@Jiang Lili: Wait a minute, if the Prince of Jin really rebels, Xiaoxiao will be the one to suffer.
If Prince Jin was a potential heir, Hou Xiaoxiao wouldn't be able to take control of the palace so easily.
@Hou Xiaoxiao (Princess of Jin): Damn it! This guy can't beat me. Isn't he planning to take me with him when he dies?
@周居善 (Chief Eunuch): He's such a jerk! Otherwise, I'd just hire someone to cripple him so he can't leave the house, and completely give up on that idea!
@Hou Xiaoxiao: I think this idea is feasible!
Jiang Lili breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the Beijing team had come up with a plan.
*
Early the next morning.
Jiang Lili saw off a group of Mi Kingdom navy soldiers at the dock and loaded some grain, oil, rice, flour, fruit and dry food on their ship.
Sheng Zhixing arrived earlier than him and started exercising at the Cangsha Wharf before dawn.
Jiang Lili handed him a bottle of mineral water and a towel: "Uncle Sheng, you work so hard!"
Sheng Zhixing took the water and towel and thanked him. He wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I've developed the habit of morning exercise since I was a child. Besides, if I don't work hard to strengthen my body, which has been used for a long time, how can I join you young people in conquering the world?"
Ever since he came through, he has been training very hard and replenishing his nutrition, transforming the old emperor's decadent body into a man as strong as an ox.
"Okay, keep going. Xiaopang also said he wanted to buy you some Melatonin supplements, but I don't think you'll need it."
After Jiang Lili cheered Sheng Zhixing up, she came to the dock. A group of Mi Kingdom navy who were about to leave were already ready to go.
The commander-in-chief of the navy of Mi State first sent 500 people back to see the current situation of Mi State. These 500 navy soldiers were also those whose families were unable to come to the south bank of Haizhou with them. They took this opportunity to celebrate the New Year and reminisce with their families. The rest of the people stayed in the south bank of Haizhou Island for the time being, waiting for the goddess's orders.
This is also the sincerity shown by the people of Mi Kingdom in following the goddess.
Seeing that the goddess was loading food onto their returning boat, everyone was deeply moved and secretly vowed to be loyal to the goddess.
The returning fleet set sail and gradually left Cangsha Wharf.
After Jiang Lili saw off the Mi State fleet, she turned around and ran into County Magistrate Hu, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. She was shocked by his appearance.
County Magistrate Hu looked extremely haggard, and had been hit on the face. He was looking at her pitifully.
Jiang Lili looked at the black mark on Hu Junshou's left eye and said, "Master Hu, you've been so rare these days, how come you have a black mark on your face?"
"The Mi Kingdom navy attacked the southern coast of Haizhou, and you didn't need to show up, right? How did you get yourself injured?"
Lord Hu shook his head, his face wrinkled like a bitter melon: "Alas, it's hard to put it into words!"
"Aren't all my subordinates a bunch of veterans? There are a lot of situations, and I have to take care of them."
He was overwhelmed. "Besides, don't Lingnan and Haizhou like to send those hardened criminals who haven't been punished but whose crimes don't deserve the death penalty to my South Bank?"
"Then I have to find someone to watch them. I can just lock them up in our camp and have the veterans watch over them. That way they won't have a chance to escape."
Lord Hu spread his hands: "But this will easily lead to conflict."
"Not only that, there are also internal frictions among these prisoners and the veterans stationed in the camp on the south coast of Haizhou Island. One person's stool is blocking someone else's path, and one family's chickens are pecking at someone else's silkworms..."
The more Jiang Lili listened, the more she felt that Lord Hu was like the director of the neighborhood committee, having to mediate so many frictions.
Lord Hu was talking to Jiang Lili when he caught a glimpse of Sheng Zhixing doing morning exercises.
In the sunlight, Sheng Zhixing was shirtless, with broad shoulders and muscular upper body, looking very strong. He was wrapping his hands around with boxing straps.
He climbed the coconut tree swiftly, taking three steps out of five, and in one go he reached the top of the tree and knocked down the coconuts from the tree.
And his movements when he came down were also very agile. After coming down from the coconut tree, he did a sprint back and forth run, carrying two bags of sandbags, and ran as fast as the wind!
Hu Chen was stunned. Was this old man, who was as fierce as a tiger and as strong as an ox, really his age?
If all the veterans he raised in the mountains were as strong as this old man, he would be able to fight his way back to Shu in a minute and force the King Cheng, who was so cruel to human life, to kneel down and kowtow to him!
Jiang Lili noticed that Mr. Hu was distracted. She followed his gaze and saw their class league secretary finishing his routine morning exercises and walking towards them against the morning light.
Sheng Zhixing glanced at Hu Junshou curiously and asked Jiang Lili, "Miss Li, who is this?"
Now the age gap between the two is too big, it is really weird to call her Sister Li, calling her Girl Li is more appropriate.
Jiang Lili briefly introduced him: "This is the governor of Dan'er County, Hu Chen, Lord Hu, one of us."
Jiang Lili turned her head to look at Lord Hu's expression again. His eyes were shining with golden light and his mouth was open in the shape of an "o". He saw Sheng Zhixing coming over.
Lord Hu extended his hands enthusiastically to shake hands with Sheng Zhixing, nodding as he surveyed his muscular figure with envy. "Yes, yes, I'm one of you. The fire-burning pole you see was the first one I made."
Perhaps realizing he was being too enthusiastic, Lord Hu became reserved. "What's your name?"
Jiang Lili actually saw the shyness of a little fangirl in an old man!
Sheng Zhixing shook hands with Lord Hu and said, "Sheng Zhixing."
The old emperor of Nanzhao Kingdom had a rather rough life. He was supported as a puppet orphan and then seized power step by step. He had no name. He was the third child in the family and was called Sheng San when he was a child. He was not afraid of letting Hu Junshou know his name.
Lord Hu saw that Jiang Lili and Sheng Zhixing seemed quite familiar with each other, so he said to Jiang Lili, "Girl, can you help me teach those incorrigible criminals in the camp a lesson?"
Lord Hu knew that Jiang Lili had the most tricks up her sleeve and was good at dealing with disobedience.
"Look, I've already provided you with so much gunpowder, and I even toiled through the night to assemble the fire rod..."
Jiang Lili pointed at the purse on Hu Da Ren's waist and said, "I gave you the money for rushing the work, and you didn't even mention it?"
Hu Chen started to cry poor: "I am a poor county magistrate, but I have so many soldiers to support. It's not enough. The rush pay you gave me is not enough to fill my teeth."
"You have quite a big appetite! That's all!"
Jiang Lili also wanted to take a look at the true level of the barracks under Lord Hu: "Take me to see what's going on first. I haven't been to your mysterious South Bank Barracks yet."
After hearing this, Sheng Zhixing said with some concern, "Girl Li, I'll go with you."
Jiang Lili had the same idea.
Lord Hu was even happier to see Sheng Zhixing was coming along, "Okay, okay, this way please!"
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