The jailer wanted to take this opportunity to climb Kou Ji, but Kou Ji's posture was obviously about to leave.
Isn't it a waste that he spent a lot of money to buy the table of Fanlou's table noodles
Kou Ji didn't know the jailer's mind, even if he knew it, he wouldn't pay attention to the jailer.
As far as Kou Ji is concerned, it is a casual thing to support one or two small officials.
But he would not support the jailer.
The jailer has been in jail for a long time, and has long been mixed into a personal spirit, and seeing the wind is their best ability.
Such people are not reliable and cannot be cultivated into confidants, so Kou Ji will not lead them.
As long as Kou Ji always maintains a high position, they will always look humbly in front of Kou Ji.
After dropping two gold leaves on the plate held by the jailer, Kou Ji shook his sleeve and left the cell.
The jailer did not refuse this time, and accepted the two golden leaves that Kou Ji had left behind, and carried a plate of vegetables into Ding Wei's cell.
Ding Wei sat on the ground like a wooden person.
What Kou Ji had said echoed in his mind constantly.
"Is the old man really wrong?"
Ding Wei suddenly raised his head, staring at the jailer and asking questions.
The jailer was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer.
"The old man is right, it is the kid Kou Ji who is wrong, he actually wants to use his rhetoric to influence the old man's mind."
"Murder... Zhu Xin... What a vicious kid..."
Ding Wei shook his head and muttered.
The jailer did not have the thought of talking to him, and after putting down the plate in his hand, he withdrew from the cell.
Ding Wei ignored the rich meat and wine on the plate, and kept talking about it.
…
Kou Ji got out of the prison, took a deep breath, got on the sedan chair and returned to the house.
After entering the mansion gate, he walked all the way to Kou Zhun's study. After a notification, he entered the study.
Kou Zhun was practicing calligraphy, holding a brush and splashing ink, he heard Kou Ji enter the study, looked up, then lowered his head, splashing ink, and asked: "Did you see?"
Kou Ji nodded, "I saw..."
"how is it?"
"He wanted to use his set of fallacies to guide me, but in the end he was speechless when I refuted it."
Kou Zhun put down his pen and said quietly, "Speaking of which, Ding Wei is indeed an individual talent, but it is a pity that he is wrong and has taken the wrong path.
"I also think so… "
"What did he say to you, what did you say to him?"
Kou Ji simply repeated his dialogue with Ding Wei.
Kou Zhun listened and nodded repeatedly, "Being a man and an official should be the case. It is very precious that you can understand this truth at your age now.
As for Ding Wei's words, don't take it to heart.
The old man gave him a pot of dirty wine and a plate of deer tail, just to tell him that he had gone the wrong way, so that he would die, but he didn't expect that he didn't understand what the old man meant. "
"That's it, he will be a dead person right away, and the old man doesn't bother to pay attention to him."
Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji and said, "The old man gave Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Zeng, you, the three of them have been allowed to rest for three days. You can rest in the house for these three days."
"Understand..."
Kou Ji agreed and left Kou Zhun's study and returned to his yard.
He stayed in his yard for a day, but couldn't stay in the house the next day.
Kou Zhong informed that several gift-giving people came at the door and needed Kou Ji to personally receive them.
Kou Ji said with a puzzled look: "The mansion rarely accepts gifts. You can just send them in the same way as before.
Why ask me? "
Kou Zhong bent over and said with a smile: "The person who gave the gift this time is a little different, and the old servant can't drive them away."
Kou Ji looked suspicious, and under the guidance of Kou Zhong, appeared outside the palace.
Looking up, I understood what Kou Zhong said was the difference between the gift-giver.
It was a group of thin and weak men, escorting dozens of carts full of food.
The head was an elderly man, holding a long whip in his hand, sitting on the shaft of the car.
After seeing Kou Ji, he hurriedly jumped out of the car, walked quickly in front of Kou Ji, and said: "Little old man sees Xiao Kou..."
Kou Ji hurriedly greeted him and helped him up, "Why are you here?"
The old man grinned and said: "A few days after you left, there was a lot of ripe wheat in the field. The little old man hurriedly cut it off, peeled it off, and brought it to you.
I just want you to be the first to eat this year’s new wheat, the wheat we grow ourselves. "
Kou Ji supported the old man, not knowing what to say.
Looking at the old man's outfit and the outfits of those who followed him, Kou Ji knew that they had arrived in Bianjing by star and night.
Because there is a lot of mud on their trouser legs.
It was wrapped in dew mixed with dust.
The people are simple, if you treat them a little bit of kindness, they will repay you heart and soul.
Although the things they give may be worthless, the things they can get must be the best things in their family.
"Enter the mansion and say..."
Koj took the old man to the mansion.
At the same time he instructed Kou Zhong to say: "Let the servants of the mansion unload the grain. Part of it is reserved for the palace, and the other part is made into powder by the mill in the mansion, and the cook in the kitchen can be used for food."
Kou Zhong smiled and agreed, and hurriedly ordered the people in the house to do something.
The old man led a group of men from the Serbian army, followed Kou Ji to the door, but refused to go in.
He insisted on Kou Ji, asking Kou Ji to find a foot shop for them in the mansion.
Kou Ji initially thought that the old man was being polite with him, until he found that the old man's eyes fell on the clean ground inside Kou's mansion door from time to time, and their clothes were covered with mud.
Kou Ji understood the old man's mind.
The old man was afraid that the dirt on his body would stain the place of Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji called to Kou Zhong and ordered a few words in his ear.
Kou Zhong understood and went into the mansion to make arrangements.
Kou Ji grabbed the old man's hand and entered Kou Mansion.
Seeing that Kou Ji couldn't be stunned, the old man took the guys he led and rubbed the dirt on his body at the door before entering Kou Mansion with Kou Ji.
After entering Kou's Mansion, Kou Ji did not lead them to the right path, and they passed through corridors and walked on a messy path to a courtyard.
The old man looked at the mess on the ground and tried to speak several times, but he held back.
But the guys who followed the old man commented one by one.
Said that the servants of Kou Mansion were slackers, and they couldn't even clean up the courtyard.
Kou Ji smiled lightly on this, and didn't say much.
Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to arrange a clean and comfortable yard for them.
There are no tall buildings or magnificent things in the courtyard.
When the old man arrived, he looked very comfortable.
They played around in the yard, and they were no longer restrained.
After Kou Ji arranged for them to live, he chatted with them for a while.
When night fell, Kou's mill had already ground the flour and sent it to Kou's kitchen.
The cooks made delicious dishes with fresh flour and served them to the table.
Kou Ji ate a meal with the old man and the others.
The old man and others were afraid that after the new wheat came down, they didn't taste a bite, but hurriedly sent it to Kou Ji.
So Kou Ji felt that it was necessary for them to eat the food they planted as soon as possible.
The guys don't seem to like sitting at the dinner table. They seem to be more accustomed to carrying bowls and eating while squatting, or getting together in groups of three or five, sitting on the floor and eating.
The old man carried a bowl of white noodles without adding salt or vinegar, but tears filled his eyes.
When Kou Ji began to comfort him, the old man said excitedly: "Thanks to you, the little old man and others can eat the white noodles they grow."
Kou Ji laughed softly: "This is what you deserve..."
"What deserves it... What kind of life did the little old man and others live before, and what kind of life do they live now
The young man's heart is not blind, so he feels clearly. "
Kou Ji whispered: "We are a family now, don't say those polite remarks."
The old man nodded heavily and said: "A family..."
After eating and drinking enough, Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to arrange these people to sleep, leaving the old man alone, and chatting together for a while.
He asked about Baozhou and the situation of the Serbian army.
The old man didn't conceal Kou Ji, so he told Kou Ji about the affairs of Baozhou in detail.
When it came to this year's grain production, the old man asked Kou Ji cautiously.
"Duke Kou, do we need to pay taxes?"
"Pay taxes? What taxes do you pay?"
Kou Ji looked suspicious.
The old man said seriously: "When the little old man left Baozhou, he ran into a judge. He broke into our Serbian army barracks and insisted on letting the Serbian army pay taxes.
It is said that since the court has landed, it should pay taxes to the court.
The little old man originally wanted to ask carefully.
But the judge was driven away by General Yang.
General Yang said that we are in the military, and how much land we plant and how much grain we produce is our own, and we don't have to pay a cent to the court. "
Kou Ji nodded when he heard the words: "Yang Wenguang is right. According to the rules of the court, you, as a military, do not need to pay the court.
Instead, the court has to pay you salaries. "
Hearing these words, the old man breathed a sigh of relief: "With your words, the little old man is relieved.
The rule of military status does not need to pay for food, the young man knows.
The little old man is just worried about whether the imperial court will issue any new decree that will cause you to cause trouble in order to protect the little old man and others. "
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "Just be relieved, I won't have any trouble.
If I'm really in trouble, I'm not afraid to have your help. "
Hearing this, the old man smiled brightly and said: "What you said is reasonable."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "How about that batch of horses?"
The old man smiled and said: "The horses are fine. We are all taking care of them. After a few years, we will definitely be able to turn over."
"That's good… "
The old man seemed to remember something, fumbled in his arms, took out a letter, and handed it to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji took the letter, took a look, and saw Yang Wenguang and other words.
Kou Ji opened the paint and looked through it carefully.
After reading the letter, Kou Ji showed thoughtfulness.
Yang Wenguang stated in the letter that after he took control of the Serbian Army, he was deeply aware of the erosion of the Serbian Army’s military system, and deliberately sorted out the Serbian Army and eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army to achieve the goal of being a good soldier.
In this regard, Yang Wenguang has already done some calculations.
After his preliminary calculations, the Serbian army is elite, young and strong, with less than 8,000 men.
The rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.
A fully staffed Serbian army should have 50,000 people.
Once Yang Wenguang implements the decree of elite soldiers, the Serbian army will be abolished and the remaining 8,000 men will be left.
Fifty thousand to eight thousand, the gap is a bit big.
Once someone takes the opportunity to write a letter to the court, telling Yang Wenguang that he is trying to commit a crime, Yang Wenguang will be very troublesome.
So Yang Wenguang wrote to ask Kou Ji, wanting to know what Kou Ji meant.
Kou Ji actually agrees with Yang Wenguang's idea that in the case of the erosion of the military system, it is very necessary to have good soldiers.
It's just that once Yang Wenguang chooses elite soldiers, a large part of the army will be eliminated.
Including the old man sitting next to Kou Ji.
No one knows whether they will complain or make trouble.
Once they break up, the great situation Kou Ji just made in Baozhou will most likely be ruined.
With a worry, Kou Ji looked at the old man with groaning.
He wanted to ask the old man what he meant, and wanted to use the old man to figure out the meaning of the other soldiers of the Serbian army.
It's just that people treat him sincerely, but he wants to smash their jobs, he is a little embarrassed to speak.
"Is it about disarmament?"
The old man spoke first and asked cheerfully.
Kou Ji was taken aback, and questioned: "How do you know?"
The old man laughed in a low voice: "General Yang is too young after all, everything is on his face.
When he kept looking at us old guys in the camp, we knew that he wanted to disarm.
That kind of look has been seen countless times by the little old man.
Every general who came in front of the little old man wanted to abolish us old fellows.
But in the end, every general had to let us old guys go out to help them defend against the enemy. "
Kou Ji said solemnly: "I believe Yang Wenguang is not that kind of person."
The old man grinned and said: "Little old man knows that it is a good baby, but his face is a little thin.
He wants to abolish me and wait, but he can tell me clearly that he doesn't need to write to you and let you test the little old man. "
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "How do you think about this?"
The old man pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "In fact, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. By the end of this year, without him being abolished, the old man and others will also withdraw from the military."
Kou Ji wondered: "Why?"
The old man smiled brightly and said: "Naturally, I don't want to give away the great days in his hands.
I don't want to be sorry for your entrustment. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji thought about it slightly, and then seemed to think of something, and asked: "You mean our military system?"
The old man nodded and said, "We will not move. Soldiers are changed every three years.
At the end of this year, it has been three years since Xiao Lao Er and others arrived in Baozhou.
According to the imperial court, Xiao Lao Er and others should also change places.
In the past, the little old man was driven away by the court. It was because following the court, we could still eat a little bit more, but after leaving the court, we would all starve to death.
Now it's different. You gave Xiao Lao'er and others a home in Baozhou. After Xiao Lao'er and others have a good life, naturally they don't need to run with the court anymore. "