Time flies so fast, it seems to be noon in the blink of an eye.
Before the matter was finished, Li Po simply stayed with everyone for another lunch. He did not feel that he was at a loss as before after being treated to one after another. Instead, he felt that no matter how exquisite the dishes were, they would taste like nothing if they were eaten like this.
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He has always been very particular about eating and drinking. He thought rather hypocritically that eating and drinking should only be done with three to five people. It would not be lively if there were fewer people. But if there are more people, you will know now that there are so many people talking, so what else can you eat?
ah?
These are just generals, there are not that many rules. If Chen Xiaoyi and others are here, then what they are eating is not rice, what they are eating is power and etiquette, and it has nothing to do with food and wine.
Li Po thought maliciously, no wonder there were very few fat people among the literati. They carried a lot of things, so naturally they couldn't gain weight.
Thinking of this, he turned his head slightly and looked at Wang Qi and Yang Xu not far behind him. Yang Xu was eating very deliciously. He must have been starved in Jinyang Prison. Otherwise, how could the king of Guan be like this?
Food phase?
Wang Qi was much cuter. She chewed slowly and was stared at from time to time by the wolf-like men. Soon her round face turned red. Li Po felt that if he kept her with him all the time,
, it is estimated that in a few days, that round face will be starved into a bamboo shape.
The afternoon continued, and after some time, everyone gradually dispersed.
Later, Li Po invited Su Dan and Wang Qing to discuss for a long time, which was actually about two things, one was the current spring plowing, and the other was the transportation of grain and grass from Pei Shiqing.
In fact, there is no need for Li Po to supervise spring plowing. Most of the counties have settled down this year, and the superiors attach great importance to spring plowing. No one dares to neglect it. Otherwise, during the autumn harvest, if you harvest less grain, no one else will be unlucky.
In fact, once the situation settles down, some things will naturally start to be done, but the process will vary depending on the level of effort.
Pei Shiqing's Li Po wasn't too worried. If Yan Zong and Lu Haoran were really capable, they wouldn't be like this. In addition, Pei Shiqing is not incompetent in military affairs. With the help of elite soldiers and generals, if they were defeated, they would be defeated.
That's really weird.
After Su Yu and Wang Qing, Li Po called Liu Jingsheng alone to give instructions. Liu Jingsheng and Luo Shixin were leading his own troops and would be stationed in Jinyang for a long time.
Now that Luo Shixin is away, Liu Jingsheng has become the city defense officer of Jinyang, and spends a lot of time dealing with people in Jinyang City.
It's not that Liu Jingsheng doesn't know the rules and offends someone, or that he relaxes military law and turns Jinyang into the second Luoyang.
Li Po just felt that his own soldiers were all murderous guys, and Luo Shixin, the living bandit, was not around, so it was necessary for him to personally issue military orders to nip problems in the bud.
Liu Jingsheng left, and Li Po took a breath, drank some tea to moisten his throat, and then ordered Xu Shiji to prepare his horse. He was going to inspect the Jinyang warehouse.
Xu Shiji is now the second-right leader of the General Manager's Office, opposite Zhao Shixun. Two guys who rushed to the top of Puzhou City, but with very different personalities, have both been promoted.
Zhao Shixun followed Luo Shixin to Shangdang, and Xu Shiji became Li Po's personal guard commander, accompanying Li Po. During the war, if he and Zhao Shixun did not follow Luo Shixin and Liu Jingsheng's command, they could lead the troops alone.
Otherwise, people were promoted quickly during the war years. This can be seen from Xu Shiji. In just a few months, there were signs of success again.
Moreover, Xu Shiji's ancestral home was in Shandong, and he fit in well with Li Po's personal guards. However, he had been hanging out with the Henan rebel army for several years. It can be said that he had a big feud with Zhang Xutuo's subordinates. When Luo Shixin saw him, he had a nose and a face. Shameless, I would rather kill this guy with a knife.
Zhang Jin and others were also quite resistant to him, so it was not easy for Xu Shiji to be a good commander of personal guards.
Of course, he himself doesn't care much about this. Now he is very happy because he can freely enter and leave the governor's house...
Li Po didn't know that this Henan thief was thinking about his sister. Seeing Xu Shiji's busy work in front of and behind the horse, he felt quite proud.
It is said that the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty were headed by Li Jing and Li Ji. Now one of them has become his father-in-law, and the other is working under him. Even if he is not too fond of celebrities, he still has a sense of accomplishment.
But these two people were so famous later, but now he looked at them a little doubtfully.
Li Jing looked at the level of unluckiness and couldn't believe that this father-in-law was the invincible Li Jing and Li Wei Gong.
As for Xu Shiji, he is young but looks very cunning, which makes him a bit unworthy of his name.
Well, maybe if you change his name in the future, his appearance will also change?
As for Xu Shiji, he was cautious and fearful of making mistakes. The impression of this lord was not very good in his eyes. He was too narrow-minded. In current terms, he was unpredictable and easily offended, so he acted like he did when he was under Li Mi. , being reticent and pretending to be honest.
"Who else is in your family?"
A group of people came out of the General Manager's Mansion. Li Po waved to Xu Shiji and asked quickly, since he had the potential of a famous general and came to his side again, the treatment would be different from the previous treatment.
Xu Shiji's heart skipped a beat, he glanced at Li Po's expression, and bowed on his horse and said: "The general's ancestral home is Caozhou, Shandong, and he later moved to Huazhou, Henan. The general's family has quite a lot of savings, but there are not many people. There are only two parents. A sister, two brothers, and the rest of my relatives... are all in Shandong. My father doesn't mention it, and I don't know who else is there..."
It was quite detailed, and it was all true, but Xu Shiji still didn't fully tell his family background in accordance with the current rules.
In fact, it is true that his father Xu Gai was just a wealthy family in Shandong, but his ancestors were also officials. His great-grandfather was an official in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and his grandfather was an official in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
In his father Xu Gai's generation, he and several uncles were very unhappy in Shandong. Otherwise, he would not have resolutely left his hometown in Shandong with his wife and children to go to Henan without any official position. The wife clan.
Xu Gai's wife's family is not a big family in Henan, with only a few people, even worse than the Xu family.
In fact, it can be seen from the trajectory of the Xu family that from the founding of the Emperor to the Daye years, the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty all went downhill.
Some of them were uprooted during the war, and some of those who survived were integrated into the Kansai clan, while others lingered in their homeland and were constantly suppressed. For decades, those who could compete with the Kansai clan at first The Shandong and Hebei Military Group has long since disappeared and no longer exists.
The Xu family in Shandong is actually just a microcosm, and can also be said to be a victim in the process of the times.
Qin Qiong and others who were under Li Mi at the time were actually similar to Xu Shiji. Their ancestors had a lot of glory, but by their generation, there was nothing left.
After going out, I didn't dare to talk about my ancestors openly, for fear of being suppressed and ostracized, or even causing death. You know, back then, the Northern Qi army had strong soldiers and horses, and they often fought with the people of Guanxi. You know your ancestors?
How many grudges have been forged?
When Li Po heard this, he said directly in his heart, hum, this guy's words are not entirely true, no matter what, it's just because Li Po has seen through people's speaking habits these days.
Regardless of family background, the first thing to talk about is how your ancestors are. Even if your ancestor is a farmer, you must first mention that my ancestors made a living by farming, so that others will not misunderstand that you are hiding your family background. In other words, what is your family like?
A standard for others to judge.
Then comes the father, brothers, etc. It doesn't say starting from the father, unless your family is particularly famous and well-known to the world, Xu Shiji is obviously not among them.
But Li Po still nodded and accepted the statement without asking any questions, because he could tell that this guy's parents and family were still alive.
This is not easy. I was born in Shandong and moved to Henan. This is a very unlucky family.
Needless to mention Shandong, the chance of survival for those who stay in that area is not high. Well, Huazhou, Henan, where the Wagang bandits started. Then Li Mi and Wang Shichong tore up chicken feathers all over the place, and the old, weak, women and children of the family were still alive.
If he survived, he probably benefited from Xu Shiji's credit.
"My parents have the kindness to raise me, and my sister and brother have the love of blood. If I have the opportunity, I can take him to Jinyang and live in peace."
Xu Shiji smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you so much, manager...but...at the time, Mr. Wei...Li Mi was very anxious to pursue him, and the general did not know that his family was now safe."
These words are sincere. He really cares about his family very much. Otherwise, he would not have joined the bandit alone. If he could bring his family to live in Jindi, that would be what he wished for. But in the past two years, he has gone back to his old ways.
Zi'er, running around like a rabbit being chased by others, how can he take care of his family.
Of course, he is a smart person. Unlike those who don't care, he has hidden his family for a long time. However, under the current situation, it is impossible to bring his family over.
Li Po smiled and said to himself that you don't have family in Jin, which makes me worried...
But then he thought about it, his father-in-law was still in Chang'an, and he didn't know what kind of life he was living in fear, and he felt relieved. This was really a nonsense time.
Then he had no other thoughts and just said casually: "Don't worry, after I defeat Wang Shichong, if your family is still safe, you will be able to live a good life of glory and wealth."
Xu Shiji showed gratitude on his face and nodded heavily, but he said in his heart, that is a matter of the damn year of the monkey, it is better to... find me a mother-in-law.
However, being able to have a few words with Li Po at close range would be of great benefit to his authority. Listening to the two men talking, a group of men from Shandong, Hebei and Daizhou felt sorry for Xu Shiji.
The hostility and rejection are greatly reduced. After all, everyone has come through the war.