Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Pleasant Conversation

At this moment, both Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu, who was the recommender, were very satisfied, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw a light of recognition in each other's eyes, and Li Changmao's words continued, talking eloquently.

"And the big boss, based on what I've observed these days, you're probably preparing for recruitment. There are all kinds of signs that you are ready to take the entire Yuzhong County, or control the entire territory of Lintao Prefecture. ”

Tian Jianxiu nodded in approval and became stunned, and when he heard such a slander, he couldn't help but slander in his heart: "It turns out that this Li Changmao is also a person who is good at sycophancy, what has the boss been doing these days?" In addition to convening a meeting of 10,000 people and making jokes in front of everyone, he made the military stab in the house. ”

However, Li Zicheng was overjoyed, he didn't expect Li Changmao's overall thinking to be so good, and he was keenly aware of his intention to convene a meeting of 10,000 people, so he was even more interested, and said knowingly: "Oh~ Mr. Li, how do you say this?" There are all those signs that I am ambitious, and I want to take the whole of Yuzhong County, and even Lintao Mansion. ”

"Big Chief, since you asked so, then I'll be straight to the point. First of all, a meeting of 10,000 people was held to let the people in the city vent their anger and take revenge, so as to gain the favor of some people. Secondly, the land, houses and other things annexed by those wicked people were returned to the original owners for the benefit of the people, thus creating the image of the rebel army acting in a fair and upright manner. Finally, the restraint on the behavior of subordinates and subordinates, as well as the 10,000-person assembly itself, was a gimmick aimed at beating out the name of the rebel army's benevolent and righteous army. ”

"And all of this means that you need to fully establish yourself in Yuzhong City, so as to develop in all directions. Otherwise, there would be no need to do these things. After all, confiscating the ill-gotten gains of those bullies will only make people applaud, and even if you don't return those original owners, the people won't say anything. After all, you did not plunder from them. ”

For a while, Li Zicheng had a feeling of finding himself, and he hated to see each other late. At the same time, he was a little proud of his actions, and he was in a good mood and asked, "So, what do you think of my measures?" Are there any shortcomings? ”

Li Changmao thought for a moment, and then slowly replied: "Hmm... Great Chief, these acts of yours are very good, and they are easily recognized by the people. However, there are some limitations, and I haven't seen the hidden worries implied in Yuzhong City. ”

Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu were both shocked, and immediately became nervous, but the former behaved more steadily, and asked slowly: "Oh, Mr. Li, I don't know why you said this?" What are the limitations? What are the hidden worries of Yuzhong City? ”

"The limitation is that your actions shouldn't just be against the bullies. For example, the rich and rich people in the city have more or less devoured and seized other people's property, but the performance is not so obvious. These people should be the main targets of the implementation of the New Deal, the first people, so that they can get more recognition from the people. ”

As for the hidden dangers mentioned below, they are also related to these people. Whether it is Yuzhong City or other places, the vast majority of food is in the hands of powerful people, and if they want to deliberately raise prices and cause chaos in Yuzhong City, it will be an easy matter. ”

At this time, Li Zicheng was about to say something, but Tian Jianxiu came forward and retorted: "No, Mr. Li, you must have also seen those notices in the city, but there are clear regulations that once those powerful people deliberately hoard grain, do not sell it, or raise prices, they will be heavily punished, and they killed so many people two days ago, they still dare to commit crimes against the wind?" ”

Li Zicheng's suspicious look had disappeared, and his face became solemn, he waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "See Xiu, these are not the main things, Mr. Li is hinting to us, those powerful people control the vast majority of the grain, which is equivalent to controlling our lifeline." Once they secretly transfer the grain, or sell it to the officials and soldiers, it will undoubtedly be very unfavorable to us. ”

After saying this, Li Zicheng didn't pay attention to Tian Jianxiu anymore, regardless of whether the other party understood or not, but turned his head to look at Li Changmao, with a better attitude, and asked: "Sir, do you have any good strategies to completely eradicate this hidden worry?" ”

Obviously, Li Changmao had already prepared, and while nodding secretly, he was very satisfied with Li Zicheng, and replied: "Big boss, this is easy to solve." Since you are about to appoint the post of prefectural commander of Yuzhong City. Then, I will have to solve and deal with the backlog of cases in Yuzhong City, and accept reports from the people in the city. From these cases, priority should be given to those concerning the magnates, so as to suppress them and distribute the good land they had illegally obtained to the people. ”

"In this way, not only can the gap between the rich and the poor in the city be eliminated, so that those who cannot eat can have a few acres of thin fields, but also completely break the monopoly of the powerful on food."

"Hehe, I really saw a treasure, I didn't expect this Li Changmao's vision to be so far, vaguely, with the demeanor of Grandpa Mao, all kinds of measures and suggestions, isn't it to fight local tyrants, divide the land, and have a socialist color."

At the same time, Li Zicheng sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but think of some historical knowledge, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was already the germ of capitalism, much earlier than Europe, not only all kinds of new trends of thought emerged, all kinds of science and technology and inventions are in the forefront of the world, the invention and use of firearms is second to none, extremely advanced!

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng became more and more excited, thought of a lot, and couldn't help but get up: "Damn, if you can get those scientists from all over the world and gather them together to improve and invent new guns, what is the Qing army?" Eighty thousand iron horsemen can't ride Er'er, and they can be blasted into slag in an instant, and they are all sudden! ”

Tian Jianxiu was speechless again, and when he saw Li Zicheng like this, he knew that the boss must be thinking about something good again, or holding back something bad.

Li Changmao is different, thinking that Li Zicheng's bad smile is a manifestation of self-confidence, a recognition of himself, and his heart suddenly has the feeling of meeting Bole, being able to show his talents, put some of his ideas into practice, and benefit the people of Li.

"Boss, is Mr. Li still waiting here?"

Hearing Tian Jianxiu calling out to himself softly, Li Zicheng immediately woke up from his conjecture, and in order to hide the embarrassment of his distraction, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, your trick is really wonderful!" In this way, not only can they raise a sum of money and give them another disgrace to those powerful people, but they can also break their monopoly on grain step by step. ”

"Big head LinkedIn, that's what it means. As long as the vast majority of the land is in the hands of the people, it is impossible for those powerful people to control the price of food. As long as we wait for another two or three months, the autumn harvest season will come and the new grain will circulate, which will completely change this hidden worry and improve the people's livelihood in Yuzhong County. ”

Although Li Changmao was very calm, the sparkling light in his eyes could not hide the excitement in his heart.

At this moment, there was a rush and loud sound of footsteps outside, and the ground made a dull sound and clang. Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu's extremely familiar voices came: "Haha... It's so exciting! Boss, the brothers' harvest today can be described as very rich, not only confiscated a lot of grain and silver, but also recruited more than 100 recruits, and controlled several nearby villages in one fell swoop! ”

Li Zicheng looked at each other and smiled, silently, and looked in the direction of the door at the same time. Li Changmao looked puzzled, and also looked over, and secretly guessed in his heart: "Could it be that the person who came is Li Guo, the nephew of the big leader?" But it's not right, although the words are warm, but you shouldn't call the boss like everyone else, at least you should call uncle. ”

Soon, under the gaze of the three people, a group of two people walked in. Even in the scorching summer, sweating like rain, it is also a military uniform, and between walking, it is even more tiger and tiger, Li Changmao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart: "How is this like a border army stationed at the border?" is more formal than the elite of the Ming Court of the Gongwei Beijing Division, and the military momentum on his body is breathtaking, and at first glance he is a brave and warlike general! ”

At this moment, Li Changmao had a complete change in his view of Li Zicheng's pair, completely subverting his initial judgment. This group of people is not as simple as other rebel armies or rebel armies, not only is it highly disciplined, but the commander is a man of great wisdom and does not stick to small things.

It was no one else who walked in, it was Liu Fangliang and Li Guo, and the person who spoke was Liu Fangliang.

As soon as the two stood still, Li Zicheng also stood up, walked towards the two, and said with a smile as he walked: "Big head Liu, as soon as you hear that voice, you know that it is your loud voice, and you can hear it from miles away." ”

"Boss, you know, I'm this character, I can't hide things in my heart, and when I have something happy, my voice will be extraordinarily loud." Liu Fangliang responded, although he was a little embarrassed by his loud voice, but he was just scratching his head, nothing more.

Li Changmao suddenly, after inexplicably breathing a long sigh of relief, he said secretly: "I said, Li Guo is a person with a certain reputation in the rivers and lakes, known as able to write and martial arts, how can he behave so much, without a little steady." ”

At the same time, when Liu Fangliang said this, Li Zicheng patted him on the shoulder to show his closeness, and turned to look at Li Guo with a slight smile: "Guo'er, how did you and Liu Fangliang go out this time?" ”

Immediately asked about the G-spot, Li Guo's face could not hide the excitement, and immediately said heartily: "Uncle, Liu Fangliang and I attacked two large villages separately, and in one fell swoop cleared the lieutenant chief and the small guard appointed by the Ming court there. Coupled with the actions of Wu Ruyi and Yuan Zongdi in the past two days, the villages within a radius of ten miles have all been visited, and the officials who have been installed there by the Ming Court have been replaced by our people, and the new county commander of Yuzhong County has been sent to take over these places. ”