Chapter 152: Sparrows compete for food

"Chen Siqi, see General Pei."

Stepping into the hall, Chen Siqi took two steps and bowed and bowed.

"You are the one Chen Siqi who disobeyed the order and caused my previous plan to change because of you?"

The question coming from the front made Chen Siqi sweat on his forehead. He didn't dare to look up and said with a tough bullet, "That's it."

"So bold! He didn't even plead guilty!"

A voice with a sense of qi and a slightly thick voice shouted angrily. What followed was the surging fire energy!

The power contained in it is enough to make Chen Siqi, who is unprepared, die on the spot!

Chen Siqi gritted his teeth and tried his best to control his body, not daring to move at all!

He was betting that Pei Dong came to summon him, and he definitely didn't kill himself so easily!

The fiery fire energy was approaching in front of him, and Chen Siqi could already feel the surging firepower in it!

"Forget it."

The clear voice said lightly.

There was a wave in the city lord's hall. The fire energy that was so close that it was almost bombarded Chen Siqi's body turned into invisible in an instant!

"The subordinate has passed."

The thick voice whispered.

"It's okay." said the clear voice, paused, and continued, "You stand up and reply."

"yes."

Chen Siqi stood up and looked at the young man sitting upright behind the desk. He looked at the age of twenty at most, with a handsome face, a bit of a monstrous smell; his eyes were calm and deep, like a calm surface and a turbulent sea inside.

Although this young man looked ordinary, Chen Siqi did not dare to underestimate him in his heart. This young man was the son of Pei Wuhou of the Chu Dynasty, Pei Donglai, the young Marquis Pei; he was the confidant of Wuhou Qishan, who valued him very much, and was also highly valued by the young emperor. He was also highly praised by the white-clothed minister, calling him "poetry over the king's Daolin."

The young man surrounded by so many halos has unfathomable abilities. It was his move last night that instantly tilted the situation in Shencheng, which was originally quite stalemate.

"I heard that you started a massacre in the city last night, killing the important officials in Shencheng almost cleaned up?" Pei Donglai knocked on the thick pile of files and booklets on the case table, with a meaningful smile on his face: "You have come here, but I have no available people under my command. So many files and statistics have all fallen on me."

"I am reckless, I hope you will forgive me."

"You did a good job. Kill the chief officer and leave the deputy, so that they have to obey my orders because of their lives. This is great." Pei Donglai put away the file and continued: "But in the future, it's better to ask me the life and death of these officials first, and it's up to me to decide. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Chen Siqi licked his dry lips and replied in a low voice.

"Although you have done it, you have made merits. From now on, you will be awarded the position of lieutenant and temporarily lead a thousand people. The merits and demerits are not matched. When you go to get the title, you will go to the military camp to receive thirty military sticks. Are you convinced?"

"I am convinced and thanked Lord Pei for his grace."

"Go."

Although the Thirty Army Sticks are not light, Chen Siqi has some experience with the medicine on his daily life. If these skin injuries are put on him, they will be able to recover in less than a day. Using this little skin and flesh to get the title of lieutenant is really a profitable deal.

"What, is there anything else?"

Seeing that Chen Siqi had not left, Pei Donglai asked.

"Sir, my subordinates got some information about Shencheng in the city last night. They originally wanted to present it to the adults, but they didn't find the convenience."

Chen Siqi thought for a moment and made a decision. He took out the stack of confessions from his sleeve bag and said, "This is the confession I received from a well-informed person in the city. It lists many shameful information from officials in the Shanghai City."

"Oh? Come on."

Mr. Liang walked over, took the confession, and respectfully handed it to Pei Donglai.

Pei Donglai took a quick look and found that there were many private information about the officials in Shencheng, such as the amount of land, how much silver is greedy, where is it there? What he knew about the news that the defenders of the Shencheng during this period. There is indeed a lot of useful information, which is worth Pei Donglai spending some time studying.

"You are intentional." Pei Donglai put down the stack of confessions and said as he knocked on the case: "Since you discovered these things, let's leave these things to you. The search and inventory of the private property of the dead officials has fallen on you."

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely live up to the entrustedness of the Lord."

Pei Donglai stopped talking, Chen Siqi's eyes turned lively and slowly retreated.

When Chen Siqi left, Pei Donglai asked while checking the corresponding documents in Shencheng, "Zengzhu Liang, what do you think of this person?"

Liang Shidao frowned and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "This person is scheming and scheming, and is not a person who is easy to control in his hands." Liang Shidao paused and continued: "I'm very ambitious, I'm afraid I'm not very at ease."

"It is a good thing to have ambition." Pei Donglai stretched out his body and smiled: "I can see that this person is ambitious. But it is precisely because of his ambition that I will promote him. If he has ambition, he will work harder. Once there is a chance to jump over the dragon gate, he will never let it go."

"I'm afraid..." Liang Shidao frowned.

"Ambitioners are usually not content, but if they are very unsatisfied in the future, just kill them." Pei Donglai said with a smile, interrupting Liang Shidao's words.

"yes."

Pei Donglai promoted Chen Siqi to show his attitude. No matter what your background is, no matter how good your ability is, as long as you can provide enough capital to be valued, you can be appreciated and valued under Pei Donglai.

Although the disciples of the aristocratic families have their own abilities, the aristocratic families standing behind them are also helpful and may also be obstacles. From the family's standpoint, it is difficult for individual positions to change the family's opinions. Therefore, once a family chooses to stand opposite Pei Donglai in the future, it will be difficult for the children from this family to continue to stand on Pei Donglai's side.

The poor family who have the ability and ambitions are not children of aristocratic families, but hope to change their destiny are quite favorable conditions for Pei Donglai. While they have the ambition and ability, without the burden of the family, they are likely to become solid elements in Pei Donglai's camp. As long as Pei Donglai can come up with something that attracts them enough, these poor family children who need opportunities will naturally appear in front of Pei Donglai.

"Mr. Pei."

Guo Baotian walked into the city lord's hall, and he had no need to inform him as he was. Moreover, he looked anxious, and thought he had something urgent to discuss with Pei Donglai.

"General Guo is here."

Pei Donglai put down his chores and smiled at Guo Baotian: "General Guo dared to come in a hurry, but I don't know what's going on?"

"Little Marquis, don't be busy with these chores. There is an important thing now, and Lao Guo wants to ask Xiao Marquis to make an idea."

Guo Baotian continued without waiting for Pei Dong to speak, "The news that our army took down Shencheng should have reached Yanzhou City at this time. Our army has not yet established a stable foothold. If Yangcheng forces troops to fight, it will be caught off guard. Although Luocheng is no different from a pool of stagnant water, there are still more than 10,000 people in Luocheng. If Luocheng Yangcheng joins forces to attack, what should we do?"

Guo Baotian scratched his head awkwardly and said, "What Lao Guo is good at in daily life is to win one game. Even if he captures a city, he will hand it over to the Marquis, so that the Marquis can think of countermeasures. Now that Lao Guo wants to guard a city himself, he feels really unsure of it."

"Donglai has made a decision in his mind about this matter." Pei Donglai said in response to Guo Baotian's anticipated gaze: "This morning, I encountered something interesting and wanted to talk to General Guo."

"Little Marquis Please speak." Although Guo Baotian was anxious, he felt calm when he saw Pei Donglai looking confident. At this moment, he heard him talking, although he was unclear, but he was still calm and prepared to listen to Pei Donglai continue.

"When I came here this morning, I saw sparrows competing for rice grains on the road. There were not many rice grains, at most one or two hundred. However, the sparrows competing for food were big and small, old and weak, and stronger sparrows."

"There are only about three or five sparrows in this group, and one or two hundred rice grains are enough for them to share, so they are quite peaceful and there is no situation of fighting for each other."

Pei Donglai paused and continued to say with a smile: "But after a while, another group of sparrows flew over, including old and weak, and young and strong. Seeing that there were rice grains here, this group of sparrows also came here to compete for food."

"These sparrows compete for food, and there are only so many rice grains in total, but the sparrows have become more. Because of their faster movement, they can naturally grab more rice grains, and even squeeze out the old and weak sparrows and swallow the portion of the old and weak sparrows themselves. The old and weak sparrows also have their own relatives and helpers. After several competitions, the two groups of sparrows began to peck at each other, and they all fought with blood."

Pei Donglai vividly described the sparrow like a stranger.

"Old Guo is a rough man and does not understand the deep meaning of the little marquis. I hope the little marquis will make it clear." Guo Baotian could vaguely hear the deep meaning of Pei Donglai's words, but he still couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Yangcheng is the sparrow that originally ate quietly. And we sent them some sparrows that compete for food."

"What the little marquis means..." Guo Baotian had already vaguely understood what Pei Donglai meant.

"This is the Shencheng population booklet. You take these booklets and select the elderly, weak, and young and strong laborers in your family. Then let them pack up and distribute them enough food for two days to eat, drive them out of the city, and let them escape from the direction of Yangcheng."

"Don't touch their gold, silver and fines, let them take away all the gold, silver and fines. But only give them food for two days. Force them to go to Yangcheng."

"Whether it is a merchant or a civilian, there will be such a plan. Those who are driven to Yangcheng will naturally buy the grain in Yangcheng. The grain in Yangcheng can only maintain the needs of Yangcheng City. If you can buy it, there will inevitably be something you can't buy."
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