Jiang Chun waved his wife away and sighed again inexplicably.
Looking at the world's affairs, one can tell the autumn of the world with just one leaf falling. Just by looking at the changes in the attitudes of his wife and children towards Li Feiyu, we can already see how the entire Qingfu County reacted.
He knew that what Mou said was not completely unreasonable, but what use was the truth? How could Li Feiyu marry his own daughter?
This is true for marriage, and it is also true for officialdom. Their respective positions are definitely not something that women can take for granted...
Just when my thoughts turned here, I suddenly heard a servant outside the door calling: "Alang, Li County Lieutenant wants to see you."
Jiang Chun couldn't help but curse secretly, it would be convenient to live in the house and ask for a visit.
"Please come in."
He rubbed his face, stood up with a smile, and said, "Feiyu is here."
Li Xia entered the study, holding a scroll in his hand.
"Magistrate Jiang, excuse me."
"Feiyu, you're welcome." Jiang Chun said, "Why don't you come over tonight?"
"The county magistrate said yesterday that he would buy some wine to wash away the dust for me. You and I had a good chat with the landlord and the three bookkeepers. Why did we forget today? Could it be that I did something wrong and displeased the county magistrate?"
"Haha, what did Feiyu say? Absolutely no such thing, absolutely no such thing. I didn't expect Feiyu to be so diligent, afraid of your hard work, afraid of your hard work."
"In that case, can I have a good chat with the county magistrate?"
"It's natural..."
Before Jiang Chun could finish his sentence, Li Xia actually spread out the scroll in his hand directly on Jiang Chun's case. It was a map.
"I would like to ask the county magistrate for support in setting up another navy in Qingfu County."
When Jiang Chun heard this, he was stunned and couldn't react for a long time...
Fang Yankai returned to the study.
Jiang Yan sat down at the bottom and sighed deeply, saying, "Dong Weng, after this incident, I'm afraid it will be unjustifiable for me to hold the third squad and not hand it over to Lieutenant Li."
"He doesn't care whether I hand it over to him or not." Fang Yankai said lightly, "Hasn't he been in contact with Class 3?"
Jiang Yan said: "Although Li Xia is young, he has a deep scheming mind. He boasts that he can defeat many people with one force, but in fact he uses his own strengths to attack others' weaknesses. He has falsely built up momentum and deserves to be a treacherous sect. He must not be willing to be a powerless county captain. Today he is like this.
The edge of the sword points to Dong Weng."
Fang Yankai lowered his head and looked at the official document, but finally had no intention of reading it again.
Jiang Yan said: "The yamen servants and the people are all rough men. There is no guarantee that they will not be attracted by him in the future. There is also Jiang County Magistrate. Now Li Xia lives in Jiang County Magistrate's Courtyard. There is no guarantee that they will join forces..."
"How does Mingguang think we should deal with it?"
"Why don't we give him the third shift and give him a difficult errand?"
Fang Yankai said: "It is useless even if we find out his mistakes. The county magistrate and the chief registrar have no power to remove the county captain."
Jiang Yan said: "You know there is something in the state."
Fang Yankai shook his head and said thoughtfully: "If we can only ask Zhizhou to come forward, there is no need to make this calculation, otherwise Zhizhou will not like it."
"In accordance with Dong Weng's wishes?"
"I will write a letter directly and ask Zhizhou to remove him."
"But what's the reason?"
"No need to hesitate." Fang Yankai said, "Even if we just call him to Xuzhou City to hang out, that's it."
"Dongweng Mingjian."
"Mingguang, come and write." Fang Yankai stood up, walked around for a few steps, and said, "First of all, Li Feiyu is young and arrogant, and he is a member of the traitorous party..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a warning coming from outside the door.
"Alang, County Magistrate Jiang and Lieutenant Li are here."
Candlelight is bright in the study.
Fang Yankai sat there, staring at the map, while Li Xia talked in his ears.
He felt as if he was in a dream. He didn't realize it for a long time. Why did Li Xia come to say this?
"This time, the Mongolian army's strategic goal in attacking Shu is Chongqing Prefecture and Hezhou. The terrain of Hezhou is more steep and important than that of Xuzhou. The three rivers converge to control the Shu territory; the high mountains and ridges can be described as a natural chasm.
We can't control Tie Ge, Huo Luchi, Da'er, and Wang Dechen. However, we can't control the Wuliang and Hetai roads along the Jinsha River and attack Xuzhou in an attempt to encircle Hezhou. This is inevitable.
We, who are stationed at the border counties and are responsible for guarding the territory, must try our best to block Wulianghetai. Then we should have naval forces. If we advance, we can go down the Fujiang River and flank the Mongolian army. When we retreat, we can garrison the Fujiang River and protect Fuqing County.
Foreigners..."
Li Xia said this and asked: "What does the landlord want?"
Fang Yankai came back to his senses and said: "If there is a war, there will be a large army to fight, so why does a small county town need to participate in the war?"
"Sichuan has been resisting Mongolia for more than ten years. Aren't they all counties and villages, and the soldiers and civilians of each village rose up to fight against it?"
"But this..."
Li Xia said: "In addition, with the navy, not only can we guard the city, but we can also go up and down the Fu River to defend against the Mongolian army robbing the people outside the city."
Fang Yankai took a deep breath and turned to look at Jiang Chun.
I saw Jiang Chun sitting there, looking at his nose and nose, as if he was indifferent to the world.
Li Xia said: "If the county magistrate and the chief registrar cannot make a decision, they can write to ask Shi Zhizhou for his opinion. When I went to take office, I passed by Xuzhou and saw that Xuzhou was training its navy. I think Shi Zhizhou also knows the battle, and this naval battle is the key.
"
Fang Yankai fell silent again, twirling his long beard and remaining speechless for a long time.
He felt that since he was appointed as the chief secretary of Qingfu and also the county captain, he had transferred the military equipment of the lower county to the county and maintained law and order, and he had done an excellent job... But why didn't he think of this?
Li Xia didn't say anything, sat down at the guest seat and waited quietly.
It wasn't until a long time later that the candle made a "pop" sound.
Fang Yankai raised his head and looked at Li Xia, his expression seemed to weaken.
"Why didn't Lieutenant Li personally write a report to Zhizhou?"
"Shi Zhizhou has a prejudice against me." Li Xia said, "I proposed it, but he was suspicious. It would be more beneficial for the county magistrate and the chief registrar to jointly write the document."
Jiang Chun waved his hands and said: "Fei Yu, don't talk nonsense like this. How can Zhizhou have any prejudice against you?"
Li Xia said: "Not only Shi Zhizhou, but also the county magistrate and the chief registrar have prejudices against me. There is no need to hide this matter. The important thing is that the war is imminent. We, the pastors and defenders, must focus on the war."
Jiang Chun was stunned and extremely embarrassed.
This feeling was like being stabbed in the face by Li Xia with a sword.
In my eleven years as an official, this is the first time I have seen someone so energetic. How does it look like you are an official?
Fang Yankai looked gloomy and remained silent again.
Only Li Xia, who had thrown away the cover of kindness, seemed to be fine.
"You two have no right to remove me. I don't care if you have any prejudices. From now on, when we talk to each other, we should be less pretentious and submissive. We can only talk about the navy. What concerns do you two have? Why don't you speak frankly?"
"Too serious, too serious to say." Jiang Chun waved his hand and said with a smile, "Feiyu's words make him appear young and energetic, and he has lost his grace..."
"Okay." Fang Yankai suddenly spoke and said, "Then speak frankly."
"Master, please tell me."
"Aren't Lieutenant Li worried that the credit will go to me?"
"do not worry."
"Why?"
"I traveled thousands of miles to Sichuan not for such a small achievement."
"Aren't Lieutenant Li worried that the power of the navy will belong to us?"
"Don't worry." Li Xia said: "Maintaining public order in a county, dredging water conservancy, inspecting roads, defending territory against enemies, etc. are all the duties of the county captain. Today, the landlord cannot trust me and is unwilling to trust me with weapons. He will trust me more and more."
, I will take care of it."
"What if I never trust you?"
Li Xia looked at Fang Yankai calmly, his eyes were confident, and his meaning was self-evident.
Fang Yankai narrowed his eyes, turned his head, and avoided his gaze.
Li Xia looked at the table again and saw that there was food on it, only half of it was used.
"I would venture to say one more thing. It is really hard for the landlord to have two jobs, but the food still needs to be delicious. People are like iron, and food is like steel."
"This matter...let me discuss it with the county magistrate again."
"Okay, then please think about it, I'll ask you for advice tomorrow morning." Li Xia stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "I won't disturb you."
After he said that, he left the study, feeling quite free and easy.
In the room, Fang Yankai sighed deeply.
"Hmph, such a crazy and disobedient person is worthy of being an official?" Jiang Chun said, his eyes fell on the map, and he felt confused for a long time before asking: "How do you read the official book?"
"He said to build a navy to meet the enemy and share the credit between you and me."
"this……"
"In terms of structure and magnanimity, I'm afraid I'll be totally defeated."
"Is it a scam?"
Fang Yankai did not answer, but took out the half-written letter from Jiang Yan from his sleeve.
If you want to report the matter of preparing to build a navy, you can't sue Li Xia anymore.
Otherwise, if the two things are put in front of Zhizhou together, and then wait for Zhizhou to hear that it is Li Xia's idea... I am afraid that the situation that has already been completely defeated will become even more unbearable to look at.