Chapter 300: The True Identity of the Young Man in White
After two days of travel, Jiang Chen, disguised as wealthy businessmen, and his party arrived at Shilin County in the heart of Beiming.
Along the way, they learned that Jiang Chen's northern army had already conquered Xianghong County.
Countless Northern Ming people began to flee their hometowns with their families, heading north.
Among these fleeing people, Jiang Chen and his group stood out particularly.
However, with the help of the "Ant Hole", Jiang Chen and his team passed the inspections at various checkpoints in Beiming smoothly.
It has to be said that the power of the "Ant Hole" has now spread to the countries surrounding the Xia Kingdom.
Even more, no matter whether Jiang Chen went to Qi State or the current Canglang State.
He was able to obtain a legal identity and successfully infiltrate the enemy.
After receiving the official documents from the guards of Shilin County, Jiang Chen and his party slowly entered the county town of Shilin County.
Now, as people from all over the country continue to flee to the heartland of Northern Ming, the streets of this county town are filled with...
Countless ragged vagrants were begging on the streets!
Looking at this scene, Jiang Chen was once again speechless about the incompetence of the Beiming royal family.
Although compared to his brother Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu is indeed much wiser.
But this wisdom is only reflected in the fact that he does not indulge in immorality and exploit the people.
As for governing the country and handling government affairs, Zhu Qiyu completely handed it over to the Bai family, which was once known as the "prime minister family" of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the governance of the Bai family, Northern Ming failed to restore the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
But at least the pace of decline has been stopped!
But Bei Ming should never have joined forces with Qi and Xu Song to plot against Jiang Chen.
The result of overestimating one's own capabilities was that the Xu Song Kingdom was destroyed, and only one county was left to survive .
The Northern Ming Dynasty lost its gateway to Xianghong County, and its hinterland was completely exposed to the northern cavalry.
Escorted by Li Yuanyi and a hundred soldiers from the Royal Guard Battalion, Jiang Chen arrived at the door of a restaurant.
After getting off the carriage, Jiang Chen took Su Qingcheng and Li Yuanyi, who were both wearing veils, into the restaurant.
After handing over her identity token representing "Queen Ant" to the waiter in the restaurant.
Soon, the owner of the restaurant appeared in front of Jiang Chen in a hurry .
"The twentieth worker ant under the seventy-two earthly spies, greets the lord!"
"Get up and arrange a place for me to stay immediately."
"Also, the news of my coming here must be kept secret."
Jiang Chen looked at the owner of the restaurant and said lightly.
"I obey your orders, my lord, please rest assured."
After bowing to Jiang Chen, the shopkeeper retreated in a hurry.
Soon, under the arrangement of the shopkeeper, Jiang Chen moved into a large courtyard in Shilin County.
After finding a place to stay, Jiang Chen took Su Qingcheng and several soldiers from the Royal Guard Battalion out.
Now that we have come to the heart of Northern Ming, why not have a good time traveling around.
Arriving at the main street of Shilin County, Jiang Chen took Su Qingcheng out for a good trip.
The two of them tried all kinds of folk snacks in Shilin County and visited all the tourist attractions.
At noon, Jiang Chen casually found a teahouse as a place to rest.
As soon as he found a place to sit down in the teahouse, Jiang Chen heard a commotion on the street outside the teahouse.
"Quick, get out of the way, Prime Minister Bai is back!"
Following the sound, Jiang Chen looked down at the teahouse curiously.
Suddenly, a group of soldiers from Shilin County came running out of the city.
Quickly driving away the vendors and the people on the street.
When the county soldiers had cleared the road, a group of dusty soldiers and horses drove quickly from the direction of the city gate.
The person on the leading horse was the young man in white shirt who had escaped all the way back from Xianghong County.
Behind him were Wang Guoan and his group, who were covered in dust and dirt.
Looking at Wang Guoan and the young man in white, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile slightly.
"I didn't expect that Wang Guoan actually escaped."
"I originally thought that Wang Guoan had died in the battle in Xianghong County ."
Jiang Chen muttered to himself as he picked up the hot tea that Su Qingcheng had already poured on the table.
Wang Guoan and the young man in white shirt came all the way to the prefectural mansion of Shilin County.
After getting off the horse, he hurriedly walked into the county magistrate's mansion.
When the governor of Shilin County heard the news, he hurried out to greet him with a respectful look on his face.
"Your humble servant Li Binbing greets Prime Minister Bai and General Wang."
"Alright, alright, hurry up and prepare some food for this general and Master Bai!"
Wang Guoan looked at Li Binbing with some disgust and said loudly.
"Yes, yes, I will have someone prepare it right away!"
As Wang Guoan waited impatiently, Li Binbing quickly prepared a sumptuous meal.
Wang Guoan and the young man in white shirt, who had not had a full meal for several days, could not care less.
Sitting at the dining table, he couldn't wait to eat the food on the table in big mouthfuls.
After a hearty meal, the young man in white rubbed his stomach with a satisfied look on his face.
"Huh, I'm finally alive."
"General Wang, I'm grateful to you for coming back all this way."
"Otherwise, I would have fallen into the hands of those bandits long ago."
As the young man in white shirt spoke, he recalled the bitter history of his escape.
If he hadn't met Wang Guoan who was fighting his way out on the way, he would have been captured by those bandits long ago.
"Mr. Bai has said that protecting you is my duty."
"After all, Xianghong County has been lost, and I can't let anything happen to you again!"
Wang Guoan said to the young man in white shirt with some guilt, while bowing.
Just as Wang Guoan said, he lost Xianghong County, which was already a serious crime.
If anything happens to the young man in white again, Wang Guoan will be sentenced to death!
And this young man in white is none other than the current Prime Minister of Northern Ming—Bai Ze!
As the eldest son of the Bai family, Bai Ze is a vital figure in Beiming.
If Bai Ze had not single-handedly persuaded the Bai family to push Zhu Qiyu onto the throne.
I'm afraid that by now, Zhu Qiyu has become a prisoner of other royal families.
It was Bai Ze's achievements that established his current position in Beiming.
"Don't worry, General Wang. When we return to the capital, I will report everything to His Majesty."
"The strange weapons used by the soldiers under Jiang Chen must also be reported!"
As Bai Ze spoke, he recalled the image of the musketeer described by Wang Guoan.
In his opinion, those musketeers must be a special army using strange weapons.
And it was not the devil from hell described by the soldiers who escaped back.
"Mr. Bai, we must find a way to get this weapon."
"Otherwise, we in Beiming will be powerless to save the situation!"
Wang Guoan, who was standing by, heard Bai Ze's words and nodded in agreement.
