Zhu Lingyue was famous in the northwest. When Yu Buqu was still alive, Zhu Lingyue was the second in command of the northwest. After Yu Buqu passed away, Zhu Lingyue was naturally undoubtedly the leader of the northwest.

Although the Tianshan Road in the northwest has the smallest territory, Zhu Lingyue stepped forward when fighting against the invasion of the Western Liang Dynasty, and his imperial guards faced the difficulties. This not only satisfies the court, but also leaves a very good reputation throughout the northwest.

Compared to Zhu Lingyue, Xiguan and Beishan Road were really unsatisfactory. Officials of Xiguan Road, including Governor Lu Xuan, not only did not organize resistance in times of crisis, but instead abandoned the city and fled. The court even killed the officials in Xiguan. Four or five out of ten ended up miserable.

Although Chu Huan was not sure about Beishan Road's performance during the war, he rarely heard Xiao Huanzhang's name before, which means that Xiao Huanzhang did not do anything convincing.

After the autumn settlement, the court naturally showed no mercy to those foolish and cowardly people. Although Xiao Huanzhang was not guilty, his power and power in the northwest naturally could not be compared with Zhu Lingyue. Chu Huan understood that when the northwest was the most difficult time, the court even handed over the military and political power of the three northwest roads to Zhu Lingyue's hands. Xiao Huanzhang was naturally under the control of Zhu Lingyue for a period of time.

As Xiao Huanzhang himself said, Zhu Lingyue impeached officials in Beishan, and many of the officials under Xiao Huanzhang were implicated. During the war, Xiao Huanzhang might be able to swallow his anger, but now the northwest is rebuilt and power reorganization, Xiao Huanzhang is naturally very dissatisfied with Zhu Lingyue putting his hands and feet into Beishan Road. However, with his current power and reputation, he himself knew that he could not compete with Zhu Lingyue. Now that Chu Huan is coming to the northwest for post, Xiao Huanzhang naturally saw the opportunity and did not hesitate to come to this small county town. The reason is that he met Chu Huan to form an alliance. In this way, after the power reorganization in the northwest, Xiguan and Beishan Road joined forces, Zhu Lingyue could not cover the sky with one hand.

Chu Huan could figure out the key points in this, just by slightly turning his mind.

When Xiao Huanzhang saw Chu Huan's face with a slight smile, he didn't say anything, but he couldn't see through Chu Huan's thoughts for a moment. He sighed quietly and said, "Brother Chu, the reconstruction of Xiguan is a long way to go. Saying something that should not be said. If you cannot go up and down, it will not be easy to manage the Xiguan side."

Chu Huan said "Oh" and asked softly: "Why did Lord Xiao say this?"

"It's not that I'm causing trouble behind my back." Xiao Huanzhang said softly: "Brother Chu doesn't know. When Zhu Lingyue impeached officials to the court, he also had another memorial to recommend it. On this list, it is said that they are meritorious officials who fought against the Western Liang and wise men in the Northwest... Most of these people have been approved by the Ministry of Personnel and have taken office in various places in the northwest. I have arranged some of them in Beishan, but you have arranged more Xiguan. I am just worried that the officials that Brother Chu will face in the future will not be ordered to go down."

Chu Huan smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao means that most of the officials in Xiguan are recommended by Governor Zhu. In the future, this governor will not obey this governor's order?"

Xiao Huanzhang thought for a while and said, "Some words shouldn't be said, but... Since I came to meet Brother Chu, I came with sincerity. If I didn't explain the situation in the northwest to Brother Chu clearly, I'm afraid Brother Chu will be controlled everywhere. Although Brother Chu is young and promising, he is not from the Northwest Gang after all. People born and raised in the northwest must be controlled by many parties. Brother Chu is an outsider. Even if Zhu Lingyue is not doing anything behind his back, he may not be able to make the officials of the Northwest Gang obey the orders..."

Chu Huan sighed: "Mr. Xiao said this. Actually, I have heard that the northwest is a wall of iron. The northwest officials are quite heartfelt. It is difficult for foreign officials to integrate into it."

"That's why I said that Brother Chu's situation is not optimistic." Xiao Huanzhang said solemnly: "Not to mention anything else, just say that the Fourth Battalion Pingxi Army outside Shuoquan City in Yuezhou was led by Dongfang Xin. Dongfang Xin was previously controlled by Zhu Lingyue's imperial guards, so he was Zhu Lingyue's confidant. Just imagine, can this Dongfang Xin easily obey your order? Dongfang Xin is in the northwest, and he is also a very famous guy, not a good person."

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Xiao for your advice, I should be careful." He paused and asked, "By the way, since Lord Xiao regards me as his own, I really have something to ask my brother for help!"

"You said it, but it's okay!"

"The reconstruction of Xiguan is the first thing to do is to resume production." Chu Huan said seriously: "But the old brother also knows that Xiguan is now poor and has nothing. The court is planning to allocate a batch of grain to be used for autumn planting. It should come soon. In addition, the court also agreed to recruit oxen and farm tools from the pass to enter Xiguan. However, I have calculated that oxen and farm tools are definitely insufficient, so...!"

"I understand what Brother Chu means." Xiao Huanzhang said: "After I returned to Beishan, I immediately recruited oxen farm tools to help Brother Chu overcome this difficulty as much as possible."

No matter what other intentions Xiao Huanzhang had for him, Chu Huan had agreed to recruit oxen and farm tools, he did help him and thanked him immediately.

"In addition, I will also help Brother Chu to send the people in your jurisdiction back." Xiao Huanzhang smiled and said, "Now there are many refugees from your Xiguan on my Beishan Road. If Xiguan needs to be rebuilt, manpower is indispensable. I will send my subordinates as soon as possible to send the refugees from Xiguan back to my hometown. In this way, Brother Chu will not worry that no one is available."

Chu Huan nodded with a smile. The people are human resources. Human resources at this time represent productivity. In Xiguan, there are piles of ruins and barren fields. If there is no manpower, even if there is grain and tillage, it will not be possible.

Xiao Huanzhang finished what he should say, knowing that Chu Huan is still in business, but he did not continue to disturb him. Chu Huan also knew that Xiao Huanzhang was unwilling to stay in such a small county town for a long time, so he personally sent Xiao Huanzhang away.

After Xiao Huanzhang left, Chu Huan immediately called a group of officials from Qingtang County, including the county magistrate Bo. After more than a dozen major officials from the county town came, Chu Huan went straight to the point and told them directly that Zhou Renkang colluded with the bandits and intended to rebel, but now he has fled, so the position of the county magistrate of Qingtang is naturally vacant.

When the officials heard about Zhou Renkang's rebellion, they were all shocked. Chu Huan looked at the faces of these people and could see that these officials were really surprised. He knew that Zhou Renkang's rebellion was a personal act, but it had nothing to do with these people. After hearing this, the officials were immediately heartbroken and condemned Zhou Renkang's lawless behavior. Chu Huan was not interested in listening and said directly: "The county magistrate is the second-in-command of the county. Zhou Renkang is gone, but the matters arranged before will continue. From now on, the county magistrate of Qingtang County will succeed as the magistrate of Qingtang County and continue to carry out the previous affairs."

The county magistrate of Qingtang was very happy. He was really worried that the governor would be in trouble and implicate him in anger because of Zhou Renkang's rebellion. Who knew that it was a blessing in disguise, so he naturally bowed and thanked him.

Since Chu Huan was a governor, he would naturally not stay in Qingtang County to handle the affairs of a county. After giving the explanation, Xuanyuan Shengcai had already prepared, so he set off to continue to set out for Beiyuan County.

Although it was a day later, Su Niang looked much haggard. The disease had not completely attacked. Although Chu Huan was worried, she had no choice.

The doctor Sun Boliu did it properly and followed Chu Huan's team to go on the road. During the journey, Su Niang's symptoms were often checked and informed Chu Huan of Su Niang's condition at all times.

Lin Daier, who disguised herself as Mr. Lin, was mysterious. She knew she was going to set off and got on the carriage early. Chu Huan didn't even see when she got on the carriage.

Beiyuan County is not far from Qingtang County. It is only two days away, but the family is not walking fast. Chu Huan is worried that the epidemic will spread soon and must implement his own isolation measures to all parts of Xiguan Road as soon as possible. If he follows the team slowly, he will have to waste a lot of time. He called Xuanyuan Shengcai and asked him to lead the team to follow his family slowly. However, he brought thirty guards and Bai Xiaozi and other relatives to Beiyuan County in advance.

Xuanyuan Shengcai also knew that the disaster was more powerful than the fire, so Chu Huan hurried to go to Beiyuan, which naturally made sense.

When Chu Huan arrived at Beiyuan County, it was before noon. He was not unfamiliar with Beiyuan County and knew where Beiyuan County was. Zhu Lingyue was not in Beiyuan County now, and he didn't know who was dealing with government affairs here. He followed Changjie to the county government. Suddenly, he heard a messy sound in front of him. He saw a place in Changjie, surrounded by a large group of people. He was surprised and turned over and got off the horse and led the horse over.

Before he got close, he heard the screams of "Ouch" and "Ouch" sounded, and he was even more confused. He wanted to see clearly. He handed the horse to Bai Xiaozi and squeezed into the crowd. He squeezed into the front and saw an open space in front. Several wolves and tigers were pressing a middle-aged man in brocade clothes. The middle-aged man was pressed to the ground. A man was squeaking on the butt of the middle-aged man with a stick. The middle-aged man screamed repeatedly. Not far away, a middle-aged man in an official robe was sitting on a chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand, pointing to the middle-aged man and said, "I really thought that Beiyuan County had no king's law, so I'll let you taste what the king's law tasted."

The middle-aged man's clothes that were beaten on the ground were even covered with blood. He screamed and couldn't speak. The people around him pointed at him, but they didn't dare to speak loudly, but they only dared to talk in a low voice.

Chu Huan was surprised and asked a commoner beside him: "Old man, what's going on? How could he beat people in the street in broad daylight?"

The man glanced at Chu Huan. Chu Huan was not wearing any official uniforms, and was wearing ordinary brocade clothes. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't you know yet? The one who was beaten was the shopkeeper Lin of the oil shop, owed taxes, and was asked by the official officer today... That was Zhao Jingcheng who came out to find him in person...!"

"Tax?" Chu Huan frowned and was about to ask, but suddenly he heard a voice loudly: "Don't beat it anymore. The king's law is the king's law, but it is not abused like this. If you continue to fight like this, you will die. I think you are lawless!"

Everyone was shocked, but saw a man in his early thirties standing out from the crowd. He looked a little kind of honest in his clothes, but his face turned red at this time. I don’t know if he was nervous or afraid.
Chapter completed!