East Factory Governor

Chapter 679
Four days later, the army left Sichuan and arrived in Hanzhong.

Zu Dashou, who led the allied forces stationed in Hanzhong, came out of the city to greet him, Qiu Dali, Lai San'er, Li Jingting and others were even more joyful.

"Stinky boy, Sichuan has been leveled so quickly!" Qiu Dali patted Qin Shuhuai's shoulder habitually, and said with a smile, "Haha, now we can rush back to the main helm for the new year!"

This slap happened to land on Qin Shuhuai's injured shoulder, and Qiu Dali struck hard, causing Qin Shuhuai to "hiss" in pain.

Qiu Dali's expression changed, "What, you got hurt again?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled wryly, "What else?"

Lai San'er rushed up, "Is the boss injured? How did you get hurt? Does it matter?"

"Is it important that I can still stand? Just talk nonsense." Qin Shuhuai kicked Lai San'er with a smile.

Lai San'er was kicked with a smile, neither dodging nor dodging.

At this time, Zu Dashou said, "Grandpa, all the people you want are here, please let me know."

Qin Shuhuai followed the direction Zu Dashou pointed, and he saw about 5000 people standing neatly not far away.

These people are naturally Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates who surrendered after the first battle of Yuantou Mountain.

Qin Shuhuai turned his head and said to Li Dingguo who was beside him, "Brother Dingguo, I will do what I say. If you decide Sichuan according to the law, these people will be returned to you! Whether they live or die is up to you now."

Li Dingguo looked at these old ministries and was filled with emotion in his heart.

He straightened his back and walked up to these people step by step.

Then, pull out the waist knife.

Shouting almost at the top of his lungs, "I, Li Dingguo, have decided to be loyal to the imperial court from today onwards, and I have decided to serve the country faithfully and faithfully with the Duke of the country. Even if I die, I will have no regrets! If I violate this oath, I will be punished by heaven!"

Raising the saber, he said again, "Brothers, there is a sage in the court who strives hard to rule the country, exhorts favors and reduces gifts, and there is a Ming minister who can rule the world with martial arts and martial arts! The revival of the Ming Dynasty is in sight, and the people's peace is imminent. Isn't that what we want? With such an imperial court, isn’t it that those of us who are aspirants should die to repay it and join in the prosperity of the world?”

"From today onwards, anyone who submits to the imperial court and is willing to serve the imperial court, who is willing to serve the dead, will still be my brother-in-arms, brothers in life and death! Those who are willing to take off their armor and return home will be strangers to me from now on! If anyone dares to resist the imperial court and cause chaos in the world , is my mortal enemy, and when we meet in the future, I will kill him! Don’t say that you are unpredictable!”

"Brothers, if you want to go, go now, and I will not stop you! If you want to stay, stand up straight like a man, and let the prince see, we are not cowards!"

The words are so loud that they are like thunder, even the bystanders will feel excited when they hear it.

But I saw the four or five thousand people standing still in silence.

No one stood up!

In other words, everyone is willing to stay.

On the one hand, this is due to the atmosphere, so that those who want to go home dare not stand up, or have no face to stand up.

But more, it is because these people have long been used to the days of marching and fighting, and they don't know what to do when they go back.On the contrary, it was a great surprise for them to submit to the imperial court, which meant that they would be able to eat imperial food in the future.

Moreover, if you can follow the Duke, you might be able to accumulate some military merits and have a good future in the future!

Seeing this, Li Dingguo roared again, "Brothers, do you wish to submit to the imperial court?"

"Willing! Willing!" The neat roar resounded through the clouds.

Amid the shouts of the crowd, Li Dingguo walked up to Qin Shuhuai, knelt down on one knee, circled his hands, and said loudly, "Li Dingguo, the surrender, pays homage to the Duke! From today onwards, Dingguo and his subordinates are willing to die for the court, Willing to die for the Duke!"

Qin Shuhuai was very satisfied with this scene.

He helped Li Dingguo up, and said plainly but solemnly, "I know."

Then, he turned around and said to the crowd, "Brothers, go to the city! General Zu must have prepared good wine for us, let's go eat the wine!"

Zu Dashou smiled and said, "Haha, the Duke of the Kingdom has pacified Sichuan without a single soldier. Such a great achievement must be celebrated! I have ordered the county magistrate of Hanzhong to organize the reception banquet, and we can drink it when we go in." .”

Qin Shuhuai said to Zu Dashou, "The one who knows me is General Zu!"

Zu Dashou laughed even more happily, "Because of this, I will drink three more jars at the end of today, no one is allowed to stop me!"

Lai San'er joked, "General Zu is greedy for drinking and drinking, so why bother to put the name on our leader!"

Everyone cheered and laughed, and rushed into the city.

After entering the city, when he came to the county government office, the county magistrate of Hanzhong led the servants out to greet him again.

"Hanzhong county magistrate Huang Jinglun pays homage to the Duke! Due to the preparations for the labor force, he was unable to go out of the city to meet him. Please forgive me for the crime of disrespect."

Huang Jinglun?
Qin Shuhuai felt that the name sounded familiar.

Taking a closer look, I saw that he was in his early sixties with slightly gray hair.

Immediately remembered, isn't this the virtuous Mr. Huang in Dai County?
He was a Jinshi in the Wanli period, and he seemed to be an alternate magistrate of Yangxian County before, but he didn't expect to be transferred to Hanzhong to be the magistrate.

That's right, Hong Chengchou has a good eye, so he knows to find this person to be the county magistrate.

After the downfall of Donglin, if there were scholars like this who truly cared about the world becoming officials, the world would be truly peaceful.

Speaking of which, there is no shortage of ideal scholars in this era, but there is a shortage of ideal officials!
So he smiled slightly and said, "Magistrate Huang, do you still recognize me?"

Huang Jinglun immediately shouted, "No matter how old and dim-witted this official is, he will never forget the heroic appearance of the Duke! When Dai County was in trouble, if the Duke hadn't given a helping hand and provided food relief, the official would have starved to death The officials and the people of Dai County will never forget the great kindness of the Duke until they die."

Qin Shuhuai helped Huang Jinglun up, and asked, "By the way, how is Dai County doing now? Do you have a place to live?"

"My lord returned to the country. Inspired by the lord of the country, the gentry and rich merchants of Daixian County generously donated food and money to help everyone rebuild their homes. Moreover, the emperor's kindness is so great that all taxes on the three sides are exempted, and even Master Hong specially allocated 3000 yuan. The two silver coins were used to rebuild Dai County, not to mention that everyone in Dai County has a home, at least no one sleeps on the streets. Everyone has food, clothing and shelter, and they are all motivated and eager to rebuild their homes!"

Speaking of this, he took out another letter from his arms and handed it to Qin Shuhuai with both hands, "By the way, the people of Dai County are going to set up a monument of merit in order to appreciate the kindness of the father-in-law of the country. This is the inscription on the monument of merit, everyone. Afraid that the writing is not good, I want to ask the Duke of the State to review it first, and ask the Duke of the State to correct it if it is inappropriate. I am afraid that the Duke of the State will not have the opportunity to go to Dai County, so everyone asked the officials to bring it."

Qin Shuhuai thought in his heart, how can you flatter me, and I have to point out the reason why the filming is not good?It's also thanks to you who figured it out.

Of course, this is a joke.

In this era, erecting a stele of meritorious deeds is a big event.Qin Shuhuai knew that he wanted you to correct the inscription because he wanted to inform you about it to express their gratitude.

Said, "I'm just a little effort, why dare to take any merit? Tell the folks to stop, the money for repairing the monument is used to buy some food for the children, it would be better."

Huang Jinglun put away the documents and said, "The lower officials will definitely convey the meaning of the Duke of the country. But whether to repair the stele or not, let the people decide for themselves, and their kindness will not be in vain."

Qin Shuhuai knew that it was useless to evade this matter, so he chuckled, "Magistrate Huang just conveyed my thoughts to them, and I'll say hello to them by the way."

After entering the yamen, Qin Shuhuai took a good hot bath and felt a lot more relaxed.

After he came out, Zu Dashou stood at the door to welcome him to the banquet, but Qiu Dali came to stop him.

"Shuhuai, Tang Sanniang is also in the inn next to the county government office, you'd better go and see first. Don't forget about the world's favor."

After hearing this, Qin Shuhuai felt that it made sense, so he said to Zu Dashou, "General Zu, tell your brothers to drink first, and I will go out first."

Zu Dashou said, "Okay, I'll let the brothers know this at the end, and the welcome banquet will be postponed for a while. We'll do it when the Duke returns."

If Qin Shuhuai doesn't go, which one of them would dare to "drink first"?So of course it has to be delayed.

Rules are rules, and Qin Shuhuai didn't force it, so he went out with Qiu Dali first.

When I was going out, I happened to run into Li Dingguo.

"Where are you going?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Go and see Tang Sanniang. Dingguo, you go and settle down with the brothers first, they haven't eaten all day today, the brothers outside can eat first."

Li Dingguo paused, and said, "These arrangements have been made. Well, will this subordinate go with you?"

Qin Shuhuai looked at Li Dingguo in surprise.

Suddenly he remembered how he pushed Tang Linger around in a small cart in Panlong Town, and persuaded Tang Linger to stop crying with a few words.

This is, is there a situation?

This kid has a way of fighting wars and governing the country. I didn't expect him to be quite flexible in this regard.

Seeing Li Dingguo smiled inexplicably, he said, "Okay, let's go together. If I don't take you, I'm afraid you will have to touch it yourself."

Li Dingguo was inexplicably taken aback, "Master, what is the meaning of this?"

"Haha, it's nothing, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)