This morning, as soon as he reported in, Wang Jian was summoned by Chen Tianwen to the Public Office for a conversation. He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled; after all, there shouldn't be anything out of the ordinary lately.
The Black Banner Battalion of Li City now showed signs of "independence," the Hundred Households of the Guard had already stopped trying to control them, direct jurisdiction fell entirely to the Thousand Households Station's Black Banner Battalion—even though, in name, they were still an institution of the Li City Guard Station.
With this, Wang Jian's status in Li City was elevated; even though he remained an officer of the Small Banner level, none of the city's prominent figures dared to underestimate him.
