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In the blink of an eye, eight days passed.

Xia Yun and his group, the mighty army, finally returned safely to Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Fortunately, they did not encounter any ambushes along the way.

"Sir, look, Sir Xiao is here to greet us."

Looking at the city of Hangzhou appearing in front of her sight and the large number of people gathered at the gate of Hangzhou city, Xu Wan'er rarely showed a smile on her face.

It seemed that only by returning to Hangzhou could she find peace of mind.

"General Qin, have the troops entered the city?"

Xia Yun looked at the city gate and suddenly asked.

"Don't worry, sir. When I left Dai County ten days ago, I had already dispatched a thousand soldiers to Hangzhou City."

Qin Tianye responded with a respectful look on his face.

On the way back to Zhejiang, Xia Yun asked him many questions, and he answered them all respectfully.

"Very good. Pass on my order again. Immediately divide one thousand soldiers into small groups of twenty-five people each and station them in all prefectures, counties and prefectures that are actually under my control in Zhejiang Province."

In just a few seconds, Xia Yun gave the order on the spot.

The reason for this is that the first thing Xia Yun has to deal with is the Japanese pirates who are roaming around Zhejiang.

Compared with the large-scale Japanese pirate forces, although the number of those roaming Japanese pirates was small, they caused great harm to the people.

You should know that not all prefectures and counties in Zhejiang Province have garrisons.

Under the rule of Chen Han, the previous governor of Zhejiang, only cities at the prefecture level in the entire Zhejiang province would be garrisoned.

The consequence of doing this is very obvious, that is, the roaming Japanese pirates can harass the people of Zhejiang at any time.

There were even hundreds of Japanese pirates going in and out of Hangzhou City at that time!

No matter how you look at it, the situation at that time was extremely absurd.

"Yes, my lord!"

After receiving Xia Yun's order, Qin Tianye immediately turned his horse around and ordered the thousand soldiers behind him to stay on standby.

When Xia Yun arrived at the Hangzhou city gate alone, Qin Tianye began to arrange Xia Yun's orders in full swing.

"Master Xia, you are finally back!"

At the city gate, Xiao Haiyang looked at Xia Yun who had finally returned, his face showing both respect and fatigue.

During the time that Xia Yun was away from Hangzhou, all the affairs of Hangzhou, big and small, fell on his shoulders.

And from a factual point of view, Xiao Haiyang, as a fifth-rank Tongzhi, also assumed some of the duties of the governor.

Because Xia Yun personally brought down the former Zhejiang Governor Chen Hanzhi, and most of the officials who were implicated in Chen Hanzhi's case were dismissed from their posts.

Therefore, during this period of time, Xiao Haiyang was under extremely heavy pressure!

"Mr. Xiao, you have worked hard. I have already reported to His Majesty and promoted Mr. Xiao to the new prefect of Hangzhou."

When Xia Yun saw Xiao Haiyang for the first time, a smile as warm as spring breeze appeared on her face.

He could see the fatigue on Xiao Haiyang's face, and at the same time, Xia Yun was not a mean and ungrateful person.

Xiao Haiyang not only demonstrated his ability, but also his loyalty to him.

Naturally, he would vigorously promote and use such people, and let other Zhejiang officials see that as long as they followed him, Xia Yun, wholeheartedly, he would never let them suffer any loss!

"Xiao Haiyang thanks the Governor for his kindness!"

Hearing that he had been promoted to the fourth-rank prefect of Hangzhou, the fatigue on Xiao Haiyang's face disappeared instantly.

Instead, there was a look of great joy.

For so many years, he never dreamed that one day he would be able to get promoted in his career!

Although in terms of official rank, he was only promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.

But the prefect of Hangzhou was never an ordinary fourth-rank official, as Hangzhou was the capital of Zhejiang Province.

Once you get to the position of prefect of Hangzhou, it means that you will be promoted in the future.

Therefore, Xia Yun's move was equivalent to opening up a brand new path for Xiao Haiyang to become an official!

Thinking of this, Xiao Haiyang became so excited that he staggered.

The next moment he fell down in front of Xia Yun, and to outsiders, it seemed that Xiao Haiyang was kneeling in front of Xia Yun.

Even with Xia Yun's great composure, a look of astonishment flashed across his face when he saw this scene.

"Sir Xiao, this won't happen."

Xia Yun quickly helped Xiao Haiyang up from the ground.

"Master Xia, Xiao is ashamed."

Xiao Haiyang quickly adjusted his mind, a look of embarrassment and shame appeared on his face.

Xia Yun then realized that Xiao Haiyang had fallen accidentally, and then burst into laughter.

"Let's go into the city!"

Xia Yun didn't hesitate any longer. At this time, outside the city gate, music had already started playing under Xiao Haiyang's arrangement.

There were also several dancing lions following on the left and right sides of the team.

"Enter the city!"

At the front of the team, Jiang Wenzhong gave an order, and all the men and horses immediately began to march towards the city gate.

In just a few tens of seconds, Xia Yun also rode into the city.

The first image that appeared in his sight was the people of Hangzhou who had been waiting on both sides of the street for a long time.

"Welcome the Governor back to Hangzhou!"

When tens of thousands of people on both sides of the road saw Xia Yun, they first shouted loudly, and then all knelt down towards Xia Yun.

There is absolutely no sign of oppression on the faces of these ordinary people.

The reason they appeared here was that they all sincerely wanted to welcome Xia Yun back to Hangzhou.

"Master Xiao, please don't do this kind of ostentatious and costly ceremony again."

In the team, Xia Yun thought it was a welcoming team organized by Xiao Haiyang.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xia Yun finished speaking, Xiao Haiyang shook his head.

"Master Xia really doesn't know that the common people were not organized by Xiao. They came to welcome you spontaneously after you were about to return to Hangzhou."

Xiao Haiyang spoke the truth slowly and calmly.

Hearing this, Xia Yun's eyes showed a hint of surprise, but soon, this surprise was replaced by relief.

Xia Yun immediately dismounted and walked into the city.

Seeing this, Xu Wan'er, Xiao Haiyang and others also abandoned their horses and started walking.

Everywhere they went along the way, the common people had tears on their faces because they saw Xia Yun's appearance with their own eyes.

The reason is simple. In the eyes of these people at the bottom of society, Xia Yun is their reborn parents! The great Lord of Heaven!

It was Xia Yun’s arrival two months ago that completely solved the famine in Hangzhou.

Not only that, Xia Yun also arranged jobs and housing for them, and even allowed their children to go to school for free.

Ordinary people are not fools, they can distinguish between good and bad.

In fact, in the current city of Hangzhou, if anyone dares to slander Xia Yun.

There was no need to even wear official uniforms to arrest people; the common people would simply beat them up first and then send them to the government.

"Master Xiao, how is the progress of the renovation and expansion of Hangzhou College?"

While Xia Yun was meeting with the people along the way, he also asked Xiao Haiyang questions.