After hearing the numbers reported by the richest man in Datong, Wei Zheng and Li Wenxuan both showed a smile from the bottom of their hearts. It is obvious that the two of them were very satisfied with this number.

However, Mr. Wang's next sentence was like a knife stabbing, which instantly made Li Wenxuan's smile solidify.

"Two lords, although I have donated so much food and money, so much food and silver are not something that our Wang family can take out immediately. So, I must go back and raise the money and food immediately, and then send it to the General's Mansion."

"As for today's banquet welcoming the general, I will thank you, magistrate. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the opportunity to do my best to the country..."

"Hmph..." After giving a big gift to the two of them, a cold snorted immediately came out of Old Wang's mouth.

It is obvious that in the eyes of Mr. Wang, the welcome banquet in front of him must be a conspiracy between General Wei Zheng and Prefect Li Wenxuan, and a conspiracy to make everyone bleed, pay levies and pay, and make money from the officials, gentry and landlords of Datong Prefecture.

From Mr. Wang's words, Li Wenxuan clearly felt that his relationship with the Wang family would definitely fall into a trough due to the incident in front of him, and even break off diplomatic relations.

Although the 80,000 taels of silver did not reach the point where the Wang family was damaged, it was definitely worth nearly half a year of income. So much money and food was thrown out just because of a word, and there was no splash of water. It was impossible for the other party not to hate him.

Looking at Mr. Wang who was leaving in front of him with dissatisfaction, Li Wenxuan wanted to hold him up and told him that he was forced to do so, hoping that he would continue to support him in the future.

However, as soon as the words reached their mouths, they were swallowed back by themselves.

Because General Wei Zheng is still standing beside him. What happened in front of him is exactly the result Wei Zheng wants to see. If he destroys it, then his two precious sons who are still in the hands of General Wei Zheng may lose the opportunity to be released.

So, even though Li Wenxuan knew that after tonight, he would definitely have a very difficult time in his future prefect of Datong. However, he still had to grit his teeth and do so.

At this moment, a voice that followed suddenly woke Li Wenxuan who was in deep thought.

"Two sirs, my Li family is willing to donate 70,000 taels of silver and 100,000 kilograms of grain. All the pledged grain and silver will be sent to the General's Office within five days. In addition, I have finished the meal, and I will go back to raise money and food for the two sirs. I will thank the two sirs for this meal tonight..."

"Our Zhang family pledged 50,000 taels of silver and 50,000 kilograms of grain..."

"Our Zhou Family Trading Company pledged 20,000 taels of silver and 100,000 kilograms of grain..."

The more than 100 officials, gentry and landlords in front of them, without exception, all of them left the prefect's office with a heartache expression on their faces after reporting the amount of silver and grain they pledged.

In less than half an hour, there were only a dozen civil servants under the prefecture's office. As for the food and wages pledged by more than 100 officials, gentry and landlords, they had reached 1.655,000 taels of silver and 3.56 million kilograms of food that shocked Wei Zheng...

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Li Wenxuan had to turn his gaze to his heart and said in a bleak tone: "Dear colleagues, you are all the officials of the Ming Dynasty. They are responsible for defending the territory. If Datong Prefecture is really captured by Shaanxi rebels, then we must be the first to beheaded. Therefore, for this pledge, you must do your best. Let the general see that the civil servants of our Datong Prefecture are also supporting the Lord and the Tiger and Leopard Army."

Under Wei Zheng's murderous gaze, the first Datong Mansion Tongzhi had to stand up and said with heartache: "Two lords, the officials are willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver to support the lord's expansion..."

"The officials are willing to donate 30,000 taels of silver and 10,000 kilograms of grain."

"Xiaguan's family has a lot of fertile land, so Xiaguan is willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver and 50,000 kilograms of grain..."

As more and more money and grain were pledged, the smiles on Wei Zheng and Li Wenxuan's faces became stronger and stronger. A slightly lonely voice suddenly sounded among more than a dozen subordinates, attracting Wei Zheng's attention.

"Two lords, the wealth of the lower officials is not as rich as that of the lords. However, in order to show that the lower officials support the General to defend the Datong Mansion, the lower officials are willing to hand over all the 500 taels of silver saved by saving frugality to the General Secretary as an expansion of military food and pay, and do their part to the people of Datong Mansion..."

"Five hundred taels of silver... Lord Wang really took it..." As soon as the county magistrate Wang finished speaking, a sarcastic voice rang beside Wang's side.

Then, all kinds of ridiculous sounds, like birds, were transmitted to Wei Zheng's ears.

What's more, some colleagues who were also county magistrates actually instigated Li Wenxuan and Wei Zheng like a slaughter.

"Two lords, this Wang County Magistrate is really too much. If you don't give the two lords face, please give me advice and immediately dismiss the Wang County Magistrate from the post and investigate it to see if Wang County Magistrate is really penniless..."

"You are right, you should immediately dismiss the magistrate Wang from his post and investigate..."

Seeing this, Wei Zheng's first feeling was that this embarrassing county magistrate Wang was not tolerant of others. He was probably a very rare honest official in the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Wei Zheng began to show interest in the county magistrate, Li Wenxuan, who was also embarrassed and embarrassed, had to ask Wei Zheng: "Sir, look at the opinions of you, what should we do..."

Before we really understand the county magistrate Wang Peng, Wei Zheng would never make a reckless decision.

Therefore, in response to Li Wenxuan's question, Wei Zheng only replied with a plain face: "Mr. Li, I am a military general, not a civil servant. Besides, this is the matter of your prefect, you can handle it yourself, I will not have any objection..."

Li Wenxuan nodded thoughtfully and decided to his subordinates in front of him: ": Since you all have this intention, then dismiss Lord Wang first... As for the result of the handling, I will report this matter to the court and wait for the court's resolution..."

After the banquet, Wei Zheng also returned to the General's Mansion with a lot of harvest.

However, what puzzled Zhou Shuyuan and others was that the first thing Wei Zheng said was not about the harvest tonight, but Wang Peng, who was attacked by a group of colleagues at the banquet and was dismissed.

"Military advisor, what do you think of this Wang Peng County Magistrate..."

"Mr. Wang Peng, County Magistrate..." Zhou Shuyuan was stunned and realized what Wei Zheng was asking?

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied thoughtfully: "General, the first feeling that Wang Peng gave me is that he is a clean official... and he is also a talented clean official who is not afraid of honor and disgrace. Because, in our Ming Dynasty officialdom, only such people will be excluded by their colleagues and even put them into trouble..."

Wei Zheng nodded, turned his head and asked Zhang Wu, "Deputy General Zhang, you have been in Datong for the longest time. You must have heard of this Wang County Magistrate. What do you think?"

Since Wei Zheng gave the general of Datong Prefecture a vent and made the prefect bow his head, Zhang Wu has already recognized Wei Zheng as the general from the bottom of his heart. Not only that, when he saw the excellent equipment of the Tiger and Leopard Army, he was even jealous of him and even had the urge to join the Tiger and Leopard Army directly. However, so far, he has not encountered a good opportunity.

Therefore, in the face of Wei Zheng's problem, Zhang Wu did not hesitate or conceal it at all, and answered very readily: "Sir, General Zhou said it well. Lord Wang's official voice in the entire Datong Prefecture is indeed the best among all the county magistrates."

"As far as I know, this county magistrate Wang still lives in the back hall of the county government office. Unlike other county magistrates, they have just started buying houses and land in their own jurisdiction for a few months..."

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "The eyes of the people are all sharp. If this Wang County Magistrate has a good reputation among the people, it proves that this Wang County Magistrate is indeed a capable and good official."

"For such a good official, the prefect's office does not need him, but excludes him, so that's just for our General Office."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng asked Wei Zheng directly: "Military advisor, think about it, is there any good position suitable for Wang Peng in our General Office? Since he has been removed from the position of the county magistrate, I will take him to our Tiger and Leopard Army in the name of the General of Datong, and ask the court to give him a better rank and more suitable for his official position to serve us."

After carefully counting all the official positions under the General Office, an official position as his deputy slowly appeared in Zhou Shuyuan's mind.

When Wei Zheng was appointed as the general of Datong Prefecture by the court, in order to allow the Tiger and Leopard Army to send troops as soon as possible, thousands of soldiers under Wei Zheng were also accepted by the court. Zhou Shuyuan, as a military advisor of the Tiger and Leopard Army, was appointed as the fourth-rank Xuanfu envoy by the court to assist Wei Zheng in commanding the Tiger and Leopard Army...

Under the Xuanfu Envoy, there was also a fifth-rank Xuanfu Envoy Tongzhi who assisted Xuanfu Envoy to supervise military affairs and food and pay...

So, the official position of the Xuanfu envoy Tongzhi appeared in Zhou Shuyuan's mind. Not only that, a task assigned to him when Wei Zheng just entered Datong Prefecture also emerged in Zhou Shuyuan's mind.

Under Wei Zheng's attention, he asked tentatively: "General, how about Tongzhi, the fifth-rank Xuanfu envoy... After our Tiger and Leopard Army entered Datong Prefecture, we should resettle refugees and farm in Datong Prefecture... The magistrate of Wang County can manage a county well and resettle tens of thousands of refugees in Datong Prefecture, and let them go farm in there, there is absolutely no problem."

"My idea is to ask the court for the position of Tongzhi, the Tongzhi, from the court, to be in charge of the resettlement and military farming instructions of the entire Datong Prefecture. In addition, since the Wangxian Magistrate is a valuable honest official, all the food and salary of our Tiger and Leopard Army can also be handed over to him to manage, as long as the Wangxian Magistrate is willing to join our Tiger and Leopard Army..."
Chapter completed!