In midsummer, in June, the red sun flows like gold, and the people in Shanggu and Daijun live cautiously.
The wealthy and powerful families in the past have disappeared. More than 3,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 people were detained. The Hu people who had no ministers were even more miserable. More than 60,000 people were demoted to mining slaves.
There is no trace of the Wuhuan people.
Tens of thousands of troops were still searching and suppressing, and groups of prisoners were being escorted eastward.
Fortunately, as long as they don't resist, these soldiers seldom harm the civilians. If they are careful and don't cause trouble, they can still survive. The strange thing is that there are many foreigners with knives and swords, and they fight and kill people every day. However, as long as they can hide,
Come on, if you don't get involved in those disputes, your life seems to be better than in previous years.
The marauding barbarians disappeared, the bandits who borrowed grain did not come, and the landowners who collected debts were arrested. In previous years, this season was when grain prices skyrocketed, but this year there has been little change.
The people couldn't figure it out.
But no matter what, life has to go on. I heard from those outsiders that General Zhenbei allocated fields to the people, and each family had their own fields, which was great.
General Liu, please wake up quickly and divide the fields for us.
General Liu, who was talked about by these people, waited for more than half a month but no one rebelled. He was in a good mood and decided to "survive" himself.
Shanggu County and Dai County can no longer mess around. The population is already small. The total number of barbarians and Han people is only a few hundred thousand, and nearly half of them have been sent to mine. If they continue, they will not cut out the flesh to treat the sores, but remove the bones and dig them out.
The marrow.
Divide the fields. If you don't divide the fields, the crops in the fields will go to waste.
Liu Xiang smeared turmeric on his hands and face, and poured some white lead on his cheeks. He dressed up as if he were as sick as gold paper. Fortunately, he had grown taller in the past two years, growing nearly three inches, and he looked more mature.
If you are thin, there is nothing wrong with pretending to be sick, otherwise you will be exposed.
If a person is seriously injured for a month and still has a piece of flesh pinched, it will test a person's IQ.
The tent was filled with the smell of medicine, which made him dizzy. He began to meet with officers from various departments, first to calm the mood of the army, and then to meet the court visitors who had been blocked for half a month.
Lying in bed, he received the edicts from thousands of households in the city and let the visitors know about his condition. Both of their tasks were completed.
The visitor returned to Luoyang, and Liu Xiang continued to pretend to be ill.
In fact, there was nothing to pretend. Only his own people were left in Youzhou. Zhang Yi returned to Bingzhou and was worrying about how to capture those border counties. Cao Cao and Liu Biao accepted the order and led their troops back to Luoyang. By the way,
Take Gong Qichou away.
It is estimated that preparations will be made to establish the Eighth School of Xiyuan. As for what official positions they will get, it depends on the mood of Emperor Ling. This is an emperor who is out of tune. He is not without talent, but he is simply dissolute and immoral.
This has nothing to do with Liu Xiang. He just needs to recuperate in Youzhou and wait for Emperor Ling to return to the west.
On the third day of June, General Zhenbei regained consciousness. Although he was seriously injured, his life was no longer in danger. The Chinese army withdrew the troops and escorted him back to Zhuo County to recuperate. Wang Xing, the captain of the left military academy, was left to lead his troops to guard the two counties. Fan Xian was in charge of Diannong.
Land allocation matters.
The people in the two counties were overjoyed that they had finally survived and could live a good life as those outsiders thought.
Youzhou has not changed much in the past year or so. Everything is going according to plan. However, the roads have been built longer, there are more dams and diversion canals, the workshops have become larger, there is an additional college outside Zhuoxian City, and there are more mountains in the mountains.
In the mining area.
Still not enough trouble.
Liu Xiang was sitting in the pavilion of the back office of Zhuo County, thinking about the Youzhou army. Whether they followed him on the expedition or stayed behind, they had to count their merits. If they have merit, they will be rewarded. If they follow you to the death, that is
In order to get promoted and make a fortune, unclear rewards and punishments are taboo in the military.
Naturally, Cui Yi and Yan Rou are the top contenders. Without them, Youzhou doesn’t know what kind of chaos it would be. Secondly, Zhang He, Xu Rong, Taishi Ci, Ke Bineng, Zhang Liao, and Qi Da, who followed him to fight in the north and south.
Xu Huang on the last train.
The remaining generals and colonels also need to be adjusted.
While he was thinking about it, Yuan Huan asked to see him. When he was "severely injured and unconscious," Mrs. Yuan of Chen County presented him with the wedding with great fanfare, saying that he wanted to pray for his happiness.
The point is not to give the wedding away, but to show Yuan Pang and his son's sincere devotion. This must be responded to, otherwise it will be chilling.
"Please come in." Liu Xiang did not pretend to be sick and was ready to meet him frankly.
Yuan Huan saw Liu Xiang sitting leisurely in the pavilion and smiled happily: "The general is not injured as expected."
Liu Xiang imitated his tone and replied: "Xian and his son really guessed it."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Some things don’t need to be said explicitly.
Staying in Youzhou, the purpose is not small, and when danger comes, the boat will be destroyed.
"The marriage between Ming Gong and Zhao Ji must be arranged as soon as possible." Yuan Huan naturally changed the title.
"I can't give you much land. Thousands of hectares of fertile land and tens of thousands of servants will not work under my rule. Coal mines are opening in Youzhou recently. I plan to use coal to replace private firewood. Coal plants have been built in each county.
, but small efforts are not enough to meet the needs of millions of people, and we urgently need to expand the scale. Is Yaoqing interested in taking a shareholding?"
Old scholars would think it inappropriate for someone to discuss marriage with him and for him to discuss interests with others, but Yuan Huan didn't think so.
I have been in Zhuoxian County for several days, and I have learned a lot about the situation in Youzhou. Farms are divided among the people here, and taxes are set very low. This is to hide wealth from the people. Each township and pavilion has established a militia, which is to hide soldiers from the people.
, in a really critical moment, you can raise an army with your own weapons at any time. Is this the way of war learned from the Qin people? He was not sure.
He was assassinated in Shanggu, and there were many civilians who brought their own weapons to avenge him. There were many of them and their fighting spirit was high.
With his military skills, who can defeat such a large army? The servants of those wealthy families don't even have enough to eat. If they fight against such an army, they may have to defect on the spot.
He is still not sure whether the person in front of him is a benevolent person who pities the people or the King of Qin who is sweeping across the world.
Before coming here, he had already made preparations to abandon his family and career. If he wanted to guard those few acres of land, why bother coming to Youzhou and just stay at home and wait for his official career? The princes who occupied Chen County would naturally give him a
official position.
But what he wants is to serve the dragon, not to compete with wild dogs for food.
Thinking of this, Yuan Huan replied: "Everything can be arranged by the general."
Liu Xiang shook his head: "In business, ten million dollars will yield 10% profit, and no credit will be owed."
"Okay, I want 30%."
"make a deal."
After the deal was concluded, Yuan Huan was appointed as the official in charge of governance and acted as the civil affairs officer of Youzhou.
Yuan Huan reiterated an old saying: "Minggong must marry Zhaoji as soon as possible. Many scholars are waiting and watching. If Minggong acts, pities the head of Guizhou and treats the scholars harshly, it will destroy the hearts of the scholars. If he can marry Zhaoji,
If we become a couple, we will naturally dispel such worries."
"I'm seriously injured and recovering from illness, how can I get married?" Liu Xiang didn't hate getting married, but he had to behave like an actor when acting, and he couldn't treat the audience as a fool.
Moreover, he only wants to recruit those children from poor families, and the Confucian classics family can also consider what are the wealthy families who have annexed a large amount of land come to do? Are they asking for trouble?
Liu Xiang left for more than a year and played another cruel trick. Youzhou was still stable. If there were big landowners on the territory, they would have rebelled long ago.