Zeng Yu's departure did not attract the attention of the soldiers, he talked to Wang Qing and Gude respectively, explained some relevant things, and then left with Zhu Wen.

After returning to the county office, Zeng Yu went directly to Liu Neng. This is because when he returned, he thought that there were many displaced people now, and the population was the most important resource in troubled times, whether it was taxes or soldiers and horses, all of them came from the registered population of the land under his jurisdiction. Now that he is the county magistrate of Anping County, he can issue notices and recruit displaced people from all over the world, so that they can reclaim wasteland nearby, and second, he can select young and strong people to train into soldiers.

When Zeng Yu found Liu Neng and asked him to draw up some relevant regulations, Liu Neng hesitated and asked: "Lord, there is not much grain and grass in the county treasury, if we recruit displaced people on a large scale, the rations of these displaced people in the early stage can only be broadcast by the county government, I am worried that we may not be able to last until the next grain harvest." ”

"How much grain is in the treasury now?" Zeng Yu asked.

Originally, the money and grain were the responsibility of the main book, but Zeng Yu handed over most of the affairs of the county government to Liu Neng to deal with it in a unified manner, and the county government's treasury was the top priority, so before Liu Neng Yin Zhuo came, he asked Wei Feng to send someone to check and count the various account books of the county government. Originally, he would have told Zeng Yu about this later today, but now that Zeng Yu asked, he replied: "Now in the treasury of the county government, there are only 1,000 gold and 20,000 catties of grain in total, which can provide about 3,000 young people to eat for more than ten days. But now there is at least a month before the autumn harvest, and the number of displaced people is estimated to be more than 3,000, so the food gap is relatively large. ”

"Are the army rations counted?" Zeng Yu asked.

"It is recorded in their ration account book that it has been transported to the barracks at the beginning of the month, because the previous county lieutenant was Zhao Kang, so the food of the county soldiers is very sufficient, a full of 50,000 catties, enough for the county soldiers for a month." Liu Neng replied.

It turned out that Zhao Dang had always attached great importance to the two thousand county soldiers under his command, and he didn't dare to say that he was not greedy for military salaries, but in terms of rations, he was not greedy at all, anyway, these were not from his own hands.

"yes, I see. You don't have to worry about money and food, there will naturally be someone to do it, you just have to make a notice according to my wishes, and at the same time arrange someone to be responsible for the acceptance of the displaced people. Zeng Yu nodded and instructed Liu Neng.

In fact, Liu Neng and Zeng Yu both knew that Anping County was a big county, and its treasury would definitely not have such a thing. It must have been Cui Yu who took the lead in emptying the treasury after hearing about Zeng Yu's appointment before, leaving a little bit here. If Cui Yu had not been defeated like a mountain and had reached a stalemate with Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu would only have such a little money and food at that time, even if it was nominally a county order, but a county order with no money and food in his hand, how could he be able to fight Cui Yu and the warriors around him.

Zeng Yu is now very glad that he has an unclothed army in his hands, otherwise even if Cui Yu gives up the county government, he is destined to be hollowed out. But now it's okay, Cui Yu is currently under house arrest in the county government, as for the Wang family and the Sun family, the money, grain and other materials hoarded by their family have been escorted from the two forts to the county government, and after the two families are interrogated, these materials will naturally enter the county government's treasury to provide the first start-up capital for Zeng Yu's development.

Thinking of this, Zeng Yu asked: "Are the materials escorted from the Wang and Sun families counted now?" ”

"These are now the statistics of the Yin master book, and the results should be reported after the statistics are completed. Lord, what are you going to do about the Cui family's side? Liu Neng knew that Zeng Yu promised to let Cui Yu go, but he didn't know what Zeng Yu planned to do with the Cui family.

"The Cui family's deal, I have a plan, after all, he is a child of the Cui family in Qinghe, although I also want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but now our strength is still very weak. And the Cui family's power is in Qinghe County, and even in the entire Jizhou, there are complicated relationships. At present, Cui Yu has no threat to us, so we will let him go, so that when we enter Jizhou in the future, we will act more smoothly and will not be resisted by the local families. Zeng Yu didn't hide anything from Liu Neng, he said all his considerations, and at the same time wanted to see what Liu Neng thought.

"Lord, but didn't we offend the Cui family by driving Cui Yu away like this, and Cui Yu has been the county magistrate of Anping County for so many years, and the money looted may be worth the sum of the Wang and Sun families, is it all cheap Cui Yu and the Cui family behind him for nothing." Liu Neng said with a look of pity.

"Haha, Yachuan, I'm afraid you misunderstood the meaning of the lord." Guo Jia came from behind at this time and said with a smile to Liu Neng.

Liu Neng heard Guo Jia's voice, looked at Zeng Yu's expression, and said hesitantly: "Feng Xiao means that the lord intends to..."

Guo Jia walked closer, first saluted Zeng Yu, and under Zeng Yu's signal, explained to Liu Neng: "The lord just said to let Cui Yu go, but this is not unconditional, it must be exchanged for money, as for how much, it is not up to us to decide, and he will not be able to return to Qinghe with a lot of property." As for offending the Cui family, we defeated Cui Yu with our strength, and the Cui family will definitely have nothing to say, and a family like the Cui family values face, and we can punish the Wang and Sun families heavily, Fang Cui Yu and his family will return to Qinghe, which will definitely make those families think that we don't want to fight with them. In this way, the lord can slowly accumulate strength, and when he has a certain strength, he will not be afraid of these family heroes making trouble. ”

"That's right, what Bonghyo said is exactly what I was thinking about. On the one hand, they are noble, and the cultivation of the children in the family is incomparable to the common people, and we have no other power in our hands, and we still need to rely on the children of these families to govern the place. On the other hand, these families often disregard the lives of the people, and monopolize the promotion channel, so that the poor scholars have no future. What we need to do is to absorb and nurture talents who are loyal to us while relying on these Maisons for the time being, and then reform the existing system so that everyone has a chance to excel. Zeng Yu looked at Guo Jia appreciatively, and at the same time said earnestly to Liu Neng.

"I see what my lord means." Liu Neng replied with a fist.

"Well, that's good. Therefore, you should also pay attention to whether there are talents worth cultivating in the county, and you can investigate and recruit them to work in the county government. For the displaced people, we can gather the children among them and teach them to read and write, these are the people who really belong to us. Zeng Yu said his plan for talent training, which he and Guo Jia and others had not talked about before.

So as soon as these words came out, only Liu Neng, and even Guo Jia were amazed by Zeng Yu's foresight, which could start cultivating talents from now on and preparing candidates for the grassroots officials in the future.

"In this way, Yachuan, you and Fengxiao will discuss it, discuss a specific charter, and then submit it to me for review, and implement these things one by one as soon as possible." Zeng Yu continued, he saw the expressions of the two and knew that they needed time to react, after all, now knowledge is the core of a family's inheritance, and few families are willing to teach the books and other things they have mastered to outsiders, and his move is another break of tradition.

"Yes, my lord!" The two clenched their fists in agreement.

When the sky turned dark, in the Zhang family's mansion, all the subordinates were diligently cleaning the entire mansion at the request of Zhang Nashan.

Today is the day when Zeng Yu and Zhang Nashan agreed to visit the house, and unlike last time, Zeng Yu came over as the new county commander this time, so Zhang Nashan's preparation was extremely grand. This is not only because of Zeng Yu's official position, but also because his Zhang family plans to follow Zeng Yu thoroughly.

At the dinner, Zhang Nashan arranged for his son to watch in person, and not long after he was ready, he went to the county government to invite Zeng Yu's family and came back, telling him that he would come over soon. Zhang Nashan asked Jiading to call his younger brother and son over and wait for Zeng Yu's arrival.

Soon, Zeng Yu was dressed in regular clothes, and only Zhu Wen was behind him, and he appeared in the sight of Zhang Nashan and others, and they hurriedly greeted him, and made a long and respectful bow: "I've seen two adults!" ”

Zeng Yu helped Zhang Nashan up and said, "Elder Zhang, please get up, both of you also get up, you are elders, how can I afford it." ”

"Your Excellency is polite, please come here, the dinner is ready, just waiting for the arrival of the adults." Zhang Nashan said.

The dinner was set up in the hall, and at Zhang Nashan's repeated requests, Zeng Yu sat on the main seat, and then on the left was Zhang Nashan brothers, and on the right were Zhu Wen and Zhang Fuguang.

Because of the change of identity, the attitude of the three people of the Zhang family towards Zeng Yu must have changed too much before, Zeng Yu felt it, but there was no way, this was brought about by the change of a person's status, no matter what he said, he couldn't change the respect that Zhang Nashan or Zhang Fuguang had for the bureaucracy in their bones.

Halfway through the banquet, Zhang Nashan suddenly stood up, walked to the middle, and bowed to Zeng Yu: "My lord is above, and I have something I want to tell my lord." ”

"Elder Zhang, please speak!" Zeng Yu was very surprised by Zhang Nashan's sudden move, and wanted to hear what he planned to do.

"Master Xie, although my Zhang family is also a descendant of the scholar family, it has gradually declined, and even the people are getting thinner and thinner, and now there is only one seedling called Fuguang. I know that he is not an official, but he has been good at business since he was a child, and he is especially good at this after traveling back and forth with me to Luoyang all year round. Lao Yu knows that adults are not ordinary people, and there must be great ambitions in their hearts, and my Zhang family is willing to follow the adults all the time, help them raise money, grain, grass, etc., and become the money bags of adults in the future. Zhang Nashan made this decision since he saw Zeng Yu destroy the ancient and take Cui Yu, so he did not accept the position of chief bookkeeper, but hoped to become a family to follow Zeng Yu.

If he serves as the chief bookkeeper, with Zhang Fuguang or his own ability, he may be the chief bookkeeper for the rest of his life, or he may serve as a county magistrate in one place by himself, but he is still limited to one place. And if they can follow the left and right and become a pillar of Zeng Yu's source of money and food, once Zeng Yu has great achievements in the future, their Zhang family will be able to rise and rise, and their status will definitely be improved, which is by no means comparable to a master book or a county order.

Zeng Yu listened to Zhang Nashan's words, and knew that they had this idea, but he also happened to need such a family to help him run and supplement his military salary, and he was also familiar with the people of the Zhang family, and he was not the kind of treacherous person, so he said: "Zhang Lao is polite, to have the support of the Zhang family, that is a blessing that I Zeng Yu can't ask for." ”

He walked down in person, helped Zhang Nashan up, and continued: "Zhang Lao is also rest assured, I Zeng Yu pays attention to the gratitude of the picture, Zhang Lao can take the Zhang family to follow me, I will live up to the Zhang family!" ”

"Thank you, lord!"

The three members of the Zhang family bowed to Zeng Yu, and Zeng Yu accepted this gift calmly this time, which also means that from today on, the Zhang family can be said to be Zeng Yu's personal vassal, and the overall success or failure of the future glory and disgrace is pinned on him.