Qin Official

During the half-day stay in Yan County, Heifu not only calmed down the prisoners who wanted to escape through the "Fish Belly Alchemy Book", but also took the time to visit the county town and planned to meet his old boss, the former An Lu Youwei Du Xian, now he is the right lieutenant of Yan County.

The layout of Yan County is similar to that of Anlu County, but the area is more than three times larger. After all, it was the capital of Chu State more than fifty years ago. The Jianghan area has always been called Yan and Ying together. The right lieutenant of Yan County is only a little lower than the lieutenant of Jiangling County. Du Xian was transferred here from Anlu County, which can be regarded as a high promotion.

The county lieutenant's office in Yan County is also much taller than that in Anlu. After Heifu came here to explain his purpose, he was questioned by the guard at the door. After informing him, he said that the county lieutenant was at work and asked him to wait at the door. Sit down and wait.

Du Xian did not neglect his old subordinate, and even asked a lieutenant to come out and sit with him.

"Du Jun often mentioned Pavilion Chief Heifu, saying that when he took office in Anlu County, you should be the most capable among the pavilion chiefs in the county."

Wei Shi's name was Gongshi, and he was born in the local Mi clan, but he didn't have the airs of a clan member. He chatted with Heifu very amiably and praised him from time to time.

"This is Du Jun's unreasonable praise. The reason why I can be the chief of the pavilion is all because of Du Jun's appreciation. During Du Jun's last capture of a thief, he accidentally let the thief escape. I am still ashamed. How dare I call him a capable person?" Famous? Fortunately, it has not affected Du Jun's reputation for his work, otherwise the black man will never be able to redeem himself."

One of them was bragging, the other was modest. After a while, Du Xian finally had some free time, and Master Gong led Hei Fu inside to pay homage.

As soon as Hei Fu entered the door, he bowed down and said, "I never thought that I would be able to meet your lieutenant so soon. I am really happy."

"Hei Fu, get up quickly." Du Xian also had a smile on his face, but he was much thinner than when he was in Anlu, and his eye circles were also dark. After the two of them sat down, he said with emotion:

"I have been in Yan County for more than a month, and I have realized that it is not easy to be a county captain without a capable subordinate like Hei Fu."

Du Xian first complained that Yan County was difficult to govern. Although there were not as many fleeing thieves as Anlu, most of the people and officials here were descendants of Chu nobles, so the implementation of the laws was not in place. The clan was stronger than Anlu. His order, Sometimes it's hard to execute.

Then, Du Xian mentioned the past again and confided that although in the eyes of others, the person he trusted most when he was in Anlu was Chen Baijiang, the person he relied on the most was actually Hei Fu. His promotion had something to do with the two major cases of tomb robbing and human trafficking that Heifu solved in succession.

Although the third murder case was not solved, because Heifu deliberately concealed the fact that Zhong Limei was a spy of the Chu State, it did not attract enough attention from the county. In addition, it was already past the time for promotion and performance evaluation, and it did not affect Du Xian. career.

Hei Fu couldn't help but nod, but said in his heart: "That's why you and I can meet in peace and harmony. If not, I will definitely be rejected..."

When he heard that Heifu was assigned by County Zuo Lieutenant Yun Man to do this hard job, Du Xian slapped the case with a sullen face and said: "Avenging private revenge, this Yun Man is really abominable, I must impeach him to the county lieutenant!"

Then he asked Heifu with concern, if he encountered any escaped prisoners on the road? How it was disposed of.

Hei Fu didn't have to be secretive, so he told the story of defrauding the prisoner with the "Fish Belly Alchemy Book", which made Du Xian laugh out loud, saying that Hei Fu was the only one who could come up with such an idea. Although Qin's laws were strict, Heifu is not rigid and can use his intelligence to deal with problems that cannot be solved by laws and regulations, which is commendable.

"Although the prisoner has calmed down, it is still a long way to Nanyang, and the weather is freezing, so we have to be careful."

While talking, Du Xian seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked someone to fetch a wooden slip and write a letter.

"It is the king's wish to recruit prisoners and garrison soldiers to go north this time. Qin and Chu are fighting in Huaiyang, and there is a shortage of people to transport food and grass. Therefore, not only Nanjun, but also Hanzhong County and Nanyang County are also being recruited. The prisoners and garrison soldiers from the three counties, They will all gather in Fangcheng County, Nanyang County, and then be led by the Nanyang County Sheriff and Fangcheng County Lieutenant. I have served in Nanyang County and have an old relationship with Fangcheng County Lieutenant. This letter may unfortunately help you reach the army. Finally, I got a good job."

This was an unexpected surprise. Heifu took it and took a look, and saw that the wooden slip said that Heifu was proficient in military affairs and good at military training. Heifu also had Du Xian's personal seal stamped on it.

He quickly thanked him. Although the Qin State had largely put an end to hilltopism, it could not put an end to favors. The situation could be very different between someone recommending someone and someone not recommending someone. This wooden slip could be regarded as a stepping stone for Heifu to go north!

While talking, Du Xian's official duties came up again. The household registration in Yan County was twice as large as that in Anlu. Correspondingly, there were a lot more things to be busy with. Du Xian asked his co-teacher to escort Hei Fu out of the city for him. .

"The four hundred garrison soldiers and prisoners from Yan County will also go north to serve together as a division. You take Heifu there and hand him over to Zuo Lieutenant. We will go on the road together tomorrow. We can also take care of you on the way..."

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Heifu followed his master out of the official temple. When the two of them rode towards the city gate, his eyes were attracted by the city wall on the side.

In order to save labor and materials, the "official temples" of many counties in the Qin State were built in the northwest or northeast corners of the county. In this way, using the existing city walls, only two more walls were required to be built outwards. The "official temple" is included.

The "official temple" of Yan County is in the northeast corner of the city, but Heifu noticed that the city walls here are much newer than those nearby. Looking around, within a few hundred steps, the color of the earthen walls is the same as that of the city walls. The difference in other places is that the newly built yellow earth walls are not like the other old walls that are red in color.

He pointed to the section of the city wall that was obviously newly built and said, "Could this be the result of Lord Wu'an's attack on the city..."

The co-master's expression was a bit complicated: "Yes, this is the part of the city wall that was soaked and broken by water when Lord Wu'an attacked Chu."

Heifu has heard about this for a long time. It is said that more than fifty years ago, Nanjun was still the core hinterland of the Chu Kingdom's Wangji area. No one would have thought that this place would suddenly be occupied by the Qin Kingdom within a year...

The person who created this military miracle was Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an. At that time, Qin and Chu were fighting, but Bai Qi only led tens of thousands of people down the Han River eastward and broke into the Chu territory unexpectedly.

The situation at that time was that the Qin army went deep alone and could only rely on food to defeat the enemy. The Chu army fought in the local area, claiming to have a million halberds and a steady stream of support.

But the Qin people demolished bridges, burned ships, and cut off their own way back to show their confidence in fighting to the death. However, the Chu army had worries because it was fighting in the homeland. The nobles were greedy for life and afraid of death. The soldiers only cared about their own families and had no fighting spirit. They were unable to withstand the fierce attacks of Qin's warriors and retreated steadily.

With the cooperation of Sima Cuo's partial division, Bai Qi led tens of thousands of Qin troops and marched straight into Yancheng, the capital of Chu State at that time.

Yancheng is an important military town that defends the capital of Ying. The Chu people have already assembled heavy troops here in an attempt to prevent the Qin army from moving south.

Bai Qi took advantage of the favorable conditions that the Yi River flows from the long valley of the Western Mountains to the southeast. He built a dike a hundred miles west of Yan City to store water, and built a long canal directly to Yan City, and then opened a canal to irrigate the city. The northeast corner of Yan City is at It was soaked by the impact of the river water and soon became damaged. The flood entered the city and turned into an abyss...

"After that battle, the entire Nanjun belonged to Qin."

The co-teacher smiled and said: "Wu'an Lord is still powerful to this day. Mentioning his name can make babies in Yancheng stop crying..."

"Yu Wei? I think it's Yu Wei!"

At this time, a young man stood on the edge of the city wall with his hands in his arms. Hearing what Master Gong said, he was not only furious, but he immediately came over and pulled Gong Shi's horse. He raised his head and whispered to him: "Uncle, have you forgotten? Well, when the water collapsed in the northeastern corner of the city, hundreds of thousands of Yancheng soldiers and civilians died along with the water flow! Everything in the east of the city stinks! My surname Mi, Gong, was also killed in that battle, and almost my whole family was wiped out!"

"Shut up! Of course I remember, you don't need to remind me!"

The young man spoke freely, and Gongshi suddenly changed his expression. He lowered his voice and shouted angrily: "You kid, if you continue to speak nonsense, you will really kill the Gong clan!"

He hurriedly turned around and saw Heifu still behind, tilting his head to look at the city wall, as if he hadn't heard the conversation between the two. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, glared at the young man, and turned to Heifu and shouted: "Heifu Pavilion Commander, this is my nephew Gong Ao. He just committed a small robbery in October and has to escort the garrison soldiers north to serve. I hope the Pavilion Commander will take care of him during this journey!"

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