This time when Zhang Yuan went to the county office, he was received the most warm reception, although the smile on his face was false, but Zhang Yuan had already appreciated this attitude, looking at this time, the civil officials and county respects who were originally high up in the county can be described as groveling, what else can Zhang Yuan say about a lowly merchant slave from a humble background? Only disgusting and nothing else.

But everything has to go according to the path of officialdom, I really don't know, when will it go, in fact, the core of what the county said is, I don't have anything, but you can't ignore the things here, although you are courteous, there is also a faint threat in and out of the words, if you throw your sleeves and leave, I'm sorry, then I will participate in your escape as a civil official, lose the city and lose the land, after all, the Ming court still trusts the civil official.

Zhang Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, not to mention that you have no foundation and no power in the small new county order, it is not comparable to my friendship in front of the governor, I am as iron as gold and silver, and besides, the governor and the capital division have to rely on me when they are defeated this time, and look forward to helping them suppress the bandits, you can't move me half a point, the most important thing is that I bring a village warrior, in principle, it is not even a guest army, it is up to me to come and go, you can't control me at all.

Xiang Yong, this is indeed what he doesn't love with his mother and father, everyone is counting on his results, but which one really wants him to make results? It's become everyone's staggered and defeated, where is there a little bit of care? Especially, the hat of the real private soldier is still waiting for you, you Zhang Yuan is just a small county town, at best, a place that is worried about the emperor is just strong, to be honest, the Ming Dynasty has been raising soldiers for hundreds of years, so you should also contribute to the service. Is that really the case?

No scholar is grateful, but is this the sorrow of a court or the sorrow of a person? Indifferently, as a pariah, Zhang Yuan could only think about it in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to declare it.

But thinking so in his heart, he couldn't leak half a point on his lips, and hurriedly and respectfully arched his hand: "Lord County, don't be impatient, since I, Zhang Yuan, have been entrusted by the governor to recruit villagers to come to suppress bandits, that is, I must take on the responsibility of suppressing bandits and defending the land, and I can't let the thieves attack the city unscrupulously." I will also stick to Ganquan to defend this county seat for you, in fact, the county lord is also worried, not to mention that the thieves are a rabble, this time it is just because of the heavenly benefits, so they have their luck, but the time change, whether there is the ability to attack the city is not two to say, that is, how long to stay outside the city is still unknown, and soon the army will be withdrawn. ”

"What does that mean?" The county commander asked suspiciously.

What kind of rabble, if you look at the outside, there are 500 thieves, so that you lose your troops and will not be able to advance half a step, and finally let people ambush the soldiers, and you lose your armor and return to the city, if it weren't for your kindness to let you take refuge in the city, I can't say that you would have died without a place to bury now, and now there is a panic in Ganquan City, can the thieves put the fat of Ganquan without mouthing, and go back in disgrace?

Zhang Yuan smiled and carefully analyzed the county: "The thieves are numerous, but they came in a hurry, and there is no follow-up food and grass. ”

When he said this, Zhang Yuan deliberately relaxed his body, and then, Si Siran smoothed the hem of his robe and scarf, so that everyone could see his calmness, and see that one by one's faces were facing him, Zhang Yuan felt that his ideas had paid off, a good negotiation shopkeeper should let everyone follow their own thoughts, as long as that, in order to maximize business profits

Looking at the officials and gentry who stretched their necks, they were all attracted by what they said, so Zhang Yuan said slowly: "What's more, we still have more than 2,000 villagers and more than 1,000 signatories who have been baptized by the battle array, and then recruit some family guards in the homes of big families, and explain to them that once the city is broken, it will be the result of the burning of jade, and those wealthy gentry will definitely help, and there is no problem with all the cities being guarded for ten days and eight days, so what are the county lords afraid of?" Looking at everyone's shocked looks, Zhang Yuan took a sip of tea slowly, and said slowly: "Thousands of miles of officials are for money, so why do you want to be a pole?" Not a word for money? Actually, there is nothing between us that cannot be resolved. ”

As soon as these words came out, in the lobby at that time, everyone was going to scold the ancestors, you bastard, since you want to do it for money, why did you drag me into the water? If you can solve it with money, why do we have to work hard? So what are we doing this time for?

Zhang Yuan waved his hand, ignoring the third class of the officials who were angry, and even more sneered at those masters.

There is no other reason, the third-class officials are just officials, and all kinds of masters are just Bai Ding, who has made money in the Chinese army for thousands of years, and it is all creation, where can Bai Ding like you compare?

You're just messing around in this one-third of an acre, and if you really come to this troubled world, I don't understand what else you can do.

"Therefore, on the one hand, we recruited and signed Ding Haohan, put on a posture of fighting to the death and not retreating, and on the other hand, we secretly talked with Lu Shi in detail." Looking at the increasingly confused look of the county honor, and the look of those masters who knew it in their chests, Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "|Lord the county honor, talk to the thief in detail, but I am just doubting the opponent, that is the art of war, in fact, it is just to buy time, so that we can organize the time for defense, especially waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, as long as we fight for enough time, then how can this county not be guaranteed?" ”

Zhang Yuan said this, and at that time, he not only served the county lord, but especially those masters.

Joke, as a businessman, if you can't say a piece of wheat straw is a gold bar, then can we let it get mixed up in the business world? It's just bullying these pickled things that don't understand the real thing, and only know how to knock the bone and suck the marrow, this kind of means is really used commercially, and it is self-inflicted.

Now Zhang Yuan took a small step out of his various means for the first time, and everyone who was already fooling everyone didn't know the south, south, west, and northwest, but that's it, and he couldn't say it anymore, and if he said it again, it would be a snake to add to it, and it would be imperfect.

I don't know where the ordinary county officials and masters have seen such a method? was impressed first, especially after listening to his analysis, the county Zun breathed a sigh of relief at that time, this Zhang Yuan is worthy of being taken care of by the governor, there are really thousands of hills and valleys in his heart, this analysis, it is a sentence of reason, so how can he refute it? Although there is a noble and martial arts in this world, there must be a premise, that is, in the rear, it is a noble and martial artist, but in front of the enemy to kill the enemy and rush into battle, it is still necessary for the warriors to compete for the first place, and put that rule aside.

So, as a rare literati, the county respected Zhang Yuan, who was a martial artist, humbly asked: "Then according to the general's intentions, what should I do?" ”

This is what Zhang Yuan likes to see the most, looking around, there is a kind of complacency, but he is not arrogant enough to really challenge the bottom line of the literati with the rank of a martial artist, especially, Zhang Yuan knows best the purpose of his visit to the county government this time, that is, to delay, must delay. What does it mean to be in harmony with God, and what does it mean to live or die? Now it is a clear witness, to put it bluntly, it is just a matter of profit.

"I came this time to discuss with the county lord, and I also asked the county lord to arrange the recruitment of family members and signatories."

Looking at the county zun and the official who immediately lowered their faces, Zhang Yuan frowned and said: "I don't mean anything else, don't doubt the county zun and you." Zhang Yuan immediately gave you a deep salute with interest, made a Luo Circle etiquette, and then did not wait for you to say more, and hurriedly said: "Now the thieves and I have been fighting all night, and I am already exhausted, and it is impossible to attack the city now, so let the signing Ding Nursing Courtyard go to the city to defend it strictly, and my Xiangyong will seize the time to rest for a while, and when he recovers his strength, he will go to the city again to ensure that the sweet spring is not lost." ”

The county lord is a scholar in the end, how do you know that Zhang Yuanyi, who was born as a profiteer, has a bad stomach? What's more, this proposal is reasonable, but if you really want people to help guard the county, you have to make some efforts, and the rest will be said later, which is also a matter of course.

So, in this county office, everyone happily reached an agreement, and the county Zun arranged for his subordinates to recruit the guardian family and the signing Ding to go to the city to defend the city, and replace Zhang Yuanxiang Yong to go down to the city to rest, and wait for the thieves to attack the city to top the cylinder for themselves.

Having achieved his goal, Zhang Yuan said goodbye to the county lord and hurried back to his camp.

At this time, Zhang Yuan's camp was a hot scene, a group of villagers rushed into the hardware store along the street like a wolf, and couldn't help but say, they snatched the iron nails in the store, and the beautiful name was to make equipment for defending the city, of course, it was nothing, and the slightest disobedience was a meal of fists and feet, and it was to catch all the craftsmen and blacksmiths in the county, and set up a furnace in the barracks to make iron nails, and distributed them to all the townsmen to order them into shoes, leaving only a little head outside, Zhang Yuan's personal soldiers, under the leadership of his most powerful disciples, began to pack the gold and silver into soft boxes, as for those coarse and stupid baggage, they all did not move at all as usual, giving outsiders the illusion that this Zhang Yuanxiang was brave and really prepared to defend Ganquan.

Although Ganquan Qianhu is a rough man, he is very inexplicable to watch Zhang Yuan's actions, but you make him believe that Zhang Yuan will contribute to a county town that has nothing to do with him at all, and he doesn't believe it, so he strictly requires his soldiers to be nervous, and try to carry food and equipment to the county warehouse to prepare for war.

Now these thousands of households have also revealed the true colors of Qiu Ba, to those county officials who are in charge of the treasury are swords and guns, and the slightest obstruction is a meal of sticks and fists, and the officials who were originally pointing fingers in front of these lowly military households have become honest sheep at this time, and they can only keep cursing in their hearts that these things will not die well, and then secretly take advantage of the fire to rob and destroy the previous accounts. When the peak is checked in the future, it will be pushed to these Qiu Badang to replace the dead ghosts.

Look at the noon of the day, Zhang Yuan ordered that the army should have a meal, let those villagers eat and drink, and then each person carried three days' worth of dry food, then put on a cart, loaded it with gold and silver, and used the strongest war horse, and without making a noise, he sorted out the team, and went straight to the West Gate with two thousand three hundred elites.

The action that was deliberately concealed was now a blatant move, and it could no longer be concealed, and the march of the brigade was seen by several officials patrolling the street at that time, and when they saw that the big thing was not good, they even ran back to the yamen to report to the county lord.