Just when the ministers were happily preparing to implement He Bai's plan to rejuvenate the country, early the next morning, He Bai went to the barracks to listen to the news of the military situation sent by Huang Zhong to reconnoiter and return.

"Tell my lord." Huang Zhong bowed his hand and said: "According to the news sent back by the sentinel and the shadow guard, Zhang Rao's thief department heard that the lord led an elite army to Beihai Country to take office, and he came to crusade against him, so he led the Yellow Turban thieves to look at Lu Township, Donglai County three days ago, and prepared to fight against our army with the Donglai Yellow Turban thief Guan Hai with the help of the mountain. ”

"Three days ago?" He Bai asked suspiciously, you need to know that Zhang Rao's thief department has 40,000 or 50,000 people, including the elderly, weak, women and children, and it is not easy to retreat safely, and it is not easy to walk more than ten miles a day. Just like Liu Bei's Xinye retreat, it is very easy to be pursued by the cavalry. "Where are they now?"

Huang Zhong also thought of the pursuit method of light cavalry and rapid attack, but Zhang Rao was not a mediocre person, and he had already had a countermeasure. So he bowed and said: "Zhang Rao's thief department secretly moved all the baggage away as early as when the lord entered. This retreat to Donglai, basically retreated lightly, a day can travel fifty miles, at this time has entered the territory of Donglai. ”

"This thief is so alert?" He Bai was a little incredulous. In history, as soon as Kong Rong arrived in Beihai, he gathered the people and gathered troops to talk about martial arts, and issued a message. He also wrote a book in person, communicated with various states and counties, planned together, and made a big deal about the thief, but he didn't want to be easily defeated by Zhang Rao, and even the county was taken away. However, when he arrived, Zhang Rao ran away without firing an arrow, how could he be so strange?

Even Guan Hai, who led the troops to meet Zhang Rao at the Donglai border, also asked very strangely. Unexpectedly, Zhang Rao made such an explanation and said: "The new Beihai Minister He Bai, it is rumored that he defeated many Montenegrin brothers at the end of last year, and even Zhang Yan, the marshal of Montenegro, is very jealous of him. Moreover, when he came to Beihai, he heard that Mr. Kang Cheng had gone abroad to greet him. Mr. Kang Cheng can be a virtuous and virtuous man, and if he can win his respect, he must be very human. ”

Guan Hai suddenly realized that Guan Hai and Zhang Raoji have been friends for many years and know their abilities. After the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Zhuqu Shuai was captured and killed early, he was able to gather the heroes to occupy Beihai with his own ability, echoing with the Yellow Turban leaders in various places, and attracting Austrian aid, which made the Qingzhou Thorn History and the counties and states have a headache. Zhang Rao said that He Bai is not easy to deal with, so it must be difficult to deal with. It's normal to hold back at this time.

Guan Hai said again: "The officers and soldiers are strong, and it is also a good thing that Brother Zhang leads the people to retreat for the time being." I just heard that the emperor was humble and immoral, and he was ready to go to Donglai County to take up the domain. And Lu Zhi, who accompanied the new arrival, is a world-famous wise man, and the eldest brother is so confident that he can deal with him? ”

Zhang Rao sighed: "Lu Shangshu is both civil and military, how dare I say that I can deal with him." With the death of the three brothers of General Tiangong, there is almost no possibility of my Yellow Turban cause succeeding. Now there are two sages in Qingzhou, He Bai and Lu Zhi, but I am afraid that there is no place for us to live. I moved my troops to Donglai, because I wanted to take advantage of the fact that I still had some spare strength in my hands at this time, and follow the example of Zhang Yan of Montenegro to ask the king of Donglai who came to the domain to surrender, so as to find a way for everyone to live. ”

Guan Hai frowned, Zhang Rao once said that if there is anything to be done about the yellow scarf, he will do his best. If you can't do something, then look for an opportunity to do it. Is it time to do something about it? Guan Hai asked: "Big brother, you are from Beihai, why don't you subdue He Bai near Beihai?" But came to Donglai to subdue the deposed emperor Donglai King? ”

Zhang Rao said with a smile: "He Bai Zongxian, but he is a courtier, what good is it to vote for him." The abolished emperor is declining again, and he is also a vassal king. With the righteousness of Zen in our bodies, we should be safe under its wings. If one day the king of Donglai regains the throne, won't you and I have the merit of being a dragon! ”

Guan Hai nodded again and again after hearing this, what Zhang Rao said was very true, the yellow turban career is not his own career, and if he can't succeed, he can find a way out for himself. It is better to serve under the command of the king of Donglai than to work under the command of He Bai, the minister of the Beihai. So from Zhang Rao's words, we discussed how to act together, so as to win the attention of King Donglai.

Since the Yellow Turban thief Zhang Rao's subordinates had already left Beihai Kingdom, He Bai could not forcibly cross the border to pursue it, so he had to order the 3,000 officers and soldiers in the army and 4,000 people to move to Xiami City. Turn the empty Xiami City into a military city to prevent the thieves from Donglailu Township from returning to Beihai to make trouble.

The thieves in the country left for no reason, and the domestic law and order were immediately stabilized, and it was the time when He Bai carried out the construction project plan to revive the Beihai industry. After a rough inspection by Peng Xuan, Xi Xuan and others, Beihai Wang Beiji kept more than 400 million yuan in money, 70,000 stones in grain, and other precious treasures worth no less than billions of dollars.

I heard that at the time of the inspection, he was stopped by the princess of Beihai, Peng Xuan was helpless, but his deputy Xi Xi used the name of the court to suppress the princess of Beihai and others, and finally after discussion, only 30 million money was left for the princess of Beihai and others to retire. Although the princess of Beihai and others were dissatisfied, because they had nothing to do, they had caused the king of Beihai to be the heir, and they were guilty, but they did not dare to argue with Xi Xi in the name of the court, so they could only acquiesce aggrievedly.

After hearing this, He Bai couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that Xi is worried that such talented and virtuous subordinates can do some shady things, and they are indeed more useful than upright moral people like Peng Xuan. It is no wonder that the Ming monarchs in history have more or less a few traitors on their side. If it is really prosperous, it is not a good thing.

After this incident, He Bai also deeply understood the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and for some subordinates who are not too excessive, they still take tolerance as the top. So he ordered the grandson of Hou Jiacheng, who had become a dragon in Chi Township, to send ten gold to Xi Jian as a reward. After Xi thought about He Bai's affirmation and reward, he was also motivated to work harder.

After 15 days of on-site exploration, discussion and planning, there has been a clear architectural design plan among the officials in Beihai. According to He Bai's instructions, the road is divided into county road and township road, the county road is ten steps wide, the township road is five steps wide, and the length of the road in Beihai will increase to more than 23,000 miles. More than 800 stone bridges and wooden bridges were built. There are 13 dredging rivers, hundreds of large and small ponds, and 1,000 wells; There are 5,000 canals in the fields, more than 500,000 miles long.

One hundred and thirty schools were built, employing 1,500 professors, each of which could be used by the children of 1,000 households. There are 100 medical centers, 500 doctors, and 2,000 doctors. In addition, according to He Bai's order, each county will build a school field, which can be used for the performance of 3,000 people. The total estimated cost is 1.4 billion.

As soon as this plan came out, all the officials under the Beihai State Minister were shocked, but they didn't expect that the plan would be about 400 million yuan more than expected. Fortunately, there is the money of the King of Beihai as the backing, otherwise, even the three princes and first-class officials of the court will not be able to make such a big construction plan, and the emperor must nod and participate.

However, in He Bai's hands, it was only the first phase of the project in three years. It is conceivable that He Bai, the prime minister, is far more courageous than the three princes. If this happens, I am afraid that it will shock the whole world.

It's just that the whole world has not been shocked, but all the people and county-level officials in Beihai Country were shocked first. The new Beihai minister intended to levy 200,000 laborers throughout the county, and the initial period lasted as much as three months. As soon as this order came out, the entire Beihai country complained.

It's just that when they heard that the battle was not done in vain, and that they didn't need to bring their own rations and tools, but had wages, the people all stopped talking and began to be suspicious. After the officials of the new prime minister assured that the wages could be settled day and month, and the grain could be settled, the people's doubts suddenly turned into hope.

At this time, the people had no other means of earning money than cultivating the fields. In addition to doing some part-time jobs for the wealthy, he can only look for food in the wilderness to store for winter. All year round, he is busy for the family's mouth, and he is afraid that there will be an inexplicable labor order in the county. I don't want to have a labor force this year, the scale is unheard of, and I don't want it to be paid conscription. This is a kind of conscription that I haven't heard of since Pangu opened the heavens and the earth.

And the wealthy families and wealthy families who also heard about the requisition and issuance of the labor decree immediately wailed after hearing the invitation post of Peng Bingyuan, the purpose of this request is not clear? Isn't it just trying to raise money and food? However, how much money would have to be spent to supply the huge wages of 200,000 people into forced labor?

To say that the new Beihai Minister has just arrived and wants to burn three fires, this is something that everyone can understand. However, the first fire of the new prime minister was to remove those who were indiscriminate, and this order more or less caused the children of each family to voluntarily leave their posts out of fear. The second fire is to recruit domestic celebrities as subordinates, and most of them are cold soldiers, which makes everyone even more disliked. Now the third fire is to raise money and food for 200,000 laborers, so that everyone will pay for this great deed, as if who is willing to give it?

So nearly 100 patriarchs and wealthy people were not moved at all under the persuasion of Peng Bingyuan's facial features, and all the old gods were closing their eyes and recuperating, neither hard nor soft, but just speechless.

Bing Yuankou said that he was dry, but he still saw that everyone was not angry, and he had the heart to drop his sleeves and leave, anyway, the money left by the King of Beihai was more than enough, and he didn't want to say anything more with these bad tycoons and profiteers. But thinking that this matter was the first important task since he took up the position of Wuguan Peng, but there was no result, Bing Yuan felt a trace of unwillingness and anger in his heart.

So Bing Yuan continued to persuade: "Fellow village sages, this official has made it very clear before that this project is a grand event that will spread throughout the entire Beihai country and benefit future generations. He Jun, the minister of state, is in line with the principle of having someone to contribute, a strong contribution, and a money to contribute, calling on the whole county to act together to create a grand event. I don't care how much money and food I have, but it's good to have a heart, why don't you say a word, don't give a single penny or food? ”

If there are fine merchants, it will be counted long ago, and if you don't count the wages, you will need at least 600,000 stone for 200,000 people for three months' grain. There were ninety-seven wealthy families and wealthy families present, and each family needed to share 6,000 stone of grain, worth more than 100 million yuan, and if you count the wages and material costs, it would definitely be an astronomical amount of more than one billion yuan. Even if everyone present gritted their teeth, they could gather it, but why did everyone want to pay this money?