It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

When Wei Hu heard what Zhao Long said, his expression suddenly tensed up, his fingers moved, and he almost touched the knife.

Fortunately, Lu Xingchen had warned him many times before he left Xing County, telling him not to act impulsively. This time he was just pretending to be stupid so that Zhao Long would let down his guard.

"For Magistrate Zhao to say this means that we in Xing County have not done well." Lu Feng's face was warm, and he was not affected by Zhao Long's question.

"Song County was constantly harassed by bandits before."

"We in Xing County did not take any action either."

"After all, the bandits are fierce and we are worried that we are no match for them."

"But later, the Magistrate of Song County, Lord Jia, came to our house in person to ask our Lord to help him."

"In fact, before this, our Xing County had already taken in a large number of refugees from Song County."

"Besides, our former county lord and Magistrate Jia have been close friends for many years."

"It was out of his passion that our county lord dared to send troops to attack the bandits."

"The bandits were strangled by us, they were just lucky..."

"Our county lord is still young. After killing the bandits, he couldn't sleep for two or three days. He was very scared."

"We took over the government affairs of Song County because the father and son of the Jia family came to our county magistrate for help and asked us to help him stabilize the situation first."

"County Magistrate Jia was also greatly frightened this time."

"Our county lord wants to return Song County to them when Mr. Jia is sixteen years old."

"We are brother counties. How could we take advantage of others' misfortune?"

Lu Feng spoke with embarrassment and helplessness, and finally settled an account with Zhao Long.

The refugees from Song County flowed into Xing County, and Xing County then paid out a lot of silver and grain...

Zhao Long didn't believe Lu Feng's words at first, but it sounded like it was true.

The military advisor coughed dryly at the side, but Zhao Long seemed not to hear it.

"Our county lord has just taken up his new post, and we will have to ask County Magistrate Zhao for help in the future."

"Our county lord is also trying hard to maintain the relationship with the surrounding counties, so he wanted to marry Miss Zhou Er."

"Who would have known that Lord Zhou would actually fall in love with Lord Zhao?"

"Zhao County Magistrate is indeed a great hero. Our Lord County Lord is inferior to him, so in order to avoid misunderstandings, he specially asked us to come with gifts to make these things clear."

"A man should have a wife. We cannot let a woman affect the relationship between our brother counties."

Lu Feng took a very humble attitude and first explained that the conflict with Song County was out of helplessness and that it was Xing County that was helping Song County to solve the problem.

Now, with the matter of Miss Zhou Er, Xing County is also trying its best to maintain its relationship with the other two counties.

Then Lu Feng called on the soldiers below to bring up the gifts they had brought.

This time, the gift Lu Xingchen gave to Zhao Long was very generous.

Not only Zhao Long, but also the other bosses' eyes widened.

In recent years, they have imposed heavy taxes on Teng County, and all the common people have fled. Now it is very difficult for Teng County to collect taxes.

The days are getting harder and harder.

They didn’t expect that Lu Xingchen would send such a big gift just to please them.

This made Zhao Long let down his original guard.

Lu Feng looked at the marriage certificate Zhou Shu wrote to Zhao Long and smiled bitterly, "In this round of competition, our county lord lost."

"We are humbled."

Zhao Long patted Lu Feng on the shoulder and said, "If it weren't for the marriage certificate, I think I could give the second lady to Brother Xingchen."

"It's just a woman."

Lu Feng also patted Zhao Long on the shoulder and said, "Master Zhao is indeed a hero... If you don't let these sentimental things hold you back, you will surely achieve great things in the future."

"We have achieved the purpose of this trip, so we will leave first." Lu Feng saluted to Zhao Long with a dejected and sad face.

"Why rush? I will host a banquet tonight to entertain you two brothers." Zhao Long said generously.

"Don't worry. When Lord Zhao marries his beautiful wife, our county lord will personally bring gifts to congratulate the two newlyweds. I will definitely accompany them, and then we will get drunk together."

"Today I have to go back and inform our county lord of this tragic result."

"Our county lord fell in love with the second young lady at first sight..."

Lu Feng clicked his tongue a few times and was almost about to cry.

Zhao Long showed an expression of pity.

Lu Feng, Wei Hu and their men successfully left Teng County.

Lu Feng reined in his horse and looked back at the soldiers guarding the city who were gambling on the wall of Teng County. He thought to himself that the next time he came, it would be when he would flatten Teng County.

"I never realized that you were so eloquent before. You can even bring the dead back to life." Wei Hu looked at Lu Feng and said.

"We were forced by the county magistrate. What can we do?" Lu Feng smiled helplessly.

"Go back quickly, or you'll have more trouble at night." Lu Feng said, whipping the horse hard with the whip.

*

After Lu Feng and Wei Hu left, Zhao Long and several other bosses gathered around the boxes of gifts and looked at them, their eyes shining with gold.

"Brother, everyone says Xing County is rich, but I didn't expect it to be this rich. How about we take people to take down Xing County?" The third in command grabbed those gold and silver jewelry with his big hands, wishing he could stuff them into his eyes.

"Yes, brother, Xing County is the richest county nowadays. Teng County is already empty." The second in command also agreed.

"It's been many years since I've seen so many yellow and white things." The fourth in command pursed his lips.

“How many women can this buy?”

The military advisor looked at the scene in front of him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He also wanted to remind a few leaders that Lu Xingchen from Xing County was definitely not that simple and he came here today just to show weakness.

But at this time he knew that the heads of these bosses were filled with gold and silver and they could not hear anything.

He sighed, turned and walked out.

He also had to find another way out.

Ling Xiao and Lu Feng each have their own tasks, and Lu Xingchen has not been idle these two days.

Siege warfare requires constant practice.

Although she had captured Teng County, she was not planning to use siege tactics.

After all, siege is the most labor-intensive.

The city wall of Teng County is not high, but even so, if you want to climb up to the top of the wall with a ladder and then occupy the county town, it will consume a lot of manpower.

She didn't want to lose all the military forces she had worked so hard to build up during this period just because of Teng County.

But there is always a chance of something happening, so we should still be fully prepared.

So she asked Zhang Fan to take several hundred soldiers to find a steep slope almost as high as the city wall of Teng County to practice siege tactics.

In addition, street fighting also requires preparation in advance.

From the beginning, Kung Fu was not intended for fighting or killing, but for physical training.

What’s more, the way ancient people fought wars was actually very interesting and was a relatively civilized way.

In front of Lu Xingchen, a killer from later generations, these people's kung fu was too circuitous and not direct enough.

"If we encounter the enemy, it will be a matter of life and death. There is no time for you to pose or display your skills. Our goal is to insert our weapons into the enemy's most lethal parts as quickly as possible, such as the chest, abdomen, throat..." Lu Xingchen said in a high-pitched voice.