The time gradually came to the third year of Zhongping, that is, in 186 AD, and there were still 4 years before the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusade against Dong Zhuo, but Jiang Hong said that he must have known about it, but the specific time, sorry forgot, or never remembered it. Jiang Hong was very painful, just like traveling back in time and knowing a set of lottery numbers, but forgetting that this was the first lottery ticket.

In addition, Wang Xiu is very capable, really capable, she can take care of the county lieutenant comfortably at a young age, if she is not very old, Jiang Hong plans to let her be the housekeeper of his house.

That's right, as a maidservant, Wang Xiu has done everything beautifully except for warming the bed, although there is no such thing as molesting young girls in this era, but Jiang Hong still feels a little too much, even if Wang Xiu will reach the age of being able to marry in two years, Jiang Hong is still very resistant in his heart.

The days are very peaceful, except that the military camp outside the city has to go out every once in a while to suppress bandits and patrol, there is no difference between Sheyang and Sheyang in the past. In the past six months, Jiang Hong gradually filled up 800 troops, with Chen Dao, Huang Yuan as the auxiliary, and 30 veterans as the backbone, and Jiang Hong firmly held these soldiers in his hands.

There are also many people from other forces in the army, some of them are in the dark, and some of them are openly and honestly inserted, in fact, Jiang Hong can control only more than 600 people, the Zhou family, the largest clan in Sheyang, with a lot of money, and after knowing that Jiang Hong was collecting books everywhere, he presented a copy of "Wei Yuzi", and inserted Zhou Wu, the younger brother of Zhou Wen, the county leader, into the army, and mastered more than 100 people, but most of them were officers and soldiers patrolling public security in the city.

How could Jiang Hong hand over the soldiers he had worked so hard to bring out to an outsider, but the Zhou family didn't care, all they cared about was to build a bridge with Jiang Hong, form a network of interests with each other, and take care of each other. However, they didn't seem to have made it clear to Zhou Wu, a stunned man, that they wanted to grab power in the first month of coming, and they were beaten by Chen Zhi and lay on the bed for 3 days.

Since then, Zhou Wu has become honest, but secretly he is trying to win over the soldiers, not to mention, relying on his identity as the second son of the Zhou family, plus a little favor and small favor, he was really pulled over by a lot of soldiers, there are about 20 people, Jiang Hong has nothing to do for a while, he can only blame himself for being greedy at the time, and let a mouse in, so he has to try to be careful and win people's hearts.

Chen Zhi, Huang Yuan is naturally Zhou Wu's key target, both of them have been privately invited by Zhou Wu, Chen Zhi is very unhappy with this person who is not good on the surface, and secretly robs his own soldiers, so he directly refused, Huang Yuan accepted the invitation on the surface, and set out a lot of useful things during the banquet, and when he came back, he told Jiang Hong everything, and even handed over all the property that Zhou Wen gave him.

Jiang Hong was a little surprised by Huang Yuan's loyalty, but after thinking about it, he wanted to climb up, glorify his ancestors, Zhou Wuke couldn't give him what he wanted, and he would be a little follower in his life. Jiang Hong smiled, asked Huang Yuan to take these belongings back, and said that he had always trusted him, just let him do his own thing with peace of mind.

As for the 30 old soldiers, Zhou Wuda, who was born in a family, looked down on these guys in his heart, and he didn't know that these old soldiers were the foundation of Jiang Hong's foothold, and he didn't try to win them over, otherwise Jiang Hong might not be able to guarantee that these soldiers were still loyal to him, but it was not a way to go on like this, Jiang Hong had a plan in his heart, but he had been waiting for the time to come.

In the spring of 186, in the city of Luoyang, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was extremely happy, this year, he pacified the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which will undoubtedly write on his emperor's resume "a stroke of thick ink", the world returned to the Han Dynasty, after the big break, when the Great Li, by countless people that the time of the Han Dynasty is coming, by the hundred officials, especially the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, who is very happy, ordered an amnesty to the world, and celebrates with the whole world.

And Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the repair of the South Palace that was destroyed in the fire in the previous year, Chong Chong Xi, first made the hook shield order Song Dian to repair the Yuhua Hall of the South Palace, and made the court order Bi Lan to recast the four bronze people, four yellow bells, the bronze people are listed outside the Nangong Canglong and Xuanwu Que, and the yellow bell hangs in front of the Yuntai and Yuhua Palace. In addition, the Tianlu (the legendary beast name) and the shrimp toad are cast to swallow the water, and the water is turned into the palace, and it is used as a rollover, a thirsty bird, and it is used to sprinkle and sweep the road, which is extremely exquisite, and the annual money is forcibly looted from all over the country.

But these are not Jiang Hong's turn to care, what Jiang Hong has to do now is to find a way to suppress the water bandits in the big swamp west of Sheyang, because the source of Zhongdu Water is in this swamp, so this swamp has a very ugly name, Zhongduze.

This gang of water bandits has not been wiped out after several generations of county orders, plus looting everywhere, especially the caravan of the big family, is their key care, robbing the goods, and asking for another ransom, it must be very fat.

It's just that in the past few years, it is impossible for those big families not to have a long memory, and most of the caravans passing through here have a large number of guards, which has led to the continuous decline in the performance of the bandits, and they have also lost a lot of manpower, which is basically the situation, Jiang Hong listened to the reports of his subordinates.

Hmm~~~, Jiang Hong touched his chin with a little scum, it is definitely not possible to be tough and rigid in the front, you have to use your brain, the best way is to find a leading party, quietly enter the village, don't shoot a gun, and then end it in a pot, it's just a bit too idealistic, there must have been people who led the way when the previous county commanders suppressed bandits, it's not the same as not taking it down.

Teaed a slightly bitter tea, thirty-six strategies, the most commonly used is nothing more than the anti-intermittent strategy, adjusting the tiger from the mountain, Li Tao Dai stiff, etc., there are so many routines, in essence, they are almost the same, but in the hands of so many people in ancient and modern times have played different tricks, what I have to do is to be a pious taker, and it is enough to modify it slightly.

However, this matter is very important, and he does not have so much power as a county lieutenant to decide this matter alone, so Jiang Hong brought people from the inner circle of Sheyang power to discuss it, saying that he wanted to exterminate the water bandits outside the city.

The Zhou family, represented by Zhou Wen, raised 10,000 hands to express their willingness to support, the gang of water bandits robbed them of a lot of goods, but the previous county lieutenants were too wasteful, and they couldn't suppress the bandits several times, but this time it was the young and promising Jiang Hong who took the initiative to express his willingness to suppress the bandits, and the Zhou family was 10,000 willing.

Cheng Feng was a little hesitant, in case the bandits were not suppressed, and many people would be injured on his side, these expensive pensions would kill him, but he couldn't stand the Zhou family's strength in the sun, so he had to reluctantly agree.

However, this matter will be decided so simply, Jiang Hong spreads his hands, asks for money with his left hand and food with his right hand, but people don't have to give it, and he can't look down on it. Zhou Wen saw that this Jiang Hong was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and before the battle started, he knew that he was asking for something, but it was suspicious that Jiang Hong would ask for nothing at all.

It wasn't until late at night that this war of words ended, Jiang Hong walked out of the county government satisfied, and Zhou Wen couldn't see joy and sorrow on his face, but Cheng Feng's face was painful, and it was estimated that the money and food extorted by Jiang Hong on this trip were enough for Cheng Feng's heartache for a while.