Gou Buren looked utterly frank, as though he truly meant to yield his position to Jiang Che. But that was not the case at all.
The commander of Yanggu County's garrison camp appeared to hold a lofty, powerful post, but in truth, that was not so. The Military Supplies Camp's armaments had fallen into disrepair, and its soldiers were all old, weak, sick, or disabled. Its original duty had been to oversee the bandits and thieves within the county.
But how could it possibly have the strength to fulfill such a duty?
Furthermore, the martial camps of the four cities each controlled their own territory. Comparatively speaking, its actual authority was far inferior.
That was why it was held concurrently.
His plan was to transfer Jiang Che out of the West City and give him an idle post, stripping him of real authority. That way, Jiang Che would have no excuse to continue meddling in West City affairs.
With only Liu Zhi left, he would not be difficult to deal with.
As for his goal, it was to extend his hand into West City's river transport trade. After all, among all of Yanggu County, only West City bordered the Qinglin River and possessed a dock. It was a place of enormous profit.
Now that the Cao Gang had fallen, other forces would naturally move in to fill the void.
That was his own idea, and Zhao Mingcheng's as well.
For just last night, when the Cao Gang had only just been destroyed, Gou Buren had worried that his conspiracy with Kou Yuansheng to kill Jiang Che would be exposed and bring Zhu Sheng's punishment upon him. Thus, he had paid Zhao Mingcheng a visit in the dead of night.
Zhao Mingcheng had naturally refused to believe him at first. But