The next day, Zhao Qian went to Liu Wei and named Yang Xiu, the son of Yang Biao, Huang Kui, the son of Huang Wan, Ding Yi, the son of Ding Chong, and Sima Yi, the son of Sima Fang, and Sima Fu as the squire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The salary for the position of squire is 400 stones, which is not very high, and he is mainly responsible for drafting documents and transmitting edicts.

However, because he can get close to the Son of Heaven, he looks noble, and as long as he doesn't make big mistakes, he will be promoted quickly.

After these people received the edict, they were all very happy, only Sima Yi looked unhappy or sad, but he always did so, and others didn't feel anything abnormal.

These big families have benefited, even if Yang Biao investigates and punishes some officials who have a relationship with them, they have no opinion.

After all, those little officials are really worthless compared to the future of their sons.

And some other small families are even more helpless, without the support of the three princes, they can't make any waves.

And another news also made Zhao Qian really relieved.

The sergeant of the Feixun battalion came with news from Jizhou that Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi's eye injury had recurred, and the pus was not stopping, and Yuan Shao was upset and had no intention of sending troops here.

This news made Zhao Qian breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was a little regretful.

If you take this opportunity to attack Yuan Shao, not to mention that you will definitely be able to destroy him, but you can still do it if you hurt your vitality.

But Zhao Qian is currently encountering a problem, that is, the grain and grass are not very rich, although he and Yuan Shao are both sitting in two states, but compared with Jizhou and Qingzhou, it is far behind.

Whether it is population or food, Zhao Qian is weaker, and besides, the two states are connected to the north by foreign races, and Zhao Qian still has a considerable part of the troops guarding the border.

The corn seeds that Zhao Qian handed over to Ren Jun before had already been harvested in the autumn harvest, but they were too few.

However, Ren Jun was overjoyed, he loved this golden grain very much, and devoted himself to cultivating it.

In addition to these, there is also the iron smelting that Han Ji is responsible for.

According to Zhao Qian's proposal, Han Ji finally invented a water conservancy blower and erected it on the Fen River, and the efficiency of the blower was more than four times, which was even higher than the pre-estimate.

And the land of Yanmen, according to some directions provided by Zhao Qian, found carbon, rich reserves, which amazed Han Ji.

So, Han Ji built a smelting furnace on the bank of the Fen River, used Yanmen coal, and began to smelt iron according to the account in the "Primary Iron Smelting" given to him by Zhao Qian.

After several failures, Han Ji finally succeeded in refining, and according to Han Ji's judgment, its quality was more than twice as high!

To this end, Han Ji smelted many times, refined more than 100 catties of refined iron, invited a number of sword forgers, and after several months, refined into a sword.

At this time, this sword was in Zhao Qian's hand, Zhao Qian looked at this sword, the cold light was trickling, and the blade was extremely sharp, but it was a rare sword.

"Please give the sword a name!" Han Ji bowed and said.

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "This sword is extremely sharp, and the edge is extremely thin, so it's called 'Broken Peak'." ”

"A sword breaks the mountain, the general is so courageous!" Han Ji slapped a fart lightly and heavily.

Zhao Qian smiled slightly, didn't care, and asked, "Gongzhi, can the iron smelted now reach this quality?" ”

Han Ji shook his head and said, "Under the incompetence, the refined iron used in this sword is tempered thousands of times, coupled with the superb skills of the sword forging master, it has this effect." However, in comparison, the quality of iron has now more than doubled. ”

"Good!" Zhao Qian was overjoyed, "I select a thousand people, obey the arrangement of Gongzhi, and absolutely cannot let high-quality iron fall into the hands of other princes, let alone into the hands of foreign clans!" ”

"My subordinates understand!" Han Ji hurriedly said.

At this time, Xun You came to the hall with a hurried expression, as if something big had happened, and Han Ji was very interested in retiring.

"Gongda, why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Qian hurriedly asked.

Xun You's face was grim, and he handed a military report in his hand to Zhao Qian, and said: "There is an urgent report at the border pass, there are foreign Koubian." ”

"What?" Zhao Qian was taken aback, and hurriedly took the military report and read it carefully.

Xun You frowned and didn't say: "The military newspaper said that when General Zhang Liao led the sergeants to inspect, he passed through Yingxian County and found that several small villages were slaughtered, including old and young women and children, none of whom were spared, and they were all done by foreigners. ”

Without reading the military report, Zhao Qian snapped, slapped it on top of the several cases in front of him, and asked, "Foreigners?" Is it the Huns? ”

Zhao Qian subconsciously thought that it might be the Xiongnu who did it, but Xun You shook his head and said: "Although it is not clearly stated in General Zhang's military report, You speculates that this time it was not done by the Xiongnu. ”

"Which one is that?" Zhao Qian asked.

"Judging from the location, it should be the Xianbei tribe." Xun You returned to the road.

Xianbei? Zhao Qian was stunned, this Xianbei tribe was very speculative, taking advantage of the division of the Xiongnu and occupying the prairie, he didn't expect that he would dare to invade Yanmen now.

"Hmph, since you dare to come, you have to pay the price!" Zhao Qian squinted his eyes and said angrily.

Seeing Zhao Qian's appearance, Xun You frowned and said: "You are not worried about this Xianbei person, but I am afraid that this is Yuan Shao colluding with him, wanting to attack back and forth, so that we will fall into a two-front battle." ”

Listening to Xun You's words, Zhao Qian gasped, and his heart was awe-inspiring, if this is really as Xun You said, then it will be troublesome.

Caught in a two-front battle, no matter who it is, it is not an easy thing to deal with, and now that Zhao Qian does not have much grain and grass, Xianbei chose to come at this time, which really added a big mess.

"Come on, call General Tai Shici to come." Zhao Qian ordered the soldiers to be served.

It didn't take long for Tai Shici to arrive in a hurry: "Lord, what is the matter with the urgent call for the last general?" ”

Zhao Qian briefly told Tai Shici about the Xianbei invasion, and then ordered: "Ziyi hurriedly arranged for the sergeants of the Feixun Battalion to inquire whether this Xianbei invasion has anything to do with Yuan Shao." ”

"Order!" Tai Shici received the order, and was just about to leave, but was stopped by Zhao Qian.

"Send someone to inform Shangdang Xu Huang, Hanoi Zhang Xiu, Montenegro Zhang Yan, and Youzhou Tian Feng that they have entered a state of preparedness and must not relax."

"Yes!" Tai Shici replied, this time seeing that Zhao Qian no longer had arrangements, he turned around and left.

Zhao Qian looked at the back of Tai Shi Ci leaving, and sighed lightly, Jing Fei's injuries are not yet complete, Tai Shi Ci temporarily took over the Feixun Camp, although he can also find out a lot of news, but those confidential news must be Jing Fei.

However, Hua Tuo told Zhao Qian that Jing Fei would only recover when he regained spring next year, and he must not be motivated here.

Xun You looked at Zhao Qian a little nervous, and smiled and said with relief: "Lord, don't worry, maybe, that Xianbei is just to spend the winter and enter the country to plunder." ”

Zhao Qian snorted coldly and said, "If that's the case, General Ben doesn't mind leaving them for the winter!" ”