Ha ha ha ha!
A burst of wild laughter showed the pride in his heart.
Reid was sitting in the lobby of the governor's palace, gently stroking his beard under his chin, feeling really elated.
He has a stature of seven feet, which can be said to be tall and tall, and has fine eyebrows and phoenix eyes. He is a handsome person in the Lei family and even around Liaocheng Prefecture.
Taking advantage of their family's prosperity, the Lei family cleverly laid out their plans in the state capitals near Liaocheng Prefecture, dispersed and expanded their family's power, and sent their children to various places to hold various positions. Reid is the most successful and outstanding person of this generation of the Lei family, and now he has become the governor of Liaocheng Prefecture.
Although there are many small states and small mansions in the Central Plains, there are even many state capitals that exist in name only. They are either empty houses or poor places. But today's Liaocheng Mansion is of self-evident importance in the Central Plains. As an important hub of the Grand Canal, it is also connected to the ancient waterway of the Yellow River.
It can be said that Liaocheng Prefecture is the most important military pass. Especially during the imperial court's northern expedition, Liaocheng Prefecture served as a main waterway and provided a large amount of aquatic products, which was praised by the court and the emperor.
The emperor took this opportunity to praise Liaocheng officials, led by Red. Even more quietly, the officialdom of Liaocheng Prefecture was adjusted. Liaocheng Prefecture now has a configuration close to that of a big government and a big state. Although it has not yet reached the complete configuration of Dafu Dazhou, it is much better than Zhongzhou.
Today's Liaocheng Prefecture is still under the jurisdiction of Tianping Jiedushi of Yunzhou and Dongping County Governor Wang Xiang. Militarily, it is controlled by the Tianping Army, but in terms of people's livelihood and governance, it has its own independent rights.
It seems a bit strange to say that, because Liaocheng Prefecture has always been under the jurisdiction of Dongping County, and the vassal towns under the jurisdiction of Dongping County are the military governors of the Tianping Army. The military governor and governor have always been served by Wang Jianshi.
In fact, it is a very simple thing, and anyone with a discerning eye knows what it is. It was the imperial court that used the excuse of unrest everywhere to weaken the jurisdiction of Dongping County and the Tianping Army.
The Liaocheng Prefecture was slowly raised to a certain height, which lowered the reputation of Dongping County. Dongping County and the Tianping Army could not murmur against the court's public measures. At the same time, the appeasement measure was to elect Wang Jianli, the Jiedushi envoy who had been stationed in Yunzhou, in April before the Northern Expedition, and conferred the title of Tongping Zhangshi.
However, at the same time, considering that Wang Jianli was old, and in order to cooperate well with the Tianping Army, this long-planned northern expedition added Li Chongjin, the commander of the guards and the army, as deputy envoy of the Tianping Army.
It seems that they respect and admire Wang Jianshe, but in fact they put him, the governor of a large state, in a pile with a bunch of governors of Zhongzhou and small states. What is even more subtle is Li Chongjin. Although he did not come to Yunzhou as a concurrent deputy envoy, and the emperor said it was for the Northern Expedition, he undoubtedly wanted the military power of the Tianping Army.
As the honor of this false title, Wang Jianli must happily accept it, because at least Dazhou is nominally orthodox. He also appointed Li Chongjin as his deputy. If there were any objections, unless Wang Jianli wanted to rebel.
Nowadays, there are many vassal towns like Wang Jianli among the various military envoys in the Central Plains. The court is eager to take them immediately. Wang Jianli will obviously not be such an idiot to refuse.
Wang Jianli also expressed his happiness about the separation of Liaocheng, the best state capital in Dongping County, showing the importance of the state capital under his rule. Although the emperor arranged for Li Chongjin to come here and also arranged for his other son, Wang Junge, whom he admired, to serve as the infantry commander in Liaocheng Prefecture, Wang Jianli did not know that it was purely to comfort himself.
Liaocheng Prefecture is located in a remote location, some distance away from the Tianping Army, and on the banks of the Grand Canal and the Yellow River. It not only has its own defense envoys, regiment training envoys, but also its own land and water transport envoys.
Wang Junge looked great as the commander of the Liaocheng Prefecture Infantry Army, but in fact he had too many things to do. Wang Jianli was naturally grateful and pretended to be happy. But he knew clearly in his heart that the emperor was going to take action against him. Today's Dongping County has no jurisdiction over Liaocheng Prefecture, let alone Yunzhou and the Tianping Army.
What's more, Wang Jianli, the governor of the Tianping Army and the governor of Dongping County, is indeed very old. Although he is also in charge of people's livelihood affairs as the governor of Dongping County, he has actually handed over the power to his second son, Wang Pige, long ago.
But Wang Pige was originally the governor of Yunzhou, so logically he should stay in Yunzhou. But when he saw that his father was getting older, he wanted to capture the military and political affairs of Dongping County. Especially after the emperor sent Li Chongjin, he simply stayed in Yunzhou and wanted to control the Tianping Army as soon as possible.
Because the Tianping Army's vassal town was in Yunzhou, he wanted to stay in Yunzhou. However, Wang Pige was a man of great talent and low skill, and he could not control the soldiers of the Tianping Army, not to mention that the emperor Guo Rong's prestige had reached its peak. Usually some generals could not stand Wang Pige, but when the emperor sent Li Chongjin, many of them had already made some changes. So he did not go to the important events in Dongping County, which completely violated his wishes to establish the king.
Naturally, Wang Jianshe wanted to monopolize the power of Dongping County, but he was also afraid that Emperor Guo Rong would pay attention to his family. By the end of April, he was already terminally ill, and it seemed that Li Chongjin belonged to the Tianping Army. However, this son Wang Pige did not understand this and was still self-righteous behind Wang Jianli's back, which allowed the emperor to take advantage of him.
Therefore, in such a large Dongping County and Yunzhou Prefecture, Wang Jianshe originally wanted to take charge of the Tianping Army, so his son Wang Pige had no choice but to go to Dongping County, but Wang Pige wanted to capture the Tianping Army again. Seeing that the governor of Dongping County was established by his father, Wang, he thought that Dongping County was under control, so he stayed in Yunzhou.
Later, when he saw that King Laozi could no longer establish himself, and he could not control the Tianping Army, when he had some consciousness, he went to Dongping County alone, but he could no longer control the situation here. The emperor asked Li Chong to go to Yunzhou to rectify the military on the grounds that Wang Jianshe was unable to handle the military affairs, and went to Waqiao Pass to prepare for the Northern Expedition.
The final result was naturally to disappoint Wang Jianshe. Although the huge Dongping County Office was nominally founded by Wang Jianshe, it actually existed in name only. Li Chongjin joined the Tianping Army and took over as Jiedushi, but Wang Pige was unable to handle important tasks in Dongping County, and the Wang family lost control of both sides.
Both father and son stayed in Yunzhou City. Wang Jianli breathed his last breath. When Li Chong's army set off, Wang Jianli closed his eyes and drove westward. At this point, the core characters of the Wang family have gone through several dynasties and finally come to an end. The emperor actually asked the emperor to assign several troops and personnel to Dongping Mansion, the seat of Dongping County. The Tianping Army also changed hands since then.
Liaocheng Mansion is an obvious example. The rise of the Lei family under the eyes of the Wang family benefited from the emperor's decision to disperse the Wang family.
The Wang family knew it but did not dare to say anything. They originally wanted to change the Beidaqing Lake where the Lei family was located to Dongping Lake. Who knew that the imperial court changed the south Dongping Lake next to Dongping Mansion to Daqing Lake. Moreover, the imperial court also established the famous Daqing Lake Water Village on the Dazhou Grand Canal on the island peak between the north and south Daqing Lake, and stationed the organic navy.
The Lei family has always been a Qinghu family in Beida. When the imperial court suppressed the Wang family, they seized the most critical moment and expressed their loyalty to the young emperor Guo Rong. After receiving great benefits, they also took the opportunity to act stupid and profit.
The emperor did not want the Wang family to dominate. After all, Wang Jianli was the Jiedu envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty, and he only joined the Later Jin Dynasty during the Tianfu period of the Later Jin Dynasty. Wang Jianli is a well-known veteran. He has a heavy army from the Later Jin Dynasty to the Later Zhou Dynasty, and he is comparable to Feng Daolao.
Although he has always wanted to take back the military power of the Tianping Army, if Wang Jianli was alive, Guo Rong would definitely not be able to forcefully recruit them. Taking advantage of the general trend and the deviation of the Wang family's luck, the emperor successfully fulfilled his wish.
In this kind of place, the de facto emperor of the land will damage the vitality of both parties if they fight, but peace requires both parties to know how to tolerate. Guo Wei and Guo Rong are smart people, and Wang Jianli is an absolutely smart person. Therefore, the Wang family remained at ease for decades in Dongping County.
Although he was free and happy, he still had to compromise with the court. After arriving at the Zhou Dynasty, the Guo family was more courageous and Wang Jianli was older. The two sides had reached a tacit understanding that was almost natural.
Wang Jianli obviously understood the outcome and did not make any resistance. Therefore, Wang Pige was still serving as the governor of Yunzhou, while his other son Wang Wuge went with the army and Li Chongjin to Waqiao Pass to follow the imperial commander in his own expedition.
Reid has been happy in his heart for a long time, so he is still very convinced of his cousin Lei Fang, although he seems to have been unknown, and he is not even the county magistrate of Acheng. But he is definitely the backbone of the Lei family, and every decision he makes has never been miscalculated.
Just like the current situation, in Dongping County's territory that day, the Lei family could get a share of the Wang family's territory. Reid couldn't help but applaud.
The Wang family has accumulated prestige in Dongping County for decades and has always regarded Dongping County as their own little world. It is understandable that it would be difficult for others to make a profit without the permission of the Wang family. Now that they have such a lucky opportunity, how can they not be happy.
Although he has not yet received the final appointment from the court, Reid even vaguely hopes that he can take charge of Dongping County. However, although the emperor's personal expedition did not pass through Liaocheng this time, he successfully got the imperial navy to accompany him. This modest achievement is something worth showing off to Reid.
What's more, this time I took the initiative to follow Li Chongjin, led two thousand regiments to cooperate with him to enter Yunzhou, and successfully took over the Tianping Army, which made the succession of Jiedushi by the Wang family unsuccessful. Although Li Chongjin looked at him differently, it could be said that the Wang family held a grudge against him, and I was afraid that the people in Dongping County would also judge him from now on.
The imperial court may not necessarily make major adjustments to his position, but from now on, it is a certainty that he will become a truly important member of the imperial court. What's more, he has always been the training envoy of the Liaocheng regiment. To ordinary people, it is not a big deal, but now that horse bandits are rampant around Dongping County, Reid knows the importance of his identity.
Just like following Li Chongjin into Yunzhou this time, Reid knew his choice and risked his life and death to follow him. From then on, he may have been tied to Li Chongjin's line. But it also allowed Reid to see the role of his regiment trainer. Although the soldiers in the regiment did not train frequently and were far from being comparable to the regular army, they could still play a huge role at critical moments.
Reid had always wanted to celebrate properly, but firstly, the emperor was still at Waqiao Pass, and secondly, the horse bandits who were having a lot of fun near Liaocheng Mansion were really a big worry. It's not that Reid is not in the mood, but that he is afraid of the Wang family's resurgence.
Although Wang Jianli is dead, he still has many children from his old army, and several of his sons are generals or governors. If you take advantage of the emperor's return to the court to read a copy of the Lei family, you will lose more than you gain.
Red wouldn't do something so stupid!
But today Reid is very happy, because he has been worried about the horse bandits in Bailang Village before, and is planning to move all the tribesmen in Acheng to Liaocheng Mansion. After all, the security level of Liaocheng Mansion is far beyond that of a small place like Acheng. match. However, because the horse bandits were so rampant and he was not completely sure, Red did not dare to let his tribe take risks on the road.
After all, the distance from Acheng to Liaocheng Prefecture is not short. It is nearly a hundred miles by water, plus twenty or thirty miles by land. It is not something that can be reached in a blink of an eye.
Besides, there are so many members of the Lei family. Even if we travel by car or boat, it will take at least several hours to travel by water. If we travel by land, it depends on everyone's preparation. This is also a headache for Reid. If he is not absolutely sure, how can he dare to make a hasty decision? Besides, his cousin Lei Fang will not agree.
Today is indeed a joy! Liaocheng defense commander Shen Ba, who had always been aloof from him, actually agreed to let himself go and let the infantry commander Wang Junge allocate 500 infantry to pick up Acheng's relatives. And the commander of the cavalry army, Yin Qi, was also ordered to send three hundred cavalry to cooperate. With the cooperation of these two groups of soldiers, plus Reid's own regiment training, how could Reid be unhappy!
What made Reid even more reassured was that Han Hao, the commander of the Daqing Lake Water Village, actually freed up three fighting ships to let his people follow the canal waterway to Liaocheng Mansion. If it were normal times, as a matter of communication between colleagues in the same county, Han Hao would definitely agree to him more readily.
Now is the time for the Northern Expedition to strictly control armaments, and military and water strongholds everywhere strictly control movement, especially these fighting ships. Han Lu dared to take risks to give himself this convenience. Reid understood that it was because he had a good relationship with his cousin Han Lingkun's sworn brother, Zhao Kuangyin, who was deployed in land and water in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This time Zhao Kuangyin was ordered to take charge of the naval escort and assembled at Daqing Lake early, receiving a warm reception from the Lei family. When he was about to leave, he told himself to take care of Han Yan, and even recommended him during his team training in Liaocheng. Let yourself be Li Chongjin's support and help Li Chongjin win the power of the Tianping Army.
Reid was very grateful to Zhao Kuangyin, and Han Yan was also very grateful to him for always taking care of him.
Five hundred organized Liaocheng infantry troops, five hundred Liaocheng regiment training troops, and three hundred Liaocheng horse troops were sent to welcome and escort the Lei family relatives to Liaocheng. Reid knew that even the horse bandits would not dare to act easily. What's more, there are two to three hundred Lei family servants in Acheng. They are a force that cannot be ignored in this era.
Presumably by this time, the tribesmen had successfully boarded the fighting ship under their escort! Then escort them all the way along the coast, and they will arrive at Liaocheng Mansion tomorrow. Thinking of this, Reid had never felt so relaxed, and he couldn't help but feel so proud that he could not help but feel happy.
There was another person sitting at the guest seat in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion. He was dressed in armed civilian clothes. He looked to be in his thirties and had two beautiful mustaches on his lips. It was Wang Junge, the infantry commander of Liaocheng Prefecture. .
There was also a man sitting next to him. He was about the same age as Wang Junge, but he was wearing a scholar's casual clothes. He actually had three strands of clear beard, and he looked otherworldly, but he was Dong Jie, the secretary of Liaocheng Prefecture.
I really didn't expect that Wang Junge would sit in front of Reid safely, and his father Wang Jianli had just passed his seventh grade. Because Emperor Guo Rongyu was conducting the expedition himself, all organic sergeants along the way had to be on standby.
Seeing Reid's smile, Wang Junge didn't change his color at all, but looked at him with a smile. Next to him, Sihu Dongjie also had a calm face, and seemed to be well aware of Reid's happiness. After all, Reid was now the head of the Liaocheng Mansion.
"I still want to thank General Wang for his strong support. When the Lei family arrives in Liaocheng tomorrow, I will personally host a banquet to express my gratitude to General Wang!" Reid's heart was full of emotions, but his words were very serious to the calm man. Wang Junge. Although Shen Ba personally agreed to the defense, after all, most of Liaocheng's 1,500 infantry troops were Wang Junge's cronies.
The Wang family arranged for Wang Junge to come to Liaocheng that day. Most of the sergeants were recruited to him from Yunzhou by the Wang family. It can be said that Wang Jianshe kept a small caution in case his children would be left with nothing afterwards. Although I don't know what Wang Junge thinks now, but he can send 500 infantry troops, Reid still has to do a good job in superficiality.
"Master Lei is too polite!" Wang Junge actually smiled and saluted, turned sideways to Reid with an indifferent expression, and said quietly: "Now you can rest assured that your family will arrive in Liaocheng tomorrow. Your Excellency is the only one in Liaocheng." For the sake of Liaocheng Prefecture’s grand plan, state officials, the actions of young generals are not worth mentioning. We will have to rely more on adults in the future!"
"Be careful! This is too self-effacing!" Reid beamed with joy. He couldn't help but call out Wang Junge's name and laughed loudly: "Although I am the governor of a state now, I was deeply loved by my father-in-law back then. You respect your teachings! Be careful about what happens in the future, and feel free to speak to me. We are all natives of Dongping County and we are one family!"
Hearing Reid mention his father, the muscles on Wang Junge's face trembled and twitched involuntarily, but he looked at Reid calmly.
He said calmly: "Master Lei is so polite! Originally, at noon today, the young general held a banquet at the Jufu Tower in the city to thank all his colleagues and express his gratitude to express his condolences for my father's passing! It happened that Master Dong also came to report something to Master Lei, so he Let’s come together to disturb you, sir. I hope you will give me a favor later at Jufu Tower!”
Dong Jie smiled and nodded. He had just reported to Reid that Liaocheng Prefecture now has a large population and has more than 20,000 laborers that can be used flexibly. Some of them can obviously be requisitioned for regiment training, and some can be encouraged to build Liaocheng's military.
When Red heard this news, he thought that his team training could increase his troops a lot, and he and his tribe were coming to Liaocheng soon, and he seemed particularly happy.
Looking at Wang Junge with a sincere face, Reid couldn't notice anything strange at all. To be honest, Reid believed that Wang Jianli's death was mostly due to a respiratory illness. Although Wang Jianli was indeed old, if the emperor had not seized power, Reid thought that with Wang Jianli's body, he would be able to live for a few more years, and there would be absolutely no problem.
As the saying goes, death is a big deal! Even after Zhou Yu died, Zhuge Liang still wanted to pay his respects. Now that Wang Jianli is no longer around, and Wang Junge is now under his rule, he cannot refuse to repay the courtesy. Furthermore, he should also show his face and let everyone know that he is now the boss of Liaocheng Mansion.
He couldn't help but nodded and said: "I want to go. Wang Shizun is a person I know well. I have always been extremely heartbroken about the sudden passing of Wang Shizun. Not to mention that Zi Jie is under my rule now, and I should take good care of him." Please introduce me carefully!" Reid's face was serious, but he was extremely proud in his heart.
What he didn't see was that Wang Junge and Dong Jie looked at each other and smiled at the guest seats. As Reid stood up, the two people's faint smiles faded away almost at the same time. Watching Red walk out, the two people stretched out their hands to show courtesy, but they could see a lifelike wolf head with gaping teeth under their outstretched right wrists.
What Wang Junge has is a wolf head with bloody eyes, its eyes wide open in anger and its teeth bared, and there is a drop of bright red blood at the corner of its mouth. Dong Jie's is a blue-haired wolf head, with the same angry expression and oozing blood.
Naturally, Reid didn't see the tattoos of the two people. That is, most people don't stand in a specific position and don't pay attention deliberately. They also won't see the pattern that is about the thickness of a thumb and is tattooed on the inside of the wrist.
Reid, with his sleeves fluttering, strode out of the Governor's Mansion proudly. Wang Junge and Dong Jie looked at each other and smiled, and went out together one after another.
On the bank of Daqing Lake, beside the waterway connected to the Grand Canal, there is a cargo terminal.
Three large Zhou navy tiger-head battleships were docked at the shore of the embankment pier, and three temporary wide wooden boards became bridges for boarding the ships. At this time, everyone was already on the boat, and only small items were carried back and forth.
With the help of a group of officers and soldiers, relatives of the Lei family in Acheng boarded the boat one after another. Depending on their status and bloodline, the women and children of their immediate family members all boarded the fighting ship in the middle. The people on the fighting ship in the front were all adult men and elders directly from the Lei family, and the people on the fighting ship in the back were the family members of the branch and concubine children.
The remaining important housekeepers and servants from each government followed behind on the two large wooden boats of their own. As for some of the servants, there were quite a few small boats with about ten people in them. Because there were a lot of people, the river in this place was full of people for a while, and there were chirping sounds everywhere.
As the current county magistrate of Acheng and the son of Lei Fang, the head of the Lei family, Lei Yifeng looked at his relatives on the boat with a solemn expression. Although he is not Lei Fang's eldest son, Lei Yifeng is also the focus of the family's training.
Whether as a son of the Lei family or the county magistrate of Acheng, Lei Yifeng could not leave early. He had to appease the people of Acheng and maintain the stability of Acheng. Even this time the Lei family relocated, it was also an excuse for the emperor to pass through Liaocheng and the family to welcome the knight. After all, Reid is now the governor of Liaocheng Prefecture, and the emperor's northern expedition is about to be successful, so this excuse is justified.
Next to Lei Yifeng were the dismounted commander of the Liaocheng Horse Army, Lei Ku, and Acheng's leader Lei Jian. Both of them were descendants of the Lei family. Lei Ku was a generation older than Lei Yifeng, but Lei Jian was older than Lei Yifeng. Live a small life.
Everyone is a descendant of the Lei family and understands the mood at this time. After all, Acheng is the foundation of the Lei family. At this time, for the safety of the family, they had no choice but to move.
Everyone felt a little sad!
Suddenly Lei Ku's brows wrinkled, and he felt something was wrong in his heart. It turned out that the ground around him seemed to be shaking uncontrollably. Lei Yifeng also turned pale and couldn't help but look at Lei Ku and Lei Jian. After all, unlike the two of them who were both martial arts practitioners, he didn't have such a keen sense.
"Not good!" Lei Gu exclaimed in a low voice.
Lei Yifeng's face turned pale. Seeing the expressions of the two people, he couldn't help but feel worried. Is he really here?
