The troop marched for five days, covering nearly two hundred miles, finally entering the jurisdiction of Shaoyang Prefecture.
Wugang County was under the jurisdiction of Shaoyang Prefecture, so as the newly appointed County Magistrate, Sun Siwen naturally had to pay a visit to the Prefect of Fu City first.
The Prefect of Shaoyang was named Liang Xiwen, a middle-aged man of around forty with an elegant scholarly air. He looked just like the traditional scholar-official.
Indeed, such was the case.
Prefect Liang was well-versed in academics but not so much in governance. He had a considerable reputation in the literary world, being hailed as a learned scholar. However, his local governance was in such a mess that even Wugang County, which was under his jurisdiction, had lost control.
Not only Wugang County, but chaos also erupted in many places in the other nine counties under the jurisdiction of Shaoyang Prefecture, showing signs of losing control.
