Xiangping County, the prefect's house.
Liu Hao was currently discussing the next step with his subordinates.
Controlling the county soldiers was only the first step. It was the foundation for Liu Hao to control Liaodong.
"My lord, the prefectural soldiers are in our hands. The four great families should not make any moves for the time being. We can slowly develop our own strength and slowly devour them.”Xi Zhong said.
"My lord, why don't you let me lead the county soldiers into Gongsun Manor? I promise to bring the heads of Gongsun father and son here.”Dian Wei said. He didn't need to beat around the bush. Gongsun Mansion only had 2,000 private soldiers. Even if they were stronger than the county soldiers, he was confident that he could kill Gongsun father and son.
Liu Hao glared at Dian Wei, scaring him so much that he immediately retreated to his original position. If only everything could be handled so simply.
"My lord, there's no hurry in dealing with the four great clans. We shouldn't be the ones to take the initiative to deal with them. Instead, we should wait for our strength to increase and force them to jump over the wall in desperation.”Guo Jia said meaningfully.
"Fengxiao is right. We are mainly developing our own strength now. Now that we control the county soldiers, the four families will not go against us on the surface, but they will definitely use tricks in the dark.”Liu Hao nodded.
" I looked at the soldiers last night. More than half of them are old, weak, sick, and disabled. I suggest that the lord dismiss these people and recruit some new soldiers. This way, not only can we increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but we can also completely control them.”Guo Jia said.
After all, Gongsun Bai had been a commandant for many years. Even his trusted aides had been killed, but he still had some influence among the soldiers.
"Yes, this matter needs to be carried out quickly. Later, we will post a notice to recruit new recruits. At the same time, we will set up an arena for Dian Wei to guard. If he can withstand one of Dian Wei's moves, he will be the commander.”
"This is a good idea. I believe we can recruit some good recruits.”Guo Jia agreed.
"That's all for the military. Zhicai, how's your understanding of government affairs?”Liu Hao looked at Xi Zhong. Xi Zhong had two dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he did not sleep well last night. He was trying to understand the situation in Liaodong.
"My lord, the situation is worse than I expected. The treasury is completely clean, and the officials below are basically the children of the four great families, as well as the children of some other small families. They all follow the orders of the four great families, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for our government decrees to be issued.”Xi Zhong said worriedly.
"Hmph, the position of Liaodong Prefecture has been vacant for so long. The things in the treasury must have gone into the private treasury of the four great families. I've long expected this. Sooner or later, I'll make them return the money with interest. First, I'll fill the treasury with the money I brought to maintain the operation of the Prefecture.”Liu Hao's eyes flashed with a cold light as he snorted coldly.
"Yes!"
With the eight thousand gold that Liu Hao had brought, it was not a problem to maintain the operation of the prefect's manor.
"Zhicai, if those descendants of the aristocratic families dare to disobey, then remove them all and support the newcomers.”
"My lord, I'm afraid we won't be able to find so many talents at once.”Xi Zhong's face was bitter. Usually, people didn't even have the chance to read.
"Even if you let someone who doesn't know anything handle government affairs, it's still better than someone who occupies a position and doesn't do anything. With you controlling the overall situation, there won't be any big problems.”
Liu Hao had a lot of faith in Xi Zhong's ability. Moreover, there were still some talents among the children of the Humble Class.
"Yes!"
Xi Zhong understood Liu Hao's attitude from his words. This was a very difficult path to walk, but once he walked it, the regime would be very stable.
Three days passed.
The government affairs were handed over to Xi Zhong, and the military affairs were handed over to Dian Wei and Guo Jia. Liu Hao was happy to be idle. Other than secretly using some tricks, the four great clans did not make any big moves.
"You don't look like a good official. Your subordinates are all busy, but you're hiding here.”Zhang Ning looked at Liu Hao, who was lying on the rattan chair and basking in the sun, and said unhappily.
"Little girl, what do you know? A good lord should know how to use people well and put the right people in the right positions. If I have to do everything, wouldn't I be exhausted?”Liu Hao closed his eyes and continued to bask in the sun. He didn't care about Zhang Ning's words.
"Who are you calling little girl?" Zhang Ning said angrily.
"Is there anyone else here besides you?”
"You're only one year older than me, and you have the cheek to call me a little girl?”Zhang Ning was furious.
"If she's not a little girl, then what is she?”Liu Hao ignored Zhang Ning's anger and continued to tease him.
"It's small there. It's clearly very big.”Zhang Ning puffed out her chest, but when she realized what she had said, her face immediately turned red.
"How can you be so shameless?”
Zhang Ning left immediately after saying that. Her face was as red as the sunset. Unfortunately, Liu Hao closed his eyes and didn't care.
"My lord, my lord!"
At this moment, Pei Yuan Shao ran in.
"What's the matter? Aren't you helping Dian Wei guard the arena?”Liu Hao asked in confusion.
Originally, Dian Wei was supposed to guard the ring by himself, but his martial arts skills were too high. Basically, not many people could take a single move from him. They could not see the strength of those new recruits, so Pei Yuan Shao volunteered to guard the ring.
It just so happened that Pei Yuan Shao was at the peak of Ming Jin, so it was just right for him to test the martial arts skills of the recruits.
"My lord, a pretty boy came. His martial arts skills are very high. I was knocked off the stage by him in three moves.”Pei Yuan Shao weakly said.
"Oh? Looks like I've caught a big fish." Liu Hao looked excited.
To be able to knock Pei Yuan Shao off the stage in three moves, he at least had the strength of the HuaJin stage. Moreover, according to Pei Yuan Shao's description, the other party's age was not very old.
"Could it be Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong?" Liu Hao guessed.
In history, after Zhao Yunxue left the mountain, he sought refuge with Gongsun Zan and hid among the white horse followers. Liu Hao did not know the exact time.
He said that because of Liu Hao, this little butterfly, Zhao Yunlai might have joined him.
"My lord, who is Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong?”Pei Yuan Shao asked doubtfully.
Liu Hao suddenly recalled that Pei Yuan Shao seemed to have wanted to rob Zhao Yun's white horse, but in the end, he was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun.
"Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong are very powerful people. At least you are far from being his match. Dian Wei can fight with him for 300 rounds. I am not sure who will win in the end.”Liu Hao reminded.
"Is it that powerful?" Pei Yuan Shao secretly remembered the name Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong. He knew very well how powerful Dian Wei was. Last time, he did not even manage to block a single move.
"Let's go to the arena now." Liu Hao wanted to confirm if it was Zhao Yun.
The two of them soon arrived at the recruitment arena, which was not far from the military camp.
"Good, good, good!"
Liu Hao and Pei Yuan Shao had just arrived here when they heard a wave of cheers.
Walking forward, he saw a young man in white fighting with Dian Wei on the stage.
The white-robed youth used a spear. He had already fought with Dian Wei for more than a hundred rounds, and he was starting to feel a little tired.
Although the white-robed youth's martial arts skills were not low and he was at the middle stage of the HuaJin stage, Liu Hao was basically certain that this white-robed youth was not Zhao Yun or Zhao Zilong.
Although Liu Hao had never seen the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear Art used by Zhao Yun, it was completely different from the spear art used by the youth on the stage.
The battle lasted for two hundred rounds before the youth was defeated.
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