Not long after Qin Gang left, bad news came. The ship he was traveling on encountered a strong typhoon, and the entire ship was capsized by the wind and waves. Everyone on board was not spared, and everyone was killed!
After hearing the news, Li Shi and Xiao Chen sighed repeatedly. What a talented person! General Qin Gang was young and in his prime. It was a prime time to serve the country and establish a career. Unexpectedly, he suffered such a bad luck... How can you reason?
Li Wanjiang was deeply saddened when he heard about it. He ordered Qin Gang's previous clothes to be collected, built a tomb for him, and named him a shipwrecked marquis. He also blessed his three generations of descendants with hereditary inheritance. He also personally inscribed the tombstone and wrote an elegiac couplet. His grace was not lost.
It's not overwhelming.
When the Queen Mother suddenly heard the bad news, she was so frightened and anxious that she fell ill!
Li Wanjiang was anxious and angered Li Shi and Xiao Chen, and ordered them to be severely reprimanded. The severity was quite severe, but there was no punishment...
Because after all, the two of them are not guilty at all.
But Xiao Chen and Li Shi both kept their promises. Not only did they pay off the balance of the pirates' fees in one lump sum, but they also gave generous rewards to the surviving pirates!
Those pirate captains are really awesome. Their ship sank, but the people did not die, and almost every pirate ship that sank had half of the crew surviving.
They were all desperadoes and had no relatives at all, so Xiao Chen and Li Shi gave the rewards of the dead to the living.
Li Shi not only did not blame the Yizhou Navy, but also gave them generous rewards and courtesy to allow them to return home safely.
Because Li Shi was going on an expedition according to the order, he had to go back as soon as possible to deliver the order and accept the follow-up matters of Shunfeng City, so he left it all to Xiao Chen.
Shunfeng City was originally the territory of Yanyun County, and Xiao Chen was the governor of Yanyun, so there was no problem for him to take over. Besides, who else could take it over except him?
Qin Gang was dead, so it was meaningless for his three thousand remnants to stay in Yanyun County. Li Wanjiang ordered them all to return to Yanyunguan and put them under Xue Jinshan's command.
Qin Gang had been busy for a long time and felt lonely. Now the power of Yanyun County has returned to Xiao Chen's hands.
The work of taking over Shunfeng Port was very complicated. Dugulou, Wu Hanming and others were all military generals, so handling civil affairs was not their specialty.
Shunfeng City also needs a prefect, but who should he send?
Wen Chengxu and Liu Congshu are definitely qualified, but the mutual trade market and Changshan are also very important, and it would be impossible to do without them.
Ye Baiqing is fine, but Bai Qing still has to assist Mr. Chen, Prime Minister, in the affairs of Yanyun County. If he leaves him, the old man will die from exhaustion?
He can't be allowed to take on the same job. Bai Qing has enough things to do. He has lost a lot of weight in the past year... Although he claims to have been taken advantage of by the enthusiastic governor's wife Larisa, in fact he is still too busy.
To.
"Wan Chun, I want to hand over Shunfeng City to you to manage, what do you think?" Xiao Chen felt that only Fu Yan was suitable.
Fu Yan was both civil and military. Not only had he served as the dean of Wanchunyuan, he had also acted as the county magistrate for a period of time. All government affairs were handled in an orderly manner.
Even Chen Jisheng praised him for his ability, so he must be fine as the prefect of Shunfeng City, right?
"It's okay to be a trustee for a period of time. It's just that I've been in the world for a long time, and I don't seem to be suitable for being an official because of my worldliness." Fu Yan did not refuse.
"Dear Wan Chun, I want to kiss you a hundred times." Xiao Chen was so happy that he hugged Fu Yan and started kissing her.
Ye Baiqing and others who had just entered were shocked. What kind of situation am I in?
"It's not what you think." Fu Yan quickly explained.
"Why not? I just love Wanchun. What's wrong? I've always loved her deeply, and a few kisses can't express my love. Let me tell you!" Xiao Chen is so thick-skinned.
"No way, Wan Chun is so ugly, so it's hard to find someone to love him. He has to be someone like Bai Qing, with a thin skin and tender flesh, more like a facial hair." Shangguan Qiji said with a smile.
"Fat man, please stop being disgusting, okay?" Ye Baiqing's face turned even paler. He hated people mentioning the first two words of his name the most!
"What do you want to do here?" Xiao Chen saw that he was embarrassed and quickly changed the subject.
"Bai Qing wants a hero to save the beauty." Shangguan Qiji said with a smile.
"Beauty? Male or female?" Fu Yan said with a smile.
"Goodbye!" Ye Baiqing was about to leave as soon as he got angry.
But it turned out that Larisa, who was under house arrest, asked the guard to send him a message, asking him to help intercede with Xiao Chen and spare the lives of her and her husband, Governor Peter.
Governor Peter led his troops to resist for several days and killed many Zhou soldiers. He felt that he could not escape death no matter what. When he was defeated, he drank a glass of poisonous wine and tried to commit suicide. Larisa discovered him in time and forcibly killed him.
He fed him several spoonfuls of shit soup and made him vomit it all out, thus saving his life.
"What do Wan Chun think?" Xiao Chen looked at Fu Yan.
"Bai Qing is so passionate, so what else can a brother like me say?" Fu Yan said with a smile.
"Then Bai Qing, you two can discuss it," Xiao Chen said.
Xiao Chen had no intention of killing Governor Peter, and naturally he would not kill Larisa. Apart from anything else, he would not touch her even for Bai Qing's sake.
Of course Fu Yan knew what Xiao Chen meant, and Ye Baiqing also knew it, so the two of them discussed it and simply sent a boat to send Peter and his wife away alive.
None of their property was touched, they were all put on the ship, and even their guards and servants were released. Xiao Chen also gave him ten jars of good wine in his own name, which was a very generous treatment.
Governor Peter and his wife were very grateful. They originally suspected that Xiao Chen was trying to get by and wanted to assassinate them at sea, but they were relieved when they saw that all the treasures in the car were loaded on the ship.
Because if Xiao Chen wanted to assassinate them at sea, he would never bring these belongings with them.
Ye Baiqing also personally sent them to the dock, and thoughtfully gave Larissa a batch of exquisite Jiangnan silk as a parting gift.
As a lover, Bai Qing did a very good job.
There are many Russians in Shunfeng City, some are businessmen, some are families of soldiers, some are tourists, and some are immigrants who have stayed for a long time.
Fu Yan adopted a tolerant policy toward them, staying with those who were willing to stay, and promised to protect their personal safety, private property, and personal belongings. Business would continue as usual, and the government would not interfere in any way.
Anyone who wants to leave can leave at any time, and there will never be any obstruction. In fact, there are many dedicated passenger ferries parked at the pier. As long as you buy a ticket, you can board the ship and go home at any time.
If you don’t have travel expenses, you can apply to the newly established Shunfeng Prefecture. They will provide money to help buy tickets, and will also provide some repatriation fees based on the individual’s specific circumstances.
The vast majority of Ross people choose to stay because they are used to living here, especially those businessmen. All their industries are in Shunfeng City and have been operating for many years. If they go back to Ross, they will have nothing.
Almost all the widows of the Russian soldiers who died in the battle also chose to stay. At least they have a house to live in here and there are many opportunities to make a living. If they go back, life may be even more difficult.