The carriage drove away from the barracks, Gongsun Zhi pulled the curtain, the sun was westerly, the red light was shining on his face, and then the carriage entered the city, and the shops, pedestrians, and shouts of buying and selling on the long street of Fuyang were mixed together, and many people saw the coming carriage, and they got out of the way and retreated to the eaves on both sides in fear.

This is an extension of the consequences of food hoarding, which has not been completely eliminated.

Outside, after Gongsun Zhi was the White Horse General, in fact, he came to this world, and his contact was only a horse bandit, or in his previous life, he was just an administrator, and he experienced the land and the people, not to mention that in the past few years, almost all of them were fighting, racking his brains from scratch, robbing Liu Bei's momentum in front of Bishui Pass, leaving Zhang Yan's Black Mountain people with empty gloves, and getting the barren land of Shanggu County from Gongsun Zhan.

In the same way, he also lost a lot of things, more than 100 people who followed him in the past, I don't know how many are left, Dongfang Sheng also survived here, killed Liu Yu to remove a stumbling block, dyed notoriety, the road ahead is full of thorns, go as far as you can, and always give Zheng'er a frank road.

"I'm not the material to settle down and govern the country, so let the juniors come."

He looked at the figures of pedestrians and vendors under the eaves of the street for a while, and asked Li Ke, who was a little behind: "Who is sent by Cao Cao here?" Do you have any boxes or anything with you? ”

"I don't know, it seems that the ...... surnamed Wang" Li Ke urged the horse to get closer and blinked: "The person who delivered the news didn't say it, did the leader think they didn't give gifts?" ”

"Forget it, when I didn't ask."

Gongsun Zhi waved his hand, then put down the curtain, and gently tapped his fingers on the low table a few times, Cao Cao did not have anyone to send the box containing the head, obviously Han Long has not been caught by the other party, and his side will not be too passive, as for the purpose of the other party's coming, it was expected before, it should be here to ask for Jia Xu.

All the way back to the mansion, the clouds in the west have been dyed with a red glow, when the birds fell on the treetops in front of the mansion and cried, the wheel slowly stopped, Wang Lie sent someone to wait for the messenger to report, Wang Lang and Xu You have been waiting in the main hall for a long time. Gongsun Zhi nodded, "Come to Laoton, let those two temporarily arrange to go to the post house to rest, and talk about it tomorrow, I'm not in a hurry." ”

After the order, the curtain was lowered, and when the carriage went back in the direction of home, the messenger also conveyed Gongsun Zhi's words to Wang Lie, and Wang Lang and Xu You between the opposite seats glanced at each other, and probably noticed it, so they arched their hands: "It seems that the governor is busy today, so I will go back to the post house first and wait." ”

"Then I'll send two." Wang Lie got up and sent the two of them outside the mansion gate, and the sky was getting darker at this time, "The governor inspected the military camp today, and only came back at dusk, thinking that the people were tired, and they were afraid that they would be neglected during the conversation, so they arranged to meet tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, we just arrived in Shanggu County, and we are tired from the long journey, so we just have a good sleep and a good night's sleep." Wang Lang got into the carriage, turned around and arched his hand: "The county guard doesn't have to send each other off, say goodbye." ”

"Walk slowly!"

Wang Lie watched the carriage turn around and leave slowly, he wanted to say something more, after all, that Wang Lang was a scholar of scriptures, proficient in various classics and works, for literati, it was good to have a long talk, but unfortunately the time was too rushed, and the lord seemed to be reluctant to meet at this time. He stroked his beard and shook his head slightly, and the carriage had disappeared in the direction of his dim vision.

The carriage on the street rolled, the long envoy team walked through the long street, and in the slightly swaying carriage, someone opened the curtain and looked at the city that was not curfew, Wang Lang frowned a little, and he sat opposite Xu You pointed to the scene of pedestrians coming and going outside, and said with a smile: "Brother Jingxing, how about looking at this prosperous night scene?" ”

"The clouds are like a brocade, adding a bit of fun to the night." Wang Lang pinched the tip of his beard, retracted his gaze and shook his head and said: "It's a pity that the spirit of the businessman is too heavy, and he often marches and fights, which is not good for the people and the government, and it is not a place to shepherd the people. ”

I wanted to say, 'If it weren't for me, this place would have been so prosperous.' The words stuck in Xu You's throat didn't come out after all, and he lowered the curtain, "In this kind of borderland, the people are fierce and rude, and it's not better?" ”

"Ziyuan's words are bad." Wang Lang straightened his face and looked at Xu You: "As a Han official, in addition to the responsibility of protecting the family and defending the country, he also has the heart of supporting the people, the people are not good, it is the sin of the parents and officials, how can he pass it on to others, when he came, I heard that Guan Ning and Bing Yuan were also here, I didn't see it today, if I see them next time, I should talk to them well, and educating the people is the foundation." ”

"Brother Jingxing is talking about ....." The corners of Xu You's mouth twitched, and when he was about to speak, the carriage had stopped at the door of the post house, and the two of them got off the car before and after, and just entered the gate, there were a few people striding over, Wang Lang shouted, staggered back and almost fell to the ground, the guards around him hurriedly came to support him, and the other few people were going to stop the figure of the person.

However, the man led by the other party turned his head and glared at him: "Weak can't help the wind, walk carefully." It was Ma Chao who was staying at the inn who spoke. At this time, some of the envoys and guards who stopped from the side had just drawn their swords, and the former glanced at them, grabbed the hilt of the sword fiercely, and pulled it out.

With a bang, the long sword in the guard's hand came out directly, and there was a thud, piercing the lantern hanging at the door of the post house, nailing it to the wall, the guard's palms trembled, and the tiger's mouth was red, but the other party didn't look at them, put the sword back into the sheath, turned around and led his subordinates to merge into the flow of people in the night market.

"This man is really arrogant....." Xu You muttered, while straightening Wang Lang, the latter nodded, turned his head to look at the backs of the few people who went away, and frowned: "Those people's outfits, as well as the accent just now, are like those who came from Xiliang." ”

Xu You carried him inside, and said with a smile: "Shanggu County trades from the grassland in the north to Liaodong in the east, and there will definitely be caravans coming from the west, and it is not surprising that there are so many people......." Then, his smile converged, his clothes were straightened, and his voice was serious: "If it weren't for the fact that you abandoned the darkness and turned the fighter plane, where would these people still have the opportunity to come to the north to make this transaction." ”

After holding back the words for a long time, he finally had a chance to speak, and his chest was much more refreshed.

…….

The night deepened, and on the other side, on the Gongsun Mansion, the night guard had passed through the study twice, there were lights reflected in the window lattice, in front of the screen with the pattern of the tiger descending the mountain, Gongsun Zhi sat on the big chair and talked to Li Ru on the side, and the Ding with warm wine on the small stove next to him was steaming white, slowly rising.

"My lord, the grain and grass of the soldiers and horses on both roads have all been shipped, and on the side of Youzhou, Confucianism is not worried, as for the state with Xu Rong and Wenhou in charge, it is not difficult to eat the entire state in one go, but there are not too many officials in the north of the ..... to lead the counties, and in terms of employment, it is a little clumsy compared with Cao Cao."

"I know ...... this, I can only fight it down first, but Hanoi borders Gyeonggi, and Taishou Wang Kuang is sandwiched in the middle, and I don't know who he leans to, and when the time comes, he will fall to Cao Cao's side, which is a little troublesome, and after dealing with this side of the matter, I will probably have to go there in person."

"That Confucian should give Yu Taishou a ....... in advance."

Li Ru has basically handed over government affairs to Wang Lie and Bing Yuan, concentrating on handling trivial matters in the army, and when it comes to matters that cannot be decided, he usually goes to the palace to make a gesture of asking for instructions, which is cautious. The two talked about military affairs for a while, and the middle also involved Confucianism, which had been disseminated to the outside world in the past few years.

"Just like what I said to Wen You back then, Confucianism is used in the blade, and one makes them admire Sinology, and if there is an opportunity to conquer in the future, it is good for someone to say that I speak Chinese, which is convenient for buying. Second, if there is a fight, it will be difficult for blood and courage to occupy all, and my Han people will shed less blood. ”

When he said this, Gongsun Zhi stood up from the big chair, "On the ...... grassland, Xianbei and Xiongnu have implemented a large number of White Wolf Divine Cults, I need them to be predatory, there is nothing to grab in the Western Regions, so go further west, there should be more countries there, these two things, can not be stopped." ”

"Although the lord's idea is good, if this group of people develops such a murderous character, they will ..... in the future"

"Not backwards!"

Gongsun Zhi turned around and waved his hand violently: "...... their fate will either die in the westward raid, or they will be disposed of by me in the future, non-my race, they should disappear when they run out, so as not to spread to the Han land in the future, this is the aftermath." ”

In the words, the scribes over there naturally understood that there was an unspeakable hidden in this, the north was barren and the population was sparse, even though it had increased in recent years, but the output of grain was so much, if a large number of troops were recruited, it would inevitably bring great pressure to the people, and the Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan populations were under the block, and it was impossible for them to go south to the Han land, which was the bottom line of Gongsun Zhi, so it could only be used to conquer and plunder more resources to nourish this side, in order to nourish this side in the next ten years. Twenty years can be better improved, and to maintain loyalty, and fanatical fighting, is to rely on instilling some belief in the doctrine of ghosts and gods, witchcraft, advocating immortality, in fact, it is also quite popular in the Han land, arresting some people who pretend to be gods and pretend to be ghosts and ghosts and throw them into the grassland tribes to spread the teachings, it is not too difficult to control.

The bangzi of the watch rang again, and the conversation in the study was interrupted, Gongsun stopped people from sending Li Ru out of the house, the room was quiet, and after a while, a figure walked past the window lattice, the door creaked open, Cai Yan came in with a bowl of soup, looked at the room, and then put the porcelain bowl in front of the table of the husband who closed his eyes and recuperated, and when he heard the movement, Gongsun Zhi opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Come and see if there are any other people in my study?" ”

"The concubine is not so careful." Cai Yan walked to the back of the chair with a smile and gently helped him knead his shoulders, "It's not ....., my husband also asked for it, he was busy with official business, and he still had help at home." ”

"You're ..... ....."

Gongsun stopped speaking, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, leaned back into his wife's arms, and looked at the flames on the lamppost over there, feeling that the night was still long......