Chao Lian also said: "The important thing is important, let's talk about it later. No matter how you say it, you are a person who can stand alone, why can't you control your emotions so much? You are not afraid of being laughed at by the people below."

The guard was so excited that he wiped away his snot and tears with the back of his hands.

He burst into tears and laughed: "Look at jokes? Which bastard dares to laugh at me? Whoever looks at me will break his claws and gain a memory."

Not only did Chao Lian not respond, but frowned and persuaded: "Don't break anyone's claws at any time. Leading troops to fight is not achieved by brute force. Although military generals have always used military merit to convince people, and soldiers follow the general to make a chance to make meritorious contributions, you don't treat soldiers as human beings and always threaten them. Even if they are afraid, they will not be convinced in their hearts, and they may even trip them up."

The guard responded with a smile, without any displeasure.

Although Chao Lian is several years younger than him in terms of age, the world of military generals is not based on age. When Duke Ziyi was still there, Chao Lian saved himself twice. If there were no Chao Lian, he would have changed his grave grass for countless rounds. Chao Lian reminded himself that he was also kind-hearted, and he accepted happily: "It's not really interrupting, cough cough cough, just say it casually."

Chao Lian said: "That's even more unacceptable."

It is easy to lose its majesty.

Whether it was too violent and fierce or joking with Wu Zu, it was too much. Even with the elder brother's good temper, he kept a good attitude in mind. The guard general thought about it carefully and nodded. Fang Yan, on one side, interrupted the conversation between the two, and the guard general tacitly skipped the topic and enthusiastically welcomed the two into the city. Chao Lian also realized that his words were a bit out of bounds and stopped him.

"The Lord will go to the south to govern well over the years."

This is Chao Lian’s biggest feeling after entering the city.

The Shangnan County District is completely different from what I remember.

The original city wall became a second inner city, which widened nearly half of the area and the newly built city wall was thick and tall. On the basis of retaining the original layout, the buildings in the city were constantly repaired and built. From the scale of the building, we can roughly infer the permanent population here.

Even during the war, there were many people in the city.

When Chao Lian contacted his eldest nephew and his family, he would occasionally hear some news about Shangnan County. In addition to Shangnan County, several surrounding places that were once protected by their elder brother were treated well. These were also one of the main reasons that prompted their brother to return to Shen Tang. Shen Youli was impeccable in any aspect. After the elder brother left, she was the person who looked like the elder brother in the world.

Following her is what my elder brother is willing to see.

Fang Yan's smile had a little recollection: "It's just that I haven't come back for too long, and there are too many places that have become unfamiliar. If no one leads the way at this moment, I'm afraid I can't even find where to live."

The two brothers did not settle in the old house back then.

Let’s go back to the old place and wait until you repel the strong enemy.

only--

"Why are there only these people?"

Chao Lian officially took over the military power of Shangnan County. The original guard handed over the booklets of defense and manpower. He just took a few rough glances and quickly found a few numbers in his heart. As he said that, he handed the booklet to the sixth brother Fang Yan, and Fang Yan frowned throughout the whole process.

These men are not much worse than that of the past.

But the problem is that Shangnan County has a larger population. Judging from the scale of the expansion of the capital, the increase in population is quite considerable, and the corresponding garrison force should also increase. Fang Yan closed the booklet, quietly put it on the side, and looked straight at the guard with his black eyes.

"What's going on?"

This amount of troops is nothing in normal times. Once the enemy leads a large number of elite troops to attack, Shangnan County may not be able to defend it. Realizing this, Fang Yan swept away the relaxation and comfort just now, and he did not angry and dominate himself. He assisted his elder brother back then, not only as a military counselor, but also as a military adviser, saving lives and helping the wounded, but also in charge of rewards and punishments at the military camp. He could see the scalp numb at just one glance.

The guard opened his mouth, as if there were difficulties.

Fang Yan: "No matter what your difficulties are, why didn't such a big deal be reported to the Lord? Can you afford it if Shangnan is lost?"

Everyone is all struggling from troubled times.

Who has not experienced one or two tragedies of massacres until now? Can he know what disaster will the concealment of reports at this moment bring to Shangnan?

"Since my elder brother entered Shangnan, I have been in trouble for too many years. Have you forgotten what the sea of ​​corpses and blood looks like after a long time?" Fang Yan said a harsh sentence in anger and asked, "... Are you worthy of the elders and fellow villagers in Shangnan County?"

Do he still remember how he survived? He relied on the life-saving food given by an old farmer in Shangnan County and waited for his elder brother in that breath! Not to mention the gratitude of a drop of water, he could not repay his grace, right? Fang Yan pressed his hand to the hilt of the sword.

If there is a problem with the guardian—

He did not hesitate to take action first and then complain before apologizing.

The defender finally couldn't hold it in, and told the truth that shocked Chao and Lian, and said: "It was not that the generals deliberately concealed it, but that the matter was really strange. The enthroned soldiers still wrote more people, but the number of people was actually smaller than this! All of them escaped!"

"Most of the soldiers are from Zhechong Mansion, how could it be..."

Fang Yan and Chao Lian looked at each other.

I don't believe why it was "escape".

It can't be because the battle in Beimo shook the morale of the army?

This is not right. Except for the rumors in the Battle of Beimo, Kang Guo was the upper hand at other times. The public opinion was also staring at the royal court, and the common people did not move. What did the soldiers in the Zhechong Mansion escape? In addition, the soldiers in the Zhechong Mansion were also elites selected by Kang Guo, and it was impossible to easily become deserters.

"Isn't it really a temporary recruitment?"

The guard said, "No."

The newly recruited soldiers were more imposing. They were all soldiers from Shangnan County, and their families and relatives and even the land they had allocated were here, so they had no way to escape. However, then again, the soldiers who had escaped from Zhechong Mansion were also locals.

This is strange.

"Most of them have disappeared in recent days."

"Before that, everything was fine."

"The last generals did not find any weirdness when they secretly investigated. The soldiers seemed to have planned to escape long ago. They thought they were assassinated by the enemy, but the investigation found that they had left by themselves and did not inform or take away their relatives." How dare the guards make a big splash at this critical moment? He could only hide it carefully, fearing that this would cause a large-scale mutiny.

He saw Chao Lian and the others' expressions were solemn, and he was puzzled.

"The Lord sent General Chao here, wasn't it because of this?"

The expressions of Chao Lian and the others are enough to show everything. It’s not because of this, and even Chen Tang has not received any slight news.

The guard secretly took a breath of air conditioning.

He asked in a low voice: "Is it still time?"

General Chao doesn't seem to have enough staff.

Fang Yan made a quick decision: "How many aristocratic families are there in the city?"

If you don’t have enough staff, borrow from them.

Shangnan County has not been affected by the war for nearly 20 years. In addition to the original local gentry, many small tribes have also been moved. After the founding of Kang State, they were cut off, but only their land and hidden tenants were taken away, and nothing else was moved.

If each family gathers together, he can also gather three to five thousand people.

The guard said, "There are all in the past."

Fang Yan: "What else do you have to say? Don't hesitate."

The guard general said with all his heart: "Each family has a lot of complaints about the arrangements of the royal court, and I am afraid that I will not come to help save the situation this time."

This involves the rules for the appointment of officials in Kang State.

In principle, officials are all from other places, and even small clerks do not allow their natives to take office in the local area, and the latter must be at least one county. Incumbent officials are not allowed to intermarry with the local area, nor are they allowed to take concubines, and the supervisor will stare at them.

This move will help prevent the expansion of local tyrants and avoid corruption in the protection of officials to a certain extent, which will be beneficial to the management of the Kang State court. In this way, local tyrants will feel uncomfortable.

During those years when Gu Ren was in office, his wrists were soft and hard. While limiting the forces of the local aristocratic families, he did not completely anger them, and also gave benefits. Both sides found a delicate balance between the subject and the dodder. Compared with Wu Xian, Gu Ren was not so dependent on the aristocratic family, and was much less affected.

Local snakes were unhappy but chose to take a step back.

Gu Ren and his three father-in-laws all have no low reputation in Shangnan.

The relationship is full of twists and turns, and it is also included in the southern local forces camp.

Everyone prospers and loses.

It was Chen Tang's turn to take over, and everything changed.

Fang Yan was so angry that he got up and whispered: "I'm confused, all confused! Are they all kicked in the brain by donkeys? Since they are dissatisfied, why didn't they say a word before? Five or six years have passed, and now they are starting to make trouble and want to split up?"

The guard gritted his teeth and muttered in a low voice.

"This matter also has something to do with the military advisors."

Fang Yan smiled: "It has something to do with me?"

This was really caught off guard.

The guard sighed secretly: "Listen to me."

In the later period of the Dragon Slaying Bureau, Ziyi and his brothers were poisoned by Huang Lie. Shangnan County had no leader. Seeing that the fight was about to begin, Longwu County sent someone to take Ziyi's family away. Shangnan County was nominally under the jurisdiction of Chen Tang, but in fact it was autonomous. They wanted to choose a backbone again, but they were frightened by Chen Tang's troops and did not dare to be the leader. At this time, Chao Lian came back alive.

Chao Lian helped Chen Tang to ensure the ownership of Shangnan County.

Up to this time, Shangnan County was still in charge of each company.

It was not until Kangguo founded that new regulations were introduced.

The face of Shangnan Family has turned green.

At this time, they wanted to put together and lift the table.

For the sake of life, I could only swallow my anger.

The peace and stability in these years does not mean that there is no anger in my heart.

When the guard general found that the soldier was missing, he thought of this path at the first time. Out of caution, he inquired about it and concluded that it would be better not to speak. If he spoke, these people might kneel first.

He didn't want anything, he just wanted Wu Xian to use it and Shen Youli was arrogant.

Fang Yan and Chao Lian were so angry that they darkened their faces.

His hands were trembling: "Which are they instigating this?"

"This is not likely." He had a lot of dealing with these local families and knew their twisted personality. If Kang Guo was strong and strong, these people would not mind continuing their family under Kang Guo's protection. No matter how bad the family was, they would be better than the Buyi of the Guizhou Shou, but they would not refuse the opportunity to turn over and make decisions. If they were not bragging or black, this group of people could do it coldly and put in the wrong, and they would not dig their own graves.
To be continued...