"That night, someone contacted Sun Xiu and them, mainly with Liu Che, the prince of the king's grandson, under the banner of Yu Liang, but as far as we know, this person is Zhang Yang is responsible for contacting."

At noon the next day, the corresponding information was sent to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi put the information on the table next to him, and said with a smile: "Zhang Yang has attracted a lot of people these days, but I don't know, and there are a few that we don't know." ”

"Originally, it was quite secret," Su Liao stood opposite, and laughed when he heard the words, "It's a pity that he doesn't know how to converge, and he probably tastes the sweetness, so he contacted too many people in one go, not only to develop in the family circle, but also to simply reach out to the official mansion, and if he thinks he can develop, he will desperately contact people at all levels, and he will not discriminate." ”

"It's really unthinkable that Yu Liang would let him go." Chen Zhi shook his head lightly, with some emotion.

Su Liao said with a smile: "Yu Liang has been visiting the mine recently, wanting to get some information from the prisoner's mouth, to prove that your battle report is adulterated, and the path taken by Zhang Yang can be said to be completely different, and he may not care about understanding that side." ”

Chen Zhi nodded, and then asked, "Then how did he explore the mine?" ”

"For him, the situation is very bad," Su Liao took out another piece of information from his sleeve and handed it over, "This is the prisoner he has asked these days, we have all registered them one by one, and we have all asked them separately afterwards, Yu Liang's questions are indeed very pertinent, if we report more war exploits, it will inevitably be revealed from these questions." ”

Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes and said, "Then he should also find out a little, our number is not overreported, but underreported." ”

"That's right," Su Liao nodded, "Because he asked the captives one by one, and the results he got were very specific, but jumping up and down got such a result, which can be said to be very embarrassing." ”

"There's nothing strange about this," Chen Zhi leaned back, the north and the back of the chair were sticking together, "In this war, killing 100,000 people is a casualty number, and if it is specific to killing one person, it is a tragic story." ”

Su Liao was stunned when he heard this, and felt a little interesting after tasting it, so he couldn't help asking, "How do you say this?" ”

"Don't you see that the sentences depicting the cruelty of war in those poems and songs all use specific people and events to move people's hearts?" Chen Zhi smiled, meaning something, "Obviously, some of the tenant farmers everywhere are even more miserable than the common people during the war, but without a moving story, they can't touch the hearts of those scholars. ”

Su Liao couldn't help nodding, thoughtfully, and then said: "Speaking of which, the recent register of tenant farmers has been almost sorted out, and I will have someone send it to you in a few days. ”

"It's normal, if it's me, I won't reveal the bottom easily," Chen Zhi didn't think there was any problem, "This is also the reason why I asked Chen Zi to count on the bright side and let you show up in secret." ”

Su Liao also understood this truth, so he asked: "Then do you want to talk openly and honestly with a few families?" Let them report the real number of people? ”

"There is no need for this," Chen Zhi laughed, "When the water is clear, there are no fish, it should always make them think about it a little, not to mention that this kind of thing is kept, it is also a chess piece at a critical time, and it can be taken out and exchanged for something." ”

Su Liao nodded, and then said: "But in this way, the situation of those tenant farmers who were concealed by them is not good, I am afraid that they will have to bear more land rent and shares, which is much more bitter than those who have already registered, after all, those tenant farmers who are named in the government, in the future, their land rent and elements must be supervised by the government, even if they can't prevent the family from overcharging, they can also be restrained, which is also a good governance for you." ”

Chen Zhi shook his head lightly and said: "Good governance is the same as war, it is a large number of people, it is just a number on paper, and for the higher government, I am afraid it is just a column of numbers on the time, even for me, in fact, it is just a means to buy people's hearts, it is not true and good, but since it has been done, it should be done, and the people below cannot be allowed to obey the yang and yin, there is a lack of supervision in this regard, and you have to let your people go up at the beginning." ”

Su Liao nodded spontaneously, and then pulled the topic back: "Regarding Yu Liang and that Zhang Yang, do you still want to let it go?" ”

"It's almost time," Chen Zhi said lightly, "After these days, they have almost all the things they want to know, and they can inform them of the real numbers of prisoners of war and beheadings, and then many things have to be on the right track, it is a critical period, and they can't let these two people run around anymore." ”

After Su Liao understood what Chen Zhi meant, he immediately said goodbye and left.

Not long after he walked here, Chen Ju came to report, saying that Ruan Qing was waiting outside.

"He came here this time, it should be to report on the construction of the city on behalf of the north, just before Sun Xiu and the others arrive, there is still some time, let him in." Chen Zhi put down his pen and commanded.

Soon, the handsome Ruan Qing walked in.

This Ruan Qing is also from a big family, Chen Liuren, the ancestor is one of the seven sages of the bamboo forest, Ruan, with such a background, naturally attaches great importance to demeanor and bearing, this body has a wide robe and big sleeves, and walks with wind, which is really impressive.

He came to Chen Zhi and arched his hand.

Chen Zhi looked at the person in front of him, and turned a little bit of information about Dai Beicheng in his heart-

Although the time is not long, under Chen Zhi's inquiry, the construction of the small town in Daibei has achieved initial results, and there is already a prototype of a city.

Ruan Qing came over this time to report on the matter.

"Qi Yu Taishou, the flint lime you gave is quite effective, used to fix the stone, it can be said to be twice the result with half the effort, much better than the city wall with earth ramming, but we use too many materials and consume too quickly, when do you think it will be replenished?"

After he had said a few words, he mentioned the flint lime.

The recipe given by Chen Zhi for this matter, after being configured in Daixian, was transported to Daibei and cemented to fix the stones.

However, this kind of lime is different from the kind of burning and forging in later generations, because it is subject to the heat resistance of the blast furnace, although Chen Zhi has the intention to burn some lime, but the current level of science and technology in the county is obviously not up to standard, so now another method is used, by collecting volcanic ash, to configure a more primitive lime.

It's just that this volcanic ash is not produced in the county, and it has to be transported from other places, and the cost is not low.

So, Chen Zhi said: "The output of flint lime is limited, and now the repair of Dai County will also be used, and it cannot be supplied for the time being, so you can slow down a little in Daibei first." ”

Ruan Qing wanted to fight again, but at this time, someone suddenly came to report, or Tuoba Xianbei's envoy group arrived.