Chapter 100: Ding Ji, a native of Chu

Autumn is beautiful!

But the sad autumn wind always makes people feel some inexplicable feelings... Fortunately, the autumn day passed soon.

After Liu Kan took office, he did not immediately act drastic. The woods in Peixian were fascinated by the forest, which made him much more steady. Although he was generally familiar with the people and things of this era, he was still in a ignorance of people's thoughts and ideas.

He needs to observe, what is hidden in this territory that belongs to him?

It is difficult for future generations to truly understand the wisdom of the ancients and the methods of the ancients. If the thoughts and methods of later generations are used to solve the problem, the final result will be a bleak ending. Liu Kan has to wait and see if there are two hundred Chu people in this building pavilion, whether there are dragons and tigers hidden?

However, Liu Kan discovered some interesting things through this observation.

The situation of Louting is quite similar to Juyeze. To some extent, it is even more complicated than Juyeze. The rivers here are crisscrossing and hills intertwined. Walking southward is Hongze, and it is also connected to Huai River, which is as complicated as a maze.

If someone causes trouble at will, the government will also have a headache.

The people of Chu were very good at boats and boats, and even had many families who lived on boats.

Once the situation is not good, he leaves by boat, which makes people unable to investigate. Moreover, in terms of living habits, the customs of the people of Jingman and Chu were retained.

Strong, wild!

A disagreement came out in all directions. The clan moved, which made the government helpless. After observing for a month, Liu Kan felt a little regretful!

It seems that he was fooled by Ren Xiao, two hundred Chu people...

Dog shit! In fact, there are only eighty or ninety households living on the table, and the rest are born on the water and live in boats. Three or two households form a boat array, and hundreds of steps are connected to boats. They spend the night on the boat at night, and when dawn is dawn, they get off the boat and farm...or, they are riding the boat and working.

The construction of the building warehouse has been underway for two months.

If one person is calculated based on the calculation of each household, two hundred people can build a granary or a row of houses.

But to this day, there has been no progress.

Is this considered a prototype of passive slack work and non-violent resistance?

"A Kan, if this continues, it will be impossible to properly arrange it when the immigrants in Sanchuan County arrive... Moreover, did Lord Ren say that the building warehouse must be used after the beginning of spring? The supplies, food and grass that were transferred at that time may not be stored at all."

Tang Li was very distressed.

He is a strategist and is skilled in strategy. But he can't help but have a headache about the situation in front of him!

It was all trivial matters, so trivial that it was as difficult as the firewood, rice, oil and salt. Moreover, the unevenness made Tang Li and Kuai Che feel that they had no idea where to start. Zhou Chang's current main task is to supervise the 80 or 90 households on the shore to work and build, but he was also in a panic.

As for Zhou Lan, she couldn't help at all.

Sometimes Liu Kan felt that if Zhou Lan and these fifty Qin troops had not had some deterrent effect, the Chu people might have rebelled. However, the role of the Qin army was only limited. In order to speed up the progress of the granaries, Liu Kan even discussed with Zhou Lan and sent some Qin troops to help. But this is not a solution after all... There are still three months before the immigrants arrive, and it is difficult to deal with!

Tang Li said: "When I was in Pei County, I saw Xiao He say a few words casually and go to two families and everything was solved. I thought it was just like this, but I didn't expect... It's a pity that Guan Ying failed to solve that guy. It would be difficult to start again."

When Liu Kan mentioned Xiao He's incident, he felt quite regretful.

It’s not because I am sorry for being on the opposite side of Xiao He, but because I am sorry for not being able to kill Xiao He.

This guy is a disaster after all... After Xiao He's assassination happened, Ren Xiao sent someone to catch up with Liu Kan, scolded him harshly, and warned Liu Kan that he is now the imperial official, not the raider who can kill people in the market with a disagreement. If something similar happens in Pei County in the future, no matter whether it is Liu Kan or not, Ren Xiao will not spare Liu Kan.

The wording is unprecedentedly stern, showing Ren Xiao's anger.

Under such circumstances, Liu Kan originally wanted to send Chen Daozi to take action again, but had to stop the follow-up plan.

At least before spring comes, we can't do anything anymore.

"Didn't Lao Cao agree to come and help?"

Liu Kan looked down at the official document on the desk, suddenly raised her head and asked Tang Li, "Why haven't you come yet? Could it be that he has changed his mind?"

Tang Li shook his head, "Aqi sent someone to deliver a letter a month ago, saying that Lao Cao had left Pei County and came to us. Calculate the time, he should have arrived ten days ago, but now he has not even seen a figure. But don't worry, Lao Cao is very trustworthy. Since he promised to come and help, he will definitely come. Even if he changes his mind, he will make it clear in person."

"I hope...I hope I won't change my mind!"

Liu Kan scratched his head, "Let's go and visit the Lord Youzhi again. The old guy is cunning, but he is also a person who knows the importance of the matter. When the three old people visited the previous two times, I kept observing him. Maybe it was because of the husband and Youzi who were there, and the old guy didn't say much. But I could see that he seemed to have something to say. Lao Tang, you and me, went to visit him secretly."

Youzhi is an official position established by Qin. It is above the pavilion chief, with a rank of 100 stones and belongs to the three elders.

The so-called three elders are the rank, the stern and the stern. Among them, there is rank and discipline. The stern is responsible for listening to lawsuits and taxes, and the stern is responsible for public order. Among the three elders, the stern has the highest authority and controls a villager. But in fact, the stern is the most meticulous thing and is the real manager. The stern is similar to the police chief in later generations. The stern in Louting seems to be undermined.

He is named Xiangqiang, and he is quite famous locally.

So when the First Emperor divided the county and county, he appointed him to serve as an official.

Liu Kan could see that Xiangqiang and his two subordinates who held real power had a lot of resentment, but because of the other party's strong momentum, they could only swallow their anger. Perhaps, from Xiangqiang's mouth, they could get some information? With a better understanding of Louting, they could have more confidence.

Tang Li smiled, "Akan, you are more stable than Peixian!"

Liu Kan just smiled indifferently, which was an answer. He stood up, took two steps, and suddenly stopped, "Kuai Che!"

"The boss told me!"

"You find Mr. Cheng and carry ten bottles of wine for two years. After Lao Tang and I come back, you and I will go to Xu County with me to visit County Mayor Xu."

The pavilion is a very delicate place.

It happened to be at the junction of Tong County and Xu County. It was nominally belonged to Tong County, but in fact it was under the rule of Xu County. Now the imperial court has set up a building here. Although it is still listed below the county system in terms of order, it is a county-level military town, which is directly commanded by the county magistrate and does not obey the county magistrate's arrangement.

But Liu Kan knew very well that in order to gain a foothold in Louting, he had to cooperate with Zhou County.

There are four county towns closest to Louting, namely Xu County, Tong County, Qiuwu (ancient sound Qiulu), and Fuli. In addition, Xia Pi, Xia Xiang, Ling County, and Huaiyin are not too far away. After Liu Kan had some thoughts, he finally decided to start with Xu County first.

The reason is that Xu County is the youngest, with only 6,000 households.

However, Xu County is the most chaotic, because it is close to Hongze and backed by Huai River, and the situation is very complicated. As the southernmost county town of Sishui County, County Mayor Xu is a real old Qin man. His name is Ying Zhuang, and he belongs to the royal family. He was born in the Lantian Daying and was personally appointed by the First Emperor.

The Ying clan is different from other royal clans. What flows in his bones is the tenacity of the old Qin people.

It was precisely because the situation in Xu County was very chaotic that Ying Zhuang took the initiative to ask for office. Although he was a royal family, he was not a direct family in Ying Zheng. If we traced it back, Ying Zhuang was the descendant of the brother of Ying Quliang of Qin Xiaogong, a descendant of Prince Qian. He stayed in Xianyang and was with a large group of direct family royal relatives, and it was difficult to make a breakthrough. Therefore, Ying Zhuang simply went to Xu County... and Ying Zheng attached great importance to his decision and agreed to Ying Zhuang's request.

At the same time, the royal family naturally cannot be the same as ordinary local officials.

In order to ensure Ying Zhuang's safety, the First Emperor equipped Ying Zhuang with 300 Lantian soldiers and allowed him to be in charge of the commander-in-chief of Xu County to be in charge of 1,200 soldiers.

If three hundred Lantian Jiashi were added, Ying Zhuang had 1,500 people in his hands, which could almost be compared with two counties.

Liu Kan is interested in the 1,500 people in Ying Zhuang's hands. If you bring some relationship closer, you may need help at any time. In addition, Ying Zhuang's royal identity is also a good pretext. For some things, if you ask Ying Zhuang to stand out, the effect will be better.

Here, we must explain the military system of the Qin Dynasty.

The Qin Dynasty followed the system of recruitment for counties and counties during the Warring States Period. When men were 17 years old, they had to "Fu Ji", similar to the ID card system in later generations. After Fu Ji, they could be recruited into the army at any time and could not be exempted from military service until they were 60 years old. At the same time, Fu Ji had to serve for one month every year, so it was called Geng Shou; when they were 23 years old, they were transferred to regular soldiers for two years, one year of which they stayed in counties and received more formal training. One year later, they went to the border counties to guard or moved to the capital area to guard.

At this time, the regular soldiers are converted into "garrison soldiers" or "guardians".

One thousand five hundred regular soldiers are obviously more than enough for a county.

Tang Li and Kuai Che looked at each other and nodded softly.

Liu Kan's decision shows that he has grown up again, able to think and know how to take advantage of the situation... This is naturally a great thing.

Kuai Che went down to find Cheng Miao to prepare.

Liu Kan took Wang Xin and Tang Li to dress up in casual clothes, preparing to visit Xiang Qiang.

But at this moment, Zhou Chang broke in from outside panting and said stammeringly: "Owner, big, big, big, big things are not going well!"

Although Liu Kan is now Cang Ling, Zhou Chang also got the position of fighting food.

But Zhou Chang was still used to calling Liu Kan Dongzhu. After all, the habit that he developed over a few years cannot be changed in a short time.

Liu Kan and Tang Li were about to go out, but when they heard Zhou Chang say this, they were stunned.

"Lao Zhou, what happened? Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, take a breath first... You guy will definitely be anxious to death if you are anxious."

Zhou Chang stuttered, the more anxious he was, the more powerful he stuttered.

Tang Li didn't wait for Zhou Chang to continue talking, and quickly supported him and said as if he was joking.

Perhaps it was this joking tone that made Zhou Chang's originally anxious mood gradually calm down. He took several deep breaths and tried hard to calm himself down. Then he said: "Master, something happened on the construction site... The Chu people confronted General Zhou Lan's people, and they were about to fight..."

Liu Kan's heart skipped a beat and her brows frowned slightly.

Are you finally going to give me a warning?

He asked in a deep voice: "Lao Zhou, why did he confront each other?"

"Because of the allocated food... the Chu people said that the court was unfair and they were all working for the court. Why can our people eat well? Their food was like the food of pigs and dogs? They also said that if they were not improved, they would stop working until it was improved."

Liu Kan and Tang Li looked at each other, and their eyes suddenly became cold.

"Does anyone take the lead in causing trouble?"

"Yes!" Zhou Chang said: "A Chu man named Ding Ji shouted the most fiercely... Oh, this Ding Ji seems to be a relative of a miser."
Chapter completed!