Cheng Feng said a lot, a little thirsty, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said in his heart, the old man said it so clearly, you should also understand.

Chen Zhi on the side heard that Cheng Feng was so brazen and embezzled military salaries, with an indignant face, he stepped forward and wanted to step forward to question, but Jiang Hong stretched out his hand to stop him, Chen Zhi saw that Jiang Hong stretched out his hand to stop him, so he retreated behind Jiang Hong sullenly.

Jiang Hong took a sip of tea, phew, why is it so bitter, then put down the teacup and said with a smile:

"Do you know that the Yellow Turban has been pacified?"

"Of course, this official knows that it depends on the wisdom and martial arts of the saint to exchange my Han for a bright future."

Jiang Hong rolled his eyes and said that he had never seen such a brazen person, everyone knew what kind of urine Emperor Han Ling was, but the conversation still had to continue.

"That lord knows that he fought all the way with the general of the left chariot cavalry, and it all relied on the appreciation of the general of the left chariot cavalry, and it was only in the lower part that he got where he is today."

"I've heard a little about it." Cheng Feng muttered a little in his heart, could it be that this kid in front of him still has some connection with Huangfu Song?

"Then do you know that after the left cavalry general and the right cavalry general pacified the Yellow Turban Brigade in the Central Plains, they went south to relieve the siege of Wancheng and went north to exterminate Zhang Jiao, why didn't they go east to Xuzhou and exterminate the Yellow Turban?"

"That's naturally because Lord Assassin Shi is heroic and guarding Xuzhou, so that the yellow turban returns in vain. I don't know what the virtuous nephew wants to say when he says so much? Cheng Feng was a little impatient.

"Please also listen to the next detail, the Yellow Turban was strong at the beginning, even if the two Che Cavalry Generals and the Assassin Shi Taishou in various places exterminated most of the Yellow Turbans, there are still most of the Yellow Turban remnants in chaos, Hebei is the Yellow Turban base camp, and most of those Yellow Turban remnants have fled to Taihang Mountain and Qingzhou."

Jiang Hong paused and continued:

"Guangling is located in the south of Xuzhou, and the yellow scarves in Qingzhou are naturally worked by the adults in the north, but what about the yellow turbans in the Central Plains, the first battle of the Changshe, Bocai's vitality was greatly injured, and his troops scattered and fled, even if most of the yellow scarves in the Central Plains were wiped out, but there were still a large number of yellow scarf remnants, so where could they go? To the north and to the south was the battlefield of the two cavalry generals, and those who were frightened by the yellow scarves could not go there. ”

"The west side is the place of subordination, and it is the important land of Luoyang, and the yellow turbans with a little brain will not go there, so where can those huge number of yellow turban remnants go? The answer is Huainan and Xuzhou, do you understand now? ”

To be honest, due to the blockage of ancient news transmission, Cheng Feng didn't know much, Cheng Feng could only speculate whether what Jiang Hong said was alarmist, and after a long time, Cheng Feng said slowly:

"So, virtuous nephew, if this is as virtuous nephew said, even if these remnants of Xu Yellow Turbans sneak into my Xuzhou and even Guangling, what will happen?"

"It's not that the lower officials say big things, as long as there are 1,000 strong, give them to the lower officials for training for some time, as long as the Yellow Turban Department does not exceed 3,000, the lower officials are sure to exterminate these Yellow Turban remnants, you know, the current saint is very resentful of the Yellow Turbans, if the adults can kill these Yellow Turban remnants, it will be a great achievement."

Cheng Feng expected that Jiang Hong would take the opportunity to blackmail, but he didn't expect Jiang Hong to have such a big appetite, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he would ask for the food and salary of 400 people, so he immediately vetoed it.

"A thousand is too many, 700 at most."

Jiang Hong didn't expect the old man, who looked quite kind, to be so stingy, and it seemed that he was going to take some dry goods.

"When the lower official came, I heard that the bandits in the middle of the city made the surrounding people and the passing caravans miserable, and the lower officials did not say anything else, they still had a hand in the war, as long as the lower officials had 800 soldiers in their hands, it was enough to exterminate those bandits."

"Oh?" Cheng Feng looked at Jiang Hong suspiciously, but he was silently calculating in his heart, according to the distribution between himself and the former county lieutenant, the salary of 1,200 people, the vacancy of 600, and he accounted for 400, so after calculation, as long as the share of the headquarters that does not belong to him was given to expand the army, there was no loss for himself, but if this guy really exterminated the bandits outside the city and reported them to the county, it would be a great achievement, so why not let him expand the army.

It's just that I don't know what the new county lieutenant is capable of, Cheng Feng thought about it for a long time, and then said:

"Can you be sure? You must know that this gang of bandits outside the city has troubled several county commanders. ”

"I don't dare to say it, the lower officials still need to investigate carefully, these bandits have been rooted in Sheyang for a long time, to say that there are no people in the city who are not in the city, it is absolutely unbelievable, as long as they catch their inner response in the city, and find out the terrain in Zhongze, those bandits will naturally be captured."

Cheng Feng saw that Jiang Hong was not boastful, and he was not like some reckless man, he was going to kill him if he raised troops directly, but he had some ability, so he relieved himself and said:

"Then it's up to you, nephew."

"Then the virtuous nephew thanked the lord first." Jiang Hongxi smiled and said, "But what the lower officials have to do is not only to fill up these 800 soldiers, but also to carefully select the more than 600 soldiers in the city, and those who are not qualified will be sent home directly." ”

"Hehe, these are all things that are within the nephew's responsibility, why bother with the old man, just let it go." Cheng Feng also said with a smile.

"Then the lower official will thank you first." Jiang Hong clasped his fists and saluted, and retreated with Chen Zhi.

When Jiang Hong left the mansion, the smile on Cheng Feng's face disappeared, and he beckoned, and someone came to Cheng Feng's side.

"Go, send a few people to keep an eye on me, I want to see what this new county lieutenant is capable of."

"Hmph, am I really scared? Also the yellow scarf, the sky is falling from people with high heights, even if the yellow scarf appears in Guangling, it is the big people in the county who are anxious, but there is no small character like me who is worried. Cheng Feng said disdainfully.

On the way home, Jiang Hong saw Chen Zhi looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, and asked:

"Little one, what do you want to say? It's good to just say it, why hold it back. ”

Chen Zhi hesitated for a long time before saying:

"Brother Jiang, Cheng Feng is blatantly embezzling empty salaries, are we just sitting idly by?"

Jiang Hong stopped, stared at Chen Zhi, and had been hesitating to confide the truth to Chen Zhi, if he didn't know how to completely impress Chen Zhi's three views, he stared at it for a long time, and saw that Chen Zhi was furious.

Chen Zhi asked weakly:

"Brother Jiang must have his own reasons for doing this, otherwise, don't say it?"

Jiang Hong spat out a turbid breath, suddenly turned his head and asked:

"Little one, what do you want to do most in your life?"

Chen Zhi didn't know why Jiang Hong asked this, but he also thought about it seriously and replied:

"I want all the people in the world to live and work in peace and contentment, and there will never be another tragedy like mine."

It's really an upright outlook on life, no wonder it will be fooled by Liu Da'er in the future, Jiang Hong complained.

"Well, did you know that this is an extremely ambitious goal, and it will be difficult to accomplish even in a lifetime."

"I know, that's why I have to fight all my life."

"But how short is a man's life, thirty years? Forty years? Or fifty years? It's been too long, it's too far away, it's too remote, and it's too remote, so sometimes we have to use some means to achieve it. Jiang Hong stared at Chen Zhi's eyes and said.

"By what means?"

"Can you accept some shady tactics to be in the company of people we despise or even dislike, to cooperate with the enemy, and even to sacrifice some innocent people who sometimes require us to sacrifice?"

Hearing Jiang Hong's narration, Chen Zhi fell into a long contemplation, and seeing that Chen Zhi had the momentum of not going back if he didn't want to come out, Jiang Hong patted his head.

"Let's go, I'm thinking about these things slowly."

Glancing at Chen Zhi next to him, Jiang Hong decided to go to Cheng Feng or Zhou Cai tomorrow to ask for a military book to show Chen Zhi, he was the only seedling under his command, and he couldn't grow crooked.

"Oh, yes." Chen Zhi remembered one thing, "Is it true that Brother Jiang said just now that the remnants of the Yellow Turban will flee to our side?" ”

"I don't know." Jiang Hong spread his hands and said nonchalantly, "I'll tell him, besides, who knows what those Yellow Turban traitors are thinking." ”