Liu Dayi's words left Zhang Mingzhi speechless.
When the Khmer regime collapsed, Qinghe's main forces were either in Bangkok or keeping an eye on Sindh, and they simply did not have the energy to manage other places.
Cheng Guorong's army only cared about whether others surrendered. As long as the army passed by, the city gates in various places would open, indicating obedience to Qinghe's rule. Cheng Guorong would lead his troops through the city and go to the next place.
This resulted in the fact that although Qinghe brought the entire Khmer territory under his rule in a short period of time, to be more precise, he only gained the submission and recognition of all places in name, and was actually still far from ruling.
The original plan before the war was not like this. The plan that Lin Hai agreed with at that time was to swallow up the entire Cambodia step by step, but for some reason, after taking over Bangkok, Lin Hai became obviously more anxious than before, and had higher time requirements for any task. He kept saying "We don't have much time left", which made everyone confused.
There's obviously still a lot of time.
Zhang Mingzhi once asked Ling Yang about this matter, but he never got a clear answer. However, it seemed that Ling Yang didn't know either. In the end, everyone just thought that Lin Hai was worried about the reactions of Liang and Chen countries, so he was anxious.
But the consequence of this is that Qinghe has to recruit more people who have not received unified training from Qinghe to serve as temporary local officials, and it is even impossible to provide sufficient support for these local officials who have been forced to take up the post...
As it turns out, everyone has seen that Liu Da is actually quite honest. According to the records of the Qinghe Government Affairs Department, Liu Da is also someone who has seriously implemented Qinghe's policies, but he has generally been unsuccessful...
"Alright." Zhang Mingzhi said, "Get up."
"I'm not here to listen to your complaints. If you have any, go to Taijing and complain to the Ministry of Political Affairs. I'm here to solve the problem. I won't be involved in anything else."
Hearing this, Liu Da was stunned and said, "Master Zhang, after all I've said, you still want to go after the Songpa family?"
Zhang Mingzhi laughed instead of getting angry when he heard this and said, "Do you really think that we in Qinghe would be afraid of a mere Songpa family?"
Liu Da smiled apologetically and said, "That's not how you calculate it. Qinghe is naturally fearless. If Commander Cheng's army were here, not even ten of the Songpa family, let alone one, would be unable to stop Qinghe's advance. But you only have three hundred men, which is probably too few. I don't understand warfare, but three hundred men are definitely not going to be able to take down the Songpa family's farm."
Zhang Mingzhi chuckled after hearing this and said, "We in Qinghe are very polite. This manor is someone else's home, so there's no reason to attack it. Besides, if you just knock on the door, won't the owner open it and let us in? Why would we need to send troops to attack?"
"Okay, let's go back to the county first."
This was Zhang Mingzhi's first time stepping into the Beilan County government office.
After all, as soon as he took office, he followed Liu Da to the outskirts of Songpa Manor. This is also the working habit of most people in Qinghe. They start working when they arrive at the place, and there is still time to go to the yamen when needed.
This made the legal advisor Wu Ci and the head of the yamen runners Song Pahuang, who had made preparations to welcome him at the county government office, so anxious that they were sweating profusely.
They could ignore Liu Da. After all, everyone knew Liu Da's background. He was just a down-and-out landlord in the countryside of the county. Somehow he got in touch with Qinghe in advance and got the title of county magistrate.
Originally, the Songpa family was still a little unclear about Liu Da's situation and did not dare to go too far. As a result, after waiting for a long time, they found that Qinghe had not even sent a soldier to Liu Da except for a certificate. So they thought that this person was just mediocre, and began to look down on and exclude him.
But now Zhang Mingzhi is different.
It is said that he was sent by the Qinghe Central Government. On weekdays, he is someone who can see Qinghe Bo and talk to Qinghe Bo. Just for this reason, they need to treat him with caution.
"Master Wu, I'm afraid Magistrate Zhang has never served as a local official. How can an official go out to inspect the countryside instead of staying at the government office?"
Songpahuang, a man with a face full of flesh and a body full of martial arts training, complained, "We've been waiting since dawn and it's almost dark now, and he just sent someone to say he'll be here today, and that's it?"
"Brother Huang, squad leader Huang, please just be patient today."
Wu, the lawyer, had just returned from watching the city gates for a while. Even in the dead of winter, sweat was already beading his thinning forehead. Combined with his skinny face and pointed chin, well, if you insisted on calling him a rat, five out of ten people would agree, and the other five wouldn't believe in goblins...
In Lin Hai's words, this person has the face of a villain, and if he doesn't do something bad in his life, he would be doing a disservice to his talent.
"Brother Huang, this Lord Zhang is different. He came with soldiers from Qinghe. We still have to be careful."
Master Mouse, oh no, Master Wu said so.
"What's the use of leading troops? Did Beilan County have too few soldiers before?"
From the name, we can know that this fierce-looking head of the yamen runners is from the Songpa family, and the aura of his speech is naturally not comparable to that of Master Wu.
"Three hundred Qinghe soldiers! Those are Qinghe soldiers! Brother Huang, you've heard that even the Taijing garrison is no match for the Qinghe soldiers! The head of the family sent you to the garrison to train, so you know exactly how powerful they are."
Master Wu was not angry, but he used a soft nail to push Song Pahuang back.
"Humph, so what? What can three hundred people accomplish? Besides, this is Pak Lan County, not Taijing. They don't enjoy the blessings in Taijing, but come here to ruin our business. How can we tolerate this?"
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