"Let's go? Gotta leave in two days? Where are you going? ”

As soon as Ma Guiren heard that Liu Xian said that he would leave in two days, he was worried again.

"My nephew's caravan this time brought more than 100,000 pieces of cotton winter clothes made by the people of Liulin Village, Yangshi County and other people, and planned to traffic these winter cotton clothes to Beiping, Youzhou before the year. Exchange these cotton clothes for money, and then exchange them for some of the supplies we need, and preferably to get a batch of food. ”

"Youzhou? Are you going to Youzhou? No, no, Youzhou is too dangerous. Uncle Niang heard that Youzhou is not very peaceful, especially in the border area, there are often those aliens knocking on the customs, and often wandering into Youzhou to burn, kill and loot. Those aliens will kill every person, it's too dangerous for you to go to Youzhou, no, no. ”

Ma Guiren naturally heard about the unrest in Youzhou over the years, so frightened that she reached out and grabbed Liu Xian's hand again.

"Uncle." Liu Xian held Ma Guiren's hand with both hands, and said resolutely: "Uncle, I'm really not a child anymore, and I'm not the kind of person who can't help but be weak." It is necessary to take this trip to Youzhou, which is also related to our future affairs. ”

"How does this matter to us in the future?" Ma Guiren is really worried about Liu Xian's three longs and two shorts.

"I'm preparing for the future, there are horses outside Youzhou Pass, and I plan to get a batch of horses back. Of course, it would be best if you could get it in Kannai. If I can't do it, I'll really have to run outside the gate. This is only one reason, there is another important reason, the nephew plans to figure out the current situation in Youzhou, see who has the final say in Youzhou now, and then get in touch with them. In this way, it will also be convenient for us to act in the future. Liu Xian withdrew his hand and said to Ma Guiren: "Uncle, if this big man is really in chaos, it is really impossible for none of us to have no horses, and this plain palace is probably the primary target of some people with wolf ambitions." ”

"This, this big man has really reached such a serious point?" Ma Guiren has a related way.

"It's all visible whether it's serious or not. Uncle, just wait and see, from now on, our big man will not stop anymore. Liu Xian said with a stiff face: "Don't look at the Yellow Turban Army now, it has been defeated. But that was only defeated, and it was far from being truly destroyed. Maybe you won't believe it, uncle, but in our Jizhou, there are still millions of yellow turban remnants, and these yellow turban remnants will soon gather together to form a yellow turban thief army with millions of people. When the time comes, if they want to go out and plunder, who will be able to resist it? If they want to launch an attack on this Liwu County, will these officers and soldiers in Liwu County be able to resist it? Therefore, we must strive to have a force that can ensure our survival in this period of time, in a short period of time. ”

"Okay, auntie, I won't tell you too much, so as not to scare you. But please trust my nephew, I will take care of myself. Just let me do it. Liu Xian didn't want to talk too much to this aunt.

"No, it's not......" Ma Guiren thought about it, and felt that she still couldn't let Liu Xian go to those places that were too dangerous, she thought for a while and said: "Xian'er, you said that you are a caravan of Liufu, isn't it just to make money?" Let's not run this business, okay? Our Plains Mansion has money and grain, and over the years, Uncle Niang has hidden this money and grain well. Uncle Niang can be regarded as understanding, you are planning to use the name of the caravan to recruit troops, right? It's a good idea. If it was a woman's family, it would naturally be inconvenient to do these recruitments, but now with you, it's different. Don't go to business, Uncle will give you money and food, let you recruit troops and horses, so it's okay, right? ”

"No, uncle, the money and food of the Plains Palace, you can't move it until it is necessary. Alas...... What does this make me say? Liu Xian really didn't know how to explain to Ma Guiren at this time, because it was as long as a piece of cloth, and she probably wouldn't really understand.

Liu Xian thought about how to say it for a while, and said, "Uncle, this is not an easy task even if it is to recruit troops." First of all, this can't be used to recruit troops under a clear banner, and the court won't allow it. Also, this centaur is not something that can be recruited, this is a long-term thing, and it must also take into account the loyalty and loyalty of these centaurs after recruiting, if there is no suitable way to ensure the loyalty of these people who follow us, then what is the use of recruiting so many centaurs? ”

"The nephew gave soup to the ordinary people, helped them through the food crisis, first let those people live, let these people know that their nephew is good, so that they will send their own children to their nephew, and they will be loyal to their nephew. Even, the nephew also tried to let their family have a job, so that their family would have a settlement in the future, so that they were willing to die for their nephew. Anyway, if you want to give it up. Therefore, the nephew needs a lot of money and food now, and relying on the accumulation of the Plains Mansion alone can solve the temporary problem, but it cannot solve the long-term problem. Therefore, this businessman, the nephew must continue to do it, and if he wants to do business now, he will need it in the future and in the future. ”

Liu Xian's words, for postmodern people, are really just some ordinary methods and solutions to solve some people's problems and gain people's hearts.

But at this time, Ma Guiren really hadn't heard of it.

Recruit troops and buy horses, and take care of the lives and deaths of other people?

To be honest, Ma Guiren really didn't understand the meaning of Liu Xian's doing this at this time, and he didn't know how to do it.

"However, Uncle Niang is really worried about your safety."

"Uncle, these things are settled, when the time comes, Xiaojing will stay with you. I will go to Youzhou as soon as possible, and I will come back when I have done everything. Now, let's not talk about my nephew, let's talk about my uncle's situation in Liwu County. ”

Liu Xian interrupted Ma Guiren's speech, there are some things that Ma Guiren can't stop, Liu Xian has to do it.

Liu Xiandao: "Uncle, since we have to make our relationship public as a righteous mother and son in the future." Then Uncle Niang has to be careful in the Plains Palace. The situation of the Plains Palace, the nephew is not very clear, I believe that after the uncle has been away for so long and comes back, she will not be able to fully understand some things. Therefore, I suggest that the people of the Plains Mansion should be re-examined, but anyone who feels that there is something wrong must be dismissed, and they cannot be allowed to stay in the Plains Palace. ”

Liu Xian turned to talk about the plain palace.

"Is this really necessary?" Ma Guiren was a little embarrassed.

"Uncle, this is a must, if you don't want us to let others know any secrets, then you have to clean up a large number of people. All of them have to be replaced by people we can trust. Liu Xian pointed his finger at Ma Guiren and said: "In the Plains Palace, it will always be under the secret surveillance of the imperial court, so even some people who have been in the Plains Palace for a long time must find out their details. If it is someone sent by the imperial court, it must also be cleared out. People sent in by other forces, not to mention this. ”

"Hmm...... The imperial court must have installed a lot of people in our Plains Palace, but this is ...... Wouldn't it alarm the imperial court? ”

"No, where can the current imperial court still take care of things here? What's more, even if they knew, they wouldn't pursue it much. We cleared those people out of the Plains Mansion because we didn't want some of our secrets to leak out. ”

"First clear the interior of the Plains Palace, and after that, we will slowly seize control of the entire Liwu County, but this does not need to be too urgent, we can prepare first, and when the time comes, we will control Liwu County in our hands."

"This ...... It's okay, anyway, Liwu County is nominally also a fiefdom of our plain palace, and you don't even have to wait for later. "Ma Guiren has no opinion on regaining control of Liwu County.

"No, we have to wait for the future, take it back now, and the court will definitely know soon. Now, the imperial court can still influence these places. Liu Xian hurriedly shook his head.

One thing is clear. Liu Xian can indeed open the banner now to recruit troops and seize control of several counties or even more places. However, the meaning of the seizure now is completely different from that of the seizure later.

Now the seizure can only achieve the goal of controlling a county by subduing the county orders and other official offices of those county seats, just like in Yangshi County. If it is clear, this is the real intention, and it will be regarded as a rebellion at any time, and then officers and soldiers will be sent to attack.

But later, the situation will be different, after Dong Zhuo enters Beijing, after the crusade against Dong Zhuo, as long as he has the ability and strength, he can seize more power territory, at that time, as long as he is not nominally the king and hegemon, no matter how much power territory he seizes, he will not be beaten as a thief.

"Okay then, then how do you clean up those who are planted in the palace of the Plains?" Ma Guiren really doesn't know how to do this.

Now the Plains Palace, hundreds of people, this is still affected by the Yellow Turban Riot this year, some of them had an accident, or some of them left, there are not so many.

According to Liu Xian's thoughts, the people of the Plains Mansion are estimated to be basically dismissed. Because Liu Xian didn't dare to trust any of the subordinates of the Plains Palace.

Even some of the old people who have been in the Plains Mansion for twenty or thirty years may be people who have been planted by others.

At that time, the situation in the imperial court was so complicated, and after Liu Zhi was elected to the capital as the emperor, there should have been some people with other people's ambitions to install some fine works in it. Especially after the death of Emperor Liu Zhi, the current emperor Liu Hong, will definitely install some people into the Plains Palace, the then Empress Dowager Dou, and even some later ministers, etc., will insert eyeliner in.

Perhaps, at that time, the Plains Palaces would not affect the imperial court, but after all, this was the hometown of the first emperor.

But later, the owners who were inserted into the Plains Palace's eyes died for various reasons, so they no longer needed to provide their masters with some information about the movements of the Plains Palace. Just like that, it lurks in the plain palace.

After all these years, those people must have always existed.

This part of the people, can they be the subordinates of the Plains Mansion with peace of mind? It is estimated that they are all staring at the wealth of the Plains Palace. At least, they are in the plain palace, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they live in peace.

They were not pure in mind from the beginning, and if something happened to the Plains Palace, it was inevitable that they would have two hearts.

Liu Xian thought for a while, and said to Ma Gui: "Uncle, without further ado, it's better for my nephew to take advantage of the time of the past two days to conduct an inventory and clean up the Plains Palace." But uncle, you have to be mentally prepared, if it is handled by your nephew, it is estimated that it will be difficult for some old people in the Plains Mansion to stay. Do you believe in your nephew? ”

"By you? All right? It's not that I don't believe you, after all, this plain palace will be yours in the future, and it will be handed over to you sooner or later, I'm worried that this is too anxious? Ma Guiren said with a little hesitation.

"I'm also worried about you, uncle, earlier clear those who have two hearts out of the Plains Palace, and replace them with people who are truly loyal and loyal to Uncle Niang, so that my nephew can feel at ease."

"Okay, it's up to you to deal with it, Uncle Niang also wants to see Xian'er's ability to do things, and if it's done, Uncle Niang can rest assured that you will go to Youzhou."

"Uncle, don't worry, then it's decided, starting tomorrow. Well, after eating, my aunt also rested earlier. ”

Liu Xian sandwiched some vegetables for Ma Guiren and began to eat.

It is true that the food in the palace is not comparable to ordinary people, and it may be slightly inferior to the palace, but it is really rich and the taste is quite good.

In Ma Guiren's joyful eyes, Liu Xian ate and drank to his heart's content, and then was taken to the residence arranged by Ma Guiren for him.

Early the next morning, Liu Xian asked Huang Zhong to bring some men and horses to the Pingyuan Palace, and by the way, he called the twenty or so scholars who were moving with the caravan.

These scholars, who manage the accounts with the caravan or something, have all undergone some training.

Ma Guiren is now focused on Liu Xian, because Liu Xian has indeed become her hope and spiritual sustenance.

Therefore, it also seems to be a little resolute.

When Liu Xian was ready, she also called the people of the entire Plains Royal Mansion to gather together.

The subordinates in this plain palace, including the guards of those palaces, totaled more than 500 people.

Among them, there were 300 guards, and the other 200 were some maids.

Among them, there are also large and small butlers, as well as the leaders of the royal guards, and so on.

Each of them is responsible for some affairs in the Plains Palace, maintaining the daily life of the Plains Palace.

Some of them were stewards who specialized in handling foreign affairs for the Plains Palace.

It can be said that a royal palace is actually equivalent to a miniature government institution.