Han Xiang

Chapter 216 Hefei People Don't Starve

Long Xiang snorted coldly: "Hateful? The higher you jump, the worse your death will be."

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this, and on the way back to the army, he clasped his fists and asked Long Xiang to ask for a job.

"Yun Qi, killing is not enough today, you send some troops with me now, and I will go and destroy the enemy of Jun Qiu."

"The enemy of Junqiu has no fighting spirit, and Yide may not be able to fulfill his will."

Long Xiang shook his head in denial, then nodded and looked at Liu Ye, and added: "Mr. Ziyang has a clever plan to defeat the enemy."

"Oh?" Zhang Fei leaned in front of Liu Ye, and asked naively: "What is the master's plan to retreat from the enemy? Telling it will open my eyes."

Liu Ye had to answer, "Li Shu didn't have good intentions. Seeing General Xu in Junqiu, he would definitely not attack the city with all his strength. At this time, he only needs to drive a few captives to send a message, and the enemy of Junqiu will retreat in an instant."

"Hurry up the prisoners? Didn't you say, General?" Lei Xu hesitated to speak.

Long Xiang explained with a smile: "Don't worry, General Lei, I am the soldier who released Zhang Duo, and I will keep all your parts."

"Oh good. No"

Lei Xu immediately corrected his words: "There will be no part in the end."

"Hahaha."

Long Xiang patted Lei Xu on the shoulder and smiled, "There is no need to be like this. I, Long Xiang, have always been trustworthy in employing people. Since you are willing to stay in Hefei, you will be your own people in the future. Many of the soldiers participating in the war in Hefei today are Zheng Zheng. Bao's part."

"Uh, that's the case." Lei Xu suddenly realized.

Long Xiang added: "They used to be under Zheng Bao's command, and there were often times when they couldn't eat enough, but now they basically have no worries about food and clothing, and many of them have built new houses. Now they are the same as everyone else, regardless of whether they are old or new. Hefei people."

"Hefei people?"

Lei Xu said to himself, and suddenly looked at Long Xiang curiously: "Then I will bring these."

Long Xiang replied solemnly: "As long as they are willing to build and defend Hefei, they must also be Hefei people. Hefei people who are willing to work will not go hungry."

Lei Xu swallowed, and asked cautiously: "General, is there any shortage of people in Hefei now? The general can move all the families of the soldiers here, but I heard that the city is already full."

"So what if the city is full?"

Long Xiang disagreed, and pointed to the surrounding fields: "I plan to build a new city near here, the scale is several times that of Hefei now, if you move all the family members of Buqu here, you can just participate in the construction of the new city in Hefei, and it will be the first place in the new city in the future." A group of residents."

"Create a new city?"

Lei Xu couldn't believe his ears. It was easy to build a bridge and build a few houses, but it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to build a new city. He looked at Long Xiang suspiciously.

Long Xiang said solemnly: "This new city of Hefei will definitely surpass Shouchun in the future and become the center of Huainan, and will absorb more people. In the future, there will be two cities as barriers, which can also guarantee farming on this fertile soil."

Lei Xu asked: "How long do you plan to build it?"

Long Xiang replied: "I plan to build four walls first, and the streets and houses inside will be gradually replenished. It is relatively safe to cultivate land within the walls. It is estimated that it will be formed in three to five years while farming. With the protection of the city, soldiers will You can fight outside without worrying about the safety of your loved ones, in fact, I am better at defending the city than fighting in the wild."

Lei Xu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he asked Long Xiang with a smile on his face.

"Then you will go to relocate as soon as possible?"

Long Xiang waved his hand lightly: "Don't worry, it won't be too late to pick up people after I have retreated from the enemy of Junqiu and settled down with your trilogy."

"only."

Lei Xu was satisfied with the picture drawn by Long Xiang, and wished to immediately move all the people under his rule here.

Although I know that coming to Hefei is hard work, how can the world of adults be easy?It is a great temptation to have a full meal.

Fortunately, there is food in Hefei, which can ensure that the people will not go hungry, and the land on both sides of the water is flat and fertile, which is more suitable for farming than the mountains in the north of the Lujiang River.

Long Xiang likes refugees to vote, but too much and too much concentration will overload Hefei. He wants to go back and discuss with Lu Su. A planned arrangement is more in line with his steady personality.

On the way back to Feifei, Long Xiang followed Liu Ye's plan and released dozens of captives to drive them to Junqiu.

These captives are Zhang Duoduo, the original leader died of fright, they became "lonely ghosts" at this time, and they all went straight to Junqiu after they were free.

There is no way, Hefei is unwilling to take them in, and needs to find a place to eat. The key is that someone drives them behind.

Long Xiang ordered Xu Ding to lead thousands of people to follow him, not only to control the movement direction of the captives, but also to accept Xu Chu and drive away Li Shu's partial army as soon as possible.

Long Xiang had three considerations for not sending Zhang Fei.

First, Zhang Fei has only dozens of followers, and he fought a tough battle in today's battle. Now that he is short of men and horses, he is not suitable for long-distance raids;
Second, with Zhang Fei's reckless character, Long Xiang was worried that he would be red-eyed and would chase after the enemy's army to take the leader, so it would be easy to fall into the trap;
Third, the [-] captives could only be placed outside the city. Long Xiang needed a strong man to deter him, and Zhang Fei was undoubtedly the best candidate to capture Lei Xu alive just now.

Because the Hefei New City was about to start construction, Long Xiang handed over Hefei city defense to Tang Yu alone, asked Feng Zhong to lead a battalion of craftsmen out of the city to work with the captives, and allocated 500 people to Zhang Feihu's guard battalion to supervise the work.

There was a celebration banquet for the victory of the war, but Long Xiang pushed back the time. Jun Qiu's enemies hadn't retreated yet, and they had to wait until the Xu Chu brothers returned to celebrate together.

Long Xiang then took Lei Xu back to the mansion, pointed to the room next door where Lu Su lived and said:

"The houses in Hefei are tight. After you bring your family back, you will allocate a separate house. For now, just give in and live next door to me."

Lei Xu was flattered, waved his hands and said humbly: "That's right. There is an ear room for the guards to rest next to the gate of the mansion, so you can just live there."

"According to what I said, the bed and bedding in the room should be complete, and what is missing will be added later."

Long Xiang didn't allow Lei Xu to refuse, turned around and told Zhang Fei: "Yide, take General Lei to get familiar with him first, I have to go to the Master's Mansion to find Zijing."

"Oh."

Although Zhang Fei nodded, he asked suspiciously, "You should be tired today, how about having someone invite Mr. Zijing?"

"There are [-] plays to be placed outside the city. Zijing should be very busy right now. Why put on airs and ask him to come? I like to be pragmatic rather than unrealistic."

After Long Xiang said that, he went back to the house and took off his armor, changed his clothes and left in a hurry, leaving Zhang Fei and Lei Xu where they were.

Lei Xu was a little embarrassed staying beside Zhang Fei, so he scratched his head and took the initiative to raise the topic.

"General Long is really in a hurry"

"Well, don't look at Yun Qi's young age, I can't compare to him in doing things swiftly and resolutely."

After boasting about himself, Zhang Fei suddenly remembered Long Xiang's instructions, and pointed to Lei Xu's room and said:
"I'll show you the room first, Yun Qi didn't even let me live next door to him, you don't lose face as a comrade."

"Uh"

Lei Xu raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat, and explained for Long Xiang: "General Long should have his own consideration. If General Zhang wants to live in this room, he will just change with you."

"Too lazy to bother."

Zhang Fei was about to step over the threshold, when suddenly a familiar look appeared in his peripheral vision, and he turned sideways and found that it was indeed the young master of the Qiao family.

(End of this chapter)