Zhao Chen finally had a Christmas Eve and had a peaceful sleep.
Since following Liu Bei in the war, although there are countless strategies to win, there is no need to worry, but after all, it is a march to fight. Zhao Chen is only a junior student. This march is much harder than the military training in his freshman year. He will worry about whether he will go to bed at night. There will be night raids, so sleep will naturally be uneasy.
"This military life is really not something ordinary people can bear."
"I used to be so ungrateful that I kept saying bad things about the instructor behind my back. It turns out that he has helped us a lot!"
Zhao Chen recalled the military training before his freshman year. The instructors were very strict. In order to make the students relax, they came up with all kinds of strange methods, but they were not satisfied and often spoke ill of the instructors in private.
Especially Zhao Chen's roommates, if they were to let them experience Zhao Chen's military life now, they would jump up and would not be willing to stay for a minute longer.
Now Zhao Chen especially admires the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Volunteer Army, which can still win the war despite extremely difficult conditions. A good life is hard-won and is earned through the blood and sweat of our ancestors.
Now at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people are also suffering from unprovoked wars. I must help Liu Bei unify the world as soon as possible and give the people a peaceful life.
The midday sun came in through the crack in the door.
Zhao Chen then lazily got up and said with a smile: "Liu Bei is such a wise master. No matter how late I sleep, he will never disturb me!"
As soon as he put his foot down, he suddenly seemed to step on something hard.
So Zhao Chen bent down and took out the hard object from under his feet.
"A piece of jade pendant?"
I saw that the jade pendant was white and flawless, moist and shiny, and it was worth a lot at first glance.
Zhao Chen had just moved in last night, so naturally it didn't belong to him, it must have belonged to the previous owner.
There is also a word "step" engraved on the jade pendant.
Zhao Chen unconsciously thought of Master Bu, with a slight smile on his lips. The scene and dialogue of his second meeting with Master Bu had already been constructed in his mind, and the next development had even been planned. I haven't prepared the child's name yet.
Is it possible that we are so destined?
Zhao Chen snickered.
If Wang Zixuan (Zhao Chen's roommate) was here, he would make fun of him again for being obscene and thinking of having a relationship with any beautiful woman he saw.
Zhao Chen wiped the jade pendant and put it into his arms, close to his chest.
Then he walked out of the room, washed up briefly, and went to the county office to see if there was anything else that needed to be dealt with.
After being cleaned up yesterday and this morning, the streets in Huaiyin County are now clean and tidy. The businesses on both sides have also reopened. There are also a few hawkers along the street, and there is some fireworks.
Is this what we call a city? A lifeless city is just bricks and tiles.
Common people are people with a hundred kinds of surnames living together. Only with life can there be common people. Otherwise, what is the difference from primitive society.
However, where there is life, there are rivers and lakes, and there are conflicts when there are rivers and lakes, from the emperor to the common people, without exception.
No, as soon as Zhao Chen arrived at the gate of the county government office, he heard the noise of several people inside.
Zhao Chen walked in quickly.
The guards on both sides nodded to say hello to Zhao Chen.
There were two men and two women standing in the lobby of the county government office, and Jian Yong was sitting in the hall.
One man had a full beard and a fat brain. When he spoke, foam flew from his mouth, pointing at the two women kneeling on the ground and yelling curses. The other man was dressed in luxurious clothes and had an arrogant expression. He narrowed his eyes and despised everything in front of him. .
Zhao Chen chuckled. People who are proud of their emotions like to narrow their eyes. Who are they looking down on?
The two women on the ground burst into tears, kowtowing on the ground and crying for Jian Yong to show mercy.
Zhao Chen always felt that the figures of the two women were so familiar.
Jian Yong was happy when he saw Zhao Chen walking in from the door.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jian Yong's savior has arrived.
He trotted all the way to Zhao Chen and explained the situation of the case.
It turned out that the two women borrowed money from Wang Fugui and signed a contract. If the money was not repaid, they would sell their daughters to Wang Fugui and let Wang Fugui do whatever he wanted.
Now the mother and daughter really couldn't afford the money, and Wang Fugui had already forgiven her for more than a month, so she took the nursing home to forcefully ask for her son. Fortunately, the patrolmen saw it and stopped Wang Fugui and brought them to Jian Yong for review.
After Zhao Chen heard this, he finally understood.
In the troubled times of ancient times, it was indeed common to use people as hostages. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, some princes went to other countries to act as hostages in exchange for the safety of their own country. There was also a practice among the people of long-term workers to sign a contract of sale, although from a modern perspective it is very unfair. It's reasonable, but it's also a helpless move.
Jian Yong quickly asked: "Military advisor, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Zhao Chen spread his hands and said, "Xianhe is trying to drag me into trouble. I don't care."
Jian Yong was unwilling to settle the case for two reasons. Firstly, it was very likely that Wang Fugui was a wealthy businessman or a well-known nobleman from Huaiyin, and he was reasonable in the contract. He might have been interested in his daughter for a long time, so naturally he didn't Jian Yong would not be offended if he was willing to give up; secondly, the main reason was that the timing was wrong. Just a few days after Liu Bei took control of Huaiyin, he helped the rich win this originally unjust deal. No matter how you look at it, in the eyes of ordinary people, these women are both vulnerable groups.
Jian Yong just saw these two points, so he couldn't handle it casually.
So when he saw Zhao Chen, it was as if he saw a life-saving straw, and he insisted on dragging Zhao Chen to the stage to judge the case.
Zhao Chen saw Jian Yong's little thoughts, and he couldn't help but cover up his embarrassment with a smile.
"Military advisor, please help me once."
"Xianhe, I won't help you once or twice!"
"Help me one more time, once is not too much, and twice is not too little! Hehe!"
"I don't want it. My lord asked you to handle county government affairs, not me."
"Two pounds of fine tea!" Jian Yong said with a smile, "Everyone in Xuzhou knows that I, Jian Yong, am famous for my good tea, and the tea leaves in my collection are all top quality."
You Jian Xianhe knew that I was worried about not having good tea to drink, so you actually traded tea leaves.
Zhao Chen paused for a moment. To be honest, the tea leaves in his hand were really not drinkable, but he liked tea very much.
While they were thinking, everyone turned around to see what happened at the door because Jian Yong had been gone for a long time.
While Zhao Chen was hesitating, he suddenly saw a familiar face.
Zhao Chen's heart felt like he was electrocuted, and his heart skipped a beat.
It's a foot trainer. Isn't the woman kneeling on the ground the foot trainer I just imagined?
Jian Yong also noticed Zhao Chen's small move, and instantly understood the reason, and waited for Zhao Chen's decision with a smile.
"Xianhe, you also know that I like to drink tea the most. I have agreed to give you two kilograms of fine tea leaves."
"good!"
Jian Yong sees through it but doesn't tell it. Who doesn't have some thoughts?
Zhao Chen never expected that his second meeting with Master Bu would be so quick.
He simulated countless scenarios, but never expected to meet in such a scenario.
Trainer Bu also saw Zhao Chen, and his blushing face immediately dropped.
But Lianshi Bu's mother seemed to see hope and hurriedly begged Zhao Chen for mercy.
Seeing Zhao Chen coming to appease the foot trainer mother and daughter, Wang Fugui stopped him: "Who are you? How can a dignified county government allow a young person to point fingers?"
What? ! You young man!
Although Zhao Chen has a good temper, he cannot tolerate Wang Fugui being so insulting.
The key point is that the narrowed eyes look so much like Guan Yu's that it makes Zhao Chen upset just by looking at him.
"Come here!" Zhao Chen shouted immediately, "Twenty shots first!"
Officials on both sides immediately responded in unison: "Yes!"
Then he put Wang Fugui on a stool, picked up a big board and started beating him.
Wang Fugui didn't even have time to beg for mercy, so he was beaten five times.
Jian Yong hurriedly tried to dissuade him, but he didn't expect Zhao Chen to come for real.
Zhao Chen seemed to be confident and asked the official to beat him ten times before putting Wang Fugui down.
At this time, Wang Fugui couldn't care about anything else except complaining about the pain.
In fact, Zhao Chen didn't have to beat Wang Fugui. The main thing was to let everyone in Huaiyin County know that everyone was equal and no one had any reason to look down on anyone else. More importantly, let the wealthy families in Huaiyin understand that there are ruthless people in Liu Bei's army. It is best for them to support Liu Bei. Even if they don't support Liu Bei, don't think about internal rebellion, so as not to cause chaos behind the army when they go to the south of Guangling County.
This trick is indeed effective, and the people watching have already been talking about it.
Seeing that the situation was almost over, Zhao Chen began to solve the case.
