Knocking Cai Zhiwei is just part of Zhou Qingfeng's effective management of his own internal organization. Before Cai Zhiwei, he had already talked to several people. For all kinds of mistakes that occurred after arriving in Fushun, he gave verbal reprimands and did not punish them. However, in terms of personnel arrangement, it is necessary to carry out some preventive settings.

Back in the office of the Lin Family Inn, Jin Ge came over with a memo in his hand. This child rescued from Ehekulun has now become an errand for Zhou Qingfeng and Xu Bing, and is also responsible for some secretarial and back-office work.

"What's going on today?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.

"The housekeeper outside Wang Kai in the city sent fifty stone of miscellaneous grain, saying that he was willing to cooperate with us to cultivate some farmland. The steward also said that if the chief was free, he would be willing to visit again and discuss the matter in detail. Jin Ge said.

"What the hell is this profiteer up to?" Zhou Qingfeng originally wanted to cooperate with Wang Kai for some commercial development, but Wang Kai was playing tricks with him behind his back. Coupled with the fact that he inadvertently contacted the Ye family in Liaodong, another more powerful group last night, the value of Wang Yuanwai dropped a lot.

"Let Old Man Sun go and talk to the Wang family. By the way, let the old man go to the Ye Jiawen shop in the city, where did I negotiate a business. Zhou Qingfeng no longer directly deals with these trivial matters, and the specific details are handed over to Old Man Sun. Jin Ge took out a pencil from his body and jotted it down in the memo. This child is now more literate and can do a lot of things.

Jin Ge continued: "Since yesterday, we have been staring at the medical halls in other parts of the city. Since yesterday afternoon, doctors from more than a dozen medical centers have all been invited to visit the clinic. The business of pharmacies also suddenly improved, and all the medicines for typhoid fever were sold out. Our people went to ask, and the store shook their heads and said it was out of stock. ”

Zhou Qingfeng sneered when he heard this, typhoid fever is not easy to treat, and the prescriptions prescribed by many quacks are not only ineffective, but also trick people. The only cure-effect now is chloramphenicol, which he has in his hand. Today's typhoid bacilli are not resistant and only require a very small dose to control the disease. This life-saving medicine is a killer weapon he uses to win people's hearts.

"Whose house have all those doctors been invited to?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.

Jin Ge was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said that he hadn't checked. There was a loosely organized 'children's group' around this child, all of whom were half-grown children who failed the test and could not enter the school. They can get some food every day to inquire about Zhou Qingfeng's news all over the city. Xu Bing was in charge of organizing this informal team, but it was clear that Xu Bing had not had time to train the children effectively.

"Let's find out whose house the doctor has been invited to? At the same time, find out how many people have typhoid fever now. I need specific numbers. Zhou Qingfeng ordered.

"But everyone is afraid of getting sick, so they don't dare to inquire." Jin Ge said.

"Let your little friends drink the potion from Sister Xu Bing, and you won't get sick if you drink it." These days are harder, I will give more meals to keep your little friends full. Zhou Qingfeng said. Now that the plague is about to break out, the situation that can break out must also be under control. Those people who should die, those people who should be saved, all need to be counted.

Zhou Qingfeng also asked: "What are the movements of those officials and masters of the Thousand Households?" ”

Now the only people who can stop Zhou Qingfeng's expansion are the bureaucrats led by Li Yongfang, and Zhou Qingfeng hopes that they will be as slow as ever and not come to make trouble.

Jin Ge hurriedly looked at the memo in his hand and said, "We have bought off a subordinate of Li's guerrilla family, and he said that Master Li already knows about this, but he has not made any moves.

Some people even heard Master Li's master say, 'I hope that more people will die of illness in the city, so that I can buy some properties at a low price'. In addition, many monks in the city were invited to the homes of several officials, saying that they were casting spells to ward off evil spirits, eliminate sickness, and keep the family safe. ”

It is expected and reasonable.......

The social hierarchy of the Ming Dynasty is clear, and the superior looks down on the inferior as a pig and a dog.

Zhou Qingfeng instructed: "Keep an eye on those officials in the city, and report any movement to me immediately." If we succeed this time, we will be able to take control of a city. ”

"Then young master, are you the city lord?" Jin Ge actually didn't know Zhou Qingfeng's plan, but he was very interested in the title of city lord. In his opinion, the city lord is the biggest official.

Zhou Qingfeng smiled and nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence. He asked, "I asked you to find a few clever children of your age, have you found them?" ”

"Found one."

"Just one?"

Zhou Qingfeng thought to himself: There are at least hundreds of teenagers under me alone, just a clever one?

After a while, Jin Ge led a dumb girl into Zhou Qingfeng's office. The girl had a pigtail, her eyes were blank, she was wearing tattered clothes, she was shrunken, and she was not clever in any way.

When Zhou Qingfeng frowned, Jin Ge pointed to the girl and said, "Her name is Chunni, and she escaped from the 'Xiuchun Building' with a few girls who were sold." When I was inquiring about news on the street, I bumped into her and told her that she could eat in the west of the city, so she came with the courage to come. ”

Ah......, Hua Niang's thing was provoked by your little girl?

This made Zhou Qingfeng quite moved, the place like a brothel has extremely strict control over the girls bought, and it is not easy to escape. He looked at the wooden appearance of the girl in front of him, and wondered if this was a natural disguise?

"How old are you?"

"Twelve."

"Literate?"

"I don't know."

"Where's the man?"

"I don't know."

"Where's your mom and dad?"

"They sold me, I don't remember them."

The little girl is very vigilant, but she has always been timid. Zhou Qingfeng didn't ask anything for a long time, and couldn't help but be more interested in her. "Chunni, why weren't you selected when the academy was recruiting?"

"They said they wanted to hire smart people, and I was stupid." The girl said.

"Jin Ge said you are very clever."

"He was wrong."

This girl speaks fluently, Zhou Qingfeng saw that she was unkempt and dirty, obviously on purpose. For all those who joined him had a rule, that they should be neatly dressed, and that their hands and feet should be clean.

"Chunni, if you keep pretending to be stupid in front of me, you're really stupid. I ask you once, and only once, do you want to live a good life without being bullied? ”

Zhou Qingfeng stared at the girl with a smile and stared into her eyes. The girl's answer has been fast, but when Zhou Qingfeng's question of 'only asking once' came out, she was silent for a long time. Jin Ge on the side was quietly stabbing the girl, but the girl looked at Zhou Qingfeng unmoved for a long time.

After a long while, the girl said, "I don't want to be a slave to someone else. ”

"No one wants you to be a slave. When you come under my door, I will take care of you and nurture you, and the price will be that you will have to follow the rules I have made. ”

"What are the rules?"

"Ah...... you're asking me." Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head, "I've been very busy these days, and my rules haven't been formulated yet." The gist is 'don't steal, don't rob, don't deliberately harm others, be trustworthy, have a limit to doing things, and make sacrifices for the interests of the collective when necessary'. ”

The girl obviously didn't understand, but just looked at Zhou Qingfeng in a daze. Zhou Qingfeng suddenly stared at the girl's face suspiciously, he stood out from behind his seat, reached out and touched the girl's face. Her cheeks were sunken and a little thin, but her skin was smooth and very tender.

"Your name is Chunni?" Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the girl's hand again and looked at it, "You don't look like a child from a poor family, but like a lady with fine clothes and food." Look at your fingers, it's useless to deliberately touch the black with mud, the skin and flesh are as tender as shallots. ”

When Zhou Qingfeng touched her face, the girl repulsed and wanted to avoid it, and after being caught by her hand, she hurriedly shrank back. She bowed her head and said no more. When the two faced each other, Zhou Qingfeng estimated the girl's size, about one meter five. In this era, this age is not too short.

"Do you want to stay?"

"Yes."

"I was going to find a clever girl who can read and write, and run errands for Sister Xu next to me like Jin Ge. But your origin is unknown,......。 ”

When she heard Zhou Qingfeng say 'unknown origin', the girl's mouth opened as if she wanted to say something or plead for mercy. But Zhou Qingfeng continued: "You go to the academy, get training first, and learn more knowledge." When you make it clear where you came from, we'll talk about the rest. ”

Zhou Qingfeng said to Jin Ge again: "Let's find someone smarter, Sister Xu and I need someone to run errands around us." But you have to find someone who can be relied on, and don't let the enemy plant a spy. ”

"I'm not a spy." The girl suddenly raised her voice and said, with some grievances in her tone.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't care about her, and only asked Jin Ge, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Oooh......." Jin Ge is young, clever and clever, but he doesn't know much about human feelings. He thought that he had found a smart person according to Zhou Qingfeng's request, but he didn't expect that this girl still had secrets hidden in her body that he didn't want to say. Zhou Qingfeng asked him, and he came back to his senses and said: "There is also the funeral, Sister Xu said that everything is ready, and asked the chief when the funeral will be scheduled?" ”

This is an important thing, and it is also something that makes Zhou Qingfeng angry and sad.

Two days ago, the Assassins attacked, killed many people and fled. It's been a few days, and there's no clue at all about tracking. I can't tell when this assassin will come again, thinking about the other party's pervasive skills, this matter is a piece of Zhou Qingfeng's heart.

And on the night of the assassination, three of the sentinels in charge of the perimeter were killed at the first moment. The people who could link the military formation with Zhou Qingfeng were all people who were quite loyal to him, and the death of these people was a big loss for Zhou Qingfeng. One of the dead sentinels was still a slave who had escaped from Ekhkulun, and was a descendant of Zhou Qingfeng.

In the eyes of others, a slave, an ordinary subordinate, a person with no background, dies and dies. It's nice to have a coffin buried in the earth, what else can you ask for? Even Old Man Sun didn't ask for anything, only said, 'Bury it well'.

But Zhou Qingfeng didn't think so, he wanted to handle this funeral well, it should be grand, solemn, and atmospheric. To make all those who follow you feel that even death is worth it—people from the future, as long as there is something different about it.

Looking at the schedule he wrote, Zhou Qingfeng replied: "Tell Sister Xu, and at the same time tell Old Man Sun, the funeral will be held tomorrow." All the backbones had to be there, and we saw our brothers off for the last time. ”