"Lord Wang, the bull is not fighting."

Inside the Yanwang Mansion.

Zhao Ding's order had just gone down not long ago.

Zhang San's voice had already sounded from outside the door.

Listening to the sound outside the door, Zhao Ding slowly raised his head.

Although he was idle during this time, Zhao Ding was not idle, and Zhao Chongyuan did not completely cut off his contact with the outside world, so Zhao Ding asked Zhang San to send a message back to Youzhou and asked Hu San to send a few henchmen over.

Glancing at the sky outside the window, Zhao Ding rubbed his eyebrows, stood up, looked out of the house and shouted, "Come in." ”

"Yes."

Zhang San's voice sounded outside the door.

With this voice fell.

The closed door creaked.

Being pushed away from the outside in.

Two figures stepped through the threshold and walked in slowly.

One is emaciated, and the other is a man with five big and three thick.

These two people are none other than Zhang San and Niu Bu.

"Here we are."

Seeing Niu Budou walking in with Zhang San, Zhao Ding shouted, and then pointed to the chair next to him and ordered, "Sit down." ”

"Yes."

Niu Budou didn't dare to be careless, and stepped forward and sat with Zhang Sanyi on Zhao Ding's left and right.

"How's going on in Youzhou?"

Zhao Ding asked.

Now is the critical period of that calculation, and he is naturally a little uneasy when he is not in Youzhou.

Hearing Zhao Ding mention this, Niu Budou's rude face showed a hint of a sincere smile, and he grinned: "Back to the prince, everything is fine, with Hu San's housekeeper here, when our Youzhou Army and the Northern Liang Army confronted each other, we didn't suffer any losses." ”

"Be careful, don't really get angry."

Zhao Ding reminded.

"That's nature."

Niu Bu fought noncommittally, "At the moment, although our Youzhou Army and the Huwei Army of Beiliang are facing each other, we are all restrained, even if there are dead and wounded, they are basically those wastes from the death row camp."

It's kind of waste utilization. ”

Speaking of this, Niu Budou couldn't help but snort softly.

The people in the Youzhou death row camp are basically the mountain bandits and rogues who used to run rampant in the township with the power of the Qian family and the Tian family in Youzhou.

At present, the Tian family and the Qian family have fallen.

These monkeys had no backers, so they were naturally all put on death row.

Damn it, kill it.

Basically, I didn't feel distressed, and I was very relieved.

"That'll do."

Zhao Ding nodded, and then asked, "What about Yang Hu?" ”

"Don't worry, Old Man Yang eats and drinks well in our Youzhou, and Steward Hu doesn't treat him badly at all."

Niu Budou smiled honestly, and then added: "When the villain came, I heard that Old Man Yang was taking his group of disciples and grandchildren to improve the military crossbow for us. ”

"Really?"

Zhao Ding raised his eyebrows and asked with some curiosity.

But there is joy in the bottom of the eyes.

It seems that Hu San's coaxing tricks have done a good job, and they have already achieved initial results.

Although Yang Hu was entrusted by Xiao Dingxuan to bring people to Daqian and Youzhou, he was basically doing the work of improving the art of smelting, but he didn't say that he Zhao Ding improved the military crossbow for him.

Now that he has taken the initiative to improve the crossbow, it seems that Yang Hu is really a great favor to him.

No!

To be precise, Youzhou has a certain recognition!

"That's nature."

Niu Budou patted his chest and said, "In the past, the military crossbow you made, due to the restrictions of our smelting technique in Youzhou, although the power is good, it is always stuck, or the purity of the crossbow body pig iron is not enough to be too brittle and easy to break, and the consumption of iron ore has always been very large.

But now that Old Man Yang has improved the purity of the iron tools, not to mention that the card and crossbow body are easy to break, there are no other minor problems. ”

Speaking of military crossbows, Niu Budou grinned.

Obviously, he was also extremely satisfied with Yang Hu's initially improved crossbow.

"That's a real joy."

Zhao Ding grinned.

With a war imminent, any improvement in weapons will be unimaginably powerful on the battlefield.

With Yang Hu's improved Lianzhu Anger, he was more confident about the next big battle in his heart.

After a few simple small talks.

After asking some things about Youzhou.

Zhao Ding turned his head to look at Niu Budou and said, "This time, how many people have you brought from Youzhou?" ”

Listening to Zhao Ding ask about the matter, Niu Budou also put away the joke on his face, and said respectfully: "Back to the prince, there are forty-six people in total, and according to your requirements, they are all good players selected from the Kuizi camp." ”

The Kuizi Battalion was the first army formed by Zhao Ding in Youzhou, and they were all good at killing them from the sea of corpses and blood, whether it was charging into battle or spying on intelligence.

"Forty-six?"

Zhao Ding muttered to himself.

Although this manpower is not much, it is enough, and if these people are the commanders, and some people from the Inner Mansion Division are enough.

At present, the battle of Youzhou is imminent, and the elites of the Kuizi battalion can still be mobilized less.

"Give the list to the bull and don't fight."

Zhao Ding looked at Zhang San on the side and ordered.

"It's the prince."

Zhang San replied respectfully.

Then he took out a stack of rosters from his sleeve and handed it to Niu Budou.

"What is this?"

Looking at the roster in front of him, Niu Budou frowned, and looked at Zhao Ding with an inquiring look.

Zhao Ding explained: "This time I asked you to come from Youzhou to let you do something for this king.

What is recorded in this roster is the list of impostors in this imperial examination, which was preliminarily investigated by the people of the prefecture department in the capital.

Most of them are from big families, and some of them are from local gentry.

Your task is very simple, that is, to give me a clear investigation of all the family backgrounds of these people before the start of this imperial examination.

And then this king. ”

"Yes, lord."

Niu Budou responded respectfully, and the look on his face gradually became solemn.

Obviously understand what that means.

This year is the first year of the reform of the national eunuch of the prince of his own family, and this happened as a result, if it is not spread out, it is fine, once it is spread, it will ruin the reputation of the prince of his own family.

Originally, because of the reform of the country's eunuchs, the good reputation that was exchanged for opening up a way for the children of the poor and ordinary people to rise will eventually turn into infamy.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, the background of these people, Lao Niu, I will definitely investigate it for you."

Niu Budou said a little indignantly, and then couldn't help but scold: "Damn, such a bastard, such a mongrel from a big family, he has gained so many benefits, and he is not satisfied, see how Lao Tzu cleans them up." ”

For these big families, Niu Budou has one hundred and eighty dissatisfaction in his heart.

If it weren't for Zhao Ding, he would have died in the mountains of Youzhou.

Lao Niu, I not only have to check the bottom tone for them, but I will also turn them out for the eight generations of my ancestors. ”

Niu Budou scolded and scolded.

Hearing this, Zhao Ding also grinned: "Coincidentally, this king really needs you to investigate the eight generations of their ancestors for me, and not only to investigate them, but also to investigate their relationships and connections."

There are officials in the family.

There is no official in the family.

There were officials in the family ancestors.

There was no official in the family.

There are officials in the family ancestors, but no one is an official in modern times.

There are officials in the family ancestors, but no one is an official in modern times, and the family is gradually declining.

These different ingredients, you all have to investigate for me. ”

Zhao Ding commanded word by word.

Listening to Zhao Ding's bunch of bells and whistles, Niu Budou and Zhang San were both stunned.

Zhang San may be okay, Niu is directly stunned if he doesn't fight.

Scratching his head, he looked at Zhao Ding with a sneer: "Lord Wang, what did you just say, can you tell Lao Niu again, I don't remember Lao Niu." ”

This is really not to blame Niu Bu Dou, but the words in this paragraph are indeed a bit tongue-twisting, especially Niu Bu Dou is still a rough person who doesn't know a big word, and he is a little dizzy.

"The specific classification, I have asked the green peach to prepare for you, you go to investigate one by one according to the classification provided by the green peach for you, and then classify it, and the rest of the things will be done by this king."

Zhao Ding laughed and commanded.

While he was speaking, Green Peach had already walked in from outside the door.

handed the notes prepared by Zhao Ding in advance to Niu Budou one by one, and at the same time there was a waist card of the captain of the Inner Mansion Division.

It is used by those who dispatch the internal government division.

Although Niu Budou was still a little stunned, he saw that Lu Tao had already handed over the things, so he subconsciously put them away.

Then I saw Zhao Ding take out a silver ticket of five thousand taels from his sleeve and throw it over, but seeing that Niu Budou didn't know a word, Zhao Ding still said with a smile: "This is a silver ticket of five thousand taels, you take it down, give each of the forty-five brothers from Youzhou one hundred taels as travel expenses, and you can take the rest yourself." ”

"Eh, this can't be done, this can't be done."

Seeing Zhao Ding say this, Niu Budou hurriedly shirked it, "Lord Wang, let's eat and drink yours, even your life is yours, how dare you ask for your silver ticket."

The cost of the road is simple, we are all rough people, and one person can bring some coarse bread when he goes on the road.

None of this is needed. ”

"If you want to take it, you can take it, so many words."

Zhao Ding glared and said, "You give me an errand, I will give you a good job, and this is an extra tolerance, naturally I can't ask you to pay, besides, this time I went out to investigate people's backgrounds, and there are places everywhere that need to be checked."

It is convenient for you to have this money with you. ”

"If the prince asks you to take it, you can take it, if there are so many words."

Zhang San said on the side.

"Brother Niu, if you don't want it, I'll want it."

Green Peach pursed her lips and smiled.

Listening to Zhang San say this, and then listening to Lu Tao's ridicule, Niu Budou scratched his scalp honestly.