The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Huang Zhong called everyone to the backyard. In order not to disturb Xu's mother and Xu Ji's rest, he found a room in the south. Huang Zhong laid a mat in the house ahead of time, everyone took off their shoes and filed into the mat.

Xun Zhen sat in the center, Du Mai and Huang Zhong were on the left and right, and the rest were seated in order of their titles and ages.

Xun Zhen noticed that Du Mai was not in a good mood, so she knelt down on the seat, as if in a daze, frowning from time to time, and immediately asked, "Du Jun, did you rest last night?"

Du Mai regained his senses and replied, "Last night, taking advantage of the drunkenness, I slept until dawn. I had a good rest."

"Then why do you look a little sluggish?"

"..."

Xun Zhen looked at him, guessed what was on his mind, and asked, "But you are worried about what happened last night?"

"..., to be honest with Xun-Jun, I'm a little worried, I'm afraid it will be rumored."

Cheng Yan became dissatisfied and said, "Isn't it a good talk last night? Why is it repeated? Only us and Xu Zhong's cronies know about this. They certainly won't talk nonsense, and we won't talk, who can know? Will it be rumored?"

"I'm afraid Wu Gui,..."

Wu Gui's trouble, not only Du Mai and Huang Zhong thought about it, but Chen Bao also thought about it, but he was not worried and said, "As Xun Jun said, Wu Gui knew Xu Zhong's whereabouts but kept his mouth shut. If Zhong Yitian is not arrested, he will not want to leave the prison."

But it is exactly the same as Xun Zhen's solution.

Du Mai said: "That's what we said, but we are just a pavilion, and we have no right to detain criminals for a long time. If it is known by the county?"

Fanyang Pavilion is a wild pavilion, far away from the county government, but this does not mean that the county does not pay attention to it. Just like the postal supervisor in the county routinely inspects the counties, there are also rafters in the county who routinely inspect various townships, pavilions, and martial arts. There is absolutely no way to hide your imprisonment. It’s not bad if you can’t hide it, but if you don’t make it right, the county will send someone to take Wu Gui to the county center for questioning. By then, isn't everything revealed?

Chen Bao said: "The prison is dirty and smelly, and the rafters usually never go in when they inspect our pavilion. Lao Du, if you are worried that Wu Gui will be taken to the county, you can tell him when the time comes. It's something else, isn't it over?"

"I'm afraid I can't hide it."

Chen Bao said: "Wugui is a country scoundrel with a very bad reputation. If the county rafters ask him, it's really not good, let's tell the truth, only if he breaks into the widow's door at night, he will only be locked for ten days and a half months. Minute."

"It's okay to detain him for ten days and a half months, but what about in the future? Can he be detained in the pavilion all the time? Sooner or later, he will be released."

Chen Bao said with a smile: "People like Wu Gui can bully widows and orphans if they bully the weak and fear the tough, and imprison him for ten and a half days, slowly rectify him, and then let him go later. Don't dare to talk nonsense! ... Besides, we don't know if he heard what happened last night, Lao Du, why guess it?"

Xun Zhen called them here to discuss "preparing the bandits", not to discuss how to solve the trouble of Wu Gui. After listening to them arguing a few words, he had his own opinion and smiled: "What Du Jun is worried about is justified, what A Bao said is justified. Makes sense. But it seems to me that you all forgot one thing."

Du Mai and Chen Bao asked, "What's the matter?"

"The protagonist last night was not us, but Xu Zhong."

Du Mai and Chen Bao were immediately stunned. Cheng Yan didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean?"

"In order to save his mother, Xu Zhong dared to come to see us alone; in order to help him, his cronies dared to gather a crowd to attack the pavilion. Even if Wu Gui heard what happened last night, unless he died, how could he talk nonsense?"

Xu Zhong and his cronies are both "suicidal and angry" people. Even if Wu Gui heard what happened last night, if he dared to tell the truth, if nothing else, only Xu Zhong would not let him go. —Although Wu Gui is a rogue, he is considered a first-class light chivalrous person. He must know Xu Zhong and others very well, and he will not miss this level. Therefore, as Xun Zhen said: unless he is dead, he will not dare to talk nonsense, and he will keep his mouth shut.

It was precisely because of this thought that Xun Zhen didn't care about "Wu Gui" and didn't think he was a trouble.

Huang Zhong, Chen Bao, Cheng Yan and others all said: "What Xun Jun said is very true."

"What do you think Du Jun?"

"After listening to what Xunjun said, I thought too much."

"Then let's get down to business?"

"I was going to ask Xun Jun to call me to come, why?"

"Last year, when there was a big epidemic, thieves swarmed and hid in the mountains and forests. In winter, they might plunder the pavilion. Since I am the pavilion chief, I have the responsibility to protect one side. Now in September, it is time to repair the five soldiers, learn to ride and shoot, and to When preparing for the winter bandits. The day before yesterday, Mr. Huang had this discussion, because he was busy with Xu Zhong’s case and had no time to worry about it.

Cheng Yan slapped his thigh abruptly, and the first one agreed, saying, "That's how it should be!"

Huang Zhong also said: "Last year, there were a lot of people who died of the epidemic. Not to mention poor families, some middle families sold their houses and lost their property because of funeral arrangements. Compared with the nearby pavilions, this pavilion is still relatively good, even if In this way, dozens of households have also broken their homes. There are people in Chunli, Beiping, and Nanping who have abandoned their homes and left, and don’t know where they went.”

Chen Bao said: "As long as those who abandon their homes and go far, nine times out of ten, they gather in the grass and become thieves. Today is still warm and there are many pedestrians on the road. They can still walk on the road of robbery. There is a possibility of looting the countryside. . . Last year, the neighboring pavilion was looted by thieves.”

Du Mai was "begging for theft", and in the field of public security, he was Xun Zhen's first deputy. Xun Zhen asked him, "What do you think Du Jun?"

Du Mai had no objection and said, "If Xun-Jun doesn't say anything, I'll make a proposal sooner or later. I just don't know what Xun-Jun's constitution is like?"

"When Zheng Jun was here, what was the charter?"

"When Mr. Zheng was there, people were drawn according to the li. There are six li in this pavilion. According to the number of resident Ding Zhuang, a different number of strong people were drawn from each li, as many as ten people, as little as seven or eight people. ... Last year, a total of More than fifty people were organized, and they just formed a team."

In the army, the minimum is "Wu", five people and one "Wu", two "Wu" and one "Wu", and five "Wu" and one team. A team of fifty people.

Only organized more than fifty people? This was a little different from what Xun Zhen expected.

He pondered and said, "There are more than ten people selected from each li, as many as seven or eight, is it a little less?"

"What does Xun Jun mean?"

"There are more than 1,000 residents in this pavilion, scattered among six miles, and only 50 people are smoked. What's the use? Last year, the epidemic was serious, and the situation this winter is severe. I thought it would be better to smoke more people."

"Drink more?"

"How about pumping a ton?"

Two "teams" and one "tun", each with a hundred people up and down. That is, twice as many as last year. Du Mai said hesitantly: "Yitun? Is it a bit too much?"

Huang Zhong said: "Xunjun doesn't know something. It is a hard task to recruit and practice. Last year, the more than 50 people were barely able to make it up. I am afraid that it will be very difficult to double and double."

"This year is not as good as last year. Last year was just a big epidemic, and this year, the thieves have already become a reality. If there is a large number of thieves looting, how can a mere fifty people keep the local peace?"

"That being said, I'm afraid that the residents of Tingbu will not be able to understand Xun Jun's kindness."

"Otherwise, you have to work hard and persuade the chiefs of each li. If you really don't have enough recruits, you can recruit as many as you want. In short, the more the better. How?"

"That's all it takes."

After setting the target for the number of people to gather, Xun Zhen asked again, "How did you train last year?"

It was Du Mai who replied, "We gather to practice once every five days, once for half a day. According to each person's strengths, they are divided into infantry and bow and arrow.

Practice once every five days, once for half a day. There are only three days of training in a month, what can this be done? According to Xun Zhen, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is best to practice every day, but this is obviously impossible. Even if the farming is slack, the common people are not soldiers after all. If they come every day, it will take less than two days for them to complain. So even if you can't practice every day, at least once every two or three days? But now is not the time to talk about this, he didn't mention it either, just asked: "How many foot fights? How many bows and arrows?"

"Most of them are on foot, and there are less than ten people with bows and arrows."

"How do you calculate the food for training?"

"Part of it was prepared by the head of Guizhou, and part of it was financed by wealthy households in various li."

"The rich?"

"It's mainly the Feng family."

"Oh!"

The Feng family is the richest in Ben Ting. The more money they have, the more they are afraid of thieves, and the more they care about training and guarding against winter bandits. Cheng Yan interrupted and said, "The Feng family not only provides rice and grain to help prepare for bandits in the pavilion, but they also organize their disciples and slaves to practice the same way, and they practice more actively than we do. We practice every five days. Every three days."

"How many disciples and slaves are there in the Feng family organization?"

"Every year is different. Last year, there were more than a dozen people. When the green and yellow were not picked up in March this year, his family took the opportunity to buy a lot of land and received a lot of apprentices. It is estimated that there will be a little more this year."

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "I wanted to visit Feng's house for a long time, but I was entangled by Xu Zhong and had no time to spare. Now I can take advantage of 'training and preparing for bandits' to visit his house." He thought about it. To establish a foothold locally, it is not enough to only get the support of Qingxia, but also to have the support of large households. But going to the Feng family is not in a hurry.

After getting a general understanding of last year's situation, he said: "The road ahead is the same as the back. Since last year's regulations are in place, this year will continue to be the same. Gentlemen, let's go down to each li and notify the chiefs of each li? ... Remember, be sure to Explain clearly the difference between this year and last year, and strive to recruit enough."

All agreed in unison.