Wu Dayong and Zhang Hansheng, with their centurions, came to the private room of Baoyue Tower.
Once inside.
Then I saw Zhang Bao and Huang Chenzhi already sitting inside.
"grown ups!"
"You're back?"
"It's okay. It's great."
Wu Dayong and Zhang Hansheng said excitedly.
They actually didn't know that the people in the carriage at that time were county officials, and they thought they were imperial envoys from the imperial court or something like that.
As for now Zhang Bao is back.
The whereabouts of those people are known without even thinking.
They had a tacit understanding and didn't ask.
Everyone sat down in rows.
On Zhang Bao's left hand side is Huang Chenzhi, on his right side are Wu Dayong and Zhang Hansheng, and the other four centurions sit next to each other in turn.
This can be considered as all the officials in the county government now.
"Everyone must know what happened."
"I called everyone here today just to discuss what we should do in the future."
"What do you think?"
Zhang Bao said to everyone.
"Sir, what's there to say?"
"We are all rough people and don't understand any big principles, but we know that your Excellency is a good official!"
"This imperial court is too ungrateful."
"We, General Chen, were often bullied before. If it weren't for General Fan's sake, we would have rebelled long ago!"
"Let me see, sir, let's rebel!"
"Let's see who can control us!"
"We want people and a city, so who are we to be afraid of?!"
Wu Dayong said the most angrily.
"Sir, it's okay to rebel, but we still need to think long term. Once our side wants to rebel, General Chen's side will be the first to bear the brunt."
"If General Chen really leads troops to attack us, can we still attack General Chen?"
"I suggest that this matter be postponed for a while. I think General Chen will also know the news here. Let's see how General Chen makes a decision."
Zhang Hansheng frowned and said.
"What's there to wait for!"
"Even if General Chen knows, he will definitely agree!"
"Perhaps General Chen has already wanted to rebel!"
"There are many rebels in various places now. If the imperial court really did something, how could there be so many things?"
Wu Dayong was very dissatisfied with Zhang Hansheng's hesitation.
The four centurions all supported Wu Dayong.
Zhang Bao was a little surprised.
Everyone actually had thoughts of rebellion.
After all, in Zhang Bao's opinion.
They themselves were soldiers under Chen Dadao, and they knew from their brief contact with Chen Dadao that Chen Dadao was still very stubborn in his loyalty to the emperor.
That's why Zhang Bao was in a very difficult position.
I really don’t know how I should treat these people if they don’t want to rebel.
Kill?
There must be some reluctance.
Not to kill?
So where will they do?
But I didn't expect that they were completely different from Chen Dadao.
He even seemed to criticize Chen Dadao quite a bit.
This actually surprised Zhang Bao.
"You just mentioned General Chen. Is it possible that General Chen, as the head of a county, is forced to do something helpless?"
Zhang Bao asked several people.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. Although we, General Chen, are county guards, we have also experienced three ups and downs."
"I remember that I followed General Fan in the southern and northern wars and made great contributions."
"When General Fan was appointed governor of the state, he arranged for General Chen to be the county guard."
"But later, because he offended the governor, he was demoted from his official position. Later, when there was a war, General Chen was promoted."
"Three times like this, he was promoted when he was needed, and kicked away when he was no longer needed. We all felt sorry for the general, but the general kept holding back."
"Of course it's all for General Fan."
"But now, Hezhou is going to be in chaos. Even if we want to rebel, I believe it will not be General Fan who rebels, but his governor Zhu Yue and this ungrateful court."
Wu Dayong and others explained to Zhang Bao.
"So that's it."
"But from what you're saying, it seems that the governor is not the same as Fan Zhou Mu?"
"Even if it's not all the way, according to the status of the governor, he doesn't have much real power, right?"
Zhang Bao felt very strange.
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. This Governor Zhu is an extraordinary person."
Huang Chenzhi interjected at the side.
"Although Governor Zhu has no real power in Hezhou, he has been very good at winning people's hearts over the years. It is said that many people under Fanzhou Mu have defected to Governor Zhu."
"And more importantly, I heard that Governor Zhu is also powerful in the court."
"It would have been fine before, but since the emperor ordered the twelve prefectures' governors to mobilize their own troops to eliminate rebellion."
"There are constant disputes in various places. Each state is stationing troops and accumulating strength against each other, and they are eyeing each other."
"This Governor Zhu has just made some moves. He has a big plan!"
Huang Chenzhi frowned and said.
After listening to Huang Chenzhi's words, Zhang Bao was familiar with the inside story.
At that time, I overheard the governor's plan and already knew the governor's plan for Hezhou.
"By the way, last time the governor came to Sanhe County, what was he talking about?"
Zhang Bao asked Huang Chenzhi.
"It was quite strange when Governor Zhu came last time, but... there was a little mistake in the middle, and I guess I didn't finish what I wanted to do."
"Then because of something, I left in a hurry."
"This Lord Governor has always been very mysterious."
Huang Chenzhi couldn't help but smile as he thought about how he fell on the ice when the governor came last time.
"In this case, just ignore him!"
"As for what happens next, just take it one step at a time!"
"It's rare that everyone has the same idea. Let's start today. There is no need for us in Sanhe County to rise up in rebellion. Let's draw rivers for self-government first!"
"With the three surrounding rivers as the boundary, I need a detailed topographic map of Sanhe County, and then various terrains where troops can be stationed and ambushed."
"Brother Zhang has been in charge of city defense. I will leave this matter to you. I also ask two brothers, Fan Hu and Zhang Chao, to help Brother Zhang."
Zhang Bao raised his hands and said to Zhang Hansheng and the two centurions.
Fan Hu and Zhang Chao also came with Ma Yuanming at that time.
I have gone through so many things and tempered myself.
"The training of new recruits should be left to Brother Wu."
"The affairs of the military camp are handled by the two brothers Cheng Maoye and Jia Gong."
Zhang Bao turned to Wu Dayong and others and said.
Everyone was a little flattered when they heard Zhang Bao's name.
"Then there is the situation of wealthy landlords in Sanhe County as a whole."
"As well as the existing food storage, population and other matters, I'm sorry to bother Brother Huang. Many people fled before, and recently many refugees have stayed. The previous data may be inaccurate."
"It's good for us to know more about it, so we can have a better idea."
Zhang Bao said to Huang Chenzhi.
"Your Excellency, you are still thoughtful, I will make arrangements tomorrow!"
Huang Chenzhi nodded and said.
"There is one more thing I want to explain. Although we want to oppose it, there is no need to do anything now."
"Our top priority is to accumulate our own strength. There is no need to show up now and make the world an enemy."
"So on the surface, Brother Huang is the magistrate of our Sanhe County."
"Everyone of you is still doing business as usual. As for me, I have been kidnapped by bandits who blocked the road and robbed me. My life or death is unknown!"
"In this way, we will build the plank road openly and secretly attack Chencang. When we have enough strength, we will not be too constrained whether we rebel or not."
"We won't be in too much trouble with General Chen and General Fan."
Zhang Bao said to everyone.
Everyone nodded.
Watching everyone leave, Zhang Bao had a solemn expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Young Master, you are already far away, let's go in."
Lao He came to Zhang Bao.
"Uncle He, keep an eye on these people secretly. Once you find anything unusual, just...get rid of them."