At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

"As for the rest of the officials and generals, the Jiangnan Road's Chief Clerk Xu Wan'er will count their military achievements and report them to the Ministry of War to determine their rewards!"

The Empress spoke again.

The civil and military officials on the main ship also showed great excitement in their eyes.

They had already seen from the empress's conferring of titles on Xia Yun and the other two that the empress attached great importance to this great victory in Zhejiang.

Naturally, the rewards received by these civil and military officials who had made contributions were not small.

Soon, Xia Yun left behind a troop to clean up the battlefield at sea to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

He doesn't want any survivors in this decisive battle.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yun directly ordered the Zhejiang Navy and the Hangzhou Navy, with hundreds of warships, to head directly to the Hangzhou Canal Transport Terminal.

The war was over, and there was no need for them to remain in the southeastern coastal areas.

As for the hundreds of thousands of troops in the southeast region, Xia Yun sent Qin Tianye to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to clean up the battlefield and then return to Hangzhou City.

……

Two days passed in a flash.

At normal speed, hundreds of warships finally returned to Hangzhou.

At the canal dock, the Hangzhou government, who had learned the news in advance, had already hung up lights and decorations to create a very festive welcoming scene.

On the main ship, Xia Yun looked at the newly renovated Hangzhou Canal Wharf and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Haiyang has made great contributions to the governance of Hangzhou. He has also made great contributions to this war over the past few months. I recommend him to serve as the governor of Zhejiang."

Before everyone got off the boat, Xia Yun stood at the bow and said to the empress beside him.

"Accurate."

The empress agreed to Xia Yun's recommendation on the spot without hesitation.

Xia Yun was certainly a factor in this, but the empress herself also admired Xiao Haiyang's abilities.

During Xiao Haiyang's administration of Hangzhou, the city's prosperity reached a new level, and various infrastructure facilities reached new peak levels.

Not only that, when Xiao Haiyang learned that the empress was being hunted by Japanese pirates, he directly led thousands of cavalry to Wangbei City. After joining forces with Yang Wenzhao, he rushed to Nanzhili in a hurry.

This kind of loyalty is rare.

"I thank your majesty for your grace and for your recommendation!"

Xiao Haiyang, who was standing nearby at the moment, fell to his knees with a thud after hearing Xia Yun's recommendation, his eyes slightly red.

At this moment, he felt that all his hard work and efforts had paid off.

Indeed, over the past few months, he was still nominally the fourth-rank prefect of Hangzhou.

But the area of ​​jurisdiction he is actually responsible for is the entire Zhejiang Province.

Ever since Xia Yun left Zhejiang, almost all matters, big or small, in Zhejiang have to go through his hands.

In order to prepare for this great campaign to suppress the bandits, he went to the Hangzhou Shipyard almost every day to personally supervise the construction progress of the new warships.

If it weren't for his day and night supervision, there wouldn't be these twenty-five terrifyingly powerful new warships today!

"Get up."

The empress smiled and nodded.

At the same time, the empress felt a little emotional in her heart.

Not only did Xia Yun have outstanding abilities himself, but the group of civil and military officials he promoted were also capable ministers in governing the country.

For example, Xiao Haiyang, Gu He, Xu Waner and so on.

Any one of these people, at random, has the ability to become a prime minister or join the cabinet.

This is also the reason why he was confident in handing over the entire Jiangnan region to Xia Yun!

After a cup of tea, hundreds of warships docked at the Hangzhou wharf.

Led by the empress and Xia Yun, dozens of civil and military officials, and even a hundred thousand troops on hundreds of warships, immediately returned to land.

And this time, the residents of the entire Hangzhou city had already known the news that the empress would lead the army in person, so the welcoming standards were extremely high!

The streets were decorated with lights and banners celebrating the victory. People came out from the streets and alleys to form a huge celebrating team to welcome the triumphant army.

……

When it was noon, Chong Heihu led an army of 100,000 and entered the Hangzhou military camp.

The empress and her entourage, led by Xia Yun, appeared at the guesthouse of the Zhejiang Governor's Yamen.

Since it was the second time for the empress and Xiao Yan to come to the guesthouse, there was not much shock on their faces.

But Zhao Gongming, Lei Zhenning and Yang Wenzhao had already heard about the extraordinary nature of the guesthouse.

But when they saw with their own eyes this guesthouse that was far more magnificent than the imperial palace, an expression of shock that was difficult to conceal instantly appeared on their faces.

"Haha, the Hangzhou government office has not been renovated yet, so you can rest here for the time being."

Xia Yun laughed and led everyone into the guesthouse.

Manager Wang, who had received the news in advance, had already cleared out the guesthouse from all the idlers.

After all, this time it involves the safety of a number of civil and military officials. Even Xia Yun does not dare to be careless.

After settling the empress and her entourage, Xia Yun appeared in the governor's office.

The first thing he had to do was to work with Xu Wan'er to count the people who had made contributions in this battle.

At the same time, Xia Yun arranged for Xiao Haiyang to start preparing for the celebration banquet in the evening.

According to the schedule, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Qin Tianye are expected to arrive before tonight.

But at this moment, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared in the governor's office.

"I see you, my lord!"

The man was dressed in silk and satin and looked quite fat. The moment he entered the lobby of the governor's office, he knelt in front of Xia Yun.

Previously, because Xia Yun had just returned, a large number of people were coming in and out of the governor's office, so the servants did not have time to pass through.

When Xia Yun saw the person coming, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"Qian Dajun?"

Xia Yun called out the name of the person who came.

It was not someone else, but Qian Dajun, who had joined Xia Yun's army more than a month ago.

"Why did you come back suddenly?"

Xia Yun didn't understand the situation. At this time, Qian Dajun should be running Hongyanlou in the capital.

"In reply to your words, sir, I expect that you will win a great victory in this decisive battle with the Japanese pirates, so I left the capital early to prepare a celebration banquet for the army."

Qian Dajun calmly explained the reason why he returned to Hangzhou City.

Hearing this, Xia Yun suddenly realized.

An expression of great joy also appeared on his face.

With the help of a wealthy army, Xiao Haiyang can be in charge of the celebration banquet, which can indeed ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"Since you are here, you will be in charge of tonight's celebration banquet with Master Xiao."

Xia Yun nodded.

"My subordinates promise to complete the mission."

Qian Dajun responded and accepted the order.

But then he suddenly walked forward and came to the desk where Xu Wan'er was.

He took out something that looked like an account book from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Wan'er respectfully.

Then Qian Dajun slowly left the hall under the guidance of two guards.

"It's the account book of Blackwater Building."

When only Xu Wan'er and Xia Yun were left in the lobby, Xu Wan'er immediately spoke up and answered Xia Yun's doubts.