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Chapter 42 The reward for surrendering

Under the robot's hidden operation, eighty horses maintained abundant physical strength and extraordinary speed all night. Before dawn, they drove into the camp of Zhou Shixiong outside Guangping Prefecture.

"Ziqi, what's going on with these carriages?" Liu Wang looked at a large convoy with surprise, unable to figure out where Zhou Shixiong got it back.

"Oh, it was stolen from Wei Zhongxian. By the way, Mr. Liu, I killed Wei Zhongxian and you will be revenge." Zhou Shixiong finished speaking lightly, walked into the tent and fell asleep, leaving Old Man Liu Wang to stare at the convoy in a daze.

After dawn, an extra-long convoy of 160 carriages set off, and the other twenty cars were rented in Guangping Mansion. You Min saw that the craftsmen had a hard time walking and rented twenty large cars with their own private money.

"Madam, are you demonstrating to your husband?" Lying in the car, Zhou Shixiong teased You Min, and You Min pouted her mouth and pretended to be angry. The two of them performed very ordinary in their acting. With more big cars, Zhou Shixiong asked dozens of craftsmen to act as coachmen. Anyway, each one followed another, so there was basically nothing to worry about.

"Your Majesty, I'm really gone. I've finished writing all the pharmacopoeia. This letter is also the last one. Well, in order to thank you for your care for me, I'll give you a gift before leaving. Wei Zhongxian, I'll kill you. This gift should be heavy enough, right?" After reading this, the letter in Wang Chengen's hand was snatched by Zhu Youjian.

"Since the gift is so expensive, Wei Zhongxian's little wealth is regarded as my hard work. Don't thank me. I am accustomed to doing good deeds without leaving a name. Well, it's time to say goodbye. The emperor wishes you good health." Zhu Youjian whispered to the reader, and the corners of his mouth bent.

Not long after, he followed the last batch of pharmacopoeia manuscripts sent by Yang Wenyue to Zhu Youjian's desk. Luo Yangxing reported to the emperor half a day ago that Wei Zhongxian and his confidant were killed at the Youshi Inn in Fucheng, all their property disappeared without a trace, and the coachman and servant were still in the inn. In addition, the guards guarding the city in the south gate of Fucheng reported that on the day Wei Zhongxian was killed, a convoy of forty large cars left the city. There was not a single groom in the convoy, and only one Jinyiwei was escorting.

Zhu Youjian was also angry at that time. Zhu Youjian was not feeling sorry for someone to rob property, but the place was in such chaos. The bandits were too rampant. But after reading this letter of surrender, the bandits changed their posts and became knights, and the killing officials became killing thieves. I was very angry and became very happy. In short, Zhou Shixiong did everything right, and Wang Chengen thought silently.

"Big partner, do you think Ziqi will bully him when he comes to the barbarian land? The Jinyiwei said that the barbarians in Guangxi often attack each other. What if Ziqi is injured?" Zhu Youjian didn't think there was any problem with this from his dear to his dear character.

"Your Majesty, you can ask Lord Zhou to actually lead a hundred households, and let him recruit his own staff. The land is placed in Nanning Mansion. There is also an Embroidered Uniform Guardian there, so that the emperor can know about Lord Zhou at any time." Wang Chengen dared not say bad things about Zhou Shixiong. On the one hand, the emperor was in a good mood. What is important is that Zhou Shixiong is far away from the capital. Even if he is favored, he will not threaten him. He will not even have this tolerance, and he will not know how to die in the future.

"Ziqi took such a great risk to help me get rid of my big troubles. I'm so stingy to reward a hereditary household. Didn't you see him saying I'm stingy for the letter? Haha." Zhu Youjian said and laughed.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Wang Chengen cooperated very well. Being a good supporting role by the emperor is the basic skill of an excellent eunuch.

"Zhou Shixiong was granted the title of the Nanning Prefecture regiment, and the weapons, armor, food and fodder were in charge of the Guangxi Administration. The quota of regiment training was tentatively set at 1,000. Don't the barbarians in Guangxi like to attack each other? Let Zhou Shixiong follow the official army to attack, and the territory captured was used as a fief for Zhou Shixiong." Zhu Youjian was too generous, and Wang Chengen thought that this article would definitely not be able to pass the cabinet. It would be better to persuade the emperor to give Zhou Shixiong some practical benefits.

"Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate. If the cabinet doesn't mean that the cabinet will object, Lord Zhou is a literati. His Jinyiwei Qianhu is just a false title, not a real warrior. If the emperor really entrusts him as a troupe training envoy, wouldn't it be a severance to Master Zhou's imperial examination? Please think twice." Wang Chengen said that the issue that people of this era valued the most is that literati are nobler than military personnel, at least several stories taller. In the eyes of others, it is an insult to let a scholar be a troupe training envoy.

"Oh, if it weren't for the reminder of the grand companion, I did something wrong again. But the court's rules can only be supported by military generals. Zhou Shixiong is in such a dangerous place, how can he not have the protection of his servants!" Zhu Youjian said that it was right. The civil servants were noble but had no force, and there was a limit on the number of servants in the family, otherwise he would be impeached by the censor to plot against rebellion.

Wang Chengen used his brains to find a way for Zhou Shixiong. This thing must be done beautifully, which not only satisfies the emperor, but also allows the cabinet to pass easily. It is not good for everyone if you want to argue. "Your Majesty, I came up with an idea." Wang Chengen's eyes swept over the thick manuscript on the imperial desk, and suddenly had an idea.

"Speak quickly!" Zhu Youjian stared at Wang Chengen with his eyes, waiting for him to come up with a good idea.

"Many people in the court know that the emperor handed over the pharmacopoeia to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for publication. By the way, Zhou Shixiong was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to issue a drug search envoy, so that he could find medicinal materials in all parts of the world and supplement the parts that were not in the drug search envoy. The drug search envoy was equivalent to an imperial envoy, but did not interfere with local government affairs. The local area had the obligation to provide convenience for the drug search envoy. In addition, the drug search envoy often went to the mountains and rivers, and the road was dangerous. In order to ensure the safety of the drug search envoy, he specially granted the title of Jinyiwei, and allowed the drug search envoy to recruit thousands of Jinyiwei and provide them with the supply to the near prefecture. Your Majesty, "Wang Chengen racked his brains and finally came up with a trick. Zhu Youjian agreed as soon as he heard this.

The Pharmacopoeia and the decree of rewarding Zhou Shixiong were issued to the cabinet. The second assistant to the cabinet, Li Guopu, came to Zhu Youjian and asked about the deadline for the drug seeker's appointment. "Indefinitely." Li Guopu really wanted to refute the imperial edict, but looking at the manuscript of the Pharmacopoeia, Li Guopu silently signed and agreed. Li Guopu's idea was that the doctor's parents' hearts, and scholars who could write the Pharmacopoeia should be given the highest treatment, as long as he did not interfere in local government affairs.

Zhou Shixiong's large convoy set off from Guangping Prefecture and arrived in Henan in two days. Along the way, many refugees followed the convoy to ask for food. Zhou Shixiong thought that we had money anyway, and as long as we arrived at the prefectures and county seats, they could buy food, so each refugee was generous and gave each pound of rice and noodles. Zhou Shixiong's intention was to send these people away, but more and more people followed the convoy, as if they could eat Zhou Shixiong.

Four days later, Zhou Shixiong's large convoy drove into Zhangde Mansion under the tracking of thousands of refugees. If the soldiers of the north gate of Zhangde Mansion were not afraid of Zhou Shixiong's Jinyiwei, they would have locked him outside the city gate. It was not until the military households of the garrison arrived at the north gate and drove away the refugees, that Zhou Shixiong would have abandoned the refugees' siege and blocked them.

After finding a large enough inn, Zhou Shixiong had not had time to drink water, the prefect of Zhangde Mansion accompanied a tall eunuch into the inn. "Master Zhou, please accept the order." The prefect heard that he would add the word "Ask" for the first time that he had to accept the order. What is the origin of this Zhou Qianhu?

The eunuch who came to announce the edict was Fang Zhenghua. After the inn owner finished the incense table, he read the imperial edict loudly. Zhou Shixiong knelt in front of the incense table and thought to himself, you little fat man, you don’t want to give me a letter to him. Now I’m giving the imperial edict to kneel down, huh? I don’t seem to have to kneel down! Finally remembering this, Zhou Shixiong stood up, and was so scared that the prefect of Zhangde Mansion who was kneeling aside almost cried.

Fang Zhenghua saw Zhou Shixiong stand up and smiled and put down the imperial edict, "Appointment Emperor, Ziqi, how long did you listen to it before you remember to not have to kneel down?"

"You are so ugly?" Zhou Shixiong directly imagined Fang Zhenghua as a fat little Zhu Youjian, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to flatten him.

"Haha, Ziqi, I know you want my handwritten letter. This time, Fang Zhenghua brings it to you. You must keep it. The imperial edict was written by me. It took me two days to write this imperial edict. In addition, I am not allowed to laugh at my words, and I am absolutely not allowed to laugh." Fang Zhenghua regardless of Zhou Shixiong's reaction, continued to finish what Zhu Youjian ordered. Zhou Shixiong was a little moved, but he didn't expect that this little fat man knew how to repay his kindness.

"Take it and see." Zhou Shixiong spread his hands and Fang Zhenghua immediately handed over the imperial edict to Zhou Shixiong. The others didn't know whether to continue kneeling or get up at this time.

"Oh, I will be appointed as an indefinite imperial envoy, and I will also give me a thousand seats for the Jinyiwei. It seems that the emperor is good to me." Zhou Shixiong looked at it for a while, removed the meaning of those meaningless adjectives, and studied the meaning of the entire imperial edict.

"Zhangde Mansion, I am now an imperial envoy. You sent someone to escort me to Kaifeng Mansion. Is there any problem?" Zhou Shixiong had the power to call on officials for the first time, so use it immediately to see the effect.

"The imperial envoy, Zhangde is small, and there are only a few hundred soldiers in the garrison. It is impossible to escort such a huge convoy. The subordinates have a suggestion to ask the imperial envoy to issue the imperial envoy flag and go to Kaifeng Prefecture to send troops to protect the garrison. Isn't the imperial envoy able to personally take over a thousand imperial uniforms? Then transfer the troops of the garrison, and others have nothing to say." Zhou Shixiong did not understand the affairs of the officialdom. Anyway, he was just passing by, and even if he made a fuss, it was not his business.

"Master Zhou, the emperor asked me to send Master Zhou to Nanning Mansion. Let me go to the task of dispatching troops." Fang Zhenghua scared Zhangde Mansion again as soon as he spoke. The eunuch took the initiative to help officials as errands. I haven't heard of such a thing in many years!

After staying in Zhangde Mansion for ten days, Fang Zhenghua led a team of guards to the inn. After resting for one night, he escorted the imperial envoy Zhou Shixiong to set off. Zhou Shixiong had a walk around Zhangde Mansion these days and found that the people's livelihood in Zhangde Mansion was quite good. The rice price was cheaper than that of Hejian Mansion. Where did those refugees outside the city come from? Of course, this is not what Zhou Shixiong needs to consider. He was just wandering around Zhangde Mansion to increase the number of hunting dog teams.

Now, each of the 160 large trucks is assigned to a hunting dog, and Zhou Shixiong has ten strongest hunting dogs around him as scouts. Qianhu, who came from Kaifeng Mansion, was named Shihu, and saw Zhou Shixiong's hunting dog drooling. Shi Qianhu didn't want to eat dog meat, but wanted to get a hunting dog back. Zhou Shixiong and other hunting dogs have undergone genetic adjustments. I don't know whether they can beat Tibetan mastiffs in the future. It is definitely no problem to fight a wolf alone.
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