So I play chess

Chapter 144
The second day was not unusual. The battle in Anping Guangyang was tightly covered by the Southern Chu court. Even though more and more refugees brought various news into the city, the people heard it was thrilling, but they did not take large-scale actions.

Those who are too old can't stand running around, and those who are too young always feel that they have definite news before they can run in time.There are also some who want to strive for fame and even make some money in the troubled times.But in the final analysis, everyone feels that the war is still far away, and Southern Chu, which occupies nearly half of the world, may have a temporary disadvantage on the battlefield, but the foundation will not be shaken, let alone the possibility of overturning.

Of course, the Southern Chu court did not do nothing at all, at least the accumulated political achievements of the past dynasties played a role.

Different from the Northern Yu royal family who started by digging graves, the Southern Chu royal family has accumulated a huge amount of wealth by relying on the waterways that can almost penetrate the whole territory and the mutual market that dominated in the early years. Taxes and corvees are also reduced and exempted from time to time. Except for Linchao County, which is in a weird situation, the other eighteen counties have time to recuperate.

Even so, the successive dynasties of Southern Chu were quite cautious about minting money, and because of the abundant reserves of gold and silver, when the time of war came, there were so many silver taels on the market that ordinary people could even take them out for circulation on a daily basis.

At the same time, the imperial court also had very strict control over the ratio of silver and money. Although prices fluctuated within a certain range, the exchange of silver and money never exceeded the range that might get out of control.

The money was not messed up, and the rice and grain were sufficient, so the people in Southern Chu were generally at peace.

Therefore, this kind of situation, which seems to be fixed but not fixed, will be chaotic but not chaotic, but generally stable. On the contrary, it has created the current impetuous atmosphere in Southern Chu, but it has only become impetuous within the scope of relatively obeying the law.

At this time, the prefect's aunt recruited many talents, and indeed left many domestic servants of the rich families in the city, which just happened to shake many people in Tongcheng who were active or had other ambitions.

As Wen Gu expected, in the early morning of this day, not only some families who had been picked out of talents came to the door again, but also many common people spontaneously came here, bringing their own skills to find a job here.

Bu Shiju has already made preparations here, and the examiner has also changed.

Hua Ji, as a symbolic figure, is still placed at the door, alternately with his drunken stupor and scholar's sobriety, and selects some talents who have no standards and are only determined by their eyes.

Some more were led to the outer courtyard by the gate, and then to a hut, where they were inspected by two unknown people, and then sent back to wait for news after leaving their names and residences.The one sitting in the back of the hut is naturally Wenliang.

Li Xun, the chief bookkeeper, also relied on his "special relationship with the prefect's aunt" to occupy a supporting room on the other side of the outer courtyard and select some craftsmen.

Jin Wan, the Tongcheng inspection inspector who just took office, even appeared in the middle of the meeting, saying that he was taking advantage of the bustle here to recruit some new personnel for the inspection department.

During the period, Wen Gu would show his face from time to time, wandering around.

Although Curie was busy until noon, the number of people waiting outside did not decrease but increased, and the business of the nearby restaurants was booming because of this.

But the excitement belongs to them and has nothing to do with Zhou Tong.

At this time, Zhou Tong was sitting on the Qiaolou Tower of the West City Gate, bored, with good wine and meat laid out in front of him.

The eldest lady sent him to the city gate since yesterday, and even appointed him to sit at the west gate.Zhou Tong originally thought that this was a special order for him.But he didn't want to, the matter that the eldest lady explained was very simple, so simple that he was not the only one, anyone in the Liangzhou army could do it.Besides, as long as he eats and drinks to his heart's content, he must not put on a sober appearance.

This is not difficult for Zhou Tong, he speaks and acts to make outsiders look careless and heartless, and drinking some wine is just right.

The whole morning was the same, Zhou Tong sent two groups of people to check the news in Bushiju, and when they came back to describe it to him, they felt that the place was boring.

This boredom continued into the afternoon.

"Commander, the people we are waiting for are waiting outside the city gate to pass the public inspection. They should enter the city in less than half an hour." A Liangzhou soldier came up and reported to Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong replied listlessly, and then asked again: "Where are the two things from the Wang family historian?"

"I'm resting in the hut below, I've been waiting for a while." The soldier replied.

"Understood." Zhou Tong took a bite of the meat and asked while chewing, "Have you eaten yet?"

The soldier was stunned: "I asked, and they said they had eaten the food."

"I'm asking if you've used it?" Zhou Tong focused on the wine and meat in his hand without raising his eyes.

The soldier was taken aback for another moment, and then replied, "I haven't eaten yet."

"Come, come." Zhou Tong called him in front of him after hearing this, and elbowed him, "You are on duty, don't drink the wine, go down and ask them to come up after eating."

This soldier was originally a team general Zhou Tong picked out from the city defenders, he didn't know Zhou Tong's usual temperament, so he shirked it a little at this time, seeing that he couldn't shirk it, he simply sat down and ate with him.

He is enjoying it here, but there is no such good situation under the tower.

The three people that the soldier said Zhou Tong was waiting for were lined up outside the city gate in an orderly manner, waiting to enter the city.

Unlike the others, although the clothes of these three people were dirty, they were obviously dirty on purpose. The three of them were tall and straight, the leader was handsome and handsome, and there was nothing dirty on their faces. Standing in the crowd, they said yes The refugees are a little cleaner, and they are said to be the people nearby, but they are not so clean. They are different after all.

One of them called out "Young Master", and then handed over the water bag.This cry was soft, but it also attracted the attention of some people around.

The young master didn't have anything to hide, he generously took the water bag and drank the water, and when it was in the hand of the attendant, he said in a lower voice: "Speak louder."

The attendant didn't show any unnaturalness, took the water bag, and really raised his voice: "My lord has been standing for a long time, do you want to rest?"

Hearing his voice, the young master quickly replied angrily: "Keep your voice down, we'll talk about it when we enter the city."

This really attracted the attention of the people around, and even the attention of the soldiers on the side.

Seeing the abnormality, the soldier was about to walk towards them. The three of them obviously became a little nervous, and pressed their hands on their waists.But the soldier walked halfway, but was stopped by a person who caught up next to him.I don't know what I said, but I didn't come here again, but went to the other side.

The young man didn't know why, but someone came up to them and asked in a low voice: "How many people do you want to protect?"

(End of this chapter)