"Lord, this is Mr. Zhou, who used to be the most learned person in our Macheng." Zhang Long hurriedly said.

"Haha, what is the most learned person, now he is just a bandit, but he has insulted the general's ears and eyes." Old Zhou shook his head and sighed.

"There is a saying among our martial artists, called heroes don't ask about their origins, Xuan thinks, this sentence is also applicable among literati, what does Zhou Lao think?" Li Xuan looked at Zhou Lao with a smile and asked.

Zhou Lao smiled indifferently when he heard this: "There is some truth in what my lord said, but the difference between the family and the family has existed since ancient times, and some things are destined to be with you for a lifetime." At the end, a trace of bitterness flashed in Zhou Lao's eyes.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Old Man Zhou is too pessimistic, I only know that since ancient times, when you stand at the highest point one day, the people of the world will only remember your great achievements, as for those unbearable pasts, how many people will care, and how many people dare to care!?" ”

The domineering words made Zhou Lao stunned, and a strange light flashed in his eyes when he looked at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan said to himself: "Now that the dynasty is sluggish, the eunuchs of the relatives are in power, the party is constantly fighting, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion has been pacified, this is just the beginning, what is the future, who can say clearly?" Those are too far away from us, let's talk about this horse city, horse city is now in ruins is not enough to describe, what is the current horse city like, I believe Zhou Lao knows better than me, now Li just wants to ask Zhou Lao, Zhou Lao is willing to come out, help me restore the order of Ma City, and create a brilliant horse city? ”

"Yes, Mr. Zhou, with your ability and prestige, come out to help the lord, you must ...... That's a tiger with wings! Zhang Long persuaded on the side.

"I'm old, and now I just want to go back to Macheng and live for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to help adults." Zhou Lao shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Lao Ji is still ambitious, Zhou Lao is only sixty years old, and he still has a lot of time to display his talents, so why be humble?" Li Xuan looked at Zhou Lao with some unwillingness, now there is no shortage of generals under him, although they are all some ninth-rate characters who cannot be put on the stage, but it is enough to govern a city, but there is only a lack of capable officials with management ability, Zhao Chuan is one, but that poor intelligence really makes Li Xuan a little afraid to compliment, the old man in front of him can help the Zhang Long brothers to take care of the huge dragon and tiger village in an orderly manner, not to mention the ability compared with those historical advisers, but it is definitely stronger than Zhao Chuan's goods, right?

"Lao Ji is in the woods, and he is determined to be thousands of miles?" Zhou Lao chewed this sentence carefully, looked at Li Xuan's eyes flashed again, and said slowly: "I didn't expect that adults are not only proficient in the art of war and strategy, but also have such talents, or Zhou Mou's life is mediocre, but I didn't expect to meet such a bosom friend as an adult in his old age. ”

"Di ~ Congratulations to the host for winning the allegiance of the first-class strategist Zhou Yi, and the host for the first first-class talent allegiance, and obtaining the reward plane exchange huàn points 5000 and the plane prestige 500."

"Uh~" Li Xuan, who was trying to help Zhou grow old, suddenly froze, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

First-class strategist (lord: Li Xuan) Zhou Yi (internal affairs strategist)

Official position: None

Commander 46, Armed Forces 17, Intelligence 90

Loyalty: 60 (initial allegiance)

Talent: Internal Affairs Specialization Level 9 (After leaving the office, the internal affairs execution rate of the city is +50%)

Skill: Stabilize the people's hearts (lv7) can quickly appease the people's hearts and restore urban production

Ingenuity (Lv5) increases the work efficiency of the craftsmen in the city by 50% and the work efficiency of the armory workshop in the city by 50%

The attraction rate of displaced people in the city where Lv 8 is located has increased by 80%

Popular Hearts (Lv. 5) increases the popularity of the city by 10 per month

The monthly income of the City Inn, Teahouse, Wine Shop, Shang Dance Workshop, and Market under the Merchant Gathering (lv3) will be increased by an additional 15%

Recruit (lv 3) lobbied the captured generals, and there was a small chance to surrender the captured generals

Found a treasure!

Li Xuan really has an impulse to look up to the sky and roar now, the concept of first-class strategists is a bit general, but Li Xuan plays the Three Kingdoms game is not a few, with an intelligence of 90+, basically they are all able to influence the power of a prince, I didn't expect that I had such a harvest with an unintentional move, first-class strategist! Li Xuan estimated that he would wake up with a smile even if he was asleep now.

"Lord!?" Li Xuan, who fell into YY, was finally woken up by Zhang Long.

Looking at Zhou Yi, who was looking at him with a strange face, Li Xuan laughed embarrassedly: "What Zhang Long said is right, being able to get Zhou Lao's help is really my Li Xuan's blessing and Ma Cheng's blessing!" Let's go, let's go home! ”

"Home?" Zhou Yi looked at Li Xuan, who was as excited as a child, and shook his head speechlessly, but there was a trace of warmth in his heart, this feeling of being recognized is really good.

Longhu Village has been crisscrossing Macheng for many years, and the family business saved is not small, with a population of more than 3,000 people, people are dragged by horses, and the half-day trip took two days to roughly empty Longhu Village, Li Xuan did not break his promise, and the property of Longhu Village was distributed to the original Longhu Zhai people intact, and unexpectedly obtained 20 points of popular hearts and 10 points of favorability of Zhang Long and Zhang Hu brothers.

Zhao Chuan's county position was withdrawn after Li Xuan returned to the city and transferred to Zhou Yi, the reason is very sufficient, fornicating with outsiders, leaking military secrets, this crime alone, if Li Xuan really wants to be more serious, it is enough to cut off his head, and now he is only removed from his position, which is already good.

But looking at the way this thing is wandering around Zhou Yi all day long, how can he be a little frustrated by being dismissed, and he was called back by Zhou Yi the next day, as his deputy, doing some errand work for himself, looking at Zhao Chuan's fart and happy face, Li Xuan had to sigh, this dog's potential is really in line with his appearance.

The entry of more than 3,000 people has made Macheng somewhat rejuvenated, and at the same time, the powerful internal affairs skills of the old man Zhou Yizhou have begun to really exert their power with the continuous addition of displaced people, and the broken houses, inns, city lords' mansions, and council halls have gradually recovered with the improvement of the city's prosperity, and even the broken city walls have also restored some defensive strength with the cooperation of the military and civilians of Macheng.

It took Li Xuan three days to settle the people in Longhu Village, and the grain and grass in the army were gradually exhausted, Li Xuan looked at the other cottages around Macheng, and the first time he sent troops to Li Xuan, he obtained a rich reward for Li Xuan, so that Li Xuan's enthusiasm for these bandits and grass was unprecedentedly high.

This time, with Zhang Long, the head snake as a guide, he quickly established the goal, which is another big cottage 100 miles away from Macheng, which is different from Longhu Village, this cottage can be said to be notorious, not only persecuting the surrounding people, but also often colluding with the Saiwaihu people to go south to plunder, and it is a tooth-gnashing storage in the entire Dai County, for such a cottage, Li Xuan's strategy has only one word - fight, fight to the death.

With 2,000 of the most elite Han troops of the Han Dynasty, and with the help of two brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, who were familiar with the terrain near Macheng, this seemingly impregnable cottage lasted less than an hour before it was breached, and the owner of the cottage was killed by Li Xuan himself, and the cottage materials were also pulled back to Macheng as trophies.

I have to say that in this chaotic era, being a thief is still a relatively 'money' profession, and this cottage alone has provided Li Xuan with enough grain and grass to supply the entire population of Macheng for two months' rations, as well as a lot of valuable gold and silver equipment and strategic materials, as well as more than 20 war horses that were temporarily received by Li Xuan into the abandoned stable, and in addition, Li Xuan has obtained an additional 800 prestige.

The two largest cottages in the sphere of influence were uprooted by Li Xuan, and the deterrent effect on other cottages is not small, Zhou Yi gave a construction yì, at this time it is not suitable to continue to suppress with strong means, and it should be fought with one hand and pulled with one hand, many of the thieves around Macheng are the original people of Macheng, and they were forced to fall into the grass as a coward, among which there are not many cottages similar to Dragon and Tiger Village, this part is the object that can be wooed, as for those who are extremely vicious, and even collude with foreign clans in the township, I didn't say it, continue to fight!

This time, Zhang Long volunteered to accompany Zhou Yi out of the city to lobby, with the prestige of the two in the Macheng area, coupled with the thunderous means shown by Li Xuan before, as well as the various preferential conditions offered by Li Xuan, many village owners were immediately moved, and there were three small cottages on the same day, although the total was only more than 300 people, but at least it was a good start.

As a modern promising young man who has read countless books, Li Xuan knows very well what to do now to maximize his interests, without Zhou Yi's advice, the story of buying horse bones has been in many novels, Li Xuan naturally will not be unclear, not only warmly received the three village owners that night, and placed the villagers of the three villages, but also secretly sent Zhao Chuan to publicize it to the outside world.

Although this trick is old-fashioned, it is very practical, Zhou Yi and Zhang Long's lobbying progress has also been significantly accelerated, and at the same time, Li Xuan let Li Shan take command this time, Li Lin and Li Feng each led a team of men and horses to start sweeping those notorious cottages, a large number of materials continued to be transported back to Macheng, grain, grass, gold and silver, and some antiques and jade that seemed to be valuable were stored in the warehouse, and the currency was rewarded by Li Xuan in the form of remuneration to the people and soldiers who helped build the city.

Although these people don't have much AI yet, the smile that gradually fills their faces makes Li Xuan feel a lot of satisfaction, looking at the rising people's hearts and prosperity, the true air flow in his body is also smoother, and many obscure places in the past can now be easily understood, making Li Xuan have a sense of belonging to this world for the first time.