In order not to miss Zhang Zhao this time, Tao Ying had already arranged for the second brother to bring Zhang Zhao when he went to rob Zhenrong. He didn't know much about Yan Ji, but it was recorded in history that Yan Jian was a civil official of Eastern Wu and was very capable.

Chen Deng tried his best to recommend it, Tao Ying thought about it and said, "Okay, since it is the person recommended by Yuanlong, I must be relieved." If he makes a political achievement, then I will reuse him, and after you leave, let him temporarily take your place! ”

Chen Deng just said goodbye and left, after Chen Deng left, Tao Ying asked Yan Jian to come again, Yan Jian was serving as a petty official in Pengcheng at the moment, and he hurriedly came to meet him when he heard that his son had summoned him.

In the courtyard, Tao Ying was still thinking about how to use soldiers, and now as soon as Chen Deng, who was talking nonsense, was sent away, his surroundings were immediately quiet. Later, I will go to Li Dian to ask for soldiers, so that no one will stop me, how good. Tao Ying suddenly felt that sometimes people can't be too stubborn, they have to learn to be flexible!

Half a pillar of incense, Yan Jian rushed from the city, and when he arrived at Tao Ying's house, he didn't have time to wipe the soil before he entered the courtyard to meet Tao Ying.

In the council hall, the county commanders have basically left, only Tao Ying is still pacing, he is waiting for someone, he has sent someone to the prison to release him.

He had already gone to see Yu Ban in prison last night, and there was no way to let him out now, but Yu Ban ate well and lived well in prison, but he didn't complain too much, not to mention that Tao Ying came to see him in person in his busy schedule, which he was already very excited.

Hearing the hurried footsteps outside, Tao Ying hurriedly went out to greet him, thinking that Yu Ban had come, but he didn't want to come to a middle-aged man.

The man was dressed in a plain robe, with a few patches on his body, and when he saw Tao Ying who came out to greet him, the man knelt on the ground with a puff and bowed: "Meet the Prime Minister!" ”

Tao Ying saw that his face was dusty, and he was also wearing patched clothes, he was a little surprised in his heart, he heard a soldier next to him say that Yan Jian was not a poor person, why was he dressed like this today?

Tao Ying pointed to Yan Zhen's clothes and asked, "Why are your clothes so shabby?" There are many patches among the people, that's because you are poor, and you are also a rich family, why are you dressed up like this? ”

Yan Ji's face was a little embarrassed, he looked at the patch on his body and said: "Lord Guoguo, although the little one is small and rich, but I heard that the Minister of State wants to build a homeland, so he has donated all his family property." ”

Donated family property? Tao Ying was a little surprised, he didn't set up any money to donate at all! Although he had the intention of setting up a charity like the Red Cross, the scandal of the Red Cross later made the people scoff, so Tao Ying thought about it and forgot it. Except for forcing the slightly wealthier families to donate their surplus food, he didn't force others to donate money!

is to donate grain and grass, Tao Ying also made an IOU, and after the next year, he will definitely pay them back with principal and interest! Because this is also something they earned themselves, not picked up.

Yan Jian saw that Tao Ying didn't know, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Li Dian has set up a donation office outside the south gate, I heard that it was Miss Gan who did it!" ”

After Yan Jian finished speaking, Tao Ying was even more surprised in his heart, why didn't he know about it? Now Miss Gan is not married to herself, so Tao Ying gave the Gan family the annex in the city, and he moved to live outside the city.

Tao said to Yan Zhen: "Chen Deng wants to lead the troops to Guangling, it will take more than a month, and when he leaves, he recommends you as Pengcheng Juncheng, are you willing!" ”

Yan Jian said again: "I'm shallow in learning, I'm afraid I won't be competent!" ”

Tao Ying nodded, he wanted to go into the city to see what kind of famous thing Miss Gan was doing, so he pointed to the other courtyard while walking outside the courtyard and said: "Okay, I have something to do in the city, from today onwards you will work here for the time being, the big seal is in the house, you can decide what to do, don't come to me, don't pass by!" ”

After Tao Ying finished speaking, he went to the side door, Yan Jian was stunned for a long time, an official came to the door, who was responsible for counting the daily damage personnel, Yan Jian sighed, and hurriedly welcomed the little official into the house.

Tao Ying knew that the ancients were ink, obviously they could, but they had to be humble for a long time, Tao Ying was so busy now, where did he have time to be modest with them?

It took nearly half an hour to ride a horse to reach Pengcheng from the farm outside the city, and Tao Ying got into a carriage and traveled all the way for nearly an hour before arriving at the south gate. It was time to eat outside the south gate, and when he came to the south gate again this time, Tao Ying suddenly found that there were more and more people stationed outside the south gate, and among those queuing up, even the children walked to the queue with their rice bowls.

Tao Ying got out of the carriage and saw nearly 1,000 men, women, and children gathered in an open space, all of them holding various tools in their hands, and children also joined the labor army.

Tao Ying leaned over and squeezed through the crowd only to find that they were all making bows and crossbows!

The old men, they can't carry huge pieces of wood to build palaces like young people, and they can't carry stones like young people.

They don't even know how to build walls, but there is a family that has fled and made bows and crossbows in Guangling for generations! Crossbow arrows and other weapons are all produced by the government, they were originally made in the government, and they escaped after killing the government.

Seeing that there was a lot of discarded wood on the ground, which was not needed in the palace, they began to gather together to make bows and arrows. They were joined by many blacksmiths, and the discarded iron was melted back into the furnace and turned into arrows.

And those women and children are responsible for making the feathers of the arrow tail, seeing this kind of scene, Tao Ying's heart suddenly warmed, who gave the order?

Just when Tao Ying was a little puzzled, someone next to him had already loaded the prepared arrows into a large box, and the officers and soldiers carried them behind the carriage, which headed towards the north of the city, where the weapons were stored.

Seeing Tao Ying from afar, someone had already gone to tell Li Dian, who was in charge of taking care of the city, and Li Dian rode his horse to this side like a gust of wind.

After seeing Tao Ying, Li Dian hurriedly jumped down from his horse to salute Tao Ying. Tao Ying pointed to the people in front of him and asked: "Li Dian, haven't I already explained that the people from Guangling will be resettled in the newly cultivated place?" ”

Li Dian knelt on the ground and hurriedly replied: "Yes, my lord, every time a piece of land is cultivated, a group of people will be settled. But the amount of land cleared could not keep up with the people who migrated. They flocked to Pengcheng in large numbers, and there was really nothing they could do, and Lord Chen was afraid that they would starve to death, so he asked them what they would do, and they said they could make iron, and some said they could make bows and arrows, so Lord Chen asked them to make bows and arrows or other things out of discarded wood, and then gave them something to eat. ”

"Lord Chen, Lord Chen, didn't Lord Chen say that there is no food? How can we still distribute food to the people without food? ”