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Shuoquan City, the residence of King Qi.

King Qi's eyes widened at this time, and he couldn't believe it. He didn't expect that Lu Haosheng would appear in front of him in less than ten days.

After Lu Haosheng left, King Qi thought about countless possibilities. He also thought that after Lu Haosheng arrived in Beishan, he would inevitably encounter many difficulties and obstacles. , That is also full of confidence. Regarding the policy strategy after arriving in Beishan, he also said it clearly and logically. Therefore, King Qi predicted that Lu Haosheng's road in Beishan would not be too smooth, but he believed that Lu Haosheng would be able to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles and stand firm in Beishan. .

He has even planned that as long as Lu Haosheng temporarily stands still in Beishan, if there are still great difficulties, he can speak to Chu Huan in person and ask Chu Huan to give Lu Haosheng some help. Huan sent a group of workers from the salt field to Beishan to help Lu Haosheng mine the salt in Beishan.

On the northwestern land, surrounded by mountains, there are countless dangerous peaks. Among the mountains, after a rough inspection, at least [-]% of the mountains contain a lot of cold stones, and [-]% of the mountains in the northwest contain cold stones for making new salt. It is already an astonishing proportion. Considering the current mining speed, it can be said that cold stone is inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

Among them, [-]% of the cold stones are distributed in Xiguan, and the proportion of cold stones distributed in Tianshan is very small, not even [-]% of the total content, while in Beishan, more than [-]% are distributed among the mountains. , although it only accounts for more than [-]% of the proportion, but this is already a remarkable figure. Once Beishan really starts to make salt, the supply of cold stones stored in Beishan will not be any problem.

In fact, before Lu Haosheng left, King Qi knew from Lu Haosheng that the economic pillar of Xiguan is currently relying on new salt, and the caravans are constantly flowing from the salt storehouse of the new salt department to all directions like the veins of the human body. Diffusion, the output is salt, and the inflow is money and food.

Such an economic pillar is naturally extremely attractive. Of course, Lu Haosheng took it to heart. He had already discussed with King Qi in private. As long as he can gain a firm foothold in Beishan, King Qi can obtain new salt from Chu Huan. Therefore, a large amount of salt was produced in Beishan, and even the three counties ceded to Xiguan in Beishan can be completely taken back. After all, it was Xiao Huanzhang's rebellion at the beginning, so he occupied the three counties. Now that Xiao Huanzhang has been eliminated, the three counties of Qingzhou will naturally be returned to Beishan In this way, Beishan can still control the salt road that enters the customs. Although he will not dare to prevent Chu Huan's new salt from entering the customs, it can at least ensure that Beishan can also trade salt in the customs.

It's just that the king of Qi didn't expect that the plan would never keep up with the changes. Before Lu Haosheng went to Beishan to take up his post, he formulated a set of measures that satisfied the king of Qi, but now less than ten days later, Lu Haosheng appeared in front of his eyes in embarrassment.

King Qi is not a fool, of course he can figure it out, excluding the time spent on the way back and forth, Lu Haosheng didn't even stay in Yuchang Mansion for two days.

This made him feel unbelievable.

"You mean, the soldiers and horses in Beishan have rebelled?" King Qi frowned: "They have already rebelled?"

Lu Haosheng solemnly said: "Your Majesty, it seems that those Beishan soldiers in the past were all false surrenders. When they saw Luo Dingxi was killed, they were at a loss for a while, so they didn't dare to act rashly. They returned to the Beishan Barracks as ordered, but their evil intentions were not dead. , As soon as I arrived in Yuchang, they suddenly launched an attack...My lord, they are openly rebelling against the imperial court. I told you that it was my lord who sent me to Beishan to take up my post. He came here wholeheartedly for the imperial court."

King Qi's face was ugly: "You mean, they knew you were sent by me, so they rebelled? Did they come for me?"

"I don't dare to say that." Lu Haosheng sighed: "But Sun Yun, the magistrate of Xinzhou, Song Anlu, the Lang general of the Beishan Imperial Guard, and many generals of Beishan, they are all Xiao Huanzhang's remnants...My lord, now that Beishan is in chaos, The immediate priority is to quickly send troops to quell the chaos."

"Squeeze the chaos?" King Qi frowned and said, "How to quell the chaos? Where did we get the soldiers and horses?"

Lu Haosheng hurriedly said: "Chu Huan has Xiguan soldiers in his hands. You can dispatch Chu Huan's Xiguan soldiers to go there quickly. My lord, as long as Chu Huan can dispatch 5000 troops, I am willing to bring 5000 troops to quell the turmoil in Beishan."

"The king has sent someone to summon Chu Huan." King Qi looked in a very bad mood, "Lu Changshi, Chu Huan is here, what should we say? Before you went to Beishan to take up your post, Chu Huan once said that you He may not be the most suitable candidate, and there may be troubles in Beishan, and now it seems that what Chu Huan said is not wrong...!"

Lu Haosheng said sternly: "My lord, I am indeed incompetent, but I always feel that the things in the middle are very strange."

"strangeness?"

Lu Haosheng looked around, approached, and said in a low voice: "On the way back, I also thought about it carefully. There may be another mystery behind the chaos in Beishan."

King Qi frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

"My lord, Luo Dingxi has been dead for more than a month. If there was going to be chaos in Beishan, it should have started already." Lu Haosheng said softly, "But why didn't they move sooner or later, and why did they start on the day when the humble position took office? stand up?"

"Oh?" King Qi stared at Lu Haosheng's eyes.

Lu Haosheng continued: "Besides, when the humble official came to the Yamen of the Zhizhou Prefecture, things were a bit strange. Sun Yun, the magistrate of Xinzhou, was quite disrespectful to the humble official, but he flirted with Qiu Ruxue. After the humble official left the Zhizhou Yamen, Qiu Ruxue didn't follow immediately. Leaving, but staying there, I don't know why he stayed there at that time...!"

King Qi's eyes flickered, and he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"My lord, Qiu Ruxue is Chu Huan's confidant. Chu Huan let Qiu Ruxue go there in the name of guarding a lowly position. Is there any reason for this?" Lu Haosheng said with a gloomy face, "Qiu Ruxue stayed there at that time, Do you have something to tell Sun Yun?"

King Qi leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice, "What exactly do you want to say? Do you think that Beishan's mutiny was instigated by Chu Huan?"

"My lord, I don't dare to slander Chu Huan, but this is indeed full of mysteries." Lu Haosheng said: "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, after Chu Huan defeated Zhu Lingyue, there is no other opponent in the entire Northwest, and he holds great power. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and the officials and soldiers of Beishan and Tianshan are actually a group of dragons without a leader. Under this situation, the prince thought carefully, are the officials of Beishan and Tianshan all looking at Chu Huan's face?"

King Qi just touched his chin and didn't speak.

"Wei Wuji was picked up by Chu Huan and went to Tianshan. It is impossible for Beishan people not to know about it." Lu Haosheng said slowly: "In this way, Beishan officials are also worried about their future. I feel that Chu Huan is powerful, so I want to cling to Chu Huan in my heart, if Chu Huan has some orders for them, the prince thinks they will not obey?"

King Qi frowned and said: "You are all guessing. Chu Huan is a person. This king still understands that he is upright and will never hurt people behind his back. You said that he is dissatisfied with your going to Beishan, so he deliberately sent Qiu Ruxue to incite Beishan. Officials targeting you, even launching a mutiny? This should not be possible, Lu Changshi, to be honest, with Chu Huan’s current strength, he doesn’t need to bother so much if he wants to deal with you.”

Lu Haosheng wanted to say something more, but he saw a person rushing over, but it was Sun Desheng, who said: "My lord, Master Chu and the others are here...!"

Before King Qi came to the northwest, Sun Desheng helped King Qi send a secret letter to Chu Huan asking for help. After that, Chu Huan must live in Shuoquan according to the arrangement, and Sun Desheng did not return until King Qi also came to Shuoquan. Go to the side of King Qi and wait beside him.

When King Qi was still young, Sun Desheng served by his side. He has been with him for many years, and he has won the trust of King Qi.

When Lu Haosheng heard Chu Huan's arrival, his face changed slightly. King Qi was a little flustered, but he still got up quickly to straighten his clothes. Lu Haosheng hurriedly said, "My lord, why don't you stay aside first and see what Chu Huan wants to say."

King Qi thought about it for a while, and felt that it was really embarrassing for Chu Huan to see Lu Haosheng at this time, even his own face was very dull, waved his hand, and Lu Haosheng hurriedly turned behind the screen in the corner.

When Sun Desheng led Chu Huan and others in, King Qi had already sat upright, and besides Chu Huan, Gongsun Chu and Pei Ji were also following.

The king of Qi sent someone to inform Chu Huan that there was a mutiny in Beishan, and he wanted to discuss how to deal with it. Pei Ji was a general of the Xiguan Army, and the matter involved military affairs. Naturally, it was reasonable for him to follow. I understand it very well, and nature is also indispensable.

After paying their respects, King Qi hurriedly seated Chu Huan and the three of them. Chu Huan glanced around and asked, "My lord, Lu Changshi said that there was a mutiny in Beishan. I don't know what happened?"

"It's like this. As soon as Lu Changshi took office, Beishan's soldiers and horses launched a rebellion. The leaders were Sun Yun, the governor of Xinzhou, and Song Anlu, the general of the Imperial Guard. , Now the soldiers and horses in the entire Beishan are rebelling...!" King Qi immediately said: "If the military chaos in Beishan is not put down, the consequences will be disastrous, so please come and discuss."

Pei Ji asked: "My lord, as far as I know, the cavalry of Beishan has been organized into the cavalry regiment of Qingyuan Racecourse, so there should be more than 2 infantry in Beishan. I have also known before that the 3000 infantry Among them, there are more than [-] Beishan Imperial Guards...!" He had already taken out a map and said, "My lord, please allow me to introduce you in detail."

King Qi nodded immediately.

Only then did Pei Ji get up, went forward, unfolded the map, and spread it on the table in front of King Qi, "Look, my lord, this is the map of Beishan, and the circled ones are where the soldiers and horses of Beishan are located." He raised his finger and pointed to a black circle beside Yuchang City, "This is the barracks of the Beishan Imperial Guards. There are no more than 3000 soldiers stationed here. If there are other barracks, the closest to Yuchang City is a day's journey away, and Luo Dingxi died. Later, Governor Chu spoke to the prince and issued an order to disperse the garrison according to the location of this map, and after the new governor of Beishan took office, he would adjust Beishan's soldiers and horses, and would not continue to keep so many soldiers and horses...! "

King Qi nodded and said: "I have seen this map before. The circles on it are the places where Beishan soldiers and horses are stationed. At that time, Chu Huan worried that Beishan soldiers and horses would cause chaos if they were too concentrated, so they scattered more than 2 soldiers and horses. stationed."

Chu Huan said: "Many of the soldiers in Beishan were forced to join the army. After Luo Dingxi's death, many people have fled the army. Beishan's military strength is now only more than 2 people, and almost none of them have any fighting spirit. After such a The scattered garrisons are greatly reduced in threat. On this map, the only thing that can pose a threat to Yuchang City is the Beishan Imperial Guards with less than 2 soldiers on Song'an Road. The cavalry in the Beishan Imperial Guards have all been killed. The establishment of the Xiguan cavalry was also reported by the lower officials to the prince and allowed by the prince, so Song Anlu only had less than [-] imperial guards on hand...the more than [-] Beishan army, except for the imperial guards and the state army , mainly because the stragglers recruited by Xiao Huanzhang later expanded into the state army. The state army in Beishan was not under the command of the imperial guards, and this Song Anlu actually did not have a high prestige in Beishan, let alone in the entire Beishan In the army, even in the Beishan Imperial Guard Army, they couldn't completely convince the public. At the time when Prince Zou was asked to let Song Anlu temporarily lead the Beishan Imperial Guard Army, this was in consideration. Even if he wanted to rebel, the soldiers under him might not follow. He is against...!"

King Qi seemed to have some meaning behind Chu Huan's words. He didn't figure it out for a while, and he was a little confused. Fortunately, Chu Huan had already said at this time: "My lord, the situation in Beishan is like this, so I want to ask Mr. Lu, what he said The rebel army, which one is it? Is it the imperial guards, or the Beishan state army? Which state state army? Is everyone rebelling, or only some of them are rebelling? He said that the leader is Sun Yun, the magistrate of Xinzhou And Song An Road, who are these people? Sun Yun is the magistrate of Xinzhou, but this person has been unknown in Beishan. He has no real power in his hands, and it is impossible to mobilize troops. At most, he has hundreds of guards on hand. Even if he wants to rebel, he doesn’t have the capital to rebel, so how can he take the lead?” Chu Huan’s eyes became sharper, “My lord is going to put down the Beishan Mutiny. Before that, we must clarify these situations. Soldiers are the country's sharp weapon, and they should not be moved lightly if it is a last resort. If Beishan really rebelled, it is natural to send troops to suppress the rebellion, but... If there are some small commotions for some reason, but they want to send troops on a large scale, then the people of Beishan will be fine. If you don't rebel, you will be forced to rebel, so who will bear the consequences?"

King Qi saw that Chu Huan's expression was not good-looking, and his tone was very severe, so he felt a little afraid in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This... this must be clarified."

"Lu Changshi, the lord has already spoken, what are you still doing there?" Chu Huan suddenly turned his head and stared at the screen with a stern expression, "Aren't you going to come out and explain these twists and turns?"