After making proper arrangements, eating and drinking the Zhao family's money, and carrying bulging bags, Lü Peng and his army, on the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, finally returned to Youzhou, this time, Liu Yan not only downgraded to greet him, but directly took Wenwu out of the Youzhou City Gate, and for his own thug and God of Wealth, Lü Peng should enjoy such treatment.

Seeing Liu Yan and Zou Jing standing in front of the city gate to greet him from a distance, Lu Peng jumped off his horse, walked a few steps, came to the front of the two, and knelt down to salute the two in a proper manner.

I know my own merits, but I must not be proud in front of my superiors, thinking that Nian Qianyao in the later generations almost stabilized the country of Emperor Yongzheng, what happened? It's not that I'm proud, but I was finally given to die in prison, such a lesson from the future, that is everywhere, so the subordinates must have the consciousness of the subordinates, and the credit is the boss's This law of officialdom must not be broken, and it is better to clip the tail.

Liu Yan was quite satisfied with the performance of this great hero who solved his political enemies and finances, and even Zou Jing, who had always been unaccustomed to Lu Peng, stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Liu Yan laughed heartily, pulled up Lu Peng and looked left and right, and then said with satisfaction: "I am really my tiger general, I have already evaluated your military exploits and jointly reported to my superiors with my colleagues, Han Qiang has a bright future." ”

Lu Peng was immediately flattered and knelt down again: "I am deeply grateful to the boss for his cultivation, and Peng will repay the boss's love." ”

So Liu Yan laughed heartily again, and told Lu Peng that he had sent his henchmen with a large amount of money to bribe the ten permanent servants, and while ensuring Lu Peng's official position, he also asked them to completely uproot the remnants of the Zhao family, so as to prevent their own troubles, with the heart of Lu Peng, the subordinates will give you a gun, and the superiors will support the subordinates, otherwise who will give you your life?

After everyone entered the city, they met each other for a feast, and Lu Peng returned to the barracks with his soldiers, and at this time, Zhang Yan's 1,000 men and horses had also returned, and the two sides met to celebrate.

At this time, Youzhou was already full of joy, the officials got more generous annual money than in previous years, and the officers and soldiers also repaid all the arrears of military salaries because of this capture, and the food and clothing have also been completely improved, not only full of food and drink, but also got some meat, in this era to be able to eat meat, is an absolute great event, so other parts of the officers and soldiers, to Lu Peng is also grateful.

The New Year should be enlarged for the holiday, this is the rule of the imperial court, the official work, is to pass the 15th, the first day of the new year between the 15th, according to the rules of the Han nation, are in the New Year, this is an excellent opportunity to visit relatives and friends. Of course, this opportunity, Lu Peng must not give up.

In the Taishou Mansion, he prepared a generous gift, personally visited the New Year, and learned the earnest teachings of the Taishou.

The captain also prepared a generous gift himself, came to the door in person, and at the same time received an inexplicable scolding, and then ran out with a black line.

Guan Dian has to go there, after Guan Dian calmly accepted a gift, the two of them talked fiercely in the secret room for half the night, and now Guan Quan has regarded himself as Lu Peng's strategist, of course, Lu Peng also humbly asked for the rules of the officialdom and inquired about the internal details.

The next thing, Lu Peng did all the favors, with more or less gifts every day, jumping up and down, in the entire Youzhou bureaucracy, everyone has a part in everything, and there is absolutely no one left behind, as a result, Lu Peng's praise is overwhelming, and his popularity soars to bursting.

After a round of visits, Lu Peng reported to Taishou and the captain, saying that there were Yellow Turban Liukou in Yuyang who took advantage of the New Year to loot, and he was ready to lead troops to quell the rebellion.

This performance is very gratifying to Liu Yan and Zou Jing, is this right, when you were given an official award, the purpose was to let you be a thug for two people, now the rogues and yellow turban remnants are rampant in various places, and it is the time when the two of them should let the dog bite people, so Taishou happily agreed, and borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to take a part of the money and grain that Lu Peng had just handed over to the Taishou Mansion Treasury to come out, as a reward for the army, yes, it is a reward, because this name is much better than giving military salaries, giving military salaries, that is what it should be, and giving rewards, Then you should be grateful to Dade, the salary of Lu Peng's army can be in arrears, or it is said that it was tacitly agreed not to be given at the beginning, but no matter how much the reward is, it is a charity, this is the difference.

So after Lu Peng received the gorgeous, little and pitiful reward, he took the whole army to rush to Yuyang and went straight to Luxian to quell the chaos.

Sun Miao, the county magistrate of Luxian County, is an old and confused official, and the county lieutenant of Luxian County is an incompetent and incompetent soft egg official, under his rule, thieves are rampant, and there are fires and smoke everywhere, but he can only keep reporting for help, and he doesn't dare to go out of the city at all.

Now that reinforcements are coming, these two guys don't even open the city gates, let alone provide food and grass for the army. Fortunately, Lu Peng didn't really covet his food and grass, nor did he really fight for the two of them, this time Lu Peng came for only one purpose, that is, to go back to the Savage Valley to change the army.

The first batch of 4,000 soldiers out of the valley have been tempered by war, according to the original strategy, that is, they took these soldiers and began to fight in rotation with the soldiers in the base area, in this round of warfare, constantly temper their combat effectiveness, but also realize their promises, slowly release those slaves, so that these slaves from obedience to themselves, to loyalty to themselves.

When the army returned to the Savage Valley, it was immediately welcomed by all the soldiers and people in the Savage Valley, because the 4,000 brothers he brought with him this time not only got exercised, but also brought countless money and food to his base area, which really enriched and changed his base area.

"Tomorrow, I will fulfill my promise to release the first slaves who have gone with me into the war as commoners, return their deeds of sale, and give them land according to the rules of the commoners, and then reward those who have distinguished themselves in this battle, and finally keep them in the valley, and I will take the second group of brothers out of the valley."