Time passed, and the yellow scarves outside became more and more fierce.

Yellow Turbans can even be seen outside Daliu Town from time to time, but most of those Yellow Turbans retreat with interest when they see the heavily guarded troops on the wooden walls of Daliu Town.

A small number of uninteresting ones were exterminated by the 200 pikemen who were being trained under the leadership of Zhou Cang.

After several encirclements and suppressions, the experience of those pikemen was greatly increased, so that in less than a week, the 200 pikemen had been trained.

[Commander]: Zhou Cang

[Troops]: Spearmen of Daliu Town

[Strength]: 1st Order (Average Force Value: 9.3+2)

[Number of people]: 200

[Average Proficiency]: Recruit (Level 31)

[Characteristics]: Spear Formation: Gives the battle formation 'Spear Formation', force +2, damage taken -8%.

[Morale]: 7 (full value 10, morale is high)

[Yulu]: 500 copper coins/unit/month, 60 units of grain/unit/month

[Trait Enjoyed]: Regroup (Blue) (Granted by Zhou Cang, the physical strength recovery speed of the soldiers under his command is +20%, and after being defeated, the speed of gathering remnants is slightly increased.) ）

With these 200 units of first-order pikemen, the security of Daliu Town has been greatly improved.

In the past, regardless of how strong the combat effectiveness of Xiao Jing's army was, the small number of troops was always a major defect, and Zhou Cang's strength was strong, but he only had one, and there were many places to defend.

Barren Mountain Village, Daliu Town, and the two villages attached to Daliu Town: Tushi Village and Qinghe Village, all of which need to be defended.

But even if you count the Yellow Turban troops, Xiao Jing's troops are only more than 1,500, and most of them need to stay in the barren mountain village.

After all, Da Liu Town was initially decided, if the Yellow Turban troops appeared in Da Liu Town, they were stabbed up by someone with a heart (careerist), reported, and charged him with colluding with the Yellow Turban, Xiao Jing really had a hard time, and he couldn't tell!

Therefore, after recruiting those yellow turbans and ordering Zhou Cang to tame those yellow scarves, he immediately sent those yellow turban troops to the barren mountain village!

Therefore, at present, in terms of the number of troops, Barren Mountain Village has the most defensive strength, but in terms of quality, it is difficult to describe it!

In the past few days, Xiao Jing has been handling government affairs in Daliu Town, and he has no time to 'brush' the yellow scarf, but this does not mean that Xiao Jing has not gained.

On the contrary, because the stall is bigger and there is more defense, there are always eye-opening yellow scarves, and Xiao Jing has 'meritorious service' every day.

Scattered and scattered, so far, on the merit list, Xiao Jing's merit has even reached more than 3,000, which cannot be compared with the big guys on the general list, but it has always been the leader on the player list, which can be called a standout!

"200 pikemen training completed, Daliu Town's current guard strength is sufficient, 200 first-order pikemen + more than 200 village warriors, with a strong city, plus I will send a seventh-order military general to sit in the town in the future, even if I lead the main force to leave in the future, it should be foolproof!" Xiao Jing groaned in his heart.

Shaking his head, Xiao Jing didn't think about it anymore, after all, the yellow scarf was the head, and he still needed to stay in Daliu Town for a while......

"There is no urgency in garrisoning, but the collection of grain and taxes...... Alas! ”

Coming back to his senses, Xiao Jing looked at the tall and thick pile of documents on the desk and sighed.

has just taken over Da Liu Town, no matter how generous he is, it is impossible for him to immediately delegate power to those officials, so he is so tired of doing things personally.

"No, it can't go on like this, there are so many things in a big Liu Town, and I will control the county seat, county town and state town in the future, so I can't do anything else?"

Xiao Jing stretched out his sore arm and thought to himself.

"If the 'imperial examination' is possible, it must be implemented as soon as possible, otherwise there will be too much shortage of talents!"

The Eastern Han Dynasty court talent selection was based on 'inspection' and 'conquest', and the counties and counties from all over the country recommended virtuous talents to the central government, which was originally good, but it was slowly controlled by the family in the process of development.

This is exactly what the poor and the common people say!

"No, the imperial examination system can't be implemented, the Eastern Han Dynasty family is huge, and their own strength is too weak......"

After pacing and thinking about it for a while, Xiao Jing finally denied his idea and gave up the idea of implementing the 'imperial examination'.

It is undeniable that the 'imperial examination system' itself is good, it can break the monopoly of the family on talents and select a large number of talents, but in essence, this system is extremely advanced.

Once implemented, it means that Xiao Jing will have to compete with the huge 'family', and you don't see that Cao Cao can't fight against the huge family in the later period, and only has a 'nine-product Zhongzheng system'?

"At present, the 'imperial examination system' is difficult to implement, and the 'inspection' exists, and there is a reason for it. After the recommendation, we will conduct an inspection, and some talents can always be selected! ”

Xiao Jing paced and thought, secretly making up his mind in his heart.

Although Daliu Town is only a town, the mayor of the town is only a nine-grade official, and the officials in the town are not high-quality officials, but no matter how small the official is, it is also an official, and the class is different.

can't attract talents, but Xiao Jing is not greedy, just attract some middle and low-level talents who can share government affairs for him!

……

The mayor's mansion of Daliu Town.

Looking at the officials in the audience, Xiao Jing said slowly.

"Today, I call you here, not for anything else, but for two things!"

After a pause, Xiao Jing glanced at the officials under him and continued to speak.

"First, you also know that there is a shortage of officials in the town, so I hope that you can 'recommend' talents to me, and you can hire them after the inspection!"

Before Xiao Jing finished speaking, the officials below exploded the pot and whispered.

Recommend?!!!

Among the officials, Niu Yang was stunned when he heard this, and his heart moved.

"Recommended?! My brother Zhang is both civil and military, maybe ......"

But then, Niu Yang shook his head with a wry smile, "Lord Xiao is just a town mayor, although he currently looks at both civil and military, and seems to have a Ming master, but ......"

"However, the mayor's position is too low, I'm afraid Brother Zhang won't be able to look down on him at all, maybe when Lord Xiao masters Shanwu City, he may have a little attraction to Brother Zhang......"

Shaking his head, Niu Yang broke off the idea of recommending his brother to Xiao Jing, and instead watched the other officials in the mansion discuss.

"Recommendation? Do we still have the qualifications to recommend?! That's great! ”

"I know a talent in Shanwu City, he is extremely good at governance, but his personal morality is dirty, and I don't know if the mayor of the town will ......"

"I have a relative, he ......"

……

"Quiet!!"

Seeing the crowd of officials whispering, Zhou Cang stepped forward and roared loudly, instantly quieting the excited crowd.

Xiao Jing glanced at Zhou Cang with satisfaction, nodded, and continued.

"The matter of recommendation, you can experience it yourself, the recommended person can go to the mayor's mansion to find me, after the inspection, if it is a talent, I will appoint it!"

"The most important thing at the moment is the next thing!"

"April is coming to an end, and the matter of collecting grain and taxes is imminent!"