Chapter 27: Interlude
After some deliberations in the county guard's office, officials at all levels and generals in the army have returned to their posts, and today can be regarded as a form of Lu Chen's new appointment and everyone came to see it.
Under Lu Chen's instructions, the commanders of the three corps received the salaries and armaments required by each army. After Mei Zizi sent someone to escort the supplies back to the garrison of the First Corps, Zhao Chuan found Lu Chen again and asked him for instructions on recruiting new soldiers.
Because the First Corps had lost 4,000 soldiers when it rescued Lu Chen, the total strength was now less than 10,000 and needed to be filled urgently, so Lu Chen nodded and agreed without thinking too much. It's just that in his opinion, with the current situation of the border city, the people don't trust the border army at all, thinking that the border army is not capable of resisting the barbarians at all, but often bullies ordinary people, and when they go to join the army, I am afraid that they will either be killed by the barbarians or scolded by others.
This situation is what Xiao Wang said about the people's heart, Lu Chen can realize the seriousness of this problem, especially the old people among the people, they have been bullied by the border army more or less before, and they have also seen too many times that the border army has been killed by the barbarian soldiers without leaving a piece of armor, and these old people are all elders in the family, which has a great impact on the young people in the county to join the army.
Lu Chen already had a rough solution to this problem in his heart, and decided to solve the problem together at the school parade tomorrow.
On the other side, after leaving the gate of the county government, Xiao Wang found Chen Liang and relayed Lu Chen's words to the latter as they were.
At this time, Chen Liang was resting and drinking tea in a tea shop opposite Liu's mansion, and after listening to Xiao Wang's words, he was dumbfounded, but when he reacted, raised his head and was about to ask Xiao Wang again, the latter had already left without knowing when.
He was a little confused, he couldn't understand why Lu Chen refused to give up when he had already got 60,000 taels of silver, and until now, he still thought that Lu Chen was no different from the previous officials, and the reason why he raided his house was just to get some money, but now it seems that this new county guard has a great appetite!
Liu San, as the main party, of course couldn't stay out of the matter, he was sitting next to Chen Liang, Xiao Wang's words, he also heard it, and at this time he was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, and said urgently: "Uncle Cousin, now this Lord Lu, it looks like he wants to kill us all?" ”
"What's ours, it's your Liu Mansion's home that your lord ordered to copy, not my Chen Liang's home." Chen Liang said unhappily.
"Oops! Uncle cousin, when is this, you still say such things to your little nephew, let's hurry up and help my little nephew think of a way! If the whole Liu Mansion is confiscated, then the little nephew will have nothing, and when the time comes, it will be ...... How can I honor you......" Liu San was really anxious, and while speaking, the beads of sweat on his forehead were also pouring out layer by layer.
"Who let you make this unsuccessful thing make trouble yesterday, I don't know if the new official took office with three fires! Now I have been met by this new adult with my own eyes! Can you have a good time!? Chen Liang hated iron and roared: "This little bit of family business left by my cousin, I think sooner or later I will be ruined by you!" ”
"Yes, yes, my cousin taught me ......" Liu San dared to talk back at this time, and said with a sad face: "But ...... But I heard rumors that this Lord Lu was killed by the barbarians when he was patrolling the city defenses, who knew that he was so unlucky...... My Yulian, ......"
"Shut up! You're still thinking about that! It's really a dog can't change eating! When Chen Liang heard this, his lungs were about to explode, and he slapped Liu San in the face fiercely, and scolded angrily: "If it weren't for the cheap hands!" Can you cause such a big thing for Lao Tzu! It's harmful, and now Lao Tzu is also affected by you! ”
was slapped hard by Chen Liang, Liu San screamed, he didn't dare to shout at Chen Liang, but said fiercely: "Uncle Cousin, blame Xiao Wang's kid!" If he hadn't been in the way, Yulian would not have been able to resist me, and there would have been no other things behind! ”
"Xiao Wang is such a small character, it is easy to rectify him, and there will be opportunities in the future, so let's think about how to solve the current problem first! Fuck, I didn't expect this new county keeper to have such a strong attitude......"
Chen Liang said impatiently, he is also a little out of line now, originally according to his intentions, when he raided the house, all the 60,000 taels of silver in Liu's mansion were 'confiscated', which was regarded as a favor, everyone tacitly thought that after receiving 60,000 taels of silver, the relationship with Liu San would become intimate, but he didn't think that things were not what he expected at all.
Seeing that he was pondering there, and he didn't know how to add the tea in the cup, Liu San lifted the teapot to fill it for him, and said flatteringly: "Uncle cousin, little nephew remembers, don't you have some friendship with Lord Zhang Tao Zhang in the county capital?" I heard that Lord Zhang has won the trust of the county head, why don't you find him to deal with him......"
"Although Zhang Tao has some friendship with me, this person is greedy, it can be said that he only recognizes money and does not recognize people, if he goes to him for help with empty hands like this, even if the friendship is good, it is useless!" Chen Liang glanced at Liu San, and then said: "Now that all the silver in your family has been confiscated by the county government, what else can we do to find someone to help?" ”
"I knew that before I raided my house, I would have gone to Zhang Tao for help,"
"Hehe......" Liu San smiled and said: "Uncle Cousin doesn't know, in the little nephew's house, there is also a secret grid, there are two treasures hidden in the grid, each of which is worth more than a thousand gold, use it to ask Zhang Tao for help, the little nephew thinks, it should be enough, as long as the cousin can take the little nephew into the house...... "He is not afraid of spending money, he is afraid of having money but can't find a way, his family, is not just as simple as the surface of 60,000 taels of silver, when his father was alive, he was a big businessman, and he was ranked number one in the entire Pingyang County, I don't know how much gold and silver treasure he left behind, but after so many years, he has already been almost defeated by Liu San, but even so, the undefeated wealth is also extremely amazing.
When Chen Liang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Lao Tzu knows, my cousin is such a shrewd person, how can he only leave such a little property for your kid, it turns out that there is still a secret warehouse in the house...... "No wonder Liu San, this kid, is desperate to keep his house." He added in his mind.
With the bottom in his heart, Chen Liang was not in a hurry, he didn't have the heart to drink tea, but he became in the mood at this time, he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said: "But you kid also knows, now that Lord Lu has issued a strict order, your Liu Mansion is completely locked down and martial law, and it is not easy to bring you in......"