Hearing the noise, Liu Xin was not too anxious, after all, there were soldiers drawn from the major legions in each recruiting office to maintain order, he walked forward quickly, only to see a tall young man in front of him was clutching the collar of the clerk in the recruiting office, I don't know what he was arguing about, the soldier next to him tried hard to pull the young man's hand while persuading, but he couldn't pull it away,

The soldiers of the regular army have undergone long-term training, and those who are selected to maintain order in the recruitment office have the strength to do so, but this soldier has been pulling for a long time, but the young man has not moved at all, Liu Xin nodded secretly, squeezed to the front and said: "You all stop first, who will tell me first, what's going on." ”

The young man still refused to let go, shouting, "If you don't agree, I won't let go." ”

Liu Xin listened to the sound like a male duck's voice, went around to the front to see, it turned out to be just a teenager, he was tall, from the back it seemed to be very powerful, from the front to see, full of childishness, Liu Xin reached out to hold his wrist, a little force, the young man was in pain, "ouch" let go of his hand, turned to Liu Xin and glared angrily,

The soldier who was fighting there just now had already recognized Liu Xin, and in a panic he was about to kneel down on one knee to pay homage, Liu Xin hurriedly made a look, signaled him not to be quiet, turned to the young man and said: "If you want to apply, just line up, why do you want to do it." ”

The boy said hatefully, "He won't want me." ”

Liu Xin stretched out his hand and patted the young man's chest, and said to the scribe: "I see that he is tall and sturdy, why don't you agree to him to apply." ”

Now that there are so many people who have come to recruit, Liu Xin is very worried that the scribe will deliberately exclude some people who have no way out and recruit his relatives, and sure enough, the scribe defended: "He is not qualified." ”

Liu Xin thought that this scribe had some selfish intentions, so he said: "Why is he not qualified, you see that he is tall and powerful, and he is a good material for being a soldier." ”

The scribe said with an aggrieved face: "He is too young to apply next year." ”

The young man raised the broken gong again and said loudly: "Nonsense, I am eighteen years old, and he deliberately makes things difficult for me. ”

The scribe raised the account book in his hand and said: "This is a copy of the household registration book of the Yamen, which remembers clearly, Wei Yan, male, Xiping was born in the third year, you are only sixteen years old this year, and you are two years old, and you can only apply for recruitment the year after tomorrow." ”

These household registration books are all Ma Yun's masterpieces, and now they can play a big role, not only to prevent age fraud when recruiting, but also to play an important role in taxation, anti-theft and other social management.

Hearing that the young man in front of him was Wei Yan, Liu Xin was taken aback, he had been looking for Wei Yan's whereabouts since he came to Jingzhou, who knew that he was only sixteen years old now, no wonder he asked people to rummage through the army roster, and he couldn't find anyone named Wei Yan,

Wei Yan had already shouted again: "Who doesn't know, you won't be recruiting in the next year, who will I go to when the time comes." ”

Liu Xin grabbed his hand and said, "Since you want to be a soldier like this, then come out with me first, and I will take you to meet someone and ask him if he is willing to help." ”

Wei Yan's tone softened and asked, "Really." ”

Liu Xin smiled: "Of course it's true, I will still lie to you as a child." ”

Wei Yan muttered, "Who is a child, not much shorter than you." ”

After all, he also knew that there would be no result if he continued to entangle here, so it was better to follow this person to try his luck, so he obediently followed Liu Xin away from the long dragon, Wei Yan followed Liu Xin and turned left and right, and gradually arrived in the area of Dongcheng District, he knew that the people who lived here were all high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, and ordinary people could not enter and exit casually, and this person with him didn't even have to say hello to those soldiers, so he walked straight in, and couldn't help but increase his confidence,

In a blink of an eye, the two came to the front of a big mansion, Liu Xin raised his feet and walked inside, the soldiers standing guard on both sides of the gate saluted him together, Wei Yan looked up, the plaque above the gate was written with the three big words "State Pastoral Mansion", he couldn't help but hesitate and hesitate,

Liu Xin turned his head and saw that he was not moving forward, and asked, "Wei Yan, why don't you leave." ”

Wei Yan said hesitantly: "This is the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, can we go in casually." ”

Liu Xin laughed and asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Wei Yan asked with a humble face, "Who are you?" ”

Liu Xin's face sank and said, "My name is Liu Xin." ”

Wei Yan touched his head and muttered, "Liu Xin, ah, you are the state pastor. ”

Liu Xin straightened his face, his eyes widened, and he glared at him and said, "Wei Yan, you are guilty." ”

Wei Yan was furious by him, his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said: "Xiaomin has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with adults, please forgive me, ah, I, I didn't collide with adults." ”

Liu Xinqiang couldn't hold back a laugh, walked to Wei Yan's side, put his hand on the back of his head, and touched it vigorously, just as Fu Zhi walked over, he saw Liu Xin's hand pressed on a young man's head and touched it, he didn't feel a little strange, Liu Xin beckoned to Fu Zhi, and said, "Gonghe, you come to touch and see, do you feel any difference." ”

Frustrated and curious, he stretched out his hand to Wei Yan's head, touched it for a long time, touched his head again, and said puzzledly: "It's nothing special, lord, what do you think is different about him." ”

Liu Xin touched Wei Yan's head, of course, to find the legendary backbone, but he didn't find anything, and he didn't know how Zhuge Liang and his old man found out, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't think there's anything different." ”

Wei Yan knelt there, being touched by the two of them, feeling upset, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to pout, secretly angry,

Liu Xin had already stopped laughing, and said sharply to Wei Yan: "Wei Yan, you didn't collide with your own official, but you should be guilty of disturbing the recruitment scene." ”

Wei Yan said unconvinced: "I just want to be a soldier, what is wrong." ”

Liu Xin snorted coldly and said: "The family has family rules, the country has national laws, there are no rules, there is no square circle, if everyone is like you, it is not a mess, I will now punish you to be a guy in the Flying Tiger Guard, and see your performance within two years, if you perform well, you can be allowed to be a soldier, and if you don't perform well, you will roll up and go home." ”

"Flying Tiger guards, be a man." Wei Yan also stretched out his hand, straightened the hair that had been messed up by the two of them, suddenly understood, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Thank you, my lord." ”

Frustrated and smiled: "Why are you still called an adult." ”

Wei Yan understood, and kowtowed to Liu Xin again: "Thank you, lord." ”

The guards on both sides took Wei Yan down, arranged a place for him to live, helped him measure his height and weight, and prepared armor and equipment.

Liu Xin watched Wei Yan leave and asked, "Is there anything important for Mr. Gong and Mr. to come here at this time?" ”

Frustrated and said: "Lord, Zhang Ren, Lei Tong, and Wu Lan have been locked in prison for almost three months, and I don't know what the lord is going to do. ”

Liu Xin muttered: "These three people all have some ability, especially Zhang Ren, who is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, it's a pity to kill him, so let's go and persuade them again to see if they can agree to surrender, and their families are also in prison." ”

Fu Zhu nodded and said, "It's all closed, it's a waste of food for such a long time." ”

Liu Xin laughed unconsciously, and quipped: "Gonghe, even if you are in charge of money, you don't have to be so stingy." ”

Fu Zhu also smiled and said: "If you don't save some flowers, how can you help the lord be such a big family." ”

The prison in Xiangyang is not as cold and dark as in the past, it has been rebuilt, the cell is still relatively clean and spacious, the facilities are relatively complete, the food is not bad, Jingzhou is carrying out a number of large projects at the same time, the engineering team used to rely mainly on some prisoners and temporarily recruited people, now these prisoners have reached the deadline, some people stayed, and some people chose to return to their hometowns to farm, so the engineering team is very short of manpower, in order to solve the problem of insufficient manpower in the engineering team, Some criminals who were less aware of the crime were also transferred to the engineering team to participate in forced labor, and very few criminals were actually put in prison, mainly those who had committed capital crimes.

Because there are not many people in prison, so the prison in Xiangyang is shared by the state, county, and county, and the people guarding the cell are under the jurisdiction of Cai Mao, the Taishou of Xiangyang.

Zhang Ren had a flail around his neck, and the shackles on his feet clanged, and he was dragged into the reception room by two jailers.

Liu Xin sat on the chair, glanced at Zhang Ren, who was haggard, and said: "General Zhang, it's been three months, I don't know if you have figured it out, because of your stubborn resistance, thousands of soldiers in Jingzhou sacrificed their lives heroically, and now you only surrender is the only way out." ”

Zhang Ren raised his head and said: "I only have a decapitated general in Xichuan, and I have not surrendered the general." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but wonder, Zhang Ren said this sentence in history, and he was killed, but Liu Xin didn't want to kill him, so he looked at him carefully and continued: "General Zhang, have you ever thought about what your parents, wife and children will do in the future if you die." ”

Zhang Ren said awe-inspiringly: "Zhang is guilty, just die, what does it have to do with my family, I believe that Ming Gong will not embarrass them." ”

"Ming Gong." Liu Xin laughed, and his face immediately sank, "Who said that I am Ming Gong, 'under the nest, there are no eggs', hasn't General Zhang heard of this sentence." ”

Seeing Zhang Ren's blank face, Liu Xin remembered that this sentence was said by Kong Rong's son, maybe he was not born yet, so he had to cough dryly and said: "I thought that General Zhang was an all-round man in civil and military affairs, but I didn't expect to be so lonely and unheard, then, Liu is a womanizer and likes to eat human flesh, you have always heard of this." ”