Inside Lingnan City!
More than ten days had passed since Li Shande, Li Chengqian, Yu Chengen, and the others had transported the fresh lychees back to Chang'an!
And on the very second day after they left Lingnan City, Zhao Xinmin, whom Li Chengqian had stationed here, immediately began putting their plan into action!
With Lingnan's provincial governor, He Youguang, dead, and Yu Chengen having returned to Chang'an, Lingnan was practically in a state of "a flock of dragons without a head"!
As the former governor He Youguang's clerk, Zhao Xinmin naturally became the temporary head of Lingnan City!
On top of that, he was smooth-tongued and adept at handling every side, and he had lived in Lingnan for many years, building up no small network of connections!
Thus, Zhao Xinmin encountered almost no major resistance as he carried out Li Chengqian's plan!
As for those who refused his overtures, or even deliberately sang a different tune from him, Zhao Xinmin naturally had ways to make those unsightly "rat droppings" disappear forever!
"Brother Lan! Brother Lan!"
"How are the cement roads by the Little East Gate and along Lingnan City's main thoroughfares coming along?"
"I'm telling you, the weather's been good lately, so we need to hurry and get the roads laid first. Once the roads are easy to travel, everything everyone does later will become much more convenient!"
"Otherwise, once the rainy season arrives, our progress will be dragged down!"
Still holding a small fan, Zhao Xinmin had just returned from inspecting the cement workshop. Before he even had time for a drink of water, he was already panting heavily!
As for the Brother Lan Zhao Xinmin had just called out to, he had previously run a cockfighting house in Lingnan City!
He had originally been a soldier, but later