In the lobby of the Governor's Office, Xiao Yungui sat down depressedly and shouted outside the hall: "Tang Erniu! Send someone to find Zeng Shuiyuan!" After that, Xiao Yungui lit the dry tobacco pipe again and started smoking.

Seeing that he was still a little unhappy, Hong Yuner waved her hand to drive away the choking smoke and said with a smile: "A real man, are you still unwilling to accept it? You look like a young wife who is angry."

Xiao Yungui snorted, and turned his strange eyes and said, "Four-eyed girls, do you want to argue with each other?"

Hong Yuner rolled up her sleeves, straightened her chest, and said unwillingly: "Sister, I'm in a bad mood these days, so you'd better not mess with me!"

Xiao Yungui turned his head to look at Hong Yuner's firm chest, swallowed and touched his chin and said, "Yun'er, I'm very surprised, what do we mean by this?"

Hong Yun'er saw him spinning her chest with malicious eyes, hurriedly turned to her side, her face turned slightly red and said, "Of course, it's a classmate relationship, at most, at most, there is a layer of relationship between a collaborator."

Xiao Yungui suddenly slapped off the tobacco, stood up, staring at Hong Yun'er with bright eyes. The gaze made Hong Yun'er feel panicked, "Yun'er, what would you do if I said I really want to be your husband?"

Hong Yuner looked at Xiao Yungui in amazement. Seeing his serious expression, she had never seen Xiao Yungui as serious as she was. She couldn't help but take a few steps back and forced out an ugly smile: "You, you're joking."

Xiao Yungui stepped forward and said softly: "We can't go back in this era. Haven't you ever thought about what will happen in the future? Haven't you ever thought about your own needs to take care of you? We have been childhood sweethearts since we were young, but you have never thought about whether I am the most suitable for you as your husband now?"

Hong Yun'er took another step back, her face turned red and white, and she stammered: "You, don't come over, you're not serious all day long, you're just joking."

At this time, Xiao Yungui suddenly burst into laughter, and tears came out of his eyes: "Four-eyed girl, haven't I been fooled by me this time?! The emotional intelligence is indeed very low, hahaha..."

Hong Yun'er was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned red and purple. The sword light flashed. The two swords on her waist were unsheathed, and she shouted in a slight voice: "Bastard Xiao Yungui, I want to kill you!"

Xiao Yungui seemed to have forgotten Hong Yuner's magical and fast sword technique for a while. Only then did he remember that he screamed, he turned his head and ran away. Hong Yuner was not willing to let him go. Although his legs and feet were inconvenient, he still gritted his teeth and chased him. The two of them chased him in the lobby of the governor's yamen.

Fortunately, Hong Yuner's legs and feet were inconvenient and could not catch up with Xiao Yungui, otherwise he would have been removed from his body. Xiao Yungui also saw that Hong Yuner's legs and feet were not healed, so he hid behind the table and said hurriedly: "It's me wrong. Don't chase him, be careful of the wound."

Hong Yun'er was full of anger, but she still couldn't hide her beautiful face. She panted and raised her knife to point at Xiao Yungui and said angrily: "If you have a habit, don't run away. Sister, I'm going to kill you! Bastard!"

At this moment, Tang Erniu outside the hall shouted: "The King of the West, the Queen of the West, the guard Zeng has arrived."

Xiao Yungui hurriedly whispered: "Put the knife away, someone is here."

Hong Yuner looked at him with a murderous look, put away the knife angrily, and said coldly: "You arrange Zeng Shuiyuan yourself, sister, I won't accompany you!" After saying that, he put away the knife and turned his head and left. When she walked to the door of the inner hall, she turned around and snorted again: "Don't blame me for not reminding you that Zuo Zongtang's wife and children have not been resolved yet. You should first think about how to talk to Zuo Zongtang."

Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment, and looked at Hong Yuner's beautiful back disappearing behind the door, and murmured: "No need to remind me, I have already thought about it. Well, I look very beautiful and have a good figure. Unfortunately, this temperament is too strong. It would be great if I had the same temperament as Li Xuanji."

Outside the hall, Tang Erniu wiped his sweat and whispered: "Brother Zeng, the King of the West and the Queen of the West have not fought."

Zeng Shuiyuan also wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed: "The King of Xi and the King of Xi are really enemies. When they were in Jintian Village, they often saw them disagree and argue. They didn't know how to persuade us as subordinates. I think only the King of Heaven and King of East can persuade us."

Tang Erniu scratched his head and said, "Brother Zeng, let's go in." Zeng Shuiyuan nodded, and the two entered the hall together.

When he entered the hall, Xiao Yungui told the letter from King Yi and asked, "Now that the Chenzhou brigade has arrived, I want to lead troops out of the city to defend the danger, give up all the camps in the city, and serve as a place for the Chenzhou brigade to settle the garrison. I also need to count the money and grain of the Holy Deposit, list the expenses, and prepare for delivery with the King of the East. There are more than 8,000 female soldiers on our faces. We have prepared a month's grain and grass to transport them to the camps outside the city to resettle. The rest of the money and grain will not be moved. After counting, I will entrust the warehousing to the King."

Zeng Shuiyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "West King, when you left the city these two days, we have recruited more than 3,000 strong men as holy soldiers, and there are always more than 10,000 people."

Xiao Yungui uh a strange voice, "Are there so many people?"

Zeng Shuiyuan nodded and said, "The King of the West has been kind and fortunate to help the people. Have you killed the people indiscriminately? In recent days, the people have known that our Taiping Holy Soldier is a benevolent and righteous army. They gradually let go of their doubts in their hearts and join us, so there are more soldiers."

Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's prepare food and grass according to more than 10,000 people, and then calculate the daily food required by the people, and pay it as usual every day."

Zeng Shuiyuan bowed to receive the order and said, "There is another thing. Two days after the King of Westernness was gone, Zhu Changlin, the boss of Zhu Qian, and a wealthy merchant in Changsha had prepared 30,000 pieces of clothing. He prepared 20,000 pieces of cotton coats for wintering, and had already delivered them to the Holy Cube. Boss Zhu said that there were still 40,000 pieces of cotton coats left to buy cotton, and the cloth people would only prepare them after they came back. The subordinates thought that since our army was going to guard outside the city, would we prepare all cotton coats?"

Xiao Yungui widened his eyes and said, "Of course, the warm nests in the city have been given up. Of course, we have to prepare cotton coats for our brothers in the wilderness. Anyway, there are still some left. Zhu Changlin will buy the remaining cotton coats in a few days."

Following Xiao Yungui, he stood up and said, "When I left, I had already divided the positions of troops stationed by each army. Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong were in the north, Ji Wenyuan and Zhu Xineng were in the east. I led Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, He Bin, Zhou Zhaoyao, Tang Erniu and the men of the female camp stationed in Miaogaofeng to build the Xiangjiang River floating bridge. Once the floating bridge is built, the troops will cross the west bank and seize the important land of Yuelu Mountain. I originally thought that the army would be out of the city in a few days. Since the Wing King's troops arrived tomorrow, we would leave the city in advance, and the troops would act according to the originally agreed strategy!" Zeng Shuiyuan and Tang Erniu both bowed and accepted the order.

After ordering the return of the army to the Bashang, Xiao Yungui took a sip of tea and asked again: "I have lifted the order to lock down before leaving. What are the changes in the bannermen in the city? "

Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said, "There are about 10,000 bannermen in the city. Since our army entered the city, we have never dared to go out. Recently, some bannermen should have eaten all the rice, grain, oil and salt at home, and sent servants to go out to buy supplies. I heard that our army has lifted the ban, and many bannermen are preparing to leave the city, but we sent them back and are not allowed to leave the city."

Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment and said, "These bannermen should have been killed, but I think there are innocent people among them. Killing them will damage the Heavenly King and the East King's kindness. Let's do this. Tomorrow, the bannermen in the city will be identified and allowed to report the people in the city. If any bannermen bullies the people, they will be executed. Those who have not bullied the people will be charged into the camp as slaves, and all houses, land, households and wealth will be charged into the holy warehouse! If anyone dares to resist, all the family and the whole family will be killed!"

Zeng Shuiyuan and Tang Erniu looked at each other, and Zeng Shuiyuan stepped forward and said, "Your Highness the Western King, wouldn't it be clean? Is it better to kill them all? Is it impossible to save their lives and there will be endless troubles in the future. Besides, letting the bannermen be slaves, there is no such customization in the army."

Xiao Yungui showed his thick eyebrows and shook his head and said, "Driving all the killings will only strengthen the fighting spirit of the bannermen. Besides, the bannermen have bullied us Han people for so many years. When the Eight Banners entered the pass and killed us Han people and enslaved us Han people, it is not cheap to kill them now? I want the banner people to know that they have to pay back all the evils they committed by their ancestors back then! The banner people don't have to kill them all, but they have to let them serve us Han people in order to extricate my anger!"

Zeng Shuiyuan frowned slightly and said, "The Western King's idea is good. He just killed these bannermen. It is indeed cheaper for them. Let them work hard for slaves and maids. This will make our heavenly kingdom more labor. However, there is no detailed regulations for a while, so there are many changes in their actions. It is better to delay them for a few days. We will carefully consider the methods and formulate regulations to report to the Heavenly King. How can we implement them after the Eastern King reads the final decision?"

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "Okay, tomorrow the Wing King will come to his mind, you can also listen to his ideas. What about those rich families?"

Zeng Shuiyuan replied: "It's still honest. After the ban was lifted, the city's large households sent people out of the city to collect autumn grain and purchase goods. He Yuanlun of the Baoqing Chamber of Commerce paid the money and wanted to leave yesterday, but his subordinates did not get the Western King's order, so they blocked it."

Xiao Yungui nodded and touched his chin and said, "The rich people in the city have redistinguished. This trip north, I heard that Changsha's wealthy businessman Huang Mian still has many possessions in the city. This person dared to set up a group training to be an enemy of me and confiscate his family. The family will be imprisoned for a while and punished them for hard labor with the bannermen in a while! There are other wealthy families in the city. You must investigate carefully. If there are any lip service and those who are right to be peaceful, they will be handled according to the Huang Mian family's rules. A wealthy businessman like Zhu Changlin, who is well-known in the city and has a good relationship with our army, should also take care of them. These people can win over. As for He Yuanlun, you ask him to come to me. I want him to help us purchase red medicine and other military equipment. His Baoqing Gang is in Hunan and Hubei, and with his caravans, we can break through the blockade of Qing Yao on us."

Zeng Shuiyuan clasped his fists and said, "The King of the West has a deep thought, and we respect it."

While he was talking, an angry voice floated in outside the hall: "Don't stop me, Xiao Chaogui, I know you are inside, what are you trying to capture my wife and children?" But Zuo Zongtang shouted angrily outside the hall.

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Chapter completed!