Liu Qi's words made Dian Wei unable to react for a long time.

Don't kill yourself?

Do you want to give yourself food?

Is it possible that this is an attempt to recruit yourself?

No! If you want to recruit yourself, why should you punish someone?

Dian Wei was a straightforward person, so naturally he couldn't understand the mystery of this.

He couldn't figure it out, so he didn't want to and asked directly.

"Mr. Liu, what do you mean by this move?"

Liu Qi smiled and said: "I don't have any intentions, I just act according to the law."

"Although the grain that Zhao Chong should give you has nothing to do with our army, the food you eat these days is all from our army. Qi is a moral person. I will give you these grains as extra compensation. Can you accept it?"

"This..." After hearing what Liu Qi said, Dian Wei felt a little embarrassed.

To be honest, when Liu Qi told him this, he felt a little unbearable.

But Liu Qi's words became harsher.

"But you injured my sergeant, so this matter must not be ignored. You injured our army Su Bo and the grain-distribution sergeant, and just now you injured my beloved Wei Yan. If I don't punish you, how can I convince the public?"

What Liu Qi wanted to show in front of Dian Wei was that he would do what he said, be fair and selfless, and keep his word.

Dian Wei's biggest hatred in Zhao Chong's army was that he hated Zhang Miao, Zhao Chong and others for not rewarding him for his actions of killing soldiers in the past, and not trusting his words.

As a master, the biggest taboo when dealing with the people under his command is to make random promises and make cakes to satisfy hunger.

The rewards given to your subordinates may not be large, or even none at all.

You don't have to agree, but if you agree, you can't change your mind.

This is like running a business in later generations. The boss sets various performance indicator assessment tasks for employees. Even if the tasks are heavy and the bonuses are not high, it is not a bottom line issue for the employees. Even if they are dissatisfied, their behavior will not be excessive.

.

But if the employee’s task is completed and the entrepreneur does not pay the employee, this matter needs to be discussed separately!

I've finished what I should do, but you won't give me the bonus you promised...why?

If something like this happened, no one would be resentful unless they were stupid.

The story of looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst is, after all, just a story in Shishuoxinyu, and Liu Qi never really believed it.

A general lied in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, and then he was still proud of himself when he turned around?

I don’t know if this story means that tens of thousands of Cao Cao’s soldiers were stupid, or that Cao Cao was stupid.

As a general, what you should pay attention to is that you must keep your promise and your actions must be resolute, not just playing tricks.

…

Dian Wei was silent for a long time and said, "Young master, what you said is indeed fair. How do you want to punish me?"

"I will give you fifty lashes, will you be convinced?"

Dian Wei laughed loudly: "A certain family has rough skin and thick flesh. Fifty is too little!"

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not."

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Ren aside and said, "You come to carry out the execution."

"promise!"

…

Having temporarily settled Dian Wei's affairs, it was already evening and Liu Qi returned to his residence in Yangren.

When I opened the door, I saw a tidy house that had been tidied up.

It seemed that Liu Qi had not seen such a neat and clean room for several months.

On the table in the house, snacks and meals for Liu Qi tonight are laid out.

After finishing all this, Du Yan seemed to be too sleepy, leaning on Liu Qi's bed, dozing off with one hand on her forehead, her body swaying back and forth slightly.

Liu Qi originally planned to cough to signal that he was back, but seeing Du Yan dozing off, he was too embarrassed to wake her up.

Liu Qi closed the door, walked to the bed, leaned over and looked at this tired, gentle and charming young lady carefully.

Liu Qi's eyes swept over her fair cheeks and chin, then looked at her soft neck and graceful half-lying figure.

Perhaps because she was sleeping in a reclining position, her voluptuous body was not as plump as usual, but instead looked a little soft and well-behaved.

This posture of sleeping on the imperial concubine's bed actually reflects her charm and flavor just right.

Liu Qi looked her up and down calmly, feeling a pity in his heart.

——The deep-skirted skirt of the Han Dynasty is really not suitable for her to wear.

Her appearance and temperament, black stockings and glasses are the perfect match for her.

Liu Qi admired her sleeping posture for a while, and then his eyes fell on her hairpin.

The handle of the hairpin has been broken, and it is a broken hairpin.

Women in the Han Dynasty who were unmarried and had their hair straightened usually fixed part of their hair with hairpins. However, a small amount of hair on the sideburns and back of the head was still combed out, so sometimes it was not completely scattered, and hairpins were used to tie it up.

"Eh?" Liu Qi saw the broken hairpin and accidentally made a sound.

At this moment, the beauty took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

"Ah, sir?"

Du Yan subconsciously stood up in a hurry, saluted Liu Qi in a panic, and said shyly: "I was exhausted for a while, so I lay down on the bed with the young master. Please forgive me... please forgive me."

Liu Qi shook his head indifferently and said: "Never mind, Lingyi, why is the hairpin in your hair broken?"

Du Yan's face turned red when she heard this.

The hairpin she wore in her hair was broken by her struggle when Qin Yi wanted to commit indecency.

Later, he was rescued by Zhang Yun and came to Liu Qi's army. At first glance, there were soldiers everywhere. Naturally, there was no place to find new hairpins, so he had to make do with broken hairpins.

But she was naturally embarrassed to say more about the reason.

"I did this accidentally. If you find it an eyesore, I will spread it out tomorrow."

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Why wait until tomorrow?"

After saying that, he reached out and gently pulled out the broken hairpin from Du Yan's head.

"Ah~!" Du Yan cried out softly.

Without a hairpin to tie up her hair, she could see that her hair was long and dark, spread out and hanging down on her shoulders and back, but it had a unique charm.

Du Yan bit her lip, looked at Liu Qi with resentment in her eyes, and said softly: "Master, why are you like this..."

Liu Qi put away the broken hairpin and said with a smile: "No need to tie it up, you look more beautiful like this."

When Du Yan heard this, her cheeks hidden in the waterfall's black hair couldn't help but blush.

Seeing that Du Yan lowered her head and stopped talking, Liu Qi did not ask further questions and said: "Lingyi, I got a piece of venison and put it in front of the door. You can help me cook it later, and then put away the snacks on the table."

, come with me to see someone later."

Although Du Yan didn't know who Liu Qi wanted her to cook venison for, she naturally had to obey the prince's order, so she went to the door to get the venison and cook it.

Du Yan went to collect the venison, and Liu Qi went outside the house to greet a guard and gave him some instructions.

After the guards left, Liu Qi turned to look at Du Yan, who was busy preparing the venison while lighting a fire in the courtyard, and felt a little strange in his heart.

If the world was peaceful and peaceful, it would not be a bad idea to take her and Cai Mi to find a clean and pleasant place, indulge in the mountains and rivers, and become a dandy and a powerful man without shame or shame.

…

In a tent in the east of Yangren City, Dian Wei, who had been whipped, was lying in the tent, grinning in pain.

Even though he was born with rough skin and thick flesh, after receiving fifty lashes, his skin was still bruised, especially the one who whipped him was Zhang Ren.

After being whipped and his wounds casually treated by the soldiers, he was placed in the tent without anyone to take care of him.

He does not belong to the Jingzhou faction, and he also has issues with Jingzhou people. Who will take care of him?

However, Liu Qi kept his word. He calculated according to time, and sent all the rations that Zhao Chong owed Dian Wei during this period, and piled them in the tent where Dian Wei was temporarily staying.

Dian Wei was lying in the tent, looking at the wild rice on the ground. For some reason, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Although he is not a good person, he is rough and vicious, often hurts people, and has even killed people... but he still has some backbone after all.

After being pardoned in the Yuan Dynasty, he originally wanted to join the army and make meritorious deeds.

I have fulfilled my responsibilities in Zhang Miao's army. I have made great achievements in suppressing bandits around Chenliu this year, but I have been repeatedly denied promotions. Instead, I have been treated more poorly by Zhao Chong...

Xiahou Dun, who was affiliated with Cao Cao, repeatedly recruited him, but he felt that Cao Cao's army was not an army of a county and he might make a mistake in recruiting, so he was hesitant.

But being in this situation, Dian Wei couldn't help but feel sad.

If I had known this, I might as well have voted for Xiahou Dun!

Just when Dian Wei was sighing secretly, a voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"Is Nori-kun here?"

Following this sound, the smell of meat and rice also drifted into the tent.
Chapter completed!