Chapter Forty-Six: Leiyang Has Iron
"That's right, Madame's mention is indeed a little inappropriate." Liu Qi raised his head and said proudly, "Madame, have you ever thought about it?" In case the book will really do what you say, then it just confirms everyone's previous rumors, won't Madame's innocence never be cleared? What's more, my two brothers lost their lives because of the matter of my wife, if the general accepted the wife, how could I convince the three armies? And what shall the people of Hecheng think of me? ”
"Hehe, the concubine is infatuated with you, and even does not hesitate to scatter all her wealth to buy a name for you, you obviously promised to be good, but now you are ruthless, as if there is no such thing, you, how can you be so ruthless? Have you forgotten how you promised me in bed? Now Fan Qinglu is already angry and has completely lost his mind, and in order to be able to catch Liu Qi, he even did not hesitate to frame him.
Fortunately, Liu Qi had already taken countermeasures, so he said loudly: "Fellow villagers, since I entered Chenxian County, I, Liu Qi, have been living in the barracks outside the city, and I will never enter the city lightly, which can be testified by the sergeants and soldiers of our army and the soldiers defending the city. Also, although Ben Jiang did go to the Taishou Mansion with her a few days ago, Ben was accompanied by more than ten personal soldiers under his command at that time, and she also had maids by her side, please think about it, how Ben will have the opportunity to have a skin-to-skin relationship with her? What's more, Ben Jiang has already caught the person who spread the rumors between Ben Jiang and her, and if Mrs. Fan is not convinced, she should confront them in court. ”
Liu Qi sighed, and said with a straight face: "Madam is innocent, why would she rather risk ruining her reputation than framing the general?" I wonder if Ben and his wife have a grudge? What's more, Ben Jiang heard that his wife had a very close relationship with her husband Zhao Fang during her lifetime, so why did she discredit her husband? It is precisely because of the consideration of Mrs. Bingqing Yujie that he discussed with Sima Taishou, and would rather risk being heavily blamed by the imperial court to erect a monument to his wife. ”
Fan Qinglu couldn't help but turn pale, she knew that she had failed this time, not only had all the previous careful calculations turned into flowing water, but even most of her family wealth had been lost, and she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to gain a foothold in Zhao Mansion in the future, and she would have no shame to meet the people of the entire Chenxian County. And what is even more frightening is that as long as there is this monument that is about to be established in front of the mansion, he will not be able to contact any man again for the rest of his life, otherwise he will be blamed by everyone for being ashamed of this monument.
Fan Qing returned to Zhao Mansion expressionlessly, she already hated Liu Qi in her heart, she heard that Liu Cong, the second son in Xiangyang City, was also deeply dissatisfied with Liu Qi, so she decided to find an opportunity to escape from here, find the second son Liu Cong, and help him completely defeat Liu Qi and seize the identity of Jingzhou Mu as the heir, in order to vent her hatred.
After Fan Qinglu made a decision, she quietly packed up her softness, disguised herself as a man at night, fled from Chenxian, and later miraculously came to Xiangyang and met Liu Cong.
Liu Cong loved Fan Qinglu very much, and after obtaining Cai Mao's consent, he accepted her as a concubine. Later, this Fan Qinglu helped Liu Cong buy the hearts of the people in Xiangyang City, which really brought Liu Qi a lot of trouble.
However, it was said that after Liu Qi solved Fan Qinglu's matter, he returned to the barracks. Not long after, Sima Zhi's request for the requisition of Pang Tong's text was given to Liu Qi's desk.
Liu Qi ordered Liu Shi to invite Pang Tong, so he told Pang Tong what Sima Zhi wanted, and asked Pang Tong's opinion.
But seeing Pang Tong said in fear: "The last general has long been accustomed to a military career and does not want to enter politics. Could it be that the last general did something bad, and was sent to Leiyang by the general as a county commander? ”
Liu Qi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Shi Yuan has misunderstood the kindness of the general, the general will let you be the county order, just to let you have more experience, you have been in the military camp for so long, you are already familiar with the military affairs, but the grasp of the people's hearts is not in place, which will restrict your future growth space, this will let you be the respect of a county, carefully figure out the treacherous people's hearts, this will be more able to enhance your ability to win by surprise, not to mention that you can also use your spare time to read more books, You'll be able to broaden your horizons. I hope that when we meet again, you will be like Mr. Xu, becoming a generation of top military advisors and helping me achieve great things. ”
Liu Qi looked at Pang Tong in front of him, and sighed secretly: "Pang Shiyuan has great talents, but he is nearly ten years earlier than the original appearance time in history, and this ten years is the critical moment for him to work hard to absorb nutrients and achieve a generation of top military advisors, so he can only come up with some small ideas now, although he can compare with ordinary strategists in strategy, but he is not a real first-class military advisor." I hope that after this experience in Leiyang, he can quickly and truly grow up and become the first-class military advisor in history, so that my great cause will be a little more certain. ”
When Pang Tong heard this, he realized Liu Qi's hard work, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you for being so kind to the general, Tong knows, and Tong will go to Sima Taishou to report." ”
Liu Qi nodded, and then encouraged: "Lao Ziyun: 'The wood of the hug is born in the end of the millennium; The nine-story platform starts from the soil; Great oaks from little acorns grow.. Youyun: "To govern a big country, if you cook a small fresh." 'The experience of governing the county and even the world must be accumulated slowly, and it must be as careful as cooking Xiaoxian, and only by accumulating can we become a truly talented person. Shi Yuan will fulfill his duties in Leiyang this time, and he will not slack off, and he will believe that the day of your Fengxiang Nine Days will not be far away. ”
Pang Tong thanked him again and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that the general will be able to live up to expectations, quickly grow into a truly top military advisor, and truly become a great help to the general." ”
After finishing speaking, Pang Tong made a long bow to Liu Qi again, and explained the military affairs again, and then left the barracks and went to the Taishou Mansion to report with the requisition order.
Liu Qi looked at Pang Tong in the distance and sighed secretly. It's not that he is not at ease with Pang Tong's ability to learn and adapt, so he tirelessly admonishes, but because in the history books of later generations, Pang Tong was dismissed from his post because of his poor political performance in Leiyang County, thanks to the strong recommendation of Lu Su, Zhuge Liang and others, Liu Bei found that he was a real talent, and he was entrusted with important tasks. Therefore, Liu Qi can infer from this that it is actually difficult for Pang Tong in history to be in charge alone, and from what Lu Su said, "Pang Shiyuan is not a hundred miles to be talented, so that he can deal with the middle of the country, don't drive the responsibility, and start to show his strength" This sentence can be more confirmed, Pang Tongzhi's talent should only be able to assist others, not suitable for being alone, and this is probably the main reason why Pang Tong led the army to attack Luo County and died.
Therefore, Liu Qi tirelessly admonished Pang Tong, preparing to use this to hone Pang Tong, so that he could truly become a talent in charge of his own affairs, and become a great help for his future hegemony.
Liu Qi thought about it, and went to the Taishou Mansion again, and asked Sima Zhi not to pay special attention to Pang Tong's political achievements, but to pay attention to cultivating his political talents, and truly cultivate him into a talent who can take charge of himself.
Sima Zhi naturally knew the meaning of the song when he heard the strings, and immediately understood that the reason why Liu Qi agreed to let Pang Tong be the commander of Leiyang County was actually to give him the opportunity to grow through training, and he thought that he had his own affairs in Leiyang County, and then sent a few capable county officials, which would naturally make Pang Tong grow up quickly, so he nodded and agreed.
But it is said that Pang Tong since bidding farewell to Liu Qi and Sima Zhi, to Leiyang to take office, can be described as exhausting, forgetting to sleep and eat, but because his political talent is indeed limited, only at this time to know, only a hundred miles of small county, all kinds of work is complicated, it is difficult for people to adapt to it for a while, fortunately, recently Lord Taishou has appointed a new county and a county lieutenant to assist him in handling political affairs, watching these two subordinates deal with political affairs without hurry, easy to play, Pang Tong only then knew that there is such a big relationship between people.
This also made Pang Tong admire Liu Qi's arrangement even more, and secretly decided that he must work hard to accumulate political experience, let himself grow up quickly, and return to the battlefield he loves as much as possible.
So Pang Tong began to carefully observe and summarize the county magistrate's handling of political affairs and public security, and even sometimes leaned down and asked shamelessly. These two were also deeply impressed by the elegant character and magnanimity of the county lord, so they always knew everything and said everything, and constantly created opportunities for Pang Tong to make decisions in person to improve his decision-making ability.
And in the past two days, a major event has indeed happened in the county, and they dare not make decisions about such things, so they can only ask Pang Tong to make a decision in person.
"What? Found iron ore in Leiyang? And is it a very rich stock of iron ore? Pang Tong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he heard this, because this was a crucial discovery for General Liu Qike, as long as there was enough iron ore, he could forge a large number of sharp weapons, so as to further expand the army and improve his strength.
In addition, these iron ores can also be used to cast ploughs and hoes, thereby promoting agricultural development, enhancing economic strength, and building Leiyang and even the whole of Guiyang into a rich land of fish and rice.
And Huang Jing, the county leader, did not dare to make decisions on this issue, so he came to ask Pang Tong.
"May I ask my lord, what should we do with these iron ores? Was it used to refine ordnance, or was it used to forge ploughshares and hoes? Huang Jing stood cautiously and said to Pang Tong.
"Naturally, it is to refine ordnance, and now there is a shortage of sharp swords in our army, if it can be cast into ordnance, it will definitely make General Fenwu's soldiers have another 10,000 or 20,000 men, so that we can easily take Changsha." Pang said with a smile on his face, waving his fists.
"But the adult is my Leiyang's parents and officials, now my Leiyang plough hoe is insufficient, resulting in the crops can not be taken care of in time, delaying the agricultural time from time to time, the people can barely be hungry, once there is a flood and drought, I am afraid that there will be starvation all over the field, the people from the chaos. What's more, this is the best opportunity for adults to improve their political achievements, once the iron ore is cast into a pear hoe, it will be able to quickly increase food production, not only the people will benefit, but also the adults will be rewarded by the Taishou. ”
Huang Jing bowed slightly and said to Pang Tong, waiting for his decision.