A fire broke out in the Qingshan Town Governor's Mansion, and Wang Zhenshou died tragically in the fire. Lin Ziran took charge of the aftermath in a timely manner, and temporarily took over some of the affairs of the Town Guard's Mansion, so that Qingshan Town would not fall into a state of paralysis of government affairs.
However, there is actually nothing to do in the governor's office. They just deal with some trivial matters on weekdays. In the past, Wang Jinkui and the others were busy every day. This was purely because Wang Jinquan and the others were trying new ways to make money every day.
In order to avoid suspicion, Lin Ziran naturally could not do anything like collecting taxes as a patrol camp officer.
Therefore, this part of the tax work can only be suspended.
Apart from taxation, there is nothing major to do in the garrison.
But this does not mean that Lin Ziran is no longer busy.
On the contrary, Lin Ziran has been very busy in the past two days. The first and most important thing is to collect the town guards, that is, the bandits that Wang Jinquan did not take away, so as to prevent them from harming the townspeople and spreading some bad rumors.
Wang Jinquan was not the only one who knew that Lin Ziran was a fake. In fact, almost everyone in Wang Jinquan's group knew that Lin Ziran was a fake.
Just like Lin Ziran and others, not only Lin Ziran, Luo Mazi, Dao Scar and the hundreds of old bandits actually knew that Wang Zhenshou was a fake.
Although Wang Jinquan, a key figure, ran away, Lin Ziran took precautions and faked Wang Jinquan's death, but other people still had to be controlled in time.
In fact, after discovering Wang Jinquan's escape early two days ago, Lin Ziran's men had already disarmed and controlled more than 40 of Wang Jinquan's men who had not been taken away.
Later, he was kept in the city gate barracks.
After initially solving Wang Jinquan's case, Lin Ziran also freed up his hands to recruit these people.
They are all bandits, not good people, and they know the details of Lin Ziran and his group, so naturally they cannot be let go directly.
But keeping them locked up was not a problem. Lin Ziran thought to see if he could recruit some of them and then integrate them into the old bandits led by Scar.
In the evening of the same day, Lin Ziran called Scar over: "Scar, go take a look and see if they are willing to join us. If they are willing, we can form a team with our old brothers!"
Scar said: "No problem, I'll do it right away!"
"Sir, what if those people are unwilling?"
Lin Ziran said: "Don't want to?"
"If they want, let them go to work in the oil fields, build roads and dig ditches. Ding Zi keeps saying there is a shortage of people!"
Scar nodded slightly: "I understand, little one!"
Seeing Scar turn and leave, Lin Ziran stood up, walked out of the flower hall, and walked in the courtyard.
The courtyard is green with green grass and lush trees, and there is no hint of the bleak atmosphere that winter should have.
Even though it was already early winter, Lin Ziran was still wearing thin long-sleeved clothes and didn't even have a jacket.
Nanhai Prefecture is located in the southeast of the Central Continent, near Shayang Bay.
Shayang Bay is a semi-inland sea. There is a huge peninsula protruding southward in the northeast of Shayang Bay.
The peninsula belongs to Dongdingzhou and extends southward for more than 800 kilometers.
To the southwest of Shayang Bay, there is another huge peninsula protruding eastward, which also belongs to Ningyu Prefecture of the Daheng Dynasty.
The two peninsulas directly wrapped up Shayang Bay, leaving only a narrow strait about one hundred kilometers wide and dozens of kilometers long leading to the wider endless sea outside.
Nanhai Prefecture, which is close to Shayang Bay, has a typical subtropical climate, with rainy spring and summer, and cool but not cold autumn and winter.
It had been cold for a few days some time ago, but the sun was shining brightly after a few days. As a result, Lin Ziran was not allowed to put on the thin long sleeves again within two days of putting on his woolen coat.
This move also officially announced the failure of Nanhai Prefecture to enter winter!
The still green courtyard and the warm sunshine made Lin Ziran almost unable to feel the chill of winter. He even had a hunch that maybe he wouldn't be able to wear his thick long woolen coat for a few days throughout the winter.
Lin Ziran likes the winter in Nanhai Prefecture very much!
At least this winter, Lin Ziran doesn't have to worry about external threats for the time being.
Since last autumn, Luo'an County has begun the Northern Expedition to Guang'an County in the north. It is said that Luo'an County has dispatched more than ten regiments in order to regain the lost territory of Guang'an, with more than 20,000 troops participating in the battle.
In the first few months of the war, Guang'an County, which Luo'an's army seemed to have defeated, was retreating steadily and captured a large area of Guang'an territory.
But even Lin Ziran from the rear knew that the situation on the front line was actually very pessimistic.
Because in the past few months, except for the rapid progress of Luo An's army in the first few months, they have been blocked outside Chongguang City in the following months!
Chongguang City is the southern gateway to Guang'an. It was built on the banks of the Luo River. On both sides of the Luo River are the Nanzi Mountains that stretch for hundreds of kilometers. If you want to go north to the hinterland of Guang'an, you must conquer Chongguang City and open up the Luo River waterway. Otherwise,
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the army to cross the Nanzi Mountains.
However, now, the powerful Luo Anjun has been blocked outside Chongguang City for several months.
It is said that in order to capture Chongguang City, the front line has launched two general attacks, resulting in thousands of casualties. Unfortunately, Chongguang City has remained as stable as Mount Tai so far.
Luo Anjun was blocked on the front line. On the surface, it seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Ziran, but in fact it had something to do with Lin Ziran.
Because as long as the external war continues, the senior officials of Luoan County will focus on external war affairs, and they will probably not have the time to pay attention to the changes in a remote town under their control.
This gives Lin Ziran time to develop calmly!
And time is very important to Lin Ziran now.
According to his plan, the first three months or even half a year are crucial. As long as he survives these six months, he can initially pull up the troops.
When the time comes, I will have soldiers and guns, what can you do to me?
At that time, Lin Ziran no longer had to worry about Luoan County falling out with him and seizing the interests of the oil fields.
If Luo An's army dared to fall out with him, Lin Ziran, he would dare to go directly to Guang'an's army to join forces inside and outside, and directly cut off the logistics supply line heading north to Luo'an County.
He, Lin Ziran, wanted to see if the Luo An Army, which had been cut off from its logistical supply line, could withstand the Guang'an Army's counterattack!
But in the early stage of all this, he was able to successfully pull the team together.
And this requires money and time!
As for money, the oil fields provide a steady supply of energy.
And you have to fight for time by yourself.
Solving the issue of Wang Jinquan's escape was just to buy time, and dealing with the bandit men Wang Jinquan left behind was also to buy time.
Scar reported this matter the next day: "Sir, after persuasion and selection, a total of twenty-six people are willing to join us, and another eighteen are unwilling. My subordinates have asked them to take them to the oil field.
It’s over there!”
Lin Ziran said: "This is done well. These new people have joined, let them mix with our old brothers!"
"I plan to organize these old brothers and more than 20 new recruits into a hunting company. You can take charge of this company first!"
"Also, you also know that our situation is different now from before, so you have to strictly rectify this hunting company. You go to Wu Dajiang and ask for the training regulations from the patrol camp. Everything should be copied from the patrol camp.
Practice the training regulations. Be sure to erase your past sloppy temper!"
After hearing this, Scar showed an expression of embarrassment: "Sir, I'm afraid this is a bit...those brothers are used to being undisciplined. If we follow the training of the patrol camp, we will make trouble!"
After hearing this, Lin Ziran looked at him without saying a word. The five fingers of his right hand kept tapping on the armrest of the chair, making a crisp tapping sound.
After a pause of seven or eight seconds, Lin Ziran said, "Do you need me to teach you?"
Scar raised his head slightly and then quickly lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, sir, I know what to do!"