheat and would not leave them in the field to waste their fertility. But here, it is God's blessing and the extra reward of farmers.

It was Xu Ping's first time to visit Zhongzhou. The richness of this land exceeded his expectations. This place is a reduced Ruhe County. There are almost all things in Ruhe County, but it is just a much smaller scale. Moreover, it is located in the upper reaches. Although there is no big river flowing out, the underground river is well connected. Most of the year scenes are not flooded, and the most terrible natural disasters are gone.

With such a good place, the Huang family honestly managed the neighborhood and lived a wealthy life. I really couldn't figure out why they like fighting and killing so much. As a result, only one or two of the fertile land in front of me was cultivated. After running out to plunder and failed once, the population was scattered, and I don't know when it would be restored.

Yesterday, when Cao Zhizhou broke this place, there was no trace left. Everything seemed peaceful and quiet, just like the place that has been here for thousands of years.

Xu Ping brought Tan Hu and his accompanying soldiers into Zhongzhou City. Cao Keming's personal soldiers had already come to catch him and led him directly to the state yamen.

Zhongzhou was a member of Luolang County, Langzhou during the Tang Dynasty. It was abandoned in the Song Dynasty. The original Langzhou area was established in Zhongzhou, Luoyang and other Tuzhou counties. It has not had a long history. The so-called state yamen is just a large house of the Huang family, and it did not follow the shape of the state yamen at that time.

When they arrived at the hall, they saw the ceremony with Cao Zhizhou. The two sat down separately and the soldiers brought tea.

Xu Ping was full of doubts and couldn't help asking: "Magic Prefecture, what's going on here in Zhongzhou? Didn't Huang Congfu support him? Why did Huang Conggui run away?"

Cao Keming shook his head: "What kind of support do you want? My army has arrived here, and before they can set up a formation, they opened the city gate and surrendered. When they entered the city, they realized that I had only arrived halfway through. Huang Conggui took the treasure of Curry and ran away. He heard that he had gone to Qianlongzhai. He was about to discuss with you how to get people back from Qianlongzhai. If they refuse to obey, the army has already left anyway, so I might as well settle the place!"

Ping moved Longzhai? Xu Ping smiled bitterly. Cao Zhizhou was so excited. He said it was simple, but how easy it was to do it? Li Ruhe in Zhongzhou was only a day, and Xu Ping could supply grain and grass even after the long period of time. It would take four or five days to move Longzhai away from Zhongzhou. There was no need to be too much. As long as you procrastinate there for a month or two, the manpower and material resources of the entire Ruhe County will be all in, and this year's sugar-fighting season was delayed. Besides, the strength of these Tuzhou Tuxian counties is limited, so it is not difficult to fight. The difficult thing is how to keep it after fighting. If there are few people left, it will not be useful, and the barbarians scattered in the mountains will make a comeback in a few days. If there are more people left, even if one or two hundred people are left in each place, the supply of grain and grass will exceed the ability of Yongzhou.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping still didn't answer the words and said, "We will discuss these carefully afterwards. Where is Huang Congfu? He spoke boldly in front of me, why is it so useless when things come to an end?"

Cao Keming was a little unhappy. He finally gathered a large army, but he didn't fight seriously, and felt as uncomfortable as if he was dodging his waist. However, he also knew the difficulties of advancing in the mountains, so he stopped talking about this topic and ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Go and call Huang Congfu, say that the magistrate has arrived, and you have something to ask him."

The personal soldiers promised to go.

Xu Ping asked again: "Where is his father? Why didn't Huang Congji show up?"

Cao Keming snorted coldly: "That's even more useless! Since I entered the city, he has been pretending to be sick and unable to come out. He doesn't even dare to meet him. He is not as good as his son!"

Xu Ping's brows became tighter and tighter. Why did he find such a family? A big man has no responsibility at all. No wonder he was easily suppressed by his brother for 10 or 20 years.

"I won't talk about their father and son. Huang Congji's wife is the daughter of Shendong Zhidong. Is she in the city?"

"I was kidnapped by Huang Conggui. I heard that I would be presented to Qilongdong Zhidong as a meeting ceremony."

"So amazing?"

Xu Ping suspected that he had heard it wrong. Duan Yunjie is already an adult. No matter how beautiful her mother is, she is still in her thirties. She does not have as good maintenance skills as in later generations in this era. How beautiful can she be so beautiful? Even Duan Yunjie is in her early years, and no one has gone crazy for her.

Cao Keming said: "How can we talk about these habits of the barbarians? Ashen is the daughter of Shenzhidong. Shendong is so prosperous this year, and her daughter's value will naturally rise."

Xu Ping nodded and didn't say anything.

It is reasonable to say that the marriage relationship between the barbarian chiefs is extremely complex. This is not only a medium for the alliance between forces, but also a means of mutual annexation between forces. This matter cannot be seen from a personal perspective alone. The marriage between the barbarian chiefs is no less than that of the bureaucrats and literati of the Song Dynasty, and its purpose is even more naked, and it is not even bound by the morality of the ritual system.

Huang Congfu came in with his personal soldiers, looking at the ground and not daring to look up, feeling ashamed. He remembered the bold statement in front of Xu Ping: "As long as my uncle is not here, we, father and son in Zhongzhou, will certainly be the master!" Unexpectedly, the opportunity fell from the sky to him, and not only could he not be able to handle it, but he was also smashed by the good things that fell from the sky and chewed the mud.

"I will help you get on the horse and I will send you another trip." Xu Ping's words that day were still lingering in his ears, but Huang Congfu felt that the opportunity was leaving him. He stretched out his hand powerlessly, but he couldn't catch it.

Xu Ping looked at Huang Congfu's appearance, his legs were unstable, his hands were trembling, he looked down at the ground, and he fell step by step, and his shoulders were shrunk as if he was still sobbing. His clothes were messy, and some places were exposed with blood marks, and his legs were bent and could not be straight, as if he had been tortured.

The soldier responded and stood aside.

Xu Ping put down the teacup, calmed down his mood, and asked in a conscious and peaceful voice: "Huang Congfu, didn't we agree before? How did you get things to this point?"

Huang Congfu could no longer bear it and knelt on the ground: "Shangguan Mingjian, it's not my fault! This time they went out to plunder Shendong, and I didn't know it beforehand! When I found that there were many fewer people in the city, the young man knew that something must have happened, but they wouldn't tell me if they asked others! When I finally found out the matter clearly, the magistrate - the magistrate's troops were almost in Zhongzhou-"

"What? You know this news later than I do?" Xu Ping's patience was almost exhausted, and he couldn't help but pat on the table. "I worked hard to find you Ruhe, and told you all the good things, and arranged everything for you. This is how you do it?"

“I—I don’t want to—”

Xu Ping let out a long sigh: "Forget it, you don't need to mention these nonsense. Tell me, what happened before Cao Zhizhou entered the city."

"The news of the magistrate marching here came. My church, Huang Conggui, arrested us father and son and tortured us. Shangguan, I never knew that Huang Conggui was such a vicious person. I used to think that he was just a domineering person! He - he deliberately tied us father and son to a stool and put firewood under his legs. Shangguan, you don't know that kind of feeling, I had the heart to die at that time!"

Xu Ping coughed and waved his hand and said, "No need to mention these details, just choose the key ones."

"Yes, I'll obey the order!" Huang Congfu's chest was up and down. Obviously, Huang Conggui's punishment left a deep impression on him. I was afraid he would never forget it for the rest of his life, but he didn't know that Huang Conggui just learned Xu Ping's method to him and tried it on himself.

"When Huang Congfu used punishment on us, he told us that Zhongzhou would definitely not be able to be defended by the imperial army. He brought money to Qianlongzhai and waited until he met with his father and then came back."

Xu Ping sneered: "He was thinking well, but he was afraid he would go downstairs to find Huang Chengxiang."

Huang Congfu suddenly raised his head, his eyes shone, and his voice trembled: "Shangguan - Shangguan means my uncle, he - he is dead? Could he really not come back?"

"What's so strange? Huang Chengxiang sent troops to attack other prefectures and caves without authorization, treating the court as if nothing was left, and still wants to live a hundred years old? This also reminds other barbarian chiefs that only by being at peace can one have a good life!"

After saying that, Xu Ping was silent for a while. Unexpectedly, Huang Chengxiang couldn't help but find trouble with Shen Dong. If he had known this, why would he have to find Huang Congfu, a waste in advance? Now, it is stuck in his hands like a candy, and it is hard to get rid of it.

Huang Congfu knelt on the ground, and could not hide the ecstasy on his face no matter what. The suffering we suffered today is worth it, and the days when we endured humiliation were worth it! Huang Chengxiang died and Huang Conggui ran away. Who else can be the magistrate in Zhongzhou now, and who else can take the position of governor?

The position of Zhongzhou magistrate is no exception! As for my father, he doesn't have to think about it at all. He has been scared for a long time in his life and will never fight with him.

Who else is me! Who else is me! ——Ha! Ha!

When he became a magistrate, he changed his wife the first thing he did. Now the man who came from too ordinary and his father was only a magistrate in the state. How could he be worthy of the magistrate? I heard that the daughter of the magistrate of Tuoling County is good-looking and at the right age. Well, it is better to marry Zhongzhou and pair with him. The two places are not far apart, and they work together to fight against Shendong, which has become more developed this year.

The future is bright, the future is bright!

Xu Ping and Cao Keming looked at each other and said to Huang Congfu: "You go back first, have a good rest, and you will also treat the injuries on your body. Don't worry, you will talk to you later."

Huang Congfu stood up, a little disappointed, looked at Xu Ping, and said with a hint: "Shangguan, why not settle down now?"

Xu Ping waved his hand: "Go back first, it's important to recover from the injury. Nothing is urgent, the future is long."

Huang Congfu was a little discouraged, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he had to turn around and go out. He couldn't tell the difference between his feet and kept annoying himself: "Shangguan must be heartbroken. I was hurt. It was not that I didn't let me be the magistrate, but that I could take care of the magistrate's magistrate before I could take on the magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate's magistrate'

Seeing Huang Congfu go out, Xu Ping smiled bitterly and said, "Who could have thought that I had found such a person?"

Cao Keming couldn't help laughing: "Things have reached this point, and regret is useless. How to arrange Zhongzhou in the future? What's the idea of ​​Tongzong?"

The two divided the work and Xu Ping managed the Zuojiang area. Although Cao Keming led the people to fight down the place, he still respected Xu Ping's opinions if he arranged it.

Xu Ping sighed: "If Zhongzhou can be withdrawn, I really want to withdraw this Tuzhou! Huang Congfu, no matter how you look at it, how can you hand Zhongzhou to him?"

"I'm afraid there's no other choice." Cao Keming drank the tea leisurely, "Either withdraw Zhongzhou or let Huang Congfu be the magistrate. I've asked about his father, but he's not as good as him."

Xu Ping lowered his head and remained silent. After a while, he looked up and said to Cao Keming: "Okay, I said this to him before, and the position of the governor was given to Huang Congfu. But he could not let him do whatever he wanted and did not prepare. In less than a year or two, the escaped Huang Conggui came back to overthrow him! Zhongzhou has been gone, and next year I will go to Guwanzhai to watch Shendong. In addition, if there is no accident in Zhongzhou, the inspection village in Siling will be useless. Then let Zhang Rong take his people here to move. If our memorials agree, let him take people to plant sugarcane here. Give Zhang Rong a manpower, and don't be afraid of Zhongzhou's ups and downs!"

Cao Keming hesitated for a moment: "Those barbarian chiefs are not fools. What's the difference between your arrangements and your withdrawal of Zhongzhou? It's just that Huang Congfu's archway was kept."

"No matter whether they are fools or not, we just regard them as fools! Whether Huang Congfu's archway can stand up depends on himself. I am too lazy to worry about that anymore! After this incident, I have figured it out. Don't count on these people in nothing, we have to rely on our own people to do it. As for what those barbarian chiefs think, you don't have to care, anyway, you can't count on them!"

"I think these are all for you. Even if you can't keep all the GSV troops in Guangxi, Zhang Rong and his men should be sure that they can't escape. With him here, Huang Congfu is just a clay sculpture. It doesn't matter what kind of person he is."

"All the Gengshuxiang Army in Guangxi stayed?" Xu Ping shook his head and smiled bitterly, "That's more than 2,000 people a year. With these manpower, I can pave all the way along Zuojiang. Tuzhou has one, and it's all eaten into Yongzhou's stomach. Is this possible? How big a move is this for the Privy Council? How could those people cause such a big trouble for themselves? Just think about it, it would be good to be able to keep the people in Yongzhou."

Two thousand people can be considered a county, and one new county will be added a year and occupy the most important place. The entire Zuojiang area will be filled in just three to five years. If the court can make this decision, how can there be so many Tuzhou Tuxian counties?

After the two discussed, Cao Keming went out to command the soldiers to prepare for the evacuation. He came here from afar and could not come for nothing. The Huang family's grain warehouse in Zhongzhou had to be cleared. This was not saved in a year. They would never make a fuss without the grain in the warehouse. Some rare treasures in the state were not taken away by Huang Conggui, such as precious specialties geckos, musks, gold, silver and jewelry. Cao Keming would take them back to Yongzhou. The army was dispatched and it cost a lot of money and grain, which was considered a supplement. It could not be spent all the money in the county.

Huang Congfu watched the soldiers busy in the city, his face as dark as the bottom of the pot, but he dared not say anything. After the city was broken, the government army was as kind as white lotus. If the barbarians from other provinces and caves were replaced, they would not only rob grain and treasures, but also rob people. Both men and women would rob them as long as they were young and strong. After robbing people, they would slaughter cattle and burn houses, and even the crops in other places would be burned. That would be miserable.

Xu Ping stood in front with his sleeves, and he knew Huang Congfu's expression without looking at it. These grains will be transported to Ruhe County, and some of them will be placed directly in the inspection village. When Zhongzhou is short of food, they will be transported from the inspection village. After this, it is the gift of the court, so that these people know that they cannot survive without the court. There is no way, and they don't know how to be grateful if they don't use these methods.

Zhang Rong came from a distance and greeted Xu Ping.

Xu Ping nodded, asked him to stand aside, and said to Huang Congfu behind him: "Your inspector Zhang, you must be familiar with him."

Huang Congfu said hurriedly: "Inspector Zhang is always stationed outside the valley, and he has a small understanding."

Xu Ping nodded and said, "I have discussed with Magistrate Cao. I think you are honest and responsible for the court. I am still honest and responsible in doing things. I am going to recommend you to be the Magistrate of Zhongzhou."

Huang Congfu was overjoyed, and the clouds and mist dissipated on his face. He was rewarded with his great wish and hurriedly thanked him.

Xu Ping said again: "We will submit a memorial as soon as we go back. For example, the court will not have any objections to this kind of thing. But it will take several months to wait for your proclamation and talisman to be printed. These days, you will perform the prefectural duties first. What do you think?"

"Thank you Shangguan Ende, I'll follow my instructions!"

He became a magistrate, and finally became a magistrate! So what about food and treasures? As long as he sits in the magistrate's position, all this will come back soon!

Xu Ping nodded: "You have always been respectful. Cao Zhizhou and I see it and remember it in our hearts. Of course, we will not forget you if we have this opportunity. As a magistrate, you must not forget the lessons of your ex. You must live in harmony with the surrounding prefectures and caves, and don't fight and kill at any time. Especially to the court, you must be respectful."

"The little one understands, the little one understands, and he will definitely listen to the court."

"Also, Huang Chengxiang went to Shendong this time and took most of Ding Zhuang from Zhongzhou. You are short of manpower here. The population replenishment is not a matter of one or two years. If there are fewer people, it will inevitably be bullied by the surrounding prefectures and consorts, and it is difficult for you to do so. In this way, inspector Zhang Rong is a familiar person, so I will leave him here to help you. His wings are all passed through the battle formation. If other prefectures and conscientious come, he can help you deal with it. What do you think?"

Huang Congfu opened his mouth wide: "Shangguan asked Inspection Officer Zhang to stay in Zhongzhou?"

Xu Ping turned around and looked at him, and said expressionlessly: "Yes, this is for your own good. Huang Conggui went to Qianlongdong. Who knows if he could lend troops from there? Can you deal with it? With inspector Zhang taking people here, you can be at ease, and Cao Cao and I will be at ease."

"Thank you - thank you Shangguan."

Although Huang Congfu didn't know the specific arrangements of Xu Ping and Cao Keming, Zhang Rong was stationed in Zhongzhou with more than 200 wings, so he still knew his future situation.
Chapter completed!