Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 253

"Hey, I don't know if we can go back to Huai'an in the future!" Gao Tai stood not far away, looking at Huai'an City in the distance, his eyes showed a trace of reluctance, and he sighed.

Since he came to Huai'an with Gao Cheng's father, he has stayed here for more than 20 years. For such a long time, he has regarded Huai'an as his hometown. Now he left suddenly, which made him feel a little sad.

Not only him, but the two girls Gao Ying and Gan Yu were also full of reluctance, crying like pear blossoms with rain.

The big boat moved slowly, and the waves of Baima Lake were undulating. Gao Cheng looked around and saw dozens of big boats cutting through the waves. Beside him stood Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Zhou Tai, Lu Dai, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Zhang Fei, Mi Fang... There is also a young man in clean clothes. This man is dressed in ordinary clothes, his eyes are bright and piercing, and his spiritual cultivation is extraordinary.He was Chen Jiao who accepted the conquest and rushed to Huai'an.

"There are Zhang Zhao, Chen Jiao, and Xu Xuan in the internal affairs, and Lu Dai, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin in the army. This kind of family background is enough for a Lujiang county! There are also three great helpers, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Even a mediocre person can master the Lujiang River!"

Gao Cheng looked at these people around him and was very satisfied.In addition to these famous ministers and generals, he also has a navy of 1 elites, a total of [-] people.The foundation of these navy troops is the soldiers and horses compiled and trained by the Huai'an water village back then, plus the water thieves gathered these days, and the five hundred Mi family elite brought by Mi Fang.Not too many troops.

"Eleven thousand troops are barely enough!"

The 1 troops in Gao Cheng's hands last time had been handed over to the Governor's Mansion when he was in Xiapi.And the more than 10 people in front of them are private soldiers completely under the control of Gao Cheng.In addition, Xu Xuan, Jiang Qin, Liu Bei and others have gathered [-] refugees. These [-] people have been moving south along Yingshui, and they are almost reaching the Huaihe River.

After crossing the river and reaching the Lujiang River, Gao Cheng can select strong and strong soldiers to recruit, and it will not be a problem to pull up tens of thousands of troops.Including all the local soldiers and horses in Lujiang, Gao Cheng could count as one hundred thousand troops.

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In the second year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty, winter.

After Gao Cheng brought a large number of warships together with the refugees, he finally arrived at Shu County, the prefecture of Lujiang.At this time, the entire Lujiang County knew that the new prefect was about to arrive, and the local magnates sent people to inquire about the information.

Looking from a distance from the boat, Shu County was covered with mist, the biting cold wind was blowing, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the water surface. Most of the officials in Lujiang County came outside the city to welcome them, except for some minor officials.

Among them, the county magistrate was temporarily vacant, and the meritorious Cao Zhang Tao and the chief secretary Qiao Yu came here with many civil and military personnel.

boom!The big ship docked.The boatman hurriedly boarded the sampan, Gao Cheng was wearing a sable fur and a beautiful jade on his waist, beside Zhou Cang was holding a Kunwu sword, and the other men under his command had different auras from ordinary people, each with a strong aura.Let the hearts of the people who greeted below shake.

"The next official pays homage to the envoy!"

Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu were about forty years old. They were the children of the Zhang family in Linhu and the Qiao family in Wan County. Officials in Lujiang respected them, and Zhang Tao was the most powerful among them.When the previous prefect was in power, he had to discuss everything with him, almost turning him into a puppet.

A thought flashed in Gao Cheng's mind, and he thought of these information.

Then he disembarked first, followed by Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai, Lu Dai and others. Liu Bei followed behind everyone with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in a low-key manner.

"Get up!" Gao Cheng waved his sleeves and said calmly, his eyes fell on Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu.

Zhang Tao laughed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Tao, is the meritorious officer of the Lujiang River for the time being. Your envoy, I have prepared a banquet for you. Please move with you!"

Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, seeing that Zhang Tao felt a little dissatisfied, this person was so ignorant of etiquette, before the prefect spoke, he took the initiative to ask the prefect and the others to go to the banquet with him, this was to turn against the guests, and as the master of Lujiang Self-proclaimed?
In fact, Zhang Tao didn't do this intentionally, but he has held the power in Lujiang for a long time. He has long regarded himself as the spokesperson of Lujiang County, and subconsciously said these words.

In his opinion, the Linhu Zhang family is rooted in Lujiang and is a representative of a local family, while Gao Cheng is only a one-term Lujiang prefect, and he may resign at any time.It never occurred to Gao Cheng that he wanted to completely control the entire Lujiang County.

Gao Cheng said: "Okay, I also want to get to know the heroes of Lujiang as soon as possible, you can lead the way ahead!"

Zhang Tao hurriedly turned around and stepped forward, he had already prepared the chariots and horses.

At this time, the big ships from behind arrived one after another. Dozens of large ships in a row seemed to block out the sky, and then a thousand elites got off from the ships. full.

"There are so many elite soldiers! I didn't expect the new prefect to have such a rich family! With these soldiers protecting him, he should be able to stand firm as the prefect. When the mountain barbarians and water thieves attack again, he can also resist one or two attacks!"

"That's right, the last time the mountain barbarians attacked, they traveled thousands of miles and reached the two counties of Longshu and Anfeng. They plundered tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass. Zhang Gong and Qiao Gong joined forces and sent out elite soldiers to resist, the entire Lujiang River will suffer catastrophe! The new prefect has so many soldiers and horses, shouldn't he let the Shanman be unrestrained?"

"Who knows? But judging by the aura of these people behind the prefect, they should be masters!"

The few officials following behind were discussing in low voices.

Everyone came to the government office in Shu County. According to Zhang Tao's arrangement, the food and drink had been prepared here.

There are burning charcoal fires on both sides of the lobby, and wine is warmed by the fire on each wooden table, and the incense burners at the four corners of the wall slowly emit fragrance.Next to each wooden case, there is a pretty maid waiting on it.

Gao Cheng glanced at him, and went forward to kneel and sit on the head. Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao stood on both sides as guards.Zhang Tao, Qiao Yu, Zhang Zhao and the others were divided into two rows, kneeling behind the wooden table.

Zhang Tao was smiling, and was about to say some words of congratulations, when Gao Cheng, who was at the head, said calmly: "Now everyone from the Lujiang government office has arrived, good! Before the banquet, let's talk about the business!"

"This is Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng! From now on, he will be the meritorious officer of Lujiang County. This one is Liu Bei, who made great contributions to defeating the Yellow Turban, and will be the chief bookkeeper! And Xu Xuan from Guangling, who will be the postal supervisor of Lujiang County!"

"The three of them will be your Shangguan from now on! They will assist me in governing Lujiang County from now on!"

Gao Cheng's voice was faint and spread throughout the hall, the smile on Zhang Tao's face suddenly froze, the rest of the government officials trembled and looked at Gao Cheng in disbelief.Is this prefect planning to dismiss Zhang Tao and Qiao Yu just after he came to Lujiang?
Did he know that Zhang Tao was a descendant of the Zhang family in Linhu, and Qiao Yu was a descendant of the Qiao family in Wan County?These two people are very powerful in their respective families, and the new prefect directly offended these two wealthy families by doing so.

I'm afraid there will be troubles in Lujiang in the future!

"My lord, are you wrong? I am the hero of Lujiang!" Zhang Tao was in a trance, and then said unwillingly.

A sneer appeared on Gao Cheng's face, and he said, "Zhang Tao, you are a good person appointed by the previous eunuch, but I heard that your Zhang family has already occupied hundreds of thousands of acres of land near the lake! These lands are all in the You increased it when you were a meritorious Cao, so much land, I would like to ask, can you cultivate it completely?"

"You..." Zhang Tao's expression changed. He didn't expect the other party to know Zhang's so well. This is a bad comer!

(End of this chapter)