Kunling Pass was as prosperous as ever. Years of war did not cause much harm to this majestic border city. When Qi captured this place, there were not many garrisons here. The elite of the Chu army followed Min Ruoying and all the elites of the rich were finished. Some of the rich fled with their families and wealth, while more ordinary people could not escape and had nowhere to escape, so they had to stay.

The people of Qi came, but did not hurt them. After Yue Kaishan became the county magistrate, he even implemented a policy of gentleness. The wealthy families of Qi injected a lot of wealth and a lot of people into this place, which stimulated the original central city of the six eastern counties and gave him a new vitality in the shortest time.

For the people at the bottom, the biggest change is that the Great Chu Fire Phoenix Flag floating on the highest city tower in Kunling Pass was replaced by the current dragon flag.

Taxes are still paid, labor and subservient, and life is no different from before.

As a result, the entire Kunling County and even other county governors occupied by Qi gradually calmed down. At least, on the surface, the ancient well was no longer in trouble.

Life is just like this.

It has to be said that the people of the six eastern counties were lucky. Because the noble families of Qi were determined to build this place into another basic base for them, a place that could bargain with the emperor of Qi. Since this is the case, naturally, they could not eat the people, and they could not seek temporary speed, but should continue to operate carefully.

Unlike the Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan and other counties that occupied the prefecture, in those three counties, the Qi people implemented a cruel rule of fishing in the dry pond. In a short period of time, the people of these three counties were living in poverty, and after returning to the Ming Dynasty, these three counties are still slowly recovering their vitality and no longer as prosperous as they were back then.

After leaving Zhou Jiyun's official residence, the old man surnamed Wu did not go back to the inn directly, but walked slowly along the bustling front street to a quiet alley on the back street.

I walked to the front of the gate of a house and gently knocked on the copper ring on the door.

A small window opened on the door, revealing a weather-beaten face.

"Please report back to the leader of the Zhou clan, and say that Uso, the Usou, is visiting." The elders of the Wu family bowed politely.

After a moment, the closed door opened with a bang. An old man appeared at the gate with several followers, smiling, looking at the elder surnamed Wu, and laughed: "I didn't expect that Elder Wu would be welcomed by mistake. I wish I could forgive my sins!"

Uso held his fists and returned the greeting: "Mr. Zhou is polite. He came suddenly without telling him, and he was rude."

The old man laughed: "Please, please!"

The two seemed to have met each other in the past and had a close relationship, and they actually joined hands.

This old man is Zhou Shuguang, the patriarch of the Zhou clan of Bozhou.

In the study, the screen was left and right. Uso looked at Zhou Shuguang who seemed to have grown a lot and sighed: "I didn't expect that I would have fallen to the point of struggling to survive today. Clan Zhou, how are you doing this?"

Zhou Shuguang smiled bitterly: "Elder Wu, do you think I will be fine? Thousands of elite soldiers have been lost in one day. In Jinghu, your Wu family's son-in-law thought it was because of my bad command of Zhou, which caused the destruction of the navy. It was only a month since I returned, but General Zhou has not summoned me yet! Now I am a military post, and I am not allowed to order and dare not leave. I stayed like a thorn on my back, and I was restless. I was worried that General Zhou would use my head to intimidate the three armies that day!"

Uso laughed: "Class Zhou was joking. Zhou Jiyun was a little arrogant, but he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Class Zhou. He just felt depressed and took his anger on others. How dare he touch Class Zhou? Speaking of which, Class Zhou still helped us a lot."

"I can't say help, my lips are gone, my teeth are cold. I, Zhou, feel the mighty chill of heaven even earlier after you Wuchang!" Zhou Shuguang shook his head: "I'm sorry, I failed."

"We failed." Uso said: "But fortunately, it's not the last moment yet. We still have the energy to manage it. Maybe there will be another village in the dark!"

"The alliance needs to increase investment here?" Zhou Shuguang widened his eyes, "I'm afraid I'm not able to make the situation come true."

"That's not necessarily the case. There are still opportunities. Zhou Jiyun suffered this setback and would always be energetic and deal with it carefully. He had underestimated Bian Wushuang before. Now, as long as he is willing to pay attention to his opponent and put Bian Wushuang in the same position as him, Bian Wushuang may not be able to get it. Clan Zhou, we have no way out, if we retreat, we will die and lose! You have experienced Your Majesty's thundering methods." Wusuo said.

Zhou Shuguang pondered for a moment, "Elder Wu said, "But what is the intention of Old Wu coming to me today? I can't help with the next thing. If I just pay some military pay, then I can still get some of it after searching and scrambling it, but there is really no way for others."

To Zhou Shuguang's surprise, Uso waved his hands repeatedly, "For the next thing, don't Zhou's family pay another tael of silver. The alliance has another arrangement. I hope that the patriarch Zhou can agree."

"I don't know what arrangements are there?"

"The cunning rabbit has three holes, now I have to set up a way out!" Uso sighed. "Otherwise, if I fail again, it will be a disaster."

"Design the way out?" Zhou Shuguang raised his eyebrows, and after thinking about it for a moment, he understood: "There is only ship left in my Zhou family. The alliance wants to arrange a way out. Is it because he wants to use our fleet to develop in another place?"

Uso snorted coldly, but shook his head: "What can you do if you and me have left this land and went to another place? Are you a rich man? The head of the Zhou family, you are in Bozhou, Linhai, and have a boat. Your real strength is not on the land, but in the sea, don't tell me what you lost in Jinghu this time, you are really the main force and core of your Zhou family."

Zhou Shuguang was stunned and smiled awkwardly: "Elder Wu, what do you mean?"

Uso looked at Zhou Shuguang for a while and said, "Master Zhou, I know you have an island on the sea. Although we don't know where this island is, it really exists. The things on this island are the real strength of your Zhou family. Do you think there is this?"

The smile on Zhou Shuguang's face gradually disappeared, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Uso, "Yes, so what?"

"Okay, the head of the Zhou family is happy. How is the Zhou family doing in Bozhou now?"

Zhou Shuguang lowered his face, "Didn't you ask this knowingly? Since last year, the court has started to take action in Bozhou, and has tightened my neck step by step. Now Zhou is in Bozhou, and it is difficult to take a breath. Now I have lost my hand in Jinghu again. I think the court will be even more rude to me. Do you know Xiang Lian?"

"It's the guy who suffered a great loss when he was in the Ming Dynasty's Eagle Nest hand and was caught alive in the end?" Uso burst out laughing.

"That guy was not lucky. He was not really in the hands of the Eagle Nest, but he was unlucky to meet the Princess of Chu and the Empress of Ming Min Ruoxi, so he lost both times. However, after Ming grabbed him, he did not kill him. In the end, Cao Hui used some methods to call him back. Of course, the deputy commander of the ghost was no longer able to be regarded as the ghost commander. He was demoted to several levels and became the head of the ghost in Bozhou. This guy was eager to express his loyalty to the emperor. He bit me like a madman in Bozhou and refused to let go!" Zhou Shuguang shook his head, looking a little distressed.

Princess Uso smiled: "Captain Zhou can really bear it? In my opinion, if Chief Zhou wants to deal with him, it should be effortless. As long as Chief Zhou makes a fuss, he will be killed on the street immediately."

"That's right, but he is His Majesty's dog. Beating a dog depends on the owner's face. If you really kill this dog, you will attract jackals, tigers and leopards, and that's not worth the loss." Zhou Shuguang shook his head and said.

"But let this dog bite down one by one, and eventually Zhou's blood will flow away." Uso said slowly.

"There is no way, there is no way, I can only take one step at a time." Zhou Shuguang sighed, "Otherwise, what else can I do? I was expecting to help Zhou Jiyun this time to make a big prospect, but now it's a waste. This is the god of death, and I'll wait!"

"Captain Zhou is really ready to sit and wait for death? Or can he really not stand it and set sail to the outfielder on that island?"

"What else can it do? Can you rebel?" Zhou Shuguang stared at Uso, a little dissatisfied with the other party's aggressiveness.

Uso smiled and clapped his hands: "Since Your Majesty doesn't give us a way out, what if you rebel?"

Zhou Shuguang looked at the other party in a daze, and after a while, he sneered: "So you are using this idea to let me be this pioneer? What benefits can I get from my Zhou family take the lead in rebelling? I just wait for the imperial court to wipe out the army. I am not stupid. Now my Zhou family is dying. I am afraid that the emperor's attention to me is not as tight as before. I can still delay it for a while, and maybe I can find another vitality."

"Class Zhou, this leader is indeed your choice, but you are thinking about our prospects. How can we watch you fight alone?" Uso looked at Zhou Shuguang with a smile, "Of course we are working together."

"I don't know how to work together?" Zhou Shuguang asked calmly: "You are all in the core of Daqi. Although you have strong strength, rebellion cannot be achieved."
Chapter completed!