Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 263
In April, the grass is green and the wheat seedlings have grown tall.

The corn has already been planted, and today the corn cultivation is on a larger scale. Almost all the people in the ten counties of Liangzhou have planted half of their farmland with corn, totaling no less than [-] hectares. As long as there are no natural disasters, there will be a bumper harvest in autumn.

As long as this season's corn goes to the ground, Luo Zheng will no longer have the best food and grass from now on.

As long as there is enough food, other money and materials will be quickly enriched.

The only troublesome thing is the population. Coupled with the large amount of people who escaped from Guanzhong, the ten counties of Liangzhou now have a population of just over one million, and most of the people are concentrated in Hanyang, Beidi, Anding and other counties.

As for remote counties such as Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, they are still sparsely populated.

It was a rare leisure, Luo Zheng, accompanied by Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Cheng Ying and others, inspected the farmland.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, his own soldiers came to report that Wang Heixiong and his group had returned, and they even 'invited' a few great talents.

There were five people who were 'invited', except for one Sima Hui, the rest Luo Zheng had never heard of it.

Xun Yu's face turned ugly when he heard that, he knew all five of them, they were all talented and learned people in Yingchuan area, especially Sima Hui, who was a famous scholar in Yingchuan, he did not expect to be recruited by these guys.

"Sima Decao came to Liangzhou voluntarily?"

Xun Yu's face was gloomy, he stared at the soldier and asked.

The soldiers looked at Xun Yu, then at Luo Zheng, not knowing how to answer.

Luo Zheng knew at a glance that these guys must have been rough. He knew that he led the soldiers. He often robbed people. These big soldiers under his hands must have followed suit. They didn't even ask if they would like to come, most of them just went straight It's rough.

Jia Xu hurriedly asked, "Where is the man?"

The soldiers hurriedly replied: "Temporarily placed in another courtyard."

Luo Zheng immediately said: "Wen Ruo, I will leave it to you to appease these people."

Xun Yu shook his head helplessly, and said, "My lord, Sima Decao is indifferent to fame and fortune, so he might not become an official. However, this man is a famous scholar in Yingchuan, and he is very good at nurturing talents. I can only try my best to persuade him to be the teacher of the academy and teach students knowledge. ,"

Luo Zheng said happily: "It's good that the amount is applicable, just follow Wen Ruo's opinion!"

Xun Yu said again: "As for the other four people, Yu also met several times when he was in Yingchuan, and they all have real talents and learning. I can only do my best to see if I can persuade them to become officials. I'm not in Liangzhou, I'm afraid..."

Luo Zheng immediately said: "This is not a problem, the general will send someone to fetch it."

Xun Yu nodded and said, "If so, there may be something to do."

Luo Zheng said: "This general also knows that this approach is not the right way, but Wen Ruo also knows that this general has a bad reputation, and if he wants to recruit talents by conventional routes, no one comes to Liangzhou at all, and only It’s a bad idea. Fortunately, Youwen Ruo can relieve the general’s worries, otherwise, even if these people are sent to Liangzhou, I’m afraid they won’t be able to serve the general so easily, Wen Ruo has worked so hard!”

Xun Yu sighed and said, "My lord, don't worry, I know the seriousness."

Luo Zheng nodded and stopped talking.

At present, Xun Yu went to appease the celebrities who were 'invited', while Luo Zheng returned to the inner palace.

Cheng Ying grabbed Jia Xu and dragged him to the side hall to discuss how to provoke Guo Bang and Zhang Ji to fight.

Jia Xu, an old fox, really didn't cover it up. If Chengying really came up with a poisonous plan, that is to form an alliance with Zhang Ji, and then order people to spread rumors in Guanzhong.

It's good for Zhang Ji to agree to form an alliance, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't agree.

At that time, as long as someone is sent to escort a batch of military rations to Zhang Ji, the mud will fall into the crotch, and it will be shit or shit.

Even if Zhang Ji had a hundred mouths, he still couldn't explain it clearly, and Guo Si would definitely have a mental block.

Not surprisingly, this batch of military rations will definitely be intercepted by Guo Si, who is seriously short of food.

At that time, even if Zhang Ji knew that this was a poisonous scheme, he would definitely be very upset, because if Guo Si dared to cut off the food, it meant that he was not taken seriously at all, and no one would be in a good mood if he changed it.

In this way, the purpose of sowing alienation is achieved.

At that time, you only need to stir the wind again, light the fire, maybe the fire will start.

The two discussed carefully, and immediately came to see Luo Zheng.

After Luo Zheng listened, he immediately made a decision and let Jia Xu and Cheng Ying be responsible for the implementation.

Jia Xu and Cheng Ying deliberated again, slightly changed the plan, and immediately arranged for implementation.

Back in the inner courtyard, there was still laughter.

His son Luo Ting is two years old, and he is running around with two short legs. A group of wives, concubines, maidservants and servants hang around the little guy all day long. Make fun of the little guy in different ways.

Luo Zheng is the little girl that Luo Zheng brought back from the desert, because she didn't know who her father was, she gave her the surname Luo.

After Gan Qian gave birth to a child, she recognized the little girl as a godmother, and Luo Zheng also recognized the little girl as a righteous daughter.

For the little girl who has suffered so much, this may also be a great blessing.

After all, not every child from a poor family has the luck to become Luo Zheng's adopted daughter.

The two little girls are both over ten years old, and because they have no worries about food and clothing, after a few years of recuperation, their faces are ruddy, and they grow like flower bones. In a few years, they will be able to get married. Time has passed by not at all. slow.

However, the two little girls were a little afraid of Luo Zheng, and never dared to talk to Luo Zheng.

Not to mention the two little girls, even the maids and servants in the mansion, even Gan Qian and other wives and concubines, have been a little more afraid of Luo Zheng for more than a year. It is really that Luo Zheng killed too many people. Involuntary fear.

First, Xiu Tu Gehu of Xiu Tuze, and then the various tribes of the Western Qiang. It is said that more than one million people died.

How cold-hearted it must be to issue such a ruthless order and kill so many people.

Even if they were all aliens, it would be really scary.

Even Zhenbao, who has always been a queen fan, dare not show his temper in front of Luo Zheng now.

All the Qianghu tribes in Liangzhou, the fear of Luo Zheng has penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

Kill a million people, Fang Weixiongzhongxiong.

Such a person is like killing a god and descending into the world. It really makes people unable to muster up the courage to resist.

Luo Zheng didn't have the time to consider what his wife and concubine thought of him, because he still had a lot of things to do, and he didn't have the energy to think about them at all. Not long after he was free, another group of people came back.

"My lord, that fellow Zhao Da is back!"

Xu Chu hummed: "That kid is lucky, he tricked the guy named Gan Ning mentioned by the lord to come to Liangzhou."

"Gan Ning?"

Luo Zheng was stunned and asked: "But that Gan Ning of the Jinfan thief?"

Xu Chu replied, "Exactly!"

"boom!"

Luo Zheng slapped the table with a slap, and said with great energy: "That kid Zhao Da did a good job, the general just mentioned it casually, and he didn't know where Gan Ning was. I didn't expect that kid to find it , where is the person?"

Xu Chu replied, "It's just outside!"

Luo Zheng immediately said: "Bring people in, this general wants to see for himself!"

"As ordered!"

Xu Chu agreed, and immediately turned and left.

Soon, a mighty and majestic man came in.

This man is in his twenties, although he is not as big and round as Xu Chu, but he is also extremely sturdy, far superior to ordinary people. There is cold electricity in the opening and closing of his eyes, and a sturdy breath rushes towards his face. He looks like a fierce man .

Zhao Dahe and a dozen of his own soldiers surrounded the door, looking around.

Luo Zheng looked at the man a few times, and asked: "Is the Jinfan thief Gan Ning under one step?"

"Of course!"

The man replied, it was Gan Ning.

Luo Zheng asked: "Is there a sign?"

Gan Ning replied: "Caozi Xingba!"

Luo Zheng touched the stubble and said: "This general has heard for a long time that he has unstoppable courage, is it true?"

Gan Ning cupped his hands and said, "I would like to perform my skills for the general."

Luo Zheng nodded, pointing at Xu Chu and said: "This is Xu Chu, the general who is close to me. He can catch tigers when he goes up the mountain, and he can also catch dragons when he goes down to the sea. Taking the head of a general among thousands of troops is like picking something out of a bag, and he can be with him with one step. Let's fight!"

"it is good!"

Gan Ning didn't talk nonsense, and immediately looked at Xu Chu with burning eyes.

"Humph!"

Xu Chu snorted, staring at Gan Ning with astonishing light bursting out of his eyes.

Luo Zheng stood up, waved his hand, and said: "Go, go outside and let the general watch you wait for Wu Yong!"

Xu Chu and Gan Ning stared at each other, then flung their sleeves and strode out to follow.

In the yard, dozens of guards formed a circle, all of them staring wide-eyed.

Luo Zheng Da Ma Jindao sat on a chair brought by a soldier, and was also staring at it.

"kill!"

Seeing Xu Chu and Gan Ning confronting each other for a while, they shouted loudly at the same time and swung their sabers fiercely.

when!
Amid the ear-piercing sound of gold and iron clashing, the two leaped back at the same time, feeling awe-inspiring.

Although Gan Ning was taken aback, he didn't expect Luo Zheng's subordinates to have such fierce generals.

Xu Chu was also taken aback in his heart, a mere gangster leader has such courage, no wonder the lord mentioned this person's name, just now that tentative reckless fight, this guy's strength is not inferior to his own.

The two quickly recovered their minds, swung their knives and rushed forward again, killing each other.

I saw the light of the knife flickering, and the figure was tumbling.

The two met opponents in chess, and they met good talents, and they fought to a close.

The dozens of onlookers were so dumbfounded that they even forgot to applaud.

Zhao Da, Xiao San and the others blushed with excitement.My God, this guy was able to draw with General Xu Chu, what a treasure. As long as such a fierce man dares to fight, he will become a general.

As long as this guy becomes a general, his credit will never be lost.

Among other things, just the general's treatment makes people envious.

Luo Zheng also looked at the two eyes, this Gan Ning really did not disappoint himself, he was able to draw with Xu Chu.

Such a fierce man, even if he can't become a general who can command thousands of troops, it's hard to stop him from charging into battle.

What's more, Gan Ning was born as a river thief, and what he is best at is his skills in waterways, which is especially valuable.

when!
After fighting Lily, Xu Chu and Gan Ning jumped back at the same time, not moving anymore.

Both of them knew in their hearts that even if they continued to fight, it would be difficult to tell the winner.

"Good work!"

Gan Ning couldn't help giving a compliment, sincerely convinced.

"You're not bad either!"

Xu Chu's words were not pleasant, but it was also a kind of recognition.

Gan Ning groaned coldly, but didn't say anything more.

"Okay, what a warrior!"

Luo Zheng clapped his hands and shouted: "Come on, take Gan Ning to change clothes."

"As ordered!"

Some of the soldiers had already agreed and came forward to ask.

Gan Ning didn't talk nonsense, and immediately followed the soldiers to change clothes.

Luo Zheng got up and entered the side hall, sitting in the first place and waiting.

After a while, Gan Ning came in a hurry after changing into new clothes.

"Give a seat!"

Luo Zheng raised his hand, and immediately a soldier invited Gan Ning to the next seat.

Xu Chu put his hand on the handle of the knife and stood upright with Luo Zheng's skill, looking at Gan Ning as a tiger.

Gan Ning did not show weakness, and gave Xu Chu a hard look.

Luo Zheng clapped his palms, looked at Gan Ning and said: "This general Su Xi warrior, would you like to work for this general?"

Gan Ning replied, "I would like to serve the general!"

Luo Zheng laughed three times, got up and poured a glass of wine for Gan Ning himself, and after Gan Ning drank it, he said: "Inch has strengths, people have special skills, the general employs people, never cares about your background, as long as you have If you have real skills, even if you come from a humble background, this general will still use it. If you don’t have skills, even if you are a disciple of a saint, you will be like a pig and dog in the eyes of this general.”

Gan Ning was immediately refreshed, thinking to himself that Zhao Da and his group really didn't lie to him.

Luo Zheng asked again, "I heard that Xingba is very good at water skills, don't you know?"

Gan Ning replied, "Know a thing or two!"

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, took a few steps down the hall, pondered for a while, and said: "The general has no shortage of warriors, but there are not a few warriors who charge into the battle. In addition to Xu Chu, there are also generals such as Yan Xing and Zhang Liao. It is not weaker than Xingba, but it lacks a general who is good at training the navy, since Xingba knows the navy, can he train a navy for this general?"

Gan Ning was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance at Xu Chu, not wanting that besides Xu Chu, Luo Zheng had no less than two people under Luo Zheng's command, Wu Yong was not under him, so he hurriedly said: "The river water is no better than the river water, and there are not many people in the northwest. To know the nature of water, it is not a day's work to be familiar with the nature of water, even if you train a navy, it may not be as good as the Jingxiang navy."

Luo Zhengdao: "This is not in a hurry, Xingba has plenty of time to train slowly!"

Gan Ning said solemnly: "If so, the general will obey!"

Luo Zheng stroked his palm lightly and said: "That's very good. From now on, Xingba will be the commander of the navy under the general's account. You will be fully responsible for the reorganization and training of the navy. The general will not ask, as long as the result. Later I will The general summoned all the civil and military personnel under his command, and first recommended it to Xingba, and organized the money, food and materials needed by the navy, Xingba may report to Zeng Xunyu."

"The last will obey!"

Gan Ning agreed, hesitated for a while, and said: "The last general still has a group of brothers who are begging for life in the Jingxiang Waterway. I wonder if I can recruit them all. Please, general, give the brothers a background?"

"Why not, Xingba will use all his tricks!"

Luo Zheng said meaningfully: "It turns out that Xingba also defended against this general!"

Gan Ning's face turned red, and he said in embarrassment: "The last general once served under Liu Biao's account, but he was not allowed to use him again, so..."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "Okay, this general is suspicious of people, and employing people is not suspicious, and no matter who Xingba has worked under, as long as you have real skills, this general will not let you be unappreciated."

Gan Ning cupped his hands, feeling deeply moved.

Finally, this trip to Liangzhou was not in vain, and they were all princes of one side, so why is there such a big gap.

Although Liu Biao has the reputation of "Ba Jun", he is mediocre and has no ability to know people.

Although Luo Zheng is notorious, he is much better than Liu Biao in terms of his magnanimity and personality charm. Just a few words made him make up his mind. What is there to be dissatisfied with being able to work under such a person? .

(End of this chapter)