Zhang He was training soldiers in the barracks, and when he heard that Liu Xin was looking for him, he didn't know what was going on, so he rushed to Taishou Mansion in a hurry.

Liu Xin saw Zhang He come in, pointed to a chair beside him, and motioned for him to sit down. Zhang He sat cautiously on this strange piece of furniture, very uncomfortable.

Liu Xin smiled: "Junyi, this is called a chair, feel free, sit a few more times and you will like it." ”

Zhang He tried to sit more relaxed like Liu Xin, and felt a little better, is it just for me to learn to sit on this chair? So he asked, "I wonder what the Lord has to call the last general to come?" ”

Liu Xin said: "Jun Yi, you are from Hebei, I don't know if you have heard of any famous scribes?" There are a few of you in the river now, and you can be described as good generals, so you don't have to be afraid of any horse thieves. But in order to govern a county well and let the people live a good life, it is not enough to rely on military generals alone, but also to have a few capable civil officials. ”

Only then did Zhang He understand what Liu Xin's purpose was for coming to him, and after thinking about it, he said: "There are many celebrities in Hebei, but the last general used to be a small people, and most of them had no chance to get acquainted. There is only one Mr. Frustration, who had a relationship with the last general back then, and I heard that he is a talented person. The adult has the grace of knowing the last general, and the last general is willing to go and invite the adult on his behalf. ”

When Liu Xin heard this, I knew about this person, but I didn't expect Zhang He to know him, it would be great if he could invite him over, and immediately said: "This is very good, without further ado, please ask Jun Yi to go to ask for this official immediately, as long as Mr. Fu Zhu is willing to come to help Liu, please ask him to put forward any requirements." ”

Zhang He got the order, brought the gift, and went to Guangping County to ask for advice.

After a few days, Zhang He returned from Guangping, bringing not only Fu Zhu, but also Tian Feng. It turned out that when Zhang He came to Fu Zhi's house, it happened that Tian Feng was also there. These two people were originally county magistrates, and they had a good reputation in office, and after their term of office expired, they should have been promoted. Unexpectedly, when Liu Hong began to sell officials, the two of them have always been honest and honest, and they are shy in their pockets, not to mention paying the money for promotion, even if they can't pay the money for staying in the county order, they have to hand over their seals and return home. The two of them were originally in love with each other, but now they are sick and sympathetic, so they often correspond to each other.

Zhang He saw the frustration, gave gifts, explained his intentions, and counted many benefits of Liu Xin, saying that after he arrived in the river, he punished and eliminated evil, loved the people like a son, lived a frugal life, selected talents and talents, and praised Liu Xin as a flower. Tian Feng didn't believe it when he heard it, but he knew that Zhang He was strong in martial arts and was a hero, and the person who could make him willing to obey orders should not be too simple, so he agreed to come to Hejian with Zhang He to have a look. Tian Feng was idle left and right, so he also followed.

Of course, Liu Xin knew the names of the two of them, they were both the best strategists under Yuan Shao, but unfortunately Yuan Shao was stubborn and refused to listen to their schemes, and he was defeated by Cao Ying, and these two people also died one after another. Hearing that Fu Zhu and Tian Feng came together, Liu was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran out of the mansion in person and welcomed them in. Liu Xin knew that the literati at this time were a little foul-tempered and paid attention to etiquette, so he didn't dare to invite them to sit on chairs, but let them into the front hall, and the guests and hosts knelt in the back.

Liu Xin waited for everyone to sit down, stood up and gave a salute to Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, and said: "Liu has admired the names of the two gentlemen for a long time, and I can see it today, which is enough to comfort my life." Having two gentlemen to help is really a blessing for the people of the river! Liu thanked the two gentlemen on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people in Hejian. ”

Seeing that Liu Xin was so polite to the two of them, he had a good impression of him, but said: "Lord Liu, Brother Yuan Hao and I were just invited by Jun Yi to come and take a look, and we didn't promise anything. ”

Tian Feng looked at the young man in front of him, who was only in his early twenties, and he had already achieved a county guard, and then thought about himself, and couldn't help but say, "I don't know how much it cost Lord Liu to buy this position?" ”

Liu Xin didn't know what happened to the two of them, he always thought that they were just high-ranking people who had retreated to the mountains and forests, where did he know that they were living at home because they had no money to buy officials, and after listening to Tian Feng's questioning, he only thought that he had heard something, and then thought about it, only himself, Zhang Rang, Liu Chong and Emperor Liu Hong knew about buying officials, and no fifth person knew. Who is Liu Xin, that is the elite among thieves, reacted surprisingly quickly, and his face quickly changed to a surprised expression: "Where did you start with this sir." Liu is a relative of the Han family, how could he make a villain act of buying and selling officials. ”

Hearing that Liu Xin is still a member of the Han family, not only Frustrated and Tian Feng, but even Zhang He was quite surprised. Frustrated with relief, he said: "I see, no wonder adults can be in a high position at a young age. ”

Liu Xin looked at Tian Feng, who still seemed to be a little unconvinced, and said: "Liu was originally a descendant of the Marquis of Juchao, but my grandfather gave up the throne to his brother in order to abide by his father's wishes, and he fled abroad. Over the years, I have been living in the mountains and villages with my father, before his death my father told me to go to the nest to recognize my ancestors and return to the ancestors, the emperor remembered that my grandfather's filial piety was commendable, and pity me for the lack of life, so I was specially appointed as the river guard. ”

At that time, Liu Kai took the initiative to give up the throne, and it was rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while, Tian Feng had heard of this story, and he was in awe at the moment: "It turns out that the adult is Liu Kai's descendant, and he is disrespectful." I ask for your forgiveness for the offensive words just now. ”

Liu Xin smiled disappreciatively and said, "Those who don't know are not to blame." Although Liu has been a guard, he is sincerely afraid, and he is always in awe, but he is afraid that he will do something wrong and ruin the good name of his ancestors. It's a pity that Liu grew up in the mountains and wilderness since he was a child, and he is only a shallow learner, and he knows little about the way to govern the county, and he asked the two gentlemen to stay and help me anyway. ”

Fu Zhi glanced at Tian Feng, turned to Liu Xin and asked, "This year is a bumper harvest year, what do you think about this?" ”

Liu Xin said in his heart, this is going to interview me, remembering the short story "Three or Five Buckets Overcharged" written by Mr. Ye Shengtao, his eyes rolled and he had an idea, so he cleared his throat and said: "This question should be divided into two." On the one hand, the people take food as the sky, and a good harvest is a good thing, and the people do not have to worry about starvation, and they can eat enough. On the other hand, a bumper harvest will also attract thieves, and since the autumn harvest there have been many incidents of robbing the people's grain, and at the same time, the bumper harvest will often bring about a sharp drop in grain prices, and the people's income from selling grain will be reduced. ”

Liu Xin now knows that the so-called horse thief stealing grain is just a ghost made by Zhang Jiao, but he will not tell Fu Zhi and Tian Feng what he knows, otherwise they will definitely regard him as a demon.

After listening to Liu Xin's analysis, Tian Feng nodded secretly, thinking deeply. Tian Feng said again: "What the adults said is very reasonable, dare to ask the adults what countermeasures do they have?" ”

Liu Xin said confidently: "I have arranged two things. The first is to organize the army and the people to patrol everywhere to strictly prevent thieves from making trouble, and in the past five days, there has not been a single incident of stealing grain in Hejian County. The second is to organize the counties to purchase a large amount of grain from the people at the original price, so as to ensure that the people can increase their income while increasing their output. ”

Fu Zhu and Tian Feng are both ambitious and strategic, at this time they are in the prime of life, it is the age to do big things, and they are helpless to live at home, they are still willing to go out if they have the opportunity, otherwise they would not follow Zhang He to the river. At this time, seeing that Liu Xin was not only sincere in his words, but also dealt with the problem in an orderly manner, the two of them glanced at each other, got up together and said, "Since the adults are sincerely invited, I will wait for the adults to send me." ”

Liu Xin was overjoyed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with the help of these two people, he was really relaxed now.

Liu Xin knew that Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were both noble people, so he immediately relieved them to handle the affairs of the whole county, and sent someone to take over their families. After Li Cheng's house was raided, the big mansion was still empty and not sold, and it happened to be allocated to the two families to live. Since then, there have been Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, and Zhang He, which can be described as full of talents, and will govern Hejian County in a harmonious manner.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is October, but the horse thieves who were rampant in the northern counties have disappeared in the river. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, showing a prosperous scene, and people were praising the merits of Taishou. Ma Yun has been pregnant for more than three months, and her originally smooth lower abdomen has been slightly raised. Although she reacted very strongly during pregnancy, often vomiting with pantothenic acid, this could not hide her joy of becoming a mother.

However, Liu Xin was not happy at all, not only worried about Ma Yun's pregnancy, but also another thing that affected his heart. Because he found that since the autumn harvest, there had not been a drop of rain in the entire river, and Liu Xin thought of a terrible word - drought! You must know that this time is still the era of farming, agriculture occupies a pivotal position in the social economy, and the level of science and technology at that time determines that agriculture can only rely on the sky for food. That's why the emperor has to sacrifice to heaven and earth every spring, and pray for a year of good weather and good weather. If the drought continues into next spring, the consequences will be dire.

What's even more terrifying is why in this bumper harvest year, Zhang Jiao organized people to rob and even burn the villagers' grain. This shows that Zhang Jiao had foreseen the possibility of a major drought, and if a drought occurred, it would cause a large-scale famine, and Zhang Jiao's purpose in doing so was obviously to accelerate the occurrence of famine and to exacerbate the extent of famine.

Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but gasp, what a sinister guy! Legend has it that Zhang Jiao learned the "Taiping Technique" and has the ability to call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers. Of course, Liu Xin, who came from later generations, would not believe this, but Zhang Jiao must be a capable person, at least in terms of weather forecasting. Liu Xin did not think that he was capable of preventing the Yellow Turban Uprising, all he wanted to do was to try to protect his river from the impact of these peasant uprisings, so that he could live in peace. Regarding this matter, the best person to discuss is Ma Yun, because her knowledge is the same as herself. But Liu Xin couldn't do that, he didn't want to affect Ma Yun's emotions.

His subordinates are also full of talents now, but how can I talk to them about this? Seems a bit hard!