I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 525 Zhu Jun Goes North
Zhu Jun left Jiaozhou and planned to go north through Jingzhou all the way to Luoyang.

After leaving Jiaozhou, Zhu Jun was not too worried about maintaining the status quo in Jiaozhou. His subordinates and the prefects of various counties had all been inspected by him. There were also county magistrates and supervisory officials in the counties to check and balance the prefects. Once there was any change, the court would be able to know the news as soon as possible.

In addition, Huang Gai, who was sent by the emperor to take charge of the military power of the governor on his behalf, had once served under him. Zhu Jun was quite optimistic about Huang Gai.

In this way, Zhu Jun arrived at Lingling County in southern Jing, where he met Ma Ritian, who was in charge of immigrant resettlement.

In fact, the two men were not strangers to each other. After meeting and having a meal, they learned that there was no chaos in the four counties of southern Jing, but the people were changing their minds and there were frequent conflicts between the local Han and northern immigrants. Zhu Jun could not think of any good ideas for a while and could only let officials at all levels work hard to ease the conflict between the two sides.

However, Zhu Jun paid special attention to Zhao Yu, who was following Ma Riti, because the latter would be the new governor of Jiaozhou. As a result, this meal became more of a time for Zhu Jun to instruct Zhao Yu on various things to pay attention to after taking office, which benefited Zhao Yu a lot.

Finally, after asking Zhu Jun to bring his guards and act carefully, Ma Riti also specially arranged for someone to escort him.

And Zhu Jun did see the chaos that Ma Ritian described on the road.

In his opinion, this is because some places planned too hastily when they first immigrated, resulting in the new immigrants encroaching on the living space of the indigenous people. In this way, even if the Han people and the barbarians, as the indigenous people, are not provoked, the conflict will eventually erupt if it continues.

Right now, he feels that it would be better if fewer people died.

As soon as Zhu Jun left Lingling County and arrived in Changsha County, he was faced with a large-scale armed fight.

His fighting ability made Zhu Jun shake his head.

Not only that, Zhu Jun did not forget to comment while watching - this one's punch is so powerful, is the stick in that person's hand used for making fire?
After a while, the fight stopped.

However, when both parties in the fight were glaring at Zhu Jun at the same time, they discovered that a group of soldiers wearing armor and holding swords and guns had appeared beside Zhu Jun.

Then, the sheep appeared in front of Zhu Jun.

After figuring out that the people of the two villages were located upstream and downstream of a stream, Zhu Jun gave each of them fifty lashes of the stick, determined the responsibility for the conflict between them, and divided and stipulated the usage and amount of the stream water. Only then did the local officials and guards arrive belatedly.

At this time, all they saw was the contract signed by Zhu Jun and the people of two miles, and he planned to erect a stone to record it.

But when the officials saw the contents of the contract, they were speechless: "Isn't this the solution we proposed to you in the past? Why didn't you agree then?"

"How can they be the same? Lord Zhu is the Grand Marshal who went to Luoyang to take office. This deed was written by the Grand Marshal himself. There are two copies. We want to keep them as a family heirloom!"

A group of officials and soldiers said: If it weren't for us not being the Grand Marshal, we would have really wronged you.

However, seeing that the conflict between the two villages was easily resolved by the passing general, the officials cooperated and recorded the incident on a stone tablet.

When he arrived in the northern part of Changsha County, Zhu Jun also met Zhuge Jin, who has become popular in the immigration circle in recent years. After some consideration, he felt that he lived up to his reputation. Jia Kui, who was beside Zhuge Jin, was also a talent.

If it weren't for the fact that the military farming here still required Zhuge Jin and Jia Kui, Zhu Jun would have wanted to recruit them as officials in the Taiwei Mansion on the spot.

After leaving Changsha County, you will arrive at Nan County.

Here, Zhu Jun met another person he knew - Fan Ling.

At this time, Fan Ling was building water conservancy projects in Nanjun. "Gongwei, look, this Dongting Lake is vast, and there is no shortage of officials in the past dynasties who want to make good use of Dongting Lake. However, Dongting Lake involves Nanjun, Jiangxia, and Changsha counties, and it is very difficult to coordinate. In the past, people were often very limited in their use of Dongting Lake."

Today's Dongting Lake is much larger than it is in later generations, and there is even a swamp on the east side of Nanjun.

Fan Ling continued, "I want to divert the water here. Not only can it irrigate the land where the canal flows, but this area will also be able to create more fertile fields!"

Looking at Fan Ling who was so happy from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Jun suddenly felt a little emotional: "It is really gratifying that Deyun can realize his ambitions and benefit the local area."

Fan Ling smiled and said, "Gong Wei, you are too kind. This time, Gong Wei has come to the capital, and it is the time for His Majesty to use him. In the future, when it comes to dredging rivers and building ditches, Gong Wei will have to speak to the Minister of Works on my behalf."

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Deyun has been the Minister of Works for such a long time, and he has many former officials. Do you still need me to speak up? However, the river channels and ditches are related to people's livelihood. When I was in Jiaozhou, I organized people to build them many times. If there is a need, I will not refuse."

After reaching the political promise, Zhu Jun did not stay long.

When Fan Ling said goodbye, he said, "Gong Wei is in Jiaozhou dealing with the barbarian affairs. There is a place in Jiangxia County in the north where I got involved. Gong Wei, if you pass by, why not take a look and give me some advice?"

Since he was passing by, Zhu Jun was happy to take a look.

Then he discovered that what Fan Ling asked him to see was the fields halfway up the mountain.

What is grown there is not the rice common in the south, but wheat, and now is the harvest season.

Those who were harvesting wheat were mostly dressed and styled like barbarians, but the children who were helping them looked very much like Han people.

Suddenly, Zhu Jun heard a voice shouting, "Xiong Heihu, the Han Chinese have a saying, 'If you don't beat him for three days, he will tear off the tiles on the roof. I think you're itching for trouble again!'"

The young man who was being chased and beaten was dressed in orthodox Han style, wearing the Confucian scholars' favorite long robe, and his hair was tied up like the Han people.

The middle-aged black man chasing the boy was dressed in the standard Jiang Xia barbarian style. Although one was thin and the other was strong, their facial shapes looked like father and son, and their speech was even more similar.

After watching for a while, Zhu Jun suddenly noticed that an official stopped them. Zhu Jun also noticed that the man had a green ribbon tied around his waist. This color was at least equivalent to a rank of two thousand stones.

At this time, the other party also noticed him.

After the two talked, Zhu Jun realized that the other party was Zao Zhi, the captain of the Agricultural Commission, and he was immediately overjoyed.

He had heard of Zao Zhi's name a long time ago and knew that it was he who mastered and promoted the method of transplanting rice seedlings.

Although Jiaozhou could grow two crops of rice without using this method, the method of raising seedlings in advance helped Zhu Jun gain a lot of time in reclaiming new fields - the newly reclaimed land that could only be planted for one season or not at all could now be planted for one more season with the seedlings.

The two exchanged their experiences, and Zhu Jun also learned that Zao Di had been entrusted by Fan Ling to find ways to increase grain production for the barbarians in the mountains, and now he came to confirm the harvest situation.

When Zhu Jun left Jiangxia, he crossed the turbulent Nanyang County and arrived at Henan Yin under the escort of troops sent by Liu Biao. There he finally saw the emperor whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Sir, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)