"There are so many soldiers in Hanzhong?"
Liu Zhang was really surprised. Su Gu was too courageous. This was not in compliance with the regulations at all!
This is not a wartime situation. Neither Yizhou nor Hanzhong are frontline areas. A thousand soldiers in one county is the limit. How could there be so many of them?
"The governor doesn't know something! Hanzhong County also started to add more soldiers this year. There is no way around it. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the number of bandits in Hanzhong County has increased sharply! Now there are more than ten! The largest one, More than ten thousand people have gathered!"
"Fortunately, Your Majesty has issued a decree to recruit troops from all over the country to defend themselves, otherwise Hanzhong would not be as peaceful as it is now! Even so, these bandits often harass and make the people miserable!"
Liu Zhang really didn't expect that this seemingly peaceful Hanzhong would have so many turmoils behind it!
"Didn't Governor Su give orders to suppress the thieves? We can't just sit back and watch them harm one side!"
After interacting with Su Gu in the past few days, Liu Zhang felt that he was not a county guard who did nothing. He would definitely pay attention to this kind of thing!
"Why not? I once gathered three thousand soldiers to attack a small village with only a thousand bandits. Guess what? I was surprised to attack an empty village! When I went down the mountain, I was ambushed by bandits!"
Yang Lin angrily told about his experience in suppressing bandits, and his anger could be imagined from his eyes and tone.
"Is there an insider?"
"Why!"
Yang Lin didn't speak and sighed heavily.
Yan Shan saw that Yang Lin had collided with Liu Zhang and quickly explained for him.
"Don't blame me, Grand Administrator. Lieutenant Yang has a bad temper, but he definitely doesn't mean any harm."
"I know, it seems that this small Hanzhong County really cannot be underestimated!"
Liu Zhang smiled and did not blame Yang Lin. But it also refreshed his understanding of Hanzhong.
A dignified county lieutenant, in charge of a county's soldiers and horses, was forced to do this!
"Master Taishou, there are 500 soldiers stationed in each county, and it is Taishou Su who worked hard to come here. With these 500 soldiers, these bandits will not be so rampant. But it is even more difficult to conquer them!"
"Why? Can't we just find out the culprit?"
Liu Zhang couldn't understand at all. Why should such a trivial matter be so laborious?
"Master Taishou, there is no need to arrest the traitor. He is standing arrogantly in front of us, but we can't move, let alone dare to move!"
Yang Lin's voice was filled with anger and deep unwillingness!
"Hey! What are you talking about! I thought you were a man, but I didn't expect you to be a fucking coward! Don't you dare! Tell me about this traitor and I'll chop him alive!"
The more Dian Wei listened, the angrier he became, and the chivalrous spirit in his nature burst out. He also remembered the time when he killed Li Yong.
Yang Lin didn't pay attention to Dian Wei's insults and just hammered the table helplessly.
"When evil comes, be patient!"
Liu Zhang knew that things were not that simple, so he stopped the impulsive Dian Wei, although he looked at Yan Shan.
"Yan Juncheng, tell us everything. I must solve this matter for him."
Yan Shan thought for a while, then nodded.
It turns out that the root of everything lies in Panzhou.
There was nothing in Panzhou, and even the Pan family, which was at most a somewhat influential family, could not even cover the sky with one hand.
But in the past few years, a huge change suddenly occurred. The source of this huge change was Que Jian's appointment as the governor of Yizhou!
It is not a secret in Yizhou that Que Jian, the governor, was bought. Anyone with a certain status knows how the money came from, but few people know, but Yan Shan knows the story inside.
Yan Shan himself was a Brazilian and was an official in Brazil County. In the early years, he and Que Jian were colleagues. However, Que Jian was greedy and had serious character problems. Yan Shan looked down on him very much, so naturally he had some grudges with Que Jian.
Quejian was not a native of Yizhou, and he was not well received in this exclusive Yizhou, so no aristocratic family was willing to give him a good look. Until he met Pan Zhou.
There was a sister in Panzhou named Pan Lian, but after Jian Jian asked to marry Pan Lian, she naturally got involved with the Pan family. Later, the Pan family provided money, but Jian Jian found connections and got the position of governor of Yizhou for him.
The prosperous Quejian was not ungrateful and did his best to take care of the Pan family, which also resulted in Panzhou's transcendent status in Hanzhong County!
This Panzhou was even more frugal than Que, amassing money, occupying land, and robbing people's houses. As long as he could oppress the people, he would do it almost all the time!
Su Gu wanted to deal with Pan Zhou several times, but unfortunately Que Jian stopped him and strictly ordered Su Gu not to do anything against Pan Zhou.
The strange thing is that Panzhou stopped after that and stopped doing any excessive behavior. Everyone thought it was Panzhou's conscience who discovered it, but they didn't expect that he would become even more crazy!
Support banditry! Panzhou actually secretly supported banditry and plunder! Pan Zhou's ambitions could no longer be satisfied by clever tricks and plunder, and he was actually allowed to rob it openly!
"I had long thought that Pan Zhou was not a thing, and it turned out to be him!"
Dian Wei cursed loudly. He hated this kind of person the most in his life and wanted to kill him right away.
"Since the evidence is so conclusive, arrest Pan Zhou immediately and deal with him according to law!"
Liu Zhang was also angry. Hanzhong was his base camp and such people were absolutely not allowed to exist!
"Master Taishou, calm down, Panzhou cannot be moved!"
"Why! I'm not afraid of being thrifty!"
"It's not just Que Jian. The food and salary of the seven thousand soldiers in Hanzhong also depend on the governor's office. Once Panzhou is moved, food will be cut off in an instant. When so many thieves come to attack together, how can we resist?"
Dian Wei slapped the table in half and his eyes started to blaze.
"What are you afraid of! If these thieves dare to come, I will chop off their heads one by one!"
Yan Shan glanced at Dian Wei in surprise, and then shook his head helplessly.
"General Dian is indeed brave, but how many people can you kill? These gangsters are more or less related to Panzhou! If they join forces, there may be tens of thousands of them!"
Liu Zhang waved his hand to Dian Wei, indicating that he should sit down first, and then looked at Jia Xu.
"Wenhe, what do you think we should do?"
Looking at Jia Xu's relaxed expression, Liu Zhang knew that he didn't take this seriously.
Sure enough, instead of answering, Jia Xu asked Liu Zhang questions.
"Quejian, Panzhou, including these thieves, is not a problem. It is easy to deal with it. The key is how to deal with it in our best interest! I would like to ask my lord what you want to do!"
Seeing Jia Xu's confident look, Liu Zhang felt relieved, but he also began to ponder in his mind.
As Jia Xu said, these things can be easily solved individually, but it will undoubtedly waste a lot of manpower and material resources.
"It's best to solve it together! The situation in Liangzhou changes day by day, and we can't waste time on these little people!"
Jia Xu nodded and agreed directly.
"In this case, my lord, there is no need to worry. Let Gongyou rush to Luocheng to see Quejian first and get back the things we need. As for the rest, let's wait until Gongyou comes back."
"My lord has shown goodwill to Pan Zhou these days to let him feel that my lord values him."
Liu Zhang agreed directly. Although he didn't know Jia Xu's plan, he had no doubts about Jia Xu.
"Gongyou, leave as soon as possible! I'm waiting for your good news in Hanhan!"
