The scope of Zhangfu is very large, the East Garden covers an area of four acres, and the landmark building is a clean and elegant towering attic.

The West Garden is larger, covering an area of 20 acres, with continuous houses and scattered courtyards.

The officials of all sizes in Hua County, and the protégés of the Zhang family all live in Xiyuan.

Because the yamen was so small, they worked directly from home.

"Ji Cheng, our strength has reached its limit, and if we recruit people again, the small Huaxian County will not be able to afford it." In the West Garden of Zhangfu, a group of people are dealing with government affairs.

In front of them, there were delicious food and wine, and while listening to the singers' music, they read the briefings presented from various places.

And on the right seat, there sat a beautiful young man, delicate and thin, with a condensed goose fat face, wearing a pale yellow Shu brocade dress.

He was holding a small blade long and trimmed his eyebrows slightly in front of the mirror.

Many scholars who sat down had long been accustomed to his demon obedience, so they could only wait for him to finish his cultivation in silence.

This person's surname is Zhang Mingxin, the word Ji Cheng, although he is the fourth in line, but the younger brother of the head of the family and the same mother, is the son of the lineage, and his status is completely different.

Because his eyebrows are like ink paintings, he is called 'Thrush Boy', and no one can disturb him when he trims his eyebrows.

The head of the family is not here now, and in the entire Huaxian County, Zhang Feng has the final say in military affairs, and government affairs are controlled by the thrush son.

It took a long time for the thrush boy to put down the knife.

The scholars below once again surrendered their hands and reported on government affairs.

The thrush boy was still looking at Gu Zi in the mirror: "Which is the beauty of me in the Hedong Wei Steps?" ”

"......" The scholar was stunned, and slandered in his heart: Wei Jie, but he is the first beauty in the world, and the immortals are infatuated with him, why are you embarrassed to compare with him?

But he still smiled and said: "The son's beauty and appearance can't be compared to the Wei rank." ”

The corners of the thrush's mouth were slightly upturned, and he called the maid to wash her hands carefully before carrying the water, and then wiped it with a silk silk.

Only then did he answer: "The matter of conscription is taken care of by my second uncle, so why ask me?" ”

The scholar said: "There are many warriors gathered in the city, and General Zhang Feng has a whim, and it is really impossible to train another thousand elite soldiers." ”

"There are 2,000 pieces in the city, and people eat horses and chew every day, and the burden is not small, and we are trapped in a corner, and if it goes on for a long time, my Zhang family is afraid that it will not be able to make ends meet."

After the defeat of Qingzhou Thorn Shi Gouxi, he has completely lost control of the counties in Qingzhou.

The wealthy clans of each county, with the help of their local influence, could recruit troops and appoint officials on their own.

The Zhang family in Huaxian County is the only existence, and the county order, the governor, and the scribe are all members of the Zhang family.

All the officials are either members of the Zhang family or protégés of the Zhang family.

Over the years, they have spent a lot of money to build a 2,000-strong elite army, divided into two parts, each with 1,000 people, and divided into five songs, each with 200 people, which is both a 'part'.

They are all composed of warriors, most of whom are third-rate, and second-rate officers and military marquis.

Under the trilogy, there are also garrison soldiers, hundreds of people are a tun, all of them are composed of some village brave and young people, and some simple martial arts have been taught, and none of them have entered the stream.

Half of the time is spent in agriculture and half of the time in practice, and most of them are distributed in the countryside and are self-sufficient.

This part of the non-detached garrison, the entire Huaxian region combined, about 5,000.

But with the Zhang family's fear of the bald clan in the north, their number is still increasing day by day.

In this way, the Zhang family has at least 7,000 troops, and if it is wartime, the slaves and miscellaneous servants under his command are also armed, and the strength of the troops cannot be calculated.

The population of the eight townships in Huaxian County is less than 70,000, and most of them are old and weak, and the taxes are extremely heavy, which can be said to be exhausted. Of course, there are still more than 20,000 slave tenant farmers under the name of the Zhang family, and they actually undertake the main production.

But in a Hua County with a population of less than 100,000, raising 2,000 full-time samurai is already the limit, and it is almost impossible to raise 3,000.

Unless, nearly 100 members of the Zhang family are willing to lower their living standards.

But no one mentions it.

The thrush boy said calmly: "Now that the situation is tense, the bald clan will go south at any time, and the second uncle wants to train another group of people, but also to defend the country." ”

"The rise and fall of the world is all up to us, ladies and gentlemen, national affairs are the most important."

After hearing this, the scholar was a little speechless, state affairs are important, so let's talk about a way.

He looked at the briefing on the expenditure of his belongings and had a headache. In fact, it is already beyond its means, but the Zhang family has a thick foundation.

Then he admonished: "In this case, it is better to take Philadelphia." ”

The Zhang family is crazy about exploding troops, naturally they want to achieve a career, if they can continue to expand, of course the number of troops can continue to increase.

But the surrounding wealthy clans also did the same, and everyone wanted to save face, so that the wealthy clans everywhere were recruiting troops and preparing food, sitting and eating empty mountains, and no one dared to touch anyone, but they were wary of each other.

The thrush boy asked: "The wealthy family of Fei County has a relationship with my Zhang family, what reason is there to take it?" ”

The scholar said fiercely: "When you take Philadelphia, you have a reason." ”

Does this mean that if you want to take it away, it's hard to find a reason?

"Uh......" The thrush boy thought for a while: "It's not proper, wait for the eldest brother to come back, and then let's discuss it." ”

The scholar sighed and said, "Then please open the clan treasury and take the grain, grass and property hoarded by the head of the family." ”

"How can I be! The treasury hoarded for three years, and it was a death order given by the eldest brother. The thrush boy decisively refused.

The scholars below looked at each other, it seemed that it was just an ideal to achieve a great cause, and it was a reality to stick to the city and watch the changes in the situation.

No matter how many soldiers you raise, you won't be able to leave the city when the enemy comes.

At this time, an old man admonished: "Ji Cheng, you can raise the price of medicine again, there are many rangers in the city, who are also infected with epidemics, and they are quite rich, so they can ......."

"Okay, then raise the price one more time." The thrush boy decisively agreed without him finishing.

"No!" The scholar hurriedly stood up: "This plan is no longer possible, the people in the city can no longer afford to buy medicine, so they can make a profit and drink to quench their thirst!" ”

"Zhou Shi! Retire. The thrush boy called him by his name.

Zhou Shi said helplessly: "If the Lord wants to do a big thing, he should raise an army to cut down Hu, seize the county and raise a great righteousness, and establish a foundation." ”

"If you want to keep to yourself, you should run the people, open the treasury to gather the hearts of the people, and keep the family business."

"If you don't do both, it can be said that the top is unrighteous, and the bottom is unkind, and the catastrophe is imminent."

The thrush boy was a little dissatisfied and was about to get angry, but when he saw his beautiful self in the mirror, he thought that he would wrinkle when he was angry, so he became light again.

He said softly: "Let's discuss what you said when the eldest brother comes back, but there are other good plans." ”

"......" Zhou Shi sighed and walked away.

Seeing that he was gone, everyone continued to discuss how much it was appropriate for the pharmacy to raise the price.

All the drugs in the entire Huaxian County are monopolized in the hands of the Zhang family.

Therefore, as long as the epidemic is rampant in the city, whether it is the army or merchants, or the common people and rangers, they have to buy medicine from them.

The Zhang family has raised so many parts, because they are warriors, so it is not just about feeding them, but also about salaries and even rewards.

Those samurai were sick and had money, so they must have bought medicine. As soon as the Zhang family took the opportunity to raise the price, it was equivalent to returning the reward money.

The epidemic is a natural disaster, and everyone will not think about where to spend the money, but only feel how good the treatment is as the Zhang family.

In this way, it not only bought the hearts of the military, but also made money.

The martial artist is already strong and strong, plus there is medicine, there will be nothing at all, so even the combat effectiveness will not be lost, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

Even though the epidemic spreads quickly, it will cause panic among people, and many people will break their homes for treatment.

But as long as the army is stable, it will not be able to set off storms.

The Zhang family has done this more than once, and it has been tried and tested.

"That's it." After the discussion, the thrush boy stood up and tidied up his clothes: "But there are still government affairs to deal with?" ”

Everyone pondered: If you all stand up, then there will be no more.

Just as he was about to end, someone suddenly came with news outside.

"Not good! There are thieves in the city who have gathered to cause trouble, and there are thousands of people who have already killed the East City! ”

"What!" Many scholars were in an uproar.

They were still saying just now that the rebellion could not set off a storm, but as a result, there were really people who rebelled.

The thrush boy was very calm, looked at the messenger and asked, "Where is my second uncle?" ”

"The old man is here!" Shen Leling held the sword in his hand and swaggered in.

Everyone hurriedly saluted, and when they saw that she was covered in blood, they were startled again.

The thrush boy hurriedly greeted him: "Second uncle, who is this injured!" ”

At the same time, a white jade talisman hung high in the hall made the sound of gold and stone.

Everyone was shocked: "There is a demonic spirit!" ”

Shen Leling also panicked, sure enough, they can't underestimate the Zhang family, they still have a magic weapon!

This jade basket is more sophisticated than the copper deed iron coupon, and it should be the most important treasure of the Zhang family.

However, Shen Leling's face remained unchanged, and he said hatefully: "That's right! I am the one who has been wounded by demons, and the guy led by the thief is like a pariah, but not an extraordinary person! ”

"That demon is very powerful, and he has bewitched a group of anti-thieves, and has occupied the school field in the east of the city."

"If it weren't for the soldiers' lives, I would have almost died at the hands of demons."

Everyone was stunned: "Demon? ”

They didn't suspect it for the time being, after all, people who are injured by monsters will also be contaminated with demonic energy, but it will soon be dissipated.

So Shen Leling said eagerly: "Yes! Immediately send out the inner song of the house, block it first, and prepare more means to subdue demons! ”

The thrush boy hurriedly asked people to get the rune paper and arrows in the house, and asked them to prepare more cinnabar and other things to ward off evil spirits.

Not all monsters can invade the wealthy family, and the Zhang family has three major magic weapons, as well as various rune papers.

The demon qi is only one of them, and there are all kinds of charms to resist the harm of spells and subdue demons and suppress ghosts.

Although those runes can't directly trigger offensive spells, if the youkai is next to the rune paper, it is enough to eat a pot.

After giving the order, the thrush boy was suspicious: "Why do demons help the thief?" Where did this evil come from, and what is going on? ”

Shen Leling said: "I led five hundred elite soldiers to eliminate the thieves, and found that the other party had a copper deed passed down by the ancestors. ”

When the thrush boy heard this, he wanted to frown, but he quickly stopped, his expression was still upright, and his eyebrows were stretched, tepid.

However, the tone was quite eager: "Zhang Quan actually left the heirloom really damned, fortunately, this water demon doesn't know whether to live or die, and dares to enter the city to cause chaos, and he must take back the heirloom." ”

Shen Leling said again: "I haven't seen the prison water girl, so it may be other monsters." ”

"Well, you still have to be careful, maybe there are two monsters, one is fighting head-on, and the other is a water girl, who has changed into a human and wants to blend in with the army."

"I'll agree on a code first!"

The thrush boy nodded and said: "What the second uncle said is very true, and the code will be 'eyebrows are like ink paintings'." ”

Shen Leling's eyelids twitched slightly, what kind of stalk is this.

She looked at each other, her eyebrows were like ink paintings, and she said in her heart: This is to remind others all the time, your beautiful eyebrows are good-looking?

It doesn't matter, it's fine.

She caught a glimpse of the scholars taking the rune paper, and was afraid of the jade urn hanging in the hall, and secretly said that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time.

So Shen Leling took out the military order and shouted: "I'll go to the west of the city to transfer troops now!" ”

"Immediately gather the clansmen of the Dock Fort and bring troops back to help! We will definitely take back the relics of our ancestors! ”

The thrush boy did not panic at all in the face of the major affairs of the soldiers, and asked rhetorically: "You don't have to make such a big move, right?" There were two thousand men in the city. ”

Shen Leling said loudly: "The five hundred elite soldiers in the east of the city have been wiped out!" The guards on the walls were also annihilated, and we have practically lost the eastern walls. ”

"What!" The audience was in an uproar, a total of 2,000 parts, which is a quarter of a fold?

The thrush boy didn't expect such a fiasco, but it was some thieves, who were so powerful?

His expression was still calm, and he just hurriedly picked up his pen and wrote down the paperwork, which was immediately sent to the various docks.

Then he called the maid to clean her hands with water, and said lightly: "I'll go and ask my father to go out of the mountain, and the second uncle, you should quickly go and transfer troops." ”

He glanced at those scholars' protégés: "Wait for the first step, subduing the demon and defeating the thief, if you can recapture the copper deed, you will have a great credit!" All are rewarded with ten gold, and the field is thousands of acres. ”

"Remember, if you are defeated, the treasury cannot afford to lose, and you should wait for the second uncle to rescue."

Everyone hurriedly responded, and many scholars brought all kinds of rune paper and arrows, led hundreds of troops and family soldiers in the house, and set off immediately.

The thieves came from the east of the city, and they had to break through the east city first, and then they could attack the treasury.

Finally, you can go to the mansion of Zhang's mansion, and you will first go to the east garden where Zhang Suwen is located.

Thinking of this, the thrush boy not only did not panic, but was even a little excited: "It's great that there are thieves who rebelled and killed them from the east." ”

He showed an admiring look on his face: "Finally, I can see my father again, just a thief, you can break it, that scene must be beautiful." ”

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