The boat was moving very fast and had arrived at the Wu County Wharf in a few days.

Coming down from the waterway, Han Lie got along with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin day and night on the boat in the past few days, with the deepening of exchanges between them and the deepening of mutual understanding, Han Lie affirmed the ability of the two at the same time, but also won the respect of the two.

The two of them were deeply impressed by Han Lie's martial arts, courage, vision, and mind, and when the ship arrived at the dock of Wujun Wharf, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who had been discussed, expressed their allegiance to Han Lie in a happy surrender.

As for why the two of them blocked the river in the first place, Han Lie already knew, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were both from poor families, because of Ren Xia's good and righteous crimes, and lived in the Yangtze River and the area of the mouth of the water as water bandits, when Han Lie's recruitment order issued in Danyang reached their ears, the two who had already had the intention to make meritorious contributions decided to come to Han Lie, but when they arrived in Chungu County, they learned that Han Lie went to Moling, and as a result, the two of them led the headquarters of three hundred hearts and abdomen to Moling, but they received the news that Han Lie went to Jiangning Wharf, anxious, The two led the boat to chase down the river, but they didn't want to run ahead.

The reason why the two intercepted Han Lie's ship was because they were eager to defect, and secondly, they also wanted to see if the legendary invincible Han Ziyang was as powerful as rumored.

As a result, this meeting directly caused Dian Wei to drink a belly of water, and Jiang Qin, who had been begging for a living on the water all year round, also capsized in the gutter and was poured a belly of water by Xu Sheng, which can be said to be a tie between the two sides.

When it comes to kung fu, the young Xu Sheng is naturally not Jiang Qin's opponent, but he has just planted his head, and in the same way as bravery, Zhou Tai is obviously slightly inferior to Dian Wei, but compared to the fighting spirit of playing hard, Zhou Tai is not inferior to Dian Wei, and even surpasses it, but in the water, Dian Wei was also cleaned up by Zhou Tai.

For this reason, after getting on the boat, the two desperately fought a fierce battle, and finally ended in Zhou Tai's defeat, but when they were fighting, the two fought to the death, and no one admitted defeat, and the result was naturally that both of them were drunk on the spot.

It was after this fight that Dian Wei and Zhou Tai, who had similar temperaments, became inseparable friends.

And Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin also shook hands and made peace, although they did not become friends of life and death like Dian Wei and Zhou Tai, but because of Jiang Qin's generosity and selflessness, they were deeply impressed by Xu Sheng, so that Xu Sheng would call Jiang Qin his brother when he said it, and his respect was overflowing.

It turned out that after getting on the boat, Jiang Qin found that when Xu Sheng saw him, he often showed embarrassment and awe, so he took the initiative to find Xu Sheng for a secret competition, and had a long talk with him all night, the result was that on the second day, when Jiang Qin saw Han Lie, he always praised Xu Sheng as a young talent, not only loyal and hardworking, but also brave and powerful, and courageous, and sighed that he was at his age, compared with it, it was far from it.

In the face of Jiang Qin's words of appreciation, Xu Sheng only thought that this was Jiang Qin's praise at first, although he was relieved to cheat in Jiangzhong, but he didn't really pay much attention to Jiang Qin.

However, on the night of camping at the Wujun wharf, Han Lie, who had already seen the arrogance in Xu Sheng's heart, deliberately left Xu Sheng to be on duty outside the cabin, and recruited Jiang Qin to the cabin to chat, when talking about the last time Xu Sheng was in the river, Han Lie asked: "Xu Sheng deceived you and formed a jealousy with you before, I see that although Xu Sheng's kid bowed his head and apologized, he didn't think he was much at fault, and Gongyi, you were quite dissatisfied with that kid at first, but then praised him everywhere, what is the reason for this?" ”

"In the past, the ministers heard the news that the lord was recruiting talents, and the meritocracy was lifted, and now in the lord's place, he has understood the intention of the lord to recommend the talents, although Xu Sheng has a suspicion with me, but after a few days of observation, I found that he is indeed a virtuous person, and now the lord's great cause has not been completed, it is necessary to help Xu Sheng when he is loyal and brave and virtuous, how can the minister because of a little personal grudge, and to slander the virtuous person with hatred? Causing the lord to be in a dilemma, how can this be done by the ministers? ”

It was Jiang Qin's heartfelt words that not only made Han Lie praise him, but also made him win Xu Sheng's true respect, thus ending a good story.

Jiang Qin also because of these words, really let Han Lie see this person's ability to dare to take responsibility, and then officially appointed Jiang Qin as the governor of Hengjiang at the Wujun wharf, responsible for the preparation of the naval army, and issued a document seal, allowing him to build a naval army camp in Guangling Port, and can recruit 3,000 people on his own, and appoint junior officers below the military commander.

Hearing the news that Jiang Qin was appointed as the captain of the navy, Xu Sheng also volunteered to find Han Lie and said, "Lord, I heard that you have appointed Brother Gongyi as the captain of the navy, and Sheng has been by your side for a long time, I hope to go out to experience it, and ask the lord's permission." ”

"Well, it's only a matter of time before you go out to practice, originally I planned to keep you by your side for another year, since you want to go out, then I won't keep you, tell me, where do you want to go, what position can you take?" As soon as Xu Sheng spoke, Han Lie already knew what Xu Sheng was thinking, but at this time, he didn't say it explicitly, mainly wanting to hear his true thoughts.

To be honest, Han Lie's original true thoughts were indeed going to keep Xu Sheng by his side for another two years, because Han Lie found that this kid was a little arrogant and unruly, and it was not a good thing for him to be released too early to do anything.

"I want to go to the navy, Sheng thought carefully, the lord wants to pass through Jiangdong, and in the future, he must build a strong navy to resist the threat from the north, so he wants to master the ability to command the navy as soon as possible, and I hope to be able to contribute to the lord in the future." When Xu Sheng said this, he was still a little apprehensive, but he couldn't help but rise a sense of pride, and he seemed to have regained some confidence, and then said: "I have always served as the leader of the pro-guard team under the lord's account, but I think my talent is enough to serve as a military commander, but after all, I have no merit and am still young, so I beg the lord's permission to let me go to the navy to serve as a military candidate, and I promise to rely on my own ability to make contributions to the lord." ”

Han Lie remembered that when he first met Xu Sheng, this kid was still a thin little boy, no more than five feet tall, but now he was a sturdy young man in his early sevens, and he also had a little more mature color between his eyebrows.

This couldn't help but make Han Lie sigh with emotion, and said: "The young man of my family has finally grown up, okay, I agree to this matter, you take my military order and follow Gongyi to Guangling Port to report." ”

"Whoa." Xu Sheng responded happily.

At dawn, Gu Yong, who served as the Taishou of Wu County, hurriedly came to the dock to meet Han Lie and his party.

"Yuan sigh, it seems that you have been busy lately, I see that your eyes are dark, and people have lost a few points, it is not okay to go on like this, government affairs are important, but rest is also important, remember to combine work and rest." After sitting down in the post house on the dock, Han Lie saw that Gu Yong's complexion and face had obviously lost a lot of weight compared to the previous month, and he couldn't help but ask with concern.

"When farming and mulberry farming, he hurriedly took over such a big plate, which can be described as a thousand things, and the officials dare to delay for a moment?" Gu Yong smiled bitterly and complained: "More importantly, now that there is a lack of capable and daring officials in the county guard mansion, if the lord really wants to be considerate of the lower officials, please arrange suitable officials to take office as soon as possible." ”

"I'm also thinking about this, but at least I can't arrange it until I return to Guangling, even if I arrange the manpower, I'm afraid it can only be some small officials, real virtuous people, and I'm scarce now. By the way, recently, Wu County's recruitment hall, hasn't there been a usable person? Han Lie thought of the talents all over Jiangdong in history, and couldn't help frowning and asking.

"It's strange to say, for more than a month, there have been no talented people to vote, but just yesterday afternoon, the Zhaoxian Hall came to a few people, but they all came in batches, only two people know each other, this group of people not only passed the initial test, but also the officials met with them overnight, and found that these people are quite talented, among which Wu Fan is the most peculiar, Huaiyin Buqi talent is the most significant." At the mention of this, Gu Yong seemed quite excited.

"Oh, Yuan Si has this opinion, it seems that these two people are indeed outstanding." Han Lie vaguely had some impressions of Buqi's name, but Wu Fan really didn't have an impression, but seeing Gu Yong's praise for his peculiarity also made him a little curious about this person.

"Bu Qi's talent and knowledge, ten times better than Yong, a certain is really ashamed of himself, this person's ability to take on heavy responsibilities, as for Wu Fan Zhiqi, then strange this person is a monk, I asked yesterday, why come, this person replied, Jiangdong has the emperor's gas, the dragon vein is hidden in Jinling, is the lord set out to build the new city of Jianye, this person also said, the dragon vein has a spirit, build the city to the town, although you can absorb the dragon qi, but if the town is wrong, it will cause the dragon vein to collapse, so as to become an inferior king dragon, and it is difficult to become a real dragon." Gu Yong obviously admired Bu Qi's knowledge, but he was very curious about Wu Fan of the other party, and even a little shocked, so when he said this, he was obviously a little surprised.

"How can you believe all the words of the monks?" Although Han Lie said lightly, he was really a little curious about this Wu Fan, in the past, Han Lie may have been one of the materialists, but after experiencing the crossing incident, he couldn't help but believe that in this world, there are always some strange things that human beings can't dialectize.

"Having said that, but this person's words are conclusive, but he can't help but listen, the lower official suggested that the lord should still meet this person, even if it is useless, there is no loss, if he is really talented, why not let the lord be responsible for building and building a new city?" In this era, the study of astronomy and astrology is still very marketable, otherwise Zhang Jiao may have single-handedly pulled up hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Sect members to revolt.

Even Gu Yong, a discerning and elegant person, is still quite convinced of these alchemists, even if he doesn't believe them, he will definitely not easily offend these people.

"Well, this matter is arranged by you, the most important thing at the moment, go to visit Mr. Zibu, now Zhang Zigang is still invited by Sun Bofu to leave, if I miss Mr. Zibu again, it will be a big loss for me." Han Lie thought that he would have to stay in Wu County for at least three days, and take some time to meet Buqi, Wu Fan and the others were also very necessary, and only in this way could they reflect their sincerity in recruiting talents.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zibu lives in Yucheng Township, outside Wu County, during this time, I and Brother Ji Bi have visited, and I have also tried his whereabouts, as well as my views on the recent layout of the lord, it can be seen that Mr. Zibu still has a good impression of the lord, and now the lord is going to ask again, it is expected that he will not refuse the lord's intentions." Gu Yong was obviously quite confident that Han Lie would personally invite Zhang Zhao out of the mountain.

In Gu Yong's view, Zhang Zhao is a well-known celebrity, but now Han Lie is not only a famous general, but also sits on the three counties of Guangling, Wu County, and Danyang, with a population of one million and more than 10,000 soldiers under his rule.

Of course, if he really wants to be a man in the mountains for the rest of his life, then he should close the door and thank the guests, in order to express his intentions, but now Zhang Zhao is hidden in Yucheng Township, although he is in the countryside, but there is no white Ding in his family, whether it is a scholar in Xuzhou or a scholar in Jiangdong, he will often visit him and talk about the general trend of the world.

Such behavior is obviously suspected of being sold at a price, and it is definitely not a manifestation of being willing to hide and be a villager in the countryside.

"Zhang Zibu is famous in Jiangzuo, not a vain person, I heard that Tao Gongzu once promoted him as a Maocai in the past and asked him to be an official, he would rather go to prison than accept it, it can be seen that this person is a person with his own principles and willpower, and he is definitely an ordinary person." Han Lie did not look at Zhang Zhao like Gu Yong, this person has ambitions, but as he said, he is by no means a person who has wasted his reputation, and his ability to govern and appoint officials is by no means under Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty.

"This matter is not false, if it wasn't for the rescue of Guangling Zhao Yu, I'm afraid that Tao Gongzu may not be willing to let him out of prison." Gu Yong nodded and said: "Zhang Zibu lost his father at a young age, and was raised by a widowed mother, so this person serves his mother to filial piety, and it is said that although Mrs. Zhang is over the age of sixteen, she is a kind and respectable old man, since the lord is bound to win it, I think you can visit Mrs. Zhang first, if you win the approval of Mrs. Zhang, even if Zhang Zibu is unwilling, he will definitely not go against his mother's decision." ”

"The strategy of sighing is a feasible plan." Han Lie said.

Subsequently, after packing up, under the guidance of Gu Yong, Han Lie, Dian Wei, and Gu Yong led a team of sergeants, drove to Yucheng with gifts.

In the evening, Yucheng is already in sight, although Zhang Zhao is a guest living in Yucheng, but he is famous, there are many wealthy gentlemen to help, so the days are not hard, the house of Sanjin, located at the entrance of the village, at a glance.

When Han Lie and his entourage arrived at Zhang's house, they learned that Zhang Zhao and his friends had gone fishing on the riverside and were not at home, and the person who opened the door, after Han Lie's inquiry, only to know that the young man in front of him was Zhang Zhao's nephew Zhang Fen.

Zhang Fen is the son of Zhang Zhao's brother, but Zhang Zhao's brother died early, so Zhang Zhao has kept Zhang Fen at home since he was a child, and regarded him as his own.

"Little brother, since Brother Zibu is not here, I don't know if the old lady is here?" The young man in front of him looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, with dark skin, although he was not tall, but he was very strong, which showed that this young man should be a martial artist.

"Who are you, grandmother is old, and she can't be frightened, you can first tell your name, and wait to ask your grandmother before you can enter first." Zhang Fen saw Han Lie and his entourage of dozens of people, although they were all wearing ordinary clothes, but they all had horses, not to mention, and sabers, although his expression was quite calm, but there was some fear and precaution in his heart.

"Young Master Zhang, don't you even recognize me Gu Yuansi?" Gu Yong, who was standing at the foot of the steps, walked up and said with a gentle expression: "This is the lord of my family, General Han Ziyang, the general of the right middle lang, and the young son, please tell the old lady, and say that the general of my family came to visit her old man's house this time." ”

"You are General Han Ziyang?" Zhang Fen had obviously heard of Han Lie's name, and when he heard Gu Yong's introduction, he suddenly looked at Han Lie with bright eyes, looking adoring.

"This can still be fake, the young man hurried to Tongyu, my lord came all the way, but he didn't even care about drinking water, your Zhang family won't be at the door to entertain guests, right?" Dian Wei also approached, and the young man in front of him stared at Han Lie so rudely, and replied with some unhappiness.

"Ah, it's my rudeness, General Han is about to take a seat in the living room, I'll go to my grandmother." After all, Zhang Fen had a good family education, and when Dian Wei reminded him like this, he hurriedly bowed down and let Han Lie and his party enter. (To be continued.) )