The speed of riding a horse is naturally much faster than riding a carriage. After traveling for more than ten days, Shen Yi and his party finally entered Guangzhou Prefecture.
After entering Guangzhou Mansion, due to the hot weather and the fatigue of traveling, Mr. Shen's body couldn't bear it, so he stopped riding and asked Jiang Sheng to hire a carriage and get in the carriage. .
The accompanying thirty riders followed near the carriage, guarding Shen Yi's carriage.
When Shen Yi and his party were still about thirty or forty miles away from Guangzhou Mansion, a group of dozens of riders ran along the official road in front of Shen Yi. After seeing Shen Yi's carriage, the leading man immediately jumped off his mount and faced Shen Yi carriage half-knelt down, lowered his head and clasped his fists.
"Xue Wei, my subordinate, pays homage to Duke Shen!"
Xue Wei dismounted and saluted, and the subordinates behind him naturally dismounted with him. They all knelt down on the official road and bowed their heads deeply: "Greetings to Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi's itinerary was not informed to the local officials along the way, but he asked the Di newspaper department to inform Xue Wei's troops, so Xue Wei traveled more than thirty miles to meet him.
Mr. Shen in the carriage coughed, his voice a little weak.
"No need to be polite, just get up."
Only then did Xue Wei and others stand up. The deputy commander of the anti-Japanese army clasped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, should you go first to Guangzhou City or to the headquarters of our anti-Japanese army?"
Mr. Shen's voice was a little low: "Let's go back to the station first, Xue Wei, get in the carriage."
Xue Wei responded and bent down to get into the carriage of Shen Yi's carriage. He was already strong, and with the years of eating meat and exercising, he now weighed an estimated 1,780 kilograms. After entering the carriage, the inside of the carriage It suddenly became very crowded.
However, the car Shen Yi hired was quite spacious and could accommodate a lot of people.
After Xue Wei came in, Shen Yi said to Jiang Sheng: "Just keep going."
Jiang Sheng, who was driving the carriage, nodded and continued driving the carriage.
After Xue Wei entered the carriage, he saw Shen Yi, wearing a summer shirt, sitting in the corner of the carriage, his face slightly pale.
Xue Wei was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Mr. Shen, what's wrong with you?"
"I guess I'm just acclimatized."
Mr. Shen said weakly: "I haven't been feeling well the past few days. I had a fever yesterday."
"Originally, if we rode a horse, we should have arrived the day before yesterday. However, riding a carriage in the past few days has only delayed our time."
Seeing this, Xue Wei felt a little anxious. He looked back at Jiang Sheng and said, "Brother Jiang, it's better to go to Fucheng, Guangzhou first. There are doctors in Fucheng. It's important to treat Duke Shen!"
Jiang Sheng did not respond immediately, but glanced at Shen Yi with some embarrassment, and then looked at Xue Wei: "General Xue..."
Xue Wei looked back at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, everything is fine at the anti-Japanese army station. Your illness cannot be delayed. Let's go to the city now."
Shen Yi nodded feebly.
"Okay, let's go to the city first."
Xue Wei breathed a long sigh of relief, opened the car curtain, shouted to his subordinates outside, and asked them to lead the way and diverted to Guangzhou City.
When Xue Wei retracted his head, Mr. Shen held it up with his hands and sat up straight. Shen Yi sighed: "My body is still a little weak."
"What Mr. Shen said is wrong."
Xue Wei said: "You are from the south of the Yangtze River. It is common for you to suddenly come to Guangdong. Besides, you have been riding a horse for more than ten days. Even a strong man cannot bear it."
General Xue said with emotion: "Since I was a child, most of the civil servants I have heard of and seen, no matter how far or near they go, usually ride in a sedan or a carriage. You, Duke Shen, have been riding on horseback for more than ten days alone."
"It's already quite remarkable."
Shen Yi's body is indeed not weak. Even among the soldiers of the anti-Japanese army, his physical fitness is ranked above average, but no matter how strong his body is, he will inevitably get sick sometimes.
He is really weak now.
After taking several deep breaths, he looked at Xue Wei and asked, "You have been in Guangdong for a few months. Have you met the local officials in Guangdong?"
"I've seen it before."
Xue Wei said: "The local officials in Guangdong are not bad. When we are suppressing Japanese pirates in various prefectures, they will take the initiative to send food. After we wiped out the main force of Japanese pirates a few days ago, we stationed them outside Guangzhou City. The Guangzhou prefect also brought People sent some pigs, cattle and sheep over to cook meat for us."
"Um…"
Mr. Shen responded feebly, closed his eyes slightly, and said: "From now on, don't call yourself an anti-Japanese army anymore. You are stingy. From now on, these people under your command will be the Guangzhou Guards."
He opened his eyes and looked at Xue Wei, asking: "How many people do you have now? Is it enough for five thousand people?"
Xue Wei shook his head.
"My subordinates brought two thousand people into Guangdong. When fighting the Japanese pirates, they temporarily recruited about two thousand people. However, according to Duke Shen's instructions, the two thousand-household camps that my subordinates brought to Guangdong will be divided into one more. , so in total, there are only three thousand people in Guangdong..."
Shen Yi nodded silently, then closed his eyes and said: "One of the two thousand-household battalions under your command will be sent to Quanzhou and the Quanzhou Guard will be set up there. However, I plan to use Liu Mingyuan as the acting commander of the Quanzhou Guard."
He opened his eyes again and looked at Xue Wei and asked, "Do you have any objections?"
Xue Wei shook his head: "I don't have any!"
Shen Yi was silent for a while and continued: "I'm not asking you to bleed. You should also find a capable person for me. I will send him back to Yueqing to take charge of Wenzhou Guard."
The Qianhuying camp in Wenzhou Weiliu was Ling Su's subordinate.
In this way, while the Anti-Japanese Army was reorganized into the Coastal Capital Division, Shen Yi also completed a disruption to the original Anti-Japanese Army organization.
As for the Fuzhou and Guangzhou guards directly under Ling Su and Xue Wei, Shen Yi was not prepared to disrupt them.
Xue Wei lowered his head and said, "All my subordinates will listen to your arrangements, Mr. Shen."
As a direct descendant of Mr. Shen, Xue Wei can be said to be subservient to Shen Yi. He will do whatever Shen Yi says.
Shen Yi was not in good spirits at the moment. When he said this, his mind was a little unclear. After he shook his head, he said: "Let me tell you these first. I will tell you the rest after I recover. Please elaborate."
"The recruitment of Guangzhou Guards cannot be stopped. At the latest in the spring of next year, the document from the Ministry of War appointing you as the Commander of the Guangzhou Guards will be issued."
"Before that, train the five thousand men of the Guangzhou Guard, and don't slack off..."
Xue Wei looked at Shen Yi's somewhat pale face and couldn't help but interrupt Shen Yi. He lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, please take a good rest. Don't talk anymore. Rest in peace and rest your body."
After hearing this, Shen Yi was silent for a while and then nodded silently.
He was indeed a little tired.
He leaned against the carriage and took a nap.
The carriage was not moving very fast, and it was not until evening that it finally entered Guangzhou City. Duan Chong from the Guangzhou Di News Department had been waiting at the city gate early. After seeing Shen Yi's carriage, he immediately led Shen Yi's carriage into the city. A house in Guangzhou city.
Duan Chong was one of the seven team leaders of the Di Newspaper Division appointed by Shen Yi. When Shen Yi sent him out of Jiankang, he asked him to establish the Di Newspaper Division in Guangzhou.
But later on, he was in charge of the Di Newspaper Division in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. This time, the anti-Japanese army successfully suppressed the Japanese in Fujian and Guangdong, and Duan Chong was indispensable.
Because he slept for a while on the road, Shen Yi felt better now. When he got off the carriage, Xue Wei and Duan rushed forward, ready to support him from left to right.
Shen Yi shook his head and indicated that he could go, so the two people followed him, one on the left and the other on the right.
After entering the house, Shen Yi looked at the scale of the house, and then sighed to Duan Chong on the left: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Si Zheng, you are too polite."
Duan Chong lowered his head slightly and said, "It is my honor to serve you."
Having said this, he paused and said, "My subordinates have already sent people to invite famous doctors from Guangzhou Prefecture. Si Zheng, please wait here for a while and they will be there soon."
Shen Yi looked up at the dark night outside and shook his head helplessly: "It's so late, don't force yourself."
Duan Chong said with a smile: "Sizheng, our newspaper department is a serious official in the imperial court, how can we use force on the people?"
While they were talking, the three of them had already entered the main hall of the house. There were many lights hanging in the main hall, making it quite bright.
After Shen Yi sat down at the main seat, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, calmed down, then looked at Duan Chong and asked, "Do you know Zhu Gui, the governor of Guangdong?"
Duan Chong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "My subordinate has been in Guangdong for several years, so he naturally knows something about it."
Shen Yi nodded and asked, "What's this person's official reputation like?"
Duan Chong carefully glanced at Shen Yi's expression, as if he was thinking about how to tell Shen Yi.
Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Is it bad?"
"Um."
Duan Chong nodded and said: "Sizheng, this Zhu Futai has a bad official reputation. He is greedy for money and lustful, especially greedy for money..."
He lowered his head and said: "In Guangdong, especially Guangzhou Prefecture, it is known as the "Zhou Sha Land"..."
"He has been the governor of Guangdong for four years. He has already married ten concubines in Guangdong and has countless extramarital affairs. As for the land under his name and the land in his hometown..."
"Then there are countless more."
Duan Chong lowered his head and said: "There are rumors that Zhu Futai has hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in his hometown, accounting for almost half of the county. It is known as Zhu Bancheng."
Mr. Shen frowned.
"So rampant?"
Duan Chong lowered his head again and said: "Sizheng, this is Guangzhou Prefecture, 2,800 miles away from Jiankang, the sky is really high..."
As a public official, he still hasn't finished saying "Tian Gao Emperor Yuan".
"And this Zhu Futai is very capable. In the past few years in Guangdong, everyone at the top and bottom has been managed by him..."
"The whole province of Guangdong is integrated from top to bottom, and no one can go to Jiankang to complain. Naturally, everything will be fine. And I heard..."
"I heard that this Zhu Futai also has a background in Jiankang and has good relations with several prime ministers..."
Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a little headache.
The background mentioned by Duan Chong most likely refers to Zhang Jian’s grandfather Zhang Jing!
Zhu Guidi, Zhu Bancheng…
Hearing these two nicknames, Mr. Shen let out a breath and felt that his mind was even more confused.