No matter what He Jin and Ding Yuan thought, the dust finally settled on the eighth captain of the West Garden, and on New Year's Day, Liu Hong set the list of the eight captains of the West Garden. Although there are some changes from the historical Eighth Captain, it is not much. The people who led the whole army in general were still Xiao Huangmen Jianshuo, the captain of the upper army, and the other seven people were Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the middle army, Huang Zhong, the lieutenant of the lower army, Huang Zhong, the lieutenant of the military academy, Cao Ying, the captain of the military academy, Zhao Rong, the left lieutenant of the auxiliary army, Bao Hong, the right lieutenant of the auxiliary army, Xia Mou, the left lieutenant, and Chun Yuqiong, the right lieutenant.

Among them, Jian Shuo, Xia Mu, and Bao Hong are all Liu Hong's people, and Liu Zhang suspects that Zhao Rong is also a person secretly supported by Liu Hong. In other words, most of the eight captains of Xiyuan are in Liu Hong's hands, and only Chun Yuqiong and Yuan Shao are barely counted as people from the family and the great general He Jin. As for Cao Ying, this guy can be counted as a wall grass for the time being, or he is another force.

All in all, the family family and He Jin originally wanted to calculate Liu Zhang, but the family family also calculated He Jin while calculating Liu Zhang. As a result, the strength in He Jin's hands was greatly reduced, and the little yellow gate suddenly rose up, and the momentum was so great that even He Jin had to avoid its edge. Of course, when facing Liu Zhang, Jian Shuo was still very polite. If not for anything else, it is because Liu Zhang's power is stronger than him. What's more, Liu Zhang's forces are in the dark, and Jian Shuo's forces are in the open, so he has to rely on the emperor's support.

In fact, Liu Zhang didn't care about the result of the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan for a long time, he just didn't want to hand over the tiger army under Huang Zhong. You must know that the Tiger Ben Army under Huang Zhong is the first group of people to follow Liu Zhang, and their loyalty is undoubted, and their combat effectiveness is extraordinary. If Liu Zhang wants to give up the Tiger Benjun, he is really reluctant. However, Liu Zhang didn't know that if the Tiger Ben Army was in the hands of others, Liu Hong would really lose sleep.

In March of the Spring Festival, Liu Zhang had to leave for Bingzhou, in fact, he had long wanted to leave, because recently he found that Liu Hong's health was deteriorating. After calculating the calculations, Liu Hong's lifespan should not be exhausted, but the deteriorating body made Liu Hong's surname a little moody.

As the saying goes: when a person is about to die, his words are good. But for the emperor, people are about to die, and they must get rid of the troubles! What's the aftermath? An unruly general, a powerful minister and eunuch who holds great power. To put it simply, Liu Zhang, Zhang Rang, and He Jin are all in the category of future troubles, including Jian Shuo, whom Liu Hong trusts. However, Liu Hong's jealousy of Zhang Rang, Liu Zhang and others is far less than that of He Jin. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Liu Zhang left Luoyang with everyone and went to Bingzhou.

And the state, now it is Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and Liu Ye who are in charge, although these three soldiers are slightly better than political affairs, but a reason is clear. For the political affairs of a state, they are more than enough. Not only that, Liu Zhang stayed in Luoyang for a few months, and after returning to Bingzhou, he thought that he had gone to the wrong place, and even Zhang Liao, a native, looked at the changes in Bingzhou with a shocked expression. Especially after arriving in Jinyang, Zhang Liao's mouth was never closed.

"This is Jinyang?" Looking at the tall city walls, the wide city gates, the clear moat on the edge of the city, and the people coming and going, bustling with people, although Jinyang has not yet reached the level of Luoyang, compared with other states and counties, even Chang'an, there are more than that! Compared with when Liu Zhang came, Jinyang has changed dramatically. However, Liu Zhang's consternation was secondary, and Zhang Liao's jaw was about to hit the surface of his feet.

What is the state? Border! The people here are fierce and foreigners are rampant! Zhang Liao is a native of Yanmen Mayi, and he really knows too much about Bingzhou. But looking at the smiling people in Jinyang City, and a harmonious scene, he rubbed his eyes, looking incredulous.

"See the lord!" A general who ran down from the city turned out to be Liao Hua, and it was his turn to defend the city today.

"Yuan Jian, no courtesy!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I haven't returned for half a year, but Jinyang has changed a lot!" ”

Liao Hua hugged his fists and said: "This is all the credit of the lord and the three gentlemen. Since the decree of the lord was issued, many people moved to settle in the state. The gentlemen, regardless of what they had done, only kept registers and distributed grain, and the people were at peace. Even if it is a fierce-looking person, after coming to Jinyang, he is as docile as a sheep! However, many people fled and did not have food rations. In the end, Mr. Guo used a plan called cash-for-work, so that those people who had no rations could help build the city wall and dredge the moat during the slack time, and even the official offices in the city were also rebuilt, and the last general was also stained with a lot of light. ”

"Good!" Liu Zhang was overjoyed, and the cash-for-work was still what he said to Guo Jia in his spare time, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to immediately learn and use it. In terms of today's Jinyang City, not to mention the Huns, even if it is an army of 40,000 tigers, it is very difficult to capture this fortified city. However, Liu Zhang immediately remembered one more thing, and he asked suspiciously: "This year, the Xiongnu and Qiang people did not violate the border?" ”

Liao Hua smiled: "The Huns have invaded the border!" However, due to the policy of the lord, among the nine counties of the state, the people of the other eight counties are all migrating to Taiyuan County, and the five original counties are not even visible. General Zhang Ren led 20,000 troops, and the Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang fled in embarrassment, and the Xiongnu saw that they could not do anything, so they led the troops back to the grassland. Unexpectedly, General Huang Xu led the troops behind and rushed to kill for a while, anyway, the Huns lost a lot this time! ”

"Good!" Liu Zhang was very happy in his heart, the reason why he moved the people was that he thought that instead of letting the people scatter and eventually be taken captive by the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes, it was better to gather them together, which was not only easy to manage, but also easy to protect. In order not to force the people, Liu Zhang lured them with profit. Unexpectedly, because of this, most of the people of Bingzhou came to Jinyang willingly, thus achieving the effect of clearing the wilderness. And the strong wall and clear the wilderness have always been the best way to deal with foreign tribes and feed the war with war.

"Hey! The last general is confused! It may be that he was too happy to see Liu Zhang, and Liao Hua actually chatted with Liu Zhang at the city gate. However, Liao Hua is not a stupid person, he saw a few people around Liu Zhang, and immediately sent someone to lead Liu Zhang and a few people to the city guard. Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Liao Hua's task of patrolling the city had not been completed, he would definitely personally lead Liu Zhang over.

Outside the city, Jinyang gave Zhang Liao too much shock. After entering the city, the shock in Zhang Liao's heart was even more incomprehensible. You must know that Zhang Liao followed Lu Bu to Ding Yuan at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and it has been five or six years now. And in the past five or six years, at least three or four years have stayed in Jinyang.

Looking at Jinyang City, which was as lively as Luoyang, Zhang Liao's heart became hot. Along the way, looking at the familiar Thorn History Mansion and the City Guard Mansion in the past, Zhang Liao was stunned again. Although the Assassin Mansion and the City Guard Mansion are not as magnificent as the mansions in Luoyang City, compared to Zhang Liao's memory, the dilapidated mansion is simply a world of difference!

You must know that Ding Yuan wanted to repair the government several times, but gave up because he was shy in his pocket. Could it be that the merger of states, where people's livelihood is withering and taxes are scarce, has become a large state that produces grain or pays taxes like Jizhou and Xuzhou in the hands of Liu Zhang? Obviously, this is not possible. But everything in front of him made Zhang Liao almost unable to think.

Turning his head, Zhang Liao looked at Liu Zhang, but found that he couldn't see through the lord at all. He only knew that this lord was very powerful, young but high and powerful, but it could be seen from the changes in Jinyang that Liu Zhang's official power was not unreasonable. At the very least, at this moment, Zhang Liao was glad that he chose Liu Zhang.

Of course, it would be better if Lu Bu and others could also serve under Liu Zhang. However, Zhang Liao didn't know that even if Lu Bu wanted to defect to Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang might not dare to accept it. Not everyone has Cao Ying's guts, knowing that Lu Bu is known as the killer of his father-in-law, and he still wants to bring Lu Bu under his command.

Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, and Liu Ye knew that Liu Zhang was back, and immediately came to greet him, and by the way, they sent the intelligence and political affairs of Bingzhou in the past half a year to the Assassin's Mansion, after all, Liu Zhang is the real pastor of Bingzhou.

After washing, Liu Zhang, who had finished washing, threw the political affairs and information sent by Guo Jia and others into the study, and said: "You do things, I don't worry!" Then he dragged the three of them to drink.

Just this sentence made Guo Jia's fatigue in the past six months disappear, and they were even full of enthusiasm. Think about it, all people with ambition and ambition want to show their talents to the fullest, and Guo Jia and the three of them are such people. What could be more exciting than the trust of the lord and the ability to show his talent?

Having said that, Liu Zhang still said that he took a closer look at the things sent by Guo Jia and others, not because he didn't believe them, but because he wanted to find out what could be improved. Although Liu Zhang's talent is not as good as Guo Jia's three, he is good from later generations, and some methods of later generations are still worth using and learning from. For example: cash-for-work, apportionment into acres, and tuntian... Back to Liu Zhang, who was in the state, that was the real leisure, and no one dared to disobey his words here. Of course, Liu Zhang will not give some unreasonable orders. Now that the state administration has been regularized, let it continue. At the beginning, Liu Zhang took a fancy to the state, precisely because the people here are fierce and the family is scarce. Even if some reforms are carried out, there is not much resistance. However, there is one thing that Liu Zhang is still a little worried about, and that is the problem of weapon manufacturing.

I have to say that the old blacksmith I found in Youzhou at the beginning was indeed a capable man, and he seemed to have a steelmaking method that surpassed the technology of the Han Dynasty. In fact, the old blacksmith used a steel-making method called 'frying'. This method is named because it is constantly stirred in the smelting process, like stir-frying, and it is the earliest steel frying metallurgical technology in the world. In the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, China has been invented and widely used.

Not only steelmaking, but also a folding and forging method for the old blacksmith, and the steel knife with satin patterns on it seems to be called hundred-fold steel. It's just a pity that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, not many people knew about the creation of 100-fold steel or the method of frying steel, let alone used it!

(To be continued)