The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 285: Meeting an Old Acquaintance (Part )

Last time, we talked about how Shi Ying actually handed over the position of Dunhuang City Lord directly to Wei Lue. What happened? Let’s take a look at it this time.

When Shi Ying and Li Yi saw Tie Ma and his people off, they drove their horses along the low wall of Dunhuang City.

Shi Ying asked, "Does Li Yuefu have anything to ask me?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Actually, I just want to ask you what your plans are for the future. Dunhuang City is still facing many difficulties right now."

"Those aren't things you should worry about, Li Yuefu. I'm a rough man, so why would I care about those things? Just do whatever Li Yuefu tells me to do, and I'll just obey."

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Brother Shi, what do you mean by that? You are the Lord of Dunhuang now."

Shi Ying was puzzled and said, "Mr. Tao didn't ask me to be the city lord. He only asked me to help Wei Lue protect Dunhuang City."

"What? You're Old Silver's man? Wait a minute! I need to digest this! How come you're his man?"

Shi Ying smiled and said, "I am Mr. Tao's student. I have been operating in the Western Regions for six years under my master's orders."

"So are you from Wei or Qiang?"

Quartz smiled and said, "Can't it be both?"

"Of course, of course." Li Yi sighed and said, "Oh, I thought I had to rely on myself to conquer Dunhuang this time, but I didn't expect that I still need his help."

Shi Ying waved his hand and said, "That's not entirely true. I didn't know about Xi Chu's plan in the Western Regions before I arrived in Dunhuang. After I instigated Liang Quyi to take Dunhuang, I have been waiting for you to come. I wanted to join forces with you to take Dunhuang, but after meeting Xi Chu Gu Master, I knew that this plan would not work.

I didn't expect that the Gu Master of Xi Chu could even control a warrior at the peak of the fourth rank, so I could only protect myself and wait for you to break through. Fortunately, Li Yuefu lived up to everyone's expectations and not only shattered Xi Chu's plan, but also took down Dunhuang City without using any weapons. His methods are really amazing."

Li Yi shook his head and smiled, "It's just luck. Fushi City is small, so we can use the tunnel to launch a surprise attack. Dunhuang City is short of food. By the way, it was you who sent me the letter with an arrow last time?"

"Yes, my handwriting is pretty good, right?"

"Hey, if I fail to lure Liang Quyi out of the city by purchasing grain, how are you going to help me?"

Shi Ying replied: "Of course I will ask Liang Quyi to go to Gubu to look for you."

Li Yi shook his head and laughed, "You really thought of starting a fight with Gu's tribe! Since you are going to hand over the position of city lord to Wei Lue, how do you plan to appease your people?"

"Hasn't Li Yuefu arranged everything? Wei Lue removed the poison from the clan and opened up a grain route so that the people of Dunhuang no longer have to worry about food. These are all good ways to win people's hearts."

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "This is far from enough to govern the city of Dunhuang! Don't forget that Western Chu is also eyeing Dunhuang! Dunhuang is a big market with a high turnover of people. It is impossible to prevent spies."

"What does Li Yuefu think?"

"I'm asking you because I have no idea! I want to crack down on all illegal businesses in Dunhuang, such as human trafficking and salt and iron smuggling! But if I do that, I'm afraid Dunhuang's status will be in jeopardy. Otherwise, why would I be so worried these days!"

Shi Ying laughed and said, "Li Yuefu, you worry too much. In fact, we just need to manage the public security in Dunhuang. No matter what kind of business, as long as the merchants pay taxes on time, we can just turn a blind eye."

"Salt and iron can be traded with taxes, but human trafficking is absolutely not allowed!"

Shi Ying shook his head and said, "The grassland is short of people right now. How can you not let them buy people? Besides, the children sold here are all kidnapped from Western Chu and Tuyuhun. The group of people who trafficked people from our Wei State have been killed by me."

Li Yi said with relief: "So Brother Shi has already taken action? With you here, I won't have to worry about these things!"

Shi Ying smiled and said, "This is something that the teacher has already decided. Otherwise, why would he put a child like Wei Lue in the position of the lord of Dunhuang City? It is for the purpose of governing by doing nothing in the early stage.

When the time is right and Wei Lue grows up, he will lead the people of Dunhuang to formally surrender to Wei as the Lord of Dunhuang, and then set up a sandbar in Dunhuang, with Dunhuang as the seat of government and six counties under it. My task is to bring these six counties under the control of Dunhuang within these two years."

"Fuck, is Old Silver Coin so thoughtful?"

"Dunhuang is not only a major military town on the northwest border, but also a trade center. The teacher has always attached great importance to it. He consulted historical documents and combined them with my intelligence to finally come up with this strategy.

Li Yuefu, look, didn't you notice that the garrison layout of Dunhuang is all in the style of our Great Wei? I spent three months adjusting it bit by bit!"

Li Yi gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Shi is awesome! May I ask if Brother Shi has a military background?"

Shi Ying smiled and said, "Yes, I have been in the Tiger Guards for a few years. If it weren't for the teacher's plan for Dunhuang, I would be the current Tiger Guards commander."

"Oh my, I didn't expect that the person next to me is General Shi! I'm so sorry! Hey, did Liu Xun know that you, Brother Shi, were here, so he didn't bring the Tiger Guards into the city to garrison?"

Shi Ying laughed but didn't respond. Li Yi said with a smile, "Hey, Brother Shi, you will be the future commander of Shazhou, right?"

……

Li Yi and Shi Ying walked along the low wall, first to check the city defense, and second to talk about the planning and governance of Dunhuang. After this talk, he felt much more at ease. Afterwards, Li Yi brought his people into Dunhuang City. Baozhu Faluo and Wei Lue's Guli tribe settled down in Dunhuang City. With the help of Shi Ying, the transfer of power was also smooth.

Since Shi Ying and Li Yi have already decided on the policy of strict law and order, they must take action. First of all, private fighting is definitely not allowed in the inner and outer cities, but a fighting arena has been set up in the outer city. After both parties sign a life and death agreement, they can speak with their fists in the fighting arena.

Secondly, Dunhuang’s defenses were strengthened to the low walls, which was also to strengthen the management of the outer city. Apart from that, adding patrol teams and police stations were all bad ideas that Li Yi “thought up”.

Finally, the most critical link is to eliminate gangsters and evil. Xiao Daxia and Liu Ruyun are very concerned about this matter. As chivalrous men, the two female knights cannot stand injustice, not to mention that they are trafficking in human beings and engaging in male theft and female prostitution. They can't just sit back and watch.

However, Langya is not a well-known figure in Dunhuang, and he cannot access many deep-seated things. The patrol team can clean up the petty evils on the surface, but in this mixed city of Dunhuang, it is impossible that Liang Quyi is the only big shot who dares to take on any job.

The local forces in Dunhuang must have their own thugs, but this person is hiding very deeply, and there are local people secretly helping him, so it is not so easy to dig him out. Although Wei Lue became the lord of Dunhuang, he had previously removed the poisonous insects, provided food to the people, rectified public security, and regulated the market, but these were all good things. For Wei Lue, a ten-year-old lord, establishing his authority was the most important thing!

Therefore, defeating the local tyrant in Dunhuang has become the focus of the current work. Of course, there are many tasks to be carried out at the same time. Baozhu Faluo has to win over the hearts of the army, the people and the people; Wei Lue has to promote Confucianism and Wei Law; Shiying is busy training the scattered soldiers into regular troops as soon as possible; so this work falls on Li Yi.

Li Yi, who was worried because he had no idea where to start, suddenly remembered Guo Guaizi, so he sent Yu Jiu and Langya to find the real Guaizi, thinking that maybe he could get something out of him.

Xiao Ziyi, the hero Xiao, had nothing to do, so she insisted on going with them. Now that the public security in Dunhuang was better, the name of the hero Xiao had spread throughout Dunhuang, so Liu Ruyun did not follow them, and an accident happened. The three of them finally found Guo Guaizi's hiding place, but heard someone talking in the tent.

"Guo Guaizi, I never thought you would become a real kidnapper! Humph, this is really retribution!"

"Quinn? You've grown up and become more capable! It seems you're doing well with Cao Hun! Why, are you here to thank me for selling you to him?"

"Humph, thank you? Are you crazy? As soon as the trade route was opened, I rushed back from the Dili tribe. How could it be to thank you?"

"So you came here to see me laugh? Now that you've seen it, you can get lost now!"

"You want me to leave? That's not that easy! Have you forgotten how you tortured me in the first place? I suffered so much under Cao Hun's hands, and I even practiced martial arts desperately just to settle the score with you!"

"You want to settle accounts with me? Quinn, you see I am a useless man now! Someone has already settled the accounts between you and me, what else do you want to settle?"

"I heard that Li Yi of the Northern Wei Dynasty only broke your hands and feet. This is too easy for you!"

"He made my life worse than death, how can it be a bargain for me?"

"I see that you are living quite well. You are not in a state where life is worse than death at all! Let me show you what life is worse than death!"

But there was a click, and Guo Guaizi's screams and curses came from inside the tent: "Quinn! You ungrateful wolf cub, I didn't kidnap you, I picked you up from the desert! I saved your life!"

"Save me? Humph, do you think I didn't find out anything after enduring humiliation in Cao Hun's place for so long? The reason you appeared in that desert was because you led Cao Hun to plunder my camel caravan!"

"Ah!" Following Guo Guaizi's scream, Yu Jiu and Lang Ya rushed into the tent. Quinn thought they were Guo Guaizi's men, so he punched Guo Guaizi's head.

You must know that this is the period of comprehensive security rectification in Dunhuang. Even if you want to take revenge, Quinn, and kill those who deserve to be killed, you are committing a crime in defiance of the law and deserve a severe sentence!

But Xia Xiao, who walked slowly into the tent, obviously didn't think so. She saw that Quinn was a handsome boy with a heroic look, so she had no intention of taking action.

Upon seeing this, Yu Jiu immediately shouted, "Private fighting is prohibited in Dunhuang City, not to mention that you are deliberately killing someone. Even if Guo Guaizi deserves to die, it shouldn't be you who did it! Come with us to the police station and turn yourself in. We will consider your extenuating circumstances and will definitely give you a lighter sentence!"

Quinn said coldly: "Humph, it turns out that it wasn't Guo Guaizi's horse leg, but the Wei people's lackey! If you want to catch me, you have to have the ability to do so!" Then he cut through the tent and escaped.

"Master Xiao, are you not going to take action?"

"Why should I take action? I still want to kill this Guo Guaizi! Besides, didn't you hear that they have a grudge against each other for killing their father? It is only natural for him to kill Guo Guaizi!" Yu Jiu sighed, then chased out.

It is said that this Quinn is actually a fifth-grade martial artist. Although he is not as good as Yu Jiu, he is definitely a leader among his peers. Of course, although it took some effort, Yu Jiu still caught Quinn.

Yu Jiu wanted to send him to the government, but Xiao Daxia disagreed. Langya then suggested taking him to Li Yi, which would not only allow him to report to the government but also give him a fair explanation.

So, the three of them took Kun En to the City Lord's Mansion. Li Yi was sitting in the room playing the guitar, and Yuehua sat beside him, listening to him singing while sewing a purse. She had sewed this purse from Shangjing to Zhongdu, and then from Zhongdu to Dunhuang, but she still couldn't sew a satisfactory one.

Li Yi looked at the purse in Yuehua's hand and shook his head and sighed, "Shouldn't you embroider the pattern on the cloth first, and then seal it with stitches? How can you embroider if you sew the bag first?"

"I just want to try out whether the purse I sew is strong and durable! There's no rush for embroidery. I haven't decided what style to embroider for you yet."

"Come on! You haven't decided what style to embroider yet. You've wasted so much fabric and thread! It's obvious that you can't embroider what you wanted, and the embroidery you made is too ugly! Do you have to let me expose you?"

Yuehua threw the purse with needles towards Li Yi, who grabbed it and cursed, "There's a needle on it, you little bitch, you want to die!"