In a village, they found a family to spend the night, and the next day Yuan Xi and the others went on the road again. These days they have been aimless, going wherever they are. When I met a pedestrian on the road, I got off the horse and chatted a few words. The conversation is nothing more than how the harvest was last year, how much was handed in, how many people in the family were there, whether they had enough to eat, what they usually did, and what they did during the slack time.

Spring ploughing is about to begin, and some of the young men are beginning to return to their villages on the plains. Some of these people had fled from the battlefield, some had returned from the mountains to escape conscription, and some had fled from other places. Fortunately, Gongsun Chan was defeated before spring sowing, which made the livelihood of the entire Youzhou quickly stabilized, otherwise there would be no harvest this year if farming was delayed.

Mencius said: If you don't take away a hundred acres of land, a family of eight can be starvation-free. For a country's livelihood plan, the most important thing is to let farmers farm on time, otherwise it will not be successful, which will affect social stability. The time of sowing is the most important, early, easy to dry up, late, the grain is not full.

Several people investigated all the way, taking advantage of the good weather, and walked on the path in the field. The snow and ice had just melted on the road, and it was a little muddy, and everyone's shoes were covered in mud.

Yuan Xi promoted democracy among his subordinates, and everyone could ask questions, and he himself was a "servant of the people" in later generations, a civil servant, and his subordinates began to speak casually.

Zhang Ding and Lin Heizi, who followed Zhao Yun, asked: "My lord, the other big officials are all sitting high in the mansion, and no one is running around on the ridge like you." If you chat with people like this, can you also be a good assassin? ”

Next to him, Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Rude!" ”

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just a discussion with each other." I call this a grassroots search and research, which can also be called a private interview with a microservice. It is to understand the original folk life, leave an impression on yourself, and set the tone for future governance. If you don't even know how much land an ordinary farmer will plant and what the harvest will be, how will you make your own judgment in the future? ”

A few of the entourages smirked, as if they understood or not. Only Lu Fang, Zhao Yun and a few others were listening carefully.

Yuan Xi said to Lu Fang: "To do the history of assassination, it is in charge of macro-level things, that is, major events. But there are some numbers, you have to know them by heart. For example, such as the number of households, age structure, per capita income, etc., some of them cannot be accurately obtained, so you have to rely on common sense to reason. When you form a digital concept and say what the people below say, you won't be fooled by them. How much tax is collected, how much is greedy, according to the proportion of heads, you can know it by asking. ”

Lu Fang heard a layer of sweat on his head, and muttered, "If it is...... If you can do it to this extent, this level ......"

Yuan Xi asked, "Is it difficult?" ”

Lu Fang nodded and said, "It's difficult." ”

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's not difficult! Exercising more will do. ”

Lu Fang stuck out his tongue and wiped the sweat off his head, his four mixed operations were also a little more proficient just now.

As they spoke to each other, they heard a shouting and the sound of horses' hooves ahead.

Zhao Yun shouted: "Alert! More than a dozen guards suddenly became nervous and tightly surrounded Yuan Xi in the middle.

Yuan Xi said: "Go ahead and take a look." ”

They walked a few dozen meters and found two groups of people standing in the grove next to them. On one side were the vendors he had seen in the tea house before, the slightly obese middle-aged man, and the brocade-hated ermine but somewhat cynical young man, and the father and son stood behind with the goods under the protection of their retinue.

On the other side, there were three or four big men wearing armor and riding horses, and the armor on their bodies was a little tattered, but it could be vaguely seen that it was the standard of Gongsun Zhan's army.

Yuan Xi turned back to Zhao Yun and said, "There is still Gongsun Jun here?" ”

Zhao Yundao: "It is estimated that it is a deserter who is wandering, do you want to avoid it?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "They are making things difficult for those businessmen here, as the chief official of Youzhou, how can we stand idly by?" ”

They also had horses, and they had a big target, and as soon as they entered the woods, they were seen by both groups at the same time. The businessman father and son were a little embarrassed, but the middle-aged businessman still maintained that bearing, not in a hurry, but his son, the young man, clenched his fists a little nervously and glared angrily at the few people in front of him.

One of the old generals of Gongsun on the horse saw Yuan Xi and these people and yelled at them: "Gongsun Jun clears the portal, others avoid it!" ”

Yuan Xi responded with a sneer: "What a big guts! Gongsun Chan is already dead, where did Gongsun Jun come from? ”

The man had a beard on his face, was tall, and he was also a battle-hardened character, and he seemed to be full of battlefield aura, exuding a murderous aura. He looked at Yuan Xi's group, it seemed that they were ordinary passers-by, the big deal was the big family in the village next to him, and the one who spoke in the middle was at most a child of a big family, so he said with some disdain: "Even if the Gongsun Army is scattered, it won't be your turn to say this!" ”

After speaking, as soon as he urged the horses under his seat, he rushed towards Yuan Xi, wielding a huge hammer in his hand, and only those who were sure of their arm strength dared to use this kind of weapon.

Before Yuan Xi could command, Zhao Yun had already shot out, like a meteor catching the moon.

Several people and horses watched the two horses approach quickly, and they all held their breath and watched with wide eyes. The merchant's son clenched his fists even more, nervous to the extreme.

There was only a muffled pop, a muffled grunt, and the two horses quickly separated, but the man on one horse fell.

Zhao Yun retracted the horse, and waved the gun in his hand behind him, only to see the gun bright red, and a drop of blood falling from the sharp corner. And the old general fell to the ground and never moved again.

Zhao Yunnai is a fierce general in the Three Kingdoms, and in front of him is only an unknown defeated general, and the number of victories and defeats is obvious. But afterwards, Yuan Xi also wiped a handful of sweat, and the first time he watched such a classic cavalry heads-up, it was like watching the moment when the mystery was revealed in the pot cup when he was gambling, and his heart was about to rise to his throat.

The remaining three grandsons saw that their companions had fallen off their horses, and seeing that they were no longer alive, they looked at each other and hurriedly urged their horses to go in the other direction. They are frightened birds, and if it weren't for some special reasons, they wouldn't dare to show their heads.

Yuan Xi said to his subordinates: "Catch up, no one can escape." ”

Zhao Yun's ten personal soldiers roared and galloped out on horseback at the same time. And Zhao Yun rode back, if there were no special circumstances, he would not leave Yuan Xi's side for half a step.

The middle-aged merchant in the forest arched his hand towards Yuan Xi and said, "Pingshui meets, thank you Gongzi for coming to the rescue." The young man beside him also learned from his father to bow down.

Yuan Xi said: "Although Gongsun Chan has been defeated, these remnants are still wandering around. A few people are walking on the road, and they need to add a little more manpower. ”

The young man said, "If it were ordinary bandits, we would have the power to protect ourselves. It's just that these people are aiming for ......"

He was about to say more, but his father stopped him and said, "We merchants are used to walking on the road on weekdays, and we are used to seeing these dangers. I don't think this boy is an ordinary person, and it is inconvenient to worry about the interests of us merchants. Don't ...... at it."

At this time, Zhao Yun's subordinate Zhang Ding and other ten people turned around one after another, and said dejectedly: "Let them escape......"

None of these ten people were caught, which made Zhao Yun unable to hang on his face.

Yuan Xi said to the middle-aged businessman: "I don't think these people will give up, where are you going?" You can walk with us, and you can take care of it. ”

The middle-aged businessman thought for a moment and said, "This will trouble this son." Follow this road all the way to the south, you can get to Wenjiabao before dark, we can spend the night in Wenjiabao. ”...