Under the night when the lights are on,

Qu Rong, an envoy from the Annan Protectorate, was also carefully looking at the details of the city appearance and character style under the control of the rebel army along the way.

The Annan Protectorate was also the governor of the Jinghai Army, and was in charge of the twelve states including Jiaozhou (now northern Vietnam). However, since Gao Pian left office, the corresponding governor and the governor had been empty and empty. Therefore, it was not until now that the internal power structure was sorted out. In the name of the highest rank of the Protectorate, Shi Ning Sichong, the right chief of the Protectorate, who was the highest in office, sent people to negotiate the conditions for nominal subordinate affairs.

As an envoy, Qu Rong was born in a local family of aristocratic families. After failing to be promoted, he was recruited as a military officer in the Annan Protectorate's Office because of family recommendation and donation. Until recently, he suddenly promoted the so-called "Kongmu Officer of the Two Courts of the Protectorate" due to the need for ministry. This money-for-for-disguised loss was undoubtedly a very humiliating thing for him to be so devoted to the court; but for him and the family behind him, it was an important event that would be a disaster if he was not careful.

After all, although these thieves are in power, once they are destroyed, the court will be back from counterattack after the fall, and the family behind him will be the Protectorate and the Jieya. Afterwards, they will be the scapegoat that will be the first to be the scapegoat. However, his family cannot resist the imminent pressure and crisis.

Although the rebel army of the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao, which had been fighting for many years, reached a peace agreement for several years, the bitter experience of the southwestern barbarians earlier was still engraved in the hearts of the vast local scholars and peoples, and they dare not forget each other at all times;

Therefore, after the supply from Lingdong and the soldiers from various places outside the Lingdong were cut off, the huge military and civilians of the 12 states of Annan Protectorate became a rootless tree that was lacking in progress and self-protection in a sense. And they had to compromise and pay money for these thieves who had stolen the land of Cantonese in exchange for the basic conditions required for trade and repurchase, and even obtain the corresponding possibility of borrowing land to transfer and exiting the corresponding material channels.

Therefore, he also brought a heavy gift, just to see whether some of these thieves knew the goods.

However, he had heard before that the epidemic was happening in Guangzhou, so he had an additional task, which was to conduct private observation and evaluation of the situation and situation of the other party that these thieves had;

On the way he came, he had already seen many inns and shops that had begun to resume operations and could provide basic food and accommodation to passers-by, and also found a large area of ​​newly opened land on the roadside; that was the thieves who were organizing refugees to farm, and even did a very good job. This made him feel awe and alert. This was not what ordinary thieves would do, but the weather and pattern that was cited.

Then, the city of Guangzhou, which was supposed to be severe in the rumors, and people rushed out of the city to escape, did not have the scene of life or corpses as he thought; instead, it still had a little orderly smell while the population was sparse. The main streets were relatively neat and clean, and many shops in the streets were still in business, as if they were not affected by the epidemic.

Since he entered the city, he has seen at least three waves of people who are specifically responsible for cleaning the streets and cleaning up and transporting filth. Although most of them are the elderly and the weak, it also means the basic order and stable daily structure under the rule of the rebel army.

This is an important news. If the power of the thief was not seriously weakened, it also means that Jiaozhou would have to come up with greater costs and conditions. But for him and his family, it also represents more buffering opportunities and capital to seek power in the Annan Protectorate. So at this moment, between the loyalty to the Tang Dynasty and the fluke mentality of becoming a thief, his mood was both contradictory and complex.

He was not surprised to find a well-known name or nickname that was closely related to all of this - "Monkey Xu". This was one of the newly-known thieves who had become famous with those fugitives. He was praised for his cruel means of treating powerful households and his cruelty in eradicating the roots. He did not expect that he had such skills in governance, which made him even more worried and worried.

On the one hand, the "virtual" flag plaque held high in the air, and the strange-shaped carriage surrounded by a group of armored soldiers behind him, walked out of the street intersection in front and passed by their line. It also made Qu Rong feel moved in his heart, and it was so coincidental.

Sitting in this renovated four-wheeled carriage, Zhou Huaian was also on the way to the banquet.

The so-called eating too much at a banquet is also the same thing. At most, it is to find entertainment scenes that are popular for you to sing and dancing. In the end, it is inevitable to turn from being drunk and forgetful to the health care style of sitting in your arms and pulling and pulling, and then having fun on the spot. Even if these big men from the rebels are chaotic and tossing, they are not much fresher than the senses accumulated in later generations;

However, in terms of freshness and originality of the ingredients, there are still some natural advantages over later generations; for example, the new crystal dishes, bamboo shoots, chicken and mountain fungus zygote that I tasted last time, add a little more energy trough in my vision. In most cases, the people invited to attend the banquet basically have their own wishes, and take advantage of this relatively relaxed private occasion;

Some hope to participate in the auction chaired by Zhou Huaian, or get a piece of the pie from the reopened sea and trade, or just cash out some resources and properties on the garrison. Some people seek help from him in private: for example, in most aspects that are generally not good at, such as trading, farming and storing ranks, raising money and grain, and engineering construction, getting his help or asking for advice or asking for advice on his own opinions and ideas; or obtaining the staff and teaching materials sent by his post, and even some new things that are responsible for creating and promoting under his name.

For example, the medical spirits obtained after ordinary wine are distilled and extracted through a special set of utensils; the earth soap with fragrant medicine and ointment that is effective in treating skin diseases are all very popular among the local rebels who suffer from the torture of the local people's inability to adapt to the environment or the disordered body.

As the peasant general of this era, due to the various limitations of knowledge, experience and vision brought by the times, he may have various problems and defects such as lack of faith, short-sightedness, peace of mind when he is happy, and having luck. However, as a survivor who has emerged from the sea of ​​corpses and blood and survived from the road paved by countless corpses, he still has his own vigilance and defense, as well as the limited cognition he has insisted on.

Therefore, regardless of the gap in identity and status and the difference between closeness and distantness, he took the initiative to put forward some suggestions and opinions that he thought were good, and he hoped that the other party would accept it or be impressed by it. That was a joke only found in YY novels that were turtled in the early years. Even if he took the initiative to make suggestions for the other party, it was not the best choice, and it would arouse unnecessary vigilance and suspicion of nothingness;

On the contrary, it is natural to find or create opportunities in daily life to allow the other party to naturally need and use the help of themselves, and then passively come up with some rational suggestions, which is easier to impress the other party.

Even if you want to play the charlatan trick that is as accurate as expected by the foresight, you still need to have the corresponding identity and status as a setback. Otherwise, there is a greater probability that you will be cut down by anger and irritated by someone, or you will be killed by a fierce attack under high suspicion and suspicion; at least Zhou Huaian does not have all of this yet.

Nowadays, as one of the dozen military leaders in the rebel army, he is even the lowest-ranking military order. What's more, the grain judge, who can get some comprehensive title bonuses in terms of logistics and governance. Although he can control others, it is still no problem to give some icing suggestions on the cake based on the existing basis.

The other party who held the banquet stopped many cars and horses, which seemed to be larger than he expected. However, as an invitation today, Lin Yan stood in front of the archway outside the door with some complex expressions to greet him. The first thing he said when he saw Zhou Huaian was:
Chapter completed!