As soon as Zhao Ziliang finished breakfast that day, Changshi Liu Shan came over to complain: "General, these days, there have been thirteen thefts, five murders, and eighteen disputes between neighbors over various trivial matters・・・・・・

Within a few days after the Tang army took over Broken Leaf City, at the beginning, there were often many conflicts between the various tribes in the city because of customs, and when the government affairs were not on the right track, and the social security had not yet stabilized, Zhao Ziliang had to implement military control, and sent troops and horses to forcibly suppress these conflicts. That is to say, the administrative secretary under the Governor's Mansion must set up an arrest room to deal with public security incidents, but Zhao Ziliang's subordinates are all rough people who are soldiers, and it is okay to let them cut people with knives, but it is completely blind to let them solve the case.

Zhao Ziliang had no choice but to send a letter to the new city guard Bi Sichen, and transferred Zhou Shancun, the patrol captain of the Capture Mansion, to him, Zhou Shancun was originally the head catcher of the City Lord's Mansion, and later because he offended too many people and couldn't do it, he was promoted by Zhao Ziliang to become the patrol captain of the garrison, so he was also Zhao Ziliang's person, Bi Sichen had just returned from Chang'an when he received Zhao Ziliang's letter, so he sold a favor to Zhao Ziliang and deposited it for Zhou Shan.

Zhao Ziliang listened to Liu Dan's complaints, he was also troubled and helpless, the new yamen originally had a lot of miscellaneous things, and nothing was sound, so it was inevitable to encounter all kinds of problems, which was also normal. But now the problem of public security has become the biggest problem since the establishment of the Governor's Office, if this problem is not solved, the people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the city will be panicked, and the business travelers will not stop here because they are worried that it will not be safe here. There is no income. Zhao Ziliang had no money to raise soldiers.

In the middle of his troubles, Chu Ge walked in with his waist knife and bowed to the two, and said, "General, Zhou Shancun has come from the Swap City, and he is outside the Governor's Mansion at this moment!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed, and involuntarily got up and said continuously: "Ah, is he here?" Let him in, quick! ”

"No!"

After a while, Chu Ge walked in with two people who looked dusty. One of them is Zhou Shancun, but the other person doesn't know him.

"See the general!" After Zhou Shancun bowed his hand, he respectfully knelt down and made a big salute, and the other person also saluted.

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly got up and walked down the steps to help the two of them up, and said with a smile to Zhou Shancun: "It's good that the relics are here, General Ben is a mess here, the security in Broken Leaf City is too chaotic, and General Ben will be relieved to come to the town before the relics." I'll introduce you to it. This is Liu Dan Liu Changshi, who specializes in assisting General Ben in handling the government affairs of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and you will listen to him in the future! ”

Zhou Shancun bowed to Liu Shan when he heard this, "I've seen Lord Liu!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Dan felt a little unhappy in his heart, and waved his hand and said, "Excuse me!" ”

Zhao Ziliang saw it really and didn't care. Pointing to the person beside Zhou Shancun and asking, "Is this ・・・・・・?" ”

This young man looked like a gentleman, wearing a gray cloth robe with large sleeves, a square scarf on his head, and a scholar's sword hanging from his waist.

Zhou Shancun hurriedly introduced: "General." Let me introduce, this is a close friend of his subordinates, surnamed Di Kejian, and the word is diligent! ”

Di Kejian hurriedly saluted Zhao Ziliang and Liu Dan: "Di Kejian has seen General Zhao and Lord Liu in his late life!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Where is Brother Ziqin?" How did you come to Anxi? ”

Zhou Shancun hurriedly introduced: "General, Lord Liu, Brother Ziqin is the great-great-grandson of Di Gong, the family is knowledgeable, got the codex left by Di Gong before his death, and carefully studied the handbook, in recent years, he has a lot of experience, his subordinates learned in the general's letter that the law and order in Broken Leaf City is chaotic, and there are many perpetrators, and it just so happened that Brother Ziqin came here to join the army, so he pulled him over, and his subordinates recommended Brother Ziqin to the general to be responsible for criminal investigation and judgment, and his subordinates were willing to be deputies!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hadn't spoken yet, but Liu Dan next to him was shocked, got up and asked: "The Di Gong you are talking about is Di Renjie, Di Ge Lao, Huaiying Gong?" ”

Zhou Shancun immediately replied: "Exactly! ”

Di Renjie, the word Huaiying, entered the cabinet as the assistant when Wu Zetian was the emperor, so he is often called Di Ge Lao, Wu Zetian must eliminate the family gate valve force headed by the eldest grandson Wuji to sit on the throne, and then support the officials from the cold family, and Di Renjie is the representative and leader of the officials from the cold family, with his assistance, Wu Zetian finally sat on the throne, but he always insisted that if Wu Zetian died, the throne must be passed to Li Tang again, Wu Zetian did not like it, so he was degraded several times, However, during Wu Zetian's reign, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty declined, and there were many incidents in both the imperial court and the border areas, and Wu Zetian had to recall him again every time to take on important tasks.

"It turned out to be a descendant of Duke Di, Liu was disrespectful and disrespectful!" Liu Shan hurriedly arched his hand.

Di Kejian returned the salute again and again, and said modestly: "The descendants are not filial, and they have insulted the prestige of the ancestors, which is really ashamed!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "I didn't expect Brother Ziqin to be a descendant of Di Gong, who is one of the people I respect the most. This general wants to set up a criminal officer under the Secretary of Administration, who is responsible for the investigation and trial of cases under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of Broken Leaves, and is under Lord Liu, and also asks Brother Ziqin to serve as a criminal officer, I don't know if it is possible? ”

Hearing this, Di Kejian bowed down and saluted: "Solving and trying cases can be regarded as a specialty of the subordinates, so thank you to the general and Lord Liu!" ”

Liu Dan smiled and waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, Ziqin is in charge of criminal investigation and trial affairs, and the official is much easier, if Ziqin can't solve anything, just look for the official!" ”

"Frugality will live up to the trust of the general and the lord!"

Zhao Ziliang said to Zhou Shancun again: "Left, this general's governor's mansion has just been created, there are many miscellaneous things, and there is a shortage of manpower, since you are here, you can't be idle, you have to continue to manage the affairs of military discipline, so let's set up an inspection office under the Military Affairs Department, and the general will appoint you as a patrol lieutenant, and give you 100 people to be responsible for inspecting the military discipline of all the troops under the governor's office." In addition, you are also a member of the military, you can't have no military rank, otherwise you won't be able to suppress those arrogant generals below, so let's do it, this general will promote you to the captain of the Zhengqipin Shangzhiguo, and then you will be promoted after you have made meritorious contributions! In addition, you have to temporarily manage the security in the city, and concurrently serve as the chief catcher under the command of the Governor's Office, and the general will also transfer fifty people from his own Hu to you, temporarily under your command, you have three things to do now, first of all, to manage the security in the city, secondly, to manage the military discipline of the army, and finally you have to teach the general a reserve candidate for the chief catcher, and then train a group of catchers, and recruit them from the locals, although they are taught, the general's Hu has never been able to be your head catcher."

Zhou Shancun clasped his fists and saluted: "The general's kindness is unforgettable, and his subordinates are unforgettable, and they will do their best and die!" ”

With the addition of Zhou Shancun and Di Kejian, in a short period of time, the public security problem in Broken Leaf City and several small towns under its jurisdiction has really improved greatly, and the backlog of cases some time ago was easily detected and tried by Di Kejian, Zhao Ziliang was in a good mood, and rewarded Di Kejian and Zhou Shancun as a reward.

After the improvement of law and order, merchants traveling between the East and the West also began to settle down and stay in Broken Leaf City and several small towns under it, and some merchants opened shops here to buy goods from the East and the West.

Merchants from Chang'an think that although the profits are great to go to the West, the road is too far away and too dangerous along the way, so it is better to sell the goods in Broken Leaf City, although the profit is less, but it is better to be safe, and many merchants from the West are also the same, merchants on both sides sell the goods they brought here, and then buy back some goods from the Tang Dynasty to bring back, so Broken Leaf City has gradually become a large transit station for goods from the East and West, but there is still a large part of the caravan just to stay here to stay, sharp, Merchants from the West wanted to see the prosperity and greatness of Chang'an, and merchants from Chang'an also went to the Western Great Food, Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire to see the civilization there, and they could also make huge profits.

At this time, there were two overland Silk Roads after leaving the country, namely the southern route and the northern route, the southern route was to go through the Uzberi Pass, cross the Pamir Plateau, a rugged and extremely dangerous area, into the territory ruled by the Tocharian chieftains, and then go west into the Great Food Country, the northern route was through Toyun Fort or along the Ili River, and then go west either through the country of Bakhana or to the city of Broken Leaves. Relatively speaking, go to Broken Leaf City, pass through Ashi Bulai City and Julan City along the way, and then go south through Hengros City to enter the territory of Shiguo, and enter the Great Food Country through the Zhaowu Nine Surname Kingdoms, if you are worried that it is not safe to go to the Great Food Country, you can also arrive at Hengros City and then not go south, go directly to the west, cross the Caspian Sea and finally arrive at the Eastern Roman Empire, this road is much smoother, and through the territory of Bahanna and take the southern line, it is much more dangerous, the southern Tocharian tribes fight against each other all the year round, and the road is not easy to walk, It is necessary to cross the snow-capped mountains many times.

However, due to the rebellion of the Turks in the past year, the tense and bad relations with the Tang Dynasty have made the northern route very unsafe, so many merchants who travel between the east and the west do not dare to take the northern route, and the business travel on this road is much less than before.

This is also something that Zhao Ziliang has been worried about for a few days, there is less business travel, and the income of Broken Leaf City and its small towns is less, so it is necessary to attract businessmen to take this road, so how to attract businessmen to take this road has become Zhao Ziliang's biggest headache now. (To be continued.) )