"Good, good! It is a blessing in my life to be able to receive such a good man's help today! Come in with me, and I'll prepare a feast for you!" Lu An patted Zhou Tai on the shoulder, his expression was full of joy, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin came over, he finally had a military attache who could handle it, especially Zhou Tai, whose force was as high as 94 points, and he was a first-class general in the world.

"Lord, our brothers are still waiting outside the city, do you see if it..!" Jiang Qin arched his hand and spoke.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to take them into the barracks and provide them with food!" Lu An smiled slightly, these two thousand water thieves joining in are also a new force, and he naturally will not forget to make arrangements.

"Thank you, my lord!"

No matter what era it is, wine is always the only way for men to communicate their feelings, after three glasses of wine, the atmosphere was stirred up by Lu An, and Jiang Qin, who was originally a little restrained, also completely let go of the only remaining worries in their hearts and became active, even the taciturn Zhou Tai also had a little more words at this time, chatting with Lu An with laughter.

"Youping, Gongyi, I now crown you as the Shui Cao Peng Officials and the Thief Gong Cao, one is in charge of the security of the county town, and the other is in charge of the transportation of the waterway, what do you think?" When the banquet reached its climax, Lu An asked.

"This, we are so deserved to be so responsible as soon as we came!" Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked at each other, a little shocked, this position is really beyond their imagination, not too low, but too high, Gong Cao's position, in the future generations, is equivalent to the director or minister of various departments, with their Jiang / thief identity, as soon as they come, this kind of position, it can be said that it is a step to the sky.

"Hehe, with the talents of the two, let alone being a gongcao, even being a general is also arbitrary, but I am only for the sake of a county, and I can only seal the gongcao, so I can only wronged the two!" Lu An chuckled. What he said is not a lie, when these two people defected to Wu in the later life, they were indeed going to be generals in the future, and they were both high-ranking and powerful ones, but now, these two first-class talents belong to themselves.

"The lord treats him so kindly, the lower officials will definitely repay him with death!" Zhou Tai and the others didn't know their future achievements, and at this time, they were already very satisfied with the position of Gongcao, and they were both very grateful and thanked.

"It doesn't have to be this way, get down to business!" Lu An waved his hand, and then said again: "At this time, my subordinates are in urgent need of manpower, but there are two more important things to do with you!" ”

"Please command, my lord!"

"First of all, Youping, you are good at martial arts, and you are also familiar with waterways, I have a workshop under my hand that can produce a steady stream of green salt, I want to sell these green salts from waterways to all parts of the country, let Youping lead the troops to guard, you may be competent?" Lu An asked.

"Green salt?" When Zhou Tai heard this, he was a little surprised, but soon he restrained his expression and said very firmly: "The last general will definitely be loyal to the lord!" ”

"Hmmm! Next is Gongyi, you are in charge of the city defense of Wuling County, and the two thousand brothers you brought are also in your own hands, but in addition to these things, there is one more thing that you need to deal with! Lu An nodded, and glanced at Jiang Qin again.

"My lord commands!"

"When I first took office, I found that there were 50,000 soldiers on the roster of Wuling County, among which I am afraid that there are a lot of empty salaries, I hope you will help me straighten out the army, cut off all the empty salaries and the old and weak, and refine an elite soldier for me, if there are those who dare to resist, they can be killed!" Lu An said, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes, after a secret investigation in the past few days, he found that this Wuling County is afraid that there are less than 20,000 soldiers, and the list actually shows that there are 50,000 soldiers, which shows that there are at least 30,000 empty salaries, but I am afraid that this army is rotten to the bone from top to bottom, if you don't be ruthless, what will you talk about fighting for hegemony in the future.

"The last general will not be dishonored!" Jiang Qin arched his hand.

"Okay, with the help of the two of you at this time, I will definitely be able to achieve a great career!" Lu An patted the table excitedly, until this time, his progress in this Wuling was on the right track, as long as it went well, within a year, the entire Wuling County would be completely new in his hands.

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Early the next morning, Zhou Tai led Lu An to hand over to him a thousand Qingzhou veterans set off on a building boat, this time he transported two boats of green salt out, it can be said that he was full of energy, Lu An instructed him, be sure to go to Xiangyang to pay some tribute to Liu Biao, which is to repay the favor he sent the ship last time, but then speaking, the boat that Zhou Tai is now using to transport salt is the last time Liu Biao sent it, Lu An is not going to return it, it is estimated that Liu Biao also has this psychological preparation.

And Jiang Qin also sharpened his knife Huo Huo began his large-scale cleanup in the army, as expected, it was greatly counterattacked, even if Jiang Qin got Lu An's military order, he couldn't suppress it, and then Lu An was angry, and directly came forward in person, killed a large number of middle and high-level officers, and directly ordered Jiang Qin, no matter who he was, as long as he did not accept it, he would be executed immediately, so under high pressure, the situation gradually improved, and all the people who ate empty wages were kicked out or punished, and those old and weak also sent some money and food to let them return to their hometowns, Although after this purge, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers left in the entire Wuling County, but the dregs have been removed, and the combat effectiveness has only increased, which can be regarded as a new look.

After a period of tossing, this time the tax season has finally come, after the harvest of the grain and grass this time, Lu An immediately ordered that the future tax reduction and exemption of two percent, although there is some afterthought, but this move has also ushered in the cheers of the people of the whole county, and the people's hearts on the system panel have also increased a lot.

At this time, the grain and grass had arrived, and Lu An finally had more money at hand, and when he ordered Jiang Qin to start recruiting young people in the whole county, he began to drum up another thing, that is, wine.

The wine of the Han Dynasty did not have distillation technology, whether it was taste or degree, it was far inferior to later generations, anyway, since Lu An came to this world, if it was not necessary, he would not touch it at all, and now he finally has some surplus grain, he naturally started the idea of this aspect, and he still remembers the simple technique of distillation.

But this time, he didn't plan to do it himself, but passed Sun Shao over, and after telling him about the distillation technique, he sent him to operate this matter regardless of his expression as a god-worshipping man.

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