Chapter 91: Opening the Curtain

In this way, Zhang Gui led his soldiers to run wild on the sea.

He suddenly became in the Emperor's heart and rose to prominence.

After returning to Zhihai Stockade, he immediately followed the meaning of the imperial decree, abolished the Zhihai Stockade, and established the Zhihai Town.

This series of actions should have been done by the Siyang Commandery Military Prefecture and the Siyang Commandery City Yamen.

But the next action after withdrawing the military stockade was to let Zhang Gui open the curtain in the newly born Zhihai Town as the Dragon Tiger General Caiyang Shizhong.

So the Siyang Commandery Military Prefecture and the Commandery City Yamen didn't go to find trouble for themselves.

They only sent a few small clerks to "Zhihai" to take a look, and that was it.

And after the opening of Zhihai Town, Zhang Gui immediately appointed the former deputy Dudu of Zhihai Stockade, Li Yunbo, as the fifth-rank Zaicheng of the curtain office to handle routine affairs.

As for the other former Zhihai Stockade officers and soldiers, they were all incorporated into the system of the Zhihai Curtain.

And they were all promoted by two ranks, and the soldiers were rewarded with half a year's money and food, which could be said to be happy for everyone.

At that time, even the merchants, shops, docks, and berths of the entire Zhihai Town were decorated with lanterns and streamers, celebrating endlessly.

However, for Zhang Gui, who had already set himself up as king, the high official positions and rich salaries, industries, and titles of Ming Song were completely like floating clouds.

Only the change of Zhihai Stockade into Zhihai Town, and Zhihai Town becoming his fiefdom.

And after trying, the fiefdom obtained from the identity of the leader of the Stone Corpse tribe could be equivalent to the territory ruled by Zhang Gui in the mysterious domain,

which was truly an unexpected joy.

It made his schedule much smoother.

In the morning, he had a delicious shrimp paste mixed noodles made by his mother on the new street of the Zhihai Town dock in the Eastern Continent.

Afterward, he went to the "Dragon Tiger General's Mansion" transformed from the Zhihai Stockade Yamen to see if there were any matters that needed his personal appearance to solve.

If not, Zhang Gui would use the excuse of practicing the "Vertical and Horizontal Book" in Xuanzhi Mountain, instantly move to the bedroom of the Guiyang Palace in the Shangshi Corpse Capital of the True Dragon Kingdom on Giant Serpent Head Island.

He would take a hot bath with massive amounts of medicinal herbs, burn ore to rub his body, swallow fire and take water to quench his thirst, and "enjoy" it until the afternoon.

When the sky was getting dark, he would feed his citizens some chicken soup.

In the evening, he would instantly move to the Western He Continent city on the west side of the giant island and have a full meal of exotic-flavored dinner.

Then he would chat for a while at the bar, timing it right.

When the melodious choral singing came from the church of the great Western New God Yesaya,

he would hurry to instantly move to the "Underworld Zone" to collect the remains of Southern Red Continent slave corpses encountered at sea using the "Tai Sui Enters Spirit" in his head.

And because of the three trade transit cities established by the Western He Continent Great Noble Merchant Association on Giant Serpent Head Island,

Roujin, Civilization Pioneer, and Sacred Ode, all had such "Underworld Locations."

Even if moving by instant movement, it would take more than half an hour to run down.

Afterward, Zhang Gui would wander around the restaurants, cigar bars, salons, or clubs exclusively for Western He sea merchants in the identity of a royal noble descendant of a small Eastern Continent country, a sea merchant, and more importantly, a descendant of an ancient demon god's bloodline.

Except for the expensive consumption, because there were card games every night and occasionally lacked rich gamblers, he slowly mixed into the circle.

But the latter two were completely membership-based, and so far Zhang Gui hadn't found a way in.

However, playing a few hands of poker after dinner was one of his favorite pastimes from his previous life.

So he didn't feel tired or irritable.

And after finishing the card game and enjoying the midnight snack, Zhang Gui would return to the bedroom of the Shangshi Corpse Capital of the True Dragon Kingdom,

and develop the eight major main divine clusters in his body for the second time.

The night ended.

He would instantly move back to the backyard of his Dragon Tiger General's Mansion and take a nap.

At dawn, he would wash up refreshed and go to the new street of the dock to eat shrimp paste mixed noodles made by his mother.

Repeatedly.

Although sometimes the order would be changed, the content was roughly the same.

Zhang Gui lived his little life leisurely at his own pace.

Without knowing it, it was June, when the "Ape Wind" ruled the entire Yuanluan Ocean.

Because he was promoted to the fourth rank.

There would be an official gazette delivered on the third day of every month.

So on this day, he rarely broke the convention and didn't go anywhere.

Hiding in the backyard of the General's Mansion, he gnawed on watermelon comfortably.

At noon.

The official gazette sent by the "Flying Arrow Boat" from the Siyang Commandery post station was delivered to Zhang Gui's hands.

It was also accompanied by a letter.

Being able to use the official post station system, which was low in rank but transcendent in status and connected to the entire Ming Song territory, to deliver private letters, the origin must not be simple.

But since Zhang Gui could even fool the Emperor, how could he care about others.

He casually threw the letter on the stone table and read the official gazette carefully.

In fact, compared to the era they were in, the nobles of this world were already very attentive to the timeliness of information dissemination.

But compared to the efficiency of the internet era in his previous life, where news events were reported immediately after they happened, it was still more than a step behind.

Seven full days had passed since the important news on the front page of the official gazette.

The content was:

The Criminal Ministry's Pure Administration Department secretly investigated Ming Song Southern Kingdom from the fourth rank to the ninth rank;

including military towns, military prefectures, and united soldiers;

a total of twenty-four commanders, one hundred and seventy-five military officers, and thousands of soldiers.

Taking advantage of the court's defeat in the national war, they colluded with northern border rebels to plot treason.

Although Zhang Gui had no ears and eyes in the officialdom, he controlled a port that opened for business with hundreds or thousands of merchants coming and going every day.

No matter how confidential the news was, he wouldn't be completely ignorant.

But even now, understanding from official channels, he still felt it was unreasonable.

"Military towns and military prefectures are considered one family, but the commanders inside are different.

Unless fighting or suppressing chaos, there shouldn't be any commanders in the military prefecture.

And there's no need to mention the united soldiers.

They are not in the same system as military prefectures and military towns at all.

When I was in Zhihai Stockade, I didn't see a single hair of the military prefecture for months.

I didn't know half of the people in the military town from the root.

Could it be that all the united soldiers implicated in the official gazette are like me before, madmen who were hostile to powerful families like the Shuanghu Rong family.

But how did the southern soldiers and generals connect with the northern border rebels?

Could it be a pot of stew.

They didn't even make it up evenly, and it went to the court's official gazette?"

Zhang Gui became more and more confused as he read.

However, he still carefully put away the official gazette.

Intending to save it and read it together later to see if it could inspire inspiration.

Just then, a personal soldier on duty came to report.

"General, there is someone who claims to be your... at Longmen Berth..."

"Quick, quick, please, no, I will go to pick him up personally."

Hearing the three words "Longmen Berth," Zhang Gui guessed who the visitor was.

He jumped up with a 'swoosh' and ran to the backyard.

Not long after, he returned to the pavilion with Chu Tuantuan.

Cold well water with sandy watermelon.

Zhang Gui was busy personally while laughing, "No berries.

Watermelon is down.

Same water, sweet juice.

I think it will suit Brother Tuan Tuan's taste.

Actually, I have been planning when to thank you since I returned from Yanjing.

But this time I just thought about resolving the disaster, and didn't know if I could be promoted by half a rank or one rank.

As a result, you know.

Now if I wander around Siyang Commandery for a short time, it will be eye-catching wherever I go.

I was afraid that going to thank you would bring you trouble, so I didn't dare to go.

Thinking that I would talk about it after the time passed.

I didn't expect you to take the initiative to find me.

This must be something you need my help with.

No need to say, go all out, just four words."

Chu Tuantuan laughed dumbfoundedly after hearing this, "Since I haven't said anything, you have already agreed.

Then please go to Longmen Berth at noon three days later.

Attend the banquet of our 'Longmen Trading Bureau' Chief Eunuch Wang Shitong."

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