Liu An asked the thief Cao in charge of the guards, Jin Cao who was in charge of the finance, and Cang Cao who was the main granary to find them one by one, and took ten dead soldiers to check the military treasury first.

The military treasury was in the county office, and after the thief Cao opened the door lock, Liu An pushed the door and walked in.

At first glance, his face suddenly fell.

Except for a few rusty and worn blades, there was not even a single weapon in good working condition.

Liu An had a calm face and asked the thief Cao: "My dignified man's military arsenal is like this?" ”

The thief Cao faced Liu An's questioning, without fear, and said indifferently: "The county lord doesn't know, the county seat was invaded by the Hu people last year, and the county treasury was looted, and now there is still some survival, it is not easy." ”

The implication is that leaving some rags is already enough to give face, don't you know that at this time, the price of iron is expensive, and even if these weapons are sold as scrap iron, it will be a lot of money!

Liu An glanced at the thief Cao with a smile, didn't say much, turned around and walked out of the military arsenal.

Then Liu An came to the vault, and the boxes in the vault that were originally used to store money were empty, except for a few five-baht coins in the middle box.

This box is placed right in the middle, if you say that you have no intention of Liu An will not believe it, the word ridicule is almost written on Liu An's face.

Haoqiang was so rampant that he never took Liu An, the newly appointed county magistrate, in his eyes at all!

Liu An suppressed the anger in his heart and turned around and left the vault with an expressionless face.

The granary was not in the county office, but in the east of the city not far from the county office, under the leadership of Cangcao, Liu An came to the granary to check.

Sure enough, there were only more than 1,000 stones of old grain left in the granary, and there was not a single bucket of new grain.

Liu An no longer asks where the grain went, anyway, he will only get the statement that it was robbed by the Hu people, as for whether it is true, when Lu Bu comes to the county government tomorrow, Liu An will know when he asks.

After reading the granary, Liu An returned to the county office, dismissed Sancao, and returned to the wing room by himself.

Liu An only knew that he was strong and domineering, but he didn't expect to be so arrogant.

Regardless of whether the military treasury was emptied for the Hu people, the five baht money in the middle of the treasury was really slapping Liu An in the face.

Liu An is the magistrate of Jiuyuan County, that thief Cao is just a mere historian who is not even enough for a hundred stones, An dares to do so!

It's just too deceitful!

Thinking of the thief Cao's fearless and proud face, Liu An even had the urge to kill his subordinates at all costs.

But Liu An knew that he was not prepared enough to do so.

Sitting in the wing, Liu An asked people to take a cloth and brush that could be written, and practiced calligraphy, so as to calm down and wait for the results of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's recruitment.

In the evening, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei reported back and recruited more than ten soldiers.

Liu An thought that the time was too short, and the news did not spread, so he ordered the two to continue recruiting troops the next day.

Early the next morning, after Lu Bu came, Liu An asked about the specific situation of the Hu invasion.

As a result, it was learned that the previous county commander Taishou died at the hands of the Hu people when the county seat of Jiuyuan had just been breached.

Later, in order to protect their own property, the powerful people in the city led their own slaves to fight back with the officers and soldiers with their swords, and the head of the thieves was killed by Lu Bu in the city, and the Hu people were defeated and left after a while.

The county granary and other important places in the city have not been taken by the Hu people at all, and it is even more impossible for the materials in the granary of the treasury to be swept away.

In addition, Liu An also got a message.

Gohara County is a border county, and it has the post of governor.

At the beginning of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu abolished the inner county governor, and only retained the border county governor, so only 36 border counties in the Eastern Han Dynasty had the post of governor.

In the same way, the soldiers of the inland counties were also abolished with the abolition of the commandery, and only in the event of war did the commander temporarily set up the commander to lead the army to conscript, and the matter was completed.

According to Lu Bu, Nadu Lieutenant was also a local hero, leading 4,000 county soldiers.

When the Hu people invaded Jiuyuan, the county soldiers did not resist for long before the Hu people invaded the city, and after the county commander Taishou was killed, he organized a strong counterattack with the heroes in the city.

Even if Lu Bu was not the leader of the thieves, the Nahu people were stopped under the city gate and did not achieve further results.

Among them, there may be a reason why the Hu people are not good at street fighting, but there are more than 4,000 county soldiers, but the Hu people easily invaded the city, and there must be something strange in it.

Liu An had to suspect that the previous county commander and Taishou had violated the interests of Haoqiang in the city, including Nadu Lieutenant, and Haoqiang deliberately connived at the Hu people to kill him.

If he also forcibly seized power, it would inevitably end up in the same situation, no wonder those children of the Central Plains did not want to come here to serve, there was really no oil and water, and it was still in danger.

So Liu An also became more cautious and let Lu Bu follow him at any time.

And on the same day, he prepared a room for Lu Bu in the county office, so that he could stay in the county government at night, and if he wanted, he could even bring his wife to live in the county office.

After that, Liu An asked Gao Shun to come from Lu Buna and asked him to bring more than a dozen people to take charge of the security of the county government.

At the same time, Liu An paid for the grain himself, and asked Zhang Liao to choose a wasteland outside the city, and brought more than a dozen people raised yesterday to prepare to build a manor.

Now Liu An himself is the magistrate of Jiuyuan, and all the ownerless wasteland in Jiuyuan can be used at will, and there is no need to buy it or report it to the imperial court.

Wasteland, a place that is disgusted by families, is generally not inquired about by the imperial court.

Liu An built the manor here for two purposes.

The first is that the city is the stronghold of Haoqiang, which is too dangerous, once Haoqiang unites to deal with himself, Liu An, a small county government, will not even be able to escape after being breached.

After all, all the city gates in Jiuyuan are in the hands of Haoqiang, and even if Liu An escapes from the county government, he will not be able to get out of Jiuyuancheng.

And build a manor outside, and if you are not defeated by Haoqiang, you can rely on the speed of your excellent war horse to escape.

Of course, the second point is the most important purpose.

The Wartime Draw Wheel can only be unlocked if the estate is under attack.

In the manor of Zhuo County, Liu An has no enemies on the surface, and the only secret enemy is the thieves hiding in the mountains, but the thieves are unpredictable, and Liu An is too troublesome to operate.

But in Jiuyuan, it is different, the strong in the city, and the Hu people outside the city are all his enemies.

And sooner or later Liu An will break with Haoqiang, then Liu An will stay in the manor outside the city, and after being fully prepared and have the strength to rival Haoqiang, force him to rebel, and then unlock the wartime lottery plate.

The weapons in the lottery tray are not only better than the tattered weapons in the military arsenal, but also better than the weapons in Haoqiang's hands, and they can also advance 100 contribution points to the lottery, once unlocked, Liu An can instantly get a large amount of military funds.

The construction of the manor outside the city began, and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei also went to recruit soldiers, so Liu An honestly stayed in the county government to practice calligraphy, or let Lu Bu teach himself martial arts, or read books and drink tea to relieve boredom.

At the same time, Liu An also found a few books in the county government and handed them to Lu Bu, so that when he was free, he could also read more books to enrich his spiritual world.

Lu Bu is now a dead soldier for Liu An, and he obeys Liu An's words, even if he doesn't like to read, he looks down hard.

In the evening, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei reported on the recruitment, but only dozens of people were recruited on the second day.

After that, Liu An asked Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to lead his men to the countryside to recruit soldiers, but he didn't expect to recruit soldiers for two days in a row, plus the soldiers recruited in the city, there were more than 100 people in total.

Moreover, most of these more than 100 people belong to the imperial court, and only a dozen people are loyal to Liu An.

On the fifth day, Liu Angang wanted to go to the countryside with Zhang Fei and Liu Bei to see the situation, but he listened to the report of his subordinates, and the captain of Jiuyuan came to visit.

The lieutenants set up in the border counties, like the lieutenants of the subject countries, are all high-ranking officials with a rank of 2,000 stones, only one level lower than Taishou, and they are Liu An's officials, and Liu An needs to go out to greet them.

So Liu An tidied up his clothes, whispered a few words to Liu Bei, and then took Lu Bu out to greet him, and when he saw a person wearing a silver seal and a blue ribbon at the door, Liu An bowed and said: "Xiaguan Liu An, Liu Changsheng, see the process of the captain." ”

Previously, through Lu Bu's introduction, Liu An knew that the name of the governor of Wuyuan County was Cheng Ze.

Cheng Ze saw Liu An saluting, but there was no movement, he squinted at Liu An and asked: "I heard that County Magistrate Liu has been recruiting troops recently, what do you want?" ”

According to the Eastern Han Dynasty system, without the instructions of the officials, the county order did not allow private recruitment.

There were only 200 guards, led by county lieutenants, who were responsible for arresting thieves and guarding the city gates.

Now that the position of county lieutenant is in the hands of the local heroes, and the number of guards under him is full, it stands to reason that Liu An should not recruit troops on his own.

Next to him, Lu Bu saw that Cheng was rude to Liu An, clenched the sword at his waist, and the killing intent in his eyes was full of murderous intent, and the next moment he was going to draw his sword and stab this rude man under the sword.

Liu An hurriedly glanced at Lu Bu to stop his actions.

Cheng Ze was arrogant, his nostrils were raised high, but he didn't notice the movements of Liu An and Lu Bu.

Seeing this, Liu An said to Cheng Ze with a smile on his face: "Cheng Duwei, don't worry, there is another reason here, and listen to the lower official slowly talk to Duwei." ”

"Oh?" When Cheng Ze heard this, he said disapprovingly: "You can talk about it." ”

"This matter is a long story, the lower officials have prepared wine and food, Cheng Duwei is invited!" Liu An had just asked Liu Bei to prepare, and at this time, the guest hall was already warming the wine, and there were some melons and fruits on the table.

"Humph!" Cheng Ze snorted coldly and walked towards the county yamen first.

Liu An followed closely behind, Lu Butie blushed, his hand on the hilt of the sword, and he gritted his teeth and glared at Cheng Ze, who was walking in the forefront, with a fierce look that almost wanted to choose someone to devour.

Liu An noticed that Lu Bu hadn't followed, and when he looked back, he saw Lu Bu staying where he was and staring at Cheng Ze, who was about to walk away.

In this regard, Liu An was very speechless, and he didn't understand why he still couldn't tell the situation so clearly.

He can understand the heart of the protector of the dead man, so Liu An will not blame Lu Bu.

But acting so impulsively is not a long-term solution, the situation is stronger than people, and before he fully grows up, Liu An still needs to act according to people's eyes.

At this time, you need to look at Haoqiang's eyes, and after the court comes or goes to Luoyang, you also need to look at the eyes of the people in the court, unless the world is divided, and Liu An has a strong ability to protect himself, otherwise there will always be a time when you need to look at people's eyes.

If Lu Bu has been like this, sooner or later he will cause trouble.

Shaking his head helplessly, Liu An asked Lu Bu to go back to the wing room to wait for him for the time being, and made up his mind to find more books on etiquette and how to behave in the future for Lu Bu to read, and urged him more on weekdays.

Quickly following Cheng Ze, Liu An asked Cheng Ze to sit on the main seat, and sat next to him, seeing that Cheng Ze didn't seem to have any intention of talking, he went straight to the point:

"I didn't dare to hide it from the officials, and the officials really couldn't get used to living in this county office, so they wanted to build a manor outside the city, but they hated the lack of manpower, so they recruited troops in the name of the imperial court. I think that after the invasion of the Hu people at the end of last year, the county will not blame the imperial court for preparing some soldiers. At that time, the lower officials will report to the imperial court, and the military salary of the recruited soldiers will be responsible for the imperial court. The subordinate official did have some selfish intentions in this matter, and if the lieutenant wanted to take down the official and ask for the guilt, he could only tie his hands and let it be disposed of. ”

In the end, Liu An put on a miserable appearance of giving up resistance.

After the incident with Taishou Lin Fang, Liu An had already learned about Jiuyuan Haoqiang's attitude.

The more they indulge in pleasure and don't care about political affairs, the happier and more relieved they become.

Liu An said this, which was in his hands, and Zhang Liao had already built a manor outside the city by Zhang Luoren, which was reasonable.

Sure enough, when Cheng heard Liu An say this, he was not angry but happy, but turned to his face and made a feint of anger, accusing Liu An:

"Changsheng is not used to living in the county government, and if he wants to build his own manor outside, he can't recruit soldiers privately! At least it should be reported to a certain person, and a certain person will ask the court again to supplement the border army, right? Doesn't Changsheng embarrass someone by doing this? If the court asks for guilt, I really don't know what to do! ”

This is a bribe.

The words are high-sounding, rich people are friends, naturally there is no embarrassment, no money has nothing to do with it, and business is official.

Liu An gave Liu Bei a look at the door and motioned for Liu Bei to bring the silk gold cake he had just prepared.

Cheng Zeyu caught a glimpse of the five horses of silk of one color that Liu Bei had moved in and placed under the hall, and his eyes flashed with joy.

Liu An stepped forward, stuffed five pieces of gold cakes into Cheng Ze's hand and said: "Making Cheng Duwei embarrassed is actually caused by the inconsiderate behavior of the lower officials, and the lower officials will apologize to Cheng Duwei." ”

After Cheng took the golden cake, Liu An made a big gift to Cheng to show his reparation.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Cheng Ze put the golden cake into his arms, and immediately smiled, "Changsheng is the head of a county, supervising the livelihood and political affairs of a county, you need to pay attention to your body, and you can't get used to it." Before the construction of Changsheng Manor, a certain plan will not interfere, and Changsheng can rest assured. ”

This means that after the manor is built, the army must be disbanded, otherwise he will not give up.

Liu An understood, nodded and responded: "Cheng Duwei rest assured, after the manor is built, the lower officials will immediately disband the recruited soldiers." ”

A manor is not something that can be built in a short period of time, during which Liu An has enough time to prepare, and he doesn't need to wait for the manor to be built, he can control Jiuyuan, and even the entire Wuyuan County!

With Liu An's promise, Cheng Ze didn't stay long, and here he was embarrassed to appreciate the seemingly precious silk, so he hurriedly said goodbye.

Liu An asked Liu Bei to send the silk to Cheng Ze's car outside the door, and he returned to the wing room, seeing that Lu Bu's face was still not very good-looking, and he was obviously still angry with Cheng Ze.

Lu Bu was indeed still angry with Cheng Ze, who had no way to seek an official before, so he held back his anger at these *****.

When he was humiliated, he could still endure the killing intent, knowing that once he killed him, his family would also suffer.

But now the Ming Duke who is loyal to him will also suffer from his humiliation, although Lu Bu does not understand the truth of the lord's humiliation of the minister's death, but he is extremely angry in his heart, and he can hardly hold back the killing intent in his heart.

Liu An comforted him, and explained in detail the reason why he couldn't kill Cheng Ze at this time, until he understood and put the matter down, Liu An took twenty or thirty guards, as well as Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Lu Bu rode out of the city, came to a township outside the city, and called the villagers, Youzhi, and You You one by one to ask about the specific situation.

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