Of course, Fu Zhu did not persuade Gao Yi to withdraw those orders for intensive training, but was inspired by Gao Yi, and ordered the cavalry to tie sandbags weighing 20 catties to each foot during training, and the guns used for fighting no longer remove the gun heads, all of which were training like actual combat on the battlefield, but it seemed that considering that the soldiers would be unbearable, Fu Zhu doubled the rations of all soldiers, and stipulated that as long as they could pass the training, they could be promoted to a higher level of general.

Gao Yi was responsible for singing blackface, and he was naturally responsible for singing redface, and sure enough, after this slight change, there were no more deserters, and the soldiers' enthusiasm for training also increased a lot.

The righteous monument in the northwest of Wancheng has begun to be built, at the same time, the reinforcement and thickening of the city gate of the city wall of Wancheng, the repair of the houses and water conservancy facilities outside the city are also in progress, Gao Yi stood on the tower outside the city and looked at this hot scene, and suddenly wanted to hum a song: "...... on the field of hope"

However, after only one sentence was sung, a soldier came from under the tower to report: "Lord Qiqi, all the rich merchants of Wancheng have been invited, and now they are in the county guard's mansion!"

"Eh!" Gao Yi's interest in finally getting up was lost by this little soldier, and he couldn't help but feel a little bad, but he found that since he and Luoyue experienced that unforgettable life and death test, his fear of heights has disappeared without a trace, so even if he is standing on a tower more than ten zhang high, his face is not red, his heart is not beating, his heart is not beating, and he is not panting.

Now Gao Yi is still living in the county guard's mansion, and he was going to build a new house for Gao Yi, but Gao Yi refused because of the limited use of money, so he cleaned a room in the county guard's mansion for Gao Yi and Luoyue to live in, and the reinforced county guard mansion really had no accidents, even the bed in the county guard's mansion was particularly strong, and Gao Yi didn't break it when he slept at night, no matter how much action he made.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Gao Yi saw more than a dozen rich businessmen with fat heads and big ears in the house, some of them were rice merchants, some were stone merchants, some were timber merchants, some sold horses, and some also sold salt and iron.

Gao Yi was not sure that he could convince them, but he had already made up his mind, even if he couldn't convince them, he would pluck a few handfuls of hair from these guys, after all, the current use of money and food is very large, three million dollars, it won't take long at all.

"Oh, hello everyone, what kind of wind is blowing you to my dilapidated county guard mansion today?" Gao Yi smiled and slowly walked into the hall, looking at every rich businessman, and the other party also looked at Gao Yi with hostility.

"What kind of wind? Of course it's an evil wind!" A rich businessman with a shiny face stood up, pointed at Gao Yi and shouted, "Why did you kid detain hundreds of good wood from me? Now the buyer's people have come to my house, claiming that I want to return their deposit, and my deposit has already been used for other purposes, how can I get it?"

"Yes, there are also those stones of mine, which were stopped and pulled closer to the treasury by the envoy's subordinates without saying anything, those stones are to build a river embankment to drain the water, this Wancheng has just been flooded once, does the envoy still want to flood the second time?"

As he spoke, another guy with a more elegant face also stood up, and his words were not as rushing as the previous one.

Suddenly, everyone said a word, and they all got up to accuse Gao Yi of not calling it a personnel and delaying them to make money, and when Gao Yi walked through them to the right position and sat on his knees, he did not quiet down, the whole hall was noisy, and Gao Yi had a feeling that the roof of this conference hall would not help but shout and fly out directly.

"Everyone, can you listen to me?" Gao Yi breathed a breath, and suddenly snorted, everyone was startled by this sound, and finally quieted down and returned to their seats.

"You say, let's listen to you!" The leading few wealthy businessmen forced down the anger in their hearts and said to Gao Yi.

Gao Yi didn't get straight to the point, but asked these rich businessmen first: "In all fairness, what do you think I'm doing as a Taishou?"

"This—" Everyone didn't know what Gao Yi was going to say, so they didn't answer immediately.

"It's not bad, you can be regarded as diligent and loving the people!" After a while, a rich businessman whispered, and the others immediately cast a majestic gaze on him, and the rich businessman immediately changed his words, "But you can't exchange our money for your political achievements, right?"

"It turns out that in your eyes, this is what I am like this?" Gao Yihuo got up, and his tone suddenly became sharp, "I just want to ask, what did I Gao Yi do not care about my own life that day, and sacrificed my life to keep this city? Is it my own political achievements? Isn't it? Now it seems that it is your net worth and family wealth that you are saving, right? The Yellow Turban Thieves were guarding this city that day, why can't you see such a righteous and strict figure?"

"Shouldn't it be your duty to kill thieves and protect the city?" several wealthy businessmen were not angry and retorted to Gao Yi.

Gao Yi nodded and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, it is the duty of Taishou to kill thieves and protect the city, but I, Gao Yi, still want to remind you of one thing, what did the official army do after breaking through Changshe, Chen Guo, Runan, Guangzong, and Xiaquyang, do you know?"

All the rich businessmen, you look at me, I look at you, and they all shook their heads: "What are you doing?"

Gao Yi snorted and sneered, and said in a dignified manner: "It's a slaughter of the city, the old, the young, the men, the women, the rich, and the moneyless, all of them are slandered as the comrades of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and then they are looted, and then killed and burned all! I Gao Yi don't want to say how great I am, but if I don't have Gao Yi, don't say that you can still sell goods in this Nanyang County with peace of mind, even after death, there is no place to be buried!"

"Are these true?" A few wealthy businessmen were still shaken, and they not only broke out in a cold sweat when they thought of the consequences that Gao Yi said.

Gao Yi was a little relieved when he saw the results, and continued: "I know that you are all conscientious merchants, and the goods you trade are of good quality and sufficient weight, but I, Gao Yi, still want to ask, since you can take these good rice, wood, stones, horses, Salt and iron are transported to Yecheng, to Xiliang, to Wujun, to Shouchun, and to Qu'a, why can't we divide a part of it to supply our Nanyang to strengthen the city wall, for the people to build houses, for the people to eat, for the soldiers of Wancheng to fight?"

"What you say makes a lot of sense!" a wealthy businessman stood up, but directly said the most fatal problem, "but we all know that your government has no money!"

Finally got to the point, he smiled and said: "No money now, it doesn't mean that there will be no money in the future, money is nothing to me, no fart is counted, what I want is a trust, recently many people say that I am stupid, I don't know how to be greedy, I don't know how to earn, I don't know how to stuff things into my pocket, I don't know who said this, but if I stand in front of him, I will slap him in the mouth!"

At this time, Gao Yi showed a fierce face, which frightened the rich businessmen present, and they wanted to rush out of the door, but they didn't expect the door to slam shut.

Gao Yi looked at the wealthy businessmen who were a little flustered, and said proudly, but no one could refute it:

"If I Gao Yi needs money, I can use it to be greedy? I can't just grab it, how easy it is to grab it!"

After saying this, Gao Yi waved his hand and ordered: "Open the door and let them go!"

The door to the council chamber was slammed open, and a few wealthy businessmen immediately ran out, but many more chose to stay.

"Envoy, we have figured it out, we don't want those goods, just build a house for Wancheng to build a wall, and we will spread out another money to support the envoy!"

Gao Yi was excited, he couldn't imagine that his eloquence was so good now, and he actually persuaded a group of iron roosters who were not pulling out a hair, he strode down, trembling and said: "Don't worry, I Gao Yi will not take your things for nothing, I will exempt the imperial court from paying taxes for three years, and I will reduce the tax regulations of your merchants by half compared with other states and counties!"

Everyone's brows furrowed: "How can we be people who don't know right from wrong? As long as we want to know what Taishou's mind is, we will be content!"

It was only then that Gao Yi felt a little strange, these people were deliberately here to test themselves?

A figure turned out from behind the door, and it was Frustrated himself, who made an apology to Gao Yi: "Lord, I'm really sorry, these people, I have already persuaded them yesterday, today they want to see the heart and mind of the lord, I can't stop it!"

"Okay, you're frustrated!" Gao Yi was fooled, "It's in vain that I'm racking my brains so much!"

"So I have already said some time ago, some words, the lord said it, than I said, it is more useful and meaningful!"

Gao Yi smiled and bowed to Frustration: "Mr.'s words, keep it in mind!"

At this time, a small soldier hurriedly came to report: "Qi Yu envoy, there is a group of people outside the city, about 3,000, claiming to be Yuan Shao, the captain of the Chinese Military Academy, and wants to see the lord!"

"Uncle!" Gao Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he turned to Frustration and said, "Mr. Trouble will pick up these merchant friends for me, and I have to go out of the city to pick up my uncle into the city myself!"

Outside Wancheng, I saw three thousand people dressed in uniform costumes, holding swords and spears, waiting in awe, Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan riding horses in front of the formation, looking so imposing.

The city gate was wide open, Gao Yi led hundreds of cavalry behind him to fly out, arrived in front of Yuan Shao, and hugged his fists at Yuan Shao on the horse and smiled: "Uncle, long time no see, Brother Tan, long time no see!"

"It's been a long time, but it's only been a little over a month!" Yuan Shaolang laughed, rode his horse a few steps closer to Gao Yi, looked at Gao Yi, and then suddenly smiled evilly, "But it's only been more than a month, and your kid has married quietly, and he didn't invite me and your mother to be a witness, are you afraid that you will be drunk at that time, and you can't perform the courtesy of Zhou Gong?" ha!"

"Uncle is really joking!" Gao Yi turned over and got off the horse as he spoke, laughing at himself, "It's not that your nephew is too unlucky, he almost fell to his death when he fell from the roof!"

"Cousin Yi, this is a blessing in disguise!" Yuan Tan also turned over and dismounted, and there was no lack of ridicule in his tone, "I heard that my cousin-in-law is still a stunning woman who has captivated the country and the city, and my cousin has picked up a big bargain!"

"Cousin Tan really loves to laugh at me!" Gao Yi said seriously, "I didn't expect Cousin Tan and my uncle and mother to come, because I didn't know about getting married, I was in a coma for half a month, and when I woke up, she became your cousin, hehe, hehe!"

"Listen, listen!" Yuan Shao also got off the horse and joked with Gao Yi, "This is called being cheap and selling well, by the way, why didn't you come out with her, it won't be a little Gao Yi, right?"

Gao Yi almost couldn't hold back: "Uncle, don't make such a joke, how can it be so fast?"

"Okay, no more jokes!" Yuan Shao turned around proudly, pointed to the three thousand men and horses in front of him and said to Gao Yi, "How, Yi boy, brought from Runan, it's not bad, right?"

Gao Yi glanced at it, these three thousand are really not ordinary, at first glance, it is higher than Gao Yi's newly collected militia, he walked into the crowd, tried to fight with a few people, and then withdrew to Yuan Shao's side with satisfaction, nodded and said: "Well, it's not bad, the response is fast, the armor is strong, the weapons are sharp, and as soon as my uncle makes a move, it is really a big deal!"

Yuan Shao smiled proudly: "That's, this cost me a lot of money!"

However, Gao Yi didn't plan to stop there, but said to Zhao Yun not far behind him: "Brother Yun, pull out the three thousand recruits with the worst level for your uncle to see!"

"No!" Zhao Yun agreed, urging the Jade Lion to sit down, and headed towards the city.

"Three thousand recruits?" Yuan Shao was slightly startled, and glanced at Yuan Tan, they heard right, there are three thousand recruits, so what about veterans?

Yuan Tan approached Gao Yi and said, "Cousin Yi, you don't want to compete with your father, do you?"

Gao Yi was noncommittal, and looked at the city gate.

After a while, the three thousand recruits were brought out by Zhao Yun, but to the surprise of Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, Gao Yi's three thousand recruits did not bring weapons, nor did they wear armor, nor even shirts, but only shirtless, and went out of the city gate, and followed Zhao Yun to set up a position by the moat.

It was already late autumn, seeing this scene, Yuan Tan suddenly felt a little cold, and he said to Gao Yi: "Cousin Yi, you are so poor here, the recruits don't even have clothes, armor and weapons, I'll let my father send you some!"

Gao Yi shook his head with a smile, and said directly to Yuan Shao: "Uncle, do you dare to let them compete?"

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked by Gao Yi's arrogance, but he still reminded Gao Yi: "The sword has no eyes, in case it hurts someone, it's not good!"

Who knew that Gao Yi didn't care, he strode up to the three thousand recruits, and shouted: "One stick of incense is limited, give me their armor to wear on you, and the weapon is in your hands, if one can't do it, there will be no food tonight!"

A stick of incense is lit

"Kill!" the two centaurs, who seemed to have little suspense, were entangled together.

Half a pillar of incense time has passed.

Yuan Shao's three thousand men and horses, who were still in high spirits just now, were all staggered to the ground in embarrassment at the moment, their armor was gone, their weapons were gone, and the interesting thing is that their shirts were also torn apart when they were fighting with Gao Yi's men and horses, and they were all shirtless at the moment, shivering in the cold wind.

Yuan Shao was shocked, and then his face turned pale, and he yelled angrily at his uncompetitive people: "Useless flowers, no food for three days!"