Lingzhou.

In the county office, Zhang Shan knelt in front of the desk, looking at the bamboo slips on the table, but he was scratching his ears and cheeks, and he was impatient.

He used to be a ranger, and after following Li Zheng, he positioned the identity of a military general. Dealing with government affairs is really not his forte.

But there was no way, when Li Zheng left, he handed over Lingzhou to him to take charge. No matter what, he can't let Li Zheng down, right?

Fortunately, Lingzhou is only a small county, and there are no major events in the near future. But even some trivial things are enough for him.

Just as he was racking his brains and thinking about dealing with government affairs, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Haha, big mountain!"

When Zhang Shan heard this, he raised his head sharply and saw Nuro striding into the hall.

"Nuro, you're back?! Where's the lord?! ”

Zhang Shan said, and quickly stood up, his eyes searching behind Nuro.

Nuro stepped forward, punched Zhang Shan hard, and said with a smile: "The Lord has escorted Fu Taishou to Zuo Fengyi, presumably he will return safely in a few days." I have been commanded by the Lord to lead my foot soldiers. ”

"Oh."

Zhang Shan's spirit immediately dropped a notch.

At this time, he focused his attention on Nuro, looked up and down, and said in surprise: "You have changed so much!" ”

Zhang Shan found that Nuro already had a kind of resolute attitude towards killing, compared to before he left Lingzhou, it was completely two people!

"I really envy you and the white wolf."

Zhang Shan said sourly.

"Haha," Nuro laughed, "Your Lord, this is a great thing for you!" Lingzhou is the foundation of the Lord, and ordinary people are not qualified to guard Lingzhou. ”

Zhang Shan smiled and said, "It's good, it's good, it's just boring." Look at me" said and pointed to the bamboo slip on the desk, his face became a bitter gourd again, and said: "Let me deal with these things, isn't it embarrassing for me Zhang!" ”

"Next time, next time, the Lord will definitely take you with you."

Unable to stand Zhang Shan's resentful gaze, Nuro hurriedly diverted the topic and chatted with Zhang Shan.

Although it has only been ten days, in these ten days, Nuro feels that he has experienced more than he has experienced in half his life! Although when I was a Qiang person, I also fought with other tribes, but it was just a fight between a few hundred people, where could I compare it to this time?!

Dozens of people broke through tens of thousands of military formations, more than 100 people burned more than 10,000 chasing soldiers, this magnificent life made him feel like he was suddenly separated from the world when he returned to Lingzhou.

It's like I've been away for a long time.

Originally, the relationship with Zhang Shan was not so close, but when they met, they couldn't help but be enthusiastic.

Knowing that Nuro led his troops back to Lingzhou, Zhou Lin and Wang Laohu immediately left their affairs behind and went to the county office. The first is to ask the Lord Li Zheng's news.

When I learned that I was relieved.

Then, knowing in detail about Li Zheng's experience in more than ten days this time, I couldn't help but sigh again and again, and at the same time I was fortunate to have honor.

Several people are important figures under Li Zheng, and they are as prosperous as Li Zheng, and the more powerful Li Zheng is, the more promising they are.

And after hearing that Fu Xie was rescued this time, Fu Xie not only wanted to ask Li Zheng to protect the captain of Qiang, but also gave Li Zheng the property left by the Fu family!

Zhou Lin's eyes widened, his mouth grew up, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Zhang Shan didn't understand how much of the Fu family's property left in Lingzhou, but Zhou Lin knew it very well. Zhou Fei is the steward of the dock fort who stayed in Lingzhou after the Fu family moved away, and he is Zhou Lin's uncle, and now how much property his uncle holds in his hands, he is like a mirror in his heart.

Next, Zhou Lin and the others discussed these two things for a while, and soon came up with the charter.

"I'll wait until the Lord returns, and I'll get things done and surprise the Lord."

Zhou Lin pondered and said: "First transform the county government into the mansion of the captain of Huqiang, the plaque on the gate must be changed, and the furnishings in the mansion must also be changed." ”

Captain Huqiang is a military position, and the layout of the mansion is naturally different from that of the county government, which Zhang Shan and Zhou Lin don't know much about, only Wang Laohu, who was born in the border army, still understands, so this matter falls on Wang Laohu's head.

"Secondly, the two brothers, Dashan and Nuro, will follow me to Fort Fu's Dock." Zhou Lin said: "The steward of Wubao is my uncle, although we don't have a letter from the head of the Fu family in our hands, but I think after knowing the whole story, my uncle will cooperate with us to hand over the Fu family's property." ”

Zhang Shan and the others are all martial artists, and they are from the bottom of the society, and they have no background in Zhou Lin, so they naturally obey Zhou Lin's arrangement.

Now that we have a proper plan, the next step is to implement it.

Wang Laohu took the lead in going out, looking for craftsmen, purchasing materials, and preparing to renovate the county government.

Zhou Lin, Zhang Shan, and Nuro rode out of the city and went to Fu's Dock Fort.

When he arrived at Fu's Dock Fort, Zhou Lin told his uncle Zhou Fei the truth of the matter, and said: "The head of the Fu family, Fu Nanrong, the monarch of Hanyang Mansion, still has a handwritten letter in the hands of the Lord, but the Lord escorted Nanrong Gong to Zuo Fengyi and has not yet returned, and a few of us want to get things done first, so"

Zhou Fei listened to Zhou Lin's narration, but waved his hand and smiled, and said: "Since the head of the family has given all the Fu family's property in Lingzhou to Captain Li, then the slaves of the Fu family who are still stranded in Lingzhou will be Captain Li's slaves from now on." As a house slave, I take it for granted that I do things for the head of my family. ”

Zhou Fei has been in the Fu family for twenty or thirty years, from an ordinary house slave to the current left-behind steward, saying that he is not a shrewd person, he must be a fool.

Zhou Fei had no doubt about the authenticity of Zhou Lin's words, and he believed that no one in the world dared to encroach on the property of a big family like the Fu family for no reason.

At the same time, his thinking changes quickly and is very adaptable.

He clearly knew that if Fu Xie, the head of the Fu family, really opened this mouth, then he would immediately transform from the Fu family's house slave to Li Zheng's house slave.

For the sake of the master, it is the duty of a domestic slave. If you obstruct it for one reason or another at this time, you will offend the new head of the family, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat at that time.

In that case, why not be a little more cheerful and cooperative? It's good to show your face in front of the new head of the family and make a good impression

When Li Zheng led the crowd back to Lingzhou and entered the city to the original county office, what he saw when he looked up was a plaque with the words 'Huqiang Captain's Mansion'.

The corners of Li Zheng's mouth curled, knowing that most of them were the masterpieces of Zhang Shan and others. After thinking that after Nuro returned to Lingzhou, he told the matter, and several people summed it up, and their brains turned to have such a thing.

Leaving Lingzhou this time, the purpose to be achieved has been achieved, and there are more than expected harvests, this time back, the body and mind are comfortable, after seeing this plaque, it is even more pleasant.

Xiaohehe turned over from Qingyun's back, and Li Zheng, surrounded by the guards, walked into the Captain Huqiang Mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Shan hurried up to greet him.

"Lord!"

When Zhang Shan saw Li Zheng, he immediately grinned and hurriedly bowed.

Li Zheng smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite." Then he turned around and pointed to the door, looked at the new look of the mansion, and said, "Is it your masterpiece?!" ”

"Hehe," Zhang Shan scratched his head and said, "It was Zhou Lin's kid who proposed it, and Wang Laohu asked the craftsman to do it." ”

"Not bad, not bad."

With a smile on his face, Li Zheng walked towards the back hall and said to Zhang Shan: "I'll go and unload my armor first, you call Zhou Lin and the others to the mansion, I have something to order." ”

Zhang Shan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly agreed, striding out of the mansion.

Li Zheng went to the back hall, changed his armor in the bedroom, washed up, and changed into his usual clothes.

When he came out of the back hall and went to the main hall, Zhang Shan and the others were already waiting.

Li Zheng was also surprised to find that Zhou Fei was also waiting.

"I've seen the lord and the master!"

The five people in the hall, Zhou Lin, Zhou Fei's uncle and nephew, Zhang Shan, Wang Laohu and Nuro, bowed down together.

"No need to be polite."

Li Zheng waved his sleeves and sat down on his knees.

"To call you here in such a hurry, we must first understand the current situation in Lingzhou." Li Zheng opened his mouth and said, "Dashan, you come on." ”

"Lord Qiqi," Zhang Shan hugged his fists and said: "After the independent prince left, we first counted the population and households of Lingzhou, after the previous Fu family's migration rebellion, the current permanent population of Lingzhou is only 8,126 households, a total of 32,539 people. ”

Before the Fu family moved away, Lingzhou had a population of more than 10,000 households, with a total of 40,000 or 50,000 people. And now it's almost a third less.

In addition to the tenants and domestic slaves who moved away with the Fu family, there are also many households who have moved out of Lingzhou City because of the chaos and rumors last time, or have hid in remote areas, or moved east to the land of Sanfu, or some have become homeless.

"Secondly, after the situation calmed down, seven days ago, Lingzhou reopened. Shops in the city have also started to open for business. ”

"Third, the total number of soldiers recruited in Lingzhou has reached three thousand. However, due to food supply problems, the recruitment of soldiers has been stopped. ”

"Fourth, the management of Lingzhou has been put in place and is operating in an orderly manner."

Zhang Shan's stumbling answer made Li Zheng a little funny.

Although Zhang Shan's words were orderly, Li Zheng obviously knew that this was a preparation made in advance. It wasn't even Zhang Shan's own preparations, but the help of Zhou Lin and others.

After Zhang Shan finished speaking, it was the turn of the person in charge of all aspects to give a specific explanation to Li Zheng.

The first is Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin is responsible for specific matters related to business and people's livelihood. Whether it is to count the population, or to reopen the city, or to reopen the shops in the city, this is all due to Zhou Lin.

Listening to Zhou Lin's detailed explanation, Li Zheng became more satisfied the more he listened.

Although Lingzhou is only a small county, Zhou Lin can handle all the messy affairs in a short period of time, and he is obviously very capable.

After Zhou Lin finished speaking, it was Wang Laohu's turn.

Wang Laohu summed up his tasks in a few words, including recruiting soldiers and training soldiers, and that's it.

After listening to the reports of the three of them, Li Zheng already had a context in his heart about the current situation in Lingzhou.

Although it seems that Lingzhou has regained its former calm, Li Zheng still found that there are many problems that need to be solved urgently.

However, before solving these problems, Li Zheng was still very curious about Zhou Fei's arrival.