"But is the Bang's finances sufficient?" Ma Wei asked earnestly with a drunken tone. "Although the Bang has been in power for more than two years, except for Dongjun and Jiyin, there are five counties and one state in the east, plus three counties in Hebei Province.

All counties have only experienced spring plowing once, and Hebei has not even experienced autumn harvest. It is precisely because of this that the soldiers cannot see the benefits of conferring farmland, so they have to replace it with something they can see. But if this is the case, it is also

You should be short of money, right?"

"Not only did Hebei have no autumn harvest, the other five counties and one prefecture in the east also had a rush-harvest autumn harvest last year, and the sergeants did not see any profits." Wang Wulang knew something about military morale. "In addition, the gang has extremely strict control over food.

Yan, everyone is still very nervous...but at the beginning, everyone just thought about surviving, thinking about being stronger than the previous rebels, and then kept fighting, so there was no attack."

"That's the truth." Xie Minghe nodded at Wang Shuyong, and then pointed at Ma Wei proudly. "But Ma Jiu Sheng still didn't understand... It should be noted that our gang is not like the rebels before, who can easily roll out dozens or dozens of people in a county.

Ten Thousand Soldiers means soldiers and horses are divided into three categories: war soldiers, government servants and county soldiers, and field soldiers. This time, soldiers with military merit are to be rewarded. There are ten counties and one state, and the number of soldiers from the north and south together is only eight or nine.

They are just registered sergeants, and their rewards are limited to military merit."

"So that's it." Ma Wei tried to calculate, but gave up immediately. "So, this time the reward has already been set on the plate, and there is no extra rice?"

"More than that, you can still put rice into the pot." Xie Minghe continued to talk proudly. "What I just said, there is another key point, which is the word real thing...cloth, gold and silver are real things, lacquer furniture is also real things, and iron pots are real things.

Real things, furs and swords are also real things, and even good armaments are real things. You have to have these things before they can be called real things."

"What if you are a wanderer with no family and no mouth, and you think that survival is the first priority in the battle, so you spend all your military exploits to buy a set of armor, but instead buy armaments for your own family?" Ma Wei sneered. "And if someone wants to do it all?

In exchange for money and silk, there is not so much? Can we only buy a few more Zhangqiu iron pots?"

"Absolutely." Xie Minghe replied proudly. "But we can't let them suffer, so we have to draw boundaries. For example, the soldiers in Hebei can use up to half to withdraw their property, and the other half must be used to transfer farmland.

Many people here in the Eastern Region have already been granted land, so it can be relaxed to only one-third, and one-fifth of the military merit will be granted as additional land... But if you have a family background, you can only use one-third of the land unconditionally.

The replacement of military merit not only provides protection, but also further limits the upper limit of rewards."

"Boss Xie is really thoughtful." Ma Wei rolled his eyes and went straight to get another glass of warm wine to drink.

"This is actually the result of everyone's efforts. Jiang Ling's clerk is by no means mediocre." Xie Minghe accepted the praise frankly and did not forget his colleagues.

This actually gave him a little shock, because Zhang Longtou had such control over Chief Xu Da. Of course, thinking about it on the other hand, this dragon head was not only able to warm wine. It was made from a short dragon head.

In the current situation, it would be strange if we couldn't handle a few people.

Moreover, why are you crying like this? Didn't you just ask Cui Shilang to help analyze the situation within the world and the gang?

Li Shu was startled for a moment, then stood up, picked up a glass of wine and offered a toast to the other party: "Cui Silang shocked the drunk man with his words! Please accept a glass of wine from me!"

Li Shu remained silent.

However, as soon as they left the official road and passed through a forest, with Zhuangzi appearing in their field of vision, the group realized that their visit might be about to encounter a huge difficulty.

Only then did Ma Wei realize that this person was actually Xu Dalang.

"Xu Dalang." Zhang Xing sat still under the tree. "I have figured it out. In this matter, we will only deal with you, father and son, as the chief culprits, and confiscate your family assets. The rest are limited to private soldiers, as long as they hand over two hundred people."

The above-mentioned organized private soldiers will be forgotten... Including the caravan business and so on, as long as they pay taxes seriously, I support it with both hands... You are still the big boss, where are you going with this? "

Xu Shiying was stunned when he heard it halfway. After hearing it, his face turned red and he turned his head and said nothing.

“The golden wind blows in the early festival, and the jade dew withers in the late forest.

Huang Junhan seemed to realize that he was a little embarrassed and a little embarrassed, so he quickly lowered his head.

Huang Junhan was already stunned. Although he was born as a county official, but things like poetry and culture... I can only say that he can probably write the words. What does it mean? It doesn't mean that you can't try to understand it, but it will be embarrassing if you interpret it wrong.

Already.

Everyone had mixed feelings, but at this moment, Xie Minghe suddenly recited a poem loudly:

Zhang Xing thought for a moment, but then shook his head at Huang Piao: "It's rare for Mr. Li to have fun, so why should we bother him? Besides, we are returning to the East just to inspect the place. Things here are the most important... Don't do it

Putting the cart before the horse.”

"Why is the leader here?" Zhang Xing was obviously puzzled.

"..."

Li Shu also took a long breath of alcohol.

"Mr. Li's meaning is very simple. First of all, he is worried that this is a tactic to delay the war, and secondly, he is worried that this is a tactic to kill the enemy." Cui Silang blurted out. "I dare to ask Mr. Li if he is right?"

After all, when they were drinking together, Ma Wei was not as perfunctory as he was yesterday, and he slightly raised his hand to signal.

"It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is hard work?"

"Where is Li Longtou?" Zhang Xing became more and more surprised.

Li Shu smiled awkwardly.

Once the fortune is determined, the name and posthumous title will be passed down through the ages.

Fang Yanlang was puzzled for a moment, but after scanning the many people around Zhang Xing, he nodded.

"You hid three thousand private soldiers. We made a promise at Sikou Pass on the first night. You said that I would turn all of your private soldiers into regular soldiers." Zhang Xingsi spoke slowly and logically. "But three thousand people are too many.

Well, the pressure of one extra battalion is too great, so we have to withdraw 3,000 people from your original five thousand soldiers, Guo Jingke's troops, Dalu's navy, and Dongjun's soldiers... The list was made before

It has already been listed. There are 17 people in this village who want to be evacuated from here. It is one thing to tell them from the army over there. Let's go together and make it clear to their families first, and by the way see if they have anything at home.

The difficulty is the same thing... Before making the decision, I will not do anything else but go with you to visit these six counties and villages."

Cui Xuanchen, on the other hand, said seriously to Huang Junhan: "Leader Huang, the situation is the situation. I only talked about the return of the land of these three counties, but you didn't understand what Mr. Li meant at all."

A disciple from Shenwu City, Qian Yi is an official with swords and pens.

This evening the poor scholar is depressed and his heart is broken.

"First, if you don't want the land of these three counties, do you want the rest of the Henan leaders who are still dependent on you? Don't lose the public's support for this. That is one of the fundamentals." Cui Xuanchen advised seriously. "

Secondly, it doesn’t matter whether he spends his time or not, the key is whether Guild Li will lose his ambition because of this? His own true intention is the second fundamental."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Shu finished his drink in one gulp, but turned around, came back to the pillars, and then pointed to the stars and recited, actually continuing along with the old poem.

, and the tone became obviously increasingly passionate, before turning decadent:

"What did Zhan Jin do? He felt regretful and nostalgic for the past.

Like Xu Shiying before, his face turned red, but he didn't know whether it was from heat or shock.

"Ma Jiu Sheng, although you have a good capacity for drinking, your cultivation level is not good enough. You can't sober up as quickly as I do." Xie Minghe was the first to laugh. "It's better to drink less."

The wild fields are covered with wild grasses and reeds, while the villages are deserted and covered with quinoa and deep weeds.

Just when Zhang Xing was having a rare feast, Li Shu and Li Longtou were rarely drunk in Weicheng County, Dongjun, which was not too far away... There was nothing he could do, he was in too much trouble, and the pressure was too great.

After having a few more drinks, I was so drunk that I really didn't want to use my true energy to drink. Instead, I took advantage of the situation and became dissolute.

Li Shu laughed more and more and burst into tears, but then he looked at another person: "Does Cui Silang also mean this?"

Looking and listening to many feelings, I lean on my lap alone."

Around noon, another group of dozens of riders came from the northeast, but it was Wang Xiongdan who had disappeared. He was leading the group. After he dismounted, he did not rush forward. Instead, he stood still and looked at a young man behind him.

"Go pick up Li Longtou." Fang Yanlang glanced at Xu Shiying and answered bravely. He didn't dare to lie at this time. If he covered it up without authorization and the other party misunderstood what Li Shu was going to do, that would be called being smart.

The next morning, Ma Wei woke up from drinking and thought of what happened last night. He found it interesting. He opened the door and came out, only to see Zhang Xing, Xie Minghe and Wang Shuyong all sitting and waiting in the courtyard. He was a little panicked.

Wang Wulang and Wang Xiongdan were more down-to-earth and just listened with open ears.

The blame lies with Cui Silang. Not only did he say that Zhang Sanlang "cannot compete with him sincerely".

"That's right." Li Shu wiped his face, turned around, and suddenly smiled with tears in his eyes. He came to the table and poured himself a glass, then raised his glass and said, "The violent Wei Hunjun suddenly made three attacks. I dare not

If Dongyi was left behind again, he would return in a hurry and alone, so that no one would know about the wilderness, and the villages along the way, because they had escaped from the Three Expeditions, or had been chased to their homes by the Three Expeditions, were inevitably desolate, dilapidated, and miserable. The feeling on the road was so great.

With this poem.”

Of course, Zhang Xing didn't know that someone had decided to accept a political compromise. After Xie Minghe and Ma Wei lay drunk, he wrote down Ma Wei's opinions and his own approval in a document, and then gave it to Wang Xiongdan, who passed it on.

"It's good if you can realize your shame." Zhang Xing nodded when he saw this. "This kind of shame is the most rare thing, and it also makes me feel that it is worth saving your life... let's go."

When Huang Junhan heard this, he became completely impatient: "How could it be a delaying tactic, and how could it be a killing tactic? If it was a delaying tactic, it should be agreed immediately so that the other party could not take advantage of this delay. If it was a killing tactic, how could there be three reasons?

A waste of time in the county? Faucet, with all due respect, you are doing nothing here now, which is even more of a waste."

Li Shu nodded immediately.

In this way, the group of people galloped north and arrived between the two counties of Kuangcheng and Weicheng in Dongjun. They stopped at an official road intersection at the junction of the two counties, and then quietly dismounted and waited under the shade of a tree beside the road.

With that said, Wu got on the yellow gelding, turned around and walked towards the fork in the official road.

"Longtou." At this moment, Xie Minghe suddenly reminded. "Since Li Gong is in front of Huangtou Zhuangzi, why not get together in person and explain the matter clearly in person? We can do this later."

The man lowered his head, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and cupped his hands, speaking in a low voice: "Third brother."

"Are you blushing because of heat, or do you feel that you have been humiliated? Or is it rare that you are aware of shame?" Zhang Xing finally stood up and asked seriously, but then he asked and answered himself. "You are the master of Nei Ning Dan.

Top-notch, even I dare not say that I am better than you, naturally it is not hot; as for humiliation, don't say I didn't mean to humiliate you deliberately, even if it is really humiliating, according to your habits, you will not take it seriously and do it calmly

It’s hard to bear...So, do you really feel sorry for those subordinates?"

"The leader of the house is overthinking." Zhang Xing disagreed. "How could such a kind person as Huang Toou lead harm Li Longtou? If you are really fine, why not come with us... We are busy here, and we are probably going to have to

This is happening in Jiyin, you just want to take a look."

Not only that, but Wang Shuyong and Xie Minghe were also keeping an eye on this person.

"We should drink in Weicheng County... Huangtou Lingzhuang." Fang Yanlang remained honest.
To be continued...