I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 448 Involution
As the affairs of Jizhou came to an end, the war in the direction of Xuzhou was also coming to an end.

During this period, the relationship between Zhao Zhong and Wang Yun did not improve because they fought side by side. In fact, because of their attempts to find flaws in each other, the two people, who were already on bad terms, became like enemies and were extremely jealous of each other every time they met.

Under pressure from each other, the two were unwilling to be caught by the other side, nor did they want to fall behind.

Then, the good days of the powerful people in the East China Sea Kingdom came.

Originally, only the powerful people in the East Sea Kingdom had the chance to reap the benefits.

However, as a letter of impeachment from Xuzhou Governor Ba Ju accusing Qian Zhao of indiscriminate killings arrived in Luoyang, the kind-hearted Ba Ju was recruited into the court, and the wolf-like Wang Yun was temporarily appointed as Xuzhou Governor.

Now, under the internal strife between Zhao Zhong and Wang Yun, good days have come for all the powerful people in Xuzhou.

Ba Ju, who had to go to Luoyang to serve as an official according to the imperial edict, was deeply moved when he saw the people from all over the country coming to him in groups to keep him.

"What? Impeach Wang Yun and Zhao Zhong for you? Everyone, it's getting late. If we don't leave now, we will miss the post station!" Ba Ju hurriedly urged the driver, "Go! Drive quickly! Don't stop!"

If he only impeached Qian Zhao, he would be sent to Beijing to serve as a counselor. But if he impeached Wang Yun and Zhao Zhong... I'm afraid he would have to go back to his hometown to teach!
Baju is too frugal, but he is not stupid.

Changsha County.

After several months of long journey, Zhuge Jin and Jia Kui finally arrived at their new home with the people of Changshan County they had summoned.

Even though the weather had turned cold, Zhuge Jin thought it was no big deal, but some people were still not used to the current hot and humid environment.

Those who were least adaptable were forced to leave for Guanzhong as early as when they were in Jiangxia and Nanjun.

Now that the people who came here have settled down here, they naturally don't want to travel any further. For this reason, Zhuge Jin can only prepare the medicines from Zhang Zhongjing for them every day.

On this day, Zhuge Jin was inspecting their newly built Changxiangli when he suddenly saw a man holding a ladle and taking a ladle of water and about to put it into his mouth.

"Stop!" he yelled.

When he got closer, Zhuge Jin recognized that this person was none other than Zhang Laozhang, the man who had helped him before.

He said helplessly: "Old man, I have told you many times that when you first come here, you must drink boiled water to avoid illness. You must know that illness comes from the mouth!"

Zhang Laozhang said confidently: "It's just a mouthful of water. Look, it's clean! And I see so much good firewood wasted on boiling water. It's such a pity!"

Zhuge Jin took a deep breath and sighed, "Old man, it turns out that everything I said on the way here was in vain."

"Not to mention that drinking raw water can easily make you sick, which is a proven fact. The dirt in the water cannot be seen by the naked eye. Take the firewood for boiling water, don't you think you are short of it? This is Changsha County, not Changshan County. There is no shortage of firewood here. Even if there is no firewood, we can burn bamboo! Bamboo grows very fast here..."

Seeing that Zhang Laozhang was still stubborn, Zhuge Jin finally used his ultimate weapon: "If you drink raw water again, I will go find your three sons and ask them why they don't give you water..."

These words finally persuaded Mr. Zhang.

Zhuge Jin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

On that day, he gathered more than 100 households in Changxiang and announced: "After traveling with you all, we can now settle down in Changxiang."

"When we set out, I witnessed you all electing the three elders to oversee the mutual assistance among the villages and communities. Now that we have arrived at Changxiang Village, we should re-elect them. You have supported each other along the way, and you should know each other better than when we set out."

"I emphasize again that the three elders of the village are related to the mutual assistance of the village community and the welfare of everyone. You should be impartial when nominating them, and I will also supervise here." Zhang Laozhang suddenly said: "I think the original three elders Zhao Erhe are very good."

As soon as these words were spoken, his three sons echoed them in unison without saying anything else.

Combined with other people who were led by Old Man Zhang, the original three elders in the village instantly became the popular choice.

There was no one in Changxiangli who could stand up and compete with him.

Zhuge Jin didn't say much when he saw this. Anyway, from what he had seen along the way, he thought that the former village elder Zhao Erhe was fair in his work. His only shortcoming was that he enjoyed the feeling of being an "official".

When the election was over, Zhuge Jin did not leave, but found Old Man Zhang.

The latter thought he was going to bring up the issue of drinking raw water again, and quickly said, "Don't worry, I've remembered it and will never drink raw water again. My sons have mentioned this to me many times..."

Zhuge Jin smiled and said soothingly, "Don't panic, old man. I'm not here to drink raw water. Let me ask you, how much benefit did Zhao Erhe give you when I spoke for him today?"

"What good is that?" Old Man Zhang waved his hands quickly. "It really is not good at all."

"Really?" Zhuge Jin looked at Old Man Zhang and sighed, "I thought I had experienced life and death with you in Changshan, but I never saw you. Sigh..."

After saying this, Zhuge Jin pretended to turn around and leave.

"Don't..." Zhang Laozhang asked, "Will you not let Zhao Erhe be the third elder just because he gave you a gift?"

Zhuge Jin shook his head.

Zhang Laozhang then said, "I promised Zhao Erhe not to tell anyone that he gave me a pound of meat."

Zhuge Jin replied: "Don't worry, I also promised my father-in-law that I will not tell this to anyone else here."

Zhuge Jin did not tell anyone else and only recorded the incident after returning.

Today, when the village communities are first established, official intervention is used to ensure that the existing mutual assistance among neighbors is formalized and rationalized, but various problems are inevitable.

Just today, Zhuge Jin discovered the benefits of having many children and grandchildren. For example, Zhang Laozhang and his three sons are four households in Changxiang.

At first, some people suggested that each household in the village should donate half an acre of land to the three elders in charge of the village to cultivate, but this idea was rejected by Zhuge Jin, who came up with it.

Now, even the three elders in the village who don’t even have a salary have people willing to spend money to work for them. If they can get the right to cultivate more than 50 acres of land, they will fight for it!
After recording these gains and losses and his own thoughts, Zhuge Jin copied them again.

In a few days, all his records will be sent to Luoyang.

“Tzuyu, you’re still busy!”

Hearing Jia Kui's voice, Zhuge Jin subconsciously put away what he had recorded. He had promised Mr. Zhang not to tell anyone else here.

"Just finished, and wrote down some of the problems I found."

Jia Kui didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhuge Jin, with whom he used to talk about everything, and reflected in his heart - Ziyu came up with such a good idea for Lishe and is still working hard, have I been slacking off recently?

(End of this chapter)