Hefei has been in war for a long time, and was washed by Qiao Ren's water, but also fell into a desolate state, although the real Huainan county guard is Sun Lang, but he is also a false leader, the real anxious is Qiao Ren, the governor.

On this day, Qiao Ren only brought thirty personal guards and Jiang Ji, a former general's mansion who was familiar with the situation in Hefei, and came out of the city in a mighty way.

"Zitong, how is the construction of Hefei New Town?" Qiao Ren asked as he walked.

The so-called Hefei New City is not to abandon the original Hefei City and build a new one, but to expand and transform on the basis of the original Hefei City.

Jiang Ji had originally built Hefei City with Liu Fu, and he was barely a city building expert, so he was basically responsible for this matter. "Back to the Governor, according to your drawings, we repaired the original city wall, and at the same time expanded the area of Hefei City, built a new wall within a radius of three miles from the old wall, and built a wing city." The so-called wing city, that is, on one or more sides of the big city (Hefei is three sides, south facing water) to build a square small city, the two cities are connected by a city wall, that is, the later generations called the urn city or square city.

"Well, good! Hefei is the bridgehead for the northward advance of our Jiang, and the defense facilities must be built well. ”

Qiao Ren's more than 30 people left the city early in the morning, and they didn't arrive until near noon for more than 100 miles. Qiao Ren vaguely saw some houses, so he asked Jia Hua to stop the team first and take a few people to the houses to have a look.

When he entered this so-called "town", he saw that there was desolation all around, and there was not even a single figure at all. Looking at some of the fields in the distance, they are still sparse and beginning to be overgrown with weeds, and it seems that no one has cultivated them for some time. Qiao Renren felt strange in his heart, according to the household register, there were obviously dozens of families here, but now it seemed that this town was completely deserted.

As he walked, Qiao Ren shook his head as he walked and saw the bleak scene in the town. Hefei is the front line of Sun Cao's confrontation, and there has always been a constant war, and it is not surprising that Qiao Ren dug fertilizer and poured water back more than two months ago.

Suddenly, the guards around him shouted: "What person! Come out! As he spoke, he pulled out his arrows and surrounded Qiao Ren and Jiang Ji in the center.

Qiao Ren looked at the arrows of his guards, and saw a few ragged children in the haystack, nervously coming out of the haystack. Looking at the past, the oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was probably only six or seven years old, all of them had yellow and thin muscles, their eyes were dull, and their faces were full of fear at the moment.

"Are orphans or outcasts? Maybe it's my sin! Qiao Ren sighed, a trace of unbearability flashed in the corner of his eyes.

Qiao Ren motioned for the guards to put away their weapons and not to scare the children. He turned over and dismounted, walked up to the child, and asked in a harmonious voice, "Do you live here?" And where are all the adults in your family? ”

One of the eldest children replied cautiously, "We have no parents, we are all wandering orphans." ”

"Sure enough!" Qiao Ren sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Then was there anyone here originally?" ”

"Yes, we were originally staying at an old grandfather's house, but three months ago, the Dragon Lord got angry and caused a big flood, which washed away the whole town!" The child was only a little older, and tears flowed uncontrollably as he spoke.

"Hey! You are hungry, Zixia give them something to eat. Although Qiao Ren is ruthless to the enemy, he is very soft-hearted towards these innocent people, especially these orphans.

"Whoa!" Hearing this, Jia Hua suddenly received the order, took a batch of dry cakes from the soldiers, and handed them to these still cowardly children.

"Xing, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer. I hope this troubled world will end soon. Qiao Ren sighed: "Let's go." ”

"My lord, are you a general?" The child at the head looked at Qiao Ren's departing back, and finally mustered up the courage to say.

Hearing this, Qiao Ren turned around and said with interest: "Yes!" And a great general. ”

The child said, "Will you accept me when I go to be a soldier?" When I was a soldier, I had something to eat, and I could bring some food and rice to my younger brothers and sisters! ”

What a simple ideal! That's right, when you are a soldier, you have food, and that's how it is in troubled times.

"But you're that tall." Qiao Ren said as he gestured to the kid who was only shoulder-high and smiled, "What do I want you for!?" ”

"Me, me!"

"That's it!" Qiao Ren didn't want to embarrass this child, and said, "I accepted you, what's your name?" ”

"I don't have a name!"

"Alright! From now on, you will follow my surname, and you will be called Zhi, George! ”

After saying this, Qiao Ren was not in the mood to continue walking, so he asked someone to put these children on the horse and bring back the fat together, and he and Jiang Ji rode slowly on horseback.

"The Grand Duke!" Halfway through, Jiang Ji suddenly spoke: "Ji has obtained information that although Liu Bei in Shuzhong got Yizhou, Yan Yan and Pang Xi of Ba County and Yonghong and Liu Xian of Nanzhong did not obey Liu Bei's orders and raised troops to divide the territory under the banner of hatred for Liu Zhang's blood. In order to prevent Liu Zhang's resurgence, Liu Bei moved him to the public security guard, and pretended to appoint him as General Zhenwei. Only Zhang Ren, Huang Quan and Liu Xun accompanied Shuzhong. In order to prevent Liu Zhang, this Uncle Liu Huang also asked his brother-in-law Zhonglang to take care of Mi Fang with an army of 2,000, which is really cautious! ”

In the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Jiang Ji and Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, and Liu Ye were passed on together, and Chen Shou commented on him as "a genius who strategizes the world". In terms of resourcefulness, it is on a par with Xun You. Qiao Ren still attaches great importance to him, but even Zhang Wen, who is in charge of intelligence, doesn't know the information Jiang Ji said, how did he know about it?

"Is Zitong news reliable?" Qiao Ren really asked seemingly unintentionally.

Jiang Ji didn't answer sloppily and replied directly: "Ji traveled to Jingbei when he was young, and he had some friendship with Ma Bochang, and the contact has not been broken, and this information is exactly what Bochang said in his letter. ”

"Ma Xuan?" Qiao Ren's heart suddenly brightened, Ma's five constants, and white eyebrows are the best. It is said that the five brothers of the Ma family, although Ma Xuan, as the boss, is unknown in history, his talent is still not to be underestimated, and Ma Xuan, who is the head of the Ma family of the Jingxiang family, is first subordinate to Cao Jun and then to Wu's Jiang Ji correspondence, which proves that his heart is not in Liu Bei. However, when I think about the three brothers of the Zhuge family, who are subordinate to the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu, Ma Xuan's approach can be understood.

"Bo Chang can mean to be a leader." Now that Jiang Ji has put Ma Xuan on the stage, it proves that this Ma Xuan has the intention of attaching himself to Qiao Ren.

Jiang Ji showed a calm smile when he heard this, "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, Bo Changzheng has this intention!" ”

"Good Governor appointed Ma Xuan as the former general's governor, but it's just information from Jingxiang's side?"

"Rest assured, Ma Zhong will often stay in Jingxiang to continue to inquire about intelligence." Jiang Ji said with a smile.

Qiao Ren thought in his heart that Uncle Ma, who didn't come forward, was probably the last to go north to join Cao Cao! However, these words cannot be declared, and the two of them just need to understand it in their hearts.

"Good!" Qiao Ren raised his horsewhip and said, "Tell Zhong Chang to always pay attention to the intelligence in Shu. ”

Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang have a close relationship, like brothers, as Ma Liang's brother, Ma Kang to inquire about the news, but it is much more convenient than Zhang Wen.

A few people walked and chatted, and before they knew it, they returned to Hefei, looking at the gradually built and perfect Hefei city wall, Qiao Ren's heart was spontaneously filled with a sense of pride, this is the bridgehead of my Jiangdong attack on the north, a good city.

"Zhi'er, do you see the generals in the city? Do you want to be like them? Qiao Ren asked with a squint.

Na Zhi'er was the eldest child among the orphans brought back by Qiao Ren, and at the moment he was shocked by the majesty of Hefei City and the shining armor, "I think, I think!" ”

"Good!" Qiao Ren laughed and said, "From now on, you will be my righteous son, and one day you will be like them." Everyone looked in the direction Qiao Ren pointed to, and saw Dai Gang and Xu Sheng, who were overseeing the construction of the city. At this time, Jia Hua and Jiang Ji were really shocked, Qiao Ren actually compared Dai Gang and Xu Sheng, two young talents, with the orphan in front of him. It's a pity that they didn't know that Qiao Ren had a golden finger in his hand, attribute viewing. This seemingly ordinary orphan is tantamount to a potential stock in Qiao Ren's eyes, for no reason, George's growth is too rebellious, and his qualifications are better than Dai Gang in the past.

"Then you want to tell your father, how old are you?"

George has had no parents since he was a child, and it was difficult to accept the sudden addition of a stepfather, so it took him half a day to muster up the courage and say: "The child is nine years old!" ”

"What?" Jiang Ji and Jia Hua really couldn't figure out how much this orphan, who was only a head shorter than Qiao Ren, was only nine years old and had never eaten enough.