Zhou Cang's action scared Cui Yan, and he thought that when he offended Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang was going to kill him.

"Uh......"

Zhou Cang felt that his reaction was a little too much, and waved his hand, signaling the guards to retreat.

"Ji Jue was frightened."

"It's okay, it's okay," Cui Yan said with a smile.

Cui Yan's name, Zhou Cang has heard of it for a long time, not because of Cui Yan's talent, but because of his appearance.

According to a small incident recorded in history, it can show that Cui Yan is handsome.

It is said that after Cao Cao unified the north, his prestige was greatly enhanced, and various nomadic tribes attached to him. The Xiongnu sent an envoy to send a large number of rare treasures, and the envoy asked to meet Cao Cao. Cao Cao summoned Cui Yan and asked him to receive the envoy on his behalf. During the meeting, Cui Yan sat upright in the middle and accepted the congratulations of the Hun envoy, but Cao Cao pretended to be a guard, holding a steel knife in his hand, standing upright next to the couch.

After the meeting, Cao Cao sent a spy to ask the Xiongnu envoy what his impression was. The envoy said without thinking: King Wei is handsome, rich and elegant, and the person who catches the knife on the side of the couch is majestic and very accessible, and he is a real hero!

Cui Yan's ability is also undoubted, he once studied under Zheng Xuan, but because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, in desperation, Zheng Xuan had to dismiss his disciples, and Cui Yan wandered around, but he didn't expect to be met by Zhou Cang in Hedong.

"Ji Jue, I heard Gongming say that you have only learned people, I don't know if you are willing to become an official under me and help me govern the people on this side?"

Zhou Cang's eyes showed a look of anticipation.

"Uh......" Zhou Cang's words were a little surprising to Cui Yan, where is there such a thing.

"Lord......" Hearing Zhou Cang's words, the golden beans in Xu Huang's eyes were about to flow out.

Zhou Cang glared at Xu Huang angrily, you were moved, and the owner of the family had not reacted yet.

"I don't know where the adults want to be?"

Zhou Cang pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"I just want the people under my rule to have clothes to wear, food for everyone, support for the elderly, and stay away from the chaos of war." Zhou Cang added in his heart, the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty are under my rule.

"Everyone has clothes to wear, and everyone has something to eat...... The child is supported, and the old are dependent...... How difficult it is to ......," Cui Yan whispered these words repeatedly.

"Adults have lofty ambitions, but how difficult it is to do it, and I am afraid that they will not be able to achieve it in their lifetime!"

"Sir can know that Yugong moves mountains, and children and grandchildren will one day be able to realize ......"

The front yard was silent, except for the slight sound of wind blowing and trees.

Long.

"Yan since his studies, running in all directions, everywhere he passed, all the hungry people were everywhere, the war continued, Yan was sparse and shallow, if the adults did not give up, Yan is willing to make a modest contribution to the great ambition of the adults......"

Cui Yan's words are heartfelt, and every sentence is sincere.

"Mr. is too humble, if I get Mr. to help, it will be like a tiger with wings, and I dare to dislike it."

"Lord ......"

Cui Yan was eager to worship, and Zhou Cang supported Cui Yan.

"Sir, it doesn't have to be." Zhou Cang's eyes showed his true meaning.

"Someone, prepare a banquet to catch Mr. Cui."

At the banquet, Zhou Cang immediately appointed Cui Yan as the governor of Hedong County, and led the large and small government affairs of Hedong.

Cui Yan was moved by Zhou Cang's 'heroic' arrangement.

Next.

Zhou Cang summoned Xu Huang and Cui Yan together.

"Ji Jue and Gongming, although you two have not been with me for a long time, I am your two confidants, and now I want to entrust Hedong County to the two of you, I don't know if you two dare to accept it?"

Xu Huang took the lead in clasping his fists and said.

"Lord, Huang has won the appreciation of the lord and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, as long as a certain Xu Huang is still in Hedong County, people are in the city, and the city is ruined."

"Okay, but even if the city is broken, you will have to be there for me, understand?" Zhou Cang patted Xu Huang's shoulder, and then moved his gaze to Cui Yan.

"Please rest assured, Yan must cooperate with General Xu to guard Hedong."

"Well, with the two of you guarding Hedong together, I can rest assured, you need to cooperate well with each other and one martial arts, defending the city is secondary, the main thing is to recruit and train sergeants, and win people's ......hearts."

The people are like water, they can carry boats, they can overturn boats, the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light.

"Yes, my lord." The two replied in unison.

……

When Zhou Cang left, he left two large boxes of money and property that were 'seized' from Hedong Wei's house for Xu Huang's conquest, and as for what was not enough, let the two of them figure it out on their own.

This trip to Hedong can be described as a fruitful harvest, in addition to the "seized" ten boxes worth more than 100,000 gold, the biggest harvest can be said to be "picking up" two cattle, Xu Huang? Cui Yan.

Zhou Cang led 5,000 cavalry all the way to the road, and the 300-mile road arrived at Shangdang in less than two days.

Xue Wenshan and the others had already opened the city gate to greet Zhou Cang.

"Wenshan, hard work."

"Doing things for the Lord, how can it be hard."

The two walked side by side, Zhou Cang looked at the neat streets, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"This will be the starting point of my quest for domination."

Shangdang County originally had a population of 180,000, and later Xue Wenshan moved more than 20,000 people in Baihu Village to Shangdang according to Zhou Cang's intentions, and the total population of Shangdang exceeded 200,000 at this time.

At this time, the county town with a population of 200,000 was already considered a medium-sized city, and Hedong County had a population of only 80,000.

While walking, Xue Wenshan introduced some of the current situation in Shangdang County to Zhou Cang.

"My lord, now the population of Shangdang County is 200,853 people, including 2,500 merchants (referring to merchants with their own stores, not counting those who set up stalls on the streets), 15,000 soldiers, 3,000 horses, a number of weapons and armor (the meaning of a few is not countless, but not counted, anyway, one set of people is completely enough), about 100,000 stone of grain (one stone is equal to 100 catties, one person can eat ten stones a year, and it will be according to this standard in the future), enough for our army to eat for almost a year, as for the money, there is not much left......"

"Are the clans in the city still alive?" After listening to Xue Wenshan's 'return', Zhou Cang asked again.

The clan will always be a big problem in this era, the clan is not only rich, but also has people, Zhou Cang handed over the plan to Xue Wenshan, but the clan has a rebellious heart, one word: kill.

When Xue Wenshan first began to control Shangdang County, there were indeed many clan rebellions, but they were all bloodily suppressed, otherwise where would there be so much grain, and the grain in the treasury was only 8,000 stones.

"Wenshan, after the rebellion against the clan is directly suppressed, we also need to support some clan who support us, so that they can take over everything from the original clan, so that we can better control Shangdang County in our hands......" This is Zhou Cang's original words when he made his plan.

"Please rest assured, the Zhang family in the east of the city and the Li family in the south of the city have expressed their willingness to submit to the lord......"

"Well, then let's call the heads of these two families later......"

The development of Shangdang has reached the point where it cannot be delayed, and Zhou Cang must speed up the development of Shangdang County, otherwise he will use what to compete with the heroes for the world.