Chapter 3 Troubled Times Coming Section 36 Liu Bei borrowed the city

In the early morning of the next day, the official sent by Gong Jing to meet the problem came to Dazhai with 5,000 soldiers, trembling, I carefully inquired about the situation in Linzi, and it turned out that the officer who led the army to answer turned out to be a leader of Gong Jing's family.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling stipulated that all newly appointed and transferred county guards and other officials must first go to the West Garden to pay the money for assisting the army to repair the palace, and then they will be allowed to take office. Among them, some relatively incorruptible officials would rather not take office than pay money. But the court did not agree and forced him to take office.

At that time, there was a newly appointed celebrity Sima Zhi who was the Taishou of Julu, "known as a clear name, and the price was reduced by three million". Julu is Zhangjiao's nest, and now the fierce battle is in full swing, and thieves are everywhere, how can he get to work. So Sima Zhi said angrily: "For the parents of the people, but to cut off the people, to meet the needs of the times, I can't bear it", and finally committed suicide by swallowing medicine.

Gong Jing did not have Sima Zhi's name, so he did not get the treatment of reduced prices; Gong Jing didn't have Sima Zhi's courage, so he didn't commit suicide. The rebellion in Daqingzhou was no less than Julu, and Gong Jing recruited subordinate officials before taking office, but no one applied. I thought of Qingzhou's local recruitment of subordinate officials, but I didn't expect that the local talented people were smarter than him, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Guan Ning and others fled to Liaoxi, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhuge family fled to Nanyang, Jingzhou to avoid trouble. The counties and counties are empty, and no one can find them, let alone talents.

I listened to the introduction and was particularly interested in his words: The county is empty. Well, the policy I am most worried about is that it will be hindered by the recalcitrant forces at the beginning. No one is good, the old forces have been swept away, just let me take advantage of the void. When my policy is effective, those who want to oppose it can only find fault in the so-called righteousness, and the people who have benefited will ignore this righteousness, and with a solid public foundation, who am I afraid of?

I gladly raised my troops and went straight to Linzi City. Gong Jing heard the news and went out of the city to greet him, and sure enough, Gong Jing is really inseparable now, there is no subordinate official around him, and a group of original family members are surrounded by him. And the pale-faced Gong Jing had a panicked expression, and there was no joy at all about the catastrophe. Perhaps, in his opinion, although he escaped the catastrophe this time, he didn't know how many days he would live, and he didn't know when the next catastrophe would come. Therefore, a resigned expression.

I endured it again and again, and didn't take out Yuan Tan's letter of introduction, now is not the time, let's talk about it when I find a good opportunity. So, our group walked into Linzi City in a dull atmosphere.

Linzi City, the former capital of Qi is now dilapidated, before the siege of the Yellow Turban, it has lost the flow of people who used to "sweat like rain, wave sleeves to cover the sun", and Xiangping, Jiangxia, Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang, Guilin, reduced to the fourth class city of the Han Dynasty. After suffering from the siege of the Yellow Turban Army for nearly a month, it seems even less popular.

Under the leadership of the disheartened Thorn Shi, the guards who repelled the Yellow Turban siege also appeared to be weak. But then again, Linzi is the former capital of Qi, and the surrounding trees have been cut down. The Yellow Turban Army had no plan, and there were no trees around it that could be used as siege equipment, and it was a joke to rely on manpower to conquer the fortified city. In the end, they could only insult under the city, and the insult did not scold the city wall, so they did not conquer Linzi City. Linzi City was not lost, but it was not the credit of the guards.

We came to the Qingzhou lobby under Gong Jing's greeting, and when everyone was seated, the scene in the hall made people feel Gong Jing's loneliness and helplessness even more, and behind me, there were a large number of subordinate civil officials and military generals. Even beside Zou Jing, there were a few officials in military uniforms, only Gong Jing, and two or three people dressed as family members stood behind him, making the lobby look extremely empty.

Are all the talents in Qingzhou here? I looked at the people in the hall one by one, and listened to Gong Jing unintentionally thank us. During the whole praise process, although Gong Jing's words were very moving, his facial expression was dead, without any change, which made people feel particularly weird.

Zou Jing couldn't help but stand up first: "Lord Assassin Shi, we were ordered to come to the rescue, and now that the siege of Qingzhou has been lifted, we have completed the task." I also hope that Master Thorn Shi will replenish us with food and grass, and I plan to go on the road. ”

Gong Jing nodded briskly and ordered his subordinates to add grain and grass to Zou Jing. As soon as Gong Jing finished instructing his subordinates, Zou Jing immediately got up, bowed his hand to me slightly, and said hypocritically: "Xuande Gong has worked hard all the way, you can rest here for a while, I will arrange the army, and then come to talk to you." With that, he walked away.

A hint of anger welled up in my heart, and I jerked to my feet. This Zou Jing was respectful to me along the way, and when the battle was over, he immediately put up a score, a posture of an official, and pointed fingers at us. And this time, Gong Jing allocated the grain and grass, he actually had to receive it alone, how could it be reasonable.

Seeing that my face was full of anger and ready to get angry, and I secretly pulled my shirt in frustration, I immediately woke up, looked around, Tian Chou stared at Zou Jing's back, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was also shaking his head at me slightly; Guoyuan's face was full of helplessness; Guan Yu narrowed his eyebrows, and a cold light flashed in his eyes; Tai Shici sighed slightly. Fortunately, Zhang Fei, who likes to cause trouble, was ignorant and looked around happily.

I sat down slowly and said in a disguised manner: "In the battle outside Linzi City, Captain Zou suffered a lot of casualties, and it seems that he is still sad." Turning my head, I said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Two virtuous brothers, you inspect the barracks on my behalf and comfort the wounded. ”

After Guan Yu took Zhang Fei, the troublemaker, away, I turned my face to look at Gong Jing, and found that he was looking at Zou Jing's back with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, and this smile appeared on his face, bringing a little bit of anger to his dull face.

Gong Jing stared at me with a suspicious expression, and without waiting for me to speak, he preemptively said: "Xuande Gong, I have heard your name for a long time, and today you came to help Qingzhou, it is really Gong Jing's luck and Qingzhou's luck." However, Xuande Gong used to be engaged in Youzhou Bing Cao, and today he handed over the official seal, but Xuande Gong is just the captain of Zhuo County under Youzhou, depending on the situation, you and Zou Xiaowei are not under the same unit, why is this? ”

I smiled indifferently and didn't answer. Tian Chou had been by my side before, so he walked out of the queue with the expression that was most qualified to answer this question, and replied loudly: "My lord abandoned his post that day, wandered leisurely in the forest, and waited for the yellow turban to rise up and invade my county, my lord resolutely rose up, and recruited the township to defend the country, if there was no yellow turban repelled by my lord, Zhuo County would have been in ruins." When the Duke of Ming came to Zhuojun for help, my lord was planning to serve under the division commander Lu Zhigong, however, Taishou begged my lord to go with him because of the weak soldiers of Captain Zou, so he awarded my lord the title of "Captain" in order to lead the troops. How can my lord account for the size of the official position, now that the war is over, the rank of captain should not be mentioned. ”

Gong Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked with great interest: "It turns out that Xuande Gong and Zhuo County are not under the same jurisdiction, and now that the siege of Qingzhou has been resolved, I don't know what Xuande Gong plans to do next?" ”

Alas, it seems that this Gong Jing is not as bold as Tao Qian, in history, Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian saw Liu Bei who came to the rescue, and immediately dialed 4,000 of the most elite Danyang soldiers to him, and took Liu Bei from the Qingzhou Thorn Shi Tian Kai. This Gong Jing is hesitant to do things, he is really not a person who does big things. Looks like I'm going to have to hint at it a little harder.

"In the battle of Qingzhou, our soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, and there were still many old and weak yellow turbans who surrendered to me. Alas, I originally planned to go to Jizhou later and serve under my division Lu Zhimen, but the soldiers were tired after a long time, the wounded soldiers needed to recuperate, and the dead needed to be buried. What a job. I said with a distressed look on my face.

Gong Jing blinked his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart, I took the liberty of opening my mouth and said: "Lord Thorn Shi, I have a reluctant request, and I hope to discuss with Lord Thorn Shi." ”

Gong Jing asked with interest and confusion: "What does Xuande Gong have to discuss with me?" Please speak. ”

I hesitated for a moment, and said earnestly: "My subordinates are all in response to my Liu Bei's call to join the army, and I will fight everywhere, and now they are seriously injured and dying, I can't bear to abandon them, and I hope that Ming Gong will help, borrow a place for me to recuperate, and after they recover from their injuries, I will take them to serve under my division." ”

After speaking, I looked at Tian Chou, Tian Chou immediately took over the topic, thought about it a little, and said sincerely: "I will raise the soldiers, contact Lu Gong, I think one month is enough, and during this period, I hope that the adults will supply a month of grain and grass." Within this month, Qingzhou has a life, and I am willing to serve the death force. ”

Gong Jing immediately said very on the road: "Xuande Gong is a hero in the world, and he has the grace to rescue me in Qingzhou, how can I make Xuande Gong embarrassed by this little thing." Thieves were rampant in Qingzhou's borders, officials fled, and although the imperial court did not give me the post of state pastor, the appointment of county and county officials was all out of my own hands. In the counties and counties near Linzi, I said hello and raised troops with Xuande Gong. ”

After speaking, Gong Jing stepped forward and took my hand, and said earnestly: "I want to see Xuande Gong day and night, talk with Xuande Gong about current affairs, Xuande Gong chose the place to raise the army, don't be too far away from Linzi."

Well, since we can't be too far from Linzi, we chose Guanghuan as a place to house the wounded soldiers and the Yellow Turbans.

It is said to be the hometown of the grandson. In the sixth year of Han Gaozu (201 B.C.), Guangrao County was placed, and the name of Guangrao County began. After the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Guanghuan was a marquis, and a marquis was set up. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three counties of Guangrao, Juding and Langhuai were all abolished, and their land was divided into three counties of Li, Yi and Bochang, which belonged to the country of Le'an. Standing here, I can guard Linzi City, curb the southward movement of Taishan thieves, to the east, I can also watch the big oil fields in Shandong, and wait for the opportunity to take advantage of it. I secretly rejoiced in my heart, it was really a treasure of feng shui.

After Zou Jing returned to the lobby, Gong Jing and I were smiling and laughing, we had already agreed on the matter of garrisoning troops in Guanghuan, Guanghuan now has no city wall, Gong Jing agreed to send 10,000 soldiers to build an earthen city for me here to prevent the enemy from attacking. Of course, as a thank you for his kindness, I agreed to train him with 10,000 soldiers. After I leave, these 10,000 soldiers will be stationed here, forming a horn with Linzi City to jointly defend against the enemy. As for the more than 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers I have captured, they will also be resettled in Guangrao, and together with the original 70,000 county citizens, they will be under my jurisdiction during the period when I build the city.

Zou Jing didn't know all these changes, and when he saw us, he bowed his hand slightly: "Thank you Lord Thorn Shi for the grain and grass, Xuande Gong, the sergeants have rested, and we will leave for Zhuo County tomorrow." ”

While talking to Gong Jing, I nodded noncommittally: "In this way, Captain Zou will go all the way." I plan to rest in Linzi for a few days, and I won't leave yet. Early tomorrow morning, I will come to see off Captain Zou. ”

Gong Jing was stunned, the "we" he was talking about, of course, included me. Seeing my disapproving expression, all of a sudden, he remembered that we didn't belong to each other, and that I was directing him along the way, strictly speaking. The thought of crossing the battle line alone and returning to Zhuojun suddenly extinguished his anger caused by my lack of materials for Izumo.

"Xuande Gong, our army has been fighting even a lot, and more than half of them have been damaged. But the military situation of Zhuo County is unknown, if the Yellow Turban commits Zhuo County again, I will not be in the county, how can I be good? Zou Jing was a little flustered.

"It's okay", I comforted him indifferently and said: "My division Lu Zhigong's hometown is in Zhuo County, and now Lu Shi is ordered to go to Jizhou to suppress thieves, and he must pay attention to the movements of Zhuo County, I have communicated with General Gongsun Bogui when I left, if there is an enemy in Zhuo County, he will definitely rescue." Also, after I went to Bohai County, I sent General Guan Hai and Tian Feng of the Left Army to return to Zhuo County, and now the Zhuo Army will be as safe as Mount Tai. ”

Zou Jing showed a somewhat pleading expression and said: "Xuande Gong, our army has been fighting for a long time, more than half of the soldiers have been killed and wounded, and I am afraid that something will be wrong with the army, can Xuande Gong accompany him all the way, so that Zou can return to his hometown." ”

I hesitated for a moment, or not, Tai Shi Ci's wolf army has now delivered the supplies to me, according to the regulations, I will send him back, and turn Zhang He here, let Tai Shi Ci accompany him all the way.

"Captain Zou", I said along the water: "Taishi Ziyi came here from Youzhou, and now he will return to Youzhou after the war." In that case, I'll send General Ziyi to accompany you for a while, how about it? ”

Accompanied by the mighty army of the wolf army, Zou Jing couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said gratefully: "Yes, thank you Xuande Gong for your kindness." ”

I immediately interrupted his thanks and said simply: "However, General Ziyi will go directly to Liaoxi to land after replenishing the drinking water in Jieshi." ”

Looking at his disappointed expression, I couldn't help but add: "Captain Zou, although he can't accompany you to the whole journey, I will show you a way to safely avoid the yellow scarves along the way." ”

Standing up, I gestured the map in the void, and said open-mindedly: "After you land in Jieshi, don't take the road we have walked, follow Zhangwu to Dongping, and enter Youzhou in Fangcheng, although the road is a little farther, but along the way, the western area is where we have fought, and the Yellow Turban will definitely not dare to go deep." If you feel that the military strength is insufficient, I will give you a warrant, and you can ask Chen Qun for 2,000 men and horses in Jieshi to replenish your combat strength. How is it? ”

Zou Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Thank you Xuandegong." After a little hesitation, he said unsatisfactorily: "The Yellow Turban bandits captured by Xuande Gong in Jieshi are only 3 to 50,000, what can be trained in such a short time, why don't you give me 3,000 men and horses, train all the way over, and when you reach Zhuo County, you will inevitably recover your military strength, how about it?" ”

My face is embarrassed, Jieshi has taken away 3,000 men and horses, and only Izumo soldiers are left to defend it, how can I do it? Next to me, Gong Jing, who had not spoken, clapped his hands, startling me.

"Look at me, I'm confused, Captain Gong came to the rescue of Qingzhou, how can the losses suffered be compensated by Xuande Gong, I came out of these 3,000 people." Gong Jing took care of the road.

It wasn't just me who was taken aback, seeing Gong Jing's expression that suddenly seemed to come to life, Zou Jing was also shocked, and replied with a guilty face: "Don't dare to work to assassinate Lord Shi, the yellow scarf here has not been removed, how dare I want to assassinate Lord Shi's army." ”

Gong Jing said meaningfully: "As long as Xuande Gong is willing to stay here for a while, what is this 3,000 army, isn't Xuande Gong still with 3,000 people, and I will not suffer a loss in Qingzhou with 3,000 tired soldiers in exchange for Xuande Gong." ”

This is a great favor, the strong army in various places recruits the township to protect themselves, and the young and strong men are empty, and because of this, the Three Kingdoms period has caused great damage to the economy, no one cultivates, no one produces, and the material is extremely scarce.

Zou Jing lost 2,000 soldiers, and it must be difficult to replenish it. In these years, young and strong men would rather be a townsman than join the army. Because when he is a villager, he does not leave his hometown and takes a lot of money, but when he is a government army, the treatment is much worse. Gong Jing is willing to take out 3,000 trained soldiers, just to have a plan.

I immediately stood up and said angrily: "I have traveled all the way with Captain Zou, for the rest of my life, the friendship between Captain Zou and me is linked by flesh and blood, Lord Assassin Shi shows love, and I am willing to help Captain Zou, I am not willing to do my best for Lord Assassin Shi." ”

After receiving my promise, Gong Jing immediately stood up and laughed: "I'll wait for Xuande Gong's words today." ”

My teacher, Lu Zhi, became the general of Beizhong, and I kept saying that I wanted to meet my teacher. Serving under the Beizhong Lang general, the future is unlimited, so Gong Jing, who was scared, didn't dare to force me to stay, now seeing me loose, how could Gong Jing not like it: "Xuande Gong's talent, it is not a county or a county can be limited, I will entrust you with state affairs, how about it?" ”

I bowed and replied, "Dare not obey." ”

Gong Jingchang smiled: "The land of Qingzhou is full of disasters, I am anxious about this, there is no way to follow, if there is Xuande to help me, Qingzhou can be determined." The county officials are appointed by the imperial court, I don't dare to be specialized, the assassin is from me, I place Xuande in Qingzhou, and the assassin is appointed by Xuande, I lend Xuande a place to raise troops, and the taxes are all exempt, how? ”

Okay, it seems that Gong Jing is going to be a big shopkeeper. It's good to give me such favorable terms. It seems that it can be done without Yuan Tan's letter of introduction.

This "don't drive" official position belongs to the category of assassin adjutant, and among the adjutants, there are also Zhizhong, the main book, the soldier Cao engaged, and the Gong Cao are all called engaged. Although these engaged officials are all of the same rank, Beijia is the leader in the engagement, and in terms of honor, it is the largest official in the engaged class. Gong Jing gave me this position, which means that he has been promoted a little bit compared to the previous Youzhou soldiers. For this, I can only respectfully express my gratitude.

The next day, Zou Jing left as scheduled, and when he left, he also felt ashamed of his attitude during this time, and took my hand and said goodbye. And Tai Shici's departure made Guan and Zhang very reluctant. During this time, they learned a lot of knowledge about leading the army, and Tai Shici's martial arts and the stability of people made them feel sorry for each other.

However, Tai Shi Ci must go, on the one hand, Zhang He must grow on the battlefield, and on the other hand, if I want to gain a firm foothold in Qingzhou, I must rely on the skilled craftsmen of Izumo City. The textile industry in Linzi area can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period 400 years ago, and the Qilu region with Linzi as the center was the largest textile center in the country at that time. In the Han Dynasty, Qi three service officials were set up in Linzi, "each has thousands of weavers, and the annual cost is huge", and the fabric is a treasure of tribute.

The "Silk Road", which flourished in the Han and Tang dynasties, was an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West in Chinese history. According to research, the Linzi area was the main supplier of silk products at that time and was one of the starting points of the "Silk Road". I built a city in Guanghuan, and the skilled weavers in the Linzi area can be used, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River are a good place to vigorously develop cotton planting, so I want to build it into a textile center in the whole country, and promote the development of Linzi with commerce.

In addition, the Linzi area is rich in resources, with more than 50 kinds of mineral deposits, including bauxite, refractory clay, chemical limestone, ceramic clay, coal, iron and other large reserves and high grade. Linzi eventually developed into a famous ceramic center in the country, which is larger than Jingdezhen's export volume, and is related to the rich local clay resources. Colored glass is also another traditional product of Linzi, which is close to the texture of glass. With textile, ceramics, and glass, I want to turn this place into a paradise on earth and completely eliminate the source of ****.

However, considering that no matter how rich a place is, it can't withstand the toss of corrupt officials, after Tai Shici goes back, in addition to recruiting Zheng Hun or Zheng Hun's disciples here, he also has to recruit Wang Lie to take charge here. Guoyuan is still too young to be in power in Qingzhou, where corrupt officials are rampant, and Wang Lie has a reputation here. It is said that when he lived here, he often resolved disputes for others, and two residents once came to Wang Lie for comment, and when they saw Wang Lie's house, the two were reluctant to leave. Afraid of Wang Lie's reproach, they reconciled in private. To let such a well-known person come here to manage the officials must be bound by a group of evils.

After sending Zou Jingtai Shici away, I immediately led the army to Guanghuan, and there was still a month to go, after Lu Zhi arrived in Jizhou, he organized the army, sorted out the soldiers, and prepared grain and grass, and when these preparations were completed, it would take about a month. Historically, Zhang Jiao died in July, and by November, all three Zhang Jiao brothers were killed. I used this month to set up the plan for the construction of the city, inspected all parts of Qingzhou, and waited for the end of May and the beginning of June to listen to the orders of Lu Zhimen in Jizhou, which was just the right time.

There are more than 40,000 residents in Guanghuan, but unfortunately they are all old, weak, sick and disabled who can't run, and the young and strong ones are gone, and the more than 10,000 yellow turban thieves I have captured are not many of them young and strong. Fortunately, there are no more heroes, landlords, scholars, and gentry in the local area, and a blank piece of paper is just for painting.

As soon as we arrived in Guanghuan, we immediately sent our subordinates to the Quartet to count the acres and population, but fortunately, there was no strong obstruction, and I took the people who saw the two counties of Le'an and Beihai to Guanghuan by the way, and compiled them into the household registration of Guanghuan. Without waiting for the reaction of the two counties, I borrowed Gong Jing's seal and issued an order to count the population and acres of land in Beihai County, Le'an County. There is a certain risk in doing so, but there is also the least resistance at this time, and few people have the courage to challenge the government at this time.

As soon as the population was counted, I ordered that the remaining residents (plus the abducted population) and the Yellow Turbans, totaling 60,000 prisoners, be divided into eight divisions, organized according to militarization, and arranged in the southeast, northwest, and northwest directions of Guanghuan. Among them, residents with prestige, skills, and skills are endowed with the status of "meritorious people" (citizens), and are responsible for managing the civilians in each group. Guanghuan west near Linzi, arrange two residents who are not good at farm work and textiles, build kilns there, burn bricks, porcelain and glass, and the residents of these two departments are divided into two townships, called Zuo Liangxiang, and establish township-level institutions to manage, so that the disabled soldiers in the army can retire and serve as township-level cadres.

The farmers who are good at farm work are arranged in the north, near Le'an and the Yellow River, called the first two townships, and the township-level government is set up according to the same management method as the two townships on the left. Now they mainly grow grain and raise silkworms. When the Izumo craftsmen arrive, they will start planting cotton in the open field.

The south is close to the Qingshui River and the Zihe River, and this place mainly houses textile craftsmen, called Houliangxiang. I plan to develop the textile industry here using the water conservancy facilities of the river, and now they are in charge of cleaning up the river and building houses and factories.

In the east, the families of the soldiers and breeding personnel are mainly housed, and they are called the right two townships. Horses, donkeys, cattle, pigs, etc., and the construction of vehicles to provide transportation and animal power for the rest of the townships, they will also be our main meat base in the future.

After the four parties were settled, I began to plan the design of the city. The walls I've seen in the past are square, but they are not good for defense, so I created a design similar to Izumo Castle. Each side of the wall is a concave design, the gate is at the bottom of the concave surface, and the two protruding sections of the wall can strengthen the defense of the gate, and also allow soldiers to line up at the gate to protect against the enemy. Once it is expanded, a wall is built horizontally on the side of the two protruding walls, and a gate is built, and it and the recessed part form a Weng Castle, and even if the enemy breaks through the outer gate, I can attack the enemy soldiers entering the city on three sides.

After this strange Liuhua City came out, except for Tian Chou, everyone was at a loss for words. Only frustrated with many books, vaguely remembering this kind of city design, seems to be recorded in Guan Zhong's writings, he asked tentatively: "This kind of city design seems to be from Guan Zhong's hand, but such a complex city, it must take effort to build, and Guan Zhong has never built such a city in the past." Can we do this in times of war? ”

I complimented: "Zizheng is a great talent, and he actually remembers such a cold classic." This design is the work of Guan Zhong. However, Guan Zhong did not master the method of building a city, so he could not build such a city. ”

Fu Zhu asked: "Could it be that the lord has mastered the method of building a city?" ”

Tian Chou happily replied: "Our Izumo City was built on this basis. ”

Fu Zhu flatly denied it, saying, "Izumo Castle is a rich place, and with its financial resources, we can build this castle, but we are new to this place, and we must not spend too much. ”

I smiled and explained, "It doesn't cost too much, I already have the experience of building a city once, and it will never cost too much to build a city a second time." ”

He hesitated and said, "The lord is now talking about how to build a city, and I will listen to it." ”

I pointed to the drawings and explained to him: "The main point of building this city is not to build the city walls first, but to build four cities to defend first. In the first year, four large barracks were built around the city, and another in the center, and since there were four barracks to guard it, we did not need to build a wall first. Only one door was left for these four barracks, which opened in a centripetal fashion to the central barracks. In the second year, he took four large barracks from the middle and opened four gates, and the city was built. The rest of the time is to improve and transform year by year. The Central Barracks has since been vacated and has become the seat of government office. In this way, it will not hurt the people and will not take any effort. How is it? ”

Frustrated and stared at the drawings, thought for a long time, and admitted convincingly: "In this way, building five large barracks in the first year and connecting the city walls in the second year will not cost the people and money, just follow what the lord said." ”

"Okay," I laughed, "Since you have no objections, let's build a city according to it, and let us build it into a glorious city, ladies and gentlemen, this is our own city." ”

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and their spirits were lifted. I gladly asked, "But there is wine, everything is decided, let's celebrate." ”

Zhang Fei immediately shouted: "What the eldest brother said is reasonable, bring the wine." ”

A soldier rushed in from outside the door—but instead of delivering wine to us, he ran out of breath and reported loudly: "City Lord, the people of Le'an have changed, and General Zhang He has been attacked in Le'an." ”

Le'an people change, I passed through Le'an on the way here, the people are very simple, the yellow scarves have not harassed this small seaside county, why did the people suddenly change? Oh, it seems that it must be the statistics of the population of the acres that touched the interests of some people, this is not a popular uprising, but a powerful landlord who took the lead in making trouble.

I looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, and strangely enough, no one looked surprised. In particular, he showed a relieved expression and gestured to me with his finger at Guoyuan. In an instant, I understood what he meant, and it seemed that since I ordered the population of the acres to be counted, I had been waiting for this day for a long time.

I stood up and asked, "So, Zizheng is going to stay here to watch the house?" ”

Fu Zhu nodded again and again: "That's right, but I also ask the lord to keep a general here." ”

I asked again, "How is the cloud?" ”

He replied, "Very well." ”