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This Changshan County Shoufu used to be where Zhang Tong worked and lived, but from today onwards, this place has changed hands, and he Yuan Lang is the future owner here.

Getting back to the point, Zhao Feng sent Yuan Lang to his destination and repeatedly asked to leave, although Yuan Lang kept him many times, the other party still refused his kindness and went back to his Zhaojiazhuang.

Zhao Feng is the key person who can involve Zhao Yun, although Zhao Feng is gone now, but Yuan Lang has already mastered the specific situation of the Zhao family, as long as he pays more attention, it must not be too difficult to see Zhao Yun.

Soon after Zhao Feng left, Yuan Lang saw that his subordinates had all tied the horses they had brought to the stable, and the number of them was basically the same, so he ordered: "Everyone has worked hard, they are all tired all the way, don't be busy now, put aside the things at hand, you I don't know, but my five visceral temple has long been cooing!" ”

"Haha......"

Yuan Lang's self-ridicule caused everyone to laugh, but only Zhou Liang, who was not a little uncomfortable with him, still had a respectful and serious expression.

Zhou Liang looked a little nervous, Yuan Lang knew that he had not had the opportunity to have such close contact with the people in the position and the position of Taishou before, so his nervousness, and even the need to leave early was understandable.

"Hei Shuai, you arrange for a few brothers to go to the back kitchen to have a look, no matter what is good today, make it for me, I want to comfort everyone!"

As soon as he heard that Yuan Lang was going to treat everyone, the subordinates who came with him were all happy to dance, and at that moment there were seven or eight people who volunteered to take the initiative to ask for help, as for the rest of the people, Zhang Yan arranged for them to pick up the beds in the former government soldiers' residences in the backyard, because tonight, they were going to sleep here for their first time, and bid farewell to the days of sleeping in the open.

"Zhou Liang, don't be in a hurry to leave, we are all newcomers, and we have to ask you some questions!"

Yuan Lang's condescending words frightened Zhou Liang and quickly kowtowed to apologize, what a high and powerful position the guard of a county was, he actually consulted with him as the head of a city gate guard, he thought that his little heart could not bear it.

"Look at you in a hurry, Zhou Liang, let me tell you, I don't care what Zhang Taishou did to you before, what I just want to say now is that as long as you follow me in the future, you will be my siblings, and I have no frame to treat my brothers, but once you do something that violates ethics and morality, I also have my thunder methods, are you clear?"

Yuan Lang's soft and hard application took down Zhou Liang in an instant, only to see Zhou Liang kowtow vigorously in response, where did he dare to say half a bad thing.

It's not that Yuan Lang wants to do anything to Zhou Liang, but as an outsider, if he doesn't rely on the local people in his hometown to open up the situation, it is estimated that he will be struggling to move forward as a Changshan county guard.

Zhou Liang is a local, and he has the same as the former Tai Shou Zhang, the most important thing is that he has the heart to contact his new county guard, which shows that he still has the heart to work hard for himself, like this person, Yuan Lang has to take advantage of it, although Zhou Liang's position is not high, but he at least has seen and heard things clearly, and wants to know some things that Changshan County does not know, Yuan Lang feels that it is appropriate to ask him in terms of the current situation of "no relatives".

Yuan Lang took Zhang Yan and Zhou Liang to his future courtyard for a leisurely stroll, which is estimated to have been carefully designed by Zhang Tong, and the design concept of a garden style can be described as a world of difference compared to what he has seen and heard along the way.

"Wow, oh, Zhang Tong, this kid is enjoying enough, the design of this main hall is a bit grandiose, I don't know how much people's fat and people's ointment have been looted!"

Even Zhang Yan, who doesn't understand art, can see that the decoration of this backyard is exquisitely constructed, although people go to the empty building and look a little withered, but it is still difficult to hide its glory.

"The people are living in dire straits, but Zhang Tong is like the emperor of the soil, hey, I hope we won't be like him, let's encourage each other!"

Yuan Lang was slightly touched, he knew that this era still advocates the truth of "being an official for thousands of miles only for money", but for a new human being like him who strives for change, he must avoid such a thing from happening to him.

The ransacking of the main hall told Yuan Lang that this was a planned escape, and there must have been a lot of furnishings here before, but now when he came here, except for the load-bearing walls and load-bearing pillars that could not be moved, the rest could only rely on imagination to speculate what was let go here.

"This place is spacious enough, Hei Shuai, you let the brothers gather all the tables here, and we will hold a long dragon banquet to eat!"

After Yuan Lang finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Yan with a gray face, and when he didn't answer, he asked again: "What's the matter, let you sleep in the main hall tonight, and don't let you sleep in the soldier's dormitory, look at your look!" ”

"It's not a question of where to sleep, just now the brothers came to report, saying that there are not many ingredients left in the back kitchen, it is estimated that after eating this meal, there will be no next meal, you said that we have worked so hard to come here, and even a full meal is a problem, this is not asking for hardship!"

Yuan Lang didn't expect Zhang Tong to escape so completely, and he didn't even let go of the ingredients, but when it came to the ingredients, Yuan Lang remembered one thing, that is, when he came here just now, there were very few shops on the street to do business, and he didn't even see the vegetable shops and butcher shops that were closely related to daily life.

"Just this question? It's very simple, eat this meal first, you don't care what you do next, we big men can still starve to death! After Yuan Lang finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Zhou Liang, "Zhou Liang, let me ask you, what's going on with the shops in Changshan County, I didn't see many of them open for business just now, can't they do business?" What did the people of the city eat and what did they use? ”

"Yes, damn it, if there is a labor and management that sells ingredients, it is better to send someone to buy some military salaries, but just now there was also a brother who came to reciprocate, saying that it is difficult to see a figure or two on the street, not to mention that the store is open, no different from a ghost town!"

Zhang Yan is a bit alarmist when it is said to be a "ghost town", people, Yuan Lang has seen some on the street, but as soon as these people see strangers, they immediately hide in the alley or in their own portal, and there are few warm greetings, which is indeed "conservative" and a little inexplicable.

Zhou Liang saw Yuan Lang and Zhang Yan asking the same question, he couldn't help but "hey", sighed heavily, and then said: "The two adults don't know, it's not that everyone is afraid of seeing people or not wanting to do business, and everyone doesn't dare to show up, they are afraid of seeing people!" ”

"Oh? What the hell is going on, you slowly make it clear! ”

Yuan Lang found a chair and sat down, but he was very interested in Zhou Liang's statement.

Zhou Liang cleared his throat, he came to Yuan Lang, and said again respectfully as if reporting work: "Actually, our county town was not like this before, it was lively before, what shops and wine shops, Goulan seats abound, and the pedestrians on the street are even more shoulder to shoulder, and there is an endless stream, but Zhicong Zhang Taishou implemented the conscription system, and this prosperous scene gradually faded away, and everyone dared not go out, they were afraid!" ”

"Conscription is for the sake of the country, in order to keep the peace of the party, and there is still a military salary to get when you go, what is there to be afraid of?"

In this era, being a soldier is also a profession, and some poor families live by military service, Zhou Liang said this, as if he said that military service is a flood beast.

"Military salary? Hehe, Lord Yuan, you don't know, Zhang Tong has always deducted the military salary of the soldiers, some people can't get the military salary until they die, and some of the survivors who have a big life go to him to ask for it, either they are beaten by him or make up a reason to go to prison, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak! For example, although it is said above that it is not in the compilation, but who has investigated it, as long as we can receive the promised salary, we have to accept our fate! ”

Yuan Lang understood Zhou Liang's words, it turned out that Zhou Liang and the others were suspecting that they were eating their military salaries by Zhang Tong and others, and the salaries paid to them were only a small part of the military salaries they deserved, and most of them were greedy for ink by their upper echelons.

Eating empty salaries in the name is really not surprising in the army, does Zhang Tong only eat the salaries of Zhou Liang's guards, I'm afraid his greed is not only this.

Yuan Lang could think of everything Zhang Yan couldn't think of, but this black goods were also hot-tempered, and when he heard Zhou Liang complaining about the injustice of the former county guard, he immediately echoed: "If you want people to sell their lives and don't pay money, where is such a truth in the world!" We're not like this in the Yellow Turban Army, right, Huang Shuai! ”

"Damn, you guys all get paid first and then do things, why am I so easy to talk!" Yuan Lang teased, and then asked Zhou Liangdao, "Even if you don't go to be a soldier, you won't be afraid, isn't it possible for Zhang Tong to catch strong men on the street!" ”

Yuan Lang said a sentence foolishly, but he didn't want to be unfortunate by himself, but he only heard Zhou Liang say aggrievedly: "Not only is it caught on the street, sometimes if you can't recruit it, you will go into the house to tie it up, and there are many people in our village who were kidnapped overnight like this!" ”

"Zhang Tong is crazy, what is he doing in a hurry to recruit so many soldiers, he can't rebel!"

Zhang Yan is quick to talk, whoever presses such a big crime as rebellion will be installed.

Yuan Lang was also thinking in his heart, yes, conscription has never been forced, Zhang Tongda can attract a group of people with military salaries, and he can't do it with the people.

"Yes!"

Yuan Lang finally figured it out, he finally knew the reason why Zhang Tong did this, which made chickens fly and dogs jump, and people's resentment boiled.

"Huang Shuai, did you think of something?"

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked.

Yuan Lang nodded, and he said to Zhang and Erren, "You all think that Zhang Tong is recruiting? Actually, you're all wrong, he's just helping people recruit soldiers? ”

"Who?"

"Think about it, where is Zhang Tong now?"

"You mean, it's Yuan Shao, it's him behind the scenes who instructed Zhang Tong to recruit soldiers?"

"Right!" Yuan Lang continued to analyze, "You think, doesn't Zhang Tong know the consequences of offending the local people? Although the impact of deducting military salaries on him is not good, but robbing people on the street and even directly coming to the door to tie them up, is he not afraid that the officials will force the people to rebel? Does he, the county guard, want to do it again? There is only one reason, that is, he has already communicated with Yuan Shao secretly, Zhang Tong already knows that he will not be in Changshan County for too long, as long as he helps Dora some soldiers to go to Bohai, he cares whether he lives or dies here? ”

"I understand this, no wonder Bohai County's troops are growing so rapidly, it seems that those who defected to him had implemented local conscription earlier, and it is very likely that they were all compulsory conscriptions!"

Zhang Yan finally had an enlightened day, Yuan Lang was still proud of his cleverness just now, but after a cold wind hit, his back suddenly cooled, he predicted an imminent big storm, Yuan Shao's actions were not a whim, every step he took was designed by the think tank behind him, he did this, he must be making preliminary preparations for his future unification of Jizhou.

What preparation?

Catch the strong men, gather all the strong men in the cities of Jizhou to Chengcheng County, so that Jizhou will no longer have any conscripted soldiers, and then he Yuan Shao will start the army, and then Jizhou Mu Hanfu wants to recruit troops to compete with it, I am afraid that no one can use it, and there are no soldiers to recruit.

"The bottom of the kettle is drawn, it's enough!" (To be continued.) )