Pingcheng, Tang House.

Inside a spacious and luxurious main hall.

Tang Peng and Wei Qiang, two frustrated people, were borrowing wine to vomit the dregs.

"Li Furen, that old horseman, actually let an outsider take the place of Lao Tzu's capital!"

Wei Qiang poured a sip of wine violently, and said with a look of indignation: "Such a perverse act, I think how long can that old puppet jump?!" ”

Tang Peng comforted: "Brother Wei doesn't need an atmosphere, Li Furen's county order won't be long in place!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Wei Qiang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Tang Dianshi, do you know any confidential information?" ”

Tang Peng smiled: "It's not a secret, I received a letter from my brother the day before yesterday, and King Xinyan has arrived in Wuzhou." ”

His brother was a general judge in Wuzhou.

Whenever there was any disturbance in Wuzhou, his brother would send a letter to the Tang Mansion.

Wei Qiang was puzzled: "What does King Xinyan's arrival in Wuzhou have to do with our Pingcheng?" ”

"King Xinyan came to Wuzhou to consolidate Qingyun Pass, and Pingcheng is the first city in the pass, do you say it matters?"

"What do you mean...... The new Yan King needs to hold Pingcheng firmly in his hands?! ”

"Yes, if you want to consolidate Qingyun Pass, you must first make Pingcheng the base camp of the new Yan King, but now Yang Furen regards Pingcheng as his private land, where can he let go!"

"Don't want to let go? Could it be that old horseman who still dares to argue with the new Yan King? ”

"Yang Furen naturally doesn't dare to openly call out, but the New Yan King will never allow anyone to sabotage his strategy, so Yang Furen must try to get rid of it!"

Tang Peng stared at the wine glass in his hand, and said with joy: "According to my guess, the New Yan King will definitely use yin tricks to stink Yang Furen, so that his successor can successfully control Pingcheng." ”

"Shhh...... That new Yan King actually had such a means! ”

Wei Qiang gasped and hurriedly asked, "Tang Dianshi, do you know who the successor is?" ”

Tang Peng said: "Wuzhou treasurer Gao Xian! ”

"Gao Xian's shit luck is really good, and he can catch the new Yan King."

Wei Qiang was jealous, and his heart was as uncomfortable as eating Xiang.

When he was young, he and Gao Xian had a similar smell and were the most famous street runners in Heicheng.

It's a pity that they were jealous for an Oiran, which caused the two to part ways and completely embarked on completely different paths.

At this moment, Wei Qiang heard that Gao Xian had climbed the high branch of King Yan, which was naturally not a taste.

After all, he has just been fired, and the more he mixes, the worse he gets, but his former rival Gao Xian gets better and better.

Compared to the two, no matter who you are, I'm afraid that your mood will not be much better.

"Brother Wei doesn't have to be uncomfortable, Gao Xian's return to Pingcheng in the future will definitely make you reinstated."

Tang Peng glanced at Wei Qiang and said with a smile.

"I hope so!"

Wei Qiang endured the discomfort in his heart and said with a smile.

While he was talking, an errand ran into the main hall and leaned over to make an announcement.

"Enlightening the history of the ceremony, Li Hun and his people have started recruiting troops outside the East Gate!"

"You go and inform the major families, let them supervise their tenants, and you must not let people go to Li Hun to join the army."

"Subordinates obey!"

The messenger looked solemn and left.

"The people of Pingcheng don't go to join the army, I want to see how Li Hun can recruit people?!"

Tang Peng took a sip of wine and said with a smug smile.

Wei Qiang laughed heartily and said: "Hahaha, Tang Dianshi is worthy of unparalleled wisdom, this trick is simply wonderful!" ”

The fifty-six villages of Pingcheng Jiuxiang are all controlled by the major noble families.

If these prominent clans ordered that civilians were not allowed to join the army, it would indeed cause a lot of resistance to Li Xingchen.

What's more.

The Great Wei Dynasty stipulated that there was no Yulu for new soldiers to enter the camp.

The recruits must first make military achievements on the battlefield before they can be promoted.

After being promoted to the title, you can receive the public rations.

Therefore, almost no ordinary people want to join the army.

Unless the imperial court forcibly conscripts soldiers, or some poor families who can't even afford to eat, they will let their men go to the barracks to eat.

……

Outside the east gate of Heijo.

Li Xingchen braved the scorching sun and recruited for three hours, but still did not recruit even a single new pawn.

"Li Dutong, it seems that we are going to work in vain today!"

Cai Jing, the manager of the arsenal, looked at the remnant sun that was gradually sinking in the west, and said helplessly.

"Steward Cai, why are the people of Pingcheng afraid of recruiting soldiers?"

Li Xingchen touched his chin and said with a puzzled face: "Those people obviously saw us recruiting troops here, but they deliberately took a detour to avoid it, could it be that they really don't want to join the army?" ”

Cai Jing replied: "Li Dutong doesn't know, the people of Pingcheng belong to the major wang clans, even if the people have the heart to join the army, if the head of the wang clan does not open his mouth, who dares to join the army?" ”

"In this way, Pingcheng seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, the dark tide is turbulent!"

Li Xingchen's eyes narrowed.

When I was in the prefectural government.

Yang Furen has given an order in public to let the wang clan cooperate with the recruitment.

The officials also promised to cooperate with the recruitment.

But now, no one has come to join the army, and it is obvious that someone is obstructing it.

"Li Dutong, if you really want to strengthen the armament of Pingcheng, you have to think about it tonight!"

Cai Jing is different from other bastard servants, he really wants to establish a career in Pingcheng.

So he very much hoped that Li Xingchen could clean up Pingcheng so that he could be useful.

"Steward Cai is reasonable, if I don't think about it, I'm afraid some people won't let me recruit a new pawn!"

Looking at the people who sometimes avoided it, Li Xingchen said with a faint gaze.

"According to the subordinates, in the hearts of the people, the credibility of the Pingcheng County Government is far less than that of the major families!"

Cai Jing looked at Li Xingchen and advised: "Li Dutong might as well follow the example of Shang Ying during the Warring States Period and come to Pingcheng to migrate to Lixin!" ”

"Ritsuki-rixin?"

Li Xingchen's eyes lit up: "Lao Cai, you seem to be a big old man, but in fact, you are as careful as a hair, you can actually think of Shang Ying's Ximu Lixin!" ”

At such a time, the method of using the method of Ximu Lixin can definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Because once the word spreads, many people will not be able to resist the temptation of money and food, so they will take the initiative to join the army.

"Hehe, I've been on an errand in the county government for more than ten years, and I usually like to read ancient books when I have nothing to do, so I know about Shangjun's Ximu Lixin!"

Cai Jing scratched his head and smiled.

"Fortunately, there are still hard-working people like you in the county government!"

Li Xingchen stepped forward and patted Cai Jing's shoulder, his face full of appreciation.

Cai Jing said excitedly: "Li Dutong praised, you are the real talented, and your subordinates are willing to serve you as a dog and horse!" ”

"Do a good job, you will definitely shine in Pingcheng in the future!"

Li Xingchen nodded, and then ordered: "Today is over, you let people close the stall first!" ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Cai Jing got the order, and immediately took his subordinates to clean up the recruitment stall.

It didn't take long for Xiong Tonghai to come over with a dejected face.

Like Li Xingchen, he did not recruit a single soldier outside the West City Gate.

Li Xingchen is even more convinced that today's abnormality must be someone making trouble in secret.

As for who the troublemakers are.

He didn't have to guess to know that it was either Wei Qiang or Tang Peng.