As soon as Su He reached the city gate, Su Xiong brought people to greet them.
"All kinds of things in the past two days have made me confused. I will never care about this kind of thing again. From now on, my staff must support me."
Su He saw that Su Xiong had become much thinner.
In particular, his strong and square face has become thinner, making the pockmarks on his face appear bigger.
Su He walked over, put his right hand on Su Xiong's shoulder, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You account for most of the credit for our victory this time."
"Haha, you're rewarded." Su Xiong grinned widely, "Without you attracting officers and soldiers in Lueyang, I wouldn't have the chance to cross Lianyun Road."
Su He entered Hanzhong Mansion and arranged a residence for the officers.
He lived in Prince Rui's Mansion, which was the most magnificent house in Hanzhong City.
Su He asked the main leaders of the team to live near the palace, with civilian officials on the left and military officials on the right.
He let others take care of his house and take a good rest.
Su He and Su Xiong walked into the back house of Prince Rui's Mansion. They drank tea and talked about their marching experiences along the way.
They all felt that this time was very dangerous, and if anything went wrong, the entire army would be destroyed.
After Su Xiong finished talking about the heavy topic, he found a relatively light topic.
"Su He, do you know which family in Hanzhong Prefecture is the most famous?"
Su He took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said with a smile: "No need to guess!
King Rui Zhu Changhao or the prefect king is in Taiwan."
"I thought it was these two families at first." Su Xiong rubbed his head, "but it almost caused a big mess."
Su Xiong began to tell the story of the incident.
"There is a small official named Wang Zhongce who is very powerful. He can organize five thousand young men to defend the city in a short time. His ability is extraordinary.
It just so happens that we are all bosses and no one can take care of logistics.
I threatened their family members and asked Wang Zhongce to help us organize the transportation of grain and grass for young people.
I was afraid that Wang Zhongce would directly rebel, so I only dared to give him 3,000 men, and sent more than 20 soldiers to keep an eye on him.
All orders are delivered by our soldiers so that he does not have direct contact with Qingzhuang."
Su He knew the reason why the logistics force was well managed.
He asked curiously: "Did you say that the most famous family is Wang Zhongce's family?"
Su Xiong patted his thigh and said, "Yes, that's their family. The Wang family in Hanzhong has a very high reputation.
Wang Zhongce's father was a well-known doctor and was particularly good at training doctors.
Nowadays, almost all the young doctors in Hanzhong Mansion come from his disciples.
Wang’s Medical Center does not charge poor people any medical fees. All you need to do is go into the mountains to dig some medicinal materials and you can get free medical treatment.”
When Su He heard this, he was not surprised that the Wang family could gain such great fame.
In ancient times, most people could only rely on themselves to recover from illness. If they could not survive, they would die.
The average life expectancy in the Ming Dynasty was thirty or forty years old, while the average life expectancy of ordinary people was even lower.
This is mainly due to diseases, which have led to high mortality rates in the elderly and infants and young children.
There was a famous doctor in the city who was highly skilled and good at training apprentices. He had a very high reputation.
Su Xiong continued: "Throughout this battle, I suffered a total of more than 500 casualties and more than 300 injuries.
I moved them all to Hanzhong City and set up a wounded barracks to treat their injuries.
These doctors actually refused to treat the wounded soldiers and put knives on their necks, but they were still not afraid.
I can't really kill him, and we don't know medical skills. Who knows if the doctor will treat him blindly if he threatens her.
I sent people to find out the reason, and then I realized that they were all aggrieved by Wang Jiaming.
I can only compromise and withdraw the soldiers surrounding the Wang family.
Let people go in and visit, leaving only a few soldiers standing guard to prevent Wang Zhongce’s family members from escaping.”
After Su He heard this, he realized that these doctors actually practiced non-violence and non-cooperation. The Wang family's influence was greater than he thought.
"Brother Su Xiong, you have been tired these days.
It's more troublesome and harder for you.
Completely demolish the plank roads on the road to Hanzhong Mountain such as Baoxie Road and Ziwu Road.
Wherever it is convenient to blow up, just use gunpowder to blow it up.
I don't worry about the others, you are the only one suitable to complete this task.
You must make the road completely impassable for the army.
Prevent the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers from entering Hanzhong.
Hanzhong City is guarded by a regiment of guards, and I will also train new recruits, so you don’t have to worry about the defense here."
Su Xiong smiled and said: "Managing political affairs is too difficult, but I still like to lead troops and fight.
The Sichuan army was guarded by Jinniuguan, and the road to Xing'an Prefecture was too dangerous, so they could only attack through the Han River.
Chencang Road is defended by Dasanguan and Fengxian.
If the officers and soldiers want to attack us, they can only take the Baoxie Road. They may also send special troops to take other dangerous routes.
Our troops can only be distracted to defend one or two places.
Directly destroying these roads, even if they are finally repaired, can buy us a lot of time."
Su Xiong received the mission and walked out of Prince Rui's Mansion happily. He finally didn't have to worry about these chores anymore.
Su Que walked in, opened the cowhide booklet and reported: "Commander Su, we have finished counting the seized materials.
Two hundred thousand acres of fertile land in the Han Dynasty were confiscated, and a total of six hundred thousand taels of gold and silver were confiscated.
The prefect of Hanzhong, the king, was found in Taiwan, and the total amount of gold and silver was 400,000 taels.
550,000 acres of gentry farmland in Hanzhong Prefecture were seized, with a total of 1.6 million taels of gold and silver.
Other materials are being counted, and a detailed report will be submitted later."
Su He was very happy after hearing this and captured so much land, gold and silver.
With land and money, you can raise more soldiers.
"Su Que, go and call Ergou."
Su He didn't wait long before Su Changsheng walked in.
"Ergou, you should focus on investigating the Wang family and Wang Zhongce's family in Hanzhong City."
Su Changsheng took the order and left to investigate the Wang family by reading files and interrogating prisoners.
Su He was in the study reviewing various requests for instructions in the evening.
Li Fengming held a book in his left hand and a wine bottle in his right hand, and walked to the front of the palace while drinking.
He was taken to the study by the guards.
"I, let me show you something good."
Su He saw Li Fengming hand him a book "Bo'an's Essays".
"What kind of book is this? I've never heard of it."
Seeing Li Fengming's excitement, Su He could guess that this book was very important to him.
Li Fengming said excitedly: "This is the reflection written by Mr. Yangming, focusing on the changes in Longchang's thoughts when he became enlightened.
Reading the words above, you can better understand Mr. Yangming’s thoughts.
This is a completely different feeling from reading Mr. Yangming’s works such as "Zhuan Idioms"."
When Su He thought about meeting Li Fengming, he said he would go to Hanzhong to find Wang Yangming's descendants.
He got what he wanted now.
Su He returned the book to Li Fengming and said, "Mr. Yangming's thought is the unity of knowledge and action. I hope you can carry it forward."
"Commander Su, I would also like to recommend a talent to you, Wang Zhongce, who is very good at government affairs management.
When we came to Hanzhong from Lueyang, he was in charge of the logistics."
"I remember this person. Mr. Li, you've drunk too much. Go back to your room and rest."
After Su He finished speaking, he asked the guards to help Li Fengming back to his home to rest.
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Su Changsheng walked in and reported.
"Commander Su, I have basically found out the situation of the Wang family.
Wang Zhongce is the great-great-grandson of Shouren, the new uncle of the Ming Dynasty. Their family is a branch of a branch of a branch.
There are three Wang brothers. The eldest, Wang Bonuo, is 28 years old, married, and has an 11-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter.
The second oldest child, Wang Zhongce, is 22 years old and unmarried.
The third child, Wang Jijun, is 18 years old and unmarried."
"Wang Bonuo is a drug dealer. Wang's Medical Center produces bruise medicine, typhoid medicine, and kidney tonic medicine, which are very popular in the southeast region.
He also bought a large amount of medicinal materials from the southeast region and brought them back to make medicine.
According to the clerk at Wang's Medical Clinic, Wang Bonuo went to the southeast five months ago and will be back in more than ten days.
Wang Zhongce was born in Juren, but because he was ostracized by the mainstream scholars, he could only serve as a ninth-grade scholar in Hanzhong Mansion.
Wang Jijun inherited his father's medical skills, and was especially good at gynecology and pediatric diseases.
He often treated the wives, concubines and children of the gentry, and he would usually sit in the Wang's Pharmacy, mainly treating children."
"This family is full of talents, Su Que, invite the Wang brothers here." Su He ordered.