—177 A.D.——

"Cao, Cao...... Hey, why does your name sound exactly the same, I'll just call you Mengde! ”

On the way back to Dunqiu, Cao Cao asked Dian Wei to go with him, wanting to get closer to him to facilitate recruitment, of course, it was not unrelated to the fact that the "stand-in" had been clamoring to "accept him as a little brother".

However, there seems to be something wrong with Dian Wei's accent, with a cocked tongue, and he always pronounces Cao Cao's name exactly the same.

"A strong man can do it himself." Although Dian Wei said with a big grin that he could call him Lao Dian, from Cao Cao's point of view, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old at most, but he couldn't add the word "old".

"Well, old man, where are you from? How did you learn this good skill? But Yuan Shao didn't have that kind of vision, and directly called Lao Dian.

"I am a native of Jiwu Village in the south of Chenliu, I have the ability, I have been trained by hunting since I was a child, not I blow, the jackals, tigers and leopards on the surrounding mountains, there is no one who is not afraid of me!" Dian Wei patted his chest.

"Hmm...... Confirm that there is some kind of 'peerless' trait," the "stand-in" who relied on Dian Wei's inability to see and kept looking up and down beside him said: "But now it is not stimulated, so I can't see it, maybe I have to do it in battle?" ”

"Hmm......" Cao Cao nodded slightly, and then asked, "So, how did this Li Yong deceive your fellow villagers?" ”

Since Cao Cao only brought two cars on this trip, one for himself and Yuan Shao, and the other for the Cai sisters who were more comfortable, so Li Yong naturally had no car to sit on, and was tied up tightly in the back compartment of Cao Cao's car.

"Humph! The guy claimed that he was a merchant with a way to provide us with powerful hunting tools, but a few days ago he suddenly changed his mind and only gave grain and copper coins to the merchants who came and went to my village, and everyone asked me to ask for an explanation. Dian Wei looked fiercely at the back compartment, his eyes as if he wanted to burn through the partition.

"Powerful hunting equipment?" Cao Cao was slightly surprised.

"Ahh That's it! The "stand-in" reacted first: "Donqiu's ordnance!" ”

"Huh." Cao Cao let out a sneer of unknown significance.

Although the counties and counties in various counties had military warehouses to store the ordnance distributed by the imperial court to resist the rebellion of thieves and robbers, in order to save food, there were not so many standing armies in peacetime, and the conventional practice was to leave only the city gate guards and two patrols, and other soldiers were used as "military service population" to participate in labor in the garrison.

As for those ordnance that no one uses, instead of letting them be depreciated and scrapped, it is better to sell them to those who need them for some silver money, but this kind of behavior requires the approval of the county order - there is no doubt that this kind of behavior is illegal, Cao Cao didn't know the details when he first arrived, so Li Yong didn't dare to mention this stubble, so he could only go to the next house, and as a result, he attracted such a bad star as Dian Wei.

"This person should be punished!" Yuan Shao, who was originally the most unlikely to express his opinion, opened his mouth categorically, attracting the curious eyes of Cao Cao and the "stand-in".

"Huh? Isn't that right? I see that there seems to be a hook in the arsenal," After saying the sentence, Yuan Shao changed back to the appearance of a stupid monkey, and scratched his head in a daze: "This is what my father said, and the original words seem to be 'The one who steals the hook is punished, and the one who steals the country is a monkey'." ”

Oh, it's what Zhuangzi said...... Doesn't seem to be wrong?

"As far as I know, although those 'powerful weapons' are of average quality, they are of high quality, and they should last a long time?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"Hey! It used to be like that, although it was more expensive, but cherishing it would last at least a year, but the things I bought recently often broke down within half a month, and the people in our village have endured not beating him for a long time. Dian Wei shook his fist.

"This ......" Cao Cao looked at the "stand-in".

"A certain ten permanent servants did it," the "stand-in" replied as expected: "I don't know who it is, he has a group of broken blacksmiths who don't know whether they are fellow villagers or relatives, and with his hints and support, they have forcibly squeezed out the original copper and iron tool market in Luoyang, and at this time, the ordinary people of Luoyang can no longer buy any good goods, and there is no workshop of their own, and the surrounding counties that rely solely on Luoyang's deployment have also been affected." ”

"It's the Ten Servants again, what do they want to make the big man look like to be satisfied?" Cao Cao shook his head, if he really can't do it, he can only ......

"The Ten Servants have no offspring, and they do things only for the immediate enjoyment, so they do not take into account anything beyond their lifespan...... Huh, that sounds like a brutal emperor? The "stand-in" began to mumble.

Shouldn't I be glad that my grandfather succeeded my father as a son so that he didn't get involved in the Ten Standing Servants? After all, they looked like they were probably dead, Cao Cao thought silently.

"Dian Zhuangshi," after clarifying his thoughts, Cao Cao said: "You just catch him back and kill him, and you can't find better hunting tools for your fellow villagers, because the channel of 'high-quality goods' is cut off, otherwise, you go back to Dunqiu with me, and after I rebuild the workshop, the first batch of finished products that meet the requirements will be handed over to you, and the one named Li Yong during this period can be beaten as you like." ”

"Good! Mengde, you are such a refreshing person! Dian Wei patted his chest, "I see that your friend seems to be very weak, then, you will be covered by me in the future!" ”

"Where is it weak! I'm the third prince of the fourth world! There will be no equal! Yuan Shao tried to refute.

"I see you're stuck in the window, if it were me, I would be able to break it with the window frame and the wall!" Dian Wei said with a bald head.

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After returning to Dunqiu, Cao Cao just ordered the soldiers to press Li Yong to walk around the county seat, perhaps he was beaten a little badly by Dian Wei, and many of the small officials who were originally yin and yang immediately changed their attitudes, with a look of "It used to be the order of Shangguan that could not be violated, but now the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai".

If you say the reason, it is also very simple, Yanzhou due to the intricacy of the power of the family, the town may be transferred to the other side one day because of a certain open and secret battle that has nothing to do with them, the petty officials and officials have practiced the ability to see the wind and steer, and now Cao Cao belongs to the dragon of the river to force the head of the snake, but if one day another family in Yanzhou makes him deflated, his officials will instantly change back to their previous appearance.

Due to Cao Song's teachings, Cao Cao already knew that the management of a town was roughly divided into seven aspects, namely [agriculture], [commerce], [technology], [construction], [public security], [conscription] and [training].

Among them, agriculture is related to the annual grain income, business is related to the quarterly silver income, technology is the key to creating high-quality weapons and armor or siege and defense equipment, construction is used to strengthen the city wall and set up city defenses, but also includes the construction of temporary cities or barricades in the field, as for public security, conscription and training is completely literal, but it should be noted that conscription can only recruit the "military service population", that is, young adults suitable for the battlefield.

In history, those behaviors of coercing the people to impact the enemy's formation, at the moment of the revival of the aura, it is very easy, or it will definitely attract the unparalleled ranger who wants to act for the heavens, and a thousand armies will take the head of the general from it - after doing that kind of angry behavior, even if you have a peerless general, you will not help.

Well, maybe this is also the reason why the Ten Standing Servants did not dare to kill innocents indiscriminately, although they were tyrannical, ingenious and robbing, and harmed the virtuous, because the most powerful ranger was their top boss......

Generally speaking, a qualified county magistrate needs to pay more attention to agriculture during spring planting and autumn harvest to ensure food rations for the following whole year, and always maintain a high level of law and order.

He needed to maintain a combat-ready army and fortify the walls to deal with possible banditry, as well as raise the standard of commerce, increase the number of traveling merchants, replenish the treasury, pay for the repair of destroyed houses and fields when it was needed, such as droughts, floods, locust plagues, or earthquakes, and buy food supplies from elsewhere to prevent the population from falling, whether they were fleeing famine or not.

If you can do this, the basic promotion will be stable, and by the way, the county magistrate must also prepare the promotion money handed over to the imperial court in advance, which is also the motivation for the emperors of the past dynasties to promote people.

As for technology, it is generally ignored by the county order, for no other reason, technology belongs to the workshop workers, who can improve to create better weapons and equipment, can assemble more powerful equipment, but need the county order to spend money to buy - after all, craftsmen also have to eat and wear, so why should he spend his own money to buy what he makes? Obviously it will be dispensed on it, right?

And another role of technology after reaching the current ceiling, expanding the size of towns and attracting more people, this ...... Do you want to rebel or rebel when the court has no plan?

However, in order to recruit Dian Wei, a fierce general, Cao Cao had to order Dunqiu to develop technology first under the strange gaze of a cadre, no way, Dunqiu's treasury was full of ordinary and even dilapidated weapons and equipment, it seems that the former county commander was also quite knowledgeable, and the garbage newly distributed by Luoyang pressed the bottom of the box, and the good things that were originally kept were sold early.

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"A strong man? The original? Cao Cao arranged the next work and walked out of the county office, but he didn't see Dian Wei and Yuan Shao.

"Are you too busy?" The "stand-in" laughed on the side: "Dian Wei was arranged by you to lead troops on patrol, and by the way, Wen Ji was taken away, and Yuan Shao was arranged by you to go to the market for research...... Scold. ”

"That can't be helped, the little officials here don't know anything about technology, and Dian Wei and Ben Chu are not good at it at all," Cao Cao shook his head: "It seems that only we went in person." ”

"Wait, we'?" The stand-in quietly stepped back.

"Didn't Xu Shao say that 'we' are 'capable ministers of the world', I want to verify it," Cao Cao didn't look at the "stand-in", and walked straight to Dunqiu's workshop: "If possible, it's not bad to make a matching sword by yourself, what do you think is called 'Yitian'?" ”

"Well, I think it should be called 'Qingyu'." The "stand-in" thought about it and took the initiative to keep up with Cao Cao.