The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 270 The Thirty-Second Eunuch Returns
When Wu Jialiang arrived in Weizhou City, he saw the city gates wide open and all the puppet troops kneeling on the ground with their foreheads touching the ground, begging to surrender.

"Get up, I won't kill you." Wu Jialiang successfully led his troops into the city, took over the city's defenses, and then issued a proclamation to reassure the people.

At this time, it is not appropriate to issue a public proclamation in the name of "Gong Yi". Instead, it is necessary to invoke Prince Zhao Shi and tell the people of the whole prefecture that the army attacking is that of a prince of the Song Dynasty, and that they are government soldiers.

The news caused an uproar in Weizhou, with many people taking to the streets to celebrate that "the imperial court has returned victorious."

Three days later, Ji Menghan also came over. He spent three days in Changyi to settle the people, and after that, he rushed to Weizhou City.

Next, Wu Jialiang and Ji Menghan launched attacks from both sides.

Ji Menghan used "administrative means" to appease the starving people, employing them with three catties of grain per day as wages. This caused a large number of starving people to emerge from the deep mountains and valleys where they were hiding, helping the rebel army build passes and earthen forts and construct new defenses.

Wu Jialiang, on the other hand, used "violent means" to crack down on bandits and highwaymen. Those who had completely degenerated and were no longer willing to work hard to support themselves had to be taught a lesson with the iron fist of the army.

Both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard!
At the same time, another rebel army led by Zhang Yong also captured Mizhou City.

The situations in Mizhou and Weizhou were not too different; both were in a state of post-war devastation. However, Mizhou's recovery was easier than Weizhou's. First, the Jin army did not occupy Mizhou for an extended period, so the damage was relatively less severe than in Weizhou. Second, the Qi family's influence in Mizhou far exceeded that of the Ji family in Weizhou.

Qi Chongli was an old man with extremely high prestige. When he stood up and raised his arm to call for action, people from Mizhou flocked to him.

If these people had seen the old man swearing all over the battlefield, I wonder if they would still respect him.
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Just as the rebels were expanding their territory.

Yue Wenxuan is playing with aromatherapy!

Next to the Ji family's aromatherapy workshop, a small house was built.

Yue Wenxuan and four plastic mannequin aromatherapy masters stayed in this small house.

A few months ago, Yue Wenxuan placed four aromatherapy masters in the sand table, and asked the Ji family to arrange rooms for them and provide them with all kinds of materials so that they could conduct further research based on the ancient formula of the Ji family aromatherapy.

After various "experiments," "arguments," and "fights," the four masters finally unveiled a new aromatherapy formula incorporating modern ideas.

Moreover, it comes in several different fragrances as soon as it's released.

The four masters each presented several new formulas, each with its own unique style.

Some are delicate, some are rich, some are flirtatious, some are invigorating...

He truly deserves to be called a national-level aromatherapy master; his skill level is absolutely top-notch.

Ji Menghan's father, who is also the current head of the Ji family, stood beside Yue Wenxuan and said, "Your Highness, your incense masters are truly amazing. I only just realized that the ancestral recipe I presented to you last time is nothing. With these four masters by your side, you would never look at the little stuff in my house."

Yue Wenxuan laughed: "Minister Ji is too modest. I also really like your Ji family's ancestral secret recipe."

The head of the Ji family, smelling the complex and varied new incense scents in the air, felt a surge of curiosity: "Your Highness, what are your plans for these new incense scents created by your master?"

"Plans?" Yue Wenxuan laughed. "No plans, I'll give them all to you." "Huh?" Patriarch Ji was completely stunned. "These...these new incense formulas, all given to a commoner?"

Yue Wenxuan said, "Yes, it's useless to me. I can just smell it. I'll give you the whole formula. Take it and produce it well. Do your part to improve the quality of life for the people."

Patriarch Ji was so moved that he didn't know what to say...

I felt a little pain when I gave away my family's secret recipe, but now I realize how generous the prince is, as he actually gave me even more recipes in return.

There's simply no comparison between the breadth of vision and magnanimity of people.

"Then I will immediately arrange for people to start production."

Yue Wenxuan smiled and said, "Of course you'll produce them! I'll record your production process, and it'll become a promotional video for 'Traditional Incense Making.' Then we'll film the 'modern production process' as well. Putting the traditional and modern processes together in one new video will instantly maximize the promotional effect."

Alright, while you're arranging production, I also need to hand over these new aromatherapy formulas to Wenjie so she can set up the modern production line...

Just as Yue Wenxuan was thinking this, Gong Erniangzi ran in from outside with a big smile on her face: "Ah, this room smells so good."

The head of the Ji family quickly presented several sachets with both hands: "Since you like them, Mr. Gong, here are some newly made sachets. Please take them and play with them."

What woman doesn't like this?
Although Gong Erniangzi was a heroine, she could not resist the temptation of the incense. She happily accepted the sachet, hung it on her waist, and then turned to Yue Wenxuan: "Your Highness, Wu Jialiang and Zhang Yong have sent back news that Weizhou and Mizhou have fallen into our hands."

Yue Wenxuan: "Yes, good news."

Gong Erniangzi: "Next, we need to arrange the official staff for these two prefectures and eight counties. Weizhou has three counties under its jurisdiction: Beihai County, Changyi County, and Changle County. We need to arrange three sets of officials, plus officials at all levels in the prefectural government. There are also officials newly appointed by the prince, such as officials for agriculture and industry."

“Mizhou administers five counties: Zhucheng County, Anqiu County, Ju County, Gaomi County, and Jiaoxi County, requiring five sets of personnel…”

Upon hearing this, Yue Wenxuan exclaimed, "Wow, this is really a big job!"

A large number of officials need to be appointed!
It just so happens that many candidates who performed well in the last imperial examination could only temporarily serve as clerks because there were not enough official positions available. They have accumulated a lot of practical experience over the past year, so now they will be directly promoted to serve as officials in the two newly acquired prefectures and eight counties.

Then, a new imperial examination system was established, and a new batch of officials were recruited to serve as a reserve of personnel for officials.

Just as he was thinking this, a guard suddenly ran in and loudly reported, "Madam Gong, Your Highness, there is a eunuch outside requesting an audience. He is the same eunuch who came here last time... the one named Thirty-Two."

Yue Wenxuan perked up: "Oh, Grandpa Thirty-Two is back!"

Gong Er Niangzi asked in surprise, "Huh? Why is he coming again? I thought that after he returned to Jiangnan, he would stay by the emperor's side and wouldn't bother me anymore."

Yue Wenxuan blinked and chuckled: "He's here to deliver an imperial edict! If I'm not mistaken, Zhao Gou is going to give us a very outrageous imperial edict."

(End of this chapter)