In the evening, Xiao Jie's ship finally docked in Xiangyang, but there were only a few scattered officials on the pier waiting for Xiao Jie's arrival.

Not only did Jingzhou Inspector Wang Dan not come, but none of the officials of the Inspector's Mansion, nor the prefect and long history of Nanjun, even the county magistrate of Xiangyang City did not come to pick him up. The county magistrate of Xiangyang County, who is small, has a bunch of low-level officials and officials.

The corner of Xiao Jie's mouth couldn't help but sneered, since he stepped into Jingzhou, he was used to this kind of treatment. As an imperial envoy, he didn't even care about dogs along the way.

Now that I have arrived in Xiangyang, it stands to reason that Wang Dan, as the governor of Jingzhou, is going to lead Xiangyang officials to meet him at the pier, but now he only needs a Bapin county magistrate to bring a group of even lesser officials to greet him. Dismiss yourself, embarrass yourself, and make yourself unable to step down.

Seeing Xiao Jie got off the boat, the county magistrate stepped forward with a look of uneasiness, bowed down to Xiao Jie and said: "The next official is Zhao Feng, the magistrate of Xiangyang County, and welcome His Royal Highness King Qi."

"Your Majesty welcomes His Royal Highness King Qi."

A group of small officials and officials behind Zhao Feng also bowed down one after another, speaking sparsely.

Xiao Jie pretended to be stupid, and smiled deliberately: "Why don't you see my uncle? I haven't seen him for many years, and I still miss him."

Zhao Feng lowered his head and didn't know how to respond to Xiao Jie's words for a while. Of course they knew that the governor Wang Dan was the cousin of the Queen Mother and Concubine Wang Guifei. Naturally, the small officials in these places would not know what happened in the capital, and they also wondered why the governor Wang deliberately despised his nephew, the king of Qi who was an imperial envoy.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Governor Wang said that he... he felt a cold occasionally, and the doctor said he couldn't see the wind, so he couldn't come to the pier to pick up His Highness. I hope His Highness will forgive me."

Zhao Feng stammered out a reason that even he didn't believe, and lowered his head even more, for fear that Xiao Jie would take his anger out on him.

Xiao Jie didn't seem to doubt Zhao Feng's words, but just smiled and said: "Since my uncle is ill, it is understandable that he can't come to pick me up at the pier. Let him rest well and strive for a speedy recovery."

Just as Zhao Feng wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Xiao Jie's second question:

"Then what about the other officials in Xiangyang, wouldn't even the prefect of Nanjun and the magistrate of Xiangyang also get cold by chance?"

Zhao Feng's head was so low that it almost touched the ground, but he didn't dare not answer Xiao Jie's words, so he nodded vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "Report to Your Majesty, you are right, they also fell ill."

After Zhao Feng finished speaking, he closed his eyes and waited for Qi Wang Xiao Jie's thunderous fury.

But unexpectedly, Xiao Jie did not get angry, just nodded lightly, and said: "Since they are all sick, let them have a good rest and strive for a speedy recovery."

Zhao Feng looked up at Xiao Jie with a look of disbelief.

Is this king of Qi so easy to fool? I believe such a lame reason. Jingzhou is not plagued by plague. There is no reason why all the governors of the state fell ill.

Xiao Jie smiled slightly, and continued: "Tell them for me, since they are all sick, they should all have a good rest, I can handle the locust plague myself."

Zhao Feng was dumbfounded again. What do you mean, the king of Qi wants to extinguish the locust plague by himself, without the assistance of the local government?

What a joke!If the local government doesn't cooperate, the king of Qi has no one to use, how can the locust plague be rectified.

But he, a petty official, didn't dare to ask nonsense, so he just smiled and said: "Your Highness, it's getting late, I will take you to the post house in the city to rest."

Xiao Jie shook his head and said, "No need, I won't go to the posthouse."

Zhao Feng was taken aback, where else could the king of Qi live if he didn't live in the posthouse?I heard that King Qi came to Xiangyang for the first time, but I didn't hear that he still has a house in Xiangyang City.

Xiao Jie looked ahead and smiled faintly: "The person who picked me up is here."

Zhao Feng was puzzled, but there was a sudden commotion on the pier. Everyone saw a black army running towards the pier suddenly.

Zhao Feng's complexion changed drastically. Why didn't he know that the army in Xiangyang City had been mobilized? Looking at these soldiers wearing heavy armor, armed with guns, swords and crossbows, Zhao Feng concluded that they must not be state soldiers from Jingzhou. How could Jingzhou state soldiers be like this? good gear.

The army ran all the way to the pier, stopped in unison, and the queue was not chaotic at all, which is even more amazing.

The leader, dressed as a general, suddenly clasped his fists to Xiao Jie and gave a military salute, and said loudly: "Sima Yeqiu, the governor of Qingzhou, leads a thousand Qingzhou soldiers to meet His Royal Highness King Qi."

"Qingzhou soldiers pay homage to His Royal Highness King Qi."

The thousand Qingzhou soldiers behind Ye Qiu also gave a military salute to Xiao Jie in unison, and shouted loudly, their movements were uniform, and the sound shook the sky.

Zhao Feng and the other officials were stunned for a moment. Such an elite teacher was actually the private part of King Qi.

Xiao Jie was very satisfied. Ye Qiu was worthy of being a small pentagonal man, and he had trained the Qingzhou soldiers into what he imagined in a short period of time.

Xiao Jie took a few steps forward, patted Ye Qiu's shoulder lightly, and said softly, "You did a great job!"

Ye Qiu nodded emphatically, feeling a surge of emotion in his heart. With Xiao Jie's words of approval, his efforts these days were all worth it.

A thousand soldiers from Qingzhou stared at Xiao Jie intently, feeling an unspeakable excitement in their hearts. Today they finally saw a living King Qi.

What Xiao Jie didn't know was that Ye Qiu had hung Xiao Jie's portraits everywhere in the camp, and every day he took the trouble to tell every soldier that this is your King Qi, who bought a hundred acres of land for your family. He is the one who paid the taxes and fees for your family, he is the one who gave you five pennies a month, and he is the one who made you eat meat for three meals a day...

After daily brainwashing, even though the soldiers had never seen Xiao Jie, they had already worshiped Xiao Jie like a god in their hearts.

Now that they finally saw Xiao Jie, how could they not be excited, if it weren't for the strict discipline of Qingzhou soldiers, they might have already lost control of themselves.

Xiao Jie's eyes flicked across the faces of every soldier, and he was very moved and excited in his heart. This is his own elite, and he is only fighting for him!

"You guys, very good!"

The most sincere compliments are often so unpretentious and boring!

"Thank King Qi!"

The uniform shouts shook Jiuxiao again.

At this time, Tao Han also got off the boat. She has been dressed in men's clothing these days for the sake of convenience. She walked to Xiao Jie and asked softly: "Your Highness, if you don't want to live in the post house, my Tao family is in Xiangyang. There is also a house, which is considered spacious and clean, why don't you live there."

Xiao Jie shook his head and said: "Tao...Young Master Tao, I have to go to the military camp to do some things, and I won't be entering Xiangyang City for a few days. After I finish my work, I will go to Xiangyang City to find you."

Tao Han was a little surprised, didn't Xiao Jie come to the south of the Yangtze River to control the locust plague?If you don't even enter Xiangyang City, how can you control the overwhelming locust plague.

But she didn't like to ask too much, she just nodded slightly.

Xiao Jie then said to Ye Qiu: "Ye Sima, you send some people to accompany Mr. Tao back to Xiangyang, and protect Mr. Tao for a few days."

Tao Han felt a little embarrassed, and instinctively refused, Xiao Jie looked past her, looked at the official behind her who was looking this way, and said softly: "These people in Xiangyang City don't deal with me, I'm afraid they will find Your trouble."

Only then did Tao Han understand Xiao Jie's intentions, and he no longer rejected Xiao Jie's kindness. Thinking that Xiao Jie cared so much about his own safety, his heart was inexplicably moved, accompanied by a touch of sweetness.

Xiao Jie didn't have time to think about Tao Han's youngest daughter's thoughts, except for the dozens of Qingzhou soldiers who were guarding Tao Han, the rest surrounded Xiao Jie and left the pier for the direction of the barracks, leaving only the astonished Zhao Feng and others...

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