After receiving the roster of applicants for the recruitment list, Yuan Shanghao was really happy for a while.

What is the most important thing in troubled times? Talent! Only with talented people can we brainstorm ideas, learn from each other's strengths, be invincible, and take firm and powerful steps towards the grand blueprint of the unification of the world.

More than a dozen candidates with clean net worth, excellent ability, and low age were selected from the roster, and Yuan Shang immediately ordered the county guards to arrange for them to go to Yecheng to meet as soon as possible.

After everything was arranged, that night, he returned to the General's Mansion and had some wine and dinner simply and casually, and Yuan Shang immediately plunged into the study to deal with some agricultural and military affairs that had not been implemented.

This time, at the advice of Tian Feng, the military and civilians of Hebei should open up the wasteland and reclaim the land, and the candidates for the agricultural lieutenants of the four prefectures must be selected well, and strive to obtain the greatest benefits in the shortest possible time.

The lord of the four states seems to have unlimited scenery on the surface, but in fact, it is not very good, although it is not as serious as the matter must be done in person, but all kinds of major matters need to be carefully screened and judged, which not only requires physical hardship, but also has to bear all the good and bad consequences of all decisions.

The princes of history are really not the work of people. In the next life, you must go to the Otherworldly Continent or the Fantasy Fairy Tales, and see how well people live.

The door was gently pushed open, and a person who surprised Yuan Shang walked into Yuan Shang's study with a charitable smile.

"Mother?! What are you doing here? Seeing the faces of the people who came, Yuan Shang was suddenly surprised, and hurriedly got up to greet him while greeting him politely.

Liu was dressed in a plain dress, with no powder on her face, she led a beautiful maid with a fruit, walked into the study with a smile on her face, waved her hand to let Yuan Shang sit down, and she knelt opposite Yuan Shangshu's case, her dignified face was covered. It's all deep love and kindness.

"My son, I haven't slept so late, it's very hard! Mother feels sorry for you. Let someone prepare fruits for you to wake up, don't be busy yet, come over and taste it, okay? ”

The line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt. Mother's love is the greatest emotion in the world, regardless of high and low, rich and poor, rich and poor, and rich and wealthy. It's just the thick meaning of licking the calf.

Since the death of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shang has become more and more dependent and respectful of Liu's mother, and now he sees his mother coming in person in the middle of the night to warm up, and his heart is even more moved.

"Mother, it's just a fruit to be delivered, and you still need to come here in person? You've been in poor health lately, so don't worry about these things. Just let someone else send it. Yuan Shang picked up the peel and tasted it. While persuading Liu with a serious heart.

Liu smiled and sighed: "I don't want to bother, but I can't, you kid, you have become the lord of these four states, and you just deal with political and military affairs every day." I don't know how to take care of my own life, so I don't have to worry about my mother! ”

Yuan Shang blinked. It seems that he is a little confused: "Mother, what do you mean by this?" The child doesn't understand very well. ”

"Pretend!" Liu slapped the table lightly. He said, "Tell me about yourself?" How old! ”

Yuan Shang didn't react for a while, subconsciously looked down at his crotch, then blushed, and said shyly: "It's not big, almost sixteen centimeters."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Shang regretted it, and he couldn't wait to raise his hand to whip himself a big ear scraper.

What nonsense, it's definitely not what my mother asked!

Sure enough, I saw Liu Shi looking at Yuan Shang in confusion, frowning and wondering: "What sixteen centimeters?" Why? I don't understand, I'm asking how old you are! ”

Yuan Shang's face turned red, he lowered his head and coughed, and hurriedly replied: "If you have another birthday, you will be twenty years old." ”…,

"Alas~~!" Liu let out a long sigh, shook his head and said: "Seeing that he is a person in his twenties, he is still a child, and he is not ashamed!" It is rumored that the general will go out, but it will make others laugh off their front teeth, and even lose the face of the Yuan family! ”

Yuan Shang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but bow his head again and cough heavily, his face was red and swollen, and he almost couldn't breathe.

"Mother, why am I a child?"

"Joke! What kind of experience and knowledge for the mother, is it a child's body, you can see it by looking at the aisle! Liu looked smug and very proud.

On Yuan Shang's head, cold sweat poured down, she is really my mother, not only her eyes are vicious, but her mind is also very open!

It's not a mortal, it's a bit of an extraordinary.

"Shame on the child." Yuan Shang lowered his head and expressed deep remorse for his incompetence.

Liu sighed, shook his head and said: "The previous time you kept filial piety for your father, and thought about it for your mother, but you found a reason, and sent the daughter of the Zhen family, the daughter of Xiahou, and the daughter of the Lu family to you one after another, and it can be seen that these three women have some affection for you, and I never thought that after a month, you didn't even use them to warm the bed, and the beauty didn't move at present!" It's really a waste of hard work for my mother. ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

Yuan Shang coughed even more when he heard this, and looked at Liu in disbelief while panting: "Mother sent them here for this?" ”

"What do you think? Stinky boy, but he has failed this good creation! ”

"Shame on the child."

Liu shook his head lightly and said: "Your father has just passed away, but you can't get married according to the ancient rites, but your mother's heart is anxious for you, seeing that you are old and double ten, but there is no heir under your knees, you tell me the truth, you shouldn't have any illness, right?" ”

"Ahem, ahem!" Yuan Shang almost didn't cough out of his lungs this time.

"Mother is too worried, the child is fierce and fierce, the dragon is soaring and the tiger is leaping, the dragon and the horse are strong, and the dragon and horse are spiritual! It's normal. ”

"Really?" Liu's eyes were filled with deep doubt.

"Heaven and earth are the proof, and the child is very healthy!" Yuan Shang almost didn't cry.

Liu nodded, turned to the beautiful maid behind him and said, "Qing'er." ”

Behind Liu, a little maid with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes slowly stepped forward: "The slave is here." ”

"You stay here tonight, wait for the Lord to sleep, see if what he says is true, what is wrong, and report to me tomorrow in time, don't hide it."

"Madame, don't worry, slave and maid."

Yuan Shang trembled when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Mother, don't be like this!" You're so aggressive! The rumor will go out. I'm just not sick, and I have to be buried out of illness, mother, let's not make trouble. In the middle of the night, can't you stop sleeping? ”

Liu's face was full of sorrow: "It's okay to be anxious"

Yuan Shang was embarrassed and burst into tears.

"Let my mother fire for me in the middle of the night, and the child is very ashamed to be a twenty-year-old virgin."

Liu let out a long sigh. shook his head and said: "That's it, I won't force you for my mother, I will give you a month to break the boy's body and let my mother do this thing." How is it? ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, his head was suddenly full of black lines.

"The kids will take care of it."

Liu nodded, and then turned his head to look at the little maid behind him.

"Qing'er."

"The slave is here."

"During this time, you stay with the lord, keep an eye on him for me all the time, if the lord breaks the boy's body, it will be nothing to you, if the lord still doesn't grow like this after a month"

Liu's eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "It's up to you to put on the battle and take charge of the office." ”

"No."

Yuan Shang heard this. Cold sweat dripped down his neck.

Got the main office? Also draped in battle. What kind of tune is this playing, the little girl has no face and no skin, and she actually returns a "promise"? …,

Is a twenty-year-old boy really so unforgivable in this era?

With this problem, a few days later, Yuan Shang ushered in the first batch of talents who came to Yecheng to take the examination.

Due to the prior arrangement. The people who came to the school for the examination this time were not Confucian students, but all of them were people who practiced martial arts and soldiers. A total of 17 people.

On the school field in Yecheng, the sand and dust are soaring. Spear Gohoho, the drums are thundering, and the momentum is overwhelming.

Seventeen mighty men stood in the middle of the field, all in high spirits and with solemn faces, waiting for Yuan Shang, the lord of Hebei, to test them personally.

When I was young, I only heard the horns sounding in unison and the drums thundering, but I saw Yuan Shang walking into the school field under the support of Zhang Yan and Zhang Jaw, wearing silver armor and brocade blue robes.

Although he is dressed very energetically, anyone with a discerning eye can see that today's Yuan Shang has a pale complexion, bulging bags under his eyes, and his eyes are scattered, looking very unenergetic.

Although Zhang Yan was very aggressive on weekdays, he was thick and fine, and when he saw Yuan Shang so sluggish, he looked for an opportunity to probe his ear and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, with a sad look!" Got something on your mind? Or didn't you sleep well with which girl you tossed last night? ”

Which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, no wonder I have been a thief for so many years, and I have no eyesight at all!

Yuan Shang glanced at Zhang Yan sullenly, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Pingnan"

Zhang Yan is now attached to the Yuan family, and he has restored his former military title and worshiped as the general of Pingnan.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yan was very curious, she didn't know what else in the world could make this kid so sad.

Yuan Shang's face was uncertain, as if he was a little cramped, and only after a while did he ask in a low voice: "How old are you to break the boy's body?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned when she heard this, as if she didn't expect Yuan Shang to ask such a question.

"Fifteen, what's wrong?" Zhang Yan was very honest and opened his mouth to say.

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Fifteen? So early? ”

Zhang Yan stared at him in surprise, as if he was looking at a rare beast again: "This is also early?" Lao Tzu was a joke because of this! ”

Yuan Shang was taken aback, glanced at Zhang Yan cautiously, and said, "Then what do you think if a man lives to the age of a boy in his twentieth year, what will make others laugh at such a thing?" ”

Zhang Yan was taken aback when she heard this, her big eyes widened, she looked at Yuan Shang in disbelief, and muttered to herself: "Impossible, such a person is estimated to be hanged in the morning, and he can still lick his face and live until now?" Lord, don't lie to me, are you sure that what you said is really a person? ”

Yuan Shang: "(Your support is my biggest motivation.) )