Liu Ze is most concerned about Ma Jun's situation, with a lot of free time, Ma Jun's talent for invention and creation is more prominent, and the abundant grain yield of the pioneer camp is inseparable from his invention of a kind of overturning.

Although there are several rivers with a lot of water in the Phoenix Valley, but all of them are at the bottom of the valley, it is difficult to transport these waters to the terraced fields above by manpower alone, Ma Jun invented a kind of overturning car, using human feet to step on a huge wheel, the wheel rotates, and countless bamboo tubes are tied around the wheel, and the water can be easily irrigated by drawing water to a high place.

Ma Jun can now invent a rollover car that only future generations have, which makes Liu Ze overjoyed, it seems that Ma Jun has to open a small stove and teach him modern mechanical and physical knowledge, God knows what shocking things Ma Jun will create.

As for the placement of these sweaty horses, Guan Hai is a little difficult, this year Su Shuang Zhang Shiping has sent a lot of good horses, the stable is already full of horses, the Phoenix Valley is surrounded by cliffs, there is not much pasture suitable for grazing, and the pressure of grazing is too great to add a thousand sweaty horses.

Liu Ze pondered, and it seemed that he had to find a suitable location as much as possible. He looked at the map, according to the future development direction of Liu Bei, first in the Qingzhou Plain, and then in Xuzhou, it seems that the newly selected location cannot be too far from these two places.

Liu Ze's most optimistic place is Mount Tai, where the mountains are steep and the area is wide, and it is not a problem to hide 100,000 soldiers, and it is difficult for the government to control this place. But thinking about how rampant the Taishan Yellow Turban will be in the future, Liu Ze can only give up, after all, it is not easy for him to save some family business with his hard work, and these Yellow Turbans can be wrongfully killed against the party.

Liu Ze searched for a long time on the map, and suddenly saw the words of Mangdang Mountain, and his heart moved, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, killed the white snake in Mangdang Mountain and had the world, and this Mangdang Mountain is the birthplace of the Han Dynasty.

Mangdang Mountain is located at the junction of the four states of Yanqing and Xuzhou, the terrain is treacherous, a radius of 100 miles, in history Zhang Fei also fled to this place after the defeat of Xuzhou to occupy the mountain as the king, it can be seen that Mangdang Mountain does not have the power of the government to intervene, it seems that it is more suitable to choose this place to settle. If the conditions are right, Liu Ze is even ready to move all the forces of Phoenix Mountain to Mangdang Mountain, after all, Jizhou will become the main battlefield of the Yellow Turban Army in two years, although Phoenix Valley is remote, it is really unknown whether it can survive the war.

At this time, Guan Hai came in to report that the Chengxian Order of Quyang County had sent an invitation. Liu Ze was very puzzled, this Quyang County Decree had no friendship with him, except for sending people to give gifts and filial piety during the New Year's holidays, there was nothing else to do, even Liu Ze himself had only met once when the Phoenix Valley was opened. What could he do?

Liu Ze muttered to himself in his heart, and asked Guan Hai again, Guan Hai didn't know, only said that the county bureau sent someone to send an invitation and left, and didn't mention anything else.

Liu Ze wanted to go to the county office instead of guessing the riddle, Liu Ze looked at the invitation, the time was tomorrow morning, settled down at the moment, and in the early morning of the second day, he only took Jia Xu and four guards to the county office.

Phoenix Valley and Quyang County are dozens of miles apart, Liu Ze and others did not ride sweaty horses, only rode four ordinary Wuhuan horses, Liu Ze once again chose to keep a low profile. Before the end of the day, they had already arrived at the gate of the county office.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Liu Ze felt that the atmosphere here was very unusual, there were a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the county office, all dressed as housekeepers, and there were either sedan chairs or carriages parked next to them, each talking in a low voice.

Liu Ze got off the horse, and a person dressed as a master rushed over and saluted, "It's Liu Gongzi, right?" ”

Liu Ze nodded, and the master said: "Chengxian ordered Liu Gongzi to wait in the lobby, please!" Liu Ze entered with Jia Xu, leaving the four guards and horses outside.

Entering the lobby, I saw that there were already many people waiting in the lobby, all dressed in brocade clothes, and at first glance it was the squire of the county.

"This is Zhang Yuanwai in the east of the city...... This is Li Gongzi in the south of the city...... This is the squire of Chengbei Wang...... "As for Liu Ze's identity, the master is just introducing Liu Gongzi to Fuyuanzhuang."

Liu Ze wondered, what did the Chengxian County Order do when so many squires and wealthy families were summoned?

Those squires are quite familiar with each other, and there is an unfamiliar face among the people invited by the county order today, and I haven't heard that there is any business name of Fuyuanzhuang in Quyang, but since it is a guest of the county order, he has to give some face, so he will bow one by one, which can be regarded as acquaintance.

At this time, the Cheng County Commander hurried over, and everyone got up and bowed, and the Cheng County Commander waved his hand to let everyone sit down, and he sat down in the Lord's seat, saying that it was sitting, that is, a mat on the side of several cases. Squire Wang in the north of the city once served as an official in Luoyang, and his status was the highest among the people, he was the chief of the guest seat, Zhang Yuanwai of the east of the city sat in the second seat, and Liu Ze sat last.

Cheng County Ling didn't care about greetings and politeness, and said directly: "Squires, this county invites you to come, there is an important matter to discuss." A few days ago, Zhang Guoxiang's son-in-law was kidnapped by the robbers of Wohu Mountain, Zhang Xiang was furious, and ordered the county to take the strongman and rescue Zhang Gongzi. ”

"But the son of Zhang Chun and Zhang Guoxiang in his country?" Squire Wang asked cautiously.

Cheng County Ling nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"Wohu Mountain is not in Quyang, but in the neighboring Changshan State Zhending County, why didn't Zhang Guoxiang fall into the local government to commit murder? What's more, Zhang Guoxiang's troops are strong and strong, why do you want to send troops to the county order? "It was Zhang Yuanwai who raised the question this time.

Cheng County Ling smiled bitterly: "Although Wohu Mountain is in the territory of Changshan Zhending, but this time they kidnapped Zhang Gongzi, but in Quyang, this county, Zhang Guoxiang urgently summoned the county to Lunu to discuss the way to rescue." Because this gang of strongmen has threatened Zhang Guoxiang, if he can't send 500,000 taels of gold within ten days or dare to send a single soldier from Zhongshan, he will immediately tear up the ticket. Zhang Guo was jealous, so he naturally didn't dare to act rashly. ”

Cheng County Commander didn't say it, but everyone could see from his Tie Qing face that Zhang Chun didn't scold him less, after all, it was in Quyang, as Quyang County Commander did not maintain law and order in the county, and there was such a big thing, who did he ask if he didn't take him? I'm afraid that Zhang Chun will have to threaten him, if he doesn't rescue Zhang Gongzi, I'm afraid that the seat of Cheng County Order will be over. This is also the reason why the county order urgently summoned the squires of the county, and the county order only had a group of officials to catch fast and hundreds of soldiers to defend the city, and it was okay to scare the ordinary people, but there were thousands of robbers in Crouching Tiger Mountain, and the prime minister of Changshan had sent troops to recruit and suppress them several times. So Cheng County ordered the county's leading figures to gather in the lobby to discuss the plan. Originally, he didn't expect Liu Ze, but the master gave him a little mention, and thought that Liu Ze was a relative of the Han family and a disciple of Jiujiang Taishou Lu Zhi, so he included him in the invitation list.

Listening to the words of the county order, the people below began to talk nonsense.

"The strongman in Crouching Tiger Mountain is really a cow, even Zhang Guoxiang's son dares to move."

"What's the matter, there are so many thieves in the world now, even the court can't do anything about them."

"The gang of strongmen in Crouching Tiger Mountain is not easy to deal with, there are thousands of thieves, leaning on the mountain to defend it, and the Changshan country has conquered and suppressed many times, but they have all returned in vain."

"That is, with the strength of our people, we are worthy of fighting this gang of robbers, and before we reach the foot of the mountain, I am afraid that they will be killed."

"Five hundred thousand taels! That gang of robbers can really open their mouths, who has so much money! ”

“……”

Cheng County Ling listened to these people's discussions, his face was even more blue and white, and he said: "Elder Wang, I don't know what you think?" ”

Squire Wang has been a high-ranking official, although he has returned to his hometown, he does not dare to slack off when he becomes a county order. Squire Wang half-squinted, speechless, saw Cheng County ask him, coughed dryly, and then said: "Cheng County Order, it's not that we don't do our best, this matter is beyond our reach, thousands of robber officers and soldiers can't be exterminated, we and others have no soldiers and no soldiers, how can we rescue them by force?" What's more, those are all robbers who kill people without blinking, and if they forcibly send troops, they are afraid that it will be unfavorable to Zhang Gongzi, so according to the old man's opinion, it is necessary to be cautious to rescue by force. ”

Cheng County Ling also knew that force was not advisable, and said: "The only way to do this is to pay a ransom to save Zhang Gongzi." As he spoke, he set his eyes on Zhang Yuanwai, who was the richest man in Quyang City.

Zhang Yuanwai saw that Cheng County Commander was looking at him, and couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly said: "The ransom is 500,000 taels, Quyang is a poor and despicable county, sparsely populated and poor, although he is the richest man in Quyang, but there is not much cash in hand, even if he can come up with tens of thousands of dollars, it is just a drop in the bucket, not only in the future, but also other rich people are afraid that this dilemma is more, right?" Zhang Yuanwai was really treacherous, as soon as he heard that he was asked to pay money, he immediately cried poor, and took advantage of the situation to incite everyone, those people were mostly iron roosters who had nothing to do, and when they saw Zhang Yuanwai crying poor, they cried even more wantonly, so poor that they were afraid that they would not even have to wear pants.

Cheng County's face became more and more gloomy, and if he couldn't save Zhang Gongzi, his county magistrate's position would have to be moved, and he was wondering if he should give these squires and rich families some color.

At this time, there was a hearty laugh from the hall, and everyone saw it as Liu Ze, who was puzzled.

Liu Zelang said: "There are only a few thieves, how can it be that the county order is relieved, and Zhang Gongzi's affairs will be handed over." ”

Chengxian Ling was overjoyed, walked to Liu Ze, and said, "Liu Gongzi is really so sure? ”

Liu Ze smiled slightly and said: "In the world of downward business, it is difficult to move an inch without a few hardcore guards, and it is easy to rescue Liu Gongzi." ”

"I don't know how many guards Liu Gongzi has?" Cheng County Ling was overjoyed when he heard it.

"There are hundreds of them." Liu Ze didn't want to expose his true power,

Cheng Xian Ling said suspiciously: "Hundreds of people--there are thousands of people in Crouching Tiger Mountain-"

Liu Ze said with a smile: "These hundreds of guards below are all strong in martial arts, with one block of ten, just a few bandits, a rabble, I think they are just some local chickens and dogs, why worry about it." ”

Chengxian Ling was overjoyed and said: "Liu Gongzi is a true god, if he can save Zhang Gongzi, the property under Liu Gongzi's name will be three years - oh no, there will be no need to pay taxes for ten years." ”