"Brother Parrot, where are we going? Isn't Yanyun County in the north?" Xu Haiming asked.
"Yanyun County is in the north, but the boss is here... Well, isn't this them?" The little parrot had already begun to glide downwards.
Xu Haiming looked down and saw dozens of ships on the sea with their sails spread out and sailing rapidly north. An armored warship in the middle had a flag flying with a big word "Xiao" on it.
"Hai Ming, I hope you're okay!" Xiao Chen and others had been waiting on the deck to greet him early. They were all overjoyed to see him back safely.
"Hai Ming is incompetent and has failed to trust me!" Xu Haiming was about to kneel down, but was hugged by Xiao Chen.
"It's been a while since we last met, Hai Ming, why are you so thin?" Xiao Chen said.
At first, Xu Haiming was high-spirited and energetic, but now his face is withered and his temples are dusty. He looks like a man who is less than thirty years old but in his fifties.
"Sir, pity Yizhou!" Xu Haiming sighed with emotion, suddenly his heart came to him, and he couldn't help crying, he couldn't help himself with the sadness.
After three glasses of wine, Xu Haiming finally calmed down. He was still a little embarrassed and made everyone laugh by saying he was rude and impolite.
"Hai Ming's passion will eventually go to waste, and it is inevitable to be sentimental." Xiao Chen said, "Actually, although you are a Han official, everything you do in Yizhou is for the country and the people, and there is nothing out of the ordinary. , Li Wanjiang can't tolerate you, because he is too narrow-minded."
"Actually, I can't blame him." Xu Haiming said, "After all, I am still a minister of the Han Dynasty. Sooner or later, I will rebel against him, but..." It's just that Yizhou's career has not yet been competed, so he is always reluctant.
"Hey, Haiming, your mood is a bit inappropriate." Fatty smiled and said, "Do you know who your kid is?"
"Hey, actually speaking of it, the boss has a lofty ideal and allowed me to do this." Xu Haiming was also happy, "It made me a little confused. I don't know whether I am a Han Chen or a Zhou Chen?"
"That's why I say that Hai Ming is the real pillar of talent, unparalleled in the country!" Xiao Chen said, "What you did is exactly what the old man often said, the country is more important than the king! "
"Boss's words made my heart light up!" Xu Haiming let out a long breath, "To tell you the truth, if Li Wanjiang had your magnanimity and mind, boss, I might even betray my identity as a Hanchen. He turned loyal to him, Da Zhou."
"Hai Ming, how is the situation in Yizhou?" Xiao Chen suddenly asked.
"If I'm here, it's good. If I'm not here, it's bad." Xu Haiming was so confident in himself that he had already anticipated Yizhou's future from the moment he left Yizhou.
Suddenly he seemed to understand the meaning of Xiao Chen's question, "Boss, do you mean that we will take back Yizhou now?"
"This is not my intention, it is the intention of the old man and Xiaosheng, but it is not now. We still need to wait... I want to ask for your opinion on this matter. Is it okay?" Xiao Chen asked road.
"There's a lot to be done!" Xu Haiming was very excited after hearing this. He stood up and walked around the table several times before stopping. "When I was in Yizhou, I always focused on infrastructure construction and people's livelihood. There has been no action on the economic and military fronts. So far, the major ports in Yizhou do not have city defense facilities."
"In addition, there are not many Zhou soldiers stationed in Yizhou, only about 50,000, and they are scattered in various places. Some of them are still in the mountains. They cannot be gathered in a hurry. The number of naval forces at the port is not large. There are only about fifty ships, and more than half of them are mainly patrolling in the Japanese waters."
"There is almost no grain in Yizhou. After the rice comes out this summer, it will only meet the urgent needs. It is barely enough to maintain people's livelihood and fill the people's stomachs. When the second season of rice comes after autumn, the situation will be better, but there is still no way to collect food and it is not enough to support the army. Fight.”
"Since I took office, I have also recruited some soldiers, mainly to form a city defense force. There are about 50,000 people. Most of the generals are promoted by me myself. Although they cannot be said to be close confidants, if I am under the city Once you call, most of them will surrender."
It's just that these city defense troops have just been formed, and their training, equipment, and treatment are far inferior to those of Zhou soldiers. They are second-rate local troops...
In fact, it was the Ministry of War that restricted him and did not allocate him enough military equipment. Even his military pay was in arrears for several months.
However, Xu Haiming's prestige among Yizhou civil servants is extremely high. Almost all local officials were selected and promoted by him personally. These people admired him very much, and under his words and deeds, they also had a relatively friendly attitude towards Yanyun County. He and even showed a lot of dissatisfaction when they learned that the emperor sent troops to attack Yan Yun.
The main reason is that the common people are extremely dependent on him, and most of their daily necessities, agricultural tools, mules, horses and cattle come from Yanyun County.
These don't cost a lot of money, they can be exchanged for the locally abundant fruits and sugar cane, and the prices are relatively low, at least many times cheaper than in Minzhou County!
The locals are not very fond of the Emperor of Zhou. This is of course because Tianxuanhui has been operating here for many years and has always been hostile to Dazhou, so they don't have any good ideas of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism...
On the contrary, he liked Xiao Chen even more.
Because Sima Zhongping and others actually went to Yanyun County after returning to the Zhou Dynasty, and these soldiers also had many relatives and friends in Yizhou.
Also, do you remember that when the Three Kings Alliance attacked Yizhou, they captured many women and sent them to Fengyang City as trophies?
In the end, all these women were sold by the officials, and all of them were bought by someone in Yanyun County, saying they were going to open a brothel, but in fact they were properly placed there.
Interestingly, after the war ended and the martial law was lifted, none of them wanted to come back. Instead, they took many of their relatives away from Yizhou, because compared to Yizhou, Yanyun County was like paradise!
As for Xiao Chen, he is the Mingjun Holy Master. If he hadn't come to the rescue, what would have been the fate of the rest of us...
I'm afraid it would be more miserable than death!
This is what people want, so if Xiao Chen attacks Yizhou in the future, I am afraid that not only will the people not resist, but they will also have to welcome him...
"Well, if that's what you mean, Haiming, then let's do it!" Xiao Chen said, "But for now, it's best for us not to completely break up with Li Wanjiang... Haiming, have you been to Japan? Let's drop by. Would you like to take a walk?"
"Boss, what do you mean..." Xu Haiming understood something.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Are you full? When you are full, go and put me to bed. Look at your red eyes. How much sleep have you missed? Don't worry about anything these days, just give me I ate and slept, and after I slept, I ate to recuperate my energy first. If my body is broken, what else can I do? I can't do anything." Xiao Chen drove him away.
