The fourth year of Jian'an, mid-August.

Yangzhou Jiujiang, within the boundaries south of the Huai River,

Since the beginning of autumn, the temperature has been fully reduced, the autumn is high and cool, and the people who have harvested the autumn grain are full of smiles on their faces.

The vast majority of them have been doing all kinds of labor under the call of the government, and they have never been so satisfied for so many years.

Food is abundant and life is abundant.

Compared with other states and counties in the world, they are much happier, this kind of life they couldn't have imagined in the early years, all of this was given to them by Chu Feng.

At this time, on the official road from Shouchun to Hefei, a man wore a white robe, rode a white horse, hung a sword around his waist, and hung a silver spear in the saddle.

The man looked around from side to side and couldn't help frowning.

He heard that the lord of Yangzhou was benevolent to the people, so he came here, and since crossing the Huaishui, he rarely saw the people who froze to death and starved to death along the way.

This place is much stronger than Yuzhou, Yangzhou, and even Jizhou, at least he didn't see the tragedy in the world, he didn't see Yi Zi cannibalism, and he didn't see white bones everywhere.

And along the way, he didn't even meet a thief, you must know that he came from Yuzhou before, and there were more than a dozen thieves blocking the road along the way.

"Phew!"

The man grabbed the reins and frowned again as he looked at the people toiling on both sides of the river in the distance, and he saw many places along the way that there were conscriptions.

That's surprisingly much here,

Sure enough, there is no place in the world with absolute benevolence, and it is obviously selfish to summon so many people to serve in conscription at one time, which can't help but make the man take a deep breath.

Turning over and dismounting, the man led the war horse and leaned over.

Approaching, the man was even more shocked by the scene in front of him, in the middle is a river, and this river is not very wide, according to the map, it should have been connected in recent years.

Countless migrant workers are on both sides of the river, all digging hard to dig the soil, often digging a foot deep and still continuing, some digging some digging and some backing.

In addition to the natural formation of the ancient river channel, it can only be dug out with a spade, and the purpose of these people at the moment is to expand the channel and make the river wider.

And with such a long section, it seems that there are tens of thousands of people who are digging hard, and they are sweating one by one.

"Uncle, I'll help you!" The man took the initiative to take a basket, which was full of dirt.

The old man wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and at first he thought that the man also worked, but it can be seen that he has a sword and a war horse, and he is obviously not a local.

"Xiaoyou, looking at your outfit, you shouldn't be a local, right?" The old man asked with a chuckle.

"I, I'm from the Central Plains, and I'm here to flee." The man explained.

"Central Plains? Tsk, it's very chaotic there, you can escape right, our Yangzhou is countless times better than the Central Plains. The old man said proudly.

"Well, it's really much better to come all the way to Yangzhou, there are places everywhere to help the victims, and there are very few people who freeze to death and starve to death along the road."

The man still agrees with this,

"That is, our Yangzhou can have today, all of which are blessed by the Duke of Chu. The Duke of Chu is Zi Weixing who descended to earth and specially saved us toiling people. ”

The old man said, and specially arched his head to show respect for Chu Feng.

"Ziweixing descends to earth?" The man was stunned: "Uncle, along the way, I have seen countless people who have been conscripted to serve in forced labor, either building roads or water canals,"

"Although the Duke of Chu gave him grace and porridge, he was reckless and expropriated, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people to work, how can such a superior person be called Ziweixing?"

"Young man, you can't talk nonsense." The old man was instantly anxious.

"You're not a local, I don't know if it's okay, but in Yangzhou, you can say that anyone can do it, but you can't say half a word of Chu Gong."

The old man said solemnly and blushing.

"Well, it's abrupt, but I don't know why?" The man frowned, he had never seen the people so supportive of such a person.

He hadn't even heard of it in ancient books.

"What is your name, young man!" The old man asked.

"In the next Zhao Yun, don't hide it from the old man, here is to find the benevolent master, to serve it, I heard that the lord of Yangzhou is benevolent, so I came here to find out."

Zhao Yun put down the basket and said solemnly.

When he came out of the mountain in his early years, he thought that Gongsun Chan was a benevolent government, and followed him for several years, but found that Gongsun Zhan's personality gradually became ferocious, and he even killed Liu Yu.

When his eldest brother died, he chose to retire, and this seclusion lasted for several years.

"Then you can find the right place, Duke Chu is honest, fair and strict, and knows how to make good use of people, as long as you have the ability, Duke Chu will definitely reuse you."

I heard that he was defecting, and the old man was also happy.

Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows, not wanting to dwell on these, and asked: "Uncle, you haven't said that I just said that just now I just talked about the issue of Chu Gongguang's forced labor!" ”

"Hey, little friend, don't you know, we don't have forced labor in Yangzhou, not a day, come here to work, pay wages on a daily basis, and take care of food and housing,"

The old man said with a smile on his face.

"No conscription? Do you still pay your salary? Zhao Yun was surprised, everyone was stupid, he was really frightened.

"Not only did there be no forced labor, but the Duke of Chu abolished all taxes in addition to the field tax. As for the construction of roads and waterways, it is all for the sake of our people,"

"Don't talk about these troubled times, even in the prosperous years, we ordinary people don't dare to think about it, so whoever dares to say that Chu Gong doesn't say a word, our people are the first to not let him go."

The old man's face was filled with a heartfelt smile.

“？？？”

Zhao Yun was stunned in place, his mother's taxes were exempted except for the field tax? Obediently, I don't know that I thought this was the most prosperous year.

No wonder this man reacted like this before.

It's a small pattern!!

"I was abrupt before, but I didn't expect Duke Chu to be so for the country and the people." Zhao Yun apologized, this time it was sincere, he thought that Chu Feng might have something extraordinary,

But what he didn't expect was that this Chu Feng would treat the people like this, you must know that he is a descendant of the Yuan family, a representative of the family, how can he coexist?

"It's okay, don't blame those who don't know. But let me tell you, in our Yangzhou, there is one household, and almost every family has the immortal tablet of Chu Gong. ”

"I remember one time, there was a young man in the village who was dissatisfied with Chu Gong and said a few bad words, and his mother broke his leg and wanted to be expelled from the house."

"You go and vote for him, yes." The old man swore that for Chu Feng, the people of Yangzhou are highly praised, how can they not respect this kind of boss who serves the country and the people.

The corners of Zhao Yun's mouth twitched, with some emotion.

I muttered even more in my heart, every household gave Chu Feng an immortal tablet? This is too exaggerated, even if it is rich Jizhou, there are not many people who recognize Yuan Shao.

"Uncle, thank you!" After pouring the soil, Zhao Yun thanked him and left, he knew that Chu Feng should be in Xuzhou now, and there was a lot of rumors before,

In this case, I can go to Hefei to have a look.

Look at how Hefei is without Chu Feng, by the way, looking for an opportunity to join the army, he believes that with his own ability, not to mention the general, at least he can do all of them.

Back then, he was the cavalry commander under Gongsun Zhan, but he had a general friendship with Gongsun Zhan, and his subordinates were limited, and Liu Bei was also Liu Bei's cavalry general.

On the one hand, after the Battle of Guandu, Liu Beitun and Xinye did not fight much for eight years.

The key Liu Bei has no cavalry,

And he is not Guan Zhang, even if there are soldiers, he can't train them, they all cultivate Guan Zhang, and after that, it is the Battle of Chibi, and then the Battle of Shu.

All in all, Liu Bei didn't have a very good stage for him to perform, especially Zhao Yun was good at commanding cavalry, and Liu Bei was the most lacking in cavalry.

"Drive!"

Immediately, Zhao Yun hit the horse and went straight to Hefei.

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At noon, outside the city of Hefei,

The water is only dozens of miles away from Hefei, and the horses gallop and can be reached in more than half an hour.

At this moment, looking at the magnificent and towering city in the distance, Zhao Yun showed a look of amazement, is there such a towering city under this sky?

It seems that even Yecheng can't compare to it,

The key is that this city is a little bigger, and I don't know how many miles wide.

And outside the city, the water channel has widened not much, and the boats on the water are densely packed, there are merchants coming and going, there are sons and ladies of the family, and there are fishermen fishing on the water.

As for the dock, it was probably the largest, most prosperous and orderly he had ever seen, and the boatmen on the shore were carrying goods.

Some move down, some move up.

"What a prosperous place!" Zhao Yun stood on the gallop road that was enough for sixteen carriages to run in parallel, and sighed.

He had vaguely heard before that Yangzhou was plagued by Yuan Shu, and his bones were everywhere, but he didn't expect to be taken over by Chu Feng for two or three years, and he was directly renewed.

With this economy, given time, even Chang'an back then, Luoyang could not be compared, it was simply a miracle, which made Zhao Yun even more curious about what kind of person this Chu Feng was.

Because there are too many rumors about him in this world,

Some people say he is wise, some people say he is treacherous, some people say he is benevolent, some people say that he kills innocents indiscriminately, and most importantly, it is said that he is known as a bloody massacre.

Someone named him the world's number one general,

Zhao Yun boasted of his good martial arts, especially this time he learned the Seven Probe Snake Marksmanship, and his martial arts were greatly improved, and he really wanted to learn from Chu Feng.

Ready to enter the city, the guards stopped him.

"This strong man, dare to ask, is there a way?" The general guarding the city glanced at Zhao Yun, and at a glance saw that this person was a practitioner, and immediately gave up.

"Zhao Yun, who is really in Changshan, Xiajizhou, came here for the first time, and there was no way to guide him, so he didn't know how to enter the city." Zhao Yun said truthfully.

"I don't think you're a refugee, so I don't know what happened?" The tooth general asked, looking up and down.

"I have heard that Chu Gong is benevolent, and he asked himself how much skill he had, so he came to join the army, hoping to get a half-official position!" Zhao Yun clenched his fists and explained.

The tooth general groaned slightly: "You come with me!" ”

Obviously, he can see that Zhao Yun's foundation is not bad, this kind of person obviously can't start as a big soldier, especially if he also rides a war horse by himself, at least he can be a small colonel.

Lead the horse and follow into the city,

Following behind, Zhao Yun was also shocked by the scene in the city, what is the flow of people, at this moment, this city perfectly reflects what is called the flow of people.

There are a variety of shops selling a variety of things.

This is mainly due to the peace of Yangzhou, now except for the family of the Shi, the rest of the family are all taking refuge, and the refuge in Yangzhou is a good place to take refuge.

Now because Chu Feng is more stable,

In addition, Jingzhou is now suffering from war, so that countless scribes have taken refuge here, and most of these are rich people, and the purchase of real estate and courtyards has added a lot of income to Chu Feng.

"It's really prosperous!" Walking on the bluestone paved floor tiles, Zhao Yun sighed in his heart.

And along the way, he met hundreds of people, many of whom actually put on new clothes, many of whom were no longer yellow and thin, and many of whom began to buy things.

On this street, the food is the most, followed by all kinds of things, craftsmen make some bamboo baskets to sell, and some make some tables, chairs and stools.

Some caught some game, some made some good birds and dogs, and there were many fragrant pastries, as well as chicken, duck and fish.

Of course, that team of soldiers who were stubborn and stubborn and raised their heads and chests also made Zhao Yun's eyes shine, this kind of spirit is definitely the elite of the elite,

Zhao Yun admitted that since entering Yangzhou, his cognition has been subverted again and again, Yangzhou's good is visible to the naked eye, and the people are living more deliciously.

What kind of person is this Chu Feng!

Can Yangzhou be so prosperous and rich in just two or three years? It's incredible, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che probably can't do this, right?

Of course, what Chu Feng did was crazy,

Constantly supporting the people, that is, increasing income, promoting consumption, plus controlling the economic lifeline, it is still more convenient to operate.

According to the development of this trend, Hefei is estimated to surpass Luoyang in the next two years, crush Xu Chu and Yecheng, and become the first capital.

After a while, he came to the general's mansion in the city.

The tooth general said: "You and later, I will report it!" ”

Before Zhao Yun could agree, he saw Zhao Fan hurriedly coming out of the general's mansion.

"General Zhao, this person intends to return to the lord, I see that he is burly and powerful, and has some martial arts, so I will bring it and prepare to hand it over to General Lu, since General Zhao is here, I will hand it over to you, general!"

The tooth general hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Well, you go down!" Zhao Fan waved his hand, and then looked at Zhao Yun, only to see that Zhao Yun was more than eight feet long, and his face was like a crown of jade, but he was full of heroism.

And with a sword at his waist and a gun in his saddle, he is obviously a practitioner. As for the resolute eyes, it is not simple at first glance, and this kind of momentum cannot be pretended.

"You've been in the army?" Zhao Fan asked.

"I followed Gongsun Zhan, served as a cavalry general, a military marquis, and commanded two hundred cavalry, but that was several years ago." Zhao Yun replied with a fist.

"Not bad, then what kind of official position are you going to hold under my lord's account?" Zhao Fan asked.

"I have heard that the capable people under the public account of Chu live in it, and they are not talented in the next place, and they want to be the commanders of the five departments." Zhao Yun said sonorously, one song is equal to two songs, and one song has two hundred people.

The five divisions are 2,000 men, which are combat formations.

"A general of two thousand? Hehe, kind of interesting. But you also said that my lord is only talented, since you have this idea, then let me see if you have this qualification! ”

"If you can survive thirty rounds in my hands, let alone two thousand, I will let you be my lieutenant general, and I will be in charge of ten thousand people." Zhao Fan said confidently.

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