Chapter 218: Monarch

Early the next morning, Yingyou brought Erwazi to thank Ouyang Shuo.

"Cui Tianqi pays homage to Master, thank you for adopting him." Second Wazi, who is now Cui Tianqi, respectfully kowtowed to Ouyang Shuo to thank him.

NPC kids grow up slightly faster than in the real world. When Cui Tianqi first came to the territory, he had dark skin and a thin body. Although he was eleven or twelve years old, he looked less than eight years old because of malnutrition. Only half a year has passed, because of the nutrition and the lack of hard work, the bones of the body began to grow rapidly, coupled with the influence of the private school, the former little mud monkey has already transformed into a handsome young man.

Ouyang Shuo was also filled with emotion, "Get up!" When Cui Tianqi got up, Ouyang Shuo continued, "Whether it's literature or martial arts, I support it. Since I decided to practice martial arts, I have to go all the way to the end. Only when you have achieved something in your studies and become a person useful to the territory can you live up to your grace, understand?"

"Understood!" Cui Tianqi said solemnly.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said happily, "Go and see your master!"

Cui Tianqi was about to meet Song Jia, but was stopped by Song Jia's hand, he couldn't help being puzzled and didn't know what to do.

Song Jia turned to look at Ouyang Shuo, and said, "Wuyi, before Tianqi becomes a teacher, I want to ask you to be alone again, okay?" In formal occasions, Song Jia likes to call Ouyang Shuo the same game name as Bai Hua and the others.

Ouyang Shuo was also puzzled: "Who?"

"Ban Xia!"

"Do you want Ban Xia to serve you all the time?" Ouyang Shuo could only guess this way. Song Jia has been busy with school affairs for the past two days, and Song Jia hasn't had time to recruit maids yet.

Song Jia shook her head and said, "I want to accept Ban Xia as my personal disciple."

Ouyang Shuo frowned, and immediately guessed what was going on, his expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Ban Xia!"

"Master!" Ban Xia immediately came out and knelt in front of Ouyang Shuo with a panicked expression.

"Say, what's going on here?" Song Jia would not accept Ban Xia as a disciple for no reason, Ouyang Shuo was sure that Ban Xia must have begged Song Jia last night. Song Jia's heart was soft, and because she was Ouyang Shuo's maid, she agreed. Ouyang Shuo absolutely cannot tolerate such unruly things happening in the mansion.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became dignified.

When Ban Xia saw Ouyang Shuo getting angry, she became even more terrified. She was so frightened that she shed tears. She kowtowed and cried, "I know I'm wrong. Please punish me." As Ouyang Shuo guessed, Ban Xia heard the news last night. When Ouyang Shuo promised to ask Song Jia to take Erwazi as his apprentice, he became interested in learning from a teacher.

Banxia's village was ransacked by a group of bandits, and she escaped by hiding in the haystacks. That night, she witnessed her relatives being brutally murdered by bandits, and the seeds of hatred were already planted in her heart, hoping that one day she could personally avenge her parents.

Came to Shanhai County, and was unexpectedly recruited by Yingyou into the lord's mansion. Banxia had given up her revenge and wanted to live in the lord's mansion safely. Unexpectedly, things would have such a turning point, Song Jia came to the lord's mansion, opened the door to accept disciples, and rekindled the hatred in Ban Xia's heart.

Ban Xia didn't dare to ask Ouyang Shuo, because he was afraid that Ouyang Shuo would refuse. Last night, taking advantage of the opportunity of serving Song Jia, she cried out her life experience to Song Jia and asked Song Jia to accept her as a disciple. Song Jia's heart softened, and seeing that Ban Xia had good qualifications, she agreed to let her plead with Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo's face was gloomy, and he was about to expel Ban Xia from the lord's mansion. Fortunately, Yingyou stood up at this time and persuaded: "Brother, since Banxia is young and ignorant, you should avoid her this time."

"Yeah, big brother, you can go around Pinellia!" Qing'er also begged for mercy.

In the end, even Zisu stood up and knelt down in front of Ouyang Shuo, "I implore the master to show mercy."

After all, Ban Xia was young, seeing so many people pleading for her, she was even more at a loss, only then did she realize that she had made a big mistake and caused everyone to suffer for her, she felt even more uneasy, and looked at Ouyang Shuo pitifully.

Ouyang Shuo sighed, and said, "Ban Xia did not keep his duty and broke the rules of the Lord's Mansion. From now on, he will be kicked out of the Lord's Mansion and restored to his freedom. From then on, he must no longer show off in the name of the Lord's Mansion, otherwise he will be sentenced to death." No forgiveness." Without rules, there is no such thing as a circle, Ouyang Shuo must be punished, otherwise how can he lead the lord's mansion.

"Thank you for your kindness, master!" Ouyang Shuo held high and low, which meant that Ban Xia worshiped Song Jia as his teacher. Ban Xia was naturally grateful, but it was a bit sad that he had no fate with the Lord's Mansion since then.

A storm dissipated. Banxia and Cui Tianqi paid homage to Song Jia as teachers, and both became Song Jia's direct disciples. In the future, the senior sister and senior brother of the Dongli Sword Sect have a bright future.

After accepting pinellia as the entry-level, Song Jia simply stopped recruiting maids, and the disciples should do their best if they have something to do. Ouyang Shuo had no intention of recruiting another maid, leaving only Zisu in the main courtyard to look after her.

...

On August 25th of the first year of Gaia, Ouyang Shuo presided over the territorial government affairs meeting.

Before the reports from the various departments, Xu Shuda, the Director of Culture and Education, took the lead and bowed to Ouyang Shuo solemnly: "My lord, the Department of Culture and Education has a proposal, please approve it."

"What proposal?"

"A few days ago, my lord was conferred the title of Marquis of Lianzhou by the imperial court. According to the etiquette system, those who are nobles should be honored as princes. The titles of adults or lords should be cancelled, and they should be uniformly honored as princes; officials at all levels in the territory should also be honored as princes." The courtiers are self-proclaimed; the lord's mansion will also be changed to the Marquis of Lianzhou to show orthodoxy." Xu Shuda was regulating the etiquette of the princes.

Don't underestimate a change in title, it actually represents a fundamental change in the nature of the territory. Before he became a marquis, the lord expanded his territory in the wilderness, and his status was not recognized by the imperial court. After the feudal marquis, especially the marquis conferred by the imperial court, the representative territory can be regarded as a prince, which is justified.

Originally, these should be implemented immediately after canonization. Xu Shuda, Director of Culture and Education, had also been aware of this problem long ago, but the territory was promoted the next day after he was granted the title of Marquis, and then Ouyang Shuo stayed in Luofeng County for three days. After Xu Shuda made a calculation, he simply waited until the government affairs meeting at the end of the month to raise it.

"Senior minister!" Fan Zhongyan immediately changed his title, no longer calling himself a subordinate, but a minister instead.

"Senior!" Tian Wenjing followed suit.

"Second minister!" Everyone in the meeting room stood up and bowed in salute.

Ouyang Shuo said with a blank expression, "Sure!" From today onwards, he has taken another step away from being alone.

After Xu Shuda withdrew, Qin Shijian, the director of the kung fu examination, stood up and said, "I would like to report to you, since the brothel appeared, the kao kung division has found that some officials have also followed in this place of fireworks. What should be done with these officials? Please wait for your decision."

Tian Wenjing, the director of the cold face, suggested: "I suggest that the brothel should be sealed up directly to prevent future troubles." Tian Wenjing couldn't understand the behavior of these literati, and his methods were extremely tough.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "This is inappropriate. The brothel is a recreational place for literati and refined scholars. You can't give up eating because of choking, and you can't enforce the law violently. Otherwise, it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the people. On the other hand, Director Qin is right. He will never allow the officials of the territory to come here." Fireworks place for recreation, otherwise, what kind of tradition is it? Pass on the Hou’s decree, once investigated and punished, three months’ salary; twice investigated and punished, stay for inspection; investigated and punished three times, directly dismissed and investigated and dealt with.”

Ouyang Shuo was curious about the ancient brothels, and wanted to explore them, but conditions did not allow it. As a lord, he must lead by example, not to bring this decadent sound into the officialdom. After Song Jia came, she completely lost her thoughts.

"Here!" Qin Shijian stepped back in response.

Tian Wenjing stepped forward again and bowed in salute: "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that there is the latest progress in the mountain barbarian affairs."

"Oh? Tell me quickly!" Ouyang Shuo became interested immediately.

"Recently, Weichen visited several mountain tribes one after another and heard the same thing. According to the mountain man, there is a giant bandit village entrenched deep in the mountains. They often go down the mountain to plunder the mountain tribes, making them miserable. It’s unspeakable. I heard that Shanhai County has a huge army, and the leaders of the tribes said frankly that if we can help them get rid of the bandit village, then they will cooperate with us and send elite soldiers to join the Shanhai County army.”

"Bandit cottages?" Ouyang Shuo was puzzled, ordinary cottages shouldn't be enough for Tian Wenjing to be so serious, with Shanhai County's military strength, are there any cottages that can't be taken down? !

"Your Majesty doesn't know. According to Shanman, the bandits are extremely cunning and built their stronghold on a dangerous peak. There is only one rugged path up and down the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The number of bandits is not a small number, although there is no specific number. data, but there must be no less than ten thousand people. Therefore, it is not easy to win this cottage."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, that's why. It is really not easy to take down such a cottage. Although Shanhai County has a large number of troops, most of them are cavalry or sailors. There are less than 4,000 people who can really be used to attack the city. With such a small number of people, Ouyang Shuo has no confidence.

"First, contact the Military Intelligence Department, let the Shanman lead the way, and find out the details of the bandit's cottage. Second, lobby the various Shanman tribes, let them send the Shanman warriors to Shanhai County to change jobs in advance, and incorporate them into the newly formed No. Three Brigades. The Marquis doesn't believe it if you use both methods, and you won't be able to take down a cottage." Ouyang Shuo made a decision.

"Here!"

"Right now, the third brigade is still in the process of being formed. After the formation is completed, the task of suppressing bandits in the territory has to be completed. Therefore, Director Tian, ​​you must coordinate the action schedule with the Military Affairs Department, and don't let the Shanman tribe mistakenly think that the Shanhai County No letter. When necessary, you can donate a batch of food for free as a show of sincerity." Ouyang Shuo is going to play the food card again. For these barbarians, food is a life-saving straw, and it has been tried repeatedly.

"Understood, I will live up to the entrustment of the lord!" Tian Wenjing has dealt with the mountain man for a long time, so of course he understands the weakness of the mountain man. With Ouyang Shuo's promise, he has more confidence to complete the task.