At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 37 Choice
Although this ideal manor-style economic model harms the interests of the country, it can greatly protect the interests of the people under its jurisdiction.

They are extremely united, not only able to resist the government's exorbitant taxes in peacetime, but also resist thieves and chaos in troubled times.

For example, in the original history, Xu Chu once gathered young people and thousands of clans to fortify the wall to defend against bandits. More than ten thousand thieves from Gebei in Runan came to invade, but they all had to retreat in desperation, so that Xu Chu became famous in Huai, Ru, In Chen and Liang, the thieves were afraid and did not dare to attack.

What is the concept of thousands of households? Normally, there are five people per household, and the number of people gathered in thousands of households is at least more than [-].

From this, it can also be seen how powerful the Xu clan is in Qiao County.

Of course, this does not mean that the Xu Chu family is powerful, it can only be said that this clan is very powerful, and there are still some differences between the two.

Such a united big clan was not common even in the late Han Dynasty.

No matter how powerful the clan is, as long as there are no high-ranking officials in the family, in the eyes of the aristocratic family, this so-called clan is still a poor family and the head of Guizhou, and it is difficult to get a lot of attention.

Its impact is limited to one county at most.

This is why, even though Cao Cao and Xu Chu are from the same hometown, it took eight years from Cao Cao's army in Chenliu until Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu in the second year of Jian'an, before Xu Chu led his people to defect to Cao Cao.

First of all, Xu Chu and his clan have more than [-] people, and their influence is only in Qiao County, and their help to Cao Cao may not be as good as that of a celebrity.

Secondly, Xu Chu and others are based on the clan. If they leave the support of the clan, they will lose their greatest advantage.It is difficult for them to leave their homeland, and the best time to defect is only after Cao Cao hits his hometown.

Although Zhou Qi can get a glimpse of a lot of inside information, it is impossible to understand it so deeply.

Not to mention that with Zhou Qi's current social status, it is impossible to recruit Xu Chu. Even if there is a separate faction in the future, it will not be easy to get Xu Chu's allegiance.

Unless, he can lead his troops back to Peiguo.

However, Peiguo belongs to Yuzhou, and it is a land of four wars. In addition, the clan, family, and powerful forces here are very powerful, so it is not suitable for Zhou Qi, who was born in a poor family.

If he dared to occupy Yuzhou, perhaps he would have been played to death by these complicated forces in the territory without being breached by the other princes.

Of course, the above are all things to say, so I won’t show them for the time being.

However, the Xujiazhai bonfire party is quite important, and there are not a few villagers participating in it, and the huge tiger meat is not enough.

Zhou Qi, Xiang Hong, Xu Ding, and Xu Chu were drinking together happily.

Both Xiang Hong and Xu Chu are very brave, and neither of them are good at speech, but they get along very comfortably together, and they feel like they hate seeing each other late.

Zhou Qi originally came here for Xu Chu, but he didn't expect to have a happy chat with Xu Ding instead.

Not only has Xu Ding practiced martial arts since he was a child, he is quite brave, and he is familiar with military books and war strategies. He even decides many political affairs in Xu's village.

Historically, more than [-] rebels from Gebei in Runan attacked Xujiazhai, and the two sides fought until Xujiazhai ran out of food and grass.Xu Chu pretended to make peace with the thieves and discussed using cattle in exchange for food.After the bandit soldiers moved the cow away, the cow ran back on its own. Xu Chu went to the front of the formation and walked more than a hundred steps holding the cow's tail. The bandit soldiers were shocked and did not dare to come back to get the cow again.

Although this incident showed Xu Chu's bravery, the strategy of defrauding the thieves of food and grass under the guise of the peace talks should be Xu Ding's handiwork.

It's just that Xu Chu was too dazzling, so Xu Ding's talent was covered up.

Everyone drank until midnight, and then the banquet was withdrawn, and everyone returned to their hometown to rest.

After sending Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong to the guest room to rest, someone said to Xu Ding privately: "Bokang, tiger meat is expensive, but it seems a bit extravagant to use it to treat two foreigners?"

Before Xu Ding could answer, Xu Chu reprimanded immediately: "If Bird and the others hadn't stopped the tiger a little bit, maybe the beast would have escaped. I can get a lot of money by getting the whole tiger skin, so what about entertaining guests with tiger meat?" gone?"

"What's more, how much can the two of them eat? Most of the tiger meat is eaten by my brothers in the village!"

Facing Xu Chu's reprimand, the man dared not speak again.

Xu Ding patted the man on the shoulder, and said: "What Zhongkang said is true, it is only natural for me to treat guests to show my friendship as a landlord."

"According to my opinion, Xiang Hong is brave and heroic. He is a real man worth his life to make friends with."

"As for Zhou Ziyi, although he is not as young as the crown prince, he is knowledgeable, eloquent and ambitious. However, judging from his words and deeds, he does not seem to come from a wealthy family, so I can't see through him."

"Being able to make friends with such heroes is only good for us."

But Xu Chu said strangely: "I see that the horses the two of you are riding are all high-ranking in the army, especially the white horse, which is even more valuable. He can ride such a fine horse, why does my brother say that Zhou Ziyi is not from a wealthy family?" ?”

While the two Xu brothers were talking about Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong, they were also talking about the Xu brothers.

Xiang Hong couldn't help sighing: "A certain self-proclaimed superior arm strength, but compared with Zhongkang, he is like a firefly compared to a bright moon, so ashamed of himself!"

Zhou Qi patted Xiang Hong on the shoulder and smiled without saying a word.

Xu Chuna was a warrior who was famous for his bravery through the ages. Even in the history of the end of Han Dynasty, such people were rare.

Xiang Hong can only be regarded as a second-rate general at best, and there is naturally an insurmountable gap between him and Xu Chu.

Zhou Qi drank a bowl of sobering soup, but suddenly said seriously: "We are fugitives after all. I am afraid that the official sea arrest documents will be delivered to Qiao County in the early morning tomorrow. If we don't hide in Cao Mansion before then, we may be in trouble." ah."

Xiang Hong also straightened his face and said, "In accordance with Ziyi's opinion, are you planning to leave overnight?"

Zhou Qi pondered for a while, then said: "Thanks to the hospitality of the two brothers of the Xu family, it would be too rude to leave without saying goodbye. If you don't tell the truth, it will be difficult to justify yourself."

Xiang Hong frowned and hesitated for a while, before finally saying: "I see that these two are both heroic and loyal people, and they were dissatisfied with Pei Guoxiang Wang Jiyi during the banquet. Since they treated me with sincerity, why don't we tell the truth. "

Xiang Hong said these words, but made a lot of determination.

With the bravery of the Xu brothers and the power of the Xu family village, if they were determined to arrest the two and go to the government to receive the reward, the two would surely be unable to escape.

Telling the truth is easy to say, but it is gambling with two lives.

Xiang Hong felt that his life was so cheap that he didn't care even if he died, but he took Zhou Qi's life very seriously.If he hadn't really loved Xu Chu and couldn't bear to deceive him with words, he probably would never have bet on Zhou Qi's life.

When Zhou Qi heard this, he frowned and hesitated.

(End of this chapter)