"Young Master, where are we going next?" After returning to the post house, Zhen Jian said.

"Call Li Kui, Lai Jinxing, and Wang Shi together."

"Where's the silver? Do you want to prepare the same share as well? ”

"Well, you can't miss a penny!"

"No!" When Zhen Jian heard this, he turned around and left.

Although he didn't know what the young master meant, he believed in the young master's arrangement!

In this way, for several days, Li Changkong did almost nothing else except send the veterans home to retire.

Not to mention conscription, there is almost zero progress.

On the other hand, on Chen Xiyan's side, with enough propaganda and the people's belief in him as the governor, the team that came to recruit at the beginning was crowded and endless.

It's a pity that after the initial momentum, it began to be weak.

Often at the end of the day, even a hundred people cannot be recruited.

In this way, half a month has passed.

……

In the Zhizhou Mansion, Chen Xi's brows were furrowed, and his expression was full of sorrow.

The people sitting on the left and right sides are also familiar faces, and they are Cai Tongzhi and Lu Tongju.

"What is the number of conscripts today?"

"Less than a hundred." Lu Tong said in a deep voice.

As soon as these words came out, Chen Xiyan's brows furrowed a little tighter.

"How many soldiers have been recruited so far?"

"Less than ten thousand."

"What is the amount required by the imperial court?"

"Jizhou is a continent, at least 50,000 people!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene instantly fell into a dead silence.

No one spoke, but the sorrow between everyone's brows grew deeper.

"Is propaganda still useful? Is the treatment of conscription all mentioned? After a long time, it was Chen Xiyan who finally broke the silence.

"It's all mentioned, propaganda... It's almost door-to-door, and the effect... None of them were satisfactory. Lu Tongju sighed.

"Lord Zhizhou, Lu Tongju, conscription has reached this step, we have done our best and obeyed the destiny of heaven!"

"Even if the imperial court is really accountable, the main responsibility is not on me."

"If it continues to be levied, it is estimated that there will be no good results. Why don't you just give it to the court? Cai Tongzhi said.

"No!" Chen Xi frowned and shouted.

"The soldiers we recruited are going to northern Xinjiang to defend their homeland and country. This is a major event related to the country of the country and millions of people! ”

"It's not that the task given to us by the imperial court is just a show."

"If the court doesn't come to urge for a day, the conscription will not stop for a day!"

"One more is one." At the end, Chen Xiyan sighed heavily, his tone full of weakness.

At this moment, he only hated himself for being just a civil official.

Otherwise, you will definitely go to the northern Xinjiang and kill the barbarians of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!

And not only here, looking at the ocean and sighing, there is nothing to be done!

How painful this feeling is!

Cai Tongzhi and Lu Tongzhi heard this, looked at each other, and sighed, and at the end, they nodded, and said in unison: "No!" ”

"By the way, is there any movement there?" Chen Xi said.

He still has some hope for Li Changkong!

People are tired of traveling and traveling, and they have just come to Jizhou, so it is understandable to rest for a day or two.

On the contrary, he was a little anxious, and he was noisy.

Maybe they have their own conscription plans.

"This ......" Cai Tongzhi was hesitant, and he stopped talking.

"Say whatever you want, and do that, and become whatever the system."

"No. During this period of time, Anbeibo's side has been busy every day when he goes out early and returns late. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiyan's face improved slightly.

This is already rare good news!

If Li Changkong's side also recruited a lot of soldiers, it would not be impossible to merge with them, and then work together to gather 50,000 people.

However, Cai Tongzhi's next sentence completely shattered his illusions.

"It's just that I don't know what I'm busy with, and I have never raised the banner of conscription."

"To this day, I'm afraid I haven't recruited anyone."

Bang!

As soon as these words came out, a hot tea slammed to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound.

Chen Xiyan stood up, only to feel that his eyes were full of stars, and he almost fainted.

Seeing this, Cai Tongzhi hurriedly went to help.

While helping, he said: "But I went to ask Zhen Jian some time ago, and they said that the conscription would start tomorrow." ”

"And there is a lot of confidence between the words."

"Humph! He's confident that there's a use for a fart! ”

"Conscription starts tomorrow? When is tomorrow? Those who are willing to join the army have already been conscripted by us, and if he can recruit a thousand people, Lu will personally go to ask him for the guilt! Lu Tong slapped the table, stood up, and said coldly.

"This person is really not worthy of his name! Rumors mislead me! Chen Xiyan sighed, broke away from Cai Tongzhi, turned around, and walked towards the depths of the Zhizhou Mansion step by step, with a desolate back.

Cai Tongzhi and Lu Tongju watched this scene, and for some reason, they only felt some throbbing pain in their hearts.

Once upon a time, this was in danger and stepped forward to save the lives of the people of Jizhou!

But now, the opportunity is in front of him, but he can't save Daqian's life!

How sad! What a pity!

……

"Zhen Jian, Jibei, are the things ready?" Li Changkong, who was wearing a thick winter coat, walked over, looked at the recruitment platform that had been set up, and said.

"Young Master, don't worry, you are properly prepared!"

"That's ......" Zhen Jian wanted to speak for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you really sure that someone will come over to join the army?" ”

"That's nature, I'm afraid there are a lot of people."

"But at this time, those who were willing to join the army were recruited by Chen Xiyan!" Li Jibei, who has always been silent, couldn't help but worry at the moment.

"It's okay, just set up a platform with peace of mind, if no one comes to join the army tomorrow, just look for me."

"No!" When the two saw Li Changkong say this, they had no choice but to answer.

Night falls and the sun rises.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second day.

On this day, it is difficult to see the sun, the ice and snow melt a little, and the weather is a lot warmer.

Li Changkong took Zhen Jian and Li Jibei to the recruiting platform early, and sat there waiting with such a big grin.

On the side, Cai Tongzhi also came.

After all, Li Changkong is a Shangguan from Qiandu City, and now that the conscription is about to begin, their local officials should accompany them no matter what.

It's just that Chen Xiyan and Lu Tongju really don't want to come over, so it's just him.

In the waiting of everyone, time passed minute by minute, but there was no shadow in front of the recruiting table.

It was like this for a few hours.

Finally, someone couldn't help it anymore and said, "General, is no one coming?" ”

"What's the panic, it's still some hours before noon, just wait until noon, if no one comes, let's go back to the inn."

Cai Tongzhi on the side couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this.

Wait until noon? Don't talk about noon, even if you wait until the hour, no one will come!

However, as soon as he finished thinking this, there was a cacophony of footsteps and shouts in the distance.

"Folks, this is it, General Li is recruiting here!"

Hearing this, Zhen Jian and Li Jibei looked at each other.

Because both of them recognized this voice, it was Wang Sanfu!