Zhang Xian escorted the grain and grass for a few days, and when he arrived at a small town, the spies in front came to report that he was only a hundred miles away from the Ezhou border, and it was only three days away. Since he made a windfall and became rich, Zhang Xian also became generous and chartered all the rooms connected to the town, so that the family and the people could live a little more comfortably.

Scholar Zhang Fan quickly found an elegant upper room for Zhang Xian to live in, after entering the room, Zhang Xian called all his subordinates and others over, and at the last moment, he had to be more cautious, and said:

"Everyone has worked hard in the past dozens of days, and this official sees this in his eyes and knows it in his heart, but there is one of the biggest pains in the world, that is, he is about to succeed, but he falls short at the last moment. A few days ago, Liu Ergou colluded with mountain bandits to fight, but fortunately with the help of a hero, the official was able to turn evil into good fortune. I'm sure all of you here don't want to be so unlucky anymore, what should you do if you don't want to be unlucky? In the opinion of this official, then we must do a good job of patrolling the grain, grass and money, especially our carts of silver, now we must send more manpower, and idle people are not allowed to approach the silver carts, and those who forcibly break in do not need to be merciful. ”

Niu Dameng nodded and said:

"My lord, for the sake of safety, my subordinates will concentrate all the grain and silver carts in the backyard, and in order to let everyone have sufficient spiritual protection, arrange for everyone to patrol in a shift of twenty people, change every two hours, and connect the time period in the middle, and ten more people will be substitutes to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

At an extraordinary moment, it is necessary to inspire the morale of the army, Zhang Xian listened to what Niu Dameng said, and said happily:

"Niu Dameng does things, it is still very stable, the official asks everyone to cooperate with Niu Dameng, and when the task of the emperor is completed, go home and the official will set up the wine, please have a good drink, of course, the salary will naturally be doubled for everyone!"

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, everyone cheered and jumped up, you said a word, this time to accept the emperor's escort to transport grain and grass, along the way to eat and sleep, but also encountered mountain bandits, if it is not for the adults to strategize and win thousands of miles away, at the cost of three minor injuries, it is easy to clean up more than 600 vicious mountain bandits, no one does not admire Zhang Xian in his heart.

"My lord, my subordinates have a report, and I hope your lord will decide!" Luo Tiantian stood up with a serious face, and the scene of everyone's happiness seemed a little out of place.

Zhang Xian looked at Luo Sansan's face and knew that what should be said was something important, so he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said:

"Luo three days, you can say anything important, let's discuss it together."

Luo Tiantian clasped his fists and replied:

"Lord Xie's love, here's the thing, a few days ago, when the mountain bandits hid money, some of the family members secretly hid money, and they accidentally fell out of their bodies when they walked, and their subordinates thought that if everyone saw the money and made profits in private, our team would eventually be no different from the mountain bandits, and the subordinates once said that the law in the army is not strict, and the pursuit of profit and forgetting the original is really the way to defeat!."

Niu Dameng heard Luo Tiantian say heavy words, and his heart was anxious, this metaphor is not a good analogy, but he used the mountain bandit as a metaphor, Niu Dameng was still worried that adults who read books would not be able to stand it, and said:

"Luo Sansan, what the hell are you talking about? Who is no different from the mountain bandits? The money-greedy family can just be beaten, where is the way to defeat? Don't be alarmist here! ”

After listening to Luo Tiantian and Niu Dameng's words, Zhang Xian's face was indeed heavy, he thought about it, and said to everyone:

"Niu Dameng, what Luo Tiantian said makes sense, this matter is indeed the official's thoughtless before, and he didn't think of this. Since we have found a problem, let's not avoid the important and light, if there is a problem, say the problem, say that the problem must be solved, if we want to gain a foothold in this world in the future, we must have a different place, we must be able to win the hearts of the army and the people, otherwise it is really no different from the mountain bandits. Zhang Fan, you can take note that this official has agreed with you today on three major beheadings: first, all actions are subject to command, orders are prohibited, and violators are beheaded; Article 2: If you don't take a meter or a penny from the people, those who steal and rob the people will be beheaded; Third, all seizures should be returned to the public, and those who possess property privately should be beheaded. In addition, there are eight major punishments to be agreed upon: to speak peacefully with the people; fair buying and selling; Borrowed things have to be returned; Compensation for damaged things: do not hit and scold people; No damage to crops; not to molest women; Do not mistreat prisoners. Anyone who violates the eight penalties will be given 20 boards in front of the parties. ”

After Zhang Fan wrote it down, he asked:

"My lord, there are three major punishments and eight punishments, and my subordinates suggest that everyone must be able to recite a copy of my Zhang family, I don't know if it's okay?"

Zhang Xian nodded and said:

"This is very good, but all my subordinates must be able to carry these three major punishments, but rewards and punishments, rewards and punishments, this punishment is there, and the rewards are naturally indispensable, otherwise the big guys will have no enthusiasm, and the official alone will be difficult to support. Zhang Fan, you continue to remember that those who are brave in battle and make great contributions in the future will be rewarded by the official for purchasing high-grade military meritorious land or military meritorious land: 1. Those who break the city tower first will be rewarded with 100 acres of military meritorious land; Whoever beheads the captain of the Tartar Thousand Men or the first five members of the Tartar cavalry will be rewarded with 100 acres of military meritorious fields; Those who obtain important information about the enemy will be rewarded with 100 acres of military meritorious fields, and the official should let those who are brave in battle be either rich or noble, and shade three generations! ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he saw that everyone was still reminiscing about the rewards and punishments he just said, a hundred acres of high-quality fields, then he directly entered the landlord class, for these families, it was simply an unimaginable wealth, Zhang Xian saw everyone whispering, and everyone was still immersed in the beautiful future he promised, so he said:

"In the future, this kind of consultation must mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, everyone must participate, and everyone will talk about how to refine the rewards and punishments, and if they are refined, they will be announced to the big guys and implemented. In this way, the following discussion will be led by Niu Dameng, and you will let Zhang Fan write down the details of the discussion, and the official will sign and send it after review. In order for you to have a free discussion, the official went out for a walk.

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he walked out with his hands behind his back, and there was a more enthusiastic discussion inside. For example, the issuance of any system and the review of financial expenditures must be signed by themselves to take effect, military power and financial power are indispensable in this era, and a little less will be held hostage.

Zhang Xian walked slowly by the river in Ezhou Town, the sun was setting, the green mountains were like ink, the pavilions and pavilions were particularly magnificent in the golden light of the sunset, Zhang Xian couldn't help but admire:

"It's really a great river!"

Zhang Xian just finished speaking, but suddenly felt that someone behind him was watching him, a sense of danger came instantly, Zhang Xian pretended to be casual and walked towards the guest room, after entering a corner, Zhang Xian quickly climbed onto the beam, jumped from the other end of the house, and in a blink of an eye came to the back of the danger he just felt. At this time, Zhang Xian found that the two people were sneakily following him, and went straight to the back of the guest room. Zhang Xian still can't figure out who this person is? What did he intend to do, and he was about to follow these two people to see what was going on, when there was a sense of danger behind him again, Zhang Xian just wanted to get up and dodge, and a sword stretched out from his neck, and at the same time a low voice came:

"If you don't want to die, don't move!"

Zhang Xian was extremely aggrieved in his heart, not because he was held hostage, but because he found that he was also a military academy student before he crossed, and he practiced basic grappling and fighting decently, especially the assassination technique that he was proud of, Niu Dameng, these five big and three rough men, were also taught by themselves, and they were not their opponents, they still admired themselves, but, this time they were held hostage, to put it bluntly, they are currently facing the enemy, it can be said that they are still second to none in this era, but, for preventing sneak attacks, He was a lot worse than a little bit, and what made Zhang Xian even more depressed was that this was a woman's voice, but the voice was high and crisp, but it didn't look like the voice of a woman in the Central Plains.

"Tell me, it's very simple to live, call out the people in your yard, and spare your dog's life." The woman's voice came again.

Zhang Xian didn't want to anger the other party now, it was really not cost-effective to lose his life here, there was a soothing fragrance in the air, and there was a familiar smell, Zhang Xian smiled and said:

"Dare to fight the idea of this batch of grain and grass, which means that you must be not small, how to prove that your words count? If I call people out, you still have to kill the official, won't the official work in vain? ”

"Do you think you still have a choice?" The woman said again.

"Of course you have a choice, do you think you came silently? You think you're in control? No, I tell you, you are already surrounded by us, and even your identity is known to the officer! Zhang Xian said.

"Hmph, you're so good at fooling me? If you surround us, will you still fall into my hands? Dare to make another time, take the dog's life! The woman said.

"There is a saying that you can't bear the wolf if you are reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, of course it is impossible for you Mengyuan women to understand, especially if you are a Mengyuan aristocratic woman, behind your parents' back, you ran out privately to beat my idea of the Great Song Army Rations, do you think that if you have your eyeliner in the Song Army, you don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick? You can come to this Ezhou if you want, and leave if you want? Tell me, such a big move, such a good opportunity, can this official give up? Or are you not careful enough! Zhang Xian said.

After hearing what Zhang Xian said, the person behind him trembled, and even the sword held on Zhang Xian's neck moved, and the woman said:

"How do you know I'm a Dayuan nobleman? You even know that I ran out behind my parents' backs? Could it be that you really grasp our whereabouts, it must be that those two Han people leaked the news, the most unreliable in the world, you Han people, backtracking, the most disloyal, I will kill you now, and then burn your grain and grass, Xiangyang is in the hands of our Dayuan! ”

Zhang Xianxin said, your sandalwood fragrance, and the fragrance is elegant and refreshing, it is obviously the best sandalwood from the exotic Tianzhu, ordinary people can't buy it even if they have money, they must be rich and noble! Moreover, the front end of the sword used by this woman is carved with a delicate Mengyuan unique flying auspicious pattern, and the ordinary blade wants to be solid and sharp, only at least the nobles of the Mengyuan royal family will paint the pattern on the sword, all of them, if you are not a Mengyuan noble, it is rare! Since it is a Mengyuan noble, throughout history, I have never seen any Mengyuan noblewoman lead an army to fight, or even a woman like her who personally spies on intelligence and destroys the enemy's grain and grass.

Zhang Xian smiled and said:

"You won't really fight Xiangyang, because you are just here to test the truth, you may be cut off by the Junzhou Song army at any time now, when the time comes, can you go back safe and sound! Besides, Xiangyang City has a lot of high grain, and you burned these thousands of stones of grain and grass, in terms of the battle situation."