In the county government, Gu Xuan and Zhu Dachun sat opposite each other in the specially cleaned reception room.

"Mr. Zhu, there is only a little fresh water to entertain guests, which is quite simple, and I hope Mr. Zhu will not mind. ”

Gu Xuan first poured a bowl of white water for each of them, and then spoke.

He can also be regarded as having learned the poverty of Huangsha County, a county government, even a decent tea is not ready, and the entertainer can only drink white water, which is something he can't imagine growing up in the palace, you must know that in the capital, don't care about the poor and the rich, that is, the people who can't even open the pot must have tea leaves or tea powder at home, where can it be as simple as here.

Unexpectedly, the old man waved his hand casually, and said with a smile without mind: "It's okay, I'm a rough person, I can't enjoy those elegant things, and besides, on the edge of this desert, clean white water can be regarded as the rarest thing, so you don't have to be so polite, just call me Lao Zhu." ”

"Ugh. Gu Xuan reluctantly opened his mouth, after all, he felt that he still couldn't speak, and only after a while did he smile bitterly and said, "It's better to call you Old Zhu, your status is not respectful, the elders and young are orderly, it's too inappropriate to call you Lao Zhu." ”

Zhu Dachun drank a sip of water, moistened his throat, which was a little dry by the naan just now, and then nodded and said: "Okay, okay, how do you like to call it, prince, anyway, don't call Mr. Zhu anymore, I haven't been to the school in my life, and I can't afford to be this gentleman." ”

Gu Xuan, who was in the seat, straightened his posture and didn't bother to be polite anymore, so he quickly cut to the chase and asked straight to the point: "I don't know what Old Zhu thinks of the city defense of Huangsha County?"

"Well, let's put it simply, there are too few people, not enough, you have also seen it, this Huangsha County was built extraordinary, the organs everywhere are actually very complete, and the city wall is also high, although the terrain is not good, but the defensive ability is very strong, otherwise it would not have let the gang of murderous bastards finally roll back in disgrace, but the soldiers needed everywhere are naturally not a few, and these organs, the city wall, are in disrepair and seriously damaged, in short, it is a rag, and it has to be the best tinker to make it up。 ”

Zhu Dachun didn't hide it, and directly said his opinion honestly, so that Gu Xuan's brows on the other side were twisted together.

"In terms of manpower, I heard that there were more than 100 militia members before Zhu Lao?"

Zhu Dachun said generously: "As long as the salary issued by the prince can make the children eat and eat, other old Zhu dare not say, raise his arms and exhale, I can at least call back the prince of these hundred people." ”

Gu Xuan frowned and said: "A hundred people is not enough, at least there must be a guard of a thousand people to ensure that my Huangsha County is safe." ”

His ambition is not only to simply hold Huangsha County, Huangsha County is just a starting point and a springboard for him, but he needs a strong army of his own in his hands in order to have the right to speak in this sinister place, so that he can rely on it to carry out follow-up plans and make great achievements, so he first went to visit Zhu Dachun in the military camp in the north of the city as soon as he came, not only because of the other party's upright temperament, but more importantly, because of the other party's potential prestige, which can recruit soldiers and generals for him, which is the most important thing.

However, Zhu Dachun hit mercilessly: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid this is a little more difficult, not to mention how many people are in Huangsha County, where can I get more than 1,000 people out for you, not to mention that Xu Sanjin has sold all the armor and weapons over the years, even if there are people, there are no weapons and armor, how to fight?" Defending equipment, rolling stones, and fire oil are even more scarce, without these things, once they come to attack the city, we are afraid that it will be difficult to continue, and we can only ask for help from the nearby big cities, and this training is also a problem, although we have no bad seeds in Huangsha County, but if we want to train these people into an obedient army, it will take a lot of time. ”

Time, time!

This is exactly what Gu Xuan lacks the most now, the horse bandits in the desert can come at any time, but he is struggling here, he doesn't have enough time to deal with this bad thing slowly, but he can't ask for help from the imperial court, it's not anything else, it's that he can't hold his face, just now he made a military order with the second brother and took the initiative to come here, and he turned his head to go up for reinforcements, what is this?

According to the second brother, you can be tripped as soon as you leave the house, and it will change the world of fart, so it is better to eat at home and wait for death.

However, things always have to be solved step by step, and there is actually only one thing that Gu Xuan is most distressed about now, the lack of people, soldiers need to be recruited, and there is a shortage of internal affairs talents, which is why he spared Chen Anmin's life before.

Because he can't afford to kill, even if the other party is a straw bag who doesn't know anything, then he is a big living person, and some positions can be held for a while.

At this time, Chen Anmin had already been sent by him to settle the affairs of the mansion and recruit personnel, and even Ma Mingze and Ma Erhu were sent over to act as helpers.

A good internal affairs talent can help save him a lot of strength and mental strength, and he no longer has to do everything himself like now, but the Jinglong he brought is a pure martial artist, if you ask the art of war in the military book, then he can talk to you for three days and three nights, but if you want to ask how to manage a county, then he doesn't know.

Ma Mingze and Ma Erhu are two mud-legged croppers, Ma Mingze is still literate, Ma Erhu doesn't know a single big word, if you want him to move things, he is still good, but he can't even write a simple paperwork.

Gu Xuan rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "Don't talk about other things for the time being, I'm tired of Zhu Lao to go and gather the old department first, I have the silver two here, and I'll go over there to find someone to get it later, and send a part to the soldiers first." ”

He was given the position of the king of the county, and everything in the fief was autonomous, including the appointment and dismissal of officials, how much taxes, and even raising a private army, etc., as long as he handed over the due supply to the court every year, no one would take care of it if there was no major incident, which was considered to give him the greatest autonomy, but it also cut off the way for the court to ask for things, everything had to rely on himself, but now Huangsha County is poor and white, what do you want, the empty gloves white wolf has to have a white wolf, where can he find it?

Zhu Dachun didn't care about so many thoughts in the other party's heart, as soon as he heard that Gu Xuan was going to recruit the militia again, he was overjoyed and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "These are all things within the old man's share, I can contact them now, and the matter of the silver can be said later!"

Gu Xuan thought for a while, but said, "Don't worry, Zhu Lao will accompany me to the blacksmith shop in the city first." ”

It must be an urgent matter to form an army under his command, but correspondingly, at least a basic set of armor must be prepared for them, otherwise what is the difference between letting people go to war and sending them to death? Who would give his life to a commander who can't even prepare armor?

"It's easy to say, there are many blacksmith shops in this city, but there is only one that can be called good, which was opened by the old man's friend when I was young, and this is recommended to the prince. ”

Zhu Dachun is very enthusiastic now, for no other reason, because he can see that the little prince in front of him is really here to build his family and build Huangsha County, so what reason does he have not to help him? Besides, when he was young, he gave the surname Gu a fight, and now he is a pawn for Xiao Gu, so that's okay.

Gu Xuan nodded and agreed, Zhu Dachun was an anxious person, so he was going to take Gu Xuan directly immediately.

Gu Xuan didn't want to delay this kind of thing, so he quickly stood up, and continued to ask while following the old man out: "Old Zhu, it is said that the strangers fell out with us twenty years ago, why do I still see so many strangers in the city now? And it seems that you get along well?"

The old man hurriedly explained: "The prince will not be called strange, we all call them the Rakshasa tribe, the prince wants to ask why we get along well with the enemies of the year now, because the desert in the northwest is vast and boundless, and the Rakshasa clan is not monolithic, which is also divided into large and small tribes, in fact, it is an independent small country, and the various tribes will also fight with each other, grab water, oases and livestock, these are all my friends of the Rakshasa tribe said." ”

"The imperial court built Huangsha County back then, it was to trade with the Rakshasa people, although everyone fell out twenty years ago, the coalition army of the Rakshasa tribe also took the opportunity to rob our three towns, slaughtered thousands of people, but twenty years have passed, we also have to live, there is little arable land near Huangsha County, so we can only do business with them, dump things to the south, make money to support the family, and the Rakshasa people are not all man-eating monsters, these people in the city, most of them are merchants in their clan, buy some strange things and resources from us and bring them back to the Rakshasa in exchange for gold and silver and what we need, so they come and go, and the court used to pay taxes, and just turn a blind eye. ”

Gu Xuan gently touched his chin, thoughtful.

Yes, Huangsha County is an outpost used for trade, as long as you find the right direction, it is not difficult to make money, with money, everything is easy to do, Gu Xuan now has a vague idea, but it remains to be investigated before a decision can be made.

The two of them just like this, one asked, one answered, all the way to the door of a family in the west of the city, through this chat for a while, Gu Xuan can be regarded as having a more detailed understanding of the real situation in Huangsha County, sure enough, it is better to ask the local people directly for any information, it is good to come, only their views are the future of Huangsha County.

Zhu Dachun stopped suddenly, then turned his head and smiled, and said, "Lord Wang, it's time to get there." ”

I was wrong, because there was a 7-hour time difference, I counted an extra day, which caused this update to be too late, I'm really sorry, sorry.