With the situation under control, Huan Bucai returned as well. His assignment had been to stay at the Fei River crossing and watch developments. If unrest broke out, he was to head downstream immediately to Qiao Commandery, find his elder brother Huan Yi, and mobilize Shen Jin's troops, whose fighting strength was the fullest, to turn back toward Huainan and help bring the situation under control. They might also have to help deal with Guo Man's clansmen.
In other words, Liu Cheng had truly made preparations. If Guo Man stubbornly insisted on ramming his head against the wall, Liu Cheng really would devour him clean.
But fortunately, that did not happen.
Moreover, after this episode, Guo Man naturally did not actually wait for the supplies to arrive before reporting for service. Instead, he immediately took his men to Shao Lake to build houses for others.
As it happened, they had spent the previous two years building houses for themselves at their settlement in Eastern City County, so they rather had the air of experienced hands.
The Huai River locals who had previously chatted with Liu Cheng were left gaping in astonishment.
Seizing this opportunity, Liu Cheng paid no attention to anything else. As though the rumors swirling once more inside and outside Shouchun had nothing to do with him, he simply buried himself in formally rebuilding the Township and Village Pavilion System at Shao Lake, then used the momentum to carry out comprehensive registration, realizing his grand undertaking of compiling registers through records of households and their male and female populations.
It seemed to have gone much the same way last time: whenever rumors arose, he seized the chance to work and compile registers.
Only this time, he really was the one stirring up the wind and waves behind those