"My lord, yesterday Tilong defeated two more bandits. They were hiding in the mountains to the west, waiting for opportunities to sneak attack on our grain transport team. They have succeeded several times, which is very difficult."

In the Guangping County residence, Zhu Ling reported to Liu Qing the work situation during this period.

"How much food is left?" Behind the desk, Liu Qing looked at the account books he had recently taken stock of. After counting, he found that he had accumulated more than 400,000 shi of food.

"About 100,000 stones, I plan to transport the largest amount at one time. Zilong will help escort. The workshop has almost been dismantled. The next step is to transport it to Changshan County." Zhu Ling said.

Zhu Ling and Gan Lai, who were in charge of the demolition, could be said to be the two busiest people. Jushou had already taken up his post in Changshan and began to purge officials, while Zhao Yun and Zhang He were responsible for clearing out the rogue bandits in the territory.

Said to be rogue bandits, they are actually not much different from the Yellow Turbans, except that they are not as ideal as Zhang Jiao, or in other words, their ideal is to have a full stomach.

"Let Junyi escort the grain and grass. Zilong will follow me to Yanmen. Since Governor Guo is ill, I can't delay it for too long." Liu Qing said, looking at the reward edict spread out on the case, which was covered with bright red. 's seal.

"Lord, many civilians want to follow them to Changshan. You see..."

Let's leave this issue to Xun Yu.

"Wen Ruo, you can handle this matter. Changshan County will be our main development rear area. Yanmen is very mountainous and cannot support many people."

"My lord, Yanmen is also a good place. Yanmen produces iron and coal, but due to the war, it has not been developed on a large scale." Xun Yu replied.

Liu Qing's eyes lit up when Xun Yu reminded him. Yanmen County is now a border county and is in chaos, but in the future, it will belong to Shanxi, a province of coal and iron. The pebbles Xun Yu mentioned are coal. There is coal. If you have iron, you don't need to buy iron materials from everywhere.

And with enough iron, you can build an invincible iron army.

What was most important in ancient wars was, of course, armor.

Liu Qing had already begun to long for the situation where all the soldiers would be wearing full-body iron armor. They would not be afraid of bows and crossbows, and would be almost invincible.

But for large-scale development, we can only rely on manpower at present. Liu Qing immediately said: "Wen Ruo, the more people the better, in addition to the people who are willing to move away, we will continue to absorb the refugees. I will build Changshan County into the granary of Jizhou!"

"Here!"

"Yuan Hao has rushed to Yuanshi County, the seat of Changshan County. I am also planning to leave. I will go to Yuanshi first, then pass through Yangqu County of Taiyuan County and enter Yanmen, Wenbo, and Guangping. I will leave the rest to you and Gan. coming."

"Don't worry, my lord, I won't leave a piece of scrap metal in Guangping."

"I can rest assured that you will do the work!" After saying that, Liu Qing put away the edict and handed it to Guo Jia who remained silent.

"Keep it for me, don't follow me." After saying that, Liu Qing left the house.

"Where are you going, my lord?" Fengxiao asked quickly. It must be a good thing if you don't take him with you!

Guo Jia hurriedly followed, but unexpectedly, Dian Wei stopped him, tipped his iron halberd, and seemed to ask again: Do you want to carry the halberd?

Guo Jia had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​following him.

Liu Qing took Dian Wei to Zhang Ning's house. As usual, Dian Wei stayed outside.

After entering the courtyard, there was no one there, but the ground was clean. Liu Qing glanced at the vegetable patch in the corner. Sure enough, the vegetables that were wilted last time were all dead.

Not a single plant survived.

Liu Qing couldn't help but feel amused. Zhang Ning's skill in cooking this kind of food might not even be comparable to his.

Knocking on the door, there was a response from inside, a lukewarm "come in".

Liu Qing pushed the door open and saw Zhang Ningjing sitting by the window. Different from the neutral white clothes last time, this time he saw her wearing a light blue skirt. Her figure looked better and her hair was combed.

Ordinary woman's dress.

She was reading a bamboo slip in her hand, and there were several more volumes on the desk in front of her.

"So hardworking? What are you looking at?" Liu Qing sat opposite Zhang Ning and picked up a volume.

"Like a bad smell, like a lustful person, this is called self-effacement, so a gentleman must be careful about being alone..."

Liu Qing felt that this sentence was very familiar, but he couldn't remember the source for a while. In order to avoid talking about this topic later, Liu Qing calmly put away the bamboo slips and put them back to their original place.

Zhang Ning was intoxicated with books and never responded to Liu Qing's little tricks. He could do whatever he wanted. After all, the house was his, the case was his, and even the books were his.

"I just said that dish can't survive!" Liu Qing started the topic in a field in which he is relatively good.

Zhang Ning neatly put away the scroll and looked at Liu Qing expressionlessly, with "unwelcome" almost written on his face.

Liu Qing suddenly remembered something and took a deep look into his cold eyes.

Name: Zhang Ning

Grade: Outstanding

Stamina:58

Force:75

Command:51

Intelligence:85

Politics:71

Charm:92

Characteristics: [Taiping] makes the people of the force where it belongs more stable and enhances the people's sense of belonging.

[Huang Tian] Once followers recognize Zhang Ning, they will not betray easily. When fighting with followers, their strength is 5.

[Ming Mirror] Zhang Ning has a quick mind, a heart like a mirror, and a partner with an intelligence of 5.

[Elementary general medicine] A general practitioner who has a rough understanding of medical science and can treat simple diseases.

"Why are you looking at me like this!"

Zhang Ning's voice interrupted Liu Qing's gaze.

Liu Qing withdrew his gaze and replied straight away: "Actually, I know how to read faces. I just showed you one."

Zhang Ning obviously didn't believe it and had no intention of looking good to Liu Qing.

"I can see that you have some medical skills, but you are not very good at it." Liu Qing gave a clue. Since he was pretending to be mysterious, he had to bring something out first.

Just like a fortune teller on the street, you can roughly judge some information by observing your appearance and conversation, and then use this information to attract people who are willing to believe it.

It's just that the information Liu Qing saw was really seen.

"Is this visible?" Zhang Ning asked, obviously his curiosity had been aroused.

Okay, I'm hooked.

Liu Qing nodded.

Zhang Ning was secretly shocked, why did Liu Qing know this kind of old-fashioned skills? Moreover, he was obviously very accurate. Not only did he know that he was good at medicine, but he also said that he was not proficient in medical skills. Both points were accurate.

It can't be a coincidence.

Could it be that he is too...

"What else did you see?"

"You can't tell unless you exchange something for it."

Zhang Ning's slightly surprised expression was retracted again, and his face returned to a cold expression.

She knew she had nothing, and Liu Qing said he wanted something in exchange. Isn't his purpose obvious?

Except for the secrets left to her by her father, that is her "self".

No matter what, she won't agree!

Seeing Zhang Ning's cold look, Liu Qing knew that her plan had failed again. She was not fooled, and she really had a clear conscience.

Zhang Jiao left her a secret, presumably to protect her, but Liu Qing had a very strong intuition that this secret must have something to do with him.

It seems that I have to find some other way to pry it out of her mouth.

Seeing that she was not fooled, Liu Qing had no choice but to get up and leave. He was on his way to inquire about the news. Telling her that she was leaving was the real purpose of the trip. Before leaving, Liu Qing said: "Just pack up and follow me to Changshan. We will set off at noon!"

"

"Why?"

Liu Qing had already gone out, but he still heard her questions.

Even if I heard it, I wouldn't say much to her.

Why don’t you show your face to others?

Looking at Liu Qing's back who left without looking back, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Zhang Ning's cold face.

After leaving the courtyard gate, Dian Wei followed with a smile.
Chapter completed!