Back in the study room of the book hall, Han Zhen ordered his scribes to find a map of Qingzhou.

Compared with the map in Linzi County, the map of Qingzhou is not so fine, but fortunately, the mountains and rivers are marked one by one.

Linzi County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are one small and one large two rivers on the left and right.

The small river on the left is Shuishui, and the big river on the right is Zishui.

The Xiaodong River is a branch of Zishui.

Because of its proximity to Zishui, it was named Linzi County.

The Zihe River runs from top to bottom and runs through the entire Qingzhou.

Yidu is a little far away from the Zihe River, more than 20 miles, but it is located in the direction of the Zhenhai naval barracks.

It is simply impossible to transport back 120,000 grains at one time.

It can only be temporarily stored in the town naval barracks, and then transported back to Linzi County by water.

You only need to inform Luo Sha about this matter, you don't need to explain it clearly, he is a smart person, he has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he knows what to ask and what not to ask.

In this night attack, it was enough to dispatch 1,000 people to go down the river by boat.

……

However, it was said that after Liu Qi fled in shame, he carried a coiled dragon stick, rode his war horse out of the barracks, and ran all the way towards Qiancheng County.

I walked all the way and rested, until I finally returned to Sencheng County in the evening.

The traces of the tragic war a while ago have not been completely eliminated, and the large scorched black areas on the city wall are still vivid.

Although the corpses outside the city had been removed for many days, there was still a strange smell of disgusting.

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, the two guards of the city were about to close the city gate, but they saw a man galloping on horseback.

Even after a distance, the two recognized the person at a glance as Liu Qi.

It's just because that dragon stick is too eye-catching.

When Liu Qi came closer, a servant said curiously: "Xiao Yanei, where have you been these days, why haven't I seen you?" ”

Liu Qi's character is destined to be mixed anywhere.

Less than two months after coming to Qiancheng County, from the archer to the Xu officials, there is no one he is not familiar with.

is even more familiar than Xie Ding, the magistrate.

"I went out for a walk."

Liu Qiqiang pulled a smile.

When the two officials saw that he was not in high spirits, they stopped talking.

In the backyard of the county government, Xie Ding finished his day's official duties and was sitting in the courtyard to eat.

Dinner was very shabby, a plate of vinegar celery, a small plate of pickles, and a gruel.

The Xie family has studied heirlooms and has been poor for generations.

Although the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty were rich, when Xie Jiang was there, he often helped and subsidized poor scholars, and he had no money to spare, and he only had a thin coffin after his death.

In Xie Ding's generation, he still adheres to his grandfather's style, and part of the income is sent back to his hometown to support his wife and children, and the rest is used to support poor students.

Nowadays, although corrupt officials are rampant, there are still some literati who abide by their hearts and bones.

It's just that these people are not in a good situation.

Xie Ding was distressed by the current situation, but he couldn't do anything.

He Changyan and Chen Qian are enough, one champion, one Tanhua.

The result?

The two impeached Cai Jing several times, one was demoted to Tongzhou, and the other was dismissed.

He is a seven-pin county, what can he do?

Secondly, Xie Ding actually knows very well in his heart that the root is in today's official family.

"A-a-lang, A-lang!"

Suddenly, the old servant trotted all the way into the backyard.

Xie Ding put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice: "What kind of system is panicking, what happened?" ”

"Ah Lang, Xiao Yanai is back!"

The old servant's face was delighted.

A hint of joy flashed in Xie Ding's eyes, and then he grimaced and snorted coldly: "Hmph, does this evil beast still know to come back?" ”

Seeing this, the old servant persuaded in a low voice: "Ah Lang, it is not easy for Xiao Yanei to come back, don't kill him again." ”

"Saying goodbye without saying goodbye, making the elders in the family worried, and expecting me to give him a good look?"

Xie Ding said this, but his expression softened a little.

At this time, Liu Qi carried a coiled dragon stick and walked into the backyard: "Uncle, I'm back." ”

Glancing at him up and down, seeing that it was as good as ever, Xie Ding couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Qi's biological mother is Xie Ding's own sister, and he has loved this sister since he was a child.

Aiwu and Wu, he is also very close to this nephew.

Xie Ding said sharply: "Do you know the mistake? ”

"I know that I am wrong, I shouldn't say goodbye without saying goodbye, and my uncle will be frightened."

Liu Qi drooped his head, his expression depressed.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Xie Ding couldn't bear to say anything more, and said softly: "Can you eat?" ”

"No, I didn't."

Liu Qi shook his head.

"If you don't stay in the little ya, the old man will go to serve dinner."

Without waiting for Xie Ding's instructions, the old servant walked to the back kitchen, and came back with a large bowl of porridge in a short time.

"Thank you, Hengbo."

Liu Qi thanked him, and after sitting down, he devoured vinegar celery and pickles.

He was really hungry, he had only eaten one meal this morning, and then he had to travel for another day, and he was in a hurry, and he did not bring dry food, and he was already hungry at the moment.

A large bowl of porridge was eaten in a blink of an eye, and the old servant knew how much he had eaten, so he immediately went to fill another bowl.

After two bowls of porridge, Liu Qi only felt much more comfortable in his abdomen, but his mood was still low.

Today's Han Zhen's words made him ashamed.

At his age, it is the time to be competitive and love face, where can he stand it.

Even if Han Zhen didn't mention it, he didn't have the face to continue to stay in the barracks, and he would take the initiative to leave.

After all, it was Liu Qi who took the initiative to defect late at night, and Han Zhen treated him really well, and in just a few days, he was promoted to the commander of the cavalry battalion, and he commanded more than 500 elite cavalry.

To tell the truth, this trust is more than that of his father.

As a result, when discussing important matters, he cowered.

I don't know who the county magistrate will appoint as the commander of the cavalry battalion after he leaves.

It should be Lao Jiu, this guy is the Western Army, and he is very good at kung fu right away, and he can be regarded as a fierce general.

The cavalry battalion has grown little by little, from the initial 30 or so people, and slowly expanded to more than 500 people.

Each of the cavalry was an elite of his infantry......

Thinking of this, Liu Qi couldn't help sighing, and the lonely expression on his face became more and more intense.

Xie Ding thought that he had seen the sinister outside, and he was disheartened, so he couldn't help but comfort: "I said earlier, then Han Zhenying looks at the wolf Gu and is unruly, how can he get along well?" But it's good for you to go out for a walk this time, increase your knowledge, know that people's hearts are sinister, and you will be a little calmer when you want to behave in the future. ”

“……”

Liu Qi's lips moved, and he wanted to explain.

At this moment, he heard Xie Ding ask with a puzzled expression: "Speaking of which, how could Han Zhen let Ling leave so easily?" ”

In his mind, Liu Qi defected to Han Zhen, and he was like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

If you don't bite off a piece of meat in their Liu and Xie families, how can they easily let go.

"I ...... I was driven away. ”

Liu Qi said with a shameful face.

Drive away?

Xie Ding's stroking movement froze, and he said incredulously: "Han Zhen'er took the initiative to drive you away?" ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Qi smiled bitterly and nodded.

He didn't say the reason for driving him away, he felt that the county magistrate was righteous, and he couldn't be a villain, even if the other party was his uncle.

At this moment, Xie Ding was completely stunned, and said strangely: "It's strange, the sun actually came out in the west." ”

couldn't figure it out, Xie Ding didn't bother to think about it, and ordered: "When you come back this time, you can't be willful anymore, you should study hard." ”

Hearing the word reading, Liu Qi only felt a pain in his head, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Uncle, what do you think of Jinren." ”

"Golden Man?"

With a hint of disdain in his tone, Xie Ding replied: "The northern land is barbarian, and Ru Mao drinks blood, which is unbearable for education. ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi couldn't help frowning slightly, and reminded: "But the Jin people destroyed the Liao State. Last year, the two northern expeditions were all defeated, and the Jin people have seen through the reality of my Great Song Dynasty, and when they completely pacify the Liao State, they are afraid that they will wave their troops south. ”

"If it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, such barbarians are no different from Liao and Xia, just give a few coins and open the mutual market, and it will not be long before you will learn my Han language, read my sage poems, and learn my Huabang etiquette."

Xie Ding took this opportunity to educate Liu Qi: "Soldiers, murder weapons, saints have to use them as a last resort." Not to mention the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is the Liao and Xia countries in front of them, which have been reckless for many years, how are they doing now? The Liao State was destroyed by the Jin people, who had even more soldiers, and the Western Xia was about to be torn apart, and the country would not be the country. Although the Jin people were strong for a while, they would follow in the footsteps of Liao and Xia decades later. ”

Liu Qi was shocked when he heard this.

This is my own uncle, and it turned out to be the same idea.

Previously, in the Qingzhou army, he often talked with Nie Dong, Wei Da and others about Western Xia and the Jin people, and they all agreed that the Jin people would definitely go south.

The reason is very simple, there is a rich and thin and cowardly neighbor living next door, how can the barbaric golden man endure it?

And once the Jin people go south, with the current combat power of the Western Army, they will simply be used as a car.

Liu Qi retorted: "What should the Jin people do if they insist on going south? ”

"Don't worry about the sky, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, why didn't the Liao Kingdom go south every year."

Xie Ding said bitterly: "I know that you are dissatisfied with the matter of the New Year's coin, you grew up in the border army since you were a child, and you are contaminated with the spirit of the army, you have this idea, this is not your fault." But do you know that before the Tanyuan Alliance, the Liao people went south every year, the states of Hebei were shocked three times a day, the people in the north were struggling to make a living, and every time they fought, they spent millions of dollars. Five or six out of ten of the tax revenues from the treasury were spent on the battlefield. ”

"In comparison, the money is only a drop in the bucket. Why not exchange a few years of coins for a hundred years of recuperation? What's more, after the opening of the mutual market, with the help of businessmen, it will not take long to earn it back and make the people rich. ”

Liu Qi was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, now it is different from when Emperor Taizu was there. At that time, the Great Song Dynasty was built at the beginning of the war, and there were many generals, and they were all veterans of a hundred battles, and the land of Hebei was guarded by the Jingsai army of the Tang Dynasty. But now it is different, the forbidden army and the box army in various states have long been eroded and are unbearable for a war, only the western army still has the strength to fight. ”

"But last year, there were two Northern Expeditions, and the Western Army suffered heavy losses, and there was not one out of ten. Although another 100,000 soldiers were recruited, they were all recruits who had never been on the battlefield and had little combat power. How can you stop the golden man who is like a wolf and a tiger? ”

Last year, the 100,000 elite Western troops couldn't defeat the Liao, and now it is a pipe dream to rely on a group of recruits to block the Jin people who slaughtered the Liao.

Xie Ding scolded: "Even if the Jin people go south, they will have their own generals such as Tong Guan and Seed Master Dao to deal with it, why do you need to worry about it?" ”

"I ......"

Liu Qi wanted to speak and stopped, with a hint of stubbornness in his helplessness.

"Alas!"

Xie Ding sighed and said softly: "I know that you like to join the army, but the Great Song Dynasty martial artist is not good, and your father is a living example." Studying for the imperial examination, it is the right way to enter the civil service. ”

It was the imperial examination again, Liu Qi was irritable when he heard it, and replied: "What can you do if you enter the office, uncle, you are the magistrate of a county, but you can govern the poverty of the people, in order to make money and his wife is scattered, sell land and sell land, but can't do anything?" ”

“……”

Xie Ding was silent.

When he said gold people and New Year's coins before, he had a lot of words.

But Liu Qi's words, every word is like a knife, it really poked him in the heart, and there is no way to refute the key.

After a while, Xie Ding slowly spoke, and said bitterly: "The official family...... was just deceived by the demagoguery of Wang Hao, Li Bangyan and other traitors. ”

Liu Qi pouted and said: "Uncle, don't deceive yourself, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, it is because today's official family is mediocre that there will be so many traitors above the court." ”

"Be careful!"

Xie Ding shouted.

Liu Qi was not convinced, and muttered: "You said that the county magistrate is an anti-thief, but under the rule of anti-thieves, it is countless times better than under the rule of the imperial court." The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials are clear and diligent, so it is better to let the county magistrate win the world! ”

"What do you say?"

Xie Ding's complexion changed greatly.

(End of chapter)