The hundreds of people in Jiuqi Mountain were recruited by bandits. Although they had joined the military, they were still a little panicked. Lou Jing waved his hand and asked Lin Dahu to take care of this group of people. When the bandits saw the original leader, they felt

Feeling relieved, Lin Dahu was also very grateful to Lou Jing for his generosity, and gradually integrated into the military camp and became a qualified young general.

Lou Jing's arm was almost healed, so he took the soldiers who had been preparing for many days and began to sweep away the bandits in the four southern counties. The terrain was complex, starting from the nearest Jiuchang.

The bandits in Jiangzhou are rampant, largely because they work together. Once the officers and soldiers attack the mountain, they will run away if they can't hold it, wait for the officers and soldiers to leave, then come back, and so on.

Every time Lou Jing went to a village, he would first seal off all the roads and catch the turtles in the jar. For those villages where there were too many side roads and it was easy to escape, he would directly attack the villages, demolish the villages and leave the empty buildings, just waiting to be let go.

They all ran to other cottages and then went to catch them all.

Usually when officers and soldiers fight, they always pay attention to the rules and regulations. Otherwise, Lou Jing can use any harmful tricks, poisoning the water, burning the mountains, robbing the bandits of food and grass, and even paying the cooks of the village to add laxatives to the meals.

The beatings made all the bandits miserable and screaming.

Within a month, the mountain stronghold in Jiuchang County was under great threat, and several bandit leaders from the top of the mountain gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"This General Zhennan is too shady. We are no match for him." Several bandit leaders frowned. They had never seen this kind of general. Not to mention the dignity of the court, he was simply shameless and skinless. He was worse than them.

Face.

"The day before yesterday, he captured the youngest son of the boss of Xiaoyin Mountain, tied him up at the foot of the mountain, and set fire to him. If he doesn't surrender, he will burn his wife." One person said dejectedly. There were various reasons why they fell into the grass, but it was not all.

Many of them have family members living in Jiangzhou, relying on the protection of bandit relatives to live a stable life.

"Head-on confrontation won't work," one person said, "Let's surrender!" He had surrendered before, and at worst, he would just get involved in the military supply and run away in a few days.

So, on this day, the remaining bandit leaders from the four southern counties came to the camp in a mighty manner.

There were two rows of officers and soldiers lined up in the middle tent, each holding a sword and looking solemn. Several bandit leaders looked at them and their hearts beat, and they knelt down to express their willingness to accept the recruitment.

Lou Jing looked coldly at these bandit leaders of all shapes and sizes, some with burly backs, some with sharp mouths and monkey cheeks. Just looking at their faces, there was no sign of sincerity, so she simply stopped looking at them, "If you are willing to surrender, I will do it myself."

It’s joyful.”

Several people looked happy. It seemed that this move was used correctly. This young second-grade general was easy to talk to.

"But..." Lou Jing knocked on the table with one finger, and the hearts of the people on the ground were once again in doubt.

At this time, General Wuwei Hua Xicheng took a ledger and presented it to Lou Jing.

Lou Jing opened the account book, stopped at one of the pages, and read out several names slowly, "Where are Li Ce, Xu Yuan, and Lu Ke?"

The three people whose names were called looked at each other and took a step forward, not knowing why.

"Drag him out and behead him." Lou Jing closed the account book and leaned on the tiger leather chair.

"What!" The three of them were startled. Before they could react, soldiers from both sides had already surrounded him, captured him, and tied him up.

"These are the people who pretended to be recruited in the past, but then fell into disgrace," Lou Jing curled her lips coldly, "Recruiting people is just to save me some trouble. If they cause more trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless!

"

"Spare your life, General, General, we are here sincerely -" The three of them were dragged out and their heads were chopped off in front of the entire army.

The bandit leaders who were still kneeling on the ground were so frightened that their hands and feet were weak and they did not dare to have any other thoughts.

In this way, in just one month, the bandits in Jiuchang County and its six subordinate counties were basically eliminated by Lou Jing's thunderous methods, and nearly two thousand bandits were recruited into the military camp.

After settling the bandits who came to surrender, Lou Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The army was not very rich in food and grass, and the war cost twice as much as usual. The military salary was directly allocated by the imperial court to the governor of Jiangzhou. So,

The old boy is unable to fight these days, so he opens warehouses to release grain and resettle refugees, using this as an excuse to deduct military pay from the four southern counties. In fact, if these people do not surrender, he will not attack the mountains again in the near future.

The common people couldn't believe that the bandits who had caused harm for many years were just gone. It took half a month before they really dared to walk on the official road. Jiuchang County became lively for a while, and some closed shops were reopened.

Opened.

The last sum of money from the Zhao family's sale of salt finally arrived, along with a letter from Zhao Xi.

"There are many nerds in the Han Dynasty, and they are quite boring. I have been compiling history books recently, and I envy the scenery of Taizu's southern and northern campaigns. I lament that I was not born at the right time. Why don't I resign and go to Jiangzhou to be your military advisor?"

It can also fulfill a long-cherished wish..." Lou Jing put away the letter in his hand in a funny way. This Zhao Jiu said that he wanted to be a military advisor. He must have thought that promotion in the Hanlin Academy was too slow, and he had some crooked ideas.

"Sir, what kind of candy do you want?" the owner of the candy shop asked with a smile.

Lou Jing looked at the candies in the store. Apart from white sugar, the main snacks were malt candies and weighing candies. Sugar cane is produced in Jiangzhou, and there are quite a lot of people buying sugar here. Now that the bandits have been eliminated, the shops in Jiuchang City are also booming.

, candy buyers are also thinking about making more tricks.

"If you want better candies, sir, I still have amber candies that I just made today. You can try them." The shopkeeper opened a wooden drawer, which was covered with a layer of rice paper. On the paper, there were rows of crystal clear candies.

The amber candy looks very nice.

Lou Jing took one and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and delicious. It must have been made by boiling honey and caramel. "Weigh two kilograms of this for me and put it in a sugar jar."

"Okay!" the shopkeeper beamed. The price of amber candy was high, and only wealthy people in the city would buy some. Selling two kilograms at once was a big deal.

"Does the store know how to make milk and honey candy?" Lou Jing gave Yun Yi the candy jar and asked about milk candy. He walked around the streets and alleys of Jiuchang City and didn't see anyone selling this kind of candy.

This store is the biggest and doesn’t have any.

"I've heard of this, but I've never done it," the shop owner thought for a moment, "If you want it, I can try it."

"That's very good." Lou Jing finally smiled and paid the deposit readily.

Back at the military camp, someone reported that the governor, Mr. Yang, was here.

"General, can you please come in?" Yang Xing stood up and greeted Lou Jing.

"Your Excellency, you are here just in time. I really have something to trouble you." Lou Jing smiled and asked Yang Xing to sit down.

"Your Majesty, if you have something to do, just ask, don't be so polite with me." Yang Xing said with a smile, because the bandits were eliminated and the people were happy and healthy. He wanted to give gifts to the general but didn't know how to deliver them, so he sent them to his parents. Please

He handed it over on his behalf.

Lou Jing looked at the gift list, which contained eggs, grain, cloth, and even steamed buns, steamed buns, and bacon. She couldn't help but chuckle, "Mr. Yang is really trusted by the people."

Yang Xing smiled helplessly. He had always been gentle with the people. People in Jiuchang City often did not regard him as the governor, but as if he was a warm-hearted neighbor. "My little girl has arrived in Beijing. Fortunately, the prince is taking care of her."

Mrs. Wei has returned home, and she is very critical of Mrs. Yang. At first, Mrs. Yang did not dare to disobey Mrs. Wei, and served her carefully every day. Although Lou Jianyu was quite new to the side room, but the relationship between women

He didn't pay much attention to the matter, and Yang was not a talkative person, so he suffered a lot of grievances for a few days.

Until the maid from Zhuque Hall found an opportunity to say something to her, "The Duke of the State is a straight-tempered man and doesn't care about the affairs of the inner house."

Mrs. Yang thought about it carefully for a while and understood the meaning. When she made the appointment the next morning, she deliberately went a little late. Mrs. Wei really got angry and scolded her, and she just happened to rest in the building when she saw Yu.

After hearing this, the principal wife said impatiently, "What a big deal", and Mrs. Yang felt relieved. Mrs. Wei was just a fierce-tempered person, and An Guogong did not fully support the principal wife, but this gave her some breathing space.

I had some room to explore, and my life was finally much better.

Lou Jing waved his hand and did not intend to say much on this matter. He knew the affairs of Duke An Guo's Mansion better than Yang Xing, "I have two things to entrust you to do. One is to ask you to help me buy some land in Jiuchang.

The second is to help build a Zhennan General's Mansion." With that said, he pushed a box of silver notes to Yang Xing.

"How dare you disobey the prince's request? It's just that you must not accept the banknote first. When the official returns, let the master look at the fields and calculate the materials before giving it to you." Yang Xing quickly declined.

But now he doesn't dare to ask for more money from the Lou family.

"That's fine," Lou Jing didn't insist. "I'm going to be away for a few days. I'll leave the banknotes with the guards. If you have an idea, just discuss it with him." She said, pointing to Yunba.

After explaining all the trivial matters, Lou Jing took two sugar jars and set off for Minzhou.

Minzhou's affairs were heavy, which was much more difficult to manage than Lou Jing's four counties. Xiao Chengjun had been very busy this month, and the two of them had never seen each other even though they were only three days apart.

The Prince of Fujian's Mansion was built a few years ago, and it was almost June, and it was finally repaired. Lou Jing took a few Youyun Guards, and rushed straight into the Prince of Min's Mansion, but saw no one.

There was silence in the mansion, which looked deserted. The servants were dressed plainly, and the tablecloths and curtains were all replaced with plain colors. This gave Lou Jing a bit of a bad premonition.

"What's going on? Where is the prince?" Lou Jing asked anxiously Le Xian who came to change his clothes.

"The prince has gone to the beach," Le Xian looked around and whispered, "Yesterday, news came from the capital that the fourth prince died."

"Who?" Lou Jing's heart skipped a beat. The prince is dead...
Chapter completed!