In Xia Village, a cavalry team escorted dozens of refugees to the village.

Zhang Hua came back from a farmland inspection and happened to meet the group of refugees.

The cavalry leader said: "Sir, this group of refugees came from the eastern plains. They claimed that they had been captured by the Eight Banners Cavalry and then went into exile here. The villain met them when they were supervising the construction of the pass at the valley entrance and brought them to the village."

Zhang Hua frowned slightly: "Since it comes from the eastern plain, I'll check it out to see if there are spies sent by the Eight Banners."

Zhang Hua already knew that outside the valley, there was a vast plain with many villages on the plain. One of the powerful forces was established by the generals of the Eight Banners, and the power may be even stronger than the six villages of Jin Wushu.

The forces established by the Eight Banners Generals may expand in the direction of the valley. Before the expansion, the Eight Banners may send scouts to Xia Village to find out the truth.

The Green Forest Army may also infiltrate into Xia Village, so Xia Village is secretly investigating scouts.

"By the way, let the refugee leader come to see me."

Zhang Hua thought of taking this opportunity to understand the distribution of power in the eastern plains.

Zhang Hua didn't know how vast the plain east of the valley mouth was and how much power it had.

Soon a scholar was brought to Zhang Hua.

Zhang Hua was secretly surprised and paid more attention to this person.

This person may be a civil servant from which dynasty.

Although he received help from Han Fei and was in charge of prison, Zhang Hua still lacked civil servants.

"I have a few questions. If you don't answer truthfully, I will not be able to take you in."

"As long as you ask, I will answer any questions."

"First, who is your last name?"

"I'm going to Chen Qiao."

Chen Qiao?

Zhang Hua thought about it and had no impression.

If it were Han Fei, Li Si, Zhuge Liang, Fan Zhongyan and others, Zhang Hua would naturally know him.

Chen Qiao sounds like a name that can be seen everywhere.

Perhaps this person is just a county magistrate or county magistrate of a certain dynasty.

"Second, how strong is the Eight Banners?"

"The Eight Banners conquered the cities and lands, and there were at least 10 villages. The Eight Banners soldiers attacked the villain villages had about a hundred people and hundreds of servants."

“10 villages…”

This group of Eight Banners Cavalry is really fierce and has an amazing expansion speed.

"Do you know who the Eight Banners Lord is?"

"This person calls himself Huang Taiji."

"It turned out to be Huang Taiji, no wonder the expansion momentum is so fierce."

Zhang Hua knew it.

Huang Taiji is the son of Nurhaci.

Nurhaci raised his army with thirteen pairs of armor, conquered the Jurchen tribes, and became enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and was known as the Great Jin Kingdom.

After Huang Taiji took office, he changed his name to the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji was not a mediocre person. The Battle of Songjin destroyed all the elite troops of the Ming army on the nine sides, which indirectly led to Li Zicheng's destruction of the Ming Dynasty.

If Huang Taiji is just a reckless man, then the threat is not great.

However, Huang Taiji was good at winning people's hearts and tried to surrender Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other Ming generals, and appointed powerful families to farm outside the pass, which was quite difficult.

Huang Taiji has the ability to become a monarch, first-class military ability, and first-class ability to control subordinates.

Of course, the most indispensable thing is luck.

It is normal that this village built by Chen Qiao was captured by Huang Taiji.

"Third, what generals are there under Huang Taiji?"

"That's not clear."

"In the future, you guys will live in Xia Village. As for you, I will have some appointments."

Zhang Hua briefly asked Chen Qiao a few questions, and then decided to let Chen Qiao be in charge of some internal affairs based on Chen Qiao's ability.

Chen Qiao looked struggling and seemed unwilling to serve Zhang Hua, but after settling in Xia Village, he still had to support the "Your Majesty" who lacked the ability to take care of himself, and needed a salary.

Chen Qiao hesitated for a while and said to Zhang Hua: "Just give me some food."

"Old Liu, go and settle them."

Zhang Hua asked the old scholar Liu Qisu to settle Chen Qiao and his group.

After Chen Qiao left, Chen Gong, who was silent on the side, said slowly: "This person has a problem. There is a temperament of a superior person in his eyes. Perhaps he once held an important position and was unwilling to be inferior to others."

Zhang Hua speculated: "Yes, I can see that this Chen Qiao is definitely not an ordinary person. Could it be that he was a detailed work sent by Huang Taiji?"

"This is unlikely, but not impossible."

"I'm going to be surveillance Chen Qiao and will not be appointed until he finds out his background."

Zhang Hua kept alert to Chen Qiao just in case.

Zhang Hua came to the stone tablet of the third-level village and saw that there was an additional historical hero in the village's hero list.

"It turned out to be the minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the emperor's close attendant."

Zhang Hua checked Chen Qiao's heroic attributes and was quite surprised to see Chen Qiao's origin.

【Hero】: Chen Qiao

【Level】: 16

[Commander]: 65 [Military power]: 51 [Intellect]: 79 [Politics]: 83

[Awakening Talent]: Unforgettable (Chen Qiao has extraordinary memory and handles memorials several times faster than ordinary people)

[Article]: After the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty surrendered to the Song army, Chen Qiao, who was in charge of the battle, jumped off the building and died.

Chen Qiao knew who the Later Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty was.

Li Yu, the monarch of the last Southern Tang Dynasty, was the same monarch as Zhao Kuangyin. He was defeated by the Song army sent by Zhao Kuangyin to the southern expedition and surrendered to the Song army.

However, Li Yu became famous not because he was the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but because he was a literary youth who was delayed by his identity as an emperor.

Zhang Hua knew about the emperor Li Yu because of his words.

It's sorrow of separation...

When will the spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past? The building was windy again last night, and my hometown was unbearable to look back at the moonlight...

The tears of rouge remain drunk together. When will it be heavy, the longing of regret in life will always last forever...

These are all classic works left by Li Yu.

Li Yu was a top poet, but as an emperor, his abilities were very ordinary, so that the Southern Tang Dynasty was easily destroyed by Zhao Kuangyin and he became a prisoner of the Song army.

As Li Yu's close attendant, maybe Li Yu is among these refugees.

If this is true, wouldn’t there be an emperor in Xiacun?

Although Li Yu, the strange emperor, really did not pose any threat to Zhang Hua...

"Send additional staff to monitor Chen Qiao and see who he interacts with the most frequently."

Zhang Hua arranged for two to monitor Chen Qiao.

Chen Qiao has a talent that never forgets everything, which is quite practical when dealing with internal affairs. In addition, Chen Qiao is a subordinate minister of a country, in charge of secrets and assists Li Yu in handling political affairs. She is considered a second-rate civil servant.

In fact, even a separatist regime like the Southern Tang that lacks much presence, could not have much ability to get along with the emperor.

If Chen Qiao really worked hard, then it would be more than enough to manage the territory of 7,000 people.

The reason why Chen Qiao agreed to become an official is probably because of his livelihood.
Chapter completed!