Chapter 40 Consolidating Jiangdong

I was fooled!

This is the only reaction in Cai Mao's mind after the new Yangzhou herdsman took office for only half a month. Now he is in Yuzhang City. The governors of Wu County, Danyang, Huiji and other counties he appointed have just been bombarded back by the local garrison without exception. The reason is also very good: at the beginning, it was agreed that these places would be under the control of Uncle Liu, so I won't bother you. At present, Cai Mao, the Yangzhou herdsman, really occupies the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling.

Send someone to Shouchun to negotiate with Liu Bei, who took out the original alliance book as an approval and let you say a thousand words, but refused to give it to the territory. He went to Jingzhou to complain to Liu Biao, but the latter refused to speak for him on the grounds that it was inconvenient to interfere in Yangzhou's affairs as Jingzhou Mu. Send troops to fight over? Cai Mao knew his foundation, and it was estimated that he could only give it to Zhao Feng and others for training. At present, it seemed that he could only stay in these two counties. Cai Mao was angry. It was not until he received a secret letter from Kuai Yue that he calmed down a little.

Not to mention Cai Mao's aggrievedness, Zhao Feng and others were not idle at this time. There is no reason. The newly beaten Jiangdong needs to be consolidated. When Zhao Feng and Guan Yu marched into Yuzhou, except for Qiao County, which was killed by Zhou Zhang, the rest were basically passed on. However, at present, except for the remote Nanhai and Cangwu, and Lujiang, the other counties in Jiangdong have not experienced much war. The rest of Danyang and Wujun have suffered from war, and Huiji has been seriously damaged in two battles. Moreover, even the unscathed Jiangdong has many problems in Zhao Feng's opinion. The biggest problem is that the land is vast and sparsely populated. The total population of Huiji and Nanhai County in the south is only more than 300,000, but the area exceeds that of Qingzhou + Xuzhou. Therefore, although the land there is fertile, its value has not been fully utilized. The other is the soldiers. After the war, although there were also some troops from Jiangdong. However, except for the local guards and the replenishment of Xuzhou's losses, there are less than 50,000 people left. Zhao Feng felt as if he had returned to the time when he first arrived in Xuzhou, or when he helped Guan Yu consolidate Yuzhou. At that time, he was also waiting to be done. Finally, Sun Fu, a local, told Zhao Feng that the wheat will be harvested in a few months. The harvest of Huiji Mountain in the south is not good this year. Nine times out of ten, he has to go down the mountain to grab food, and he needs to prepare as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Liu Bei gave him a lot of support. Although the official position is only the governor of Lujiang, everyone in Jiangdong knows that Zhao Feng is the fourth person in Liu Bei's group. At present, Zhang Fei is in the north, Guan Yu is in the west, and Zhao Feng's structure in the south has been initially formed. Liu Bei's attitude of letting him take charge of Jiangdong is obvious. At present, Liu Bei transferred Chen Jiao from Yuzhou and Xu Xuan from Xuzhou, two people who are proficient in internal affairs, to help him take care of Jiangdong.

According to Zhao Feng's vision, we should give full play to the advantages of the vast area of Jiangdong, the depth of the south and the fertile land, and build it into the rear of Liu Bei Group. This idea has been unanimously recognized by Liu Bei, Lu Su and others. Therefore, with the consent of Liu Bei, a series of actions were carried out to consolidate Jiangdong. After discussion between Xu Xuan and Chen Jiao and Zhao Feng, the Xuzhou army decided to recruit 30,000 new recruits in Xuzhou, Huainan and Yuzhou this year due to the heavy losses in the war. Unlike previous years, once these recruits join the army this year, their families can go to Huiji to get five mu of land, and the tax will be halved within a year, which will be owned by them five years later. If there is any war achievement in the future, you will be rewarded again. If the land is killed in the five-year civil war, the land will be owned by the family.

The promulgation of this measure has caused a great uproar in Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Huainan. Since ancient times, the greatest wish of farmers has been to own their own land. Even if it is far away, it doesn't matter if it is barren. Huiji County and Nanhai County have a vast area, and a large area of open land is uncultivated. While supplementing the supply of troops, this move also attracts a large number of people to the south. Some of them are the families of new recruits, while others follow the trend and go to the south to make a living. When the recruitment of new recruits was completed in the autumn, the two counties of Nanhai and Huiji actually poured in nearly 100,000 households, with a population of more than 300,000, and there was a momentum of increasing, and the vast and sparsely populated appearance had been greatly improved. At the same time, due to the increase in population, the labor problem of building cities and paving roads and bridges was also solved, which Zhao Feng did not expect.

The second is to eliminate Huiji Shanyue. In fact, Zhao Feng and Liu Bei did not want to meet their swords and soldiers. After all, there was a precedent for Danyang Shanyue, and they thought they could easily persuade them to subside. However, the leader of Huiji Shanyue did not know whether he was fearless or stupid. In the face of Liu Bei's surrender, he killed the messenger directly. Now Liu Bei suddenly became angry and ordered Zhao Feng to try to eliminate these guys.

When the Sun Quan brothers went to Jiaozhou, only Ling Tong, Ding Feng and Lv Meng volunteered to follow. Except for Cheng Pu and other three generals who did not want to be idle at home, except for Jiang Qin and others who died in the melee, the rest of the rest were attached to Liu Bei, or transferred to Xu Yu's second state by Liu Bei, or stayed in Jiangdong. At this time, Jiangdong was Zhang Liao in Danyang, Ganning in Wu County, Wenpin in Huiji, Taishi Ci in Poyang and some old Jiangdong generals in Lujiang with Zhao Feng. The rest, such as Xu Sheng and others, either returned to their respective places to serve, or served with Liu Bei in Shouchun, and the army could only mobilize more than 40,000 people. As for the civil servants, they were as bad as Zhao Feng expected, and they were all surrendered.

"The mountain of Huiji is hidden in the deep mountains. Every time the wheat and rice are ripe, they go down the mountain to grab grain. If you are careful and on guard, it is inevitable that there will be a hundred secrets; if the army is requisitioned, it is difficult to march in the deep mountains. What can I do? On this day, Zhao Feng gathered the generals in the Lujiang River to discuss the matter of crossing the mountain. He Qi first said.

He Qi is a Huiji, and he naturally knows the harm of this mountain. When the rest of the people heard it, they also felt that it was difficult to do. Zhao Feng muttered slightly, "I have a plan, or I can cure the mountain."

"Root cure?" He Qi was also shocked to hear this. Not only him, but also the rest of the old generals in Jiangdong were unbelievable. Zhao Feng did not sell Guanzi. He immediately ordered directly, "General He, you first go to the place where Huiji Mountain gathers near the counties, mobilize the local people to build fences as soon as possible, and cut the mountain into pieces. When the wheat is ripe, I will cut all the wheat close to the mountain first, forcing them to go down the mountain to grab the grain. The rest of the generals led the headquarters. After the mountain went down the mountain and was cut apart by the fence, they led the army separately. They could not let them escape back to the mountain.

"I will understand at the end!" He Qi thought for a while and understood that this method would be much more effective than honestly entering the mountain to destroy it. At this time, Lu Jun, who was beside him, also smiled and said, "The general uses this method to collect Shanyue. He can be the main guest and get twice the result with half the effort." Zhao Feng smiled when he heard the words, but he felt a little strange in his heart: This is the method used by Zhuge Ke and Lu Xun to deal with Shanyue in history. It's enough to borrow it by himself. It is inevitable that he feels a little guilty to be praised by other people's face to face.

According to the strategy provided by Zhao Feng, He Qi first went to build a fence, and a month later, after the wheat was ripe, he led the army separately with Sun Fu and Dong Shi. There was a shortage of food in Huiji Mountain, and all departments were forced to organize troops to go down the mountain to grab grain. As a result, the lonely army was deeply surrounded and destroyed by He Qi and others. After nearly a month of fierce fighting, Huiji Mountain was seriously injured, and the young and middle-aged people were either killed or captured. After that, Zhao Feng used the captured people to coerce the hidden mountains and went down the mountain. He got 20,000 hardcover soldiers and a population of nearly 200,000. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and ordered the Shanyue army to be reorganized into the army, and the population was scattered nearby to supplement the population of Huiji and the two counties in the South China Sea. At the same time, at Zhao Feng's suggestion, rice cultivation was promoted in Huiji and other places. Jiangdong, which had just experienced war for a while, gradually recovered some weather.

Sun Quan, who is in Jiaozhou, was speechless for a long time after learning that Zhao Feng easily handled the mountain crossing. He just sighed that if he could adopt this method, why worry about the mountain? It's just that I'm in Jiaozhou now, and it's too late to repent.

It is the end of the sixth month of the lunar calendar in the fifth year of Jian'an. At this time, Shanyue has been collected, and rice has also begun to transplant rice. Among them, where the water could not reach, Zhao Feng ordered the craftsmen of the army to build more keel water trucks under the command of Lu Hao, and at the same time excavated channels to divert water for civilian use.

On this day, Zhao Feng also personally inspected the farming situation in nearby counties with Chen Jiao and Lu Jun. At present, as the governor of Lujiang, he was still selected in Wancheng in the south of the Yangtze River. Ping said that there were only many people in charge of military affairs, and the civil affairs were still handed over to Chen Jiao and Xu Xuan.

"General, with this waterwheel, the rice production in Lujiang can be increased by at least 30% this year!" Chen Jiao rode on the horse to accompany Zhao Feng on the tour while laughing. Speaking of which, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" killed people. Zhao Feng only knew that he was a capitulator, but he didn't expect that this guy had a good hand in managing internal affairs. At present, Zhang Zhao was recalled to his hometown in Xuzhou by Liu Bei, and Jiangdong's civil affairs basically depended on him and Xu Xuan.

"That's it!" Zhao Feng did not expect that the empress dowager of Chenjun who surrendered at the beginning still had a little ability, but now he has become his own subordinate, which is really unpredictable. He didn't think that there should be two ways to be able to be a Taishou in this troubled world.

"Unfortunately, this year's war has calmed down late, and we only have time to promote it in Danyang and Lujiang. Otherwise, if Wujun, Huiji and other places can also use this waterwheel, the whole Jiangdong can increase rice production by 30% to 40%." Lu Jun was a little regretful. Because Zhao Feng was appointed as the governor of Lujiang, he, the governor of Lujiang, had to be appointed as the governor of Danyang and stationed in Danyang with Zhang Liao. As for Wu Jun Taishou, Liu Bei was handed over to the second person of the former Jiangdong Huai Si Group. What surprised Zhao Feng most was that Huiji Taishou turned out to be his cheap eldest brother Zhao Yu volunteered to take office. Later, I learned that the reason why Zhao Yu was so eager was purely because the coastline of Huiji was long enough for him to dry salt. It was really useless.

"Lu Taishou, our family is almost here!" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something and quickly asked Lu Jun. According to the regulations, at least some of the families of these border officials should stay in Shouchun as hostages, but Zhao Feng and Lu Jun are in Lujiang and Danyang, only one step away from Shouchun. Liu Bei also asked them to reunite with their families first and then go to Shouchun.

"That's right, Lu Taishou also misses his family!" Zhao Feng sighed, don't you miss the two wives? Lu Jun did not deny it, but said with a smile, "At last, there is still Xun'er around this year, which is not lonely. However, Xun'er has just been appointed as Ju Rongchang by the lord and is leaving again.

"Why should Lu Taishou be sad? He is talented, and the lord knows people well. In the future, he will not be under you and me!" Zhao Feng was half joking and half affirmative. Lu Jun didn't dare to do it when he heard the words. Everyone talked and laughed all the way, inspected the situation of Lujiang and Danyang nearly several counties, and then went back separately.

"General, my family has arrived this afternoon!" As soon as he returned to his house, the housekeeper told himself. When Zhao Feng heard the words, he rushed to the house. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the back hall, it was neither Diao Chan nor Zhen Jiang, but another girl who sat there safely.

Seeing Zhao Feng coming in, the girl smiled. Despite Zhao Feng's stunned face, she got up and said, "Brother-in-law!"

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