Chu Ze didn't expect that Emperor Xia would suddenly arrange for him to be given such a big job.

This job is not risky, but it is definitely not an easy thing to do.

Returning home from the barracks, Chu Ze went to see Chen Jinsong!

Chen Jinsong took the official documents, and while reading them, he shook his head lightly and said: "This matter is for Your Majesty to look at your ability, and the matter of conscription has always been a big problem, what to do, how to do it, it depends on yourself." There is no definite number of places in each place, but all in all, for you, you need to recruit enough numbers, and the quality of soldiers must also be good! Remember your own location! Be ruthless! The means should also be ruthless, if you have a little mercy and a half point of weakness, you will not be able to finish this matter! ”

Listening to Chen Jinsong's advice, Chu Ze was a little unimpressed, and said, "I'll try my best!" ”

Emperor Xia gave an order, not to let Chu Ze set off immediately, but the errand had been arranged, so that Chu Ze could prepare in advance, and after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, Chu Ze would leave.

Basically, the Spring Festival holiday in Daxia is still very sufficient.

It has been closed until the fifteenth day of the first month.

After the Spring Festival, the weather began to get warmer, and by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many of the southern boundaries of Bactria were basically civilized.

Outside the city, Chu Ze took his subordinate team of 1,000 people, as well as Emperor Xia's holy decree and official documents, and prepared to travel!

Those who came to see him off were Wen Qi, the commander of the Shanzi Battalion, and Yin Ziting.

Seeing that Chu Ze was leaving, Yin Ziting was a little reluctant.

Pulling Chu Ze and chattering: "You must be careful!" ”

"Come back early, when you come back, let's go to Fengping Mountain to play, the scenery there is good."

"You have to remember to miss me..."

In the last sentence, the little girl's voice was particularly low.

Chu Ze smiled all over his face and kept nodding in response.

At this time, Chu Ze found that it was another carriage driving out of the city.

The carriage stopped, and Liu Changfeng and Liu Huier got out of the car!

Since the last banquet, Liu Hui'er and Chu Ze have not seen each other again.

It's just that Chu Ze's words at the banquet have always been lingering in his heart.

In the past few days, Liu Huier's whole person has lost a lot of weight!

wants to ignore Chu Ze from now on, but it is difficult to control.

At this time, when she came to Chu Ze, Liu Hui'er said in a low voice: "It was Changfeng who said that he was going to send you, but I couldn't resist him, so I came!" ”

Seeing her like this, Chu Ze grinned, turned his head to look at Liu Changfeng, and said with a smile: "Brother Changfeng has a deep relationship with me, and I am deeply moved!" ”

Liu Changfeng rolled his eyes, he really didn't want to send Chu Ze.

For Liu Changfeng, life is actually very free.

He was too lazy to be restricted by those mundane and false etiquette, if it weren't for Liu Hui'er not pulling him here, he would probably have gone to Gentle Township a long time ago, drunk and dreaming of death!

However, he definitely didn't dare to tell the truth, if he demolished Liu Hui'er's stage, he would definitely be retaliated against when he went home.

"Brother Chu is going, you must think more about my sister!"

"Humph! What nonsense? Dare to talk nonsense again, tear your mouth apart! Liu Hui'er was on the side, pretending to be angry.

But in this heart, there is really something unpleasant, after all, Chu Ze's sudden departure is something that no one, including her, expected.

"This sachet, you can take it with you, you have nothing to do, you can take it out and take a look!" Liu Hui'er handed the sachet that had been prepared a long time ago to Chu Ze!

Chu Ze took it, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu's friendship, Chu should remember it in his heart!" ”

Seeing Chu Ze put the things away, Liu Hui'er was in a much better mood, looked back at Yin Ziting, who was talking about it, turned her head again, and said, "You bad person, obviously I shouldn't pay attention to you, but for some reason, I always want to see you!" Come back safely! ”

After saying this, Liu Huier turned her head directly and pulled Liu Changfeng away!

Chu Ze waved at her and Yin Ziting, and left with a group of subordinates!

Seeing him leave, Wen Qi looked at Yin Ziting and said softly, "Your father and I want to pick a mother-in-law for you recently!" ”

Yin Ziting was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened and she turned her head to look at Wen Qi, her eyes were full of disbelief!

"Didn't you say that my in-laws want me to have the final say?"

"That's just a joke!"

Wen Qi's expression was calm.

"And then, who did you pick?"

"The sixth son of the four princes, Zhao Yi!"

Hearing this name, Yin Ziting bit her lower lip tightly, gritted her teeth and said, "I won't marry!" ”

"It's not up to you!" Wen Qi said softly: "Zhao is also a member of the royal family, young and promising, and there is no wife at present, if you marry in the past, it is the position of the wife, if Zhao can inherit the title of the four princes, it may be the respect of the prince, if the four princes have the opportunity to inherit the throne, it is possible for you to be the mother of the world in the future!" ”

"I said I wouldn't marry!"

Yin Ziting raised her head reluctantly and said, "If you want to marry you, you will marry, I will not marry!" ”

After speaking, the little girl hit the horse and left!

Seeing her leave, Wen Qi shook her head helplessly, and murmured in a low voice: "Chu Ze is a good child, but it's a pity, he is just the son-in-law of the Guogong Mansion, with this kind of status, isn't he going to be ridiculed if he marries in the past?" ”

A lot of people are like that, living in the eyes of others!

I care a lot about what other people think.

Although Wen Qi takes care of Chu Ze a lot on weekdays, she really said that she wanted Yin Ziting and Chu Ze to marry, but she was absolutely unwilling.

It was precisely because Chu Ze and Ye Han made too much noise at their door last time.

She and Yin Tu also saw some of Yin Ziting's intentions, so since that day, the two have been studying Yin Ziting's marriage!

And the four princes came to the door in person to propose marriage after the New Year, and after thinking about it, the two of them were still more inclined to let Yin Ziting and the son of the four princes get married!

It's just obvious that Yin Ziting is very resistant to this family business!

But Wen Qi didn't care, Chu Ze left Beijing, and it was a few months to leave, she had time to slowly persuade Yin Ziting, in her opinion, although Yin Ziting was not well-behaved, but overall, she was still more obedient.

With the persuasion of her and Yin Tu, it won't take long for Yin Ziting to change her mind.

On the other side, Chu Ze walked across the horse, and beside him, it was the little fat man Liu He!

He is now Chu Ze's pro-soldier captain!

Nearly 1,000 people under Chu Ze were brought out, and the group marched towards Lizhou.

Chu Ze held the sachet given by the player Liu Hui'er in his hand, and he felt that there seemed to be something in it!

After opening, there are two exquisite dice, and the points on them are decorated with red beans.

Chu Ze smiled knowingly, Liu Hui'er's meaning was very clear.

Exquisite dice An red beans, the next sentence is to be lovesick to the bone.

Obviously, it was in response to Chu Ze's words that he asked him at the banquet day and night.

Liu Hui'er showed her lovesickness through this pair of dice, which can be regarded as a response to Chu Ze.

Between men and women, it is hazy and ambiguous, and it is the most unstoppable!

"Brother Chu, you said that we will go this time, how long will it take to complete the conscription? Your Majesty has given us three months, have you seen enough? Liu He asked.

For them, this conscription is also an opportunity!

The forbidden army has been stationed in Kyoto for a long time, and it is not easy to make meritorious contributions.

"I don't know! Whether it's enough depends on whether the recruitment progress is fast enough! ”

Chu Ze said softly.

In fact, he didn't know what he was going to face, but it was obvious that since Emperor Xia had handed over this matter to him, it would definitely not be easy!

Lizhou, one of the capitals of Great Xia!

It is a relatively wealthy and populous state!

It's not too far from Kyoto, and after about five days, Chu Ze has already led a team to the border of Lizhou.

"In two days, I will be able to go to the capital of Lizhou, Guangyang Mansion, and then I will go to meet Lizhou Mu Chen Shan, summon Lizhou officials, and determine the conscription!"

Chu Ze set the charter.

In fact, this is also a normal behavior, to put it simply, although Chu Ze came with a thousand people, it was definitely not the thousand people who had to work.

It's the local government.

His 1,000 people, really scattered to all parts of Lizhou, are just a drop in the bucket.

Chu Ze walked all the way and soon arrived at Guangyang Mansion.

This Guangyang Mansion city is not small, but compared to the capital, it is a little unsightly.

Chu Ze led the team to the gate of the city.

As the team progressed, Chu Ze found that the people around him were all looking at him and the others with a rather hostile gaze.

"They're the ones, aren't they? A soldier from Kyoto! ”

"That's right, it's them, it's said that 100,000 soldiers will be conscripted this time!"

"It's so hateful! I don't want to go! ”

"Who wants to go, but look at the posture of other people..."

Listening to the discussions in his ears, Chu Ze understood that the news of his conscription had already spread to Lizhou.

All the people are terrified!

Chu Ze didn't say much, kept calm, walked along the street with a group of subordinates, and soon arrived at the post house, and the post house officials received Chu Ze with a warm face!

Set up a room and a place to live for them, and said with a smile after finishing: "This General Chu, Lord Zhou Mu has already set up a banquet in the mansion, let's go over?" ”

Chu Ze nodded in response, and then followed the post house official, got into the carriage, and rushed to the governor's mansion.

Chu Ze didn't look at the official position as low, but he came down with a holy decree.

Moreover, in the holy decree, it was clearly stated that officials from all over the state needed to cooperate with Chu Ze in recruiting soldiers.

So in terms of authority, Chu Ze's rights are not small!

When Chu Ze rushed to the governor's mansion, Lizhou Mu Chen Shan, a man in his fifties, led the officials from Lizhou to wait!

"Hahaha! This is General Chu, right? I have long heard that General Chu was born in a general, and he is a talent, but when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation! Chen Shan smiled and stepped forward to give a salute!

As the pastor of a state, a proper second-class member of the imperial court!

The local governor is in power, but he is quite respectful to Chu Ze, which is completely beyond Chu Ze's expectations!

He hurriedly returned the salute: "Chen Zhoumu, I am just an ignorant teenager, this time I was ordered by His Majesty to come to recruit soldiers, if there is something I don't understand, I have to give advice to you!" ”

Chu Ze will not say that he will be complacent because of a few good words from others, and he will maintain a respectful attitude!

Seeing Chu Ze like this, Chen Shan's face was even more smiling.

Introduce Chu Ze into the mansion!

Begin to introduce the state officials one by one.

"We have a total of nine prefectures and eighty-one counties, with a population of 33,597,482 households. This is not counted as slaves, lowly people, there are still a lot of people! ”

Hearing Chen Shan's words, Chu Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this population base is quite a lot!

With such a large population base, it doesn't seem to be difficult to conscript 100,000 soldiers.

After a brief introduction, Chen Shan took Chu Ze to the table together, and then said with a smile: "General Chu, as soon as I heard that you came to recruit soldiers, the county orders of these counties also came to greet you in person, mainly because I don't know how to recruit the soldiers of our prefectures and counties?" ”

Chen Shan threw the question to Chu Ze, and the officials below also began to ask: "That's it, how to recruit soldiers!" ”

Chu Ze said with a smile: "Your Majesty has an order to recruit 100,000 soldiers, but these 100,000 people must all be young and middle-aged, let's do this, from tomorrow onwards, there will be 1,000 people in each county of 81 counties, which is 81,000 people!" The land of the nine mansions makes up for the remaining number, and there are 2,000 people in one mansion, what do you think? ”

In Chu Ze's opinion, such a distribution should be relatively simple and reasonable.

It's just that to Chu Ze's expectation, a group of officials looked at each other, and suddenly someone shouted: "No! How can this be? In our Longan County, last year's drought caused the people to be displaced, and now there are not many people. ”

Another official also said: "In Yongping County, we recruited 3,000 young men in the last conscription, why do we have to share it equally this time?" ”

"General Chu, we have been in the county for too long, bandits are rampant around us, and they often rob the people, and the young and strong people in our county have formed local militias, and it is not enough to patrol the homeland, if we take it away, won't we take the lives of the people of the county for too long?"

Good guy, Chu Ze narrowed his eyes!

These people have all kinds of excuses, but on the contrary, anyone can tell the truth.

And as they talked, these officials began to attack each other!

"Lu County Order, last time your county borrowed 800 stone of grain from my county, but you haven't paid it back? In this way, one stone of grain replaces a quota, or you can help our county to produce 800 people, what do you think? ”

"He County Order, one yard to one yard, last time the county suffered a disaster, there is no way to borrow your food, and it is not that you will not pay it back, why do you say this at this time?"

"Wang County Order..."

These officials are arguing with each other one by one, and some of them even blushing and having thick necks.

This kind of scene was completely unexpected by Chu Ze.

He looked at Zhou Mu Chen Shan and said with a smile: "Chen Zhou Mu, it seems that I can't talk about it today!" ”

Chen Shan said helplessly: "There is no way, all counties in this county have their own considerations, General Chu said that if they divide it across the board, they will definitely not do it!" I can't say. ”

Chu Ze sneered in his heart, and there was no way to say it.

It's so lightweight!

He can't say it, can Chu Ze have a way to say it?

Although Emperor Xia's holy decree clearly wrote that these people should cooperate with Chu Ze to recruit troops!

But in essence, Chu Ze does not have any authority to appoint and dismiss officials.

These people don't cooperate, what should Chu Ze do? Write a document to Kyoto!

That is, to participate in the uncooperative people!

But the problem is, Chu Ze can participate in one of the documents written back, but what about this group?

If you really say that someone from above came to investigate, they have already prepared reasons and excuses.

If you go through it one by one, no amount of time is enough.

Seeing that the crowd was getting more and more noisy, Chen Shan said angrily: "One by one, stop me!" Today is to pick up the wind and wash the dust for General Chu, wait here to make a lot of noise, what kind of system, today you will listen to my orders, don't talk about business, if there is anything, wait for tomorrow to talk slowly! ”

Chu Ze still kept a smile on his face, but he was already MMP in his heart.

Where could he not see that this guy was deliberate?

If you don't talk about it today, you can talk about it tomorrow?

But the question is, Chen Shan has already spoken, what can he say now? And what can be talked about? Talking and talking, I also listened to these people's nonsense.

As Chen Shan became angry, the scene quieted down, and everyone began to uphold the idea of not talking about business, and began to drink and talk!

For a while, the atmosphere was much more harmonious!

After a meal of wine and drinking for more than an hour, Chen Shan smiled at Chu Ze and said, "General Chu, stay in the mansion today, let's talk again tomorrow, the guest rooms have been cleaned up for you!" ”

"No, I'd better go back to the post station to rest!" Chu Ze said with a smile.

Seeing him like this, this Chen Shan did not continue to stay, so he took the initiative to send someone and sent him back.

When Chu Ze left, Chen Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

And the officials in the lobby all burst out laughing.

"Chen Zhoumu, did you say that this Chu Ze from Kyoto will stop here?"

"Giving up will definitely not stop, but what, we just can delay it, and if we can't drag it out, we will arrange some old and weak for him, anyway, the young and strong can give less and give less! At the end of the year, the imperial court is conscripted, conscripted, and the local people are doing farm work, where is there no need for young and strong? If Your Majesty directly assigns this conscription task to the head of this official and you, then naturally you can't be sloppy, but now, this task is Chu Ze's, that is, it is done well, what is the benefit to this official and you? In the same way, if you don't do it well, it is naturally Chu Ze's problem, what does it have to do with me? ”

Chen Shan laughed.

As the largest official in Lizhou, his influence on the officials below him is very great.

"In this way, after you go back, put pressure on the rich businessmen and wealthy families to go to the prepared place, and if they don't give benefits, let their families participate in military service, and when the time comes, they will send the benefits to me!"

Chen Shan ordered.

For him, this conscription is a great opportunity to make money!

Letting those who don't want to go, and letting those who want to go, can't go, is the easiest way to make money.

Of course, he eats meat, and the officials under him also have to drink soup!