Early the next morning, that is, on the morning of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Zhang Shihua summoned Zhang Shihui, Zhao Er, Guo Yu, Li Chongsan and Niu Yong, who came to Ye Xian with him, in Ye Xian's county office. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info because he has something important to tell them.

And after these people rushed to the county government hall, Zhang Shihua sat on the main seat of the county government, and after watching them cough lightly, he said to them: "All brothers must also know that there is a large amount of coal in the Pingdingshan area more than 20 miles northwest of Ye Xian. ”

"Moreover, after checking some ancient books yesterday, Ben Jiang learned that in the south of Wuyang, there is also a large iron ore field and a well salt production area. And what these three things mean to us, I don't think I need to say more about it, you all know it. ”

Everyone in the "coal, iron, salt" lobby, including Li Chongsan, couldn't help but show a touch of joy on their faces after hearing Zhang Shihua's words. Obviously, they all know how important these three things are to them today.

Therefore, after hearing Zhang Shihua say this, even Li Chongsan, who wanted to be calm, couldn't help but say with excitement: "This is really God bless our army." And even Li Chongsan is like this, let alone others.

Especially after Zhang Shihui heard his eldest brother's words, he couldn't help but say to his eldest brother for the first time: "Big brother, this God really blesses us, without Xizhou, we have got a better place." ”

"Big brother, then what are we waiting for, let's dig coal and open a mine directly." Because of his excitement, Zhang Shihui was already a little speechless.

However, after hearing Zhang Shihui's words, he didn't wait for Zhang Shihua to say anything, but Li Chongsan took the initiative to stand up, shook his head at Zhang Shihui and said: "We only have two counties under our hands now, and the total number of people under our rule is more than 30,000, and 30,000 people are young and strong at most, which is more than 10,000 people. ”

"What the hell, these two counties add up to 30,000 people. Lao Li, you're not lying to me, you must know that the people of our Taihe alone add up to nearly 30,000 people. After hearing what Li Chongsan said, Zhang Shihui couldn't help but say this.

However, hearing Zhang Shihui's words, Li Chongsan smiled bitterly and said, "Second General, you don't know anything." This Nanyang land, a few decades ago, was the place where the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Yuan fought fiercely, when the Great Yuan attacked the Great Song Dynasty Jiancheng - Xiangyang City, Zeng Chen's army was here, so that the rich Nanyang land has become a 'white bones exposed in the wild, thousands of miles without a rooster crowing' ghost. ”

"At that time, in order to avoid the military disaster, the people of Nanyang can be said to have fled and fled, so that Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, found that when he checked the Nanyang household registration in the twenty-fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the people of Dingkou in this huge Nanyang Mansion added up to less than 5,000 people."

"The people of a place are not even as large as the population of a lower county, and you can also know how terrible the disaster of the war was that day. Although after that, the Yuan and Mongolian courts ordered that many people should be moved from all over the Jiangbei Province to increase the number of households in Nanyang. But even so, Nanyang is still a vast and sparsely populated place, and it cannot be compared with the population of places like Runing Mansion. ”

Li Chongsan's words were tantamount to pouring cold water on Zhang Shihui, who was a little overexcited, and after listening to Li Chongsan's words, the excitement on Zhang Shihui's face really disappeared completely. After all, fools know that in these years, no one has anyone in their hands, so even if you are given a treasure mountain, you can't use it.

Therefore, after listening to Li Chongsan's words, everyone in the hall couldn't help but turn their eyes to their general, wanting to hear if Zhang Shihua had any good methods.

But this time, Zhang Shihua is obviously going to disappoint them. After all, now Zhang Shihua has no infrastructure that can be used for coal mining, iron smelting, and salt mining, and everything in the two counties is completely in ruins. And now Zhang Shihua is still facing the problem of labor shortage, he is not the Monkey King, and he can't change a living person without seventy-two changes, what good can Zhang Shihua do in the face of this situation.

"It seems that we can only take one step at a time." Under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua's heart couldn't help but think like this.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but say to everyone in the hall: "Coal, iron, and salt are really godsends. There is an ancient saying: If you don't take it, you will be blamed for it. Therefore, this general has decided to recruit 500 young and strong people from each of the two cities of Yexian and Wuyang from today. ”

"These young and strong men can each get 400 yuan a month, so that they can dig coal and open mines for our army, what do you think?"

When everyone in the hall heard Zhang Shihua's words, they couldn't help but feel that this result was the best result now, so they all got up and hugged their fists and bowed: "The general is wise, and the last general (lower official) has no objections." ”

And when Zhang Shihua heard everyone's words, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. So, after that, Zhang Shihua said to Li Chongsan: "Chongsan, you are the county magistrate of Ye Xian, and the coal mining affairs and the recruitment of young people in the land of Pingdingshan will be handled by you." ”

"The subordinate obeys." When Li Chongsan heard Zhang Shihua's words, he immediately bowed his head respectfully and replied.

Seeing Li Chongsan like this, Zhang Shihua nodded, and then said to his cousin and Zhao Er: "Shihui, Zhao Er, the two of you are responsible for staying behind Ye Xian, Shihui is the main guard, Zhao Er, you are the deputy guard, and the two of you are responsible for handling Ye Xian's military affairs." ”

"The last general will obey!" After Zhang Shihui and Zhao Er heard Zhang Shihua's words, they also shouted like this for the first time.

So far, the treatment of coal, iron, salt and other materials in the Pingdingshan area can be regarded as a temporary decision for Zhang Shihua.

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At the same time, in Ruyang Fucheng, hundreds of miles away from Ye County, the incriminating evidence that Zhang Shihua asked his subordinates to give to Liu Futong was finally delivered to Ruyang Fucheng and Liu Futong after several days of long travel.

In the city of Runing Mansion, on Liu Futong's marshal's mansion, Liu Shuang, the commander of Liu Futong's personal guards, was letting people carry several large boxes in front of Liu Futong at this time. and asked in a low voice to Liu Futong, who had been a little gloomy since he knew that Li Xixi had been killed by Zhang Shihua, and asked in such a low voice:

"My lord, this is the evidence of Li Xixi's crimes, attack and kill Shangguan, and indiscriminately kill innocents sent by General Zhang Shihua and General Zhang from Wuyang, and 10,000 taels of silver from Li Xixi's army. My lord, are you looking at it or not? ”

Hearing this question from the commander of the guards, Liu Futong said that his face was still gloomy at this time, but he still nodded and said to Liu Shuang: "Bring the booklet and let me see it." ”

Hearing Liu Futong's words, Liu Shuang hurriedly agreed, and then respectfully handed the incriminating evidence booklet sent by Zhang Shihua to Liu Futong with both hands.

And after Liu Futong took the booklet with one hand, he naturally unfolded the thick booklet. However, after casually flipping through it, Liu Futong said in an angry voice: "Okay, good, good things for me to do for labor!" ”

After saying this, Liu Futong threw the booklet in his hand on the ground. And the surrounding guards couldn't help but bow their heads when they saw Liu Futong being so angry, and the provincial themselves would be affected by Liu Futong at this time.

But Liu Futong is a person who does big things after all, after venting his anger like this, Liu Futong sat down on the seat slowly, and picked up the teacup on the table, and after taking a sip of the tea in the cup, Liu Futong became the red scarf army hero with no joy and anger on his face.

"Publicize the traitor Li Xixi's matter, tell the generals, let them understand what it is like to be punished under military law, and give the soldiers a better memory. In addition, General Zhang Shihua and General Zhang made a meritorious contribution to our army this time, so he sent the silver back to the commander, which was regarded as the commander's reward to General Zhang. Liu Futong, who had calmed down again, sat there and said to Liu Shuang, a personal guard under his command.

When Liu Shuang heard Liu Futong's words, he couldn't help but show a trace of surprise on his face. "To be honest, he didn't expect his own marshal to handle this matter like this, because he knew Marshal Liu very well, he could just feel what Marshal Liu's anger was just now."

"Anyway, it definitely won't be because of Li Xixi's dead man. After all, there are more people like Li Xixi in the Red Turban Army, and even Zhang Shihua, who has the strictest governance in the Red Turban Army, has also done extortion and extortion against those high-ranking families, not to mention others. ”

"Therefore, what Marshal Liu is angry about now, it is naturally very clear." But after guessing it, Liu Shuang didn't have the courage to say these words. After all, he is just a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it is never a good thing for him to know too much in this regard.

Therefore, although Liu Shuang's face inevitably showed a touch of surprise, but after the next second, he lowered his head and said to Liu Futong with a respectful expression: "The last general will obey the order." ”

After obeying the order, Liu Shuang took the people to retreat slowly. As a general who has been with Liu Futong for more than ten years, Liu Shuang understands very well when Liu Futong wants to be alone.

And it was really the same as Liu Shuang's conjecture, when Liu Futong sat alone in this hall, Liu Futong's originally calm face couldn't help but become gloomy again, only to see him clenching the cup in his hand, squinting his eyes, and whispering word by word: "Zhang Shihua, very good!" 'The road knows the horsepower, and the people will see it for a long time. 'Ben Shuai has time to discern your loyalty. ”

After saying this, Liu Futong couldn't help but throw the teacup in his hand on the ground again.

After all, as a superior person, no one wants to be led by his subordinates, even if everything this subordinate does is reasonable.

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And for the time being, let's not talk about what Liu Futong thinks at this time, just talk about Zhang Shihua's hometown of Taihe Xiancheng. Zhang Shihua's general Zhang Mingtong, led his three hundred cavalry, and after several days of non-stop trekking, he finally arrived in Taihe Xian City.

At this time, Taihe Xian City can be said to be the most stable city under the rule of the Red Turban Army. Under the governance of Zhang Shihua's father, Zhang Liewu, the ghostly spirits with different minds in Taihe Xian had no chance to show their heads at all.

At present, the Zhang family is definitely covering the sky with one hand in Taihe Xian. However, Zhang Liewu didn't care much about this. Because he found that when his only son Zhang Shihua spread his wings and soared like an eagle, all the ambitions of his youth had long since dissipated cleanly.

Although he is only forty-five years old now, in the next life, it can be regarded as the prime period when a man is the most vigorous. However, this is not the future after all, in today's world, where the average life expectancy is less than fifty years old, Zhang Liewu is indeed an old man.

Yes, it's an old man. At least that's what Zhang Liewu thinks now. The current Zhang Liewu has long lost the so-called ambition of his youth, and now he only thinks that their Zhang family can have a full house of children and grandchildren, and thinks that he Zhang Liewu can tease his grandson and enjoy the joy of his own family.

Seriously, Zhang Liewu felt that God was actually quite good to him, not to mention giving him a happy family, but also giving him a good son. Although he said that he had a very unproductive life in this life, he only knew that he was dedicated to guarding the family business in front of him, not to mention, and he had worked for those officials and men who nodded and nodded all his life. But, what can this be, who let him Zhang Liewu give birth to a good son that no one else can give birth to.

For this alone, Zhang Liewu felt that his life was worth it, even if he died in the future and went to the underworld, it would be regarded as having the face to meet his ancestors and ancestors. After all, who made Zhang Liewusheng's seed better than others.

As soon as he thought of it, the old Zhang Liewu was lying on the chair alone, and he couldn't help but smirk. And Zhang Shihua's mother-in-law, Aunt Xue, couldn't help but roll her eyes a little speechlessly when she saw her husband like this.

Now, Aunt Xue is too lazy to ask her husband why she is smiling, anyway, as long as she has nothing to do, her husband will always giggle like this.

However, what is a little different today is that after her husband smirked, he sighed with a sad face. Seeing this, Aunt Xue couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's wrong with the master, what do you want?" ”

Hearing his wife ask like this, Zhang Liewu couldn't help but sigh and said, "Who else can you think about, think about Bochang's stinky boy." Although this kid has now become tens of thousands of households in Nanyang Mansion, the uprising is a point of no return after all, and I don't know what happened to Bochang. ”

"Hey, think about it carefully, I'm really sorry for Bochang's child, as a father, not only can't help his children, but even needs his children to take risks to work outside, sometimes I'm really useless."