Chapter 126
"I hear you! He's talking to me!"

Cui Che leaned his ear close to Yang Lihua's slightly raised belly, and said happily.

"It's less than five months old, how can the fetus in the womb know how to speak?"

"I clearly heard the sound!"

Cui Che was sure that he heard correctly.

Yang Lihua lowered her voice and said:
"It's because my concubine is hungry."

"I'm going to ask the back chef to cook fish soup for you."

"Recently, there are too many fishy things in the mouth, so it's better for me to eat lightly."

Taking care of Yang Lihua's early meal, Cui Che entered the general manager's mansion belatedly.

Greeting cordially with all the bureaucrats and officials, Cui Che showed amiability to both the officials and the people during the six months he served as the governor of Qingzhou, but no one harbored contempt.

Last year, Cui Che massacred corrupt officials, and the bloody methods really left a deep impression on people.

Even if the wolf put away its fangs temporarily, no one would regard him as a docile family dog.

"How's the situation in the army?"

In the wing room, Cui Che asked Xiang to accompany Li Qing.

Since Zhao Wen is in charge of Qingzhou's salt affairs, now Li Qing is always by Cui Che's side.

"The recruits get along well with the old soldiers, and the old soldiers often mention the kindness of the family to them."

Li Qing replied truthfully.

Cui Che nodded, and confessed:
"The morning and evening meals provided by the government can be appropriately reduced, and the cost saved will be subsidized for lunch."

Li Qing was stunned on the spot when he heard the words, he really didn't expect such an operation.

According to Cui Che's explanation, it is equivalent to the morning and evening meals provided by the government. The meals are getting worse and worse, but the lunch meals provided by him are getting better and better.

Comparing the two, the salt soldiers were naturally more grateful to Cui Che.

"Why? Didn't you hear clearly?"

Cui Che said in a deep voice.

Li Qing came back to his senses, and hurriedly said:
"The servant is wondering if this method can also be used for salt workers."

"Ruzi can be taught!"

Cui Che praised, and immediately handed over the matter to Li Qing.

Now Guangzhou Governor Yu Wenkai is temporarily transferred out, Juzhou Governor Yuan Biao is old and can't take things seriously, and Jiaozhou Governor Wei Yi has a close relationship with him, and the four states are completely under his control. Cui Che wants to do something about meals, so he just Just a few orders.

In this regard, Cui Che has no psychological burden at all, reducing the cost of two meals in the morning and evening, he didn't put the money in his pocket, but just added it to the lunch.

After Li Qing left, Tian Cao joined the army and Zhao Yuanshu was recruited again.

Now it's autumn, and there are still more than a month before the autumn harvest.

"I have already reported to the sage that Qingzhou and other places suffered disasters last year, and the people were poor. I asked for tax exemption this year. I don't know if the sage will grant it. You still have to be prepared to collect the grain rent from the counties to avoid chaos at that time. hands and feet."

Cui Che exhorted.

Zhao Yuanshu nodded yes, and asked again:
"Do you want to take back the millet seeds lent out before?"

Before the spring plowing, the government distributed a batch of millet seeds to the victims according to their household registration, but this was different from the porridge in relief, and it was not free, it was equivalent to a loan.

Cui Che pondered for a while, and said:
"Naturally, it is necessary to get back the capital with interest, but it can only be a small profit. At that time, you can send Tian Cao scribes to the counties and counties to supervise this matter. Do not let the treacherous officials of the counties and counties go to the countryside for exploitation. "

Zhao Yuanshu took the order and left.

Not long after, Fang Yanqian rushed over again.

"What's the matter with Fang Joining the Army?"

Seeing him walking in a hurry, Cui Che handed him a cup of herbal tea and said in doubt.

Fang Yanqian drank it all in one gulp, then said:
"Fang Mou came here to promote talents."

Cui Che's eyes lit up when he heard this, he had mentioned something to Fang Yanqian, hoping that he could recommend talents for him.

Fang Yanqian served as the head of the Qi County, Bo, and was not recommended to Beijing by the county guard until he was 40 years old. He has been rooted in Qi County for more than [-] years. Naturally, he has many friends and acquaintances. Maybe one or two of them are great talents.

"Do you need Cui to visit?"

If he was truly talented, Cui Che would of course be willing to condescend and honor him as a corporal.

Now that he has reached the point where he is thirsty for talent, no one would dislike that he has too many talents under his command, but Cui Che's shogunate really lacks people.

"The visitor is already waiting outside the door."

Fang Yanqian laughed.

"How can I let the magi wait for a long time! I also ask Fang Canjun to lead me the way."

It was said that Fang Yanqian was to lead the way, but in fact it was Cui Che who hurried out by pulling his sleeves.

Near the gate of the general manager's mansion, Cui Che straightened his clothes. Fang Yanqian saw this, but smiled and said nothing.

"Let's go, please Fang Canjun introduce me."

Cui Che tidied up his clothes, walked out of the gate with Fang Yanqian, and saw three scribes.

Having met the three of them, Fang Yanqian was not in a hurry to introduce the identities of the three, but just smiled with Cui Che:

"Ming Gong, why don't you welcome the guests and let's talk about it later."

How clever Cui Che was, he immediately guessed that some of them had sensitive identities and it was not appropriate for outsiders to tell them.

So he invited the three scribes and Fang Yanqian to the wing room, and asked his cronies to stay outside the courtyard, and then Fang Yanqian introduced someone for him.

The oldest one is Dong Jing, nearly [-] years old, and his ancestral home is Longxi. His ancestors claimed to be descendants of Dong Zhongshu in the Western Han Dynasty, and later moved to Guandong. His father Dong Hui was the prefect of Jinan, so Dong Jing and Fang Yanqian met.

Dong Jing used to serve as the Kaifu of the Northern Qi Dynasty and joined the army as a minor official of the seventh rank. After the death of Qi Dynasty, he did not want to be an official in the Zhou Dynasty, so he retired here. He came to Dongyang after receiving a letter from Fang Yanqian a few days ago.

The second person is about fifty years old. His name is Zhao Mu. He used to be the governor of Hengzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

But Gao Huang was defeated and captured in Jizhou, and the two turned to Fanyang Wang Gao Shaoyi. Under the plan of Zhao Mu and Wang Dangwan, more than 280 cities north of Sizhou rebelled against Zhou to respond.

And the third person was about the same age as Zhao Mu and was also friendly to him. It was Sima Wang Dangwan of Hengzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Cui Che heard the identities of these three people, and called them good guys in his heart. Dong Jing had nothing to say, but Zhao Mu and Wang Dangwan had done a great job.

It's just that the Northern Zhou Dynasty was powerful, and their efforts to restore the Northern Qi Dynasty were in vain. After Gao Shaoyi was defeated, the two fled to Turkic with him.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the daughter of the princess was married, and he bribed Tuobo Khan, the great Turkic Khan at that time, with generous gifts. Tuobo Khan then handed Gao Shaoyi over to the Sui Dynasty.

It's just that Zhao Mu and Wang Dangwan have disappeared since then, and they never thought that they would actually appear in Cui Che's chief executive's mansion today.

"I am the son-in-law of the sage, the governor of Qingzhou. If you two come here, are you not afraid that I will escort you two to Beijing?"

Cui Che said with a cold face.

Zhao Mu and Wang Dangwan showed no fear, Zhao Mu replied:
"The two of us have been hiding in Qingzhou for four years, hiding our identities. We thought we would die in the mountains and forests, but after hearing about Cui Gong's deeds, we thought that Cui Gong had great ambitions, so we came to vote. If Cui Gong sent the two of us to Guanzhong, Zhao I only hate myself for being blind, as for life and death, I have already ignored it!"

 I don’t know if I can write Chapter 3 by staying up all night. If I don’t write it, I will write four chapters tomorrow. I mainly read the Sui book during the day to seek truth, but I finally read the book almost.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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