Kai Fu Han

Chapter 273 welcome
In the middle of winter, the ground is wet and cold, which must be uncomfortable.

"Everyone, get up quickly, get up quickly."

The officer next to him quickly stepped forward to help Liu Xinqi help the people up.

"I can't stand everyone's kneeling. When a boy is born, he will kneel to heaven and kneel to his parents. How can I, Liu Xinqi, be so virtuous and capable? I am so broken."

"The kindness of the leader is like the rebirth of a parent, it is worth it." The old man replied.

"How dare you? It's such a cold day. Let's all go back. Be careful of the wind and cold getting into your body. Our Xinghan Alliance army has discipline. If you really want to, there are officers who will use food stamps to reward everyone." Liu Xinqi saw it. The old man wanted to say more, and waved his hand to signal him to stop talking.

"The defeat of the Jin-Qi coalition this time left the Puppet Qi with no time to look around. There are still many places in Dengzhou and Laizhou that we need to rescue from the Xinghan League. There are still many people looking forward to the good governance of the Xinghan League. I hope everyone will cooperate and don't disturb us. A normal march.”

When the old man heard what Liu Xinqi said, he immediately took back what he wanted to say and stepped back to get out of the way.

"Thank you for coming to welcome everyone. If it's cold, go home."

Liu Xinqi came out in person to explain that he was only maintaining order on this section of the road. The farther back, the more people on the roadside, which greatly affected the marching speed of the troops.

November [-]th, it’s time.

Liu Xinqi finally stood in front of the south gate of Penglai County again.

"Leader, drink this bowl of celebration wine!" Luo Cheng, the head of the Xinghan League's civil servants, handed a bowl of "fairy wine" to Liu Xinqi.

There are crowds of people around the city gate. It is estimated that the normal production of various factories today has been affected.

With so many people watching, Liu Xinqi naturally couldn't say anything "in line with the rules" that was disappointing.

He took the wine bowl from Luo Cheng's hand and drank it in one gulp.

"Wan Sheng!!" Liu Xinqi raised the empty wine bowl in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Wan Sheng!!"

The surrounding people, officials, and soldiers shouted in unison.

"Wan Sheng!!"

...

The prisoners were taken over by the new barracks brought by Liu Lizhen, and Liu Xinqi's infantry and cavalry officers could finally accept the people's celebrations with peace of mind.

Liu Xinqi took advantage of the situation and went on a parade to praise his merits.

After Xu Han's officers and soldiers tidied up their clothes and appearance, they lined up neatly and began to enter the city.

Enter from the south gate, amidst cheers from both sides of the street, keep walking along South Street and North Street, and finally exit from the north gate to Penglai Port.

Along the way, various "Victory!" and "Victory for the Xinghan Alliance!" were heard all the time. Liu Xinqi even heard someone shouting "Long live the Alliance Leader!"

From time to time, ordinary people would hold wine jars and pour wine for passing soldiers.

This time, no military judge or instructor came out to stop him. The soldier took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

By the time the troops arrived at the port, a small number of soldiers had already had ruddy complexions and blurred eyes. They didn't know whether they were drunk with wine or drunk with the sense of accomplishment.

"Let everyone drink the celebration bar, it's all ready." Luo Cheng suggested.

"it is good!"

At the swearing-in meeting earlier, Liu Xinqi promised that when he returned home in triumph, he would drink celebration wine with everyone here. Since Luo Cheng was ready, of course he had to fulfill his promise.

After Luo Cheng signaled to the deputy below, the officials and common people who had been prepared by the side of the army immediately carried bamboo baskets into the army formation. Inside the bamboo baskets were palm-sized pottery bowls.Each soldier was given a pottery bowl, and there was someone behind him holding a wine jar and pouring wine.

After all the soldiers brought pottery bowls filled with wine, Liu Xinqi said loudly:
"Fellow soldiers, you are the heroes of the Xinghan League. Although some of them are not here, you can represent them. Today, we are here, at this moment, to fulfill our previous oath."

"After drinking this bowl of celebration wine in my hand, I will be victorious!"

"Wan Sheng!"

All the soldiers present raised their wine bowls, shouted loudly, and then drank the wine.

There were some young men who had never drunk before. They choked on the strong wine in the bowl and coughed, causing the soldiers next to them to laugh out loud.

At this moment, Liu Xinqi clearly felt that the army below had changed.

The spirit of the entire army has been sublimated, producing an indescribable thing that can be described in one word: military soul.

……

I stayed home all night and stayed with Liu Xinqi, who was accompanying Zhou Yue and his mother, and came to the Xinghan League office compound early the next day.

When entering the meeting hall, all other department heads had already arrived.

Including the heads of all departments and departments in Penglai of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"Alliance!"

Seeing Liu Xinqi entering the door, everyone greeted him.

"Hello everyone, I'm late."

Liu Xinqi informed Luo Cheng yesterday that there was a meeting in Chenshi. It was already halfway through the meeting and he was late entirely because Liu Xinqi slept in.Liu Xinqi has not slept in since the system awakened. Last night, because he was completely relaxed, he got up late in the morning. His mother did not wake him up and arrived earlier than him with Zhou Yue.

"Everyone, sit down and let's get started."

After everyone sat down, Liu Xinqi directly started today's topic:

"We will not report on the work of each department today. We will save it for the year-end summary meeting. There is only one most important thing at the moment, and that is the subsequent management issues after the seven counties of Denglai are occupied by us."

"Are these seven counties all set to the same standard as Penglai?" Luo Cheng asked.

"It may not be able to meet a standard initially, but managing all Xinghan League's territories under one standard is a goal that must be achieved." Liu Xinqi replied.

"If this is the case, the current manpower gap is too big."

Liu Xinqi also knew that the new style of officials was not enough, but he could put up a shelf first.

"In the early stage, we can focus on the city and its surroundings, and the distant towns and villages can be postponed. Some new officials from the Xinghan League will be dispatched to serve as the skeleton, and together with the original officials who surrendered, we will first move the Xinghan League's Put up the sign.”

"When the situation stabilizes and the details of the various places are generally cleared up, we can organize another recruitment test covering Denglai to completely solve the problem of manpower shortage."

The Xinghan League's previous recruitment of [-] officials was originally an over-recruitment, with the intention of cultivating spare manpower. However, Liu Xinqi did not consider that the territory managed by the Xinghan League would expand seven times at once, resulting in the reserve manpower previously prepared. Suddenly it seemed like a drop in the bucket.

"How to adjust?" Luo Cheng asked.

"The military headquarters in each county can be temporarily suspended. The subordinate agencies of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Law must be set up. Each ministry and department will allocate manpower in proportion. A total of 300 people need to be transferred from existing officials to support the other seven counties." Liu Xinqi said.

The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs are both independent. The Ministry of Justice currently has three cleaning teams and a glue line of defense. There is no need for each county to set up one for the time being. It is enough for the Ministry of Justice's Supervision Department to maintain daily security.

(End of this chapter)