Chapter 44: The Mind
Zhang Xiao is very busy and irritable these days.
Zhang Xiao's sleep time was no more than three or four hours, and the time to practice martial arts was even less than the time to sleep.
Because there are too many government affairs to deal with every day, there are so many that Zhang Xiao can't keep busy.
Zhang Xiao even had an urge to slash his hands to death.
The reason is very simple, the last time Zhang Xiao included teenagers under the age of fifteen, although the mind cannot be said to be a blank paper, but there is indeed not so much dirt, Zhang Xiao can be smeared at will. But this time, Zhang Xiao included a variety of beggar gang disciples, all ages, from seventy-year-old people to four or five-year-old children.
Zhang Xiao originally needed to govern only 200 people at most (Zhao Jintong was in charge of the captives in Hutou Village, and Zhang Xiao didn't care at all), but now Zhang Xiao now has more than 3,000 people.
With more people comes more natural problems.
Unless Zhang Xiao directly cuts the mess again and hacks all his "subordinates" to death, he has to slowly straighten out these problems.
Fortunately, a few months ago, when Zhang Xiao was in Luoyang City, he killed all those beggar leaders, and the bloody scene, the current beggars still remember, and the effect of "killing Liwei" lasted for a few days.
Because of that bloody lesson, the beggars in Luoyang City naturally would not be afraid, so those beggars were generally honest.
Therefore, for Zhang Xiao's policy, not many people dare to "resist".
But just because they're compliant doesn't mean there will be fewer problems.
If nothing else, a mere issue of eating is not a trivial matter.
If Zhang Xiao allows his beggar gang leader to starve to death, then it won't be long before the beggar gang will fall apart.
If you want to talk about money, Zhang Xiao is really not bad for money.
Zhang Xiao's property seized from Hutou Village was about 60,000 taels of silver, which was a lot, and it was estimated that it could be exchanged for about 200,000 taels if it was exchanged for grain.
On paper, this food is enough to feed his subordinates for a lifetime.
But realistically, it's not the same thing at all.
First of all, what Zhang Xiao wants to set up is a gang, not a charitable organization, although these "gangs" of his own can inquire for information for themselves, but it seems that this is the only use.
Because the teenagers were taken away by Zhang Xiao last time, most of the current beggar disciples are disabled and elderly, and Su zhì can be said to be unsightly, there are basically no life skills except begging, and it is estimated that the life of a beggar is a beggar.
Of course, it is not a big problem to let Zhang Xiao let them live for the rest of their lives, because Zhang Xiao is "not bad for money".
But the most important question is, why does Zhang Xiao want to raise them? Zhang Xiao is not Yang Guang, the Yang Emperor of Sui, and he needs to worry about his natural life.
Taking a step back, even if Zhang Xiao is missing a string in his head and wants to support them with his own strength, he can't do it, but the bigger problem is that Yang Xuan has raised troops.
Yang Xuangan's rebellion and the exhibition of the beggar gang do not seem to have much to do with it, but in fact they are almost inevitably related.
Yang Xuangan raised troops, then it means that the world is in real chaos, it means that the people are not living, and it means that countless civilians will become beggars.
If before, most of the poor people could still live, Yang Xuangan's army meant that countless people would be cut off from life.
Countless people have been cut off from their livelihoods, which means that they will become beggars.
Therefore, Zhang Xiao does not have to worry about the "quality" of the disciples of the beggar gang at all, and with the further expansion of the military disaster, the beggar gang will also expand.
Even if Zhang Xiao's estimate is conservative, there will be more than 10,000 beggars in Luoyang City in the future.
What's more, Zhang Xiao set up the Beggar Gang to promote it to all parts of the country.
Even if Zhang Xiao is rich, he can't afford this flower.
However, Zhang Xiao originally let these beggars find a way to support themselves, and taught people and fish, it is better to teach people to fish, and Zhang Xiao does not understand the truth.
Zhang Xiao will never let the beggar gang not become a gang that relies on charity.
Fortunately, Zhang Xiao lacks everything, but there is no shortage of ways to make money.
In fact, these days, Luoyang City has an additional profession - a storyteller, setting up a table to tell people about Zhang Xiao's changed "Condor Heroes", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other storytelling.
Recently, theft cases in Luoyang City have been on the rise - there are other things that can be done by chasing the wind and shadowing the body.
In the darkness, two shady organizations called the "Killer Guild" and the "Thieves Guild" were gradually established in Luoyang City.
There is no need to elaborate on more things, in short, the tentacles of the beggar gang gradually spread to the entire Luoyang City.
But it is not easy to teach people and fish, because their own subordinates are too "ignorant".
Not to mention anything else, among his subordinates, only a dozen are literate, less than one percent.
Teaching even the simplest things is a hassle.
Moreover, the su zhì of these subordinates is even more of a big problem.
Because they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are not even a few young and strong.
In fact, if it is really young and strong, Zhang Xiao doesn't want it even more, because the able-bodied young man is still a beggar - then he is too lazy.
In the end, Zhang Xiaona was really a big one among the short ones, and he tried his best to select useful "talents" from these old, weak, sick and disabled beggars.
In fact, Zhang Xiao has really succeeded, many of the elderly and disabled beggars are "veterans", and some are craftsmen and old farmers.
Although most of these people can't do work and can't hold guns, at least they still have experience and can be used.
Most of the children under the age of ten were handed over by Zhang Xiao to Wang Shishi to take care of, and they would not be allowed to beg. Because Zhang Xiao firmly believes that no matter when the child thinks about the future.
Of course, the reason why beggars become beggars is that in addition to having no way to live, some people simply do it because they are lazy.
For such people who eat and wait for death, Zhang Xiao's attitude is that he will start to "educate" first, not to "educate" with sticks, and then drive him out of Luoyang City.
This is sometimes overbearing, but there is nothing wrong with it.
As Zhang Xiao dealt with these government affairs in an orderly manner, the shadow left by Dugufeng to Zhang Xiao faded little by little, and in the end, only a vague shadow remained.
Therefore, Zhang Xiao can already use the sword again.
It's a pity that because the "shadow" has not been completely removed, the power of Zhang Xiao's swordsmanship has been greatly reduced, and he hesitates when he comes out of the sword.
But no matter what, Zhang Xiao can at least wield it.
More importantly, Zhang Xiao initially formed his own "mental method".
The so-called heart method is actually not so magical, for example, the well-known moon heart method in the well, which refers to the fact that when the mind is concentrated like the moon in the well, every movement around you is as clear as the reflection in the well. Just like the moon in the well, when you throw a pebble into the well water, your spirit will also move with the movement of the outside world like the moon in the well.
Whether it is the "Flower Wanderer" mental method of the Flower Sect or the "Replenishing Heaven and Killing Heart" mental method of mending the heavens, they are all extremely clever, but the problem is that no matter how good these mental methods are, they do not belong to Zhang Xiao.
Everyone, because of their different experiences and personalities, will naturally derive different mental methods.
Zhang Xiao's mental method is still rudimentary, and it is not even systematic, but the general core is the word "knowledge".
Zhang Xiao's mental method is probably the meaning of "I know, so I have to do it, so I can improve".
Although Zhang Xiao's mental method has not yet completely become a system, it is not far from that day.
(There's a shift at about half past ten, don't blame me for being too slow, getting off work too late every day, and then even if I work hard, it will be after nine o'clock.) In addition, ask for some rewards, ask for recommendations, and ask for some collections. )
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