The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

During the half-day stay in Yan County, Hei Fu not only used the "Red Book in the Fish Belly" to calm down the prisoners who wanted to escape, but also took the time to go to the county town to meet his old boss, Du Xian, the former right lieutenant of Anlu, who is now the right lieutenant of Yan County.

The layout of Yan County is similar to that of Anlu County, but the area is more than three times larger. After all, it was the secondary capital of Chu more than 50 years ago. The Jianghan area has always been known as Yan and Ying. The right lieutenant of Yan County is only slightly lower than the lieutenant of Jiangling County. Du Xian was transferred here from Anlu County, which can be regarded as a promotion.

The county lieutenant's office in Yan County is also much taller than that in Anlu. After Hei Fu came here and explained his purpose, he was questioned by the guard at the door. After reporting, he said that the county lieutenant was working and asked him to sit at the door and wait.

Du Xian did not neglect his old subordinate, and even asked a lieutenant to come out and sit with him.

"Mr. Du often mentioned Heifu Pavilion Chief, saying that when he was in office in Anlu County, you were the most capable among all the pavilion chiefs in the county."

The lieutenant's name was Gongshi, and he was born in the local Mi family, but he did not have the airs of a clan child. He talked to Heifu very kindly and praised him from time to time.

"Mr. Du is too kind. The reason why I can become a pavilion chief is because of Mr. Du's appreciation. In the last time I caught a thief during Mr. Du's tenure, I accidentally let the thief run away. I am still ashamed of it. How dare I call myself capable? Fortunately, it did not affect Mr. Du's reputation for his achievements, otherwise Heifu would never be able to redeem himself."

One of them boasted and the other was humble. After a while, Du Xian finally had some free time, and Gongshi led Heifu in to pay his respects.

As soon as Heifu entered the door, he bowed and said, "I never thought that I could meet the right lieutenant so soon. I am really happy."

"Heifu, get up quickly." Du Xian also had a smile on his face, but he was much thinner than when he was in Anlu, and his eye circles were dark. After the two sat down, he sighed:

"I have been in Yan County for more than a month, and I deeply feel that it is not easy to be a county lieutenant without a capable subordinate like Heifu."

Du Xian first complained about the difficulty of governing Yan County. Although there were not as many escaped thieves as in Anlu, most of the people and officials here were descendants of Chu nobles, so the implementation of laws and orders was not in place. The clan power was stronger than that in Anlu, and his orders were sometimes difficult to execute.

Then, Du Xian mentioned the past again, revealing that although in the eyes of others, he trusted Chen Baijiang the most when he was in Anlu, but he actually relied on Heifu the most. His promotion was not unrelated to the two major cases of tomb robbery and kidnapping and selling people that Heifu had solved in succession.

Although the third murder case was not solved, the county did not pay enough attention to it because Heifu deliberately concealed the fact that Zhongli Mei was a spy of the State of Chu. In addition, the time for promotion and performance evaluation had passed, so it did not affect Du Xian's career.

Heifu kept nodding his head, but he thought in his heart: "That's why you and I can meet in peace. If not, I would definitely be turned away..."

When he heard that Heifu was assigned by the county left lieutenant Yunman to do this hard job, Du Xian slammed the table with a gloomy face and said: "Revenge for personal revenge, this Yunman is really hateful, I must impeach him to the county lieutenant!"

Then he asked Heifu with concern whether he had encountered any prisoners escaping on the road and how they were dealt with.

Heifu didn't need to be vague, so he told Du Xian about the "red letter in the fish belly" to deceive the prisoners into behaving themselves. Du Xian laughed and said that only Heifu could come up with such an idea. Although the Qin law was strict, it was not rigid. Heifu was able to use his intelligence to deal with problems that the law could not solve, which was worthy of praise.

"Although the prisoners have been behaving themselves, the journey to Nanyang is still long, and it is cold and freezing, so we have to be more careful."

While talking, Du Xian seemed to suddenly remember something, asked someone to bring a wooden tablet, and wrote a letter.

"This time, the conscription of prisoners and garrison soldiers to the north is the king's intention. Qin and Chu fought in Huaiyang, and there was a shortage of people to transport food and grass. Therefore, not only Nanjun, but also Hanzhong and Nanyang counties are among the conscriptions. The prisoners and garrison soldiers of the three counties must gather in Fangcheng County, Nanyang County, and then be led by the Nanyang County Magistrate and Fangcheng County Lieutenant. I have served in Nanyang County and have an old relationship with Fangcheng County Lieutenant. This letter may help you get a good job after you arrive in the army."

This is a pleasant surprise. Hei Fu took it and took a look. He saw that the wooden slip said that Hei Fu was proficient in military affairs and good at training soldiers, and it was also stamped with Du Xian's private seal.

He hurriedly thanked him. Although Qin State has largely eliminated factionalism, it cannot eliminate personal relationships. The situation may be very different if someone recommends you or not. This wooden slip is a stepping stone for Hei Fu to go north!

As he was talking, Du Xian's official duties came again. The number of households in Yan County was twice that of Anlu, and accordingly, there were many more things to do. Du Xian asked Gongshi to escort Heifu out of the city for him.

"The four hundred garrison soldiers and prisoners in Yan County will also go north to serve. Gongshi, take Heifu with you and hand him over to Zuowei. We will set off together tomorrow, so that there will be more people to take care of us on the way..."

...

Heifu followed Gongshi out of the official temple. When the two rode towards the city gate, his eyes were attracted by the city wall on the side.

In order to save labor and materials, the "official temples" in many counties of Qin State would be built in the northwest or northeast corner of the county. In this way, using the existing city walls, only two walls need to be drawn out separately to cover the "official temple".

The "official temple" of Yan County is located in the northeast corner of the city, but Heifu noticed that the city wall here is much newer than the ones next to it. Looking around, within a few hundred steps, the color of the earth wall is different from that of other places. It is a newly built yellow earth wall, not like the other old walls, which are reddish brown.

He pointed to the obviously newly built section of the city wall and said, "Could this be the wall that was broken by Wu'an Jun when he attacked the city..."

Gongshi's expression was a little complicated: "Yes, this is the wall that was soaked and broken when Wu'an Jun attacked Yancheng with water when he attacked Chu."

Heifu had heard about this matter a long time ago. It is said that more than 50 years ago, Nanjun was still the royal capital of Chu State, the core hinterland. No one would have thought that it would be suddenly occupied by Qin State within a year...

The one who created this military miracle was Bai Qi, the Wu'an Jun. At that time, Qin and Chu were fighting, but Bai Qi only led tens of thousands of people to the east along the Han River and unexpectedly broke into Chu territory.

The situation at that time was that the Qin army was alone and deep in the enemy, and could only rely on the enemy for food. The Chu army fought on the homeland, claiming to have a million spears and continuous support.

But the Qin people demolished bridges, burned ships, and cut off their own return routes to show their confidence in a fight to the death. The Chu army had worries because they were fighting on the homeland. The nobles were afraid of death, and the soldiers only cared about their families and had no fighting spirit. They were unable to resist the fierce attack of the Qin soldiers, so they retreated step by step.

With the cooperation of Sima Cuo's detachment, Bai Qi led tens of thousands of Qin troops to march straight in and fought all the way to Yancheng, the secondary capital of Chu at that time.

Yancheng was a military stronghold that protected Yingdu. The Chu people had already gathered heavy troops here in an attempt to stop the Qin army from going south.

Bai Qi took advantage of the favorable conditions that the Yishui River rushed out from the long valley of the West Mountain and flowed to the southeast. He built a dike a hundred miles west of Yancheng to store water, and built a long canal directly to Yancheng, and then opened the canal to irrigate the city. The northeast corner of Yancheng was soaked by the river water and soon broke. The flood entered the city and turned it into an abyss...

"After that battle, the entire Nanjun belonged to the Qin State."

Gongshi laughed and said: "Wu'an Jun's influence is still there. When his name is mentioned, the babies in Yancheng can stop crying..."

"Remaining influence? I think it's the remaining smell!"

At this time, a young man stood by the city wall with his arms folded. Hearing what Gongshi said, he was furious. He immediately came over to grab Gongshi's horse, looked up and whispered to him: "Uncle, have you forgotten that when the northeast corner of the city was flooded, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yancheng died with the flood! The east of the city was stinking! My Mi surname Gong family also died in that battle, and almost all of our clan died!"

"Shut up! Of course I remember, you don't need to remind me!"

The young man spoke without thinking, and Gongshi changed color. He lowered his voice and scolded: "You kid, if you keep talking nonsense, you will really kill the Gong family!"

He hurriedly turned around and saw Heifu still behind him, looking at the city wall with his head tilted, as if he didn't hear the conversation between the two. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, glared at the young man, and turned to Heifu and shouted: "Heifu Pavilion Chief, this is my nephew Gong Ao, who just became a small thief in October and also has to escort the garrison soldiers

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