Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 740: Driving the Tiger to Devour the Wolf

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards are using Lin Feng's equipment. Not only are their steel swords sharper and tougher than ours, but their armor is also stronger, and their arrows are much more powerful at penetrating armor. Their use of gunpowder is far more advanced than ours. This battle cannot be fought."

"National Master, can we try to catch up with them?"

Lan Yu smiled bitterly, "It's difficult, Your Majesty. This requires enormous resources, not just money, but also all kinds of talents. It won't be achieved overnight."

"You will be fully responsible for weapons and equipment, and I will give you sufficient support."

Lan Yu frowned and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I just don't know if Lin Feng can give us enough time."

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I have already made arrangements. Just go ahead and do your best. I await your results."

Lan Yu bowed and saluted. "Your Majesty is wise. This matter cannot be delayed any further. I will immediately organize the personnel and begin research and development as soon as possible."

Zhao Zheng waved his hand, signaling him to get to work quickly.

Both emperors were worried about their kingdoms and positions.

Lin Feng was busy fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land. The land around the entire Lindu Prefecture, which originally had owners, has now been re-registered and distributed in the order of first come, first served.

Lindu Prefecture City is a big city with many houses and buildings. Due to frequent wars, almost all the residents fled the city. Not to mention that nine out of ten houses are empty, but more than half of them are gone.

According to Lin Feng's reform policy, all houses and buildings will be registered and redistributed.

The working group sent by Wen Cheng organized personnel to conduct city-wide registration. No matter what the property was, if it was not claimed with valid evidence within three days, it would all be confiscated by the public.

Personnel also strictly follow the registration procedures and explain their family backgrounds of more than three generations.

On the Jinjiang River tributary east of Lindu Prefecture, four warships were cruising in the river, and the broken stone bridge was also cleared.

Lin Feng did not plan to rebuild the bridge, so he used the river water to separate the two countries of Dazong and Taisho.

Lin Feng led his men to patrol the streets and found that the buildings in Lindu City were tall and the streets were wide, comparable in scale to Kyoto City.

If this place was not too close to Kyoto City, Prince Fu Zhao Zheng would probably have built his capital here.

In the center of the city, there is the Lindu Prefecture Yamen.

Lin Feng’s temporary command center was set up here.

Most of the offices of various departments are located in various houses within the government compound.

The entire city began to resume normal operations with this as the center.

Zhang Changyou's 10,000 troops retreated to Tianzhi Prefecture, and the 50,000 imperial guards who came from Kyoto City were divided into two parts.

A part of 30,000 people set up camp along the west bank of the river 230 miles south of Lindu Prefecture to prevent the rebels from sending troops across the river from Linluo County.

The remaining 20,000 people were stationed in Lindu Prefecture as a long-term garrison, where they could choose to register, be allocated land and houses, and start a family and a career.

Since there are too few women, it is possible to start a career, but it is still a long wait to get married.

Guijuan is a middle-aged man, not tall, with a pale face, wearing an ordinary black short-sleeved shirt, and has short arms and legs.

He came out of the Los Angeles Palace and soon someone came to greet him in a corner.

"How about it?"

"Okay, let's go."

Without saying much, the two turned around and quickly walked into a small alley.

Guijuan did not tell Zhao Zheng the truth. They came from an island in the outer sea and made a living by looting along the coast all year round.

Officials and people in coastal areas call them sea pirates, some call them snail pirates, and some call them ronin, which means people who wander around the world.

There are more than 3,000 of them, scattered across several islands. They have been plundering for years, living a very chaotic life with one meal a day going hungry.

The dream of these pirates is to have a stable land for them to live on.

Although the country has been embroiled in civil war for years, it has rarely affected the coastal areas. Therefore, the garrisons in the coastal prefectures and counties are still very powerful.

In addition, the coastal people were resentful of these pirates and, in order to protect their hometown, they did not give them a chance to come ashore and breathe for many years.

Finally, this dream was realized by Guijuan.

He held the imperial edict of Emperor Taisho, which allowed him, Guijuan, and his tribe to temporarily settle down in Fuchangzhou.

There are many pirate gangs like theirs, but only Onimaki has got the admission ticket.

Relying on his own expertise, Guijuan felt that it should not be difficult to kill Lin Feng secretly.

Of course, he needs the cooperation of masters from within or outside the tribe to accomplish anything.

Following Zhao Zheng, Guijuan also knew how powerful Lin Feng was, so he naturally didn't dare to be arrogant. After all, his life was at stake.

The current magistrate of Fuchang Prefecture is Su Minghuai. He is forty-five years old and his face is already full of wrinkles.

At this moment, the wrinkles on his face were almost squeezed together.

Because he had the imperial edict of Emperor Taisho Zhao Zheng, which was an order allowing the Guijuan family to go ashore and stay temporarily.

Coastal residents all know that these pirate families often go ashore to plunder. They are cruel and bloody, committing murder and arson.

Moreover, the military and civilians living here all know that this group of pirates is very difficult to deal with, like a dog-skin plaster, and they can never be killed.

The military and civilians throughout the coastal areas have been united in fighting these pirates for many years, and the government has never given up the opportunity to fight against the pirates.

Barely maintaining a brief state of stability.

Who would have thought that these executioners, whose hands were stained with the blood of countless soldiers and civilians, were allowed to live on shore.

Su Minghuai read the imperial edict in his hand over and over again, and after making sure there was no problem, he took a deep breath.

"Is Your Majesty going to destroy his own foundation?"

In the provincial government office, there were also two officials, Tongzhi and Tongpan. They listened silently to the contents of the imperial edict read out by Su Zhizhou.

They also think this matter is unreliable.

It is better for the Tongpan to be in charge of 5,000 state troops, so the news of military operations will be more smoothly transmitted.

"Master Su, is it because the large group of imperial guards captured the city of Lindu that the emperor felt the need for external forces to maintain balance?"

"Driving the tiger to devour the wolf?"

The three state officials all frowned and glared at each other.

After a while, Su Minghuai weighed the imperial edict in his hand.

"Your Majesty, do you know that these pirates are more dangerous than a large army?"

"Of course I know. It's not the first time I've submitted a petition."

"They are looting blatantly."

The provincial governor had a dark face.

“What do the people think?”

Su Minghuai gritted his teeth and said, "We've been forced here. Who can care about the people? We should carve out an area and restrict their travel."

“What if they don’t agree?”

"Anyone who dares to step outside the restricted area will be killed without mercy."

"But the emperor's will..."

Su Huaiming said firmly: "Since you have set foot on my Taisho land, you must abide by the laws of the Taisho era. Shouldn't these damn pirates be restricted in their actions?"

The other two could not refute it and nodded in agreement with the prefect's conclusion.

Although the state government issued such a strict ban, it still could not stop the actions of these pirates.