While speaking, Liu Shi walked through the courtyard of the county government and came to a large garden, the gardens were almost twenty zhang long, but the flowers and trees had long been barren, and the pond was also full of grass, and the entire county government compound should be three stories deep. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info County Cheng saw sweat on his forehead.

Liu Shi said to Li Si expressionlessly: "I and the rest of the party have more than 1,700 people together with the bandits captured on the road, you go and arrange some food and accommodation!" There should be a barracks in the county! Where is the barracks? ”

As soon as Li Si heard that more than 1,700 people wanted him to arrange food, he immediately opened his mouth wide and was speechless. When he heard Liu Shi ask about the location of the barracks, he immediately replied: "The barracks is near the city gate, but now some of the houses have fallen." At the beginning, there was a war, and it was really serious. However, if you sort it out, you can still find a few rooms that live in it. ”

After a pause, he seemed to think about it, and then said, "It's just that this food and drink is just --- - it's a little troublesome!" Li Si said hesitantly.

"Isn't there a grocery store or a vegetable seller in the county?" Liu Shi asked.

"There are grocery stores, but there are no grocery sellers. Since the bandits came, the county magistrate was killed, the county soldiers were scattered, the rich people ran away, and only some grass people were left to grow and eat at home, and even hotels and inns were closed. Besides, the county has no money now, and there is no way to sell it. Lees spoke of this a little more fluently.

"You take Liu Zhen there, go to the barracks first, and then see who has vegetables to buy some back. Inform those who are still working in the county government to come over tomorrow morning to discuss matters, and I have something to say. After a pause, Liu Shi seemed to think of something, and asked again: "How is this county seat of Shang County?" Is it a little better than here? How far is it from here? ”

Li Sigang was about to leave with Liu Zhen, when he heard Liu Shi ask about the county seat of Shangxian, he glanced at Liu Shi and said slowly: "Shangxian is about forty miles away from here!" The county seat is much better than here. I heard that the bandits did not attack the city, but only brought nearly 100 people to steal into the county government and killed the county order and the county commander.

When he was about to retreat, he encountered the county lieutenant and his people coming, and as soon as the two sides fought, the county lieutenant and the people were not the opponents of the bandits, and the county lieutenant was also killed. Only then did he swagger away with the things he had stolen from the county government. Therefore, the county government and the county seat are relatively well preserved, and I heard that there are only a few Cao officials guarding there, and I don't know the specific situation. ”

Seeing that Li Xiancheng was leaving, Liu Shi asked again: "Do you know that the bandits killed the county government?" ”

Li Si had to stop and say, "It's the Yellow Skin." ”

Liu Shiqi said: "Isn't Shangxian the bandit of Pengtuo?" Why did the yellowskin run in? It is said that they do not interfere with the water of the river, and they do not steal food from each other on their own turf, and they seldom unite. ”

Li Si's eyes flashed, and he hesitated for a moment: "I heard that it is for a woman." ”

Liu Shi became a little interested when he heard this, and said, "You say come and listen." ”

Li Si said: "This Shang County Commander was originally a person from the Jiang family, and there are four leaders of the Huangpi bandits, the big leader and the three leaders are foreigners, and the two leaders and the four leaders are local mountain bandits. Later, the two mountain bandits merged into one. The largest families in Shangluo County are the Jiang, Li, and Zhu families, and there are more than a dozen medium-sized families. The Zhu family has developed rapidly in recent years, surpassing the Li family to become the second family in Shangluo County. The second leader of the mountain bandits has an excellent relationship with the Zhu family, and there is a legend that the second leader himself is a member of the Zhu family.

In order to encircle the Li family against the Jiang family, the Zhu family introduced the second leader to marry a concubine of the Li family. Unexpectedly, the Jiang family didn't want the Zhu family to marry the Li family, so they asked the county magistrate of Shangxian County to marry the Li family's concubine.

But the two leaders were not reconciled, so they privately brought nearly 100 intimate henchmen to kill the county order on the second day of taking the concubine, and brought the woman back to the cottage. The Jiang family suffered a loss, but they didn't dare to say it, and that's it. I heard that because of this, Peng Tuobu also had a fight with the Yellow Leather Department, and the Yellow Leather Department lost a little money to settle the matter. ”

Liu Shi looked into the distance and thought for a while, this Li Si didn't dare to leave when he saw it, and after a while, he saw Li Si still standing here and said: "You take Liu Zhen to find something to eat first, the barracks don't need to be repaired for the time being, but you have to set up a camp, be careful of the sneak attack of the bandits, and we will go to the county seat of Shangxian tomorrow." ”

I also saw a few guards and the following Yahuan tidying up the county government compound and preparing a place to stay at night. He said: "You don't have to tidy up, let's go to the barracks together, and go to the county seat of Shangxian early tomorrow morning." After speaking, he took Shi Jian to the city and walked around.

The county seat of Shangluo County is built on a peninsula-shaped place surrounded by water on three sides and facing mountains on one side. The county seat is also rectangular, about 300 zhang long, 100 zhang wide, only one straight street, three horizontal streets. There are two gates, one faces the straight street and the other faces the side street, there is a bridge from the gate of the side street to the Wuguan Road, and the other city gate goes along the mountain. The county seat is located at the end of the straight street.

Liu Shi looked at it and shook his head. This county seems to be safe, and Danshui forms a natural moat, but once the suspension bridge is burned, you can't escape from the city gate that will be backed by the mountain. Only the enemy who comes up from the Wuguan Road is safer.

To be honest, Liu Shi is not satisfied with this county seat at all, he will go to Shang County tomorrow to have a look, otherwise he will start another city, but he has seen several places on the road that are better than here.

Early the next morning, Li Xiancheng came to the county government with several officials.

Liu Shi glanced at it and said to Li Si: "These officials will also go to Shang County together!" I don't plan to build this county seat, if Shang County can't do it, I'll start another city. "Then he set off again with more than 1,000 people

。 Forty miles, to arrive in the afternoon, from a distance, this county is much larger than Shangluo.

Liu Shi's arrival caused a panic, and someone immediately closed the city gate, and then many people went up to the city wall.

Liu Zhen hurried to the city gate and shouted loudly to the people in the city: "Open the city gate quickly!" This is the new Shang Yu Order, Lord Liu, Liu County Order is here, so that you can take care of things and come out to greet you. ”

At this time, there was a commotion on the city wall, and another stood up and said, "Who is Liu County Order?" ”

Liu Shi was about to hit the horse and stepped forward, when Li Si, who was following the team, ran out and said: "The one who is riding on the horse is Liu County Ling, I am Cheng Li Si of Shangluo County, and now Shangluo and Shang County have merged." Lord Liu wants to come here to have a look, and open the door to greet him. ”

The person who came glanced at Li Si, and then looked at Liu Shi and said, "Wait a minute, this will open the city gate." ”

After a while, the city gate was wide open, and the person who spoke just now ran out and saluted Liu Shiqian: "We also received a document saying that the new county order is coming, and we haven't seen it for more than ten days. ”

Liu Shi nodded: "It's not your fault, it's right for you to do this, it's just that there are so many people, and they met many thieves on the road and took in some prisoners." What is your name and what position do you hold in the city? ”

When the visitor heard this, he said happily: "My surname is Xu Mingyin, and I am a thief Cao official in Shang County." Since the county order was killed, no one in this county town was in charge, and at the request of the rich gentry in the city, a few of us discussed with Cao Shiyi, and those rich families and gentry also donated some money, and we recruited some other officials, and I was responsible for the security and defense of the county. ”

As he was talking, more than a dozen people came, and Liu Shi asked that all of them were Cao Yan and Shuzuo from Shang County.

Liu Shi asked, "Do you have a barracks here?" In what place? ”

The thief Cao Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, but there are so many people." It is said that the barracks was full of 500 people, and now it can only accommodate more than 200 people. However, the martial arts training ground in the barracks is not small, and this barracks is not far from the side of the county government. ”

Liu Shidao: "That being the case, Liu Zhen and Dian Wei took these people to the barracks first and settled down. Let's go to the county government to see? ”

Xu Thief Cao followed Liu Zhen and Dian Wei according to the line. Liu Shi and his entourage, under the leadership of these people, came to the front of the county government of Shangxian County.

There was a street in front of the county office, and Liu Zhen took most of it to the left.

Liu Shi stood in front of the county expedition and looked carefully, this place is indeed many times stronger than Shangluo, and the county government yamen has obviously not been repaired since it was brought in by bandits.

Seeing Liu Shi standing in front of the county government and looking at it, these Cao officials smiled embarrassedly: "The county government was robbed, and the government treasury has no money, although later those rich families and gentry donated a lot, and many people died because of the attack of the bandits, and then they paid a lot of pensions, and then recruited a lot of officials to come to guard the county, so it is not enough, everyone is waiting for the new county order to come?" ”

Liu Shi asked: "How many people are there in the county government now, and how many officials are there?" ”

A man in his fifties said: "Now there are only a dozen of us in the county government, and there are 200 government officials. ”

Liu Shi said: "Okay! Now Shangluo and Shang County are combined into one, and in the future, this Li County Cheng will be Shang Yu County Cheng, everyone will be safe in their duties, as for the vacancy Cao County, I will choose its virtuous and fair people in Shang County. Li Xiancheng posted a notice tomorrow to tell everyone that the new county order has arrived, and the new county is called Shangluo County, and everything else remains unchanged. In addition, the county should also recruit county soldiers and organize guards to protect the Wuguan Road, hoping that everyone will know each other. Specifically, we will come to the county government office again tomorrow to discuss. The thief Cao stayed here, and I have some questions I want to ask again. ”