Chapter 118 The Capable King of Nanyang
After Wang Chaoyang confessed, Lu Chenyang promised to give him a quick death and had him killed.
When Wang Chaoyang died, there was a hint of a smile on his face. The guards who came to see him off couldn't help but shudder, and they reaffirmed in their hearts that they must not provoke Lu Chenyang.
Lu Chenyang wrote the letter, stamped it with Wang Chaoyang's seal, and then sent someone to Quzhou as quickly as possible.
But another piece of news also came: Quzhou was lost and the army of King Nanyang entered.
Lu Chenyang received this news just after he sent the letter.
The usually calm and composed Lord Lu was so angry that he threw his cup. "Chen Jiangnian is such a loser! It's only been a few days, and he's already lost Quzhou!"
Chen Jiangnian was the governor of Quzhou.
Unlike Lu Chenyang, the governor who has no legitimate reason to be so, Chen Jiangnian has a good family background.
He was the emperor's cousin and the empress dowager's nephew. He was a relative by marriage, but he possessed a natural talent for study, having passed the imperial examination before the emperor was appointed crown prince. He was also quite capable, having worked his way up the ranks until the emperor ascended the throne, ultimately becoming a high-ranking official.
Moreover, Quzhou is a very important and prosperous place, so he was able to come here to serve as the governor.
There were as many as 200,000 troops stationed in Quzhou. The imperial court gave money and weapons as needed. In just over a month, Chen Jiangnian lost Quzhou.
Lu Chenyang's call for a good-for-nothing was considered a compliment to him.
Now things are bad. If the King of Nanyang had not taken Quzhou and knew that Yucheng was under siege, he could have come back to rescue it.
Now that he had successfully captured Quzhou, he was no longer in a hurry. By occupying Quzhou, he had captured the central fortress of Dagan, and he could even turn Quzhou into his base camp.
Quzhou is rich in resources, which is enough for him to develop slowly.
Lu Chenyang was so angry that he scolded Chen Jiangnian again.
Since Quzhou has been taken away, Lu Chenyang is no longer in a hurry.
He decided to develop Shu steadily first and find the treasure of King Nanyang first.
Lu Chenyang sent people to dig for treasure. Looking at the shining gold, Lu Chenyang's eyes lit up.
He couldn't let go of the gold and exclaimed, "Gold is my favorite color!"
Seeing how adorable she was, Yan Xing raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about the silver of silver, the green of jade, and the white of pearls?"
Lu Chenyang immediately said, "They are both so beautiful, how can I favor one over the other?"
Yan Xing said lightly, "Master Lu is indeed a man of two minds."
Lu Chenyang decided to admit his statement.
With the money, Lu Chenyang began to send people to continue buying food, recruiting workers, and developing Shu.
The people in Shu live...even harder than the people in Lingnan.
At least the people of Lingnan will not be subject to excessive taxes or forced into military service.
The King of Nanyang had great ambitions and had imposed heavy taxes on the people over the past three or four years, leaving them struggling to survive. Even the people of Yucheng were living in dire straits, so when Lu Chenyang entered the city, the people offered no resistance at all.
They accept their fate numbly and passively, and it will never get any worse than before.
The people of Yucheng lived a good life, while the people in other parts of Shu were miserable.
Before the King of Nanyang set out, he requisitioned a batch of food and fodder, which made life even more difficult for the people.
Shu is not a big place, and most of the roads are rugged and mountainous, so Lu Chenyang sent people to distribute food and fodder to them as disaster relief.
This time things were much simpler because most of Lu Chenyang's army were civilians from Shu.
Lu Chenyang wanted to provide disaster relief to Shu, just like he was saving them in the past.
So many people in the army volunteered to help. In some places where there were still troops guarding, they went to persuade them to surrender.
When family members persuade each other, the effect will naturally be doubled.
Lu Chenyang wrote a letter back to the provincial capital, asking them to select students from academies in various counties to help with disaster relief.
Chen Songyuan sighed when he received the letter. His lord... really spent too much money.
He was used to running around for money every day, but since Lu Chenyang wrote to ask for someone, he could only prepare the person and things and send them to him.
There are actually not enough students. Their master accepts all students and wishes that all children can study and become successful, without even asking for anything in return.
Therefore, these children's qualifications were not very good, and many students were not able to stand on their own. So Chen Songyuan used his connections to visit the Chen family's old friends and look for people in their clan schools.
After several days of running around and much effort, Chen Songyuan finally gathered two hundred people and sent them to Shu along with the supplies.
Chen Songyuan sent the people away and breathed a sigh of relief. Then Lu Chenyang's second letter arrived.
Chen Songyuan: “…”
Ah, who can understand his suffering!
Chen Song opened Lu Chenyang's letter with a dull face. This time it was good news.
Lu Chenyang sent the silver back.
Having been Lu Chenyang's advisor for such a long time, Lu Chenyang only ever asked him for money. This was the first time that he sent money back. Chen Songyuan was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, and he decided to die for Lu Chenyang.
His master is very powerful!
Lu Chenyang sent half of the treasures discovered by King Nanyang back to the provincial capital, and asked Chen Songyuan to find a caravan to buy food. The rest was left for use in Shu.
The people of Shu basically spent their entire lives collecting taxes and receiving food from the government, which has almost become a legend.
Lu Chenyang did what King Nanyang did not do, and for a moment it was unclear whose fiefdom their Shu land belonged to.
Some people also think that Lu Chenyang is trying to win people's hearts, but who cares? The most important thing is that they can fill their stomachs.
Shu was a place that King Nanyang had been operating for many years. When Lu Chenyang entered the city, most of the troops left behind by King Nanyang withdrew. They did not confront Lu Chenyang head-on, but avoided a head-on confrontation with Lu Chenyang, intending to wait for King Nanyang's army to return before counterattacking.
He had never thought that his prince was so capable that he actually took over Quzhou. So now he definitely couldn't come back, and then the shameless Lu Chenyang began to buy people's hearts.
Now they can't run away, and they can't stay...either.
Because they entered the city, the people in the city could not accept Lu Chenyang's disaster relief food. Instead, they had to save export grain to feed the army. The people in the city were not happy with this.
Taking advantage of the night, the people in the city secretly attacked the soldiers guarding the city wall, and then opened the city gate to welcome Lu Chenyang's army.
After Wang Chaoyang was arrested, Yin Wei, who is now leading the army, is only in his twenties and has never undertaken such a heavy responsibility. He is completely numb.
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