259: Chapter 259 Puppet Officials

The newly drawn top-grade Soul Weapon is called the Flying Smoke Pot.

This Flying Smoke Pot can release three types of colorless smoke, which have hypnotic, sedative, and corrosive effects, respectively.

Chen Hu rolled it into his Dharma Form.

Then he went to the backyard to sleep.

The next morning.

Just after waking up, Chen Hu pulled up the System interface.

His gaze swept over the subordinate count column; a night had passed.

The number of subordinates had increased by another 140,000, reaching over 4.37 million.

Currently, Menghu City has nearly seven million people.

In other words, there are still about three million people who have not recognized the Fierce Tiger Army.

He did not care about this.

He still had some methods he hadn't used yet; once he did, he would be able to win over the hearts of the majority of the people.

After washing up under the care of Ruyi and Zhizhi.

Chen Hu took Old Dian and headed toward the Prefectural Office.

As for Huang Zhong and Zhao Zilong, they both stayed in the military camp last night.

Not long after arriving at the Prefectural Office, Zhao Zilong and Huang Zhong arrived together.

After receiving Chen Hu's permission, the two of them each led 3,500 troops to attack the subordinate commandery cities.

The original Linjiang Prefecture governed five commandery cities.

They are Fulong Prefecture, Mengyang Commandery, Chaoyang Commandery, Sanjiang Commandery, and Tianhe Commandery.

This time, Huang Zhong led the army to attack Tianhe Commandery first, and Zhao Zilong led the army to attack Fulong Prefecture.

These two commanderies face each other from north to south.

If everything goes smoothly, the armies led by the two of them can meet in Chaoyang Commandery.

The second step for Chen Hu to win over the hearts of the people was to stabilize the grain prices in Menghu City.

Currently, the grain price in Menghu City has risen to 2 taels and 5 qian per shi.

Subsequently, Chen Hu gave Nangong Ming a task.

He asked him to open a grain shop in every ward of the city and sell grain at the price of one tael of silver.

After discussing the specific details with Nangong Ming.

Nangong Ming smiled and said, "Good son-in-law, you should go back and prepare to welcome the bride; don't keep the beauty waiting too long!"

"Father-in-law, rest assured, I have already arranged everything!"

Chen Hu nodded.

Returning to the Chen family, Ruyi and Zhizhi, along with the maids, helped Chen Hu change into festive groom's attire.

Subsequently, Chen Hu rode Xiao Hei and led the wedding procession straight to the Nangong Family in the Inner City.

On the other side, Lingzhou Governor's Office.

Because they were busy with the expedition, the Governor's Office was very busy.

Wang Qian was the logistics officer of the Governor's Office, specifically responsible for the dispatch of money and grain.

Suddenly, he called someone over and asked, "Has there still been no news from the logistics army sent to Linjiang Prefecture to receive money and grain?"

Lingzhou governs nine prefecture cities.

Except for Feilong Prefecture, which was captured by the Yellow Heaven Sect.

For the other eight prefectures, the Governor's Office had dispatched a logistics army to escort the collected money and grain.

Currently, the logistics armies sent to the other seven prefectures had already successfully obtained the money and grain and were transporting them to the designated locations.

Only from Linjiang Prefecture had no news come back yet.

The summoned official quickly said, "Reporting to Lord Wang, the subordinate has sent multiple carrier pigeons, but has not received any reply. The subordinate suspects that something must have happened to Captain Xie Xuan!"

"Quick, send scouts to investigate and see what exactly is going on with Linjiang Prefecture and Xie Xuan!" Wang Qian said in a deep voice. He had a vague feeling that something major had happened in Linjiang Prefecture.

"Yes, this subordinate will go and arrange it immediately!"

After dismissing his subordinate, Wang Qian still decided to report to Governor-General Zhao Tianqing.

Soon, Wang Qian met with Governor-General Zhao Tianqing and reported the news of the 3,000 logistics troops losing contact.

"Someone come!"

Governor-General Zhao Tianqing shouted.

Two guards entered in response.

"Send someone to Linjiang Prefecture as quickly as possible. I want to know what happened in Linjiang Prefecture!" Governor-General Zhao Tianqing said coldly.

"Yes!"

The two guards retreated.

Menghu City.

Chen Hu had already received the bride and was on his way back.

After sending the bride back to the "bridal chamber," Chen Hu began to come to the front door to greet guests.

Currently, Chen Hu is undoubtedly the number one person in Menghu City.

There is no telling how many people want to curry favor with him.

Therefore, many people came to congratulate him today.

Among the Five Great Families in the Inner City, besides the Nangong Family, all of them sent generous gifts.

Just like when he married Liu Xiangyue last time, Chen Hu also set up an open banquet today.

And the scale was even larger.

A full two hundred tables; as long as anyone was willing to come and eat, they could line up to be seated.

Therefore, before the banquet time even arrived, countless people had arrived early, making the whole street extremely congested.

Fortunately, the Fierce Tiger Gang had sufficient manpower.

With their maintenance, the streets were able to flow again.

After the distinguished guests finished their banquet at noon, they left one after another.

But on the open banquet side, only the first round had just passed.

As expected, this open banquet would have to continue until nightfall to end.

Chen Hu did not care.

Now he can be said to be wealthy and imposing.

With his wealth, even if he invited the whole city to eat for ten days, he wouldn't be eaten poor.

Time soon arrived at night.

Chen Hu checked the number of subordinates again.

It had reached over 6.84 million.

Obviously, in just over half a day, more than 2 million more people had surrendered their hearts.

Chen Hu was very satisfied with this.

Just as Chen Hu was about to enter the bridal chamber.

A maid came to report: "Brother Hu, Guard Dian Wei requests an audience!"

After Huang Zhong and Zhao Zilong went on the expedition, Chen Hu sent Dian Wei to the military camp.

Commanding a mere few thousand people was not a problem for Dian Wei's ability.

Chen Hu met with Dian Wei in the middle courtyard.

"My Lord, good news! General Huang sent back word that he has already led the army to take Tianhe Commandery." Dian Wei said in an excited tone.

"So fast?"

Chen Hu was slightly stunned, but he soon realized.

The 3,500 soldiers led by Huang Zhong were all fourth-Rank Bone Refining Realm soldiers.

Most of the time was likely spent on marching; actually capturing Tianhe Commandery shouldn't have taken much time.

After sending Dian Wei away.

Chen Hu frowned and fell into deep thought.

Huang Zhong capturing Tianhe Commandery was indeed a good thing.

But someone needs to be sent to govern it, right?

However, he didn't have that many officials under his command right now.

Suddenly.

Chen Hu's heart stirred.

He immediately opened the System Mall.

Entered "officials to govern the world".

Then clicked search.

The next moment, the page changed.

He discovered that Puppet officials appeared on the page.

These Puppet officials were divided from the ninth Rank to the first Rank.

A ninth-Rank official could manage a town well, an eighth-Rank official could manage a county, a seventh-Rank official could manage a commandery, a sixth-Rank official could manage a prefecture, and a fifth-Rank official could manage a state.

A fourth-Rank Puppet official could manage a major department of the imperial court.

A third-Rank official has the power to govern a small country, a second-Rank official has the power to govern a medium country, and a first-Rank official has the power to govern a large country.

The higher the Rank of the Puppet official, the more expensive the price.

A ninth-Rank Puppet official cost 10 Subordinate Points, and an eighth-Rank Puppet official cost 20 Subordinate Points.

A seventh-Rank Puppet official cost 50 Subordinate Points.

This amount of Subordinate Points was completely a drop in the bucket for Chen Hu.

The next moment.

Chen Hu put away the System Mall and took a step out.

The next moment, he appeared directly in Tianhe Commandery.

With a sweep of his Spiritual Sense, he found Huang Zhong.

Flashing again, he arrived in front of Huang Zhong.

"Greetings, Commander!"

Huang Zhong immediately bowed to salute.

"No need for formalities!"

Chen Hu waved his hand: "I am here to bring you officials to govern the commandery city!"

Chen Hu waved his hand.

100 Puppet officials appeared on the scene.

Among them were 10 seventh-Rank Puppet officials, 40 eighth-Rank Puppet officials, and the remaining 50 were ninth-Rank Puppet officials.