Jia Ke was very surprised when he heard his answer. These few answers almost reported him the current situation of Kaipingwei. They did not simply answer him in one sentence. It seemed that Zheng Kai wanted to join him.
This is actually the case for me. When I first arrived in Kaipingwei, I also needed someone who understood the local situation. He wanted to take refuge, so I had no reason not to accept him.
So Jia Ke stood up, came to him, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Zheng Kai understands the situation of Kai Pingwei so well that he will stay with me temporarily from now on, and I will arrange a position for you when there is an opportunity in the future.
I don’t know what you think.”
After hearing Jia Ke's words, Zheng Kai knelt down excitedly and expressed to Jia Ke: "After humble duty, I will be your lord's servant. Going up to the mountain of swords and the sea of fire all depends on your words."
Jia Ke was very satisfied with his statement, but he didn't completely believe him. He would decide whether to fully accept him based on his future performance. Now is the time to use people, so use them first.
So Jia Ke ordered Zheng Kai to lead the way, and then Jia Ke and his party followed Zheng Kai to Kaiping Guard.
Zheng Kai himself led the way slowly, and ordered a cavalryman under his command to go back quickly to report that the adults of Qianhu had arrived, and asked the adults to greet him outside the fort gate.
After walking for about an hour, Zheng Kai said respectfully to Jia Ke: "In front of you, sir, is the Kaiping Guard."
After listening to what he said, Jia Ke put up an awning and looked forward. He saw a castle in front of him. The castle had towering stone walls, crenelations and deep gun holes. The whole castle looked heavily fortified.
When Jia Ke and others approached the castle, they saw dozens of armored officers and several civilian officials standing outside the city gate.
When Jia Ke came forward on horseback, the officers knelt down on one knee, raised their hands and saluted Jia Ke, and said, "My subordinates, please welcome the arrival of Lord Qian Hu."
Jia Ke quickly got off his horse, walked up to these officers, held his hands up, and said: "Everyone, please get up quickly. I am new here, and I will need your support in the future."
These officers then stood up, and Zheng Kai was introduced one by one by Jia Ke's side. These officers were all Baihu, the chief and deputy of Kaiping Guard.
While listening to Zheng Kai's introduction, Jia Ke carefully observed everyone's faces and found that most of them were respectful. Only a few were unruly or had other plans in mind and were not very respectful to Jia Ke.
Jia Ke wrote down the expressions of these people one by one, then exchanged a few words with everyone before entering the castle.
At this time, the few civil servants came over slowly and bowed their hands to Jia Ke. The leader said lightly: "I didn't know that Master Qianhu was coming, so I didn't go far to welcome him. Please invite Master Qianhu."
Please forgive me."
Zheng Kai hurriedly introduced, "Sir, this is Mr. Wang, the chief registrar of the fort. He is fully in charge of the Kaiping Guard's paperwork and the distribution of money, food and materials."
After listening to Zheng Kai's words, Jia Ke understood why this man dared to be so unreasonable and careless about himself, a superior officer.
Jia Ke suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and thought to himself that he didn't understand the situation yet, so he should bear with him for a while, and then he would settle accounts with him after he took control of the situation.
So Jia Ke, with a smile on his face, stepped forward and took Chief Wang's hand, and said to Master Wang: "From now on, I will leave all the writing work to Master Wang." After saying this, he walked side by side with Master Wang and went to Kaiping.
He walked towards the gate of the city guard, and everyone followed closely behind. They all entered Kaiping Guard together, with Zheng Kai leading the way, and soon they arrived at Kaiping Guard's Qianhu Mansion.
At this time, Chief Wang said to Jia Ke, "Your Excellency has just come here. I have been tired all the way. I will not go in and disturb you. I will say goodbye." After saying this, he did not wait for Jia Ke's answer and left without looking back. Then the rest of the family left.
All the civil servants below also left.
Among the remaining 100 households, some people saw that Master Wang was gone and found various reasons to leave.
Jia Ke was angry in his heart, but without showing a trace of his face, he still smiled and invited the remaining 100 or nearly 1,000 households to continue the conversation.
The remaining hundreds of households followed Jia Ke without any hesitation, and entered the hall of the Thousand Households Hall. Jia Ke sat in the center, with hundreds of households standing on both sides.
Jia Ke looked down and saw that there were a total of fourteen white households left behind. It seemed that these were fourteen hundred households, and they were deliberately moving closer to him. In this case, he should recruit a group of them. Positive ten
From now on, the four households will be their own team.
Jia Ke first asked the hundreds of households below to introduce themselves, so these hundreds of households introduced themselves one by one. What is unexpected is that these 14 hundred households are all infantry households, which means that the six hundred households who left are all infantry households.
From the cavalry, this made Jia Ke very strange.
The next step is when the fourteen households expressed their loyalty to Jia Ke, and Jia Ke immediately accepted them one by one. The next step was for the guests and the host to have a good time. Since Jia Ke had just arrived, the house had not been tidied up yet, so he could not invite the sincere households to have a drink.
, but the host and guest still talked happily, and finally Jia Ke personally sent them outside the house.
Jia Ke returned to the hall of the mansion and saw that Zheng Kai had not left, but was waiting in the hall. Jia Ke nodded to him with satisfaction.
Jia Ke sat in the hall again and asked him intentionally or unintentionally: "They have all left, why don't you leave?"
Zheng Kai quickly replied: "I still have something to report to your Excellency, so I'm staying here for the time being."
Jia Ke nodded and said, "In that case, just sit down and talk slowly."
Zheng Kai then gently sat on the chair closest to Jia Ke, and then reported back to Jia Ke: "Sir, is it strange that all the infantry families left behind today, while all the cavalry families left?"
Jia Ke's face looked serious, and he nodded seriously and said, "Yes, this is exactly what I had doubts about."
Zheng Kai said to Jia Ke: "To be honest, Kaiping Guards originally had two deputy Qianhu, each in charge of seven infantry hundred households, while your Excellency is in charge of six cavalry hundred households."
After hearing what he said, Jia Ke was even more surprised. Shouldn't it be that the six cavalrymen were approaching him, and the other fourteen infantrymen were either waiting or watching? Why is it the other way around now?
Zheng Kai saw Jia Ke's doubts and clarified his doubts: "My lord, I don't know. The king's secretary is the cousin of his predecessor Qian Hu, and he is also the brother-in-law of the magistrate of Xuanfu Town. So the six cavalry hundred households,
They all followed the leader of the king. The two deputy Qianhu, after the death of their predecessor Wang Qianhu in the battle, were frightened. They had their joints opened a few days ago and were just transferred away. These fourteen hundred households were leaderless.
When your lord comes, you will naturally want to take refuge with your lord. After all, your lord is an upright official of thousands households."
After hearing what he said, Jia Ke completely understood, but he didn't take the king's chief official seriously. You know that in the officialdom, it is the first level of officialdom that kills people, not to mention that he is the chief official of Kaipingwei.
The king's chief clerk said it badly, but he was just a clerk. Fighting for power with a thousand households like him was just relying on the magistrate of Xuanfu Town. But he forgot that in the fortress here, military law was practiced, and he was not serious.
The civil servants are just subordinates of the army. When the time comes, Jia Ke can find any reason to deal with him. As for the so-called prefect, there is nothing he can do against Jia Ke.
Jia Ke is now very satisfied with Zheng Kai and said to him: "When you go back, tell all of your households that I will transfer you to my side. You can go back and hand over the job, and you will work directly by my side from now on."
Zheng Kai was so happy that it was no wonder that he fell in front of Jia Ke and said: "I am willing to work hard for you, and I will certainly live up to your high expectations."
Jia Ke nodded, comforted him a few more words, and asked him to retreat.