The one-eyed wolf raised his eyebrows, and he was shocked. He knew that it was very simple for a black market caravan to go from illegal to legal, it was nothing more than bribing some more officials to obtain their support and protection. But it is very difficult to move from legitimacy to status.

Identity and status are virtual things, rich and powerful can only be famous at most, and the status of being famous is just a symbolic thing. The identity and status mentioned by Zhou Bo are a kind of practical objects with influence and appeal, and once they have this status, even if Zhou Bo is not serving as the envoy of the Guanghua Army, the next leading officials of the Guanghua Army will not dare to offend them.

Zhou Bo looked at the surprised expression of the one-eyed wolf, and said with a smile: "Do you understand now? The guarantee I give you is to support you to the point of sharing the rise and fall of the Guanghua Army. If the Guanghua Army leaves you, it will immediately decline. And once you leave the Guanghua Army, you will also lose many rights and interests. ”

He paused and said, "Although this is to tie you to the body of the Guanghua Army, it's just that everyone can win together, what's so bad?"

The one-eyed wolf took a deep breath, hesitated for a while, and said, "I understand. ”

Then there was silence.

Zhou Bo was not in a hurry to speak, he waited for the one-eyed wolf to think. Even he knew that the one-eyed wolf was just a liaison, and the person who could really make decisions would not appear until the one-eyed wolf brought the news back for the next negotiation. However, he was sure that as long as there was the next negotiation, it would mean that the black caravan had been persuaded by himself, and the rest of the matter was just a matter of details.

Finally. The one-eyed wolf spoke: "Zhou Envoy-jun." I can't make up my mind what you think. I will not be able to answer you until I have gone back to consult with our master. ”

Zhou Bo diǎn diǎn head and said with a smile: "This is nature. What I'm talking about is all on paper, and when it comes to actual operation, you and I have to sit down and negotiate together. ”

The one-eyed wolf smiled and said, "Zhou Yuanjun, it's good that you understand that it's just talk on paper." But I'll convey your views to our masters. ”

Zhou Bo said: "Then there will be work. ”

Then, the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the one-eyed wolf was a refreshing (3) ∝dǐng(3)∝diǎn(3)∝小(3)∝ said, .≈.o+s_(); of people. I don't like my mother-in-law and mother-in-law, so I'm going to return to Xiangyang City immediately. Zhou Bo just personally sent the one-eyed wolf to the yamen, after all, he must maintain his strong image, if he sent it to the city gate, then this image would be greatly reduced, and it might not be easy to cooperate in the future.

After the one-eyed wolf left, Li Xiaoyu also sent her uncle Wang Zexi away.

Li Xiaoyu returned to the yamen and saw Zhou Bo sitting behind the public case, as if he was contemplative. She hurriedly walked over and asked cautiously, "Zhou Yuanjun." You...... How did you talk to the one-eyed wolf? It seems that in the end, the one-eyed wolf was not very satisfied. ”

She is now in her position. Naturally, you have to worry about whether your job can be promoted, and if this thing is not done properly, then you have to think of other ways. But now, there are only a few ways that can be thought of, and the best way is to cooperate with the black caravan.

Zhou Bo glanced at Li Xiaoyu, suddenly showed a smile, and said, "Miss Xiaoyu, I really didn't mistake you, this time you have done a big thing for the Guanghua Army." ”

Li Xiaoyu was both happy and confused, she was naturally happy because she was praised by Zhou Bo, and she was puzzled that this matter in front of her was not done, why did Zhou Bo praise herself?

"But, Zhou Yuanjun, there is still suspense in this matter now. She said again and again.

"Don't worry, the one-eyed wolf has no choice, they will definitely cooperate with me, it's just a matter of some details. As long as we establish a cooperative relationship with the black caravan, the development of our Guanghua Army will definitely improve rapidly. You're a great hero. Zhou Bo said confidently.

He knew that if the black caravan did not cooperate with him, he would definitely use means to attack them.

It's a big deal to lose both, although there are risks for themselves, but the merchants of the black caravan are shrewd people, as long as they can avoid conflict and win for both sides, why don't they do it?

Li Xiaoyu's eyes widened, and he said with a smile: "Really?"

Zhou Bo diǎn diǎn head and said, "I am very confident. In addition, once we have reached a cooperation, I intend to leave the matter of future interactions with the Black Caravan to you. ”

"But I don't know business. Li Xiaoyu said with some concern.

"Hehe, I don't understand. But you have a lot of ghosts, and you are excited, these black caravans will definitely not be able to take advantage of us when they meet you, so I can rest assured of you. Zhou Bo said that he had decided to place the Ministry of Trade under the Department of Civil Affairs.

"Then, well, I'll work hard!" Li Xiaoyu didn't say anything more, and said with hope.

"Well, then, your task now is to start drawing up a plan for trade. That is to say, it is cost-effective for us to spend money to buy goods from the north from the black caravans and sell them, or do we spend money to buy some goods from the south and sell them in the north. Zhou Bo commanded.

"Okay, I'll do it right away. After Li Xiaoyu finished speaking, without any hesitation, he turned around and ran to work.

Zhou Bo looked at Li Xiaoyu, a little girl, and finally had hope in his heart, with such a good help, he really reduced a lot of burden-

Two days later, a group of ragged people, claiming to be mountain bandits from the iron mines, came to the city to accept the surrender. Most of these people are young people and old people, and it is obvious that the mountain bandits are more vigilant, so they will first send these weak elders to test the real situation of the Gwanghwa Military Officer's Mansion.

Zhou Bo asked Li Shuping to be responsible for settling these people, although it is not necessary to give them very superior treatment, but at least they must be treated equally, what the soldiers of the Guanghua Army eat, wear, and live, and the same is true of these mountain bandits who have defected to Chengcheng. That night, he also went to meet these bandits who surrendered to Cheng and asked them about some of the conditions in the cottage.

Anyway, these mountain bandits have already made a lot of determination to come to this point, and they have long hated those Qi troops who occupied their homes and plundered their finances and wives, so they didn't hide much. truthfully explained the situation in the cottage.

Originally. Since that time, the Yue family army dispatched iron ore. After demanding that the mountain bandits return the hostages, the contradictions between the mountain bandits and the Qi army became more and more intense. Many mountain bandits are muttering behind their backs, the Qi army has arrested people, and now they have to bear the guilt, what is the reason? Rather than this, it is better to surrender to the officials and soldiers.

Of course, the biggest problem that the mountain bandits are facing now is that they all know that the Guanghua Army is also poor. What kind of arrangements will they receive after they surrender?

In addition to this big problem, Qi Jun also seemed to know what the mountain bandits were thinking, so they sent people to arrest several leaders of the mountain bandits, put them under house arrest in the cottage, and forbade the mountain bandits from having contact with the Guanghua Military Officer's Office.

These mountain bandits who fled this morning were still under the leadership of no leader, and after the deliberations of the people, they went on their own affairs.

After listening to these words, Zhou Bo was also open and honest to these mountain bandits.

He only said a very simple truth, your mountain bandits' current living conditions are getting worse and worse. Since the Qi army occupied your homeland, you have not had enough food and clothing. His wife was separated, and he had to endure the oppression of the Qi army. On the contrary, on the side of the Gwanghwa Army, although after the trauma of the war, everything has yet to recover, but for now, the life of the Gwanghwa Army is improving every day.

Isn't it clear how to make a choice?

At the same time, he also promised that as long as the mountain bandits surrendered, he would never discriminate against or oppress them. The only requirement is that the bandits will reform from now on and obey the arrangements of the Gwanghwa Military Office. The young and strong of the mountain bandits were automatically incorporated into the regular army, and the old and weak were allocated land for resettlement.

After receiving this assurance, these mountain bandits were very moved.

Zhou Bo didn't plan to sue the mountain bandits now, and let the mountain bandits do their own internal response, after all, they had only come on the first day, and they hadn't felt any good life yet. What's more, he was sure in his heart that since these mountain bandits were sent to test the truth, they would take the initiative to ask sooner or later to summon more mountain bandits to come and surrender, and it would not be too late to use this opportunity to throw out their own plans when the time came-

For the rest of the day, Zhou Bo felt that he was very busy.

The first is to deal with the detailed plan of the black caravan, although the black caravan has not yet come to him, but he believes that the discussion on the black caravan side is also in full swing.

The second is to prepare for the army's action, and sooner or later it is necessary to send troops to the cottages of mountain bandits to fight those Qi troops. For this operation, Zhou Bo's request is best to be able to wipe out the Qi army. As long as the commander of this gang of Qi bandits is killed, the other minions will automatically surrender.

Thirdly, it was a project from a long time ago, and it was not until today that it was finally completed. As early as after Zhou Bo joined the Guanghua Army, he proposed to re-measure the land. Because the entire Guanghua Army was huge and lacked manpower, he invited some ordinary people who knew how to measure to cooperate with the soldiers to measure together. It is not until today that all the land has been counted.

After the land is counted, it is natural to distribute.

This task is as heavy a task as surveying the land.

Especially in the current situation of the lack of government staff, if the common people are invited to assist in the distribution, it is inevitable that they will fill their pockets and distribute more to themselves. Therefore, measurement is one thing, distribution is another.

Early in the morning, Zhou Bo invited Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu to the lobby of the yamen.

"You've all done a great job lately, except for a diǎn that disappointed me a bit. After inviting Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu to sit down, Zhou Bo sighed and said.

Li Xuzhong immediately showed a look of sincere fear, and didn't dare to say a word.

As for Li Xiaoyu, she was discouraged, what she had always wanted was to be recognized by Zhou Bo and prove that her ability was sufficient. Now that I heard such words, I was naturally very disappointed.

Zhou Bo couldn't help laughing when he saw the looks of the two people, and said, "Don't be nervous, the disappointment I mentioned is not a big deal." As I told you, there is a shortage of people in the government at the moment, and if you have the right people to recommend them, it will help everyone. ”

He paused and said, "Actually, that's the reason for the disappointment I mentioned. Now that the land measurement of the Gwanghwa Army has been completed, everyone is looking forward to redistribution. It's a very heavy job, and the three of us can't do it alone. So I hope you can do your best to bring some talent. ”

Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, but at the same time, they both thought that this was indeed a difficult problem. Now that the land distribution is imminent, if the land is not arranged, there will be no way to cultivate it on time at the beginning of spring next year.

"Zhou Yuanjun, there happened to be a few classmates who were in the school back then, they were all talented people, but because of the war, I don't know if they can get in touch. However, I will definitely try to contact as much as possible. If you can find them, you will definitely be able to become Zhou Yuanjun's right-hand man. After thinking about it, Li Xuzhong hurriedly said.

He is too busy these days, and his classmates are afraid that they will run away long before the war, and there is really some suspense about whether they can be contacted now. But the first thing to do is to give it a try.

Zhou Bo diǎn diǎn head and said with a smile: "This is very good. ”

Li Xiaoyu hesitated for a while before he said, "I, I'll ask my father to recommend some talents after I go back." I won't let Zhou Yuanjun worry about you!"

Her last sentence was obviously deliberately added because she invited a group of girlfriends last time, which caused Zhou Bo to be angry.

Zhou Bo said: "Well, I naturally believe in you, Little Fish Girl." ”

He paused and said, "Now I still have to deal with the mountain bandits, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to contribute to the distribution of land." I'm going to leave it to the two of you. I know you're all working hard right now, but I hope you'll grit your teeth in these times. ”

Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu both laughed, and said that they would definitely do their best to do this well.

Zhou Bo felt at this moment that Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu were bound to become the right-hand men of his administrative team, and with the two of them here, he was really much more relaxed-

In the early morning of the next day, the mountain bandits who had surrendered to Cheng a few days ago suddenly took the initiative to apply to Li Shuping, and they had a way to contact more mountain bandits to surrender, hoping that the Guanghua Military Office would support them.

Li Shuping immediately told Zhou Bo the news.

Zhou Bo knew that in the past few days, these mountain bandits had seen their sincerity and decided to tell more brothers the news of the Guanghua Army's recruitment of Anshan bandits.

He immediately sent someone to invite Yue Yun over, and then a group of generals went to the place where the mountain bandits were placed.

The old men of these first group of mountain bandits who came to Chengcheng were all placed in the city, given houses and daily necessities, and also promised to give them a piece of land when it came to allocating land. The young people, on the other hand, were all incorporated into the army, and although some of them were young and some were weak, they could still become qualified soldiers after time and training.

In the morning, it was a few young mountain bandits who applied to Li Shuping, and of course they have now become soldiers of the Guanghua Army.

Zhou Bo came to the barracks outside the city and met with these new soldiers.

These soldiers who surrendered to Cheng were headed by a man named Wang Shanwu, and the one who applied to Li Shuping this morning was this Wang Shanwu.

After a few days of settling down, these mountain bandits are no longer in rags, and they have all changed into brand-new military uniforms. Of course, strictly speaking, this military uniform only looks brand new after washing, but in fact, it is just a batch of second-hand military uniforms that I asked for from Yue Fei in Xiangyang City. (To be continued.) )