"One thousand stone of grain, five hundred strong men, this is half of the grain of my Qi clan, half of the manpower! It's not borrowing, it's robbing! ”

That night, when Qi Weng returned home, his two sons were shocked to learn from him about what had happened at today's feast. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The eldest Qi Mengming has been helping his father take care of the family's fields and granaries, and when he heard that he had been apportioned so much grain by Chang Anjun, he immediately felt pain.

He said with a bitter face: "Ah Weng, if these grains and strong men are out, my family will not have much surplus grain for foreign loans this year, and the summer harvest will also be understaffed, Ah Weng has promised Chang'anjun?" ”

Qi Weng's face darkened: "Chang'an Jun used wine bottles to detain the case, saying, 'Do you want to do it?' He also promised to go to Jinyang to buy 2,000 stone of grain from his own money, and the remaining shortfall would be apportioned by each family according to the amount of land. The Wen family and other family patriarchs all bowed their heads and promised to assist Chang Anjun, but could the old man refuse on the spot? ”

Don't look at Qi Weng who is old, but he is still deaf and clear-sighted, sitting at the front, he can hear Chang Anjun's last words clearly! It was squeezed out from between the teeth, setting off the appearance of Lu Goujian, Gou Tu and others behind him standing upright with their swords and staring at each other, which seemed meaningful......

At that moment, Qi Weng seemed to have returned to the creepy chill he felt more than ten years ago, when Wu Anjun entered Qi County, sat on the high hall, and crawled into the interior to meet him.

Yes, this is the feeling of being a man for a knife and I for a fish, in terms of murder and prestige, although Chang'an Jun is far inferior to Qin Wu Anjun, but he has pretended to be a kind son for so many days, and after slowly eliminating the vigilance of the chief of Qi County, he suddenly tore off the disguise on his face, looked at one side, and calmed everyone.

If you agree, you can continue to enjoy the drink in front of you, and if you refuse, you have to face the sword-pressing samurai behind you. In that case, who would dare to say no? Even if Chang Anjun was steady and kind before, Qi Weng couldn't be sure, if he made this son ugly in public, what would he do.

Perhaps, the opponents will be charged with "secret thieves" and make an example of them, right?

Qi Weng had palpitations here, but the eldest son Qi Mengming was still nagging: "Ah Weng, my Qi clan is the first to send children to meet Chang'anjun's clan, Chang'anjun has always been easy to speak, and Kun'er is also an official in front of him, why don't you let Kun'er go and say for my family, reduce some food manpower?" ”

"Confused!"

Seeing his eldest son like this, Qi Weng was a little disappointed, and hit him heavily with his cane.

"When is it, and you still care about it? It was not easy for Kun'er to win the trust of Chang'anjun, are you a father trying to destroy him? Your parents and children are not as good as a thousand stone of grain? ”

This eldest son has always been cautious and cautious on weekdays, and he will never do risky things, so in terms of position, he is also inclined to the side of Zhao State, for fear that Qi's defection to the Qin State will bring many unknown challenges. Now that it involves a thousand stones of grain, he can't sit still, admittedly, this is also a lot of expenses for the Qi family, but that little effort, where is it more important than the rise and fall of the whole clan?

Qi Mengming was shocked, and hurriedly bowed: "Ah Weng, my son has no such intention!" ”

Qi Weng waved his hand impatiently to let him out, and looked at the second son: "Zhongzi, what do you think?" ”

Although Qi Zhongping was inclined to the Qin State in his position, he had a different view on this matter.

"Er feels that what needs to be worried about is not the thousand stone grain and five hundred manpower, but Chang'anjun's real plan. On the surface, it is said that it is to exterminate the thieves, but in fact, what is the idea? ”

After thinking about it carefully, in the past half a month, Chang'an Jun first issued a recruitment order to win the hearts of Qi County scholars, and with their assistance, he sorted out Qi County's household registration, acres of land, and controlled government affairs; Then, under the pretext of suppressing thieves, he sent his cronies to take over the county guards, eliminated the old and weak, vacated a shortage of 200 places, and ordered people to go to the west of the county to recruit troops, so as to control the power of the army...... In the end, it was to set up a banquet tonight to invite the county chief, who was also an important person and collected grain, so that the power of Qi County's politics, soldiers, and grain fell into the hands of Chang'anjun. ”

Everything seems to have no inevitable relationship, but after everything is connected, it is a chain of sets, advancing layer by layer, going deeper step by step, and finally landing on the acquisition of power, which is shocking.

Qi Zhongping sneered: "It seems that we really look down on this son, don't be in a hurry to be a thief?" I think he's in a hurry to take power! At that time, this Qi County, the situation of the host and guest will be different! ”

Even if it is seen that Chang'anjun's ultimate goal is to take back the power of Qi County from the hands of the chief, whether it is to recruit talents or to suppress thieves, it is a strategy that has won the hearts of the people.

Qi Zhongping's answer satisfied Qi Weng, and it seems that the second son is more like himself when he was young.

So Qi Weng sat down, held his cane in both hands and pondered, and after a long time, he asked his second son: "Then what do you think my Qi clan should do now?" ”

Qi Zhongping still said the same sentence: "Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to secretly surrender to Qin!" When Chang'an Jun harvests the hearts of the people in Qi County, my family will really become a fish to be slaughtered! ”

Qi Weng nodded, but shook his head again, his two sons, the eldest son is too timid and unscrupulous, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep the family in this troubled world. The second son is a little scheming, but he is too extreme, and if he is not careful, he will make the Qi family doomed. That's why he didn't leave all the affairs of his clan to them......

"No matter who gets Qi County in Qin Zhao, a clan like my family is not big or small, it is all fish and meat on the board, and it makes no difference whether it is cut by Qin officials or Zhao Jun......"

Qi Weng made a decision: "Now it is still the same, it should change, since I know that Chang'an Jun is thoughtful and cannot be taken lightly, my family must be even more careful." Let Kun'er be loyal to Chang'anjun's side, and Chang'anjun will allocate 500 ...... if he wants manpower. No, six hundred for him, all young and strong, and as for grain, one thousand two hundred stones! ”

Qi Weng is ruthless now, Chang'anjun has a noble status, and his hands and eyes go straight to the Handan Palace, which is not comparable to the county officials who were easy to deal with before, anyway, this experience is inevitable, it is better to be generous.

"After all, it is also good for my Qi clan to suppress thieves."

Qi Weng stroked his beard, the group of thieves in Ershan came twenty years ago, originally a group of deserters from the east of the Wei River, and slowly gathered the common people of Han and Zhao who lost their land due to war and annexation, Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there were frozen bones on the road, and there were many people in it who hated him Qi to the bones, and there was no less nuisance in autumn and winter, if it could be exterminated by the hands of Chang'an Jun, it was also a good thing.

Qi Zhongping said: "Ah Weng, I think Chang'anjun's crackdown on theft this time may not be so smooth." ”

He was assigned by Qi Weng to go to the east of the Qin River many times, and he had a wide range of knowledge, and he also served as a guide for the Qin army six years ago, and he knew a little about the military affairs, so Qi Weng said: "Why won't it go well, you can talk about it!" ”

"In the past few years, there were also fishermen from Xixiang and hunters from Nanxiang who came to the county to ask for help, and Qi Wei wanted to send troops to suppress the thieves, but the water thieves of Zhao Yu Qi rarely went ashore, and the Qi family whose fields were in Beixiang and the Wen family whose ancestral house was in Dongxiang had no interest, so no one responded. It was difficult for Qi Wei to rely on those county officials alone, so he had no choice but to do it. As for the bandits of the Mountains......"

A hint of discoloration flashed in Qi Zhongping's eyes: "Among those group of thieves, there are quite a few old men of the former Wei State, and they also know some tactics, when they just occupied the Elder Mountain, my Qi clan did not send a few clansmen to fight back, but in the deep mountains and old forests, it is difficult to distinguish the direction, if there is no guide, they will get lost at any time, the nest of the group of thieves is difficult to identify, there is no way to find, even if they are defeated, they will flee to the south of South Korea's Shangdang County, Chang'anjun can still cross the border to pursue?" ”

"Forget it, hundreds of county soldiers, plus the recruitment of all ethnic groups in the county, Xixiang and Nanxiang, can make up at most 2,000 people, these two thousand people are still mixed, Chang'an Jun is a noble son, he doesn't understand military affairs, take these people to suppress thieves, don't be defeated by thieves, if you want to destroy the two groups of thieves in Shanze, how difficult it is!"

Qi Weng understood: "What do you mean ......?"

"Let the strong men in the clan allocated to Chang'anjun be careful, they can be submissive on weekdays, and listen to Chang'anjun in everything. When you really fight with the thieves, you don't have to do your best, when you see that the situation is not good, turn around and run away, send you to death, let other families go, it is best to let the thieves and Chang'anjun's people lose both! ”

He said gloomily: "If Chang'an Jun fails to suppress the thieves, his prestige will inevitably be greatly reduced, and when the time comes, he will only rely more on the Qi family in order to keep Qi County!" At that time, the trend of the host and guest will be reversed again! This Qi County, or my Qi clan has the final say! ”