Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

However, no matter what, this is a great victory. Naturally, Liu Ye's signature will be indispensable in the memorial to the court requesting credit. Now he is the governor of Shandong, not just a small general of a town.

Senggelinqin saw that it was getting dark and ordered the army to retreat to Jinan.

The Mongolian cavalry and the Green Camp were all stationed outside the city of Jinan, while the training army directly entered the city of Jinan. Senggelinqin and Shengbao rushed to Jinan Prefecture with great interest.

But what they both didn't expect was that just when they were happy, someone came up to make things worse!

Liu Ye sent out almost all of his troops to stop the Nian Army from escaping. In his opinion, as long as the Nian Army was surrounded, Han Laowan would naturally be unable to escape. As for the Nian Army's detachment, it had already been defeated by Senggelinqin's cavalry and posed no threat to the city of Jinan.

Of course Liu Ye thought he was safe, but in the city of Jinan where he thought there would be no problems, problems did occur, and they were not ordinary problems!

In the name of pacifying the people in the city, the super-good-for-nothing Hebita withdrew all the nearly 2,000 troops of the Jinan Banner Camp to the vicinity of the Jinan General's Mansion, and guarded the General's Mansion tightly. When the Nian Army launched a siege on Jinan City from all sides, the undisciplined Eight Banners soldiers took advantage of the opportunity of being unable to train and began to loot Jinan City on a large scale. They looted gold, silver, treasures, beauties, and everything they saw!

Damn it! These people actually robbed the local gentry. In their opinion, since Jinan City was already lost, they might as well take advantage of the moment before it fell to indulge themselves. Once Jinan City fell, who would have the energy and time to care about these dirty things?

Not only did ordinary Eight Banners descendants think so, but some of the generals in the Eight Banners above also thought so and acted recklessly.

In Jinan City, on Luxiu Street, a large teahouse was looted by the Eight Banners. The teahouse's contents, including tea, silk, and porcelain worth tens of thousands of taels, were plundered by the Eight Banners soldiers. Not only that, they even abducted the owner's daughter. As for the private security guards, they were beaten beyond recognition by the brutal Eight Banners soldiers. The entire teahouse was eventually burned down!

Under normal circumstances, such a big commotion wouldn't necessarily be a big deal. However, unfortunately, the teahouse's owner happened to be in Jinan on official business. It was a perfect opportunity!

Seeing his hard work of more than ten years destroyed, the head shopkeeper was furious. He rushed into the governor's office, introduced himself, and demanded an audience with the governor, demanding a clear explanation for the merchants!

A huge visiting card was placed on Liu Ye's desk, with five large gold-plated characters printed on it - Shanxi Qiao Zhiyong!

Liu Ye felt dizzy. Damn, what was going on today? Qiao Zhiyong, he didn't even know him. Why would he ask to see him? Was he going to do business in Shandong and wanted his help? This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even though Qiao Zhiyong wasn't as wealthy as he would be thirty years from now, he was definitely one of the most powerful merchants in Shanxi!

"Please, quickly invite Mr. Qiao to the living room and have someone serve tea. I'll change my clothes and meet him right away!"

Liu Ye happily changed out of his official uniform, put on casual clothes, and came to the living room, only to see a refined-looking man sitting on a rattan chair with an angry look on his face!

Liu Ye didn't understand what was going on, so he asked with a smile, "Are you the famous Mr. Qiao Zhiyong from Shanxi?"

Qiao Zhiyong barely suppressed his anger and said, "I, Qiao Zhiyong, greet the Governor!"

Liu Ye said quickly, "I dare not, I dare not. I wonder what brings you to the Governor's Office, Mr. Qiao?"

"Sir! When I was far away in Shanxi, I heard of your reputation. You defended Tianjin, fought outside the Great Wall, and encountered powerful enemies. In my heart, you are the unparalleled hero who saved the people from disaster. I heard that the governor was encouraging industry and commerce in Shandong recently. Merchants like me are naturally happy. Qiao Zhiyong came to Shandong from afar to do his best for you. However, Sir, please forgive me for speaking frankly. My business in Jinan has always been law-abiding. I have never lacked taxes from the court, nor have I lacked tributes from various government offices. However, last night, the soldiers in the city looted my teahouse, resulting in a loss of more than tens of thousands of taels of silver. Not only that, such a large manor was burned down by the soldiers, and my young daughter, who is in charge, was abducted and raped by them. Sir, I don't understand. Do you rely on such an army and hundreds of Russian devils? Is this how you treat your people?"

Qiao Zhiyong is only in his thirties now, at the age of full vigor and vitality. The edges and corners of his body have not been smoothed out, and his edge is exposed. Coupled with shock and anger, his words are naturally sharp.

Liu Ye was startled and frowned. "Mr. Qiao, first of all, regarding your coming to Shandong to set up industry and commerce, this governor, on behalf of the Shandong government, expresses his sincere welcome. The door is always open to you. Shandong's tax exemption policy is absolutely applicable, and we can also discuss it further. Secondly, the military discipline under my rule is strict. Although it cannot be compared with Yue Fei's army in the past, it is definitely the best in the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, how could we have defeated the foreign devils? Thirdly, in a word, from today on, all your industries in Shandong do not need to be reported to the various government offices in Shandong. Pay a tribute, who dares to raise his hand, as long as you tell me the name, I will chop off his head immediately, without any second words, if I can't even protect you, then I am not qualified to be the Governor of Shandong! Fourth, I have not heard of such things as looting finances and robbing women, but as long as you can produce evidence, no matter which unit it is, the perpetrator will be executed immediately! The accomplice will be beaten with a hundred sticks! The generals of the unit will be dismissed on the spot, expelled from the training army, and will never be employed again! Mr. Qiao, I mean what I say, tell me now, which unit did it! "

Qiao Zhiyong barely suppressed his anger and replied, "Sir, since you have stated your stance, I dare not go too far. I can afford to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver, but a decent woman has been brutally raped. If you do not punish her severely, how can you face the people of Shandong?"

Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "Mr. Qiao, please stop talking. I have already said it. No matter who it is, even if it is my own brother, I will kill him without mercy! As for your losses, whoever robbed it must compensate. If the murderer cannot be found, the Governor's Office will compensate Mr. Qiao with 80,000 taels of silver. No, I will write a document now and pay you the 80,000 taels of silver first! As for the murderer, I will order a thorough investigation. Give me five days. If there is no result, you can take my head off!"