Half a month later.

In the past half month, the number of officials' alternation in Xiangyang City was so large that it could be said that it completely changed the generals and captains of all sizes in the army. However, because there was no trouble, even after such a large personnel change, there was still no wave in Xiangyang City.

Yang Ye, an old man more than ten years ago, suddenly came forward and served as the general of the bandits in Xiangyang City, holding all the troops and guards from Xiangyang City.

It can be said that this sudden change made the army of Xiangyang City now all the power advances to Yang Ye alone. In addition, the prefect Pan Mei also appointed Yang Ye as the lord of Xiangyang City, acting as the acting agent for all government affairs about Xiangyang City.

Because of the operation rules of Xiangyang City left by Pan Mei, what Yang Ye did in the past half month was just to show his face, so that officials of all sizes in Xiangyang City could recognize his face.

Only in terms of the army, Yang Ye simply dismissed all the original four city masters, and handed over all the guard tasks of the city gates to the original Zhao Shichang, and promoted him to the city gate master and ruled over the four gates.

The ordinary people in Xiangyang City naturally did not notice any of these things because they did not feel any changes in their daily lives.

But in the eyes of the local families and officials in Xiangyang City, what happened in the past half month symbolizes an alternation of power.

The original prefect was slowly handing over the power in his hands to the general named Yang Ye. If nothing unexpected happened in their eyes, the next prefect of Xiangyang in the future should be this General Yang Ye.

So, during these days, when Yang Ye showed his face to greet officials of all sizes, all the officials were very courteous to Yang Ye.

Although he looked a little unfair when he looked at General Yang Ye in the past half month, who would be willing to make a fuss with the next prefect?

After all, Xiangyang City is a special exception among the cities of the Nanli Empire. None of the officials of this city were appointed by Jinling.

In other words, if these officials of all sizes want to live a peaceful and stable life in Xiangyang City, the attitude of the Xiangyang prefect is very important to them.

"Uncle Yang."

The scholar changed into a plain Confucian robe today, and a sad breath was revealed between his eyebrows. He looked at the light rain standing next to the window and looking at the window, and he looked at something wrong.

"Little Dragon."

Yang Ye turned around and saw that it was a scholar, and smiled a little apologetically. Then he walked back to the room, called the scholar and sat down, and poured a cup of hot tea for the scholar. Yang Ye forced a smile and asked with a smile to the scholar.

"Xiaolong, why do you think about it today? Are you asking about uncle if you have anything to do?"

As if he could see that Yang Ye’s expression was wrong and the tough smile that was squeezed out, the scholar sighed slightly, took a sip of tea, hesitated for a while, and then hesitated.

"Nothing is, nothing particularly important, just, Uncle Yang, I

Father...what is he now?"

When Yang Ye heard the scholar suddenly ask this question, he suddenly fell into silence.

How is Pan Mei's physical condition?

That poor guy had not been alive for a long time. The meridians in his body had already dried up, the beating of his internal organs became weaker and weaker, and his body became stiffer. According to the words of the doctors in the city, Pan Mei had been less than half a year.

Looking at the worried scholar, Yang Ye frowned. Since Pan Mei had not chosen to reveal anything to his son about this matter, there was no need for him to say it.

Or, it would be better to hide it on your behalf.

"Prince, he has been too tired to handle government affairs these days, so he needs to take a good rest for a while."

Yang Ye made up a reason and wanted to fool him. Anyway, the words he said were nothing wrong. Pan Mei often handled government affairs early in the morning to midnight. He was the prefect, and he needed him to handle government affairs all day long, but there were much more government affairs than the county magistrate and state governors.

There is naturally a reason for this. Xiangyang City has been recommending a new plan during this period. In this plan formulated by Pan Mei, Xiangyang City needs to expand outward. On the basis of the original city, an outer city is being built to share the huge pressure on the population of Xiangyang City today.

The current permanent population of Xiangyang City has long exceeded the number of ordinary people in the city and is more than twice that of ordinary people. Therefore, in order to alleviate the pressure caused by the large population in the city, the plan to build an outer city is the top priority of Xiangyang City at present.

The permanent population of Xiangyang City has vaguely reached the top three in the Nanli Empire.

Apart from Jinling and Jiangling, Xiangyang City has vaguely become the third largest permanent city among the hundreds of cities in the Nanli Empire.

So it is precisely because of this that the expansion and construction of the outer city has now reached the point where the arrow is on the string. If we delay it again, Xiangyang City will instead cause a series of disasters caused by the large population in Xiangyang City due to the excessive population.

One very strange thing is that every year, the people who move from the Central Plains to Xiangyang City from all over the world due to wars have an average of nearly 10,000 people every year.

This is a very terrible number, because before Pan Mei came to Xiangyang City, the total number of people in Xiangyang City was only just over 100,000, but now?

This number has long doubled. The reason for this is that Pan Mei was in power, Xiangyang City has become the most attractive people to migrate south due to war in the Central Plains.

"Uncle Yang, is this true?"

The scholar raised his head and looked at Yang Ye with some confusion. Although the reason Yang Ye said was somewhat authentic, why did he always feel something was wrong?

"Xiaolong, you are not unaware of your father. You are busy dealing with government affairs all day long, and your body has been exhausted. I happened to take advantage of this period of time to let your father have a good rest and take care of his body well. At his age, it is still a good time to be strong."

Yang Ye put one hand on the scholar's head, lightly

As he touched, this matter should be concealed as long as he could. At least, that guy Pan Mei still has half a year to live now, right? Let’s talk about it by cheating the scholar for half a year.

Especially at this moment, it was just a matter of trouble. The Central Plains countries once again formed a coalition force to attack the Nanli Empire. The geographical location of Xiangyang City seemed particularly embarrassing.

Yang Ye is not a fool, and he doesn't know why the civil and military officials in Jinling City regard his visits as air. Isn't the main reason for this?

To be honest, Yang Ye knew in his heart that after so many years, the Central Plains countries had no idea about Xiangyang City, and nothing had been done. Whether it was the battle in the past ten years or the current one, Xiangyang City was like a city outside the world, without any impact caused by any war.

Behind all this, there must be many people who are suspicious of this. Besides, the people in Xiangyang City do not know the identities of Yang Ye and the others, but will the people in Jinling City not know?

In the eyes of those powerful officials, their group is just a naked traitor, how could they raise any confidence in them?

Even Yang Ye has heard it more than once in recent years. Some people have speculated that they are actually secretly connected to the Central Plains countries.

This is a fatal thing. In addition, no matter what happened over the years, Jinling has not had a transfer order about Xiangyang City. How could these things not arouse the suspicion of the powerful?

"It's time for war, Xiaolong, you should stay in the city and follow the teacher to study the Four Books and Five Classics well. After a while, Xiangyang City may not be peaceful."

Yang Ye shook his head slightly.

When he came back from Jinling, he had already heard some rumors. The Nanli Empire had almost reached a critical line for their tolerance for Xiangyang City, so it was just right to take advantage of this battle that the Nanli Empire might attack their Xiangyang City.

It is absolutely impossible for Xiangyang City, a major city, to continue to maintain a neutral perspective.

Therefore, in this battle, they had to make a decision in Xiangyang City, and Yang Ye and the others' choice would undoubtedly choose to stand on the side of the Nanli Empire.

These are Pan Mei's wishes, and Yang Ye naturally understood them. What kind of bullshit is that to return to the Central Plains?

It’s not just Pan Mei, how could Yang Ye not be disappointed with the current situation of the Central Plains countries? Now he is not just Yang Jiye. Now he still has to fulfill the wishes that Pan Mei has assigned him.

"Maybe in half a month, you Uncle Yang, I will lead your troops to fight. This time, our Xiangyang City will have to show off our faces in this battle."

Yang Ye licked his lips, and he stood up again and walked to the window. Looking at the drizzle outside the window, he shook his head slightly, and for some reason, he suddenly sighed.

"Uncle Yang, boy, I understand."

The scholar also stood up and bit his lip. He stood there and hesitated for a long time before finally saying something
Chapter completed!