Smoke rose from the chimneys of the small village. Every household was cooking. Fish and meat, which were rarely eaten, appeared on the stoves one after another. Capable women were steaming buns and stir-frying meat dishes. Children were drooling on the windowsill. When the hot rice and dishes came out of the pot, they quickly took a bite. Even if it was scalding, they couldn't bear to spit it out.
The liveliness of the village couldn't even be compared to the New Year. The elderly were all deeply moved, saying that they had never seen such a scene of eating and drinking in their entire lives. This was the power of one hundred taels of silver, allowing the hundreds of people in the village to eat to their heart's content.
"Why are you so good to the villagers?" He Zhuo stood behind Zhou Qingfeng. The two of them were looking at the smiling villagers from the slope at the entrance of the village. "You don't have to do this. They are your slaves, but they won't be grateful to you. As long as they don't have enough to eat that day, they will blame you. "
"It sounds like you are very experienced. If it was you, how would you mobilize your subordinates to work? "Zhou Qingfeng didn't turn his head and just asked.
"Me …?" He Zhuo raised his head and said, "I am the daughter of the previous Yehe leader, Bu Zhai. I am the younger sister of the current Yehe leader, Bu Yanggu. I have countless slaves in Yehe city. As long as I give the order, there will naturally be people to work. No one dares to disobey. "
Zhou Qingfeng coldly mocked, "If they can't even eat their fill, who will work for you diligently?"
He Zhuo was unconvinced and retorted, "Slaves aren't all the same. If you are my slave, I will naturally treat you well. Not only will I let you eat your fill, but I will also find a few women to serve you. If you do a good job, I can even give you a manor so that you can raise servants. "
"Hahaha … No wonder your Yehe tribe can't win against Jianzhou. Your abilities are not on the same level." Zhou Qingfeng's voice was childish, but his words were harsh. "When I met with Ma Chengta today, I carefully looked at the subordinates he brought with him. When I compared those male servants to your female servants, I found that Ma Chengta's men were clearly stronger.
You are a noble daughter of the Yehe tribe, but even your maid cannot eat her fill. Ma Chengta, on the other hand, was only a merchant under Nurhachi, yet he was able to raise his servants to be so strong. The difference in strength between your two tribes can be imagined. Your Yehe doesn't know how to manage your own people. What qualifications do you have to fight with Nurhachi? "
He Zhuo's face was instantly filled with anger, but he waited for Zhou Qingfeng to finish speaking. She abruptly turned around to look at the maid behind her. The maids by He Zhuo's side were also skilled in archery and horsemanship. They were not delicate and weak young ladies of noble families. However, after hearing Zhou Qingfeng's words, He Zhuo suddenly felt that he had not fed his personal maid well.
The maids were dazed and did not know what had happened, but under He Zhuo's fierce gaze, they unconsciously apologized and even knelt down. Zhou Qingfeng turned around to look and said in a low voice, "I don't want to live such a useless life."
"They are just maids. They don't have to fight or kill people. They don't have the right to eat too much."
"Don't forget, you are also a woman. You should at least understand your subordinates. "
"Then if you were the master, would you let all the servants eat their fill? Do you know that there isn't that much food? If some people eat their fill, others starve. And if you let the servants eat too much, they will be too lazy to work. "
These words finally made Zhou Qingfeng think more deeply and debate. He turned around to look at He Zhuo and saw that the other was looking at him with a very angry expression. This was saying, "What does a brat like you know? The reality is different from what you think."
"He Zhuo, do you know how I look at the people in the village?"
"You give them good food and drinks. I think you treat them like a master."
Zhou Qingfeng shook his head. "Actually, I am very dissatisfied with the people in the village. First of all, they are not punctual. When I arranged the work, I had already made it clear when they should finish. But they are so confused that they have no concept of time. They only know that 'the sky is bright', 'the sun is overhead', and 'the sky is dark'. I think even you can only estimate the time, and can't make precise arrangements.
Because they are not punctual, the people in the village have all kinds of problems. I always thought that farmers should be hardworking and hardworking, but in fact, many people are very lazy. Among the drivers that I recruited, many of them should be preparing for the afternoon work. But they hide and sleep at noon, and when it is time to eat, they all run out one by one.
Because they are lazy, they do not follow the rules, do not pay attention to hygiene, and do not plan their lives. Such people are naturally muddle-headed and can't do anything. They can't cooperate, and they can't command. Now let me tell you, why do I give them a meal? Because a meal can distinguish those who are useful and those who are useless. As for the useless, I want to drive them away.
In addition to lazy people, there are shrews who like to take advantage of others, small leaders who embezzle money, and cowards who are afraid of the slightest thing. If there is time, I want to teach them all a lesson. But now I can only think of a way to kick them out of my team, otherwise I can't lead this team. After saying so much, do you know the difference between me and you now? "
No one had ever spoken to He Zhuo in such a disdainful and forceful tone. This was reasoning, but also ridiculing her. He Zhuo's head buzzed from this conversation, and his original arrogant manner faded by more than half. She had always thought that the boy in front of her was a somewhat clever and slippery fellow, but now it seemed that this was not the case at all. She couldn't even answer the questions that Zhou Qingfeng asked her.
Zhou Qingfeng knew that he would not be able to wait for an answer, and continued, "When you encounter a problem, you will only blame your servants for being lazy, crafty, and disobedient. You feel that they are dirty, ignorant, lazy, and ignorant, so you hate them and find them unpleasant. Naturally, you are unwilling to give them good treatment. So you have no way to pick out usable gold from a pile of sand.
And when I encounter a problem, I know that I have to think of a way to solve it. I don't think that the current situation is normal, and I don't think that it can't be changed. I believe that the situation that Nurhachi is facing is not much better than you and me, but he must have done something similar to me. So the wild boar skin of Jianzhou will unify the Jurchen, and not the Yehe tribe. "
The long speech made He Zhuo's heart beat wildly, and his thoughts were in a mess. She suddenly grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's arm, and said excitedly, "Come back to the Yehe tribe with me, I don't want you to be a servant anymore, I will let my brother make you a Beilei. No …, I don't need my brother to make me a Beilei, I will give you all my servants and the village, and you will deal with Nurhachi. "
"The Yehe tribe is hopeless."
"I'm not lying to you, you go back to the Yehe tribe with me, I will talk to my Gobuyangu."
"I said that the Yehe tribe is hopeless."
"I feel that your way of thinking is very different from others, you should be right. Our Yehe tribe is going to change. "
"Let go, don't you understand what I said? Yehe is hopeless. Even if the Yehe tribe survives this time, it is hopeless. "
Zhou Qingfeng's arm was in pain from He Zhuo's pulling, and he couldn't help but release a spell to resist. He had to shout loudly, "I can subdue the people of this village because of the existence of more than fifty Mongolian elites. But even if I go to your Yehe tribe, what will I use as a backing to carry out the reform? You are already married, who will listen to me?
There is a saying that 'political power comes from the barrel of a gun', what I lack now is the barrel of a gun. Don't expect too much, just do the task at hand. Go eat, we still have to fight with people in the afternoon. "Zhou Qingfeng's words stunned He Zhuo, and after breaking free from him, he swung his arm and left.
He Zhuo stood on a dirt slope for a long time, and the maid behind him didn't dare to breathe. After a while, she whispered, "I always thought that as long as I rope in enough people, I can take revenge on Nurhachi, but I don't see things as clearly as an eight year old kid. The Yehe tribe hasn't changed in all these years, but Jianzhou is constantly changing. We …, we can't win at all. "
He Zhuo looked up to the sky at the village entrance and sighed. On the dirt road outside the village, there was a group of strangers on horseback. Among them, there were two people, one tall, one slim; one plump, one beautiful; one exotic, one national beauty. It was Yuan Qingying and Ye Na, their disguise and infiltration plan failed from the beginning.
Yuan Qingying originally wanted to disguise herself as a peddler, but she refused to disguise herself as ugly, so she became a beautiful peddler. Ye Na wanted to disguise herself as a sturdy man, but she couldn't hide her body that was much taller than a man. As soon as she went out, there were children following behind her, shouting 'foreign ghost woman is out'.
The two of them rode out of the city, and along the way, there were people pointing at them. Yuan Qingying was so angry that she removed all the so-called 'disguises', and it was more comfortable to be herself. No matter who it was, as long as she coldly glared at them, no one would dare to act rashly. As for Ye Na, no one dared to act rashly, but the problem was that her big breasts and long legs couldn't be hidden, so there was no need to disguise.
Usually, Yuan Qingying would follow her master. Occasionally, she would fight alone, but she had the intelligence and logistical support of the Jinyi Guards and the East Faction Guards. Now that she said she was going to kill Zhou Qingfeng, she realized that she knew nothing about the target's situation after leaving the city. From the moment they left the city, Yuan Qingying felt uneasy. She always felt that this mission was completely different from what she had imagined.
When they were about to arrive at the village where Zhou Qingfeng was, the accompanying East Faction Guards soldier advised for the last time, "Miss, the Wang Kunpeng that you let go last night entered the village in front of us. But we'd better go back, you and your servant are too conspicuous. I don't know how many people have seen you along the way. If Gu Yuanwei was really in the village, he would have run away long ago.
This kind of village is full of people from the same sect, and if you're not careful, hundreds or thousands of people will come out. They are not afraid of our East Faction Guards at all. If they swarm up, no matter how good your martial arts and spells are, you can only run for your life. If you're not careful, you won't even know how you died.
Before Lord Qianhu left, he asked me to take care of you, but as a subordinate, I can only say this much. If you really want to go in, I can only wait outside. "
Yuan Qingying and Ye Na looked at each other, feeling embarrassed. There were too many details that needed to be paid attention to when going out on a mission. It was not something that could be done by a single person trying to be a hero. Any mistake could ruin the mission. But now, they had made too many mistakes. The two girls stood in the wilderness, not as elegant and at ease as they had imagined.
"Qingying, why don't we go back?" Ye Na said in a low voice, "Or get more people to come. If we act rashly, we'll harm others and ourselves. If we can't catch Gu Yuanwei, then we won't be able to catch him. We'll come again next time. "
Yuan Qingying took a few deep breaths, feeling very unhappy in her heart. She stared at the village about two hundred meters away for a long time. Suddenly, she saw a large group of people coming out of the village. "Look, who are those people?"
The few of them looked into the distance, and the accompanying soldier suddenly exclaimed, "Not good, it's the Mongolian cavalry. How did these people cross the wall? Let's go, let's go, this matter is not as simple as you say, there's a big trouble behind us. "
After saying that, the accompanying soldier pulled the horse's head and quickly left. Only the two girls were still standing there in a daze. Ye Na was tall, and after a few more glances, she also exclaimed, "Look, that eight year old child you were talking about, he's also in the cavalry."
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