The situation outside is changing, and the princes are fighting.

Liu Yuanxiang is quite quiet here, focusing on internal affairs.

The Jinzhou locust plague was dealt with, because in the rainy season, Hanzhou was prone to floods, so Ning Ze assigned officials with flood control experience to rush to Hanzhou to prepare in advance. The flood control levees should be built, the flood control canals should be dug and the flood control canals should be dug and the flood control canals should be dug and the flood control areas should be re-planned in various counties and even localities, and the flood control projects should be urgently launched to take precautions.

These disasters need to be avoided by ensuring a bumper harvest in the autumn so that the people do not go hungry, while at the same time ensuring the stability of tax revenues and replenishing the official treasury.

With Chu Meiren around him to share the work, and his father-in-law Chu Xun to help, Ning Ze is more handy in handling things, and he doesn't have to be busy until the early hours of the morning every day, and only sleeps for a few hours.

On this day, when they returned to the princess's mansion after official business, the four of them were discussing what to eat for dinner.

Fluttershy comes in with broken steps and reports, "There are a few literati outside the door, saying that they saw Zhao Xianling and came to take refuge!"

That's pretty unusual!

After all, since the recruitment order came into effect, there have been very few successful recruits. And most of them are local officials, and they have never come directly to seek refuge. If you want to be an official, you must go to the government office. Since I came here privately, it was a job like applying for a strategist and a staff member.

"Can you ask who they want to take refuge into?" Liu Yuanxiang asked curiously.

Fluttershy looks at Ning Ze, "Those literati want to take refuge in the ponies. ”

Ning Ze now has many titles, most of them, including Liu Yuanxiang, civil and military officials call him military advisor in public, and then some people call him Ning Zhonglang because he has the position of lieutenant general in the army; among the people, because of that hot air balloon flight, some people privately call him Ning Shenxian; of course, there are some people like Fluttershy, because he is the husband of Princess Yuanxi, so they call him a concubine.

Hearing that they all came to Ning Ze, Liu Yuanxiang smiled and said, "Sure enough, I came for my husband." ”

"No way!" Ning Ze said to her, "Everyone in the world thinks that you are my puppet, and thinks that I, the 'powerful minister', will sooner or later plot to usurp the throne and officially become the emperor." Your fame still can't be compared with Emperor Hui outside, these are probably a little ambitious, don't care about fame, and hope to get the opportunity to show your skills. Such a situation is relatively rare, I hope it is a good talent, and I do need to train a group of henchmen to specialize in handling confidential official documents. ”

"Husband, let's go meet them!" Liu Yuanxiang said with a smile, "Our sisters continue to discuss what to eat for dinner. ”

So Ning Ze follows Fluttershy to the living room.

Sure enough, there were five men dressed as literati standing in the living room, with a large age gap.

Glancing at the past, two of them were forty or fifty years old and looked particularly sleek. The other three scribes, two in their twenties and one in their thirties.

All five of them had beards, of varying lengths.

Seeing Ning Ze appear, the five literati hurriedly clasped their fists and bowed, bending down and saluting: "Meet Ning Zhonglang!!"

"No need to be polite!" Ning Ze made a gesture of relief, telling Fluttershy to stand back and say, "Please be seated!"

The five literati sat on both sides, and Ning Ze sat on the main seat, his gaze swept over again, checking their attributes.

The oldest are called Qian Chun and Qian Shi. The two are brothers, from Feilu, Hanzhou. Qian Chun's intelligence is 80 points, which is the highest among the five. Qian Shi is second only to him, with 79 intelligence.

Then the two youngest are Wu Jian and Feng Cheng, Wu Jian is 25 years old, and his intelligence is only 60 points. Feng Cheng is 27 years old and has an intelligence of 71 points, which is not bad.

Wu Jian is from Dan County, and Feng Cheng is from Wuduo County.

The last one is named Zheng Yi, 35 years old, from Mizhang County, with an intelligence of 68 points.

Ning Ze's eyes narrowed when he saw this person.

Because in his attribute column, the faction he belongs to is marked as [Lu Congjun], and his loyalty is 90 points.

In other words, the other four people sincerely took refuge, but this Zheng Yi was a spy sent by Lu Cong's side, probably wanting to sneak in and steal all kinds of information and grasp his important military information.

After all, the position of a strategist is quite important, and he often comes into contact with confidential content.

Ning Ze could immediately pull it out and cut it on the spot. But instead of doing so, he rolled his eyes and decided to leave it behind and use it in reverse.

Inevitably startled, his gaze only stayed on him for two seconds, turned directly to the others, and said: "It is quite an honor for several gentlemen to come to take refuge! Why don't you introduce yourself briefly, and then answer a few questions to see how capable you are." ”

"Cao Min Qian Chun, this is my younger brother Qian Shi, I am from Hanzhou Feilu, I heard that Ning Zhonglang is recruiting talents, so I came here. Our Feilu Qian family is a scholarly family, taught by elders since childhood, and proficient in literature and the art of war. ”

"Hmm~" Ning Ze nodded and turned to the other side.

"Feng Cheng, a grass farmer, a native of Wuduo County! When he was a child, his family was poor, so he eavesdropped outside the library, and when my husband saw that I was sincere, he allowed him to observe. It's a lot of miscellaneous learning, but it can definitely help Ning Zhonglang!"

Ning Ze smiled and looked at Wu Jian.

Wu Jian hurriedly got up: "In Xia Wu Jian, I heard many deeds of Zhonglang, and I admired it very much. I learned that Zhonglang was recruiting, so I gave it a try. If you are fortunate enough to be in the door, you will be faithful!"

This person's intelligence is barely qualified, but in fact, it is too bad to be Ning Ze's strategist attribute. But it's very good at talking, and it looks more honest.

Ning Ze silently turned to the last person.

The man smiled, different from the slightly nervous feeling of the four people before, and performed a standard etiquette quite gracefully: "Under Zheng Yi, Yunzhou Mizhang person." When the military advisor accompanied the army to suppress the Liang Yi ant thief, he once met it! But the military advisor didn't pay attention to it at that time!"

Ning Ze was a little surprised, but he couldn't remember when he had seen it. Could it be that when the allies attacked the imperial city, they happened to meet Lu Congjun and happened to be seen by him?

But at that time, he was just a nobody, how could anyone pay attention to a nobody?

Is what he said true, or is it deliberately closer?

Forget it, whatever the truth, it doesn't really make sense. It's the same if you haven't seen it or not, Zheng Yi is a spy, just remember this!

Thinking of this, Ning Ze smiled and said, "I'm sorry! ”

Zheng Yi said respectfully: "Actually, it's a coincidence, I have a very good memory, although I only have one side, I can remember Ning Zhonglang." Unexpectedly, a year has passed, you are already a hegemon, and the old masters have all died. I heard that Ning Zhonglang is recruiting, so come and try it with a cheeky face!"

Ning Ze smiled, and said in his heart that his face was really thick enough, and his expression did not change when he lied to his face, and it sounded the same as the real thing. If it weren't for the system, it would be possible to be deceived. No wonder Lu Cong sent you over!

After they finished introducing themselves, they said to their faces: "You can come because you can afford to look at Ning! Ning has some questions, and I ask you to take turns to answer them." ”

"I want to hear it!!" the five said almost in unison.

So Ning Ze personally inspected and tested the abilities of the five people.

Sure enough, except for Wu Jian, the performance of the other four was passable, and there was no problem in handling some official affairs as a staff member.

Ning Ze originally wanted to leave the four of them and asked Wu Jian to leave. But after thinking about it, he simply left him behind, which slightly reduced the difficulty and gave Wu Jian a simple question that he could answer.

The other four were a little puzzled, according to their opinion, Wu Jian was actually not suitable.

After asking in person, Ning Ze said: "You are really talented, and it is my blessing to be extremely like-minded! It's just that we don't know each other well, and it takes some time to get to know each other." From tomorrow onwards, you will take care of my simple business for me. ”

"Thank you Ning Zhonglang!!We will definitely do our best!" the five of them replied together.

"Doing things here is different from anywhere else. Ning Ze looked at them, "We need you to work together and help each other." Only with one mind can you give me advice, and even if you have different opinions, you can quickly and properly resolve them. Therefore, I ask you to get along well with each other. ”

"Don't worry!" Zheng Yi said with a smile, "The five of us met one after another on the way to Huajun, and we already knew each other well when we walked together." ”

"Please rest assured!"

"Okay!" Ning Ze smiled and nodded, "I'll send someone to arrange a place for you to live first, and all your daily needs will be arranged." Today, I will familiarize myself with Huajun, and don't be late tomorrow morning when the official office is ordered. ”

"Wow!!"

Ning Ze called Liang Wu and asked him to arrange a place for these five strategists.

After going out of the princess's mansion, Wu Jian showed an excited expression: "Great! I didn't expect Ning Zhonglang to be very kind to people because he was not the same as the rumors outside." ”

"There are many rumors in the market that are biased!" Qian Chun said, "But Zhonglang is really generous, so he deliberately lowered the difficulty for you." ”

"I know!" Wu Jian nodded again and again, "If you can be valued by Ning Zhonglang, you must repay it wholeheartedly!"

The five of them chatted all the way, and Liang Wu smiled while leading the way and listened to them praise Ning Ze, feeling very happy.

After sending the people away, back inside, Chu Meiren greeted him and asked softly, "How is it?"

"It's okay, at least you can do things. Ning Ze smiled, "But there is a fine work sent by Lu Cong inside......"

"Huh?" Liu Yuanxiang was taken aback, "Finesse!"

Mi Yan and Chu Meiren also looked at him nervously.

"There's no rush now," Ning Ze replied, "I'll accompany him if he wants to play." Think you can take advantage of the fine work by arranging it by my side?

"What is the husband going to do?" asked Liu Yuanxiang.

"Anti-plot?" Chu Meiren thought instantly.

"Clever!" Ning Ze laughed, "It's a counter-plan." I'm going to have people keep the core secrets out of the way. Then design to give him some false information, or confusing and plausible things. When the time comes, Lu Cong will be confused by false information and lead him by the nose!"

"Then Lu Cong is going to suffer!" Liu Yuanxiang put his arm around Ning Ze, leaned over and whispered, "Husband is really amazing!"

"Okay, have you decided on a dinner menu?" Ning Ze asked.

"I had already told me to go down, and I would be able to serve the food in a while. Liu Yuanxiang looked up at him, "Husband, when will you honor the promise to take us on a hot air balloon?"

Hearing this, Mi Yan and Chu Meiren looked at each other at the same time, their eyes full of expectation.

"Busy with this!" Ning Ze replied helplessly, "You can't leave your official duties behind." ”

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