Bare trees soared into the sky, piercing the sky sharply. The tree trunks were straight. There was still snow piled on the ground here. The snow was already dirty and mixed with all kinds of debris.
Gao Yanzong stepped on the snow and mud, his shoes dented and made a sound, and the sound of branches colliding with each other was heard in the distance.
Gao Yanzong was holding a bow, with only six arrows hanging on his body. He was wearing very thin clothes, his fat face was red from the cold, and he could hardly open his eyes.
He sniffed hard and looked behind him with trembling eyes.
Not far away, Liu Taozi was staring at him with an expressionless face.
"Brother Liu, is this really useful? Can I wear more clothes?"
"cannot."
"If you can't catch any prey today, you will be hungry."
Hearing these ruthless words, Gao Yanzong wiped the tip of his nose in frustration and turned to look at the dense forest again.
Gao Yanzong really wanted to learn some skills from Liu Taozi. When he proposed this idea, Liu Taozi readily agreed. This made Gao Yanzong overjoyed, but he didn't expect that this so-called skill was to make him wear thin clothes.
When he came to hunt in this dense forest, Liu Taozi only gave him six arrows and a broken bow to hunt his food today.
Gao Yanzong liked hunting very much, but his hunting was not like it is today. He had to ride a horse, have someone to drive the prey for him, have hounds to bite for him, and someone to cooperate with him in riding and shooting, standing in the best position, holding a
The best bow and arrow, but now it is really hard!!
Gao Yanzong knew for the first time that hunting could be so hard.
"Pay attention to the direction of the wind. The prey is very alert and will smell your scent. If you feel you can't avoid it, put some slush on your body."
"Walk softly and see clearly where you are going to land."
"You need to have clear eyes, always pay attention to the goings-on around you, and keep your ears open to listen!"
Liu Taozi was always separated from Gao Yanzong by a certain distance, but his words could reach Gao Yanzong's ears accurately.
Gao Yanzong has never suffered in his life, but this guy is very smart and talented. Under Liu Taozi's guidance, he constantly adjusts himself. He doesn't know how far he has gone. In short, when he feels that his ears are numb
When he lost consciousness due to stiffness, he finally spotted a deer in the distance that was lowering its head to eat. Thinking of the prey that he had just scared away, Gao Yanzong slowly calmed down his body.
He stared intently at the prey in the distance, carefully picked up the bow and pointed it at the prey.
He was just in a stalemate, and for a moment, he suddenly let go of his hand. Without thinking, he quickly took out the arrow and shot it several times.
He screamed and started to run away. Gao Yanzong fired several shots in a row, but failed to hit him again. He rushed out quickly. He ran with him for a long time. Finally, the man trembled,
Fell down.
Gao Yanzong trembled and rushed to Hui's side, pressed him down, and raised his head, his chubby face full of excitement.
Sure enough, Liu Taozi was still standing not far away.
"Brother, I caught it! I caught it!"
"Pick it up and take it back."
Gao Yanzong struggled to carry the deer. If it had been the case, resisting the deer would have been nothing to him. But now, hungry and cold, he felt so heavy. He shivered and walked ahead for a few steps.
, and felt unable to walk.
"If you can't bear it anymore, leave the prey behind and go back to your governor's mansion. Don't ask me for advice again in the future."
After hearing this, Gao Yanzong, who originally wanted to ask Liu Taozi for a few words, immediately gritted his teeth, opened his eyes wide, and walked forward step by step. The pain all over his body made him unbearable, but he felt something in his heart.
I'm so angry that I just don't want to let go.
The two walked out of the dense forest together. Outside the dense forest, there were dozens of knights waiting anxiously.
Gao Yanzong threw the prey on the ground, and immediately fell on top of it, gasping for air.
Everyone wanted to come to help, but Gao Yanzong shouted: "Don't come near!!"
Liu Taozi slowly walked up to him and threw a dagger to him, "Bleed it, skin it, and separate the bones and flesh."
Gao Yanzong gasped for a long time, then got up, picked up the dagger, and started to attack the deer.
He had never personally handled the carcasses of any prey. When everyone saw the prey that he had messed up, they all turned their heads and refused to look further. These were all Xianbei people and could not bear to see the prey being ruined like this.
Even Liu Taozi's eyes almost jumped at this moment.
"Don't cut it randomly. Cut the meat along the bones and you can eat it. Don't throw it away."
Gao Yanzong was covered in blood and gasping for air. After an unknown amount of time, he finally completed the task, although it was not pretty.
Liu Taozi then ordered him to gather firewood and light a fire to roast the meat.
When Gao Yanzong roasted the meat until it smelled delicious, Liu Taozi finally sat next to him, picked up the meat, and ate it, "Not bad."
Gao Yanzong also quickly picked up a piece, but it was so hot that he almost threw it away. He kept blowing on it, and then carefully put it into his mouth.
The next moment, he started eating hungrily.
His mouth was filled with meat, and he couldn't help but say: "It's delicious. It's so delicious, so delicious."
He raised his head and looked at Liu Taozi excitedly, "I have never eaten such delicious meat."
"Well, from now on, you have to hunt here every day. When you can provide food and clothing, you can take three people to hunt, then five people, ten people, and then you can take twenty people and distribute them properly in the dense forest.
, when the hunt is successful, you can barely leave."
Liu Taozi took another bite of meat.
Gao Yanzong nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, listen to brother."
The two of them were big and had big appetites. They ate the meat like a storm, leaving only white bones on the ground.
A few knights in the distance watched them eating meat quietly.
Gao Yanzong was extremely full. He had never eaten so much. His stomach was bulging. On the way back, he sat on his horse and felt uncomfortable. Liu Taozi was walking behind him. Gao Yanzong had countless problems.
Ask.
"Brother, can I really be as agile as you when hunting like this?"
"Um."
"How long will that take?"
"I don't know."
"I'm just starting now, is it too late? Am I considered talented?"
"Um."
A group of people walked on the official road. The ice and snow had begun to unblock. There was not much snow left on the ground. People could be seen walking in the distance. Of course, they did not dare to approach these knights.
They walked into Anping County, but the city had begun to become a little livelier. People began to be busy making a living. There were vendors in strange clothes walking on the road. Every time they came to the door of a house, they went in to ask questions.
I don't know what to charge.
When they arrived at the gate of the county government office, the place was extremely lively.
They saw Cheng Zhe sitting at the door with a straight face, while thirty or forty people were standing in the strong wind, shivering. They were all wearing thin clothes and were meeting Cheng Zhe one by one.
Cheng Zhe saw them and quickly got up and ran over to worship them.
Gao Yanzong waved his hand, telling him not to be too polite, and asked curiously: "What are you doing here?"
Cheng Zhe said with a wry smile: "My subordinates are recruiting county officials. There are both county officials and county officials gone, so nothing can be done. There is no one to even accept new officials."
Gao Yanzong warned: "Don't let spies sneak into the yamen anymore!"
Cheng Zhe nodded quickly, "Wei!!"
Liu Taozi said: "If Cheng Juncheng has no one available, I have some people under my command who can help you. I will ask Tian Zili to help you later."
"Thank you Mr. Liu."
Cheng Zhe was really not good at such things, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Taozi then looked at Gao Yanzong and said, "Your Majesty, there is a shortage of capable officials in all counties and counties. This is mainly because there are no law schools in the county schools. Your Majesty can order the counties and counties to pay attention to the law schools and recruit them.
If you accept people from common people who can read and write and teach them carefully, these people will be regarded as the disciples of the king in the future. If the king wants to govern Dingzhou, all the officials in the state will help him. Is there any reason why it can't be done?"
Gao Yanzong only heard the words "disciple" and "help", and he asked excitedly: "Can I make everyone inside and outside the county become my people??"
"good."
"Lu"
Gao Yanzong just opened his mouth, but realized that his right-hand man was not there. He looked helplessly at Liu Taozi, "Brother, can you write an order for me? I'm not good at it."
“It’s okay to let capable people do their jobs, but you can’t be ignorant yourself.”
"Write it yourself."
"oh"
Anping County School.
Several lecturers were wiping the sweat from their foreheads and standing at the door, anxious.
The older lecturer among them had a sad face, "This mandrill has nowhere to go, but he has to come to our county to study."
"Mr. Liu!"
A younger assistant coach held his hand, with tears in his eyes, "I beg you, let me go."
Before he could finish his sentence, he couldn't help crying again.
Seeing his appearance, the old lecturer became furious, "Do you want me to greet him alone?"
He looked at the people on the left and right, "I tell you, you can leave anytime you want, I won't stop you, but if that person thinks you are disrespectful and wants to investigate thoroughly, I won't stop him!! I don't have the ability to stop him.
Hold him!"
Hearing this sentence, there were more sobs.
The old lecturer sighed, "It's a blessing and a misfortune. Now, I can only leave it to fate."
After what happened to the second wife of the Cui family, Liu Taozi's reputation was far and wide, especially among these scholars. His reputation was even greater. The entire Boling, and even the entire Dingzhou, already knew about such a person.
A man-eating mandrill, and the Cui family’s influence is already huge, so it’s only a matter of time before this thing spreads throughout the world.
Liu Taozi's actions frightened these kind-hearted scholars. When they learned that Liu Taozi was coming to visit the county school, there was a burst of howling ghosts and wolves.
They don't know what a county lieutenant does when he comes to the county to study, but they know what he has done.
Everyone was waiting uneasily at the door. When Liu Taozi and others appeared in the distance on horseback, those people quickly wiped away their tears. The old lecturer forced a smile and stepped forward quickly.
"Meet Liu Gong!!"
Everyone walked together to worship together, neatly and uniformly, and quite impressive.
Liu Taozi didn't even dismount, but nodded coldly towards them, and these people didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.
The old lecturer came forward with a smile on his face, "I have heard about Liu Gong for a long time, and it is really a blessing for us to meet you today. It is a blessing for the county government that you can come to the county to study. I am really grateful."
"No need to be polite."
Liu Taozi rudely interrupted the old lecturer's etiquette, and then rode towards the county school. The old lecturer was still smiling. He motioned to everyone, and everyone followed Liu Taozi. The old lecturer kept chattering.
Liu Taozi explained the situation in the county school.
Anping County School occupies a huge area, no smaller than Chengan County School.
After walking through the door, I saw the broad road, big enough for three carriages to walk side by side. There were green plants on both sides, but they were all withered at the moment. The pavilions and houses in the distance were hidden among rockeries and tall trees.
If it were summer and autumn, it would be very spiritual. Before she got close, Liu Taozi heard the sound of neat chanting coming from the Confucian classics room in the distance. They were reading classics.
The old lecturer hurriedly said: "This is the Confucian classics room."
"Where is the Law School?"
"ah??"
The old lecturer's eyes widened, and he looked around hesitantly, "Yes. Yes."
Someone came out and said, "It's over there."
Liu Taozi immediately galloped in that direction, and everyone ran after him. The old lecturer couldn't run, so he pushed the junior students around him and said, "Follow me quickly and shout, Mr. Liu!"
The young man shouted all the way and ran wildly behind Liu Taozi and others.
Finally, they came to a dilapidated small courtyard.
The roads everywhere are flat and wide, with the exception of this place. The outside is covered by vegetation, the courtyard walls are dirty, and you can even see stains on the city walls. The strong and pungent smell, even in this place.
You can easily smell it in the cold winter, let alone in summer and autumn.
Liu Taozi looked at Yao Xiong. Yao Xiong got off his horse, walked forward, and pushed open the door in front of him.
The courtyard became even more dirty and messy.
At this moment, there were seven or eight scholars, wearing thin clothes and skinny bones, standing at the door looking at Yao Xiong.
They all heard the noise outside and came out to check.
These people's eyes were dull, almost blending in with the dirty environment.
But Yao Xiong looked at them with particularly complicated eyes.
There is kindness, anger, unwillingness, and joy, but there is no dislike.
He just walked in and said, "Liu Junwei is here to check the situation here. There is no need to panic!"
Liu Taozi slowly dismounted and walked quickly into the courtyard. The other lecturers also walked in, but they couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses.
Liu Taozi saw the frozen leftovers on the ground, which were just thrown on the ground and formed into ice pimples.
He looked at the lecturers on the side, "Do you usually feed them like this? Throw food to them across the courtyard?"
The old lecturer was not here at the moment, but a younger one said hesitantly: "Mr. Liu, this is all due to the food official's dereliction of duty."
Liu Taozi took out the sword. Although it was not unsheathed, everyone around him turned pale and trembled with fear.
Liu Taozi pointed around with the sword, "These are all renovated for me. As a lecturer, I must treat everyone equally and cannot treat the law school unfairly."
Several lecturers hurriedly saluted again, "Yi!!!"
Yao Xiong faced the students, raised his voice, and shouted loudly: "The governor attaches great importance to the law school. If you are wronged in the future, come to my county captain. My surname is Liu and my first name is Taozi! Just read his name."
With your reputation, no one will dare to embarrass you!! Do you understand?!"
The students looked at him blankly and nodded slowly, but they didn't react yet.
Liu Taozi led the people out of here soon after, and several lecturers stood at the door, still lowering their heads to see him off.
It wasn't until Liu Taozi walked away that those people collapsed on the ground, feeble with fear.
Yao Xiong followed Liu Taozi, his face still showing some emotion.
"I think back then, we were all the same as those people. We were bullied but couldn't express ourselves. If we hadn't met my brother, we might not be alive today. Even if we were alive, we would be like slaves."
The streets were extremely empty, and the roads became extremely dark after the ice and snow melted. County officials were shouting along the streets.
"Those who claim to be granted land but have no land can report it to the county government!!!"
"Those who claim to be granted land but have no land can report it to the county government!!!"
The county official's voice was very loud. After he left, a few people occasionally poked their heads out, looked at the county official who was leaving in amazement, and then whispered about something.
When the county officials saw Liu Taozi and others, they quickly got out of the way and saluted hurriedly.
But the people closed their doors one after another.
Yao Xiong grinned, "Thankfully we started earlier, so we can catch up with this spring planting."
They just left the city. At the gate of the city, the county officials had already taken office. The people who came in and out were all particularly surprised at this moment.
In winter, especially in such a cold winter, people hardly go out and have almost no knowledge of what is going on outside.
As the weather warmed up, people began to leave the city. After going out this time, the people were shocked.
After just one winter, how come the whole of Anping has become different?
There has been a new batch of county officials, and the new ones have good attitudes.
He also said that there should be a thorough investigation of the land allocation and mulberry fields, and that cultivated land should be distributed according to the system.
No matter what happened, it was so unbelievable. There were also rumors spreading that it was the Xianbei people who had done something big, but no one knew much about the specific things.
Liu Taozi did not waste any time and led everyone to her school grounds.
The knights in the school field were still practicing with all their strength, and Liu Taozi got off the horse, handed the green lion to Yao Xiong, walked in quickly, and met Magistrate Zheng head-on.
Magistrate Zheng hurriedly bowed to see you, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I have already sent people to start doing what you asked. I am here to report to you."
"No need, you are the county magistrate."
"If you do well, you will be promoted; if you do poorly, you will be punished."
Liu Taozi's words disrupted Magistrate Zheng's train of thought. He looked at Liu Taozi who was about to enter the camp and hurriedly followed him again.
"That's right. There are still some things."
"What's up?"
"Alas, they all came to me for the other houses in the Cui family, saying they wanted to take the initiative to pay money, food and land deeds."
"And the whereabouts of Cui Gong... Cui Jishu is an important official in the temple after all, do you think?"
"Well, you should stop paying attention to this matter and fix Anping."
"only!!"
Chapter completed!