Out of Zhao's house, Wang Xu followed Li Zheng to Li's house very tacitly, and the two got out of the car and looked at each other, both of whom saw helplessness in each other's eyes. Xu Chu's hand pinched the alliance formed by these big families to put profit first, and they were unkind and unreliable. And not only did they have a general relationship in the past, but also sometimes stumbled skirmishes, if everything went well and it was profitable, this time the alliance led by Zhao Yuan might still be able to work with one heart and one mind, but once they encountered setbacks, they were prone to suspicion and suspicion.

"Brother Wang, the matter has come to this point, and we probably have to take refuge in Xu Chu." Li Zheng said helplessly.

"Yes, I didn't expect the Zhang family to go out of the mountain to help Xu Chu, this person doesn't seem to be an idle person. It's a good shade under the big tree, Brother Li, pick a time to go to the county government to meet Xu Chu together? Wang Xu proposed.

Li Zheng resolutely agreed, and said: "Today in the Zhao family, the younger brother carefully observed the expressions of the people, I am afraid that the rest of the people also have the heart to serve Xu Chu, without further ado, Brother Wang quickly went home to prepare, and we will leave for the county government after an hour." ”

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In the military camp in the west of the city, Xu Chu and Xu Shu took Zhang Feng to patrol the camp, and everywhere they went, the soldiers showed great awe of Xu Chu. Zhang Feng was surprised in his heart and exclaimed: "The county monarch has been in Yanling County for less than half a month, and he can have such prestige in the army, which is really the style of the famous generals of ancient times." ”

Without waiting for Xu Chu to be modest, Xu Shu said: "Deran (Zhang Feng's character) doesn't know that the lord fought against tens of thousands of Gepo thieves in Runan, killed hundreds of Yellow Turban remnants at the foot of Lei Gong Mountain, and beheaded the greedy Han Zong in Yanling County. ”

When Zhang Feng heard this, the look of surprise on his face became a little thicker, and he said in his heart: I don't want him Xu Zhongkang to be so brave.

Xu Shu couldn't help but feel apprehensive when he saw Zhang Feng's face change. If Guo Fengxiao had come to Yanling earlier, presumably the deeds of the lord would have spread all over Yanling, and Zhang Feng would not have been so surprised to hear these things. Recently, Xu Shu often compares himself with Guo Jia, not to mention that the two are proficient in intelligence, but Guo Jia's knowledge alone, he is ashamed of himself.

Xu Shu was thinking about it, and everyone had already arrived in front of the big tent in the barracks, and Wang Yanzifan and others had been waiting for a long time.

"Deran, let me introduce you to a few loyal and brave men." Xu Chu got off the horse, introduced them one by one, and said to Wang Yan and others, "This is Zhang Feng, the new meritorious Cao of this county, Zhang Deran, from the famous Zhang family......"

Wang Yan and the others greeted each other with military salutes, and said loudly: "I've seen Zhang Jun!" ”

Zhang Fengyin has been at home for decades, and for the first time in his life, he has been respected by so many brave people, and he replied with excitement: "I am willing to encourage you and swear to defend Yanling to the death!" ”

Xu Chu said with a smile: "Deran said it well, it is worthy of being the queen of the famous Zhang family." Hey, it's a pity that although the soldiers are brave and take the lead, they are short of food and silver, and it is difficult to recruit more strong men. ”

Zhang Feng heard the sound of the strings and knew the elegant meaning, since the Zhang family decided to gamble on Xu Chu, naturally he would not come empty-handed.

"Don't worry about the county gentleman, my father has already decided to let the Zhang family set an example, hundreds of brave people, and thousands of stones of grain and grass are already on the way to the west of the city."

Xu Chu was overjoyed, in the Han Dynasty, one stone was about fifteen kilograms now, and a thousand stones meant nearly 30,000 catties of grain...... And that's just the Zhang family's.

"With the help of virtue, Xu will definitely be able to defend the water and soil of Yanling." Xu Chu made up his mind and was about to say a few more polite words, Chen Yi sent someone to report, and Li Zheng and Wang Xu, big families in the county, asked to see him outside the county office.

Xu Shu said happily: "Lord, the big thing is decided!" ”

Xu Chu bowed to Zhang Feng and said: "This is all the work of Deran, if there is no help from Deran, Li, Wang and others will not be so decisive." ”

Zhang Feng didn't dare to accept the salute and avoided his body. He knew that this was Xu Chu's kind words, and the Zhang family did have a deterrent effect, but if there was no corresponding follow-up action, how could these heroes easily surrender.

On the way back to the county office, Zhang Feng suddenly asked Xu Chu about his age and the situation at home, after learning that Xu Chu was twenty-three this year, but his relatives had died early, Zhang Feng said: "Zhongkang, you are about the same age, have you ever thought about starting a family?" ”

"......, why did Deran suddenly ask about this?" Xu Chu remembered that Zhang Feng said that he had a daughter to be in the boudoir, did he want to ...... Nine times out of ten, Zhang's really looks up to him Xu Chu, but Xu Chu is a modern person who has crossed over after all, and this kind of marriage between men and women who have never met is difficult for him to accept for a while.

Seeing that Xu Chu didn't speak, Zhang Feng felt a slight anger in his heart - can't you Xu Chu even look down on me as the daughter of the Zhang family in Yanling?

The ancients paid the most attention to marriage and marriage, and the daughter of the Zhang family married Xu Chu, just like the modern goddess of Diaosi counterattack, not only Zhang Feng did not understand, but Xu Shu also did not understand. But Xu Shu didn't understand, he couldn't let Xu Chu offend the Zhang family because of this, so he came to play a round.

"Don't blame Deran, it must be that you mentioned it too suddenly, so that the lord didn't react at once. Not to mention the matter of children, Li Zheng and Wang Xu are still waiting for us over there. ”

Zhang Feng listened to Xu Shu's words, and felt a little better, but he still changed his face, completely losing the excitement he had just now.

Xu Chu glanced at Xu Shu gratefully, and when he returned to the gate of the county office, he saw the two of them standing there with anxious expressions, it was Li Zheng and Wang Xu.

"Chen Yi!" Xu Chu asked, "There is a distinguished guest visiting, why do you let people stand at the door?" Do you want people to laugh at me, Xu Chu doesn't know etiquette? ”

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "It's us who insist on waiting at the door, no wonder the thief Lord Cao." ”

Xu Chu smiled at this time: "The two virtuous people came to visit, Xu Mou was very lazy, and asked the hall to talk about it for a while." ”

Li Zheng and Wang Xu didn't dare to say goodbye, and entered the yamen with Xu Chu and others. As soon as he sat down, Li Zheng cried bitterly: "County Jun, you are hurting me!" ”

Xu Chu calmly faced each other and said, "If not, how can you abandon the darkness and turn to the light?" ”

Everyone laughed in unison, Li Zheng and Wang Xu couldn't wait to show their loyalty, and said that they would be sent by the county king.

"Do you know what the attitude of the other families is now?" Xu Chu asked.

Wang Xu knew everything, and said: "Except for the Zhao family and a few other stubborn families, most people are estimated to be no longer insisting, as long as the county monarch makes an explicit order, Yanling County can be safe." ”

Xu Chu nodded and praised the two: "The two of you treat each other honestly regardless of gains and losses, and Xu will not treat them badly." ”

Li Zheng and Wang Xu thanked each other, and the big stone hanging in their hearts just fell.

Not long after sending Li and Wang away, Pang Shang also came to ask for a meeting. Xu Chu sighed more and more at Guo Jia's talent, and the three strategies were linked one by one, and he deserved to be known as a 'ghost talent'.

Seeing Pang Shang, Xu Chu said sincerely: "Pang Gong is a lot haggard. ”

Pang Shang said: "It is still dying and decaying, and it is useless." Seeing Zhang Feng, he asked again: "Is the old lady in good health?" ”

Zhang Feng thanked him: "Thank you Pang Gong for your concern, my father is well." ”

Pang Shang turned to look at the high-spirited Xu Shu, and sighed even more: "The master book is young and talented, and the county gentleman has your assistance, like a tiger with wings." ”