Chapter 55: Zhou Tai returns
"This village is uninhabitable! If you don't mind, you can go back to the city with me to live, and I will arrange for someone to provide you with a house and supplies for a few months, and in addition, I will give you a field so that you can start a new life, what do you think? Lu An said unhurriedly. A very proper resettlement has been made for these people whose families are ruined.
"Thank you, Lord Taishou!"
"Long live Taishou-sama!"
These people probably never dreamed that Lu An would give them such a good living conditions, send houses and supplies, and also divide the fields, this time, but there are some mixed sorrows and joys, on the one hand, they feel sad for the death of their relatives, on the other hand, they feel a burst of joy that they can get the land, of course, among them, there are some people who are still numb, they have lost all their relatives and friends, and they are afraid that they will only be left with pain when they live. "Jiang Qin, you can help bury these villagers! After that, I will arrange these remaining folks and do what I said before! Lu An couldn't bear to watch this kind of human tragedy all the time, and told Jiang Qin to deal with these things, and he stepped aside.
"The lord is far-sighted, Jia is an eye-opener, the lord's righteous deeds today, I am afraid that it will spread all over Wuling in a few days, and the hearts of the people can be completely collected when it is played!" Guo Jia next to him walked up to him, and said with admiration in his tone. In his opinion, Lu An's performance just now was simply flawless, first he bowed to the victims to show his sense of responsibility, and then provided good living conditions for these victims, showing that he was benevolent, these two points completely reflected a perfect image of benevolence, and when these people moved to live in the city, the good name would be spread through these villagers who were affected by the disaster, so that it was only a matter of time before the people of Wuling County completely returned to their hearts.
"Did Bong Hyo think I was just acting for others on the spot?" Lu An raised his head, looked at the green green mountain in front of him, and asked softly.
"Hehe, no matter what, after today, the foundation of the lord's hegemony in Wuling will be completely unshakable!" Guo Jia smiled faintly, it doesn't matter what the process is, the important thing is that the result is perfect.
"You say, how about I go and destroy that demon cave later?" Lu An didn't continue, but asked.
"Jiafeng advises the lord not to act rashly for the time being!" Guo Jia also restrained his expression and said with a straight face.
"Why?" Lu An turned around, looked into Guo Jia's eyes and asked, "You should know that I have just promised these villagers that I will eradicate these monsters as soon as possible, I can't talk without words!" ”
Stared at by Lu An's calm gaze, Guo Jia's expression still did not change, but he said lightly: "These monsters naturally want to be eradicated, but with less than 20,000 troops under the command of the lord, I am afraid that even if these monsters are eradicated, they will be greatly injured, and the lord should not forget that there are still a large number of Wuxi barbarians near this Wuling County!" In any case, it would be extremely unwise to expose oneself to these aliens by causing a great loss of vitality. ”
"You think these monsters are tricky?" Lu An's brows furrowed, and his tone was full of suspicion.
"Huh! To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the lord's reputation for bravery was all over the world, and he could make the soldiers serve his life, Jia would not have thought that with these forces would have any chance of winning. Guo Jia chuckled lightly and said, "There was once a demon beast army of about 1,000 near Luoyang Hedong, does the lord know how many troops the imperial court spent to pacify it at that time?" ”
"Thirty thousand!"
After Guo Jia finished speaking, he didn't wait for Lu An to answer, and took the initiative to speak: "The lord at that time was the first general of the imperial court, Huangfu Song, and the army he led was the most elite tiger army in the entire Han Dynasty. ”
"It seems that these monsters are more powerful than I imagined!" When Lu An heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper, it seemed that in the short term, it would be impossible to send troops to level the demon cave.
"Not really, hasn't the lord been recruiting? Jia thinks that when the lord has 30,000 armor soldiers under his command, he can give it a try, maybe with the power of the lord, he can destroy the demon cave with his own minimal loss, after all, Huangfu Song is just Huangfu Song, and there is no comparison with the lord! Guo Jia suddenly smiled, and encouraged.
"Hehe, you have some confidence in me, okay, I'll listen to you, and when our Wuling elite soldiers reach 30,000, we will send troops to completely level this demon cave!" Lu An laughed and patted him on the shoulder. Guo Jia is right, Huangfu Song is certainly the first of the three famous generals in the late Han Dynasty, but he is Lu Xuantong, who is both civil and military, which is enough to throw him off several streets.
Following Guo Jia's suggestion, Lu An gave up the plan to destroy the demon cave immediately, but returned to the city to step up the recruitment of troops, his disposal and bowing to those disaster victims, after a period of fermentation, was also spread by these disaster victims, for a while, Lu An's reputation among the ordinary people of Wuling County has reached a peak, and the people's hearts on the system panel are also growing every day, which is developing in a better direction every day.
At this time, Zhou Tai, who went out to sell salt, finally returned from the boat and brought back several boatloads of money and grain, which made Lu An overjoyed, and hurriedly gathered all his civil and military forces and started his first council.
"This time, Youping should be the first to remember! Come, let's toast him together! "Saying that it is the council, in fact, it is just to call a limited number of people under his command to sit together to drink and chat, which is not very formal, in the banquet, Lu An, as the leader, first took the wine glass, which can be regarded as a condolence for Zhou Tai's hard work during this period of time.
"Thank you, my lord!" Zhou Tai was obviously very satisfied with these Lu An's newly brewed distilled spirits, so he didn't say anything, and smacked his lips with aftertaste.
"My lord, this wine is good, Jia can't do without it now!" Guo Jia took the wine glass and looked at the pure wine inside, and sighed a little. After drinking this distilled spirit, where will you be interested in other liquors?
"Hehe, let's drink these things ourselves, it's enough, but when the time comes, if we put it outside to sell, we will have to start with at least ten taels of silver ingots!" Lu An smiled slightly, whether it is modern or ancient, wine is indispensable, and I believe that my distilled liquor should be able to bring profits that are not inferior to green salt!
"Speaking of money, General Zhou brought back a lot this time, and it can finally relieve the financial pressure in our county!" Sun Shao said with a happy face. As the only internal recruitment officer under Lu An, God knows how much pressure he has undergone, especially since Lu An has been developing at a rapid pace recently, recruiting troops and relocating displaced people from outside is simply spending money, and if Zhou Tai doesn't come back, he will almost be unable to support it.
"Not only that, I'm afraid the lord is also waiting for General Zhou Tai to return as soon as possible, so that he can start his tuntian system!" The corners of Guo Jia's mouth showed a slight chuckle.
"Hehe, indeed, since there is money and food at this time, it is time for the Tuntian system to be activated!" Lu An bowed his head lightly and said to Sun Shao: "Sun Shao, this matter has to be handed over to you, and an announcement is issued in the name of the government, saying that there is now more than official land in Wuling County, and the seeds are specially rented for the people to sow seeds, and those who have planted for ten years will never take back the land, and it will be state-owned until it dies!" In addition, some people were sent to the homes of the rich to buy the land at 1.5 times the market price. ”
Only with money can he do things, and now that he has a foundation for funds, he can finally take a slightly bigger step.
"Subordinates obey!" Sun Shao gave up, and he also knew about Lu An's tuntian system, so he naturally wouldn't be particularly surprised.
"Hmmm! In addition, this time, the responsibilities of Youping and Gongyi will be exchanged with each other! You can't always let Youping go out alone! Lu An thought for a moment and spoke. After that, he sighed slightly: "After all, there is a shortage of talents, and I really can't find a few trusted people under my hands, otherwise our pace of development can be accelerated!" ”
"By the way, Feng Xiao, have you got the academy that you started to handle?" Lu An thought of what he had told Guo Jia last time, and hurriedly asked.
"It's already in progress, but there is a lack of famous teachers, and the progress is slow! It is very difficult to enter the academy to plug the talent gap! Guo Jia sighed slightly.
"Let's get one! Better than nothing! Lu An can only comfort himself in this way, what he lacks is not only high-level talents with attribute templates, but even the middle and lower-level officials He also has a lot of needs, because many officials in Wuling County are from families, and Lu An will have to go to the opposite side of the family in the future, if all the officials under him are children of the family, I am afraid that he will not be able to control the situation in the future, so from the beginning, he needs to take precautions.
"If the lord doesn't care about some details, Jia has a way to get a lot of talents for the lord!" Guo Jia saw Lu Anxin's trouble, thought for a moment, and spoke.
"Oh? What's the solution? Tell me about it! When Lu An heard this, he immediately became interested and asked.
"The lord can issue a recruitment order to the whole world, regardless of background, status, age, morality, as long as he is talented, he will be entrusted with reuse! In this way, many heroes in the world will come to take refuge! Guo Jia spoke slowly.
"No, no! It is excellent not to ask about the background, but it is absolutely impossible not to ask about virtue, it must be a great evil to have talent without virtue, and the violent Qin acted like this, reusing Li Si and other talented and non-virtuous people, and the second died, and the Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and there were four hundred years of the country, it can be seen that the character is still in front of the talent, how can you only ask and learn like this! Hearing what Guo Jia said, before Lu An could speak, Sun Shao over there hurriedly shook his head and objected.