Mrs. Liu sat high in the main seat of the hall, with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes submissive, as if she were an old monk in trance. Even though she knew Xu Kang had entered the room, she had no intention of being polite.

Zou Yu and Wu Ran knelt down behind her. Xu Kang no longer had much interest in the two of them after being surprised at the beginning. After all, no matter how dazzling they were in the future, they were just two young children now.

If we capture them decades later, we can still make some articles. Talking about two little girls now is just to make people laugh.

"Are you still used to living here, madam?" Xu Kang said with a smile.

Mrs. Liu said: "I've lived here for several years, so I can't say I'm used to it."

Wu Ran whispered: "Hypocritical." Although the voice was low, it was enough for everyone present to hear. Zou Yu quickly motioned for her to shut up.

Xu Kang touched his nose and said, "I am so involved in worldly affairs that I have neglected my wife. If you have any other requests, please feel free to ask me. I will do my best."

"I'm just a prisoner of the first level now. I can't control my own life and death. How dare I have any other extravagant wishes?"

"I was rude this morning, and I am here to apologize to my wife." After saying that, he bowed deeply, and Xu Kang continued: "But I just heard from the gentry in the city that Mr. Liu Yan is the governor of Zhuojun, and he is diligent and caring for the people.

, is a rare good official in the Han Dynasty. I, the Taoist Dao, punish crimes according to heaven and only kill corrupt officials and bullies. I have great admiration for a good official like Mr. Liu, so naturally I must take good care of his family."

Mrs. Liu's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she said: "My lord, you are so good at recovering the gentry in this city so quickly. In this case, can you let these women like me go?"

"It's not urgent. Mr. Liu is outside the city now. He has many misunderstandings with me on Taiping Road. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to let Madam go now. It's better to wait until the misunderstanding is resolved. I believe you and your wife will be reunited soon."

"If your Excellency wants to threaten us female streamers, aren't you afraid of losing your status?"

Xu Kang laughed and said: "When two countries are at war, victory or defeat is judged by success or failure. How can we talk about identity?"

"Shameless." Wu Ran's voice came out again.

Xu Kang was a little angry, and stood up and looked at Wu Ran with angry eyes. The frightened Mrs. Liu quickly hugged him into her arms, and Xue Ker also stopped in front of him.

Mrs. Liu said tremblingly: "She is just a child, what are adults going to do?"

Xu Kang was a little helpless. He just wanted to scare Wu Ran, so that she would not interrupt him all the time. Unexpectedly, Xue Keer and others looked at him the way people on earth look at big monsters in the universe? Could I really treat such a person?

What about the cute little loli? But looking at their looks, I knew they wouldn't believe me even if I explained, so I sat down again.

However, after being frightened by this, Wu Ran became much more well-behaved.

Seeing the fear on everyone's faces, Xu Kang knew that staying any longer would only annoy others, so he said: "Madam, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Mrs. Liu nodded and said: "I won't send it away."

Walking to the door, Xu Kang said to Xue Ker, who was a little overwhelmed: "You should have had enough rest, why don't you come with me quickly?"

Xue Keer immediately said in surprise: "Yes." After saying that, she followed Xu Kang and left.

Seeing that Xu Kang and his party had left the yard.

Wu Ran said dissatisfied: "Sister Ke'er, it's true, how come this evil man just said a word and she followed him away."

Zou Yu scolded: "Don't talk nonsense. Now that we are living under someone else's roof, our lives may be at risk at any time. You must not be as willful as usual."

Wu Ran said aggrievedly to Mrs. Liu: "Madam."

Mrs. Liu stroked Wu Ran's hair and said, "Your sister Yu'er is right. Alas, it's my fault that I usually spoil you too much."

Wu Ran did not dare to act coquettishly anymore and said: "Madam, will the master and my brother be okay?"

Mrs. Liu sighed and said, "Who knows? Now we can only chant sutras to bless them to be safe."

Xue Kerer followed Xu Kang out of the yard, still feeling a little uneasy, and said, "Don't you blame me?"

Xu Kang said: "Not only do I not blame you, I also want to thank you."

Xue Keer wondered: "Thank me for what?"

"If I really killed them at that time, I'm afraid I wouldn't even know how to face myself afterwards. And although killing would make those soldiers more afraid of me, they would never respect me, respect me, fear me anymore.

Although I can make the soldiers obey orders, only respect can make the generals return to their heart. So this time you not only helped me, you even saved me."

Although Xue Ke'er didn't quite understand, when she heard that she had helped, her little face immediately lit up with a smile.

"You don't have to laugh." Xu Kang said, "I let you out this time because I have a very important task for you."

"What mission?" Xue Ke'er asked curiously.

Xu Kang pretended to be secretive, "You will know later."

As soon as Xu Kang walked to the front hall, news came that there was a dog outside, saying that 2,000 new soldiers had been formed, and asked if there were any other instructions.

Xu Kang said to the visitor: "Let Gouzi select 200 people from his team to join the new army. Let them practice their formation and physical fitness today. They will gather at the North Gate at midnight tomorrow. I will personally review them."

Seeing the messenger follow the order and leave, Xu Kang asked Zhao Bahu next to him: "Have all the horses for each army been delivered?"

"Already delivered."

"How are they used?"

"It seems that they all gathered together and selected hundreds of soldiers who were familiar with horses from their respective teams to form a cavalry team."

Xu Kang thought to himself, "Very good. They are all worthy of being great generals among the Three Kingdoms. They are not stupid." Then he ordered Zhao Bahu: "Send a message to them, and all the cavalry will gather at the North Gate at Chenshi tomorrow."

"Ah, why? Then wouldn't our guards at each city gate be empty?"

Xu Kang said: "It doesn't matter, it won't take long. Because I will hold a city-wide military parade tomorrow."

Zhao Bahu still didn't understand what the military parade meant. Xu Kang continued: "I asked you to invite all the officials in the city. Are everyone here?"

Zhao Bahu said: "They have all been captured."

Xu Kang nodded and said, "Take me to have a look." Xu Kang had no worries about arresting the doctor, because at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the doctor's profession was still a low-level profession and was looked down upon. Legend has it that the medical sage

It was because Hua Tuo couldn't stand the discrimination against the doctor profession by the scholar-bureaucrats that he refused to treat people anymore. As a result, he caused Cao Cao's misunderstanding and was killed. Therefore, Xu Kang was not worried about arresting the doctor.

The resentment of those nobles.

As Xu Kang walked away, he said to Xue Ker: "Ke'er, I now order you to organize all the maids we captured in the prefect's mansion to form a nurse camp."

"What is a nurse?" Xue Kerr asked.

Before Xu Kang had time to explain, Zhao Bahu had already said smartly: "I don't understand this, stupid. Nurses are naturally the ones who protect soldiers. No, why do our soldiers need to be protected by a group of women?"

After Xu Kang heard Zhao Bahu's explanation to the nurse, he bit his tongue and secretly prayed to the angels in white in the sky. This is not what I said. If you want to use thunder from the gods, just blast Zhao Bahu.

Okay, don't worry about me.

At the same time, he explained: "To put it simply, a nurse is the person who bandages the wound and takes care of the soldier when he is injured."

Xue Kerer hesitated and said: "But I am your personal soldier, shouldn't I just be responsible for taking care of you?"

Xu Kang said: "I'm fine, what kind of care do I need? Why, do you think you can't do it?"

"No." Xue Ker said firmly: "I will definitely complete the task. However, you don't need to go, sir. I can go alone."

Xu Kang asked doubtfully: "Are you alone? I think I'd better arrange things with you first."

But Xue Keer said stubbornly: "No need. If you can trust me, let me handle this matter alone. If you can't trust me, please hire someone else."

Xu Kang had no choice but to agree. Looking at Xue Ke'er's leaving figure, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Ke'er?"

Zhao Bahu hesitated and said: "These days, every time there is a war, your Excellency has always tried his best. Can't you even see this situation now?"

Xu Kang was even more confused and asked: "What's going on?"

Zhao Bahu said: "Although the male and female guards are just maids brought by the captives, you should not let them go to the military camp to take care of the soldiers like this. If anyone knows about this, they will definitely sue you for causing filth in the military camp."

Guilty. This kid, Keer, wants to take the blame for the adults."

Xu Kang laughed angrily and said, "It's nonsense. Seeing that the war is about to begin and there are not enough doctors, why should I find some nurses to take care of the wounded soldiers? It's really unfounded." After saying that, he left first and did not take this issue too seriously.

But Xu Kang really thought wrong this time. In the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, although there were prostitutes in the camp, and there were even women who joined the army and became generals, no one had ever organized a group of female caregivers. This is

Some of the moral elements of male and female defense have been deeply rooted in the bones of the Chinese people, so after the war, the nurse camp was disbanded not long after. Of course, this is a story for later, let’s not mention it for now.

In the evening, in the prefect's mansion, as Xu Kang expected, none of the gentry came. Instead, they sent stewards from each family to follow orders.

After Xu Kang invited all the stewards to the house, he started his bandit speech.

"First of all, thank you for coming. It's a great honor for you to take time out of your busy schedule to attend Xu's banquet. But unfortunately, I didn't expect that all the gentry in our city would be collectively sick at the same time. This is really

It is a sad thing. So after you go back, you must convey my deepest condolences to your master."

All the stewards were trembling with fear, with ugly smiles on their lips, and they agreed repeatedly.

"But everyone here is also a prominent figure in each government, so I am very happy that you can come. There is no other reason for calling you here this time. It is just because there has just been a war in the city and the number of refugees has increased, so

There is some food shortage, and I would like to ask the governments to temporarily lend us some food and grass. It doesn’t need to be much. Each family can provide 1,000 taels of gold and 2,000 shi of grain. Anyone who donates food on his own shows that he is an ideal person and has the ability to do so.

A moral person is a person who is free from vulgar taste - cough cough"

Seeing that the people below him gradually changed their views on him, Xu Kang had to change his voice and said: "In short, people like this will be my friends in Taiping Dao from now on. Their property under my Taiping Dao and the safety of their families will not be affected by my Taiping Dao."

It can definitely be guaranteed. On the contrary, after all, there are too many thieves nowadays, and I at Taipingdao do not have enough money and food to ensure the safety of so many people."

The managers below all looked at each other, not knowing how to respond. This was already a threat from Chi Guoguo.

Xu Kang finally said: "Okay, I won't make it difficult for you. All you need to do is convey your intention. Tell them that I will see their sincerity at the prefect's mansion tomorrow night at the latest. You eat slowly,

I still have something to do, so I won’t accompany you."

How could these people still be interested in eating? After seeing Xu Kang leaving the table, they hurriedly left.

After everyone left, Zhao Bahu said: "Isn't it a bit too much?"

"Don't worry, I've already inquired from those masters. These families are very rich, so they can still get these things. But they won't be sent to them automatically. I'm afraid there will be some small tricks."

Zhao Bahu said: "What about us?"
Chapter completed!