The twenty-first year of spring plowing in Jian'an finally ended in Zhang Xi's fear.

For the time being, there has been no locust plague, and Zhang Xi can only wait and see what happens, and at the same time continue to work hard with Xiao Deng Ai to deal with paperwork and continue to be Xiaobao.

And as soon as the spring ploughing was over, another thing that was not a big deal was put on Zhang Xi's agenda - the people and craftsmen promised by the family that Zhang Xi had been in place, and the official construction of Yuelu Academy finally began.

In this matter, Zhang Xi can finally put his mind at ease for the time being, with the support of the four major families, as long as he finds a Zuo Shi to pay attention to the progress of the project at any time.

Of course, the four great families had nothing to do to tell Zhang Xi about this, and they didn't really care about the construction process of Yuelu Academy, mainly to remind Zhang Xi that the matter of the paper distribution rights of the four of them had not been settled.

And at this time, Zhang Xi had actually received a letter from Zhuge Liang from Chengdu, this dead fish head is fashionable, and now he doesn't use silk to write letters, but uses paper instead.

Also, paper is much cheaper than silk, and with Zhuge Liang's strength to cut the door, it's strange that there is no need for cheap ones.

In short, Zhuge Liang told Zhang Xi in his letter that Liu Bei agreed to the affairs of the four great families, and Chengdu would arrange a special Zuo Shi to come to Jingzhou to take charge of the paper distribution in Jingzhou.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang also used paper as a bargaining chip, told Zhang Xi about it roughly, and told Zhang Xi that Zuoshi would be responsible for this matter, and then report directly to Zhang Xi, so that Zhang Xi could pay attention to the process.

This kind of thing, wait for someone to come, Zhang Xi said that he first told the four great families about Liu Bei's agreement to let the four great families issue paper on their behalf.

As soon as the four great families heard that this was done, they immediately made a fool of Zhang Xi, and Zhang Xi felt a little disgusted when he filmed it.

In late April, Zhuge Liang's Zuoshi arrived in Jingzhou and personally went to Guan Yu and Zhang Xi's mansions to meet them one by one.

This person's surname is Fei, his name is Yi, and his name is Wenwei.

Okay, there's another cowman.

Fei Yi is actually a native of Jingzhou, but as early as when Liu Biao was in power, Fei Yi's hometown Jiangxia was going back and forth between Huangzu and Jiangdong, causing a large number of families and people to flee, and the Fei family also fled from Jiangxia at this time and took refuge in the relatively stable Yizhou.

Therefore, Fei Yi is a native of Jingzhou, but he grew up in Yizhou, and it is easier for both sides to accept that he coordinates the issue of paper.

In addition, this person's ability is good, his eloquence and city government are good, and he is a material for doing great things.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang threw Fei Yi to Zhang Xi's side, first, to let Zhang Xi help to see this person's ability, and secondly, to give Fei Yi a chance to independently preside over the work and exercise, so as to be promoted in the future.

Zhang Xi inexplicably has a sense of pride. Ji Han has four phases, one is my colleague and the other is my subordinate, if you say it, how long will your face be? !

Hawkers, it's just a little bit of thinking about it after work, after thinking about it, Zhang Xi has to continue to bow his head to deal with the work at hand, and Fei Yi's arrival can't help him reduce the paperwork at hand.

After the end of spring ploughing, although the work of the majority has passed, the work in other aspects has slowly begun to increase.

With the construction of Yuelu Academy, although Zhang Xi sent Zuo Shi to supervise, he still has to care about it after all, otherwise Sima Hui, the old man, will not let you go, he will wait for Yuelu Academy to move in to read and retire after it is completed, and he is even ready to die in Yuelu Academy.

In addition to this, in April, the conscription can also be officially launched, but Zhang Xi plans to delay it until May.

In the event of a locust plague, if Zhang Xi could not mobilize the people to take the initiative to exterminate the locusts, he would be forced to levy them in the name of forced labor, although it might cause dissatisfaction among the people, but he would not sit back and watch the locust plague rage.

However, if the conscription is arranged in this aspect, many things will not be done, including the reinforcement of the Gangneung city wall, the maintenance of roads in various places, and so on. As soon as these things were delayed, Ma Liang's side immediately became anxious and ran to Zhang Xi three times a day.

The matter of conscription is not only a matter of Nanjun Taishou, Guan Yu also needs to use it, and he can't keep pressing it.

Zhang Xi was also helpless, and asked Ma Liang in turn, what do you say about this? !

Do you risk the grain harvest failure and the people starving to death to let the people build the city wall, or endure the scolding of the people and organize the people to save themselves?!

Ma Liang is not the kind of person who believes in the induction of heaven and man, otherwise he would not have warned Zhang Xi in advance that there might be an insect plague, so this set of rhetoric is useful for Ma Liang.

The two sighed to each other for a long time, and finally Ma Liang compromised, saying that he would withstand the pressure of Guan Junhou, but at most it could only be delayed until early May, if there was no locust plague in early May, then the conscription should be levied on time.

Zhang Xi agreed.

In addition to the matter of conscription, Ma Liang came over this time, and there was also the issue of ordnance in the army, which he had to discuss with Zhang Xi.

In accordance with Guan Yu's requirements, the army began to comprehensively build Miao Dao to replace the ring head knife.

As for the Pu Dao, only 3,000 were built in the army, and Guan Yu planned to use it to arm the 2,000-strong Pu Dao team, leaving 1,000 as a stock reserve.

Miao Dao has been built more than 4,000 so far, and Guan Yu has tried to change clothes in some of the soldiers' ranks, and the first thing to replace is the elite of the 5,000 Mandarin Duck Array.

For the rest, Guan Yu plans to put together a team of 10,000 people before the end of the year, and in this regard, if no one urges him, it will still be very difficult.

Ma Liang came to Zhang Xi to discuss, mainly because of this issue.

In the past, the army did not have so much iron ore and coal in stock, and when a batch was used up, it had to organize other people to mine, and this kind of thing could only be done by the craftsmen in the army, and there was a serious shortage of manpower.

In these years, the mining technology is not up to standard, and mining in the mine is a very dangerous thing, and it is easy to cause resentment among the people when it is launched to do it, and it is easy to cause resentment among the people to let the sergeant do it, and delay the drill.

Therefore, Ma Liang was not sure how to deal with this matter, so he asked Zhang Xi's opinion.

Zhang Xi said that there was really no way, so he hired people from the displaced people who were willing to take risks to support their families and go to the mountains to mine.

After all, they are refugees, and if they really can't survive, they can have a money and food income, and let them do anything.

Ma Liang suddenly had another heart stop. Do you want money again?!

What our family guards is the original three counties of Jingzhou, of which only Nanjun is the essence of Jingzhou, and it is not easy for Wuling County and Lingling County to be self-sufficient.

One county has to do so much to do with its money and grain taxes. It's really not that Ma Liang is stingy, it's really money.

Then Zhang Xi said that he had no other good ideas except for this method.

Ma Liang thought about it, and finally agreed to allocate a batch of money and grain to Zhang Xi to recruit the homeless.

On the one hand, the ore must be mined, which is related to the armament of the army, and Guan Yu doesn't care how difficult this matter is.

On the other hand, during the Huainan War last year, many displaced people came to Jingzhou from Jiangxia in the east, and if these displaced people were not resettled, once a civil unrest broke out, it would also be a threat to the local area.

Therefore, it is better to pay for it.

However, Ma Liang still reminded Zhang Xi that it is okay to recruit displaced people, but they must be controlled well, and they cannot cause trouble in the local area.

Zhang Xi is very clear about this, after all, when he was in Xiapheasant County, Zhang Xi presided over the resettlement of displaced people.

Most of the serious homeless people who can risk mining for money and food are not good birds, so they have to keep up with the management, and some people in the province organize the homeless people to make trouble.

Zhang Xi handed over this job to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Xi believes in Zhang Wei's methods very much, after all, this is the person who will manage the barbarians in Nanzhong in the future, if he can't even manage these homeless miners, then it will really be a hell of a thing.

And Zhang Wei's method is very simple, directly integrate these displaced people into a team and manage them in a semi-military way.

After that, Zhang Wei cut off a few unruly heads to deter, and promoted a few capable homeless people to be squad leaders, and with the combination of grace and power, the production efficiency of the homeless miners soon increased a lot, and they could provide enough iron ore and coal for the army.

In short, there is a special person in charge of this matter.

Then Zhang Xi thought about the things at hand, and found that there seemed to be some manpower available.

Then why are you still as busy as a dog?!

Oh, it turned out that I gave the job of the county to a part-time job. Where's my county?!

Since Zhang Xi agreed to Li Qiu's resignation and sent people to Wuling County to help Xu Shu fight the barbarians, the position of Nanjun Juncheng was so vacant.

This position, the Jingzhou family is really staring at it very much, if you let a foreigner go up, I'm afraid it won't be able to sit for long.

Zhang Xi thought about it, but still wrote a letter to Xu Shu, hoping that he would divide the two brothers Xi Hong and Xi Zhen, who were county officials in Wuling County, into one of them as a county prince.

In the early years, when Liu Bei pacified Jingnan, the two brothers Xi Hong and Xi Zhen took refuge in Liu Bei and acted as Liu Bei's staff.

Later, Sun Quan attacked Jingnan, Liu Bei and Sun Quan discussed and demarcated the border, Liu Bei returned to Yizhou, and the two brothers Xi Hong and Xi Zhen were left by Liu Bei in Wuling County to help Xu Shu deal with government affairs.

Zhang Xi pondered, Xi Hong and Xi Zhen are both talented, and it is a bit of a waste for the two of them to be placed in one place in Wuling County, so it is better to come to Nanjun to help him deal with government affairs.

But this matter has to be nodded by Xu Shu, so I wrote to Xu Shu and asked Xu Shu to arrange it.

Then Xu Shu said that he was about to go out to pacify the barbarian rebellion in Wuling County, and the Xi brothers could not leave Wuling for the time being, and when they returned to the army, they would discuss with the two brothers, that is, at least before the middle of the year, Zhang Xi would have to continue to serve as the county leader of Nanjun.

Zhang Xi's depressed, isn't that a Xiaobao who has to be at least two months old?!

In Zhang Xi's mind, the idea of finding talents for himself and sharing the pressure once again surfaced.

In this era, it is really not taboo to cultivate your own people and expand your power, after all, it is the era of dual monarchy.

Even Zhuge Liang will cultivate talents and recommend talents.

It's just that Zhuge Liang is dedicated to the public, so his talents are ultimately used by the country, and some people, whether they are surnamed Cao or Sima, their talents are just to serve their families.

On this point alone, the prime minister threw off certain goods for several streets, and he didn't know where the confidence of some goods came from to discredit and accuse the prime minister.

Well, that's a lot of.

Now Zhang Xi is short of talents, in order to prevent himself from continuing to be a little treasure, Zhang Xi began to recall that in the past ten years, he has met some talents who are kind to others.

Then, Zhang Xi thought of a person.

Zhao Lei.

(End of chapter)