Truth is stranger than fiction, far more marvelous than any novel or biography.
Once Chen Ping'an gave Zhao Lianzhi the response he was hoping for, Zhao Lianzhi no longer saw any need to hold back and laid everything out on the table.
Normally, an appointment like Chen Ping'an's would have been delivered by an official with a rank of at least Candidate for Commander-in-Chief.
However, with the opening of the Long'an Trade Route and the Beicang Auction about to begin, matters were incredibly complex. Coupled with the constant trouble stirred up by the Ten Thousand Demons Sect and other petty criminals, the Weishui Garrison was stretched thin. Manpower was especially tight at the level of Candidate for Commander-in-Chief; not a single person could be spared. Therefore, in the end, they could only send him, the head of the Dispatching Bureau. He explained that this was a slight to Chen Ping'an and hoped he would forgive the lack of formality.
