Xiong County,
Located in the northwest of the capital, it is also a battleground for military strategists.
Needless to say, the importance of this location goes without saying. Therefore, since the Great Zhou Dynasty made the capital the capital, Xiong County was built into a military fortress.
Only later, with the successive recovery of Youzhou and Hepingzhou, there was no longer any threat from the outside in the capital.
Therefore, Xiong County became deserted and gradually became an extremely ordinary county town in the capital.
However, today, the arrival of a carriage seemed to bring something new and different to Xiong County.
On the bluestone street, Yang Dong walked leisurely in the county town.
Although it has been in disrepair for a long time, the city walls are dilapidated and there are ruins everywhere.
But Yang Dong could vaguely see the majesty of that year.
A Xiongguan is here to protect the entire capital of Zhou Dynasty. This proverb passed down orally in Xiong County is enough to prove the importance of Xiong County back then.
It's a pity that Xiong County is now deserted. Those former military towns have long been in dilapidated condition.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Yang Dong frowned slightly.
"Has it been abandoned for more than a hundred years? Shu Xiaoxiao, do you think it is possible to hold on to this place?"
Hearing this, Shu Xiaoxiao had a look of thought on his cheeks. But after a moment, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Mr. Yang, there is no city wall in Xiong County now, and the remaining ruins may not be able to withstand Houjin's cavalry. Even...even if we have big firecrackers, it may be difficult to hold on, so... "
"So you also think that Xiong County has lost its role as a strategic location?"
Yang Dong was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke again:
"Let's go and take a look at the mountains with me."
The so-called mountain is a low, not very high mountain directly north of Xiong County.
Although it is a short mountain, this is the highest commanding height within a radius of 500 miles, so it is also a place that military strategists have always fought for.
This was also an important military town back then, but now it has been abandoned for a long time.
Yang Dong pointed to the deserted military camp and ordered Shu Xiaoxiao:
"Arrange two hundred brothers to renovate the military camp here and put it into use."
"Call to Commander Ma to arrange for a brave army to come over and garrison here."
Upon hearing this order, Shu Mouse's face was slightly startled.
"Mr. Yang, the number of brave soldiers is already stretched thin. If we divide another group of people, I'm afraid... it will affect the combat effectiveness."
When Yang Dong heard this, he shook his head slightly.
"You should remember, as the saying goes, one man can stand the test, but ten thousand people can't open it. That's it."
"These thousand people play a far greater role here than ten thousand!"
Shu Mouse lowered his head and began to think about Yang Dong's words secretly.
One man is in charge, and ten thousand men cannot open it...
Did Mr. Yang originally have this plan...
Sure enough, Mr. Yang is worthy of being Mr. Yang. I didn’t even notice about such an important Xiong County!
Thinking of this, Shu Mouse's admiration for Yang Dong became more and more undisguised.
After the on-site inspection, Yang Dong had a general understanding of the situation in Xiong County.
He planned to rush back to the capital immediately. But at this moment, he suddenly heard an "oops" in front of his carriage.
He frowned and subconsciously stuck his head out, and then he saw a little beggar in tattered clothes sitting in front of the carriage, hugging his legs and crying loudly.
"Pay up, pay up!"
"Your carriage ran over my leg, do you know that?"
"Why are you driving without looking at people?"
The person responsible for driving was no one else, but Shu Shuxiao who had been following Yang Dong.
Shu Mouse immediately raised his eyebrows and said angrily:
"Where did you come from, little brat, don't talk nonsense! The uncle's carriage is still two feet away from you, why did it run over your leg??"
"Go away, otherwise I will report you to the police!"
When he heard that Shu Xiaoxiao wanted to report to the official, the little beggar's face, instead of showing any trace of fear, actually showed an extraordinarily confident expression.
"If you report to the official, please report to the official!"
"If you can, go now!"
"But I can advise you. Now you only need five taels of silver to compensate me. But if you get to the government, you won't be able to get out without twenty taels of silver."
When Shu Shushu heard this, his expression on his cheeks was slightly startled, and then a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Xichang has always had the responsibility of supervising all officials, and Xiong County is subordinate to the capital, so it is logically the headquarters of Xichang.
But right under the nose of Xichang, the magistrate of Xiong County openly engaged in extortion with beggars.
This kind of behavior is simply bad to the extreme!
Mr. Yang... shouldn't he be angry with me because of this matter? I've obviously only taken office not long ago, so I haven't bothered to sort out these things...
At this moment, Shu Mouse had made up his mind. No matter whether Mr. Yang will punish him this time, he will sort out the spies under the West Factory after he returns.
If nothing else, he didn't believe this spy from Xiong County and didn't accept the benefits of the county magistrate.
Otherwise, why would he be so blatant?
While Shu Shuxiao was planning in his mind how to deal with the magistrate of Xiong County and the responsible spies, he was carefully observing Yang Dong's expression.
Fortunately, Yang Dong looked calm and did not seem to be angry.
Shu Xiaoxiao knew that this was Mr. Yang giving him a chance, so he immediately stopped hesitating and said:
"Boy, how can you, the magistrate of Xiong County, be complicit with you?"
"Do you know that he is the father-in-law of one party, and if he does anything with his hands, countless amounts of money will flow into his account, so how can he look down on you, a man with three melons and two dates?"
As soon as these words came out, the little beggar suddenly became unhappy. He stared at Shu Mouse with a pair of round eyes and said:
"You are talking nonsense. The old man who is the county magistrate is so poor, how can he have so much money?"
County magistrate, poor?
Shu Xiaoxiao never imagined when these two words could be connected together.
He sneered subconsciously and said:
"Why, you kid don't understand, do you?"
"Let me tell you, no county magistrate has a poor family! You just didn't look at it. As the saying goes, wealth is not revealed. If someone has money, how can you see it?"
As soon as he said this, a flash of thinking flashed in the little beggar's eyes.
After a moment, he actually nodded seriously.
"I think what you said makes sense. The old man, the county magistrate, can't be that poor!"
"This old guy must have hidden his money on purpose and cried poverty in front of us!"
"No, I have to find all the money and buy a lot of cakes to eat!"
Shu Mouse couldn't help but feel happy when he heard such childish words.
"You kid, why don't you buy some meat to eat?"
"I'm telling you, the old man who is the county magistrate has a lot of money at home!"
Unexpectedly, the little beggar rolled his eyes at him and said contemptuously:
"Are you stupid? Meat is so expensive, isn't it more expensive to buy cooking cakes?"
