"Virtuous teacher, in fact, my subordinates think that you don't have to think so much."

After Liu Dun came over to listen to the ins and outs of the matter, he directly said that Zhou Ping and Diao Chan actually thought too much.

"In the past few days, I have gone down to appease the villagers, and the situation of the villagers has naturally been understood a lot, in fact, a large part of the villagers are not actually in the mountains for generations, most of them have come to take refuge in the past few years - some people are hiding from the army, some people are hiding from official taxes, although the bandits here are calling and drinking on weekdays, but if you calculate carefully, it is still much better than the princes in some places."

It turns out that Diao Chan's vision at that time was really good, and Liu Dunton did do a good job of the errand that Zhou Ping explained, and he also saw some of the doorways.

"If we can really circle the fields for the villagers to cultivate, the villagers are not stupid, they will definitely be able to distinguish between the fields in the mountains and the fields on the flat land, and they will definitely be willing to ask them to move, even if some of them really have some ancestral property, it is not too difficult to go up and down the mountain, so the virtuous teacher and his wife don't have to think about it so much."

After thinking about it, Liu Dunton added again.

"If the virtuous master really has this plan, please do it as soon as possible, if it is cold and snows heavily, it will be really difficult."

Liu Dundun's words made Zhou Ping feel quite stunned, and also eliminated Zhou Ping's last concern. Since this matter could not be delayed, Zhou Ping immediately gathered all the people involved in this matter, familiar with the location of the terrain, and selected people who were good at organizing.

"Being idle is also idle, and it is better to let them help the villagers reclaim the land than to drink and gamble in the cottage."

Watching his subordinates who were dancing with knives and guns walking out of the village gate with hoes on weekdays, Liu Scaryan sighed with both hands in his arms.

"Yes, and helping the villagers do such practical things, it is also in line with our reputation as a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and the villagers' perception of us will definitely be much better."

Qi Laosan twisted his beard and said slowly, and hearing Qi Laosan's words, Zhou Ping also nodded approvingly.

But at this moment, it was a herald who hurried over.

"Virtuous teacher, a letter from Pusaka."

"Kabasaka?"

Zhou Ping frowned and took the letter and opened it, he couldn't figure it out, he had done everything he should have paid, and Niu Hong should have no reason to find himself.

But when he opened the letter and scanned it roughly, his originally puzzled expression gradually became solemn.

"What happened?"

Seeing that Zhou Ping's face had changed, Liu Scaryan hurriedly asked.

"Something went wrong......"

Zhou Ping did not elaborate, but immediately gave an order.

"Prepare the carriage and horses immediately, Liu Scaryan, you go with me to Pusaka; The matter of the stockade will be handed over to Diao Chan and Qi Laosan, the two of you, don't stop the matter of reclamation, and ask the brothers to strengthen their vigilance, something is going to happen......"

……

Outside Pusaka Castle, Niu Hong's house.

It is still a mix of large families and bandit cottages, with stone walls and green tiles and simple wooden guard towers, but there are many more guards patrolling outside the walls and sentries on the guard towers than when Zhou Ping came last time; The original intact exterior wall also has a few more collapses that have not had time to be repaired, and through the gaps in the temporary wooden planks, knife marks and blood stains can still be seen.

"Commander Niu, what's going on?"

It wasn't until he came to the inner hall that Niu Hongping retired from the idlers, and Zhou Ping asked the doubts in his heart.

"Alas, it's hard to put it into words, good teacher......"

Shaking his head and sighing, Niu Hong spoke slowly.

"I also said in the letter, we lost the battle with Yuan Shao, and the virtuous teacher should know."

"Yes."

Zhou Ping came because he got the news, he nodded, and motioned for Niu Hong to continue.

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and it is normal to receive a little turmoil from the rumors below, and I was ready for it as early as when Zhonglang will go on the expedition. It's just that what I didn't expect was that this time there were rumors that Zhonglang would die in battle out of nowhere......"

"These ......"

"That's right, there are a few restless Zhuangzi in the east who caught up with the same restless ones under me, and let them make a good deal of internal and external cooperation, fortunately, I detected the clues in advance, and I reacted quickly enough when something happened, and finally let me be suppressed."

As he spoke, Niu Hong rolled up his sleeves, his thick arms were wrapped in bandages, and blood was still oozing out through the bandages.

"Just the night before yesterday, you see the injury is not healed."

“……”

Zhou Ping and Liu Scar's eyes glanced at each other, and he vaguely guessed what Niu Hong was going to say next.

After being silent for a while, Niu Hong sighed and said with determination.

"Alas...... It's not an outsider, so I told the virtuous teacher directly, the ones that the virtuous teacher saw outside just now are all the manpower I can use now, not to mention the manpower that shocks the entire Kasaka, and even has a problem defending this city. This lap has been counted back and forth, and if you have the strength and trustworthiness, there is only you on your side, so I thought, can the virtuous teacher lend me some people to help me stabilize the situation during this time. ”

“……”

And so it was. Zhou Ping and Liu Scaryan glanced at each other, the two of them were a little hesitant, not disagreeing, but this Niu Hong was so direct that he didn't have the opportunity to discuss the price.

"Although the virtuous master and Commander Liu opened their mouths, I will try my best to meet any requirements, but I still want to remind you that if this Pusaka falls into the hands of others, even if it is taken back later, the upper authorities will not trust me as much as they do now."

The result of Niu Hong's distrust is either a demotion, or someone from above is sent over, and either way, it means that Zhou Ping has to find a new partner again. And whether the new partner is good or not, and whether he is loyal to Zhang Yanzhong or not, is unknown.

Zhou Ping naturally knew the stakes, and in his eyes, it was impossible for Zhang Yan to die - according to the normal historical script, the final fate of this Zhang Yan was to return to Cao Cao, not to mention that there were still more than ten years to live.

"Don't worry, Commander Niu, we will definitely help with this, but I still have to discuss it with Commander Liu."

"Yes, you two can discuss, it just so happens that I just ordered someone to go down and prepare food and drinks, and now I should go and see how they are prepared."

Getting off the donkey down the slope, Niu Hong casually found an excuse and went out, leaving enough space for the two of them.

"How's the talk?"

As soon as Niu Hong went out, a cronie waiting outside the door asked.

"It should be done, and the next step is to bargain."

Looking back at the closed door, Niu Hong sighed.

"That's fine, it shouldn't be a problem to survive this mess......"

The cronie breathed a sigh of relief, but then, his face gradually became solemn again.

“…… But if that rumor is true......"

"Then I'm still the commander of this Kasaka."

Glancing at his cronies, Niu Hong walked out without looking back.