When the maidservant saw He Bai enter the room, she hurriedly got up and saluted. Huang Zhong's son also smiled and ran to salute He Bai like a maidservant, and then pulled He Bai to look left and right with the armor that He Bai had not had time to take off. After He Bai looked at it, he noticed that Huang Xu was only four or five years old, so he shook his head and said, "Uncle Han, please forgive me for being blunt, this son is afraid that this son will be like this in his life." ”

Huang Zhong's expression suddenly darkened, but he seemed to have already understood, so he bowed to He Bai and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't have known the reason for He Junhou's deformity earlier. Otherwise, Xu'er should not have been born into the world and suffered all these tribulations. ”

He Bai's heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be that you and your wife are cousins?" ”

Huang Zhong nodded, and said with some sadness: "Yes, Zhong and his wife are cousins who have grown up together since childhood, and at that time, they just wanted to kiss each other, but they didn't want such evil consequences to happen, so they only took pity on Xu'er." Alas......"

He Bai persuaded: "Kissing and kissing, people often think about it." Besides, there is only a half chance of giving birth to such a child. The other half will give birth to a normal child with Zhigao, which can only be said to be an accident. ”

Huang Zhong smiled bitterly: "Zhong thinks that what the prince said about the strange children to collect debts is very reasonable, it is my ancestors who are unscrupulous, so they gave birth to such strange children. Zhong can only treat him with great love, eliminate his resentment, and let him live this life peacefully. ”

He Bai sighed very much when he heard it, after Huang Zhong's beloved wife died, he did not remarry; In order to take care of children, he has great talent but has been willing to be unknown for many years, which shows that he attaches great importance to feelings. Later, because of the title of the five tiger generals, he was humiliated by Guan Yu. But he didn't remember the insult at all, but was bent on avenging Guan Yu, and finally died on the road of revenge, which shows that he is very righteous.

Through historical records, it is evaluated as a brave and good fighter, brave and strategic, and a famous general who is in charge of his own affairs. Coupled with his simplicity, love and righteousness, the quality of remembering and forgetting, as well as being content with the status quo and not having much ambition, he is definitely a very easy to use, old scalper-style general.

In He Bai's eyes, Huang Zhong was definitely among the best among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, both in terms of character and ability. can be ranked with Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, and is hundreds of times better than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and others. The most important thing is that it is cheap, and you don't have to work hard to win it over, so you have a high level of loyalty.

Huang Zhong in history was born too late, so his reputation is not as loud as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but he has his own presence in this life, which will make Huang Zhong's name shocking the world.

He Baibai asked: "Ling Lang's illness, I can't help you too much, but Ling Lang's future life, I will ensure that he will always be followed and taken care of, and his life will be worry-free." I don't know if Uncle Han would like to come to my aid and serve under my command? ”

Huang Zhong sighed, bowed down and said: "Zhong is over forty years old, people often say that if you are over forty years old, you will not die young, you can be called an old man." He Junhou is not loyal to the elderly, and he sends people to summon him thousands of miles; Although loyalty is vulgar, he is also a person who knows how to be loyal and righteous, and he only hopes to make some small achievements under the command of the prince and marquis, so as to exchange for the happiness of the future life for Xu'er. ”

He Bai's heart moved, the age at which the ancients died was generally premature, and it was normal to be over forty years old. Huang Zhong was also afraid that he would die early, and his son would have no one to take care of him. But I didn't know that he was only halfway through his age, and he was only forty-two or three years old at this time, and he still had thirty-one or twelve years to live. Especially if he is over seventy years old, he can still break through the formation of the two armies, and he is an absolutely old and strong man, and the older he gets, the more mellow he becomes.

He Bai laughed and said: "When you are old and strong, would you rather move the heart of the white head?" Poor and strong, do not fall into the ambition of the clouds. Uncle Han is in the year of fighting, how can he be old? If Uncle Han is still worried about Ling Lang for the rest of his life, then how about I accept Ling Lang as his righteous son? I have 1,500 households, but how about appointing 300 households to support the Linglang until his happiness returns to dust? ”

Huang Zhong was shocked, He Bai's Marquis of Sunset Pavilion is a golden seal and purple ribbon, a hereditary lord who can be passed on to his children and grandchildren, and those who have made great contributions to the state shall not be rewarded. If He Bai was born in a poor family before, since He Bai was knighted, he is a nobleman. Those who dare to despise He Bai have no one else except the clan.

It seems that Huang Zhong is a person from a poor family, and He Bai's identity at this time has long been very different. I didn't want He Bai to recruit himself, and even more so that he could work for it with peace of mind, so he was willing to allocate 300 households to raise his righteous children. This is no different from the Guannei Marquis rewarded by the court. With such attention and kindness, how could Huang Zhong not be shocked.

Huang Zhong immediately bowed his head and said: "The prince and the marquis praise falsely, Huang Zhong is ashamed and dare not be." The prince is gracious, Huang Zhong is foolish, and he doesn't know how to repay it. In the future, the prince will be the lord of Huang Zhong, but if he has a life, Huang Zhong will repay him with death. ”

He Bai was overjoyed, Huang Zhong regarded himself as a retainer of the He family, and his relationship with He Bai was far closer than that of ordinary subordinates and subordinate guests. This is the benefit of He Bai reading history, using his own food to recruit talents, which has the same example in later generations of the Wa Kingdom. He Bai used it and immediately gained all the loyalty of the god-level famous general Huang Zhong.

He Bai summoned guests, slaves and maids from all over the house, and adopted Huang Xu, the son of Huang Zhong, as his righteous son in front of everyone. When everyone learned that He Bai actually raised Huang Zhongzhi's dementia Huang Xu with 300 households, they were all shocked, this is a better treatment than his own son.

It must be known that He Bai has four sons at this time, and only his son-in-law He Wear can inherit He Bai's title, while the other sons Ruchen, Yi, and Xi can only be self-reliant. And just a mere Yizi, who is still a demented child, is only treated below his son-in-law, above all his concubines, which shows how much He Bai attaches importance to Huang Zhong.

Everyone was jealous and envious of Huang Zhong, who was honest and simple in appearance, and asked who Huang Zhong was. When they learned that Huang Zhong was just a veteran of Nanyang, they were all dissatisfied with He Bai's generous treatment.

It's just that most of the people are new voters, and there are not many people who can speak in front of He Bai, only Luo Pei and Han Rong. It's just that Luo Pei is shrewd and doesn't gossip. Everyone had to persuade Han Rong to come to He Baiyan and say.

Han Rong bowed and said: "My lord, I have heard that the way of employing people is like practicing martial arts, which can only be done step by step, and cannot be suddenly allocated to a high position and generosity. Today, seeing that the lord suddenly rewarded a useless old man who didn't know the details, I am afraid that some people will be inexplicably jealous and doubt the lord's way of employing people. This is also very detrimental to the lord's recruitment of talents. ”

He Bai frowned, but immediately stretched out, and said with a smile: "In the past, Gaozu pulled out the Marquis of Huaiyin against the will of the people, and all the generals thought it was impossible, but Gaozu pulled it out with all his might, and finally got the help of the Marquis of Huaiyin, and enjoyed the 400 years of the Han Dynasty to this day. Today, I pulled out Uncle Huang Han, an old pawn in Nanyang, and you know that he can't help me to make great achievements and win the seal of ten thousand households? ”

"I can hire Han Lao as a teacher with the weight of a thousand gold, and naturally I can also use the food of three hundred households to raise Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu. A few mediocre people, even if they are jealous, it is not helpful. However, if I hear that I am willing to treat a Nanyang old man so kindly, I will understand that I am thirsty for talent, and this golden city will be approved by the world's talents, and there is no disadvantage to recruit talents. ”

After listening to He Bai's words, Han Rongsi and himself were originally corporal He Bai Lixian, a spear teacher hired by Qianjin Chongli. When Yu Huang Zhong is a person all the way, how can he question the way of employing the lord He Bai because of the villain's provocation, so he apologized deeply to He Bai and no longer paid attention to Huang Zhong's affairs.

In fact, He Bai was frightened by several fake talents with the same name, how could he really reuse Huang Zhong with unknown strength indiscriminately. After deciding to accept Huang Xu as his son, He Bai tested Huang Zhong's martial arts. Huang Zhong's knife technique really deserves its name, just like a river, the initial weakness is mainly on the defensive; After 20 rounds, one knife after another, like layers of waves, attacking the opponent one blow at a time. After fifty rounds, it is as invincible as a flood peak, and the slash is at this time.

It seems that Huang Zhong's sword technique is different from Guan Yu's first three swords, and it takes a slow process of accumulation to reach the peak of extreme strength. is just like his achievements in history, the older he gets, the more powerful he becomes, and when he was young, he was average. With He Bai's martial arts at this time, he could block Huang Zhong for fifty rounds, and after fifty rounds, he would be quickly killed by him after gathering momentum to the top.

It's Huang Zhong's archery, which is really a must. He Bai hung a distance of one hundred and fifty steps (200 meters) away from the five plants, Huang Zhong said to shoot and shoot, completely ignoring the wind direction and climate problems, and three arrows in a row, the arrows hit the target. Xun Ye, who was bluffing beside him, was dumbfounded, and called Huang Zhong "the reincarnation of the flying general".

However, the name of "flying general" is mostly called a person with superb riding skills, and there are already people in this life. In addition, Huang Zhong is modest and does not pretend to be a "flying general". On the contrary, He Bai thinks that why bother to follow other people's nicknames, the name of "Old Huang Zhong", who is old and strong, is no worse than anyone else in history.

It didn't take long for He Bai to raise the old men of Nanyang with the food of 300 households, and it spread out in a short period of time, and it spread throughout the entire city of Luoyang in two or three days. Everyone who heard it was surprised, but they didn't expect that there was such a thirsty person in the world.

In the past, there was a daughter who hired Han Rong, and then there was a sharing of food and grace to raise Huang Zhong, He Bai's thirst for talent was finally known to the world, and they were all convinced by He Bai's Xiaomeng taste. People who have their own ability but cannot be summoned by the court have come to vote, like a carp crossing the river.

In addition, He Bai is about to serve as the minister of Beihai and has the right to recommend filial piety; With 200,000 people in the county to recommend one person, there are more than 800,000 people in Beihai, and four people can be recommended as officials every year. So Beihai talents also came to vote, and in less than ten days, He Bai accepted four or five hundred civil and military talents.

This has almost swept away more than half of the talents who have been stranded in Beijing in recent years to seek officials, and most of them are Han people from all over the country. In this way, before He Bai began to conquer the world, he had the support of hundreds of Han clans from various states and counties. Although the Han people are not as good as the Shi and Shi clans, those who can read are all small landlords with small estate, and they are not as good as the pure proletarian people, and they are of great use.

He Bai made a little statistics, among which the majority of them were qualified officials, there were as many as 60 or 70 people who were competent for any county, and more than a dozen people were competent for the affairs of prefectures and counties, most of whom were not famous in the history books. In this way, before He Bai arrived in Beihai State, he had a large number of talents who could make a country run safely.