The night is hazy and the moon is in the sky, located in the middle of Zuli County, Zuli County, under the city of Qin Xiaobai together, although it is now a time of war, and there are 100,000 soldiers in Zuli County, but there is no one who would think that someone will be bold enough to attack the most prosperous soldiers in Wuwei County, as if it has become a huge military fortress of Zuli County, so there are no soldiers cruising around Zuli County, and now in Zuli County, except for the county towns and central counties, only the more important fortresses will be stationed to guard, Although Qin Xiaobai rode into Zuli County alone, as long as he did not enter the county seat, he would not encounter obstacles, but the large number of people would attract the attention of the fortress towns where soldiers gathered in various nearby places.

Qin Xiaobai rode into Zuli not to directly enter Zuli County, but it is difficult to enter Zuli County directly, generally there is a night ban in a city at this level in the county, and ordinary people cannot enter the city at this time. Qin Xiaobai's goal is a liaison station in several villages near Zuli County, he needs to first understand the situation in Zuli County through this liaison station given to him by Niu Fu, otherwise, even if there is no night fastfew in Zuli County, with Qin Xiaobai's consistent attitude towards the world, he will not be so reckless to break in, because to do so is to kill himself, and only by knowing himself and knowing his opponent can he win a hundred battles.

Zuli county can be regarded as a frontier county, its city wall is indeed tall, the county covers a much wider area than the usual county, but the county is mostly inhabited by industry and commerce, few people will farm in the city, like other counties, Zuli county can not be self-sufficient in the food of the residents in the city, if you want to transport it out, the whole Xiliang is very short of food, and it is too expensive to transport grain from the Kanto, so Zuli County is the same as many counties in Xiliang, and the nearby areas outside the county are farmland for the convenience of many farmers, Also build a small shed to live on the edge of their own fields, Zuli County has a large population before the invasion of the Baima Qiang people, there were 100,000 people, people are social animals, small sheds are built when they are gathered together, resulting in the formation of a semi-village situation, said to be a semi-village because it has not been recognized by the imperial court, but it has reached the standard of the village in all aspects such as size and population.

Qin Xiaobai is now about to enter a village in the west of Zuli County to find a contact point on the map, under the hazy moonlight Qin Xiaobai rode a dust, he quickly found the village he was looking for, there was no militia patrolling in that village, and even the village did not even have a wooden wall, the Baima Qiang cavalry was because it was close to Zuli County, and there was no idea of fighting these villages, and the people of the Baima Qiang cavalry fled to the bottom of the ten rooms and nine emptiness, and only a few families in the village were still there, In addition, now that Zuli County has been recovered, there are 100,000 troops stationed in Zuli, so there is no militia patrolling and guarding.

So Qin Xiaobai didn't receive any obstruction, so he easily entered the village, for this Qin Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, a few militia or something Qin Xiaobai didn't pay attention to, but now at this moment, he can cause less trouble and make less trouble, Qin Xiaobai drove his horse through the village after entering the village, looking for the communication site, and finally found the contact point, the only inn in the village, a very simple inn, Qin Xiaobai turned over and dismounted and walked up the stairs with the reins, knocking on the inn door three times in a row, two long and one short, This is the knock code for contact, after knocking on them, Qin Xiaobai led the horse and waited quietly outside, he looked around was pitch black, after the Baima Qiang people raised troops, Zuli County was ten rooms and nine empty, although most of them fled and turned into hooligans, after the 100,000 troops of Wuwei County recovered Zuli County, but the hooligans did not return so quickly, for various reasons to stay on the road, more reasons are still wait-and-see, because Zuli County is still in the battle between the two armies, they are not very relieved, I hope that the official army will completely suppress the rebellion of the Baima Qiang tribe will return with confidence, Therefore, there was no one in the village, and even Qin Xiaobai was not sure if there was anyone.

It was pitch black all around, there was no light from the slightest candle, and it was okay to survive here even if they left the fields, and there were no residents who were the most reluctant to leave, so would the merchant who opened the inn still stay and drink the northwest wind here? Qin Xiaobai was very worried, worried that this liaison station would be empty, the liaison station near Zuli County was here, if it was empty, it would be difficult to do.

But fortunately, I don't know if Qin Xiaobai is lucky enough, or if Dong Zhuo's power in Xiliang is strong enough, soon after he finished knocking on the door, he heard a bang, and the wooden door of the inn opened a gap, and then the gap expanded into a gap, and in the gap of the wooden door, half of the face with thief eyebrows and rat eyes was revealed, it could be seen that it was a middle-aged man, and he was also a very philistine businessman, based on this appearance alone, it was very in line with the image of the innkeeper.

"Where did the guest officer come from, is he a tip or a hotel?" The middle-aged man with thief eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes did not open the wooden door of the inn, but asked Qin Xiaobai through the gap through the wooden door.

This sentence seems to be very ordinary, but Qin Xiaobai knows that it is a code, so he replied: "It's just a casual meal, and you don't live in the store, you have any good wine and food here, you don't need your money." ”

When the innkeeper heard Qin Xiaobai's words, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "The best dish in this store is celery wrapped beef, but a dish costs 100 Wen, although the price is expensive, the taste is moving, and it is very fair, can the guest officer be willing to buy it?" ”

Qin Xiaobai casually threw a piece of silver into the gap in the door and said: "Celery wrapped beef sounds very delicious, this is Qianwen first put on eleven dishes of celery wrapped beef to show the master often, the taste is good, if it is not good, I will demolish your shop." ”

"Ah, I've been waiting for so many years, if it weren't for the fact that there was never a shortage of monthly money, I thought Lord Thorn Shi had forgotten me." The innkeeper with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, seeing that Qin Xiaobai did not miss a word for the answer code, was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the door of the inn, took the reins of Qin Xiaobai's horse and led it into the stable, and then invited Qin Xiaobai into the inn, closed the wooden door of the inn, and turned the lamp, and then asked Qin Xiaobai excitedly: "What is the important matter for the envoy to come here, but Lord Assassin Shi needs information about officials at all levels and wealthy families in Zuli County?" ”

Qin Xiaobai was about to speak after sitting down, but he was stunned when he heard this, he originally thought that this contact point in Zuli County was the information that Niu Fu sent someone to temporarily send to collect information, but he didn't expect that Dong Zhuo had sent people to establish a contact point here a long time ago, and it was also to collect information from officials at all levels in Zuli County, Dong Boss was really ambitious enough, or Dong Zhuo also felt that the direct foundation had always been in Xiliang, so although he did the Taishou of Hedong and the history of the state assassination, he never forgot to operate in Xiliang.

And it seems that Dong Zhuo has hidden them deep enough, and he has not contacted them for several years, but there has never been a shortage of funds for them, this is definitely a valuable wealth and a force with great potential, but it is a pity that Niu Fu, a loser, does not know how to cherish it, so he gave it to Qin Xiaobai casually, or he thinks that after this battle, Qin Xiaobai has no use value, or he will really become his own person, so as to give him the Zu Li contact point that is just a puppet for the entire Xiliang, There is nothing to worry about at all, Qin Xiaobai was very surprised after thinking about this, Dong Zhuo has already installed them in Zuli for several years, and there has never been a shortage of funds, so they must have found out a lot of information about officials at all levels and wealthy families in Zuli County.

What does this mean, this means that indirect means can affect the officialdom of Zuli County, and even affect the official decisions of Zuli County, this is just a place in Zuli County, from a small peep into the big, if Dong Zhuo planted these secret contact points in Xiliang, and collected various information of officials at all levels, it will be able to indirectly affect the situation of the entire Xiliang, which is very important to Qin Xiaobai who wants to rise in the land of Xiliang, don't look at the soldiers to attack the city, it is just a temporary glory, Take the overlord of Western Chu as an example, the overlord has won many battles, Liu Bang has been defeated repeatedly, why the person who finally won the world is not the overlord but Liu Bang, many people will say that Liu Bang has many talents, then Liu Bang's talent advantage is reflected there, no one can beat Xiang Yu in the war, even Han Xin does not dare to fight with Xiang Yu in strategy and tactics, Liu Bang's real talent lies in Zhang Liang, Xiao He and other talents, one of these two people is a representative of the strategic pinnacle, and the other is a representative of the peak level in the later stage, which makes Liu Bang defeated again and again, But the strength is full, and Xiang Yu is getting poorer and poorer the more he fights, and the fewer soldiers he is fighting, he can only continue to win, he can't lose once, he loses all of them once, and he can't stand up anymore.

The warlords who came out of Xiliang all made a living from plunder, including Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, the three largest warlords in Xiliang, and the small warlords under them were even more unbearable to live purely by plunder, and there was no place for production without a foundation.

Qin Xiaobai definitely doesn't want to be such a prince and warlord, and if he doesn't want to be such a prince and warlord, then he needs the foundation of the land, how to establish the foundation of the land, as long as the policy is not too harsh, and the army is not too harsh to the people, ordinary people will not have much resistance, the most difficult thing in the foundation of the land is those wealthy families, and the former local officials, both have unparalleled influence in the local area, the former is especially superior, the latter has a slightly weaker influence, but can know how to manage and operate, can not determine the people's will in the shortest possible time, Moreover, being able to become an official, no matter what, is a talent in itself, as long as you have enough information about them, you can make the best use of them, place them in the most suitable positions, and let them use all their talents for use.

Qin Xiaobai is very clear about the important surnames of this wealthy family and official information, so as soon as the innkeeper with thief eyebrows and rat eyes said it, Qin Xiaobai's heart was excited, if the city can be defeated, it must be defended, and if it can be defended, it must be managed well, and if it can be conquered, it is a warlord, and after the city is defeated, it is a prince, and after the city is defeated, it can be defended and run well, then it can stand on its own, such as Wei, Shu, and Wu.

This detailed information of the wealthy family and officials, for the siege of the city is less effective, the defense of the city is heavier, as for the management is the top priority, you do not see Cao Pi after the emperor must bow to the family of the family, set up the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, the upper grade of the Han Shi and the lower grade of the Wu Shi clan, if Qin Xiaobai has this detailed information, in the siege of the city, the destruction of the system and the reconstruction of order at the beginning, it will be much easier to win over and suppress the divided Hao clan, and if it is done, this benefit is also very obvious, In wartime, you can make internal unity at least not to pull him back, after the war to have a large territory enough to establish a country, do not need to look at the face of these families after the establishment of the country, after all, after the establishment of the country, the influence of the family in the country is incomparable, and it can even be called solidarity, if you want to get rid of the tumor of the family in the territory in one fell swoop, it will inevitably hit yourself hard, and your vitality will be greatly damaged, and the family will never be cleared, and a piece will immediately spring up like mushrooms after a rain, grow a piece to fill this vacancy.

But if before the founding of the country, at the time of every attack, at the beginning of destroying the system and rebuilding the order, at that time, the families faced by each family were isolated and helpless, as long as they were co-opted, suppressed and divided, and the purpose of control was achieved, this endless aftermath could be eliminated, and even if it was suppressed, it was not so easy to solve the problem with fists without understanding the situation, and it would be too late to use fists after understanding the situation. The information he knows about various wealthy families and officials is definitely 10,000 times stronger than that of temporarily cramming and making random inquiries.

Therefore, Qin Xiaobai heard that the innkeeper with thief eyebrows and rat eyes said this, and he was immediately moved, he now only has the contact point of Zuli County, if he can deduct the contact point of the whole Xiliang from Niu Fu, it will be developed, almost equal to Dong Zhuo's foundation that Dong Zhuo has planted in Xiliang for many years for his use, thinking of this, Qin Xiaobai was suddenly extremely excited, and secretly determined in his heart that he would definitely find a way to get all the contact points of Xiliang from Niu Fu, no matter what method was used, as for Dong Zhuo's revenge, Qin Xiaobai was not afraid, Emperor Tiangao is far away, he is far away in Xiliang, but Dong Zhuo is in Bingzhou, Dong Zhuo can't think that you have a personal grudge to mobilize an army to kill Xiliang, although Dong Boss did have a rebellion in Xiliang when the Qiang people rebelled, and Huangfu Song led the imperial army to crusade, and there was also a big victory, but it did not take much advantage, Han Sui and Ma Teng are still standing, as long as this battle plan is successful, how can Qin Xiaobai be a small warlord at that time, stand in the team, follow Ma Teng and Han Sui, Dong Zhuo can't help him.

At this time, Qin Xiaobai's mind was full of thoughts, but on the surface, he looked immobile and replied calmly: "That's true, the history of the assassin now needs all the information of Zuli County, all the wealthy clans and officials, as well as the detailed map of Zuli County, the more detailed the better." ”

Qin Xiaobai understood that if he said too much, he would lose, so he didn't explain the reason, and directly asked the innkeeper for information, and by the way, he asked for a detailed map of Zuli County, the main purpose of his visit, and the reason why he didn't directly ask about the distribution of soldiers and the location of the granary in Zuli County, was because he was afraid that he would accidentally make the innkeeper who was a thief and a rat-eyed innkeeper vigilant, resulting in the loss of valuable information about various wealthy families and officials in Zuli County.

The innkeeper with thief eyebrows and rat eyes was stunned when he heard this, and said: "I can draw a detailed map of Zuli County, but I am only responsible for the information of officials and wealthy families in Zuli County, and I am only responsible for the intelligence of this city." ”

Qin Xiaobai's heart tightened, and then he laughed and said, "Of course I know this, I mean you can just give me the part of the information about Zuli County in your hand." At the same time, Qin Xiaobai said in his heart: "It seems that one contact point is in charge of a city, no wonder there are so many contact points in Zuli County alone, and it seems that these contact points are not usually in contact with each other, and they don't even know each other's existence, or they know each other's existence, but they don't know who each other is." ”

The innkeeper nodded with relief, and then said: "My identity is the shopkeeper of the small inn in this village, and secretly I am the owner of one of the three largest restaurants in Zuli County, and I usually don't show up but secretly control, this restaurant is where I collect the information of various wealthy families and officials, so where is the information stored, the messenger will inevitably go somewhere, this jade pendant is a token, the restaurant guys are my henchmen, and the jade pendant can go to the smoke building to take the information I have collected in recent years."

Saying that, the innkeeper took out an ordinary-looking jade pendant and handed it to Qin Xiaobai, and then said with a slightly excited look: "The detailed map of Zuli County, I can draw it in detail immediately, but I don't know when the envoy will be able to return to the assassin history." ”

In fact, Qin Xiaobai's performance just now has revealed a flaw, if it is in normal times, it is easy to be seen through by this cunning innkeeper, so he is puzzled, and he will not be so frank and immediately hand over the information he has worked hard to collect for many years, but his current mood is already excited, he has not seen him for many years, he thought that Dong Tingshi abandoned him, how much did he wait until today, he is now eager to leave this place and return to Dong Zhuo's side, and he ignored the flaw revealed by Qin Xiaobai with an excited expression.

Qin Xiaobai was overjoyed that the information was so available, but he was stunned by the innkeeper's question, and said secretly in his heart: "Is this a temptation? It doesn't look like Ruosi looks excited, what's the good thing about returning to Dong Zhuo, is it as strong as him being the big boss of a restaurant here? Could it be that he was originally an officer beside Dong Zhuo, well, the status of businessmen in the Han Dynasty was low, and men like to make contributions in the army, which is also worthy of the background needs of this era, so how can I answer so as not to show flaws? ”

Qin Xiaobai was thinking about it, but the innkeeper thought that Qin Xiaobai was hesitating, Qin Xiaobai was hesitating, this is a normal performance, if he was immediately promised by this messenger as soon as he brought it up, then there would be a problem, so when the innkeeper saw Qin Xiaobai's appearance, he was very prepared and immediately took out a bag of money from his pocket, stuffed it into Qin Xiaobai's hand, and said with a smile: "There is no need for the envoy to give an answer so quickly, I just ask the envoy to help me with a few words of kindness, and I am grateful." ”

"Oh, in this case, it's okay, I'll try to say a few good words, don't expect me too much if you succeed or not." Qin Xiaobai took the money bag, weighed it twice, showed a satisfied smile, and received it in his arms without a trace, and then patted the innkeeper on the shoulder with a dignified look, as if a leader was encouraging his right-hand man.

"Nature is not to blame, nature is not to blame." When the innkeeper saw Qin Xiaobai accept the money bag, his smile was even bigger, and he smiled with a smile.

"Well, that's good, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you draw a detailed map of Zuli County soon." Qin Xiaobai took out the tone that he was equal to his identity at this time and said.

"Yes, yes, yes......" The innkeeper respectfully asked Qin Xiaobai to take out a piece of white cloth immediately, and drew on it with a pen, I have to say that the innkeeper still has a certain painting skills, the pattern on the white cloth is clear, and there is a name next to the building.

The innkeeper put down the pen quickly, and after a while, the whole map of Zuli County was successfully drawn, Qin Xiaobai did not directly ask the innkeeper where the grain and grass were, so as not to make the innkeeper confused, so he asked him to draw a detailed map of Zuli County to confuse the public to achieve the goal, but he was still not very relieved, whether the innkeeper could use painting to let him get the information he knew, when he got this map, Qin Xiaobai still frowned deeply, but then relaxed, Because the first time he saw the map, he saw the granary located in the north of Zuli County, as well as the division of troops around the granary, as well as the road situation, and he was about to be happy, but then he saw that there was also a granary in the east of the city, and quickly glanced at it again, and found that there was a granary in the south of the city, and he was dumbfounded, and he couldn't help swallowing spit, this is too, scattering the granary, burning a granary is enough to waste time, and even came to disperse, he can't escape anyway after the three granaries are burned, But if he doesn't completely eliminate the grain and grass of the 100,000 army, he won't be able to achieve his goal, and let the 100,000 army retreat, which is really too tricky, and he came to this trick.

Qin Xiaobai's brows furrowed deeply, and he glanced at the innkeeper who nodded next to him, and suddenly his heart moved, the granary and the granary are also different, how much grain there is, first grab the most grain and grass and burn it, if possible, fight to lose the army and burn two, only one dissatisfied granary is left to support the 100,000 army, and if the troops are not retreated, it will be enough to choke, and it will not be able to support for many days. So Qin Xiaobai pretended to be casual and said: "Why are there so many granaries, and they are so far apart, these soldiers are really idle and have nothing to do, and they are not afraid of being tired and panicked when they are transported around." ”

The innkeeper, who had been standing next to him and waiting for Qin Xiaobai's reply, immediately responded with a smile: "Messenger, you don't know, because this time the enemy is the nomadic Baima Qiang tribe, so there are tens of thousands of cavalry in the 100,000 army, so the east granary in the three granaries is hay and horse grain, and when Zuli County has just been recaptured, the front has to fight fiercely with the Baima Qiang tribe, the rear is unstable and the remnants have not been cleared, and there are hooligans running around, and all kinds of smashing, looting and burning often occur, so the 100,000 army is divided into garrisons on the north and south sides, One continued to attack the Baima Qiang tribe to expand the results of the war, and on the other hand, it was stationed in the south to stabilize the rear, so the granary was also divided into two granaries in the north and south. ”

"Oh? In this case, the grain and grass in the north should be much larger than the grain and grass in the south, how can you paint it to be the same size? Qin Xiaobai asked again, and he could start casually, but if he continued to ask, he could only change his posture and say in a questioning tone.

The innkeeper was afraid that Qin Xiaobai would think that he was not serious about painting, so he hurriedly replied: "Envoy, you don't know, the division of troops at that time was not the current seven or eight percent in the north and only two or three percent in the south, this is all after the chaos in the rear calmed down before the division of troops again, the division of troops at that time was half a division, so the granaries were built the same size." ”

After the innkeeper finished speaking, he was afraid that the introduction would not be detailed, and said: "Because the two granaries are only built so big, only enough to supply 50,000 people with food, after the division of troops again, it is not possible to re-dismantle the granary and build it, the same is the granary exported by 50,000 soldiers, on the one hand is 20,000 people, and on the other hand is 780,000 people, so in the subsequent transportation of grain from all over Wuwei County to the two places of grain and grass, the grain and grass in the south are often more than eighty percent, and the grain and grass in the north are often less than thirty percent, whenever the road is less than 30 percent, Now the granary in the south is in ninety, and the grain and grass in the north are hovering in three. ”

"Take a small peek at the big, peep into the leopard, you're fine, wait for news at home." Qin Xiaobai was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that after he was frightened, the innkeeper would answer in such detail, and now he finally has a goal.

"Congratulations to the messenger." The innkeeper wiped a cold sweat, and finally passed the customs, he didn't want to go back to the barracks or something, I don't know how good it is to be a happy rich man here, but the messenger sent by Dong Tingshi can't be offended, and he can't let the messenger convey the news that he doesn't want to go back, and he must let Dong Tingshi know how loyal he is and how homesick he is, so that his position will be more stable.

As for self-defeating, he is not worried, he has been lurking here for several years, and it will take at least half a year to control the power he left behind, Dong Zhuo's heart is not going to change people for the sake of a person who is in the mood below, and waste half a year's time, this pass has passed, it seems that the messenger of this pass is quite satisfied, he can continue to be his rich man, after sending Qin Xiaobai away, the innkeeper hummed a little song and returned to the inn. (To be continued.) )