Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2267 Water is good, water is bad, water is muddy, water is clear (plus more)

   Going northeast to continue chasing horse thieves?

   Or follow the original plan to clear the horse thief's lair?

   This became the problem before Zhang Liao.

  Dividing troops is obviously unrealistic.

   And it is an approach that has been proven to be stupid, especially when fighting the barbarians in the desert. This point, the great man has used the history of blood and tears of fighting the Huns for hundreds of years to prove this problem.

  『Call those Qiang people over here! 』Zhang Liao put away the map, folded it, and patted it in the guard's hand, asking the guard to put it away.

  Let the Qiang people read the map?

   I am afraid that only brain-dead TV dramas will act like this.

  The Qiang people knew the lair of horse thieves in the northwest. Although they didn't know the exact distance, they knew it. Because horse thieves are also human beings, and they know that if they want to graze, they can’t just kill cattle and sheep. In order to have food, drink, and entertainment for a long time, after paying taxes and fees, the Qiang people are relatively in a relatively safe state. It's not that if you run into a horse thief, you will definitely be killed.

   Therefore, the lair of horse thieves is not a very strict secret.

These Qiang guides are not actually from the same tribe, but belong to people from two or three tribes. Because Zhang Liao distributed the goods in Wubao to these tribes, these tribes also distributed the goods to these tribes. Several people were handed over to Zhang Liao.

  The leader of the Qiang tribe believed that the goods and money were exchanged for this guide.

   And these Qiang people also thought so, so they followed Zhang Liao without any resistance, but Zhang Liao was not very clear about whether they had the idea of ​​fleeing on the way, after all, they did not flee now.

  Several Qiang people came, looked at the traces of the surrounding battlefield, and then came to Zhang Liao, their expressions changed a little more than before, it seemed that they were more nervous and awe...

  『Northeast direction, this is the direction...』 Zhang Liao asked, pointing to the direction in which the horse bandits fled back from the scouts. What else is special? 』

  Zhang Liao knew some Qiang language, but Zhang Liao pretended not to.

  The Qiang language translator on the side repeated it.

  Several Qiang people looked at each other, and one of the Qiang people said hesitantly: "Cao Pao Zi... yes... I have never been there..."

  Caopaozi, in the Qiang language, is an oasis. Because many times the oasis is like a circle of green mushrooms emerging from the ground around the water source, so it is called Caopaozi.

  『Oh, tell me...』 Zhang Liao nodded, and continued to ask, 『Let them know how much to say, it’s okay, don’t worry...』

Maybe someone opened up the conversation first, or maybe it was some other reason. A few Qiang people chatted with each other for a while, and then someone said: "Over there... there are two or three grass bubbles... very far away, and they didn't go there. But, I’ve heard it all...and I’ve heard it...』

  The Qiang people looked at each other, a little hesitant, but finally said, "I heard that there is a divine spring over there...they are the people of the gods, drinking it is fine, and ordinary people will die if they drink it..."

"Oh? 』Zhang Liao looked at the expressions of the Qiang people, nodded, waved his hands, and let the Qiang people go down.

  Shenquan? It's a poison spring!

   This is undoubtedly a very important information provided by these Qiang people.

  Zhang Liao, who spent some time in Bingbeiyin Mountain, is no stranger to poisonous springs, and even because he belongs to the high-level Hushi military group, he knows some related consultations, and got some relevant knowledge about water sources from Feiqian.

  The toxicity of some spring water is biological toxicity, which will be weakened or even eliminated after being boiled, but some are not. For example, all kinds of mineral poisons, even if they are boiled, the toxicity will not change much, so Zhang Liao can understand that this is the horse thief who wants to lure Zhang Liao to the poisonous spring road, and then use the poisonous spring to fight against it. Zhang Liao.

  Of course, it is not ruled out that these horse thieves deliberately released false news to intimidate these Qiang people so that they dare not go to the northeast direction.

  Now the question is coming, do you choose not to believe in the theory of poisonous springs, and chase and kill these horse thieves? Or rush to the northwest, to the lair that is almost certain to be empty?

  Zhang Liao thought about it for a while, and came up with an idea.

  …(*`ェ*)…

   War horse gallops.

  The billowing smoke looks like a long yellow dragon.

  Zeng Dahu only felt that his mouth, throat, and even his heart and intestines were filled with wind and sand, and his waist and legs hurt badly, and the pain became more and more painful.

  『…』 Zeng Dahu raised his arm, originally wanted to call out an order, but found that he couldn't make a sound for a while, so he could only shake his arm, signaling to his confidant to give the order.

"stop! All stopped! over there! Go over there and take a break! 』

  The queue of horse thieves stopped slowly, and came to the edge of a dried up straw.

  Because of the diversion of the underground river from time to time, the grass bubbles on the ground also rise and fall accordingly.

This used to be a large area of ​​Caopaozi, but now it is about to dry up, all the surrounding trees are dead, there is no leaf at all, only some dry branches are left, like a thin arm stretching out to the sky .

   Panting heavily, Zeng Dahu rolled down from his horse, sat under a dead tree, straightened his feet, shook his legs, and glanced behind him, "Have you caught up?" What about people? 』

Zeng Dahu, um, Zeng Xiao, forget it, it’s still easy to say, when he was young, he was also a horse racer, and he was also very sturdy back then, otherwise he would not have pulled such a large group of horse thieves, but these years, years After all, he is a little older, and there are some problems from the waist bone to the legs and feet. He usually hasn't noticed it, but the current high-intensity gallop has exposed his weaknesses.

  The horse thief whistled, and then the scout who fell behind hurried forward, and came in front of Zeng Dahu, "Report! Didn't see any pursuers! 』

  『Didn’t see it? ! Zeng Dahu was taken aback for a moment, "Didn't catch up? 』

  The confidant next to him said, "Could it be that we ran too fast and lost it?" 』

"impossible! Zeng Dahu frowned, stood up on the dead tree trunk, shook his legs, and then pointed to the horseshoe prints on the ground, "It is such an obvious print that blind people can see it, but they can't see it?" 』

  『Then... the matter of our spring water leaked? ’ said the confidant, ‘but how did they know? 』

  Zeng Dahu stared, gasped for a few times, "Wait and see... If they really don't come... we will be in the dark... Haha, hehe, it's time to kill them! Let's see what they do! 』

  『The sentinel let me out! Keep an eye on it! Zeng Dahu ordered loudly, "Other people take turns to rest!" Don't touch those clear springs! Let the horse drink that muddy water! 』

  『Understood, Chief...』

  Zeng Dahu crossed his hips, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the south. After a while, he murmured, "Don't take the bait?" Ok? What are these people trying to do? 』

  The horse bandit's lair, that is, the army stronghold, is not unimportant, but the problem is that in the Gobi Desert, obviously talents are the most important thing. As long as there are people under your command, can't it be a new lair? The old nest is lost, and a new nest will be occupied.

  So Zeng Dahu felt that Zhang Liao would definitely catch up.

   But now...

   Could it be that the so-called hussar generals this time, how great these generals are in the rumors, are just like those generals in the Han Lingdi period, just coming for a formality? Just to get some achievements?

   Wouldn’t it be easier to handle?

  But, will it really be like this?

  I don’t know why, Zeng Dahu suddenly became a little worried, like holding a handful of yellow sand, no matter whether you use force or not, it is leaking, and in the end it may be completely leaked, and there will be nothing left...

  ...(o□`o)...

  Bei Gong was also a little puzzled, he also didn't know what Zhang Liao was doing.

  『My lord, should we do it now? A Qiang headman approached and said, "The Han people stopped and let us go. Are we going to take this opportunity to gather us all together and kill them all?" Or we might as well go ahead and forget it! 』

   Beigong snorted, "There are only two people in your tribe? The Han people only want two or three members of a tribe to go. When do they say that the whole tribe has gone? 』

"what? ”The Qiang headman was stunned for a moment, “Are there only two or three? How did I hear that they were going? 』

  『That is, all the tribes have to send people, and within a tribe, only two or three need to go...’ said another Qiang headman.

  『Uh...oh...hehe, haha, sorry, I got it wrong, I got it wrong...』

  Bei Gong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and was still thinking about what Zhang Liao's action meant?

   Hostage?

Two or three Qiang people did not specify what was important. Of course, even if Zhang Liao specified something important, Beigong and the others might not follow it. What can a hundred do?

   Fighting for the Han people?

   One or two hundred people...

  If it's really a big scene, one charge is not enough.

  『Great Nobleman...』 A Qiang leader said, 『Where Zeng Dahu is...』

  Bei Gong waved his hand, "Leave him alone, let's deal with our own problems first." 』Although Beigong and Zeng Dahu have a certain agreement, but for Beigong, only when Zeng Dahu and Zhang Liao decide the winner can they get the greatest benefit.

Zeng Dahu won, and Beigong would clean up the mess together to maintain the original balance. Zhang Liao won, and Beigong would choose according to the situation whether to take the opportunity to attack Zhang Liao or simply abandon Zeng Dahu. Without a complete victory or defeat, Beigong certainly refused to throw out his hole cards easily.

so…

"group! Beigong made a decision, "Just as the Han people said, each tribe sends two!" Isn't it just two people? Go and see what the Han people are up to! 』

Even if it is true that each tribe has lost two people, the problem is of course very serious for the families of those Qiang people, but for an entire tribe, even a tribe like Beigong can be regarded as some preliminary tribes. For the group with signs of the alliance, even if it loses one or two hundred people, it is basically not a big deal. If the price of one or two hundred people can be exchanged for some detailed information on the Han people, Bei Gong feels that it is quite worthwhile. transaction.

trade?

  Yes, for superiors, human life is also a resource. Since it is a resource, it is a thing. Why can't it be traded?

  …⊙﹏⊙|||…

  Zhang Liao advanced in front, while Han Guo in the back brought his personnel into Guzang County.

In the courtyard of the Guzang County Government, on one side stood a somewhat uneasy little official in soap clothes, with his head lowered, his eyes fixed on the ground, while on the other side stood Han Guo's The young inspector raised his head, and his gaze was scanning back and forth between the sealed box in the courtyard and the soap-coated official opposite.

  Han Guo bowed his hands to the county magistrate of Guzang, "Jiang Lingjun, I'm sorry..."

The magistrate of Guzang County, Jiang Yin, returned the salute with some shame, then stood in front of the steps, and said in a deep voice: "Now Hushi has envoys to check the accounts, and all counties and towns are not allowed to conceal false reports, make false claims, and make false claims. Wherever you go, you will be punished severely! Do you hear me clearly? ! 』

  A row of soap-clothed officials responded in unison.

  Jiang Yin nodded, then turned around, with a slightly apologetic smile on his face, "Envoy Han, please..."

  Han Guo also saluted, took two steps forward, and looked around.

  『Where are the gods and officials? ! ’ Han Guo asked in a deep voice.

  『Subordinates are here,』a small official from Shenwu County replied with a bow.

  『Are all the accounts prepared? 』

  Shenwu’s little officials almost stuck their heads on the ground, “If you come back to the envoy, there are a total of twelve boxes of accounts in Shenwu County, 468 volumes, all of which are listed here…”

  『The first team goes out! ’Han Guo said in a deep voice, ‘Open the box, count, count, and file! 』

   Immediately, five people came out from the sidelines, and then took orders, and went forward to register and check the accounts brought by Shenwu County...

  『Where is Changsong official? ’ Han Guo continued to ask.

  『Subordinates are…』

  …

  Jiang Yin, magistrate of Guzang County, looked at it, and couldn't help but twitched the corners of his eyes. This is not an ordinary official, it is just like the specifications of the military...

  Jiang Yin and Jiang Jiong both belong to the same clan, but Jiang Yin belongs to Tianshui, and Jiang Yin belongs to Hanyang. It sounds like two places, but Hanyang is actually in the northwest of Tianshui, not far apart.

  After Jiang Jiong came to power, some people in the Jiang family naturally got better promotion channels, such as Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin and others. Just having a good promotion channel does not mean that these people must have stronger abilities and means than ordinary people, so Jiang Yin is inevitably lagging behind in handling the matter of checking the accounts of various places.

It's not that Jiang Yin has any personal problems. After all, Jiang also raises horses for Fei Qian, and he doesn't really care about petty profits. I don't see friends who bow their heads, relatives who turn around, etc., so when executing orders, they can't be tough.

They are all relatives, or they all have some relationship. It is indeed useful at certain times. After all, one person's affairs are also everyone's affairs, helping each other or something, but in other cases, when everyone When he didn't think it was a problem, Guang Jiangyin was in a hurry by himself, and he couldn't get in a hurry.

General Hussars ordered to check the accounts a long time ago, and later ordered to switch to the four-pillar bookkeeping method. Although Jiang Yin did not have any objections, he really did not understand the things on the accounts ,so…

   This is also a common problem of most older managers.

  Knows a little about arithmetic, but not very well, so most of the accounts are handed over to the master bookkeeper, or the account manager, warehouse officials, etc. to calculate and manage, and then they check it. Even so, there are often problems when checking, and sometimes it is just a blind eye and a formality.

  The chief official has authority, but if it cannot be implemented, it will give the officials below the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. So muddying the water is almost the usual way of doing things.

  Look, the water is so muddy, can you see exactly how many fish there are standing on the shore?

   And those who go into the water to fish, of course, are these petty officials.

However, such a large group of people led by Han Guo are account-keeping and clearing officials who are almost managed by the army. Graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Agriculture are basically compulsory courses for accounting...

  Now, it is to clear up the seemingly complicated journals of these counties and townships one by one, one by one, to form new accounts, four-post accounts, and under such accounts, many things cannot be hidden.

Boxes were opened one after another, and the accounts of money and transactions were registered one after another. A dozen desks were lined up, and the abacus was placed on it. They all trembled a little.

  As local officials, they actually know some things in their hearts, but they dare not speak out. This time I came here with some fluke mentality. I felt that such a complicated account flow, how could I calculate it clearly? They recalculated, but looking at the situation in front of them, their original fluke mentality was melting like ice and snow under the scorching sun.

   One will re-copy and register, and one will seal the original after reviewing and confirming that there are no errors. Then re-copy the journal, and another person will enter it into the four-column account according to the format, and then the second person will check the general calculation, get the monthly table and chronology, and finally form the general table, which will be handed over to the corps chief or the chief , and then checked by the team rate...

Moving the pen between dragons and snakes is like cleaning up the sundries on the water surface little by little, so that the water flow starts to clean up, and it is also like a regular queue on the battlefield, and then the whole team is organized, some weird, unreasonable Yes, even unreasonable accounts, are presented as if the truth is revealed.

happy mid-Autumn Festival!

  (end of this chapter)