Since the first year of Xiaochang (525 AD), Hebei has been plagued by frequent wars and natural disasters, and the population has been dispersed.

Three years ago, in the first year of Wutai (528 AD), Ge Rong broke through Cangzhou and slaughtered the people, killing eight or nine out of ten.

This year, there was Liu Lingzhu who coerced the people of Cangzhou into rebellion, Liu Haibao responded to the Xindu Gao brothers to occupy Cangzhou, and Diao Quan's attack and killed Liu Haibao.

The people of Cangzhou cannot be said to be in dire straits, at least they are not living well.

This is also the main reason why Gao Huan was able to quickly get the support of the people of Hebei, after all, what happened in Cangzhou is just a microcosm of Hebei, and the people urgently need the appearance of a military strongman to restore social order.

During the Taiping period, land was very scarce, but in the troubled times of precariousness, it was the cheapest.

When Gao Cheng led 150,000 Xianbei women and children to Cangzhou, he immediately allocated land to the Xianbei people, distributed wheat seeds, and took out money to ask the farmers of Cangzhou to guide the Xianbei people to cultivate.

The Xianbei people have had enough of a hard life, and the history records that their living conditions in the two states of He, and the two states are 'to dig up yellow rats and eat them, and they all have no grain. ’

After obtaining the land and seeds, the Xianbei people were enthusiastic, and they spontaneously began to learn the Chinese language in order to ask the Han people for advice on farming.

Gao Cheng also provided rewards for those with outstanding achievements in accordance with his proposal to Gao Huan, which further stimulated the enthusiasm of the Xianbei people for learning.

This is the biggest difference between Gao Cheng and Gao Huan, what Gao Huan wants in his heart is to defeat the Erzhu clan, his focus is on the military level, Cangzhou is broken, and it is useless to take it, so he chooses two ends and thin mud, and suffers the people of Jizhou.

The biggest reason why he was able to accept Gao Cheng's capture of Cangzhou was that Gao Cheng left more than 20,000 soldiers and their families in Jizhou, and took 150,000 women and children on his back to Cangzhou to make a living, so as to alleviate the contradictions between people and land in Jizhou, but also not damage Gao Huan's military strength.

It was the height of summer, and the greenery was verdant.

Cangzhou is a busy scene among the fields.

Gao Cheng, the prince of Bohai, was dressed in coarse cloth and short clothes, and led the Xianbei people to farm in the fields under the scorching sun.

Although the meaning of the show is very strong, the simple working people who can't stand it eat this set.

His skin was no longer as white as it had been, and there was a lot of dander on his handsome countenance.

The children who delivered the food came in groups, reciting the three-character scripture adapted by Gao Cheng.

"Let's rest the big guys."

Gao Cheng shouted.

The crowd responded.

Farming under the scorching sun is hard enough and tiring enough, but the Xianbei people who have suffered enough of displacement are happy in it, and this stability is what they want.

A few young children, under the instruction of their parents, held cooking cakes and presented them to Gao Cheng.

This is not because he was worried about poisoning, but when he asked the guards to try it, Gao Cheng took the cooking cake and gnawed it, and even ate it too quickly, choking, and coughing constantly.

Everyone laughed, there was no mockery in the laughter, Gao Cheng took the kettle handed by the guard, and poured two sips hard, and then he was relieved.

Gao Cheng understands that the respect for himself now by the Xianbei tribesmen is no longer just because of his status as the prince of Bohai.

"Shizi, do you still tell a story today?"

A six- or seven-year-old Xianbei boy asked boldly.

"Where was it last time?"

Gao Cheng looked at the children around him.

The crowd became excited:

"Speaking of King Xibowen, I met Jiang Ziya who was fishing."

"Come on, the son of the world is going to tell a story again."

There are also children calling for playmates.

For a while, Gao Cheng's side was crowded.

"Okay, be quiet, let's move on to the "God List" today."

Gao Cheng likes this kind of life very much, he travels to the cultivated areas of the Xianbei tribesmen all over Cangzhou, and cultivates with them, and the eleven-year-old body can't work for a long time, so he will tell stories to the Xianbei teenagers on the ridges, and choose the imaginative "Fengshen Bang".

This lecture is that throughout the afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and Gao Cheng returned to Rao'an City, the seat of Cangzhou Governance, under the escort of his guards.

"Why does Zihui have to work so herself."

Cangzhou Town General Duan Shao admonished.

Gao Cheng shook his head and didn't speak, he was really tired.

After soaking his feet for a while, Gao Cheng immediately set off to find Duan Rong and asked:

"Uncle, what does Hermes-Epitek think now?"

"Since the prince governed Cangzhou, he agreed with the people to restore the old tax system, and the people all praised it."

The taxes of the Northern Wei Dynasty were not low, and Gao Cheng did not want to reduce the tax rate, but he had 150,000 Xianbei women and children to raise, and the crops in the fields could not mature in a short time.

But the people of Cangzhou still sang praises to him, after all, when the soldiers were in chaos, the rebels didn't care how much you paid taxes, and the crops in the fields were ripe, so they grabbed it.

Now that Gao Cheng has agreed to restore the tax system, the people themselves can stutter for a while.

What's more, he also promised that once the Xianbei people can be self-sufficient, the tax rate will be further reduced, and the people of Cangzhou will have hope.

Regarding what Duan Rong said, Gao Cheng was still not at ease, and repeatedly explained:

"When collecting taxes, we must avoid exploitation at all levels, we will collect as much as we agree with the people, and the main country of Shang Yang still needs to establish trust, and we need to govern small states, and we need the people to be convinced."

Duan Rong agreed repeatedly, and urged Gao Cheng to go back to rest earlier.

Duan Rong is an outlier among Gao Huan's relatives, and he advocates benevolence and forgiveness, which is in line with Gao Cheng.

There is also the incense love between Gao Cheng and Duan Shao, so he loves Gao Cheng very much.

When Gao Cheng and Duan Rong governed Cangzhou with their hearts, Gao Huan also actively reorganized the army in Jizhou.

At the end of May, a young man came to Xindu from Luoyang with his mother in tow.

"Hong Luo, you're finally here."

Gao Huan was very happy to see the young man.

"When my mother heard that my brother had come to Xindu, I ordered Yue to come to my brother's tent to listen to it."

Gao Huan was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered his family to pay a sincere visit to the young man's mother with the gift of his children and grandchildren.

The young man's name is Gao Yue, only twenty years old, and he is Gao Huan's cousin.

During Gao Huan's service as a messenger, he traveled back and forth between Huaishuo and Luoyang, and when he was in Luoyang, he lived in Gao Yue's house.

Although the two are only cousins, their relationship is closer than Gao Chen and Gao Huibao, two half-brothers who died young.

After all, after Gao Huan's father remarried, in order not to affect his quality of life, he fostered Gao Huan in the home of his son-in-law Wei Jing, which also led to the relationship between Gao Huan and his half-brother was not deep.

Gao Yue is burly and powerful, Gao Huan has been friends with him for a long time, and knows that he has the ability to lead the army, so he immediately appointed him as the general under his command and took one by himself.

"King Gao, why don't you see the Ah Hui you said?"

Gao Yue's old mother Shan Clan wondered.

"Auntie, don't call me that, still call me He Liuhun is, Ah Hui is leading the people in Cangzhou, I will immediately order someone to recruit him back."

"Don't do this, lest you delay a big thing."

Shan hurriedly refused.

Gao Huan smiled:

"Greeting your aunt is the biggest thing."