Chapter 136 White Cliff Disease
The three of them looked at each other.
Du Biao's face was livid: "This, this, this... Doesn't this bastard want to live anymore? Investigate and find those assassins! We, the Baiya Army, must give Brother Liu an explanation!"
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't go, it's useless."
Du Biao didn't believe it.
But when half an hour passed, the men reported that those assassins suddenly disappeared from Baiya City and could never be found again!
Du Biao's face turned pale, he slammed the table in anger, gnashing his teeth and saying, "Zhang Chengjiang..."
Liu Zheng shook his head and said, "Brother Du, don't be impatient. We can't be impatient now. We need to take a long-term view. No matter who the assassin is, if they want to kill me, they put some poison on the sword. I'm afraid I would be dead now."
These words scared Du Biao so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Doctor Miao was relieved only after he confirmed several times that it was non-toxic.
Yang Ke also looked serious: "Master Liu, what do you mean by this is that the other party is trying to intimidate you and scare you away?"
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "So I am even more certain that this was done by the governor's office. Because they saw that my 30,000 troops were still outside the city, they were afraid to kill me, but they didn't dare to do so. They were worried that the army would attack and Baiya City would not be able to withstand it!"
Yang Ke took a deep breath: "In the current Baiya Prefecture, I'm afraid there are only 30,000 soldiers available, this..."
Liu Zheng's words revealed the complicated situation in Baiya Prefecture today. Before, the Baiya Army had a horse farm, money, and military strength, so the governor's office was naturally willing to be a puppet. But what about now? Chen Ping's consumption caused the Baiya Army to lose most of its troops. Now there are only 20,000 troops. It would be strange if the governor's office didn't have some ideas...
Du Biao said angrily: "Zhang Chengjiang is such a coward, trying to gain both sides! ~ Baiyazhou was extremely poor back then. If it weren't for the business of our Baiya Army, how could the people have enough to eat? Now he is adding insult to injury, it's really..."
Liu Zheng and Yang Ke remained silent.
Since ancient times, haven't there been many cases of people kicking others when they are down?
What's more, your Baiya Army is an illegal organization in itself.
From your perspective, the Baiya Army has made great contributions. But from Zhang Chengjiang's perspective, the Baiya Army has usurped the throne. It is hard to define who is righteous and who is evil.
In terms of law and logic, the prefectural government is better.
"Don't worry, brother Liu. I, Du Biao, will definitely seek justice for you!"
Du Biao was anxious and angry.
Liu Zheng and Yang Ke hurried to persuade him. At this time, the warhorse contract meeting in Baiyazhou was about to begin. Recently, many foreign princes, officials, generals, and merchants began to enter the city.
It would be unwise to fall out with the prefectural government at this time.
But since the prefectural government has taken action, we have to be on guard.
Yang Ke took a deep breath and said, "Governor Zhang Chengjiang has always been a coward by nature. This must have been done by his evil daughter!"
"daughter?"
Liu Zheng was stunned. He was indeed wondering whether there was a master behind Zhang Chengjiang, but he didn't expect that it was his daughter.
Yang Ke sneered, "Zhang Xiao! This girl is only sixteen years old. She has been known as a genius since she was a child. She is extremely evil. However, she was sent to Beijing to study since she was a child, and she just came back recently... According to Zhang Chengjiang's personality, I really don't believe he dares to do such a thing, but since Mr. Liu is sure that it is the prefectural governor, it must be Zhang Xiao without a doubt!"
"Zhang Xiao?"
Liu Zheng smiled slightly. He suddenly wanted to meet this little girl who was called a monster.
Because after he came to Baiyazhou, he felt that this place was very abnormal...
Yes, it was very different from the Baiya he imagined! He had always believed that the Baiya Army was the local emperor in Baiya Prefecture and had absolute control over the place, whether it was politics, the army, or people's hearts...
But today.
Just when he was being assassinated, he discovered a very incredible situation.
That is, even though Yang Ke was by their side, the people of Baiyazhou just let the assassination happen in front of their eyes. They did not rush to support the Baiya Army as Liu Zheng had imagined.
Why is this?
This shows that the Baiya Army is not as popular in Baiya as he imagined!
Regarding this complicated situation, Liu Zheng plans to observe for a few more days.
At this moment, a swarm of people suddenly rushed in from outside.
"Is Brother Yang back?"
"Second Brother Yang!"
"Hahaha, the brothers miss you so much!"
"Brother Yang, the heavy losses this time are not your fault..."
A group of people came over to ask about our well-being.
Liu Zheng squinted his eyes and looked at it, then immediately smiled.
…
The Baiya Prefecture Mansion at this time.
Zhang Chengjiang had just returned here when he almost collapsed to the ground, sweating profusely: "I was scared to death, scared to death! That Du Biao almost killed me!"
"Bandits, a bunch of bandits!"
The officials around Zhang Chengjiang looked at each other in bewilderment. In this Baiya Prefecture, who dared to say anything bad about the Baiya Army? Which of the officials here didn't have a vested interest in the Baiya Army? So they didn't dare to say a word about this matter.
"Hmph, useless guy!"
Zhang Chengjiang shouted angrily : "Get out, all of you!"
Finally, only two of the officials were left. Zhang Chengjiang then slowly stood up, changed his cowardly attitude, and smiled coldly: "A bunch of traitors, get out!"
Three people walked into the inner house.
In front of a boudoir, Zhang Chengjiang took a deep breath and was about to speak.
A cold voice came from inside.
"How did Liu Zheng react?"
Zhang Chengjiang said cautiously: "There was no reaction. Just as you thought, they didn't ask the Baiya Army to come and question us. Ha, I don't think they can tell!"
"ignorance!"
The voice said coldly.
The two people next to him quickly lowered their heads.
Logically speaking, as a daughter, she shouldn't scold her father like this. But in Zhang Chengjiang's family, the situation is different. Zhang Xiao, the daughter of the Zhang family, has been reading scriptures since she was six years old. She was taken to Beijing by a great man and carefully trained. Now she has returned to Baiyazhou again with her own mission...
Compared with his daughter, Zhang Chengjiang is just trash.
So Zhang Chengjiang could only smile awkwardly and said, "Xiao'er is right. Dad is ignorant. Dad is ignorant."
The voice said coldly again: "This Young Master Liu just returned from , but he forbeared and didn't wait to be appreciated for his merits. Do you think he is as stupid as you?"
Zhang Chengjiang was sweating profusely when he heard this: "Xiaoer, teach me!"
Zhang Xiao said coldly: "I have been teaching you since you were ten years old. It is because of teaching you that we have this opportunity today. If the young master of the Liu family had not come, Baiyazhou would have returned to your hands. But the arrival of the young master of the Liu family has become a variable..."
Zhang Chengjiang said disdainfully: "What's there to be afraid of with just a kid?"
"If he wasn't afraid of the 30,000 troops outside the city, he would have died today!"
Zhang Chengjiang was furious: "This Baiya Army really doesn't take me, the governor, seriously! They brought 30,000 troops but didn't even inform my governor's office!"
Zhang Xiao said coldly: "Remember, the more arrogant they are, the more chances you have, understand?"
"Go down, I need to think carefully..."
"good!"
…
Liu Zheng smiled as he looked at the people in front of him.
Suddenly he had a feeling of intrusion.
A dark man holding two huge axes, with a big beard and two eyes as big as copper bells, laughed loudly. Next to him stood a charming woman. The two seemed to have a close relationship, which gave people a visual impact.
Then……
A Taoist priest, a monk, a nun...
A fat man, a short man, a tailor, a butcher...
There are all kinds of people in this group. Anything you can think of is available here, and there is no need to run around.
Yang Ke was also very happy. He greeted all the brothers and sisters, and then looked at Liu Zheng and said with a smile: "Brothers, this is the famous Liu Zhoutong of Liangzhou, Master Liu! Master Liu, these are all brothers from our Baiya Army. This is Black King Kong Ran Tu, who is born with supernatural powers! This is Mei Niang Xiang Jie, whose martial arts are amazing! This is Fangzhang Laolu, who is good at hard Qigong. This is Gui Mei, whose charm is invincible. This is Boss Liu, whose leg and foot strength is quite amazing and who can travel a thousand miles a day..."
One by one, they greeted Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng lost his breath for a moment and wiped his face fiercely with his hands.
this……
Is this the feeling of déjà vu from Water Margin?
The Baiya Army was indeed full of the spirit of the martial arts world. The second in command Yang Ke and the third in command Du Biao were all on friendly terms with these people, making no distinction between you and me. For a moment, the place became extremely lively, with everyone talking at once, and Liu Zheng's eardrums were buzzing.
Upon hearing that Liu Zheng was assassinated, Ran Tu shouted loudly, picked up two axes, and was about to go out to find the assassin.
It took several people a lot of effort to stop them. Fortunately, Du Biao did not say that he suspected the prefectural government was responsible, otherwise they would not have been able to stop them.
"Alright, alright, brothers, stop getting excited for now. We suffered heavy losses in this battle, and it's all my fault, Yang Ke! When the boss comes back, I'll go and apologize!"
Seeing that Liu Zheng had been silent, Yang Ke realized that it was too noisy, so he quickly asked these people to leave.
Ran Tu stiffened his neck and said, "Humph, second brother, I will apologize with you when the time comes. Let's see who dares to bully my second brother!"
After saying this, the group of people left.
Yang Ke smiled bitterly: "Don't blame me, Master Liu, these brothers..."
Liu Zheng smiled and said, "Very good."
The people of Jianghu, the spirit of Jianghu, and the night rain of Jianghu, these were all things that Liu Zheng longed for.
but!
He finally understood where the problem with the Baiya Army lay.
This organization lacks a strict system! In other words, it succeeds because of its gangster spirit, and it also fails because of its gangster spirit!
Liu Zheng once saw a very appropriate metaphor in later life.
That is why during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was so popular, but still could not fight back to the Central Plains? In addition to Cao Cao's orthodoxy, holding the emperor hostage to control the princes. In fact, the biggest reason is that Liu Bei actually led only a legion.
Even though he occupied a land of abundance like Bashu, he still only regarded his army as a guest of Bashu...
He had never thought of governing Bashu as a country! He had not even formulated a decent policy and system to truly give this place the configuration of a country!
This is the most important reason!
However, what about Cao Cao ?
During Cao Cao's reign, the Central Plains followed the Han system and had a set of official rank system that was recognized and accepted by the world.
Under Cao Cao's governance, the Central Plains region tended to be pacified, which was the general trend.
However, Liu Bei was warlike and always played the role of a "Crusader".
Therefore, when he was in Bashu, he was the least popular.
At that time, Liu Ba, a great writer from Bashu, ignored Liu Bei's calls for talents and even spoke ill of him. This was actually reasonable because he knew that Liu Bei only regarded Bashu as a granary and used the people of Bashu to fight wars. His heart was not in Bashu at all...
In this way, one gains while the other loses.
Liu Bei's failure was inevitable.
And what about the Baiya Army now ?
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly.
In his opinion, he is even inferior to Liu Bei!
