The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 170 Xu Miao who hit a wall

Ideals only exist in imagination, while reality is nakedly presented in front of your eyes, without any shyness. Although Xu Miao was reminded by Xiao Qinzhi that it might not be smooth going back to Jiangzuo to recruit people this time, Xu Miao wanted Unexpectedly, it tends to break the defense.

The thing is like this, Xu Miao returned to Jiangzuo with the patriarch, and immediately started an ambitious recruiting plan. After wandering around Wujin for a few days, thanks to the appeal of the Xiao family, several rallies were successfully held. What he was facing was a talented man from a poor family.

There was a fat old man sitting in the east and posting widely, and the poor talents around him had to show some face. At the beginning of the gathering, there were many guests, and they came in droves. When Xu Miao appeared, it caused quite a stir. After all, the battle of Lanling It has spread all over Jiangzuo.

Without Xiao Qinzhi, the big light bulb, Xu Miao is destined to be the most beautiful boy at the rally. He still wears the green shirt and simple hat, but after experiencing the baptism of the wind and moon in the north, Xu Miao has He has developed a kind of extraordinary ability, which is different from others.

Xu Miao raised his glass to drink with the talented people at the banquet, but the fat old man gave enough face and was always on the sidelines to assist, sitting at the same table with these humble talented people, and spoke up Xu Miao everywhere.

These humble talents suddenly became envious, and even more so, they came here one after another to get acquainted in front of Xu Miao, and Xu Miao responded one by one. During the period, he was also looking for candidates, and he took a fancy to several of them.

At the end of the meeting, Xu Miao announced matters related to recruitment. In short, everyone came from humble backgrounds and had no backers. A big gift package, or a family entry into a scholar, otherwise, for the rest of his life, the highest is no more than a county magistrate.

But if he went to Lanling, it would be different. At least he had an official, so he could give full play to it, and those with high talents could even enter the county government, which was already a great event to add honor to the family.

It was quiet for a while, all the talented people either lowered their eyebrows in thought, or looked at each other, but no one responded on the spot, and it was understandable. After all, Lanling was on the first front line, and the Yan army would call at any time. You can be an official, but your life is easy to lose. In Jiangzuo, although your official career is just like that, the advantage is that you don't have to worry about your life.

After Xu Miao made the announcement, he sat down calmly, filled himself a cup, sipped slowly and looked at the table, neither arrogant nor impetuous, seemed to be very sure, but the fat old man on the side saw that the situation was not good, hurriedly Fu Er whispered: "Xianmin, what should I do?"

"Don't worry!" Xu Miao said calmly. In fact, what he was thinking in his heart was that it was difficult to recruit ten or eight, but it was not difficult to recruit one or two. people.

However, time passed slowly, one breath, two breaths, three breaths.
No one came out all the time, and the fat old man whispered anxiously: "Xianmin, why don't you just say a few words."

Xu Miao was very calm on the outside, but his heart was a little fuzzy, he was a little uncertain, looked down and said: "Would you like to participate in this grand event and benefit one side?"

"Brother Xianmin, it's not that we don't want to, it's just that the matter is too big and we have to discuss it carefully."

"That's right! Lanling is far away, and my family and I are all in Jiangzuo. Can we just ignore it?"

"My parents are still here, how can I travel far away?"

Everyone was talking in a hurry, starting from the reality, the words revealed helplessness, which was regarded as a polite refusal, and the fat old man on the side had no other way, each had its own difficulties, so they couldn't be forced.

These words can deceive the fat old man, but they can't deceive Xu Miao, saying that his parents are still alive and not traveling far away, it's pure nonsense, if he is asked to go to Jingzhou and Jiangzhou farther away, he will be overwhelmed.

The scene was awkward for a while, and no one responded.

The fat old man who was blindfolded looked at Xu Miao in a blink of an eye, and after being awakened by Xu Miao's words, he suddenly understood. Pulling lightly, he shook his head again.

Suddenly, four people came in at the entrance of the main hall, the leader was the naive Xiao Wulang——Xiao Yao, followed by the Zhao brothers and Man Gu, three black and one white, but seeing Xiao Yao go straight to Xu Miao, smiling naively towards everyone He clasped his hands in salute, then looked at Xu Miao, and said, "Brother Xianmin, the four of us are willing to go to Lanling."

Xiao Yao, who had to memorize a piece of "Xiaoyaoyou" for many days, was going to Lanling. Didn't he deliberately make trouble? Old Ba signaled.

The fat old man didn't know that Xiao Yao, who was always naive, would come here, and he winked hurriedly, seeing Xiao Yao's indifference, he said with a sneer, "Fifth brother, I have something to say later."

"Eighth brother, I know what you're going to say." Xiao Yao looked at Xu Miao with a smile, and said, "Brother Xianmin, but I'm not qualified enough for the fourth brother?"

How can this be said face to face?
Xu Miao was really speechless, and with an apologetic smile, he hesitated and said, "Wu Lang is simple and honest, so he is naturally qualified."

Seeing that Mangu was also there, the fat old man glared and said, "You, father, will you go?"

Mangu scratched his head, and replied: "Mr. Balang, I just asked my father, and he said to go."

In this first recruiting gathering, a poor family talent was not recruited, but four people jumped out of the Xiao family. Luckily, the Zhao brothers will definitely play a big role. Xiao Yao, who is a small follower, is really worried about Xu Miao.

With the foundation of the first rally, the news of Xu Miao recruiting people to Lanling was spread. When the second rally was held, the humble talents who sold Xiao's face to participate knew it well, and as expected, Xu Miao was disappointed again.

Xu Miao, who had run into a wall in Wujin, took Zhao Da and Zhao Er to fight in Wu Jun. This time, he was smart. He didn't hold any more gatherings, but asked some people in private, but they found nothing.

Xu Miao couldn't figure it out, obviously everyone had that idea, but in the end they still didn't want to go. Could it be that there was something he didn't think about?
After hearing the news from Wu Xing, Zhao Yunfei gave an accurate answer, that is, the future of going to Lanling is not clear, and it can be said that they will not be there overnight. These people traveled thousands of miles to the north and returned empty-handed. I was afraid of losing my life in the end.

The most important thing is that the Xiao family's appeal is not enough. A new low-class gentry has no convincing power. If the Diao family initiates it, the situation will be different, but if the Diao family takes the lead, they will be controlled by others everywhere, and there is no way Do it on your own terms.

In a word, Xiao Qinzhi and Xu Miao were still too young to think carefully, and Dr. Xu didn't say much when he first heard Xu Miao's return, he just smiled.

Xu Miao knew that he couldn't recruit anyone, so he decided not to recruit anyone. He took the Zhao brothers back to Wujin, and brought Man Gu and Xiao Yao straight back to Lanling.

On July [-]th, a group of people arrived in Lanling, less than half a month later, Lanling City seemed to have changed a lot, it was in full swing, and there were people everywhere.

(End of this chapter)