"Alright! Come with me. Smiling and looking at the dense crowd outside the Taishou Mansion, Wang Xu quickly turned around and walked into the Taishou Mansion, and said loudly: "You guys go back to their respective Cao offices to prepare first, and after half an hour, the conference hall will converge!" ”

"No!" Hearing this, Liu Xian and Gao Shun did not dare to slack off, and they all surrendered their orders, and then walked quickly to the various Cao Zhizheng courtyards in the front yard.

Wang Xu didn't care so much, and quickly came to the backyard with Xu Shu. But just after walking a few steps, he found that there were many more pretty young maids in the house, and when they saw him, they saluted one after another. Immediately, I couldn't help but wonder: "Wife, have you already bought a maid?" Why haven't you seen a man? ”

Xu Shu suddenly smiled slightly: "What is the man doing here?" This backyard is full of miscellaneous things, and it is enough to have these maids, and if you mix and match men and women, there will be a lot of entanglements, so I don't have time to care about those trivial things. And the price for men is relatively high, so you can also save money. ”

"Hmmm! Yes, but in that case, let the guards do the heavy work in the future! A group of little girls, don't be too tired. ”

"Tut-tut! Are you still distressed? Saying that, Xu Shu gave Wang Xu a white glance angrily: "Don't worry!" You don't care about these things, I'll arrange it, I'm much more simple than you are to them. ”

Seeing this, Wang Xu's eyes suddenly widened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about, you mean this as if I have some intentions?" ”

"This can't be said clearly, you haven't given me an explanation of Yan Ming's matter, I'll see what you do! If it weren't for the worry that we would be away all year round and no one would have managed us at home in the future, I wouldn't have looked for all the female maids. Xu Shu said sourly.

"This ......" Wang Xu really didn't know what to say, scratched his head, and quickly changed the topic: "Oh, what are you talking about, help me remove my armor, take a rest and go to the council hall!" There are a lot of things that have been promulgated this time, and that can't happen again. ”

"What's the situation?" Hearing Wang Xu's words, Xu Shu couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

Wang Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and said everything that was about to happen.

"I'm sorry!" Hearing that because of a momentary negligence, the army was almost defeated due to lack of food, Xu Shu immediately lowered her head guiltily.

Seeing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile slightly, and took Xu Shu into his arms: "Okay, it's not your fault, those are your extraneous things, it's already very good to deal with so much, how can I blame you." You, you only need to help me take care of this home, so that I have a place to rest, and everything else is my responsibility. ”

However, Xu Shu didn't hear his words, and at the moment when she was hugged in public, when she heard the laughter of the maid in the distance, she immediately blushed: "Let go!" They're all watching! ”

"What's this, just look at it, it's all women anyway, you don't lose, it doesn't matter if I suffer a loss! You've become more reserved over the years. Wang Xu suddenly smiled.

"Whoa! You're so shameless. The environment is different, of course it can't be the same, people will laugh at it! ”

"Hahaha......" With Wang Xu's laughter, Xu Shu finally failed to beat him, and was intimately hugged by Wang Xu and walked into the bedroom.

After quickly changing the armor, Xu Shu took Wang Xu to get to know the twenty maids in the mansion roughly, and after half an hour, he couldn't help but hurry to the front yard meeting hall. By the time the two entered, everyone was seated. Wang Xu smiled and nodded, and also walked quickly to the Taishou position, while Xu Shu achieved the right hand county position.

Slowly glancing at everyone, Wang Xu immediately turned his head to look at Wang Kai on the left and said, "Big brother! Read the whole process you recorded, word for word! ”

"Hmm!" Nodding, Wang Kai did not hesitate, immediately looked back at the people below, and slowly read out the experience of this expedition.

However, with his slow and clear words, everyone was sweating in an instant, and Liu Xian was obviously a little restless. It wasn't until Wang Kai finished reading that he immediately stood up from his position and walked to the hall and prostrated on the ground: "General Wang, the lower official is guilty!" ”

Seeing that the hall was silent for a while, Wang Xu was not in a hurry, but said softly without hurrying: "What crime? ”

"Responsible for the supply and demand of the army, did not record and report to the general, delayed the military aircraft, and the army was trapped in the enemy position." Liu Xian did not hesitate, and immediately replied calmly.

"What should be done with this sin according to the statute?"

"This ......" Liu Xian sweated on his forehead, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and sighed long: "Dang chop!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Pang Ji immediately helped to intercede: "Shi Zong has just taken over government affairs, and I hope that the general will be gracious!" Instead, his cousin Liu Qian's lips moved, and finally he didn't speak.

The generals on the right also glanced at each other, and after a while, Gao Shun hesitated and stood up and said: "Lord, although the first sect has had it, but the situation is special, I hope that the lord will be gracious." ”

Seeing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile and waved his hand: "I have my own decision." ”

As he spoke, he set his eyes on Liu Xian, and said with a stern face: "Shizong, this time your mistake almost caused the defeat of my entire army, and you should have been severely punished. But Nian is that you admit your mistake frankly, and you have just taken over government affairs, and you don't know about military affairs, so you will be punished for half a year to reward the sergeant. In addition, you will be relieved of your position as Hu Cao Peng, and you will be responsible for farming and animal husbandry, can you be convinced? ”

"Get off the official uniform, thank you for the general's grace of not killing!" Hearing this, Liu Xian immediately made a big gift gratefully.

Seeing this, Wang Xu nodded, but his majestic gaze instantly swept to everyone in the hall: "Okay, this matter has been revealed, but everyone should remember it in the future, and they must not make similar mistakes again, otherwise they will be severely punished." ”

"No!"

Seeing that everyone was ordered, Wang Xu's face softened, and he didn't say anything more, turning his gaze to Zhou Zhi: "How long will it take for this merit to be counted?" ”

"Before tomorrow evening." In this public occasion, Zhou Zhi also bowed his hand very solemnly.

"Good! You should hurry up and make statistics, and all those who have made meritorious contributions will be rewarded with money and food, and the relatives of the fallen soldiers will be exempted from tax for three years and given a two-year subsidy of money and food, and the government will be responsible for the livelihood of families who have completely lost their labor force. In this regard, Ziyu must take the lead in supervising the whole process, and all officials who are ineffective in implementation and engage in favoritism and malpractice will be investigated and dealt with according to the law! ”

Hearing this, Pang Ji immediately bowed his hand and said: "The general can rest assured, the official will guarantee that there will be no difference." ”

"Hmm!" nodded, Wang Xu immediately continued: "As for all the rewards and pensions, all of them will be announced." In addition, a recruitment order was issued in the thirteen counties of the whole army, and all those who had knowledge and moral character could participate in the assessment, and all those who passed the guò reported to the Gongcao Peng Zhou Zhi Department, and were given official positions according to the situation. As for the drafting and assessment of the list, it is all in charge of the main bookkeeper Wang Kai! ”

"No!" Zhou Zhi and Wang Kai immediately replied.

"Good! I'll bother you both, but if there's anyone who stands out, be sure to report it to me. In addition, the officials above the county and county level, and the officials of Cao Peng in the Taishou Mansion need to report to me in advance. After speaking, Wang Xu didn't wait for them to reply, and then continued: "Gao Shun, you select 500 people from the more than 1,000 soldiers who have not been with the army this time, and completely exterminate the scattered soldiers in the whole county. The priority is to exterminate the areas where there are many people, followed by the remote mountainous areas, no matter what method you use, I don't want to hear any people talk about where there are bandits and bandits in my Lingling County. ”

"No!"

Seeing Gao Shunnuo, Wang Xu nodded and didn't say more, after all, he was extremely relieved about Gao Shun, so he immediately turned his head and said, "Wang Fei, the public enemy!" The two of you immediately issued a conscription order to recruit able-bodied young men over the age of eighteen and under the age of thirty. The salary standard is completely in accordance with the law of our Han recruitment, but my Lingling County government soldiers will have half a month's free vacation every year, and they will also have four days of vacation every month, but they are not allowed to leave the station. At the same time, the only son who has old and young in the family will not be accepted. Brothers join the army together, and the elderly in the family are still alive, one person must be refused. Displaced people from other counties who come to join the army can help to settle their families. ”

"No!" The two did not hesitate, and immediately surrendered their orders.

"Good! In the coming period, your main task is to restore the prosperity of Lingling County as soon as possible, absorb the displaced people, and enrich the households. In addition, it will completely stabilize the law and order of Lingling County, expand the army of the county government, and strengthen the ability of self-protection. As for the barbarians entrenched in the westernmost and southern regions, they will be ignored for the time being, and appeasement measures will be promulgated after Lingling is stabilized. ”

"No!" After everyone agreed to the promise, they knew that things were busy, and immediately retired.

Wang Xu was also not idle, and after watching everyone leave, he pulled Xu Shu back to the study in his backyard. "Wife, I want all the information about the spy in your hands now."

"Oops, you finally remembered, I thought you forgot!" As soon as she heard this, Xu Shu suddenly felt as if she was relieved, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing Xu Shu's lazy appearance, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile, shook his head and said, "At present, apart from you, how many people are in charge in total?" Who are they? ”

"There are three, all of them are good martial arts, two women and one man."

"Dizzy! How many of your men are women! Hearing this, Wang Xu suddenly smiled bitterly.

"What's the solution, I know a little bit about women, so it's easy to control!"

"Forget it! Tell us who they are and what they are called! ”

"Hmm!" Nodding, Xu Shu did not hesitate, frowned and thought for a while, and immediately said: "A woman is from Gaoping, Shanyang, your hometown, and she runs a brothel!" ”

"A brothel?" Wang Xu's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "I remember that the brothels should be run by the imperial court at this time, right?" ”

"I thought so at first, but after investigating, I learned that there were private brothels as early as the Qin Dynasty, but now there are still relatively few. However, there is no restriction from the government, as long as you go to the government for the record, and pay a certain amount of tax according to the scale. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu suddenly looked at Xu Shu with a surprised gaze, and said with some hesitation: "This...... Wife, you won't be kidnapping and cheating women from good families! ”

"You die! Would I do something like that? In this world, there are too many people who can't survive, and they can't help it. This kind of private prostitute is not bad, you have to see the official prostitute or the kind of camp prostitute who was assigned to the army, then it is really a miserable! Saying that, Xu Shu sighed, shook her head and said, "Actually, I didn't want to do it at first, but I thought that after they belonged to us, at least life would be better, so I bought it in the name of Zhou Zhi." ”

"Hey!" Although Wang Xu has never been in contact, he also knows the cruelty of this era, and shook his head a little helplessly: "Then in the future, the system will be more relaxed, and if there is enough dedication, it will also be good for the family, in short, it will be better if it can be better!" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Shu also nodded in agreement.