Chapter 88, scattered scouts

Zhang Wen was silent for a long time. He said that he was upright, but he also had a clear view of some world affairs. If he had faced people who had doubts about his family life at ordinary times, he would have thought twice. However, under the world, it is purely normal for a rich family to dominate their neighbors. Even if Zu Zhao has a bad and dishonest family situation, now is the time to employ people, and he can only reluctantly do it.

With a deep sigh, he said with a solemn face, "If Yuanqing's words are true, I'm really a little blind to Zu Zhao. Unfortunately, in terms of the matter, even if there are all kinds of mistakes in Zu Zhao's family, Zu Zhao once repelled the Hu thieves and led the crowd to fight against the thieves. Today's request is also reasonable. It can only be said that if you choose the best, you will use it, and if you choose the disadvantages, you will get rid of it.

Wang Wei could see that Zhang Wen was shaken, so he continued to say, "If this is true, it's good. As the subordinate said, there may be one or two consciences in the ancestral family. I hope Zu Zhao is such a person. But even so, the subordinate still has something to say. According to an old friend in Xuwu County, a few years ago, Zujiazhuang privately stockpiled troops and accumulated good horses. Earlier, in order Zhixian County to fight against thieves, the children of the Zu family came out of good horses, which was really powerful. Just before the month, Zujiazhuang used the theory of preparing for theft and openly recruited craftsmen to build a large number of armor.

He didn't finish his words, and his intention was self-evident.

Zhang Wen was really shocked. As a court official, he attaches the most importance to the law and discipline. Private casting of soldiers and armor has always been regarded as a felony, not to mention that he had just recruited horses in Right Beiping County a period of time, but as a result, the whole county received less than 50 horses. Since Zujiazhuang has so many good horses, they have not been covered up. His mind is different at a glance. It's clear.

"This is the case!"

Wang Wei nodded repeatedly and said deeply, "Although the ancestral family protects the people and fights against Hu thieves, they may not have any different intentions. But such a powerful person who dominates one side also has to be guarded against.

Zhang Wen's face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help raising his palm and patting the table. Slowly shaking his head, he said, "It's okay to cast armor!"

Wang Wei didn't say anything else. His purpose seemed to have been achieved, and he just needed to agree with Zhang Wen's look on the surface.

Thinking over and over, Zhang Wen has already had a decision in his heart. No matter what the intention of Xu Wuxian's ancestral family is, he must not condone him as a court official. As for the suppression of the rebellion in Changcheng, it can be done as discussed earlier, and let Liu Zhoumu give the order to the county government of Youbeiping County and give it to Wenchou under full authority. At the same time, he must also take good care of Xu Wuzu's family.

"Oc's it, I know."

After saying this, Zhang Wen sighed, narrowed his eyes into a line, and finally landed on Zu Zhao's petition on the table.

There were many feelings for a while.

Wang Wei left, left the Xingyuan Hall, and returned to his detention room.

At this time, he was very proud and could finally help his old friend get out of this anger. This time, he will definitely teach his family surnamed Zu a big lesson. Proudly, he immediately called a trusted entourage and told him, "You go to Xu Wu today and tell Zhao An to collect evidence of his ancestral private casting armor as soon as possible. This time, I will give him a big favor.

The cronies nodded quickly and said, "I know, sir."

Wang Wei warned again, "Be careful on the road and don't make any mistakes."

In a blink of an eye, New Year's Eve has passed.

For Xu Wu County and even the whole Youbeiping County, this year's New Year's Eve is probably the most worrying time.

The snow is still unstoppable, and the weather is getting colder and colder, and countless needles are stuck in the bones all the time.

God seems to be aware of the successive droughts, so he turned all the rains owed in previous years into heavy snow and concentrated on the first month to compensate for it. Several villages deep in Xu Wu County have even suffered snowstorms, collapse of houses, casualties of people and animals, displacement, and crying. As a result, more and more poor people who have no way to go are wandering in the county. Once their basic survival is in danger, these people will naturally embark on another road.

The situation around the county is quite good, especially Zujiazhuang, which has lived in the north for so many years and has experienced this experience, so the preventive measures have also been very thorough. Zu Zhao is not clear about the situation in the deep mountains and forests, and he is not so careful to pay attention to these details now.

It is stipulated that 24 days of the preparation for theft training cannot be left behind for one day. He not only had to participate in it in person, but also occasionally visited other pavilions. I rarely stay at home all day, and even stay out from time to time.

The pavilion teams saw that Zu Zhao was the eldest son, and the leader of the team preparing for thieves this year could go in and out with other people and eat and sleep together under the cold weather. It is also because of Zu Zhao's example that even if the weather is bad, even if it coincides with the first lunar month, the pavilion teams insist on daily training.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, after a month of preparation, the reserve team was finally established under the personal selection of Zu Zhao.

The original intention of the scout team is the same as Zu Zhao's idea at the beginning. It is precisely because of the chaos in the county and the enemy is in the dark, so it needs a detective team that can find out information. Of course, this is only the most obvious role of the scouts in the period of preparing for thieves, and on the real battlefield, it has always been necessary to be able to understand the movements of the enemy, not only because of the combat ideas of later generations, but also mentioned in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Z Zhao selected a total of 20 members of the scout team, most of whom are children of Zujiazhuang, and there are also elites who have been recommended and tested by various pavilions. He doesn't care how "exlite" the team is, but "competent" must be indispensable. He is good at changing things, knows tracking, and is good at cunning words. If you only choose one of these three, there will be a lot of talents; but if the three are gathered together, it is really a rare talent.

Therefore, the scouts are basically from hunters, and they can't be honest hunters. They have to be both rangers and marketers.

Although most of the children of the ancestral family are children of the family, there are also some people who are not well off. And the children born in these families are narrow-minded. Most of them take these children as the backbone and others as the supplement. Zu Zhao will gather with the scouts from time to time to instill a higher sense of responsibility, lest these people are too slippery.

Fortunately, even at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the folk customs were still simple. The cunning that gathers the whole county like the scouts is not as good as one-tenth of those clever people in later generations. Moreover, all men in the north will have more or less a "chivalrous" heart. Although "chivalrous" is not a good word, it is the activity of such a group of people that has established the spiritual concept of combining "chivalry" and "righteousness". I have to say that Zu Zhao is still at a good time.

In the middle of January, Zu Zhao ordered the scouts to scatter to Xu Wu, Lingzhi, Sunset, Junmi and other nearby places to collect information.