One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 437 Entering the River East County

Hua Xiong's family members are still in Anyi City, so he has to return to Anyi tonight.Qin Yi wrote a reply and asked Hua Xiong to bring it to Li Ru.He also told Hua Xiong to closely monitor Li Ru's movements and deal with them immediately if he found anything unusual in Li Ru.

Nothing happened overnight, which made Qin Yi believe in Li Ru's sincerity even more.Early the next morning, Qin Yi led the army to the east gate of Anyi City.

Li Ru and Hua Xiong were already waiting outside the city gate.After the meeting between the two parties, Qin Yi bowed his hands to Li Ru and saluted: "Li Zhongling, I haven't seen you in two years, Zhongling still has the same demeanor!"

Li Ru smiled slightly, and bowed his hands in return: "Emissary Qin, two years ago, Li only heard the respectful voice, but did not see the honorable face. Today, Li is very lucky to see the honorable face."

"Hahaha, Li Zhongling is welcome." Qin Yi laughed loudly, "Today, a certain person was able to take down Anyi City without bloodshed, all thanks to Zhongling's kindness."

Li Ru showed a bitter expression: "Emissary, Li is now a homeless person, and I hope that the envoy will take him in from now on."

"Don't worry Li Zhongling, Qin has always admired your talent, as long as Zhongling doesn't dislike Qin's Bingzhou Temple is too small, Qin will definitely not treat Zhongling badly."

Hua Xiong was taken aback by the conversation between Li Ru and Qin Yi.He really didn't expect that these two people were old acquaintances.

After finishing the polite words, Li Ru immediately introduced to Qin Yi the officials from Hedong County and Anyi County who accompanied him out of the city to meet Qin Yi.One of them was Pei Song, the captain of Hedong County, and the other was Cheng Xi, the magistrate of Anyi County.Qin Yi also introduced Zhang Yan, Li Le, Zhao Yun, and Liao Hua to everyone.

Later, Li Ru invited Qin Yi into the city.

"My lord, take over the defense of the city gate first, and it won't be too late for my lord to enter the city again." Liao Hua said proactively.

Qin Yi nodded in agreement.Liao Hua led five hundred soldiers and took over the defense of the east gate.Afterwards, Qin Yi led Zhang Yan and Li Le into the city, leaving Zhao Yun to lead the troops and hand over the city defense with Pei Song.

On the way to the government office, Li Ru and Qin Yi walked and talked, both of them sighed about their respective situations in the past two years.Two years ago, Qin Yi was in the body of Bai Ding, and Li Ru was in the rank of Jiuqing.But now, in just two years, the status of the two has been reversed, Qin Yi has become a feudal official, and Li Ru has become a fugitive.

When they arrived at the government office, Li Ru asked Qin Yi to take the main seat, and everyone took their seats below.

"Student Wen Xian, where is Li Su now?" Qin Yi asked Li Ru.

Li Rudao: "Last night, someone got Li Su drunk and controlled him, and under the guise of Li Su's name, he lured Pei Song, the captain of Hedong County, to the government office, and then Li persuaded Pei Song to offer the city to the envoy. Li Su was placed under house arrest by someone In the backyard."

Speaking of this, Li Ru said again: "My lord, although Li Su detained Captain Hua, he originally wanted to persuade Captain Hua to return to the Xiliang Army, and he did not intend to harm Captain Hua. Li and Li Su I was also a colleague in the past, and I hope Shijun can sell Li's face and forgive Li Su."

Hua Xiong also said: "My lord, I'm also begging for Li Su's favor. Anyi County has already been taken, and the two armies have not yet met, so don't blame Li Su. Just like what Li Zhongling said, at any rate, I used to fight with Li Su Even with colleagues, he has no bad intentions for someone."

Qin Yi nodded, and said: "As long as Li Su is willing to donate Hedong County, I will forgive him for offending me and the state officials this time."

Afterwards, Qin Yi ordered someone to escort Li Su to the lobby.As soon as Li Su came in, he cursed Li Ru for being a villain, but Li Ru looked calm and neither spoke nor refuted.

"Shut up!" Qin Yi slapped the case and said sharply, "Li Su, you detained me and the state official Hua Xiaowei for no reason. Qin brought an army to ask for Hua Xiaowei, and you wanted to use the mantis arm as a chariot to resist Qin! Wen first Sheng is deeply aware of righteousness, in order to prevent the city of Anyi from going to war and causing casualties to the soldiers of the two armies, he opened the city and entered the city..."

Before Qin Yi finished speaking, Li Su said: "Qin Yi, don't show off your tongue. Hua Xiong originally rebelled against our Xiliang army, and he was detained out of a sense of justice. You Qin Yi It is an act of rebellion to lead troops to invade Hedong."

"I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Qin Yi became impatient, "Tell me, are you going to surrender now?"

"Huh!" Li Su turned his head and gave Qin Yi a cold face.

"Come here, push Li Su out and behead him!"

Qin Yi let out a loud roar, and two of Qin Yi's personal soldiers immediately came in outside the hall, one left and one right escorted Li Su and walked out.

Li Su panicked and shouted, "Qin Yi, I am the governor of Hedong, appointed by the emperor, you have no right to kill me."

"You assisted Li Que and Guo Si in plotting rebellion, and Qin killed you to punish the rebellion for the court. Push it out!"

The two sergeants escorted Li Su out of the lobby.As soon as he left the lobby, Li Su suddenly shouted: "Qin Shijun, please forgive me, Li is willing to surrender!"

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all had black lines on their faces.Well, I thought you were so stubborn, and you were subdued before the knife reached your neck!
"Then push him back again!" Qin Yi said with a smile.He knew that Li Su would not fight to the end.In the original history, this person was a villain who acted according to the changing circumstances.

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Now that Li Su has surrendered, the next thing will be easy.Qin Yi asked Li Su to write letters to the counties in Hedong County, asking them to submit to Qin Yi.

Two days later, the magistrates of various counties either came in person or sent letters, and they were all willing to obey Li Su's order and submit to Qin Yi.

Now Chang'an has become a mess, and the officials of Hedong County are already in danger. Now that Qin Yi has come, they will go along with the flow and submit to Qin Yi.As for where to go in the future, we can only take one step at a time.

Now that Hedong County had been acquired, Qin Yi asked Zhang Yan to continue to serve as the governor of Hedong County, and Pei Song remained as the captain.Qin Yi originally wanted Pei Song to follow him back to Taiyuan, but Pei Song was born in the Pei family of Wenxi, and his hometown was Wenxi, Hedong. He did not want to leave his hometown, so Qin Yi stayed and continued to serve in Hedong.

There is also an advantage in this way, because Wen Xi Pei's family checks and balances Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan can't sit down, and this can also make Qin Yi feel more at ease in Hedong County.

On the fifth day in Anyi, Qin Yi, accompanied by Zhang Yan and Pei Song, came to the salt lake dozens of miles north of Anyi.

Salt was produced in the east of the river, and Qin Yi knew about it from the treasure map.When he came to Anyi this time, besides saving Huaxiong, the most important thing was to bring the salt lake in the east of the river into his sphere of influence.

Qin Yi inspected the Salt Lake and learned from Pei Song that the Salt Lake was now jointly occupied by several powerful men from Hedong.The two largest families were the Wenxi Pei family and the Anyi Wei family.

The Wei family in Anyi is Cai Yong's in-laws and Wei Ke's main family.After returning to the city, Qin Yi asked Pei Song to lead the way to visit Wei Song, the Patriarch of the Wei family in Anyi.

The next day, he went to Lianwenxi County accompanied by Pei Song, and visited Pei Xuan, the Patriarch of the Pei family.

The purpose of Qin Yi's visit to Wei Song and Pei Xuan was to reorganize the Hedong Salt Farm.He told Wei Song and Pei Xuan that he knew a new salt production method, which could not only increase the production of the salt lake, but also turn coarse salt with more impurities into pure snow salt.

Snow salt is the name for refined salt in this era.Qin Yi learned from Pei Song that although snow salt can also be produced from salt lakes, it requires God's blessing. Only when certain meteorological conditions are met can snow salt be produced from the salt fields.However, this kind of weather conditions is very harsh. It only lasts for a few days a year, and sometimes even for a whole year, it does not produce even one ounce of snow salt.

Qin Yi also saw with his own eyes the snow salt produced from the Hedong Salt Lake.Although snow salt is finer than coarse salt, it still contains a lot of impurities, and its color is much darker than common table salt in later generations.

The book "Salt Making Method" that Qin Yi obtained from the base vehicle details the process of making pure table salt. The process is also very simple, and the tools used have little technological content. It can be made in this era.Therefore, Qin Yi was confident to convince Pei Xuan and Wei Song.

Four days later, Wei Song, Pei Xuan and several other tycoons who ran the salt field in Hedong County all came to Anyi Salt Lake.

Qin Yi personally guided the workers in the saltworks, and spent half a day producing half a catty of fine snow salt from the salt lake.

The snow salt produced by Qin Yi is white and delicate in color, with fine and uniform particles. Its quality is much higher than the snow salt produced in the salt lake in the past.

Wei Song, Pei Xuan and other Hedong powerful men witnessed Qin Yi extracting such high-quality snow salt, and they were all shocked by Qin Yi.

The test was successful, and the next thing will be easy to handle.Using the successful experience of reorganizing Huangshiya Iron Mine in Shangdang County, Qin Yi discussed with Wei Song, Pei Xuan and other tycoons, and formed a reorganization plan for Hedong Salt Lake.

(End of this chapter)