Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 317 Gift giving and debt repayment

In less than an hour, Yang Rui came back and reported, "Patriarch, we have found out that this Tian Guang is the son of Tian Feng. After Tian Feng was killed by Yuan Shao, he dispersed his family and came to join the lord."

"Son of Tian Feng? Scatter his family?" Zhou Cang said suspiciously, "Since he has defected to me, why did he scatter his family?"

"He said this was Tian Feng's confession before his death, and he said it was for his family to avoid being implicated. He defected to the lord because he was unwilling to waste his time in incognito, and wanted to revive the Tian family in Jizhou one day."

"Then why didn't he go to Cao Cao?" Although Zhou Cang lacked people around him, he was very cautious to find out.

"According to what he said, Cao Cao is a traitor of the Han Dynasty, so he cannot take refuge in Cao Cao and damage Tian Feng's reputation."

"Then does he want to join the army or go into politics?"

"I didn't say that, I just said that I would like to work for the Patriarch. I don't think this person's talent is inferior to that of Meng Jian and Shi Tao."

"How does it compare to you?"

Yang Rui smiled slightly: "Everyone has its own merits."

After Zhou Cang was promoted to governor, the chief secretary of the government office was always vacant due to lack of suitable candidates. The establishment of seven divisions greatly weakened the functions of the prefectural pastoral government. However, with the increasing development of Xuzhou, the chief secretary has become an indispensable post.If Tian Guang is really talented and can be sincere in Xuzhou, he would be a good candidate.Although Yang Rui is also very good, but after all, he is the son of Yang Hong, and his elder brother Yang Tong is still under Sun Quan, so it seems a bit inappropriate to take on the important position of chief bookkeeper.

"Temporarily make him the secretary of the state pastoral office, and you arrange him to study in various departments." The post of chief bookkeeper is too important, Zhou Cang thinks it is better to let Tian Guang get acquainted with Xuzhou first. "After half a year, if feasible, he will be promoted to be the chief bookkeeper."

"Yes. Then, I will arrange for him to go to Tuntian Division first."

"Observe his character for me." Zhou Cang was cautious about the people he didn't remember.

It took three days for the written test of the Xuzhou University Examination, five days for the interview, and then the assessment, which is estimated to take at least ten days.Counting the examination papers, there is still one month to complete the statistics.Naturally, Sun Qian, Guan Ning and others would bother with these matters, and Zhou Cang felt relieved.

Zhou Cang called Cui Jun and Zhou Chong to the mansion, "Mr. Zhouping has been hard working these days."

"Why do you have to work so hard? Cui Jun has gained a lot from Xuzhou. I only sigh that I have little knowledge and narrow vision in the past, and I don't know the heroes of the world."

"Haha, sir, he admires Xuzhou so much, he must have planned to stay in Xuzhou, and the people and students of Xuzhou can just listen to his teachings."

"If you don't give up, Cui Jun is willing to work for the people in Xuzhou! Shi Tao and Meng Jian are also willing to stay."

"Okay. I have drafted a memorial and recommended you to be the prefect of Xiapi. I would like to invite you to visit Xudu. I would like to pay homage to the emperor of Jin and pay tribute to him. How would you like it?"

Cui Jun was overwhelmed with emotion. Since his father Cui Lie died, he and his elder brother had been living in exile. Now that he has regained his official position, he still has to go to see the emperor, so he did not embarrass the Cui family. "Cui Jun is willing to go!"

"Okay. I'll send Zhou Chong to go with you. As for the tribute." Zhou Cang smiled. "I have prepared two hundred dollars of Jian'an paper."

Cui Jun also smiled, this is of course the best tribute, it is not expensive, even the Son of Heaven has a lot of face.

"Zhou Chong, you go with Master Cui, and I will prepare some papers for you to send to Master Sikong and several adults, and ask them to try it out."

Zhou Cang wanted to invite these people to do free publicity. Zhou Cang's gifts are not so easy to receive.

"If the adults want more, you can say that there is no mass production yet. The Xuzhou Commercial Bank will open a store in Xudu to sell them. You adults can enjoy a [-]% discount."

Uh, [-]% off, even if it's [-]% off, it's worth a lot of money.

"Then Mr. Zhou Ping, please go back and prepare. We will leave in two days. Zhou Chong, please stay here for a while, and I will write you the names of several adults."

"I don't know what official positions Shi Tao and Meng Jian are?" Cui Jun hesitated again and again, but still asked each other.

"I think Shi Tao is very knowledgeable about Tuntian and Nongsang, so I plan to use him as the captain of Tuntian. Meng Jian will temporarily serve as an officer in Pengcheng. After making political achievements, he will be promoted to the county guard. I haven't told them yet, Zhou Ping Sir, you can ask if you like it."

"I thank the envoy on their behalf." Cui Jun said goodbye and left.

Zhou Cang said to Zhou Chong: "This time you go to Xudu, you have a great responsibility. Cui Jun is in the light, and you are in the dark. You secretly lead the light, and you are sending papers to everyone in private. This will be found out by Cao Cao, but he will not What will he say. The second secret thing is to build a shop in Xudu and sell Jian'an paper in the future. This will still be investigated by Cao Cao, and he still won't care. After these two things, he must not be right You pay too much attention."

Zhou Chong listened very carefully. The owner of the house is much more professional than himself, and the flickering lights and darks are all deception.

"Your focus is to do the following two things well. One is to establish a secret contact point in Xudu to listen to intelligence and news. You may have done this before, but this time you need to pay more attention to the exchanges between Xuzhou officials and Xudu. Pay attention Xu Du's opinions and rumors about Xuzhou, as well as the news of Cao Cao's sons."

"Yes! Patriarch!"

"There is one more important thing. You secretly go to Zhang Xiu's mansion to meet his eldest son Zhang Quan, and send him a thousand taels of gold. He will naturally understand."

A thousand taels of gold?Zhou Chong felt like he was cutting flesh from himself.

"The gold is entrained in the Jian'an paper, so don't show any flaws along the way."

"Patriarch, don't worry, Zhou Chong will definitely bring it!" Zhou Chong said, and Xuan Er asked again. "Isn't the Patriarch afraid that Cui Jun will never return?"

After all, he is his own person, knows how to think for himself, and speaks frankly.

"Hehe, so what? If he is left in Xudu by Cao Cao, it doesn't matter. It's better to be half-hearted in Xuzhou, and something will happen in the future. If he can go back to Xuzhou, he will stay here with all his heart and will not have another heart. Besides. , Shi Tao and Meng Jian are still in Xuzhou, and the three left Jingzhou to come here, will Cui Jun abandon them?" Zhou Cang smiled slightly.

"What the head of the family said is true. I always feel uneasy about Cao Cao."

"Just don't worry, otherwise why would you send Cui Jun to Xudu and appoint him as the prefect of Xiapi?"

Zhou Chong thinks about it too, this is the first time Zhou Cang appoints an official and reports to Cao Cao, so it is a big deal to go to Xudu to find out Cao Cao's attitude this time.

"Don't think too much." Zhou Cang saw Zhou Chong's thoughts, "Xu Du now is not Luoyang and Chang'an back then, and Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu are not kind people. Be tight, don't make extravagant incidents, be careful in everything, put safety first, and don't attract the attention of others, including Cui Jun."

Cui Jun's mission to Xudu was very fast, and the round trip took only 20 days. He and Zhou Chong returned to Xuzhou in mid-August.

(End of this chapter)