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Chapter 242: If you are not called Qingping, you can’t be happy (11)

Lu Shouqin was not at all intimidated by Lu Changqing, who was sitting in the hall. He perfunctorily bowed to Lu Changqing and went straight to the point: "What is it that Deputy Envoy Bai asked me to come here for?"

"Aren't you the commander of all the troops in Yongxing Army? What do you mean by leaving only 200 people to guard Yanzhou City?"

Lu Shouqin held onto the chair and sat down. "Deputy Envoy, you may not know that there is Jin Ming in front of Yanzhou City..."

"Stop!" Lu Changqing interrupted Lu Shouqin, "Jinming Village is Jinming Village, Yanzhou City is Yanzhou City. I'm asking about Yanzhou City now, not Jinming Village!"

Lu Shouqin had always looked down on Lu Changqing because she was a woman. Seeing that she didn't give him face and interrupted him in front of so many people, he couldn't help but get angry. His voice rose eight degrees, "What's the difference between Jinming Village and Yanzhou City? If Li Yuanhao wants to enter Yanzhou City, he must pass through Jinming Village. As long as we defend Jinming Village, there will be no problem in Yanzhou?"

"Then let me ask you, what if we can't defend it?"

Lu Shouqin waved his hand and said, "It's impossible that we can't defend it."

Lu Changqing stopped talking nonsense with Lu Shouqin and said, "Send me 500 men immediately. If you can't send me men, pay me and I will recruit soldiers in the city myself."

Lu Shouqin slammed the table and said unconvincedly: "Why!"

Lu Changqing grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at the man, "Because I am now the governor of Yanzhou! Because I am now the highest military commander of the entire Fuyan Road!"

Lu Shouqin yelled and quickly raised his hand to cover his face. Fortunately, he moved quickly and the teacup only hit his arm.

Lu Shouqin angrily shook off the water stains on his arm, pointed at Lu Changqing and cursed: "You are just a deputy envoy, why are you so arrogant!"

Lu Changqing retorted, "He's just a eunuch, why are you so arrogant?"

Although it was a fact that his roots were gone, Lu Shouqin was completely devastated when it was pointed out by a woman in front of so many people.

"Just wait for me. I will write a letter to the government and ask him to punish you!"

"Okay, then I will report you for dereliction of duty and disobeying orders. Let's see who the government punishes!"

It's because Lu Changqing is a woman, and a young woman at that, that the dead eunuch doesn't take her seriously. If it was an old man who came, Lu Shouqin would definitely not dare to say a word.

"You, you, you..." Lu Shouqin was so angry that his hands were shaking as he pointed at Lu Changqing.

"When Liu Dianshuai was a county lieutenant in Wuxi, his superior, the county magistrate, was disrespectful to him, so he beat the magistrate into a pig's head, but the late emperor did not blame him. The current emperor is kind and lenient. If I beat you, a disrespectful eunuch, to death, will the emperor punish me?"

Lu Shouqin puffed out his chest and said fiercely, "You dare!"

In a flash, Lu Changqing pulled off Lu Shouqin's hat, grabbed his hair, and made close contact with his nose with his sandbag-sized fist.

The people in the room didn't expect that Lu Changqing would actually take action. By the time they reacted and stepped forward to separate them, Lu Shouqin's face was already covered in blood.

Lu Changqing knocked down every person in the room.

Li Tongpan was the most cunning one. He hid at the back, but when he saw that no one was a match for Lu Changqing, he ran out shouting and called for help.

Lu Shouqin was beaten by Lu Changqing until he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, crying and saying that he would never dare to do it again.

After beating the man, Lu Changqing felt refreshed. He stood up and straightened his robes. He glanced at the people in the room and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, everyone. As long as you don't provoke me, I am still very gentle and polite."

Everyone looked down at Lu Shouqin, whose head was beaten like a pig, and their hearts were pounding.

Is this the outcome if you provoke me?

After being beaten up, Lu Shouqin finally understood what it meant to be a humble person.

After transferring the people here, Lu Changqing began to rectify the military discipline in the city, divided the troops into groups for training, and had them take turns on duty.

In addition, Lu Changqing also ordered people to post notices in the city to help punish "deadbeats".

If you encounter someone who owes you money and refuses to pay it back, you can take the IOU to report to the government. After the government has verified the matter, they can send someone to help collect the debt. Afterwards, the debt will be split 50-50, with half returned to the creditor and the other half put into the public treasury to be used to support the army.

As soon as the news came out, the gate of the government office was almost broken down by people who came with IOUs asking the government to help collect their debts.

After arranging the affairs in the city, Lu Changqing had a large box of muskets dragged out from the government office warehouse. She selected ten men from the army and asked Li Tongpan to accompany her to escort the boxes to Jinmingzhai.

At this time, the chief of Jinming Village was Li Shibin. He was very good at fighting, but he had no brains and was a reckless man with courage but no strategy.

Originally, he was sentenced to death for killing several relatives including his cousin, but considering that he was a descendant of a meritorious official and that his Li family was responsible for guarding Jinmingzhai, the Song court pardoned him from the death penalty.

Because of his cruelty, the soldiers and civilians in the village had many complaints about Li Shibin, and he was an unpopular leader.

Li Yuanhao also saw that he was not very smart and unpopular. In addition, the terrain in Yanzhou was open, there were many routes to the south, the distance between the villages was a little far, and there were few soldiers, so he chose to attack Yanzhou first.

Li Shibin knew Li Tongpan. When he learned that Lu Changqing was the newly appointed prefect, although he was surprised that it was a woman, he still asked someone to open the door to welcome her.

"What is the purpose of Deputy Envoy Bai's visit this time?"

Li Shibin led Lu Changqing and others to the lobby and asked directly.

Lu Changqing asked someone to bring the boxes up directly and then opened them one by one.

In addition to Li Shibin, there were several other close associates in the hall. They all looked at the strange things in the box with puzzled expressions.

Li Shibin sniffed the air and said in surprise, "It's gunpowder!"

The box was covered with thick straw. Lu Changqing picked up a musket from it and said to Li Shibin, "This thing is called a musket. I will only demonstrate how to use it once."

"Bang!" A loud noise rang out in the valley. Lu Changqing fanned the white smoke in front of him and asked Li Shibin, "Li Dujian, do you understand how to load and use ammunition?"

Li Shibin looked at the fallen leaves on the ground not far away and nodded blankly. Suddenly he said happily: "This is much better than ordinary crossbows. Who made this good thing?"

Lu Changqing pointed at himself and said, "I came in a hurry this time, so I only made less than 30 guns. I'll leave them all for your village to use."

Li Shibin bowed to Lu Changqing and said, "Thank you, Deputy Envoy Bai."

Lu Changqing waved his hand, "Don't thank me yet, I still need your help with something."

Li Shibin asked in confusion, "What does the prefect need me to do?"

"The governor will arrive in Yanzhou soon. During this period, I will stay in your Jinming Village. While I am here, I will be in charge of all affairs in the village." Lu Changqing said in a calm and unquestionable tone.

Li Shibin took a breath and looked at Li Tongpan. He saw that the other party nodded imperceptibly, which meant that he should agree.

Li Shibin couldn't help but find it a little funny, "Then what should I do?"

"The emperor made an exception and let a woman like me serve as the deputy envoy to preside over the affairs of Yanzhou. This shows that my ability is better than most of the court officials. So you don't have to feel uncomfortable working under me. You and I are both working for the court. As long as we can resist Li Yuanhao's troops, everyone will get the credit." Lu Changqing pursed his lips and smiled, "Don't you think so?"