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Chapter 190 Promoted to County Magistrate

Seeing Li Yulou weeping, Meng Shiyu felt distressed, and comforted him, "Why are you crying? It's just a minor injury, and it didn't hit a vital point."

"What if I get shot?" Li Yulou's voice was hoarse and choked up.

"There's no chance. I'm already lying in your arms now, there's no chance." Meng Shiyu said.

"You're really going to be so angry..." Li Yulou pouted, but the hand that applied the medicine to him was very gentle.

The wound was sterilized, and the wound was reapplied with golden sore medicine, and then wrapped up with gauze bit by bit.

Meng Shiyu stood up and moved around, "Madam's craftsmanship is really good, it doesn't hurt at all."

"Don't play tricks on me, I'm angry." Li Yulou gave him a blank look, and began to pack the blood-stained things.

But before she finished tidying up, she was already pulled into her arms by Meng Shiyu.

Li Yulou struggled but didn't dare to use too much force, fearing that Meng Shiyu would imprison her and burst open the wound.

Meng Shiyu gently kissed Li Yulou's tearful eyes.

"Tears are sweet."

"What nonsense, no one's tears are sweet." Li Yulou muttered.

"Your tears are sweet." Meng Shiyu insisted.

As he spoke, he kissed Li Yulou's eyes.

"Next time I really ignore you, really..." Li Yulou looked at Meng Shiyu and said with a serious expression.

"Understood, there will be no such danger in the future." Meng Shiyu said softly.

"Does it still hurt... What can I do if I can't lie down and sleep with an arrow in my back?" Li Yulou asked worriedly.

"Then sleep on your side." Meng Shiyu lay on the bed easily.

When Li Yulou came back after packing his things, Meng Shiyu had already fallen asleep.

Li Yulou kissed him on the lips, lay down beside him, and slipped into his arms.

On the second day, before dawn, Penglai Island
The country's army began to attack the city again.

"Their Highness the crown prince is already dead, why are you still attacking the city?" Li Yulou helped Meng Shiyu put on his clothes, "Your back injury can't hold a knife."

Meng Shiyu stretched his muscles, "It's fine, don't worry."

Meng Shiyu hurried out the door and went up to the top of the wall.

Seeing Meng Shiyu coming up, Wang Dabiao said, "My lord, don't come up if you are injured, I will defend this city today even if I die."

Last night, Niu Dian brought ten warships from Linshui County to blow up the Penglai Kingdom's warships into several, but the enemy was strong and strong, and it was not their ten warships that could completely wipe them out.

"They want to avenge their Highness the Crown Prince." Meng Shiyu said, "Bring that pig's head here."

A soldier carried the head of the prince of Penglai to the top of the city.

"Hang your head high," Meng Shiyu ordered.

The head of the Prince of Penglai was suspended in the air.

The soldiers of Penglai Kingdom rushed towards Linshui City like crazy.

Meng Shiyu asked the soldiers to stand firm on the top of the city, and asked Zhou Wang to set up the cannon, and fired fiercely at the dense crowd.

Cannons bombarded the dense Penglai soldiers.

Penglai soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Feng Ruhui also led his men to the top of the city to defend the city.

Meng Shiyu asked Xiao Qi to fire the fireworks.

Niu Dian was ordered by Meng Shiyu to sail the warship to the warship of Penglai Kingdom.

The two sides also launched a fierce battle at sea.

Niu Dian was a general who was very good at naval warfare discovered by Meng Shiyu when he was attacking pirates, so he quickly promoted him.

His vision is very unique, Niu Dian is very good at naval battles, although he only has ten ships, he has to deal with the warships of Penglai Kingdom.

The battle continued from early morning until afternoon.

Li Yulou also didn't care about taking care of the wounded, and rushed to the top of the city with a sword and a woman capable of fighting. Only by blocking the enemy can the wounded survive.

Everyone knows that this is almost the final battle.

Both sides are exhausting their last bit of strength and must persist until victory.

Now the test is endurance. Whoever can grit his teeth and persevere will be able to win the final victory.

But after all, there are more soldiers and horses on Penglai country than on Meng Shiyu's side.

If it continues, it will be them who will suffer in the end.

Just when everyone was struggling and the last string was about to break, suddenly the sea was full of drums and flags, and a large number of warships appeared in their sight.

"My lord is the warship of the Great Zhou, the warship of the Great Zhou..." Wang Dabiao shouted excitedly.

"Our reinforcements have arrived."

Cheers immediately erupted from the top of the city.

The enemy army was a little surprised. After all, they were about to win, so why did the opponent burst out with such cheers.

Meng Shiyu took clairvoyance and looked at the newly-appeared fleet. In addition to the flag of Da Zhou, there was also a big letter.

"It's our Great Zhou's warship, and our reinforcements have arrived." Meng Shiyu showed a long-lost smile.

"Is it General Wen?" Li Yulou looked at Meng Shiyu and asked.

Meng Shiyu nodded.

A few months ago, Wen Tan's father was transferred from Dezhou to Xiuzhou as the governor of the navy.

After Meng Shiyu learned that Penglai State had attacked Linshui County, don't immediately send someone to Xiuzhou for emergency. He hoped that Xiuzhou could send troops to support him.

Originally, he did not repay his hope, because the governor of Xiuzhou had a personal grievance with him.

Unexpectedly, General Wen could bring Xiuxiu's navy to support him.

Knowing that Dazhou's navy came to reinforce them, the soldiers of Penglai immediately panicked and retreated one after another.

Seeing this situation, Meng Shiyu immediately issued an order to open the city gate and take the initiative to attack.

Wang Dabiao was very depressed, the battle was too suffocating for the past few days, and when he heard the order, he carried his mace to bear the brunt.

The soldiers of Penglai Kingdom broke up one after another. Those who could escape to the warships fled to the warships, and those who could not escape to the warships either fought to the death or surrendered.

The battle lasted from the afternoon until late at night.

It was Zishi when Meng Shiyu saw General Wen.

"Thank you, General Wen, for coming to reinforce us." Meng Shi Shiyu cupped his fists and saluted General Wen when he saw General Wen.

"Master Meng, you're too polite. It's Wen who came late." General Wen also said politely.

"If it wasn't for some delays, my senses would have come earlier, and it wouldn't have made you suffer for so long."

Meng Shiyu didn't care why General Wen was delayed. It should be because there was a dispute in Xiuzhou about whether to send troops.

"I am deeply grateful for Wang Jiajun to come." Meng Shiyu thanked again.

Next, Meng Shiyu and General Wen talked a lot about the battle.

The next day was another busy day, dealing with post-war affairs.

After a few days, I finally got some free time.

The city walls of Linshui County were damaged a lot.But it's nothing, the people led by Zhang Bai slowly repaired it.

The grief of losing a loved one is intertwined with the joy of victory in defending the city.

Over time, these sorrows and joys will disappear and return to the usual daily trivialities.

"I want to eat this piece of sheep's tail." Meng Fanchen stretched out his chopsticks and caught the piece of grilled and oily sheep's tail.

"You can't memorize a single word from the memorization, but you are the best in the world for eating meat." Meng Shiyu glared at Meng Fanchen.

"What did brother say? Why can't I remember? I've been very good at memorizing recently." Meng Fanchen said.

After seeing how powerful Meng Shiyu was, Meng Fanchen was able to calm down and study. Although he felt that he was not a candidate for fame, he also listened to it. At least he must have the status of a scholar.

"You've been here for a long time. It's time to go back. Your parents have written letters to remind you twice. If you don't go back, I don't know how to explain to them." Meng Shiyu said.

Meng Fanchen let out a lonely sigh.

The life here is too comfortable and chic, he really doesn't want to go back to the capital.

Meng Shiyu, Li Yulou and others were eating, when there was a knock on the door, and a yamen servant came in.

In addition to the yamen servant, there is also a servant behind him.

The servant is from the capital city and is here to read the imperial decree.

Linshui County is too far away from the capital, and this imperial decree turned out to be the appointment of the Linshui County Magistrate after the death of County Magistrate Zhang.

Meng Shiyu was appointed as the new magistrate of Linshui County.

Meng Shiyu rewarded the waiter with an ingot of gold, and originally wanted to keep him for two days, but the waiter was in a hurry to go back and didn't stay.

"Congratulations bro, you've been promoted." After the servant left, Meng Fanchen said with a smile.

"Isn't the young master already the magistrate of Linshui County?" Chuntao looked at Meng Fanchen suspiciously.

"Of course not, I was just a ninth-rank pusher before." Meng Fanchen said.

"It doesn't matter whether you are a ninth-rank Tuiguan or a seventh-rank county magistrate, what matters is what counts." Chun Tao took it for granted.

"There's nothing wrong with what you said." Meng Fanchen said with a smile.

Everyone was hee hee, eating noisy, a happy scene.

Two days later, Meng Fanchen set off for the capital.

After passing the decree, the servant returned to the capital.

"How is the situation in Linshui County?" the emperor asked the servant.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Linshui County is very good. The streets are lined with cobblestone pavements, which are smoother than the streets in the capital. There are many shops on both sides of the street, all of which are freshly painted. There are many people on the street, and there are many merchants. Her clothes are also brand new, and her face is beaming."

The waiter replied, "I heard that in the inn in Linshui County, Gongtong can flush water by itself..."

The emperor was taken aback when he heard this, "You couldn't have been bought by Meng Shiyu to come here to fool me, right?"

The servant kowtowed and replied, "Your Majesty, where would you dare to speak, and everything you said is true."

"Your Majesty, Little Taozi does not dare to lie, nor does she dare to have the slightest intention of betrayal." Eunuch Li said from the side.

The emperor's health was getting worse and worse, and there were rumors in the palace that the child born to the imperial concubine was the king of Qin, which made the emperor even more suspicious.

"What else happened in Linshui County?" the emperor then asked.

"The city of Linshui County has changed a lot. The people's life is very good. Apart from these, some time ago, the prince of Penglai Kingdom led troops to attack Linshui County, but Mr. Meng led the people of the county to stop them back."

"I heard that they only have less than a thousand soldiers and horses, but Penglai Kingdom has [-] soldiers and horses."

"Why don't I know about such a big matter, isn't there even a book in Xiuzhou?" Huang Di asked, looking at Eunuch Li.

"Your Majesty, the booklet from Xiuzhou was just delivered here yesterday." Eunuch Li said as he searched for a booklet from the Long Case.

"This is the note written by Mr. Wen, Governor of the Xiuzhou Navy."

The emperor took the booklet in his hand and flipped through it.

"The magistrate of Xiuzhou dared to do such a ridiculous thing."

"This matter is true. Meng Shiyu actually used a thousand soldiers to resist the attack of Penglai's [-] soldiers." The emperor's face showed a long-lost joy.

"Since you are familiar with Linshui County, let me make another trip to announce the decree for Meng Shiyu to return to Beijing and promote him to a fourth-rank scholar of the Imperial Academy," said the emperor.

Eunuch Li immediately handed over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the emperor wrote down the imperial edict.

The emperor promoted himself, and the official department just went through a process.

Naturally, Meng Shiyu didn't know about the special care the emperor of the capital had for Meng Shiyu.He is still living his life as a county magistrate.

On this day, Wang Dabiao suddenly came to the door.

"My lord, the enemy army is coming again."

Meng Shiyu was taken aback. If Penglai Island really attacked aggressively, Linshui County would be in danger.

Meng Shiyu didn't have time to change clothes, so he followed Wang Dabiao to the top of the city.

But he saw only one warship.

The flag of Penglai was indeed hung on the warship.

Meng Shiyu led his troops out of the city.

To his surprise, what he saw was his old acquaintance, Showa Shiliurou.

"His Royal Highness Zhaohe." Meng Shiyu greeted the other party.

"Master Meng, we meet again." Showa Shiliurou smiled all over his face and had a humble attitude.

"Why did His Highness Zhaohe suddenly visit my small Linshui County?" Meng Shiyu saw that Showa Shiliulang didn't bring many soldiers and horses, but only brought a dozen guards, and Lingzi, who was always with him, asked Meng Shiyu. Politely let him into town.

"I'm here to apologize to Mr. Meng." Showa Shiliulang said.

"His Royal Highness's reckless behavior disrupted the friendly relationship between the two countries, and my father was very angry. So I specially sent me to apologize to Lord Meng and the Emperor of Great Zhou..."

"Apologies are indeed deserved. After all, it was your prince who suddenly and unreasonably violated the territory of my Great Zhou, and killed many people in my Great Zhou, causing great damage to us." Meng Shiyu said very bluntly.

When they arrived at the county government office, Showa Shiliu Lang solemnly apologized to Meng Shiyu, then apologized to the emperor in the direction of the capital, and then handed over their apology certificates, money and gifts for compensation.

Meng Shiyu accepted them one by one and recorded them in the record.

"Can you return the body of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and those captives to our country?" Showa Shiliu Lang asked sincerely.

"Of course. It's useless to keep His Highness the crown prince's head. Those prisoners are locked up and waste so much food every day. It's best for you to bring them back." Meng Shiyu said.

Meng Shiyu's words didn't change Showa Shiliulang's complexion too much.

Penglai people have always practiced tortoise kung fu in a superb way.Meng Shiyu knew this, so he didn't care.

Showa Shiliulang lived in Linshui County for two days, and Meng Shiyu generously led him around Linshui County a few times, asking him to check the construction of Linshui County.

Showa Sixteen Lang was filled with emotion.After all, he is familiar with Linshui County and has been here more than once.Such earth-shaking changes still shocked him, but what he had to admire even more was Meng Shiyu's mind and wisdom.

Showa Shiliulang still wanted to see Li Yulou, but was flatly rejected by Meng Shiyu.

Showa Shiliulang laughed it off.He boarded the ship and returned to Penglai with the head of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and those captives.

Meng Shiyu lived a chic life as a county magistrate again.

The construction of Linshui County is getting better and better, and the business exchanges are getting more and more prosperous. It has almost become the leading county seat in Xiuzhou, attracting many people to settle here.

Meng Shiyu set a new address for the county seat, made a new plan, and invited a wealthy businessman to take charge of the construction of the new city.

(End of this chapter)