In order to prop up the blacksmith shop and buy iron ore, Gao Jinzhi pawned his sword.

Gao Jinzhi put the hoe clamped by the iron tongs into the fire and calcined, took off his apron and washed his hands in the sink next to him, turned to Li Bao and said, "Brother Li, please come to the hall and sit down!" ”

"Please!"

Gao Jinzhi's wife brought tea to the two and retreated.

Li Bao asked, "Senior brother, what happened in the Southern Dynasty······ Tan Dashuai's family and Xue Tong were beheaded, did Brother Gao hear about it? ”

Gao Jinzhi nodded and drank tea silently.

Li Bao said: "Brother Gao, Li is a rough man, stupid, but the truth is still understood, now Brother Gao has been declared a traitor by the Southern Dynasty, even if Brother Gao does not serve the king of my family, the Southern Dynasty still thinks that Brother Gao is a traitor, although Tan Dashuai is an enemy of us, but Li still admires him very much, even people like him have been beheaded in the name of disloyalty, is there still a reason for this Southern Dynasty?" ”

Gao Jinzhi didn't speak.

Li Bao continued: "Even if the senior brother doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his wife and children, just rely on your iron, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn a few children, how can I let them live a good life?" Besides, my nephew is also going to school age, so you have to think about his future, right? ”

Li Bao is not good at words, and he didn't sit at Gao Jinzhi's house for long before leaving, but the few words he said had a great impact on Gao Jinzhi.

For several days, Gao Jinzhi was thinking about listing him as a traitor in the Southern Dynasty, thinking about the killing of Tan Daoji's family and Xue Tong.

Three days later, Gao Jinzhi came to the palace to ask to see Zhao Junsheng.

"Gao is willing to serve the king, and he can also persuade those captured generals to serve the king, but Gao has a request, and he asks the king to agree!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled and raised his hand and said, "General Gao, please speak!" ”

Gao Jinzhi said: "Gao and the soldiers were born in the former dynasty since childhood, grew up in the Southern Dynasty, although the Southern Dynasty is unfair to us, we cannot be unjust to the Southern Dynasty, please allow us not to be enemies of the Southern Dynasty." Conquer Rouran, fight against the barbarians, and fight the rebellion, Gao and the soldiers are willing to die for the king! ”

Zhao Junsheng agreed after a little consideration: "General Gaoyi, how can this king not allow it?" That's it! ”

Gao Jinzhi immediately bowed to Zhao Junsheng: "Minister Gao Jinzhi greets the king!" ”

"Okay, General, please get up!" Zhao Junsheng helped Gao Jinzhi up, thought for a while and said to him: "This king has named you General Yunlu and assumed the position of General Zuo Zhonglang, and within three days, an official from the palace will come to the door to read out the appointment!" ”

"Thank you, King!"

Early the next morning, an official of the palace came to Gao Jinzhi's house with a team of soldiers, read out to him and his family the appointment and canonization of Zhao Junsheng, in addition to bringing him the title deed of this house, and also rewarded him with 100,000 yuan, 10 gold, and 10 brocade horses, so that he could take office within three days.

There will be four Zhonglang generals, respectively, four Zhonglang generals before and after, each leading an army to guard the Jicheng side, which is the four-sided barrier of Jicheng, which is equivalent to a military envoy, but it is much higher than the status of a military envoy.

With Gao Jinzhi's appearance, tens of thousands of Southern Dynasty prisoners also surrendered and accepted the reorganization, these Southern Dynasty generals were all Han Chinese, in order to control this army, Zhao Junsheng sent some Han officers as the generals of this army.

In fact, Liu Yikang's throne is not very stable, his nephew Liu Jun is very popular with the generals in Yingchuan, commanding 20,000 troops, and his strength is strong, Liu Yikang wants to guard against his nephews from seizing his throne, the Northern Expedition has suffered considerable losses, and countless money and food have been consumed, and he has been unable to make the Northern Expedition in a short period of time.

Although Zhao Junsheng repelled the Southern Dynasties, his crisis was not completely resolved, and because of this repulsion of the Southern Dynasties' Northern Expeditionary Army, he obtained Qingzhou, Qizhou, Jeju and Xuzhou, which greatly increased the territory he controlled, and also invisibly increased his power, which made the surrounding lieutenants and Buliu Guli very jealous of him.

Both Wei and Bu Liu Guli strengthened their garrisons on the border to prevent Zhao Junsheng from suddenly sending troops to raid them.

But in fact, Zhao Junsheng didn't bother to pay attention to them at this time, the territory under his control increased a lot, and he needed to deal with a lot of things, sending officials to the newly controlled territory, how to ensure that this official would promulgate and implement the new Youzhou policy after he took office, and how to make these officials not be corrupted and co-opted by the local gentry after he arrived.

When Zhao Junsheng convened the officials to discuss the matter, he specifically mentioned this matter, and all the officials who were sent out did not follow the decree of Youzhou and acted on their own, as well as those who were co-opted and corrupted by the local gentry, were all dismissed from their posts and investigated, dealt with severely, and never lightly bypassed, and the dismissed officials will never be hired in the future.

"Then the second thing is the matter of farmland and water conservancy, which is the top priority, no matter how big or small the farmland and water conservancy is, it is related to the survival of the people and the government to pay taxes! Therefore, the king's request is to write to the states in the name of the royal palace, and ask the states to assassinate the history, the county guards, and the county order to personally go to the countryside to supervise and inspect! ”

"Let's talk about farmland first, the cultivation of grain crops should pay attention to intensive cultivation, which has been tested in some areas of Youzhou in recent years, and the yield of intensively cultivated farmland is indeed much higher than that of farmland that is only sown and does not care!"

"What is intensive farming? When to sow seeds, how many seeds to sow per mu, how much crop spacing, when to fertilize, when to weed, deworm, when to water, etc., these are all particular, and officials from all over the country should send special personnel to guide farmers! ”

"The construction of water conservancy facilities includes dredging ditches, building sluice gates, water wheels, etc., and officials must be clear about farmland water conservancy. Those who have already taken office should also learn! ”

Zhao Junsheng said this, took a sip of water and continued: "Let's talk about flood prevention and drought control, there are many rivers in the south, and the water network is dense, and it is easy to cause floods in summer; The drought in the north is prone to drought every summer and autumn, and the drought is the most likely to cause a reduction in grain production, and it is also easy to cause locust plagues and bring extinction to grain crops! ”

"How can we prevent flooding? Who will tell me about this king? ”

This is equivalent to a very simple exam question, but not all officials know it, and officials who only do not care about farmland and water conservancy really don't necessarily know, and this kind of person is not uncommon in officialdom.

An official stood up and said: "Great, flood control must strengthen and increase the height of the embankment, and when it comes to the flood control period, we must send people to patrol the embankment day and night to find the pipe gushing in time and take measures to plug the leakage, and then we must regularly dredge the river, and the dredging of the river is generally chosen in winter, and it must be cleaned every three or five years!" The reinforcement and height of the embankment is not a matter of decades for a dam, it needs to be increased and strengthened every few years, after all, it is all built by soil accumulation, wind, rain, sun and rain will cause soil erosion of the embankment, in order to prevent a large amount of soil loss on the side of the river, trees should be planted on both sides of the embankment! When the trees grow to maturity, they can be cut down and then planted with seedlings, and the money from the sale of the mature timber can be used for flood control! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Which county official are you?" ”

The official bowed down and said, "The minister is Zhang Zhengqing, the commander of Qinghe County!" ”

Pei Jin said to Zhao Junsheng: "Wang, Zhang Xianling has made great achievements in flood control and drought in the past few years. Therefore, this time, the minister Xingwen Xiangzhou asked Zhang Xianling to come to the king and tell the king about his methods of flood prevention and drought! ”

"Zhang County Order, keep talking!" Zhao Junsheng encouraged.

Zhang Zhengqing continued: "The occurrence of waterlogging is generally that the water cannot be discharged after the flood, or the rainwater cannot be discharged after heavy rain, resulting in water accumulation in houses, farmland, and roads, and it is necessary to dredge the ditch to drain the stagnant water. What should I do if a large amount of water cannot be drained in the event of waterlogging? The only way to drain the stagnant water is to dig a dam next to the lower ground! ”

"Drought in the north of the poor area, in the south is not uncommon, many areas for several months without rain is also common, more in the summer and autumn, the best way to deal with drought is to build water conservancy facilities, in the river side to build sluices, in the key places to place water trucks and other tools, dredge ditches, etc., especially in the summer and autumn season flood control period, the river water level is high, if there are signs of drought outbreak can open the sluice gate to release the river water, with the river water to irrigate farmland!"

"The king, the minister thinks that in the drought-prone areas, especially in the water-scarce areas, the people can be organized to build large reservoirs, the terrain of the reservoir should be higher, the dam should be built strong and durable, its role is to store water, once it encounters a drought, you can open the sluice gate to release water for irrigation, to prevent the occurrence of drought!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhengqing said to Zhao Junsheng: "King, countless people die every year due to floods, waterlogging and droughts, and countless losses of property. ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Youzhou, Yingzhou and Andong Prefecture have been governed over the years, and there are very few disasters that have occurred, and Dingzhou, Jizhou and Yingzhou have also achieved considerable results in the past two years, and the rest of Xiangzhou, Jeju, Qizhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou will make great efforts to govern in order to ensure the safety of people's lives and property!" Zhang Zhengqing, in view of your outstanding achievements in river management, flood control, flood and drought, this king has appointed you as the river ambassador, who is fully responsible for river management and flood control, flood and drought matters within the territory under the rule of this king, and has the right to mobilize no more than 1,000 troops around the river, and you have the right to command the county-level officials who need to control the rivers and dams! ”

Zhang Zhengqing immediately bowed down and agreed: "The minister takes the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Do you have anything else to discuss?" ”

Kou Qianzhi stood up and arched his hand and said: "King, the poor road has been calculated a few days ago, and the heavenly machine shows that the auspicious day of the king's founding is approaching, and this matter of founding the country cannot but be put on the agenda!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Li Yuande, how has the construction period of the palace been completed?" ”

"Back to the king, the first phase of the project has been fully integrated into the palace, and the second phase of the project has been going on for more than two months!"