After Xu You heard Lin Nan's words, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, where did he think that Lin Nan was so ruthless, and finally brought the rich businessmen of Luoyang over, it had only been half a month, and he was about to hack them.

Lin Nan sneered, and when he saw that Xu Yu didn't answer, he continued: "Brother Ziyuan is also a resourceful person, is this little thing difficult for Brother Ziyuan?" ”

"This ...... Lord...... I'm thinking......" Xu Yu squeaked and said.

Lin Nan laughed and said, "I know what you're thinking, you're thinking about how I can be so ruthless, right?" ”

"My subordinates will never dare!" Xu You knelt directly on the ground and kept kowtowing to Lin Nan, "My subordinates are loyal to the lord, and I will never dare to think about the ......lord like this."

"People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, I don't know what you want, but I just want you to know that since you have followed me, there should not be any half-heartedness, and it is common sense to disagree. In addition, I am very good for my own people, and I will reward you with any benefits, but you should be ruthless with your enemies. Do you understand my words? ”

"Understood...... Got it...... The subordinates understand......"

"Get up......"

Xu You was already trembling, it was the first time he had met such a powerful lord, and he could actually see through his thoughts, but he had already gotten on this thief ship, and he couldn't get off even if he wanted to. As Lin Nan explained to him, the meaning is that he doesn't want to see anyone rebel, his family hasn't been picked up yet, he is alone in Jicheng, and he can leave whenever he wants. But this time, he completely dispelled the idea that the east would not shine and the west would not shine, because once he escaped, his life would probably be in danger.

Seeing that Xu You had already stood up, his body trembled a little involuntarily. Lin Nan said to Xu You: "Brother Ziyuan, please sit down, Lin Yang, watch the tea!" ”

Xu You sat down, and Lin Yang personally presented a bowl of fragrant tea, and the heat was in the air, just like Xu You's disordered mood at this time.

"Brother Ziyuan. Let's call you that in private, no comment, right? ”

"I didn't ...... No comments...... It's just that the lord calls his subordinates like this, which makes his subordinates embarrassed. ”

Lin Nandao: "Brother Ziyuan is older than me, and it is natural to call him brother." Brother Ziyuan and Cao Mengde are also old friends, right? ”

Xu You nodded: "Young playmates, Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde both have friends with me. ”

Lin Nan said: "Well, Cao Cao and I are commensurate with brothers, and naturally we are commensurate with you as brothers." Brother Ziyuan, let's continue the topic just now, is there any way you can make the nine rich businessmen disappear overnight? ”

Xu You said: "As long as the lord wants to do it." It's not that hard to do. Although the nine wealthy merchants have their own private soldiers, they are not sincere to them, as long as they can be given favors, these private soldiers can be allowed to take refuge in the lord, and the lord kills the nine rich merchants for the wealth of these nine families? ”

"Clever!" Lin Nan saw that Xu You was no longer so afraid, so he said, "The wealth of the nine wealthy merchants can be rich no matter who owns it, and their total assets are more than twice that of Sun Rui, the first Fuji in Luoyang. It's a pity that the nine wealthy businessmen are not as desperate for me as Shisun Rui is, just in case. It's better to kill them first. ”

Xu You said: "Lord, that Shi Sun Rui will not kill?" ”

"Don't kill! He is still useful, in addition to the nine rich merchants, the list of rich gentry in the entire Youzhou is also in my hands, and I also want you to conduct an investigation and investigate what they are doing. Except for the nine wealthy merchants who wanted to kill in secret, the rest could be completely enforced by the laws of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xu You thought for a while and said, "The subordinates understand, when does the lord want the nine rich businessmen to die?" ”

"The sooner the better, only three people know about it. You, Lin Yang and I, I don't want such a secret thing to be known by others, do you understand? ”

Xu Yu said: "My subordinates understand. ”

Lin Nan said: "Very good, Lin Yang will obey your arrangement for a period of time, what do you need, just tell him, after this matter is completed, I will reward you heavily." Once the Hanlin Temple is completed, a lot of money will be used, and it is absolutely impossible to do without money. ”

"Hallym Temple...... What kind of place is Hanlin Academy, and why is the main guild very money-eating? ”

"I might as well tell you, the Hanlin Academy is a place for research and invention, I have gathered craftsmen with a skill from everywhere, that is, let them invent some practical things in the Hanlin Academy according to my ideas, which can be used in life and military things, only by mastering advanced science and technology, can we reduce casualties and increase the yield of grain per mu."

Xu You said "oh", but he didn't understand, and he didn't continue to ask, he felt that Lin Nan was speaking very profoundly.

Lin Nan and Xu You continued to talk about some family matters, and then Xu You went to Nanyang to pick up his family, and Lin Nan naturally would not refuse. In addition, Lin Nan also specially sent a hundred people to Xu Yu to completely do the affairs of the nine wealthy merchants.

Xu You saw that Lin Nan was so important to him, so he really settled down, and after saying goodbye to Lin Nan, he began to meditate hard, preparing to attack the nine wealthy businessmen.

After Lin Nan saw Xu Yu leaving, he also got up and left, and went to Sima Yi's house alone.

Sima Fang went to take office, but Lin Nan didn't let him take his son away, and arranged a place for Sima Yi in the city, leaving him and Qiu Liju's son Lou Ban to live together, and lived in the mansion that Liu Yu arranged for him.

Lin Nan paced on the street, and saw that most of the people in the city were private soldiers of some of the nine wealthy merchants, constantly carrying things, and from time to time he would see the nine rich merchants. When Lin Nan raised donations, each of the nine wealthy businessmen only took out a little bit, while Shisun Rui donated generously, directly took out half of the family property, and invested 600 million and 500 million baht as a cost to expand Jicheng.

From this point alone, Lin Nan was very unhappy with the nine wealthy businessmen. Walking on the road at this time, he saw that the people of the nine wealthy merchants were busy with their own things, his heart was even more unbalanced, and he secretly thought: "Lao Tzu brought you out desperately, and sent people to protect your property along the way, but you are so unkind, if you don't attack you, once a war breaks out with Yuan Shao in the future, it is inevitable that you will not collaborate with the enemy and betray the country." After you die, the wealth will belong to me, and it will be used as research funds and army expansion, and when the world is unified in the future, I will definitely have someone write your money in the history books. ”

In fact, the relationship between the nine rich merchants and Yuan Shao was what Lin Nan was most worried about, thinking that if he brought the nine rich merchants to Jicheng, they would follow him with all their hearts. However, as soon as Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, the person in charge of monitoring these nine wealthy merchants reported their abnormality, which could not arouse Lin Nan's suspicion.

Unconsciously, Lin Nan had already come to a mansion, and there were only two soldiers guarding the door, and when he saw Lin Nan coming, he hurriedly saluted.

After Lin Nan pushed the door in, he saw Sima Yi and Lou Ban playing together, and I don't know where to get a foal in the yard. Lou Ban, who was older than Sima Yi, was teaching Sima Yi to ride a horse.

Sima Yi's face was filled with extreme joy, and he rode slowly forward on the back of the foal and walked forward slowly with the support of Lou Ban, and kept shouting the sound of "driving" in his mouth, but where did the little foal listen to Sima Yi's shout, and kept slowly stepping on the horse's hooves under the control of Lou Ban.

Seeing this elegant scene, Lin Nan grinned, Lou Ban was twelve years old, and Sima Yi was seven years old. One is a Wuhuan and the other is a Han Chinese. The child's temperament is fully blooming at this moment.

"Zhongda, how long have you been studying?" Lin Nan paced into the courtyard and asked loudly.

Lou Ban and Sima Yi saw Lin Nan coming, and immediately stopped, Lou Ban's strength was greater than Sima Yi's, and his body was higher than Sima Yi's. Directly hugged Sima Yi from the back of the foal, and worshiped with Sima Yi: "See the lord!" ”

"I've been too busy lately to come up and see you, and now I see you so harmonious. It makes me feel very happy. ”

Sima Yi's child sex is older than Lou Ban, after all, he is young, he stepped forward and hugged Lin Nan's thigh, and asked, "Lord, why are you here?" Did you bring anything good to eat? ”

Lin Nan smiled: "You know how to eat, but you didn't bring the food, but you brought the fun." ”

Sima Yi glanced at Lin Nan, let go of Lin Nan's thigh, pouted, and asked, "Didn't the lord say last time that he wanted to bring something delicious?" How can you talk without words? The big husband should be a good word, isn't it? ”

Lin Nan was stunned for a moment, and saw that although Sima Yi was young, his wisdom had slowly been revealed, which was much better than the dull Lou Ban beside him. However, Lou Ban is more obedient than Sima Yi.

"Alas! It would be nice if Pei Yuanshao was here, he would be able to make a lot of delicious ......" Lin Nan sighed, and couldn't help but think of the bald head Pei Yuanshao in his heart.

Sima Yi asked, "Who is Pei Yuanshao?" ”

"Oh, one of my former subordinates was the best cook, he could cook anything, and it was delicious."

"Seeing that the lord is so sad, then Pei Yuanshao must have died early, right?" Sima Yi speculated to himself.

"Smart, he has been dead in battle for more than a year, and now it hurts a little when I think about it, and Hua Xiong, it's not worth dying anymore......"

Seeing that Lin Nan was so sad, Sima Yi patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, the lord, with my Sima Yi here, I will definitely be able to preserve the lord's love in the future, I am now watching Sun Tzu's Art of War, and when I fully understand the art of war, I will be able to command the soldiers and horses, sweep the six harmony for the lord, and sweep the eight wildernesses." ”

"Hehe, ambitious." Lin Nan touched Sima Yi's little head with relief, took Sima Yi's hand and Lou Ban's hand and walked towards the mansion, saying as he walked, "Come, I'll teach you a fun thing, this is called movable type printing......"

Entering the hall, Lin Nan asked Sima Yi to get some mud from the outside, and then taught Sima Yi and Lou Ban how to make anti-Chinese characters, anyway, children have a lot of time, he asked Sima Yi and Lou Ban to make some simple anti-Chinese characters first, and then put them outside to dry, and the right to be real.

After teaching Sima Yi and Lou Ban to make anti-font characters, Lin Nan went out of the house directly, although he knew that movable type printing was basically done in this way, but when it was really done, it still needed a lot of processes, and two children could not complete it alone. There were too many Chinese characters in Huaxia, and they had to be typeset, so he just asked the two children to do a demonstration, and when the Hanlin Academy was built, he would devote great enthusiasm to making some inventions that could be helpful for agricultural production and military warfare.

After finishing things this morning, it seems to be much more idle in the afternoon, all the officials in Jicheng are busy with their own affairs, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong These generals have already settled in Beiwutang, and when they are usually fine, they will learn martial arts there, and select basic cadres such as military horses and military marquis. This is very necessary.

While walking, I admired the qiē in Jicheng, and before I knew it, I had come to the south gate of Jicheng.

Lin Nan climbed the tower of Jicheng and looked out, but saw that the construction workers outside Jicheng were in full swing, and the low temperature could not suppress the heat in his heart. The north wind could not blow down the Daxu standing outside the city, and a busy scene was presented in front of him.

"I don't know what Jicheng will become after the expansion is completed?" Lin Nan is already full of longing for the future, after all, this expansion is bigger than Luoyang City, although he did not deliberately build some palaces, but this is also a matter of time, after all, the place where he stands is the future Beijing City.

"Lord, why are you here, let me find it for a while!" Jia Xu ascended the tower from behind. Seeing Lin Nan holding the battlements and looking forward, he hurriedly said.

Lin Nan turned around and asked with a smile, "What is the military advisor looking for me?" ”

"Shisun You has sent someone back, saying that he has arrived in Jeonju and has set up a dock on the waterfront of Jeonju according to the instructions of the lord. In addition, Zhoucang and Liaohua also took over the iron works and salt factories in Quanzhou and Yongnu according to the instructions of the lord. Jia Xu said eloquently.

"Very good, you let Xun You go to Yuyang City. Meet with Zhong Xiang and help Zhong Xiang renovate the iron factory in Yuyang City. I personally went to Jeonju and Yongnu to deal with the renovation of the iron works and the construction of new docks. ”

"Does the lord want to go to Jeonju and Yongnu in person?" Jia Xuluo was a little surprised, "Jicheng is in the expansion stage, as soon as the lord leaves, who will preside over the overall situation?" ”

Lin Nan said with a smile: "Jicheng is the government center of the entire Youzhou, and it is also the government center of the entire Guangyang County. With military advisors, Tian Feng, Xun Chen, Guo Jia, Xu You, and Sima Lang here, and Shi Sun Rui and officials at all levels, I have nothing to worry about. ”

"But ......"

Lin Nan took out a pure gold token engraved with golden feathers from his arms, handed it directly to Jia Xu, and said softly: "This is for you." After I leave, the military and political power of the entire Youzhou will be handed over to you. ”

When Jia Xu saw the token, he knelt directly on the ground, raised his hands above his head, caught the token, and said loudly: "The lord trusts his subordinates so much, and his subordinates must do their best to complete the lord's trust." ”

Lin Nan hurriedly helped Jia Xu up, and said with a smile: "You and I are also teachers and friends, and we are already close to each other, so I am naturally 100,000 at ease with you." I'm afraid that Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wei Yan and other generals won't listen to you, and if you have this token of mine, they will definitely be able to obey your dispatch. Bian Xi, Xiahoulan, Qiu Liju, Wulideng, Nanlou, and Wuliji have all been transferred back by me, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Jicheng in the next few days, and when they arrive, you will let them all join the Feiyu Army and train according to the method I have worked out. ”

Jia Xu said: "The subordinates obey the order. ”

Lin Nan said with a smile: "Now our army has a total of 80,000, 10,000 in Lelang County, 10,000 in Liaodong, 10,000 in Yangcheng, 10,000 in Fanyang, Shanggu, Daijun, Youping, Beixi, Changli, Yuyang 5,000 each, and Guangyang County only has 10,000 people left here, and there are nearly 10,000 private soldiers of the top ten rich merchants in Jicheng alone. In addition, I asked Xu You and Lin Yang to secretly eradicate the nine rich businessmen, you can turn a blind eye, if the nine rich businessmen all die overnight, what to do with you have to have a number in your heart. ”

"Do your subordinates understand that the lord won't bring a few retinues when he goes to Quanzhou and Yongnu?"

"Hehe, I've already chosen the candidates, just Chen Dao and Wen Ping, I just want to know more about them."

"That'...... When does the lord depart? The subordinates should prepare the necessary things for the road. ”

"Tomorrow, you go and inform Chen Zhi and Wen Ping, so that the two of them can also prepare."

"No, my subordinates retire!"

Lin Nan nodded, looked at the back of Jia Xu leaving, and felt in his heart that Jia Xu was really a loyal and reliable person, and since following him, he had never complained. He said to himself: "Maybe after I come back from Quanzhou and Yongnu, the nine rich merchants have disappeared without a trace......

Early the next morning, Lin Nan took Chen Zhi and Wen Ping out of Jicheng, ran towards Quanzhou County in Yuyang County, and handed over all the military and political power of the entire Youzhou to Jia Xu, supplemented by Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Xun Chen, Xu You, Sima Lang, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wei Yan and others, while Xun You took his relatives to Yuyang City in Yuyang County to guide Yuyang Taishou to transform the iron factory into a steelmaking plant.

Quanzhou refers to the Quanzhou County of Yuyang County, which is an ancient county name, and the county was located in the Western Han Dynasty. The seat of the county seat is located in Chengshang Village, southwest of today's Wuqing District, and belongs to the management of Yuyang County. Quanzhou County is close to the Bohai Sea, and most of the people here can make salt, so the Eastern Han Dynasty set up a salt official here. It's just that the salt officials have already been diluted, and the Eastern Han Dynasty can't. The salt official ran away, and the official salt became private salt.

A few months ago, Liu Yu, the former Youzhou pastor, raised the rich gentry of the entire Youzhou to jointly fund the construction of an iron factory and a salt factory, hoping to revitalize Youzhou with the help of these two resources in Yuyang. It's a pity that as soon as the news of Liu Yu's death reached Youzhou, those rich gentry occupied the iron works and salt factories in Quanzhou.

After Lin Nan took charge of Youzhou, he heard from Xian Yufu that the local rich gentry in Quanzhou had occupied the iron works and salt factories, so he immediately sent Shi Sun You, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua to send troops to Quanzhou. The local rich gentry did not dare to argue with the army, and obediently sent back the iron factory and the salt factory. The reason why he wanted to go to Quanzhou in person was to renovate the iron factory, and secondly, to eradicate the local rich gentry, he was not very confident in the ability of Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, and Shisun You, and wanted to take Chen to and Wen Ping's experience, so he decided to go to Quanzhou himself.

Out of Jicheng, all the way to the southeast. Passing through Anci, you will enter the boundary of Yuyang. After walking a short distance, I came directly to Jeonju.

Quanzhou City is not big, but there are many people, Lin Nan took Chen Zhi and Wen Ping into Quanzhou City, and went straight to Quanzhou County.

When they first arrived at the county office, Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping turned over and dismounted. Chen Zhi and Wen Ping hugged Lin Nan and walked straight towards the county yali.

"Stop-" The official guarding the door immediately stopped Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping, "Do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping were all wearing cloth clothes, very simple, and when they saw that they were stopped by a servant, Chen Zhi and Wen Ping's faces showed a trace of hideousness. was stopped by Lin Nan. Lin Nan said with a smile on his face: "I know, it's the county government!" ”

"By the way, this is the county government, the official has two mouths, you don't want to come in if you have no money......" The official spread his palms while talking, with an arrogant look.

"What does this mean? Is it asking for money? Lin Nan asked knowingly.

The official said: "Do you know and ask?" Sue you, don't think about entering this door without a hundred dollars, the county magistrate is busy with official business inside, and he has no time to receive foreign guests. But if I had the money, I would be able to accommodate it. ”

Chen Zhi rolled up his sleeves, pointed to the officer's nose and shouted, "You know ......"

"Give money!" Lin Nan directly interrupted Chen Dao's words and said to Wen Yan behind him.

Wen Ping and Chen Zhi both glanced at each other, not knowing what Lin Nan meant, and they were even more angry with this servant. Wen Ping reluctantly took out a hundred dollars, stuffed them into the hands of the officials, and muttered, "It's okay now, right?" ”

The official took the money, happily, directly let go of his body, waved his hand at the county yali, and motioned for Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping to go in.

Entering the gate of the county government, Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping encountered three doors in a row, and each time they paid to let them in, and every time they entered a door, they had to pay twice as much.

finally entered the county office, but there was no one in the hall of the county office. At this time, the three of them heard a burst of laughter at the same time, and followed the sound into a courtyard in the back.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw a man in the courtyard blindfolded, playing with more than a dozen young girls.

After Chen Dao and Wen Ping saw it, they both frowned, and when they saw Lin Nan's gloomy face, they were secretly thinking that there should be a volcano eruption for a while. Unexpectedly, Lin Nan's face only pulled down for a while, and then he immediately showed a pleasant face, and shouted to the man in the courtyard: "Shisun You...... You had so much fun, why didn't you call me? ”

The county order is none other than Shisun You, the eldest son of the Shisun family, his father became the Taishou of Guangyang County, and he also fished a county order and was sent to Quanzhou.

When Shi Sun You was playing, he suddenly heard a very familiar voice sound, and he was shocked, and hurriedly pulled down the blindfolded cloth, and saw Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping standing outside, he hurriedly came over to pay homage and said: "Subordinate corporal Sun You, see the lord, the subordinates don't know that the lord is coming, and he can't meet him from afar, and ask the lord to forgive the sin!" ”

Lin Nan saw that the more than ten girls behind Shisun You had retreated to the side, and then looked at the Shi Sun You standing in front of him, so he sneered: "The noble son of the Shisun family is so at ease." I asked you to be the Jeonju order, did I let you come here to play with women? ”

Only then did Shisun You realize that Lin Nan was angry, and hurriedly waved his hand back and said, "Go down, go down, let the housekeeper prepare a banquet in the hall......"

"No, Lord Shisun. I have a few words to say. ”

Shisun You hurriedly bowed and said: "The lord has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak, and his subordinates listen to him." ”

"It's not easy to enter the county yamen once, you have to pay money every time you pass through a door, is this yamen of yours inlaid with gold?"

"Lord, my subordinates don't understand what my lord means......" Shisun You looked at Lin Nan in confusion.

"Don't understand?" Lin Nanchao looked at Chen Zhi and said softly, "Uncle Zhi, you said it to him!" ”

Chen Zhi said "No", opened his mouth and said, "I and Zhongye Guardian Lord are here." When you enter your yamen, the official guarding the door asks us for money, and every time you enter a door, the money you ask for will be doubled, if it weren't for you, the county magistrate, to support them, where would they have such courage? ”

"Is there such a thing?" Shisun You's face was surprised, and he didn't seem to know about this matter, and he hurriedly said to Lin Nan. The lord went to the hall to rest for a while, and his subordinates asked the guards to come in. Let's confront each other on the spot, although the subordinates are lustful, they are not so confused as this, please be aware of the lord. ”

"Okay, I'll believe you this time, you go and call the four guards of the gate. I want to see who has the audacity to charge my tolls. Lin Nan stretched out his hand and patted Shi Sun You's shoulder, squeezed it hard, and Shi Sun You grinned in pain.

"Hmm......" Shisun You's shoulder was pinched by Lin Nan. Since he was a child, no one has dared to pinch him like this, and his face was blue with pain, "Lord...... Don't worry, your subordinates ......"

Lin Nan suddenly let go of his hand, laughed and said: "Your body bones are still not good, I only pinched it lightly, and you will be in pain like this, lust is the nature of men, but it is not good to indulge in lust, as a county magistrate, there should be a lot of government affairs waiting for you to deal with, in the future, it is better to linger less in the gentle township of women, do more practical things, don't lose your father's face." ”

"By all means...... It must be ......," Shisun You nodded.

Lin Nan, Chen Dao, and Wen Ping were welcomed into a hall in the backyard by Shisun You, and the decoration in the hall was magnificent, and it was not difficult to see that Shi Sun You was a person who was very particular about life from the arrangement and workmanship of various furniture.

Not long after entering the hall, not long after everyone sat down, four officials came side by side, all with a hint of joy on their faces, and still immersed in the happiness of getting the money just now, and they were all thinking about where to go for a while.

"See your lord!" As soon as the four officials entered the hall, they bowed their heads directly and worshipped.

"Get on your knees!" Shisun You stood up from the seat next to him, pointed at the four officials and roared.

The four officials were still unconscious, and knelt directly on the ground under the angry shout of Shi Sun You, not daring to raise their heads, and asked in unison: "My lord, what have we done?" ”

"What's the matter? Blind your dogs, you don't even know the arrival of the lord, and you dare to collect money in vain? Shisun You was not angry, walked forward quickly, raised his foot and kicked down a servant, and scolded, "Say! How long have you been collecting money behind my back? ”

The four officials secretly glanced up at Lin Nan, who was sitting in the center of the hall, and saw the anger on Shi Sun You's face, so they hurriedly begged for mercy.

Shi Sun You showed his true colors as a man at this time, and everyone slapped him several times, and then carried out some coercion, and finally made the four officials tell the truth about receiving the money.

It turned out that although these four officials were the disciples of Shisun You, they were still greedy for money, and were bought by the rich man surnamed Li in the county, so that they could collect money whenever they met, and they also gave them tens of thousands of dollars every month.

After listening to the confessions of the four officials, Shisun You asked the four officials to be put in prison, he turned around and knelt down, and bowed to Lin Nan: "The lord asks for forgiveness, his subordinates have no way to discipline him, he has offended the lord, and he asks the lord to punish him." ”

Lin Nan had already frowned at this time, waved his hand at the priest Sun You, motioned for him to stand up, and said softly: "What is the name of this rich man surnamed Li?" ”

Shisun You said: "It must have been Li Yizi who did it, there is no one else but him!" ”

"Li Yizi? This name seems to have been heard somewhere......" Lin Nan muttered to himself.

Shisun You hurriedly said: "Lord Qiqi, this Li Yizi is a wealthy businessman in Youzhou, who makes a living by selling silk, and his family has hundreds of millions of ......."

Without waiting for Shi Sun You to finish speaking, Lin Nan suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "It turned out to be him!" When Liu Yu was entertaining wealthy businessmen and wealthy families in Youzhou, I met him. Isn't this person in Youping, when did he come to Jeonju? ”

Shisun You said: "My lord, he is the one who occupies the salt factory and the iron factory in Quanzhou, and when his subordinates arrived here with his troops, this Li Yizi took the initiative to give up the iron factory and the salt factory because he was afraid. also gave more than a dozen beauties to his subordinates, which the lord saw just now. When he heard that I was going to build a wharf, he took the initiative to fund and send someone to build it for me, and his subordinates felt that the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and saw that he was also obedient to our military uniform, so he did not move him, but I didn't expect him to ......"

"Zhongye, Shuzhi, you two immediately go to the city to inquire about Li Yizi, I want to know his background. I have an ominous premonition......" A thought suddenly flashed in Lin Nan's mind, and he said to Chen Zhi and Wen Zhi.

Chen Zhi and Wen Ping made a promise, dropped their burdens, and went straight out of the hall.

Shi Sun You hurriedly asked, "Lord, is there something wrong?" ”

Lin Nandao: "A few months ago, when Liu Yu asked those wealthy businessmen to invest in the construction of an iron factory and a salt factory, this Li Yizi pushed back and stopped, why did he spare no financial resources to build a wharf for you at this time?" He will send you a beautiful woman first. Later, he bribed your subordinates, and this person is very suspicious. Not long after I took charge of Youzhou, Liu Yu's old department and Gongsun Zhan's old department have not been attached to me for the time being, so I have to be careful, not to mention that Yuan Shao has already occupied Jizhou, and there is a little bit of dislike between him and me......"

"Suffered!" Shi Sun You suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Lin Nan saw the horror on Shi Sun You's face, so he hurriedly asked.

Shisun You said: "A few days ago, General Zhou and General Liao took over the iron factory and the salt factory respectively. Li Yizi sent a few beauties to the two of them, and the wine and meat were constantly sent to the barracks of General Zhou and General Liao every day, I went there once, and I saw that the soldiers were drunk, so I didn't care. In retrospect, it must have been Li Yizi who was making trouble in secret, maybe the subordinates of the two generals had been bought by Li Yizi, if Li Yizi really wanted to rebel against the lord, he would definitely control the soldiers and horses of General Zhou and General Liao first, wouldn't the two generals be ......"

Hearing Shisun You say this, Lin Nan suddenly realized the severity of the matter, Zhou Cang and Liao Hua were transferred by him from Youping, and there were only 1,000 soldiers and horses in the whole state, stationed in the iron factory and the salt factory respectively, Shi Sunyou brought only a hundred doormen, and the wealthy businessmen with a family capital of more than 100 million must have raised a lot of private soldiers, if they really rebelled, it would be worth it.

Lin Nan hurriedly stood up and said to Shi Sun You, "Where are the iron works and salt works?" ”

Shisun You said: "The iron factory is twenty miles northwest of the county seat, the salt factory is fifty miles southeast of the county seat, General Zhou is in the iron factory, and General Liao is in the salt factory, each with 500 soldiers. ”

Lin Nandao: "You immediately gather all your people, after Chen Dao and Wen Ping come back, you will guard the yamen to the death, do not wait for me to come back, no one is allowed to go out, if anyone dares to attack the county government, you will be killed!" ”

"No! What about the lord? ”

"I'll go to the nearest iron factory to mobilize troops and horses first."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Nan rushed out of the door, quickly walked out of the yamen, turned over his horse, and rode towards the ironworks in the northwest direction.

Lin Nan had an ominous premonition in his heart, the 1,000 troops brought by Shisun You were simply a fragile rabble, and Zhou Cang and Liao Hua came to Quanzhou from Youping with only a few relatives, in case the person named Li Yizi bought all the soldiers and horses, Zhou Cang and Liao Hua would definitely be in danger. He sits in Youzhou, on the surface it looks calm, but in fact it is a hidden murderous machine, those rich gentry and wealthy families in Youzhou used to be very deferential to Liu Yu, and some of them were also very good with Gongsun Zhan, now that Liu Yu is dead, Gongsun Chan has been driven away, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not collude with Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

Running wildly all the way, Lin Nan went to the northwest without stopping, and after a long time, he also asked some passers-by along the way, and finally arrived at the iron factory.

The iron factory is a small iron factory, with a hill behind it, not as big as Lin Nan's iron factory in Liaodong, but the production of weapons and armor is not ambiguous at all. Before entering the iron factory, you can hear the noise coming from the iron factory, since the iron factory was taken over by Zhou Cang, all the workers in the iron factory have fled, and now it is in the stage of closure and no production.

The gate of the iron factory is made of iron, several soldiers stood on the watchtower and saw Lin Nan coming, they all knew Lin Nan, so they directly opened the big iron gate, let Lin Nan in, and after a few greetings, they took Lin Nan to the inside of the iron factory to find Zhou Cang.

Most of the soldiers in the iron factory were holding a jar of wine, and they gathered in groups to drink, and the whole iron factory was shrouded in a layer of alcohol, and some soldiers were even more staggered to drink, and there was no soldier's appearance at all.

Seeing this scene, Lin Nan became worried, he led the soldiers, went straight to the camp where Zhou Cang was, heard the sound of beauty and the laughter of women, and there was no one outside the tent to guard, he sent the soldier who brought him, he lifted the curtain of the camp, and saw that there were three women in Zhou Cang's arms, several musicians sat on the side and played music, so he shouted loudly: "Zhou Cang! ”

A loud roar interrupted the camp tent, Zhou Cang pushed aside the beauties in front of him, and saw Lin Nan standing at the door of the camp tent, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly blasted out the musicians and beauties in the tent. He himself tidied up his messy clothes, walked straight to Lin Nan, and bowed: "Subordinates see the lord!" ”

Lin Nan smelled Zhou Cang's body of wine, and saw that Zhou Cang's face was flushed, so he walked straight into the camp tent, sat in the center of the position, and sneered: "General Zhou is so interested, listening to beautiful music, holding beautiful women, drinking fine wine, this kind of life is happy and happy." ”

Zhou Cang's face was ashamed, listening to the soldiers outside still guessing, drinking, and laughing, he was even more embarrassed, he lowered his head, didn't dare to look directly into Lin Nan's eyes, and didn't dare to say a word, just stood there silently, motionless.

"I ask you, do you know what I asked you to do here?"

"Qi Lord, his subordinates are ordered by the lord to come to take over the iron factory, and guard this place, waiting for the lord to come and transform the iron factory."

"Hmm...... But what have you done? Lin Nan was very dissatisfied, but he suppressed the anger in his heart, after all, everyone has weaknesses, and he was not ready to punish Zhou Cang, because this qiē was someone secretly making trouble.

"I ...... Subordinate...... The subordinates have failed to live up to the high expectations of the lord, and please punish the lord! ”

"Since Xia Quyang, you have been following me, in my impression, you have always been a loyal and reliable person, and you have not made any mistakes, and you are still an iron-blooded man who values love and righteousness. This rain of knives and arrows, we all broke through together in the water and fire, why can't you resist this addictive life? ”

“……”

"Okay, I won't say much, you are not too young, and it is time to start a family, since you like those three beauties, I will give you a wife. But now you're going to gather all the people and come with me. ”

"Where the lord lets his subordinates go, his subordinates will go, please give the lord an order!" Zhou Cang saw that Lin Nan did not mean to punish him, and he was inexplicably moved in his heart, so he hugged his fists.

Lin Nan said to Zhou Cang: "You go and gather all the people in the iron factory, regardless of men and women, take them all away, and follow me back to Quanzhou City." ”

"Ironworks...... Don't want the ironworks? Zhou Cang was a little surprised.

"Yes, but not now, there are more important things to do now, go and carry out my orders, those who are drunk like mud, if they can't walk, even if they resist, they will lift, and they will get me back after exhausting all means," (To be continued......)