It was not until the evening of 28 August that Du Bian, Gehu, Wei Wei and others returned to Taoyuanbao. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Du Bian did not stop, and immediately went to meet Gao Shun.

Looking at his tired expression, Gao Shun couldn't bear to blame and comforted: "Meng Yuan, I've worked hard for you in the past few months. ”

"The owner, it's not hard, it's just that things haven't been done well, and I'm very guilty." Du Bian looked helpless.

Gao Shun comforted: "Haha, it's okay, this is already very good, we are not from a good background, and the resistance will definitely be great." It's just that even the Holy Decree has been coming for a few days, so why did you return? Did you encounter any difficulties along the way? ”

"The owner, Gehu is too heavy, the long distance can only take a carriage, the horses are overwhelmed, it is very difficult for the three horses to take turns to ride, when I go, I also let the three horses carry a cart of gold, and each gave a carriage to Gehu to ride, and when I came back, I climbed more hills, and I couldn't ride a horse, so the speed was slower, and the time was delayed for a long time."

Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, I don't blame you, it's me who didn't arrange it." Now let's talk about the situation in the capital. ”

"Yes, host. After arriving in Luoyang, I went to the West Garden to sign up and pay the money, probably because it was more high-profile to buy the position of the three Taishou at one time, so the little yellow door did not dare to call the shots, so I could only report, and the time was delayed for a few days; Just as the battle report of Ma Yi's victory arrived in the capital, Wang Yun and other scholars actively recommended Zhao Zizhuang to the emperor as the Taishou of Yanmen County in order to win over the owner, but Yuan Situ tried his best to block it and sabotage the plan of Wang Yun and others; Later, Zhang Hou suggested to the emperor that Zhao Zizhuang should be appointed as the Taishou of Yuyang County, and the emperor was afraid that if the owner had the heart of disobedience after owning these territories, he could go straight to You, Merge, and Ji, so the emperor finally only approved the position of Taishou of Shanggu County and Dai County, and finally Zhang Hou won the post of captain of Wuhuan Guard, otherwise 3000 gold could only buy two Taishou positions; Even so, all the nobles objected to His Majesty the Emperor's sale of these positions to the proprietors. ”

Gao Shun secretly regretted in his heart, he shouldn't buy three positions at a time in order to save money, this is too high-profile, he should buy one at a time, and put the household registration in different places, so that it is more hidden, and it will not cause the emperor to worry, let alone cause such strong opposition from the scholars. So he said: "I miscalculated the form, I was too careless, and I don't blame you." ”

Du Bian said: "The owner, I estimate that all the clans hate the owner, and I am worried that they will boycott the owner in the future, and will create a lot of right and wrong in Daijun and Shanggu County. ”

Gao Shun understood what Du Bian meant, his background was not allowed by the Shi clan, which was equivalent to snatching food from the mouths of the Shi clan, how could the Shi clan easily let them go? Since the scholars are in trouble with him, they should befriend the eunuchs before the troubled times, get the greatest benefits, and then work hard to develop and wait for the troubled times to come.

Originally, I wanted to find a big tree as a backer, but it seems that I won't need it in the future, although there are contradictions and competition between the scholars, but on this kind of issue, they can generally unite, abandon their previous suspicions, and unite with the outside world.

Du Bian saw that Gao Shun did not speak, so he continued: "Dongjia, I went to visit Zhang Hou, he didn't see me, and sent Xiaohuangmen to me afterwards to tell me in detail about the affairs of the court, Situ Yuan Kui has the greatest opinion on the owner, and he opposed the owner from the beginning, Taiwei Yang Ci was dismissed for opposing the owner's purchase of Taishou, and Lu Zhi also opposed the owner, but after being refuted by Zhang Hou, he admitted his mistake and appreciated the owner very much, so the owner is now very famous in Luoyang. Zhang Hou nominally won the official position of captain of Wuhuan for the owner, but the purpose was to save money for the imperial court, but it was the owner who suffered, and for this reason, he had to spend a lot of money every year to reward the Wuhuan people. ”

Gao Shun remembered that when interrogating the three major families in Mayi County, they mentioned the Yuan family, which seemed to affect the economic interests of the Yuan family, since they were trading with Xianbei, they must trade with Wuhuan, and after they arrived in Dai County and Shanggu County, they must be strictly investigated, anyway, there are already conflicts with the Yuan family, and the Yuan family cannot continue to profit from it.

As for rewarding the Wuhuan people with food, cloth, etc., Gao Shun had already thought about it, that is, to supply them in the form of cavalry by conscripting Yicong, or to trade in the form of purchasing Xianbei heads, or to trade with cattle, sheep and horses, etc., and would never continue to allow them to get something for nothing as before.

Gao Shun comforted: "This can't be blamed on Zhang Hou, it's already very good, give us the right to manage the two counties with full authority, and the taxes of the two counties don't have to be handed over to the imperial court, and there is no limit to the number of troops we can build, which is very conducive to our development." ”

Du Bian suggested: "The owner, if you buy an official in the future, you must settle the household registration in other states and counties first, but you can't let His Majesty the Emperor think that we bought it, otherwise the price will be higher, at least double the price." ”

Du Bian can figure out so much implicit content from it, Gao Shun is very pleased, if Du Bian exercises well, as a middle-level government officer, he is still very qualified, it just so happens that Zhao Zizhuang did not have the help of the administrative staff at hand, so Gao Shun said: "Meng Yuan, you have worked hard, you have done a good job, and I am very satisfied with the result; You go home to rest for 1 day, and the day after tomorrow you go to Mayi with Wei Wei, I have decided to appoint you as the county magistrate of Mayi County, with a salary of 400 stones, are you willing? ”

Du Bian was stunned for a moment, and immediately saluted Gao Shun happily: "Thank you, I am willing, and I will never disappoint the expectations of the owner." ”

Gao Shun's forces continue to grow and develop, Du Bian sees it in his eyes, it has only been more than half a year, from Taiping Village to recruit the village protection team, to Mayi County, and now has two counties, and Gao Shun is still so young, the future development is unlimited.

Du Bian secretly rejoiced in how wise his choice was, his personal identity improved with the development and growth of Gaoshun's forces, and the county was an official of the imperial court who officially endured his life, and his social status was incomparable to that of You, and his salary was greatly improved; He thought that if he did a good job, it would not be impossible to become a county magistrate in the future.

"After I went, I would cooperate with the work of County Magistrate Zhao."

"Yes, host."

Wei Wei led two Shi cavalry, one cavalry belonged to Cao Xingtun, returned to Taoyuan Fort, and the other Shi went to Mayi County with Wei Wei to station.

Gao Shun bought a high-quality war horse and gave it to Wei Wei in recognition of his continuous running for several months.

Bought a high-quality war horse and gave it to Gehu.

Ge Hu was very happy when he saw the tall horse, "Thank you, this horse will definitely be able to carry me, and I won't make any mistakes for the owner in the future." ”

Gao Shun said: "You ride first and see if I can carry you, if not, you can only engage in infantry in the future." ”

After Ge Hu got on the horse, he felt very good and said, "Lord, this horse is much more stable, and it is absolutely fine." ”

"Take a ride through the Bibo Valley and come back and see how fast it goes."

Li Qiang said: "Lord, don't be so troublesome, you can see it by running around the training ground." ”

"Alright then, Gehu, run around the training ground."

"Yes, my lord."

It didn't take long to run a lap, and after coming back, Gao Shun and others observed the situation of the horses, and the horses did not show fatigue, but were just panting.

Li Qiang said: "Lord, it seems that as a means of transportation, it is okay to slow down, but it is not possible to go to the battlefield, first, you can't gallop, you can only jog; The second is that the tiger has not yet worn armor and has not taken a weapon, otherwise it will have to increase by dozens of catties, and the load of the war horse will be greater. ”

Gao Shun praised: "But Huzi's riding skills are okay, and when he chooses a weapon and practices horse fighting, I will give him a better war horse." ”

"Thank you, my lord." Li Qiang immediately called Huzi over and asked, "Huzi, what weapon do you like?" Is it set? ”

"Master, I've thought about it, learn to use the horse lance with you, the horse lance is long and fierce, I feel very powerful."

"Haha, good, it's not a good apprentice of the master." After Li Qiang finished praising Gehu, he turned to Gao Shun and said, "Lord, what do you do about this situation?" ”

"Don't look for me, I have ordinary lances here, Ge Hu can't use them, or give your lance to Ge Hu to use, I'll give him a special war horse and a set of Mingguang armor."

Li Qiang begged: "Lord, I still have to charge into battle for you, the horse lance is very important to me, anyway, you don't often go to the battlefield, and you haven't learned to use the lance, and you won't have time to learn to use the horse lance in the future, it's enough to have a big gun, just give your horse lance to Huzi to use." ”

Gao Shun liked Huzi very much, and pretended to be helpless and said: "I have served your master and apprentice, horses, weapons, armor, these three things are all from me, you don't care about anything as a master?" Huzi is about to become my apprentice. ”

Gao Shun endured the pain and gave his Mingguang armor and horse lance to Ge Hu, along with the special-grade war horse, and went to the City Lord's Mansion to collect it in the afternoon.

"Thank you, my lord."

"Thank you, my lord."