Chapter Ninety-Nine: Rats Crossing the Street

The news that Ye Zhao rejected the Son of Heaven's request to send him troops, but shamelessly accepted the Son of Heaven's reward soon spread almost throughout Shu.

It's just that Zhang Song, who was standing behind the scenes and wanted to force Ye Zhao to make a move with the pressure of public opinion, didn't expect that whether it was the old ministers under Ye Zhao's command, or the talents who had newly invested in Ye Zhao's command in the past two years, except for those scholars who had similar ideas to Zhang Song, everyone else was very calm about this matter.

Only people like Zhang Song, who are idle and have nothing to do, will think that Ye Zhao can run to Guanzhong now that he is idle.

Ye Zhao's plan has been promoted in Shuzhong and Hanzhong for two years, although now the Shu people no longer have to worry about food, but the surplus of food has also caused a large number of people to work without the enthusiasm of the first year of Xingping, so the local government is now busy transforming.

Many pastures have been built around Chengdu/Du, and more and more people have begun to raise cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, chickens and ducks, which are relatively easy to raise.

After the basic food and clothing are solved, people will naturally want to improve their quality of life, generally if a farmer has three sons, one farming, one animal husbandry, and one to learn some crafts.

Now, with the continuous expansion of the influence of the Shengong Camp, the big industry of craftsmen is no longer regarded as a cheap industry in Shuzhong as before, with Ye Zhao's intentional encouragement.

From the construction and naturalization of the city, to the people's houses, to the tables, chairs and benches, farm tools or handicrafts such as toys, with the liberation of a large number of laborers, the industry of clothing, food, housing and transportation began to gradually become the mainstream of Shuzhong.

The industry is big, how to manage, classify, and how to collect taxes, all need to be re-counted and naturalized, how to digest the excess eradication to become the actual power of Shuzhong, these all aspects of things, the three counties are too guarded, wrapping the county orders, county officials are busy every day without touching the ground, at this time to go out again, the amount of work can be greater, how many people need to carry grain and grass, select roads, maintain the stability of the grain road, a person divided into two may not be enough.

As for the army, the Qiang and Yue barbarians in various places need to be deterred, and they also have to take turns to train the troops, and the military generals at all levels must be re-naturalized and trained according to the grain, grass, and meat rationed by the government treasury today, how to train, and the troops at all levels practice every few days, and they also have to go to various dangerous places to explore the bandits and some Qiang tribes that are suitable for training and are hostile to the Han people, and the new weapons not only have to be trained by the soldiers, but also the generals must also explore how to command these weapons in order to maximize the power of these new weapons.

At the same time, now Ye Zhao has begun to pave cement roads between Bashu, and the army often acts as porters to help transport various materials, and all the official offices in Shuzhong except for the state pastoral mansion are as busy as a clockwork alarm clock. Even if Ye Zhao's brain entered the water and agreed, these officials who were already busy and were about to go crazy would not agree, not only to increase the load, but also to allocate a large number of people who were already small to maintain the operation of this battle, so can Shuzhong still be built?

Ye Zhao had already said at the beginning of the second year of Xingping when he convened the county orders of the local Taishou and some major county seats, at most three years, the cement road and the cement plank road should ensure that the road from Shuzhong to Hanzhong can be smooth and safe.

The new plank road is designed by many craftsmen in Shu, to make a frame of metal, laid with wooden boards, the triangular structure is stable, and then stabilized with cement, at least two carts can be parallel, but also to ensure safety, this alone, three years of time is enough to choke, now the entire Shu, although plus the Han has a population of eight million, but to say idlers, except for the state pastoral mansion that a group of people who have nothing to do and come up with ideas, there are basically no idlers.

In this case, to send troops? Many people secretly scolded Zhang Song in private for not only being ugly, but also not knowing what to pretend to be in his head, so ugly and stupid, how did he become a celebrity?

The matter of Ye Zhao's refusal of the Son of Heaven's request and acceptance of the Son of Heaven's reward was quickly drowned out by the scolding and complaining of Zhang Song.

The letters impeaching Zhang Song from all over the country have hardly been broken, Zhang Song never dreamed that he wanted to force Ye Zhao to send troops, but in the end, it was such a result!

"Ziqiao, what the hell are you thinking!?" When Zhang Su returned home and saw Zhang Song, he scolded him for his head and face.

"Brother, why don't you ......" Zhang Song looked at his brother in amazement, what happened to the world? Shouldn't my brother be on his side?

"Do you think it's too idle for my brother to find something to do for me!?" Zhang Su didn't say a word, grabbed a vase and smashed it on Zhang Song's head, so frightened that Zhang Song hurriedly dodged.

"Where do you start?" Zhang Song hid behind a table in embarrassment, lewdly showed half of his head to look at Zhang Su, and said with a smile on his face.

"The lord thinks that I am the Taishou of Shu County, and now the government should send special personnel to teach how to breed in various pastures, and the roads between the counties should be repaved, and the plank roads in Guanghan, Ba County and Hanzhong should also be designed here, and there is cement to be carried, Shu County has a population of two million, just you are an idler, I can't wait for you to carry cement to me, you are now asking the lord to send troops, and the brain is kicked by the pig!" It's okay that Zhang Song didn't ask, but when he asked, Zhang Su's anger was rising slowly.

Although Zhang Su was born in a family, he is quite loyal, and he does not have so many eyes, but his ability to learn is good, he belongs to the kind of practical school, and was appointed by Ye Zhao as the Taishou of the Shu Army, responsible for coordinating and managing the construction and naturalization of various places, and most of the talents sent by the Shengong Battalion are also dispatched by Zhang Su, and now Zhang Su can't wait for the two million population to become four million, his unlucky brother does not help himself, and he talks with a group of celebrities all day long, and points to the country, but he has nothing to do for himself, so that Zhang Su can't wait to dismantle this brother.

Shuzhong in two consecutive years after a bumper harvest, the new plough, farm tools, manure so that the need to engage in agriculture of the population has been reduced a lot, a large number of labor force has been released, now is still the spring ploughing period, eighty percent of the population is still farming, but also out of two percent of the population into the construction of Shu, according to Ye Zhao's planning, this is the opportunity for the prosperity of all industries, these two into the population is simply not enough to make up for such a big gap, can only wait until the autumn harvest, there will be more labor, before the autumn harvest, How to speed up the construction almost made Zhang Su's hair white, at this time Zhang Song ran to suggest that Ye Zhao send troops, but fortunately Ye Zhao did not agree, otherwise, he would have to break his younger brother's leg.

"Brother, don't I know?" Seeing that Zhang Su had the posture of rolling up his sleeves and moving directly, Zhang Song hurriedly dodged, and at the same time complained bitterly, at this time, in the face of Zhang Su under the anger, he didn't dare to propose the benefits of the army to Zhang Su, his brother is a solid eye, Ye Zhao entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, he has already regarded himself as Ye Zhao's person, at this time, it is difficult to stand on the side of the scholars.

Zhang Song felt a little bitter in his heart, his brother ...... It's not a heart!

"Don't know?" Zhang Su's voice suddenly raised an octave, pointed to the door and said: "Now that this is Chengdu/capital, the city wall is being expanded and renovated, the streets are being rebuilt, and workshops and pastures are being built everywhere, you are blind!" ”

"Day by day, you boast of being high, pretentious, and you can't even see these, and I want to ask, like those people outside, how did you get the name of a celebrity?" Zhang Su scolded.

Now the officialdom in Shuzhong, driven by the fresh blood imported by Ye Zhao, emphasizes only one principle, that is, pragmatism, not to mention how famous you are, how high you are in learning, and what you can do is the most important thing, and the students who came out of the academy are each very capable and have helped the government a lot.

Now Zhang Su always feels that his younger brother, who claims to be a talented person, can't even compare to those students in the academy.

Zhang Song's ugly face was about to cry, he had been hit enough these days, almost all the letterheads sent by Ye Zhao recently were scolding him, and now even his own brother said this, which made Zhang Song feel that he couldn't live this day.

Ye Zhao ignored those letterheads, but when Zhang Song went to the Hussar Mansion every day to discuss matters, he always felt that the staff under Ye Zhao's command who helped Ye Zhao formulate strategies looked at him strangely.

Zhang Song has always boasted of his talent, because of the relationship between his appearance, there is a kind of extreme pride, you can disdain my looks, but you can't insult my talent, but now the whole Shuzhong, is saying that he is not worthy of the name of a celebrity, which makes Zhang Song quite shocked, and has the heart to argue, but one person can argue with reason, ten people can argue with everyone, one hundred and one thousand and ten thousand how to argue?

"Tomorrow I will go to the Hussar Mansion to help you announce your leave to the Lord, don't come out and be embarrassed during this time, my Zhang family can't afford to lose this person, give me a good reflection at home!" Don't give me nothing to do, now hold it in front of my colleagues, and when I mention you, I can't even raise my head! Zhang Su glared at Zhang Song hatefully, turned around and left, this time he came back to teach Zhang Song a lesson, on weekdays, he was busy and rarely went home, but now he vented, and his mood was a lot more comfortable, there are still many things to do in the Taishou Mansion, he can't be idle like Zhang Song every day.

Looking at the back of his brother leaving, Zhang Song sat on a stone bench helplessly, carefully recalling the changes in Chengdu/Capital during this time, there were demolition and reconstruction everywhere, I didn't think it was like before, but now I think about it carefully, the changes in Shuzhong since Ye Zhao's arrival are really not small, not to mention the food, now there are all kinds of strange things on the market that attract people's attention, and the food seems to be a lot more exquisite than before.

It's just that Ye Zhao has used a large number of Hanmen, Dongzhou scholars, and the academy, so that Zhang Song can't let go, and now the people of Shu are attached, and even people from families like his own brother are convinced by Ye Zhao, the future of Shu sergeants, can they only rely on Ye Zhao to survive?

Standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Zhang Song had a confused state of mind for the first time, and he didn't realize it, until a jealousy hit him in the face......