Qingfeng Village, East Gate, at the foot of the mountain. Liu Chengdong, Liu Chengliang and other senior generations, as well as Li Xiang and other senior executives of the new generation were present to welcome Wang Qi's arrival.

Liu Chengdong was excited all night last night, rushing the old brothers who didn't want to take a bath to clean up their heads and faces, and Qingfeng Village was mobilized to clean up the mountain road. The military uniform that was originally going to be worn when recruiting was also draped on the soldiers of the village early, and Li Mengkong and other intellectuals discussed etiquette overnight. Li Xiang couldn't intervene in these things, that is, he and Liu Susu helped Liu Chengdong clean up.

Liu Yuan sent a small soldier to report that there was still a pillar of incense to arrive, so everyone tidied up their robes. Li Xiang packed up his clothes, and his heart was speechless, it seems that the status of the scholar doctor in Da Zhou is very high, seeing Liu Chengdong's face flushed with excitement, it is not just the reason for the smooth recruitment of An.

Li Xiang beckoned Li Mengkong to come closer, and said in a low voice: "Is this Mr. Qingshi very powerful, why is the great system so solemn?" ”

Li Mengkong stroked his beard, "Of course, Mr. Qingshi is a generation of Wenzong." is already from a famous family, and he is also a pedant. Guozijian and the four academies treated Mr. Qingshi as a guest, and His Majesty also respected Mr. Qingshi. A "Bluestone Anthology" is in a class of its own, and twenty years ago, it debated with Lu Yiming of Dali for three days......"

Li Xiang's cold sweat came out, he thought he was just a university professor, but now it seems that this Wang Qi is simply a generation of grandmasters! How to hide yourself, you still have to keep a low profile, if you can't hide it, don't arouse the suspicion of this great Confucian.

Regardless of Comrade Li Xiang's careful thoughts, Wang Qi and his entourage have already arrived at the foot of the mountain. Liu Yuan and Xiong Dachun, two strong men, opened the way, and Wang Jue looked at the cottage while walking. Wang Jue, who has read countless people, has always believed that many things can be seen from a person's surrounding environment.

The more Wang Jue looked, the more satisfied he became, the dirt road in the mountains should have been cleaned last night, and it looked a little elegant; The walled wall is one zhang five high, there are arrow towers and watchtowers, and the arrangement is reasonable; In the distance, you can also see several sentry posts and control several mountain roads, which can know Liu Chengdong's military formation skills. So I became more and more determined in my heart to recruit this good general for the country.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Jue was in front of everyone. Liu Chengdong took the lead in saluting, and the soldiers lined up in five rows, wearing uniform military robes to meet Wang Qi. Li Mengkong convulsed excitedly, and Li Xiang was very tired of seeing it. You are eating the food of Mingyue Village, why are you in such a hurry?

Liu Chengdong knelt down on one knee, his tiger eyes were full of tears, and he was a little choked. "The criminal general Liu Chengdong failed the dynasty and the ancestors, and actually started a business without capital. Please also ask Mr. for the sake of more than 1,000 lives in my Mingyue Village, recruit me and others, the sin will be crowned with grass and rings, I am grateful! Before he finished speaking, there was a cry among the surrounding women and children, and the eyes of many soldiers were red.

Wang Jue sighed, helped Liu Chengdong up, and walked into the gate of the village accompanied by Liu Chengdong and Li Mengkong and others. There was a cheer around, and Li Xiang asked Liu Susu why he was like this, but he hadn't agreed yet, what were he happy about? Su Su rolled her eyes, and then talked to Li Xiang about the "rules" of Zhao'an.

According to Liu Susu, the sound of the green forest is considered a chronic disease of previous dynasties. Whether it is a prosperous era or a troubled era, and no matter whether the emperor is mediocre or not, the Xiangma bandits are always indispensable. Since it could not be eradicated, the imperial court naturally thought of Zhao'an, but not everyone can recruit An, and the treatment after Zhao'an is also good and bad.

The so-called "murder and arson are recruited", in fact, this sentence is very controversial. If a thief really has no scruples and kills people and arsons, then at least in a generally stable environment, no one will dare to recruit him. is like burning and killing Zhao Scar, Huang Liren doesn't want to run for him even if he has more interests entangled with him, don't worry. Of course, murder and arson here refers to going against the gentry, and the common people and merchants with modest backgrounds are not included.

Are there any examples of people who have done all kinds of evil but have succeeded in recruiting peace? Of course there were, but it mainly appeared at the end of the dynasty, and it was too late for the imperial court to suppress the rebels in various places, and of course it was willing to recruit some bandits as thugs. But to be honest, there are really few good birds in Zhao'an's "heroes" in this situation, as evidenced by the fierce subordinates of Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Few of the men who accepted Zhao'an ended well, but compared to the suffering of the people in the troubled times, it was not easy for these people to enjoy at least a few days of happiness.

The best situation in Zhao'an is to be forced to go up the mountain and then recruit An, it would be better if there were people in the court, and Liu Chengdong was such a situation. First of all, there must be a very miserable encounter, generally being forced to go up the mountain by dog officials or inferior gentry, and then usually acting more restrained, the most important thing is not to hurt the interests of righteous men and gentlemen. In order to seek recruitment, the owners of some cottages will make some big moves, such as attacking the city, cutting off the main road or something, and then grabbing a few big officials to cry and complain, and then letting people go. If there are not many people offended by this stockade, and there is no big turmoil in the court, it will generally be passed, at least a small officer is indispensable, and today's forbidden army and the box army are full of this kind of "scum".

Li Xiang's eyes were about to fall out, it turned out that Zhao'an still had so much attention. I originally thought that Zhao'an was a civil official, riding a donkey to break into the tiger's den alone, and a great righteousness made the thief repent, and then hundreds of people obediently laid down their weapons and waited for disposal. The plot is fuller, and there will be scenes where civil officials ask for pardon for a few thieves.

After listening to Li Xiang's whimsy, Liu Susu, Liu Xiaoci, Cao Wenwen and others laughed so hard that they couldn't stand it, and the older soldiers behind them couldn't stand it. Li Xiang was depressed about his ugliness, touched his nose and discussed the production progress of the new military uniform and sleeping bag with Carpenter Cao, Blacksmith Lei and others. Several master craftsmen also knew that the owner of the village had become a dog these days, so they took advantage of the time now to step up their efforts to report on the development of the workshop.

Li Xiang wanted to go back to Mingyue Village directly to deal with official business, but Liu Sheng ran over and whispered for a while, Li Xiang was a little stunned and a little nervous. Afraid of something, that old man Wang Qi actually wanted to see him, Li Xiang took a deep breath and was ready to deal with it. Could it be that he can still discover the identity of the traverser? Li Xiang, who was weak-hearted, secretly cheered himself up, but he was just a smarter native! If you can't cope with it, you pretend to be deaf and dumb, it's nothing......

The council chamber of Qingfeng Village was used to entertain distinguished guests. The bamboo and wood floors were wiped clean by the servants, and the rough men who were usually five big and three rough and gobbling up did not dare to be presumptuous, taking small sips of wine, and not daring to pick up too many vegetables, for fear of being laughed at by Wang Jue. The price is that the more these rough men eat, the more tired they become, and the more they eat, the hungrier they become. Wang Qi glanced at it casually, and looked at Liu Chengdong's ability to control his subordinates.

Wang Qi was very satisfied with Liu Chengdong at this time, he was very good at being a man, and he was also very good at fighting in battle, and he actually knew how to avoid the court, which was not simple. This small Qingfeng village is actually clean, the buildings are divided into categories, and places such as water intake towers, public canteens, public baths and infirmaries make Wang Qi nod. And it can be seen from her look that the servant woman of Qingfeng Village is a servant woman, who is only responsible for laundry and cooking, and has no other pickling things.

After using a few pieces of sauce bones and eating a dish called "lion's head", Wang Qi rinsed his mouth with satisfaction, and then began to eat tea, of course, Li Xiang's tea. After taking a sip, first astringent and then fragrant, with a long aftertaste, Wang Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Chengdong.

"Chengdong is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger here, the craftsmanship is superb, and the craftsmanship of the servants is also very good."

Liu Chengdong was overjoyed, this old gentleman actually called himself by his name directly, and it seemed that he regarded himself as a nephew. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Liu Chengdong had an idea and decided to recommend his son-in-law. "The master has an overreputation, this is just a little bit of the son-in-law's way, not enough to worry about."

Liu Yuan, Xiong Dachun and others breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had a topic that they could participate in, and the scene was boiling and a little uncontrollable.

"Yes, Master, our little village master is knowledgeable, like this stir-fried food is from our small village owner's church, and it will be more fragrant when you use lard!"

"You know how to eat, if you want me to say that we still don't want to drink raw water, no one has dysentery now."

"I think it's a great thing for the little master to make money. This iron stove and cold-proof clothing have made a lot of money, and there is a briquette stove that will be taken out immediately, and soon our village will be able to eat meat at home, you dared to think before? ”

"Come on, it's obviously the numbers and letters that are the most powerful, haven't you seen that there are more and more literate mothers-in-law and children around you?"