Zhou Xian took another sip of tea, "The newly built Laizhou Camp currently has three thousand-man teams, one with a cavalry team of 500 people. One thousand-man team has been transferred here, and one thousand-man team stayed in Laizhou City. There are only one thousand-man team and four hundred cavalrymen who go to Weixian, which is also the largest force I can send there."

Tan Zhencai's face changed slightly. In other words, Zhou Xian used only a team of thousands and four hundred cavalry over there and defeated two bandits with more than 2,000 troops in one day. Not only were the two bandit leaders killed, but the number of bandits killed was about half. He could not imagine such a record before. You know, they were both giant bandits who had been rampant in Laizhou for nearly ten years. The government army encircled and suppressed several times, but they were broken by them.

The shouts of killing in the distance were higher than the other, like thunder. A personal guard pointed forward and shouted happily: "Master, look, the bandits are defeated, they are running backwards."

Tan Zhen stood up and looked excited.

Zhou Xian was also very excited and changed from sitting to standing. He stood directly on the chair and looked into the distance. He shouted loudly: "Crush, kill, break."

Gaomi County, with four gates closed, nearly a hundred tents were set up outside the city, and all the wine in all the wine shops in Gaomi City was moved out. Except for the two hundred-man teams responsible for patrols, the other soldiers could drink as much as they could. The continuous flow of food was transported outside the city, basically emptied the entire Gaomi County.

The moonlight was like silver, sprinkling between the heaven and earth. On the city wall, countless torches flashed, and the county soldiers and yamen runners stood on it, sighing: "What a group of heroes. Fortunately, the prefect ordered them to camp outside the city. Otherwise, once they caused trouble in the city, it would be really not enough for them to practice by relying on our group."

Someone next to him agreed, "Yes! He won all four battles, and he completely defeated the horse-drawn tiger in one go, forcing him to flee in a panic. Such soldiers can fight, and cause trouble. I think the prefect Zhou was afraid that they would cause trouble in the city if they were drunk, so he asked them to camp outside the city. Seeing them eating and drinking, he really wanted to have a few drinks with them."

"Stop talking, guard the city walls! It's just right to not let them have trouble tonight."

Nearly a hundred tables were placed on the open space, and most of the soldiers had already drunk a lot, without any restraint at all. Several soldiers came over to toast Zhou Xian, but he refused everyone, and didn't know how much he drank, and always felt dizzy.

Zhou Xian stood up, his feet staggered a little, and raised his glass to the Gaomi County Magistrate beside him and said, "Mr. Li, thank you for your kind help, otherwise your soldiers would not have eaten and drunk so much. I would like to thank you for this cup on behalf of your soldiers."

Gaomi County Magistrate Li Zhengming raised his glass to Zhou Xian, smiling and said, "The prefect eliminates the giant thief and the horses and tigers, and eliminates a great harm for the people of Gaomi. It is not a matter of course to collect some wine and food and give the brothers a tooth sacrifice. The prefect doesn't have to take this small matter to heart."

Zhou Xian smiled, picked up the wine glass and drank it all the time, saying, "It's OK."

Li Zhengming also finished drinking the wine in the glass, smiled at Zhou Xian, and said, "I have heard that Zhou Gongfu was the Tanhualang who was the last imperial examination. He has all his poems and articles. Why not use this to win and write a poem to enhance his momentum."

Tan Shimai, who was sitting next to Tan Zhencai, quickly responded and shouted: "Yes! Master Zhou, just write a poem! Let the brothers see the eyes."

Although Tan Zhencai and Han Kuo had no words, they both looked at Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly. His head was dizzy now. Not to mention a poem, he couldn't even think of a half sentence. He lowered his head and was silent, searching carefully in his mind to find a poem corresponding to the current scene. Finally, he finally found a poem that was slightly in line with the scene, and it was his favorite song before traveling through time.

Zhou Xian looked at the several people sitting on the table, smiled faintly, and chanted slowly: "My husband held Wu hook with only one hand, and his spirit was higher than a hundred-foot building. Who has been in history for ten thousand years? He wants to be a marquis three thousand miles away. He must be successful and follow the horses, so how can he have the leisure to chase the wild gulls? Smile pointed at Penglai's thousands of sails, and someone will destroy the captive chiefs from then on."

A deafening cheer burst out around him, and only Han Kuo's brow frowned inadvertently.

Zhou Xian smiled and sighed involuntarily. This was in the 23rd year of Daoguang, when Li Hongzhang was twenty years old, when he was in Beijing for the exam, he wrote a poem about aspiring to express his feelings. The poem was simple, expressing his feelings directly, and even knowing a few words, he could understand the meaning contained in it. Zhou Xian basically copied all of them, only changing the last two sentences of "Smile at the road by the Lugou Bridge, and some people came to Yingzhou from now on" to "Smile at Penglai's thousands of sails, and some people destroyed the captive chiefs from now on", which added a bit of heroism.

Zhou Xian washed his face with clean water, sat obliquely on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. He heard the sound, opened his eyes, stood up and said to him, "Han Kuo, follow me out for a walk."

Zhou Xian walked in a leisurely manner, following Han Kuo next to him, and walked to a quiet place far away from the crowd. He waved his hand gently and signaled Han Kuo to sit down with him. "Han Kuo, you commanded well this time."

Han Kuo was a little embarrassed and bowed: "It is the trust of the adults that gives his subordinates the opportunity to win this great victory."

Zhou Xian smiled and waved his hand and said, "If you don't have the ability, I can't trust you anymore, but now this matter is not completely over."

Han Kuo replied: "Don't worry, the movements of less than 300 bandits who escaped with the horse tiger have always been under our control. As long as you want, you can wipe them out at any time."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "That's good. You have to let your Han Yong work harder and encourage Ma Xiahu to go to Jiaozhou salt farm as soon as possible. I can also act at the same time when the miners on the coal mine."

Han Kuo nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir, everything is under control." He hesitated for a moment, but still decided to ask Zhou Xian bluntly, and said, "Sir, I have always been unable to understand. Are you taking such a big risk just to recruit Gao Hongtu to teach in the college you run?"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly, shook his head, and said, "This is only one of the reasons. The main reason is that I want to let the entire Laizhou be under my control. Gao Hongtu's two-month appointment is just a reason to trigger me to take action as soon as possible. This coal mine, a salt mine, makes no less than 2 million yuan a year. It doesn't matter if I can't get these silver, but I must not be controlled by the eunuchs who knock on the bones and suck marrow. In addition, Gao Qiqian and I have some personal grudges. I can't cause trouble for him now, but it's okay to take this opportunity to find some bad luck for his disciples."
Chapter completed!