Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 349
"Yes, lord, this subordinate originally wanted to wait until later when the lord is free to report, but because of what Man Boning said just now, the subordinate thinks it is necessary to say it now, which may affect some of the lord's decisions! "Zhang Liang reported.

Feng Yao nodded to signal him to continue.

Zhang Liang's eyes showed excitement, and he said loudly: "My lord, the lake-building task you entrusted to my subordinates has been initially completed! Now Ruhu Lake has been filled with half of the water. If there is a heavy rain this summer, the lake water It will be completely filled to the level of the river!"

"Bokui, has the sluice that I specifically told you been built?" Feng Yao was overjoyed and asked anxiously.

"My lord, the sluice gate has been repaired, and the river water can be freely controlled. However, my subordinates have not completely released the sluice gate. Otherwise, the river will dry up and the people downstream will suffer!" Zhang Liang said.

"Okay, very good, that's how it should be! Although Ruhu Lake can't be filled to full capacity for the time being, you can't stop the river just to fill it up! You're doing the right thing!" Feng Yao nodded.

Zhang Liang reported again: "However, my lord, on the basis of your request, this time, my subordinates have added three more sluice gates, two on Yingshui and Lishui, and two on the upstream and downstream of Pingyu City. One entrance and two exits, the subordinates believe that this design can prevent the enemy from flooding Pingyu City with water, and can adjust the water level more conveniently! However, the result of this is that the expenditure has increased a lot, and the main bus supply The [-] million under my subordinates have been completely used up, and I still owe a lot of wages to migrant workers!"

Feng Yao's eyes lit up, and he secretly praised Zhang Liang. When planning to build Ruhu Lake, the sluice was just added temporarily by Feng Yao, and it was just an imaginary design. Thinking that Zhang Liang not only built it, but also built four at once!And it sounds like it works fine.

Seeing that Feng Yao was stunned for a moment, Zhang Liang didn't answer immediately, thinking that Feng Yao was going to blame him for making a mess of himself, so he immediately pleaded guilty: "My lord, it's my subordinates who are wrong, and it's already exceeded the budget, please be punished by my lord! My subordinates... ..."

"Bokui, I don't mean to blame you. On the contrary, I want to reward you. It's nothing if you exceed the budget. As long as you can make the water conservancy in Pingyu City more perfect, you will not be afraid to spend money!! Now we are not the same as before. The situation is getting worse, our money is enough for you to build ten more Ruhu Lakes!!" Feng Yao laughed.

Zhang Liang was overjoyed, and hurriedly explained: "My lord, it's really not much. If there are more than 1 million yuan, it will be enough to pay the wages of the migrant workers! In the past, for this kind of fortification, the successive chiefs directly conscripted corvee, and paid for it. There is no need to pay wages, and now the migrant workers can get their wages, all of them are extremely happy, praise the benevolent government of the lord, and are willing to give up the rest of the wages in return for the great kindness of the lord!"

Feng Yao nodded and smiled. He was very satisfied with the people's support. Seeing Zhang Liang's appearance, he was also quite moved. From the beginning to the end, Zhang Liang did not mention his own situation, but Feng Yao could clearly tell that Zhang Liang Because of this fortification, Liang not only lost a lot of weight, but also looked a few years older than half a year ago!
"Bokui, thank you for your hard work! I plan to give you another one billion yuan! This one billion yuan is used to pay the wages owed to migrant workers. At the same time, you have a new task. I want you to follow the newly built Pingru Avenue, build a canal along the road! It can be used for ships to pass through, and it can provide clean water for the people advancing along the road!" Feng Yao thought for a while and said.

Zhang Liang knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness! If this is possible, the subordinates think that no matter how difficult the people are in the future, they will never rebel, but stand with the Lord." Let’s face it together!! What Man Boning said is right, now Runan is only temporarily settled down, many people don’t have a fixed income, and even having enough food is a luxury, the Lord can provide such a paid job, will It will temporarily solve the difficulties of a large part of the people, so this subordinate has the liberty to suggest to the lord that it is best to temporarily stop the big battle and stabilize the internal affairs!"

After Zhang Liang finished speaking, Man Chong on the side nodded to Zhang Liangliang to express his gratitude, and at the same time he couldn't help but look at Zhang Kui a few more times. There was respect in Man Chong's eyes for this elder.

At this moment, Man Chong clasped his fists and said: "My lord, only when the people are rich can the army be strong! I think the lord already understands the meaning!" After finishing speaking, Man Chong returned to the queue without saying anything, but judging from his eyes, It seems that there is still something to say here.

Feng Yao thought about what Man Chong and Zhang Liang said. Although the two didn't understand it, Feng Yao immediately understood the meaning!This includes the competition between the rich and the poor, and the contradiction between the landlord and the tenant. On the surface, the army is strong and the food is sufficient, but in fact, it is just because of Feng Yao's successive victories and plundering from the battlefield. What came was not a real phenomenon. If one day, Feng Yao is defeated, he may face a series of serious problems in the way of collapse!

"Negotiate peace!" Feng Yao turned his head and glanced at Xu Shu, seeing that Xu Shu also nodded slightly, he immediately stopped hesitating and made a decision immediately, but this was just the voice in Feng Yao's heart, and he did not say it out.

"Well, Xianhe and Weichang, you step down for the time being!" Feng Yao motioned for the two to join the ranks.

"Bring Kuai Liang up!" Feng Yao ordered.

Jian Yong and Xu Qian retreated to the two sides, leaving the middle out, and after a while, Feng Yao's relatives casually brought Kuai Liang up.

Seeing Feng Yao again, Kuai Liang immediately ran to Feng Yao as if seeing a savior, and glanced at the two followers who brought him up with lingering fear, then hurriedly bowed deeply to Feng Yao, and said anxiously Asked: "Mr. Feng! About the peace talks?"

Feng Yao glanced at the two followers, wanting to know why Kuai Liang only went out for a while, and he was so obedient.

Those two followers winked at Feng Yao, nodded slightly, Feng Yao understood, and smiled slightly, it was obvious that his subordinates must have given Kuai Liang a lot of trouble just now!After understanding, Feng Yao didn't reveal what was in his heart, but waved his hands to the two entourages, signaling them to return to their original positions and wait for orders. He neither affirmed nor denied their actions.

"Kuai Liang, about the peace negotiation, almost all of our troops are against it, thinking that the counties in Jingzhou are very important to the stability of our Yuzhou! If these problems cannot be resolved, they will never withdraw their troops. , so as not to send troops because of this in the future!" Feng Yao frowned.

What this meant to Kuai Liang was that he, Feng Yao, already wanted to negotiate peace, but his subordinates disagreed. If he wanted his subordinates to agree, he had to solve the problems under his subordinates, and this problem was the territory!This was what Feng Yao had thought about a long time ago. Although Kuai Liang had basically agreed to his lion's request, and increased the compensation money and female slaves to ten times, if he could squeeze Liu Biao as much as he could, he would squeeze as much as he could!
(End of this chapter)