Fan Wucheng's news about the Beiping Army's reaction to Chai Rong's improvement in condition and the recent developments naturally came easily, and it was completely inconsistent with the actual situation. But the problem is that Fan Wucheng knew that he was talking nonsense, but Shi Ran, who received the information, and even Zhang Yan behind him, could not have thought that this news, whether it sounded conclusive and seemed to be well-founded, was simply fake. Because the Beiping Army, which was heavily fortified and very sensitive to outsiders, the so-called "Feiyantang" Youzhou (Beiping) Branch, which was very short of manpower and sources, basically did not get any valuable information. Therefore, in the absence of more channels to verify the reliability and authenticity of the news sent by Fan Wucheng, Zhang Yan can only analyze and judge the authenticity of the news transmitted by Fan Wucheng based on the pitiful news he got from the street on his side, coupled with his understanding of the general trend of the world.

Therefore, considering the situation in the Zhou Dynasty now, considering that the Beiping Army has been fighting with the Khitans since its establishment, and considering the blood feud brought to the two sides by the battle of Youyun in the sixth year of Xiande, Zhang Yan finally decided that the news passed on by Fan Wucheng was true, and the brothers of the Beiping Army did have plans to attack the Khitan in the north, and their attention to the capital has been greatly reduced - after all, now the Chai Guan's family is gradually healing and the court situation is stable. No matter how strong the Beiping army is, it is not easy to conspire in the face of a stable Great Zhou court.

Now that the authenticity of the news delivered by Fan Wucheng is recognized, in Zhang Yan's eyes, the other party's request to use three months or more to develop the downline is not so difficult to accept. So, two days after passing on the worthless fake news, Fan Wucheng, who got the reply, began to work hard for the development of the downline, or for the development of his shili in the Beiping Army.

As the first step in the development of the offline line, Fan Wucheng set the target of persuasion at the old man of the "Five Tiger Village", the former owner of the second village of the "Five Tiger Village", and the nephew of Liu Wanbao, the martial arts teaching director of the "Xianglong Fort" recruit training base, the deputy of the logistics support team of the former "Feilong Pioneer Battalion", and Liu Erxing, the current deputy manager of the outer courtyard of the "Jingyuan", and "Liu Da Steward".

Speaking of which, this Liu Erxing is an old man in the "Five Tiger Village", a member of the starting team of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion", the predecessor of the "Flying Dragon Army", and one of the oldest and deepest members of the local collaborators of the entire crossing team. But the problem is that the crossing team is a pragmatic and capable collective, and the crossing people have always been virtuous, rather than appointing people as relatives and elders. Those who have real talent and real learning will be reused, will rise to prominence, and will be used exceptionally in this group, while those who are incapable, no matter how old their qualifications are and how hard the backers behind them are, will eventually be eliminated and abandoned. This "veteran" Liu Erxing is exactly the latter.

According to Fan Xiaowu, who has frequent contacts and close relationships with him because of work reasons, and knows his temperament and style of doing things well, this Liu Erxing is a waste villain who does not learn and has no skills, has low eyes, and is jealous and jealous, but he is self-righteous, and he likes to put old qualifications very much, and always puts "a certain family used to be an errand boy under the fifth, seventh, and eleventh masters, and once served as a deputy to the thirtieth master".

It is precisely because of his "characteristics" that in seven or eight years, this guy has not only failed to "make further progress", but has become smaller and smaller, more and more idle, and farther and farther away from the core of Shili. His position also fell from the highest peak, the deputy head of the logistics baggage regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army" in the fourth year of Xiande, all the way down to the battalion commander, company commander, and deputy company commander of the baggage regiment, and even finally transferred out of the "Flying Dragon Army" and thrown into the "Jingyuan", which had been idle for several years and had become an empty house that no one paid attention to.

Liu Erxing has come to this point, in fact, it is completely his own fault. The reason why he has been repeatedly demoted and demoted in the past few years is mainly because of his own limited ability, and he loves money and gambling, so that in order to repay his gambling debts, he has damaged public and private interests in procurement, and even embezzled public funds -- if it were not for Liu Wanbao's repeated pleas in front of the crossing crowd and his active return of his own savings, I am afraid that he would have been relieved of all his posts and even sent to a hard labor camp to serve his sentence. But this guy doesn't think so, he doesn't reflect on his behavior and correct his mistakes, but instead says that his demotion is deliberately done by the "Qingyuan" brothers in order to suppress his uncle Liu Wanbao's shili, and it is caused by Li Fu, who was the deputy of the logistics support team of the "Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion" at the same time as himself, in order to be able to get on the throne, deliberately entered his own slander in front of his boss, but forgot that Liu Wanbao's righteous son Liu Xiaoliu is now a senior officer of the "Flying Dragon Army", and the reason why Li Fu was able to be promoted step by step, It is entirely because they are diligent and conscientious in their work, and not only have they not made any mistakes in logistical support, but also, under the guidance of the leaders of the Seventh, Eleventh, and Twenty-sixth Masters, they have explored a complete set of rules and regulations applicable to the peacetime and wartime support needs of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army," and have made tremendous contributions to the building and development of the logistical support capabilities of the "Flying Dragon Army" and the "Security Army."

It stands to reason that such a waste who has no skills and is not in an important position is not an ideal candidate to develop into his own intelligence downline. But first, although this person has no position, no power, no talent and no virtue, his uncle and brother-in-law are both senior officers of the "Flying Dragon Army", and they often move around each other because they are related to each other - after all, Liu Erxing is no longer promising, and he is also his own family member, Liu Wanbao and Liu Xiaoliu still care about and take care of this only clan relative, and the family often gathers together to drink and chat. And this kind of communication between relatives is far less scruples than talking outside, which provides convenient conditions for Liu Erxing to get information from his uncle and brother-in-law.

Second, it is precisely because Liu Erxing is greedy for money and gambling that it is easier for Fan Wucheng to discover and grasp the handle of the other party, and it is easier to get in touch with the other party, so that he is more sure to persuade the other party to join his small group and firmly control the other party in his own hands.

Although Liu Erxing's personality and temperament made him the first offline of Fan Wucheng's decision to develop, with Fan Wucheng's identity, it was impossible to talk to Liu Erxing about this matter. Therefore, after discussing the relevant policies, Fan Xiaowu left Fan's study and went straight to the "Jingyuan" dozens of miles away to try to develop the first member of the downline.