Rangers of the Three Kingdoms: Volume 3

By Hu Bao

The three kingdoms will rise, who will fight, and see how I can achieve my own hegemony in this chaotic world. The world is filled with beauties, can it be settled by both sides?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Nov 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781647593407

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CHAPTER 201

What? A hundred thousand? You people must be crazy to think of money, one hundred thousand can buy five lecherous girls in Luoyang. " Liang Tian could not help but shout out. It was not because he cared about money, but because he felt that this shopkeeper was too despicable, to actually use his own concubinage s to set up a trap.

Fine, how much did you guys say it was? Mr. Clerk looked at the shopkeeper and turned to ask.

At most twenty thousand gold, it is enough for your shopkeeper to buy another concubinage. Liang Tian stretched out two of his fingers and said angrily.

No, our shopkeeper has lost face, how can we stay in Luoyang in the future? No matter what, you have to compensate me. At least eighty thousand gold!" Mr. Clerk was also an expert in bargaining, he refused to let go.

That won't do. We'd rather go to the officials. Liang Tian shook his head and turned to leave.

"We will each take a step back. Sixty thousand. If you still don't agree to it, we will call the officials. You won't be able to go anywhere by then. Even if it's just your fur, it's still worth sixty thousand gold coins. The Mr. Clerk pulled Liang Tian and said angrily.

Alright, sixty thousand! Liang Tian and Dong Jian exchanged glances, they could see the cold killing intent in each other's eyes. Walking out of East Gate Inn, not only were Liang Tian and Dong Jian angry, even the soldiers were furious. Ever since they joined the Lord General, how could they have suffered such humiliation? If they didn't get back at the Lord General, even if he found out, he would probably laugh at them.

Brother Liang Tian, we can't let this go on, if we don't kill this shopkeeper, it will be hard to quell the hatred in my heart! Just as he was walking on the Luoyang street, Dong Jian said angrily. You will bring the caravan to continue towards Chang'an, and after I get rid of the shopkeeper, I will come to chase you all away. "

We definitely can't let him go! However, taking his life is too easy, I want him to live a life worse than death! Liang Tian clenched his teeth and said fiercely. For bandits like them who were secretly doing business, if they wanted to kill that storekeeper in secret, it would be as easy as flipping their palm. However, if they did that, they wouldn't be able to gain anything from it. Brother Dong Jian, didn't we want to open an inn in the Luoyang? I think that East Gate Inn is pretty good. "

Understood. Dong Jian nodded his head, and suddenly revealed a sinister smile: The shopkeeper's concubinage looks pretty good too, didn't he say we would kidnap his concubinage? If we don't get that concubinage, we won't be able to get anything on our backs.

Hehe, that concubinage does have some looks. If you like it, it's yours. Liang Tian could not help but laugh, his mood becoming a lot better. What are you preparing to do? Have you decided on a move?

If you want to obtain his inn and his concubinage, you must make him bankrupt. But, if we want to lure him in and take too long into consideration, it's impossible for us to stay in the Luoyang for long periods of time. Dong Jian thought for a while, then said hatefully: The only way is to get him into a lawsuit."

Right, didn't he want us to go to court? Let's fight back and let the officials take care of him for us. Liang Tian relaxed his eyebrows, and smiled: After we leave the Luoyang, let the convoy continue moving towards the Chang'an, the two of us will secretly return to the Luoyang, and after we obtain the East Gate Inn and your concubinage, we will head to the Chang'an.

The dark night slowly pulled apart. The sky was as thick as ink, but not a single crescent moon or star could be seen. Occasionally, a shooting star would streak across the night sky with a hint of coldness. It was late in the night, and Luoyang City's oil lamp was like a firefly flying far away.

On the south street of Luoyang City, there was a large courtyard. The person who lived there was called Wang Chen. It was already deep into the night, and the houses and trees in the yard had all turned blurry. Occasionally, there would be a bark or two, but it quickly disappeared into the night.

Deep in the night, a few round objects suddenly flew into the yard from outside the wall. The two big dogs immediately jumped on them. They were actually a few delicious meat buns. They instinctively stopped barking and started to eat the meat buns.

After about an hour, the two big dogs were motionless on the ground, and the yard became even quieter.

Two shadows, clad in tight suits, rolled over the wall and landed lightly on the ground. There was almost no sound. The two shadows looked around. One of them waved his hand, and the two shadows started to move towards the backyard.

The two shadows skillfully climbed up a small building. It was the most exquisite building in the courtyard. The two shadows quickly entered the room and opened the cabinet, revealing bright jewelry and gold ingots. Without a word, they picked up the two small bags and placed the jewelry and the gold ingot into each of the two bags.

The door was gently closed, and the courtyard was still as quiet as before. Everyone was deep in their dreams. Two shadows floated down from the second floor, one after the other, returning along the same path. Finally, they disappeared into the boundless night.

East Gate Inn's shopkeeper was in an exceptionally good mood. After using just a little bit of methods, she obtained sixty thousand gold, which caused him to wake up laughing several times last night. Even though his inn had a large courtyard and a good location, he did not manage well, so she could not earn sixty thousand a year.

Peng peng peng …

A hurried knock on the door interrupted his dream. He wanted to curse, but the sound of the knock was too domineering, too fierce, as if it were a tough spot he could not afford to provoke. He hurriedly got dressed and got out of bed, but he did not expect that a group of bailiffs would already rush in.

My lords, what is the matter? The shopkeeper was so scared that he trembled and hurriedly went up and asked. This fellow usually did nothing good, but when he saw the government, he felt a little guilty.

What is it? Master Fa Cao's house was stolen. Someone saw the thief coming to your inn. That bailiff glared at the storekeeper fiercely and waved his hand abruptly. Search!"

Those yamen runners who were like tigers and wolves started searching the East Gate Inn without a word. In a short period of time, the East Gate Inn was in a total mess. The yamen runners emptied their cabinets and hid whatever they saw into their clothes.

It was the employees of the tavern who had been following the constables in their search. However, when they saw the constables take something from their pockets, they only waited for them to not pay attention before putting the clothes and other things into their pockets. In any case, it was a bargain, he would not take it for granted.

What is this? The lead yamen runner didn't go out to search like the lackeys, but rather to search the storekeeper's room. He found a large cabinet that was locked and couldn't help but feel happy.

This is my till. The storekeeper couldn't help but grumble inwardly. If this storekeeper opened the storehouse and the bailiffs saw the money but they were no different from a leech seeing blood, he would at least be broke.

Open! The leading bailiff resisted the joy in his heart as he coldly ordered. Even if he couldn't find anything, as long as he opened his till, he wouldn't be able to get away empty-handed.

Although the shopkeeper was unwilling, he didn't dare to offend the bailiffs. He slowly took out the key from his pocket and walked towards the cabinet. Perhaps it was because his heart was aching so much that his hands could not help but tremble when he unlocked the cabinet. This made the leading bailiff even more suspicious.

Ah …

The moment the door was opened, not only were the bailiffs surprised, but even the storekeeper himself was shocked and couldn't help but call out. There were dozens of jewelry lying in his till. He even suspected that he was seeing things. He couldn't help but rub his eyes, but the gem was still there. He stretched out his hand in disbelief to see what was going on.

Don't move! The leader of the constables was overjoyed. He had caught more than ten strings of jewelry that had been lost by Master Fa Cao! He turned around and shouted to the bailiffs, Tie him up! Don't let that thief escape!

Ah, my lord, I was wrongly accused. I didn't know there would be jewelry in the cupboard. The storekeeper was truly frightened. Putong! He knelt on the ground and kowtowed with all his might. He knew in his heart that these jewels were definitely not his. Even if he jumped to the Yellow River, he would not be able to wash them away.

You are innocent? Then why are these jewels in your till? The leading bailiff coldly laughed and glared at the storekeeper, Then tell me, why is this gem in your cupboard?"

Yeah, why is it in my closet? The shopkeeper was confused as well. How did he know about the jewelry?

Tell me, where did you put the other thirty gold ingots? The leading bailiff suddenly shouted.

What gold ingot? Where do I have gold ingots? " The shopkeeper hurriedly asked in fear.

You're still pretending? The leading bailiff looked at the storekeeper with disdain, and coldly said, Not only has Senior Fa Cao's home stolen sixteen beads, he has also stolen thirty-six gold ingots. Tell me, where did you hide the gold ingot?"

Heavens … The storekeeper's body swayed a few times before collapsing on the ground.

He waved to the constables and said, Surround the entire inn and don't call anyone else out.

Stop, this is the yamen. Who told you to barge in randomly? Zhang Xiang brought a few servants and crossed the street. Just as he walked through the main entrance of the yamen, he was stopped by a few yamen runners.

Zhang Xiang laughed, unhurriedly took out a large amount of money from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of every gatekeeper. Various officials, I heard that the yamen confiscated the East Gate Inn and is currently selling it. I want to buy it, and I need your help. "

Sure, sure. The gatekeeper immediately changed his smiling face and pointed towards the courtyard. This matter is being handled by the scribe Lieutenant. There are many people who want to buy it. You have to hurry. I'll lure you there.

Thank you. Zhang Xiang nodded, and followed in with a few servants.

The scribe was a skinny middle-aged man. Upon hearing that Zhang Xiang wanted to buy the East Gate Inn, he spoke in an official tone, "There are a lot of people wanting to buy the East Gate Inn now. You should go back and wait.

My lord, I've heard that the lieutenant asked you to do this job. Selling who doesn't sell who, isn't that just you? Zhang Xiang smiled and bowed towards the scribe.

You can't say that. I still have to listen to the lieutenant. scribe looked up at Zhang Xiang, picked up the cup on the table, and ignored Zhang Xiang, as he was sending him off.

Lord, this is just a small matter. I have no respect for you, please accept it. Zhang Xiang was already prepared. He let the servant carry up a carriage and place it in front of scribe, then opened the lid.

CHAPTER 202

Ah … scribe was startled, his eyes lit up. In front of him was a box of copper coins! He put down his glass and smiled awkwardly. What do you mean?

Master, then who is the East Gate Inn selling right now? As long as you nod your head, this matter will be settled. Zhang Xiang waved his hands, allowing the servants to leave.

Fine, I'll sell it to you. Then, he picked up a set of spongy silk s from the table. This is East Gate Inn's house and land deed, after you pay it, it will be yours. This morning, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang brought the biggest silk silk store owner, Wang Gong, to the Youzhou. From the moment came to the Guangyang County, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang had followed his instructions and went to the Black River Region to invite Wang Gong, and arranged to meet him today.

Greetings Lord General. Once Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang and Wang Gong walked into the hall, they respectfully kowtowed to Yang Lin. This was Wang Gong's first time meeting him, hence he was nervous yet excited to the point that he couldn't even speak.

Get up. Yang Lin laughed, and pointed to the seats on the side: Sit and talk.

After they exchanged greetings, Yang Lin clapped his hands and a few of his personal guards came out from the back of the hall. In each of their hands was a plate with three items on it: glass, matches, and books.

Gentlemen, what are these? Yang Lin smiled and waved his hand, letting the personal guards place the plates in front of them, allowing them to enjoy it.

The three of them immediately stood up and carefully examined these items. Although they had travelled far and wide and were experienced people, they were still dumbstruck when they saw these goods. Especially when the janissaries were demonstrating matches, they could hardly believe their eyes. Each of them struck a match with their own hands, but their faces were blank.

Lord General, what are these treasures? Su Shuang blinked his eyes and asked curiously.

Hehe … These are indeed treasures. Yang Lin walked over and introduced each and every one of them: This is a wine cup, water cup, and mirror made from glass. This is a match, and this is a book."

The wine cups and cups of this era were mostly made of porcelain and some of them were also made of copper, while the mirrors were mostly bronze. There were no matches at all, and the books were all copied by spongy silk or written in bamboo for a moment.

Lord General, you really have a lot of treasures. Wang Gong thought that Yang Lin was only there for them to admire, and couldn't help but sigh.

Hehe … How much do you think these treasures will be worth? " Yang Lin looked at the three of them, purposely teasing them.

Wang Gong's smile slowly disappeared, he immediately realized that the Lord General definitely lacked money and wanted to sell his and her treasures. It seemed that he was going to bleed, he cupped his hands towards Yang Lingong and solemnly said: Lord General's treasures are indeed priceless, I'm afraid no one can afford to buy them.

Oh … Do you also think that this is a priceless treasure? Yang Lin laughed, he obviously understood what Wang Gong meant, and picked up a few books. Mr. Wang Gong, these books are all Confucian classics, with a complete set of the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism. How much do you think this set is worth?

Wang Gong hesitated, it seemed that this Lord General truly wanted him to buy and sell these books. He also picked up a few books and flipped through them. He was quite fond of them since they were indeed good stuff. Since Lord General had opened his mouth, he had to bleed for sure. He gritted his teeth: "Lord General, these books are indeed beautiful, I don't know what kind of thing printed them. If the Lord General really wants to sell it, I will pay one million for each book, and a total of thirteen million to buy this set of books.

Hehe … Then I really am going to make a fortune. Seeing Wang Gong's nervous expression, Yang Lin could not help but laugh, and continue to tease him. Mr. Wang Gong, how many sets do you want?

Ah … Wang Gong almost fainted as he asked hurriedly: Are there a lot of them in Lord General?

To tell you guys the truth, I have as many of these treasures as you want. Yang Lin nodded his head affirmatively, then said seriously: Mr. Wang Gong is mistaken, the reason why I called you here today is not to sell these treasures to you, but to sell them to the entire country.

So that's how it is. Wang Gong laughed in embarrassment, picked up the book and flipped through it for a while, then raised his head and said: Lord General, if there are enough sets of books, each book will sell for ten thousand gold, and a set of books will sell for one hundred and thirty thousand gold, it's still easy to sell.

There were very few books in this era, and only a very small number of Scholars Clans had a few scrolls and bamboo books, which often became the heirloom of these great clans. This kind of printed and exquisite paper, as long as one side of the city, will certainly become a hot spot.

Not only are there enough of these books, but I also have other books, but for the time being I'm only selling this one. Mr. Wang Gong, I will sell the book to you at the price of 1000 each, and the entire set will at 13,000 each. You will manage it independently and sell it to the entire nation, what do you think?

Oh … Wang Gong was an expert in business, of course he could see the business opportunities involved, especially the exclusive one. This business was guaranteed, and he immediately revealed a smile and said: Thank you, Lord General, for the praise, I will take care of this business.

Very good! Yang Lin nodded, he turned and said to Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang: How about the two of you sell the glass and matches?

Yes sir! Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang looked at themselves as Yang Lin's subordinates and immediately agreed.

There's one thing you need to be careful of, and that is that during the trade, you will either collect food and spongy silk s, or collect gold and silver s and jewels. You absolutely cannot collect copper coins. These copper coins were all cast by the Emperor. When died, he started to forge his own money privately, his currency dropping greatly in value. It was useless to ask for those copper coins.

But Lord General, to move all those grains to Youzhou, how much would the freight have to be? After all, Wang Gong was a businessman. He immediately thought of the problem of costs.

How hard is that? If you guys are near the place, then transport the food and spongy silk back. If you guys are farther away, then transport the gold and silver and the jewels back. Yang Lin laughed and continued to speak: As for the way to sell it, I hope that you guys will implement the agency system. Yang Lin had already thought about this a long time ago, he wanted them to carry out a modern sales model: Each of you is the national general agent for a type of commodity, then you will recruit a state agent for each county, the state agent will recruit a county representative for each county, and the county agent will recruit a county representative for each county, and the county agent will sell the goods to the customers.

According to Yang Lin's method, each county had three types of commodity agents, and if they operated well, they would become local rich. Yang Lin's goal was to train a group of business people to lead the development of industry and commerce, making them into a new bourgeoisie, gradually developing capitalism and the market economy.

Whether it was Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, or Wang Gong, although they had done quite a bit of business, they had all bought them single-handedly, and sold them single-handedly. They simply did not think of how to sell them in the entire nation, and when Yang Lin said this, the three of them could not help but nod their heads. The autumn rain continued to fall as it sprinkled onto the faces of the passersby. Piles of dark gray misty clouds pressed low against the ground. It was late autumn, and the trees in the forest, which stretched as far as the eye could see, were bare. The old tree stood sullenly, letting the brown moss cover its wrinkles. In the merciless autumn, they stripped off their beautiful clothes and stood there, bald.

On the public road leading to Guangyang City, a group of more than 100 people were walking towards the Guangyang City. The mud on the public road was trampled by the horses' hooves until they had no choice but to slow down to avoid splashing mud onto their bodies.

These people were all riding on horses led by Guangyang County's big landlord, Liu Can. Behind him was his hanger-on, Xiao Yue, as well as his sons and their servants. They were about to rush to Guangyang to participate in Guangyang's meeting with the County Magistrate's History. Mr. Xiao Yue, tell me, why did the Lord General set this County Magistrate's History meeting to be held in the fall? "

I don't know either. He probably wants to make use of this year's harvest to dilute the squire's complaints towards the Guang Yang Tai Shou Jiang Li. Xiao Yue thought about it and replied cautiously.

Speaking of harvests, the yellow cloth army captive s this year have had quite a harvest. I estimate that they will not be short of food next year. Liu Can helplessly shook his head, and seemed to have some regrets as he said: That Lord General really has a solution, to force over a million yellow cloth army captive s to grow grain.

Master is right, I'm afraid the food problem won't be hard for them. Xiao Yue nodded, and continued to speak. According to the information I obtained, Lord General's food prices began to decline due to the high harvest rate in the various counties.

I have to admit, this Lord General is very powerful. In the outside world, he had beaten Urushion and fresh inferior into hiding. Since the beginning of the rebellion in the, he had never come here to cause trouble. On the inside, he forcefully split the Scholars and Wealthy Classes into small landlords, but not a single Scholars or Wealthy Classes jumped out to cause trouble, and even the Emperor and the ministers did not say anything. Liu Can shook his head and laughed bitterly.

Master, I think it's far more than that. I heard that in Xuan Tu, Yue Lang, East Liaoning Subordinate Country, Shang Gu, Dai County and other places, Lord General not only exterminated the local Hu people and Barbarian, they also took their women and property. Those Han Man and Han Hu mixed blood children were born. I think that in a few years, this Youzhou will probably become the world of Han Hu and Han Man.

Speaking to this point, Xiao Yue couldn't help but laugh. There were already many mixed bloods of Han Hu and Han Man in Youzhou, and these mixed bloods had extremely robust and beautiful appearances. To Han nationality, this kind of mixed blood might be a good thing.

As they walked, they chatted. When they were almost to the Guangyang City, they suddenly saw a group of homeless people, all dressed in tattered clothing, dragging their families and mouths, heading towards the Guangyang City from the south. Liu Can could not help but frown as he said in a bad mood, This year's nation did not suffer any major calamities, why are there still so many refugees?

Xiao Yue's eyes swept across the refugees, and he turned to Liu Can and said: From March to April of this year, Jizhou's Zhang Yan, Northern Region's Guo Tai, and Qingzhou's Guan Hai took the opportunity to attack Youzhou, Liang Zhou's Hu Ren, Barbarian's rebellion, and started to attack the xanthopanax's, white wave army's, and Qingzhou's army, respectively. They attacked the government, robbed the people, and caused the people to not live in peace, fleeing in all directions. But now that they have seen the peace and prosperity of the Youzhou, if they do not escape to the Youzhou, where can they go?

CHAPTER 203

Sigh … I don't know what's wrong with this big guy, but why is there so much internal trouble! Liu Can sighed to the sky and shook his head helplessly. No wonder the Emperor and the ministers let this Lord General come up with some tricks. It turns out they couldn't care less about the Youzhou!"

It's not that we can't care about Youzhou, I think as long as Youzhou doesn't revolt and pay taxes to the imperial government on time, the Emperor and the ministers wouldn't care about what Lord General is doing in Youzhou! Xiao Yue shook his head and continued: Old master, do you know? The leader of the Jizhou s, Zhang Yan, has harmed the various counties of the Jizhou. The imperial government has no choice but to comply with Zhang Yan's request and confer upon him the title of a mediocre general.

Oh my god, even bandits have been given the title of general! Is there even a law within a kingdom? The world became crazier and crazier, even Liu Can was a little afraid: I can see it now, in this world, whoever has the sword and spear will be the boss."

Master is right, I think Lord General saw through this long ago. As soon as he arrived at Youzhou, he destroyed all the rich and powerful families in Youzhou, and wanted to destroy the opposition forces in Youzhou. Take a look at the current Youzhou, which wealthy family can afford to have over a hundred servants? Saying that, Xiao Yue could not help but admire the Lord General.

But, why did he want to obtain so many County Magistrate's History s? We have to supervise the county and county officials and give them a sign of trust. Isn't that just giving him trouble? Liu Can looked at Xiao Yue and asked puzzledly.

The duty of the Youzhou's assassins is to supervise the county and county officials of the Youzhou, how can he supervise them all by himself? So he let the gentry supervise for him, and at no cost at all! Xiao Yue laughed strangely, and continued to speak: Master, I recently heard that the Guangyang City's few big business people are also moving around, they also want to run for censors, and have the support of a lot of people.

Mm … Liu Can's face immediately became ugly. He turned around and looked at Xiao Yue, and said angrily: Since ancient times, Saints have divided the people of this world into Scholar, Farmer, Worker, and Trader. This merchant is of the last class, even if the Lord General speaks highly of them, I do not believe that the Gentlemen will choose a merchant to be their censors.

Old master, you must not be careless. The merchants lived in the city, and they knew the government better, and they were shrewd, cunning, and very good at buying people's hearts. They sell matches, glass, paper, newspapers, and other things that are unique to them, so the gentry are on good terms with them. In the end, Xiao Yue was still young and was very sensitive to these new things.

Sigh … This is truly an immortal experience! Liu Can let out a long sigh, and said with a bitter face: Even if they elected the merchants, what can we do? Didn't you just say it? Even bandits could be conferred the title of generals by the imperial government, so how wrong would it be for this merchant to become a censors? "

Master, there's no need to be discouraged, they don't even know if they can live up to it. However, Master, I think you should move to the city as well. There are lands in the village and shops in the city. Xiao Yue saw the advantage in the city and encouraged Liu Can.

You're right! Liu Can nodded heavily.

The agenda was very simple. The duration of the meeting was one day, and in the morning, they had to approve the constitution of the Conference on History of Guangyang City, conduct electoral campaigns for the censor, elect the censors of Guangyang City, and in the afternoon, they would give a report on their duties. The censor s would vote of confidence for the officials.

As this was a Conference on History of the Guangyang County, Yang Lin did not come to the scene. Instead, quite a number of County and censor representatives from other counties of the Youzhou came. Because Guangyang was the first person to convene the Conference on History, they were here to observe. Of course, the Taishang Jiang Li and the county magistrate were seated, but they were sitting on the side.

The conference was presided over by Guangyang County Cheng, and because everyone had received the statutes of the Conference on History beforehand, it was very simple to pass.

After the censors's elections began, Liu Can and Lu Jie spoke out for the competition. They had prepared everything perfectly. The speech must have been written by someone else, but the two of them had some knowledge. They continued to draw from the classics and won the applause from the entire stadium.

However, what they expected happened still happened. Chen Yin, who was representing the matches in Guangyang City, Liu Jing, who was representing the glass windows, Zhang Huai, who was representing the books, and Li Da, who was representing the newspapers, jumped out one after another to run for censors. Compared to Liu Can and Lu Jie, their speech was much more lively, lively, humorous, and funny.

Each of them had their own business. After representing these exclusive products, their fame would follow these products and enter the tens of thousands of households. Their names would be known by every household, and as long as these rich people had the opportunity to participate in politics, they would not easily let them go.

The situation is not looking good. These people are good at doing business, so everyone is laughing. I'm afraid we are not a match for them. Liu Can had never experienced such a scene, and in that moment, he lost all confidence and muttered to Xiao Yue who was beside him.

Old master, don't worry. They're just joining in the fun. I don't think they can pick anyone. Xiao Yue's observation was much more meticulous. He could already tell that the country gentry were not interested in these merchants, However, Master, you have to quickly greet the countryside gentry and liaise with them.

Makes sense. Liu Can nodded. Before the voting, regardless of whether he recognized them or not, Liu Can smiled and greeted the country gentry. Xiao Yue, who was standing at the side, couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Even in all these years I've followed Liu Can, I've never seen Liu Can laugh so much.

The result of the first round of elections was a little surprising. The votes were very scattered, and not even half of the six censor had chosen to participate. In accordance to the rules of the Conference on History, the entire censor would vote again, and from the two censor s who obtained the most votes, one would become the censors.

Even though the business tycoons were putting in all their effort, none of them managed to make it into the top two. It has to be said that the gentry still look down on the industrialists. They may like you, they may like you, but they won't support you in the closing hours.

However, Liu Can could not be happy at all, and was even a little dejected. This was because the one who had obtained first place was Lu Jie, and there were more than ten votes difference between him and Lu Jie. He sat glumly, not even bothering to speak, let alone greet the gentry.

Master, the second round of balloting is about to start. Lu Jie is looking everywhere for a bow, you should also hurry up and go exercise. Seeing that Liu Can had deflated, Xiao Yue became even more anxious than Liu Can and he immediately tried to agitate him. Even if you lose, you must lose a bit less. Otherwise, your face will be too ugly. "

This move was indeed effective. When Liu Can saw Lu Jie's appearance, his anger rose to new heights. He immediately stood up and started to talk to the squire one by one, asking for everyone's support. He even found the merchants and began to talk with them passionately, regardless of their status as merchants.

The dramatic result of the second round of balloting, was that Lu Jie, who was in first place, had actually failed, and was a dozen times worse than Liu Can. In other words, of the votes cast on the merchants, the majority of them had turned towards Liu Can, allowing Liu Can to surpass him in one go and win the election.

Congratulations, congratulations. After a series of congratulations, Liu Can couldn't help but feel a little drunk. Although he had not touched any alcohol today, he felt a little dizzy. Only when Lu Jie came over to congratulate him, did he finally regain his senses and quickly said: Thank you, thank you everyone!

In the afternoon, Guang Yang Conference on History was hosted by Liu Can. At this time, he had already completely calmed down, and only now did he feel the weight of responsibility and honor this censors had. This official position was not appointed by the emperor, but it was more precious than the one appointed by the emperor. This was the trust of the gentry, and within six years, only the gentry would be able to dismiss him.

As he sat on the platform, Liu Can felt this holy feeling, he carefully listened to the reports of the Guangyang County and the counties, but he no longer felt any resentment towards Jiang Li. He even felt that this Jiang Li was actually pretty good. If he was chased away, who knew what kind of person the Emperor would send?

When the ballot papers were being distributed, he called Xiao Yue over and whispered to him: Tell all of you to contact our squire. This Lord Jiang Li is not bad, let them vote of confidence.

The intelligent Xiao Yue immediately understood Liu Can's feelings. He was a lost man, and always looked at the world with hatred. But for a successful person, he would always treat society with tolerance. Xiao Yue nodded his head, and said respectfully: As you command, Lord censors.

The result of the vote was quickly announced as the Guang Yang Tai Shou Jiang Li obtained the trust of the squire by a large number of votes. Of the five county decrees that were under the jurisdiction of the Guangyang County, one had obtained the trust of a high vote, and two had barely passed half of them, while the other two had not reached more than half.

Those two county officials who did not have half of their officials present their orders to Jiang Li right away. After that, they handed in their resignation letters and dejectedly left the venue. From the looks of it, they were very clear about their own political achievements and had long since made their preparations.

Did we go too far? Seeing the lonely backs of the two county magistrate, for a moment, Liu Can was also moved. Honestly speaking, he did not understand those two County Commanders. They had heard what those two County Lords had said, and when he thought about it, those two County Commanders were the same as Jiang Li's, sent over by the Emperor after the chaos occurred. How big of a mistake would it be in such a short period of time?

In the future, it will no longer be good to be a County Magistrate. Xiao Yue was right beside Liu Can, and he was also a little sad as he said, Coming here to vote of confidence every year, those county officials really don't dare to do anything bad again. Although the Youzhou had a good harvest, the situation was not calm. As Yang Lin had implemented a strategy to calm down the internal world as a matter of priority, other than the Leroy County, all Hu Dians and the Barbarian s had been wiped clean. It was because of Yang Lin's cleansing, that the barbarians and Barbarian fled abroad, becoming an important factor in the stability of the Youzhou.

Due to the strong existence of the cavalry of Youzhou, the barbarians and the Barbarian did not dare to attack them on a large scale. However, with the arrival of winter, when snow covered the Northern Kingdom, looting between the small groups continued to take place on the border. Especially those Hu people and Barbarian s who were chased out of Youzhou. They were familiar with the terrain and hated the Chinese people, taking revenge on them crazily.

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Originally, Yang Lin planned to use the winter season after harvest to focus all his forces to solve the Barbarian's problem. However, the robbers and killers from the Hu and Barbarian had disrupted Yang Lin's overall plan. Due to the Youzhou's special location and the fact that the long border was filled with jackals, Yang Lin had no choice but to split up and defend.

Just as Yang Lin was feeling extremely anxious, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had sent a message from the Liaodong that the envoys from the helper would pass through the Liaodong and head to the imperial government to seek for reinforcements. In the next few days, they would head north to Guangyang City.

Regarding this information, Yang Lin did not receive much attention. Previously, he had already heard Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang's introductions. The helper was still more than a thousand kilometers away from the Xuantu County. The current Youzhou had already caused him to expend all his scheming, so how could he have the mind to bother about the helper that was far away in the horizon?

Since they are willing to seek help from the imperial government, we will let them go.

Yang Lin threw the information aside and said to himself. He was not like Gongsun Zan, who liked to intercept messengers of the Barbarian and Hu Ren. Right now, the imperial government could not spare any time and energy to take care of the Hu people and the Barbarian, it would be useless for them to go.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second year's third month. From the information that came from the Luoyang, he found out that Zhao Ci, a soldier from River County had gathered a large group of soldiers to rebel and kill taiwai Qin Jie. Looking at this information, Yang Lin actually felt a little sad. After all, he and Nanyang County Qin Jie had attacked the xanthopanax together in the Nanyang.

The second message that came back from the Luoyang was that the envoys from the helper had come to the Luoyang. Although they were received by the Hanling Emperor, they were powerless against their pleas for help. Other than verbal and moral support, they received nothing and had no choice but to leave the Luoyang.

Half a month later, a soldier suddenly reported to Yang Lin that he had not seen the envoy from the helper. It turned out that when the group of helper s were on their way back, they had passed by Youzhou and wanted to meet him.

Let him wait. We'll see when we have time.

It was already spring and the Urushion s had gone to graze their cattle. There were less robberies at the borders and the security situation of the Youzhou had improved greatly. Now that the helper had come to request an audience, Yang Lin really wanted to hear what had happened to them. Maybe they would need to use the helper in the future.

Yang Lin didn't really know much about the helper, he just had heard Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang talk about the horses in the helper. He immediately ordered for them to search for information on the helper. After a day of work with the scribe, he finally understood the current situation of the helper.

The helper was a people mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry in the north of the big sized man. It was located in the center of the Songhua River Basin and was located more than a thousand miles to the north of the Xuantu County. A population of over six hundred thousand people within a circumference of two thousand Li.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the helper established the Empire of Yu and submitted to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once gave Fu Yu the seal, will the Fu Yu country under the jurisdiction of the Xuantu County, year after year ordered tribute. The helper's agriculture and animal husbandry were more developed, with abundant grains and plenty of surplus food.

As the Han Dynasty weakened, the fresh inferior and the Gaoguellian gradually became stronger and continuously devoured the Xuantu County, causing them to continuously move north. The Xuantu County also became smaller and smaller, to the point where the fresh inferior and the Gaoguellian were separated the Xuantu County and the helper from each other. Afterwards, the Fuyu Kingdom submitted to the Gaoguellian and gradually cut off all communication with it.

After reading through the information on the helper, Yang Lin became interested in this race. Mainly farmers, livestock, and a gentle personality, similar to the Han Chinese. They were at the north side of fresh inferior, Gaoguellian. If they could get help from this nation, it would be extremely beneficial for their conquest of fresh inferior and Gaoguellian in the future.

Three days later, Yang Lin received Fu Yu Nation's envoy in the Schmidt's house. Accompanying Yang Lin were a few strategists and generals.

According to the helper's introduction, the Imperial Emissaries were the Ninth Prince s of Fuyu Country. A twenty year old or so Young people, was quite handsome, and was indeed not like the Urushion or the other nomadic peoples who were rough and boorish, very much like Central Plains scholars. They even spoke in fluent Chinese, and had a Chinese name, Gao Jie. After the ceremony, Prince Fuyu got to the point:

Lord General, I have helped the remaining nations serve the Darky Court for generations. It was just that due to the obstruction of the fresh inferior and the higher-ups, the Empire of Yu had not paid tribute to them for many years. Now, Gaoguellian has attacked Fu Yu consecutively, attempting to destroy my Fu Yu Country. That's why Father sent me to wait for Darky Court to ask for help. Unexpectedly, the man was in a state of disarray and was unable to rescue him. As we were passing by the Youzhou, we saw that the Youzhou was strong and strong, and had a peaceful life for the people, so we wanted to ask the Lord General to help us out. If the Lord General sends troops to save Fu Yu, then Fu Yu is willing to submit to the Lord General.

Yang Lin was not moved by their actions. These weak little nations had always been in the middle of a cycle of submission and rebellion, so Yang Lin, who was familiar with history, would definitely not be puzzled by them. He smiled faintly and continued to ask, What exactly is going on with your Fountain of Nations? How's the battle with fresh inferior and Gaoguellian?

The Prince Fuyu did not seem like he was willing to talk about this sad matter. After hesitating for a while, tears started to appear in his eyes, and he said, Since last summer, when the Father was severely ill, the Gaoguellian took the opportunity to invade, and sent 50,000 troops to attack the enemy, but before I knew it, the First Prince led 20,000 troops to meet the enemy. In the winter, the fresh inferior invaded on a large scale, sending thirty thousand troops to attack and support the enemy. The Father ordered the Third Prince to resist the enemy, but in the end, they were defeated and had no choice but to retreat into the swamp. Father ordered me to come to the Central Plains to ask for help while abandoning the Imperial City to move north to avoid its blade. I've been out for a few months, but I really don't know how things are going.

So that's how it is! Yang Lin nodded, and roughly understood the situation. How many people are there in your helper? How many troops?

"Our Country of Fuyu spans a thousand miles. With a population of over six hundred thousand, it normally has an army of over thirty thousand. Ever since the invasion of the Gaoguellian and the fresh inferior, more than 60,000 troops had been recruited. However, they had all been defeated and had lost more than half of their forces. All the young and strong men in the country have been recruited, and have suffered heavy casualties.

Speaking to here, the Prince Fuyu began to cry. This was the sorrow of a weak people. When they were strong, they held others in high regard and stirred up trouble everywhere, overweening themselves. Thinking about that helper, he had also rebelled against the imperial government several times and met with the imperial government's blade soldiers. However, they failed quickly and submitted quickly as well. They would pay tribute and atone for their sins the moment they lost the battle. When they were weak, they would be defeated upon contact, but they could not withstand a single blow. If they were not careful, it was possible for them to die and their country to disappear into the river of history.

So, how do you want us to help you? Yang Lin did not care about his crying. This world fought and killed everyday, the strong survived and the weak were eliminated. This was the rule of nature.

The reason why the Gaoguellian and the fresh inferior decided to attack the Fusu Nation without worry is because last year, the Lord General was focused on cleaning up the internal affairs, and had them draw out their troops to attack the Fusu Nation. Lord General only needs to send troops to attack Gaoguanli and fresh inferior, they will definitely retreat from Fuyu.

Just as Yang Lin had thought, the Prince Fuyu had indeed asked Yang Lin to send out troops to attack Gaoguellian and fresh inferior, which was exactly what Yang Lin would not do at the moment. Using the lives of your soldiers, in exchange for your meaningless submission, even if Yang Lin was beaten to death he would not do such a foolish thing.

His Royal Highness, I'm afraid we cannot fulfill your request. We wouldn't dare to start a war without the emperor's order."

Since you've already asked the emperor, then let him be. Ever since winter fell last year, the various counties of Youzhou had written about the countless Recital s invaded by Urushion, fresh inferior, Gaoguellian and Triple Korea. In the eyes of the Emperor, the Youzhou seemed to be unable to protect herself, how could she have the energy to care for Fu Yu's country?

Lord General, are you just going to watch as the Empire of Yu takes over? Seeing that there was no hope for him, Prince Fuyu could not help but cry, and even the old man beside him started to wail.

But Yang Lin did not move, he just watched them cry.

Prince Fuyu cried for a while. Seeing Yang Lin, his advisors and Generals looking at them as if nothing had happened, he was unavoidably angry in his heart. But thinking about their own situation, they had no choice but to swallow their anger and say: Lord General, if Fu Yu Nation dies, Gaoguellian and fresh inferior will become even more powerful. Could it be that Lord General is going to be even more powerful while he's sitting down?

His Royal Highness, I am indeed not willing to see Gaoguellian and fresh inferior grow up, but what can I do without the Emperor's orders? Yang Lin shook his head and said helplessly.

Just then, the old man beside the prince spoke a few words in their language beside the prince's ears. The prince nodded and then said to Yang Lin: Lord General, I can understand your difficulties. But in order to deal with our common enemy, please extend a helping hand. I know that your army has the ability to do so, and you have the means to do so. As long as I can do it, I will do my best.

Yang Lin could not help but look at the Old Man Fu, it seemed that the Old Man was Prince Fuyu's advisor or something similar, had he seen through Yang Lin? Regardless of whether or not you saw through it, Yang Lin lightly said, Without the Emperor's decree, we are indeed not allowed to directly send our troops out. However, we also have a flexible approach. For example, I allow you to recruit an army in Youzhou, and then you lead this army back to Fu Yu to save them.

Ah … Prince Fuyu was so shocked that he almost jumped up, but he looked at the old man beside him. However, the old man was also surprised. The two of them talked for a while before Prince Fuyu asked: Lord General, how long will it take to recruit an army? How much money? How do I get rid of the weapons and provisions?

This is the crux of the problem. This was what Yang Lin was waiting for. He lightly said, According to my judgement, you need to recruit tens of thousands of troops to be able to withstand the attacks of two enemies. If we want to recruit over a hundred thousand soldiers, we'll need at least three days. As for the weapons, armor, provisions and horses, I can sell them to you.

A hundred thousand soldiers, how much is that? Prince Fuyu exclaimed, and turned back to discuss with the old man.

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Yang Lin laughed coldly, you think rescue is that simple? I paid people to help you win the battle, but in the end I only earned the title of Submission. Even if you continuously paid tribute to me for all these years, how much could your tribute be worth? Compared to the cost of war, it was simply a drop in the bucket.

Lord General, where are we going to get so much money in such a short time? Just with the equipment, food, and salaries of these hundred thousand people, I am afraid our helper cannot afford it. The Prince Fuyu said with a bitter face. helper only had six hundred thousand in total, to feed a hundred thousand troops, to sell them all, it would not be worth that much money.

Yang Lin was already prepared, he said sincerely: His Royal Highness, in order to eliminate our common enemy, I can lend you money. However, my money is at interest, at 10% per annum. If you can't pay it back, the interest will be turned into capital the next year.

Saying that, Yang Lin stopped, looked straight into Prince Fuyu's eyes, and said word by word: In order to guarantee that helper can return my money, His Royal Highness, you must definitely become King Fuyu.

Prince Fuyu could not help but be shocked, it would be false to say that he did not want to be the king, it was just that he could not bring troops into battle, and was ranked number nine, so he had no hope. He helplessly shook his head and laughed at himself. That's impossible, I still have seven older brothers up there, it's not my turn no matter what.

His Royal Highness, you brought a huge army of a hundred thousand back, who among your brothers would dare compete for the throne with you? With an army of a hundred thousand soldiers, even your Country of Supwake would be destroyed. Yang Lin glanced at the prince and the old man, and said coldly.

At this point, Prince Fuyu's face revealed a hint of happiness. He turned his head to discuss it with the old man, only to see the old man nodding continuously, as if he was encouraging Prince Fuyu. The Prince Fuyu nodded his head at the end and said solemnly to Yang Lin: I'll do as you say. At this time, the Guangyang County was already in the spring, the sun was shining on the ground, making people feel waves of warmth. Floating in the air were faint clouds, the gentle breeze blew, and all the trees were already sprouting.

This was a spacious and spacious place, it was right beside the small river outside Guangyang County City, and this was the temporary shooting-range that Yang Song and Yang Bai had chosen. The reason why he chose this place was because there was a long slope by the river, which was the ideal place for training.

A squadron of cavalry was coming from the distance, hooves on wildflowers, butterflies flying everywhere. Aside from Yang Lin's few main strategists and a few chosen generals, there were also two other special guests present today, which were Prince Fuyu and his teacher. Because this was a secret experiment, there were no homes in the surrounding area.

Yang Lin waved his hands, a few personal guards brought Prince Fuyu and his teacher away, and Yang Lin sat down beside the river with the generals and strategists. He cleared his throat and started his riverside meeting, Military Advisors, generals, following the Prince Fuyu's invitation, I have decided to send troops to assist the Yu Dynasty. No matter what, the existence of a Country of Supwake is equivalent to a blade sticking out from the back of our enemy, able to intimidate him at any time.

Yang Lin paused for a while, before continuing, The place where the helper lives is in the midst of white mountains and black water. Therefore, we want to turn the surplus country into our own surplus country, and the surplus into our grain depot. We must conquer the helper, and use the helper as the foundation to conquer the other races in the north.

Yang Lin turned around and looked at the Military Advisors and generals, and said to everyone: This time, I will use Pan Feng, Yu She as the main general and Kuai Liang as the strategists, with Zhang He, Gao Lan, Peng Tuo, Gao Sheng, Jiang Zhen as the deputy general, and lead sixty thousand Jizhou soldiers, thirty thousand Rennan County soldiers, thirty thousand Puyang soldiers, and thirty thousand Puyang soldiers to form a hundred and twenty thousand army to save Fu Yu and conquer Fu Yu. You want to keep fighting, do you understand?

Yes sir! All the generals who had been called stood up and answered in unison.

Due to the annihilation of Wu Huan and Wu Dai of the Upper Valley and Dai County, they obtained a large number of war horses. Over the past year, these soldiers of the county had been training their cavalry and also participated in the battle to exterminate the Urushion's internal Urushion s and fresh inferior s. Right now, at the invitation of Prince Fuyu, Yang Lin was ready to send one hundred and twenty thousand troops to support them, but they had not participated in any large-scale battles before, so he had no choice but to take out this secret weapon.

In order to improve the combat abilities of the county soldiers, I am preparing to equip them with the latest type of cavalry sabre and Arm of God strong crossbow. The new type of military blade was a streamlined, slanted, horse fighting long knife. The back of the blade was wide, the blade was sharp, and the blade was narrow and long. The Arm of God strong crossbow, on the other hand, was made of the best steel. The other thing is that you guys will see the weapon soon. It's called the Thunderbolt Bomb, it's a weapon that surpasses the era. In front of this extremely powerful Thunderbolt Bomb, there is no battle formation, no wall that can't be broken, and no enemies that can't be defeated!

Yang Lin waved his hands, and a few personal guards took out a roll of spongy silk, and slowly unfurled it in front of everyone. It was a map. This painting was drawn by Yang Lin according to his own memories and the description given by the Prince Fuyu. It was not very accurate, but it was more or less the correct location.

Look, this is Youzhou. To the north of Youzhou, there are Wu Huan, Wu Tang, and Gaoguanli. And to the north of these three wolves were the Fu Yu, Luo and other clans, and further north were all weak and small clans. When you get to Fuyu, do your best. After beating back the Gaoguanli and becoming inferior, the next step was to conquer Fu Yu, Zhi Lou and Wo Ju. Your main direction is to head east all the way to the edge of the East China Sea and north all the way to the Heishui River and the Heilongjiang River.

Lord General. Hearing that, Kuai Liang suddenly walked over, he pointed at the map and said: This land is as big as the territory of several Youzhou, if we just rely on our one hundred and twenty thousand cavalrymen to conquer this land, how can we defend?

Mr. Kuai Liang is right. Yang Lin nodded and continued: "Did you know? In the past year, Jizhou, Union State and Rebellion had been released, and more than 300,000 citizens had fled to Youzhou. There were rebellions in Jing Prefecture, Yi Prefecture, Yangzhou and Jiao Prefecture, and the citizens' harvest was not good. When you have your footing, I