Liu Xiudao persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang to leave early.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and asked, "Why?" ”

The scholar flicked the back of his shirt slightly, and actually paced up in the hall, pacing and saying: "Zhu Bawang, don't blame you for being offended in your late life, although you have 7,000 warriors and can easily take down Puzhou City, but in the eyes of the imperial court, your strength is still weak. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang said noncommittally: "Go on." ”

"I read the Tang newspaper of the government in my late life!" Liu Xiudao said bluntly: "The imperial court assigned Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, to be responsible for exterminating the flow in Shanxi...... Cough...... Rebel! And these two adults...... Cough...... The main target of the dog officer should be the 36th Battalion. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to him when he kept correcting the names of thieves and officers and soldiers, and only thought it was funny, this person knew how to judge the situation very well, and when he saw people, he said things when he saw people, and he said nonsense when he saw ghosts, he called Liukou a righteous army and an official a dog officer in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, from this point of view, he is not the kind of nerd who wants to save face. And when he speaks, he doesn't have the taste of slapping horses like Cao Baoxiang, giving people a feeling of being a low-spirited fool.

Liu Xiudao continued: "Not long ago, there was a Tang newspaper that the thieves such as King Chuang and the Eight Kings of Xiying were advancing in the direction of Daning, Xizhou, Zezhou, and Shouyang counties, and the troops of Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, were also moving in that direction, and they were always chasing their butts. And at times like these...... If the city of Puzhou is broken and the news of your occupation of the city reaches their ears, they will definitely abandon their original goal and turn here with all their strength to deal with you. ”

"Even if the news reaches their ears, they may not come to me, and maybe they will continue to pursue the king to the death?" Zhu Yuanzhang said deliberately.

"No!" Liu Xiudao said categorically: "Although the thieves such as King Chuang and the Eight Kings of Xiying are numerous, ranging from tens of thousands to 100,000 troops, they only have the strength to break through the county seat, even if they don't care about them, they can at most break through one or two small counties, and defend according to the county seat, with the strength of the two dog officials, they can easily take the county they defend." But you took the state city as soon as you made a move...... That's a very scary thing. ”

"Well, if you say that, they're going to come to me for trouble?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

"Not necessarily." Liu Xiudao continued to analyze: "If you occupy Puzhou City and don't leave, they will definitely come to you immediately, but if you abandon the city and hide in the vast mountains, you can't find it, you can't find it, it is impossible for the imperial court to let go of such an obvious target as King Chuang and the Eight Kings of Xiying not to pursue, and come to chase you, the righteous army that has hid in the mountains......"

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was just deliberately testing this Liu Xiudao, but he didn't expect what he said to win Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and he couldn't help but be a little impressed by him: "You understand the methods of the imperial court, you are not an ordinary scholar." ”

Liu Xiudao said: "Exactly, before the city was broken, he was still a staff member of Lord Zhizhou, so he had the opportunity to see the Tang newspaper." ”

"Haha, that's good!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Are you interested in coming with me and being my military advisor!" I'm much better than that waste Zhizhou, and it's much more cost-effective for you to be my staff than his staff. ”

"Well...... There is an 80-year-old mother in the family who needs to be supported......"

"Alright, stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the second half of his sentence was "There are children under the age of two", so he stopped him: "I know you won't go with me, I'm a mere rogue, you are a good scholar, there is no need to follow me to mix around, hahaha...... It's okay, you don't want to go with me now, you'll want to go with me in a few years. ”

Liu Xiudao's old face was slightly red.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again: "You persuade me to go and tell me to find a mountain to hide in, then let me ask you, what mountain is there around here that can hide in my 8,000 people?" ”

"Nakajo Mountain!" Liu Xiudao stretched out his hand and pointed to the south, and said seriously: "Zhongtiao Mountain, fifteen miles southeast of Puzhou, starts from Puzhou, ends with Taihang, crosses Ruicheng and Pinglu in the south, and connects Jiezhou, Anyi and Linjin, Xia County, and Wenxi in the north...... Extend hundreds of miles, with the state and county different names, a Zhongtiao Mountain, a Shouyang Mountain, and Pushan, Lishan, Boshan, Xiangshan, Ganzao Mountain, Quzhuan Mountain, Dutou Mountain, Shashan Mountain, Wu Mountain. As long as you lead the army into this mountain, you can continue to follow the mountain to the east, and finally enter the boundary of Taihang Mountain...... Taihang Mountain is 800 miles in radius, 10,000 miles high, once you enter Taihang, the imperial court will no longer want to threaten you with a single hair. ”

"Yes, yes, help me think about everything in a few years...... Taihang Mountain seems to be a very good place to go. Zhu Yuanzhang followed his words and walked down: "You should know that my base in Baishui Zhuba was originally Huanglong Mountain, but recently Huanglong Mountain has not been peaceful, and I was forced to escape...... It seems that going to Taihang Mountain to set up a village is a way out. ”

Liu Xiudao saw that he was moved, and his face suddenly showed joy.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and said, "Take it!" ”

"What?"

"Bring me the money and medicine that the rich merchants gave me...... You should have a list with you, and I'll see how many there are, and how much each family has given me. If the number is satisfied, I immediately pat my ass and leave. ”

Liu Xiudao was overjoyed, if he could send away this plague god, he would be making a great contribution. He hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a red envelope with both hands, which contained a blank piece of paper full of people's names, and on the back how much money and medicine the person had sent.

This thing is called "gift list" in ancient China, when there is a happy event, the guest must accompany the gift to the host, so that the host can know at a glance what the gift is, just when married to modern people, the name of the red envelope sent by the guest is almost the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang put the gift list on the table, side by side with the paper he counted, and looked at it expressionlessly.

Liu Xiudao stood in the hall, carefully observing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, trying to see from his face whether this gift was in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, if Zhu Yuanzhang was too little, he still had a second gift list in his sleeve, which could be taken out and remedied.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully, the expression on his face was motionless, and he was not shaken by those words such as five hundred taels or one thousand taels, Liu Xiudao looked at his calm expression, and felt apprehensive: This Baishui Zhu Ba has a strong concentration, ordinary people see the gift list, either they can't close their mouths, or they are too little to show on their faces, how can he see so much money and still don't change his face? This person doesn't say anything else, just this qi-nourishing function is very good. Our Puzhou Zhizhou Gewen is really 108,000 miles away compared to him.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke, and he still couldn't see joy or anger on his face, but moved his mouth lightly: "The amount of money given by this Chengxi martial artist is wrong......

"Oh? Less? Liu Xiudao's palms tightened, and he pinched the second gift list in his sleeve.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "His family doesn't have much land, and there are few Shangfu, so you don't need to send me so much as 1,000 taels, return 500 taels to him, you help me tell him, don't slap your swollen face and become fat." No matter how big his head is, how big a hat he wears, don't stuff all the things in the house into my hands because I'm afraid, I don't want his life. ”

"Scare?" Liu Xiudao was taken aback.

Without waiting for Liu Xiudao's surprise to calm down, Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Outside this iron officer in the south of the city, is he an iron rooster?" There are thousands of acres of fertile land at home, and there is a rice shop and an oil shop, and it is said that he still pours out private salt, but he only sent me 300 taels, I don't think he wants to live...... Go and tell him to prepare a new gift for me tonight, or he will report to the king of Hades on the third watch tonight. ”

"Scared!" Liu Xiudao took three steps back.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and threw the list he made and the gift list brought by Liu Xiudao to him: "You do it yourself, I don't bother to read them one by one." ”

"This ...... This is? Liu Xiudao picked up Zhu Yuanzhang's list with trembling hands, and after reading a few lines, his face turned cyan: "This is the statistics of all the rich households in the city?" Zhu Bawang, you ...... What do you do with this thing? ”

"Since I occupy the land of Puzhou, of course I must understand who there are in my land, so that some rich people will pretend to be poor in front of me." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled coldly: "Time is too tight, although I have found a lot of local snakes to ask, but there are still details in this list...... You can help me see if there are any mistakes. ”

Liu Xiudao was dripping with cold sweat, just now he came up with a plan to enter Zhongtiao Mountain and then enter Taihang Mountain, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to accept it all, he thought that he had bluffed Zhu Yuanzhang, but he didn't expect that it was himself who was bluffed now! This Baishui Zhuba is really not a simple thief, he has already made such preparations in just a few days...... This behavior is not so much a robbery as a thief collecting taxes by the government, which is simply terrible.

"Go down, and within tomorrow bring me the money according to my list."

"Yes...... Be! Liu Xiudao can only be, unable to play with his three-inch incorruptible tongue anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly smiled again: "In addition, your plan is very good, first enter Zhongtiao Mountain, and then enter Taihang Mountain...... Great idea, I decided to take it. You deducted 500 taels of silver from the gift you gave me, which can be regarded as a reward for your meritorious deeds as a military advisor for me! ”

"Yes!"

"When I have taken firm roots in Taihang Mountain, and you have been unhappy, you might as well consider coming to Taihang Mountain to find me and be a military advisor here!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled like a fox.

"Keep it in mind when you are late!" Liu Xiudao stumbled back with the list.

(To be continued)