In the second year of Xingping, October 18.

The first winter snow fluttered and shrouded the land of Jizhou, and the whole Yecheng inside and outside was completely a joyful festival scene.

As soon as the sky was bright, the first announcement issued by the official opening of the Jizhou government was posted in a conspicuous position outside the streets and alleys and the major city gates, and the legend of "Jizhou was tax-free for three years, supporting industry and commerce, and helping the orphans, widows and poverty" The new policy was officially promulgated, and the good news spread throughout the city in a blink of an eye, and spread to the surrounding towns and villages at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, leaflets printed with a sketch map of Jizhou's mineral resources were also spread to all directions through the mouths of businessmen, bringing all Jizhou people a yearning for a better life in the future.

Jizhou is the first of the ancient Kyushu and one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

During the early peace period of Emperor Xian, Jizhou has jurisdiction over nine counties and more than 100 candidate countries, and the Jizhou Thorn History Department includes all of the three regions of Handan, Xingtai and Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province in later generations, most of the Hengshui region, the southwest of Baoding region, Cangzhou, Langfang area and a small part of Tianjin City, three or four counties at the northern end of Henan Province, and three or four counties at the western end of Shandong Province.

In such a vast area, the products are extremely rich, and later Kailuan, Xingtai, Handan and other places have state-level mega coal mines, and Hebei Province, which inherited most of the land of ancient Jizhou, has iron ore resources of about 7 billion tons, only after Liaoning and Sichuan.

In addition, Jizhou also produces limestone, gold, glass quartz sandstone, etc., once developed, there is no doubt about the role of Jizhou's economy in boosting.

What's more, since the two lakes and the Jiangnan region where Jingzhou is located have not yet been developed on a large scale at this time, the North China Plain, where Jizhou is located, is the most important grain-producing area in the Han Dynasty, and crops in most areas can be harvested twice a year. At the same time, a large number of lakes can also be used for freshwater aquaculture. As long as it's done right. The food crisis that has plagued Qingzhou since then can be fundamentally resolved.

Just when all the people were jubilant and the hearts of the people in Jizhou were able to quickly settle down, the news that the general of the Che Cavalry and Liu Cun of Jizhou was marrying Zhen Mi, the young lady of the Zhen family of the Jizhou clan, once again aroused a warm response from all the people in Yecheng.

The well-prepared gentry and business elites were the first to take action, and a cartload of sumptuous gifts draped in red and colored colors was sent to the Zhen family's mansion in the south of the city, and a team of neatly dressed family members drove a carriage full of fine wine and food to the army outside the city, and tens of thousands of people who were completely relieved sent their best gifts to the gate of the general's mansion in the city of the city with deep gratitude and support.

As the groom's official, Liu Cun was grateful and emotional. In order not to cause congestion and confusion. He didn't go out to thank the people who kept sending gifts, but he knew that what he did in Jizhou finally won the hearts of the people, did it right, and did it well!

For Zhen Mi, who is about to become his third wife, Liu Cun feels more or less guilty in his heart.

The reason why this sudden marriage was held in such a hurry was purely out of political considerations. In order to quickly stabilize the hearts of the people in Jizhou, and in order to gain the support and support of the local forces in Jizhou as soon as possible, Liu Cun accepted the surrender of the Zhen family and the persuasion of Min Chun and other henchmen without much consideration, and resolutely chose this shortcut with immediate results.

But. At this time, Zhen Mi is still a girl under the age of fourteen, no matter how mature and beautiful she is. Still a little girl who needs to be pampered and needs time to grow.

Therefore, Liu Cun secretly decided to take Zhen Mi with him the day after tomorrow to lead his troops south, rush to Pengcheng through Yanzhou, and send Zhen Mi to Zhushan's house when the war in Xuzhou is over, and live with his wife Sun Wan, his wife Mihuan, the missing Cai Wenji and his stepmother Mrs. Taishi for two years, so as to avoid having a round house with Zhen Mi.

At least, no real harm could be done to this girl who was known for her talent and beauty until she turned sixteen.

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At noon, the light snow is shining, the bright sun is shining in the sky, and the grand greeting ceremony officially begins.

The 3,000 tigers of the pro-guard battalion had already changed into civilian clothes and were scattered and hidden among the people on both sides of the street.

Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Zhang He, Fu Min, Zhai Chao, Ni Qing and other more than ten generals and dozens of civil officials such as Min Chun rode horses around the groom official Liu Cun, and the majestic new personal guard battalion commander Zhao Yun rode a snow-white war horse to follow closely behind, and in the cheers of thousands of people, slowly went to Zhen's mansion through the South Street to greet his relatives.

Just when Liu Cun, who was fluttering with the battle flag fluttering and the horse carving saddle, turned into the inner street of the South Gate, the sweaty captain of the scout battalion suddenly waved in the crowd on the left, and Lu Jiu, who was following behind Liu Cun, was slightly stunned, turned around and whispered a few words to Lu Pei and Ni Qing, the leader of the tiger and leopard battalion, who were walking side by side, turned over and dismounted, walked through the crowd on the street, and gathered behind the cheering crowd with the scout captain with an anxious face.

"Report to the general, the two squads we went out of front have found Liu Xuande's traces!"

"Where? How many centaurs? ”

The middle-aged lieutenant with a scorched face and cracked lips swallowed his throat hard: "In the valley of eighty miles southwest of Wei County and twelve miles north of Lin Shu City, the number of people is about three thousand, all of them are cavalry without baggage, judging from their position and the traces they have walked, they are all mountain roads, and the carriage is not passable at all, and it is impossible to turn around and enter Bingzhou at this time, so they can only continue to the south." ”

"Preliminarily, it is very likely that these 3,000 men and horses have quietly moved south before the start of the war, and it is very likely that they met the more than 10,000 remnants of Yuan Benchu's westward fleeing on the way."

Lu Jiu's eyebrows flickered: "Exactly?" ”

Du Wei shook his head: "It's just an inference, but I'm eighty percent sure...... A team of up to 3,000 men and horses was able to evade the eyes of more than a dozen of my elite scouts, and there was no second way to go except to march quietly along the mountain trail on the inner side of the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain. ”

"If these 3,000 men and horses want to enter Bingzhou, they can go west as early as halfway before they reach Weize Pass (now Niangzi Pass), where can they go over the mountains and mountains and sneak all the way to the border of Lin Xi County in the south? After Lin Xi, go south and you will be on the north bank of the Great River! ”

"Before rushing back to report to the general, my subordinates have sent people to rush south and report the situation to General Xu Huang, who is guarding Hanoi, and if necessary, they can completely surround and annihilate this sneaky 3,000 men and horses."

Lu Jiu hurriedly waved his hand: "No!" You and I can't do this...... In this way, you go back to the Shuai's Mansion to rest first, and when the lord returns to welcome his relatives, we will report to the lord together, as for how to deal with it, you can only follow the lord's orders. ”

Du Wei suggested quite reluctantly: "Why don't you just don't trouble the lord, hasn't the general always been quite scruple about this Liu Xuande?" The subordinates rushed to Hanoi with a team of brothers and together with General Xu Huang intercepted Liu Xuande on the north bank of the river! ”

Lu Jiu's heart was moved, and he looked up at the greeting team that had already gone away, his eyes were shining, and his brain was spinning rapidly.

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