To the west of Chaohu Lake and on the north bank of Shushui River.
In the bright paddy fields, farmers can be seen from time to time. A single person is wading in the water with a curved shaft plow. The buffalo in front is wagging its tail and walking forward slowly. The wet soil has been turned over from the water. Come up and emerge above the water. Children are running around on the field ridges with bamboo baskets, shouting and waiting for adults to throw loaches and small fish up from the fields.
Not far away, outside the village, a group of dozens of young and strong men in cloth were holding long halberds and waving them in the sun, shouting "kill" from time to time. A muscular man with bare forearms. Wandering around, constantly correcting people's postures, he kicked a person in the face and cursed. The person who was kicked had a red face with sweat, and kept his head silent, but he had eaten enough. Those who had eaten were beaten and scolded several times without any complaints.
The earth-walled village next to it was filled with smoke, and the sound of horses neighing and "ding-dong-dang-dang" could be heard constantly. "Be careful of getting kicked!" someone yelled, coming up with a horseshoe.
Qin Liang and others, led by Yang Wei, rode around for a patrol. He had discovered that, just a few months later, the scene here was very different from the last time he came here.
The Shushui Basin was originally cultivated land, but it was abandoned due to the war. As long as the population was transferred here and extra food was provided, the once uninhabited wasteland soon began to move towards order.
But when Qin Liang left this village, it was a completely different scene.
The riverbanks along the way are overgrown with weeds, and the fields and ridges are blurred, becoming one with the wasteland. Only traces of rammed earth remain in the ruined villages, without the roof covering, and the rain has washed down most of the walls. The appearance of soil.
Even if the spring sun shines brightly above our heads and the vegetation on the ground is full of life, entropy and chaos will inevitably increase in uninhabited places.
Qin Liang had no time to delay. When he rode back to Lu'an City, the city gate was almost closed. But before he entered the county mansion, he met Yin Ci at the door. He had just returned to Lujiang County from Luoyang two days ago.
So Qin Liang went to the "silk warehouse" on the west side of the county mansion. It was originally a yard where supplies were stored, but now it is the "warehouse" of Gang Ji Zhubo.
Yinci had a shoehorn face, a relatively flat face, white face and little beard, young and strong, and a body of fine flesh. When they met, he said: "This morning I went to the palace to look for Mr. Fu, but they said that Mr. Fu has gone out of the city."
Qin Liang ignored these trivial matters and said directly: "Those people you are looking for, write them on the slips for me to see. How do you know them, where are they from, what did they do before, and then write two simple comments. Then I summoned They can also know something about the situation first."
Yinci nodded and said, "I'm writing right now."
The two walked into a large courtyard. Qin Liang did not go in, so he was not polite and walked to a side room next to him. He walked to the door, turned around and glanced at Rao Dashan, who stood on the eaves. On the stage, facing the patio.
After Yinci came in, he closed the wooden door and immediately said: "There used to be a magistrate of Zhongli County in Huainan named Ma Mao. He surrendered to Wu State and is now very popular in Wu State. Because of the Yinfan incident, I thought Ma Mao might be He pretended to surrender and wanted to return to the Wei Dynasty to collect rewards after making great achievements in Wu State. I want to contact this person."
Qin Liang thought about it for a moment, and found that it was another person named Ma, but he had no impression of this person at all. There were too many county magistrates in the Wei Dynasty, and Qin Liang knew very little about it. If he was a county magistrate, he might have heard about it.
The people of Wu are also interesting. Wei officials have faked surrender so many times, but Wu Guorong still believes them. But maybe they are taking advantage of each other?
"Very good, we have to test his mind first. Let's plan a way to get close to Ma Mao first, and then discuss it in detail." Qin Liang made a decision quickly.
Yinci then said: "Do you still remember Zhu Deng, Lord of the School? He is a brother who has served as a servant. However, the Lord of the School has told you not to use old people from the School Affairs Office, so he is still working as the School Affairs Officer in the School Affairs Office."
Qin Liang nodded and said: "I talked to him alone once, and in my impression, this person is not good-looking."
Yinci continued: "I went to Luoyang this time and met him again. When we were reminiscing about old times, we talked about some things about the school affairs office, but they were not confidential."
Qin Liang said: "The school affairs office cannot find out the secrets of each family at all, let alone it is inconvenient for us to ask more questions. As long as there is enough ordinary information, various signs can be analyzed."
So Yinci took out a scroll of slips from his arms, with a few words scrawled on it, and he thought about it while telling it.
The news was indeed very complicated. When Qin Liang thought that a piece of news was of little use, he interrupted Yinci and asked him to tell him the next thing. But he still reminded that if Yinci thought it was useful, he could write it down in detail and submit it to Di in writing.
Pavilion.
There were some personnel changes that attracted Qin Liang's extra attention. The General's Mansion recruited several new people as subordinate officials, including Pei Xiu, Wang Chen, Wang Ji and others.
When Qin Liang was still in Luoyang, he met Pei Xiu at a banquet in Cao Shuang Mansion. Qin Liang didn't pay much attention to it at that time. But now that he heard that Wang Chen and Wang Ji had become Cao Shuang Mansion's subordinates, Qin Liang finally realized
Yes, this seems unusual.
However, it was already dark today and there was not enough time. Qin Liang probably listened to Yinci's report and said: "Tomorrow morning, you can come to the mansion to continue the detailed discussion."
Yinci said: "Here."
Qin Liang walked out of the side room, got on the carriage, and prepared to go straight back to the county mansion. He hadn't had dinner yet, so Wang Lingjun and others had probably been waiting for him for a long time.
It was sunny during the day today, but when night fell, the wind started blowing. The wind poured in through the car windows and kept lifting the bamboo curtains, which fell on the carriage board and made a "crackling" sound. Qin Liang opened the bamboo curtains and saw
There was no one on the street outside, the weak light was pale, leaves, dust and debris were blowing in the wind, making it look very messy.
The waning moon in the sky is looming in the clouds, just enough for people to vaguely see the clouds flowing and rolling in the sky.
Qin Liang quickly put down the car curtain and held it down with his hand. He exhaled tiredly, and then gently rubbed his temples with his fingers so that he could concentrate for the last time today.
Pei Xiu is from Hedong. Wang Chen and Wang Ji are from Taiyuan. They are both young descendants of the Wang Chang family who served as the governor of Jingyu... Qin Liang knows how Wang Xu became the governor of Jingyu. Qin Liang knows very well. Sima Yi
When Xia Houru continued his work and strongly recommended Wang Xu, Qin Liang listened with his own ears in the east hall.
When Cao Shuang first conquered Pei Xiu, Qin Liang had no idea what Cao Shuang wanted to do.
Now Cao Shuang has successively conquered several Bingzhou, including young gentry children from Hedong, including two scholars from Wang Chang's family. Qin Liang finally had to make a judgment: Cao Shuang is ready to kill the elderly Sima Yi, and then
Take sole control!
Shuang Mansion's plan is really long-term. Now that they can't win over Wang Chang and other Hedong Bingzhou gentry, they will train them from the younger generation early so that they can gain the support of the gentry when they govern in the future.
Qin Liang couldn't help but continue to rub the side of his forehead, and had nothing to say for a while.