Chapter Ninety-Eight: Leaving Home
The results of the recruitment were similar to what Zhang Xiang expected, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were not many men in Zhuo County, and the Xiangfei Army only recruited more than 600 people this time, and the ability of the new soldiers was also uneven.
But the eyes of these Zhuoxian recruits looking at Zhang Xiang were completely different from the eyes of the recruits recruited in other places, and at that time there was a kind of trust, Zhang Xiang couldn't help but get close to them, which was a feeling that Zhang Xiang didn't have before.
This is the power of the township party! No matter what his ability is, and no matter what Zhang Xiang will do in the future, Zhang Xiang believes that these people will follow him in the end, no wonder Xiang Yu can conquer the country with 800 soldiers from Jiangdong.
Although Xiang Yu failed, but in the end, only the children of Jiangdong were by his side, and Zhang Xiang immediately gave the best resources and the best positions in the army to these new soldiers.
It's not that Zhang Xiang is biased, but these new pawns are really worthwhile, and after solving the recruitment, Zhang Xiang began to work on the matter of the county order, and Mao Wei has already entrusted the position of the county order to Fanhe.
Fanhe used to be a rough man, and he didn't know how to deal with political affairs, so he couldn't help but be in a hurry, Zhang Xiang was busy with recruitment a few days ago, so he didn't have time to help him for a while.
As soon as the recruitment was over, Zhang Xiang temporarily assigned Hang Tong to Fanhe, and it was much easier for him to do things as soon as he got started, maybe Hang Tong was not capable in the Xiangfei Army, but he was good at dealing with the affairs of a county, after all, practice makes perfect?
Hang Tong has gone through several county orders, he has seen all kinds of county orders, and he has encountered any difficult problems, these little things in Zhuo County are a piece of cake for him, and the people of Zhuo County know that Fanhe is Zhang Xiang's person.
He will not trouble Fanhe Mansion, but will be enthusiastic to help, and in other counties are county orders to control the people, but in Zhuo County, this situation is reversed, and Zhang Xiang doesn't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
However, at present, Zhang Xiang has not seen the drawbacks of this kind of thing, and the former county commander Hong Sheng also stood up to help, Zhang Xiang didn't care whether Hong Sheng was selfish or not, just from what he said to Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang trusted him very much.
Zhuoxian County quickly got on the right track, the backlog of government affairs was also resolved, and Zhang Xiang was also considering leaving, after all, Zhang Xiang's time to take office in Yanmen had been delayed again and again, and the imperial court would have to be held accountable if it dragged on.
After all, Zhang Xiang's army has been suspended, and it also has a bad impact on the locality, but before leaving, Zhang Xiang also had to inquire about the situation in Yanmen, and there was only one generation of counties between Zhuo County and Yanmen County.
Presumably, there will be people who are familiar with the situation in Yanmen in Zhuo County, and sure enough, there are indeed many people in Zhuo County who are familiar with the situation in Yanmen, and most of them are business men, who will return to Zhuo County because of injury or old age.
The situation in Yanmen County is indeed not good, even some caravans that often run merchants do not dare to enter, since the departure of Huangfu Festival, although the imperial court has sent a new county guard, but this county guard is also an incompetent person.
He didn't dare to go to Yanmen to face the Hu people at all, and it can also be said that he was just in name only, just here to gild, so the people of Yanmen County live in an unmanaged environment all year round.
In the first few years, some old officials of the Huangfu Festival still intervened a few times, but with the continuous attack of the Hu people, these people also lost their hearts, even if they wanted to defend the country and serve their lives, but they still had to fill their stomachs first!
In the past, there was the Huangfu Festival, and they could still lead it on time, and the hard days of the Huangfu Festival as soon as they left them came, these people were the old departments that Huangfu Song said when Zhang Xiang left Luoyang, so many years have passed.
Zhang Xiang didn't know how many of them would survive, and even if they did, they must all be old men now! Zhang Xiang was very happy at the time, but now that he has figured it out, it may not make any difference.
With the abandonment of these old officials, the people have become even more miserable, although they have been freed, they have lost their security, they are in charge of everything, and they have to bear all the hardships themselves.
Yanmen County can be said to have been autonomous for a long time, but it is just the name of a big man, since ancient times, the people of Yanmen have been in suffering for a long time, so it is extremely xenophobic.
Especially people who don't like the imperial court, they feel that all the suffering is brought by the imperial court, if Yanmen is not on the frontier, the people of Yanmen would have followed Zhang Jiao's yellow scarf to rebel.
These are not the most difficult, after all, Zhang Xiang has a large army to protect him, and at worst he is suppressed, but the biggest problem of the Yanmen group is that he is poor, and the poor treasury has no money at all.
In other words, Zhang Xiang has to pay out of his own pocket, Zhang Xiangyuan plans to get some money in terms of taxes, but the people of Yanmen can't even pick up the pot, how can they still have money to pay taxes!
Besides, many young people in Yanmen County have never heard of paying taxes, they pursue their own do-it-yourself food and clothing, and it is difficult to take out a penny from their pockets, which is very similar to Zhang Xiang himself.
I don't know if I don't ask, I'm shocked by this inquiry! Zhang Xiang already thought of Yanmen County very badly, but now it seems that he still underestimated the environment of Yanmen, and Zhang Xiang's future is worrying.
The bones you choose are gnawed no matter how hard they are, even if they break their front teeth, they have to swallow it in their stomachs, this corner of Yanmen County is indeed Zhang Xiang's best choice and the only choice.
If this bone was really so easy to gnaw, it would not be Zhang Xiang's turn, Zhang Xiang invited some old caravan guys who were familiar with the situation in Yanmen in order not to be black-eyed after he arrived in Yanmen.
Most of these old guys have wives and children, so Zhang Xiang simply took them all and placed them in the army, Zhang Xiang has almost understood the things in Yanmen, and it is time to leave.
The next day, the Xiangfei army set off, the people of Zhuo County were like their own children traveling far away, although Zhuo County and Yanmen County were only separated by one county, but for the people of Zhuo County, it was very far away.
They regarded this farewell as the last farewell, Zhang Xiang looked back at the city wall of Zhuo County, and suddenly got off the horse with a feeling, knelt down and shouted to the people of Zhuo County, "Folks, please allow me to lose my temper for the last time, I am leaving Zhuo County, I don't know when I will be able to come back this time, I Zhang Xiang will never forget that I am the medicine child of Zhuo County, you are all the closest relatives, please allow me to kowtow to your elders!" ”
There were a few bangs, Zhang Xiang's forehead was bloody, and he got up and left, without a trace of hesitation, Zhang Xiang only heard the crying from behind, Zhang Xiang desperately held back and didn't look back.
He was afraid that he couldn't help but be reluctant to leave the place where he grew up, there are a lot of memories of him, if it weren't for the two heroes of the late Han Dynasty in Youzhou, Zhang Xiang would not have given up here.
Zhang Xiang finally chose to leave Zhuo County, there were his family and wives in the army, Zhang Xiang wanted to live for them, Xiang Fei's army entered Dai County, but Zhang Xiang found that Zhang Fei was a little wrong.
After asking, I learned that this place was not far from the place where Wu Fei died, and Zhang Xiang didn't know how to comfort Zhang Fei, after all, Wu Fei's death was directly related to him, although Zhang Fei already had Xiao Xiao.
But Zhang Xiang knew that it was impossible for Xiao Xiao to replace Wu Xiao's position in Zhang Fei's mind, not that Xiao Xiao was bad, but that Wu Xiao grew up with Zhang Fei, which was something that Xiao Xiao would never be able to compare to.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, not far from the place where Wu Fei died, there was a horse's corpse, Zhang Fei didn't know how to identify it, so he said that it was Wu Qi, and the army had to stay for a while because of Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei buried the bones of the horse with his own hands, Zhang Xiang didn't know if Zhang Fei really recognized it, or if he wanted to find a comfort, Zhang Xiang was also up to him, Zhang Xiang knew that he was here today thanks to Zhang Fei.
It is precisely because of Zhang Fei that Zhang Xiang dared to challenge the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei cried This is the second time I have seen it in Zhang Xiang's life, and these two times are related to Zhang Xiang, Zhang Xiang knows that he has been the former Zhang Fei all his life.
So Zhang Xiang will not worry about Zhang Fei about this little thing, Zhang Fei is still Zhang Fei in that history, although he is affectionate, he will not be swayed by emotion, and he knows when to do something.
It didn't let the army delay too much, and after a while, Zhang Fei wiped away his tears and started on the road, although he hurried slowly, the army still did not reach the next county seat, so he could only camp in the field.
Fortunately, Xiang Feijun has a lot of experience in camping, otherwise it would be troublesome, Zhang Fei also felt a little guilty, after all, it was he who affected the speed of travel, Zhang Xiang went to comfort him, "Big brother, we are brothers, don't feel guilty about this little thing." ”
Zhang Fei is sometimes like a child, he will be unhappy when he encounters small things, sometimes Zhang Xiang feels that he is the eldest brother, if he is indeed the eldest brother from the previous life.
Of course, it's just Zhang Xiang who thinks so, Zhang Fei doesn't think much about it, he knows how hard it is to camp in the wild, and now it is not as good as before, in addition to the non-commissioned soldiers, there are also his father and mother.
Zhang Fei went out to fight in the field, and the scouts in the army also went out, which has become a habit of the Xiangfei army, as long as they camp in the field, the scouts will automatically go out to hunt game to improve their food.
But after a long time, the scouts came back, and they still didn't see Zhang Fei's figure, Zhang Xiang couldn't help but worry, although Zhang Fei's force was very high, but he was not afraid of 10,000, just in case?
Zhang Xiang didn't want to lose his general in this small place, so Zhang Xiang ordered all the scouts in the army to look for it, and Zhang Xiang did it secretly in order not to worry Zhang Hao and the others.
But even in secret, Zhang Hao was aware of it, Zhang Hao didn't feel the movement in the army, but Zhang Fei didn't ask for peace at night, he felt that something was wrong, Zhang Fei was a little different from Zhang Xiang, he was used to going to ask for peace every night, and Zhang Xiang had the habit of modern people so he didn't pay attention to these, of course, Zhang Hao and other family members didn't care, this is the norm in the Zhang family.