Cheng Yu's house.

"Meet Cheng Taishou, I haven't seen him for a few days, Cheng Taishou is full of red light and has a childish face, I'm afraid I haven't got some kind of elixir for rejuvenation, right?"

After Wu Liang sat down, he immediately said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Captain Wu doesn't want to make fun of the old man, it's all thanks to Captain Wu that day to make up for the old man's fate, the old man is lucky to have today's situation, people are in good spirits when they are happy, this spirit is refreshing, and the whole person naturally looks much younger."

The wrinkles on Cheng Yu's old face were full of joy.

After Wu Liang changed his name, he happened to experience Zhang Miao's rebellion.

This guy then ushered in the second spring of his life, not only was he directly named Sima by Boss Cao, but also temporarily handed over Chen Liujun to him to govern, if nothing else, it is a sure thing to sit in the position of Chen Liutaishou, which can indeed be regarded as a skyrocket.

Because of this, Cheng Yu was already convinced of Wu Liang in his heart and regarded him as a benefactor with the grace of mention.

Other than that.

In fact, Cheng Yu already knew that the position of Chen Liutaishou was originally intended to be left to Wu Liang, if it weren't for Wu Liang's polite refusal, he might have to start from Juncheng, so in a sense, he, Chen Liutaishou, was actually given to him by Wu Liang.

This also moved Cheng Yu.

"Actually, I came this time, mainly to send a small gift to congratulate Cheng Taishou on his promotion."

Wu Liang also laughed, and took the few worthless small gifts in Dian Wei's hand and handed them to Cheng Yu.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Captain Wu is kind to me, and now that I have come to Chenliu, I should have washed the dust for Captain Wu, how can there be a reason to ask Captain Wu to give me gifts, Captain Wu is to shame the old man."

Cheng Yu refused to accept it again and again.

"Your own people, what's polite."

Wu Liang forcibly stuffed a few small gifts into Cheng Yu's hands, and then squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Cheng Taishou, this is my intention, if you look carefully, do you feel that these gifts are a little familiar?" ”

"Familiar?"

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Yu finally stopped refusing and took the gift in his hand and looked at it carefully.

But after looking at it from top to bottom and from the inside to the outside for a long time, he still didn't see any familiarity, and his face couldn't help showing doubts, and he asked: "Captain Wu, although your gift is a common thing, where do you start to look familiar?" ”

"Look closer."

Wu Liang smiled mysteriously.

Cheng Yu leaned in again to check carefully, but heard Wu Liang then say with a smile, "Do you think they don't look like the ten catties of gold you owe me?" ”

"Poof!"

Dian Wei couldn't hold back and almost laughed.

He obeyed Wu Liang, and he could tell new tricks about ordinary things at any time, and he could teach people to be unguardable.

"This ......"

Cheng Yu's red face suddenly collapsed.

Of course, he knew what Wu Liang said about the ten catties of gold, which was the sacrificial money that Wu Liang needed to help him change his name and do a ritual in order to eliminate the heavenly retribution.

At that time, it was clear that if Wu Liang helped him change his name, he would indeed get the opportunity to rise within half a year, and he would have to pay for the sacrifice.

If not, then the money will be borne by Wu Liang himself.

And he also made a note to Wu Liang on the spot, Lai is absolutely unreliable, and he doesn't dare to rely on it.

"What's that...... Captain Wu. ”

After a long time, Cheng Yu had to smile with an embarrassed face, "I definitely recognize this gold, but can I be a little more lenient, you know, I was only a county order before, and I was really limited, and now I have become a Taishou with the help of Captain Wu, but it has just begun, and I haven't saved any savings......"

"What are you talking about Cheng Taishou, am I the kind of person who cares? Actually, I just asked casually, if you don't talk about gold, I've forgotten about it. ”

Wu Liang laughed and said, "It's okay, it's really okay, when will you pay it back, it's a big deal to pay it back more as interest when the time comes, let's not care about this." ”

“……”

Cheng Yu didn't know what to say at all.

He has lived for more than fifty years, and he boasts that he has seen all kinds of people and things, but it is the first time that he has seen such a fresh and decent way of asking for accounts as Wu Liang, and today is a long insight.

Wu Liang saw that Cheng Yu looked like he was going to die, and finally stopped farting with him, smiled and said: "Cheng Taishou, in fact, I came to you today, first, to congratulate you on your promotion, and secondly, I want to learn about our Chen Liu, especially my situation in Yongqiu County, please Cheng Taishou do not hesitate to give advice." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, if you want to talk about Chen Liu's current situation, it can only be said that there is a lot of waste waiting to be revived."

Cheng Yu finally found the steps, straightened up and said, "Since Zhang Miao welcomed Lu Bu's rebellion, Zhang Miao increased the taxes of the people of Chenliu County in order to raise military salaries, and later Lu Bu and Zhang Miao knew that they were invincible to the envoy, and when they fled, they ordered their soldiers to kill and loot, and almost took away all the materials that could be taken away in Chenliu County, and by the way, they also captured more than half of the strong men, making the people in the county miserable, and running away, and now the population is less than half of what Zhang Miao did before the rebellion. ”

"Alas......"

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu sighed, and said, "Actually, although the old man was promoted this time, he also took over a mess that may not be able to please well, if the old man can restore Chen Liu to the level before the rebellion, I am afraid that he has only fulfilled his duties in the envoy, if he can't do it, then he is not capable enough, and he is afraid that he will be blamed by the envoy." ”

"Besides, Yongqiu County, where Captain Wu is about to work, is not far from Chenliu County, and the situation is actually similar to Chenliu County."

"But Captain Wu doesn't have to worry, if you blame the old man, it can't be counted on Captain Wu's head, or Captain Wu is more prescient."

Speaking of which, Cheng Yu's old face has wrinkled again, it is called a sad face, where is there still the previous red light.

"It's really embarrassing for Cheng Taishou."

Wu Liang patted Cheng Yu's shoulder, which was gradually slumped down, to show comfort, and then asked, "Cheng Taishou can check, now there are a few influential gate valves left in Chenliu County, do I have any gate valves in Yongqiu County?" ”

"There were originally four major gate valves in the city of Chenliu County, namely Zhang Miao's Zhang family, Xu Yan's Xu family, Wang Kai's Wang family, and Zhu Xun's Zhu family, and now the Xu family and the Wang family rebelled with the Zhang family, and they have fled with the army.

Cheng Yu crossed his fingers and counted while saying, "And Wu Xiaowei's Yongqiu County, where the Zhu family is mainly decided, most of the county officials are protégés of the Zhu family, and the government can only be regarded as a decoration, and when the old man first came to take office, the envoy also specially explained that the Zhu family has some right to speak among the scholars left by Chen, in order to prevent chaos at this time, if you can not be embarrassed by the Zhu family, try not to be embarrassed by it, if you can make good friends, it is naturally the best, so ...... Captain Wu, I'm afraid this Yongqiu order may not be easy to do. ”

"I see......"

Listening to Cheng Yu's words, Wu Liang nodded, his eyes gurgling, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Wu Liang's appearance, Cheng Yu was worried that he would not be idle, so he hurriedly persuaded him more: "Captain Wu made this Yongqiu order, didn't he just want to find an independent station for the Yongren army, in fact, this is very simple, now the most outside the city is the ownerless and barren land, Captain Wu can build a garrison in any place, if there are not enough people, the old man can send some defenders to help, and send an invitation to the Zhu family after it is completed, the Zhu family has to come to offer a congratulatory gift for the sake of the envoy's face, and they can also be regarded as contributing, as for other small things, It's over with just one eye open and one eye closed, you say yes, Captain Wu? ”

"What Cheng Taishou said is extremely true."

Wu Liang nodded and smiled, "As the saying goes, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, as long as the people of the Zhu family don't come to provoke me, I will naturally not ask for trouble, let alone add trouble to the envoy and Cheng Taishou." ”

In fact, he could foresee that the relationship between him and this Zhu family might not be so peaceful.

After all, most of the scholars in this era were the landlord class, and the main source of income was to collect rent from the fields, and the main means was to annex and encroach on the people's fertile land, and then hire the people to become their own tenants and pay rent for their own farming.

And Wu Liang plans to start a pilot "tuntian system" in Yongqiu.

Although there is no plan to encroach on the landlords' fields, mainly to reclaim wasteland and terra nullius, its more friendly resettlement and sharing methods for the common people and displaced people will undoubtedly seize some of the tenant resources of the landlord class.

This is equivalent to moving their money bags and granaries, which is more serious than killing their parents, and will definitely cause some backlash, and contradictions are inevitable.

"Please rest assured that before Captain Wu takes office, I will go and inform the Zhu family, so that they don't know the level."

Cheng Yu also heard what Wu Liang said, and hurriedly said.

"Please rest assured that Cheng Taishou can handle these small things by myself, and I don't bother Cheng Taishou too much."

Wu Liang smiled again, "Moreover, my previous dream of Cheng Taishou shows that Cheng Taishou is a person who will be a marquis in the future, and now he is just a Taishou, where is this, Cheng Taishou does not have to be afraid, many things seem to be troublesome, but they are also accompanied by huge opportunities." ”

"This ......"

Cheng Yu was speechless again.

He could hear what Wu Liang was saying, and although he wasn't sure what Wu Liang was going to do, he was already faintly worried about Chen Liu's future situation......

But.

"Please also rest assured that no matter what happens to Chen Liu, the old man will definitely stand by Captain Wu's side."

Cheng Yu immediately said solemnly.

He has seen Wu Liang's ability with his own eyes, and he knows how much Boss Cao relies on Wu Liang now, don't say that one Zhu family is ten Zhu families together, Cheng Yu believes that Boss Cao will choose Wu Liang without hesitation.

Boss Cao will choose this way, let alone him?

……

Two days later.

Wu Liang cleaned up Chen's house, and immediately led the Wanren army to Yongqiu to take office.

Yongqiu County is less than 100 miles away from Chenliu County, and it can be reached by riding a horse for more than an hour.

When it was close to noon, Wu Liang had already come to the Yongqiu Mansion.

At this time, the gate of Yongqiu Mansion was closed, and there were no officials standing guard outside the door, as if an empty village that had been uninhabited.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Yongqiu Ling came to take office, and he didn't open the door quickly!"

Dian Wei didn't care about him, and immediately walked to the door and slammed the door and shouted.

A moment later.

At last, a slit opened in the door of the palace, and a disheveled head protruded from it, looking out with sleepy-eyed eyes.

At this glance, he suddenly saw Wu Liang and the Wanren army gathering a total of more than 100 people outside the yamen, this person's eyes instantly widened a lot, and he was shocked and subconsciously planned to close the door.

"Get out of here!"

Where would Dian Wei give him a chance, he immediately kicked the door open, and even kicked the person behind the door with a big ass squat, and while walking forward and grabbing his collar to pick it up, he scolded loudly, "Yongqiu Ling came to take office, you don't go out to greet you and pay it back, you dare to close the door, and you have a few heads on your head that are enough to cut off!" ”

"The county decrees forgiveness, and the strong man forgives his sins!"

The man finally heard Wu Liang's identity clearly this time, and hurriedly kicked his dangling legs and said in fear, "The villain just saw so many people coming outside the door at once, and said which family's soldiers and horses were calling again, and he tried to close the door in a panic. ”

"Brother Dian Wei, let him down."

Wu Liang strode directly into the hall, and after coming to the main seat and sitting down, he nodded to Dian Wei.

"Yes."

Dian Wei then threw it on the ground.

"Meet the county order, the villain doesn't know that the county order is coming today, please forgive the county order."

That person's fall should not be light, and he bared his teeth in pain, but he could still hold back and hurriedly salute Wu Liang.

"It doesn't matter."

Wu Liang said expressionlessly, "What is your name, and what is your position in the palace?" ”

"If you go back to the county order, the villain is called Wanwu, and he is the jailer in the government."

The man hurriedly replied with a smile.

The so-called prison guards are actually jailers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the people with the lowest status in the government, and they can't even eat the money of the court, so the government pays for it themselves.

"In broad daylight, why are you the only one in the palace?"

Wu Liang asked again.

If there were other people, the commotion just now was not small, and there was no reason why no one came out to see what was going on.

"I heard that the county order is about to take office, and the villain was assigned to stay in the government office to wait for the county order, otherwise I am afraid that I will not even see anyone."

Wan Wu laughed, and then pointed to a small wooden box under Wu Liang's seat and said, "That is the gift prepared by the county commander, the county lieutenant, Gong Cao, Ling Shi, the prison peng, the stable, and the warehouse official in advance, and it also represents a little meaning of the Zhu family. ”