Chapter 17: The Recruiting Turmoil
These two soldiers were Zhang Jun's guards and soldiers, and they were all his henchmen, and when they suddenly saw Lord Taishou asking, they pointed to the inside and said, "Zhang, Lord Zhang is here, rest inside." ”
Liu Xin seemed to understand something from the faces of the two soldiers, did not continue to walk inside, stopped and said, "Go, call him out." ”
A soldier staggered inside. After only a while, Zhang Jun ran out in a well-dressed manner, just put two dark circles under his eyes, and saluted Liu Xin: "The lord came so early, and the lower officials are out of welcome." ”
Liu Xin said expressionlessly: "It seems that this official has disturbed Lord Zhang's good dream." ”
Zhang Jun listened to Liu Xin's words, sweat oozed from his forehead, and he said: "Xiaguan, Xiaguan ......"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No need to explain. Tell me how things are going here, and you still need to take care of it for the time being. ”
Zhang Jun said at a loss: "My lord, the account books are all in it, or you can go and see it in person, or you just remember that it is a little messy." ”
Liu Xin said unhappily: "Since you know it's a bit messy, let's spend more time tidying up, and spend less effort on women's bellies. ”
Zhang Jun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said: "My lord Mingjian, Xia Guan hasn't slept all night, he is sorting out the account books, and there is absolutely no close to women." ”
Liu Xin was a little surprised when he heard this: "You get up and speak first." You've been sorting through your books all night? ”
Zhang Junzhan got up tremblingly and said, "Xiaguan is really sorting out the account books. ”
Liu Xin still didn't believe it: "You really didn't spoil the woman of Li Cheng's family?" So how did these two soldiers talk so much? ”
Zhang Jun shouted and said, "My lord, that's what they wanted." Several women in this house do have some looks, but they are all picked out by the lower officials and ready to be sent to the adults' mansions, and the lower officials really don't dare to touch a finger of them. Xia Guan has been sorting out the account books all night, and his eyes have not been closed. ”
Liu Xin said angrily: "Take me in and look at the account books." ”
Zhang Jun breathed a sigh of relief and led Liu Xin into the house, only to see bamboo slips piled up everywhere on the ground. Liu Xin picked up a scroll and looked through it, only to see that it was messy, and the writing was not very good, so he couldn't help frowning and said, "Who remembered this?" ”
Zhang Jun hurriedly replied: "These are all written down by the lower officials himself. ”
Liu Xin glanced at him and said, "You are now a county captain, a long history, and a school captain, won't you find some people to help?" ”
Zhang Jun replied: "Most of the officials in this county are Li Cheng's cronies, and the only ones who can be trusted by the lower officials are these guards and soldiers around them, but they are illiterate, so I feel more at ease to do it myself." ”
Liu Xin looked at his smug appearance and couldn't help but laugh: "Lord Zhang, how did you become a long history?" ”
Zhang Jun suddenly blushed and said, "Xiaguan, Xiaguan bought it for 12 million. ”
Liu Xin slandered in his heart, "No wonder! But thinking that he also spent 30 million to buy this Taishou, the eldest brother didn't laugh at the second brother, and he didn't want to say anything, so he had to advise: "Hurry up!" Tell the soldiers who participated in the raid that it is resolutely forbidden to carry private possession. Take 20% of the confiscated property and divide it among you and the soldiers. The rest was divided into two parts, one sent to the treasury and one to be handed over to the imperial court. ”
Zhang Jun was overjoyed: "Thank you, sir!" I'll send those women to the house right away. ”
Liu Xin scolded: "Nonsense! Expel everyone in the Li family from the city and leave them to fend for themselves. Hurry up and do it. ”
Zhang Jun looked at Liu Xin's departing back, only to feel that his clothes were soaked from the inside out. Liu Xin left Li Cheng's house, seeing that it was still early, he wanted to go to the barracks to have a look, considering that Dian Wei was not with him, it seemed a bit risky to go alone, in case he was cut down by a big soldier loyal to Li Cheng, wouldn't he be wronged. After thinking about it, Liu Xin had no choice but to go home.
When I saw the gate of the Taishou Mansion, I saw that the soldiers guarding the door stopped a few people and prevented them from entering. Liu Xin took a closer look, but it was Zhao Yun and Fan Jing's father and daughter, and he was overjoyed, and stepped forward and said, "Zhao Yun, you guys are really fast!" ”
The three of them turned around when they heard the sound, and when they saw that it was Liu Xin, they also happily greeted them. Zhao Yun said: "Lord Liu, we arrived outside the city last night, but the city gate has been closed, and we can't enter the city, so we stayed in the village outside the city for the night, and rushed into the city early this morning. The soldiers at the door wouldn't let us in. ”
Liu Xin grabbed Zhao Yun's hand and said, "Don't pay attention to them, follow me in." ”
Fan Jing stepped forward and said nervously: "Lord Liu, Xiaomin has already sold all the family property, I don't know what position you are going to arrange for Zhao Yun." ”
Liu Xin didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Fan Lichang, can you read and write?" Can you read this book? ”
Fan Jing replied: "Xiaomin has studied for a few years, and he has been the chief of this department, and he has to collect rent and taxes every year, and this account book can also be understood." ”
Liu Xinxi said: "That's good, that's good, you can be a scribe in Taishou Mansion first." ”
Fan Jing saw that Zhao Yun hadn't arranged it yet, so he got a position first, and suddenly started thinking again, could it be that this Lord Liu really fell in love with my daughter, so he didn't care about Zhao Yun, and stepped forward and said, "Thank you, sir." It's just that we first came to Hejian and didn't have a place to stay, do you think we can let our father and daughter live in this house first? ”
Liu Xin said: "That's natural, the three of you will live in the mansion first, this west courtyard is Dian Wei's residence, and the east courtyard will be for the three of you to live." ”
Fan Jing saw that he was still living with Zhao Yun, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to agree.
Liu Xin said to the two soldiers who were following him: "You two, help them settle down, and then take this Mr. Fan to Zhang Jun, and say that I sent him to help." After speaking, he turned to Zhao Yun and said: "Zhao Yun, you are still young now, it is not appropriate to arrange any official positions, first take charge of helping me recruit personal soldiers, train well, and take on great responsibilities in the future." ”
Zhao Yun saw that Fan Jing had made arrangements first, and he was unhappy, but now he knew that Liu Xin was going to entrust him with a big responsibility, and he immediately wanted to show the future old man: "Don't worry, my lord, I'll go." ”
Liu Xin didn't expect him to be in such a hurry, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Wait." After I think about it again, the pro-soldiers recruited this time must not be less, but also fine, you should grasp it well, and you must recruit thousands of people. In addition, there should be 6,000 troops in the army, but now there are less than 3,000 in the barracks, and you have also recruited and filled them. ”
Zhao Yun got Liu Xin's order, and he didn't enter the Taishou Mansion anymore, so he couldn't wait to go straight to Wang Lei's recruitment stall. Wang Lei heard that the young man in front of him was personally appointed by Liu Xin, and thought that this young man must be a relative of Taishou, so he didn't dare to slack off, but let Zhao Yun live in the middle.
By this time, it was already dawn, and the number of people who came to apply for the job was gradually increasing. Zhao Yun really took the lead, and instructed the scribes to register the applicants, and only recruit young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, and those who are too old or too young are not allowed. Everyone has to be interviewed by him personally, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short don't be, if the unsuccessful person still wants to be a soldier, he can only go to the barracks to be an ordinary soldier, but this is too guarded to be a soldier.
Everyone knows that there is a gap between ordinary soldiers and Taishou soldiers, and there are many people in Hebei who are martial, and those who are unsuccessful are naturally not convinced, so they clamore, and Wang Lei can't hold it down. Seeing this, Zhao Yun jumped on the desk and said loudly: "If you are not convinced, you will fight with me, and whoever can survive three rounds under me will be considered to have passed." ”
Among the unsuccessful people, there were many who believed in their martial arts and deceived him as a child, so they came out to challenge Zhao Yun one after another. Zhao Yun did not refuse, and at the end of the day, he lost more than 200 people in a row, and no one could go through a round under him. In the next few days, fewer and fewer people dared to challenge Zhao Yun, until there was not even one.
This matter spread ten, ten spread hundreds, spread throughout the entire Hejian County, people after tea and dinner are talking about the county guard of the child named Zhao Yun, I heard that the child is a relative of Lord Taishou Liu, strong martial arts, invincible opponents all over the river, the reputation has faintly surpassed the murder a few days ago like chopping melons and vegetables.
On this day, in a hotel in Hejian County, several guests were discussing the matter.
One of the guests asked the person next to him, "It's been a few days since Taishou-sama recruited his own soldiers." ”
The man replied, "Today is the ninth day." ”
Another guest said, "I heard that no one can win against that Zhao Yun yet." ”
The guest who spoke first said disdainfully, "Want to win? How can it be. No one has yet survived a round under him. ”
A person at the next table said: "I went to see that Zhao Yun yesterday, it's just a teenager, except that he is taller, and he doesn't have three heads and six arms, how can he be so powerful?" ”
Another person said: "I heard that this Zhao Yun is a relative of Lord Taishou, Changshan people, it's a pity that so many people in our river can't beat a child, it's really embarrassing!" ”
However, it is said that this Hejian County belonged to Zhao during the Warring States Period, and the people of Yan Zhao are many martial arts, with generous surnames, and there are often heroes. These diners said that they had no intention, but a big man over there listened to them intentionally. only heard the sound of "pop", and the big man slapped the case: "You birdmen, one by one, are afraid of the Taishou Lord, and deliberately lose to a child, and fall into the majesty of my river heroes!" I'll teach this kid a lesson. After speaking, he flipped the table and went to the Taishou Mansion without looking back. Seeing this, everyone shouted, rushed out, and followed the big man. Along the way, everyone talked about it, some said that he was boring for himself, and some said that this person looked powerful and powerful like a good man, and the outcome was unpredictable. Along the way, more and more people gathered, and almost 10,000 people went to Taishoufu.