Not long after, Gao Tanglong returned to the lobby.
"Sir, a group of people have been put into the cell and under guard." Gao Tanglong said.
Zuo Aoran nodded, then motioned Gao Tanglong to sit aside. After a pause, Zuo Aoran asked Gao Tanglong, "I wonder what your current position is?"
"I hold a humble position and am currently the head of the pavilion." Gao Tang said solemnly.
Zuo Aoran pondered for a while and said: "I will make you a school captain and you can recruit 500 troops by yourself."
"Mrs. Xie... no, thank you, Lord. I, Gao Tanglong, will follow you to the death." Gao Tanglong said excitedly.
Zuo Aoran nodded and said: "Gao Tanglong, are there any people outside the lobby who are in collusion with the former prefect?" Zuo Aoran's question was very skillful. He did not ask, "Is there any other former prefect?"
This gives the impression that he is rectifying the county, rather than excluding dissidents.
Sure enough, Gao Tanglong showed an expression of joy and excitement, and after thinking for a moment, he replied: "Back to my lord, there are three people among the people outside who are usually colluding with the former prefect."
"Okay, Gao Tanglong, go and bring those three people up to me," Zuo Aoran said.
"Yes, I will go right away." Gao Tang said solemnly.
Not long after Gao Tanglong came out of the lobby, there was a burst of noise outside the lobby: "Gao, what do you want to do? Do you want to take this opportunity to retaliate against us?" A voice shouted excitedly and arrogantly.
"Stop talking nonsense! The three of you usually cause harm to the people. In the past, because of the protection of Governor Yang, I couldn't do anything to you. Now my lord wants to rectify the county, and I won't let you go!" Gao Tanglong roared very passionately.
Zuo Aoran, who was sitting in the lobby, smiled. This conversation clearly revealed a lot of information, and Zuo Aoran became more confident about Gao Tanglong's character.
"Yiqu, what do you think of Gao Tanglong?" Zuo Aoran asked.
Jiang Yiqu said: "My lord, Gao Tanglong should be an upright person." Jiang Yiqu seemed to admire Gao Tanglong very much, and Zuo Aoran also nodded in agreement.
After a while, Gao Tanglong walked into the lobby first, followed closely by several government officials escorting three people.
"My lord, these three people are currently serving as the governor of Bicao, the governor of Cangcao, and the governor of Jin. They are usually arrogant and domineering, and often bully the common people and merchants in the city. Please make a decision, my lord." Gao Tanglong knelt down on one knee and reported.
While Gao Tanglong was speaking, the government officials forced the three men to kneel on the ground. "Master Sheriff, we are wronged! Gao Tanglong is retaliating against the three of us!" the three being held in custody shouted loudly.
Injustice comes.
The people on the side were almost pissed to death when they heard this. These three guys usually do immoral things, but now they actually have the nerve to cry out for injustice! And they even beat him up! "Lord!" Gao Tanglong looked very excited, Zuo Aoran said.
He waved his hand to signal him to calm down.
Zuo Aoran looked up and down at the three people in front of him. These three people were the same people with strange looks that Zuo Aoran noticed outside the lobby before. Ignoring the three people's cries of injustice, Zuo Aoran turned his gaze to
Li Yong, who was standing aside, had an inquiring look in his eyes. Li Yong immediately nodded towards Zuo Aoran, and Zuo Aoran immediately had something to worry about.
"Take the three of them into custody. As for how to deal with them, we will discuss them after the interrogation." Zuo Aoran said to Gao Tang.
"Yes, lord." Gao Tanglong immediately stood up and ordered to his subordinates: "Put these three people into prison." With the sound of begging for mercy, the three people were imprisoned. Then Zuo Aoran ordered everyone outside the lobby to disperse and go home.
Various positions.
Zuo Aoran left Gao Tanglong and Li Yong behind, and said to them: "There are many matters in the county that I, the prefect, need your full help with."
The two of them quickly knelt on the ground and said together: "We will do our best to help the lord (lord)."
Zuo Aoran nodded, and then said to Li Yong: "Li Yong, you did a lot of bad things when you were with Commander Yang in the past, but I couldn't help it because I thought of you, so I won't be held accountable for anything in the past.
You are still in charge of internal affairs such as documents and accounts, and at the same time supervise the three duties of Bi Cao Shi, Cang Cao Shi, and Jin Cao Shi. I hope you can take care of yourself."
Li Yong immediately burst into tears of gratitude. He clasped his hands and swore with excitement: "I would like to thank the prefect for your great kindness. I will definitely die in return!"
Then Chen Chu said to Gao Tanglong: "Tanglong, I think you are an upright man. From now on, I will leave all public security matters in the county to you. I hope you will not disappoint my expectations of you."
"Yes, I will definitely live up to my master's trust." Gao Tanglong said proudly, cupping his fists.
Seeing the two people who swore an oath to him in front of him, Zuo Aoran felt very accomplished. At this time, Zuo Aoran had completely taken over the affairs of Zhuo County.
Then he motioned for the two of them to sit separately, and then Zuo Aoran explained some things, the most important of which was that the two of them must follow the rules when doing anything. This made the two of them respect Zuo Aoran even more, and stood on Zuo Aoran's side.
Behind Ran, Jiang Yiqu became more determined to follow Zuo Aoran.
Later, Zuo Aoran ordered Gao Tanglong to take people to search the home of Governor Yang, and asked Gao Tanglong to send people to monitor the Yang family.
After successfully taking over Zhuojun, a total of less than 1,000 Zhuojun soldiers were recruited, and the number of their unpaid soldiers was 4,000. After screening, the old and weak soldiers were thrown out, and a total of 500 people were obtained, belonging to the commander Gao Tanglong. Currently, Zuo Aoran is under his command.
There are 3,300 soldiers. 2,100 of them were brought by him from Zuojiazhuang, 700 of them were bandits who were recruited from Jiang Yiqu, and 500 of them were county soldiers reorganized from the county. All of them were infantry. Zuo Aoran began to think in his mind
It's time to form a cavalry team.
There is one super general under his command, and the one who is thrown out is the stupid boy Luo Shixin. There are six generals: Gao Lan, Gao Ping, Gao Huai, Zhu Ci, Liu Quan, and Liu Hu. Gao Lan, Gao Ping, Gao Huai, and Liu
Although all four of them are no longer around, they will come back sooner or later. Ma Sheng, Jiang Yiqu, and Gao Tanglong are three relatively promising young generals, but it is a pity that they do not have a civil servant or adviser around them. This is a very disappointing point for Zuo Aoran, but Zuo Aoran
Ran's power has begun to take shape.
Just when Zuo Aoran was rejoicing, Liu Hu hurried in and saw Zuo Aoran sitting alone in the lobby. He hurriedly asked: "Fourth brother, where are the eldest brother and the others?"
This sentence reminded Zuo Aoran of his sworn brother Zhu Ci, and his two elder brothers Lu Kuang. What happened to Lu Xiang? He said "Ah!", stood up, and roared regretfully.
Said: "I almost missed a big event, I was so confused!"
"Sir, there is no need to worry. The three generals who came to the city yesterday are not in danger. They just drank the wine that was drugged with perspiration and are now being held in prison." Li Yong was very observant and saw Zuo Aoran's expression.
With the words, I already knew the general idea and hurriedly made a report.
"Quickly, take me to the prison. I want to take the three brothers out personally." Zuo Aoran said anxiously.
Li Yong led Zuo Aoran, Liu Hu, Jiang Yiqu, and Gao Tanglong to the prison.
The prison was indeed overcrowded, and Zuo Aoran asked a few questions to get a general idea of the situation.
The further you go in, the fewer the number of prisoners becomes.
Zuo Aoran saw so many people in the prison, so he asked: "Li Yong, why are there so many prisoners in the prison?"
