Han Zhan didn't expect that it was just an ordinary banquet, but there was such a huge income, and some thoughts that were originally hidden in his heart couldn't help but become lively.

In the next few days, every day, wealthy businessmen sent the money they promised to donate to the county government in an endless stream. While Hua Hu was receiving money from wealthy merchants in the treasury, Han Zhan asked Zhao Yun to be invited to the main hall to discuss more important matters with him.

After beckoning Zhao Yun to sit down, Han Zhan said straight to the point: "Zilong, the money for repairing the city wall has been collected enough, and the construction will start in a few days." However, it is not enough to have the walls without soldiers, so after careful consideration, I plan to recruit a new batch of soldiers. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Zhao Yun agreed very much, "What the envoy said is extremely true, the soldiers involved in the country are less than a thousand, if the bandits and yellow turbans come to commit crimes, they can only protect themselves." If you recruit new recruits, practice day and night, and when the thieves come to attack, you will definitely be able to beat them. ”

"Zilong, I'm going to hand over the matter of recruiting troops to you," Han Zhan asked tentatively, "Are you willing?" ”

As soon as Han Zhan's words were finished, Zhao Yun stood up and volunteered: "Envoy, Yun immediately take people to the streets to post recruitment notices, I believe that in half a month at most, we can recruit 3,000 new soldiers for Envoy Jun." ”

"Zilong stays, I still have something to say." Seeing that Zhao Yun was about to walk outside with his legs raised, Han Zhan hurriedly stopped him: "It takes thousands of people to repair the city wall, and if you recruit new soldiers from it, it will inevitably affect the repair of the city wall." So I'm going to ask you to recruit troops somewhere else. ”

"Recruiting somewhere else?!" After Zhao Yun repeated Han Zhan's words, he frowned and asked, "I don't know where the envoy plans to send Yun to recruit troops?" ”

"Go back to your hometown, Changshan is really determined." Han Zhan replied with a smile, "I plan to let you bring thirty cavalrymen and return to your hometown with a thousand gold, and recruit a group of new soldiers there." I don't know what Zilong wants? ”

Regarding Han Zhan's arrangement, Zhao Yun did not reply immediately, but fell into deep thought. Seeing that Zhao Yun didn't speak, Han Zhan's mood also became nervous, he asked Zhao Yun to go to Zhending to recruit troops, not on a whim, but because in real history, Liu Bei, who had not yet separated from Yuan Shao, secretly sent Zhao Yun to Zhending to recruit hundreds of people as his own private soldiers. What I'm doing now is just painting a gourd in the same way.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at Han Zhan and asked, "Envoy, there are only forty cavalry in the city, if Yun takes another thirty, then there will not be enough manpower to protect the safety of Envoy." ”

"Zilong, don't worry." Han Zhan was in a good mood when he saw that Zhao Yun was willing to accept his task, and he said with a smile: "As long as Rob is by my side, there should be no danger." ”

While the two were talking, Han Zhan suddenly saw Hua Hu holding a wooden box, hunched over his waist and staggering towards the main hall. He stared at the box he was holding in his hand, and said in his heart that he didn't know what it contained, it looked quite heavy, it couldn't be gold.

Hua Hu put the small wooden box on the table in front of Han Zhan, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said a little breathlessly: "Envoy, this is the hundred gold sent by Hu Cha." ”

Han Zhan didn't rush to open the wooden box, but looked at Hua Hu and asked puzzledly, "Who is Hu Cha?" ”

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Hua Hu suddenly remembered that the new envoy was not familiar with the wealthy merchant in the city at all, and hurriedly reminded him carefully: "Has the envoy forgotten that it was the rich merchant who took the lead in donating three hundred gold that day." ”

"It's him." Han Zhan stared at the box in front of him and continued to ask, "Didn't he say to donate three hundred gold, why is there only one hundred gold here?" ”

"Hu Cha's three hundred gold has been deposited in the treasury." Hua Hu replied with a smile on his face: "Here he also honors the envoy." ”

"Honor me?" Although Han Zhan was in urgent need of money now, he wouldn't accept a windfall like this until he asked clearly, so he looked at Hua Hu and asked, "Master Hua, does he have any purpose in doing this?" ”

Hua Hu seemed to have guessed that Han Zhan would have such a question, so he hurriedly grinned and replied: "I don't know, Hu Cha has a different enmity with the bandits and the yellow scarf, not only has his goods been robbed repeatedly, but he himself has also been kidnapped by the thieves and extorted two hundred gold. Therefore, as soon as he heard that the envoy was going to build the city wall to prevent thieves, he immediately donated generously. ”

After figuring out the origin of the wooden box on the table, Han Zhan finally opened the lid of the box with confidence. But when he saw the glittering golden things inside, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, he finally understood why Hua Hu looked so hard when he came in with the box just now, it turned out that it was full of a box of gold cakes.

Han Zhan had seen this kind of gold cake unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haiyang on TV, the shape was like a round cake, the face was slightly convex, there were irregular hollows caused by drop casting, the back was concave, and there were ice cracks on the plain surface. However, this kind of gold cake is generally not used for circulation, but only for storage, reward, gift, tribute, atonement and other purposes.

He picked up one of the gold cakes and flipped it in his hand, feeling that it weighed about half a pound. I counted the gold cakes in the box again, no more, no less, exactly one hundred, that is to say, this box of gold cakes weighed fifty catties. He put the golden cake back in the box, closed the lid, and pushed it to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, when you leave, take this box of golden cakes with you." ”

"I can't help it!" "I can't help it!"

As soon as Han Zhan's words fell, Zhao Yun and Hua Hu stopped them in unison.

Zhao Yun arched his hand and said to Han Zhan: "Envoy, this is the rich businessman's filial piety to your finances, Yun dare not accept it!" ”

"What don't you dare," Han Zhan pushed the wooden box a little more in Zhao Yun's direction, and said with a straight face: "These golden cakes are placed here with me, they can't be eaten as food when they are hungry, and they can't be used as water to drink when they are thirsty." Don't talk nonsense, take it quickly, you bring it with you, sooner or later it will come in handy. ”

Hua Hu saw Zhao Yun holding up the wooden box on the table, and couldn't help but ask Han Zhan curiously: "Envoy, I don't know where you plan to send the county lieutenant on business?" ”

"I plan to let Zilong go to the field to recruit troops, this is for him." In order to prevent leaking the news, Han Zhan did not reveal to Huahu where he was going to send Zhao Yun to recruit troops, "By the way, you will take Zilong to the treasury later, and let him take another thousand gold." ”

Hua Hu hurriedly replied respectfully: "The subordinates receive the order." ”

After Zhao Yun and Hua Hu said goodbye to Han Zhan, they walked out of the main hall one after the other and headed towards the county government's treasury. Neither of them noticed that behind a column outside the main hall, there was a pair of greedy eyes, staring at the box full of gold cakes in Zhao Yun's hand. If it weren't for Zhao Yun's superb martial arts, this person would probably have rushed over and grabbed the gold box a long time ago.