The next day, in the military camp north of Huangsha County.

Gu Xuan and Zhu Dachun, who ran over early, stood side by side on the high platform of the school martial arts field, looking at the more than 100 young men who were majestic and strong under the command, their eyes were firm, they were punching in unison, nodded with satisfaction, and then turned their heads to praise Zhu Dachun beside him.

"The soldiers trained by Zhu Lao, I don't think they are much different from the hundred-battle division on the border of Youzhou!"

The old man scratched his head, which had few hairs, and the expression on his face was a little embarrassed, and he replied with a smile.

"This, lord, in the words of your readers, that's really wonderful, old man, I know how many catties and taels these boys have, and compared with the border army in Youzhou, it is still a lot worse. ”

The corners of Gu Xuan's eyes twitched slightly, knowing that the other party was talking about the word 'false praise', and he didn't point it out, but sighed rather regretfully.

"This spirit looks good, but this person is still a little insufficient. ”

But I didn't want the little old man to cross his waist, pointed to the young men below, puffed up his chest, and said proudly: "Lord Wang, although the cavalry of the Rakshasa clan is fierce and the horse bandits are brutal, but these sons and daughters I brought out are not weak little girls who can only embroider and thread needles and hide in the embroidery building, although they have relied on the Youzhou army to defend Huangsha County these years, but my sons and daughters have also had the experience of fighting in battle, and they can definitely afford to defend the city!"

"I naturally believe in Zhu Lao's ability, but Zhu Lao, I still have a question for you to answer, I don't know how this Rakshasa clan compares with our Liangguo people, how is its combat power?"

Gu Xuan propped his hands, looked at the dilapidated city tower not far away, and gently rubbed his chin and asked.

Zhu Dachun, who was on the side, explained seriously: " The environment in the desert is harsh, the tribes in the Rakshasa tribe in order to grab limited resources and fight constantly, caused by the folk customs, even women and children in their clan can get on the horse to kill the enemy, the Rakshasa people are very good at fighting and belligerent, and they are born tall, long hands and feet, very good at riding and fighting, are some desert light horses, come and go like the wind, mobility is too much stronger than us, but we as the defender, we can rely on the city wall and organs, and they lack siege equipment, in fact, it is difficult to attack, and the smelting methods of the Rakshasa clan are very backward, weapons and armor are much inferior to us, even if it is a frontal fight, there is still a battle power。 ”

In the end, Zhu Dachun said conclusively: "These Rakshasa clans are actually uncivilized barbarians, in the end, they don't read military books, they don't understand tactics, they really want to fight, one-on-one, we can't beat them, ten against ten, at most one or two people can kill each other and they will be completely wiped out, one hundred against hundred, our odds of winning are between five and five, thousand against thousand, hehe, don't say it's those really powerful generals, even the old man, I have the confidence to kill them at a very small price!"

"Hmm. Gu Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and then arched his hand towards Zhu Dachun, "Okay, Zhu Lao, the training will trouble you, and the city defense matter still depends on you to arrange the layout, my guard from the Youzhou Army was injured on the way to escort me, and let him come over to learn from the old man another day, this Huangsha County is in ruins, and I can't be idle, there are still many things in the yamen that need to be dealt with personally, so I will leave first." ”

Originally, he just came to see Zhu Dachun's ability, but now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay here anymore, anyway, he doesn't know much about training, so don't point fingers and cause trouble for others, it's only right to go back and deal with other things quickly, just like he said, Huangsha County is now in ruins, and there are a lot of things, so he can't rest.

Zhu Dachun naturally knew that this little prince really wanted to rectify the yamen and seek the well-being of the people of the entire Huangsha County, so he didn't dare to delay the other party at the moment, and after the two sides said goodbye to each other, he could only watch Gu Xuan leave the barracks on the high platform because of his bad legs.

After Gu Xuan left, Zhu Dachun turned his head and continued to give orders, carrying out daily routine training, although there are not many people who can be used in his hands for the time being, but the watchtower at the head of the city is also specially arranged with personnel, fortunately, the surrounding area is open, although it cannot rely on the terrain to reduce the manpower of defense, but it is not afraid of sneak attacks, as long as the eyesight is slightly better, the enemy can be found from afar.

In the afternoon, at the intersection of two major highways that divided the whole of Huangsha County into four areas, where the people of the city called the market entrance, a simple high platform was suddenly erected.

Chen Anmin was wearing an official uniform that did not fit well, and stood on the high platform with Gu Xuan, the new master, holding his hands in the cold weather, standing behind Gu Xuan with his head bowed and yawning carefully, while quietly looking at the crowd around the high platform with the help of the officials.

This Chen Anmin is also a wonderful person, he can bend and stretch, and he accepted the change of his identity very quickly, doing things and working, without a trace of procrastination, diligent, and on call, he almost knelt and licked Gu Xuan's shoes directly, because he also thought it out thoroughly this night, after all, the first division of the family is famous, and the second status is noble, what can he do?

Chen Anmin is middle-aged, he naturally knows the truth of being a man, he can do what he wants, after all, he still has to live, and he angered this little prince, so he is really going to lose his head at any time, he is usually cautious, diligent, and does what he likes, which is always right.

Seeing that there were more and more people coming around, Gu Xuan took his hands, stood in the middle of the high platform, looked down at the noisy crowd below, with a kind smile on his face, cleared his throat, and waited for the crowd to turn their eyes to the high platform here before he spoke: "Friends of Huangsha County, Dong An, I think after yesterday, everyone should know who I am, I will not say more here, seeing that the New Year is coming, I am here to wish you a happy New Year in advance, good luck!"

After the salute, Gu Xuan straightened up, although he saw that the people around him did not react, but he still calmed down, and then smiled kindly: "I took the liberty of inviting you here today, not for anything else, but for the first time I arrived, I want to chat with you more and get familiar with each other." ”

The expressions of the people surrounding him were still indifferent, and they didn't react to him as if they were looking at a stone, and many of them had even turned their heads and bumpered with the officials who were blocking the way, and left directly, while the rest of the people were either idlers who had nothing to do, or people who were completely in a mood to watch the excitement.

Gu Xuan took a deep breath, knowing that if he dragged on any longer, he would run out, who wanted to listen to him if he had nothing to do, and it was almost a waste of time in this set?

In the crowd below, Ma Erhu, who had been planted a long time ago, suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Is it gold, silver and jewelry?"

As soon as he finished speaking, looking at the mocking eyes of the people around him who looked at fools, Ma Erhu silently lowered his head again.

Gu Xuan didn't care about this, as long as he could attract these people and not leave for the time being, he immediately continued: "This friend is a good question, but it's still too cheesy, the most precious thing is naturally not ordinary gold and silver jewelry, this is the most precious thing, everyone has it, that is the identity of our Liangguo people!"

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of the people below had changed slightly, although it was not a good change, but it was okay, as long as they were really listening to him, then it would be no problem, and at the moment Gu Xuan continued to say loudly.

"Many people may ask, what's so good about Liangguo? Especially everyone in Huangsha County, I have even seen the disdain on your faces, but do you know what the boundary of this Youzhou was like before the founding of Liangguo?"

"At that time, Youzhou was not called Youzhou, the southern boundary was composed of several small countries, each for the war, the people were not able to make a living, there was a great drought in the previous dynasty, so that the population of Youzhou was directly reduced by ninety, the city was ten rooms and nine empty, the people did not save one, Yi Zi and eat, eat Guanyin soil to die, and starve to death, that is countless, not to mention those who died on the battlefield, how many white-haired people send black-haired people, how many couples have no children, how many wives have no husbands, how many children have no fathers, miserable!"

"The Wei and Jin countries around here, as well as the Shu Kingdom further west, are the inferior people who treat our Youzhou people as uncivilized, often riding horses to plunder, arresting our people as slaves, opening mountains and building cities for them, and not giving them food, working day and night, tired to death, being directly beaten to death by the overseers for fun, I don't know how many there are every year, the corpses are thrown into the ravine casually, or they are piled up and burned directly, can you imagine this tragic situation?"

"However, since the founding emperor of the Liang Kingdom unified the southern land, he built a canal in Youzhou, opened a school, erected a boundary monument, rejected foreign enemies, divided the land, enjoyed peace, the people were rich, lived and worked in peace and contentment, and always looked down on us, and now they want to make peace with us, and they have been invading us, and now they can only shrink into the mountains, dare not invade, and have always regarded us as barbarians, and now they are asking to go to the capital to study!"

"This is our Liangguo people, we Youzhou people, we are proud to be Liangguo people!"

Chen Anmin wiped the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly wanted to laugh, this little prince didn't sleep yesterday, and on the first day he came, he pulled himself to write these messy things, in his opinion, isn't this just singing praises and praising the imperial court, but the people of Huangsha County are different, and they are not scholars who are ignorant of the world, so it is possible that they will be moved by you in a few words? That is disrespecting their own suffering over the years! Their personal experience over the years makes it impossible for them to have a good look at the imperial court!

Gu Xuan looked at the eyes below that had a hint of mockery at him, and he was not discouraged, but instead stretched out his arm and said loudly.

"Come to register now, as long as you have a household registration in Liangguo, a family can receive five taels of silver, and you will be exempted from taxes for the next three months!"

The eyes of the people below instantly became hot.

Five taels of silver, much, much, very much!

Especially for poor people like them who live in the border areas, five taels of silver is enough for a family to save food and land to live for three months, as for the exemption from taxes, for Gu Xuan, anyway, the city defense is not good now, and he has no intention of continuing to open up trade before the soldiers are strong, and if it is exempted, it will be exempted, and the initial investment is very necessary.

No matter how much you say, it is not effective to give money directly, just now the people who were full of indifference, and even laughed extremely sarcastically at this time, it was as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, you pushed me and rushed up, Chen Anmin could only shout loudly: "Don't worry, don't worry, come here in order to line up to get money!"

Gu Xuan retreated from the stage, leaving Chen Anmin and Ma Mingze, who hurried over, on the stage to deal with the people who were swarming over, seeing that there were still people around one after another, hearing the news, the people with eager faces, the corners of Gu Xuan's mouth hooked, this is just the beginning.