Governor please stay

"Mr. Zhang is lucky. On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and there are countless dead, but you still survived."

Liu Yishou didn't have the arrogance of a victor on his face, he even felt a little pathetic.Obviously Zhang Liang surrendered, and there was no need to die.Why should you sacrifice the lives of your subordinates just because you insist on your own integrity?

"There is no need to talk about persuading surrender. It is right for a good bird to choose a tree to live in, but not everyone believes in it."

Zhang Liang said proudly, at this moment it seemed that he was the winner and Liu Yishou was the loser.

"Because of your stubbornness, the soldiers under your command could have survived, but in the end they were buried by you. This is the reason why I am still angry.

I came here today not to persuade you to surrender, but to tell you that starting tomorrow, you will go to the fields to work, eat and live with the farmers here.After working for three years, you can leave or stay as you like, I will not force you.

Do it yourself. "

Liu Yishou patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder, stood up and walked out of the cell.

When he walked out of the cell, he still had a gloomy face, and Yuan Shikang followed carefully, as if he wanted to say something but dared not say it.

"I'm angry because Zhang Liang ruined his life for no reason, not because I can't hear bad things. If you have something to say, say it!"

Liu Yishou stopped, turned around, looked at Yuan Shikang and said.

"My lord, there are people in Shaopi who are inciting trouble because they oppose our water use regulations, saying that using water like this will offend the river god and make Shaopi dry up."

The practice of thousands of years has been tried and tested. Liu Yishou's proposal to collect water for irrigation from the villagers is originally a good thing for the people, but it will undoubtedly harm the interests of some large households.These people were too embarrassed to express their objection, after all, public anger is hard to offend, so they made up some superstitious stories or something.

"Go and tell Yang Xiuzhi, let him prepare a story about Liu Dudu fighting the river god for [-] rounds, strangling the river god to death at the end, and everything is going well from then on.

Tomorrow, let Yuwentai lead the troops to control Shaopi, and the governor will personally go out to talk to the God of the River!Tell the river god what it means to convince people with virtue. "

Liu Yishou said firmly, with a cold light in his eyes.

Chapter 293 They are all civilized people, they must be reasonable

On the desk in Liu Yishou's study, there was a large piece of paper with words and sentences written in a mess without any structure.

For example: "Drinking Sangluo wine, you can't be on top of your heart", and there are similar "A glass of Sangluo wine, make good friends", "Sangluo old wine, pure and true", "How to relieve worries, only Sangluo ", "Old years of mulberry fall, drops of fragrance" and the like.

It seems that they are all advertisements to promote "Sangluo Wine".Jia Sixie finally got the recipe and process of the low-alcohol wine, named it "Sangluo", and planned to promote and sell it to Jiankang in exchange for military expenses.

"I always feel that it's almost meaningless. Why don't I come up with this: I don't accept gifts during the holidays this year, but I only accept mulberry wine when I receive gifts?"

Holding a brush, Liu Yishou pondered deeply. Now that Pengcheng has been captured, the overall situation of recuperating in Shouyang has been arranged, and there is no need to mess around in the short term.

Accumulating strength is not about lying flat and dying, and it is not about fishing out the water like Hou Jing, making people's livelihood difficult.This battle for wealth, population, and people's hearts has just begun, and there is no way to talk about everything going well.

At this moment, Yang Xiuzhi opened the door and entered, bowed his hands and saluted, then took out some papers from his cuffs and handed them to Liu Yishou.

"My lord, according to your instructions, I have written the story of the lord's fight against evildoers in the river, and the story of slaying monsters in his dream to keep the party safe. Please read it."

Yang Xiuzhi stepped aside cautiously, quietly waiting for Liu Yishou to read his article.

"Bullshit!"

After Liu Yishou finished reading, he slammed the table, making Yang Xiuzhi tremble with fright.

"My lord, is there something wrong?"

Yang Xiuzhi felt uneasy, logically speaking it shouldn't be, isn't he bragging hard enough?

"You said here that I killed the river demon queen in my dream, and the people of the demon country all shouted long live. Doesn't this imply that I am also a demon?"

Liu Yishou said speechlessly.

A story about slaying demons in a dream of Tama can also make up so many flowers!It would be a waste for this kid not to write a book.Liu Yishou felt that Yang Xiuzhi edited... the writing was much better than he expected.

"Not shouting long live is not enough to show that the lord is loved."

Yang Xiuzhi patted the horse on his leg, feeling very wronged.

"It's inappropriate, delete this paragraph. Now everyone is shouting long live, what should we do in the future? Shouting long live?"

Liu Yishou asked with a serious face, Yang Xiuzhi quickly apologized, and crossed out those few sentences with a ready-made brush on the table.

"Don't focus on how good I am at dealing with monsters. I'm too good at fighting. What if those ignorant and superstitious people invite me to his house every day to defeat demons and demons? I'm not Tao Hongjing's closed disciple!"

Liu Yishou asked in a somewhat speechless manner.Daoist Tao is the master of the Longhu Mountain School, and it is true that he forged the Shansheng, but don't describe him as a magic stick!

"My lord, the folks like these..."

"Delete!"

"Here!" Yang Xiuzhi helplessly deleted a large section.

"The point of this story is to explain that I would rather take a huge risk than plead for the people. When I found out that the so-called river god was a river demon, I knew it was extremely unfavorable in the other party's territory, but I wanted to kill the demon for the people. , so I also suffered a serious injury and was unconscious for a few days, understand?"

Liu Yishou knocked on the table several times with his finger and said.

"Here, this subordinate will write a new one."

Yang Xiuzhi was beaten up a lot and resigned embarrassingly.

After he left, Liu Yishou sighed.Since taking over Shouyang, the advantage is that the enthusiasm of the subordinates has obviously increased a lot, and they are more efficient in doing things.Of course, the downside is that certain ambitions can no longer be hidden, and these people wish Liu Yishou could directly proclaim himself emperor now!

"Hide your strengths and bide your time, what do you call Long Live at this time!" Liu Yishou laughed at himself helplessly.

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Shaopi is a systematic irrigation project, not to say that the river water is stored in a huge pond and the work is done.It not only has a vast "reservoir" to store water, but also has irrigation canals like capillaries, extending to the surrounding areas, and the total irrigation area is extremely amazing.

Not only that, the irrigation canal can be adjusted manually, where it is irrigated and where it is not irrigated, it can be deployed freely!

This is of course the advantage of scientific irrigation. After all, when the drought hits every year, the disasters in the surrounding areas are different.But this has also become a problem.

Whenever irrigation is required, where are the irrigation canals open and where are they closed?If they are all opened, the accumulated water will definitely not be enough.

In the past, this contradiction was not obvious, but after Liu Yishou arrived in Shouyang and moved a large number of "rebel households" from various places in Huainan, the contradiction became acute.

The surrounding area of ​​Shaopi is the main grain-producing area in Yuzhou, not one of them.Liu Yishou resettled refugees in half of the surrounding area who could only follow him wholeheartedly, and the big local households in Shouyang were already extremely dissatisfied.

It's just that those places are not considered the best land around Shaopi. In addition, the population of Shouyang was originally due to the war, and many lands were left uncultivated, so the big households endured it.

If you make trouble because of this, Liu Yishou can directly encourage immigrants to wipe out the locals. The number of people who have done this kind of thing in history cannot be counted.

However, being able to tolerate land occupation does not mean that you can tolerate robbing water resources!Taking advantage of the time when Liu Yishou and others dispatched troops to Pengcheng, those big households in Shouyang began to fabricate rumors, saying that Liu Yishou had offended the God of the River and that the harvest would be poor this autumn.

They didn't expect the defenders of Pengcheng to die within a few days of jumping around!Before the series of conspiracies to be launched, Liu Yishou sent troops back to Shouyang.

Liu Yishou asked Yuwentai to send troops to control the surrounding villages of Shaopi under the pretext of weeding and pest control.In name, it is to see what agricultural needs each village has, but in fact, it is a knife resting on the neck, ready to do it!

What's more, Liu Yishou sent people to agitate those refugees who migrated to Shouyang, saying that Liu Dudu came to "hold justice" for them.

For a while, the atmosphere around Shaopi was strange and depressing, and the powder barrels were all ready, only a spark was needed to detonate.

On this day, Liu Yishou finally, as everyone expected, took his cronies to inspect the irrigation project of Shaopi, visited various villages, and gathered the elders and representatives of powerful families from the surrounding villages in front of the newly completed Sun Shu'ao Ancestral Hall.

In name, it was to celebrate the completion of the ancestral hall, but in fact, everyone present knew what to do.There are two distinct factions, one is the Huainan immigrants resettled by Liu Yishou, and the other is the representatives of the local rich and powerful families.

Everyone stood on one side, and the atmosphere was vaguely hostile.

"Recently there have been rumors that I have offended the God of the River, is there such a thing?" Liu Yishou looked at the elders of the local rich Li clan and asked, his tone indifferent, even a little cold.

"Return to the governor, there is indeed such a thing."

The boss of the Li clan admitted generously that since everyone is here today, there is no reason to back down.After all, this Shouyang is still the Shouyang of the Liang Kingdom, at least in name.

If it was the Li family of Zhaojun who dominates a certain place in the north, and there are tens of thousands of people in each song, Liu Yishou naturally would not dare to play games like he is now.However, the so-called big households in Shouyang are very limited in scale, and they are all ignorant little shrimps.

Sometimes the big fish are more alert, but some small shrimps don’t know how to flatter them.Only then did Liu Yishou sigh with emotion what is meant by "the little demon in the temple is strong, and the pool is shallow and the king is more than eight".

The Yangtze River and the Yellow River don't play with river gods, how ridiculous that a river god popped out of this small ditch!

"Since it is a river god, which river god is it? The Shaopi water comes from Shanyuan River and Piyuan River. Tell me, which road is the god from?"

Liu Yishou asked with a fake smile.

The god of the river is the god of the river, which river should he be in charge of?

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Liu Yishou to play such a trick.It was originally made up by this group of shrimps to make troubles, and they don't want to be strict with you at all.It's just a rumor, if the story is edited to the end, who knows what it will look like.

"Isn't this River God like the governor? The governor of Yuzhou governs Yuzhou, and the governor of Yangzhou governs Yangzhou. Isn't that true?"

Liu Yishou asked the patriarch surnamed Li.

"That's right, but the River God lives in Shaopi now, hahahaha, it doesn't matter which river he comes from, isn't that the case!"

The patriarch of the Li clan said to the wrinkled "witches" around him.

This kind of witch who travels from village to village has not been banned in all dynasties, and it often appears in official history, even in Liu Yishou's previous life, he heard of it from time to time.Knowing that Liu Yishou is coming today, the local people are all prepared.

"What did the river god say?"

Liu Yishou looked at one of the sorceresses with a sullen expression and asked, too lazy to bother about which river's "fairy" this so-called river god is.

"The god of the river said that outsiders must send a hundred virgins every year. Otherwise, the water from Shaopi cannot be used!"

The sorceress boldly said, after saying this, the representatives of the group of immigrants from all over Huainan behind Liu Yishou burst into commotion, and the conflict seemed to intensify.

"This god is too domineering, how about this, you ask him to show up, and I will talk to him face to face."

Liu Yishou said calmly.

If these little shrimps could invite the so-called "River God", would they still be here?You must know that the current prince Xiao Gang likes the similar "auspiciousness" the most, and every time he encounters it, he must bring it into the mansion.

If there is really a "god" to help, even a giant python is enough to make these people give up.What they mentioned about the God of the River was asking prices all over the sky, paying back the money when they landed, and forcing the immigrants who were willing to give in to Liu Yishou.

"The river god is at the bottom of the water and won't show up."

The sorceress probably got into the show, the old god said, ignoring the wink from the head of the Li clan.

Liu Yishou looked thoughtful, and clapped his fists and said, "That makes sense! Then, go down to the bottom of the water and tell the river god not to be so cruel. A hundred virgins won't work. Just knead a piece of dough for him. almost."

He looked at Yu Wentai who was standing silently by the side, and said to Yu Wentai: "Tie a stone to this sorceress and throw it into Shaopi. By the way, remember to row to a farther place, the shore is too shallow I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the residence of the river god.

The stone needs to be bigger, heavier, and tied firmly, or it will be bad if it doesn’t sink to the bottom of the water. The river god thought we were disrespectful to him! "

Liu Yishou looked at the sorceress who was trembling with fright, and said with a smile, "Remember to say hello to me."

Yu Wentai escorted the sorceress away silently, pushed her to the boat that had been prepared long ago, and finally the group of people left.

Liu Yishou looked at the ashen-faced head of the Li clan and asked, "Let's just wait here. The sorceress will come back after she has finished speaking with the River God."

After a while, Yu Wentai returned and nodded to Liu Yishou.Everyone waited for another stick of incense, and it was naturally impossible for the sorceress who had sunk to the bottom of the pond to return.

Liu Yishou glanced at the patriarch of the Li clan, seeing that the other party was still holding on, he sighed secretly in his heart.Many people are like this, they don’t shed tears when they don’t see the coffin.Only when the knife rested on his neck did he know that he could die.

"The God of the River must dislike this sorceress who can't speak clearly. How about it, the Li clan will help you out, it's troublesome."

Liu Yishou winked at Yu Wentai, and the latter immediately asked his guards to drag away the crying Li clan elder, and at the same time covered his mouth with a rag.

After a while, Yu Wentai returned, bowed his hands to Liu Yishou and said, "The clan elder has gone to the river god."

"Then let's continue to wait."

Liu Yishou wanted to see who would jump out.

As a result, a stick of incense time passed, and still no one stood up to smooth things over.Immigrant representatives from all over Huainan watched the jokes, and the local elders were stuck and didn't know how to exit.

After a long time, Liu Yishou sighed deeply, looked around the crowd and said, "This river god has such a temper, the Li clan can't even invite him when he's old. How about you guys go invite him together? Then he will definitely show up."

Liu Yishou pointed to the local elders and said.

"Excuse me, Commander!"

In an instant, a group of people from the local area knelt down!This Liu Dudu's methods are too cruel, he can kill people without blinking an eye!

"Tell me, what's going on, the governor is confused now."

Liu Yishou looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand why these people in front of him knelt down.

"Liu Dudu, those are all made up by Patriarch Li, and we don't know about it!"

"That's right, we were all bewitched by him. In fact, there is no river god at all."

"Liu Dudu, please forgive me. We just want to fight for water and show some color to those outsiders. There is no other meaning."

The begging for mercy sounded one after another, and many people knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying.They finally confirmed that the person in front of them was capable of anything.

"So this is ah!"

Liu Yishou "suddenly realized", and then clapped his hands.Soon, Yuan Shikang appeared in front of everyone with the old man of the Li clan who should have been thrown into the river and the witch.

Now, no matter it was the representative of the immigrants or the elders of the local rich family, they were all dumbfounded.

Liu Yishou asked the veteran of the Li clan, "They said they were all bewitched by you, and they wanted to embarrass the outsiders. You made up the story of the River God to deceive people. What do you say about it?"

The elders of the Li clan looked around in resentment, then suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Yishou, weeping and said: "The Li clan is willing to obey the command of the governor, to use water according to the agreement on the stone tablet, and to abide by their own law in the future and not to cause trouble again."