Gu Xuan has finally understood what it means to be difficult at the beginning of everything.

Maybe it's because the imperial court has treated Huangsha County coldly in the past 20 years, or maybe it's because the previous county officials have never cared about the life or death of this border county town and completely hated the hearts of the people, or maybe no one can do it at all, all in all, a whole day has passed, even after Gu Xuan killed Xu Sanjin, a big corrupt official who hates ghosts, in order to get closer to the people, no one took the initiative to come to the door to apply.

Night is coming soon, and the sky in the northwest of Liangguo is always darker than in the Central Plains like Liangzhou.

Gu Xuanduan sat in the east wing of the backyard mansion of the county government mansion that had been cleaned up a long time ago, and the next few rooms were the residences of Jinglong and the Majiacun brothers.

Jinglong because of the tragic events during the day, although he couldn't kill himself, he also hurt his neck, plus he knocked his head before, and repeatedly touched the past that he couldn't let go, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he lay down in his room early to rest after applying the medicine, although Gu Xuan was worried, he also knew that the matter was almost over, but a thorn that had been stuck in his heart for twenty years had long been integrated with flesh and blood, and it was not so easy to pull out, just let time deal with the next things, at least he didn't have to worry about finding a short-term view。

Ma Mingze and Ma Erhu, two people from Majia Village, also fell asleep early, and the two of them have been running around during the day, helping Chen Anmin to deliver official documents, and carrying the property left by Xu Sanjin and counting the remaining things in the warehouse with those officials, the two rural boys are really tired, plus they have gone to bed early on weekdays, and now they are estimated to have fallen asleep.

Gu Xuan sat alone in the room, drinking the water in the bowl one by one, and suddenly found that so many problems pressed him a little annoyed.

Originally, he thought that he would publicly execute Xu Sanjin by thunderous means as soon as he came, and he would inevitably win the hearts of the people here, and it could be regarded as opening up the situation, but he didn't expect that things were not as easy as he thought, he walked around the city a few times later, and found that most of the people looked at him with numb eyes, just like the blacksmith surnamed Feng in the blacksmith shop, they were basically people who had been completely disappointed in the Liangguo court, if it weren't for Zhu Dachun, a local with a high reputation, who was going around from it, I was afraid that I would wear out my tongue and these people would not bother to take care of it。

The old man Zhu Dachun was indeed very enthusiastic, as soon as the old man heard that the militia was going to be reorganized, and after getting the assurance that there would be absolutely no more deductions of silver and food in the future, he left the blacksmith shop and hurriedly said goodbye, and then walked to do it in a hurry, but as the old man said before, weapons and armor are indispensable to prepare.

"Nowadays, the most important thing is to defend the city, and the second is development. ”

Gu Xuan grabbed another pottery bowl from the table in front of him, poured it full of water, then dipped it with his index finger, stretched out his hand, and wrote a word on both sides of the table, one was the word 'keep' and the other was the word 'money'.

"Initial investment is necessary, and the situation must be thoroughly stabilized before the follow-up issues can be considered. ”

Gu Xuan knew that Huangsha County was now extremely weak, originally there were still sharp teeth and claws, and the fierce Youzhou Army was guarding the city, but now as soon as the Youzhou Army withdrew, it would be like a tiger suddenly being cut off its claws, and the hedgehog was stripped off its hedgehog armor, completely exposing the weak interior to the outside, and then naturally there would be predators who heard the wind and moved, and at first it may only be a tentative attack, and the second time is to kill with one blow, but Gu Xuan doesn't know how much time is left for himself, or for this city.

So the first thing to do is to arm yourself, and only when you have a spear and shield, and armor full of thorns, can you complete the transformation from food to trapper.

Only when the city is thoroughly armed from the inside out can we consider more development, otherwise everything will be useless, and in the future it will be a wedding dress for others.

If you want to defend this city with a very poor geographical location, you must organize and train a strong, listen to the order of the army, this is the top priority, but after so many years, the living environment has become more and more bad, the remaining local population in Huangsha County is actually not much, many have moved away early, and those who remain are some people who are unwilling to leave or can't walk for various reasons, but there are a lot of people needed in the city, not to mention that even the guards who patrol the night at night in the county town and the guards who patrol the streets during the day can not be organized。

People, this is the most scarce thing now, but there are less than 1,000 registered households in Huangsha County, where to get people from?

And this is still a high level, this population file that is about to become moldy in the county treasury has not been updated for nearly ten years, and I don't know how many more there are now, not to mention the people who have died in the hands of horse bandits and rakshasas over the years, and those who have moved away, how many people are left in the city, he himself doesn't dare to think about it.

Gu Xuan put down the file bag in his hand and threw it aside, shook his head helplessly, then took a deep breath and stood up, wanting to move his muscles and bones.

A few steps to the window, a stream of cold wind along the opening poured in, the temperature difference between day and night on the edge of the desert is very large, now it is winter again, open the window, it is inevitably a little cold.

Just as Gu Xuan was about to close the window, a maid suddenly passed by outside, and when she saw Gu Xuan standing by the window, she was startled, and after reacting, she hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Wang." ”

Gu Xuan put down his hand to close the window, stared at the little maid in front of him from the house, and didn't suddenly ask after seeing the latter's cheeks crimson, "What's your name." ”

The maid was obviously taught a lot of the etiquette of the meeting by Xu Sanjin in advance, and she committed herself slightly, lowered her head, and did not dare to look directly at the other party, so she could only reply in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the previous Master Xu gave the slave a name, called Ruyu." ”

Gu Xuan looked at the obviously dark skin on the other party's face, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes slightly, but a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in his mind, and a bold idea gradually took shape.

"Okay, don't change it, just call you that, this king looks at your appearance, it seems that you are the descendants of the combination of our Liangguo people and the Rakshasa people?"

Liang Country sits on the land of the entire six continents, almost occupying the southern land of the entire Western Continent, the territory is so vast, the geographical environment between the states is naturally very different, which also leads to the slight differences in the appearance of the people in the various states, although in general it is still the same, it is still the same kind of people.

For example, the people here in Youzhou generally have a big face, a high nose bridge, and a nose slightly hooked inward, and the difference between people in other states is nothing more than a shorter nose or a smaller face, but the Rakshasa people and the Liangguo people are two typical types of people, although they are both considered human races, but they are very different from the physiognomy.

First of all, the skin of the people of Liangguo is yellowish, the same color as the wheat in the field, but the skin of the people of the Rakshasa people is dark, and all sides are like charcoal, and the legendary hellish ghosts in various parts of the Liangguo, so this is the title of the Rakshasa clan, and secondly, they are generally taller than the people of Liangguo, and their limbs are more slender, basically they have collapsed noses, thick lips, slender eyes, hard hair, and slightly curly, and this maid has some typical characteristics of the Rakshasa tribe, and the skin is also between the two, which is slightly darker, but it is not the kind of tanned black, but a natural light black, which is obviously the product of the combination of the two races。

Hearing Gu Xuan's question, the maid Ruyu also replied honestly.

"The prince knows that Ruyu's biological father is a Rakshasa clan. ”

Gu Xuan suddenly became interested, and hurriedly continued to ask, "How much is that combined like your parents?"

The maid Ruyu thought about it seriously, and then said: "There are actually a lot of Rakshasa people in the city, most of them come and go to do business, but there are also people who come to settle here, I heard my father say, because the environment in the desert is extremely harsh, and the tribes are constantly fighting for resources, and there are many small tribes of Rakshasa people in order to pursue a stable life and a better environment and choose to settle in Huangsha County. ”

The management of household registration in Liangguo is very strict, if it weren't for the fact that Huangsha County has always been a broken place, it would be impossible for foreign races to come to settle in the city directly, such as Lao Huo in the capital, it was also because of his military exploits that he was given the identity of a Liangguo person, and he was able to stay in the capital to settle down, and the people in the states and counties could not move to another place at will, and they had to file with the county government in advance, otherwise once they were found, it would be a felony.

Gu Xuan then asked, "Then do you think these people, as well as people like you, are they from the Liang Kingdom or the Rakshasa Clan?"

It was a question of self-identity and cognition, and the half-race maid, who had never read anything, was obviously stumped, and after thinking for a while, she raised her head for the first time and replied.

"Lord, we are naturally willing to be people of Liangguo, including people of the Rakshasa clan like my father, they secretly relocated here because they couldn't stand the life of the Rakshasa clan, and Liangguo can give us a good environment, and we naturally identify with Liangguo more. ”

Gu Xuan touched his chin thoughtfully.

Yes, who doesn't yearn for peace and happiness?

He seems to have found the key to breaking the game.

"Ruyu, you go and call Chen Anmin over for me, hurry!"

Seeing that the prince was very anxious, the maid Ruyu didn't dare to slack off, and ran away in a hurry after agreeing.

After a while, Chen Anmin, who looked sleepy and confused, rushed over with messy steps while buttoning the buttons on his official uniform.

When he arrived in front of him, he was about to give a salute, but Gu Xuan waved his hand, directly pulled the flattered Chen Anmin, and said with a smile: "Master Chen doesn't need to be polite, come in quickly!"

Ruyu, the maid behind her, closed the door for the two of them with a sense of humor, and then walked away silently.