Chapter 9

Accompanied by screams during the training, Zhao Lei, led by Zhou Cang, walked towards the scholar's house.

"How does he know that I'm in this cottage?" The scholar thought to himself when he saw Zhao Lei walking towards him.

"Mr. Jia, I brought a friend who wants to see you." Zhou Cang said.

"That person's surname is Jia?" Zhao Lei thought to himself, "Could it be Jia Xu, the poisonous man, Jia Wenhe?" In fact, Zhao Lei had almost guessed it.

"My lord, Jia Xu, I don't know why this brother is looking for me?" Jia Xu asked them with a smile, beckoning them in.

"I heard that Mr. Jia is a great talent, and he hides a hundred thousand elite soldiers in his chest. Let me get straight to the point! I don't know if Mr. Jia is willing to give me a helping hand to save the common people in the world." Zhao Lei said straight to the point, and said it very tactfully.

"Brother Zhao thinks highly of Jia. I'm just a poor scholar. I've read some sage books. How can I hide hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in my chest? What's more, the world is peaceful now. Brother Zhao's words may lead to death. .” Jia Xu said coldly.

"Mr. Jia is a smart man. Now it seems that the world is peaceful on the surface, but it is the calm before the storm. Above the court, the ten permanent servants are chaotic, and the court is divided into three factions, the eunuch faction, the Hanchen faction, and the He Jin faction. The three forces have created chaos in the world for their own interests, and the people have no way of living. But the government forces the people to rebel against the people. Now it is not far from the days of chaos in the world." Zhao Lei said.

As soon as these words came out, Jia Xu was shocked: "This man has a unique vision, and he actually said what I think." There was a look of appreciation in his eyes.

"Brother Zhao has great ambitions, and Jia admires it. But Jia is dull, and I'm afraid he won't be able to help Brother Zhao achieve great things." Jia Xu continued modestly.

"Why is this ancient man so troublesome? Looking at his expression, he clearly wants to take refuge in me, but he still pushes and pushes again and again. Why are you pretending to be noble!" Zhao Lei showed a helpless look.

"Mr. Jia is obviously resourceful, but why is he so humble? Could it be that he dislikes my lord?" Zhang Han said.

"Don't dare, dare not. Who is this?" Jia Xu asked.

"He is my sworn brother, Zhang Han, named Zizhou." Zhao Lei replied for Zhang Han.

"Brother Zizhou is polite." Jia Xu saluted.

Zhang Han returned a salute, and then said: "Mr. Jia came up with the idea of ​​using the name of the government to tax the common people, right? The high is really high. However, there are flaws in this plan, so I saw through it at a glance. .”

"Oh? And teach Brother Zizhou?" Jia Xu said unexpectedly, someone could see through his plan.

"There is nothing wrong with this strategy itself, but it is a big mistake when it comes to employing people." Zhang Han said.

"People? Are you referring to Zhao Cai?" Jia Xu asked.

"Yes, Mr. Jia, have you ever seen any official in the world who personally collects taxes from the people? Also, Zhao Cai's clothes are all made of coarse cloth, and he doesn't look like an official from the capital at all. Those people under him were all dressed in a mess, they didn't look like orthodox officers and soldiers, and at that time Zhao Cai and I were treated as aliens, and we had to collect taxes. Doesn't he know that the big man never collects taxes from non-Han people?" Zhang Hanyi The tone pointed out many gaps.

Jia Xu remained silent, obviously thinking about something, frowning tightly.

"Well, military advisor, Mr. Jia didn't tell me about the points you mentioned earlier, except for the foreigner. He has taken care of me. But I found it troublesome, so I muddled things down, thinking that as long as I got the money, I would be fine." No need to go through so much trouble, that Zhao Cai was sent out by me." Zhou Cang said in shame.

"It turned out that Mr. Jia had anticipated these points a long time ago. This is enough to prove that Mr. Jia is resourceful. Please Mr. Jia help my master." Zhang Han went around a big circle, and still swayed Jia Xu.

"Foreigners, I didn't expect this." Jia Xu said to himself.

"Worthy of being Brother Zhao's military adviser, he really has keen insight. Jia admires it. I have nothing to say." Jia Xu finally sent out a signal.

"So Mr. Jia agreed?" Zhao Lei said happily.

Jia Xu nodded with a smile.

Zhao Lei bowed deeply to Jia Xu, and said, "I'm really like a fish in water when I win Mr. Jia, so why worry about the failure of the big event, the world is uncertain!"

When Jia Xu saw Zhao Lei doing this great gift, he panicked and said: "Jia is not talented, and I would like to do what I have learned in my life to help Brother Zhao achieve great things."

"Congratulations, big brother, for getting such a great talent as Mr. Jia." Zhang Han said.

"Brother Zhao, there is one thing you must correct now?" Jia Xu said suddenly.

"I heard in the house that you asked your subordinates to call you the lord? It's absolutely impossible!" Jia Xu added.

"Brother Zhao is now in vain. He is neither the lord of the city nor the lord of the state. How can he pretend to be the lord and let people hear him? It may cause unnecessary trouble, arouse criticism, and set himself on fire!" Jia Xu continued.

"Mr. Jia is right, pass on the word, and everyone who sees me is not allowed to call me the lord anymore, and call me the master instead." Zhao Lei instructed Zhou Cang.

"My lord, that's not necessary." Jia Xu cried out himself.

"Why?" Zhao Lei asked.

"Because the lord is worthy of this title now, the subordinates in front are just reminding the lord, I hope the lord will not pay too much attention to those false names." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"What do you mean by that? I don't understand at all." Zhao Lei was confused by Jia Xu's words.

"Brother Zizhou should know what I mean?" Jia Xu said to Zhang Han with a smile, testing Zhang Han.

"Brother, now we are white and have nothing. You can use this extermination of bandits in Changshan to make a big fuss, improve your reputation, and use money to go to Luoyang to buy some officials back, so that people in the world will recognize us. "Zhang Han said.

"But where do we get so much money to buy officials? It's not like you don't know how much food our cottage has." Zhao Lei said to Zhang Han and Jia Xu.

"My lord doesn't have it, but the wealthy people in Changshan have it!" Jia Xu laughed.

"It really is a poisoner." Zhang Han thought to himself.

"My lord, you can send the brothers in the village to rob the rich people in Changshan County wildly. This will definitely cause quite a stir. Then you can pretend to send people to exterminate them, so that you can get the wealth of those rich people and gain their reputation. .Wouldn’t it be a double gain of fame and fortune.” Jia Xu smiled sinisterly.

"It's a good way. Anyway, those rich people are usually ruthless for being rich. This time, we will uproot them and eliminate future troubles for the local people forever." Zhao Lei said.

"However, I emphasize again that ordinary people are not allowed to be harmed. Once found out, they must be severely punished." Zhao Lei said.

"No." Zhou Cang said.

"My lord! My lord, one day you will find that it is inevitable to seize a world and sacrifice a small number of people. After all, war is cruel, and victory is bought with blood. I will make you understand this one day Yes." Jia Xu thought about it.

A few days later, Zhou Cang led some people from the cottage and set off in a mighty way. Except for Zhaojia Village, the other villages would not stay as long as they saw rich people.When the people first saw the bandits entering the village, they hid in their houses in fear.But when they saw that the bandits only robbed the property of the local tyrants and bullies, they clapped their hands and applauded.After a few days of mopping up, the Changshan County was turned upside down. There was no one big family in this county, but Zhao Lei made a fortune.

This incident alarmed Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou. He did not dare to neglect, and while reporting to the court, he was preparing to send troops to crusade against these bandits.But as soon as the memorial was sent to Luoyang, a door official came to report that a young man named Zhao Lei from Zhaojia Village, Changshan County, led a group of people from Zhaojia Village to exterminate the bandits.

"What? They wiped out the bandits?" Han Fu asked in surprise.

"Reporting to my lord, a group of them are carrying the corpses of a dozen bandits outside the governor's mansion, waiting for your lord to summon them," said the gatekeeper.

"Tell them to come in." Han Fu said.

"Grassman Zhao Lei sees the governor." Zhao Lei bowed to Han Fu, "At this time, Han Fu has already taken the position of governor? Has history changed?" Zhao Lei thought suspiciously.

"How did you catch these bandits?" Han Fu felt very strange.

"These bandits robbed Caomin's village. The Caomin's atmosphere was not good, so they wanted to take revenge. So Caomin began to investigate these bandits. It turned out that these bandits basically only committed crimes in the territory of Changshanjun. Caominbian led the people in the village to search everywhere in Changshan County. , and found the place where the bandits were hiding, and wiped them out, their bodies are here." Zhao Lei did not change his face while bragging.

"Bring up the corpse." Zhang Han said to several servants.

"My lord, I found a lot of property in the den of thieves. I believe it is the property of these bandits, so I will hand over the bodies of these bandits along with the property to my lord." In fact, Zhao Lei said more I can't understand it either.

Upon hearing that there are still belongings, Han Fu's eyes lit up: "Present."

There are three boxes of silver in total, one box of gold, and some gold, silver and jewelry.

"Judging from this matter, you are a talent. You have contributed a lot this time. I will definitely report the truth to the court and give you a lot of rewards." Han Fu said with a smile when he saw these properties.

"Hmph, money-grubbing villain." Zhou Cang blurted out.

"What did you say?" Han Fu couldn't hear clearly.

"Oh~ My brother said earlier that the success this time is mainly due to the wise leadership of the lord. Under the control of the lord, Jizhou is really smooth, the country is peaceful and the people are safe." Zhao Lei glared at Zhou Cang, and continued to flatter Han Fu.

"Very good, very good, in fact, your contributions are not small, you go back to Changshan first! Wait to receive the imperial court's reward."

"It's my lord, Cao Min and others will leave." Everyone said.

In fact, Zhang Han and Jia Xu's whole strategy was like this: Zhou Cang led some bandits to rob all the local tyrants in Changshan. Of course, killing people was inevitable during the robbery.So they disfigured the dead local tyrants and dressed them in bandits' clothes, pretending to be the corpses of the bandits that Zhao Lei exterminated, and asked Zhao Lei to take Han Fu to claim credit. Say something nice to the court memorial.And Zhao Lei sent Jia Xu to Luoyang to buy an official. When the people above saw the memorial and took Zhao Lei's money again, the matter would be much easier soon.It was rumored that Zhao Lei embarked on his official career by relying on his own achievements. This sounds like a lot of justice, so it is said that he has gained both fame and fortune!
What will Zhao Lei, who has gained both fame and fortune, do next?What will he prepare before the Yellow Turban Uprising?

(End of this chapter)

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