Fooled!

This is the only reaction in Cai Mao's mind only half a month after he took office. Now he is in Yuzhang City, and the Taishou of Wu County, Danyang, Huiji and other counties he appointed have just been bombarded back by the local garrison without exception. The reason is also very sufficient: when I said that these places were in charge of Uncle Liu Huang, I wouldn't bother you with your old heart. At present, Cai Mao, the Yangzhou pastor, really occupies the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling.

Send someone to Shouchun to negotiate with Liu Bei, who took out the original letter of alliance as a guide, and let you say a thousand words, but you just refused to give the land. went to Jingzhou to appeal to Liu Biao, but the latter refused to speak for him on the grounds that it was inconvenient for Jingzhou Mu to meddle in Yangzhou's affairs. Send troops to fight over? Cai Mao knew that he had the foundation of his subordinates, and it was estimated that he could only send it to Zhao Feng and others for military training. At the moment, it seemed that he could only nest in these two counties, and Cai Mao was indignant in his heart, until he received a secret letter from Kuai Yue, and he settled down a little.

Not to mention that Cai Mao was aggrieved, but Zhao Feng and the others were not idle at this time. There is no other reason, this Jiangdong that has just been beaten down needs to be consolidated. When Zhao Feng and Guan Yu marched into Yuzhou, except for Qian County, which was fought down with great difficulty, the rest were basically determined by transmission. But at present, the Jiangdong counties, except for the remote Nanhai and Cangwu, and the Lujiang River have not experienced much war, the rest of Danyang and Wu counties have suffered major wars, and Huiji has suffered serious damage in two battles. Moreover, even if it is Jiangdong, which is unscathed, there are many problems in Zhao Feng's opinion. One of the biggest problems is that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the combined population of Huiji and Nanhai County in the south is only more than 300,000, but the area is more than Qingzhou + Xuzhou. As a result, although the land is fertile, its value is not fully utilized. The other is the soldiers, after the war, although some Jiangdong troops have also been recruited. But in addition to the local guards and replenishing the losses of Xuzhou, there were less than 50,000 people left. Zhao Feng felt as if he had returned to the time when he first arrived in Xuzhou, or when he helped Guan Yu consolidate Yuzhou, and at that time there were all kinds of wastes to be lifted. In the end, Sun Fu, who is a local, told Zhao Feng that the wheat will be harvested in a few months, and the harvest in Huiji Shanyue in the south is not good this year.

Fortunately, Liu Bei gave him a lot of support. Although the official position is only Lujiang Taishou, everyone in Jiangdong knows that Zhao Feng is already the fourth person in Liu Bei's group. At present, the structure of Zhang Fei in the north, Guan Yu in the west, and Zhao Feng in the south has been initially formed, and Liu Bei's attitude of letting him take charge of Jiangdong is obvious. At present, Liu Bei transferred Chen Jiao from Yuzhou and Xu Xuan from Xuzhou, two talents who were proficient in internal affairs to help him take care of Jiangdong.

According to Zhao Feng's idea, we should give full play to the advantages of Jiangdong's vast area, large depth in the south, and fertile land, and build it into the rear of Liu Bei's group, which was unanimously agreed by Liu Bei, Lu Su and others. So with Liu Bei's consent, a series of actions to consolidate Jiangdong were carried out. First of all, after Xu Xuan discussed with Chen Jiao and Zhao Feng, this year's Xuzhou Army decided to recruit 30,000 recruits in Xuzhou, Huainan and Yuzhou due to the great losses in the war. Unlike previous years, once these recruits enlist in the army, their families can go to Huiji to get five acres of land, and the tax will be halved within one year, and it will be owned by them after five years. If there are military exploits in the future, they will be rewarded. If he dies in five years, the land belongs to his family.

The promulgation of this measure caused an uproar in Xuzhou and Yuzhou, as well as in Huainan, where the peasants' greatest wish since ancient times was to own their own land, even if it was far away or barren. Huiji County and Nanhai County are vast areas, and large areas of open land are uncultivated, which not only replenishes the military resources, but also attracts a large number of people to the south. Some of them are of course the families of the recruits, and some of them follow the trend and go to the south to beg for a living. By the time the recruitment of new recruits was completed in the autumn, nearly 100,000 households had poured into Nanhai and Huiji counties, with a population of more than 300,000, and there was a momentum of increase, and the appearance of the vast and sparsely populated area was greatly improved. At the same time, due to the increase in population, the labor problems of building cities and paving roads and bridges, which were originally headaches, were also solved, which Zhao Feng did not expect.

The second is to exterminate Huiji Shanyue, in fact, Zhao Feng and Liu Bei originally didn't want to meet with their sword soldiers, after all, there was a precedent for Danyang Shanyue in front, and they thought that they could easily persuade them to submit. But the big leader of Huiji Shanyue didn't know whether he was fearless or stupid, and in the face of Liu Bei's surrender, he killed the envoy directly, and then Liu Bei suddenly became angry and ordered Zhao Feng to try to exterminate these guys.

When the Sun Quan brothers went to Jiaozhou, only Ling Tong, Ding Feng and the three generals of Lu Meng volunteered to follow, and the rest of the generals except for Cheng Pu and other three elders were unwilling to go out and stay at home, and the rest except for Jiang Qin and others who died in the melee, they all attached themselves to Liu Bei, or were transferred by Liu Bei to Xuyu Erzhou, or stayed in Jiangdong. At this time, Jiangdong was Zhang Liao in Danyang, Gan Ning in Wu County, Wen Ping in Huiji, Tai Shici in Poyang and some old Jiangdong generals who were in Lujiang with Zhao Feng. The rest, such as Xu Sheng and others, either returned to their respective places to serve, or served in Shouchun with Liu Bei, and the army could only mobilize more than 40,000 people. As for the civil officials, they were as undignified as Zhao Feng expected, and they all surrendered.

"Huiji Mountain, hidden in the deep mountains, every time the wheat and rice are ripe, they will go down the mountain to grab grain. If you are careful and vigilant, you will inevitably be careless; If it is a large army to collect, it is difficult to march in the deep mountains, so what can I do? On this day, Zhao Feng summoned the generals in Lujiang to discuss the matter of Shanyue, and He Qi said first.

He Qi is a Huiji person, so he naturally knows a lot about the dangers of this mountain. When the rest of the people heard this, they also found it difficult to do. Zhao Feng sighed slightly: "I have a plan, or I can cure Shanyue once and for all." ”

"Radical cure?" He Qi was also taken aback when he heard this, not only him, but the rest of the Jiangdong veterans were also unbelievable. Zhao Feng didn't sell Guanzi either, and immediately ordered directly: "General He, you first go to the counties near the place where Huiji Shanyue gathers, mobilize the local people, build a fence as soon as possible, and divide Shanyue into pieces." When the wheat was ripe, he cut all the wheat near the mountain for me, and forced them to come down the mountain to grab grain. The rest of the generals led their men and horses, and when the mountain had descended and was cut apart by the fence, they would lead their respective armies to attack them, and they should not be allowed to flee back to the mountains. ”

"The last general understands!" After thinking about it, He Qiluo understood that this method would be much more effective than honestly going into the mountains to exterminate it. At this time, Lu Jun on the side also smiled: "The general uses this method to levy Shanyue, and when it is mainly a counter-guest, it will get twice the result with half the effort." Zhao Feng smiled when he heard this, but he felt a little strange in his heart: this is the method used by Zhuge Ke and Lu Xun to deal with Shanyue in history, and he just borrowed it, but he was inevitably a little weak when he was praised by Lao Tzu in person.

According to the strategy provided by Zhao Feng, He Qi first went to build a fence, and after a month the wheat was ripe, he and Sun Fu and Dong Xizhu led the army to move separately. There was a shortage of food in Huiji Mountain, and all the ministries were forced to organize troops to go down the mountain to grab grain, and as a result, the lone army was divided and surrounded by He Qi and others and exterminated one by one. After nearly a month of fierce fighting, Huiji Shanyue was greatly injured, and the young and middle-aged people were either killed in battle or captured, and then Zhao Feng used the captured people to coerce Shanyue, who was hiding in the deep mountains, to go down the mountain, and got 20,000 hardcover soldiers, with a population of nearly 200,000. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered the Shanyue Army to be reorganized into the army, and the population was scattered and lived nearby to supplement the population of Huiji and Nanhai County. At the same time, at the suggestion of Zhao Feng, the cultivation of rice was promoted in Huiji and other places, and the land of Jiangdong, which had just experienced war, gradually recovered some weather.

Sun Quan, who was in Jiaozhou, was speechless for a long time after learning that Zhao Feng easily handled Shanyue, but sighed that if he could use this method, why worry about Shanyue? It's just that now people are in Jiaozhou, and it's too late to regret it.

The time came to the end of the sixth lunar month of the fifth year of Jian'an, when Shanyue had been requisitioned, and rice had begun to be planted. In the high places where the water could not flow, Zhao Feng ordered the craftsmen of the army to build more keel waterwheels under the command of Lu Hao, and at the same time dig channels to divert water for civilian use.

On this day, Zhao Feng also personally inspected the farming situation in nearby counties with Chen Jiao and Lu Jun. At present, he is the Taishou of Lujiang, and his governance office is still selected in Anhui City in the south of the Yangtze River. Ping Yueli is only in charge of military affairs, and civil affairs are still handed over to Chen Jiao and Xu Xuan.

"General, with this waterwheel, the rice yield in Lujiang can increase by at least 30% this year!" Chen Jiao rode on the horse and accompanied Zhao Feng while inspecting, and said with a smile. Speaking of which, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" killed people, Zhao Feng only knew that he was a surrenderer, but he didn't expect this guy to have a hand in managing internal affairs. At present, Zhang Zhao was recalled by Liu Bei to his hometown in Xuzhou, and the civil affairs of Jiangdong basically relied on him and Xu Xuan.

"That's it!" Zhao Feng didn't expect that the Taishou who surrendered in Chen County still had some ability, and now he actually became his subordinate, which is really unpredictable. He didn't want to think about it, how could he have two shots if he could be too conservative in this troubled world.

"It's a pity that the war subsided late this year, and we only had time to promote it in Danyang and Lujiang, otherwise if Wujun, Huiji and other places can also use this waterwheel, the entire Jiangdong can increase the rice output by another three or four percent." Lu Jun said with some regret. Since Zhao Feng was named the Taishou of Lujiang, he, the Taishou of Lujiang, had to be reappointed as the Taishou of Danyang, and was stationed in Danyang with Zhang Liao. As for Wujun Taishou, Liu Bei handed over the second person of the original Jiangdong Huaisi Group to Bu Fei. The most unexpected thing for Zhao Feng was that Huiji Taishou turned out to be his cheap eldest brother Zhao Yu who volunteered to come to work. Later, I learned that the reason why Zhao Yu was so eager was purely because the coastline of Huiji was long enough, so that he could dry salt, and it was really unprofitable to be early.

"Lu Taishou, our family is almost here!" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Lu Jun. According to the regulations, at least some of the families of these frontier officials should stay in Shouchun as hostages, but Zhao Feng and Lu Jun are in Lujiang and Danyang, only one step away from Shouchun, and Liu Bei also asked them to reunite with their families before going to Shouchun.

"That is, Lu Taishou also misses his family!" Zhao Feng sighed, didn't he miss the two ladies? Lu Jun didn't deny it, but just smiled: "Finally, this year, there is Xun'er by his side, and it is not lonely." However, Xun'er has just been appointed as the head of Jurong by the lord and is leaving again. ”

"Why should Lu Taishou be sad, Ling Lang is outstanding, the lord has the wisdom to know people, and Feihuang Tengda will not be under you and me in the future!" Zhao Feng said half jokingly, half affirmatively, Lu Jun didn't even dare to say it when he heard this. Everyone talked and laughed all the way, inspected the situation in Lujiang and Danyang counties, and went back.

"General, the family has arrived this afternoon!" As soon as he returned to his mansion, the housekeeper said to himself, Zhao Feng heard the words and suddenly a spirit rushed to the house, who knew that as soon as he arrived in the back hall, the one sitting there in the middle was neither Diao Chan nor Zhen Jiang, but another girl.

Seeing Zhao Feng come in, the girl grinned, regardless of Zhao Feng's stunned face, got up and greeted: "Brother-in-law!" ”

;