In Luoyang City in Duji Province, Zhu Laosan, the former Dongdu Branch, held a letter from Jingnan in his hand. After a long time, he seemed like a statue. It was not until Zhu Zhen, who was the number one general with a wide face and a powerful appearance, walked in, then suddenly came back to his senses and couldn't help but ask:

"What's the situation outside? Are the soldiers stationed in the middle of the army enough food? Can the local people still be stable?"

"When the soldiers returned to the left, they had enough food and were safe, and the local people were still safe, but..."

Zhu Zhen hesitated before responding:

“But what?”

Zhu Laosan frowned:

"Local insect storms are still not to be underestimated. Today, the prefectures and counties south of Baigou, all the downstream areas of the Bian River are covered with locusts and almost no light to see the sky..."

Zhu Zhen was a little embarrassed;

"Why is it still so serious? Didn't Liusi mobilize the people to exterminate insects after the beginning of spring, and then offer a reward for the people to catch insects with rice?"

Zhu Laosan's brows became more and more serious.

"I did change it at least eight or nine thousand stones of rice and more than 30,000 pieces of local cloth at the beginning... but..."

However, Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly:

"Just something..."

Zhu Laosan suddenly realized something and turned cold:

"It's easy to say that the places located in the 19 counties of the two prefectures of Duji Province (Henan County, Ruzhou) are located; however, Zheng Bian, Chen Xu and other places that are a little farther away may not be as satisfactory, and Ying and Cai are even more bare."

Zhu Zhen sighed:

"Can they be so lazy and negligent about the key things in this relationship for a year?"

Zhu Laosan's face couldn't help but look ugly.

"It would be fine if you are lazy and negligent, but I'm afraid there are other ills!"

Zhu Zhen suddenly pointed out the key points without hesitation.

"How dare you, this is life-saving!"

Zhu Laosan couldn't help but change his color slightly and said: Could there be someone who dares to use these foods he has finally obtained, plus the money he has saved money and money he has been trying hard to save money and save money in daily life, and to fill his personal pockets? However, when you think about it carefully, it is not impossible.

Compared with the basic control of the old brothers, the two prefectures and prefectures of Duji Province are relatively intact; the outer peripheral Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Zhengzhou and Bianzhou are those recruited and newly recruited subordinates, as well as new soldiers recruited by the local government, who are in conjunction with each other, and are garrisoned to check and balance and garrison.

Now there are newly occupied Caizhou and Yingzhou; there are also Yuzhou and Haozhou, which are affiliated with Duji Province, but most of them remain relatively independent. Therefore, the current situation is that although the territory has expanded, its power has also been diluted and soldiers from all walks of life have to be promoted to meet the basic needs of maintaining occupation and digesting these places.

Therefore, the corresponding diluted ones are obviously the Duji Province, which is used to supervise and control the strength and manpower of these local military generals and officials; after all, although he is now known as a major force in the heart of Henan for his strong military and horses, the corresponding talent selection and training system has not yet formed a system, and basically all parties are using it to deal with it.

Even the many military schools opened were ended in vain due to various obstacles in open and secret ways. In the end, the number of military-level construction workshops that could be retained was a small kindergarten dedicated to the enlightenment of the children of lieutenant generals after severe shrinkage.

The reason why this kindergarten was prepared was because the generals and officials were not willing to send their children to the south to receive the so-called craftsmen and official-style Taiping Army education as he suggested. Therefore, they hired well-known scholars and students from the local area to think that they would open a separate store. Now I think that many of them have always had the practice of deducting food and paying money and eating empty-handed positions in the army. How could they miss these frauds and swallow the opportunity to grab food?

Zhu Lao San was trying his best to respond to the sign of this disaster, but at this critical juncture, he made a big mistake. Why didn’t he be angry about this? Then he stood up and said:

"Come on, please order people with me..."

"Stay behind, please be careful!"

Zhu Zhen couldn't help but say in surprise: But he was frightened by Zhu Laosan's fierce reaction.

"What do you think I want to do? Don't worry, I can't attack and kill. I just went to the eastern states to inspect the disasters and Yanbian defense, and by the way... I just chopped off some people's heads... Some people are really tolerant."

Zhu Laosan laughed in anger:

Then, in front of Li Tangbin, Hu Zhen, Xu Tang, Li Hui, Wang Wu, Deng Jijun, Wang Chongshi and other trusted generals who gathered with him, as well as Jing Xiang and Li Zhen, Zhu Laosan changed another remark:

"Now the local disaster is serious, the people are exhausted and expected to produce a great loss. We must strictly prevent the Cai thieves from abroad, the soldiers on the Huai River take risks or take the opportunity to harass them... The troops in the capital selected a battalion of strong and strong men to patrol Bian Ying and Cai to intimidate the enemy in case."

"promise.."

Everyone present responded in unison:

"After I send my order, I asked the Deputy Envoy of Xuzhou Unity and Governor Li Cunyi... and others to come to explain the disaster situation on the spot and prepare for relief matters..."

Zhu Laosan took the opportunity to order the names of more than a dozen foreign military generals and guards and said:

"Let Li Chongyin, the commander of the right cavalry army in Huazhou, go to Yongqiu to block the water supply..."

"Wang Qianyu, commander of the horse,"

"The vanguard and infantry general Xu Huaiyu,"

"Take Liu Xiu, the promoter of Xuzhou,"

"Treading Bai, Li Si'an goes to Taikang and patrol the Wool Water..."

While giving orders, Zhu Laosan carefully looked and observed the reactions and expressions of these subordinates, and took them one by one in his heart. Because the ones he sent out and adjusted the defense this time were also the generals who led their troops to join the army with their local background. Because only by temporarily transferring these generals from the local area can he be able to do his next step.

After the military discussion dispersed, he kept Li Zhen and Jing Xiang, who were the leader, and after discussing some current local affairs in the army, Zhu Laosan sighed hesitantly:

"The current situation is difficult and it is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. But I am determined to retire to the mountains and forests. I am better off just serving my mother as a rich man!"

“No…”

Li Zhen said without hesitation:

"The Lord is careful about his words..."

Jing Xiang advised him seriously:

"The Lord is now in charge of tens of thousands of soldiers inside and outside the capital, and the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, so how can he give up and shout easily?"

"It's me, Meng Lang, for no reason!"

Then Zhu Laosan thanked them seriously as if he had woken up from a dream, and then said:

"Just just to take the initiative to take care of you, I intend to ask my wife to ask you to ask the Chu Prince's Mansion for you to become a relative of children? Can you please Xingxu (Li Zhen’s name), Zizhen (Jingxiang’s name), and draft a letter of appointment for me... "

After Jing Xiang and Li Zhen who were ordered to leave, Zhu Laosan called Kou Yanqing as a routine envoy to greet him and gave him a close-fitting jade talisman:

"So for the sake of your own sake, I will tell my wife that everything is up to you, and maybe the future of Zhu's family will be dependent on this..."

However, a maid serving tea outside flashed past and hurried to the courtyard of concubines who Zhu Laosan took; soon after, she became a group of people who went out to Shangda'an Guosi Xiang.

And in another place, in the courtyard where private gatherings are held.

"What else do you have to hesitate? Will you regret it when someone puts a knife on his neck?"

Li Chongyin, the commander of the right cavalry and infantry army of Huazhou, who was named first, was coldly speaking to several other military generals who were also mobilized:

"What a patrol for the enemy! That is, our kind-hearted stay-at-home, can come up with such an excuse! Little did he know that the envoy who asked for peace and stop the battle had been secretly interacting in front of the formation several times."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sneer. In fact, in the Kanto area after the beginning of spring, the vast land of Henan and Hebei, with the news of the Western Army's invasion of Chang'an, the forces in the conflict and war temporarily fell into a certain relative calm and confrontation;

Even the Chengde Army, which was originally the most aggressive in Shangdang, was Lulong Town, which was constantly using troops in the north, or the Heyang Army, which had already gained a foothold in Luzhou; and even the Weibo Town, which was eager to retaliate and counterattack in Henan, the Caizhou thieves who were eyeing Bo and Song, and formed a group of three Huai Shang Towns; it was rare to stop for the time being.

Because they also need time to digest this news and sort out the impact and subsequent impacts caused by this news, but they do not want to act rashly and deviate from others. Therefore, the Central Plains on both sides of the Yellow River actually ushered in a gap in war and silent time that could last for unknown duration.

"Is it necessary to...?"

The white pawn present, Li Si'an, came to his senses, but he was somewhat shocked and said inexplicably:

"Yes, this Daqi stayed behind, and I can't wait to clear the inside, so I can submit a letter of conferment to the south..."

Li Chongyin said with a flash of eyes:

"What can we do? There are many soldiers in the Kinai instead of our ability to resist..."

Another person from Linyi, Langya, was present, and Wang Qianyu, commander of the horse commander of the horse. He said with a grim face:

"Of course, we can't sit still and wait for death; the next step is to join forces to fight against each other; at the worst, we must ensure that we have the wealth of our own parties...!"

The white general Li Si'an decided without hesitation:

"Well said!"

Suddenly a voice sounded, but it was the Kongmu official who was in charge of the Dongdu Department, Zhang Cunjing, who was from Haozhou, walked in with great strides and said firmly:
Chapter completed!