Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 182 Enemies Everywhere

Lin Feng was surrounded by several officials from the Protectorate.

The leader was Pan Chen, and four or five officials began to file complaints in a chaotic manner.

Lin Feng was overwhelmed.

He had just offended the emperor's relatives, and this time he offended the officials of Zhenxi Duhufu.

Plus the border troops, King Fu and the Tatars.

As for the current situation, except for the unclear attitude of General Qin of the Palace Army, Lin Feng has offended everyone.

It can be said that there are enemies everywhere.

Finally, several officials said they were tired and stopped talking.

Lin Fengcai waved his hand and said, "This matter must be handed over to Qingshui County Magistrate Cao to investigate the truth and show no mercy to the criminals."

Several of them were officials from the provincial capital, and after listening to Lin Feng's words, they also thought it made sense.

This is a criminal case and should be handled by the local government, which is the formal procedure.

It is indeed useless to dwell on it like this.

Especially Wang Tixing, who is very familiar with this.

He nodded to Pan Chen.

Chen Tongpan had no choice but to say, "Alright, let Xie Zhubu work with County Magistrate Cao to handle this case."

That Xie Zhubu was Xie Yunling, who loved poetry.

Lin Feng looked at Pan Chen in confusion.

"Oh, General Lin, I forgot to tell you that, upon the nomination of Lord Su, the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhenxi Protectorate, the court has appointed Xie Yunling as the magistrate of Qingshui County. The former magistrate, Cao Deyun, has been transferred to the prefectural capital for another assignment."

As he spoke, he pointed at several officials and introduced them.

"This is the new Qingshui County Magistrate Zhang Licheng and County Magistrate Lü Shida."

Lin Feng nodded without saying anything.

But he knew in his heart that the imperial court was here to reap the benefits.

Seeing that Qingshui County is thriving and profitable because of me, who wouldn’t be tempted?

"County Magistrate Cao has served in Qingshui for many years, and many matters still need his attention. As for this case, you are the parties involved and must recuse yourself. For the time being, let County Magistrate Cao handle it."

Although Chen Tongpan wanted to let Xie Yunling take office immediately, Lin Feng had very sufficient reasons.

Is it difficult to convince Lin Feng to let the person involved handle Zhou Tongzhi's case?

"Alright, we'll stay here for a while and see how Magistrate Cao handles this case."

After saying this, he took a group of officials and left.

Bai Jing hurried forward and massaged Lin Feng's forehead.

She knew very well that Lin Feng was having a headache.

"Brother, does General Su want to take back the management rights of Qingshui County?"

Lin Feng laughed disdainfully.

"How can we just take them in whenever we want? These eight thousand men of mine are just for show."

"Look at all the injuries you have. Did you almost die?"

"No, it's far away, don't worry."

"Hmph, don't worry. You have to keep us in your heart at all times. If you're not careful, it won't just be you who loses your life."

Lin Feng fell silent, he had too many enemies.

This predicament is even more sad than when I first came into this world.

"Oh, by the way, go and make arrangements for the burial of the soldiers who died in the battle in three days. It has to be a grand ceremony."

"Well, a good piece of land has been designated outside the city as a cemetery for the martyrs, and their families will receive generous compensation."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "You and Wen Cheng should come up with a plan. We should make medals based on merit, such as gold, silver, copper, and iron. Meritorious soldiers will receive one, not only physical rewards, but also badges to wear, symbolizing honor and status."

"Still have status?"

"Yes, it's a must. For example, if you win a medal, your taxes will be completely exempted. If you and your family can't work, we can support them until they die."

"Is it so thick?"

"Of course, with this reward, the soldiers can rest assured and fight hard on the battlefield."

Bai Jing frowned and said, "Doesn't the court have titles?"

"That thing is too hard to get. Even I haven't got a title yet. It's so far away that it's not worth it."

"Well, my idea is always effective."

"By the way, let Wen Cheng manage Qingshui County. None of the current policies can be changed."

"All the positions in the county have been arranged. What position does Wen Cheng have?"

Lin Feng frowned and pondered for a while.

"If not, call the county party secretary?"

"What?"

"Uh, let's call him Inspector, responsible for supervising, inspecting and guiding all work in Qingshui County."

Bai Jing muttered, "I can't think of anything more than this. My brain is running out of ideas."

"Haha, his rank must be higher than the county magistrate. Let him have the final say. I just want to see who can snatch the Qingshui away."

The two fell silent for a moment, quietly enjoying the peace of the moment.

After a while, Bai Jing suddenly remembered.

"Brother, there's a craftsman who forged a steel knife based on your steelmaking method. It's surprisingly much tougher. Why don't you go and take a look?"

"Ah, is there really such a capable person?"

"I can't lie to you."

Lin Feng suddenly became excited, his headache was gone, he stood up and pulled Bai Jing out.

The toughness of this steel knife has always been a problem for me.

There are just too many things to do and no time to study.

The two of them walked all the way to the steel furnace behind the castle.

There was a man in his forties lying in front of a steel furnace, observing the fire temperature.

Bai Jing stepped forward and asked, "Master Fang, have you discovered anything new?"

The man heard the sound and turned around.

Lin Feng saw a dark red face, which, although thin, gave people a feeling of strong muscles and bones.

"Master General, you are here."

"Master Fang, this is General Lin. He heard that the steel knives you forged are tough, hard, and have sharp edges, so he wanted to come and take a look."

Master Fang rubbed his broad-knuckled hands embarrassedly.

"Ahem, this is not my credit. If it weren't for this steel furnace, I wouldn't be able to make anything."

Lin Feng waved his hand: "Come, take out the steel knife you forged and let me see it."

Master Fang quickly took out a short knife from the toolbox beside him and handed it to Lin Feng.

The style of the short knife is very ordinary, but the edge of the blade gives off a chilling and sharp feeling.

Lin Feng tried it with his fingers and nodded.

"It's indeed sharp. Bring me a knife."

Li Hu behind him immediately drew out his sword, turned the handle over and held it in front of him.

Fan Jinsong has not found Lin Feng’s two personal guards yet.

Xie was seriously injured and is still recuperating.

Six of the original guards returned and are now following Lin Feng.

Li Hu came back and temporarily took over the positions of Xie Chong and Fan Jinsong.

They held two knives in their hands, one on the left and one on the right, and chopped each other hard.

Although the short knife was small, it could cut a big gash in Li Hu's waist knife.

"Yeah, not bad, not bad. How did you do that?"

Master Fang chuckled.

"I'm a swordsmith by heritage, but I couldn't surpass this level of strength and toughness until I saw this steel furnace."

Lin Feng smiled and nodded.

Master Fang said with admiration.

"I heard that you created this. You must be a god-like person."

Lin Feng waved his hand: "Forging steel mainly involves temperature control, tempering, grinding, critical temperature, etc., and slow cooling after forging is also very important. This requires a long period of experimentation to obtain the results."

This speech made Master Fang stare blankly, and it took him a long time to recover.

"General Lin, were your ancestors iron forgers?"

"Haha, no, I've learned a little bit from my teacher. Can you mass produce this knife?"