The night was dark, the feast dispersed, the county commander, the county lieutenant, and the county man hugged Heifu to the guest house to rest, and Cao participated in Xiao He also returned home.

Although Cao Shen has good ability and can be literate and martial, his reputation and status in the county have always been under Xiao He, and he can only sigh that his luck is not good, but today he has encountered an opportunity that he never dreamed of. As soon as he was happy, he drank a lot of wine, his face was full of red light, and when Xiao He carried him to the door of Cao's house, Cao Shen suddenly grabbed Xiao He and said with a mouthful of wine:

"Brother Xiao, in the words of the Jiaodong County Guard during the banquet, there is a meaning of solicitation, why do you refuse like the last time the Imperial Supervisor recommended you to Xianyang?"

Xiao He drank wine just in a small cup, unlike Cao Shen, who was excited and toasted to Heifu in a big cup, so his eyes were still sober, and he said: "Didn't I say it, there is an old mother at home......

"Really?" Cao Shen tilted his head to look at Xiao He.

"Absolutely."

Xiao He said solemnly: "Moreover, I am the patriarch of the Xiao clan, more than ten small sects in the whole clan, and hundreds of people are counting on me, how can I rashly leave Pei County and go elsewhere?" In that case, who will shelter them? ”

This reason is reasonable, but Cao Shen is still puzzled in his heart, and said secretly: "Although the Xiao family is big, it is only a county tycoon. If you can get the weight of Jiaodong County's guards, like that Chen Ping, and ascend to a high position, wouldn't it be more beneficial to the clan in the long run? ”

This is also the reason why Cao Shen agreed to Heifu's solicitation, this is an era of pursuing utilitarianism, everyone wants to jump on the high branches, from the toilet rat to the barn rat. Xiao He is a smarter person than him, how could he not understand this?

The wine surged again, Cao Shen shook his head, no longer thinking about this complicated matter, only when Xiao He handed him over to the servants of the Cao Mansion and was about to go home, Cao Shen suddenly said loudly to Xiao He through the wine: "Brother Xiao, when Cao Shen returns from Jiaodong to Pei, he will definitely not be inferior to you!" ”

Xiao He turned his head and said with a smile: "Naturally, I wish Brother Cao a prosperous career." ”

Cao Shen felt that Fang Cai's words were reckless, as if he had been dissatisfied with Xiao He, and he was a little embarrassed, so he could only pretend to be really drunk, and said loudly: "Tell Liu Ji for me, his wedding banquet, Cao Shen can't go!" ”

"Definitely!"

After returning to Xiao's house and closing the door, Xiao He looked at the winter moon in the sky and exhaled.

He refused to go to Xianyang to be an official a year ago, and this time he politely refused to be recruited by the Jiaodong County Guard, which was indeed thinking about his mother and clan, but the more important reason was the self-realization in Xiao He's heart......

A hundred miles northeast of Pei County, there is a Xue County on the road to Xue County, Jibei and Linzi. The customs of Xue County are very different from Zou Lu, but they are similar to Pei County, and there are many violent children in the vulgar room, because it is the fief of two generations of Meng Weijun's family, and Meng Yanjun's father and son have recruited a large number of rangers to Xue City.

Xiao He has been to Xue County and heard a story that it is Meng Weijun's father, Jingguo Jun Tianying is selfish and is ready to strengthen the city wall of Xue County, so that its height can be comparable to Linzi. This is a posture to break with the Qi country, and the guests have dissuaded it, but Jing Guojun insisted on this, strictly prohibiting the guests from talking about this matter again, and those who talk too much will be killed!

Only a bold doorman visited Tian Ying and said, "Say three words and one more word below, and be willing to be punished." ”

Tian Ying saw him, and the man walked in quickly and said, "The sea is a big fish! Then he turned around and left.

It's really obsessive-compulsive! Tian Ying didn't understand what this meant, so she could only leave the doorman behind, and promised to let him speak freely, so that he could explain these three words clearly.

The doorman said: "Don't you hear the big fish in the sea? The net can't catch it, the hook can't catch it, and there are no natural enemies in the sea, but once the big fish leaves the water, even the little ants can do whatever it wants. Qi country is like the water of the lord, you can weigh the world and salute with the princes, not because Xue Cheng is strong and has many armor, but because the monarch is Qi Xiang. If Jun breaks with Qi and is no longer protected, even if the wall of Xue County is built as high as the sky, will it still be able to stop the 100,000 troops of Chu and Wei? ”

Tian Ying suddenly realized, so he stopped building Xue.

The reason is reasonable, in Xiao He's view, he is also a sea fish, Pei County is the water area he depends on for survival, there are township parties, clan relatives, colleagues, friends, the county order obeys his words, Xiao He and Xiao Shi, in Pei County, to get the wind and rain!

Leaving Peixian is an adventure for him.

If the fish leaves the familiar waters, it will not die instantly, but from now on, your life and death will be in the hands of the man who fished you away with a net......

When it can be used, it is honored and favored in the tank, and if it is slightly unsatisfactory, there will be a disaster of swords.

Xiao He is cautious by nature, he doesn't want to leave the water early, and entrusts his future and life to a stranger he meets for the first time!

In addition to this, Xiao He repeatedly refused to be promoted, did not go to Xianyang, nor did he go to Jiaodong, but also because of his deep concerns in his heart......

"Ye Ye shook the lightning, and he was restless. Hundreds of rivers are boiling, and the mounds are collapsing. The high bank is the valley, and the deep valley is the mausoleum! ”

This is Xiao He's judgment on this world based on his forty years of experience and knowledge.

The world is changing too fast, the Six Kingdoms have suddenly disappeared, and Qin, who seems to be invincible, how long can it last?

As an official, Xiao He silently watched many things in his eyes: the imperial court forced the implementation of the Qin law, which caused a lot of discomfort to the people in Kwantung, and the airborne Qin officials were unpopular with the people, cutting down the Huns, and blocking the border, although the people's grievances were not boiling, but the heavy conscription made the people breathless. In the past few years in the Kanto region, disasters have been unpredictable, and rangers and remnants are still operating in the shadows, and it is difficult for the government to control them......

If the moon is eclipsed, it will be normal; This sun is eclipsed, why not Zang. Who can say what will happen in the future?

Compared with being like Cao Shen, who was tempted by the immediate benefits and was anxious to be promoted and make a fortune, Xiao He would rather stay in Pei County and wait and see how the situation changes.

Once there is really a day when the building is about to fall and the mountains and rivers are boiling, Xiao He's first thing to do is to protect himself and the clan......

Relying on himself, a knife and pen officer, is obviously not enough, so Xiao He has close contacts with the three characters of the Peixian underworld in addition to mixing the white way.

One is a big household in Pei County, Wang Ling. One is Fengyi Haoqiang, Yongya.

There is another one, Liu Ji, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion who has devoted himself to the system......

In the eyes of outsiders, the three are incomparable: Wang Ling is the boss of the rangers in the county, and although he does not dare to be a hero openly, he is also a big landowner. The Yongya family is rich in hundreds of gold, and they are the heroes of Fengyi, and even the Xiao family wants to give them three points.

Liu Ji is just a small pavilion chief, almost forty years old, before he got good luck and got a good woman.

But among the three, Xiao He felt that once something happened in the future, the only one who was most likely to help him was Liu Ji.

When he was young, Liu Ji was a wandering ranger, not liked by the township, and after becoming the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, he had no tendency to follow the rules at all, and was still a good drinker and lustful, rude, and arrogant.

Xiao He originally didn't like this person, but in the occasional conversations with the table, Xiao He found that although Liu Ji was arrogant and rude on the surface, he had a lot of wisdom inside, even when he was drunk, he could wake up immediately if it made sense.

With Xiao He's insight into people, he gradually discovered some of Liu Ji's advantages, Liu Ji dared to act boldly, and he was able to take responsibility. can make people angry, go deep into Ren Xia, and gather a group of hardcore buddies around him. Shang can bend the knot and bow his head, far from Zhang Er, brother Wang Ling. Since joining the office, among the officials of Pei County, he can be regarded as a figure that cannot be ignored, and the white and black roads are mixed.

This is the reason why Xiao He gave Liu Ji a lot of shelter, gave 200 more money than others, and rushed to Fengyi tonight for Liu Ji's main marriage......

It is not only him who sees Liu Ji's potential, but also the famous Lu Gong, even if Liu Ji is not considered, just at the powerful eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Ze, Xiao He has to sell a face.

Speaking of which, at the banquet last night, the officials also told Jiaodong County about this as a joke, and heard that Liu Ji went to Lu Gong's house as a guest, obviously he was congratulating money but not a thousand, and he should sit in the hall, but Liu Ji did not hold a penny, but shouted out: "I Liu Ji congratulated ten thousand dollars", but Lu Gong was not only angry, but also recruited Liu Ji as a son-in-law......

took the county order to change clothes, and the county Cheng whispered to the black man and gossiped: "The daughter of Duke Lu is very beautiful, but even the county order wants to marry, Duke Lu rejected Pei Ling, but he prefers Liu Ji, who is good at talking and rarely accomplishing things, which is really strange." ”

When Heifu heard about this, he was very interested, and they immediately laughed after telling them about the cause and effect.

"This Surabaya Pavilion Chief is interesting! I passed by Pei County, coinciding with its wedding banquet, although I can't go, I should congratulate it! ”

So, Heifu waved his hand and arranged for two doormen to go to Fengyi with Xiao He tomorrow, and he also wanted to "congratulate Wanqian!" ”

"This Jiaodong county guard, what he did is really incomprehensible......"

The more people who can't figure it out, the more Xiao He doesn't dare to let himself go easily.

Thinking like this, Xiao He drank some sobering hot soup, and after falling asleep in a daze, he hurried out of the door, and as soon as the rooster crowed, he galloped away from the west gate. Heifu's two doormen also drove a car, carrying a heavy amount of 10,000 yuan, and followed closely behind......

At the same time, Heifu and his party had already left the east gate and headed in the direction of Xue County......

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Qin officials are not private ministers, there is a certain procedure for transferring officials, Cao Shen has to wait for the transfer order of Surabaya County, and there are still a few days before he can catch up with Heifu. Heifu left a doorman to wait for him, and when he said goodbye at the east gate, he seemed to tell Cao Shen unintentionally:

"If there are any brave and powerful talents in Pei County, you can take them to Jiaodong with you."

"Brave and powerful people?"

Cao Shen touched his head and thought about it, and for the time being, he only remembered an archer Zhou Bo, but unfortunately he had stayed in Shuofang City as a pawn and could not come back in this life.

Waiting for Pei County to be left far behind, Chen Pingcai, who was in the same car, said with a smile: "The county guard is pressed for time, and he must go to Jiaodong at the end of the month to take office, but he still asks for capable officials all the way and visits talents, which is really thirsty." ”

Heifu just said lightly: "You can go to Xue City tomorrow?" ”

Chen Ping solemnly: "Yes, stay in Qi County tonight, and you will be able to go to Xue tomorrow." ”

Heifu talked about something that seemed unrelated" "Before leaving Xianyang, Zhang Cang found me and told me a story about Xuecheng, called 'Big Fish in the Sea'!" “

He told the story of the big fish in the sea, and said with a smile: "Zhang Cang's meaning is obvious, I am like a sea fish, the system of Daqin is water, in Nanjun and Guanxi, I rely on Qin Law, and I have the trust of His Majesty, and my colleagues cooperate, so I can be like a fish in water, and I can play it to my heart's content." ”

"But now when I go to Jiaodong, it is the farthest place from Xianyang. The head of the Qianqian has not been gathered, the people's hearts have not been decided, and the fields are full of heroes, and I seem to be near the sea, but in fact I am a fish that has come ashore. If you don't want to fall into the shallows and die in the shallows, and be swallowed by ants, you must invoke some talents and become siblings......"

This is the reason why he recruited Cao Shen and others.

There is Chen Ping, there is Yong Gongao, and there is Xiao He, who is good at internal affairs, and Cao Shen, who can be civil and martial, and his siblings are complete.

It's a pity that unlike Cao Shen, Xiao He has Xiao He's plans, smart people, always have a lot of thoughts.

So Heifu came to recruit Cao Shen, who has always been inferior to Xiao He, to leave, if Xiao He is really indifferent to fame and fortune, and see Cao Shen soar a few years later, when the brocade clothes return to his hometown, he still has no ideas?

As for the rest of Pei County, Heifu is not in a hurry, he is just a county guard, and the more people under his command, the better. Three visits to the thatched house? That's too cheap, provincial high-ranking officials, to have the consciousness of provincial high-ranking officials, instead of casually seeing an ancient celebrity, regardless of his current status and status, he will go up and kneel and lick, and suddenly be promoted, what does this make Chen Ping, Gongao and other old ministries think?

Besides, this is Daqin, not the Three Kingdoms, unless it is a private guest, the official transfer can't even take away the old officials, so polite corporal, raise hope in the people, what do you want to do?

If you really want to learn from Wei Wuji, help the old man who is a janitor drive, and visit the city to slaughter dogs, I am afraid that if the tiger is not an anti-dog, it will be transmitted to Xianyang, which really makes Qin Shihuang feel that he has bad intentions and has a big plan......

Hefu just stopped by, time was tight, caught a big fish and took it away, and the small fish were stocked first.

The characteristic of doorman politics is that if one person has a will, he can invoke the township party to defect together. With the example of Cao Shen, within a year and a half, if he has the ability and is supported by Heifu, he will naturally be able to stand out. Slowly, it is not easy to attract attention.

Heifu also knows very well that no matter how famous the people of Pei County are in history, they are only adding to their heads, and what they can really trust is the people who are Gongao, the Nanjun Township Party, or Chen Ping, who invested early and knew the roots.

As for the ten thousand?

Chen Ping was also strange, but he didn't dare to ask.

Heifu banged on the car rail, he wanted to know the expression of the bearded Pavilion Chief Liu when he received this congratulatory gift.

"This is a temptation, and it is a bait that makes Liu Ji, the core figure of the Peixian Group, uneasy."

Heifu sighed and said secretly: "It's also compensation for his inability to be the emperor of the Great Han Gao in this life, after all, his country name has become the eternal name of a nation!" Pity...... History has changed. ”

Enemy of life? Hefu had no idea.

Unlike the whip-lengthening Mao Dun, the moment Heifu found him, Liu Bang, the son of the plane in history, no matter what choice he made or how he struggled, he was already declared out!

The whole map hangs a blind vision, develops a three-piece set of first-class straw sandals for twenty minutes, and hits a fart!