Chapter Twenty-Nine: Shooting the Sun
After going through a series of tasks such as submitting documents and verifying identity, Jiang Hong finally came to his mansion, not big, but not bad, after all, he is the third-in-command of a county, controlling the military security of a county, don't think that a county is very small and weak, and most of the counties in some remote places in Runan and Nanyang are more than enough.
At the reception banquet held for himself, Jiang Hong met his main colleagues, Cheng Feng, the order of a county, Jiang Hong's face, about fifty years old, quite kind, and always gave people a very kind feeling when he smiled, all in all, he felt that Jiang Hong was a pretty good old man.
Zhou Wen, the county Cheng, the second-in-command of Sheyang County, looks quite young, no more than thirty at most, but he can't see anything on his face, and he doesn't know what he is like. This old and young can be regarded as controlling most of the rights of Sheyang, and now they have to add one of themselves.
As for the other colleagues, I won't repeat them one by one, on the wine table, everyone is happy and laughing on the surface, but underneath, I don't know what is in mind, or guarded, or not caring, or what is careful.
According to Jiang Hong's memory of half a bucket of water, there are still a few years for the princes of the Eighteen Roads to crusade against the princes during this time, and he doesn't remember the specific years, but Jiang Hong does not intend to waste these few years, he has no prestige, no talent, and no power support, the only thing he can rely on is his own foresight, if you want to take advantage of the chaos to rise, these few years are the golden time for Jiang Hong's development.
On the way here, Jiang Hong has already made a plan, taking advantage of the past few years, the county is in charge of the county, and the power of a county is alone, Guangling is not a too rich place, but because it is located on the edge of the Central Plains, it was less damaged by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, if it takes advantage of the past few years to develop well, it can also make a big difference, and when the time comes, with the power of a county, it should still be feasible to feed one or two thousand troops.
Then try to get in touch with Tao Qian, follow Tao Qian to the Tiger Prison Pass to crusade against Dong Zhuo, let Chen Zhi show his face with himself, and strive to make his reputation, and then, isn't the yellow scarf in Qingzhou going to make trouble, Jiang Hong still remembers that Tao Qian invited Liu Bei to be a reinforcement, and he can show his skills in this, and if he doesn't have a good relationship with Taishi Cilala, he will be in charge of a county at that time, so that he has the initial capital to dominate the world.
The general strategy is like this, in short, it is to gain a firm foothold in Sheyang first, and then strive to take Guangling as a base, Jiang Hong is still very satisfied with his plan, but there are unforeseen wind and rain, and the implementation of this plan can be somewhat the same as Jiang Hong's expectations.
What's more, it is easy to say that the order of a county is set aside, but it is another matter to implement it, at least it is still an idea for now, and Jiang Hong has not thought of a specific method. However, the current thing is to firmly grasp the military power of this shooting sun, and the gun is out of power, which is the foundation of Jiang Hong's life.
Sheyang is located in the northwest of Guangling, a branch of the river and Huaishui all flow to Sheyang, but when they are about to arrive at Sheyang, they turn into a swamp, that is to say, the west of Sheyang is actually a large swamp land, the area is huge, that is, people in later generations often say, wetland.
In ancient times, there was a topic that could never be avoided, bandits, plus a large swamp outside Sheyang City, which provided a hiding place for bandits. Therefore, the security around Sheyang has not been very good, but the bandits do not have the courage to attack the county seat, but there are still hundreds of officers and soldiers in the county seat. So at most, it was just an ambush for passing merchants and a raid on the villages around Sheyang.
During this period, the previous Sheyang County Commanders also organized anti-bandit operations, but they all failed, for many reasons, such as unfamiliar terrain, internal responses, and so on. Over time, the bandits outside Sheyang City became a big problem, and when Cheng Feng took office, he did not manage Sheyang, but intensified his efforts to make oil and water, so that the garrison of Sheyang was weakening day by day, and the original 1,200 officers and soldiers, when Jiang Hong checked, only 600 old, weak, sick and disabled remained, and the rest were all paid by Cheng Feng and the former county lieutenant.
When Jiang Hong first came to shoot the sun, he understood that he was not a river dragon, and he had a conflict with this local snake that had been rooted in the local area for a long time, and he must have suffered the loss, but he was also an official appointed by the imperial court, and no matter how he was, he had to let Cheng Feng spit out.
The establishment of 1,200 people, the empty salary of 600 people, Cheng Feng also knew that it was impossible for one person to eat, and after his subordinates informed his new county lieutenant that he went to the city barracks to verify the number of people, and then took people straight to his own house, as a human spirit, how could it be impossible to know what Jiang Hong was talking about when he came to the house.
Hearing that this new county lieutenant got up during the suppression of the Yellow Turban, a rough man, with twenty or thirty brothers to Sheyang to take office, Cheng Feng was full of contempt for him, believing that as long as he shared a little oil and water with this county lieutenant, and the interests were evenly distributed, this county lieutenant would follow him like a dog, and these big-headed soldiers who had never seen the world had better be dismissed.
"The county lieutenant, please come in." Seeing Jiang Hong arrive with Chen, Cheng Feng greeted him with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare, please ask the county magistrate to invite first." Jiang Hong pretended to be frightened, and the two of them were polite again before entering the room.
Cheng Feng, who was the first to walk in, felt a little proud in his heart, it seems that this new county lieutenant still knows some rules, at least he knows what it means to be respectful and humble, and when the time comes, he can also share him more, for obedient people, Cheng Feng doesn't mind having more rewards.
"I don't know what happened to the county lieutenant?" Cheng Feng asked knowingly with a smile.
"This, I checked the file of Sheyang before going down, according to the law, Sheyang removed the militia, pavilion guards, etc., there should be 1,200 officers and soldiers in the city, but I went to the military camp in the city just now to inspect it, there are only more than 600 people, this, a little too much." Jiang Hong pretended to hesitate.
"Haha." Cheng Feng laughed twice, "Lord Jiang doesn't have to care, the law and order in this county has always been good, there is no need for too many soldiers, and keeping too many people is just empty food, so the county order has taken matters into its own hands and reduced some troops, and it is not easy for this official to rule the country with the Holy Lord, so he will store this excess money and grain in the treasury, and when there are natural and man-made disasters, he will take it out to rescue the people, so that there is no need to allocate money and food from above, isn't it beautiful?" ”
Fuck, are you so shameless, and the law and order is good, and the bandits who tried to rob me when I came here are all good citizens? Save it up and wait for natural disasters and man-made disasters before taking it out, Lao Tzu is sure that there is some disaster, and you must be more diligent than anyone else when you ask for money and food from above. Jiang Hong thought so in his heart, but said that he couldn't say so.
"This... Adult Shengming. Jiang Hong, who didn't know what to say for a long time, held back these words.
"Haha, the old man is a few years older, it's good to call you a good nephew." Cheng Feng saw that the atmosphere fell silent, and said suddenly.
"I can't ask for it." Jiang Hong immediately clenched his fists and said.
The atmosphere was silent again, a little embarrassed, Cheng Feng saw that he was going on like this, and said around the corner with this big-headed soldier, maybe how long he would have to say, simply, put it on the surface.
"Virtuous nephew, the old man doesn't go around in circles with you anymore, this extra money and grain, it is really helpless to hand over the old man to keep it alone, now that the virtuous nephew has just taken office, the official is also willing to hand over part of the food and salary to the virtuous nephew for safekeeping, I don't know what the virtuous nephew wants?"