Chapter 560 A Step Late
Sun Congyi immediately went to ask for an audience with the governor after discussing with his second brother.
Hearing that Sun Congyi had come to challenge him, Lu Songli was surprised, "Can't you rest for a while?"
Sun Congyi quickly shook his head, "Two days of rest is enough." Besides, not all of them are going to the expedition. Those who can go to the East China Sea must be in good condition.
After saying this, he added righteously, "Why sleep long while you are alive? You will sleep long after you die."
Lu Songli liked subordinates like this, so she encouraged him immediately, "Okay, if you think it's okay, go and count the troops later. I trust your judgment."
Anyway, if Sun Congyi's troops were deployed to the East China Sea, they would be considered additional troops. They were also willing to go on the expedition, so why didn't they agree?
Going to the East China Sea to cause some trouble, no, it's good to practice. After all, it's a war in a foreign land, not on home soil.
After hearing these words, Sun Congyi was stunned. The governor actually said he trusted his judgment. No one had ever trusted him so much before. Even his father had never said such a thing.
"But you have to promise that everything is based on the safety of you and your soldiers." The strategy in the East China Sea has been determined. They just needed to make some tactical adjustments in the past. In the territory of King Jin, there is no strategic goal that must be achieved at the cost of everything.
Sun Congyi nodded repeatedly.
"Once you confirm the departure time, I will arrange the boat. Don't worry about the subsequent supplies."
It feels so good to just focus on fighting and not have to worry about anything else.
Sun Congyi quickly said, "Governor, I have confirmed the troops for the expedition today. Can we set off tomorrow?"
"So fast?" Now even Lu Songli could feel his urgency.
Sun Congyi replied, "The military situation is urgent."
In fact, Sun Congyi was mainly afraid that after his father and elder brother completed their mission, they would return to Shanggu County to rest, and he would not be able to go to the East China Sea.
Over the years, he has been detained by his father and brother and has never led troops into battle alone. This is a rare opportunity and he must seize it!
"Okay, I understand. You go and arrange it." Lu Songli said.
After receiving the order, Sun Congyi immediately returned to the camp where their Sun family army was resting.
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Lumberjack Li Gang was still in a daze until he set foot on Pingzhou.
Li Gang still remembers their last day on Zhuya Island.
That day, he worked hard all morning. After lunch and a short rest, he and his men came to the assigned woods with their shiny axes. Before that, their men had just taken away some things.
He looked around and picked out the thickest rubber tree in the area. He ignored the two wounds on the tree and chopped it down in a few strokes. After chopping down one tree, he moved on to another.
The guy in charge of pruning immediately stepped forward, waving the sickle in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, a piece of useful rubber wood came out.
He never stopped for a moment, and soon he had knocked down all the rubber trees.
Because time was tight and the task was heavy, he did not rest after cutting down this piece of rubber wood. Instead, he took his axe and prepared to go to another hill with his men.
Unexpectedly, they were stopped by their team leader, "Li Gang, stop chopping trees and come and give us a hand."
Afterwards, the leader explained the reason to them, "The boat is coming again, and we have to fill it up before dusk."
Li Gang didn't suspect anything, put the axe on his waist and started to help.
However, after moving the wood, he was called directly onto the boat. Not only him, but all the lumberjacks from Pingzhou were called onto the boat.
Then they were told they would be returning soon.
One of the guys immediately responded, saying it was so sudden that they hadn’t even taken their bedding.
The manager said directly, no need, go back and give it to them.
Anyway, the point is, tell them not to cause unnecessary trouble.
Li Gang listened silently, wondering: only half the time had passed, had they already cut 10,000 cubic meters of rubber wood so quickly? But since the managers had decided to return, it must be enough.
Li Gang's doubts were shared by Lin Shan. Lü Songli had summoned him, so he asked, "Governor Lü, weren't you planning to ship 10,000 cubic meters of timber from Zhuya Island back to Pingzhou? Now we don't even have half of that, and you're already sending all the lumberjacks back?"
Lu Songli smiled and said, "Ten thousand is just the nominal amount, to deceive Xie Zhan and the others. Xie Zhan cannot be trusted, we must be on guard against his tricks."
"Besides, wouldn't it be better to let you Cao Gang do less work?"
"Xie Zhan and Song Mo secretly joined forces. If we didn't retreat at that time, we might not be able to come back if we were to leave later."
Lin Shan: ...I feel like I've been hit hard.
Not a single word of the alliance between Pingzhou and Nandi is true.
It now seems that Xie Zhan had already secretly joined forces with the emperor, but came to deceive Pingzhou into an alliance with him.
Pingzhou was obviously also on guard against Xie Zhan. Lin Shan didn't know yet that Lu Songli in Pingzhou had already seen through Xie Zhan's conspiracy.
At this moment, Lin Shan felt that he was quite honest, not suspecting that the conditions of the alliance were so watered down. As expected, he was right not to let his adoptive father's words sway him to compete for the Central Plains, because he was no match for Lü Songli, Xie Zhan, and the others.
If Lu Songli knew what he was thinking at this moment, she would definitely agree with him. If they joined in, they might not even be able to survive the current stage of clearing the small monsters.
"Governor Lu, the current situation is that I have sent your Pingzhou lumberjacks back to you, but the timber is still floating on the water."
"There's no rush for this. Deputy Chief Lin, please help me transport another group of soldiers to the East China Sea."
"Governor Lu, are you going to send more troops to the East China Sea?" Lin Shan wondered in his heart, who is Lu Songli going to attack, the Prince of Jin or the imperial army led by Xie Zhan?
"Since Pingzhou is fine now, let them go to the East China Sea to have some fun." Lu Songli said nonchalantly.
All right, Governor Lu, as long as you're happy. Lin Shan naturally wouldn't object. Lu Songli had already spent money to obtain the priority use of the Cao Gang's ships during this period. Her current request was just an exercise of her power.
After seeing Lin Shan off, Lu Songli was not in a hurry to sit back and handle official business.
She looked far away in the direction of Yanmen, wondering whether things were going well.
What Li Gang and others who returned home didn’t know was that people from Zhuya Island came as soon as they left.
When King Cheng was executed, Xie Zhan sent Xie Nan to Zhuya Island, but he found nothing.
"Where are the lumberjacks from Pingzhou?" Xie Nan asked the manager of the southern area of the island.
"I left. I left yesterday."
A step too late, Xie Nan stomped her feet, "Why didn't you stop it?"
The manager thought, he wanted to stop them, but these people left so suddenly, without even taking their bedding.
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