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"Sir, please tell me quickly!"

Chu Yang immediately perked up and hurriedly urged.

"Your Highness can send out invitations to heroes and use a large sum of money to recruit talented people from Qiongzhou to serve Your Highness."

"And spread the news that Your Highness hates corrupt officials the most. Anyone who can provide evidence of the four county magistrates' corruption and abuse of power will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and promoted three levels if it is verified!"

"Once this rumor gets out, the so-called assassin will definitely appear!"

When Wang Meng said this, a sly smile appeared on his face.

"So-called assassin? You mean the four counties in Zhonghe County and the county magistrate are not on good terms with the Germans!"

"Great! Sir, this is a brilliant plan!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yang clapped his hands in admiration. This Wang Meng was indeed a talented person. How could his brain work? He came up with one plan after another, and each one was more vicious than the last!

"You're over-praised. These are just some trivial tricks."

Wang Meng smiled modestly, but was secretly proud of himself.

"Sir, do you have any tricks to teach me?"

Chu Yang looked at Wang Meng and asked expectantly.

"Your Highness, I have something else to say, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Wang Meng said hesitantly.

"Sir, it's okay to say so!"

Chu Yang waved his hand, signaling Wang Meng to go ahead and speak.

"Your Highness was forced to be exiled to Qiongzhou, which is really a misfortune for the Great Zhou. I think Your Highness should not give up and should quickly unify Qiongzhou to resist foreign enemies."

"Now the Japanese pirates are rampant, and the fishermen are suffering."

"If Your Highness is willing to send troops to resist foreign enemies after unifying Qiongzhou, I am willing to sign a military order and help you take over the four counties of Qiongzhou without bloodshed within a month!"

Wang Meng's words were apparently out of consideration for Chu Yang and the people, but who was Chu Yang? Having worked in the military camp for several years, how could he not understand what this old fox Wang Meng was up to?

"Sir, are you trying to test me?"

Chu Yang picked up the teacup, gently blew on the tea leaves floating on it, and looked at Wang Meng with a smile.

Wang Meng was not flustered when he heard this. He just stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.

"Don't worry, sir. Since I have decided to do something big, four counties are nothing to me!"

Chu Yang put down the teacup, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "Sir, your plan is very good, I will do it right away!"

Wang Meng was secretly delighted to see Chu Yang agreed to his plan, and quickly stood up and said, "Your Highness is wise! I will draft a heroic invitation right away!"

Chu Yang looked at Wang Meng's departing back, with a playful smile on his face.

This old guy is really impatient, but I like it!

One day later.

A notice with the official seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty was posted at the city gates of the four counties in Qiongzhou.

The content of the notice was very simple, with only a few lines of text:

"Today, bandits are rampant in Qiongzhou, and the people are suffering. I cannot bear to see the people suffer, so I am sending out invitations to heroes to recruit talented people from all over the world to eliminate this harm for the people! Anyone who provides clues about the bandits will be rewarded with a thousand taels and promoted three levels! I decree this!"

As soon as this notice was issued, it caused an uproar in the four counties of Qiongzhou.

The people rushed to tell each other and talked about it, all of them guessing what this new prince was up to.

"Isn't this new prince a fool? Isn't it enough to leave the suppression of bandits to the government? Why do we need to issue a call for heroes?"

"That's right. This Qiongzhou territory is full of thieves. I think this new prince is probably trying to take advantage of the opportunity to make money!"

"I don't think so. I heard that this new prince is the seventh prince of the current emperor. He is of noble status. How could he be interested in such a small amount of money?"

"So what do you think this new prince wants to do?"

People were talking about it, saying all kinds of things.

Of course, there are also some smart people who have begun to secretly inquire about the background of the four county magistrates.

After all, the notice is about providing clues about the bandits, not about arresting them. The tricks behind this can be figured out with a little thought.

Those who were already dissatisfied with the four county magistrates saw an opportunity to take revenge, and they were ready to take action.

For a while.

The entire Qiongzhou area was undercurrent, and a storm against the four county magistrates was quietly brewing.

In a mountain stronghold not far from Qiongzhou Prefecture, a one-eyed man was sitting on a tiger-skin chair, listening to reports from his men.

"Brother, a new prince has come to the city. He said he wants to suppress bandits and has issued many notices. What do you think this new prince is up to?"

Upon hearing this, the one-eyed man burst into laughter: "Suppressing bandits? In this Qiongzhou territory, apart from our Black Wind Village, who else dares to call themselves bandits? This new prince, is he a fool?"

"Brother, what should we do? Should we go meet the new prince?"

"No hurries."

A fierce light flashed in the eyes of the one-eyed man, "I want to see how powerful this new prince is!"

Seven days later.

Wang Meng stepped into Prince Qiong's palace in a hurry, obviously having important matters to report.

He bowed towards Chu Yang, his tone solemn.

"Your Highness, among the four counties of Qiongzhou, only one city is full of refugees, and another city is mainly populated by natives who are willing to surrender. The other two..."

“What about the other two? Are they so bold as to ignore my decree?” Chu Yang raised his eyebrows, his eyes gleaming coldly.

Wang Meng stroked his beard and said calmly, "That's right. The county magistrates of the two cities turned a deaf ear to your edict. I don't know what their intentions are."

"Humph, it seems that these two old guys are tired of living. Do they really think that I dare not touch them?!"

Chu Yang slammed the table so hard that the teacup started buzzing.

He originally wanted to use courtesy first and then force, and slowly conquer these four counties, but he didn't expect that there would be such an ungrateful person!

Seeing this, Wang Meng hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please calm down. In my opinion, the two county magistrates are just waiting and watching."

"Now that Your Highness has allocated gold and silver to help the victims, the people of Qiongzhou are all grateful for your kindness, and the people of the four counties will naturally yearn for it as well."

"Within a few days, those two counties will come and surrender on their own initiative."

"Humph, how could I endure this humiliation and wait for them for days for no reason?"

Chu Yang was feeling irritated, he had long wanted to lead his troops eastward.

After unifying Qiongzhou, we will wipe out those damn Japanese pirates. How can we let these four small counties hold us back?

Wang Meng seemed to see through his thoughts and spoke with a smile.

"Your Highness, taking the city is important, but wouldn't it be better if we could win over the people without bloodshed?"

"Your Highness, why don't you first appease the people from the two counties who have come to surrender, especially the native city."

"If we can make them sincerely convinced, it will be of great benefit to the future governance of Qiongzhou and even to the suppression of the Japanese pirates."

Chu Yang pondered for a moment and felt that what Wang Meng said made sense.

Although he was impatient, he was not a reckless person. If he could win people's hearts without spending a single soldier, why wouldn't he do it?

Thinking of this, Chu Yang's tone softened a bit.