"Why did the general say that?" It was not Zhuge Jin or Zhuge Liang who said this, but Ma Liang on the side. He knows a lot about the details of the Zhuge brothers.

"Ji Chang, this is not what I said, but Kong Ming himself admitted." Zhao Feng continued to talk nonsense with them, and now even Zhuge Liang was a little confused, and everyone looked at Zhao Feng with a curious expression. Only Guan Yu has known him for a long time and knows that he is ready to fool people. But he didn't say anything, and he was ready to watch a good show.

"Kong Ming, I heard that you once compared yourself to Guan Zhong Leyi?" Zhao Feng didn't sell it, and asked directly.

"Exactly." Zhuge Liang was not modest, and nodded directly in acknowledgement.

"Do you know why Guan Zhong Leyi is waiting for others?" Zhao Feng continued to flicker.

"Guan Zhong is the prime minister of Qi, assisting Qi Huan to dominate the princes; Le Yi was the secretary of Yan and connected the seventy-two cities of Qi State. Ma Liangdao on the side said.

"Exactly, but Kong Ming can know that the country of Qi is safe in the past?" Only then did Zhao Feng gradually reveal his true intentions.

"In Qingzhou." Zhuge Liang is not a fool, when it comes to this, he basically understands what Zhao Feng means.

"Exactly, in the past, it was called Qi County, but it is now called Qi County, where Lu is located. Guan Zhong is the prime minister of Qi, and he is still said to be just a county. Kong Ming said that Brother Ling has the talent of a state, but he is only a talent of the county, which shows that Brother Ling's talent is far better than Kong Ming! Zhao Feng said with a hippie smile, although this is a bit of a change of concept, but it can't be said to be completely unreasonable.

Zhuge Liang was also stunned for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly: "The general is really erudite, and Liang is ashamed of himself." "It is said to be erudite, but the trace of helplessness in the words still made Zhao Feng hear it." Where is it, it's just looking for chapters and sentences, and strong words are just reasoning! Zhao Feng smiled and said, just accept it when you see it.

Zhuge Jin also sighed: "Kong Ming, you have always been known for your eloquence, but today you were defeated by the general, so you know that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world." Zhao Feng hurriedly thanked him. Guan Yu waited for the battle of words among the people to come to an end, and then he spoke: "Bo Tao, now that the summer grain is about to be harvested, and the recruitment of new recruits is also imminent, the matter of Jingnan needs to be carried out as soon as possible." ”

"I know, Second General, I'll make a plan tonight, and I'll go to Hanshou tomorrow." Zhao Feng also knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly agreed. That night, Zhao Feng rested in the pavilion in Xiangyang City, and spent the night writing plans with the lights up, and was busy until the morning dawn before falling asleep. Unless it's a war, it's rare for him to stay up late like this.

The next day, Zhao Feng handed over the strategy he proposed to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, and the two of them also appreciated it after reading it. "General Zhao's method of building the corps is really wonderful, moving the eliminated weak soldiers to Jingnan, which can not only defend the place, but also build Jingnan, and at the same time improve the combat effectiveness of the Jingbei army, it can really be described as killing three birds with one stone." Zhuge Liang was also amazed after reading it.

"But in this way, there are still sixty or seventy thousand soldiers in Jingbei who can fight, and Jingnan only has the soldiers of the county and the weak soldiers who have been eliminated. Guan Yu thought about it and raised his worries.

"Jingnan is located in the hinterland of our forces, if there is an enemy to attack, it is nothing more than Xichuan Liu Zhang, Nanzhong Barbarian, Jiaozhou Sun Quan. Liu Zhang is a weak person, and the people in Shu are not very warlike, so there is not much problem along the way; Jiaozhou Sun Quan, when he said that he was in Jiangdong, I was not afraid of him, not to mention that he was in Jiaozhou today; The barbarians in the south are brave and have no strategy, if they dare to come and make a mistake, they will be called back! Zhao Feng was quite "arrogant", but this level of arrogance was quite an appetite for Guan Yu, and the latter nodded and said no more.

"You just need to survive this year first, and when the recruitment and reorganization of new recruits is completed next year, the situation will be much better." Zhuge Liang is half encouraging, half speculating. At that moment, Guan Yu first ordered that all the soldiers in Jingzhou be selected and eliminated, and in the end, only about 70,000 of the 120,000 Jingzhou troops were left, barely meeting the requirements. These 70,000 Guan Yu were kept to practice while guarding Jingbei, and the remaining 40,000 or 50,000 people were all handed over to Zhao Feng to go to Jingnan to build the corps.

For these forty or fifty thousand people, Zhao Feng once again carefully selected, and all those under the age of thirty-five were cleared out and formed into a team. There is no other reason, these people are still young, and they still have the potential for development, and they should be able to improve their combat effectiveness if they practice well. After such a selection, they got about 14,000 or so young combat forces, and the rest were weak veterans. Zhao Feng's meaning is to form these people into a construction corps, first go to Jingnan to open up wasteland, build ditches, and build the deserted Jingnan first.

At the same time, Jingzhou Mu Guan Yu also issued a decree, announcing that all farmers in Jingbei who go to Jingnan to cultivate this year can reclaim five acres of wasteland for their own ownership, and the tax will be halved within three years, and after five years of cultivation, it will belong to them. Seed farming implements, provided by the political axe. In addition, in view of the shortage of cultivated cattle in Nanzhong, Guan Yu ordered the old and weak horses in the Jingzhou cavalry to be eliminated and handed over to Zhao Feng to go to Jingnan for farming, a total of more than 3,000 horses. At the same time, two divisions of Chaisana, totaling 16,000 troops directly under Zhao Feng, were also transferred to Jingnan to assist him in garrisoning. In terms of bureaucracy, the graduates of Xuzhou College have not yet graduated, but the Poyang Academy opened by Sun Ce has just ended, and Yangzhou Mu Zhang Zhao selected a hundred good graduates from them to come to Jingnan and Cangwu and Nanhai to take up their posts, and finally alleviated the urgent need for a while. In addition, Zhuge Liang recommended his classmate Shi Guangyuan to him. In addition, Zhao Feng also asked them for Deng Zhi, Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Huo Jun, Zhu Ran, Kou Feng and other civil and military accompaniments. Although these people now have a humble official position, even Huo Jun, who has the highest official position, because he was once attached to Cai Mao, Guan Yu only made him a captain. But Zhao Feng is familiar with history, so he naturally knows that these people are not fuel-efficient lamps, and now they are a bit condescending to be county commanders and lieutenants. Originally, he wanted to take Hao Zhao away, but Guan Yu told him that Hao Zhao had been ordered to guard the martial arts pass, and he couldn't leave easily, so Zhao Feng had to give up.

"It's gold that always has to shine!" Zhao Feng sighed. With the support of Guan Yu and Zhang Zhao, Zhao Feng was finally able to show his skills in these six counties. His general's mansion was located in Hanshou County, and it was only a few minutes away from Chaisang by water. Liu Bei greatly compensated for the surname this time, and did not let his family go to Shouchun as a hostage again, but just stayed in Chaisang. With this large group of people, Zhao Feng crossed the river to Jingnan in the afternoon of the next day.

Since Liu Biao's time, the four counties of Jingnan have almost been separated from Jingbei. Although there is no explicit split, except for the necessary administrative exchanges, the two sides are separated by the Yangtze River, which is a bit of a taste of old and dead contact. At present, the four counties are Zhao Fan, Guiyang, Zhang Zhongjing, Wuling, Jinxuan, and Lingling. Except for Zhang Zhongjing, the other three are no different from the four county taishou when Liu Bei pacified Jingnan in history, and the appointment of the Taishou of the two counties of Cangwu and Nanhai Liu Beisuo was handed over to Zhao Feng. I heard that General Zhao went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and the four county guards also went to Hanshou to greet his immediate boss.

"Why do you need to be polite, when you first arrive in Jingnan, you still need to rely on your dukes!" When Zhao Feng saw these people, he also said some scenes.

"The general is young and promising, and he is famous all over the world. Now coming to Jingnan is really a blessing for the people of Jingnan! "Liu Du is the oldest, and he is a member of the Han family, so he seems to be the most powerful of the four counties.

"When you first arrive here, you can bring all kinds of difficult things together, and we can also work together to solve them." Zhao Feng didn't come to the void, and asked directly.

Zhang Zhongjing, the Taishou of Changsha, said first: "At present, thousands of people from Jingbei are pouring into Jingnan, and how to settle them in various counties still needs to be uniformly dispatched. In addition, there are still large areas of barren land in Jingnan, and many wild beasts infested and injured people. ”

"I already know, Guangyuan, I now appoint you as the head of the rebel general's mansion, and I am in charge of the migration of the people." Zhao Feng issued his first appointment after taking office, and Shi Guangyuan hurriedly agreed. With his ability as a disciple of Lumen Mountain, this matter is naturally difficult for him.

"In addition, the mountains of Guiyang County are becoming more and more chaotic, and now that the wheat is almost ripe, I am afraid that these barbarians will go down the mountain to grab grain again." Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan groaned.

"In addition, although each of our counties has thousands of defenders, there are no generals." Liu Du hesitated for a while, but still said the most embarrassing thing at the moment, and the four Taishou all looked gloomy. Zhao Feng asked carefully, only to know that among the generals in Jingnan, Xing Daorong died in the battle with Jiangdong, Chen Ying and Yang Ling and others followed Cai Mao and Yue to be ghosts under the knife, Huang Zhong jumped ship, Liu Pan was transferred, and now the highest-ranking military general in Jingnan is actually Bao Long, the captain of Guiyang County. In addition to him, that is, Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan is barely a general. However, with his martial arts, it is estimated that he can't even count as two knives.

It stands to reason that Liu Du's raising of this issue is not very beneficial to himself. Once Zhao Feng sent a general to garrison their county, it would inevitably affect their own interests. Since Liu Du couldn't hold back his words, the situation must have been extremely embarrassing. Think about history, Zhuge Liang asked Zhao Yun and others to pacify the four counties, and only brought 3,000 men and horses each time, which is enough to show that the defense of these four counties is really pitiful. At present, these four counties are afraid that there are only a few thousand county soldiers at most, and it is somewhat difficult to maintain local law and order.

"Also, the barbarians living in Wuxi heard that Jingnan was reclaiming wasteland, and their patriarch also proposed to the lowly position that he was willing to reclaim the wasteland with the Han people, I don't know what the general will do." Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan mentioned one more thing at this time.

"There's such a thing, wait, what's this patriarch's name?" Zhao Feng's heart moved, and he asked Jin Xuan.

"His name is Shamoko, and he is the first warrior of the Wuxi barbarians. Make a pair of thistle terrestris bones, the power is infinite. Jin Xuan replied.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Zhao Feng suddenly realized in his heart that this should be the Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke who had killed Gan Ning and Cheng Pu in history. At this time, Jin Xuan further told Zhao Feng that although the Wuxi barbarians were a little brave and ruthless, compared with the Nanzhong barbarians, they were still peaceful and guarded, and rarely came out to attack the Han people. Zhao Feng suddenly realized, no wonder Liu Bei didn't spend much effort to pacify them in history.

"Kim Taishou, you tell Shamoko. As long as he is willing to lead his people out to open up the wasteland, he can enjoy the same treatment as the Han people. Zhao Feng said concisely and to the point. With the addition of Shamoke's part, Jingnan's strength has also risen greatly. Zhao Feng has considerable confidence in the assimilation ability of the Han nation, and it is estimated that in as little as two or three years, or as much as five or six years, Shamoke and them should be assimilated.

"Cangwu and the two counties of Nanhai have not yet been elected, I don't know if you have any candidates?" Zhao Feng asked at this time. This clearly shows that they are being wooed, Liu Du and others have been in officialdom for a long time, how can they not understand the meaning of these words, and they recommend them at the moment. Zhao Feng pretended to listen to a few candidates, and finally muttered: "The population of this Cangwu County is only seventy or eighty thousand, and most of them are mountain cities, so there are more martial arts than civil administration. Zhong Miao, I now crown you as the Zhonglang general, and you will serve as the Taishou of Cangwu, leading an army of 5,000 to defend the mountain city. ”

"The last general understands!" Huo Jun was slightly stunned, but then understood that Zhao Feng was asking him to defend Cangwu in case Sun Quan of Jiaozhou entered the prison. Cangwu has a population of less than 100,000 and few civil affairs matters, so Zhao Feng asked Liu Du to recommend a relatively good county commander to take charge of civil affairs.

"As for Nanhai County!" Zhao Feng touched his beard and deliberately looked at the movements of these people. But although the four of them tried their best to hide it, the eagerness in their eyes was still unmistakable. Unlike Cangwu, the South China Sea is vast. After the previous migration, the population has reached nearly 200,000, which is a fat shortage.

"Let Cheng Gongzhi of Wuling County take over!" Zhao Feng finally finalized that in the history of Gongzhi, Jin Xuan refused to surrender to Liu Bei and was killed by him, and later took over as the Taishou of Wuling. Now that Jin Xuan is not so ignorant of current affairs, there is no need for him to stay here.

"That's great!" Seeing that everyone agreed with him to make such an arrangement, Zhao Feng also basically finalized these things. Next, Zhao Feng appointed Zhu Ran, Zhang Nan, Feng Xi and others as captains or generals respectively, and led the army to garrison each county and rectify the military affairs. He stayed in Hanshou with Shi Guangyuan to deal with political affairs.

Just when Zhao Feng was thinking about the beginning of recruitment, two letters were delivered to him.

(To be continued)