Extra 1: Little People in Troubled Times
"Are you back? What's going on outside? Who's calling me?" When he returned to the house, the wife of the county magistrate Xu Sheng, his wife Yang hurriedly came out to inquire.
"It was Liu Tao, General of the North, who led his army to kill him." Xu Sheng replied, "I will probably spend the night in Shan County tonight and continue to head towards Chang'an tomorrow."
"Why is this guy here? None of the heroes in Kanto can fight?" Yang was a little confused when he heard this, and it seemed that he was reluctant to fight it was Liu Tao.
"The Han Dynasty lost its deer and the whole world chased it." Xu Sheng sighed, "Once this place belonged to the Han Dynasty, not long ago, but now it belongs to Liu Tao. God knows who it will belong in the future. Just ignore him and do your own thing."
As long as the other party is not a particularly cruel bandit, surrender is the best choice. Those who intend to occupy and govern here will not easily replace them and other officials.
The heroes above fight to the death. Basically, those who are the county magistrates and magistrates can win and follow whoever wins.
"It's just that Liu Tao can't do it!" Yang frowned, "Occasionally, I'll listen to the talks of the old and young people in the family. Liu Tao is very cold to the scholars of the aristocratic family and will not even give face to the aristocratic family. If he occupy this place and governs according to his wishes, I'm afraid that Yang will operate and push his husband to the position of county magistrate."
"But what's the solution? They've already hit this place." Xu Sheng sighed, "If he can come from the east, it means that Hangu Pass has been beaten down by him. Two days ago, he sent some supplies to Hangu Pass, which means that the other party killed Hangu Pass in these two days."
He paused and said solemnly: "Is it difficult for them to conquer Hangu Pass within one or two days and to conquer Shan County?"
He really captured the city and surrendered to them. I saw if Liu Tao would return it to him as the county magistrate. No way, during the siege, he had already died in the city!
"Just...ah..." Yang was also a little anxious. She was just a side girl, and both the direct line and both had five qualities. No one would listen to her when talking in the clan.
Originally, he was about to be the county magistrate and become the prefect in two years. As a result, the world became too fast. Now Liu Tao, who was talked about and complained the most by the tribe, came here. The promotion was probably going to be ruined.
"Liu Tao is OK. I met for the first time today and was still good. The thousands of soldiers I brought were not placed in the county town, but only brought 500 guards in. And I stayed for one night and left tomorrow. I sent someone to pay attention to it, and there was no disturbance to the people. Maybe he treated the scholars with a bad attitude, but it seemed to be pretty good to the people and the soldiers." Xu Sheng grabbed his wife's hand and said.
"It's just my husband's career..." Yang was still a little unwilling to accept it, and the prefect's wife was gone.
"It's already very good to save your life these days." Xu Sheng sighed, "Just say that Dayang County on the other side of the river, the county magistrate has backbone and refuses to surrender to Dong Zhuo. On the day the city is broken, not only will the whole city be slaughtered, but he only says that he also died in the chaos."
He paused and said, "Okay, I won't say that much. I'll have to entertain someone tonight and let me go back and change my clothes."
"Okay..." Yang was also depressed and quickly welcomed his husband in, and then changed his clothes for him personally.
Xu Sheng has been in Shaanxi County for several years. In recent years, he helped Yang's family. The latter ate meat and left him a bit of soup. Therefore, even if he is not really greedy, his family property is not small.
As for the smuggling of some gentry families and other things, it is not a big deal. At least in Xu Sheng's opinion, these are nothing at all.
The people at the top think about how to conquer cities and expand their territory every day. They must express their ambitions, and to unify the world and intimidate the world...
Most of them are trying to live today. If they cannot see the future, they will even try every means to benefit themselves: the future is gone, so why not live a more relaxed life now?
After changing his clothes, Yang sent Xu Sheng out of the house with some concern. The latter seemed to feel his wife's concern, turned around and held her hand and patted her.
It was a marriage at the beginning, and the two parties didn’t have much feelings, but they still had feelings for a couple in just a few years.
When he arrived at the banquet, Liu Tao had already brought a group of civil and military officials, and his interest was naturally not very high. After all, there was no good materials for a county dinner. But no matter what, it was better than the dry food he brought.
If you don’t eat well, the enemy won’t go to fight, so it’s not his fault for complaining...
"Xu is late, please forgive me." Xu Sheng came to the seat next to the main seat and first accused Liu Tao.
"We just came here, right?" Liu Tao nodded and signaled him to take his seat.
Xu Sheng bowed and then sat down slowly. Of course, he was sitting. Obviously, the chairs and tables have not been widely popularized yet. Or, these scholars always think that sitting like that is "a hindrance"?
In fact, the most important thing is to be comfortable with yourself, otherwise you will be different ways to torment yourself.
The food and drinks were coming one after another, and there were some dancers and singers performing. Of course, they were not raised by the county magistrate, but invited by the nearby brothel. In order not to stimulate Yang, Xu Sheng still dared not take a concubine.
"There is nothing to be treated in a small place, so please don't be surprised." Seeing that the wine and food were all over, Xu Sheng took the lead in proposing the crime.
"It's already good. I ate dry food for two days and I'm getting tired of it." Liu Tao smiled. "Starting from Luoyang, I'll come all the way. After two days, I'll have dry food for three meals a day..."
"Two days?" Xu Sheng felt that he had heard it wrong. Shouldn't it be twenty days? Indeed, it would take about two or three days to go from Luoyang to Hangu Pass. Considering that Liu Tao's command is full of cavalry, it is not surprising that he will arrive in one day at a time.
But when I arrived at Hangu Pass, I was beaten in one or two days... Meow, can't it be true?
"You haven't heard of it..." Liu Tao smiled, "The attack launched in the morning was in less than an hour and then he knocked down Hangu Pass. Seeing that the time was still enough, he came here to rest."
"The soldiers under the general's command are brave and good at fighting, and the officials admire them." Seeing that their guesses were confirmed, Xu Sheng secretly swallowed and said in his heart: Fortunately, he didn't resist to the end, otherwise he wouldn't know how to die if he died.
"Basic performance is not worthy of praise." Liu Tao was modest, but in Xu Sheng's opinion, he was just pretending to be a show-off.
He paused and said to Xu Sheng: "Since you have sat down, I will give you a little insight. From now on, the governor of Sizhou, Cao Cao, will be temporarily taken over by the prefect or county magistrate, and he will be responsible for the assessment of the promotion."
"It's just for the officials to do their duty well." Xu Sheng said quickly, secretly happy in his heart. If it's not that Liu Tao is directly under the jurisdiction of the government, there is still hope.
"Do it well, I don't care about my background. How high I can climb depends on your ability," Liu Tao reminded.
"The officials must remember them in my heart!" Xu Sheng was moved by his heart and then felt sad: The problem is that I don't have much talent.
Chapter completed!