Du Xi told Guo Peng that he was very careful to follow Guo Peng's order to give more care and care to the lonely and widowed elderly who had no children at home.

Some time ago, a local from Donglai named Tai Shici returned from crossing the sea in Liaodong, and was very moved to learn that his mother was taken care of by the government, and went to the county guard to express his gratitude to Du Xian.

Du Xi said that this was Guo Peng's order, and Tai Shici said that he was willing to work for Guo Peng to repay Guo Peng's kindness and hope to be introduced.

After that, Tai Shi Ci told Du Xi about his experience, and then showed his archery and riding skills, Du Xi felt very surprised, so he agreed to recommend Tai Shi Ci.

"Taishi Ziyi is not from a high background, but he is also literate, a few years ago he served as the official of Donglai County, at that time, Donglai County Shou and Qingzhou Thorn History had a conflict, and the imperial court will deal with disputes according to whose opinion comes first, Taishi Ziyi is responsible for sending the recital to Luoyang for Donglai County.

At that time, the recital of Qingzhou Thorn Shi had been sent first, and Taishi Ziyi hurried to find the state official before the state official sent the recital to Luoyang Yousi, pretending to borrow it to watch, and then immediately destroyed the watch, and deceived the state official that it was a sin, and agreed that the two would escape together.

As a result, the state official was deceived by him and ran away, he turned back halfway, handed in the recital, and finally the lawsuit was won by Donglai County, and Qingzhou Thorn Shi was punished, and Thorn Shi was very angry and wanted to take revenge on Taishi Ziyi, who was forced to take refuge in Liaodong. ”

After listening to this story, Guo Peng only felt funny.

"This Taishi Ziyi is really a little clever, and his eloquence is not bad, he deceived the state officials, but in the end, he has no great wisdom, and the Donglai County Guard is not a responsible person, and he can't protect his own people, so he can only let him take refuge in Liaodong."

"That's true."

Du Xi said: "But that Taishi Ziyi does have some ability, he is skilled in arches and horses, and his body is strong, if the general is willing to see him, I will introduce him to the general, and if the general is unwilling, I will send him away." ”

"See, of course."

Guo Peng smiled: "Talents with both civil and military skills, I don't have too many to give me a hundred, how can I not use talents?" ”

"General Gao Yi."

Du Xi smiled, and then went out to bring Tai Shici into the General's Mansion to meet Guo Peng.

"Xiaomin Taishi Ciziyi, meet the general."

Tai Shici came to meet Guo Peng under the leadership of Du Xian.

Guo Peng raised his eyes and saw that Tai Shici was muscular, tall, sword-eyed, starry-eyed, and bearded, and decisively a beautiful man.

This damn look at the nature of the face.

Guo Peng scolded himself secretly, then stood up very enthusiastically, walked to Tai Shici's side and helped him up.

"I've heard about Ziyi's affairs, but I didn't expect Ziyi to be brave and knowledgeable at a young age, and dare to do such a thing, it's really a strange man, this kind of thing, even I don't dare to do it!"

Guo Peng held Tai Shici's hand, but made Tai Shici ashamed.

"I didn't think about it so much at the time, I just wanted to make meritorious service and repay the favor of the king, but I didn't expect to be forced to take refuge in Liaodong for several years."

"Donglai County has been transferred several times under my command, and the earliest one was removed by me, doesn't Ziyi know?"

Guo Peng asked.

"Liaodong has been suffering from wars for many years, and the small people are hiding in Tibet in Liaodong, and it is difficult to get the news of Donglai County, and I heard the news of Donglai County not long ago, so I hurried back, and saw that my mother was living well, so I was very excited, and I thought that the general would serve to repay the general's kindness."

"Hahahaha! Ok, good, good! ”

Guo Peng smiled and nodded: "Ziyi has read books and has a smart mind, why don't you do a workout by my side now, and then want to join the army or politics, and then Ziyi chooses by himself, how about it?" ”

"Thank you, General, for your kindness!"

Tai Shi Ci was very excited.

Accepting Tai Shici to do things by his side will not bring any changes to Guo Peng's daily life, he is still living at his own pace as always.

The sense of urgency in his heart prompted Guo Peng to vigorously consolidate his foundation and accumulate enough strength for what he wanted to do in the future.

Therefore, he can always feel a deep sense of crisis, and at the same time, Tao Qian, who is far away in Xuzhou, also feels a deep sense of crisis.

Since Guo Peng's Northern Expedition, Tao Qian has always had a sense of crisis.

Although the two of them are both members of the Yuan Shu Alliance, and they cooperate with Yuan Shu to do things, they can be regarded as allies with each other, and there have been no public contradictions, but Tao Qian and Guo Peng still have some contradictions in private.

For example, the contradiction about the Yellow Turban Army, and the contradiction about the Mi family.

These contradictions are not big or small, which is enough to make the two face and heart discord.

Let's not talk about the matter of the Yellow Turban Army, at most it is a battle of will, and it can't be put on the stage, but the Mi family's problem is a matter related to fundamental interests, which makes Tao Qian very unhappy.

To put it simply, the Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou City, a wealthy and powerful landlord, with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, 10,000 guests, and the children of the family learn archery and horse riding, strong force, and very rich, which can be regarded as a force to be reckoned with.

Although like most powerful landlords, they are politically lame, but because the Mi clan has very strong financial resources and military force, it can make up for the political deficiency to a certain extent.

Tao Qian is a native of Danyang, Yangzhou, not a native of Xuzhou, and of course he cannot be a native of Xuzhou.

Because he is not a local, he must come to Xuzhou with his own basic plate to take office, so as to maintain his power.

Tao Qian's basic plate is the Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao, this Danyang soldier with strong combat effectiveness is Tao Qian's biggest support, followed by the army of Zang Ba from Taishan County, Yanzhou.

When Tao Qian first came to Xuzhou, the foundation was unstable, and it was a headache to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou.

So Tao Qian appointed Zang Ba to recruit soldiers and horses, and together with Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers, attacked the Yellow Turban Army and drove the Yellow Turban Army to Qingzhou.

After that, Tao Qian ordered Zang Ba to garrison troops in Kaiyang to deter the Yellow Turban Army in the north of Xuzhou and protect the fruits of his victory, so that he could govern Xuzhou with peace of mind.

The result was good, Zang Ba was very capable, and he guarded the north of Xuzhou so that the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to look south.

Although fundamentally speaking, Zang Ba is a semi-independent force, and he selectively accepts Tao Qian's orders and has his own ideas, which is still different from the Danyang soldiers commanded by Cao Bao.

But in any case, Zang Ba is still attached to Tao Qian, which can be regarded as Tao Qian's power, so relying on the two soldiers and horses of Danyang and Taishan, Tao Qian's wrists hardened.

In addition to these two troops and horses, there must also be some political forces, and the cronies he brought can certainly be used, but if there are no locals as a buffer, Tao Qian will obviously not be able to govern in Xuzhou smoothly.

It needs the input of the locals, which Tao Qian knows very well.

Especially the kind of locals who have no political power in the local area and need to be their own umbrella are the best.

Tao Qian took a fancy to Mi's family, who was the richest man in Xuzhou, at a glance, and threw an olive branch to Mi's, which turned out to be very embarrassing.

Mi Zhu, the master of the Mi family, had already accepted the call of Guo Peng, who was the Taishou of Shanggu at the time, and went to Shanggu County to be an official.