"What a big convoy!"

"I don't know where the traveling merchant came from, such a big battle, I'm afraid no bandits anywhere would dare to rob it!"

……

Xue Bufan's original convoy only had about 200 people, and most of them were also drivers, but after a long journey of more than ten days, the number of people rose from 200 to more than 2,000, so that Xue Bufan had to go to the nearby city to buy food halfway.

"There are really a lot of bandits on this road, I didn't expect to surrender all the way, and there are so many people and horses!"

Xue Bufan sat in the carriage and sighed, and then ordered his elected leader, Huang Liang, to let most of the men and horses stay five hundred meters outside the county, and then he led a small part into the county seat.

"Stop, may I ask what is the matter with me that Your Excellency has led so many people to come?"

Xue Bufan was still dozens of meters away from the city gate, and the defender on the opposite side shouted to stop Xue Bufan.

This is really not the county lieutenant is timid, the soldiers and horses in Zhending County are not full of 3,000, and the people who come from the opposite side are carrying weapons in their hands one by one, and the number of people is almost the same, can you not guard against it?

"I'm a new county order, this is an edict!"

Xue Bufan took out the edict in his hand, but he didn't open it, and the county lieutenant on the opposite side couldn't make up his mind: "Please wait for a while, I'll go and ask Lord Taishou!" ”

Xue Bufan suddenly felt a little confused when he heard the other party's words, he came to take up a post with a small county order, what did he do when he called Taishou?

Wait a minute......

Satrap?

Xue Bufan's brain suddenly buzzed, shouldn't Zhending County be the county seat of Changshan County?

Soon a middle-aged man came out of the county town, this person looked relatively lean, and the general Bacheng who was supporting the man next to him was the county lieutenant.

"Xiaguan Liu Min meets Lord Taishou!"

Xue Bufan came to the middle-aged man and saluted, and the other party stepped forward to help Xue Bufan and said with a smile:

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, in the past, the county orders of Zhending County were all held by the officials, and the county orders of Liu County came, and the burden on the officials was a lot lighter!"

Xue Bufan is not embarrassed, now that he adopts the surname of the Han family and the more than 2,000 people behind him, the other party can't be polite or not:

"Most of these latter are thieves who are not long-sighted on the way to rob the material and arrest them, and it is estimated that they can only become bandits again if they are dismissed, so it is better to give them some agricultural tools and settle down.

I don't know what the Lord Taishou wants? ”

Xue Bufan promised Huang Liang to give them an identity, of course he couldn't break his promise, even if this Taishou didn't agree, he would leave them behind.

This county lieutenant's combat power is only 8,000, which can only be regarded as a relatively powerful soldier for the military generals in the mythical version, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

And the more than 2,000 bandit soldiers can also be used as a means to check and balance the Taishou, at least the other party does not dare to blatantly make things difficult, otherwise they have to weigh the consequences.

"Hey, these are all forced by life, otherwise who would want to be a bandit? Liu Xianling forgave them magnanimously, and of course I will not be this wicked person. ”

The Taishou of Changshan County glanced at the long convoy behind Xue Bufan, and agreed without thinking about it.

It was the first two years of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and it was also the most difficult years in the Eastern Han Dynasty, otherwise there would not be so many peasants participating in the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Taishou saw that Xue Bufan's eyes were going to be green, where would he think so much, and cheat the grain first... Let's talk about it when it stabilizes.

Although Changshan County is not so short of food, who would dislike that they have more food?

In the evening, Xue Bufan officially completed the handover with the Taishou of Changshan County, and the first thing Xue Bufan did after becoming the county commander was to count the population.

According to Zhao Yun's own description, he should have an old brother who has never appeared, I don't know why, when Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zhan, Zhao Yun's old brother had already returned to the West.

"Lord Prefectural Commander, are you sure you want to popularize the population? Nowadays, censusing the population is not only time-consuming, laborious and thankless, but most importantly, it also costs a lot of manpower. ”

Lord Bo almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, when other county magistrates first took office, they all invited wealthy families to banquets and receive gifts, but this is a census population?

"You don't have to worry about manpower, I brought a few family members when I came from my hometown, I should be able to help, material and financial resources are directly deducted from the county, don't you tell me that there is no such material in the county?"

Lord Bo looked at Xue Bufan's sharp eyes, and knew that this matter might not be negotiable, so he could only give up.

Xue Bufan watched the main boy leave, and motioned to the shadow warrior hiding in the corner, and soon dozens of shadow warriors followed the main boy and left.

This trip is for Tong Yuan, without a census, what can I do to find Zhao Yun's whereabouts?

Judging from the jade lion that Tong Yuan gave to Zhao Yun, Tong Yuan's net worth is probably not simple, otherwise he would not be able to give away such a high-level horse.

……

"Lord County Order, the head of the Zhang family, the head of the Zhao family, and the Li family are asking to see each other outside the door with a grand gift!"

Early the next morning, Xue Bufan was woken up by a hurried knock on the door, listening to the hurried voice of the family outside the door, Xue Bufan planned to ignore it, but quickly came back to his senses and jumped up from the bed:

"First take the guests to the hall for a good reception, and after the official finishes combing, he will go to the hall."

Xue Bufan walked from the room unhurriedly, looked at the three family masters who were drinking tea in the hall, and couldn't help yawning and asked, "I wonder if the three family heads have something to report when they come to the official?" ”

The head of the Zhao family stood up, picked up the gift box placed next to him, and said respectfully: "I heard that Liu County Commander has just taken office, and the grass people specially brought some small gifts to congratulate the county order!" ”

Xue Bufan looked at the half-opened small wooden box in the hand of the Zhao family master, and there was a thick stack of golden tickets inside, which was probably worth more than one million dollars.

The Li family and the Zhang family followed closely with the head of the Zhao family and took out the gifts they carried, which were also thick golden tickets, worthy of being a wealthy family in the county town, and they were generous.

"Thank you for the gifts from the three family heads, since all the family heads are so polite, then the official is not too stingy, isn't it!"

Xue Bufan smiled and took out three crystals that could be found everywhere in the habitat of the Ice Wolf Clan and handed them to the three family masters:

"This is a special product of the official's hometown, and now it is given to the three family heads, if any member of the family commits a crime in the future, as long as it is not a traitor, take out this thing, and the official can exempt him from punishment."

The three family heads who originally took over the crystal were still a little happy, but when they heard Xue Bufan's words, they were all a little stunned, but the head of the Zhao family quickly reacted and smiled: "What the county commander said, if someone in our family dares to be a traitor, he doesn't need a county order, I will personally arrest him and deal with it with the county order." ”

After chatting with Xue Bufan, the three family heads were about to get up and leave, Xue Bufan hurriedly got up and said:

"The three heads of the family, please stop, now that the official has just arrived, why don't you go to the street with the official to inspect the streets, wait for the official to deal with the miscellaneous matters, and then invite the three heads of the family to taste the food of the official's hometown!"

Although Xue Bufan's cooking skills have reached level six, and the food he makes even has a faint attribute blessing, but without seasonings, it is helpless to have no cooking skills.

Chili peppers were even introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so they could only collect the seasoning before meeting.

Although there is no food yet, the identities of the three heads of the family have been placed here, don't underestimate the control of the wealthy family over the local area in ancient times.

Some ruffians and hooligans are really not necessarily afraid of you, the newly appointed county magistrate, but the local wealthy families, they will basically avoid it.

Although Xue Bufan can directly arrest the other party, the other party has not committed too serious a crime, and it is not conducive to the death penalty, and he will still be released in the end.

It's not the same with wealthy families, if you disappear, you may be secretly executed immediately.