As the night passed, the red sun rising in the east did not hesitate to spread its light over the earth. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After a night of blood and fire, a new day has come. Occasionally, a few well-informed guys connected with the fires that started on the east and west sides of the county yesterday and deduced a fact: the sky in the country has changed.

The Zhou family's manor had long been turned into ruins in Huang Zhongde's fire attack, and the Liu family's manor fell into the hands of the official army because of Li Sheng's tactics of besieging the city to send reinforcements and calling the door to earn the city. Under Li Sheng's order, the old villagers of Yuguo, who were still somewhat famous, came to the manor of the Liu family to listen to the arrangements of Li Sheng, the new owner of Yuguo County. Although Li Sheng is only the county commander of Xiyang, a neighboring county, he is currently bringing such a large group of armed forces in the country, and these old villagers in the country will not be unable to see the situation clearly. They were originally very clever people, if it weren't for that, they would have been cleaned up by the Liu family and the Zhou family a long time ago.

The appointed time was late afternoon, but they arrived in a hurry before noon. After all, they understand who is strong and who is weak, and without understanding the other party's character, they would rather wait there respectfully than dare to be late and fall into the hands of the other party with an irreverent handle. To be honest, their hearts are really tight at the moment. Before I came, I had repeatedly explained my family, just like telling the future. However, when they came here, they wondered if they were a little suspicious, because the soldiers who received them in this hall were very kind and respectful to them, which made them feel flattered by the Liu family and the Zhou family. At this, they were a little relieved, and sat there in peace of mind, quietly waiting for the arrival of the master of this army. Until......

"It hurts...... ...... pain" A terrible scream pierced the silence of the manor, pouring into everyone's ears like a ghost crying and howling. It came so suddenly, and the people waiting in the front hall of the Straight Sect jumped up from their seats as if they had been burned by fire, and their eyes were full of panic.

"This ...... What's going on here? Several old men couldn't stand such a fright, and grabbed the soldier who was in charge of receiving them in the hall and asked nervously. The soldier was a stout, simple-looking, and good man, and had already won the affection of these old men. They all believed that he would not deceive himself.

"Uh...... Well......" The big soldier's expression became extremely strange, and he seemed to look around, and saw that there was no one else here but himself, so he cautiously whispered to them: "This is actually a very shameless thing. My boss is afraid of doctors. He was injured in the left arm during the battle last night, and because the situation was critical and he was dealing with the right thing, he was nervous but he was not in the mood to feel the pain. Now that everything is done, he is treated by the doctor in the army, and so it is like this. He doesn't seem to have a problem with the wound himself, but he doesn't want to do it if the doctor does it. ”

"I see...... Understand, understand. Everyone has their own hobbies! Several old men nodded again and again when they heard this. In fact, it is not okay not to understand, because it is purely a fact. Under this louder and more terrible cry, their hearts seemed to burst out of their chests, and they trembled with fear. They whispered to the big soldier, "Is there any place to stay away from this voice?" ”

"Nope!" The big soldier shook his head helplessly, "This is already the farthest place from the inner room. ”

"Hey...... Miserable! The old man patted his forehead and said. They have nothing to do with this "magic sound".

In the distance, "Ah......" was startled by another scream, which made people tremble and involuntarily fall goosebumps. Everyone raised their frowning eyes and looked towards the inner room of the Liu family's manor. Under the thoughts of their respective masters, the eyes like two sharp blades gradually fell into a room in the innermost part of the manor, through the courtyard after another—this is the root of all the scourges, the house that Li Sheng used to heal.

Li Sheng was the attacker last night. As the commander of Xiyang County, he can be regarded as the king of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Peng Ling, and Xu Ding, and he should not have done such a dangerous thing. But because of the young man's own passion and the desire to test his martial arts, and the fact that there was no one else around him to restrain him, he took it upon himself to do this dangerous thing. Although the whole project was successful in the end, he also suffered such a small injury. His entire left arm had almost been scraped off a layer of skin, and the blood was shocking, and I didn't know if it had hurt his muscles or bones. If it hurts, it's a waste. This was the result of what even he was afraid of. He originally thought that the man named Liu Yi was just a bandit leader with some ability, but he really didn't expect that he would have the attack power of a first-class master. It was a terrible blow that hurt me. Until now, Li Sheng's heart was still trembling.

If you are injured, you need to rest. If it was just to endure the pain and let him go to sleep, with Li Sheng's physique and intention, it would be bearable. But......

See the doctor? Li Sheng couldn't help frowning as soon as he heard the news. In the modern era, he didn't have any good feelings for doctors. Now back in the past, under his hatred and black, he also dislikes the doctor unusually. He can make friends with the doctor, and he hopes that his relatives and friends will receive good treatment from the doctor, but it is absolutely intolerable to let the doctor do "things" on his own body. As soon as he saw that a part of his body was under the control of others, and he couldn't do anything, he became mad. Because, he had a painful energy that impressed him once in modern times - his physique seems to be a little special, and when others give him an injection, as soon as it hits his body, the part of the puncture will be unbearable. Although it will gradually get better, it is a time when the lumps are stuck there and there is no cure. That was something that had saddened him for months. He intuitively thought it was all the doctor's fault.

If he is the absolute "dictator" here, then he may be able to use the order to exempt the doctor from his "abuse", but right now, there is still the existence of Master Huang Zhong above him. He didn't have any way to deal with Master's eyes that were a little irritated in his concern. Maybe he can face Master's anger, but he can't face Master's concern for him. In such a desperate situation, he could only sell his body. However, the feeling of watching one's wound being grasped by others is definitely not pleasant. Especially the pain from the wound and the uneasiness from his heart made him scream again and again. Because he was unable to move, he could only rely on his own screams to vent his fears. It's just that the shouting is a little too terrifying.

"Don't scream, okay. For this pain, you are still not a man! Look at how scared the doctor you are......" Under the terrible noise, Huang Zhong, who originally thought he could endure it, couldn't bear it in the end, he reluctantly walked in front of Li Sheng and pointed to the doctor who was still scared even if he brought a pair of cotton balls to cover his ears.

"People can't help it!" Li Sheng pouted childishly and said helplessly. Looking at his pitiful appearance, I was afraid that no one would associate him with the loud guy he had seen earlier. After all, the temperament gap between the two is too big.

However, the two are still one after all. At the next moment, when the doctor beside Li Sheng carefully sprinkled the healing gold sore medicine on the arm that could no longer be seen, another roar like waves came out of Li Sheng's pitiful mouth just now, making the people around him inadvertently retreat three feet, and their faces became even paler.

"I can't stand it, I can't stand you." Huang Zhong resigned himself helplessly, pushed open the closed door, and called out to Shi Tao, who was hiding away from the two zhang and frowning absent-mindedly: "Guangyuan, what can you do?" As long as you can keep this guy from screaming. Anyway, if he continues to be so noisy, you won't be able to read with peace of mind. ”

Outside the retreat where Li Sheng stayed was a shade full of green flowers, which was originally a cool and quiet place, which was the most suitable place for scholars to study their homework with peace of mind. Although he and Li Sheng are around, Shi Tao still feels that his homework is not perfect. So, he seized all the time to study. Originally, he wanted to read a book for a while in this fairly good environment, but Li Sheng's earth-shattering roar after roar made everything nothing. Seeing that such a beautiful environment was destroyed, Shi Tao could only give up. After all, the culprit who broke it all was his boss, and he couldn't have gone to him anyway to settle the score.

"Persuasion? Do you think he obviously doesn't feel that his shouting can be corrected? Shi Tao shook his head weakly and said in frustration.

"So? We've had to endure this kind of magic all the time? Can you tolerate such a situation? Huang Zhong slanted at Shi Tao's face, which had become significantly paler.

"There's no way around that." Shi Tao stood up excitedly, and then sat down again, holding his head in his hands, his whole body was full of powerlessness.

Silence, helplessly silence crept between the two. And Li Sheng, who was in the room behind them, still broke out the fear in his heart again and again regularly.

"Maybe, but not necessarily impossible." After a long time, Shi Tao raised his head, he seemed to think of something, and his eyes, which were still gray just now, suddenly revealed a firm and scorching light: "Zixu has been trained by General Huang and General Wei. No matter how bad he is at the pain tolerance, he is afraid that he will not be like this, and he will keep screaming. In other words, his current behavior is just a pure response. That was done almost unconsciously. If we can use something else to awaken his consciousness and use things to drag him down, then maybe we can solve this biggest problem at the moment. ”

"Oh? Is this the solution? Huang Zhong listened to a lot of concepts, and the smile on his face suddenly bloomed, and he pushed this matter to Shi Tao very happily: "Since you thought of this matter." Then I'll leave this to you. I want you to make it to the end of the doctor, you know? ”

"What?" Shi Tao's face, which was originally full of vitality because he had come up with a solution, was suddenly filled with bitterness: "General Huang, you are an adult." You should have the courage to take responsibility, right? How can you just push everything to me? ”

"Young man, this is for you." Huang Zhong said this very seriously, but as if he was smeared with oil on the soles of his feet, he ran away quickly. That swift movement really makes it impossible to associate him with his age, and it also makes people wonder: "Then how can a middle-aged uncle move so fast?" Isn't it my eyes? Shi Tao felt very strange about this.

However, no matter how strange he felt, it was an indisputable fact that the mission that Huang Zhong had left behind had befallen him. After Huang Zhong, the person who could have taken on this task, left first, the only one who could take on all this was him. In order to let his friends come out of the demon realm of poisoning others as soon as possible, and for the people around him to have a reassuring rest environment, Shi Tao shook his head and comforted himself helplessly, and finally strode towards the house where Li Sheng was, and quietly opened the door very magnificently.

"Who?" Li Sheng's hoarse wheezing voice was heard inside. The roars again and again had already exhausted him a little.

"It's me, Shi Guangyuan! I've got something out there I'd like to discuss with you. I still don't understand a lot about the proposal you proposed. Shi Tao explained outside the door. It's an excuse, but it's a real excuse. Maybe he had such a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

"Oh? Is it Guangyuan? Let's talk about any questions. "The owner of the room allowed it. Shi Tao was able to push the door open. However, at the moment when he pushed open the door, another scream that shook the world came from inside, making Shi Tao, who was directly facing this, involuntarily take three steps back, and sat on the ground with an unstable center of gravity, with a sad wry smile on his face: "Is this sound made by a human?" He had some doubts that he would get in like this, and that he would eventually have no life to come out.

Trembling and trembling, he walked forward helplessly, and after passing through the two halls, Shi Tao finally saw Li Sheng and the doctor who was still working very conscientiously by his side. To be honest, Shi Tao really admired this doctor, after all, he actually persevered for two hours under Li Sheng's magic sound that was enough to pierce the golden cracking stone, which was really a very remarkable skill. Although the doctor's face is paler than paper at the moment, and he always looks weak, he still persevered with his last strength, and still helped Li Sheng deal with his wounds, without the slightest dissatisfaction, which is really noble. Shi Tao admired him more and more.

After looking at it quietly for a while, Shi Tao withdrew his gaze. Whether he admires doctors or hates doctors, this is not his concern at the moment. What he really wants to do is to attract Li Sheng's attention and let him focus his mind not on his own wounds, but on other things. Because Shi Tao understood that only in this way could Li Sheng's mournful screams stop. Although he still feels pain, the constant thinking in his head will make him involuntarily restrain the pain from screaming.

"I have some questions about today's events. I remember that you gave your subordinates an order to go to the village elders around this country? I wondered, why would you do that? Shi Tao took a deep breath and asked: "We are the county commander of Xiyang, and what we want to do in the future will only be related to Xiyang, why should we be involved with the country of Xiyang?" ”

"Huh!" Li Sheng laughed slightly when he heard this, but he was pulled by the pain of the wound, and this smile turned into a gritted grit of teeth and a bitter smile: "What do you think we need most after we get rid of these people?" How can Xiyang develop rapidly? ”

"I think what we need most is money and time. After all, with these two things, it is easy to make a small place develop. Shi Tao thought for a moment and replied with a little hesitation.

"Money? Time? That's just the means you need to achieve your goals. Li Sheng shook his head slightly, and he told Shi Tao: "People, what we really need is people, a large number of people. Money is nothing more than a necessity to feed these people and drive them to work for us, and time is only a consumption of these people's work. Only people are the force that creates everything. As long as we can have a large number of people who can drive, our Xiyang will be able to develop rapidly. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, yes. But does this have anything to do with what we're doing right now? Shi Tao was still puzzled.

"Absolutely." Li Sheng nodded: "Everything we are doing right now is to gain people and people who are loyal to us!" ”

"Loyal people?" Shi Tao looked at him strangely: "Do such people have loyalty at all?" Aren't they just okay with others? If they have loyalty at all, then they will not obediently surrender to the Liu family and the Zhou family. Speaking of this, Shi Tao couldn't help but be a little annoyed, he hated these people like grass on the wall.

"Of course they have loyalty, it's just that their loyalty is hard to come by. Even Lord Liu Biao has never won the loyalty of the people here. Therefore, for these people, Liu Biao, who also did not gain loyalty, was no different from Liu Ji, who killed the lord and occupied the city. It is true that it is much more difficult to live under Liu Ji than under Lord Liu Biao, but at the bottom line that they can bear, they will definitely not shed their blood for the sake of a life that they can bear. Because that's not necessary at all. Li Sheng smiled and persuaded Shi Tao.

"Since their loyalty is so hard to obtain, what do you use to gain their loyalty, to secure their loyalty?" Shi Tao asked him.

"Just two points." Li Sheng stretched out the two fingers of his right hand and gestured.

"Oh?" Shi Tao looked at him curiously, waiting for him to give him a satisfactory answer.

"Fairness and respect." Li Sheng smiled and said in a deep voice: "The so-called fairness means that the people must be treated equally as they are treated, and the living environment of the people must be guaranteed fairly, and one group of people cannot be bullied by another group of people, and more privileges can be generated, and privileges cannot be overridden by legal principles, which is one of them." The second is respect, you have to ensure that the people have dignity as a human being, that they feel decent, that they cannot be treated as a straw, as slaves. For some non-principled issues that can be relaxed, try to relax. As the ruler, if you can get 10% of the benefits from one thing, then you might as well take out 10% of the 10% to win the favor of these people. Sometimes it is easier to win their hearts by giving them something like honor or fame than giving them a few stones of rice or a few pieces of money. ”

"I see, but how hard are these things to do? We don't have much power at the moment, and there are too many constraints on all sides. Shi Tao still frowned unoptimistically.

"Just do your best. In fact, the demands of these people are easy to meet, you just need to give them a little respect, and then make their lives better than they are elsewhere. Something like that, I don't think it's hard for us. Li Sheng said with a smile.

"And ...... now?" Shi Tao nodded, and then asked about the specific steps at this time.

"I think we should use some means to get a group of people to come over from several counties around us. Because, after we get rid of these people, Xiyang will become a battlefield. By that time the number of people in the city will be greatly reduced, and we urgently need to bring in some fresh blood from outside. Li Sheng simply stated his purpose.

"So, what are the specific steps......?" Shi Tao seemed very concerned, and he couldn't wait to ask.

"Give these people some sweetness first, especially these old villagers. Although they are all old and slippery, they are quite influential among the people. Give them a few more acres of land, and give them a certain right to manage, and take their hearts first. Although this does not directly gain their loyalty, it can win their favor and make them remember us somewhat. This is how our first step is realized. Li Sheng squinted his eyes and said.

"That's it?" Shi Tao's eyes widened.

"The first step, I said this is just the first step, understand?" Li Sheng rolled his eyes and emphasized, and he immediately explained the plan further under Shi Tao's attention: "People have inferior roots. As the saying goes, 'people go high, and water flows low'. At present, it is not so easy to solve the problem of the four northern counties, and I am afraid it will take a month or two. This is not a long war, and it is the same for the villagers who have received our benefits. This is the right time for them to adapt to their new life and get their hearts satisfied. After that, we will honestly return to Xiyang to be my county magistrate, and there will be a new administrator here. When the managers first arrived, they must have been unimpressed by the rights and benefits we had given them. They will definitely find a way to take it back, and it will inevitably conflict with those who have been given the rights. When there is conflict, there will be bloodshed, and those who have a good opinion of us will be disappointed in them, and then as soon as we announce our acceptance in Xiyang, they will inevitably flock to us. Since they have survived on both sides, they have their own ideas, their own contrasts. And in contrast, the people will definitely feel that we are much better than those people, and they will have the idea of being loyal to us. So we have a preliminary acquisition of these people. ”

"I see." Shi Tao nodded as if he didn't understand: "The so-called from simple to luxurious, from luxury to simple difficult." Adults also want them to adapt to a good life and make them dependent on this life. As a result, some of them have left their homes and come to us in order to get this kind of life. Let them come to volunteer? Well, that's a good idea. Thinking of this, Shi Tao had completely understood Li Sheng's plan and couldn't help but be amazed.

"Of course." Li Sheng accepted Shi Tao's praise, the smile on his face bloomed brilliantly, and he told Shi Tao with a smile: "What kind of beast is the most terrifying? It's not a hungry beast, it's a beast that protects its cubs. When it wants to protect something, it can give up even its own life. My plan, because of time, of course, can't turn these kind people into beasts that protect cubs, but it's still possible to let these people have a little bit of cub care. When they feel that this kind of life is good and they are unwilling to give up, they will consciously take up arms and fight in order to ensure that they can continue to live this life. If we can make them realize this, then the forces we will build in the future will be based on a higher foundation than everyone else. With a little more training, I think it's not easy for them to become an ace army. ”

"No matter how you think about it, it's a good and harmless thing. Right now, strength is everything. We have so many soldiers and horses, and we are doing some inconsequential things in our own territory, but I am afraid that no one will say anything about it. "Shi Tao and Li Sheng have been together for so long, and they are naturally very open to some things.

"yes. You can't be too greedy. Giving up some things appropriately, so that these ordinary people become more obedient and more supportive of us, is in fact not much different from not giving up. Self-righteous people who hold everything in their hands, but can't do it well, but make people angry, this is the behavior of a real fool. Li Sheng said with a slight sigh. Coming from modern times, he naturally understands how many benefits democracy has, but he also understands that democracy is absolutely impossible in the current era. Therefore, the decisions he is making now are really just a decentralization of some details, and the main thing is concentrated in his own hands, and it has nothing to do with what is called democracy. Although there is a slight borrowing of democratic means.

"So, who are you going to be responsible for this?" Regarding Li Sheng's sigh, Shi Tao couldn't help but be silent for a long time before asking.

"Do you think I have anyone else to use besides you?" Li Sheng looked at Shi Tao with a wry smile.

At this time, the doctor next to him had already medicated the last part of his wound. The sharp pain made him frown tightly, but he didn't scream again. After taking a few deep breaths and the fresh air, Li Sheng finally stood up. He smiled and gently patted Shi Tao's shoulder with his right hand, and whispered to him and wanted to know: "Guangyuan, I'm sorry for you." You have a lot of things to do, and it's not just this one. ”

"Oh? What else? Shi Tao felt bad in his heart, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then patted his chest to calm down a little: "You say, I'm ready." ”

"Hmm. Just three things. Li Sheng nodded bitterly, and slowly said three big items that shocked Shi Tao: "First, it's the thing I just said. That's entirely up to you.

Second, I ask you to find some clever guys from these counties, villages, and our army as soon as possible to cultivate. I think my territory will get bigger and bigger, and it is absolutely not enough to rely on you, as well as Kong Ming, Shiyuan, and Zhou Ping. You are all in charge of the operation of my forces in a general way, and I don't want to let you be in charge of these small things. So, I'm going to have you each bring out a group of deputies. I don't have any specific requirements for this group of people, as long as they can do what I tell them and quickly have a certain amount of administrative ability. I don't need it, they can recite poetry, I just need them to do what they have to do well. You are now in charge of government affairs, so I hope you can cultivate such a group of administrative talents first.

As for the third point, I hope you can deal with the winter as soon as possible. It's autumn now, and it's not far from the arrival of winter. It was at that time that the battle between friend and foe ended. And how to spend the winter after the end is a terrible thing. Look at the situation in the four northern counties of Jiangxia, this year's harvest, let's not have any hope. Instead of caring about this, let's take a good look at how to buy food from all over the world. I don't want a lot of people in my territory to starve to death this winter. ”

"What? So many things? You're trying to exhaust me to death. This is no small matter. Shi Tao almost fainted: "Why is it so big." ”

"I didn't say that everything was for you to do, and I didn't say that all these things had to be done all at once at a certain time. Anyway, that's all for this paragraph, and you're my overall responsibility. As for how you do it, find those people to do it, you don't need to explain it to me one by one. I don't care what kind of means you use, I just need to see the final result. Li Sheng said with a smile.

"Understood." Shi Tao shrugged helplessly: "Since you have said so, then I have no choice but to accept my fate." Alas, it's really troublesome to follow you. At the moment, it seems that we have to start with the things in the hall outside. As for you, just give me a good rest of my wounds here. Leave the affairs of the army to General Huang Zhong, and leave the rest to me. I think this is both an opportunity and a challenge for me. I think it's time for me to do my best. Shi Tao generously comforted Li Sheng, and then withdrew. As the director of the "three major projects" who has just been appointed by Li Sheng, Shi Tao does have a big trouble to solve in the outer hall at the moment. Right now, he was speeding towards there.