Chapter 363 Drinking and Talking

The population in the northeast corner of Shizhou is relatively small, but it still numbers tens of millions, and the accumulated work is extremely huge and complicated.

Yun Qingshui threw himself into it, wishing he could work twenty-four hours a day.

These tasks are not only complicated, but also require great patience and the ability to accurately find the thread ends, so as to unravel this tangled mess.

This requires a large number of qualified members.

Only a small number of people in the Democratic Party meet this standard.

In Yun Qingshui's opinion, the others only have good intentions and enthusiasm, but their skills are not very high, and they only know how to rush into things recklessly.

County Magistrate Lin repeatedly emphasized to her that she must not cut randomly, as it was an incompetent method.

Lin Wen had suffered this loss before. Because he had too much work to do, he had no good connections anywhere. It was like he kicked the door of the vault open, but he couldn't take out all the gold in the vault.

That feeling of being tormented by ants was like watching a stunning beauty dancing in black stockings with her hands tied to a chair.

In a hurry, Lin Wen asked these military leaders to assist him.

The stock price rose by 351 points that day.

Lin Wen almost died on the spot.

In the end, I had no choice but to deal with the guy who committed the crime and personally handle the aftermath before the situation was settled.

But you can’t escape the increased bad karma.

You can only use "Demon Disintegration" to strengthen [Yuno Sora] in the future to eliminate the bad karma.

Fortunately, Yun Qingshui quickly recruited most of the KMT members she thought were qualified, which relieved some of the pressure.

The work soon got on track, and all affairs were proceeding in an orderly manner with the efforts of everyone. Changshan County had a huge harvest this time. It was estimated that about four million tons of grain were seized, and various cash, jewelry, antiques, gold, silver and other valuables were worth more than 8 billion.

This is just a part of it, and more are being estimated.

The Finance Department of Changshan County was once again in a frenzy of activity. Old Xie's face was blossoming with smiles, and he wished he could dance while doing the accounts.

Lei Tiantong strictly monitored all the collection and realization of property, carefully checked the accounts and checked for errors and omissions.

Tian Jiajia, who has been promoted to deputy section chief of the Audit Section, takes on the main computing work. Her natural sensitivity to numbers and proficiency in computers make her feel at home in the department and very competent for her position.

I even have time to go to Qi Mu to be a model for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and occasionally make a guest appearance as a numerical planner.

In short, in Lin Wen's view, everything is very good.

However, to the military observation team representing various forces, it was extremely terrifying.

As soon as County Governor Lin won the victory, he allowed his soldiers to plunder, kill and burn, destroy the grain warehouses, and take away the grain that they had worked so hard to store.

In order to move the food away as quickly as possible, they even gave half of it to the peasants.

With such a generous reward, the peasants were of course delighted and worked harder to transport the goods.

Watching them happily taking their own food from the warehouse, the members of the observation group felt their hearts bleeding.

They have a share of this!

This is something that the upper class use to make a lot of money, why should it be distributed to the illiterate untouchables?

The anxious observation team immediately sent back the situation here.

Now, grain is a very prosperous business among the major groups and high-ranking officials in the empire, and countless people rely on it to make a fortune.

Shizhou is the largest grain production base and naturally the largest grain storage point.

Lin Wen's behavior was undoubtedly robbing money, but there were no special rules in the secret war that prohibited this.

Normally, both sides are very restrained and at most will only plunder each other's property and will not involve any third party to prevent the hatred from escalating.

Unexpectedly, County Chief Lin was not afraid of the expansion of hatred at all. They even had a feeling that he seemed to be deliberately attracting hatred.

What was even more unexpected was that Changshan County could be beaten into this state.

Originally, they thought that this was the Supreme Council's tacit approval of Shizhou's revenge.

Revenge taken to this extent can no longer be called revenge, it should be called repaying a favor.

Major groups issued warnings or condemnations, but Changshan County ignored them.

They also asked the members of the observation group to come to Lin Wen in person, and tried to persuade him with soft and hard methods, threats and inducements, and even got furious, but Lin Wen never gave the same answers.

"I refuse."

"I like."

"I want it."

"Come and hit me."

Not only was there no tact or diplomacy, but it even added fuel to the fire.

This not only made the powerful people whose interests were damaged angry, but even some of those who supported Lin Wen advised him in a roundabout way not to be too tough.

Yunzhou Governor Zhao Chaoyang told him through Lao Xie that the port that Yunzhou temporarily leased to Changshan County was the port of Longmei Group.

Tongchen Group also brought news that the boss behind the upstream parts purchasing company also has a grain share in Shizhou.

Zhongzhou also called, but just told him to be careful because the situation was not very good.

Even Li Longxing called him specifically and asked him to be more restrained and not to steal the limelight too much.

Lin Wendu used his cleverness to get away with it.

Of course he won't change.

He won't change even if you kill him.

Everything that is happening in Shizhou now is what he has always dreamed of.

There are a lot of good fortunes to be made, and a lot of people to be offended. The rain of golden light almost never stops before my eyes. Such days are just like being in heaven.

Happy and hopeful.

But Lin Wen still felt it was not enough. With such a good opportunity, he wanted to get as much as he could, whether it was good fortune or a computer crash.

As soon as affairs in the occupied area were on track, Lin Wen immediately led his troops to expand outward.

It was still the same Dragon and Tiger Army as before. Wherever they went, they would first kill the bullies and then open the warehouses to distribute food.

What’s different from before is that now we have more logistical support and can do more.

Every time Lin Wen conquered a place, Yun Qingshui's Kuomintang members and Qin Luoshuang's Forbidden Spell Masters would arrive. The Kuomintang members would then start to divide up the forces, while the Forbidden Spell Masters would try the guys that Lin Wen had not killed yet and root out the villains hiding among the people.

As Lin Wen's reputation spread, the bullies in Shizhou fled, and the poor farmers looked forward to the arrival of Changshan County's Dragon and Tiger Army.

At the same time, Shizhou finally gathered the defeated troops and reorganized the team.

After counting the number of people, it was found that only one division of the main army was destroyed, and the miscellaneous troops and vassal troops suffered almost no losses because they ran so fast.

Logically speaking, they are fully capable of fighting and even have the advantage.

But the soldiers were only concerned with escaping and ignored the honor of being a soldier, which led to such a huge defeat. It was simply a shame.

The fundamental reason for the defeat was that the command center was destroyed, the army lost its brain, had no command, and fell into chaos.

After being attacked by the defeated soldiers, the morale of the army was completely destroyed and the entire army fled.

If the command center was still there, the fight would never have turned out like this.

This was all because of the betrayal of Yu Bozheng and three others.

Gu Xuanli was so angry that he gritted his teeth, tore up the letter sent by Yu Bozheng, and took away the valuable gift from Yu Bozheng... forget it.

In short, all the failures were caused by the betrayal of Yu Bozheng and three others.

Faced with doubts from his allies and supporters, Gu Xuanli put all the blame on them and believed that as long as he regrouped his forces, he could defeat Changshan County head-on.

As a result, all the powerful people who were offended by Lin Wen came to support Gu Xuanli, providing people, money and materials.

Gu Xuanli became proud again. In his opinion, even if he accidentally lost a battle, he would be supported by all sides.

"This is all due to my personal charm. My appeal in the empire far exceeds my imagination."

"And the bandits in Changshan County are mean and ungrateful, brutal and ruthless. They are deserted by their friends and relatives, and no one pays any attention to them."

"With the support of the people, I will win."

This was the last thing he wrote in his diary today.

Soon, Shizhou gathered the defeated soldiers, replenished the troops, recruited some mercenaries, and conscripted some able-bodied men, and the team exceeded 500,000 people.

But this was not safe enough, so Gu Xuanli came up with another idea and asked for help from the Qin Group.

Of course, the Qin Group cannot directly intervene in this war.

However, they can help him deal with some enemies outside Changshan County.

Qin Gang agreed to his request and sent an army to Quzuo Town in the name of suppressing bandits to resist the rebels.

Three more divisions were sent to help him garrison Chuanluo and Panwa counties.

Therefore, Gu Xuanli could withdraw the Xing army stationed in Quzuo Town and the Shizhou army stationed in Chuanluo County.

The army soon exceeded 800,000, nearly twice the size of Changshan County.

Gu Xuanli reappointed Qiao Kuangren and Xing Laji as the leaders of this campaign, and promoted a large number of middle-level officers as the backbone of the troops to make up for the losses caused by the destruction of the command center and the capture of most generals.

In this way, a large army was raised again.

After all preparations were completed, the army set out again towards the occupied area of ​​Changshan County.

Gu Xuanli looked at the troops marching away, and everything seemed to have returned to the state before the last expedition, with a feeling of full confidence and belief in victory.

He finally dared to pat his chest and assure the Qin Group, Elder Cheng, and all the interest groups that supported him that he would not lose this time.

——

The four of them gathered together at a meeting before the battle.

Qiao Kuangren's face was flushed and he was in high spirits. He became the leader of the Huaiyan Army. This step was very beneficial to his life plan.

"Everyone, this is a golden opportunity. If we win this war, we can soar to the sky."

Everyone's face was filled with excitement.

Only Xing Laji had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Madman Qiao didn't care and continued, "My spies have already found out that the mayor of Changshan County has just captured Huichang with 12,000 elite soldiers."

He pointed at the map.

"Looking at the map, he's definitely going to attack Fenghe County next. Look, this line is where he must pass. Aren't the valleys on both sides a perfect ambush location?"

He smiled triumphantly, pleased with his own clever plan.

"We only need to bury 50,000 elite soldiers here, and these little beasts jumping around everywhere will be captured without a fight, right?"

"With the Changshan Commander captured, how can we continue this war? He's at the negotiating table, and we're at our mercy. We'll make him spit out double what he's swallowed."

"At that time, we will be the great heroes of this battle and will surely rise to great heights."

The three of them were all smiling, only Xing Laji raised objections.

"From my observations of the battle, Changshan County was rarely ambushed. They were almost always ambushed or attacked by surprise. I'm afraid this isn't a coincidence. It's better to be cautious."

Crazy Qiao was furious: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Don't disrupt the morale of the troops here. Aren't you just worried that if we win the battle, we'll take the credit and squeeze your position? You're just jealous."

Xing Laji's entire face flushed red, but Kuangren Qiao was the governor's confidant and had always been known for his forbearance and viciousness.

If you offend him, your future life will be miserable.

Seeing that he was silent, Crazy Qiao waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow, the three of us will personally lead 50,000 elite soldiers to ambush, and you will lead another 30,000 to support us from the rear, just in case."

Xing Laji agreed dully.

The next day, Qiao Kuangren and three others led their troops to ambush, while Xing Laji led 30,000 people to squat in the mountains and forests behind to prevent the Changshan County army from escaping.

In order to avoid raising suspicion, the main force was deployed on the northern front, pretending to attack Hirai Castle.

In the valley, Crazy Qiao looked at the soldiers ambushed on both sides and said with a smile: "Look, our soldiers are so elite."

Not far away, dust was rising, and an army from Changshan County was walking towards them without their knowledge.

Crazy Joe laughed and said, "Look, our enemies have arrived as promised."

"We can drink and chat soon."

——

In the cages being transported to Jiangkou City, a soldier saw that they were very thirsty and handed them a bottle of wine.

"The water is gone, just drink it."

(End of this chapter)