In the cold of winter, it snows in the winter of Hokkaichi County. Snowflakes are dancing in the air, like elves in the snow, dancing. Wrapped in silver, it brings a different scenery to Northland County.

In the new city of Beidi County, there was a young man standing above the city, wearing a white suede coat, looking at the lonely scenery on the northern grassland with a rather indifferent expression. This person is none other than Zhang Cheng. It has been more than half a month since I returned to Beidi County in Jizhou from Lingzhou. And in the past half a month, for Zhang Cheng, there is nothing terrible, and there is no such grievance as Zhao Hui imagined.

Sedum wrote a letter that said a lot about the changes in the recent period. First of all, he expressed his apologies and apologies for the matter of Lingzhou. Secondly, Sedum had been ordered by the imperial court to be the general of Jingnan, leading the vanguard army of 50,000 horses to attack Cangzhou. However, during this time, no troops have been dispatched. Third, after Gyeongju gained a foothold in Taiyue Mountain and defeated 50,000 soldiers and horses in Runzhou, he went south, installed Wang Hu and led 500 people in Cangzhou, recruited soldiers and horses in Cangzhou, hid between the mountains, and set up a village to protect himself. Now this chess piece has become a forest on its own, with 5,000 people. Feel free to listen to it. Finally, there was another major event that Zhang Cheng did not expect. The court issued a decree to add officials to himself. With the military and political affairs on the horse, the entire Jizhou can be regarded as its own in name.

But all this is not a good thing for Zhang Cheng. All this was done by Zhao Jingyu, and this will only increase Zhao Hui's suspicion of himself.

Yang Wenzhao, who was standing on Zhang Cheng's side, tightened his clothes, Yang Wenzhao sighed, snorted his hands, and said, "I read Sedum's letter." To be honest, this is both a good thing and a bad thing for us. The good thing is that we have a larger territory and can supply our army in a steady stream, and you must know that I have recruited 20,000 soldiers for us. That's a lot of daily consumption. The bad thing is that in this way, Zhao Hui's suspicion of us will become bigger and bigger, and one day, this suspicion will turn into resentment towards us. In this way, for us, it is a catastrophe. ”

Zhang Cheng was still looking at the sky in the north, nodding silently, and he said, "It doesn't matter. In that case, let's go with the flow. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. By the way, how is our harvest in Northland County this year? ”

"This is the first time that my lord cares about the lives of the people, so I will tell you all the income and expenditure of our Northland County. The harvest in the five counties of Northland County is very good. This is a three-tenths increase from last year's harvest. We have been in Beidi County for four years, and we have not collected a grain of grain from the people, and now the people are all worry-free and have enough food and clothing. In the past four years, we have opened more than 50 large and small stores in Fuzhou, Runzhou, Zezhou, Gyeongju, Qingzhou, Runzhou, Wuzhou, Chizhou, Cangzhou and Yanzhou, but the operation of this store is basically breaking even, with a slight surplus. In the past four years, the salaries of the government and the army have been supported by the income of our own salt merchants, wine shops, tea houses, grain stores, and leather stores in various places. In addition, the horse farm provided 30,000 horses to the imperial court, and the imperial court repaid 150,000 silver according to half of the market price of 50,000 horses. In addition, in the past two years, more and more people have come to our northern county from the south to do business, and since last year, we have begun to collect customs taxes, with taxes of tens of thousands of taels. At present, the government has 165,860 taels of silver. Yang Wenzhao knows these things well and knows them well.

"Oh? Not bad. Lord Yang is amazing, it's just a money printing machine! In the past few years, he has more than 50 shops, more than 100,000 taels of silver, and still maintains the expenses of a county. Awesome, amazing. This is only one county, so if you were given a state, wouldn't you be able to generate millions of taels of silver! Zhang Cheng didn't know that he was so rich, and he praised it sincerely.

Yang Wenzhao shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "No." I'm still overstretched with a county, and if I were given a state, I'd be exhausted by myself. Don't think about throwing another state to me, I'm not going to be fooled by you! ”

Zhang Cheng glanced at Yang Wenzhao, don't say it, after a closer look, Yang Wenzhao really has a few gray hairs on his bun now. He was silent, Zhuge Liang was called an immortal by later generations, he was the prime minister of the official residence, and the military and political were arrested, but in the end he was not exhausted to death. Look at Yang Wenzhao again, when he was about thirty years old, he had gray hair, which was inseparable from his hard work. Nuoda is a northern county, plus a new city, and the military and political are indeed enough for him to be tired. Zhang Cheng thought for a long time and said to Yang Wenzhao: "Over the years, you have worked hard for the development of Beidi County, and you have really worked hard. In the future, if you become the boss of Jizhou, you don't have to do everything yourself. All you need to do is take care of a few county guards. Besides, isn't there me? If I really take over Jizhou, then I really have to do a big job, have a good time, and then don't say that I made a mess for you. Ha ha! ”

Hearing this, Yang Wenzhao was first moved, then smiled, and said sincerely: "The adult himself will definitely do ten times better than Wen Zhao, Wen Zhao admires the ability of the adult." ”

Just as the two were talking, a young man in black walked up to the city with vigorous steps, bowed down and said, "My lord, there is news back from Wuzhou, Li Muyuan, the son of Li Weize in Wuzhou, went to Cangzhou, wanting to unite the remaining states and deal with the Zhao army together. The young man in black handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng glanced at the young man, glanced at the letter and handed it to Yang Wenzhao, and said to the young man in black: "Yao Han, it seems that you are becoming more and more aggressive now when you have been asked to form this information and intelligence organization over the years." You have heard about such a confidential matter. Well done. ”

Yao Han, who was just a small thief in Zhangjia Village back then, has now become the head of an intelligence organization, and there are tens of thousands of intelligence officers under him. Yao Han was a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang Cheng praise himself, scratched his head like a big boy next door, and said: "All this is a good plan by adults, I'm just running errands." ”

After reading the letter, Yang Wenzhao said with a worried face: "Now that Zhao Jun has changed the governor, Zhao Jingyu will be the governor of the capital. After all, Zhao Jingyu is not good at military affairs, and now he is facing the union of various states, that is, hundreds of thousands of troops, Zhao Jingyu wants to make meritorious contributions, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy. ”

"Yao Han, from today onwards, the military information about the southern states does not need to be sent back, but directly transmitted to Sedum. In addition, bring a message to Sedum and let him let go of his hands and feet and do it boldly. Zhang Cheng said to Yao Han.

"Yes. Humble obedience. Yao Han took the order.

"My lord, the person who announced the decree of the imperial court is here!" The guards came to report, and everyone hurried back.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: In ancient times, saints ruled the world, relying on virtuous ministers; General Yun Lu commanded our army to defeat Liu's army, and he made great contributions. Then he was appointed General Yunlu and Beidi County Shou Zhang Cheng as the general of Huaihua, leading the Jizhou Assassin Historical Position, in charge of the military and political affairs of Jizhou. He also ordered Er to recruit 30,000 soldiers and armor to defend himself against foreign enemies. Wang'er is the pastor of the pastor, to protect the territory and the people, so that the people's hearts are stable and the people are rich. Zhang Cheng, I miss Aiqing, I hope you will enter the palace to see you after you take over the work. Chin this! "The announcement is over.

"Thank you for your emperor's grace, long live your emperor, long live your emperor!" Zhang Cheng took everyone to thank him, and after he sent some people, the people who came said goodbye.

Yang Wenzhao, who was standing beside Zhang Cheng, said to Zhang Cheng: "My lord, this holy decree is really strange, not only for officials, but also for military power. Doesn't this legalize the 20,000 soldiers we have privately acquired? This is really a big surprise for us. ”

Random Yang Wenzhao thought of something again, and then worried: "But according to the humble position, this time Shang Shuling gave such a great grace to the adult, I am afraid that it will not be easy to explain to the metropolitan governor in the future." ”

"Since the imperial court has given us military power, let's not live up to the expectations of the imperial court. Leave him alone, get ready, and we'll take office in three days. In addition, let the generals gather at the Xincheng military camp immediately, I have a few things to order. Zhang Cheng waved his hand and ordered decisively.

New Town Barracks

Tie Zhu, Zhang Laoda, Qi Tian, Li Hao, Huang Ling, Qin Chao, and Fan Zhong gathered in the conference hall. Zhang Cheng stood in front of everyone and said to everyone: "The imperial court has just issued an order to let me lead the Jizhou assassin history, and also gave us the right to recruit 30,000 soldiers and horses. In other words, the 20,000 soldiers and horses we recruited are still legalized today. So I decided that from now on, I should hurry up and train these 20,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Zhang Cheng thought for a while and ordered: "In this way, more than 1,000 soldiers of the Beidi Division will be arranged to serve in the army and hold important positions in the army. Qin Chao led 3,000 people to form a heavy cavalry regiment; Fan Zhong led 3,000 men to form a light cavalry division; Huang Ling led 3,000 people to form a group of archers; Tie Zhu Ling and Zhang Laoda each led 3,000 people to form a light infantry division. In the formation of all divisions and regiments, it is necessary to select suitable candidates from among the army, and it is absolutely forbidden to indiscriminately fill the numbers. For example, in the heavy cavalry regiment, the soldiers must first be good at riding horses, and at the same time, they must be physically able to withstand heavy cavalry armor and be able to wield spears. The light cavalry regiment was also good at riding horses, wielding swords, and using repeating crossbows. In the archery division, everyone must be good at bows and arrows, and the more exquisite the archery, the better. ”

"In addition, let the horse farm select the best quality war horses for the light and heavy cavalry to use, let the craftsman battalion build the most sophisticated weapons, and do all our strength to equip the whole army."

Yang Wenzhao thought for a while and said: "Back then, the adults were fledgling, leading a brigade and naming the Chengzi Brigade. Now most of the entire army of Xincheng comes from the northern grasslands, born as slaves, and is composed of the most loyal people in our northern counties. So I suggest that these 30,000 troops be renamed the Chengzi Army. ”

When the generals heard this, they bowed their hands at the same time, and said in unison: "We will second!" ”