As Xiao Ding said, it was indeed impossible for him to stay in Qianzhou for too long. After all, his foundation was still in southern Yunnan, so he had to ensure stability in the rear. So after taking down Xunyang and making all the remaining people in the Long family surrender, he threatened this victory and returned to southern Yunnan. Then through this momentum, he truly grasped the power of the two provinces and became the veritable Marquis of Dingxi!

However, this still takes a process. Even the court will inevitably send relevant people to take over the affairs of Qianzhou after receiving the good news, which will take several months. This vacuum period is extremely critical. It must be a capable and reliable person who has the worries for him.

However, the three people Xiao Ding ordered this time were all young people, which surprised Li Ling after thinking about it. How trust is this. However, the other two people have extraordinary identities, so there is no need to say that Xiao Chengzhi is the young marquis, his son, and he has a considerable reputation in the army. He will naturally not have any problems in the military affairs left behind in Qianzhou.

Sun Bi is even more ok in terms of identity. He is the prince and Xiao Ding's nephew. Anyone in Qianzhou may be instigated to rebel, but he will not. As for his level of governance, Li Ling felt that with his steady and down-to-earth style of doing things, it should not be a problem.

Only Xiao Ding’s arrangement for him was surprising. In terms of identity, he was just a small and medium-sized official in the court, and he was not a local official in the southwest. He had known the Xiao family for a short time. It was hard to say that he had full trust. How could he entrust such a great task?

The sealing handpiece, gun, and money bag are the key to a member of a party who controls the power of the country. None of them are indispensable. What kind of virtue can he be entrusted with such a heavy burden?

Seeing Li Ling silent for a long time, Xiao Ding smiled again: "What, do you have no confidence in yourself? Or do you still don't want to share the worries of this marquis and the court?"

Faced with this problem, Li Ling could only shake his head and denied: "The servant just felt a little abrupt and frightened. I have never taken on such an important task after all."

"Many things in this world are gone from nothing, and the same goes for officials. Who is still familiar with them from a complete stranger? This marquis can see that you have a mind and keenness in finance that is far beyond others. As long as you can be attentive, Qianzhou's money and food can be kept safe. Warmth is the key to whether the situation in the entire southwest can be peaceful. I hope you don't let me down."

Li Ling's heart was even more excited when he was staring at Xiao Ding with such importance. Finally, his expression became more and more serious: "Since the Marquis trusts me so much, then the official should do his best to keep the local money and food affairs well, and he will definitely not let some guys take advantage of the loopholes."

"Okay, I will feel relieved in this way." Dingxi Hou laughed with satisfaction, and then clapped his hands, "You guys come in too."

After the words were finished, the door opened, Xiao Chengzhi and Sun Bi came in side by side, and both smiled and nodded at Li Ling: "This time, the three of us have to cooperate well."

"Well, I believe that as long as you three cooperate and understand each other, there will be no more trouble in Qianzhou. By the way, you have to remember one more thing. For Long Tianhao and Long Tianbiao, there is no need to be too tight or too loose. Everything is based on local stability." Xiao Ding smiled with satisfaction when he saw that the three of them had such a tacit understanding.

"Yes, we have recorded it!" The three of them agreed in unison. After entrusting everything in Qianzhou to the three, Xiao Ding stopped staying for a long time. In the afternoon of the same day, he left the city with the army. At the same time, tens of thousands of Dingxi Army were left, leaving only tens of thousands of people to Xiao Chengzhi to guard the Qianzhou province.

It is obviously not enough to use this number of troops to guard the huge Qianzhou. Not to mention anything else, in Xunyang City, the Long family soldiers who surrendered were 30,000 to 40,000. In addition, the soldiers and horses under the other sects and the Shengman villages who had not yet surrendered, there were more than ten times more enemies. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were left on the crater.

However, the three young men in their twenties were not afraid at all. They decisively seized the momentum formed after the Dingxi Army's great victory and began to take action to truly grasp the various powers of Qianzhou.

The first move was Xiao Chengzhi. He was originally from the southwest and had a face that was no different from the barbarians. He naturally had fewer concerns when he acted. Only one day later, he summoned many surrendered generals of the Long family who were still in the city in his own name.

He did not intimidate or persuade them to be loyal to him in a slight manner, but set up a banquet and had a good time with them. When the wine had been drunk for several weeks and everyone was a little drunk, he called these generals a brother and quickly brought their relationship closer together, and finally asked them what difficulties they had recently.

When asked about this, these low-level generals in the Long family had something to say: "To be honest, our brothers from each battalion have not received military pay for three months, and many of them are almost unable to get the blame for their families."

"This is easy to deal with," Xiao Chengzhi immediately slapped his chest and promised them, "My brother Li Ling is now in charge of the money and food in the city. I will go to tell him tomorrow that he will be able to make up the military pay owed to you within three to five days."

"If the young marquis really can get the salary of the brothers, we will follow your leader in the future, and we will be absolutely right!" He said with great pleasure, and the generals also reciprocate and expressed their position.

As a result, there was only one banquet, and Xiao Chengzhi had already gotten in touch with these surrendered generals. Next, he just waited for Li Ling to take out the money and pay for his promise.

At the same time, Sun Bi also began to control the city's regime. This matter was general, but in fact it was extremely trivial. Even if he had certain talents, he could not take everything. He needed to select talents from the original Xunyang officials to assist him.

These people are naturally willing to work hard, but they also raised their own difficulties. Like the soldiers in the army, they also had very little salary. This is not counting, but what makes people feel even more troublesome is that the city needs to be repaired now. After all, Xunyang has experienced several accidents, city walls, houses... so many places have been damaged.

Finally, the people in the city were affected and lived a difficult life. In order to prevent people from escaping or committing crimes, they must first stabilize the people's hearts and let the people live a down-to-earth life.

Anyway, no matter how big or small, everything comes together, and it only means money!

So, after they sorted out the matters in their hands, Xiao Chengzhi and Sun Bi both came to Li Ling and asked him for money. The number was quite large, and it was not enough for 300,000 or 400,000 taels of silver.

After hearing the two reported these accounts, Li Ling felt the pressure but was a little funny. This was really fate. He came to the southwest for the tax of 300,000 taels of silver. As a result, the problem that was facing him was another problem of 300,000 taels of silver.

"Is this difficult?" Xiao Chengzhi and the others also saw Li Ling's embarrassment and asked.

"Have you checked the banknote? How much money is left to deposit now?" Sun Bi even asked the key question incisively.

Li Ling looked at the two of them and said with a solemn expression: "I took people to carefully check the warehouses in various Long Family these two days, but found that the existing silver was only 53,200 taels."

"What?"

"This is impossible!"

The two of them spoke in surprise at the same time, looking unbelievable. Although Qianzhou is not rich, it refers to ordinary people, but the Long family is a local dominant and has the privilege of collecting taxes. How could such a situation occur? Even after two incidents, their original kuyin will not disappear.

"I also think this matter is very strange, so I'm still investigating it." Li Ling said, thinking about his surprise when he saw the empty appearance in the warehouse. He even wondered if Dingxi Army had emptied the warehouse before leaving the city.

However, he believed that Xiao Ding would never have done such a thing. After all, his son and nephew were still here. After all, the Marquis of Dingxi would not be so short-sighted. It really made people take away the money from Qianzhou to enrich southern Yunnan.

"Well, have you found out any clues? Did someone take this opportunity to fill his pockets and move the money in the warehouse to his own house?" Xiao Chengzhi asked anxiously again.

"It's hard to say now, but I infer that the warehouse guards are not so bold yet. Because they are not children of the Long family, and they are from Han people."

The other two nodded in agreement after hearing this. After all, the Han people were more regular and less courageous than the barbarians. How could they do such a thing?

"As he said, there was still a lot of money in the warehouse before, but somehow, when I went to check, there were only tens of thousands left." Li Ling said, frowned again, "So I have to look through the accounts first and find out the flaws from them to see if someone really took advantage of the loopholes and robbed them."

"How long will it take? I promised those generals that I would hand over the owed silver money to them within three to five days." Xiao Chengzhi couldn't help but scream. If there was no money to support him, he would be in trouble next.

Although Sun Bi was not so anxious, he also looked at Li Ling: "The city is in ruins and the people are not living a good life, and they also need money urgently. If you really can't get the money for a while, you can only send a batch of money to southern Yunnan to respond to the emergency."

"I'm afraid that the distance will not save the near thirst, and the silver in southern Yunnan is not rich." Li Ling shook his head and said, "I will check it as soon as possible. As long as these silvers are really in the warehouse, I will definitely be able to find out their whereabouts!"
Chapter completed!