Chapter 13: The Evil Servant
"Please forgive the sins." Only then did the two realize that they were too rude, and they actually did it in front of Liu Yu, so they both knelt down and pleaded guilty to Liu Yu.
When it comes to disputes between the generals and other races under his rule, favoring Gongsun Chan may make the Wuhuan people dissatisfied and rebel, while favoring the Wuhuan people will make Gongsun Chan centrifuge from him, which is really difficult to do.
Liu Yu sighed and said, "I know what you said. ”
"This matter is indeed that you are so greedy that the king is not strict, which led to the slaughter of the people in Shanghe Township, Fang County, and the destruction of the family."
"My lord..."The subordinate who was greedy for the king was still about to speak, but when he saw Liu Yu looking at him with unkind eyes, he closed his mouth in amusement.
"Since Gongsun Changshi has killed the culprit, then I think this matter will be settled." Liu Yu said slowly.
"Then aren't all the herdsmen in our part dying in vain, Lord Thorn Shi is so decisive, and our Wuhuan people are not convinced." The Wuhuan man said.
"Then do you mean that we Hermes-Epitek can die in vain?" Liu Yu, who was originally sitting, stood up and walked in front of him at this moment.
Wuhuan lowered his sweaty head and trembled, and at this moment he realized that the person in front of him was a member of the Han family, the assassin of Youzhou.
Because Liu Yu had always been very friendly to the Wuhuan people before, he almost forgot that Liu Yu was the one who stood at the top of Youzhou. What's more, the Wuhuan people are still scattered like sand, so they don't have the strength to threaten Liu Yu.
"No, the Han people and I, the Wuhuan people, are also the people of the Son of Heaven, and we don't want to see such a thing happen. Since both sides are damaged, we are willing to listen to the advice of Lord Thorn, and this matter is over. The Wuhuan people prostrate on the ground in obedience.
"Very good, all of you go back." Liu Yu sat back down.
"No."
After the two retreated, Liu Yu was a little uneasy, thinking: Am I so good to these aliens that they have no reverence for the Han family.
No, if today we are exhausted by endless natural disasters and endless battles against the Qiang, if there is another war, the people will not be able to hold on. can only be gentle and appeased, and can no longer increase the burden on the people.
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"Zhang Xiancheng, you can rest for a while and drink saliva." A woman carried a bowl of water and handed it to Zhang Hao, who was picking soil.
"Thank you, big sister." Zhang Hao put down the flat shoulder, wiped the sweat on his face, took the bowl in the woman's hand, drank it in one gulp, and exhaled comfortably, he was really thirsty.
After writing the war report, the most important thing was the restoration and reconstruction work in Shanghe Township, and it was necessary to resettle the homeless villagers before the farmers were busy planting seeds, so as not to delay the harvest of the next year.
However, spring ploughing in the north is a little later than in the south, so Zhang Hao has enough time to help the people in Shanghe Township rebuild their homes.
"I can't thank you, but if you want to thank you, it's also us who thank you. Not only did he save everyone, but he also helped us build a new house, and a bowl of water is nothing. The woman said with a smile.
This newcomer Zhang Xiancheng is really good to them and has nothing to say. From the Wuhuan people's hands, their lives are one of them, and the second is that he personally organized people to help them build new houses, not counting the original surviving Shanghe Township people, he also spent money to hire his people in Qifang County to work together, so that those people who had nothing to do in winter also had an extra income.
He also personally went out to help, and he didn't have the frame to be an official.
In this way, there are enough manpower to make the reconstruction very fast and ready to be completed before the spring comes.
Although this new county man has not been in Fang County for a long time, the people of Fang County are full of praise when they mention him.
"It's just my duty, eldest sister will send bowls of water to the others, and let everyone rest." Zhang Hao smiled and returned the bowl to the woman, and then continued to do what he was doing.
"Hey, okay."
"County Cheng! Zhang Xiancheng! Where is Zhang Xiancheng? A servant hurriedly ran over and asked Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao said helplessly: "I am." ”
"This!" The official looked at Zhang Hao with a surprised expression, and some didn't recognize it.
At this time, the woman on the side handed over the kettle and poured some water on Zhang Hao's hand.
"Thank you." After Zhang Hao washed his face with water, the official recognized it and hurriedly said, "Please forgive the county." ”
"It's okay, you're in such a hurry, let's say what's wrong."
"That's right, a person who claims to be the manager of the Mi family said that the things sent to you by the head of the Mi family have arrived, and he said that it is a very valuable thing that you need to receive in person."
"Okay, I'll go over now."
This is here to send money, but you can't neglect the God of Wealth.
When Zhang Hao returned to the county office, he saw at a glance that the steward was drinking tea with an impatient look.
Zhang Hao walked over, sat on the main seat, and said, "I've kept you waiting, I'm Zhang Hao, the county magistrate." I don't know where is the thing that Brother Zizhong asked you to bring me? ”
The steward originally didn't attach much importance to Zhang Hao, the county magistrate of a small county, but now he saw that Zhang Hao was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and his face was completely dressed as a farmer, and he didn't have the prestige of being an official at all, and he was even more disdainful in his heart.
"Everything is here, and the five hundred gold and alfalfa seeds ordered by my master are to be accepted by the county." The steward pointed to a box beside him.
"It's easy to say, let's take an inventory." Zhang Hao commanded.
Then two officials walked in from outside the door, and after some counting, the officials said with some surprise: "Yuxian Cheng, there are only four hundred and ninety gold in the box." ”
"Huh?" Zhang Hao stood up, "Have you counted carefully?" ”
"I waited for the count twice, and it was indeed four hundred and ninety gold."
Zhang Hao looked at the steward: "May I ask what is going on?" ”
The steward didn't look at Zhang Hao, and said to himself: "There are indeed five hundred gold, there is nothing wrong." ”
"And where did the other ten gold go?" Zhang Hao stared at the steward and asked.
"The steward has traveled thousands of miles from Xuzhou to this bitter cold place, shouldn't he be rewarded for his hard work?"
This was said so confidently that Zhang Hao was a little surprised that he didn't know what to say.
"Is this what Brother Zizhong meant?"
The steward was a little impatient, "No wonder you are just a small county magistrate, you are so incomprehensible and inflexible." ”
"I don't know how you told my master that you could cheat him out of five hundred gold. The so-called seeers have a share, and it is not worth mentioning at all for a mere ten gold for five hundred gold. ”
"By saying that, you admit that you stole the money."
Zhang Hao also saw it today, and there was such an open-minded kickback, and he didn't ask the owner, so he took it by himself.
The steward was also speechless, how could he meet such a stunned young man.
"You can't speak, how can this be called stealing?"
Zhang Hao slowly walked to the side of the steward, and said as he walked: "Since you admit it yourself, then I will give you this opportunity to hand over the ten gold you stolen, don't be unpredictable." ”
Zhang Hao thought to himself: The money has been sent to me, it is mine, dare to take my money, see that you are alive to the end.
"You, a small county man, dare to talk to me like this, so that you can know that even the Xuzhou Thorn History, the East China Sea Taishou every time he comes to see my master, he is polite to me, what kind of thing are you."
"Tell you, I'm not easy to mess with. When I go back this time, I must sue you in front of my master, you must know that I have been with my master since I was a child, and I am very close. When the time comes, you won't even have the four hundred and ninety gold! The steward looked proud and said arrogantly.
Zhang Hao looked at him calmly, feeling that this was a bit stupid. Now there is no such thing as a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, and a house slave is a house slave.
He rounded his palm and slapped the steward in the face.
Syllable!
For a while, the people present, including the beaten steward, were stunned, only to see Zhang Hao slap him with his backhand, slapping him to the ground.
Syllable!
A pig-like scream sounded, and the steward covered his face and looked at Zhang Hao viciously.
"You, you dare to hit me!"
Zhang Hao looked at him expressionlessly and said, "What if you beat you, you're just a cheap slave, if you beat it, you will beat it, what can I do?" ”
"You, you, you wait for me, I will tell the master what happened today, so that you won't get a penny. And I will exonerate you from the courts! ”
The steward's body trembled a little angrily, and he actually threatened Zhang Hao desperately.
"You really think of yourself as a character, a dog fighting human power. Even your master Mi Zhu didn't dare to say such a thing, and after seeing this, it was really time for the official to discipline you well for Brother Zizhong."
"Come on, drag him out for me to beat, and I will first whip thirty lashes for a long memory, how to speak as a house slave."
"No."
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, the two officials just now took the steward out by themselves. They don't have any big names in their eyes.
"Zhang Hao, you wait for me, you wait for me!"
The steward shouted as he struggled.
"Ten more lashes."
Soon, there was a scream outside, but soon the screams subsided.
"Yu Xiancheng, only ten lashes, the man fainted." A servant came in to give a report.
"I'll take a look."
I saw that the steward was stripped of his shirt, and the ten whip prints were red and purple in the cold wind, and the skin was open and the flesh was open, like ten long centipedes.
"How can you do it with only ten lashes? It is said that forty lashes are forty lashes, how can the order be changed overnight. Wake him up for me, and keep fighting. ”
"I'm awake, I'm awake! Don't fight anymore, Lord County, the villain knows that he is wrong, and he doesn't dare anymore, so I beg the adults not to fight anymore. ”
At this moment, the steward was really scared by Zhang Hao, so he couldn't pretend to be dizzy and immediately knelt on the ground, and even the adults shouted out.
Now the title of "adult" mainly refers to elders, and there are also high-ranking and powerful people, but they will not be called in front of others.
The steward thought to himself that this Zhang Hao really didn't care about Mi Zhu at all, and wanted to beat himself to death.
Zhang Hao looked at him with some amusement and said, "Oh? The ten gold? ”
"In the villain's baggage, this will order someone to take it."
"What about today?"
"It's all the villain's fault, the villain asked for it, and the lesson of the county lord is that in the future, the villain must reform himself, abide by his duty, and never forget the adult's teachings today." As he spoke, the steward kowtowed to the ground.
"It couldn't be better."
Then it didn't take long for the stolen ten gold to be delivered, and Zhang Hao ordered someone to throw the steward out.