I’m The King

Hejian Prefecture, Baokang County. This is a county bordering the grassland under the control of the Huns. Although it is called Baokang, it is actually a disaster-prone place. In the past, the Huns were like harvesting villages to marry. They always come once a year. Over the years, Baokang’s borderline was nearly a hundred miles away, and it turned out to be uninhabited. The good fields were completely deserted. Only when they were close to the county seat for dozens of miles, one could see one village after another. Once something happens, here The people can go straight to the county town to seek refuge.

However, for many years, the Huns have only harassed the borders. They have not rushed for hundreds of miles to attack Baokang County. This also makes the surrounding area of ​​Baokang County present a prosperous scene. You would never expect to see it here. , Outside this circle, is the desolate and uninhabited place.

This autumn, the situation is much better. In the summer, the Huns were defeated by the Qin’s tactics. Even the King of the Huns was cut off. The Huns will no longer be prosperous, and there will be more and more people. It began to expand outside. After all, the price of the land around the county government is already too high, and it is increasingly concentrated in the hands of some wealthy and powerful people. Regardless of which villages are densely populated, but in fact, it is here. Most of the people are tenants who rent other people’s fields. After a hard year, after paying the rent and paying taxes, there are not many left. If the family has a large population, it will definitely not be able to eat enough.

The land that is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people is contrary to the increasing population, and troubles often occur. It is not the landlord who forcibly seizes the tenant’s land and leaves the tenant’s family with nowhere to go. It is the tenant’s family. It's not uncommon to be forced to take risks when they are helpless, kill the owner to gain wealth and then escape.

Against this background, Wu Ci'an, the magistrate of Baokang County, issued an order to move from the border with the Huns to within fifty miles. Whoever is willing to go to wasteland. The land that is cultivated belongs to whoever, and the county government will give him a new land deed and recognize his ownership.

Those lands have been barren for many years, but they used to be fertile fields. As long as they are willing to work hard for up to a year, they can be turned into fertile fields again.

With this order, the landless tenants in Baokang County were all excited, and they didn't dare to go before. That's because there are Huns who are constantly plundering. Basically, wherever they go, they are carrying their heads for life. The small-minded people do not seek wealth or accessibility, but only seek good weather, peace and tranquility, and be willing. Be poor. Suffering a bit, I dare not go anywhere, but now it's different, the Xiongnu have been defeated in a mess. There will never be a large-scale looting.

But just as countless tenants were packing their houses and preparing to go to wasteland, and at the same time changing their own destiny, a bad news came, and the three thousand Hejian elites led by Chen Ying in Hejian County were wiped out on the grassland. All of them were killed, and none of them ran back. The news was like a pot of cold water. All the enthusiasm of these tenants was wiped out, the packaged salutes were scattered again, and the packed clothes were put back to their original places. The fierce Huns on the original grassland did not completely perish.

When the news came, Wu Cian jumped three feet high, but what happened next was greatly unexpected. The mysterious team that wiped out Chen Ying’s three thousand troops disappeared without a trace. Neither he nor the special envoy sent from Hejian County found any clues, only analyzing the wounds of the dead soldiers, it was the hands of the Huns.

Although that force never appeared again, Hejian County still sent three thousand soldiers to Baokang to be exhausted. Six months later, nothing happened. Three thousand soldiers were transferred back to two thousand. Therefore, Hejian County Lord Yan Shenghao already has a new goal, and he needs to concentrate his talents to demonstrate to someone.

But after such a tossing, Wu Ci'an's painstakingly contrived plan to calm the people was in vain. No matter how he persuaded him, no common people were willing to take the risk. Seeing that winter has arrived, and there are more and more refugees in the city, the wrinkles on Wu Cian's face have deepened.

He couldn't drive these people out of the city, because these people were also his subjects, but when winter arrived, they had nowhere to escape the cold and no place to beg, so they could only come to the more prosperous county towns to survive.

When there is something to do, these people go to work odd jobs to earn some food. If there is nothing to do, they will naturally sneak and blackmail. Therefore, at this time of the year, it is the worst time for public security in Baokang City. This is the situation. It will last until the weather gets warmer in spring tomorrow.

But this year things are different, because there are still a thousand county soldiers in the city.

Baokang is a border county. The city is built taller and taller. Like Fufeng, it is impossible to attack hard. Baokang originally had 500 county soldiers, plus 1,000 county soldiers, and Baokang is safe. There is nothing to worry about, not to mention that the Huns are in danger now, even when the Huns are strong, it is impossible to attack the city hard without paying a huge price.

"Wu Gang, in the past few months, you have to gather your energy and ensure public security in the city and in the villages outside. This time of year is the most difficult time. After a heavy snowfall, the days will be sad, and there will always be some difficulties. People who are right now will take the risk." Looking at his nephew, Wu Gang, who is also a Baokang county lieutenant, Wu Ci'an exhorted.

"Uncle, that is, you are too soft-hearted. Grab such people, drag them to the gate of the city, cut their heads and hang them up, kill them for a while, see who dares to take chestnuts from the fire?" Wu Gang said: "But you only need to catch, catch. After being closed for a few days and then letting go, regardless of the meal, after they go out, they can't commit another crime?"

Hearing what Wu Gang said, Wu Ci'an couldn't help but sink his face and said, "You speak lightly, the head is easy to chop, but can it grow back after being chopped off? These people are not big treacherous people, they just can't live anymore. , In order to have a way of life, are you cutting people's heads? If you can live and work in peace, who would commit crimes and discipline, do you understand? Go ahead and do errands."

Watching Wu Gang go down the hall in frustration, Wu Cian turned around and looked at a military commander with a helmet and armor sitting on one side, "Wu Gang is young and reckless and ignorant, but I called General Zheng you laughed."

Zheng Shuang, who is in charge of the thousand people stationed in Baokang in Hejian County, listened to Wu Ci'an and said with a smile: "I think Lieutenant Wu's methods are neat, but Master Wu, you grew up in your hometown. You are all folks. It is excusable not to go."

Wu Cian smiled bitterly, knowing that this general would not have any good thoughts. As far as they are concerned, raising a knife is the most agile, but what kind of problems can be solved by just killing? Kill a batch this year, and a new batch will come out next year. It kills more people and a lifetime of hostility. It's a little trouble.

For the sake of long-term peace and stability, we still have to find a way for these people to live and work in peace. Originally, going to the border and reclaiming wasteland was the best way, but Chen Ying died like this and blocked her own way.

"Wu Gang has only a few hundred people under him, and he has to patrol the villages outside the city. The manpower in this city is inevitably tense. You have to ask General Zheng to bother and help me!" Although his heart was upset, Wu Ci'an had to sullen himself. Begged Zheng Shuang.

"That's okay!" Zheng Shuang waved his hand, "I have taken care of the security in the city, and there will be nothing to do with it, but Mr. Wu, my thousand brothers want to eat and drink, and it will snow soon. Yes, there are still many people who don’t even have a thicker quilted jacket. This, I have to ask you to bother!"

Wu Ci'an took a deep breath. The county soldier’s logistics supply has always been the responsibility of the county. It was originally not his turn, but Zheng Shuang came to the door and naturally made it clear that he was going to fight the autumn wind, and he had to beg him. The money was allocated to him, I was afraid it would go into his own pocket in a blink of an eye. There is no way, even if you don't want it, you have to give it, otherwise this guy will indulge his soldiers to make trouble, and he really can't do anything.

"Please rest assured, General Zheng. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will send all the necessary materials and silver to your barracks, my lord." Wu Ci'an said.

"That's good, that's good!" Zheng Shuang was overjoyed, stood up and patted his chest, "Wu-sir, don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with me in the city~www.wuxiaspot.com~General Zheng , Don’t pretend to kill!” Seeing Zheng Shuang’s all-hands, Wu Ci’an was a little relieved, but didn’t forget to tell him. If this army man starts brutality, he can do a lot of painstaking efforts. It's all in vain.

"Natural and natural!" Zheng Shuang succeeded in ripping the stick, thinking that it would not be easy not to kill people. I caught people and sent them to your county office to give you a headache. I still have fun and relax. Is it easy to chop my head? He held a fist towards Wu Cian and left with joy.

Zheng Shuang was unwilling to stay in Baokang. The other two battalions returned to Hejian County to be on standby. They did not do anything else, but followed the county guard Yan Shenghao to threaten and blackmail the Lord of Langya, Ye Tiannan. Yes, Ye Tiannan used to be the prime minister of the country and didn’t dare to provoke him, but now he’s down. Naturally, everyone pushed him down. What’s more, when Ye Tiannan told Yan Shenghao to support him to overthrow Linghu, he promised Yan Shenghao a county Territory, now Ye Tiannan has no rights or soldiers, so naturally he has to ask for it. A county in Langya is not comparable to a county in Hejian, but it is a rich place! When my colleagues went there, they would make a lot of money one by one when they thought about it. Staying in this bitter cold place, I don't want to make extra money, I really feel sorry for myself.

This Wu Ci'an knows too well, if that's the case, from now on, he will send a few teams of soldiers out to patrol every day, or maybe he will come back to blackmail him. (To be continued...) u