Lü Peng finally returned to Youzhou, and on the dock in Luxian County, almost all the officials and gentry in Youzhou went out to welcome the victorious general.

Merchants and workshop owners from all over the country also came in person, grateful to the lord who supported him.

The people nearby also rushed over to see the demeanor of this lord who was prosperous in the south of the Yangtze River and brought back huge employment opportunities for Youzhou.

When Lu Peng stepped off the battleship, the crowd immediately erupted in earth-shattering cheers, and for a while, Lu Peng's reputation was in full swing.

In this dense crowd, a group of maids and servants surrounded Wan'er and Cai Wenji, and greeted them with a big one and a small one, and Lu Peng took these people in his arms with a reserve, and all the tall images disappeared at this time.

Such a move did not get boos from the people's officials, but from the goodwill laughter of the people's officials.

At this time, they once again saw that their lord was not a god, but an ordinary person who could be approached by everyone.

After thanking the person who greeted him, Tian Chou came over in person, holding the tray in his hand, and bowed to Lu Peng: "Please disarm the general." ”

This time Lu Peng went out, everyone did not think that he was secretly visiting his brother, but continued to fight for the future of this Youzhou, and returned triumphantly today, according to the etiquette of the general's triumph, the civil and military officials and the people, please disarm the general.

With the help of Wan'er and Cai Wenji, Lu Peng took off the heavy gold armor on his body, put on a soft white robe, and once again turned back to his elegant scribe image.

The group returned to Youzhou in a four-wheeled carriage and walked directly into the lobby to receive the work report of the left-behind officials.

Everything is going according to expectations, commerce and industry are once again full of vitality, the two newly harvested states have also begun to organize their fields in the form of cash-for-work, windmills with loans have been erected in various fields, ditches have been dug, the land has been leveled, loans for seeds and farm tools have been issued, and the spring of next year will be a scene of resumption of large-scale production. In the autumn of next year, a bumper harvest will be presented to these hard-working people, and one after another prosperous days will be shown in front of the people.

After listening to the report briefly and knowing what to do, Lu Peng returned home and made a real intimacy with his two wives, relieving his nervous nerves and tired body. Then he began to brave the bitter cold and inspect the three prefectures and counties he owned, inspecting the operation of the entire Youzhou bureaucracy in his absence.

He was very satisfied with the results of the inspection, and the newly acquired Bingzhou and Yizhou have vigorously pursued the policy of reconstruction and restoration in accordance with the original method of restoring Youzhou.

Now these two states have been completely stabilized, and have made great progress, basically the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are no more starvation deaths on the road, and the people's hearts are attached.

When the party came to the Xindu of Yizhou Zhishu, Lu Peng came in from the east gate proudly, because the current Xindu has two sets of teams, one is Xu Huang, who lives in the old yamen in the west of the city, and he is the Yizhou assassin appointed by the dynasty. A leading group is Cheng Xi, the Yizhou assassin appointed by Lu Peng.

Entering Xindu, you can see the streets on both sides of the central axis of the North-South Avenue, as if there was a period of time in later generations, the Zhongying Street in Shenzhen, which is really distinct.

On the east side of the North-South Avenue, there are many shops, the streets are clean and neat, people come and go, and the peddlers and pawns shout loudly, all of them are full of red faces, brightly dressed, full of wealth and self-confidence.

On the west side of the street, the houses were dilapidated and lifeless, and the streets were like ghosts, and all the shops along the street were closed, because all the people on the other side had come to this side.

At this time, Cheng Wei, who was accompanying Lu Peng on inspection, suddenly saw a figure shaking on the opposite side, which made Cheng Xi think that he was losing face in front of the lord, so he thundered at an official next to him: "What's going on?" Why is there a figure on the other side? Where haven't we done it yet? Now it must be reviewed, it must be reviewed. ”

As a result, after this official was scolded by Cheng Wei for a while, he expected Ai Ai's explanation: "I know that person, they are officials under Xu Huang." ”

At that time, Cheng Wei was unrelenting: "What's wrong with the officials under Xu Huang, the officials have to dig them up for me, you will send someone to dig them up tonight, you tell them, what official position they used to have, I will give him what official position I will give him now, how much money he got before, I will double it." ”

As a result, the official replied with a wry smile: "My lord, I can't pull these three people here no matter what, the reason is that one of them is Xu Huang's younger brother, and the two are Xu Huang's brother-in-law. ”

Cheng Wei was a little frustrated, and then made amends to Lu Peng: "Please punish me for my incompetence." ”

Lu Peng laughed: "I can't see what you do, and if you want to bring Xu Huang's three relatives again, it will be really unreasonable." ”

Looking at the Xindu, which is half dead, half thriving, and has two heavens of ice and fire, Lu Peng patted the old man and said approvingly: "If you can do this under Xu Huang and Jiang Qi, you are already a great talent, don't worry, give me heaven again, and I will let you treat you as a real Yizhou assassin history." ”

Cheng Wei said proudly: "I am now the real history of Yizhou, now all the officials in the entire Yizhou come to me to report their work, and the people have something to do, all come to me to seek a solution, even if the soldiers on the other side of Erlu have any disputes, they have to come to me to fight a lawsuit, hahaha, looking at the Xu Huang Yamen of the clear pot and cold stove, I really feel comfortable." ”

"By the way, my lord, why don't you let me forbid the merchant to sell grain and grass to Erlu and the others? As a result, after this Erlu got the grain and grass, he took it out to help Xu Huang's men and horses, if it weren't for this, Xu Huang would have starved into a dried corpse by now. ”

Lu Peng laughed: "I'm back today, and it's time to carry out the next step." Then he said to Xu Jie, who was following him: "You inform the Lu brothers now, and now you can take his men and horses and transfer to our realm." Of course, he thinks that it is safer for him to come quietly, then it is okay, you tell him, I will reserve 20,000 troops for him, or the seat of the Yizhou garrison, and the seat of the state garrison, as their brothers choose. ”

Such conditions are simply too rich, which shows that Lu Peng attaches great importance to these two people.

Xu Jie nodded expressionlessly, then quietly called over a subordinate and gave an order, and then continued to follow Lu Peng on patrol as if nothing happened.