Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32 [Jiaozhou Inspector and Scholars]

It was already dark, Jiaozhou Nanhai County, Panyu County, and Bingzhou Army Camp.

Dismissing Xiao Tao and Lu Lingqi, Lu Bu stayed alone with Diao Chan in the tent for about half an hour, and then heard noises coming from outside the tent, so he called Xiao Tao to take care of Diao Chan, and then went out to see what happened.

Outside the camp, Wei Xuzheng led more than 100 soldiers to surround hundreds of civilians, who seemed to have just been captured from outside.

Lu Bu stepped forward, came to Wei Xu's side, and asked, "Wei Xu, what's going on?"

Lu Bu is different, why arrest so many people?

Wei Xu turned around and found that it was Lu Bu. He hurriedly saluted and replied, "General, we found these people a few miles away. Their pavilion chief should have discovered our existence and led people to spy on our army secretly. Our army found out. In order not to expose our army as much as possible, the last general sent people to arrest hundreds of people in the entire pavilion."

Under the prefecture and county system of the Han Dynasty, there were also governance units of Li, Ting, and Township.A pavilion has a pavilion chief, who is in charge of hundreds of people.

Zhang Liao had ordered before that the existence of the Bingzhou army should not be exposed prematurely before the capture of Panyu City, and all those found to be able to be arrested should be arrested.

The head of the pavilion also heard that a military camp suddenly appeared a few miles away from them, and the military camp was crowded with people.Ever since, the pavilion leader brought a dozen people to investigate, but he didn't want to be discovered by the secret sentry of the Bingzhou Army. After that, the entire pavilion was arrested without running away.

"Good job." Lu Bu praised.

"Hey, it's nothing, this is what a general should do." Wei Xu no longer dared to challenge Lu Bu like before. Lu Bu's prestige in the army is too great now.

Lu Bu looked at the hundreds of people surrounded by men, women and children, and he said loudly to them, "I don't mean any harm to you, I just want to wrong you to stay here for two days, and let you go naturally after two days." .At the same time, this general will treat you well and guarantee that you will not worry about food and drink."

After saying that, Lu Bu's face became serious, and he said, "However, if you have other ideas, then don't blame this general for being ruthless."

Hundreds of people looked at Lu Bu in unison, most of them feared that they would not be able to make it, and dared not look directly at him or speak.From being caught to being brought here, hundreds of people felt the strength of the Bingzhou army, and they no longer had the heart to resist, and they only asked God for mercy to let them escape this catastrophe.

But there are also people who are not afraid of death. Among hundreds of people, a man with a mustache who looks to be in his early 30s stood up and asked loudly: "The general is serious?"

"Pavilion chief, don't." Seeing the man standing up suddenly, several people at the side wanted to dissuade him, but it was too late.

"Shut up, who told you to stand up and talk!" Wei Xu immediately shouted at the man.

Lu Bu raised his hand to stop them, and said, "They will be our people from now on, so don't be rude."

"No." Wei Xu stepped back.

Lu Bu looked at the man and asked, "Who are you?"

"General, I am their pavilion chief. This matter happened because of me. It is not a pity to die, but it has nothing to do with the hundreds of people around me. I hope the general will not make things difficult for them." It turned out that this man was their pavilion chief.

Lu Bu looked at the pavilion chief carefully. From his words, he knew that this man was knowledgeable, and he was not afraid of death and responsible. Lu Bu admired him a little, so he asked, "What's your name?"

The pavilion chief was taken aback for a moment, and then replied respectfully: "General, my name is Lu Tao, and the name is Jiping."

"The general remembers you. You are in charge of these people. If there is no trouble within two days, the general will fulfill his promise and let you go. There will be no embarrassment." Lu Bu said.

"Thank you, General." Lu Tao saluted and thanked him.

"Wei Xu, you are optimistic about them, but you can't make things difficult." Lu Bu said to Wei Xu, then looked at Lu Tao, and said, "Lu Tao, you are leaving as a general. I want to ask you something."

After Lu Bu and Lu Tao left, Wei Xu took hundreds of people to resettle.

Not long after, Lu Bu brought Lu Tao to his camp. He was sitting on the top seat, but Lu Tao didn't dare to take a seat and stood in the middle.

"Don't be nervous, the general is just asking about the affairs of Jiaozhou. I don't know how much you know. For example: who is the governor of Jiaozhou now? Who are the prefects of each county? Who is the most powerful in Jiaozhou? And there is Pan Yu The detailed situation of the county." Lu Bu asked.

Lu Tao was a little surprised. He didn't believe it when he heard his subordinates say that a huge military camp had appeared out of thin air.But now I have seen it, and I have also seen a general here.

But this general doesn't seem to understand the situation in Jiaozhou, or even the situation in Panyu County.Then these people are not from Jiaozhou.It's not the army of Jiaozhou, where did it come from, and why did it suddenly appear here?At this moment, Lu Tao was full of doubts.

"Why, you don't want to say it?" Lu Bu's complexion changed, and he was a little annoyed when he found that Lu Tao was standing there in a daze without saying anything.

Does it have to be tortured to extract a confession, this person said?Lu Bu felt that it was superfluous to be polite to Lu Tao, he might as well hand it over to Wei Xu for torture and questioning.

Lu Tao came back to his senses and found that Lu Bu's face was not looking good at this time, so he hurriedly said: "Please make amends, General, I'm just thinking about the information the General wants, and I'm a little lost in thought."

"Oh?" Lu Bu didn't quite believe it, and said, "Then tell me."

"General, the governor of Jiaozhou is Zhu Fu appointed by the imperial court, and the governor's department is located in Jiaozhi County. I have never met Zhu Fu, but I am familiar with him. Since Zhu Fu became the governor of Jiaozhou, he has used ghosts and gods to fool the people. Taxes were increased, excessive levies were imposed. What’s more, most of the villagers Yu Bao and Qi Duwei Liu Yan were divided into senior officials, who abused the people and forced them to pay. One yellow croaker harvested rice and one dendrobium.”

When speaking, Lu Tao was indignant and hated Zhu Fu so much that he gritted his teeth.

"Zhu Fu? Is there no one in Jiaozhou who can check and balance him?" Lu Bu thought, if there were only people like Zhu Fu, then Jiaozhou would be able to get him easily.

For this kind of official who everyone hates, kill him, and then comfort the people, Jiaozhou will be stable.

"Zhu Fu and other party members are almost all over the counties of Jiaozhou. The sheriffs of Nanhai County, Cangwu County, Hepu County, and Cangwu County are either his party members, or they dare not offend him. Among them, the sheriff of Nanhai County is Zhu. Fu's confidant Zhu Bing, Zhu Bing and Zhu Fu are the same breed, making the people of Hainan County miserable."

"If anyone in Jiaozhou can compete with Zhufu, then only the Shijia of Jiaozhi County. The four brothers of the Shijia are all heroes of Jiaozhou. The eldest brother Shi Xie is the head of the Shijia and the prefect of Jiaozhi County. Younger brother Shi? is the county magistrate of Xuwen County in Hepu County, Shi Yi is the county governor, and Shi Wu also holds important positions in Jiuzhen County."

"It's just that Zhu Fu is the governor appointed by the imperial court after all. Although scholars have the ability to resist, they dare not openly oppose Zhu Fu. The fact that Zhu Fu is an assassin in Jiaozhou is really a disaster for the people of Jiaozhou," Lu Tao said.

"Tu Xie, this name sounds familiar." Lu Bu remembered that this man was also the leader of a warlord in the Three Kingdoms.

(End of this chapter)